Escape from the desert

The night shrouded the entire Linjia Village. Did the cool breeze blow through the quiet window, the thatched grass on the eaves was blown, and only a few scattered households were still lit.

Jiang Yan got up from the bed in a daze. She drank a lot of goat's milk and big bone soup for dinner today, so that she was woken up by a bubble of urine. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and pushed open the door. Only to find that the lights in the main room were still on.

Lin's toilet is on the side of the house, and going to the toilet has to go through the main room. Once Jiang Yan got up to urinate at night, because she couldn't see clearly in the dark, she almost fell on the farm tools at the door. From then on, the main room will keep a lamp Oil lamps, to be blown by the last person to go to bed.

She lightened her steps and looked at Jiang Wen in the main room. The dim light flickered. The boy under the light was wearing a plain and simple gown, crawling on the simple low table, sleeping very restlessly. He was reading a few books that had turned the pages, and he was still holding one with his fair and slender fingers. The deformed shadow that was pulled was telling the hard work of the young man.

After autumn, the nights are cooler. Seeing Jiang Wen shivering a little, Jiang Yan's heart softened. She stepped forward and patted her lightly: "It's cold in the main room. Don't study for too long at night. Go back and rest earlier."

Jiang Wen slowly opened his eyes, his blank eyes suddenly came to his senses after seeing the little aunt, looked at the almost burning oil lamp, and said with some shame: "Little aunt, hug... sorry, I accidentally fell asleep, in vain This lamp was wasted."

He was the last one to go to bed every day. The purpose was to think about the last time to take advantage of the oil lamp to read the papers. Unexpectedly, he fell asleep today, and most of the oil lamps that were still there were now bottomed out.

"An oil lamp, it doesn't matter, it's just that reading at night with the lamp on is not good for your eyes. You should pay more attention in the future. Also, the weather is cold, so go back and rest earlier, so you don't catch a cold then."

Jiang Yan helped him organize the books. For a farmer, lighting an oil lamp is quite a luxury. Even if the family has a little money now, the brothers of the Lin family still don’t want to light it for too long. They go to bed as soon as it gets dark. They all read more books during the daytime and went to bed when it was dark at night.

"Thank you little aunt."

"Stop talking about that, you've worked hard these past few days."

Jiang Wen nodded with warm eyes. He had learned a lot from his little aunt and gained a lot of warmth. He hadn't gone to the academy for many days and had been taking it with him in Linjiacun. People in the village would ask him why he didn't Going to the academy, but my little aunt never asked, nor did she drive him away, she even respected his choice, as if... also believed that he would pass the exam by himself.

Thinking of this, his heart felt warm.

"By the way, little aunt, I found Xiaowu's arithmetic ability is very strong, so I plan to make an abacus for him." He has an abacus himself, but he is still in Jiangjiazhai, or he can give it to Lin Feng.

Jiang Yan nodded: "I'm very happy that you are willing to spend time cultivating Xiaowu's calculation ability. Abacus should not be difficult to do. If you can draw blueprints, you can go to the village to find Uncle Lame to do it."

"I will do it! I will make it for Xiao Wu tomorrow, and Xiao Bei and the others want it too. One for each of them. I will give it to them after I finish it." Jiang Wen said excitedly. He can't do much for the Lin family. If you can do it yourself, then let others do it for you.

Jiang Yan looked at the young and immature face under the light, and said with a smile: "You can just let Uncle Lame do it. There are other things to keep you busy these days."

It is not difficult to make an abacus abacus, but it takes a lot of time and energy to polish each piece. She does not stop Jiang Wen from making a gift for a few children, but if he does it himself, he will have to wait until the end of the year.

Jiang Wen nodded with a smile, and the two chatted for a few more words before resting. When she lay down on the bed, Jiang Yan remembered that she was going to the bathroom, but the urge to urinate would fade away, and she squirmed on the bed uncomfortably. After a few strokes, I endured it and planned to go again at dawn.

The next morning.

Jiang Yan had just finished breakfast, and Lin Nan took his two daughters-in-law to the town to look at the shop. Lin Dong was going to test farm tools today, so he switched with Lin Nan.

"Grandmother, the duckling has grown hair." Xiaodouzi pulled Jiang Yan and walked on her short legs to look at the ducks in the chicken coop. After this period of feeding, the chickens and ducks have grown up a little bit, and their body The fluff slowly fades, and some dark feathers begin to grow.

"Cuckoo..."

"Quack quack..."

Because they are all locked in one place, when people approach, the chickens and ducks will not listen to the screams, and will hide from people and crawl into the haystack.

"It won't be long before we can eat it. The smallest chicken I've ever eaten is about the same size. We can pluck the feathers and roast it on the fire rack." Shangguan Zixuan walked over with a smile and chased after the chicken coop. A chicken with most of its yellow hair lost.

Seeing his rude appearance, Xiaodouzi screamed in his heart, and shouted with his two white and tender lotus hands shaking: "Fat Guoguo, don't use such force! They are too small to eat..."

Jiang Yan looked at their playfulness and said with a smile: "That's not a chicken, it should be a bird or a pigeon. Someone will eat such a small chicken."

Shangguan Zixuan was about the same age as Lin Bei, but he was pure-hearted, and he couldn't chat with Lin Bei, and Lin Feng didn't talk, but the three-year-old Xiaodouzi became his confidant, and the two of them surrounded the chicken all day long. Duck turn.

During the day, the two of them drove a group of chickens and ducks to the fields for a walk. The paddy fields that had just been harvested were filled with scattered grains, and the villagers couldn't clean them up, so the children would drive their own chickens and ducks to the fields to eat. off the shelf.

"Mother, let's go to Uncle Lame's house to look at the farm tools. We almost made them last night. Let's move to the field and try." Lin Dong came over with a hoe on his shoulder.

Jiang Yan nodded, and said to Xiaodouzi: "Little Douzi, you take Little Fat Brother and the others to play in the field, and then go home to eat at noon. If the sun is hot, go home to rest."

Xiaodouzi patted her small chest, opened her big bright eyes, and nodded solemnly: "I know Grandma, Fat Guoguo is our guest, and I will take good care of them."

Jiang Yan was laughed at by his cute aunt, rubbed his little face, prepared some water for them, and then left with Lin Dong and Jiang Wen.

The lame uncle's house is in the middle of the village. When the three of them arrived, their family was waiting in the house. The new plow made yesterday was placed in the yard, and there were some broken boards next to it. The appearance, but the broken slant is very strange, and it can be seen that it is invalid.

It is not difficult to make a plow, but the tools at Uncle Lame's house are not complete, and many places that need to be polished require a lot of labor. It still takes time and effort to make the two plows made yesterday. Lin Dong followed him Made it with my son.