Mixed small peasants

Ma Xiaole pondered Xia Tian Xiaoe's words, sneered, but didn't say anything, just got out of bed and left.

When the latch was undone and the door of the small shop was opened, the wind and snow were tightening.

Xiaonanzhuang Village was very quiet on a snowy night, and the village was so quiet that not even a dog barked.Ma Xiaole wrapped her clothes tightly and walked towards the orchard.The snow on the ground is already very thick, and there is a "creaking" sound when stepping on it.

The snow fell really hard, sometimes tight and sometimes loose, fluttering until the first day of the new year.

The snow fell for more than two days, and everyone was so bored that they panicked. Even the continuous sound of firecrackers on the night of the New Year's Eve and the morning of the first day of the New Year did not dissipate the sullenness. It's time to get excited.

In this kind of weather, the men are okay, they get together to play poker and mahjong, and the old ones play that kind of mahjong, which is a simplified version of mahjong.The most difficult thing is women, the east room goes to the west room, and the west room goes to the east room, digging here and there, or slipping through the door, looking for old sesame seed and rotten millet to chat, but when it is time to cook, After a while of busy work with pots and pans, I feel like a real woman.Children can catch sparrows, sweep a small piece of land in the yard, scatter some millet, cover a basket on top, support the edge with a stick, tie a rope to the stick, and lead them all the way to the house. The little sparrows that come out to look for food will come to peck. As long as it enters the bottom of the basket, the rope is pulled in the house, the stick moves, and the basket falls, covering it.If you have a dog at home, you can take the dog to the wild to catch wild rabbits. If you are more courageous, go farther to the Nanshan Mountain. There are more wild game, but it is also dangerous. There are wolves in the mountains. Most people will not let their children Those who ran that far would at most turn around on the small slope at the foot of the mountain.

Ma Xiaole is also very interested in the matter of leading the dog to catch wild rabbits, but he himself feels that he can no longer do that, otherwise the villagers will laugh at him for not growing up.Besides, Ah Huang is no longer here, without that old man, Ma Xiaole doesn't have that kind of thought anymore.

Thinking of Ah Huang, Ma Xiaole was still full of sentimentality, and couldn't help feeling sad, thinking about the first year of his death, he had to make a good offering no matter what.

Early in the morning of the new year, Ma Xiaole got up, took brown candies, sugar cakes, apples and oranges, and brought a stack of burning paper, and came to Ah Huang's grave in a decent shape, set it up, and burned it on the paper. Xiang, and kowtowed a bit.

After worshiping Ah Huang, it's time to go home and have breakfast.Breakfast is dumplings and glutinous rice balls. Ma Xiaole was thinking about it on the way back to the village from the orchard. In the past, he was looking forward to the Chinese New Year. In the first few days, he was thinking about hot pork dumplings and glutinous rice balls with sandwiches. Although the living conditions are better now , but the affection of those years is still so strong.

Breakfast was finished soon, and according to the rules, the cadres of the village committee would get together and visit the homes of the more capable and veteran military members in the village to pay New Year's greetings.Ma Xiaole thought that the village cadres must come back to his house, so he asked Hu Aiying to prepare candy, but when he touched his pocket, he forgot to bring the cigarette, and the good cigarette that Jin Zhu gave him fell in the orchard.

Ma Xiaole hurried back to the orchard to get cigarettes, and waited for the village officials to come to relax.

The snow still hasn't stopped. In fact, the road leading to Ma Xiaole's orchard has not been interrupted in the past two days. Since the afternoon of the 29th, people have been going to see Ma Xiaole one after another, even if they chat casually.Especially today, the first day of the Lunar New Year, Ma Xiaole had just entered the house not long ago, took his cigarettes and was about to leave, but the villagers who came to see him came one after another.It is a custom to come to the door on the first day of the new year, for New Year's greetings.Ma Xiaole felt very embarrassed, usually the younger generation would take the initiative to visit the elder's home to pay New Year's greetings, he was not very senior, and he was also young, but there were so many older families in the village who came.

Ma Xiaole was also unambiguous, as long as people came, they would treat them with good cigarettes and greet them politely. If there were children who came with adults, they would bring out good candies and stuff them into their hands.Ma Xiaole knew that the villagers came to see him because of his work in the township government, but one had to learn how to return the courtesy and respect others, not to look down on them with big eyes.

After finally sending away a batch, Ma Xiaole quickly locked the door and left, if there were people coming one night later, they would not be able to leave.

Back home, Ma Xiaole asked, "Father, is there anyone in the village?"

"Come and go again, people have a lot of things to do, many people are going, and they didn't wait for you. They asked me to send you a message to go to Liu Changxi's house for a drink at noon." Ma Changgen laughed, "Xiao Le, You see, working in the village is different, and the village cadres still have to come to my house to pay New Year's greetings!"

Ma Xiaole is also very happy, everyone has a sense of vanity, Ma Xiaole is very proud of that aspect at the moment, "Father, who is here?"

"Liu Changxi, Ding Jianshe, Xu Hongqi, Gao Desheng..." Ma Changgen counted on his fingers.But Ma Xiaole sounded a little wrong, "Father, why is there no Fan Baofa?"

"He, I don't seem to have seen him." Ma Changgen said seriously, "There is no sign of him."

"Oh." Ma Xiaole nodded with a serious expression.Ma Changgen looked at it, and frowned slightly, "That's right, why didn't he come, the village party secretary should have come too."

Ma Xiaole understood what was going on, because Fan Zaoni, I thought that Fan Zaoni went to work at the Times, and the person she was looking for was sometimes the leader of the city's Propaganda Department, so arrogant!Thinking of this, Ma Xiaole was unconvinced, and felt that Fan Baofa was too aggressive, but the fact was true, whoever has power does not rely on it.

Everything is up to you, just figure it out.Ma Xiaole can think smoothly, he Fan Baofa will not come if he doesn't put on airs, there is nothing to worry about, but thinking of Fan Zaoni, Ma Xiaole can't be calm, thinking of that little girl, being together every day when she was a child is no different, but He has been admitted to school, and now he has gone to the city, where he lives in high-rise buildings and walks on smooth concrete roads, even if it rains or snows, there is not even a speck of mud.

Thinking of this, Ma Xiaole's sense of superiority disappeared. It might not matter if Fan Zaoni was replaced by someone else, but Fan Zaoni was the one who cultivated Ma Xiaole's hazy feeling for women.Regarding Fan Zaoni, Ma Xiaole felt that he could not ride a buffalo and was afraid of being underestimated by the buffalo. He always felt that Fan Zaoni looked down on him, at least he didn't think he was a decent onion.In addition, Fan Zaoni saw his words before, and laughed at his ugly thing, and even chased him outside the gate saying that even he himself felt unable to hold his head up in front of Fan Zaoni.

"Xiao Le, why are you in a daze? Fan Bao won't come if he can't send. People who like to show off don't care about it." Ma Changgen saw Ma Xiaole was depressed, and wanted to enlighten him.

"What, dad, I didn't think about Fan Baofa's matter. I don't care if he comes or not." Ma Xiaole pretended to be nonchalant, "I was thinking about going to Liu Changxi's house for a drink this afternoon."

"Then we have to go. He is the new village chief, so if you don't go, you won't be given face." Ma Changgen said immediately.

In fact, Ma Xiaole knew this, but he said it casually just now to cover up his desire for Fan Baofa, but he continued to say what Ma Changgen said, "Well, yes, we have to go!" After Ma Xiaole finished speaking, he took out a box The good cigarettes were thrown into Ma Changgen's arms, "Father, try this cigarette, it's very valuable." After finishing speaking, he walked out of the house and went to the street to have a look.

Because the snow did not stop, there were no people on the street.Ma Xiaole felt bored, so he went back to the orchard. He had already made plans. Although he was going to Liu Changxi's house at noon, he couldn't miss the music. up.

Walking to the village, a group of children were setting off firecrackers, thinking of using them for everything. When they saw a pile of cow dung, they would poke the firecrackers in and run away when they lit the fire. It was blown into dots of dung particles and scattered in all directions. If an adult happened to pass by, he would be covered in cow dung. However, adults are not angry when encountering such a situation. There is a saying, which indicates that In the new year, you will encounter great fortune.

Ma Xiaole saw that there were some fools among the children, and he was having a good time.Ma Xiaole felt that Er Lengzi was quite pathetic, he was so big, and he was still acting like a child. "Xiaokang, come here!" Ma Xiaole waved to Er Lengzi.Er Lengzi saw that it was Ma Xiaole, and ran over with a "swish", "Xiao Le, why are you catching shrimp?"

Ma Xiaole wanted to laugh, but he couldn't laugh, "Xiaokang, it's so cold that the shrimps are hiding, what a fart." Ma Xiaole took out five yuan, "Xiaokang, here's the money, go to the store to buy candies. "

Er Lengzi looked at the money and wanted to reach out to take it, but he didn't, "No, mother said, you can't ask for money from others."

Ma Xiaole thought about it, and felt that it was not appropriate, what kind of thing is it to give money to Er Lengzi, so he put away the money and said casually, "Your mother is really kind."

"My mother is not good!" Er Lengzi said seriously after hearing this.

Ma Xiaole was puzzled, and hurriedly asked: "What's wrong with your mother?"

"My mother can beat people, she beat my father."

"Hit your father?" Ma Xiaole was really confused, how did she fight properly, and Liu Shuying is not the kind of aggressive woman, so why did she hit a man. "Xiao Kang, why did your mother beat your father?" Ma Xiaole asked again.

"The night before yesterday, my father and I were gnawing pig skulls in the house, and my mother would not come in. Later, when I was sleeping, my father said that there was something on my mother's trousers, and that my mother was not clean. When my mother heard this, she was so angry that she beat her up." Dad slapped him once, and then he slapped him again." Er Lengzi's tone of voice seemed to be biased toward his father, because Zhao Ruyi didn't go home often, and every time he went home, he would bring him delicious food and tease him. he plays.

"Xiaokang, in my opinion, your father should be beaten, and he should be beaten for talking nonsense!" Ma Xiaole said.

"No, I think father is good, mother shouldn't hit him!" Er Lengzi said very seriously.

Ma Xiaole thought about whether he could be serious with Er Lengzi, then rolled his eyes, "Xiaokang, as long as you say your father should be beaten, and your mother is right, I will take you to catch fish in the river, it's a big deal!"

When Er Lengzi heard this, he immediately clapped his hands, "Okay, my father should hit me, my mother hit me right!"

Ma Xiaole smiled contentedly, "Okay, I'll take you to catch fish, it's much more enjoyable than his mother's shrimp catch!"