my daughter my hometown

Chapter 24 Sculpture
Usually feeding a child is a test of patience, but Xiao Suwan is relatively relaxed.As long as there is an animal that she rubs, she will obediently eat the food in her mouth.

This job is so easy that even Su Xue, a half-grown girl, can do it.

She tried feeding a few mouthfuls, and it went well.Su Xue, who was addicted to being an elder, happily took her job and drove Su Wu away.

Su Wu in Aunt Ma's kitchen couldn't help, but as the host, it didn't matter that the two brothers and sisters weren't there all the time.

Looking at the harmonious scene of aunt and nephew in front of him, Su Wu realized that he was a bit redundant, so he turned and left to greet the villagers.

As for the things Aunt Ma asked to buy just now, Su Hai, the big bald head, went to buy them.After staying in the hospital for more than half a month, he was delighted to do such trivial errands.

Su Wu is not talkative.However, the villagers in front of him were all his own family members, and he walked around the table with a cup of daughter red. He didn't drink a few drops of wine, but the cows were blowing all over the sky.

"...Someone in the town next door built a new house with four floors. It's really amazing."

Some people feel deeply.

Su Wu glanced at the villagers who spoke, and immediately understood.

It's not a festival right now, and most of the people staying in the village are middle-aged and elderly people or children who haven't gone to school. It's strange to be able to say such a thing.

"Uncle, a four-story building is not high. I've seen buildings with more than 400 floors, and that's called high. No matter how you look up, you can't see the top, and it's not in the clouds..."

"Four... 400 floors. Isn't this as high as the sky?"

Everyone looked at each other.

"Someone nearby went out to work and made a lot of money. As soon as he got home, he bought a three-piece suit for his father. I'm so greedy."

Some people feel it.

"It's just a three-piece set. I've seen people take the electrical furniture from the shopping mall to their homes one by one..."

"No way, how much does it cost to pull one cart after another?"

Su Wu smiled, but didn't answer.

According to the general perception of the villagers, the success of a family depends on either being rich or having people.It doesn't even matter if you don't have money, but someone has to be there.

The topic of money in the chatter passed, and slowly turned to people.

"I went to the market a few days ago, and I met Li Laosan from Lijiazhuang next door. Guess what happened to him?"

The villagers who spoke were full of envy.

"He brought four grandsons and six granddaughters, one on his back and one in his arms. A row of fur kids tied with ropes lined up, good guy, like the Great Wall."

The matter of the child tickled the itches of all the villagers, and a group of people spoke out one after another.

"Fuck. How many sons does he have? It's so easy to give birth."

"Hey, we have fewer and fewer children in Yangxin Valley. By the way, Xiaowu, where is your daughter's rank in the children's generation?"

"Ranked [-]th." Su Wu replied with a smile.

Men and women of the same generation in Yangxin Valley are in separate rows.Su Wan ranks second or sixth in the child generation, that is, there are 25 cousins ​​in front of her.

It's funny, there are three little cousins ​​behind Su Wan.Because she was only on the genealogy, she forced a ranking in the middle, so that the three little cousins ​​in the back were forced to retreat by one digit.

For example, the girl who was originally called Erliu has now become Erqi, and I don’t know when their parents will change their pronunciation.

Many villagers frowned.

"Gonghou Bozi, Xiao Wu and Xiao Xueer, who are you in the uncle's generation?"

"Me?" Su Wu pointed to himself.

Although everyone calls him Xiaowu, it's just a homophony of the word "Wu", not that he is the fifth.

"I rank fourth and second. My sister's is easier to remember, ranking fourth and ninth, almost half a hundred."

There was a moment of silence in the yard.

"You ranked fourth and second, but you gave birth to a child who ranked second and sixth. Why don't young people have children these days?"

"That's right, there are still more than 600 people in the village. If we old guys leave in the future, and there are not many newborns, wouldn't the village be even less populated?"

"Without a child, don't talk about honoring the ancestors at that time, whether the village can be kept or not is a problem."

……

A group of people stopped drinking and discussed the situation facing the village with bitter faces.

This discussion lasted for an hour or two, until the banquet was over, and no result was reached.

Su Wu muttered to himself and didn't take much part in the villagers' discussion.

Life is easy these days, life is not easy.It is easy to give birth to a child, but not easy to raise it well.

He was in Cao Ying and his heart was in Han. Although he was chatting with the villagers, his heart had already flown to his own yard next door.

No matter how procrastinated the feast was, it finally ended before noon, and a group of well-fed and well-fed lords had already left.Aunt Ma and a few women sat down to eat leftovers after a busy morning.

Although there were plenty of leftovers, Su Wu was still very sorry.He wanted to help clean up the mess, but Aunt Ma drove him out with a broom.

"Xiao Wu, you old men do these things? If you have nothing to do, find something to do."

"Didn't your aunt tell you to reopen the clinic? Hurry up and discuss it with someone."

Su Wu returned to his yard in dismay, picked up his drowsy daughter, and turned to enter Su Hai's home.

Under normal circumstances, this time is the little girl's nap time.However, Su Wu, who is a slave to his daughter, didn't hold the baby all morning, so he couldn't bear to let go of it for a while, so he carried her around the house.

"Uncle Ma, are you home?"

The three-eyed Su Jianguo strode out of the house with a hookah in his hand.

He was also one of the people who pointed out the country at Su Xue's house just now, but he belonged to the type who buried his head in drinking.

Who told him to be a hero short of breath?

Obviously his son is about the same age as Su Wu, and his daughter is almost two years old, and his stupid son doesn't even have a girlfriend, which is a hindrance to Yang Xingu's family planning.

Seeing the two of them, Su Jianguo was refreshed.

"It's Xiao Wu. Come, let my uncle hug your girl. When I came back, I was so busy beating my son that I didn't even look at her carefully."

Su Wu hehe took a step back.

"Next time. She just fell asleep. If she doesn't sleep enough, she will cry for a long time when she wakes up."

"That's fine, children are like this."

Su Jianguo withdrew his hand regretfully.

Su Wu looked at the layout of the circle yard, and felt a sense of emotion.

"It seems that over the years, Uncle Ma, your craftsmanship has not only not declined, but has even improved."

In Su Jianguo's huge courtyard, all kinds of wood are scattered everywhere.

Some are still pure logs, some have been half-carved, and some have been carved.In addition, there are various wooden furniture, exquisite and ingenious.

"What kind of craftsmanship is refined, in fact, it is the same, but more proficient. Practice makes perfect."

Su Jianguo's face was as calm as water, but Su Wu could still catch a hint of pride in his eyes.

"Uncle is not like you young people. Apart from planing these things, he doesn't know anything else."

Su Wu shook his head, "Uncle Ma, don't be modest, you can't call this a gadget, it's art."

Just as he was talking, a huge wild goose sculpture firmly attracted Su Wu's attention.

This sculpture is carved with a wild goose with its wings spread out and ready to fly high. It is more than one meter high, and the whole goose is as small as a feather.

"Uncle Ma, you carved this rice ball, right?" Su Wu was full of praise. "Super resemblance, at first glance, I really thought it was a rice ball standing here."

Su Jianguo came over, turned around cautiously, and nodded after finding nothing damaged.

"There is a tradition of sending wooden geese to the nearby villages for courtship, and it is easy to carve more."

"I saw rice balls coming and going every day, so I tried to carve one, and the carving turned out to be pretty good, at least I didn't waste such a large piece of wood."

(End of this chapter)