Crossing the green wheat ears

No matter what happens, life has to go on as usual. The death of a small life is like throwing a stone into the lake. After some splashes, the lake returns to calm.Although people in the village still talk about it occasionally, they gradually forget it as time goes by. Only the family members are still in pain and can't forget it.

Now that it has entered the dog days, the weather is not only hot but also a little stuffy. As the saying goes, "wheat is not affected by dog ​​days", and the wheat will be harvested in about ten days.The wheat field in the distance is no longer green, but golden. This year is a good year, and the ears of wheat hang down heavily, as if waiting for people to harvest.

In such a hot summer, Xiyuan was not idle. Because of what happened to Xiaoshu, Xiyuan thought about the reasons for what happened. One of the main reasons is that adults and children in the village generally cannot swim. I know how to do dog planing at the very least, and I guess I won't slip deeper and deeper in the water because of panic.

The people here are landlubbers, because there are no rivers or larger streams near the village, but there are a few ponds of different sizes dotted in the wild land.Maybe because there is no danger of flooding, people can't think of learning to swim, or if they want to learn, no one will know how to do it, and no one will teach them.

Although Xiyuan's swimming skills are average, the school still had swimming lessons when he was in school in his previous life, and he often went to the school's swimming pool on weekends when he was free. The school's swimming pool charges are very low, only five yuan a time, so Spend time there to exercise and have fun at the same time.

Now when Xiyuan is free, he teaches his two little guys to swim. Zhuzi also wants to learn, but Xiyuan didn't let him. He was afraid that if something happened to him alone, he would be too late, so he told them to wait for Xiwei. After learning with Wei Cheng, he will teach them again, two at a time, and let them decide who goes first with the back of their hands.The children are very active, and they have already arranged the order by themselves. Every day when Xiyuan taught Xi Weiweicheng, they watched helplessly from the side, feeling that the days passed so slowly, why it was not their turn.

It's not that they have nothing to do, they can play all day long, first of all they have to watch the ducks and geese at home, but because of the matter of Xiaoshu, the adults in the family are very worried, as long as they can spare time, they will let the ducks and geese go. Let the children go to the pond.When Xiyuan first taught Xi Wei and Wei Cheng, the adults in other families were not at ease, fearing that their own children would have accidents with them, they all told them not to follow suit, but the children can't stand it, the more you don't let them, they The more curious it is, the more I want to see it.Later, the adults had no other choice, so they tried to stay as close as possible to the place where Xiyuan taught the children to swim when the ducks and geese were released, so that they could come in time if they had something to do.

After Cheng Nan's father, Cheng Yi, came to see him once, he would come over to take care of Xiyuan every time he was teaching. Later, he saw that the two little guys in Xiyuan were teaching very enthusiastically, and he was also interested, and he was fine. Go into the water, ask about the essentials of Xiyuan, and then swim in shallow water first, and then develop in the deep when you are proficient.

Because of Cheng Yi's presence, the other families were relieved.And every time except for Xiyuan, only two little guys go into the water, so it's probably not a big problem if something happens.

Farm children, although they are clumsy in learning words and memorizing, they are very strong in terms of hands-on ability. Basically, Xiyuan will be able to grasp the basics after teaching them two or three times, and then Xiyuan will take the lead to correct the mistakes. , you can swim in the water, of course, you need to continue to work hard to swim well.

Driven by Cheng Yi, the men in the village also come to learn from time to time, soaking in the water for a while, the weather is hot in summer, everyone loves to stay in the water, and they can only do simple things at home. Just take a shower, how can there be a chance to soak as much as you do now.Therefore, before the wheat harvest, there was a swimming craze in Lianhua Village. The women in the village dared not come here if they had nothing to do, and the men dangled there shirtless.

The little ones are more at ease. As soon as they come to the pond every day, they immediately take off their whole body and swim around in the water like fish.Children prefer to play in the water. Sometimes when it is almost dark, the adults yelled over and over again before going back. They often have small wrinkles on their bodies due to the long soaking time. thing.Now there are more adults swimming here, and they are even more confident.So this summer, the most lively place in Lianhua Village is not under the old elm tree in the middle of the village, but by the pond four miles away from the village.

This pond is the place where ducks and geese were released in Xiyuan last year. The pond is big enough, and because it is a little far from the village, adults in the village are worried about children coming here to release ducks and geese, so it is relatively clean.Now everyone comes here to swim, and no one will drive ducks and geese into the pond without opening their eyes.

Mao Doujiao and Hutou still have fresh memories of this place. This year, there are no ducks and geese for them to watch at home, so they are relatively leisurely. They also come to the pond with Xiyuan if they have nothing to do, and occasionally swim in the pond After a while in the water, the weather is too hot, and they are covered with dog fur, so hot that they stick out their tongues, and they can cool off a lot by swimming in the water for a while.The people in the village are not that particular, and no one is bothered by the fact that dogs and people share the same pond.But even if someone had some thoughts, he didn't dare to say anything. Didn't he see Cheng Yi standing beside him?With Cheng Yi's current relationship with the Xi family, whoever wants to make a mess will have to deal with it.

Because it is summer, the vegetable garden at home and the big fields in the field have some food, so people will come up when they are tired from swimming, put on their pants, and their upper body is naked, and then think about what to eat, sometimes burn some potatoes, Sometimes I roast a handful of ears of wheat, and sometimes I go to someone's field to find a few ears of corn.But there are so many people in the village here, and they are too embarrassed to harm the crops in other people's fields. Generally, they just do a little in their own home, and tell the children in the family not to learn from his mother when they go back, otherwise I have to be nagged by my daughter-in-law that I can't live.Some villagers who have fruit trees in their homes will occasionally pick some plums, sand fruits, crabapple fruits, etc., and share them with each other.

Although the vegetables in Xiyuan's vegetable garden this year are not as many as last year, there are still a lot, so every time he will bring some cucumbers, tomatoes, etc. to the children. A child picked some blueberries, people here called Du Shi, but after thinking about it, let the villagers know about it, and the several secret bases they discovered last year will be exposed.Although the villagers know that Du persimmon is delicious, they just regard it as a kind of wild fruit. When they come across seedlings and fruit, they cut it home and throw it away after eating it. They don't know that it will be sold for money when made into jam.

Xiyuan was thinking about how to get some blueberries and transplant them into the vegetable garden after the house was built at home, so that he could decide what to do, unlike those in the wild who were found by others and only had to watch up.Now that some blueberries are ripe, Xiyuan told his mother and father to pick them at the places he told him when they have nothing to do, and make jam when he comes back.He himself was inconvenient, he walked ahead, followed by a bunch of little radish heads, even if he found a chance to sneak away, the little guys would look for it, and they would not stop until they found it, wanting the villagers not to know?One word, difficult!

This year, Xiyuan not only planted vegetables that people in the village usually grow in the vegetable garden at home, but also planted two ridges of cantaloupe.Xiyuan bought the cantaloupe seeds in Yansui City. Although the canola seed seller swore that the melons grown from his cantaloupe seeds would be sweet when he bought them, Xiyuan was still skeptical.When the melons grew and were ripe, Xiyuan picked one and tasted it, and it was really good. It seems that the ancients were honest and trustworthy. He is used to cheating and abducting in modern times. uncle.

There are not many melons grown at home, so Xiyuan is reluctant to share them with everyone. Every day, he picks a few and puts them in the water to cool them down. After they come back from swimming, each of them will share half of them.Of course, Zhu Zi and Cheng Nan were indispensable.

Besides them, there is another Wang Qiuyang following behind Xiyuan.If Xiaoshu's death was more shocking than sentimental to Xiyuan, it would be really sad to Qiuyang.After all, Xiyuan has limited contact with Xiaoshu, and Qiuyang has always played with Xiaoshu since Xiyuan alienated him.On the day when Xiaoshu's accident happened, he happened to go to his grandma's house with his mother, and when he came back and heard about it, he cried for a few days, and his whole body collapsed.

Mother Qiuyang was very worried. One day he took Qiuyang to herd the geese. Now Qiuyang was not close to any of the children in the village, nor played with them. He was bored at home all day. He felt distressed and took him out. , Said that they were going to herd geese together, but in fact they wanted to let the children relax.

On the way, they happened to meet Xiyuan who was leading a few radish heads to go swimming. Qiuyang saw Xiyuan greeted shyly and wanted to play with Xiyuan, but also thought that Xiyuan had always been lukewarm to them. , he hesitated again.To his surprise, Xiyuan was not as usual that day, but greeted him very affectionately and asked him to play with them.

In the past few days, Qiu Yangniang finally saw Qiu Yang's happy face, and secretly let out a long sigh of relief, she was really afraid that the child would get sick from boredom.Although Qiuyang was not the couple's biological child, they loved and spoiled Qiuyang because they had no other children.

From that day on, Qiuyang also became Xiyuan's follower.He is older than Xiyuan, and he doesn't play well with other children. Other children of the same age in the village think he is too shy, can't climb trees, can't catch frogs, and grasshoppers, so they don't like him. Playing with him made him feel very lonely, and he was only with Xiaoshu before.Now that the little tree is gone, he doesn't know who else he can play with.Well now, Xiyuan took care of himself again, and Mr. Xiyuan led them to play a lot of new things, which made him both novel and timid.However, as far as Xiyuan is concerned, even a kid like Xi Wei Weicheng can coax him well, not to mention Qiuyang is so obedient and easy to troubleshoot.

Xiyuan showed unprecedented patience with Qiuyang. Qiuyang's family was too spoiled for him, and because there was only one child, they were usually worried about him doing this or that, so it was very common for boys in the village. However, it has become a problem for Qiuyang.

First of all, his hands and feet are not as flexible as other children. When learning to swim, he can be clumsy. Even Xi Wei and Wei Cheng, who are next to him, are anxious, demonstrating to him over and over again, and occasionally giving him two little white eyes. When they found out, one person flicked the other.But Qiuyang couldn't swim no matter how hard he tried, and even choked up a few saliva, he himself felt very embarrassed and blushed.

Xiyuan saw that this was not possible, the more people there were, the more nervous Qiuyang became, and the more nervous he became, the more he couldn't let go of his hands and feet.Xiyuan handed Wei Cheng and Xi Wei to Cheng Yi to watch, and he took Qiuyang to a place with few people, and slowly taught him hand in hand. After teaching for several days, Qiuyang finally learned, he himself Never has there been such a sense of accomplishment.When I got home, I was excited to show off to my mother. No matter how old a child is, no matter whether they are extroverted or introverted, they all hope to be better than others or to be the same as others, and they all hope to be affirmed and praised by others.

Lying on the kang at night, accompanied by the cries of the grasshopper that Xiyuan helped him catch hanging on the cucumber rack at home, Qiuyang fell asleep soundly. away.