Rebirth 1984 Wife and children are on the hot bed

"There's basketball on TV."

Yang Jie's eldest son, Yang Kun, pursed his lips and said with longing eyes:

"Anyway, my mother has promised me that I will definitely buy it when the time comes!"

"This one……"

Xu Dahai felt that most of the time he wouldn't buy it. Basketballs in this era were not cheap, and they were not sold in the countryside. If he wanted to buy one, he had to go to the county or even the city.

But he didn't say much, but changed the subject:

"Look at you as thin as a telephone pole. Eat more and gain more fat."

"OK."

"Okay, go ahead and play, I'm leaving too."

Xu Dahai went to the vegetable patch and picked some green scallions. They were growing well and planned to save them for dipping in sauce when eating.

Wait for him to hum a little tune and stroll back to the front yard.

I happened to see Little Shitou, Little Beanbao, Little Bear and several other half-grown children playing in the west of the yard.

"What are you guys looking at?"

"Uncle Hai!"

Several children gathered in a circle and turned out to be looking at the apricot tree.

Compared with last year, the almond tree has grown much taller, and the lower stems have also lost their emerald green color and turned into a gray-brown wood color.

A large number of leaves are light and green, and they are constantly trembling in the wind.

"What's so good about little saplings? Come on, I'll get you some White Rabbit toffee."

Xu Dahai called a few children over. After entering the house, he brought candies and distributed them to them.

The children were so happy that they carefully peeled off the candy wrappers, ate the rice paper first, and then stuffed the candy into their mouths.

"Sweet?"

"OK!"

"Uncle Hai, when will that apricot tree grow apricots?"

"Haha, want to eat apricots? It's still early, it's still a sapling."

Xu Dahai moved a small bench and sat next to the grape trellis. Several children gathered around him and told him how many toads he had caught today, or how many fish he had caught.

The atmosphere is relaxed and comfortable.

The red light of the setting sun lengthened their shadows.

After a while, the children finished eating the sweets and started playing small games around them - everyone saved a pile of small cards, which were the pictures on the matchbox, and each person put a few cards on the ground and took turns to fan them. , if the small card is turned over, the card belongs to the person who fanned it.

Prick, prick, prick~

Wang Xiuxiu was cooking in the house, and the aroma of vegetables wafted out, intertwined with the smoke from the kitchen and the red clouds on the horizon.

Soon.

On the road, there were villagers driving ox carts or driving small four-wheelers passing by. They had just returned from planting rice, and they were full of fatigue and weariness.

"Have you just come back from transplanting rice seedlings?"

Xu Dahai greeted with a smile.

Ta da da~ da da da~

The chimney spewed out bursts of black smoke, and the sound of the tractor was too noisy. The other party could not hear Xu Dahai's words clearly, but he still responded loudly with a smile:

"The tractor can't be turned on, but it takes a lot of effort. Otherwise, I would have come back earlier!"

As the sky gradually darkens.

Several children were afraid of being beaten if they returned late, so they ran home one after another.

Xiao Tingzi also ran back with the rubber band, her head covered with sweat, and she said while washing her hands and face:

"Dad, my elastic band is no longer tight. Can I buy some new ones?"

Xu Dahai hasn't spoken yet.

Wang Xiuxiu, who had already opened the lid of the pot, raised his head and said, "It hasn't been two months since I replaced it, right? The elasticity is no longer working?"

"Yeah, mom, look!"

Xiao Tingzi ran into the house again and took out the rubber bands placed in the kangqin drawer.

As expected, the sections have become much thinner and have lost their elasticity.

Wang Xiuxiu was a little helpless. While picking up the pastry, she said, "Okay, I'll buy it for you when there is a big gathering in the countryside. I'll just give it a few days."

"When is the big show?"

"the day after tomorrow!"

Stewed fish, fried duck eggs, pastry, millet porridge, and green onion dipping sauce.

It was just an ordinary home-cooked meal, but Xu Dahai ate very deliciously. He first ate fish and duck eggs while drinking wine. When the wine in the cup was finished, he ate pastry with green onions and dipping sauce.

Finally, have a bowl of millet porridge.

One meal, over!

"Our own green onions are just delicious."

"Feed all the fish bones to the cat." Wang Xiuxiu smiled and cleared the table while saying:

"The green onions also grow very fast, and we won't be able to finish them all after a while."

Sudden.

The bright light went out, and the room was dark. Click, click, pull the light cord, but it still didn't light up.

When Xu Dahai came out of the house, he found that the whole village was plunged into darkness and the power was out.

It was extremely hot tonight, there was no wind, not even the tops of the trees moved, and I was sweating on my forehead just sitting in the room.

Not going to bed so early anyway.

After a brief discussion, the family decided to bring a futon and a flashlight to grandma's yard to sit for a while and enjoy the cool air.

……

Da da da~

The clouds covered the moonlight and it was pitch black. The family of three walked with flashlights on. When they arrived at Grandma's yard, they found grandparents, Grandma Liu, and Grandma Liu sitting at the door of the yard.

"Who is it?"

"It's Xiao Hai and his family of three."

"Come on, Xiao Tingzi, come and sit!"

Several old people invited them to sit over. Xiao Tingzi sat next to her grandma, who fanned her and asked her with a kind smile:

"Is it cool?"

"Cool! Huh? There are crickets!"

"Well, there are a lot of them in the grass, and they will last all night if they scream."

Grandma shook her fan one after another, not fast nor slow, very rhythmic. After the wind blew past Xiaotingzi, it blew on Xu Dahai.

The latter was petting Mr. Liu's little black dog, and chatting with his grandfather, Mr. Liu and others about the past of the Anti-Japanese War.

"It seems to be the summer of 1948, when brother troops besieged Changchun.

We followed the railway line all the way south to fight the Kuomintang reinforcements..."

Mr. Liu took two puffs of dry cigarette and looked up at the sky. The clouds dispersed, the moonlight fell, and the surrounding visibility suddenly increased:

“One night it was even hotter than now.

At around two o'clock in the night, the battalion commander said that a small group of Kuomintang troops had been spotted in the villages ahead. We began to formulate a battle plan and soon dispersed to outflank them..."

Xu Dahai listened with rapt attention and asked repeatedly: "What happened next?"

At this time, grandpa answered and said with a smile:

"Later I found out that it was a regiment headquarters! In the end, their regiment leader was captured alive by us, and that kid was quite afraid of death..."

Soon.

Mom, dad, uncle and aunt, Xu Hu, his wife, and many children also came over one after another, and the surrounding area became more and more lively in an instant.

The children were running around, chasing each other, laughing and joking.

They look silly, but they are happy.

Soon.

Xu Hu’s daughter-in-law Liu Hong stood up and said to the children:

"I still have a few wild Youyou trees in my yard, and there are quite a few ripe ones. Come on, I'll take you to pick them!"

The children immediately ran away after her, the laughter gradually faded away, and the surrounding area became quiet.

Xu Dahai, Grandpa, Master Liu, Dad, Second Uncle and others continued to chat.

Soon.

After the children came back, Xiao Tingzi also gave some to Xu Dahai and Wang Xiuxiu.

"Well, it's quite delicious. I'll just take one, and you can eat the rest." Xu Dahai said with a smile.