Crossing the Four Seasons Pastoral

Because of the pain in his body and various discomforts, Ye Xiaoan only woke up for a short time for the first time, and soon returned to the darkness.

When I woke up for the second time, before I even opened my eyes, I found that the surrounding smell was so foul that it was almost impossible to breathe.Ye Xiaoan subconsciously covered his nose, and then remembered that this was not the hotel he used to stay in.At that moment, I don't know which mountain village he was sent to. Judging from the memory of the original owner, it is a farming civilization.

Thinking of this, Ye Xiaoan had to sit up.He remembered that although the fourth brother dragged him back home, those brothers--the unique sister-in-law here, kicked him out without hesitation.Since he is still lying down now, I don't know where he went?

He looked around, and soon realized that this is probably the old house where Daddy Ye and Ye Momo lived when they were young, right?Later, as the children grew up, they found another place to build a new house, which was shared equally among the three children when they separated. This old house was under the name of the fourth-ranked dumb brother Ye Youping.

It sounds good, but in fact, the eldest, second, and third families have three bright brick houses, while the old house is just two mud-brick houses side by side, and the combined area is one size bigger than the new house. little bit.After Ye Youping took over, it was also idle, so one of them was used by the second family as a cowshed, and the other was used by several families to store farm tools and so on.

Thinking of this, Ye Xiaoan became even more depressed, so he lived next to Niu last night?Except for the original smell in this room, the smell is probably coming from the next door.After all, in order to accumulate fertilizer for the crops, the second child's family only cleaned the cowshed once every six months.

It's true that good people are bullied, and good horses are ridden by others.After thinking for a long time, Ye Xiaoan could only come to this conclusion.Daddy Ye didn't know what was going on, knowing that the first three sons were unreliable, he insisted on entrusting the fourth son and younger brother who "can't take care of themselves" to them.One must know that Ye Youping and the former Ye Xiaoan almost took over all the work in the old family's field, otherwise the boss could go to other villages to do part-time jobs so freely?Even the second child and the third family are not hot-eyed for a day or two, otherwise why would they be agitating to drive them out all day long?

If it weren't for Ye's father's arrangement, it would be much better for Ye Youping and Ye Xiaoan to live alone in the old house -- at least the two of them are not treacherous people, even if they only guard the three acres of land, they can still live. If you go down, you don't have to listen to the curse every three days.

Now it's troublesome, the old people wished they couldn't find a reason to drive them out early in the morning, and they definitely wouldn't let them go back.Having said that, since there are new people in the core, even if he begged them to go back, Ye Xiaoan would never agree.But how to tell Ye Youping is not easy to open his mouth.

There has been no one living in this house for ten years. It was a dilapidated house at first, but now you can see the sun on the top while lying on the bed.Cobwebs in the corners hang down from the roof to the ground, and the ground outside the bed boards is full of hoes and firewood, which seems to have been used by people for storage.

Ye Xiaoan stared at it for a long time, and suddenly wanted to throw all these things out.But with a grunt in his stomach, he thought of a more realistic problem.They didn't have a grain of rice after they came out, so where should they go to get something to fill their stomachs now?Where did the fourth brother go?

Although the attitude of the three brothers of the Ye family made him unable to find any vicious words to describe him for a while, but I have to say that Daddy Ye, Ye Mo, and the fourth brother defended him wholeheartedly—although they did not protect him in the end. He is thoughtful.

Or go out and have a look.He stood up and put his hands together.I said silently in my heart, even though I got your son's body and I couldn't fulfill my filial piety while you were alive, I will definitely help you take care of your other son.

After making up his mind, he walked outside the house.Along the way, I hardly dared to look at the ground—although a handsome seven-foot man is neither afraid of spiders nor mice and cockroaches, if the entire site has been taken over by these creatures, it would be frightening at first glance.

The wooden door was dilapidated, and the lower half of the door had been corroded by rain and gnawed by rats and insects all year round, so it was already empty.The place where it is bound to the door frame is also crooked, and it seems that it may fall off at any time.Ye Xiaoan looked at the low door, bent down subconsciously and got through it, and then remembered that now, with a body of only 14 years old, there is no pressure to walk out straight.

The cows of the second family next door hadn't been let out yet, and Ye Xiaoan heard a long "moo..." as soon as he came out, and almost fell into the ditch in fright.

That's right, there is only less than two feet of flat land in front of the two houses, and then there is the smelly ditch.

Ye Xiaoan grimaced, even if there was a fire pit for him to jump in, it wouldn't be as threatening as the current situation, he really didn't know where to start.He gritted his teeth and crossed the ditch, walked around the cowshed, and soon saw a figure with his back turned to him.

"Fourth brother." He found himself calling out very naturally, without even the slightest hesitation.

Ye Youping had just lit a fire in the open space, and now he bent down to dig in the ashes with a branch.Because he was too focused, he didn't even hear Ye Xiaoan's cry.

"Fourth brother!" Ye Xiaoan raised his voice and shouted again. He remembered that this dumb brother was not born, but because he had a serious illness when he was a child. Babbling sound.But if his name is called, he can still respond.

This time Ye Youping really heard it, he raised his head and looked around in a daze, his eyes lit up instantly when he saw Ye Xiaoan.

"Ahhh..." He yelled and gestured with his hands.

Ye Xiaoan quickly understood what he meant. The fourth brother was asking him why he got up, and said he had brought him something to eat.

"I'm fine." The original owner's memory has been fully integrated into Ye Xiaoan's soul now, and he also tried to use the previous method to talk to Ye Youping, gesticulating with his hands while talking.

Of course, their gestures are not formal sign language, but the two brothers grew up together and can basically communicate with each other.At this time, Ye Xiaoan was also thankful that at least there was no mistake when receiving the memory, otherwise it would have been fatal.

When he approached, Ye Youping showed an extremely happy smile, put down the branch in his hand, knelt down and peeled a pile of sweet potatoes.

At this time, the sweet potatoes were still very small, almost as thick as two fingers, and it was unknown where the dumb got them.Ye Xiaoan was lying down just now and was almost furious by the three "brothers", at this moment he suddenly felt his eye sockets heat up again.

A dozen small sweet potatoes were placed on taro leaves, which seemed to be just for him.Seeing him coming, Ye Youping grabbed it with his hands and helped him peel off the scorched skin before handing it to him.

"It smells so good." He took a breath, took the sweet potato in his hand and said with a smile.

Ye Youping immediately smiled even more happily, and watched him take a bite before lowering his head and peeling again in peace.

"You eat it too, I'll peel it myself." When he handed over the sweet potato for the second time, Ye Xiaoan didn't reach out to pick it up, but peeled one from the ground.

The stomach is very hungry, and the sweet potato is very fragrant.Although the roast is not yet cooked, Ye Xiaoan still eats it with relish.But Ye Youping stopped after eating two, and Ye Xiaoan learned to peel one and brought it to his mouth, but he turned his face away and gestured, "I'll eat it at night."

Ye Xiaoan slowed down his chewing, and suddenly remembered the situation where they were empty-handed, no wonder the dumb man was worried that he would not finish his meal.

"It's okay, eat it, you won't be hungry at night... I've already figured out a way." Ye Xiaoan took a bite of the sweet potato viciously, as if he was biting the flesh of Li Jinyuan.Speaking of which, he has seen many vicious people, but there are really not many people who attack their relatives like this, embezzle their younger brother's property, abuse people to death, and take advantage of their mouths.

Anyway, it's all broken now, as long as the fourth brother stops arguing to go back, if he doesn't let out a sigh of relief, it will be a waste of time.

"Ah?" Ye Youping opened his mouth in doubt. Although he wanted to save the night's rations, but his younger brother had suffered so much and he was still not full, so he was embarrassed to put it away now.So under Ye Xiaoan's half-forced, the two ate all the sweet potatoes.

"Fourth brother, do you own the title deed for the three acres of land?" He remembered that although the fourth brother worked hard at the elder brother's house, he was too honest and didn't want to argue with the elder brother.In fact, his mind is very clear, otherwise, even though the harvest of the field has returned to the eldest brother's family, Li Jinyuan will not give the land deed to him for "safekeeping" no matter how soft and forceful he is.

Ye Youping nodded.

"You didn't put it in the eldest brother's house, did you?" Although it was impossible to think about it, Ye Xiaoan couldn't help but want to confirm it.If it's really there, I don't know what excuse to take it out.

Ye Youping shook his head.

"That's fine, you have to keep it." Ye Xiaoan reminded casually, and then said: "We will not go back to the elder brother's house in the future. The old house is left to you by the father, and we will live here first." So As soon as he finished speaking, he himself felt a chill, so he had to tell himself silently in his heart that this was just a stopgap measure!

Ye Youping lowered his head, obviously still struggling.Ye Xiaoan knew his knot after thinking about it for a while. In fact, he had three acres of land in his hand, and he was hardworking enough to feed the whole family by himself, so he didn't have to be angry at his elder brother's house.But firstly, because of Daddy Ye’s last words, secondly, he was worried about his younger brother, and he was afraid that after taking his younger brother out to live with him, he would say that he was a dumb person, and that his brother’s price would be lowered, so he always felt that it would be best for Ye Xiaoan to stay at the eldest brother’s house. of.

"Does fourth brother still want to go back to eldest brother's house?" Ye Xiaoan asked in a low voice, turning his eyes.Ye Youping is a stubborn person, just explaining to him verbally may not work.It's better to let him give up on himself, so that he can live a smooth life in the future.

Ye Youping looked a little ashamed, but he gestured seriously.The general idea is to let Ye Xiaoan go back to his elder brother's house, and he will live here by himself.If you just leave like this, I'm afraid it will not be good for the younger brother's reputation.

Seeing that he was silent, Ye Youping thought he was embarrassed, and motioned to him silently: "I'll go to elder brother's house in the afternoon and tell him that elder brother will definitely let you go back."

"Brother won't let me go back, even if he is willing, brother-in-law won't agree." Ye Xiaoan said calmly.If they still had half a conscience in their hearts, the two of them would not be sitting here now.

Ye Youping shook his head, seemingly determined.