Fragrant spring

No.90 Don't think about tea and rice in seven festivals

On the back hill to the east of Muwa Village, Haikun and his wife were cutting the land. They planned to cut down the forest before the Chinese New Year and temper the mountain. The two sisters Xia Lian and Xia He were also brought in for training.The children in the mountains do half of the labor when they are teenagers, and the children in that family have to help the family more or less during the winter and summer vacations.Cutting the ground is not actually cutting the ground, but cutting grass and miscellaneous trees.The weeds and trees were cut down and set on fire in a few days.Then sort out the unburned trees and stack them together, and a new woodland will come out.After the end of the year, you can dig the ground with a hoe, and then plant pine trees that should be planted, and fir trees that should be planted.People in the mountains have no way of making a living, and what has been passed down from generation to generation is farming.In the fields, cassava, sweet potato, and ginger are crops.I also took care of the saplings by the way, and the trees will grow taller after three or four years.Although these livelihoods cannot be rich and powerful, they can also support the family.

The mountain forest of Haikun's family is connected with that of Chen Ming's family, bounded by a valley, which is wide and flat.Xiulan brandished a hatchet and chopped down the entire valley.Haikun said of her:

"Don't cut it that way."

"Why not cut it down, take the valley as the boundary, whoever strikes first will own the valley."

"The valley is so wide, if you cut it all down, the Chen Ming family will have some complaints."

"I'm not afraid of you if you are afraid of him. You don't look like a man." As soon as Chen Ming was mentioned, Xiulan became angry. She still remembered the grudge with Chen Ming that time.Thinking of this, she cut another two feet.

Seeing that she insisted on cutting, Haikun didn't dare to oppose her, so he cut his side silently without making a sound.It was the first time for Xia Lian and Xia He to visit the woodland. He was very curious when he heard what his parents said that the valley was the boundary. Xia He asked:

"Mom, what does it mean to take the valley as the boundary?"

"This side of the valley is ours, and the other side of the valley is theirs."

"Oh, then we cut down the valley now, so the valley is also ours?"

"That's right, whoever cut it belongs to you. You sisters must remember this land boundary. You two must recruit one to stay at home in the future. This mountain farm belongs to you. Don't let others take it."

"Hehe, I can recruit my sister at home and let my sister remember."

Xia Lian, who hadn't spoken at all, blushed quickly, and she said, "What are you talking about, how old are we? That's all."

The three mothers and daughters talked one by one, and the valley that should have been half of the family was also taken as their own in their words.

One afternoon a few days later, it was raining heavily.Hailun didn't go to the county seat, he came to Ah Jian's house, he decided to form a partnership with Ah Jian, let's talk to Ah Jian.

He heard the sound of Ah Jian's tape recorder from a distance, and Hai Lun pushed open the door of Ah Jian's room.There were only Ah Jian and Qiaoying listening to music together. Qiaoying was sitting on Ah Jian's bed. When she saw Hailun coming in, she was a little embarrassed. She lowered her head to look at the cassette in her hand, not daring to look at him.Ah Jian was sitting in front of the table, he quickly got up and pulled a chair for Hailun to sit on, and said:

"Brother Lun, why don't you go to the street today?"

"No, it's raining today, and the road is slippery. No one dares to take a ride." The loess road in this mountainous area is very slippery when it rains. When you drive a tractor to pull a heavy load, you can't climb the slope. He helped push the cart, and he didn't dare to go if no one took the cart.

Qiaoying knew that Hailun must be looking for Ah Jian to discuss some serious business, otherwise people of his generation would not come to play with young people.So she got up and said to Ah Jian: "You guys talk about business, I'll go back first."

Now whenever Qiaoying is free, she will come to Ah Jian to listen to songs. It's not that she likes listening to songs so much, but that she likes Ah Jian.Ah Jian's tall and burly figure, as well as that mighty military uniform, have been deeply imprinted in her heart.Every time she sees Ah Jian, she feels like a deer bumping around.

Ah Jian also has a good impression of the beautiful and slender Qiaoying, and he also felt that she might like him during the conversation with her.Especially today, when she was alone, she also stayed to listen to the music, and had a good chat with herself.It's just that I am so anxious about buying a car that I don't have the mood to spend time with her.

Qiaoying came out of Ah Jiana in a very happy mood, and didn't know where to go to play for a while.After walking around for a while, I unknowingly walked to the oil press room.There is almost no one in the oil-pressing room, and my brother-in-law and the others had finished squeezing the oil yesterday.Now Lin Hua and Hai Shan are settling accounts with her brother-in-law at her house.She wanted to go home again, but she didn't want to see Lin Hua. These days, she hated Ah Xiang and Lin Hua very much, for no reason.

Let's go to Liping. When she is in a bad mood, she will go back to find Liping. When she is in a good mood, she will think of Liping. Maybe this is a good sister.

When they came to Liping's house, Jiazhen's son Daliang and Guiqin's daughter were at the door, playing a small game of "cooking vegetables" with stones and hammered weeds.The child didn't pat the cold, his hands were blue from the cold and he was holding a cold stone.In the main room, Jiazhen, Guiqin and Xuemei warmed up around the brazier.Xuemei was knitting a sweater, and Guiqin was holding her one-year-old son.In other people's homes, firewood is burned directly in the kitchen, which smokes the walls black.Moreover, the people warming up the fire are often smoked so that tears and nose flow together, and the clothes on their bodies also smell of fire smoke. People in the county laugh at the smell of fire smoke.Liping's home has a different fire, her family does not burn firewood, but burns gold charcoal.The walls of her house were painted white, and she was reluctant to black them out.The gold charcoal does not emit smoke and is resistant to burning. It was originally sold to people in the city. Liping's family is rich, so they also bought it to warm up the fire.

Qiaoying walked into the house and said to Jiazhen:

"Sister-in-law, where is Liping!"

"Sleeping, just got up and ate a bowl of potato soup, and went back to sleep."

"This lazy pig, every time she comes here, she sleeps."

"Yeah, this girl has been sleeping all the time, and I don't know what to do. Hey, there is still potato soup in the kitchen, do you want it?"

"No, I'll go in and see her."

Qiaoying entered Liping's room, and Liping sat on the bed, covering her lower body with the quilt.Leaning on the bedside to read a book, she didn't make a sound when she saw Qiaoying come in.

Qiaoying came over and sat on the edge of the bed, snatched the book from Liping's hand, and said, "What book are you reading?" She flipped through it casually, and it turned out to be a Chinese book from junior high school.Qiaoying asked again in surprise: "What's the matter? You still want to go to university?"

"What kind of university do you want to go to? I don't have any books to read. I've read all the books. Why don't I just flip through them."

"I don't have a book to see you go out to play, why stay in the room all day?"

"It's nothing fun, and I don't want to go out."

"What's the matter with you?" Qiaoying looked at Liping. Liping was thinner than before, and her eye sockets were sunken.

"It's nothing, I'm just bored. Tomorrow I'll go to the county to buy a tape recorder. Will you go with me?" Liping has been in a bad mood since she was rejected by Lin Hua. She didn't think about tea or food, and she lost a lot of weight.Maybe it's because I ate less, lacked oil and water, and the pimples on my face were much less. (After this chapter is over, please read the next chapter.)