pastoral life

The next day, Mingzhu and Wang Mingchuan retreated to the bay to collect their rods before the light came on. The harvest was not bad. Five rods went down and caught three fat eels and one small loach. Mingzhu would clean it up when she made breakfast. Throw the visceral rice eel and loach into the ashes of the stove hole, cover it with a few pieces of red-burning grass and wood charcoal and put it on top. When breakfast is served, use tongs to take it out, beat off the ash on top and cut it into several pieces Put on a plate and serve.Peasant children eat rice field eels like this since they were young, so Wang Xiaohu didn’t need to teach them. He just took a piece of rice and peeled off the ash-stained skin to eat. The rice field eels don’t need to put anything to smell after they are baked. It is extremely fragrant and delicious to eat, but it is much more delicious than the ones in restaurants that have undergone various treatments and added various seasonings.

These three pieces are obviously not enough for six people to eat, but it is just for everyone to try something new. After eating the last section of rice field eel, the family will lick their fingers and eat the porridge with the taste in their mouths, sometimes with some sauerkraut fruit cake Small cold dishes or something, ummmm, in fact, breakfast is also good.

After dinner, Mingzhu stopped Wang Dahe from washing the dishes, and Wang Mingchuan did not go out to work as usual, but sat next to Mingzhu and solemnly said to the younger ones:

"You guys have also reached a sensible age. If there are important matters at home, I still have to discuss them with you."

Wang Mingchuan showed the air of being the eldest brother, his younger siblings sat obediently and waited for a lesson, even Wang Xiaotan put his hands behind his back neatly.Mingzhu took a peek at Wang Mingchuan's side face, and suddenly felt that this 15-year-old boy had gradually gained the majesty of the head of the family. How should I put it, he looked like a reliable person.

Last night, he told Wang Mingchuan about his plan to go to the city to buy a house, and the two of them also agreed. Today, he just wanted to see what the children think. After all, this is also a big event. In the future, he will go to the city for the winter or live in the city. A longer time is not the business of the two of them, Wang Dahe and the others will also be with them, so the children have a say in the future.

After briefly mentioning the matter, Wang Mingchuan added:

"Although the conditions in the city are better than those in the village, it's an unfamiliar environment after all. Would you like to go and have a look and live there for a few months every year?"

Although there is a big age gap between the six people, they are all of the same generation. Wang Mingchuan himself is only 15 years old, so when making major family decisions, he is always used to talking and discussing with his family members first. We will notify the whole family or Mingzhu in advance.

"Brother, shall we keep this house?"

Dahe hesitated a few times and finally asked out his concerns. This house was built when his parents were there, he was reluctant to part with it, and he would feel at ease only if he lived there.

"It must be kept. I just want to live in the city for a while when winter comes. In spring, I will go to the fields. How can I live in the city all the time?"

Wang Dahe breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, so he sat down in a well-behaved manner and waited for the meeting at home to clear up the dishes and wash them.

"Brother, do you want Xiao Huang to take you away?"

Xiaotan timidly asked a question, and after getting an affirmative answer, she relaxed and opened her eyes wide to look at the brook next to her. Wang Xiaohu folded his arms angrily with red eyes and said:

"I don't want it, my parents are here, I'm not going anywhere!"

After talking about the kid, he ran away, Mingzhu was taken aback by the kid, and hurriedly got up to chase, but she was stopped by Wang Mingchuan before she could stand up.

"Let him think about it first, I'll go to the ground first."

Mingzhu had no choice but to allow Wang Xiaohu to be so emotional. He knew that if he left the Wang's house for a long time, he would be opposed by the children, but he didn't expect that the opposition would come from the most heartless Wang Xiaohu. Inside, he is the most down-to-earth and outgoing, but unexpectedly he is the most nostalgic master.

"You go to the field first, come back earlier today, let's talk to the child well, if it doesn't work, let's strengthen the courtyard wall, and we don't have to go to the city."

Mingzhu decided to go to the city because he accidentally learned that there might be wolves in the village. In fact, he himself prefers the countryside. It will always be uncomfortable to change to an unfamiliar environment, let alone those little ones.

But there are wolves...

Mingzhu was really worried that their village would be attacked by wolves, it was okay if she didn't know it earlier, but now she actually saw the wolf dogs, and she always felt uneasy if she lived her life as gracefully as before.

**

Before lunch arrived, Wang Mingchuan walked home with a hoe on his shoulders, and suddenly saw a black puppy wandering in front of their house on the way. The milk dogs that were no longer in the village would always be put in a basket, carried away and thrown away. , but to prevent the bitch from being thrown close to the house and then being picked up again, so there are a lot of stray dogs scattered all over the place. It is not unusual for Wang Mingchuan to see such a puppy now. He didn't care, and went directly into the yard with a hoe to close the door. Tie it up so the dogs don't get in.

"Xiao Tan, don't bother Xiao Huang!"

After Wang Mingchuan entered the door, he saw Wang Xiaotan holding on to Xiao Huang's two front legs, but Xiao Huang was desperately struggling to run away to avoid Wang Xiaotan's fat claws.

"Brother, let me feed Xiao Huang!"

After speaking, he raised the jerky in his hand emphatically. Children grow up very fast at this time and are always hungry, so it is inevitable to add meals. Mingzhu thought it was troublesome and made a lot of jerky at once. The big ones and the small ones are all close to the body, and when you go out to play and get hungry, you will take them out and eat two.

"Hey, hello, don't mess with it casually, be careful that Xiao Huang scratches you."

Wang Mingchuan explained to Xiaotan and was about to leave, but Xiao Huang struggled harder and harder. It was useless for the little girl to coax her with jerky. Wang Mingchuan was also surprised when he saw it, so he touched some jerky from his body When he came out to tease Xiao Huang, the little milk dog ate it obediently. Wang Xiaotan wanted to feed him with his own, but he refused to eat it when he poked Xiao Huang's mouth.

"That's strange, girl, what did you do to make it hate you?"

Wang Mingchuan touched Xiao Huang's head, and then Wang Xiaotan's head, both of them shook their heads in response.

"She hugged a wolf dog, Xiao Huang doesn't like the smell on her body."

At this time, Wang Xiaoxi came out of the house and brought Xiaohuang's dog bowl and called the dog to eat. Seeing this, Wang Xiaotan had to pout and run away angrily. Wang Mingchuan just laughed at the dog's nose when he saw it. Ling, without thinking too much, leaned the hoe against the door and went to chat with Wang Xiaohu.

**

There is a little black dog lingering outside the Wang's house, passers-by will always wave their hands and chase it away in disgust when they see it, the stray dog ​​is dirty and oily, although this dog looks better, it is black all over its body It's also unpleasant, so even if it doesn't block people's roads, it still has to be driven away. The puppy barks and runs away a few steps to show its teeth at pedestrians, and then runs back to guard outside the gate after people pass by, whining from time to time Two sentences licked his paws, looking very pitiful.

Suddenly, the puppy straightened its neck and looked towards the door.

"Cough."

The door latch was pushed open, and after the door opened with a creak, a small black head stuck out, looked left and then looked, and grinned "hehe" after locking the little black dog With a smile, the child jumped out, clutching the bulging jerky bag and ran towards the little black dog. One person and one dog huddled in the corner and ate the jerky like thieves, playing and playing for a while. Had a great time playing.

**

Wang Mingchuan found Wang Xiaohu behind the pile of firewood. The child was digging firewood sticks while sullen and angry. I thought he had done a lot this morning. A lot of firewood sticks had been piled up under the tall pile of firewood. The amount of the past few days I'm afraid I don't have to worry about it.

This kid is more diligent than usual when he gets angry.

Wang Mingchuan went up and twisted the flesh on Wang Xiaohu's tender face, and then squatted in front of him to tie firewood together.

"If you don't want to leave this house, then don't leave. Let's build the courtyard wall higher. In winter, wolves will not be able to jump the fence of our house when they go down the mountain to look for food."

The child ignored Wang Mingchuan, still quickly tied the firewood, took the dead branches of the cedar tree and broke them into a bunch, and skillfully tied the straw and threw it away and piled it up.

Tie it up and pile it up.

This action was repeated for a long time, until Wang Xiaohu's stomach growled before giving up.

The child blushed and covered his belly and said stubbornly:

"It wasn't my stomach screaming just now!"

Wang Mingchuan knocked him on the head and cursed:

"It wasn't you who called it, did I call it!"

The child got confused and turned his head away from looking at Wang Mingchuan:

"Xiao Huang called!"

Xiao Huang who was licking the dog bowl far away in the center of the yard: Wang?

Wang Xiaohu's face was burning with embarrassment, feeling that he shouldn't be choking with his elder brother and sister-in-law, and also felt that he was really unwilling to be so submissive, he hesitated for a long time, and finally said falteringly:

"Let's go to the city, I... I'll take my parents' tablets with me."

Hearing that Wang Mingchuan felt a little sour for a moment, he didn't say anything else, he just hugged his own brother and got up to look for Mingzhu, leaving the child alone to sniff his nose and touch his eyes with dirty hands, still It's sticking the firewood with your mouth up.

"It's not what I called."

"It's Xiao Huang."

**

The sour sugar had been cooled overnight and solidified. Mingzhu asked Wang Mingchuan to use bamboo rafts to divide the sieve into small grids, which was just in use now.He patted out the sour candies in the mold one by one and put them into the small squares. The sugar beads were black and red and translucent, and the bamboo strips were yellow and green. It was very gratifying to look at the whole piece neatly.After finishing a sieve of pearls, he covered the sieve with oiled paper and placed it on the bottom of the bamboo basket, and then put the wooden dunzi on top to place the second layer, and so on and so forth. He had to put five layers in a basket, and then did it again. It looked like this filled another pannier.

"Brother Mingzhu."

Wang Dahe came in with a firewood handle, Mingzhu just grabbed a handful of sour sugar and put it in a paper bag and said to him:

"Taste the freshly made candy first, and don't let Xiaohu eat it."

After all, Dahe is also a nine-year-old doll, although he is sensible, he still likes sugar, so he happily took two of the oiled paper packets and threw them into his mouth. The little old man, but after the sourness, sweetness came out of his mouth again, and it was much more attractive than ordinary candy.

"Why did you pierce so much? The sticks you got last time haven't been burned yet."

"I made it, most of it was made by Xiaohu. When that kid gets angry, he throws sticks of firewood. It's not wrong to make him angry because there's not enough firewood in the house."

Mingzhu didn't know that Wang Xiaohu still had this habit, she felt that this kid was too funny, she raised her eyes, hey, that kid is hiding behind the door and looking over here stealthily.

"Wang Xiaohu, come here!"

The child was awkward for a while, and finally ran to Mingzhu with his head shrunk, and he squeezed a long time before he squeezed out a few words from between his teeth.

"Brother Mingzhu, I was wrong."

Then he let out a long sigh of relief as if he had let go of some burden, Ding Ding Dong Dong ran to the wall of the kitchen and stretched out two paws like scissors to the wall, very consciously admitting the punishment.Mingzhu watched for a moment and didn't know what to do, so she just went up and slapped the child on the head, stuffed a candy into his mouth and said:

"Only eat this one, don't eat any more."

The child was so sour and happy, and he returned to his usual playful and smiling face, pestering Mingzhu for candy, but after such a commotion at home, the peace and happiness of the past were restored, Wang Dahe was also happy to watch, and finally Mingzhu gave a piece of oil paper alone The bag asked them to take it and distribute it to their little friends, but repeatedly told Wang Dahe to look at Wang Xiaohu and not allow him to eat another one. After the two children agreed, they grabbed the oiled paper bag and ran out of the yard. Look, Xiao Huang When they catch it, they follow behind, and the chickens and ducks fly around in shock.

"Wang Wang Wang!"

"Quack quack!"

"Giggle——!"