Crossing the green wheat ears

The carriage drove fast all the way, and soon arrived at the border of Lianhua Village. Xiyuan didn't let him go to the village, but went directly to the corn field at home. Sure enough, all the adults in the family were in the field.

No matter how uncomfortable I feel, I still have to do the work that should be done. The old man is leading his son and daughter-in-law to clean up the corn that has been ravaged by others.Break off the ears of corn together with the husks, put them in a frame, and take them home in a while. As for the purpose of pulling them back, I haven’t figured it out yet, but even though it’s not good enough, this is still food, and it can’t be thrown into the ground. .

In addition to my own family members, there were Third Grandma Wang and Aunt Wang, Cheng Yi's wife, and Dayan in the field.The men are taking advantage of the slack in farming to ram the earth wall. Seeing that they are about to finish their work, they cannot leave. Therefore, the daughter-in-law will help the few families with better relations.

They worked fast on the three mu of land, and they had almost finished cleaning it up.

"Yan'er, why don't you go back first, the child will come to you later." Niang Xiyuan said to Dayan. Dayan gave birth to a daughter this spring. She originally thought that Dr. Li would be unhappy, but unexpectedly, Dr. Li As long as you see your grandchildren, no matter grandchildren or grandchildren, it is still rare. Now that the child is half a birthday, it is the time when he cannot do without his mother.

"Auntie, it's okay. I'll let her sister-in-law coax her. If I'm hungry, I'll make some rice paste to make up for it." Dayan said, without stopping, she quickly broke the corn, and the remaining corn The stalks are gathered together and bundled into bundles.

"Auntie, why do I look like your carriage?" Dayan raised her head to speak, and saw the carriage running over.

"No way, the carriage just left this morning." Although Xi Yuanniang didn't believe it, she raised her head and glanced in the direction Dayan pointed. The more she looked, the more she felt like her own.

"Auntie, it's your family's carriage. Isn't that Xiaoyuan sitting in the carriage?" Dayan had sharp eyes, saw the people in the carriage, and pushed Xiyuan's mother.

Niang Xiyuan wanted to meet her eldest son, but she couldn't move her legs. Knowing that the crops had been harmed, he and Xi Mingwen were afraid that the old man would be angry, so they didn't dare to show too much anger. In fact, they felt very uncomfortable , has been holding back.

"Master, father, mother." Xiyuan jumped out of the carriage and came to the field.Without saying a word, Shuanzi and Lao Zhao tied the carriage to the field and went to work together in Xiatian.

"Far away, why are you back?" Xi Mingwen asked his son.The old man next to him felt sorry for the crops, and his stubborn temper came up. When he saw the eldest grandson, he felt even more panicked and didn't say anything.

"I wanted Brother Shuanzi to accompany me home to get a book, but Uncle Zhao couldn't hide it, so he told me the truth." Xi Yuan explained, looking at the crops in the field, which might destroy more than three acres of land in one night , It is also a laborious job, so the upper part of the corn stalk is only cut off with a knife, and the lower part is still standing upright.

"Far away," Xiyuan's mother originally wanted to tell her son that it was okay, but the tears couldn't stop falling down.In the morning, she and her second daughter-in-law scolded her in the village, but they could only vent their anger temporarily, which didn't help. Now that their son came back, they couldn't help crying.

"Mom, why are you crying? It's okay. Let me see what we do with these things. We can't throw them all away." Xi Yuan put his arms around his mother's shoulders to comfort him.

"Mother is fine, but I feel aggrieved. Go and see your father, your father loves you more than anyone else." Niang Xiyuan vented a bit, and did not forget to ask her eldest son to persuade the old man.

"Grandpa, are you still angry?" Xiyuan ran to grandpa with a smile on his face. Before when he came home, grandpa would greet him with greetings, but today he didn't make a sound for a long time, it seems that he is really angry.

"No, I just feel that these corns are a pity." While busy, the old man replied to the eldest grandson, feeling uncomfortable in his heart, and refused to admit it.

"Master, don't get angry, do the math, how much you can sell three acres of corn, and your grandson will earn it back for you." Xi Yuan looked calm, making people think that he could really solve this matter Yes, well, even though he didn't know what to do, he could only put on a show so that his family wouldn't get angry in a hurry and come up with something else.

"You're just talking nonsense, the corn isn't even grown, who are you selling it to? Who can take it?" Grandpa gave Xiyuan a blank look, thinking he was a fool.

"Hey, Lord, don't you believe me, if I earn it back, will you give me all the money?" Xi Yuan joked with his grandfather.

"Okay, I'll give you all. I'll give you as much money as you want." The old man knew that the eldest grandson was trying to make him happy, but after talking nonsense with him, he felt much more at ease.

"Grandpa, just watch and see how I turn these into money." Xiyuan said, thinking in his heart, and picked up the scourge of corn in his hand to see, his crops are well-served, full of manure, long It's better than other places. Although the corn is not good enough, it's okay to eat tender corn after cooking. Seeing this, the stone in Xiyuan's heart fell to the ground. This is a blessing in misfortune.

"Uncle Zhao, brother Shuanzi, you two come here, pick edible corn and load it into the car." Xiyuan greeted them, and everyone followed to help. After the car was loaded, Xiyuan asked Lao Zhao and Shuanzi to rush back while it was still early. Yan Sui City.

A cart of corn was pulled into the shop, and Zhang Cai was asked to cook it in a big pot and sell sweet corn.

For the other car, Xiyuan asked Lao Zhao to take it directly to Judelou, saying that it was from Xi's family and that there was no money involved.

Xiyuan wrote two recipes made with corn, one is corn with pine nuts, and the other is stewed beans with corn ribs, and asked Lao Zhao to give it directly to the shopkeeper Li of Judelou. There are more pine trees here, and pine nuts are easy to buy. I guess Judelou makes them. These two dishes are not difficult, and this can be regarded as an indirect repayment for Shopkeeper Li's help last time.

However, Xiyuan secretly told Lao Zhao that a cart of corn was given to Judelou for free. In front of his family, he said that he would sell it to Judelou. That's fine.

"It's far away, can it really be sold?" Seeing the two carts of corn transported away, even Grandpa's brows were relaxed, but it was not all thrown away.

"Yes, why not. These are not rare items in our village. In the city, there is nowhere to buy them." Xiyuan comforted his grandfather, and the old man was more at ease now.

Corn is okay, as long as you don’t peel off the outer skin, it doesn’t matter if you leave it for six or seven days. The key is the corn stalks, so what should I do?Xiyuan thought of the silage fodder that is often obtained in modern rural areas, well, let’s try it, a dead horse is a living horse doctor.

Everyone took the corn and corn stalks home and piled them in the yard. It was already time to light the lamps, and the daughters-in-law who helped them all went back. After a while, Cheng Yi and Wang Shun came.

Cheng Yi didn't ask Xi Mingwen and Xi Mingwu to ram the fence after Cheng Yi found out about the Xi family in the morning. Anyone who spreads this matter is troublesome, so how could he have the heart to do anything else?

The men couldn't find time during the day, so they came to have a look at it at night. They saw that several people from the Xi family were cutting corn stalks with guillotines, and they were all curious about what they were doing.

There were many people and the work was fast. A few lanterns were lit in the yard of Xi’s house, and the lights were bright and majestic. They kept working until the middle of the night. All the corn stalks that had been cut off were chopped up, and then they went down to the cellar according to the method Xiyuan told. Cover with airtight oil paper on top.The oil paper was used at home to paste the windows in autumn, but my own didn't have enough, so Uncle Wang Shun went back and brought some from theirs.

A straw curtain was covered on the oil paper, and then a thick layer of soil was spread to seal it well.

By the time everything was done, the eastern sky was already bright.Xiyuan Niang steamed a pot of steamed buns and boiled a pot of sweet corn porridge. There is no shortage of tender corn at home, and it is a little bit to be able to digest.

After eating, the men hurry up and go home to rest for a while. They still have to work during the day.

The strings of the Xi family who had been stretched for a day and a night were also loosened. Xi Yuan advised them to go back to the house to sleep, and slowly clean up the remaining corn and straw standing in the field.

Grandpa and father got up after sleeping for more than an hour. Xiyuan stayed up all night and didn't get enough sleep. Seeing that the family members were so anxious, they got up in a daze and went to work together.

Xiyuan asked his mother and second aunt to cook the corn in the big pot at home. Some of the boiled corn was granulated, and some of the corn had no time to granulate, so they were directly cut into sections and made into canned corn.

Xiyuan has eaten canned corn before but has never made it before. However, referring to his previous experience in canning fruit, Xiyuan roughly divided the procedures into cooking with salt, canning, disinfection, and sealing.Anyway, there is no requirement for a long shelf life, as long as two or three months, Xiyuan probably can do it.

Shuanzi and Lao Zhao drove back early in the morning. When the host’s family encountered such a thing, they followed it with anxiety. It took only one night. The two felt that the atmosphere in the Xi’s house was not as dull as yesterday. Boiled corn, and sealed feed, I have to admire that they have a magical little boss.

"Yuan, the feed we got yesterday, can livestock eat in winter?" Grandpa was worried, and asked Xiyuan while peeling the corn husks and removing the corn silk.

"Yes, Lord, I saw this in a book, and I wanted to try it a long time ago. I was afraid that you and my father would not dare to feel sorry for the crop." Xiyuan comforted his grandfather.

"However, Lord, if you don't get it right, don't get angry, I'm just trying." Xiyuan added another sentence, and he didn't know what to do.

"I know, otherwise these things would have to be thrown away for nothing. If they can't be used, we should throw them away." Grandpa is not as angry as yesterday.

After a busy day at home, towards evening, Xiyuan asked Shuanzi and Lao Zhao to take away the remaining two carts of corn and transport them back to Yansui City together. The family affairs came to an end for the time being.

Xiyuan coaxed his grandpa to go to the city with him with a hippie smile. Although the loss was recovered, the family still felt annoyed. It must be uncomfortable for grandpa to look at the corn stubble all day long.

Such things are obviously bullying and will not let you live your life smoothly.

Their Xi family is considered to be an old household in Lianhua Village, and the Xi family is also an honest person. Although their lives are good, they never show off. I feel ashamed.Even Li Tao, the foolish man, ran to Xi's house to comfort him when he found out what had happened, and was so angry that he scolded those who did harm to others that they would not be rewarded.

However, it is not that everyone has no idea, one possibility is that some people see that the life of Xi's family is prosperous, and they take advantage of the crops to vent their anger.Another possibility is that there are two families who have had a holiday with their own family, Wei's second child, and the east courtyard's congregation.

Xiyuan also pondered for a while, is it possible that it is the third uncle and three aunts, but he thinks it is impossible, now the days are long, the nights are short, and three acres of land in one night, one person can't do so much harm, two or three must be It will be like this, so the third uncle can be eliminated, then the most likely ones are Wei's second child and Congjia.

Moreover, Cheng Yi once secretly told his second uncle that the second Wei was late when he rammed the earth wall yesterday.When working during the day, the boss of the East Yard looked very tired, and those who worked with him even joked with him, asking him if he didn't have enough to eat in the morning.Cheng Yi didn't talk in vain. He reminded him that he probably suspected that these two people did it. Moreover, since the past two years, the two families seemed to be walking closer. The more Xiyuan thought about the possibility of these two people, the greater the possibility.

In Lianhua Village, Wei's second daughter-in-law was busy in the kitchen. When Wei's second left in the morning, he asked his wife to cook two dishes in the evening. He would drink some wine when he came back. As for why he had to drink, the couple knew each other well.

Wei Er is very happy. For so many years, he has been holding his breath because of Wei Cheng's matter. If it wasn't for the boss's idea, he really didn't know how to use it. Now, he finally let out a bad breath.

However, he had a mind at the time, and when he went, he dragged his boss along with him, so that if he was discovered, someone would take care of it together.

Because they were afraid of being suspected by others, the two of them didn't dare to talk to each other for the past two days. They were happy, but they had to pretend that nothing had happened.

However, they only had fun for a day or two, and the daughter-in-law's food hadn't been cooked yet, and Wei's second child made a fool of himself and entered the house.

"What's the matter?" His daughter-in-law hurriedly took out the dishes, and followed her to the back room to ask.

"It's okay, I should be busy with you." The second Wei Wei lay down on the kang, thinking that he would see Xi's jokes, but today, listening to Wang Shun and the others chatting, not only did not throw away the scourge of Xi's corn, but also It was sold in the city, and it is said that the money from the sale was more than what it sold in Laoqiu!

Well, he and the eldest brother have been busy for half a night, working for the Xi family for nothing, and the second Wei is holding his breath and getting angry. He originally wanted to drink celebration wine, but now he changed it to relieve boredom wine.

In fact, Wang Shun and Cheng Yi are not sure whether the Xi family can sell the corn money back, but they have a good relationship. Seeing the Xi family being harmed by others, they get angry, so they deliberately said so in front of the men in the village. , The purpose is to express anger for the Xi family, and anger to harm their family members, but unexpectedly hit the right way, really depressed the second son Wei and the eldest brother.

Xiyuan and his party took advantage of the darkness to advance to Yansui City. They didn't dare to pull the corn home, so they put it directly in the embolism. They would think about what to do tomorrow, and grandpa and Xiyuan returned home.

"Grandpa, don't worry about your family. My Uncle Cheng said that from today onwards, the village will send people to look at the crops every day. They have been seeing Lao Qiu. The rest of the crops are fine." Xi Yuan was afraid that Grandpa would be worried, so he chatted with Grandpa. Talk about things at home.

"Well, I know. When I see your grandma in a while, don't mention it to her, or your grandma will get angry." Grandpa did not forget to tell Xiyuan, and Xiyuan nodded.

Grandma really didn't suspect it, because such a thing has been encountered only once in a few years in ten miles and eight villages, which is completely beyond the recognition of grandma, and the old lady never thought of going there.

Seeing Xiyuan and grandpa come back, grandma hurriedly warmed up the meal for them. After the meal, Xiyuan went back to her room.

Wei Cheng and Xi Wei are doing their homework under the lamp. There used to be a special study room at home, but the two children still prefer to be in the bedroom so that their elder brother can be by their side.

After finishing their homework and washing up, the two children lay on the kang and listened to Xiyuan carefully about what was going on at home. Xi Wei asked a lot, Wei Cheng only asked a few questions about the things he cared about, and the children were a little unhappy.

When Xi Wei fell asleep, Xi Yuan turned over and put his arms around Wei Cheng, but Wei Cheng didn't move.

"Chengzi, what are you thinking?" Xiyuan knew that Wei Cheng was not asleep.

"Brother, tell me, can it be, who did it?" After his brother left, Wei Chengcheng began to think about it, thinking that it might be his own father Wei Er.

Back then, in order to bring him over, my brother didn't deal with Wei's second child lightly, and brought him to the county government. Based on his understanding of Wei's second child, he wouldn't suffer from being dumb for nothing. It was not easy to endure all these years.

"Well, it's possible, but he can't do it alone, at least two people are needed." Xiyuan didn't hide it, Wei Cheng grew up, and began to think independently, and he couldn't hide it if he wanted to.

"Brother, why do you think he is so wicked!" Wei Cheng moved his head towards his elder brother, feeling very uncomfortable. If it wasn't for him, the Xi family would not be able to have an enmity with Wei's second child.

"Chengzi, it is enough for a person to do things worthy of his own conscience. It is impossible to satisfy everyone. You see, you are such a good-tempered person like Brother Qiuyang, Zhang Hua won't make trouble for you. So, when our family encounters such a Things are normal, and our family has not lost anything, so we don't need to take it to heart." Xiyuan patted Wei Cheng's back to comfort the child.

"Brother, I know, I just feel a little uncomfortable, I don't know what's going on." Wei Cheng rubbed his head on his brother's face.

"Well, my brother feels bad, but it's because of this that we can be better together, happy, otherwise, they will succeed." Xiyuan moved the pillow and asked Wei Cheng to sleep with him on the pillow.

"I understand. Brother, can those corns be sold? After school yesterday, Xiao Wei and I went to the shop to help Brother Zhang Cai sell it for a long time, and there are still more than half of the car sold." Wei Cheng is a big-hearted kid. , my brother stroked his hair a few times, and he stopped worrying about Wei's second child.

"Let me think about it again. Anyway, if you can fool your grandparents, it doesn't matter how much you sell. The money will be earned back slowly."

The two brothers chatted for a long time, Wei Chengfang fell asleep snuggled up to his brother's ear, Xiyuan gently supported Wei Cheng's head with one hand, took his pillow with the other hand, moved Wei Cheng over, and touched it. Child's face, sighed.

The next day, in front of the Xiji food shop, a large pot was set up to sell boiled sweet corn, and raw tender corn beside it, sweet corn porridge boiled in a small pot in the shop, and sweet corn cakes baked in a pot , grilled corn made of charcoal ash, in short, Xiyuan tried all the food made of tender corn that he could think of.

After working like this for a few days, there is still half a car left. Xiyuan will give some to Shuanzi’s family, some to Mr. Ye’s family, and the other part to take back to his own home. Cheng Nan and the others are added to the family. It was reimbursed.