Back to seven or seven kinds of fields to raise children

When the fifth child came back, the three of them made furniture together, or helped Xu Shixian clean up the house.

I have to prepare feed for the open-mouthed beasts at home, and I am busy every day anyway.

With such a busy schedule, it will soon be the end of the year.

The team slaughtered pigs to divide the meat, and everyone started to slaughter pigs and make tofu, busy preparing for the New Year.

The Xu family caught two pigs at the beginning of spring, and they raised them for a year, weighing just [-] catties. They were fed with scallion seeds.

Xu Shiyan discussed with his wife, one of the two pigs was killed a year ago, and the other was killed after the beginning of spring.

In the spring, I am busy with work, I am tired, and the food is not good and there is no oily water. It is better to kill it at that time and keep more meat for myself.

Since Xu Shiyan moved to Donggang, he has been taken care of by the brigade leaders and the neighbors in the neighborhood. No matter what happens at home, they will come to help.

So Xu Shiyan planned to invite people from Yu Shouguang and other brigades to kill the pigs years ago, as well as neighbors and friends who got along well.

Killing pigs and entertaining guests is a traditional custom, Su Anying doesn't care about it, Xu Shiyan can do whatever he says.

Therefore, Xu Shiyan notified Yu Shouguang and others in advance to let them come to eat at home on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month.

He also made a special trip to the Han family to invite the old man of the Han family and the brothers Han Limin.

It happened that Han Liwei, the youngest of the Han family, was going home to visit relatives, so Xu Shiyan said, let's go there together to join in the fun.

On the morning of the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, Zhao Jianshe, Yang Chunming, Huang Shengli and others all came to Xu's house.

They went into the pigsty, grabbed a pig that had been starving for a day and hadn't fed it, tied it to a bench and killed it.

Everyone started to clean up together, and the house was also busy cooking.

Xu Shiqin, who works in a tailor shop, had to ask for leave to help at home.

The tailor shop, in fact, will not accept work after the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month. As the year approaches, who doesn't have anything to do?

So Xu Shiqin asked for leave, and the master readily agreed.

The men were busy slaughtering and shaving pigs, disemboweling them, dismantling them and chopping their bones.

The women cut sauerkraut, picked up pig blood, cleaned the pigs and prepared them for filling sausages with blood.

Originally, Su Anying was going to clean the pigs and unload the goods, but Xu Jinping, who was lying on the kang, woke up and cried. She had no choice but to comfort the child first.

When Xu Shiqin saw it, he took a pot of pig intestines and went to the water well in the yard, intending to press the water up to clean it.

Beside the pressurized well, a man in a grass-green uniform was carrying a bucket of water to leave, and the two walked to meet each other.

"You want to fetch water? Let me help you."

When the other party saw Xu Shiqin, he hurriedly put down the bucket, and stepped forward to help Xu Shiqin carry the pigs to the pressurized well.

Then press the handle hard, and the clear well water rushes up.

Xu Shiqin didn't know each other, but he also knew that this should be his brother's friend.

She must be grateful for the help.So he smiled at the other party, "Thank you."

The young man on the opposite side glanced at Xu Shiqin, froze for a moment, then nodded.

"You wash first, if you still fetch water after a while, call me."

Xu Shiqin and Xu Shiyan look a bit like each other, and they are brother and sister at a glance.

The other party didn't say anything else, and without waiting for Xu Shiqin's answer, he turned around and left with the bucket.

Xu Shiqin was a little unresponsive, looked at the other person's tall and straight back, and was stunned for a few seconds, then smiled, moved the basin to the side, and began to clean the pig's intestines.

When Su Anying came out after feeding her daughter, Xu Shiqin had already rubbed the pig's intestines twice with plant ash, and was about to wash them again with some alkali.

The sister-in-law and sister-in-law worked together, washed it with vinegar once more, and rinsed it with clean water twice before taking it back for blood sausage filling.

If you want to kill a pig for a treat, you must eat authentic pig-killing dishes.

Sour cabbage meat and blood sausage, and then a platter of pig offal, pig head meat and so on.

The dishes don't need to be exquisite, as long as they are generous in quantity, open to the taste, and two bottles of good wine, it will be very good.

There was a table on the kang in the east room and a table on the ground, and everyone gathered together to exchange cups, drink and punch, it was extremely lively.

Han Wenzhong is very famous in the field, not to mention that his three sons are all outstanding, and Yu Shouguang and others are familiar with them.

Several older people got together, and the more they chatted, the more speculative they became.

When Xu Chenghou and Han Wenzhong met for the first time, they felt that they were in the right temper, chatting while drinking.

Han Wenzhong praised Xu Shiyan for being filial, capable and kind-hearted, while Xu Chenghou praised the three sons of the Han family for their promise.

Anyway, men drank wine and praised each other.

The table of young people on the ground was also very lively. Although Han Limin, Yang Chunming and others had never met before, a friend of a friend is a friend.

Northeast people never know each other at the wine table, as long as they drink together today, they will be friends from now on, and it’s fine to talk about things.

"Limin, where did your younger brother serve as a soldier?

The young man looks really good, do you have a date?If there is no match, I will introduce my sister-in-law to him. "

Yang Chunming drank a lot of wine and got a little heady, so he hooked up with Han Limin and asked about Han Lizhi's situation with a smile.

Han Limin didn't drink less, and laughed immediately when he heard about his younger brother.

"You mean my third child? He's only 22, he's going to be a soldier at eighteen, and he's in Shenyang.

No object yet, I'm still young, don't worry. "

Generally speaking, those who are still young and not in a hurry are mostly excuses to shirk.

As soon as Yang Chunming heard it, he understood that his sister-in-law was a rural girl, and the Han family participated in the field and belonged to the workers.

The shoulders of the two families are not the same, he is reckless.

"Yes, yes, brother is young and has a bright future, so it's not good to think about it too early."

Yang Chunming said something along the way, then poured wine for Han Limin, and the two continued to drink.

As the protagonist being talked about, Han Liwei didn't drink much alcohol.

He has good hearing, despite how lively the room is, everyone is talking quite loudly, and he can still hear the conversations between his eldest brother and others.

Han Liwei lowered his eyes and looked at the blood sausage in the sauerkraut bowl in front of him.

"Brother Xu, come, let me toast you.

In the past few days since I came back, I often hear my father mention Brother Xu, saying that Brother Xu is a good person, smart and clever, with a real heart, and he is worth asking. "

Han Liwei picked up his wine glass, approached Xu Shiyan, and toasted Xu Shiyan with a smile.

Xu Shiyan was stunned for a moment, then laughed, and quickly picked up his wine glass.

"Hey, he's just an old farmer, a little smart and not much.

In comparison, no one is as capable as the three of you brothers. I, Uncle Han, are so lucky.

Come on, let's not respect each other, let's go together. "

After finishing speaking, the two clinked their wine glasses, and each drank the wine in the glass.

"Brother Xu, how many brothers are there in your family? I don't even know each other." Han Liwei asked seemingly casually.

Chapter 2 Settling Old Accounts

"We have five brothers and one younger sister. No one else is here, but the fifth and sixth younger sisters are here.

Well, that's the fifth and sixth sister, right now in the Westinghouse?

It's the one who served the dishes up just now, with two big braids.

Worked as an apprentice in the tailor shop of the Forestry Bureau, and the craft was very good. "

Xu Shiyan was happy today, and he didn't drink less. Now that Han Liwei has been caught, he must speak plainly.

"Let me tell you, my sixth younger sister is very smart, and she learns things quickly.

After a few months of apprenticeship with the master, she has almost learned it. Her master likes her, so why don't she find a way to stay in the tailor shop?

Don't look at the apprentices now, they are also workers, and they eat the food provided, unlike me, an old farmer with muddy legs. "

Speaking of his sixth younger sister, Xu Shiyan was proud and praised his younger sister.

"Well, Brother Xu's family is very nice and smart." Han Liwei raised the corners of his lips slightly when he heard this, and nodded.

What else did Xu Shiyan want to say, but now that Zhao Jianshe was toasting him again, he couldn't care about Han Liwei.

Han Liwei was not annoyed either, he just sat there with a smile on his face, didn't drink, just looked at him with his glass, as if he was thinking about something.

After a meal until evening, these people drank so much that they walked and swayed.

Seeing that it was getting dark, everyone said their goodbyes and left one after another. The Xu family tidied up and it was finally quiet.

As soon as the 25th of the twelfth lunar month passes, there are only a few days before the New Year's Eve.

The Xu family's house is newly built, with double-glazed windows and whitewashed walls, so there is no need to sweep the walls or paste the window paper, which saves a lot of trouble.

With the sound of firecrackers, we bid farewell to the old year, and in the blink of an eye, it is a new year.

The streets and alleys are full of the taste of the New Year, people put on new clothes one after another, visit relatives and friends to send blessings to each other.

In the first day of junior high school, most of the neighbors walked around each other.

Xu Chenghou and his wife have moved to a new house, so most people came to pay New Year's greetings to the old couple.

On Xu Shiyan's side, fewer people went there.

On the second day of the first lunar month, all the brothers of the Xu family came back with their wives and children, and even Xu Shixiang brought his partner, Chen Chunling.

The family gathered together, chatting and laughing, it was very lively.

"Ahem, that, old lady, you take your daughter-in-law and children to Westinghouse to talk.

I have something to explain to them here. "

While talking lively, Xu Chenghou suddenly knocked on his cigarette bag, glanced at the five Xu family brothers with a serious face, and asked Zhou Guilan to take his daughter-in-law and grandchildren to the Westinghouse.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, not understanding what the old man was going to do.

Zhou Guilan, on the other hand, seemed to have guessed what the old man wanted to say, so she waved her hand, indicating that the daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law should come out and talk together in the Westinghouse.

In the east room, only Xu Chenghou and his five sons were left. Xu Chenghou knocked on the pipe and pot again and coughed.

"After the New Year's Eve the year before last, your mother and I separated you in front of your brothers and neighbors in the big house."

As soon as the old man mentioned this topic, Xu Shixian immediately understood that the old man wanted to settle accounts with him.

"Father..." Xu Shixian wanted to defend himself.

"Don't talk, wait until I finish talking." Xu Chenghou glared at his eldest son.

"It was agreed at the beginning that our old couple will live with the boss.

The boss will give us the pension, the house at home and so on, and we will give it to the boss in the future. "

Xu Chenghou sighed and continued.

"Yes, the houses on the other side of the Dongjiang River are worthless.

Your mother and I haven't saved any wealth in most of our lives, and we don't take advantage of how much money we have.

So each of you jumped faster than anyone else, and just threw our two old dry forks along the Dongjiang River. "

Don't think that after a year, Xu Chenghou forgot about it, he remembered it, and he must make it clear today.

"You all say that you have difficulties, okay, I don't blame you, but today, we have to clarify the matter.

Now your mother and I live in five big tile houses. As far as the moment is concerned, these five brick houses are worth at least 800 yuan for such a large space inside and out.

I don't know how much it will be worth in the future. I think it can only be more but not less. "

Xu Chenghou thought about this matter for a long time, and he felt that it must be implemented as soon as possible.

Now it is different from before. The three broken adobe houses in the big house are worthless and no one will hesitate to take them.

But now, five large tile-roofed houses with bright tiles, just here, inside and outside, who doesn't care?

The old couple is alive, everything is okay, but if the day they leave, can these bears fight for the house?

Xu Chenghou felt that he was not old yet, he was in good health and delicious, and it would be no problem to live another ten or twenty years.