attack stream of life

When he came back from work, he took the borrowed straw hat and prepared to return it to a kind neighbor, but accidentally found a few eggplants that had turned dark purple on the eggplant tree in the corner of the yard, like big purple noses hanging down. It is also like a string of purple wind chimes, bumping against each other when the wind blows, laughing silently.

"Ah, is it eggplant?"

He couldn't help but stop and watch, but the little girl from the master's house covered her mouth and sneered, "Is there no such thing in the city?"

"I've eaten it, but it's the first time I've seen it grow on a tree." He smiled a little embarrassedly. Although his face was a little tanned, it was still much fairer than farmers who worked in the fields all year round. He is very handsome, with a bit of baby fat, and this smile is extraordinarily shy.

It's just that the opposite is a little girl who doesn't know anything about it yet, she doesn't know how to appreciate the color of a man, and she still covers her mouth and smiles - this child has only lost two front teeth, which is embarrassing.

The housewife who was in the kitchen came out of the house and saw him holding the straw hat that had been wiped, and knew that he was here to return the hat, so she politely said, "It's not something important, I don't need it at home, why rush?" Do you want to return?" He called his daughter again, "What are you doing standing there stupidly? Hurry up and get a bowl of water."

The girl made a face at him, and ran into the house with a squeak, her two braids flung out in a straight line.

"This child." The woman scolded with a smile.

"I just bought a new one from Uncle Sanshui's house, so why keep it?" He said while returning the straw hat.The straw hat was washed and dried yesterday, even the damaged brim was carefully repaired, and it smelled like soap.

The woman liked it when she saw it. She took the hat and felt that the weight was a bit wrong. When she saw it, there was a small oiled paper bag inside. The square oiled paper bag was stained with oil and turned translucent. It was packed and tied with a thin red thread on the outside, carefully and cleanly, just like the young man in front of me.

"The sesame cake I bought in the town before, a little heart."

"Why is this so embarrassing?" The woman hurriedly declined. Although it has been seven or three years, the supply of grain in the village is still in short supply, especially fine grain.The value of work points in their village is not high, and they only earn about a hundred yuan throughout the year. After deducting rations and living expenses, it is not bad to have a surplus of 30 to [-] yuan at the end of the year.

This kind of high-priced dim sum that does not require food stamps in the town is reluctant to buy more even during the Chinese New Year. Only occasionally distinguished guests come or children are obsessed with it, so they buy some broken sweets.

The two rejected it several times, but the woman finally accepted it, but she was still embarrassed. It was just a straw hat borrowed. How could it be worth giving back a pastry?He is so big, 15 years old, and he is half a child in the countryside. He ran all the way from the capital to this remote village, and taking his things was like bullying a child. The woman felt hot when holding the pastry.

The little girl next to her probably saw her mother's embarrassment, she covered her mouth with one hand and pointed at the eggplant tree, "Brother Zhaoming was just staring at the eggplant in a daze, I think he wanted to eat it because he was hungry."

The woman was amused when she heard it, "Shanye family, there is nothing else, these things are the most. Xiumei, go and cut some."

The little girl cut six or seven large eggplants with scissors, and the woman piled the eggplants into the arms of the young man, "You are from the north, so you don't know the difference between the eggplants in the north and the south. But we The eggplant here is the best when steamed with vegetarian food."

The young man was even more embarrassed. He blushed and thanked him repeatedly.

"Why are you being polite? It's not worth anything."

The woman liked him even more when she saw him like this, as if she had been attracted to the soft heart of a mother.

Their village has good feng shui, and the educated youths who came in several batches are all good-natured people. This young educated youth came here recently. He was born in vain. He was as handsome as the students on the stage. He was also young. Health, very understanding etiquette.

"You came across half of China by yourself. If you need anything, don't hesitate to ask someone in the team. It's not easy to come here, and you are young. Don't look at the village as poor, everyone is kind-hearted. Yes, it’s just that few of you understand what you’re saying, and they dare not approach you when you talk to each other. After a long time, you’ll know.”

The woman is the women's director of the village. She is one of the few educated women who can speak some Mandarin. Although there is a strong dialect flavor, there is no problem in communication.So many educated youths like to come to her. There are only a few in the village who can speak Mandarin, and she is the most enthusiastic.

Today's educated youth are not as popular as they were when they first came here a few years ago. They can't work and have to share rations, and there are many things. There are always some people who don't like them. Of.

All romantic feelings are no match for the harsh reality. Whether it is bread or love, you have to make a choice.

However, the female director, as always, would care about how the new comrades lived.

"Hey, I'm sorry to trouble you."

"Look at you, how polite you are. Alright, let's go back to dinner."

At the foot of the mountain, where the village stage used to be, is the resettlement site for educated youth.That place is in a piece of wild grass, not far or near to the village, just like their group, not far or near to the villagers.

This house was built by old educated youths.I heard that at the beginning, everyone lived in the villagers' homes, but there were many inconveniences, such as eating habits, living habits, and so on.The villagers themselves felt that it was inconvenient. Later, there were some troubles between the two sides, and they felt awkward when they met each other.

So later, the village provided manpower, and the educated youth provided money, and hurriedly repaired the resettlement site for educated youth. The mud bricks and blue tiles were not very good, and it was enough to shelter from the wind and rain.

After they moved out, they were self-sufficient and occasionally bought things from the villagers.Or the smell is far away, but the relationship with the villagers has eased because of the distance, which is also a surprise.

He stepped on the compacted mud and beat the ground with a long stick all the way. Because of the remoteness, he could occasionally see snakes and insects swimming in the grass, so he wanted to scare these little guests away with this method.

In the countryside, the environment is very good, with beautiful mountains and clear waters, and there are many mosquitoes, snakes and ants. At first, people in the city did not like to see things crawling on the wall and bed when they opened their eyes, but now they are used to it.He even imitated the villagers and raised geckos and toads.Only a few lesbians insisted on fumigated the house with wormwood every day, and everyone else was no stranger to it.

Before I got close, I saw a trace of white smoke rising up, like a thin thread swaying weakly in the wind. Is that a lesbian cooking?

The educated youth spot is a row of six rooms, one is the kitchen, and the other five are the educated youth's rooms.The first two batches had a large number of educated youths, occupying four rooms. This group only had three people, all of whom were men, so they took the room on the far side.

The rooms are not small, so there is more than enough room for three people, everyone has a lot of space.

A hut was built at the back of the house. Because there are so many people, sometimes they have to queue up to go to the toilet. They are embarrassed to urinate anywhere like children, so they have to stamp their feet and wait.

The conditions in the countryside are like this, and it will be fine if you get used to it.

"Zhaoming, are you back?"

"What's in your hand?"

"It's eggplant, it looks delicious."

"If there is oil and meat, you can make eggplant boxes."

"I think steamed ones are good."

The weather is getting hotter, and everyone doesn't want to stay in a stuffy house. Now they are all sitting outside under the eaves, carrying stools and chairs, putting on open-toed slippers, and holding a big cattail fan in their hands.The eaves in the south are very wide, shady and ventilated, which is a good place to enjoy the cool air.

At this time, if you serve a cup of hot bitter tea, the day seems to be more beautiful.

Because the educated youths grew up in a similar environment and thought alike, and they were all 'exiled' here, their psychological needs made them form a small group, with a small number of people, so they were relatively united.

It has been seven or three years now, and at first most people still thought about looking for a chance to go home after two years. They never thought that they would stay here for so long. The second batch is also two years old.

Those who were able to go back all went back, and those left behind were prepared for the worst of the long-term war of resistance.

Those who really couldn't bear it and couldn't go back, there were also two local son-in-laws. Although they were still educated youths in name, they had already eliminated people from within, so they were not regarded as companions.

"It's from the director's house, let's steam it and eat it." Zhao Ming smiled and gave the eggplant to several lesbians who were cooking.

"Add vegetables." The round-faced lesbian took it with a smile, and quickly washed it with water from a gourd ladle.

The educated youths have a clear division of labor, the male comrades have to chop firewood and fetch water, and the female comrades cook and cook.Among them was a girl with a baby face, surnamed Yu, her family used to run a restaurant, and her ancestors were imperial chefs. She learned a good cooking skill from her elders, and she didn't enter the state-run restaurant to make a big difference. Instead, she came here to benefit everyone.

The girl surnamed Yu was frying rapeseed in a pot. When she saw the eggplant, she said, "Eggplants are only on the market now, so you have to eat them as they are. Later, I will make vegetarian steamed eggplants for you."

Those who enjoyed the shade under the eaves were very appreciative and said yes.

Zhaoming went into the house, and washed himself with the hot water that he had prepared long ago.He has two kettles, one for drinking and the other for washing.Although the weather is getting hotter, he still likes to use hot water, especially the coolness brought by the hot air evaporating, which is more comfortable than directly bathing with cold water.

He also had to apply medicine. He soaked some safflower in white wine to make Dieda wine.If he couldn't rub it several times a day, he felt that he might not be able to get up the next day.

In the past few days of harvesting, everyone in the village is working hard, and there is no time to drink saliva at noon. At this time, their educated youths can't lag behind, even if they pretend to be sweating like rain.

But they are different from the people in the village. They are not used to this kind of work, and they often lose their health the next day after working hard for a day.Every muscle is sore and sore, like an ant gnawing.However, it is impossible not to work, no work points, no money and food.

Is it possible to expect it to be mailed from home?Most of the families are not rich enough to support their children sent to the countryside.Even if it is mailed at home, it cannot be a large quantity, and the postage is expensive nowadays.So you still have to rely on yourself.

It is now May, and the village is scrambling to harvest rapeseed, and they follow suit.When there is no idle time in the countryside all year round, after the rape is harvested, winter wheat must be harvested to plant soybeans, and then rice will be harvested. After the first season’s rice is harvested, the second season’s rice will be transplanted.

So the villagers are looking forward to the rain, but they don't want it.If it rains, you don't need to go to work, just hide for a day.The crackling next game also dispelled the heat, and I could take advantage of this spare time to find a few friends for a drink and gossip.

However, the rain also delayed the rush to harvest and dry the grain, resulting in a reduction in grain production.What is food?That's the farmer's life.

This kind of mood is the same as that of a charcoal seller.

Watching the sky and eating is not like working in the city to ensure income in drought and flood. If God doesn't show face, farmers will go hungry.

So peasant brothers are the most sensitive to seasonal and weather changes, there is no way, it is closely related to their own survival.It's harvest time, even the lazy people in the village will get up and work.

Why, I have to take back the rice before Lord Dragon, and then dry it in the warehouse.

This critical time is often only two or three days. If it is too early, the grain will not grow to the best time, and the production will be reduced.It was late, just in time for the rainy days, and the food was too late to dry and stored to sprout, reducing production.

The first batch of educated youths have long warned the newcomers that it doesn’t matter if you are lazy at other times, and the work points will be reduced at most, but if you are lazy when rushing to harvest and plant, it is tantamount to not serving the daughter-in-law during confinement, and they will remember it for a lifetime.

There are five old educated youths here who are the first batch to come down. Most of them are not unwilling to come like Zhaoming, but come here with the great dream of building a rural area.The poor reality hits the head, the countryside neither needs them nor welcomes them, smashing them into gold stars.

Later, those who were involved in the family, those who were crying for their father and mother were picked up for various reasons, such as having a job or being sick.

However, the mentality of the remaining group of people is good. They seem to be ready for a protracted war. They are not like those educated youths who can't stand the offense and marry young people in the village rashly. Life.

This mature mentality also affected the second group of educated youths and Zhaoming, a group of three young people.

Although the daily work is very hard and tiring, when we returned to the educated youth spot, a group of people gathered under the eaves to set up a long-men formation. If possible, they even set up a square table with a small plate of fried peanuts and steamed broad beans. With a big bowl of tea, small days can be lived happily.

"It's like this bowl of steamed eggplant." An old educated youth picked up some shredded eggplant with chopsticks, "When I first ate it, there was only the green taste of eggplant, but then there was a little aroma of garlic, pungent, and rice wine. And a touch of saltiness. The taste of eggplant, which was originally bland, suddenly became different.”

Comrade Yu cooks eggplants, steam them in a pan first, tear them into strands with chopsticks, mix them with two drops of rice wine, a drop of sesame oil, a spoonful of mashed garlic and salt, and let them cool in well water. It is very delicious to eat in summer. refreshing.

More than a dozen educated youths sat around the table, and quickly finished eating the small pile of eggplants with each chopstick.After physical labor, the food is always very delicious, even if there is a lack of salt and oil, enough food can fill the stomach, and it is very satisfying.

"Oh, it really is best to eat cold dishes in summer." Someone held a bowl and sighed contentedly.

"If the eggplant is roasted in soy sauce, it is like a general, with a strong and aggressive taste. But the steamed one has a completely different flavor, especially the last bit of rice wine, which is surrounded by fragrance, which highlights the original flavor of the eggplant. It has a light taste." There are also comments from old gourmets.

"Otherwise, plant an eggplant in our yard, take a short time to take care of it, and enjoy it to your heart's content this time next year." Some people are already thinking about the grand occasion when next year's yard will be full of eggplants that look like big purple noses .

"That's not bad. When I was in the city before, even if I went to queue early in the morning, the vegetables I bought were always withered. Isn't there a deserted yard behind us? If we repair it, we can grow some local vegetables. I can raise a few chickens and collect eggs every day." The newcomer expressed his opinion.

This inspired the old educated youth.When the old educated youth came here, he didn't think about living here for a long time. He didn't think long enough, let alone make use of the abandoned garden behind.But at this moment, seeing that it is impossible to go in a short time, we have to make good plans for the long-term future.

Before, they used to spend money to buy eggs and vegetables from the villagers. Although it didn't cost much, it was not a long-term solution.Now the new buddy wakes them up.

"I think it will work, but I don't know if the village will agree."

"Why don't you agree, and you haven't violated any policies. We'll breed and raise according to the head, and there won't be any mistakes. If we can't, let's talk to the team leader. The team leader is not bad, and he won't deliberately torment us."

This proposal was approved by everyone, so a meeting was held immediately at the dinner table, and everyone voted with a show of hands, and it passed unanimously.Then a representative was elected and asked him to talk to the team leader tomorrow about this matter.

"Why me?" Zhaoming pointed at himself in surprise, "I've only been here for two months, isn't it suitable?"

"You are young, the elders love you who are young and young."

"It's cute, look at this pair of dimples, how cute."

"You are the youngest here, easy to talk."

The seniors have expressed their opinions one after another. To sum it up, Zhao Ming has good looks, young age, and high chance of success.

"You just go about it, and do what you usually do. They like handsome young men who are polite and shy. We can't, our skin is as tanned as millet, and no matter how good-looking we smile, we can't show our power." The old man said explain.

He couldn't laugh or cry, so he had to agree.