Wang family small peasant girl

Chapter 2

Zhang Youqing moved several baskets of corn on the wheelbarrow into the main room, Zhang Liangen took out the cigarette pot stuck in his belt, sat on the threshold and started smoking.

Zhang Liangen's words reached Zhang Liangen's ears, and the old man's dark face showed a smile, and the creases at the corners of his eyes were crinkled. He knocked the cigarette stick in his hand hard, and shouted: "Chengzi's words are good, Daqing!" , come and see, the baby is more capable than you."

Mrs. Zhou was helping to tidy up the farm tools, and when she heard the yelling, she laughed and said, "Father, your own son doesn't know how to temper. His father has long hands but no mouth. When he works, he is better than the one in the field." The old cow is still working hard, if you want him to talk, I am afraid that even three sticks can't make a dull fart."

After Zhang Youqing moved the corn, he didn't get angry when he heard what his wife said. He just grinned, squatted down next to the half box of corn, and pulled up the corn clothes. down.

Seven-year-old Zhang Xing was still young after all, listening to his mother's funny words, he wanted to laugh but was afraid of being scolded by adults, so he covered his mouth and secretly laughed, but was lightly spanked by Zhang Zhang, and said in a low voice, "What are you laughing at, why don't you hurry up?" Scoop up water to wash, and see how you will eat after being covered in mud."

Having said that, Zhang Xing suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up and he smiled and said: "Yes, I almost forgot, we went to Qingtunling to pick the fennel at noon, where did you put it, brother, give it to me quickly."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Cheng's face changed, and he hurriedly looked at Zhang Yun, pulled Zhang Xing aside with his hand, turned his back to Zhang Yun and bit his ear, "You silly boy, how can you Mentioning Qingtunling in front of Yun'er, wouldn't it poke her heart."

"Ah!" Zhang Xing finally came to his senses, and peeked at Zhang Yun. Seeing that she didn't look sad, he turned around and slapped the back of his head, "I'll definitely remember next time."

Zhang Yun, who has been sitting quietly, saw his elder brother and younger brother whispering there, so that she would not be able to hear them, so he somehow guessed why, and then looked at the family members who had just entered the hospital, pretending to be nothing, and no one mentioned it. When Chang Man said, the corners of his mouth could not help but smile, the whole family was protecting her so much, it felt very warm in his heart.

"Why are you two still sticking around? Why don't you go to Uncle Da Mao's house? Didn't you agree with Uncle Da Mao yesterday that you are going to help build a pigsty for their house?" Seeing the brothers leaning their heads together, Mrs. Zhou As soon as he speaks, he wakes up. This is an urgent matter that must not be forgotten.

"Hey, mother, I'm going right away." Zhang Zhang replied, and wanted to run out of the courtyard, but suddenly thought of something on the way, stopped and turned around, almost colliding with Zhang Xing who was following behind.

"Brother, why are you turning around?"

Zhang Zhang didn't answer, and ran into the main room, pulled out a handful of fluffy twigs from the corn basket, ran up to Zhang Yun with them, stuffed them into her hand, and said with a smile: "Yun'er, this You like to eat it, I just tasted some sour, you eat less, don't make your teeth sour."

The tender green branches and leaves are covered with bright red fruits. Although Zhang Yun can't name it, he has eaten similar wild fruits when he was a child. When he thinks of the sweet and sour taste, his cheeks are sour, and his saliva comes out.

"Well, brother, I see." Zhang Yun looked up at Zhang Cheng with a smile on his face.After Zhang Cheng called Zhang Xing, he turned around and walked out without further delay.

Seeing that Zhang Cheng turned his head away, Zhang Yun hurriedly called Zhang Xing, "Xingzi, here, these are for you to eat on the way." He divided half of the wild fruit in his hand and handed it to Zhang Xing. Follow the charter.

"His mother, I have to go too. I'll get the rest of the corn later when I come back." After a while, Zhang Youqing, who was immersed in his work, had already pulled out half of the basket of corn, put the basket aside, and patted it. After patting the corn silk sticking to my body, I was ready to go to Daqing's house.

"Father, don't be too busy. Daqing's family has Cheng Zi to go, and there is no shortage of manpower. You might as well fix the shelves in the vegetable field at the back, and it will not be too late to go later. The wind blew the shelves last night." It’s so messy, I don’t have time to do it when I’m busy.” Mrs. Zhou packed up the farm tools and went into the kitchen, when she heard that Zhang Youqing was about to go out, she hurried out of the kitchen and called him back.

Zhang Yun, who was sitting and eating wild fruits, stood up when Mrs. Zhou mentioned the vegetable field, "Father, I'll go and see with you, is it okay?" What she wants to know the most is the food situation at home. , the taste of starvation is not good.

Zhang Youqing, who was already walking towards the vegetable field, heard her daughter's words, turned to look at her, seeing that she was in good spirits, smiled and waved to her, and Zhang Yun hurriedly walked towards him with small steps.

Mrs. Zhou, who hadn't turned around to enter the kitchen, frowned, a little worried, and said: "Father, there is no house behind him, and the wind is strong, so be careful, don't let Yun'er get cold."

"Hey." Zhang Youqing responded, took her daughter's hand, and walked around the kitchen to the back.Zhang Yun's hand was rough and rough, and felt a little prickly. The calluses on the palm of his father were very hard, just like when he held his grandfather's hand in the countryside when he was a child. This is the roughness brought about by years of hard work, although it is uncomfortable , but it makes people feel at ease.

This familiar feeling reassured Zhang Yun, and he was led all the way to the vegetable field.

Zhang Yun took a look and felt that the vegetable field was not that big. Seeing that it should be less than half an acre, he roughly identified it. The vegetables grown in the vegetable field were relatively simple, half of which was planted with radishes, and the other half had more varieties. One is planted with Chrysanthemum chrysanthemum, and the other is set up with a bamboo frame. The frame is covered with branches and leaves, half-ripe eggplants are falling down, and there are a few short green leaves emerging, which look like spinach. There are deep grooves around the vegetable field. , all the red hot peppers were planted on the side of the ditch, and the red peppers surrounded the vegetable field, and the green leaves all over the ground made the peppers extraordinarily bright.

When Zhang Yun was looking at the dishes, Zhang Youqing had already squatted beside the eggplant stand, and beckoning, "Yun'er, come to Dad, and Dad will protect you from the wind."

"Hey." Zhang Yun walked obediently to Zhang Youqing's side. He had already brought the small bench beside the vegetable field to his side, patted the bench, and asked Zhang Yun to sit down.

Zhang Yun sat and watched Zhang Youqing lift up the crooked eggplant rack again, took out some straws from the vegetable field, tied some twisted bamboos with straw, and inserted the rack into the ground bit by bit. .

"Father, we still have vacant land at home, why don't we use it to grow more vegetables?" Zhang Yungang saw that there were still a lot of vacant land between the fences. If you can sell it, you can get some money, even if you can't sell it, you can improve the food, right?

Zhang Youqing raised his face to look at Zhang Yun, and said with a smile: "Is there any dish that Yun'er wants to eat? If so, I will grow some for you when other vegetables are picked."

Zhang Yun shook his head and said, "I just think it's a pity that the ground is empty."

"Our field is very busy. You are the only one to clean up at home on weekdays. You can't take care of the vegetable field." Zhang Youqing looked back at the open space and said back.

"Father, it's okay. One piece is for planting, and two pieces are also for planting. Why don't you grow more? Dad, why don't you just take the time to turn over the land these few days and make it fat. After a few days when I recover from illness, I can grow more." Vegetables are planted." Zhang Yun is quite confident, she has never been a delicate girl who stretches out her hands for clothes and opens her mouth for food. I'm used to it, I don't think it's a problem.

Zhang Youqing stared at his daughter for a while, never seen her so refreshed, she looked very confident, couldn't help feeling happy, and immediately nodded her head, "That's all right, I'll do what you want, I have to help you today." Uncle Mao builds a pigsty, and when we come back from the Baogu field tomorrow, we will turn over the land next to it."

Seeing that his father agreed so readily, Zhang Yun was also very happy in his heart, and the smile on his face became even wider. After Zhang Youqing made the eggplant stand firm, he pulled out some Chrysanthemum chrysanthemums along the way, and then went back to the yard.

When they were in the yard, Zhang Yun stretched out his hand to take Chrysanthemum chrysanthemum, and said, "Father, go to Uncle Daqing's house quickly, I'll give these to mother."

Zhang Youqing handed the chrysanthemum chrysanthemum to Zhang Yun, and went out of the fenced yard. Zhang Yun carried the green chrysanthemum chrysanthemum into the kitchen, "Mother, Dad pulled some chrysanthemum chrysanthemum and said that it would be burned tonight."

"Why did you come back by yourself, where is your father?" Mrs. Zhou was lowering her head and stuffing firewood into the stove door. When she saw Zhang Yun coming in with Chrysanthemum chrysanthemum, she couldn't help but feel distressed again, and the words she said brought some displeasure. .

"I asked Dad to go to Uncle Daqing's house quickly, so he can come back sooner after work." Zhang Yun also heard Zhou's displeasure, so he hurriedly said some clever words to help Dad out of trouble.

Mrs. Zhou got up early to take Chuanhao, and when she finished speaking, she murmured: "Your father is really, don't be in a hurry. At this moment, your body is just a little bit better, and he doesn't care too much about it." , these men are careless."

Zhang Yun listened to Zhou's chanting, and didn't say anything, just pursed her lips and smiled. After Zhou finished talking about her husband, she put the chrysanthemum chrysanthemum on the water tank board, then turned and told her, "Go back to the house quickly, It’s been a long time since I’ve been out, if you catch cold and get hot again at night, then how about it, hurry up, go back to the house and lie down, after dinner, mother will help you to go to the house.”

After being kicked out by Mrs. Zhou, Zhang Yun came out of the kitchen. In the yard, Zhang Liangen was using a wooden rake to gather up the corn clothes, and tied them with straw. After drying, they can be chopped up and fed. For pigs, even though my family has no money to raise pigs, it is good to dry them and give them to people in the village who have pigs.

Zhang Yun ran up to help, but was told again, just to be careful again, let her keep those words, Zhang Yun could only go back to the house obediently, thinking that it would be good to lie on the bed and figure out what vegetables to plant. It would be best to inquire about whether the unfinished dishes can be sold, and which other dishes will sell better. These are all matters related to livelihood and must be done quickly.

When the aroma of the kitchen wafted into the room, Zhang Yun climbed down from the kang and went to the main room to have dinner by herself, so as to avoid Mrs. Zhou from entering the room, she was really tired from lying on the kang these days and wanted to Come out and do more activities.

As soon as Zhang Yun ran into the main room, Mrs. Zhou came in holding a vegetable bowl. Seeing her, she didn't blame her, but said, "Just now the third child from Uncle Daqing's family ran over and said that Uncle Daqing left your father and elder brother for dinner. We don't have to wait for them, Dad, sit down and eat."

Mrs. Zhou called Zhang Liangen who was sitting in the yard smoking a pipe, and after a while, the three remaining members of the family gathered around the table and started eating.

Before dinner was over, a call came from outside the courtyard, "Is Youqing's family here?"

Mrs. Zhou hurriedly put down the bowls and chopsticks and walked out of the main room. Seeing the people walking into the fenced yard, she hurriedly smiled and said, "Hey, Grandma Shuanzi, come over here when you have time. Hurry up, come in and sit down."

Mrs. Shuanzi's grandma, Mrs. Jiang, strode towards Mrs. Zhou, Mrs. Zhou hurriedly let her go to the main room, and said with a smile, "Grandma Shuanzi, come, sit, and I'll get you a bowl of corn paste. Eat some."

"Youqing's family, don't be polite, my family eats it, it will fill you up." Mrs. Jiang spoke slowly, and the old man looked very kind. He was in his seventies, and he saw that his back was strong. , very spiritual.

That being said, Mrs. Zhou stopped being polite, quickly finished the corn paste, put down the bowls and chopsticks, and started talking to Mrs. Jiang.

At this moment, Mrs. Jiang secretly glanced at Zhang Yun, and pulled Mrs. Zhou to sit on a small bench in the yard. Mrs. Zhou was a person with a clear mind. Seeing Mrs. Jiang's actions, she became careful, but on the surface It didn't show up, but he still patiently talked with Jiang in the courtyard.

After talking innocuous gossip for a long time, Mrs. Jiang began to get back to the main topic, "From Youqing's family, you and Youqing know how to raise children. Look at your family's Chengzi, Xingzi, and Yun'er. They are all outstanding, among these children in the village, they are considered top-notch, especially Yun'er, how juicy."

Someone praised his child, Zhou was naturally happy, and said politely: "Why, your family's pillars are good, look at his head, he is so strong at the age of 16, I'm afraid he will have more in the future." No matter how long it is, no one in the village can beat him."

"This stupid boy, he only knows how to eat, so he is not as good as a girl. Your family Yun'er is very capable. In the future, those who propose marriage will definitely break through the threshold. Yun'er will be thirteen this year." Jiang said intentionally or unintentionally. Turning around Zhang Yun, Zhou felt even more aware that she must have a purpose for coming this time.

(End of this chapter)