Ba Zong's rural life [farming]

The second season of busy farming is over, and the pace of life in the village has slowed down again. The villagers don't have to guard the fields every day, and the children don't have to follow their parents to work all day.

It is the most suitable day for children to play in the crisp autumn days. There are clams, small fish and snails in the creek. Go down with your trousers on, and the water is below your knees. It is cool and you can touch some game to eat. It is the children’s favorite activity. Every afternoon, The children ran into the creek in groups, laughing together.

There are also children who like to roll in the haystacks, play hide-and-seek or war games. They have endless energy and make the haystacks messy, causing the owner of the haystacks to scold.

Some older children cut bamboo from Zhushan, made kites out of old newspapers or plastic bags, and ran along the road in the village, attracting a group of curious children to follow closely behind.

Ruan Xishi and Lu Ze cut a lot of bamboo branches on the bamboo mountain and went home. The pepper seedlings in the field are growing gratifyingly, and there are already signs of branching.The branches and leaves of Chaotianjiao will spread out, and the production of peppers is very large, and the branches will be covered with peppers at every turn. The whole pepper tree will be top-heavy, and it is easy to fall down when the wind and rain come.

Once the transplanted and survived pepper trees are uprooted and down, it will be difficult to grow again. Therefore, before that, insert bamboo branches on the peppers and tie them together. The bamboo branches are deeply inserted in the ground, which can help the pepper trees Spreads out drag so it's less likely to get blown over.

After autumn, the trajectory of the sun changes, and the time to be exposed to the sun in the patio becomes shorter. In the afternoon, the fence of the patio blocks the sunlight, and half of the patio is shaded. The place is just for people to enjoy the shade.

Ruan Xishi held a knife in his hand, and cut the bamboo branches little by little. The cut bamboo branches were neatly placed together, and they could be inserted in the chili field in the evening when the sun was not so bright.

Lu Ze was not allowed to cut bamboo branches with a knife, so he could only sit a little far away from Ruan Xishi and quietly watch him busy, helping hand over things and so on.He saw that Ruan Xi was so busy that he didn't even have time to drink water, so he went back to the house every once in a while to get him a glass of water and feed it to his mouth.

In autumn, the air is dry, and Ruan Xishi's lips are prone to dryness. Lu Ze gave him water at the right time, which made him feel good.He wanted to take the water cup from Lu Ze, but Lu Ze insisted on feeding him. It was really convenient for him to drink water without stopping his work.

Ruan Xishi gulped down two sips of water, his dry lips were finally moisturized and turned back to ruddy. He licked the water from the corner of his mouth, and said to Lu Ze with a smile, "Thank you, Brother Lu Ze."

There was still some water left in the cup, Lu Ze decided that it would be a waste to pour it out, so he drank the leftover water from Ruan Xishi's drink in one go, then took the cup back and put it away.

The farmyard on a clear autumn day is very quiet, except for the occasional sound of the wind blowing. The chickens in the chicken coop are lying on the bamboo poles for them to rest, squinting their eyes comfortably to bask in the sun, and some are nesting in the sand. One's own wings are enjoying the sunshine.

I don’t know which neighbor’s house is drying things in the yard, and I heard the sound of bamboo rakes rubbing against the ground, one after another, very regular, like the melody of autumn, it’s hard to be annoying.

Then there was the laughter of children in the distance, and the laughter was getting closer and closer, and it felt like it was coming towards them.

When Xiao Hui heard the human voice, her head that was lying on the ground suddenly lifted up, her ears cocked vigilantly.It is now a half-grown dog, reaching the height of Lu Ze's knees, the originally fluffy hair has fallen off, and replaced with stiffer hair. In some places, the hair does not grow so fast, and the overall look is bumpy. People have an ugly feeling.

Lu Ze hated Xiao Hui's current appearance very much. When Xiao Hui wanted to play with him, seeing his indifferent appearance, he returned to Ruan Xishi's side aggrievedly, whining softly, as if he was telling Ruan Xishi about Lu Ze's situation. .

Ruan Xishi took the time to touch its uneven haired head, and said to Lu Ze with a smile, "Little Hui is in the period of moulting now, and it looks a bit ugly. When it's winter, its hair will change completely, and it will change its shape." It's majestic."

Xiao Hui seemed to understand Ruan Xishi's words, and let out a triumphant howl, as if he was already a majestic big dog now.

The children's laughter passed by the house, and along with the children's laughter, there were kites floating in mid-air outside the courtyard.

At first Lu Ze didn't know what the gray thing that suddenly appeared in the sky was, but Ruan Xishi saw it and said to him, "That's a kite made by children, they should be flying kites again."

"Kite?" Lu Ze raised his eyebrows. How is this different from the colorful kites in his impression?

He pushed open the door and looked out on the road, and he saw a group of children running after the kite, laughing all the way, and clapping their hands excitedly, because of the unremarkable kite flying in the sky.

The folk customs in the village are simple and simple, and even the children are so simple that they are easy to be satisfied. Lu Ze watched the group of children walk away, closed the door and walked back, looked at Ruan Xi and asked, "Did you play outside every day like them when you were young?"

Ruan Xishi smiled and said: "That's not true. When I was young, I was undernourished and fell ill very easily. Grandpa didn't allow me to go out in the wild no matter it was sunny or rainy. I usually read and practice calligraphy at home, but sometimes I couldn't stand the temptation of my friends. , sneaked out to play with them while my grandpa was asleep. Sometimes my grandpa found out when I came back too late, and my grandpa didn’t say anything about me. Once I had a fever after being in the sun for a long time, and he said a few words before I knew about him. It is for my own good not to let me go wild."

Lu Ze smiled and said, "Then your childhood must have been much boring compared to other people's?"

Ruan Xishi shook her head: "That's not necessarily true. Although grandpa doesn't let me go out in the wild, he occasionally takes me with me when he goes to work in the field. He lets me stay under the shade of a tree and catches cicadas or hornworms for me. I can play all afternoon. Sometimes he sits with me when he is tired from work, and he will teach me to identify plants and let me know which plants can be used as medicine and which are poisonous. I like listening to him tell me the most. knowledge."

After hearing this, Lu Ze felt that Ruan Xishi actually lived quite happily when he was a child. Although he may be lacking materially, he has a grandpa who is spiritually rich, so his childhood was considered safe and happy.

Suddenly, there was another quarrel somewhere, and it sounded like an adult scolding a child. The children's laughter disappeared, and only the adults complained.

Lu Ze couldn't help worrying about those children, but Ruan Xishi was used to it, and explained to him: "It should be that the adults found the children running out to bask in the sun and drove them home."

Lu Ze was surprised when he heard the words: "Isn't that very disappointing?"

Ruan Xishi smiled: "There is no way to do this. After all, the sun is so bright outside, adults are also afraid of children getting sick from the sun."

After the sun was not so bright in the evening, Ruan Xishi and Lu Ze went to the chili field with bamboo sticks in their arms.

The villagers passing by their sloping fields saw Ruan Xishi working, and asked, "Shizai, haven't you finished your farm work yet? When will the school resume? My brat is messing around all day long." Run, I want to send him to school quickly to make him behave."

Ruan Xishi stood up straight and responded, "I guess it will take a few more days, the village chief hasn't notified me yet."

The villager said: "Hey, the village chief has been busy recently. He went to the town for meetings and studies all day long. He probably forgot about the school. How about this? When he comes back tonight, I will go to his house to remind him."

Ruan Xishi: "Okay, then I'll trouble you to make a trip."

Maybe someone reminded him, but the next morning the village head rushed to Ruan Xishi's house, and saw that he was neatly dressed, and he was carrying a briefcase with the town government's slogan printed on it, as if he was in a hurry.

When the village chief entered Ruan Xishi's house, he didn't even have time to sit down, so he stood at the door and hurriedly said to Ruan Xishi, "Shizi, let me come over and tell you, you need to prepare in the next two days, and I'll make a count when I come back tonight The list of children who will go to school in the fall, the tuition fee will be charged in the next two days, and the money will be handed over to you the night after tomorrow at the latest, you go to the town to buy school supplies, and school will start immediately."

Ruan Xishi saw him walking all the way, talking so many words in one breath, so tired that she was out of breath, and wanted to ask him to sit down and have a drink of water for breakfast.

But the village chief waved his hand and said, "Oh, I don't have time to sit around. Today I have to go to the town to learn the experience of building advanced civilized villages in other places. I'm in a hurry to take the first bus. You and Ah Ze eat slowly. Well, I'll go first."

Ruan Xishi saw that he was in a hurry and probably didn't even have time to eat breakfast, so he went back to the stove and took two boiled eggs and stuffed them into the hands of the village head, saying: "Then you take two eggs to eat on the way, have you brought water? How about I pour you a pot and drink it, you will choke if you just eat eggs."

The village chief gratefully accepted the two eggs stuffed by Ruan Xishi. He really went out without breakfast, and the eggs Ruan Xishi gave him were just a timely help.

He immediately smashed the eggs on the door, peeled them and ate them, finished one in two or three mouthfuls, and said to Ruan Xishi inarticulately: "No need to pour water, I have a pot of water in my bag, thank you, Shizai."

Seeing that he was walking in a hurry, Ruan Xishi told him from behind: "Uncle Gao, please walk slowly."

The village head replied without looking back: "Understood, you can go back to eat."

Two days later, the village head handed over to Ruan Xishi the list of autumn admissions together with the tuition fees. Ruan Xishi looked at the list, and there were indeed many familiar names missing and some unfamiliar names added.

Thinking that some children will not be able to continue to go to school, even though she is mentally prepared, Ruan Xishi still feels sad and feels sorry for those children who cannot continue to go to school.

The village head took out a stack of neatly folded change from his briefcase and gave it to him, and said to him: "These are the tuition fees paid by the children. It's a total of 1000 or [-] yuan. You spend it on books, pens, and notebooks. It's not enough. Just tell me, and I’ll collect some more for you. You can keep the extra by yourself, and you still have to raise Ah Ze. It’s not easy, and no one will say anything about you.”

During this time, Lu Ze occasionally went to the town to pick up passengers and do odd jobs. The family also sold a lot of eggs and duck eggs. The family income was considerable, and even made up for the money that grandpa spent before, and there were so many things planted in the field Ruan Xishi felt that he should not need to use the children's tuition fees to make ends meet, so when he went to the town to buy school supplies, he used most of the tuition fees to buy textbooks and notebooks in order to help the children go to school. In the meantime, let the children learn a little more knowledge.

The author has something to say:

When I was young, I made kites, slingshots, and bows and arrows. My favorite thing was to roll in the straw pile, although I would feel itchy after rolling _(:з)∠)_

Thanks to the little angels for irrigating me with nutrient solution~

Thanks to the little angel of irrigation nutrient solution: Tibetwalker 5 bottles

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard! ^_^