Rebirth Delay

On Sunday, Shi Yan unloaded the tricycle, spread the old ragged cotton jacket in the bucket, covered it with a clean sheet, put Xu Ze in it, and took Xu Ze out to play.

The tricycle rides slowly and steadily.Xu Ze hid behind Time Delay to avoid the wind, crunching the candy while talking to Time Delay with his head shrunk.

"Brother, the Chinese teacher in our class is great," Xu Ze said excitedly, "She said that I read the text very well, and she asked me to read it later."

"That's right." Shi Yan said with a smile, "Ozawa's math is also very good."

"Because my brother taught me well." Xu Ze smiled, and stood up carefully holding the handrails, lying on Shi Yan's back, following the bumps of the tricycle, swaying with Shi Yan.

Shi Yan heard the voice of Xu Ze's mouth crackling, "Xiao Ze, you can eat sugar, but you can't eat a lot at one time. Otherwise, your teeth will be eaten by bugs in the future, and you won't be able to eat anything."

"Oh." Xu Ze grumbled in response, and quietly withdrew his hand from his pocket.

Shi Yan naturally noticed it, and pursed his lips and smiled.

"Where are you going?" Shi Yan asked.

"I don't know." Xu Ze shook his head, "Brother, take me around the village. It's been a long time, and I haven't seen what the crop fields look like yet."

"Is it cold?"

"It's not cold." Xu Ze pulled up the zipper of his clothes. This coat was newly bought by his brother.There are two little bears holding hands printed on it, which is exactly the same as the one on my brother, one is big and the other is small.

That is, in such a blink of an eye, it will be the end of October.

Delay especially likes this time.

The autumn tiger is gone, and the real autumn comes quietly in the rain after another.The rain added a bit of chill, but not as cold as late autumn and early winter.On a rare sunny day, you only need to wear a thick coat, and you can safely walk outside into the sunshine with a moderate temperature, and the air you breathe into your nose is cool and dry. From the sky to the ground, from the river to the house, Everywhere was sparkling clean.

I never thought of such a day in my previous life.

On a clear autumn morning, the sunlight is as delicate as golden threads.There are a few shapeless clouds floating in the sky, and the scent of unknown flowers and plants wafts in the air.The sound of the wind blowing through the leaves can be heard in my ears, and in the distance is an endless red wall and blue tiles.

They were wearing the same clothes, he was riding an old tricycle, Xu Ze was standing behind, leaning on his back.On the gravel road in the quiet village, a few pedestrians walked past them in a hurry, carrying baskets or hoes, and occasionally a few children laughed and scrambled for things, or a car with an arm The tractor chugged past.

What you see is a painting, what you hear is a painting, what you smell is a painting, and even your mood is like a painting.

After pressing the handbrake, the tricycle slowly slid down a big slope.After another three or four minutes of riding, the house disappeared. First I saw a ditch filled with dry and yellowed wood leaves (dialect, scientific name Ruoye), which could not withstand the wind and were all broken.

Bypassing this narrow ditch, the field of vision suddenly opened up, and when I looked up, there were large expanses of green at first.Green is mixed with yellow, and yellow has a faint red meaning.Like a red cloud, it hangs over the green waves, and you can't see the edge at a glance.

Xu Ze looked around in surprise, as if wishing he could have more eyes.Shi Yan couldn't help being stunned, and took a deep breath of the strange smell mixed with whole grains from the field.

I heard that when people in the city go to the countryside and see the fields, it is easy to become literary and artistic.A celebrity once said that only when you reach the edge of the field can you truly smell the pulse of life.This agitating vitality flows from the moist and fertile soil to the crops themselves, and finally to the living people, continuously providing nutrients.It's like a baby keeps growing, getting more and more powerful, more and more wise, and finally, he becomes the apex of this pulsation until the end of life.

However, at this time Xu Ze couldn't think of those profound things.Time delay, on the other hand, is immersed in a kind of extreme peace.

The roads in the fields were full of bumps and bumps. Xu Ze protested after being bumped a few times and insisted on getting down and walking on his own.

Shi Yan also followed him, riding a bicycle and slowly following the striding child.

Xu Ze pointed to things in the field from time to time and asked, "Brother, what is this?"

Some understandings of time delay, such as wheat, sorghum, and corn, have obvious characteristics;

When encountering something he didn't know, Shi Yan shook his head, and Xu Ze just guessed wildly.

Walking to a field, the ground is covered with wide green leaves, and the ridges are neatly arranged.A man inside was digging along the vines, as if trying to dig out something.

I didn't see it at first glance, but after a closer look, Shi Yan finally recognized it. Isn't this the uncle who was introduced by the younger brother and took him to build the fence.

"Uncle Gui." Shi Yan raised his voice and called out.

The man raised his head from the ground, squinted his eyes for a look, and then smiled, "Time delay. Wait, I'll bury it right away." Then he hurriedly buried the soil back and strode towards the field while walking.

Seeing that Shi Yan and Xu Ze were both neatly dressed and their faces were clean, Uncle Gui, who already liked these two children, was even more fond of them. He smiled and greeted him, "Shi Yan, little boy Ze, why did you come to the field?"

"Hi Uncle Gui." Shi Yan smiled.

"Hello, Uncle Gui." After several months of training, Xu Ze's original shyness gradually faded away, and now he can call out openly when he meets someone.

"Hey, Ozawa is so obedient. Come and have a look in the field. Uncle will dig some yams for you to eat back, okay?" Uncle Gui was delighted to see Xu Ze's obedient appearance, squatting while talking Lowering down, he pulled up a vine.

"No, thank you uncle." Xu Ze politely refused.

"Why are you being polite to Uncle, it's not like I haven't seen it before." Uncle Gui poked two fingers down from the soft soil and smiled, "Okay, this one is big enough, but I don't know if Ozawa can finish it. "

"Uncle Gui, no need, we'll go back after a while." Shi Yan waved his hand.

"Hey, it's all over the place, there are quite a few of you two." Uncle Gui buried his head and just dug down, and there was no way to delay, so he had to wait with Xu Ze.

Xu Ze looked at it and moved closer to Uncle Gui, staring curiously at the red "big fat man" that Uncle Gui dug out.

"This is called a sweet potato. It's sweet and crisp inside. It's delicious. Oh, by the way, my little Jiaojiao can read riddles. Put green umbrellas in the soil, wisterias crawl on the ground, and the leaves on the ground don't bloom. Make big melons in the ground." Uncle Gui said cheerfully, making Xu Ze laugh, "Xiao Ze said, what is this riddle about?"

Xu Ze thought for a while, then shook his head in confusion.

Uncle Gui chuckled, and with a little effort, he uprooted a red potato, held it up in front of Xu Ze, and said, "No, isn't that what you said?"

"What is this?" Xu Ze asked.

"Sweet potato." Uncle Gui said, he took out a small knife from the side basket, peeled the skin, cut a small piece and stuffed it for Xu Ze.

Xu Ze looked back at Shi Yan, Shi Yan nodded, and he put it in his mouth.It is cold at first, then sweet, hard and crunchy.Xu Ze smiled and puffed his cheeks, "It's delicious!"

Uncle Gui just laughed.

"It tastes good when it's cooked!" Uncle Gui moved his hands sharply, and after a while, two or three yams were planed up and thrown aside.It was Shi Yan who persuaded him again and again before Uncle Gui took the action.I got some water to wash the mud briefly, and then put it in Shiyan's tricycle.

Xu Ze watched helplessly, and did not laugh until the sweet potato was put away.

The three people on this side were laughing and talking, when suddenly a man with messy hair and withered grass came over, wrapped in an old padded jacket, with a dirty face, a pair of underpants, a pair of sandals and slippers, stomping on the ground. .

The man was not tall, looked very young, his eyes were foggy, and there was a silly smile on the corner of his mouth.

Shi Yan brought Xu Ze to his side, and Xu Ze also grabbed Shi Yan's clothes with some fear, and peeked through the gap between Shi Yan's arms and body.

"Hey, it's a silly girl." Uncle Gui sighed.

While speaking, the wobbly person had already walked over and stopped suddenly in front of them.

Shi Yan suddenly pulled Xu Ze behind his back, holding his face with both hands to prevent him from looking at it.

"Hey Hey……"

It was only then that Shi Yan saw that the person in front of him was just a little girl, who looked no more than six years old, with withered and gray hair, and a silly and weird expression.

Just when she was a little surprised, the girl suddenly lowered her head, met Xu Ze's ear, and said softly, "It scared you, idiot."

All this happened so fast, Shi Yan suddenly turned around and picked up Xu Ze to avoid a few steps, and buried Xu Ze's head in his arms.

I heard that children are very afraid of these foolish people. If they are frightened during the day, they will have palpitations and night cries at night, and severe sequelae will be left behind.

Shi Yan was so annoyed, for a moment he couldn't even control the anger in his body, and almost threw his fist out, but there was only a little girl in front of him.

At this time, the silly girl had already turned around with a smile and walked away slowly.

When she disappeared completely, Shi Yan put Xu Ze down from his arms. After seeing her, Xu Ze's expression was still a little dazed, as if he was in a trance.

Sure enough, I was frightened!

"Don't worry." Uncle Gui said quickly, "Wait until I call him, and he will come back after calling him."

Uncle Gui put Xu Ze in his arms with one hand, pointed to the ground with three fingers, tapped once, and then tapped on Xu Ze's forehead, "Don't be afraid, Xiao Ze, Xiao Ze is back."

After doing this three times, Xu Ze was startled suddenly, his eyes lit up, his face turned to Shi Yan, and he smiled as usual, "Brother, what's the matter?"

"It's nothing." Shi Yan gently hugged Xu Ze, as if holding a fragile object, carefully.He pinched Xu Ze's chin and looked carefully. He didn't look frightened at all. His small face was rosy white, and his big eyes were black and white, clear to the bottom, so he felt relieved.

"It's all right, I'll be all right if I call you back." Uncle Gui let out a sigh of relief, "Oh, I was sweating from the fright too."

"I'm sorry to trouble you, Uncle Gui." Shi Yan said happily.If he was alone at this time, he really didn't know what would happen now.

"Hey, it's okay. It's okay for a child to be scared. It will be fine if you watch it more later. If you are not honest at night, just yell like I did just now, and it will be fine." Uncle Gui instructed.

"Brother, what's wrong with me?" Xu Ze tilted his head, a little puzzled.

"It's okay." Shi Yan smiled, "Uncle dug potatoes for you just now, forgot?"

"I haven't forgotten!" Xu Ze smiled and patted a few big potatoes in the tricycle.

"Xiao Ze, Uncle still has something good, do you want to see it?" Uncle Gui coaxed Xu Ze.

"What is it?"

Uncle Gui took them to a field full of sorghum, broke off a sorghum, split the outer skin, and handed it to Xu Ze, "Chew it and spit it out, don't swallow it."

"Okay." Xu Ze took it, bit off a piece, chewed, his eyes lit up, "Sweet!"

"Uncle, what is this?"

"It's called sweet mustard, and it's also called sweet sorghum." Uncle Gui narrowed his eyes looking at his smiling face, "My little Jiaojiao likes this sweet taste the most."

"Uncle, is Xiao Jiaojiao your granddaughter?" Xu Ze asked suddenly.

"Well," Uncle Gui nodded, "She's about your age, with two braids."

"Is she not with you?"

"Not here." Uncle Gui shook his head, looking at Xu Ze as if he was remembering something, "I haven't seen her for a long time, and I don't know what she looks like now."

Xu Ze didn't ask any more questions, and gnawed on the sweet mustard silently.

After a while, Uncle Gui suddenly came back to his senses. Seeing that the two children were quiet, he felt a little embarrassed, touched his head, and said, "Don't you two want to walk around the field? Let me show you around. Uncle Nothing else, the things in the fields have been there for decades, and I know them all, and I can tell you anything you want to ask.”

"Okay, okay," Xu Ze became active, "Brother, let's go with Uncle Gui."

"Well, I listened to Ozawa." A faint smile appeared on the corner of Shi Yan's mouth.

As long as you are good, I will listen to you.