In fact, people are just asking about this matter, and it may not necessarily hinder the marriage of the two families.But Mr. Zhao has never been an open-minded person, and he had a dispute with Zhao Datian, complaining that he had not approached Zhao Zhengze to talk about the land. Now that he hears the rumors about Zhao Zhengze again, it is strange. on.Before he could wait for any news from the Gao family to make a statement, he got angry at Zhao Datian.

"It's all your good nephew! It doesn't count if you have raised him for nothing, and if he leaves, it will be a drag on our family. If he messes things up again this time, see if I will spare him or not!" Zhao Bomo stood At the door, he said viciously to Zhao Datian who was chopping firewood.

Zhao Datian was still silent, Zhao Bomo looked even more annoyed: "Are you dumb? No, go tell him now and tell him not to come to our house again! Anyway, he didn't take you seriously. Li. I don’t know what the Gao family will say about Ah Guang’s matter, and Ah Qing hasn’t asked anyone to talk about his brother, if the two children are delayed by then, you are worthy of them as a father?”

Zhao Datian threw the ax and finally made a decision.

In the same village, Zhang Xiaoliu and Zhao Zhengze knew nothing about these things and were busy stepping on seedlings in the paddy fields.The seedlings have been growing in the field for a month, and they have grown much higher. This is also the time when the weeds in the field grow wildly.Stepping on the grass means going to the paddy field to pull out the green grass that grows between the seedlings or directly step on the bottom of the field.This work can't be said to be hard, but the leaves of the seedlings are very sharp, and they can always draw many scars on the calves of the trousers, which are itchy and painful.

Zhang Xiaoliu was reluctant to let Xiaosong suffer this punishment, and was worried about leaving Xiaosong alone at home. It took two days with Zhao Zhengze to finally finish trampling the seedlings in the three-acre paddy field, and then replaced the hoe with a hoe for sweet potatoes and corn pine. earth.Soybeans don't need to be taken care of. Even if there are a few weeds, it doesn't matter. It grows faster than grass, so it won't affect it.But the fruit of sweet potato is underground. If the soil pile is not thick, the sweet potato will not grow up, and only the luxuriant empty vines will appear on the surface. Therefore, after planting, the soil must be loosened and covered with mud again.

Be careful about the crops that grow out of loosening the soil, and it takes a lot of effort to cover the soil. Both of these things are not easy.However, the Zhang family only has half an acre of land to plant these two things, and it is almost enough to get up early and do it for a day.Because it will be the market day in two days, Zhang Xiaoliu doesn't want to come here tomorrow, so he wants to finish it later.Zhao Zhengze naturally had no objection, so he didn't finish his work until it got dark, and could only go home by the starlight.

After a busy day from morning to night, both of them were very tired.But thinking that the farming work has come to an end, and I don't have to travel a long way tomorrow, I feel relieved again.Zhang Xiaoliu worried that his two younger brothers would be afraid in such a dark day, so he hurried home.

As soon as I got to the front of the house, I found that someone had come to the house.There was a faint light coming from the room where Zhang Xiaoliu lived. It was the only oil lamp in the house. Mai Mai was usually reluctant to light it lightly, and there was a voice that obviously did not belong to a child.It's just that they walked loudly just now, and they were far away, so they couldn't tell what they said.

Leaning the hoe under the eaves, Xiaosong heard the movement here, calling "Brother, Brother" non-stop.Zhang Xiaoliu strode over, only to realize that the visitor in the room was not the acquaintance he thought.

"Uncle Zhao, why are you here so late?" He hugged Xiaosong's body and asked politely.

When Mai Mai saw him and Zhao Zhengze walking in, her vigilant eyes relaxed a little.Just now he was sitting on the edge of the bed with Xiaosong in his arms, and Zhao Datian was leaning on the only broken table, probably feeling that he had nothing to say with such a young child, the three of them stared at each other in silence.

Zhao Zhengze also walked in, and was surprised to see his uncle here.

"Uncle."

Zhao Datian gave a "hmm" and looked them back and forth.They were all in the same village, so he was familiar with Zhang's father, but Zhang Xiaoliu and his two younger brothers were not very old, and he had rarely met them.

"Brother, Brother Ah Zheng." Mai Mai stood up, knowing in his heart that Zhao Datian must be looking for his brother and the others, so he wanted to coax Xiao Song to go out with him.However, Xiaosong hugged Zhang Xiaoliu's neck and refused to let go, regardless of Zhang Xiaoliu's body covered in mud and sweat.

"It's okay, I'll hold him for a while." Zhang Xiaoliu nodded to reassure him, wrapped his younger brother in his arms, and said to Zhao Zhengze: "It's rare for uncle to come to you, let uncle stay for dinner. I'll cook, you guys Let’s talk slowly.” He himself had no contact with Zhao Datian, and only met him a few times in the field, so he was very sure that Zhao Datian came here at this time, of course it was not because of him.

After he finished speaking, he went to the stove next door. There was a long strip of stones on the place where firewood was piled up next to the stove. Mai Mai sat there in a daze, and Zhang Xiaoliu squeezed past with Xiaosong in his arms.

"Hey, have you cooked all the rice?" The fire in the stove has been extinguished, but you can still feel a burst of heat when you sit close, and there are rags surrounding the pot to cover it tightly. It is made to prevent the heat from escaping when steaming rice.

"Well, you're all coming back so late, you should be hungry." Mai Mai held a long thorn grass in her hand and scratched it on the ground indiscriminately.

"It's amazing. You are not as tall as this stove, and you can help your brother." Zhang Xiaoliu recalled that on the first day he came here, this child was also standing in the stove with stones on his back to warm breakfast for him and Xiaosong. .It was this sad scene that made him decide to stay without any hesitation.Although thinking about it now, he really has no other place to go.

"My brother has to go to the fields, and it's too hard to cook." Every time he is praised, Mai will bow his head in embarrassment.

"Raise your head." Zhang Xiaoliu patted his hand, it seems that there is nothing wrong with being so shy and introverted here, but in his opinion, Mai Mai is a very brave and assertive person, which really doesn't match such an expression .It is not enough for a person to be diligent in his hands and feet, he must have a strong character.Both Zhao Zhengze and Mai Mai are too docile, and he is working hard to change them, otherwise they will only be squeezed into buns in the future.

"The land is not big. Your two elder brothers will build a house there. Even if you want to build a house, it will be too narrow. Your uncle agreed. When you build a house, I will replace it with a bigger one. Dier..." The small voice next door gradually became louder, and Zhang Xiaoliu could clearly hear what Zhao Datian said.

"Where to change?" He was worried that Zhao Zheng would not know how to answer when he suddenly heard him say.

Zhao Datian also froze for a moment, this kid never liked to talk, even when talking to him, he felt unresponsive, either shaking his head or nodding, it felt like he had changed a lot after not seeing him for a while.In fact, Uncle Zhao just casually said that he would change places for him in the future, how could he think about it so quickly?Besides, apart from the land around where they live now, the Zhao family grows crops, and Zhao Datian naturally doesn't know how he is willing to use it for a house.

"If the place to change is big enough, I'm willing to change it too. Uncle, can I ask uncle, where do you plan to change it for me?" Zhao Zhengze said again.

"How do you know now, as long as you are willing, we can discuss this matter when you build the house!" Zhao Datian frowned. Joy.

Zhao Zhengze remained silent, and Zhao Datian said again: "Look at you, you are all working for Zhang Jiabai now. No matter how well you plant the land, you won't belong to the Zhang family in the future? Why don't you tell your brother now?" Said, setting aside a place here for you to build a house in the future can be regarded as a foundation. This place is much bigger than mine, and there is no need to squeeze with your brother. "

"I have no land, and I use them for food, clothing and housing. There is no work in the field, and their land is much less than that of the uncle's." Zhao Zhengze didn't ask where the place to be changed was. , as he changed the subject.It seemed to remind him inadvertently that he did the same work in their house back then, and he also did more field work.After all, he has nothing of his own, and he is alone wherever he goes.Someone gave him room and board, and he took advantage of it.

"Can they compare with me? How can I say that he is your uncle, will it hurt you? If you insist on that piece of land, no one will be able to build a house by then!" Zhao Datian felt that this nephew had been instigated. How dare you talk to him like that!

"I'm sorry, Uncle, but that's the only place I have. Dad told me to build a house there. If you want to change it, tell me where to get it. As long as it's enough to build a house, I will trade it with you." Zhao Zheng Zheng's attitude was unprecedentedly clear and tough. Zhao Datian stared at him for a long time before leaving angrily.

Zhang Xiaoliu was also secretly surprised that Zhao Zhengze had changed so much. He thought that even if he insisted not to give the land, he would have to stand and be reprimanded.After a while, he heard the voice of Zhao Datian leaving again. He thought that the matter was over. Sure enough, as the saying goes, if you are not a family, you will not enter a family.If it wasn't for his indulgence, how could Ah Zheng's life be so difficult in his family?Now it seems reasonable to say these things again, but it doesn't make sense everywhere.

Thinking in his heart, he put Xiaosong on the ground, stood up and opened the lid of the pot, and brought up the steamed rice and the dishes kept warm on top.They do this most of the time, they just put the dishes by the stove and eat around with their rice bowls in their hands.

"It's time to eat." When Zhao Zhengze walked in, he called out and served the food first.

"Wheat cooked?" Zhao Zhengze approached, also a little surprised.Steaming rice is time consuming and definitely not done after they got back.And the two plates of green vegetables on the table had changed color, obviously they were not freshly cooked.

"Yeah, the wheat might be dry now. Let's eat first, I'm starving." It's late spring, the days are getting longer and the night is getting darker.If they waited until it was completely dark and walked back like they did, it might be already Xushi, and their stomachs would already be croaking with hunger.

It is obvious that cooking with wheat is much more economical than that of my brother, and the rice grains cooked can be counted, and the rest are all miscellaneous grains.Zhang Xiaoliu didn't say anything, and still ate voraciously.After eating for so long, he gradually got used to eating mixed rice like this.

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