Crossing the green wheat ears

The next day, Xi Wei went out to play after breakfast, Xi Yuan didn't bother to move, so he nestled on the kang and made steamed buns with bean paste with his grandma.

During the Chinese New Year, those who have a good harvest will steam two pots of steamed buns, put them in the warehouse and freeze them, and take them back and heat them in a pot when eating.

The beans were planted by my grandma in the corners of the vegetable garden, and they were picked in autumn. Now they are cooked in a big pot, smashed with a pestle, and then squeezed into balls the size of eggs; grandma is reluctant to use only white flour , It’s white flour and cornmeal mixed together. This is because the family’s conditions are a little better this year, so grandma decided to steam some steamed buns, which are not available every year.

In addition to steamed buns with Erhe noodles, there are also vegetable buns made of pure cornbread, stuffed with cabbage, sauerkraut, and radish, with some meat in them.

Yesterday I went to the market to buy necessities for the New Year. Since Xiyuan followed, I ignored my parents' objections and bought five catties of meat, big bones, pig hearts, large intestines, etc., and seven catties of lard.This time, I cut two catties of meat and put it in the stuffing. Since there are a lot of stuffing, it's like a fish entering the sea.The vegetable buns from years ago need to be wrapped more, this is intended to be eaten for the whole first month.The suet was boiled into lard by grandma and Xiyuan’s mother, and the oil residue after the suet was boiled. Grandma scooped up a spoonful of fried rice for Xiyuan and Xiwei, and added chopped green onion and salt to it. Wei, even Xiyuan thought it was the most delicious meal he had ever eaten.

Under Xiyuan's command, the big bones, pig's heart, and large intestines were washed and put away for the Chinese New Year.

Xiyuan couldn’t figure out why the delicious food had to be reserved for the Chinese New Year. He suggested that you can taste it properly, but the minority obeyed the majority. Except for Xi Wei who supported him, everyone else opposed it, and the strong desire of the two was ignored. .

"You said the large intestine you bought, is it delicious? It stinks, even if it's cheap, you can't waste money on it." Grandma saw the meat in the stuffing, remembered Xiyuan's masterpiece, and started nagging again.

"Grandma, you can take a look at my handicraft then, I guarantee it will be delicious." Xiyuan said with a smile, not minding grandma's nagging.

"How can you guarantee that I won't believe it? I won't eat it then." Grandma insisted. He had never heard that the large intestine could be eaten. .

"Just look at it, you won't be happy if you are not allowed to eat."

"You just brag, you don't have any other skills, and you can't get rid of this bragging problem." Grandma also sang and chatted with Xiyuan while chatting.After Wei Cheng's child stayed at home for a few days and then left, the eldest grandson became a little unhappy. Everyone in the family could see that it was rare for Xiao Yuan to be interested today. Grandma was coaxing the grandson.

While talking with grandma, Xi Wei and Zhu Zi rushed in from outside, "Brother, brother, Wei Cheng's father is beating Wei Cheng, he beats Wei Cheng very hard, and whipped him with a wicker stick." Xi Wei was panting Shout out as soon as you enter the door.

"Why did you hit him again, this father of Hades!" Grandma was also surprised.

"Didn't Brother Xiaoyuan buy a pair of shoes for Wei Cheng, Wei Cheng's sister fell in love with them, and insisted on asking for them. If Wei Cheng didn't give them, his father would beat him." Zhu Zi also yelled beside him.The two children stared at Xiyuan with round eyes, their faces pale with fright, apparently frightened by Wei's second child's posture.

"This is not a human thing!" Xiyuan lifted his legs and got off the kang. His grandma didn't hold her back, so he ran out of the house and saw his father's ax for chopping firewood by the courtyard door, so he picked it up He ran towards Wei Cheng's house, and before he left, he still told his grandma to keep Xi Wei under watch and not to let him follow him.

"Xiaoyuan, Xiaoyuan, come back to me!" Grandma shouted anxiously from behind.

"Mother, what's the matter?" Xiyuan's mother came out and asked, she was sewing new clothes for Xi Wei in the house, the cloth was chosen by Xiyuan at the market yesterday.

"Second Wei beat Wei Cheng again. Xiao Yuan is on fire. He went there with a small axe. Go and call his grandfather and father back quickly, and nothing will happen!" Grandma grabbed him with her hand. Xi Wei and Zhuzi didn't let them move, they were about to cry.

"I'll go right away!" Niang Xiyuan ran out immediately.Grandpa and dad saw that the weather was fine today, so they thought about going outside the village to cut a small tree and tie it in the yard during the Chinese New Year so that they could hang lanterns on it.

"Good boy, can you do it at home by yourself? Grandma wants to go and have a look." Grandma was anxious for a while, fearing that something would happen to Xiyuan, but seeing Xi Wei's appearance, she knew that she couldn't leave, don't worry about Xiyuan, Xiyuan Wei Yi didn't take good care of him and if something went wrong, he could only wait at home.

Xiyuan took the ax and ran all the way to Wei Cheng's house. He became even angrier when he saw several adults and children standing at the gate of the courtyard watching the excitement.

In the yard, Wei's second son was holding a thick wicker and slapping Wei Cheng's body, but Wei Cheng didn't hide, he was holding the pair of shoes that Xiyuan bought for him tightly, but he didn't let go. His stepmother was still stirring up the flames, "Well, this kid deserves to be beaten, and you don't listen to what I say, so why don't you care about it tomorrow when he grows up?" His "sister" stood beside her with a gloating face.

Seeing this situation, Xiyuan was furious, and without a word, he took the ax in his hand and ran towards Wei Er Er. The people beside him and Wei Cheng's stepmother were frightened when they saw Xi Yuan's actions, and Wei Er Er also He froze for a moment in fright, quickly left Wei Cheng and ran two steps back, Xiyuan's ax passed by his side, and Wei's second child broke out in cold sweat from fright.Xiyuan checked that he hadn't chopped it, picked up his ax and chased after him, Wei Er was so frightened that he ran away.

Then a strange scene appeared in the courtyard of Wei's house: a ten-year-old child with an ax chased a tall and strong adult man all over the yard.

"Damn it, I'll tell you to fight again. I'll kill you shameless bastard today. If I don't buy it myself, I'd be ashamed to snatch what others bought for my child." Xi Yuan scolded while chasing after him.

"You child, you are crazy!" Wei Er Er said while hiding.

"Xiaoyuan, Xiaoyuan!" At this time, the adults watching the excitement came in hurriedly and hugged Xiyuan, and hurriedly pulled Xiyuan aside—— Wei's second child is ignored in the village, and his family's affairs are in the village. People don't bother to care about them, but Xiyuan's family is very popular in the village, so they can't just watch Xiyuan make trouble.

"Why are you like a mad dog catching anyone and biting anyone!" Wei Er Er didn't run away when he saw someone fighting.

"Bah, you grandson, shameless, robbed me of what I bought for Wei Cheng." Xi Yuan scolded.

"It's up to you to take care of my family's affairs. You said you bought it, but who saw it? It's none of your business if I beat my own son. He's full of food." Wei's second son was annoyed.

"Damn it, you can't beat your son. I'll take care of it today. If you dare to touch Wei Cheng again, I'll kill you." Xiyuan swung the ax in his hand at Wei's second son.

"Is it up to you! Why, I care about my family, Wei Cheng. If you care about it, I will take it to your house. Don't ask for more. Five taels of silver will go to your house."

"Fuck you, did you speak human language?" Xi Yuan said angrily.

"Don't worry about whether it's human talk or not. I'll leave the talk here today. Either take the money and take it away, or let the dog and the mouse meddle in other people's business. A child like this is not like you. You're not done yet."

"That's right, who are you, don't take care of my family's affairs, don't come to my house to make trouble." Wei's second wife also taunted Xiyuan beside him.

"Xiaoyuan, it's not uncle who said you, you really can't control this matter." The villagers next to him also persuaded.

Yes, logically speaking, as an outsider, I really can't take care of other people's affairs, and five taels of silver is enough for ordinary people here to live for two or three years, which is not a small amount.

Xiyuan calmed down, glanced at Wei's second child, then at Wei Cheng, and the child was also looking towards him.Xiyuan smiled helplessly, hesitated for a moment, turned and walked out.

"Brother! Brother!" Wei Cheng cried out from behind.

Xiyuan turned his head abruptly and saw Wei Cheng looking at him, tears streaming down his face.

Even though Wei's second child beat him like that, he never saw him cry, and he never asked for forgiveness!

At this time, she looked at herself crying with tears all over her face!

Maybe he knew that when he left, the only person who protected him in his life was gone!

If I don't care, whether this child can grow up safely is a problem, and I guess he will be tortured to death by these scumbags slowly!

If it was before, Xiyuan could still be ruthless and ignore it. After all, his abilities are limited, but after nearly two months of getting along, Wei Cheng has already occupied an important position in his heart. Not recognized.

This unfortunate, sensible, stubborn child!

Xiyuan turned around and walked up to Wei Cheng, and slowly squatted down and held him in his arms.

"What you said is true? I will give you five taels of silver, and Wei Cheng will have nothing to do with your Wei family in the future?" Xi Yuan asked Wei's second child.

"Of course it's true. Fuck, a man's spit is a nail. Who's kidding you?"

Wei Er felt that Xiyuan was just a child after all, and it was not up to him to make decisions about the Xi family's affairs, besides, he knew the situation of the Xi family, five taels of silver?It's hard to say whether there is five cents or not. In the summer, Xiyuan's illness cost a lot of money. He saw the old Xitou borrowing money everywhere. He probably hasn't paid it off now. Where can he get five cents? Two silver.Having said that, if it was really five taels of silver, it would be fine to sell this little bastard to the Xi family, anyway, he still has a young son, so he would not worry about having no one to take care of him until his death.Although it was just casual talk at the beginning, now think about how to calculate the account and how cost-effective it is.

"Okay, since this is the case, there is no evidence for what we say, we have to find someone to prove it. Are you sure what you say means what you say?" Xiyuan confirmed again.

"Of course it counts. If I go back on my word, I will suffer a terrible death." Seeing that Xiyuan seemed to be really tempted, Wei Er was afraid that the money would run away, so he swore an oath to convince Xiyuan.

He thought that Xiyuan was easy to be fooled by a child, and when he got it right, old Xitou and Xi Mingwen would have no choice but to go back on their word.

"Okay, Uncle Li, please help me to ask Lizheng from the village to come here." Xiyuan said to one of the village men.

"You child, don't do stupid things as soon as he provokes you." A villager surnamed Li advised Xiyuan.

Five taels of silver, some people may not be able to save enough five taels of silver in a lifetime!Besides, how could such a skinny child be worth five taels of silver? This Wei's second child is obviously cheating on Xiyuan, and it is easy to deceive because he is a child.

"Uncle Li, I know what's on my mind, so you can call Li Zheng for me." Xi Yuan said, getting up and hugging Wei Cheng.

At this time, Xiyuan's grandfather and father also rushed over, and they were relieved to see that Xiyuan was fine.

"Father, you go back and bring me five taels of silver with my grandma. I'll give Wei Lao two five taels of silver, so the achievements of the guards belong to our family." In front of Wei Cheng, Xi Yuan didn't want to talk about buying or selling words.The reason why I asked my father to go back to get it was because his father was more honest and easy to talk, and his grandfather had a stubborn temper. Xiyuan was afraid that the old man would not be able to handle it, so he refused to agree.

"Father, you said Xiaoyuan..." Xi Mingwen was still hesitating.

"Go, go back and get it, and listen to Xiaoyuan." To Xiyuan's surprise, Grandpa didn't say anything, and made the final decision without any ambiguity, but looked at Wei's second child with a somewhat unfriendly gaze.

"Hey, good." Xiyuan's father didn't say anything and immediately turned and went home to get the money.

"Xiaoyuan, are you okay?" Xiyuan's mother also rushed over at this time, she was running slowly, and was pulled down by her husband a lot, feeling anxious, she stumbled when she ran, and her speed slowed even more.

"It's okay, mother, I'm not doing well." Xiyuan saw that her mother was running too fast, and she was a little out of breath.

"Hey, as long as it's okay, you scare the mother. You said that you child, if you have something to tell the adults, you can run out by yourself." Xiyuan's mother was afraid for a while.

"Boss daughter-in-law, if you have anything to say, we'll talk about it when we go back, and let me stop now." Grandpa opened his mouth, joking, his eldest grandson in Lao Xitou should be like this, not afraid of troubles, but also able to take care of them.

After a while, Lizheng was invited, not only Lizheng, but also several prestigious elders in the village.Li Zheng's face was dark, and he gave Wei Laoer a hard look. If this matter was to be spread, he would be ashamed as Li Zheng.

Under Li Zheng's auspices, the contract was written for both parties, and Xiyuan and Wei's second child pressed their fingerprints (Xiyuan didn't ask Grandpa to do so, for fear of adding unnecessary trouble to Grandpa).

During this period, Wei Cheng kept hugging Xiyuan's neck and did not let go. It was useless to be persuaded by anyone. He just buried his head in front of Xiyuan's neck without raising his head. If anyone pulled his hand, his whole body would immediately tense up. He got up, clutching Xiyuan's coat collar tightly.Xiyuan sighed helplessly, and stroked Weicheng's back. The child was frightened by his wanting to leave just now.

When Xiyuan's father came back with the silver and handed it over to Wei Laoer in front of Lizheng, clan elders and villagers, the matter would be settled.

It was ten o'clock in the afternoon, and the sky was blue and blue. Xiyuan hugged Wei Cheng and walked towards home behind his grandfather, father, and mother. He carried it on his back, and said softly to him: "Let's go, brother will carry you home."

Yes, go home, from now on, my home is your home, no longer need to go hungry, no longer need to be beaten, no longer need to be afraid, no longer need to rely on people’s face to live.

The sun is just right in the sky, and the footsteps of spring on the ground are gradually approaching.