Shangqiaotou Village, Qiaotou Town

There have been four snowfalls this winter. Le Sheng feels that two months are as long as four months, and four months are longer than one year. Chatting and doing work, but every night is so long, it is the first time that I feel that this big quilt will sometimes be cold.I couldn't fall asleep, so I just thought about Hong Sheng, wondering if he was also thinking about myself, thinking about what he was doing now, thinking that after he came back, he would definitely not go out again, right?I think that if he goes out again, he must bring himself, because life alone is too difficult.

Not long after Hong Sheng left, Le Sheng learned how to make padded shoes with a thousand-ply bottom with the fourth grandmother. The waste cloth was glued together layer by layer, and the sole was cut out, and then circled with an awl. The shoes are tied, and they are held up with thick hemp thread with large stitches. In order to wear firmly, each stitch must be tightly tightened when the soles are attached, so a leather cover should be worn on the hands, otherwise rough hands will not Can't stand the stitches.

When there are other people at the house of the fourth grandmother, the women will chatter and chatter with the head of the house, Li Jiashou. At this time, Le Sheng will sit silently and hold his shoe soles. Sometimes people will bring up the topic. to him:

"You say that Wang Lesheng is capable of anything other than giving birth to babies~"

"This Hong Sheng has a good heart and a good life. Picking up a fool is like marrying a daughter-in-law without spending a penny. Everything can be settled for him inside and out~"

"You haven't seen the padded coat and trousers that Le Sheng sewed for Hong Sheng. There are so many small stitches that you can't tell that it was a man's sewing work~"

"Do you know, the last time the men came back, this Wang Lesheng was waiting for Wang Hongsheng at the entrance of the village in the middle of the night. You said he was stunned, but he had a heart. Who taught this?"

"That's not it, my family also said it when they came back, didn't Xizi fight with his family because of this, hehe..."

"Oh, speaking of Xizi's family's 'bridge-building', I heard that the gift money was quite a lot..."

The women chatted, rambling, talking about what they thought of, and Le Sheng seldom struck up a conversation. Even when they talked about him and Hong Sheng, they just listened with their ears open and didn't participate. Of course, if they talked about other things , he didn't even bother to listen; for Le Sheng, he didn't have a big heart, pretending to be a Hong Sheng would be full, and he couldn't tolerate other things.

After Hong Sheng's cotton shoes were ready, it took another two weeks to arrive on the [-]nd day of the twelfth lunar month. The last time he called, Le Sheng asked Hong Sheng whether to come back on the [-]nd or [-]rd?Hong Sheng said at the time that it is estimated that the date will have to be postponed, and he will call him at that time to tell him not to go out and wait so early; but on the [-]nd day of the twelfth lunar month, Le Sheng still couldn't help but take Hei Bei to the entrance of the village early My son went to wait; in the twelfth lunar month, the saliva would freeze immediately on the ground, but no matter how cold it was, Le Sheng still waited from dawn to dark again; it was really cold, so he wrapped the scarf tightly around his face On this day, Le Sheng went out at five o'clock again. It is winter in the northwest, and the moon is still hanging in the west at this time. One person, one dog, ran and jumped. I jumped, and I started waiting again when I reached the entrance of the village; this time, after a short wait, I saw two headlights moving in the distance, and the smile on Le Sheng's face instantly burst.The truck drove directly to the entrance of the village, and the rear manger was covered with a tarpaulin to form a simple carriage, which could barely cover the wind and cold; Xizi was the first to jump out of the carriage. With joyful eyes, Xizi suddenly felt unreasonably happy at that moment, she was stunned for a few seconds, and then deliberately straightened her back and asked with a smile,

"Le Sheng, why are you here?"

But Le Sheng didn't answer him, Xi Zi noticed at this time, Le Sheng's eyes kept looking into the carriage; although he felt a little disappointed, he still happily shouted into the carriage,

"Brother Hong Sheng, Le Sheng is here~"

Hong Sheng rushed out of the carriage, met Le Sheng's eyes, and the eyes of the two were glued together; Thinking that this person is still waiting here, at that moment, happy, touched, distressed, and unspeakable self-blame, jumped out of the car to meet Lesheng, grabbed his cold hands, and said distressedly,

"Is it cold?"

"Hong Sheng, I'm not cold~"

"Didn't I tell you not to come out so early and wait?"

Le Sheng smiled, let Hong Sheng hold him, and said in a coquettish tone,

"I want to see you soon~"

Hong Sheng's eyes were a little red, he pulled the person in front of him, hugged him tightly, and said,

"I'll go get the salute, let's go home later!"

The people in the car came down one after another, helping to hand out their salutes from the car, but it seemed that everyone would give Le Sheng a glance with a smile.Hong Sheng put the salute on his back, carried a big bag in one hand, and tightly clutched Le Sheng in the other hand, followed the crowd back home; entered the door, put down the salute, hugged his daughter-in-law, and put him on the kang Going up, he took off his shoes again, pulled off the quilt and covered him, while holding the other party's frozen red face and kissed and kissed again, while covering his feet, he said distressedly,

"Look at the cold feet~"

Le Sheng always had a happy smile on his face, his eyes glued to his man, letting him do this and that for himself.

While eating, Le Sheng suddenly asked,

"Hong Sheng, won't you go out in the future?"

"Well, not going out~"

"Aren't you going anywhere?"

"Anyway, I will take you with me wherever I go, and we will never be separated again~"

After Le Sheng listened, the smile on his face grew stronger. He lowered his head and ate a mouthful of pimple soup, and was so happy that he couldn't help laughing out loud; Hong Sheng saw it and touched his face with a smile , deliberately asked,

"You're so happy after seeing gold?"

Le Sheng raised his head, bit the gnocchi on his mouth, and laughed hehehe.

After Hong Sheng cleaned up the kitchen, he cleaned up himself, closed the door, and decided to take a good night's sleep; he got on the kang, hugged his daughter-in-law under the quilt, kissed him, and closed his eyes before going to sleep; Thinking of his little daughter-in-law arching and arching on his chest, her hot hands touching his stomach and his back dishonestly for a while, her cheeks were flushed, and her mouth was squeaking like A puppy looking for milk; seeing this situation, Hong Sheng was overjoyed, this silly little daughter-in-law wouldn't be asking for sex, could she?So he deliberately said,

"Le Sheng, what's wrong with humming?"

The other party replied and continued to squeak, Hong Sheng lifted the other party's chin, kissed him "baji" on his small red mouth, and teased him again, saying,

"What's the matter, Lesheng?"

Le Sheng stared at Hong Sheng with bright eyes, seemed a little shy, then buried his face in his arms, and said in a muffled voice,

"Hong Sheng, I miss you~"

"Where did you miss me?"

"Have you thought about everything~"

Hong Sheng laughed out loud, and Le Sheng was even more embarrassed by his laugh. He put his head in the opponent's arms, and then pressed the man's hand to his chest, guiding him to caress his own from top to bottom. body, and at the same time hummed softly, not forgetting to say,

"Hong Sheng, I miss you everywhere~"

We haven't seen each other for two months, how could Hong Sheng stand up to his wife teasing him like this, the moment his fingers were pulled by Le Sheng and touched his skin, Hong Sheng was on fire with a "thump", turned over violently and threw him Pressed under the body, the fire is out of control...

This new year seems to be the same as before, but there are many differences. Hong Sheng is wearing a new cotton coat and trousers made by his wife for him, and new cotton shoes with layered soles. When others asked, the smugness on his face could not be concealed; sometimes he wished to tell everyone, is Le Sheng my wife!

After the new year, Wang Hongsheng will be 35 years old. Looking back, he "picked up" Lesheng back when he was 30 years old. Now it has been the fifth year, and every time he recalls it, it feels like it was yesterday.

Hong Sheng didn't go out again as promised, so he plowed in the spring, worked as a carpenter, and occasionally did some small business that traveled from village to lane.In the sixth month of the lunar calendar, the weather has begun to heat up. On that day, Hong Sheng met a collector of medicinal materials and chatted for a while. So the next day, Hong Sheng carried a pickaxe (〈方〉A farm tool used for digging soil, similar to a pickaxe) ), carried half a pot of water and went up the mountain; the one who collected the medicinal materials said that one of them was called "Bupleurum", and this Hong Sheng knew it, especially in this season, it is more recognizable because of the small yellow flowers; this kind of medicinal material is rare on the flat ground , but in the barren hills and wild slopes, there are still a lot of growths every year; of course, Le Sheng and Hei Bei will be brought with them. When the two of them arrive at the place, Hong Sheng will start digging one by one. The roots of this medicinal material are about 6 To 15 centimeters, where the soil is a little loose, you can get one plant with two shovels and three strikes, because they are not densely grown, so Lesheng took up the job of looking for it, and often heard,

"Hong Sheng, here, here is a tree~"

"Hong Sheng, there's more of this~"

"Hong Sheng, I'll stay here, it can't escape~"

"Hong Sheng, look quickly, there are still~"

"Hong Sheng, remember this one first, I'll go over there and guard it~"

Le Sheng was like a happy little bee, running around and chattering. Although the sun came out and made people sweat, he was still very happy.During the period, the two also came across a mulberry tree. Hong Sheng climbed the tree and picked two big bags for Le Sheng. When he opened his mouth, he laughed for a long time, so Hong Sheng stuck out his tongue for him to see, it was also purple, so Le Sheng ate one, and showed Hong Sheng his purple tongue, took one, then stretched out his tongue and tried to lower it. He turned his head and looked at himself, and the laughter filled the mountains and plains, making Hong Sheng feel that it would not take much effort to swing his head.

The medicinal material has been planed for nearly ten days, but he did not expect that it would weigh [-] to [-] catties after drying. Hong Sheng went to the medicinal material company several times, but finally he did not expect that the [-] to [-] catties were sold at a good price; one day Le Sheng asked,

"Hong Sheng, next year we won't be digging Bupleurum?"

"Well, still planing~"

"Hong Sheng, after finishing the planing this year, will it grow again next year?"

"It can grow, because there are still some we haven't dug, will it drop seeds?"

"Hong Sheng, why doesn't Bupleurum grow in our field?"

"Because we don't grow Bupleurum~"

"Hong Sheng, because we don't plant Bupleurum in the ground anymore, it will be like millet, one next to the other, and can grow as much as possible, so we can plan as much as possible~"

When Hong Sheng heard it, his mind turned and he became excited all of a sudden. Yes, in the past, he always thought that the medicinal materials had to be found on the mountain. The medicinal materials on the mountain also grow in the soil, so why can’t they be used as crops? What about the species?If this medicinal material is planted on an acre-by-acre basis, even if only one or two hundred catties are harvested per acre, and a few acres are grown, what will it be like then?Hong Sheng hugged and kissed his daughter-in-law excitedly for a long time, and said bluntly,

"Le Sheng, you are really my lucky star!"

Le Sheng was kissed inexplicably, but as long as Hong Sheng kissed him, he would happily return the kiss. He didn't know why Hong Sheng said he was a "lucky star", but if Hong Sheng said yes, then he would Be happy to be this person's "lucky star"!