Crossing the green wheat ears

This year's Spring Festival, Xi Mingwu's family has more in the family. On the day of the Chinese New Year, Xi Mingwen didn't let the second child's family cook it by themselves, and directly called him to eat.

So after dinner in the morning, Xi Mingwu led a few young people to paste Spring Festival couplets on the gates of the east and west courtyards, the main room, and the doors of the side rooms. It is said that it can bring wealth to the family, with various patterns engraved on it, such as magpies climbing plums, which are more than a year after year, and then pasting colored papers of various colors on the lantern poles that have been cut back. Once these are done, the atmosphere of the family will immediately Be beaming.

The second aunt was not idle either, helping the sister-in-law and the old lady to cook on the stove together. She was quick at work, and with her help, even though there were a lot of fried dishes this year, the three of them had cooked them early.

After Xi Mingwu finished his work and the food was put on the table, Xiyuan filled a small wine cup with the sorghum wine he bought for his grandfather, father, and second uncle; , including a few small ones, poured a glass of persimmon wine for each person, and then the whole family started eating lively.

Before Xi's meal was finished, some children who had eaten early at home came to find a few children to play with. Xiyuan grabbed melon seeds, peanuts and sugar for each of them and put them in their pockets.The children ate slowly with their hands in their pockets. The condition of the Xi family is better now, and these things feel normal, but there are still those children from poor families. During the Chinese New Year, the adults buy them by counting the pieces of candy, so They were all reluctant to eat.

Qiuyang also ran to Xiyuan's house as soon as he finished eating, and he came to find Xiyuan to hang out with.Xiyuan poured a glass of fruit wine out of a cup, asked Qiuyang to sit beside him and drank it, and put a handful of melon seeds and peanut candies into Qiuyang's pocket. Qiuyang's family is not rich, so they are only eaten during the New Year. buy more.

After eating, the younger ones ran away first, and Xiyuan told them that they must go home to find him before dark, because the wolf insects entered the village in winter, and now when it gets dark, the villagers are more careful, Children are not allowed to go out. Today is the Chinese New Year. Although children cannot stay at home in a proper manner, they must be accompanied by adults when they go out.

Seeing that everyone else had left, Xiyuan went out to the snowdrift in the back garden of his home, and brought out a basin from it. Inside were the popsicles that Xiyuan made in the previous stage. In fact, they were water, boiled goat milk, and sugar. , and then put it outside for a freeze. Xiyuan learned the modern method and frozen the ice cubes into small rectangles, and put a small thin wood chip in the middle. It looks similar to modern popsicles, but it tastes delicious Much worse.

Even so, it is a very rare thing here. Xiyuan picked up a dozen and put half of them on the window sill outside, preparing to wait for a few small ones to come back for them to eat.

The rest were brought into the house, and given to the adults in the family and Qiuyang each.Because the family cooked all morning today, the room is relatively hot, and the food is full of oil and water during the Chinese New Year, so it is just right to eat a popsicle. It stands to reason that it is better to eat in summer, but who let there be no refrigeration measures here, but it is eaten in winter. Popsicles also have a special taste.

Grandma and grandpa thought the popsicles were too cold, and their teeth hurt from the ice, so Xiyuan took two small bowls, put their popsicles in the bowls, and drank ice water after the popsicles melted.

Qiuyang took the popsicle given by Xiyuan and carefully licked it bite by bite. He was familiar with Xiyuan now, and he was not as polite as at the beginning. Moreover, Xiyuan took his two younger brothers to his house to eat dried cabbage a few days ago. After dipping in the sauce, Xiaoyuan ate it so cutely that he even ate three bowls of polenta and a big ball of dried cabbage. He wasn't polite to them at all, so Qiuyang felt that he shouldn't be polite to Xiyuan either. , that seems outlandish.

After eating popsicles, Niang Xiyuan and Second Aunt were busy kneading noodles and chopping dumpling fillings to make dumplings for midnight on New Year's Eve.Grandma played cards on the kang in the back room by herself, grandpa and Xi Mingwen and Xi Mingwu both went out to chat at other houses, Xiyuan and Qiuyang returned to their own room, took out the checkers made for Wei Cheng, and ate with Qiuyang Playing checkers while eating snacks.

After a while, it was dark, and Xi Mingwen and Xi Mingwu came back with a few children. They happened to be playing outside, and Xi Mingwu snatched them back.

Xi Mingwu took the lead, lit the lanterns at home, hung them on the lantern poles and the gate, and the whole yard was glowing red. Xiyuan bought four more big red lanterns this year, two for his second uncle's family and one for his own family. I bought a total of four last year, two were hung on the gate, one was hung on the lantern pole, and one was hung under the eaves at noon.

The little ones left in no hurry, looked up at the lantern for a while, then took out their own small firecrackers, planted them on the ground one by one, lit them one by one, Xiyuan gave all the extra ones Qiuyang also accompanied him in the yard with his younger brothers.

Because the family has no foreign debts this year, Xiyuan bought a [-]-ball firework extravagantly, and set it off when he was about to eat dumplings, and invited Qiuyang to come and see it when the time came, Qiuyang nodded and agreed with a smile up.

After setting off the firecrackers, Xiyuan and Qiuyang led a few children, and went out of the house with their second uncle. It was Chinese New Year, and the gates of every house were closed. The children and adults in the village used to sit and chat and play for a while , sit and chat with that family, and play for a while.

The second uncle and the others were talking and talking, and the children were running wildly in the yard with lanterns. The most beautiful ones were the lanterns of the boys from Xi’s family. The lanterns of Xi Wei and Wei Cheng were from last year, but this year they have new ones. One person is wearing a mask, and a small windmill made of colorful paper is tied to the lantern. When the wind blows, the paper windmill spins, which is very eye-catching. The other children are surprised to see it. Eye.

Xiyuan and Qiuyang ran from one house to another with the children, and saw a few people coming this way, but Xiyuan didn't recognize who it was, Wei Wei who was showing off his windmill to others. Cheng, he ran to his brother at once, staring at those people vigilantly, because the distance was closer, Xiyuan could see clearly that it was Zhao Ming, Zhao Qing and Li Tao, Xiyuan was not nervous, there were so many people Well, these few people are not open-eyed, and those who celebrate the Chinese New Year are awkward to find him.

He greeted Li Tao with a smile: "Brother Xiao Tao, happy Chinese New Year!"

Li Tao nodded reluctantly at Xiyuan's side, and when they walked over, Zhao Ming and Zhao Qing squinted at Xiyuan, which meant: You wait for me.

"Fake, I don't like this kind of person." After walking over, Xiyuan heard what Zhao Ming said to him on purpose.

Qiuyang might also have noticed something was wrong, and looked at Xiyuan suspiciously, Xiyuan smiled at him, and led the children to continue walking, seeing that those people had indeed gone far, Wei Chengcai went He ran to the front to play with Xi Wei and the others.

When the time was almost up, Xiyuan was going to take a few younger brothers back to set off fireworks. Under the publicity of Xi Weicheng and the others, the other children also knew that the Xi family had bought fireworks this year, so they refused to go back to their own home.

So a group of people came to Xiyuan's house in the village in a mighty way, and Xi Mingwen and Xi Mingwu in the house also came back early, and were playing with firecrackers there. They bought more firecrackers this year than last year, and they had to put them on for a while.

Xiyuan took out the flowers, and Ximingwu also arranged the firecrackers in the yard. Ximingwu lit the firecrackers here, and Xiyuan held Xiwei's hand to light the fireworks. With crackling sounds, the fireworks rushed into the night sky one by one, bursting into beautiful brilliance.

The children were all standing under the eaves, looking up at the fireworks, all of them were full of surprises. They had only heard of fireworks when they were so old, but they had never seen them. They thought this thing was amazing!This night of fireworks, I don’t know how many children will enter the dreamland, and open up their fantasy about the future.

After the firecrackers were set off, some children wanted to pick from the burned firecrackers of Xi's family to see if there were any that had been shaken off and not lit, so that they could take them back and put them away by themselves. Xiyuan was afraid that they would collapse, so he promised to keep them for tomorrow. If you come early, you can choose vigorously, so the children reluctantly give up.

It's time to go home for dinner, and the other children rushed away. Qiuyang also wanted to go with them. Xiyuan was worried about him. Qiuyang was in poor health and timid. It took a long time to get there, so Xiyuan planned to send Qiuyang back.Qiuyang kept giving way, he was afraid that Xiyuan would run into Zhao Ming and the others again, and later Ximingwu picked up his hat and said that he and Xiyuan were going to see him off, and as soon as they walked to the gate, they came to pick up Qiuyang Wang Laolan, there is no need to give it away now.

After the Chinese New Year, on the tenth day of the first lunar month, the child of the third family is half a month old. The old lady went to Ximing's family to visit the first day. The little girl's eyebrows and eyes have grown a little. likable.

After sitting at the third child's house for a while yesterday, the two mothers said that they had run out of eggs, and now that there is not enough milk, they still want to drink more brown sugar.The old lady didn't say a word, and after a while, she hurried back to her home.

I was unhappy when I got home, but I didn't tell anyone.

Unexpectedly, the next day, the third daughter-in-law's mother, the old Mrs. Zhao, came to Xiyuan's house unsteadily by herself.This is not an ordinary day in the first month of the lunar year. How can I not take anything, and just go to relatives' house casually.

People don't have this concern, and they don't feel uncomfortable sitting in the house at all.Grandma was feeling uncomfortable and disgusted with her. Even though she was a real relative, she was not allowed to sit in the back room and entertained her in the main room.

But if you don’t let me, people don’t realize it, they get up and look at each room one by one, “Oh my dear mother, look at how magnificent your house is, how much less suffering you will suffer if you live in this house! "As he said, he clapped his hands.

"You are only looking at the taste of eating pork, but not at the difficulty of raising pigs. Our big house is earned with hard money. When winter comes, the cats winter, and our boss has to run outside all winter. You can't rest in the cold weather." The old lady couldn't get used to Old Mrs. Zhao's nagging, and choked her with words.

"Hey, are you tired or not? Those of us who want to be tired can't bear it." Old Mrs. Zhao touched the couplets sent by Sun Ye in the main room with her hands, and she moved her eyes closer to take a closer look. Look out for a flower.

"Those who haven't suffered from this crime feel nothing." The old lady was too lazy to grind her teeth with her.

"Look at it, look at it, your boss's living and food are among the best in the city. Poor girl, I don't have this life. I can only live in that thatched cottage. Once I arrive I kept the child crying in the cold at night, and cried for half the night, ouch, both adults and children suffer!" The meaning behind the words was that his daughter was at a disadvantage and could not live in such a good house.

"As much blessing as you enjoy, you have to suffer as much. No one can lie on the kang and drop dumplings." The old lady was not happy when she saw that her words were not pleasant.

"Hey mother, look at what you said. The palms and backs of your hands are full of meat. Your eldest son lives in such a nice house, so you can bear to watch your younger son live like that?"

"Don't tell me that the old family's house was earned by the couple who got up early and worked hard at night. There are three brothers, and I bought an adobe house for each of them when they got married. The eldest and second are still old houses, just old. The new one built by the third family is better than the third brother." The old lady was really angry.

"Hey, I don't feel sorry for your third son. You see, his eldest brother has so many houses. There is no room for the main house and the side rooms are still available. You said that the third son's house freezes his scalp when he sleeps at night. Don't you feel sorry for the elder brother?" Don't you feel sorry for the little one?" Old Mrs. Zhao didn't finish.

"I feel distressed? My distress has to be like that. In spring, I raise ducks and geese like other families in other villages. One hundred, you ask them, how many will be left when Lao Qiu pays the money? Not even thirty Here! Lying on the kang all day waiting for the pie to fall from the sky, how can there be such a good thing? I have never heard that the brothers have been separated for so many years, and they shave their faces when they see that they are doing well, and they are not afraid of being laughed at by the villagers! Days If you can pass it, let it pass, if you can't, find a rope and go to the big forest!" The old lady's words were not pleasant, and she had never seen such a shameless person, and she helped her daughter if she had the ability. I didn't even see a single root from their natal family, but now they're here to fight against injustice at their Xi's house!

"Oh, mother-in-law, what you said is not nice. I'm just looking at injustice and saying a few words. The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat. You can't just favor the two big ones!" Old Mrs. Zhao said. Said while patting his thigh, like a witch.

"I'm biased, why am I biased? It's their own incompetence. When the family was separated, they only favored the third child. It's a loss to our eldest child and the second child. Otherwise, we counted the things that were divided by samples, and who would take them?" Bring more of them back to me! I am too lazy to work, I have several children, and I have to rely on my brother to support me, can I afford it?" The old lady also raised her voice.

Originally, when Niang Xiyuan saw the old Mrs. Zhao coming, she came out to say hello and then went back to her room. She didn't want to see the third child's mother-in-law. At this moment, she didn't hear anything from the old lady, so she hurried out and dragged the old man into the back room.

Old Mrs. Zhao saw that the old lady was so angry that her face changed. She looked at the sky. It was almost time to make dinner. She guessed that the rest of the Xi family would come back, so she hurriedly opened the door and left. Mrs. Xi Yuan saw her going out like a ghost. He left, but didn't go out to send it off, and tried to persuade the old lady at the house.

The old man didn't eat a few mouthfuls of dinner at night. At first, the family saw that the old lady had a bad look and thought she was angry with the old man. Later, they were very angry when they heard that Niang Xiyuan had learned things secretly.

Although grandma didn't say anything to her family, she was old and out of breath. Although she propped up the kang the next morning, she lay down again after a while, with buzzing in her head, tinnitus and dizziness. Typical symptoms of getting angry and getting angry.

Xiyuan didn't ask Dr. Li to come home. He went to Dr. Li's house and told Dr. Li about the situation. Dr. Li took two doses of medicine, and Xiyuan fried it for his grandma when he came back.

Based on what the third uncle did before, Xiyuan really didn't want his family to have even a little contact with him, but from the perspective of grandparents, there is no child who is a parent who does not feel distressed. Whatever happened to him, he still weighed his heart when his anger subsided afterwards. The so-called only cruel sons and daughters, there are no cruel parents.

Therefore, Xiyuan has always ignored Ximing's family, and there is no way to tell his family about the past. After all, in their eyes, Xiyuan is not only "alive", but also "living" very well. Coming out will only increase the troubles of the family.But the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop. If you ignore him, he will always come to the door to make trouble. Let them mess up the good days.

Xi Yuan was sitting there thinking about what to do, when Xi Mingwen over there heard Xi Yuan's mother's retelling and became angry. As the saying goes, if an honest person is not angry, he will be angry. If he is really angry, he will explode.

Xi Mingwen said nothing, turned around and walked out of the courtyard. When he arrived at the third child's house, Xi Mingquan was drinking wine and eating side dishes on the kang at home.His daughter-in-law is in confinement, and all the relatives will come to accompany her, so there are some delicious food at home.

Ximing didn't know what his mother-in-law did yesterday, and was surprised to see his elder brother enter the house. Xi Mingwen hadn't been to his house since they had a quarrel over his second son's land that year.

"Brother, why are you here?" Xi Mingquan greeted Xi Mingwen while holding the wine cup, Xi Mingwen didn't say a word, and when he got close, he punched the third child, which completely confused Xi Ming, but he reacted very quickly , Immediately lifted the kang table, and his eldest brother got up.

Xi Mingwen couldn't beat Xi Mingquan, he wasn't as tall as Xi Mingquan or as strong as him, so he fell short after a while.

The third daughter-in-law here wanted to go to the ground when she heard the news from Westinghouse, but the old lady Zhao stopped her. She didn't need to think about it because of yesterday's incident, and it seemed that the boss of the West's family couldn't beat the third child, so the two mothers didn't hear it. Dongwu squinted.

As soon as Xi Mingquan succeeded, he gave Xi Mingwen two fists. Xi Mingwen was really angry this time, but he also greeted the third child with one punch and one punch.

The two brothers here twisted into a ball, and Xiyuan and Ximingwu also ran into the yard. Seeing the third uncle pressing and beating his father, Xiyuan hurried up to help. Staggered to the side; and Xi Mingwu, Xi Mingwu is tall and strong, Ximing alone can't beat him, let alone the two brothers!

As the saying goes, don't slap people in the face. The two brothers, especially Xi Mingwu, specially greeted the third son's face, and gave Xi Ming a black eye. Old Mrs. Zhao didn't like it, so she hurried over to fight, Xi Yuan looked at him When he came over, he didn't fight with Ximing, but pretended to be sideways, and the old lady Zhao was so angry.

The two brothers beat the third child violently. Xi Mingquan was so angry that he cursed, Xi Mingwu went up and punched him, "I'll tell you the third child, don't think that I He and eldest brother have to let you, if you dare to go to my mother's place to invade, you will make my mother mad, see if I don't break your legs, let you all day long and get used to your temper."

"When did I get angry with our mother?" Xi Mingquan was still kept in the dark. His elder brother would attack indiscriminately when he came, and his second brother would not help him when he came. He still doesn't know what happened.

"You are not angry? I am angry because you are not angry? I am angry that my elder brother's family is doing well, and he has the ability to set up the next family business. If he wants to eat for free, he doesn't want to see if his face is big enough." Xi Mingwu This is beating old Mrs. Zhao with words. After all, she is an elder, so she can't do anything with her, and even older people can't play tricks.

"Hey, what are you talking about, kid?" The old Mrs. Zhao heard that Xi Mingwu's words were not pleasant, and she wanted to rely on her old man to sell her old man.

"What are you talking about? Just talk like this. I'll teach my brother a lesson, and outsiders don't interrupt." Xi Mingwu gave old Mrs. Zhao a hard look. Don't look at old Mrs. Zhao who is usually bluffing. At this time, she saw that Xi Mingwu was going to attack her. , I was so frightened that I piled up ashes immediately, and didn't dare to say a word.

Within two days, most people in the village knew that Xi Mingquan was beaten by his two elder brothers. Xi Mingquan himself felt ashamed to face people, and he couldn't see anyone. His elder brother and second brother didn't give him face. Now Still blue and purple.

But Xi Mingquan finally figured out why he was beaten, let's settle the score with his two elder brothers, and he felt that he didn't have the strength, so he took his anger out on the old lady Zhao. In order to eat more than children and confinement children, how about my wife not raising her, but she eats fat for nothing.

Xi Mingquan made a mess at home and drove old Mrs. Zhao away. His wife didn't dare to say anything, after all, it was her old lady who caused public anger.

The old man and the old lady at home also heard that the eldest and second child beat the third child, and they felt distressed and relieved their hatred. The old lady beat Erxi Mingwu on the back twice with anger and laughter. As for the eldest brother, The boss is an honest man, can he fight with others if he is not in a hurry?So, the boss must be right.

The author has something to say: Some children's shoes may not like to see the third family, but Jin Yao can't ignore the past. After all, they are also part of the Western family, just like we can't completely abandon the best around us in our lives. Same outside life.Although this article takes a warm line, life is not a fairy tale after all, and there are big bad wolves in fairy tales, so there will be bad people and bad things in the future, otherwise the plot of the whole story will be disconnected, so Jin Yao thought, if I write about the family of the third child in the future, I will write the Arabic numeral 3 before the summary of the chapter, so that everyone will know that there are them in this chapter. Zhang jumped over, how swollen?

Well, Jin Yao's writing skills are limited, and it's the first time to write an article, so I can't satisfy you. I apologize here. Please bear with me!