Pastoral Chronicle of Space

Chapter 30
On the eighth day of the eighth day, the old man took Tian Tian and his brother to visit, to be precise, to visit his old comrades in arms.The last time Ning Hao came to visit the old man, the two chatted out of it.

This man's surname is Mi Tong, and he was a soldier of the old man in his early years. Later, he injured his leg on the battlefield and returned to his hometown.The old man tried to find a way to arrange a job in the county, and then the two lost contact.

When he first returned to his hometown, the old man also asked someone to inquire about it, but there was no news.

The last time I chatted with Ning Hao when I was drinking, I found out that this person is Ning Hao's cousin by coincidence. Ning Hao admires him very much and often visits him.

The old man has been thinking about this matter recently, so he took his grandchildren to see it today.

It took more than an hour to ride to Xihe Village. The village is quite big. I went to the village to ask someone to inquire, and met a kind person who took them directly to Mr. Mi's house.

The yard is not big and clean. There is a row of brick-and-timber houses facing south and north. To the east is a vegetable field with a fence made of wooden sticks. There are a few rows of cabbage sparsely planted inside. There is an old man in the yard with his back facing the gate. Washing the bike.

The old man just looked at the old man in the yard, and called out his name excitedly.

"same son"

The old man in the yard stopped cleaning the car in his hands, hesitated for a few seconds, then turned around slowly, and saw the person standing at the door, the rag in his hand fell off, and he stood there in a daze...With trembling hands, he rubbed his tear-stained eyes, as if to confirm if he was wrong.

"same son"

The old man called him again.

Tian Tian stepped forward to take the bicycle, and the old man walked slowly into the yard...

"The leader—the leader—is the leader..."

The old man's face was full of tears and he was very excited. He limped his right leg and walked towards the old man step by step. The two old men hugged each other tightly, tears streaming down their faces... the eyes of those watching were sore.

"Captain, I didn't expect to see you again in my life."

"It's not easy to meet you, kid. I've been looking for you for several years, and that kid Ning Hao told me."

"The leader knows Ah Hao?"

"Yes, he is a good young man."

Mr. Mi wiped his eyes and looked at Tian Tian and Shitou at the door.

"Leader, take the children into the room first. We haven't seen us for a long time and have a good chat. Let's have a drink today."

"Okay—baby, Shitou is here to meet your Grandpa Mi."

Tian Tian parked his bicycle and stood quietly with his younger brother. When he heard the old man calling him, he went up to Shitou to say hello.

"Hello, Grandpa Mi, I am Grandpa's granddaughter, you call me Tiantian."

"Grandpa Mi, my name is Shitou."

"Hey hey -- good, really good, these two kids are really nice, they are smart at first glance, just like Jianjun when he was a child."

Seeing his old comrade-in-arms mention his son, the old man was sad, after all these years, he could accept it.

"My grandson and granddaughter are much better than his kid, this unfilial son."

"Jianjun was so smart when he was a child, and he is very promising when he grows up! Is he still in Kyoto now?"

"He, he has sacrificed for four years..."

"It's not—the head of the regiment, this—how could it be like this? I don't even know, how could Jianjun be so good..."

"It's nothing. Soldiers are like this. Between family and country, he chose to dedicate himself to the country. As a father, I am proud of him. This is also his duty. Today we have a good drink or two. I brought all the wine and meat."

Old comrades-in-arms who haven’t seen each other for many years, miss the past together, have family quarrels together, and make an appointment for the next drinking time together.

In the afternoon, the old man was in a good mood, bid farewell to his old comrades in arms, and took his grandchildren home.

Years later, as the weather got warmer, people began to get busy.

The rice Tian Tian tried to plant has begun to produce ears, and the fish in the rice field are growing well. The villagers are most concerned about this rice field when they are busy.

At the end of the first lunar month, looking at the bent rice under the weight of rice ears, the villagers were not calm.Although the rice is not yet mature, looking at the ears of rice that are much larger than before, they are sure that the yield is not low.

On February [-], the dragon raised its head, and it was also the day when the villagers of Tianjiatang Village began to raise their heads.

The weather was particularly sunny, and the captain led the whole village to harvest rice.

It started in the morning and was all harvested before noon. Many people started catching fish without eating lunch in excitement. Men, women and children all set out to catch fish with buckets. Some caught fish with bare hands, some with bamboo claws, and some even The washbasins are all used, and everyone is smiling, and I have never been so happy during the Chinese New Year.

Tian Tian stood by the field and looked at their joyful work, seeing them full of hope and confidence in life, she thought; she could do something else.

After harvesting the grains with the threshing machine, they can't wait to dry them.

The rice is fresh and cannot be weighed, only after it is dried.

The rice flower fish in the field weighed more than 270 catties, and the ones that were too small were not counted.They are all small in size, weighing about a catty, but they are all plump and strong, and they are pleasing to look at.

The captain waved his hand and divided according to the head.Each person can get three shares, everyone in the family with a large population is happy, and the family with a small population has nothing to say. The educated youth and several teachers have shares, and Tian Tian's family also has ten shares.

The team leader told everyone in front of the whole village that Tian Tian would own the land of more than two acres, and the fish left in the field would also belong to Tian Tian, ​​and no one could have any objections.Looking at the rice, everyone naturally had no objection, and wanted to give Tian Tian some land so that she could try planting it if she had nothing to do. Anyway, everyone has plenty of strength.

Tian Tian suggested that the village chief catch a few fish and raise them separately, just find a smaller water hole, so that the fry can be raised.The village chief also thought about it. It is difficult to catch fish fry in such a large land, so he touched more than a dozen fish and took them away.

The sun-dried rice was weighed two days later.Two and a half acres of land produced more than 600 kilograms of millet. This figure shocked the people in the sun-drying field. The elderly were crying, and the women even cried with their children in their arms... There is hope for life, and there will be no more Don't worry about the child being starved to death.

Children are not sensible, but they also know that they don't have to be hungry in the future.

The captain who finally came to his senses hugged the old man standing next to Tian Tian and cried loudly. The 50-year-old man was crying like a wolf, but no one made fun of him. He cried out everyone's heartfelt feelings.

"Uncle - there is hope, there is hope for this day! My niece - this is all my niece has the ability, my good niece, I..."

The old man looked at the crying man hugging his thigh, with tears and snot all over his pants, angry and funny, he moved his leg and wanted to pull it out, but he couldn't.I just heard my eldest nephew say that his granddaughter belongs to him.
"What's yours, my baby, that's my caring little padded jacket, don't even think about beating me! Is it shameful for someone who is about to become a master? Let go..."

"Don't let it go—uncle! Is it my niece's fault? You still want to separate us?"

"Do you want face? Ah! Let me go and talk about it."

"Shameless, wanting niece and food, shameless."

"Hey - you kid..."

The old man was also defeated by this thick skin, and he laughed angrily.

"Hahaha……,"

"Hahaha—— Guisheng, hahaha..."

"Hehehe——Uncle Captain is too funny..."

Laughter echoed on the grain drying ground, expressing inner joy and passion for life through the village chief's shamelessness.

"Mom, my dad is too embarrassing..."

"Throw it away, as long as everyone is not hungry, face is nothing."

Captain, your son hates you, do you know that?
(End of this chapter)