reborn as a brother

It's not busy farming, but it doesn't need to get up just after dawn, usually in the middle of the hour.

After breakfast, Zhang Sangeer and Ji Anyi were busy with housework, while Wang Xiaoer and Xie Qi were working on what they had harvested in the mountains yesterday.

In the early hours of the morning, the ox cart was hitched, and the three happily entered the town.

The three of them went to the town to discuss the dowry, and Wang Baoer went to Liu Amo's house with the little fat man and Ji Anyi in his arms.

Brother Zhang San was alone at home, he was restless, he carried a hoe, and was busy slowly in the vegetable field in front of the house, apparently a little distracted.

Brother Tie held a few seedlings in his hand, looked in the direction of Wang's house, hesitated for a while, then turned his head to Li Jincai and said. "Go to the royal house."

Li Jincai, who was walking with two bundles of firewood on his back and an ax in his hand, paused when he heard these words, and said something in a buzzing voice. "No."

"No. What about the bamboo shoots in the cellar? After a pause, Brother Tie said fiercely. "If you don't go, you have to go.Bamboo shoots can't be sold, so you will feel better at night. "

After that, he strode towards Wang's house.Li Jincai stood there in a daze, without moving.

Brother Tie walked a few steps, seeing that he was not keeping up, he rushed behind him in three steps and two steps, and pushed him. "Hurry up, don't worry about it, there is still a lot of work at home."

Li Jincai staggered, barely stopped, raised his head and stared at Brother Tie.

"Hey, guts are back?" Brother Tie said with a half-smile. "I'll see how you behave tonight." As he spoke, he took Li Jincai's hand and hurriedly walked towards Wang's house.

When he got closer, he saw clearly that it was Brother Zhang San who was busy in the vegetable field, and Brother Tie smiled. "Brother Zhang is busy."

Brother Zhang, who was distracted, heard this somewhat familiar voice, looked up, was stunned, and after a while, he smiled.

Just now he was still thinking about the events of the previous years, and thought of Li Jincai, but unexpectedly, when he looked up, he saw him.

Suddenly, there was a very unreal feeling.

In the past, Li Jincai was well-dressed, occasionally went to work in the field, and would wear cloth shoes, his hair was neatly tied up, and he was clean all day long, just like a young man in the town.

And he has to work in the field after finishing the work at home, like a spinning top all day without stopping, his hands are extremely rough, he has frostbite in winter, and he has to work, leaving scars, which were originally rough The double is ugly and can't be seen.

It was okay when he first got married, Li Jincai cared about him, and loved being with him. Later, he did a lot of work, and he was getting old quickly, and Li Jincai didn't like him anymore. Hitting and kicking often scold him for getting uglier...

He often fetches a basin of water and quietly looks at the people reflected in the water, and he feels that his life is like a nightmare.

Looking at Li Jincai this time, he felt an indescribable trance.

His clothes are old and worn out, he wears straw sandals on his feet, his feet are covered with mud, dirty and black, he is carrying two bundles of firewood on his back, his hair is directly tied with cloth, and there is a lot of grass clippings and tree residues on it, and he looks at it with his head buried. Not reaching his face, the hands that were once clean were covered with scratches of various sizes, making them a lot rougher.

This Li Jincai is so similar to him back then.

I don't know if he will remember the past.What kind of mood will you feel when you see yourself reflected in the water?

"Is Brother Tie okay?" Brother Zhang San asked with a smile.He didn't say anything to invite the two of them to come in and sit down, even if it was a polite word, he couldn't say it.

It's not easy to say hello so calmly.

"There's something wrong. Brother Ji is not at home?" Brother Tie asked.

Sure enough, he came to look for Ji Geer.Brother Zhang San murmured in his heart, but he didn't know what to do with him. "Not at home, he and Brother Wang went to Ama Liu's house for business."

"Oh. Then I'll come back later." Tie Geer said, turned around and left.

Seeing him leaving, Li Jincai also hurried away. Before he left, he couldn't hold back. He secretly raised his head and took a quick glance at the people in the vegetable field.

At this glance, he was stunned.

Is this still Zhang Xingwang?

At the beginning of May, the early morning sunshine was soft and gentle. Brother Zhang San was wearing bamboo green clothes, his hair was tied up with wooden hairpins, cloth shoes were on his feet, and his hands were holding a hoe. I don’t know if it’s because of the sunlight. , those hands are much whiter, slender and long, especially good-looking, not only the hands, but also his face is also a little fairer, the appearance is just like when he saw him for the first time.

Li Jincai suddenly remembered that one morning, when he got up to rinse his mouth and wash his face, he accidentally saw himself reflected in the water, and he stretched out his right hand tremblingly, looking at the hand that was beyond recognition.

An unprecedented emotion welled up in his heart, he staggered, and he fell to the ground.

He finally believed it, the word retribution.

The movement was a bit loud, Brother Zhang stopped the hoe in his hand, stood in the vegetable field and watched from a distance.

Li Jincai jumped, and the firewood on his back was scattered all over the ground. Brother Tie kicked him, scolding for some reason, the two of them tied up the firewood again, and left in a hurry.

Ji Anyi and Wang Baoer returned happily.

Seeing Brother Zhang standing blankly in the vegetable field in a daze, he felt a little bored.

"What's Brother Zhang San thinking? Is it comfortable to be in the sun?" Ji Anyi approached and joked.

Brother Zhang San came back to his senses, feeling a little dizzy, and smiled. "You guys are back. Brother Tie came over just now. I don't know what to do with you. Tell me he will come back later."

Brother Tie is here, so Li Jincai must be here too... "They didn't bother you much, did they?" Ji Anyi asked bluntly.

The main reason is that the situation of brother Zhang San just now had to make him think more.

"No. It's just that after such a long time, it's the first time I saw Li Jincai and I was a little bit surprised." Brother Zhang San smiled and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Not long after, Brother Tie came over again, but Li Jincai didn't follow him this time.

"Ji Geer is busy." Tie Geer said with a smile on his face.

Ji Anyi put down his work, stood up, and said with a smile. "Sit down, I heard Brother Zhang San said that you have something to do with me." As he spoke, he went into the room and poured him a glass of water.

"It's something." Brother Tie took the cup with a smile, took a sip, and continued. "I don't know if Brother Ji will accept the bamboo shoots." After a pause, he smiled wryly again. "I heard that Ji Ge'er's pickled hot and sour bamboo shoots can be sold for money. Because of what my family did, now I can't pick well water to irrigate the vegetable field, and the vegetables grown can only be sold in the town. I can't exchange a few dollars, seeing that every household in the village is living a good life, I have no choice but to think about ways to make money, thinking that the hot and sour bamboo shoots in Ji Ge'er's house are selling well, seeing bamboo shoots in the mountains They grew well, so I dug some and put them in the cellar, no, come here with a thick face and ask Ji Geer if he will keep them."

No wonder, there are fewer bamboo shoots this year. It turned out that they were poached by the two of them.

The whole Hexi Village knows that the hot and sour bamboo shoots can be sold for money, but no one has deliberately dug up the bamboo shoots and sold them. The reason here is that the well, the vegetables irrigated by the well water, can be sold extremely well. Everyone knows a good price and remembers Ji Anyi's feelings.Sometimes, whoever sees bamboo shoots in the mountains will dig them up and send them over. Some, they happen to come across a place where the bamboo shoots grow so much, and they will come here to tell them.

To be honest, Ji Anyi was too happy.

It is estimated that these two people have hidden a lot of bamboo shoots in the cellar. They have hardly dug the bamboo shoots in the nearby mountains this year. They can only dig deeper into the mountains, which will take a lot of work than last year.

If he agreed to collect the bamboo shoots from Brother Tie's house today, and tasted the sweetness, there would be no end in the future.The hot and sour bamboo shoots that were originally pure profits will be paid for by then.

"Bamboo shoots, the production is already enough." Ji Anyi showed a sorry expression.

When Brother Tie heard this, he became a little anxious. "Why is it enough? I remember that there seemed to be more bamboo shoots last year than this year."

"Oh." Ji Anyi sighed. "Business is not very good, so there will be fewer orders. There are also some bamboo shoots in the cellar. I plan to dry them directly. It will also be a dish in winter."

"Ji Geer, I have a lot of bamboo shoots in my place. I'll sell them all to you at a cheaper price. You can dry them directly. You have more ways than me. These dried bamboo shoots can also be sold for money, but they can't be sold at a good price in our town. " Brother Tie said neatly, looking at Ji Anyi with a smile.

Wang Baoer walked over with the little fat man in his arms, and said directly with a cold face. "Brother Tie, do you think that my brother Ji is careful and kind, and you want to force him like this? This is not authentic."

"No way. Brother Wang's words are not pleasant." Although Brother Tie was smiling, his eyes changed.

"Hehe." Wang Baoer twitched the corner of her mouth and said again. "That's really embarrassing, I just said something off the top, brother Tie, don't worry, I'm a bit impatient. Since dried bamboo shoots can be sold for money, brother Tie will spend some effort on his own. Our town If you can’t sell it at a good price, you can pick a time and go to the city, maybe you can make a fortune.”

Ji Anyi also answered from the side. "Brother Tie, I'm sorry, I don't do the business of dried bamboo shoots here."

Brother Tie walked away with a cold face.

"It turns out that the bamboo shoots were poached by them." Brother Zhang San muttered. "Then they have a lot of bamboo shoots in their cellar. We have hardly dug the nearby area this year. It's roughly a few hundred catties."

"It's more than that." Wang Baoer said with a cold face. "The bamboo shoots around us are big, especially in the bamboo forest in the south, and the bamboo shoots that grow well in that bamboo forest are all dug up by them. They can't escape with seven or eight hundred catties. This is to get money from Ji Ge'er. , it’s quite beautiful to think of.”

Brother Zhang San felt uncomfortable. "It's a good thing Ji Ge'er didn't agree. There are so many bamboo shoots, so I don't know how much it will cost." Speaking of this, he smiled again. "Ji Geer doesn't accept the pile of bamboo shoots, they are worried."

"I guess Brother Tie will be drying the dried bamboo shoots. It's a pity to store so many bamboo shoots." Wang Baoer felt distressed when he thought about it.Such a good bunch of bamboo shoots for nothing.