Reborn Sanitary

Sunday, February 1990, 11.

Wrapped in a quilt, Xu Tao got up tremblingly, and rubbed his frozen fingers vigorously. Suddenly Xu Tao stopped, threw the quilt away, grabbed the clothes that were put aside, and quickly put them on. Got up, put on two cotton shoes and walked out of the back room, seeing the empty kang surface, Xu Tao touched the already cold bed, feeling annoyed in his heart.

Quickly walked out to the door, pushed the door to the room, and saw flying snowflakes. In the howling cold wind, large flakes of snowflakes fell from the sky. Xu Tao wiped his face and ran to the backyard. Just as he turned the corner, he saw the shed The lights were on inside, and when I came to the shed in the backyard, there was already a layer of snow flakes on the shed, Xu Tao frowned and took a look, then carefully opened the door and opened the quilt and walked in, a warm current hit, Xu Tao subconsciously Taking a deep breath, under the dim light, Xu Yan was constantly filling the four stoves with firewood.

Xu Tao walked to Xu Yan along the path, "Sister, when did you get up?"

Xu Yan looked up at Xu Tao, wiped the sweat off her forehead, and smiled, "I just woke up, I think it's snowing, I'm afraid the fire in the stove pit that was pressed last night will go out, and besides, it's cold, if the vegetables are frozen , we’re done for nothing.”

Xu Tao looked at Xu Yan's bloodshot eyes and wet hair sticking to her forehead with a trembling heart, and felt uncomfortable for a while. My sister just got up, and on the way here, the snow was already covered. At the ankle, just look at the thickness of the snow, I have been up for at least three hours.

Taking a deep breath, Xu Tao blinked hard, "Sister, I'm hungry, you can go back to the house and cook me something, I'll clean up the yard and sweep the snow by the way."

Xu Yan looked at the vegetable field, stood up straight and nodded, "Okay, my sister will come into the house to cook for you, and you watch the fire." Xu Tao nodded and watched Xu Yan put on a cotton jacket and a scarf and left the greenhouse. Standing by the stove, the scorched wood in the red stove was crackling. It took Xu Tao a wry smile, rubbed his face vigorously, turned around, walked to the vegetable field, squatted on the ground and touched it. Touch the soil.

The slightly dry soil made Xu Tao stand up and walk to the door, and grabbed the two buckets on the side. The temperature was enough but the humidity was not enough. Xu Tao carried the two buckets to the well, and started to fetch water one by one. After Yan finished the meal, she walked out of the kitchen and saw Xu Tao standing by the well, steaming from her forehead, and rushed over, "Xiao Tao, put it down, I'll water the ground later, you go into the house to eat."

Xu Tao smiled, put down the bucket in his hand, and pulled Xu Yan into the house, "Sister, I'm really hungry, what can you cook for me?"

Xu Yan reached out to wipe the sweat off Xu Tao's forehead, "Hot noodle soup, eat quickly, take a rest after eating, sister go water the ground."

Xu Tao stood in front of the stove and looked at Xu Yan earnestly, "Sister, you go to bed first, after you rest, go to the backyard to replace me..." "Xiao Tao." Xu Yan interrupted Xu Tao anxiously, Xu Tao held his hand Put it on Xu Yan's shoulder, exerting a little force, "Sister, can you listen to me?"

Xu Yan looked at Xu Tao in front of her with a serious expression, and there was persistence in her eyes. Xu Yan pursed her lips and nodded, "Say it."

Xu Tao smiled, pulled Xu Yan to sit on the small stool in front of the stove, and handed the noodles to Xu Yan, "Sister, I know you love me, but you forgot, I love you too, our family only Two, I usually have to go to school, and the family depends on you alone. I know you are capable and willing to do it, but sister, you forgot, I only have you as a family member. What do you mean?" Xu Tao's slightly deep voice made Xu Yan's nose sore.

With a smile, he stretched out his hand and rubbed the top of Xu Tao's head, "Xiaotao, sister knows, you know everything you said, Xiaotao, don't worry, sister will not leave you alone, no matter what, sister will watch I want you to be an adult."

Xu Tao sighed, and looked at Xu Yan seriously, "I know, sister, you can't go on like this, or you will break down before the vegetables are ripe. I go to school during the day, and you clean up the greenhouse at home. At that time, we change shifts." "Xiaotao" Xu Tao held Xu Yan's hand, "Sister, we change shifts, I will be in the middle of the night, and you will be in the middle of the night, this will not delay my going to school, and you can breathe a sigh of relief."

Xu Yan looked at Xu Tao's rare accompanying face and nodded helplessly, "But what do you do when you go to school, if you don't get enough sleep, don't be sleepy in class."

Xu Tao smiled, "No, sister, listen to me, that's it, just wait for my holiday, we will be on holiday in half a month or so." Xu Yan looked at the smiling Xu Tao and knocked on Xu Tao's phone. With a slap on the forehead, "Hurry up and eat, the noodles will be ready in a while."

Xu Tao nodded with a smile, picked up a big bowl of noodles and started to eat in a sputtering manner. He finished eating a large bowl of noodles in a few minutes and wiped his mouth. The next day, I will rely on you to watch the stove at night."

Xu Yan nodded, "Okay, I see." Xu Tao turned and left the house, came to the well and continued to carry water, bucket after bucket of well water poured on the dry soil, until dawn, Xu Tao After watering the vegetable field thoroughly, Xu Tao stood by the vegetable field and wiped the sweat from his forehead and neck. After a while, he stuffed some firewood into the stove and walked out of the greenhouse.

Standing outside the shed, Xu Tao looked at the thick layer of snow sticking to the shed and frowned slightly. Although the shed was supported by I-beams, the plastic sheeting was not resistant to pressure after all. Xu Tao walked back to the front yard and put The ladder placed by the wall was dragged to the backyard, carefully stuck on the horizontal bar of the girder, and pressed, it was probably all right, Xu Tao smiled, picked up the broom placed by the wall, carefully climbed up the ladder, and started plowing snow.

Work carefully, in the cold wind, Xu Tao's spirit is highly concentrated, Xu Tao knows what the support of his greenhouse is, and the wobbly ladder makes Xu Tao a little scared, he is not afraid of falling, the thick snow falls It won't break if it falls, but he is afraid that it will fall in the wrong direction and hit the shed.

I don't know how long it took, but Xu Tao felt pain in the knuckles of his fingers, like needle pricks. Xu Tao looked at the roof that hadn't been cleaned, climbed down the ladder, grabbed the snow on the ground and rubbed his knuckles vigorously. The fingers stimulated by the cold snow became more and more painful, and it took a while to feel a burst of heat coming from the fingers. Xu Tao smiled, wiped the snow on his clothes, jumped hard, and moved the ladder forward. He grabbed the broom that had been set aside and climbed up again.

"Xu Tao, come down." Just halfway up the climb, there was a shout from behind. Xu Tao turned around and saw Zhang Liang and Zhang Hai brothers standing at the corner of the backyard. Xu Tao smiled, "Brother Da Da, Zhang Liang, why are you here?"

Zhang Liang trotted to the ladder to hold on to it, and stared at Xu Tao, "You are stupid, you dare to go up by yourself if you are so slippery without someone to help you. If you fall down, it won't break you, come down."

Xu Tao smiled, "No, I'll be careful, I still have one side to finish."

"Xiaotao, you come down, bro, go up, you and Er Gouzi can support you at the bottom." Zhang Hai walked to the ladder and reached out to grab Xu Tao's ankle, exerting a little force, Xu Tao struggled, but did not break free, Nodding helplessly, "Brother Dahai, let go, I'll go down."

Zhang Liang grinned and grinned, "If you don't come down, my brother will tear it off for you, hurry up."

Xu Tao threw the broom in his hand on the ground, climbed down again, and stood beside Zhang Liang, looking at the grinning Zhang Liang, "Is your house finished?"

Zhang Liang shook his head, "No, my mother said that your family has a small population, so let me and my brother come here to work, and she and my father at home can do it."

Xu Tao frowned slightly, and looked at Zhang Hai, "Brother Da Da, why don't you go home, my shed is small, and Zhang Liang and I can finish it in a while, but your shed is big, now it's slippery and fat It’s also inconvenient for Aunt and Uncle Ming to go up and down.”

Zhang Hai laughed haha, and patted Xu Tao, "No, I will do yours first, and I will do my own after I finish. Anyway, there is not much left in your house. After I finish sweeping the snow, Er Gouzi will leave it for you to help." , I'll go back and change to Da Ya."

Xu Tao looked at Zhang Hai who went up the ladder with a broom after finishing speaking, looked at Zhang Liang, and hurried forward to hold the ladder, Xu Tao was a little startled by the wobbly ladder, "Brother Da Da, come down, I go up."

Zhang Hai lowered his head and smiled, his white teeth glowing against the snowy light, "Why, are you afraid that I will crush your shed?"

Xu Tao looked helplessly at Zhang Hai who was joking, and smiled, "No, I'm afraid I might fall if I can't hold it up."

It was Zhang Hai who answered Xu Tao with a burst of laughter, "Don't worry, your brother is strong, I won't break if I fall, Er Gouzi, you give me a good support, or I will fall and hit you directly."

Smiling, Zhang Liang went to the ladder to support him, and looked up at Zhang Hai, "Brother, be careful, if you leak the shed of Xu Tao's house, you can wait for our mother to cut you."

"Fuck off, you think I'm you, you don't care about your head when you work, and hold on to it." Zhang Hai grabbed a handful of snow and smashed Zhang Liang, laughed and cursed, and quickly started to sweep.

Standing under the ladder, Xu Tao looked at Zhang Liang on the ladder moving his hands and feet swiftly, envious in his heart, when he could work as fast and well as Zhang Hai, looked down at his lean body, Xu Tao was a little depressed, and he ate a lot, so why didn't he grow up, even Zhang Liang beside him was half a head taller than him.

"Xu Tao, what are you thinking about?" Zhang Liang glanced at Xu Tao, who was bowing his head beside him, and kicked him. Xu Tao looked up at Zhang Liang, and shook his head, "I didn't think about it, Zhang Liang, let's go on vacation soon."

Zhang Liang's eyes lit up, and he nodded vigorously, "It's coming soon, it's finally a holiday, and I won't be able to see the old bald face for a long time."

Zhang Liang's words made Xu Tao chuckle. I don't remember when all the students called Zhang Yuhai old bald. In fact, Zhang Yuhai was just a little bald, not at all what the students said.

"Xu Tao, wait for the vegetables to be ready. My mother said she would take me with her when she was selling vegetables. I haven't been to the city yet." Zhang Liangtian said happily to Xu Tao who was beside him, and Xu Tao nodded, "Go and have a look." It's good, but isn't your aunt's house in the city? Why haven't you been there yet?" Xu Tao asked a little strangely.

Zhang Liang curled his lips, "My aunt doesn't like us going, my mother never takes us, once my aunt came back with her little girl, and the girl said in a video, we are all old hats, virtuous, I don't It's rare to go to her house."

Xu Tao silently glanced at Zhang Liang, whose face was obviously filled with displeasure. In fact, this situation existed all the time, just like when he was a soldier, there was a deep gap between urban soldiers and rural soldiers. Looking down on the rural soldiers, Xu Tao remembered that when the recruits were in the company, they even fought because the urban soldiers insulted the rural soldiers.

Xu Tao didn't quite understand the superior mentality of the city people, and Xu Tao didn't understand what the rural people should be looked down upon by the urban people. Without the hard work of the rural people to grow food, what food would the city people eat?Without rural people growing vegetables, what vegetables do urban people eat?In Xu Tao’s view, no matter whether urban people or rural people, they all complement each other, and no one can do without the other, just like commodities, urban people are seeking, while rural people are supplying, supply and demand can’t do without either.

"When the food is ready, let's go together." Xu Tao comforted Zhang Liang softly, Zhang Liang nodded vigorously, and spit out, "Okay, Xu Tao, you don't know, my aunt is always afraid that we will beg her Like, always say that the family only relies on my uncle to earn money, and I have to buy everything for food and use. Do you know that when my grandfather was sick two years ago, my aunt said that the family had no money, so she gave 20 yuan Money, within a month of turning around, I bought a TV at home. My grandma knew about it and cried all night. If my dad hadn’t gone out to set up the money, my grandfather would have thrown it away. Xu Tao, I’m not convinced, why? They are all the same, why is she like that? We are all old hats, isn't she from old hats?"

Zhang Liang’s voice was in a daze in the cold wind, Xu Tao didn’t know what to say, glanced at the ladder, pulled out a hand and patted Zhang Liang, “Don’t think about it, we will live our own lives in the future, we don’t ask That's it."

Zhang Liang nodded vigorously, "I'm not begging her." After speaking, he suddenly laughed, looked around, leaned into Xu Tao's ear, and whispered, "Let me tell you, in fact, my aunt's husband's family It’s also from the village, but my uncle came back from recovery, so I don’t know how they were assigned to the city, and they go back to the village to celebrate the New Year every year, but my aunt’s mother-in-law’s house is far away from us and no one knows.”

Xu Tao looked at Zhang Liang who had a smile on his face, and then laughed, "Don't say it, if it gets out, your mother will suffer."

Zhang Liang gave Xu Tao a white look, "I'm not as stupid as you, I know, I'll tell you alone." Xu Tao smiled, "Stop nagging, help me quickly, I'm done." Zhang Hai shouted Throat, Xu Tao and Zhang Liang hurriedly supported the ladder, watching Zhang Liang stepping on the step stool, creaking down.

Zhang Hai wiped his face and looked at Xu Tao, "Xiao Tao, I'm back, you two watch the yard, it's cold today, and, Xiao Tao, get some snow and rub your hands, you see your hands are freezing." After speaking, he pointed to Xu Tao's finger, Xu Tao nodded with a smile, and watched Zhang Hai leave quickly.