Escape from the desert

Jiang Wen sat curled up on the low stool, the burden was placed on his thighs between his legs, and he was holding a bowl of brown rice, a little restrained.

When he saw the dishes on the table again, his eyes widened in surprise, and his pupils showed the surprise at what he saw.

The conditions of the Jiang family are considered to be moderate in Jiangjiazhai. In the past, every time he went home from a rest, Ama would prepare the best food for him to eat. Therefore, even if there is a shortage of food in the famine years, when every family is shrinking and dieting, He can also eat a bowl full of brown rice porridge, but the side dishes are poor.

But he is also satisfied, because he knows that except him, everyone else in the family eats corn or even buckwheat wild vegetables, and now, not only everyone in my aunt's family eats brown rice, but he has never had a variety of side dishes. I've seen it, even if I haven't eaten it, I'm hungry just by smelling it.

For Jiang Wen's arrival, everyone just looked up, and then they buried themselves in cooking, and no one said a word.

Jiang Wen pretended to be calm and slowly raised his chopsticks. His face was a little red, and he cautiously and shyly went to the bowl of sauerkraut fish with an attractive fragrance. When he entered his mouth, he licked his mouth in shock, and it turned out to be better than expected. eat.

After a meal, most of the people in the yard dispersed one after another, and they could rest for half an hour at noon. The big guy happily took home the meals he had saved.

The two daughters-in-law began to clean up the dishes. Rural people have always been frugal, and there is very little leftover food. Especially, the Lin family is the king of rice, regardless of gender. The food will be clean and easy to pack.

Jiang Wen held the empty bowl and was a little embarrassed to hand it to the elder cousin. When he was at Jiang's house, his mother would clean up and wash the dishes. Grandma would not let him touch anything other than reading. There were also special people in the academy to clean up and wash. , he came to work at his little aunt's house, and he shouldn't let his elder cousin help him wash the dishes.

"Big cousin, I'll just do it myself."

He got up and put the burden on the chair and helped carry a stack of empty bowls. The red marks on his hands and the stains on the bowls and dishes were intertwined when moving the tiles, but he didn't care so much, he just held the bowl carefully Dish, followed behind the big cousin.

Jiang Yan didn't say anything, just watched quietly. There were two wooden basins in the kitchen room, which were filled with water. The little beans who would finish their meal were squatting, holding the empty bowl in her hand. Water to feed the noisy chickens and ducks.

Lin Nan was the last to finish his meal. He walked over with his empty bowl and said indifferently, "If you don't want to eat free food, wash the dishes yourself, or else go to fetch water!"

Jiang Wen nodded. There were several people he didn't know washing dishes. He was a big man, and he was too embarrassed to squat with a group of women to wash dishes.

There are a total of two wooden barrels at home, and the two of them have picked one.

Lin Nan walked in front and looked back at Jiang Wen from time to time. Seeing that the other party struggled for a long time before he came out with an empty bucket, he almost stumbled to the ground after walking a few steps. He glared angrily, if he dared to buy the new one The wooden barrel is broken, see if I don't scold him to death!

When he arrived at the well, Lin Nan quickly and familiarly started to fetch water. In a few seconds, the two buckets of water were almost overflowing. He raised his chin, sneered on his face, and walked away arrogantly with a load of water.

Jiang Wen can't carry water, so he carefully observed Lin Nan's every move along the way. When he saw the thin Lin Nan carrying two buckets full of water, he was shocked and couldn't stop admiration.

Following Lin Nan's movements, he struggled to fetch water back and forth. The small bucket that he threw into the well was full of water, and then he took it out and poured it into his wooden bucket. He was exhausted from this process, and he repeated the operation several times. It was easy to fill two buckets of water.

After resting for a while out of breath, he hurriedly picked up the pole again and started to carry water. He lowered his waist slightly, he took a deep breath, his face flushed red, and he gritted his teeth with all his strength. After dawdling for a while, he found In the right position, he stood up tremblingly.

The weight on his shoulders was instantly pressed against his shoulders, making him almost breathless. He choked out a breath and staggered forward. With every step, some water spilled out, but at this time his eyes were dizzy and biting. Gritting his teeth, he just wanted to get home quickly, but he couldn't care about the spilled water.

Jiang Yan stood at the gate of the courtyard, looking at the modest gentleman who was swaying, as if he was about to fall to the ground in the next second, and couldn't help feeling that Jiang Wen was really different from Jiang's family.

But when she saw Lin Nan who was a head shorter than Jiang Wen, carrying a load of water and walking steadily, walking back as if walking on the ground, she couldn't express the melancholy in her heart. These jobs are handy.

Jiang Wen staggered and walked back to the yard with great difficulty. The moment he put down the burden, he almost sat back on the ground, stumbled and stumbled to his feet. Looking at it again, most of the two buckets of water that were originally full were spilled.

With a blushing face, he silently moved the wooden bucket to the stove, and then poured the water into the water tank. He never knew how hard it was to carry water. Even if he put down the pole now, he could feel the thorns on his shoulders and neck. Pain... It turns out that my cousin and the others are doing such hard work on weekdays.

Lin Nan raised his head, he was much shorter than Jiang Wen, in order to show his dissatisfaction and dislike for Jiang Wen, he had to hold his head high, put on a stinky face, and said in a disdainful tone: "I haven't picked a firm yet, I But not a drop of water was spilled, and, when will you go home? Do you really want to stay at my house and not go back?"

Jiang Wen was not in a hurry or panic, just smiled at Lin Nan, and said in a gentle voice: "Second cousin, I will not go back, I promise my aunt, I will not go back until the money is paid off."

Lin Nan's face was cold, and he couldn't tell what it was like in his heart. Others didn't know it. He knew very well that no matter how much he hated Jiang Wen, he knew in his heart that he envied Jiang Wen and wanted to be like him in his dreams. people.

"Your clothes are soaking wet, if you bring a change of clothes, go and change." Jiang Yan saw through Lin Nan's thoughts, she patted Lin Nan's tight back, and said lightly to Jiang Wen.

Jiang Wen shook his head: "Little aunt, I only brought a few books and pen, ink, paper and inkstone."

"Second brother, go to your sister-in-law and get him your brother's clothes."

Lin Nan nodded gloomily, he should have known long ago that no matter what, mother would never really give up the big cousin and the others, but no matter what she thinks, as long as she is as good to them as she is now, he will be satisfied.

Jiang Wen is about the same height as Lin Dong, and when he came out in Lin Dong's clothes, his elegant and graceful attitude immediately caught people's attention. Jiang Yan's eyes could not help but flash admiration. Sure enough, the temperament was different. The effect is different.

Lin Nan saw Jiang Wen's dark blue new clothes. This was the fabric that his mother bought for them. They were all alone, and they hadn't worn them much yet, but they bought new clothes wearing the most praise from the villagers, or Envy said that the clothes were beautiful, even if it was just like that, he felt smug.