The Rebirth of the Portable Space The Red Age

Before the last ray of afterglow disappeared, the two majors and five minors finally returned home.Before the ox cart stopped, the four skin boys jumped off and rushed into the yard like wild horses, "Grandpa, Auntie, we are coming. Brother Zhuang, Zhuang, come out!" , a howl of wolves scared the old hens who had just lay down in the backyard and clucked and flew around.Seeing the old hens flying around in the yard, the brothers realized that the sound seemed a little louder just now.When Grandpa Du came out of the house, several people stood in a row and said "Hi, Grandpa!" in unison, like a mouse seeing a cat.

"Xiaohai, Xiaojiang, you are really here." Du Haoyu and Du Haoxuan also came out of the house immediately, "Didn't I tell you before that we have grown up now, and you will call us by our first names in the future?" , don’t call us big and small.” The two brothers were very happy to see the four cousins, but they still did not forget to emphasize their names.

"I know, I know, let's call you Haoyu and Haoxuan from now on, it's true, you will be very particular," the four cousins ​​curled their lips in unison.The four of them saw Du's mother also come out of the kitchen, "Auntie, what are you going to cook for us tonight, we're going to be very hungry."

"Today your grandfather just caught a lot of crucian carp and melon seeds, and the braised crucian carp and salted duck eggs that your aunt made for you will definitely not starve you." Mama Du saw that there were four and a half more big and small ones, as the saying goes Half a child eats a poor old man, the dinner prepared today is not enough, so I hurried back to the kitchen to take advantage of this time to reheat some pancakes and add a dish, the first meal for my nephews should not be too shabby.

While talking, Ya'er and Grandma Du also entered the yard. Ya'er was holding the jar of chili sauce that her aunt gave her, and Grandma Du was carrying two bags in her hand, which contained the changes of clothes for the four brothers. .Father Du hurriedly sent the ox cart back before it was completely dark. [

The four cousins ​​over there have been dragged to their house by Ya'er's two older brothers, where all those precious comic books are there.Grandma Du didn't care about them, she just listened to the screams coming from the room, probably the brothers were crazy after seeing so many villains.

Seeing that Zhang Zeyuan was not at home, Ya'er asked Mama Du, "Mother, where is Uncle Zhang? Why isn't he at home?"

Du's mother was busy cooking, and she replied, "Your Uncle Zhang was called away by the village head, probably to discuss the matter of picking herbs. He said that dinner is also eaten at the village head's house."After hearing Mama Du's words, Ya'er felt relieved, thinking that something had happened.

When Du's father came back after delivering the ox cart, Du's mother also set up the meals.Seeing that the older brothers hadn't come over for dinner, Ya'er yelled "Brothers, let's eat" a few times, but only heard "I know, let's go now", but no one came over for a long time.In the end, it was Grandpa Du who coughed, and six and a half kids immediately appeared at the dinner table, watching Ya'er shouting "Grandpa is mighty" in his heart.

Dinner is very simple, but compared to the standard of living at this time, it is definitely very good. A pot of braised fish, six salted duck eggs cut into two pieces, and pork belly stewed with cabbage. This dish is newly made by Du Ma. It was the wild boar that I was not willing to finish eating a few days ago.Plus a small bowl of chili sauce brought from my aunt's house, the staple food is cornmeal pancakes, and a pot of multigrain porridge.

Du Ma's cooking skills are good, and several cousins ​​don't have time to talk, so they keep stuffing their mouths.Du's mother was also very happy when she saw her cousins ​​eating happily, "It's too late today, so my aunt will make dumplings for you tomorrow, okay?"

When Brother Xiaojiang heard what Mama Du said, he confirmed it again, "Auntie, I will really make dumplings for us tomorrow." Seeing Mama Du nodding, he said to Xiaohai and Dajiang, "You see, I am right. When I arrive at grandma’s house, there must be something delicious. Tomorrow my aunt is going to make dumplings, and I must eat three big bowls then.”A few half-children chatted about how many bowls of dumplings to eat tomorrow.

A few people were thinking about tomorrow's dumplings, and after devouring them for a while, they put down their jobs and prepared to continue reading comic books.Grandpa Du spoke at this time, "The four of you will let your uncle give you lessons soon. How can you understand comic books if you can't read. You two, Haoyu and Haoxuan, will also study with the four of them, what? When you finish learning, when will you read comic books again. Ya’er, bring all the comic books in the house to Grandpa’s room later.”

As soon as Grandpa Du finished speaking, the shoulders of the six elder brothers immediately drooped, and each of them was listless.But thinking about it again, if you study hard and can understand the characters in the comic book, wouldn't it be more enjoyable to read.The brothers who figured it out felt as if they had been pumped, and immediately became excited again, and kept urging the uncle to eat quickly, so that he could teach them to read after eating.In the end, my uncle was so fussed by them that he couldn't help it. He finished the rice in the bowl hastily, and took the six boys to his room. He really wasn't full yet, at least he could drink more. A bowl of porridge.

As soon as the few of them left, the rest of the people could finally have a quiet meal.As expected, he was a half-baby, eating a poor old man. After eating the rest of the food, Du's father realized that he was only half full. Du's mother and Grandma Du were also thinking about how much food they would have to cook to feed these little calves. kids.

When the dinner table was cleared and Father Du and Grandpa took out the chessboard and prepared to play a game, Zhang Zeyuan also came back.

"Zeyuan, what is the village chief looking for you for?" Father Du obviously knew that he was called away by the village chief.

"It's nothing, it's just a discussion about picking herbs. Although there are a lot of herbs on the mountains around Qinghe Bay, I think it's a bit difficult to harvest them in large quantities," Zhang Zeyuan replied regretfully.

Father Du obviously also thought of the situation that he only picked two plants in half the morning, it was indeed a bit difficult.It would be no problem for ordinary people to distinguish which are wheat seedlings and which are weeds, but when it comes to herbs, there are so many types of herbs, it is obviously a bit difficult.

"Then have you discussed any rules for this matter, so let's just finish it? It's a pity for those herbs on the mountain. I think you can pick them up very quickly." Father Du was a little pity.

"The village chief said that in a few days later, we will pick a few children from the village who want to study medicine. When they are not in class, they can follow me to learn some simple medical knowledge, and when they grow up, they can become barefoot doctors. Sometimes I take them up the mountain to learn and collect herbs. I don’t expect the herbs to sell for much money, I just want the children to learn some knowledge.”

"The village chief's proposal is feasible. In my opinion, those herbs all grow about the same, and when to pick them, how to pick them, and how to handle them after picking them are very troublesome. For us old farmers who only know how to farm Speaking of it, it is very difficult to learn. It is better to teach children who want to learn. They are young and have active brains. Teach them slowly, and they will learn one day.” Grandpa Du agreed with the proposal of the village head. , but I am still a little worried about whether the villagers really dare to let the children learn from Zhang Zeyuan.Ya'er really wanted to study, but in the eyes of the villagers, Zhang Zeyuan was the first member of the labor reform team sent here.Although the villagers said that they would not take the initiative to hurt him, they probably dared to let their children learn from him.

Grandpa Du looked at Zhang Zeyuan who was full of vigor and vitality, and didn't want to tell him his worries.The worst result is that no other children will learn from him, but at least Ya'er will learn from him, and it's better not to dampen his enthusiasm now.

There are four and a half children at home, and we need to arrange a place for them to sleep.Grandma Du originally wanted to clean up the small apartment next to her house for them to live in, but there were a lot of sundries and food in it, and it hadn't been lived in for several years.In the end, it was decided to let two of them squeeze in with my uncle, and the other two with Ya'er's two elder brothers, and Ya'er was temporarily moved to Du's father and Du's house. [

But wait and see, it's almost nine o'clock, the children who are studying are not going to sleep yet, the four cousins ​​are interested in studying, how can they want to go to sleep.But country people usually go to bed early, and most of them go to bed before eight o'clock in winter when there is nothing to do.It was Grandpa Du who said that the four of them would go to school with the uncle tomorrow. The four students who were learning to write for the first time put down their pencils and got ready to go to bed.

At this time, the problem came again. No one wanted to sleep with the uncle, but wanted to sleep with Ya'er's two older brothers. They all saw it just now, but Haoyu secretly hid two copies of "Railway Guerrillas" The villain's book was not taken away by grandpa.Also, Ya'er left them a few pieces of toffee. Sleeping with my uncle wouldn't mean that they wouldn't be able to read comic books and eat toffee.

Grandma Du was troubled by several people, so she had to let all six of them sleep together.Anyway, the kang is also big, and the weather is cold now, and a few people can squeeze together to keep warm.The few boys who got their wish climbed on the kang and ate toffee, you messed with me, I and you, the ones who made trouble just refused to sleep peacefully.

Father Du coughed, and the boys and girls immediately fell silent.However, the silence was silence, and several people got together again, chattering and reading the comic book.When Father Du woke up for a while, he found that the kerosene lamp in the room inside was still on. He opened the curtain and saw that the children were still reading comic books.Du Danai had no choice but to give each of them a brain collapse, confiscated the little book in their hands, blew out the kerosene lamp, and went back to his room to sleep.

In the middle of the night, the Ya'er family suddenly heard a scream, "It's on fire, bring the water quickly", followed by the sound of trotting.Father Du was so shocked that he didn't even bother to put on his coat, so he got out of bed and ran outside, thinking that the village was on fire somewhere.When he went out of the house, he bumped into Haoyu who was holding a basin of water.Du Haoyu was also taken aback by his father, and the basin of water he was carrying poured all over Du's father.

This burst of uproar caused everyone in the family to toss up.After asking again, I found out what happened.

It turned out that after Father Du blew out the lights in their house, they couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning thinking about the plot of the comic book.Anyway, they had almost finished reading the book that Father Du took away, and Father Du didn't find the next one, so they discussed it, and then secretly read another comic book by lighting the kerosene lamp.

This time a few people learned how to behave. They were afraid that Father Du would see the lights in their house in the outside room, so they propped up the quilt, surrounded the kerosene lamp with the quilt, and covered their heads to watch secretly under the quilt.As a result, seeing the happy place, Xiao Hai was so excited that he forgot to support the quilt. As a result, he lost the support and the quilt came into close contact with the kerosene lamp, and then the quilt was covered.

Seeing that the quilt was covered, several people were anxious and frightened, so they yelled out.Haoyu hurried to the kitchen to bring water to put out the fire, but in the end, all of it was poured on Du's body.

Here, Mama Du pulled the lit quilt to the ground and stomped it out with her feet.Fortunately, this quilt is made of pure cotton. Although it is easy to ignite, it will not have a big open flame. Step on it, and the fire will go out.But when the cold wind blew in the middle of the night, Father Du, who had been doused in cold water, was too cold, and he didn't care about criticizing a few people, so he quickly got under the covers to warm up, otherwise it would be troublesome if he caught a cold.

Grandma Du felt distressed when she saw the quilt with a big burnt hole. It was Ya'er took it out of the space this spring, and she was never willing to use it.I was planning to use it when my uncle got married, but a big hole was burned tonight.The distressed Grandma Du couldn't help threatening the boys, "From now on, the six of you will cover the remaining two quilts, and don't ask me for the ones that are not enough."But despite what he said, Grandma Du went back to her room, took out another quilt from the cabinet, and put it on the bed for them, "This is the last quilt in the house. You guys just sleep naked."

Grandpa Du saw that the boys were obediently standing in a row, all wearing very thin clothes, and trembling.Instead of criticizing them at length, he picked up the shoes he was pulling under his feet, and made six slaps, one of them hit the sole of the shoe on his buttocks, and the corners of the mouths of the skinny boys twitched in pain.The sound when the sole of the shoe hit the butt made Ya'er feel very painful just thinking about it.

The uncle saw a few boys winking at him, and saw that their faces were a little pale from the cold. The key is that Grandpa Du is not wearing much now, so he quickly persuaded, "Father, it's going to be very cold, so I'll beat you up." , Let’s end this matter here today. You can continue to criticize them tomorrow, don’t freeze your body.”

In fact, Grandpa Du wasn't particularly angry, boy, he was naughty.What made him angry was that these boys didn't listen to him, and dared to secretly hide the villain's book.But the lesson has been learned. Seeing that the children were really cold, I followed my uncle's words and let them go back to sleep.