The leisurely life of rebirth.

Qiu Lian came in with a basin of hot water, "Uncle Li, Uncle He, wash up!"

He Junyao and Li Qingjie stepped forward, the ordinary enamel washbasin, the Double Happiness underneath, a lot of enamel has been chipped off, mottled and mottled, obviously from a long time, and there is obviously toothpaste skin sticking to the leaking bottom.The two quickly washed their hands, and just shook them like this, and their hands dried up quickly.

Mu Huirong took the opportunity to move in the kang table outside the house, and directly brought up the stewed cooked meat and steamed buns in the steamer, and served the stir-fried sweet potato vermicelli with stewed cabbage in a large porcelain bowl , There is also a thick porcelain bowl containing a bowl of black and red meat slices, stir-fried with red and spicy meat, you can tell it is air-dried game at a glance.Eating this warm food in cold weather, He Junyao knew that this should be the only food in this family that he could take out to entertain guests, so Qiu Lian brought out a jar of grain wine from the cellar.

The chopsticks used seemed to be made by splitting the bamboo and grinding it finely. Mu Huirong smiled brightly and said, "Ni'er, go and get the bowl. Your father can't drink with others. Our mother and I will drink with others. Your father will die of hunger." .”

"Hey!" Qiu Lian took four rough porcelain bowls, and filled up the other two with gaps.Mu Huirong picked up the bowl with both hands, "Regardless of whether Lao Qiu can be cured or not, I'm here to thank you first, and I can think of him." After the words fell, he drank it down in one gulp, and served it boldly and boldly. [

"Sister-in-law, judging from the rough situation just now, you are taking good care of me. We can't guarantee anything? But we will do our best." He Junyao said solemnly, holding a bowl and drinking it all in one gulp.

Qiu Lian also slammed the bowl with both hands, respecting He Junyao and the others.After drinking, the two of them will go out.He Junyao, who was quick-eyed and quick-handed, stopped him, "Sister-in-law, eldest niece, go to the kang." He simply refused to refuse.

Although advocating equality between men and women.There are rules in the countryside. When guests come, women and children are not allowed to sit at the table...

"Yes! We can't finish eating so much." Li Qingjie also hurriedly stopped him.Looking sideways at the person lying there, "Qiu Zi, don't say anything."

"Come on! They are all our own people." Qiu Zijin looked very happy and waved his hand.

"Okay!" Mu Huirong did not pretentiously pulled Qiu Lian to sit on the edge of the kang, "We don't have so many rules, let's eat!" As the hostess, she said, breaking the big white buns in her hand.Feed it into Qiu Zi's mouth mouthful. "Eat slowly, don't choke, we made rice porridge, do you want some?"

"Mother, I'll go to Sheng." Qiu Lian just stood on the ground.I saw a lot of little heads protruding from behind the bead curtain, timidly, their noses sniffing, it felt like something delicious had been eaten into their mouths, that smell!

Qiu Lian smiled softly, "Gousheng, Wudaner, Dagua, Ergua, why are you here? Aren't you all asleep at this time?"

"Sister Lian'er, we...we..." The eyes of the four opened wide.I can't wait to swallow the food on the kang table, my mouth keeps swallowing, and my stomach chugs out of time, 'chili gurgling...' It's hard for people not to hear it.They wanted to fall asleep, but the scent made them so sleepy that they couldn't fall asleep.

"Let's share the instant noodles and ham sausage we brought with the children!" Li Qingjie said, looking at the children who sneaked out their heads.Even in the dim light, their skinny bodies could not be concealed, and they looked like greedy cats.

Qiu Lian got up and looked at her parents, "Go! These are poor children. It is not easy to have enough food all year round, and they also help us a lot."

"Okay!" Qiu Lian led the children out, and Li Qingjie followed, "Qiu Lian, soak instant noodles in boiling water for eating."

"I know that." Qiu Lian said shyly, "I've seen people eat it in the county."

Just as Li Qingjie was about to turn around, his eyes adapted to the darkness, and looked at the four and a half-year-old children. It was cold in the mountains at night, they were wearing scantily-clothed clothes, and they ran over with their bare feet.Seeing the children blinking their innocent eyes and smiling at him, he swallowed the words again.He was standing here, making them even more uncomfortable.

After Li Qingjie walked away, Qiu Lian peeled the skin of the ham sausage and gave each of them a piece of sausage. After holding it in her black claws, she sniffed it vigorously with her nose and took a small bite. Only one of them had a piece of sausage. I stuffed it all into my mouth, and swallowed it whole with a gulp, without even tasting the taste, it went into my stomach.

"Brother, what does it taste like?" He looked at the big brother's ham eagerly.

"Ergua, you glutton, you really are Zhu Bajie eating ginseng fruit—I don't know what it's like." Dagua gave him a blank look, broke off half of it and handed it to him, "I'll eat it slowly."

Ergua just took a bite, looked up and saw that other people didn't eat, and asked blankly, "Why don't you eat?"

"Go home and give it to your younger brothers and sisters." [

"Oh! Then I won't eat it either." Ergua looked at them and at the half ham in his hand, and put it down cruelly.

"Silly boy, there's more here, and I'll take another one when I leave." Qiu Lian's heart was a little sour. There is no shortage of land in the mountains, but they are scattered all over the mountains. Most places cannot be watered because of the high terrain. We can only depend on the sky to eat, even in good years, the output is not high.But the people in the mountains are really humane. The land given to Qiu Lian's family is relatively flat and close to home.During spring plowing and autumn harvest, the neighbors will come to help. The field does not produce much and can barely eat.There is a pot of clear soup in the pot every day, with a few vegetable leaves floating, and there is no oily flower in sight, and it is served with a black multi-grain pancake.Occasionally stir-fried wild vegetables are rare and delicious, and oily stars are even rarer in dishes.

The room didn't have any sound insulation effect, so the people inside could hear clearly. He Junyao held the chopsticks, his eyes darkened, and the dishes on the table suddenly lost their taste. Although he had seen more difficult and worse situations than this .But on the land of their own country, the children can't even eat enough to eat, and they feel uncomfortable.

The sun rises and the sunset rests. The grandparents repeat the same life for generations. The natural cycle of birth, old age, sickness and death repeats from generation to generation. The biggest wish of the people living in this land is to have a few sons so that the whole family can eat well.The wishes of farmers are very small.

Poverty breeds ignorance and ignorance breeds knowledge.Perhaps it is not another kind of happiness to spend a lifetime in a daze?

There are no recreational activities in the mountains. Homes close their doors to sleep when it gets dark. Candles are also a rare thing that can only be lit for a while during the Chinese New Year to worship ancestors. Everyone uses kerosene lamps.A small thick bowl or a saucer with a wick made of straw on the side of the bowl is lit with a stroke of a match. A real lamp is like a bean wind coming in through the crack of the door and shaking. Feel bad for it in mid-air.Like Qiu Lian's kerosene lamp made of ink bottles at home, it is a high-end lamp.

Qiu Lian watched as the water in the pot boiled and the instant noodles were soaked. The four children held the bucket in their hands and left. "Hey! Why do you hold it and run away, burn it carefully." After thinking about it, I realized that it must be shared with others.

"Brother Shuanzi, eat it!" Qiu Lian quietly walked out the door with the bucket in her hand, and handed it to a black shadow standing by the door.

"Hey...how did you know I'm here?" A young man scratched his head and came out of the shadows.

"You can't get enough to eat leftovers, and you, a big and tall man, can't get enough to eat." Qiu Lian's face flushed with blush, "Why don't you wear a shirt and run out with your arms bare, it's not cold! Come in, sit by the stove, it's warm." He pushed him onto the wooden plinth.

The young guy looked at Qiu Lian with a silly smile, "Hehe..."

"Hurry up and eat the noodles, why are you looking at me giggling?" Qiu Lian urged.

"Lian'er, who's here?" Mu Huirong shouted from inside the house to the outside.

"Mother, Brother Shuanzi is here." Qiu Lian stood beside the beaded curtain, twisting her clothes, and said as softly as a mosquito.

"Auntie, it's me!" Shuanzi put the noodles on the stove, opened the curtain and stood at the door. "Thank you for feeding the dog leftovers."

He Junyao glanced up. The young man of eighteen or nineteen years old had a very strong body and his upper body was bare. In such a cold day, he was wearing a pair of single pants with patches on his lower body.Bare feet, and a bronze-colored tendon flesh like iron.The square face, the eyebrows are very thick, and the eyes are piercing, especially when looking at the little girl standing outside the door. Even a fool can see that they are lovers and concubines, but it is obvious that the mother-in-law is obviously dissatisfied.

You look at it, Mu Huirong looked at Nier's shy and timid look, she didn't even get angry, and her brows frowned even tighter.It's not that Shuan Zi is bad, he is honest, hardworking, kind, and has a good hunting skill, but the two families are too close, poorer than her family, and there are more siblings in the family, and he is the eldest in the family. If you really want to marry, why don't you continue to suffer!Being a mother is already very sorry for her child, so I hope she will marry well in the future.But now, could it be that the two of them will continue to endure hardships in the future?

What did Mu Huirong want to say? "Wow..." A lot of people rushed into the house at once.

"His second uncle, why are you here? Third uncle, why are you up so late?" Mu Huirong hurriedly stood on the ground from the edge of the kang.

"The rare thing you gave to Dagua and Ergua woke up the whole village, so let's take a look." Uncle Qiu rubbed his hands on his trousers many times before stretching out his hands, "You Well, I am the head of this village, and I am also the second uncle of Qiu Zi and his wife according to seniority."

Li Qingjie reached out and held his hand, which was thick and rough, shook it twice, and let go.He Junyao also stretched out his hand and shook it twice, then let go.

"This is Third Uncle, sit down." Mu Huirong helped him to sit on the kang. [

"His second uncle, you sit too." Mu Huirong greeted, "You guys chat, I'll go out and greet the guests." All the men in the family came out, so it's strange that the women can stay.

Uncle Qiu is a typical peasant man, exposed to the wind and sun, obviously often goes to the ground, dark skin, deep wrinkles on his face, eyes narrowed into a slit, glanced at the food on the kang table, without Hui Rong, he slapped his ass Sit on the edge of the kang where she was sitting. "Where are you two distinguished guests from!" (To be continued)