all the way

The wonderful summer vacation has begun.

On the first day of summer vacation, Liu Ling and Liu Hai got up before dawn, earlier than when they went to school, and went to Wangning to watch the college entrance examination, which was guarded by the police.

Sun Chang'e was cooking at home, and Liu Kui and Xiumei went to the best piece of land they had allotted to see the corn and a few autumn cucumbers planted a few days ago.

Liu Xia got up early in the morning and went to the breeding room at the westernmost end of the village with the cat on his back to milk the cows.

The cow in their production team gave more milk than the rhubarb in Zhangjiabao. Liu Xia drank too much, and now he feels that the milk has a faint fragrance, which is very comfortable. Liu Fulai and Liu Laosi make him want as much Just squeeze as much as you want, Liu Xia came three times a day, and squeezed a total of five bottles of milk.

Every time before the cat drinks, he drinks a bowl first, and after half an hour he feels that there is no problem before letting the cat drink.

Now every time the cat drinks milk by himself, he always holds his milk bottle and presses it on his mouth, and his mouth seems to say "ahhhhhh" to Liu Xia, "Uncle drink, uncle drink", Liu Xia No way, no way.

Every time after drinking milk, there are white milk stains on both sides of the cat's mouth, which is the same as the cat's beard. It really looks like a kitten.

At this time, Liu Xia would say: "Look, you are so like a real cat, you should grow up to have nine lives like a real cat."

The cat will turn to Liu Xia: "Ah, ah!"

A few days ago, Xiumei and Liu Kui took their children back to her mother's house, cleaned and cleaned the quilt that Mao'er borrowed from his brother's house when she was hospitalized, and sent it back. When they came back, they saw a few people on Wangning Street. Squatting on the side of the road, there were several bundles of vegetables in the basket in front of him. After asking, he realized that the vegetables were grown in his own land and sold.

When she got home, Xiumei told Sun Chang'e that the original ancient meeting in their place had started again the year before last, and many people went to sell things, such as brooms, dustpans, mats, sugar blowers and fruits. It is said that some people secretly sold it a few years ago, but this year the number of sales has increased, and they are no longer secretly behind people's backs.

Xiumei's father was a carpenter and made willow wood chopping boards. When he sold them in the last episode, he earned more than two yuan. Now his brother has started to learn carpentry from his father seriously.

Sun Chang'e said worriedly: "But we don't have anything here. Your uncle's stone stele is well carved, and the seal and mahjong are well carved, but there is no one who can take advantage of it. Besides, there are no seals and mahjong now. Yes, someone may want the stele, but it’s so heavy, we can’t get it out; and your uncle’s weaving mat, the craftsmanship is so fine, but there are too many knots, even if you sell it, I guess no one will buy it. .”

Xiumei also sighed: "People are always rushing to meetings. A village has two or three meetings a year, and some have only one meeting a year. We are dozens of miles away from Wangning. If we go further, we will go back after dark. If you don’t come, if you are only in the nearby villages, you can only meet once or twice a month, and you can’t sell a lot of things. It’s a steady stream of work, and you can earn [-] cents a day if you sell it all year round. With Liu Mao's salary, he doesn't have to pay it to the production team."

Sun Chang'e stopped working on shoe soles and looked at the mountains in the distance: "There is no way, this is the place God gave us, let's add it up slowly in the future."

It was almost two o'clock when Liu Ling and the others came back from watching the college entrance examination in Wangning. It was the dog days and it was noon. When the two of them came back, their bodies were soaked and they jumped into the Fengxi River to take a bath. Then he put on his trousers and lay on the mat, pretending to be dead.

Liu Yu and Liu Wei were looking for a suitable branch on a persimmon tree to make a high-end slingshot. Liu Xia hugged the cat and leaned against the branch of a big pear tree to eat a pear together.

Xiumei came down from the slope with a tray, and started shouting from afar: "Climb down all the trees, eat."

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Individuals climbed down the tree like a monkey, and Liu Xia was the last one to come down with the cat on his back.

The weather was at its hottest, and the thin noodles started sweating after two mouthfuls, and the cat's milk was also very hot, and it took a while to drink it. Liu Xia simply stopped eating, walked into the river with the cat in his arms, and stood On a relatively flat rock, clear river water flowed over it. The river water was cool to the bone, and the sweat on his body fell off quickly. The cat looked at the river water and called "ahhh" to Liu Xia, asking to wash his feet.

This is a habit he has let Liu Xia develop in the past few days. The river is too cold, Liu Xia dare not put the cat in, so he lifts him up, lets his little feet dip in the water and then lifts him up, and then After dipping it again, the cat fell in love with this game, and now it wants to go down when it sees the river.

As soon as the cat's feet touched the river water, it squealed happily. Liu Rui heard it, and stopped eating, and ran over and called, "Uncle, I want to wash my feet too."

Liu Ling and the others also put bowls over. He carried Liu Rui, and Liu Yu carried Liu Wei. They all went down to the river to cool off. I saw them in the shade of the trees in the yard, and yelled loudly: "Yaoer, you little turtle, it's all your idea, take it easy for me, and scare the cat's soul away. I won't peel it off." Xiao Yu, Xiao Ling, you two hold the baby tightly, you dare not let him out."

Liu Yu shouted: "No, he's pulling it tighter than me, Xiaowei, look at your guts, it's not as good as a cat, you call it like this, and the cat still laughs."

Liu Wei said: "The cat is small, but old and foolish, even fools don't know how to panic."

Liu Xia let the cat dip in the water again, and when it got up, it was very high. The cat giggled loudly, and Sun Chang'e saw Lala Liu Changqing: "Look at how annoying that little rabbit grandson is, it's better if you don't say it." , The more you talk, the more people will go crazy, you go down and beat him to death for me."

Liu Changqing turned his face to look, and Liu Xia smiled at him: "Uncle, the cat is not afraid at all, he can be seen playing in the water."

Liu Kui was originally sitting in the yard eating with a bowl, but when he saw them boisterously making his parents worry, he came down with the bowl, and with him watching, nothing happened.

After playing for a long time, Liu Xia felt that the cat's milk should be almost ready before coming up. The cat was still writhing and not wanting to come back. Liu Xia coaxed him: "Let's eat first, and the uncle asked the cat to eat after the cat finished eating." Playing with water."

The cat has cooled down, and is obediently lying on the mat and drinking milk from the bottle. Liu Xia will pick out noodles for him from time to time. He suddenly thought of a question and asked Liu Kui: "Brother, didn't my sister-in-law say that I turned around six times, sat down and crawled nine times? Well, the cat is almost eight months old, why can’t he sit still?” The cat can’t say that he can’t sit at all now, but he has to help him to sit slowly, and he doesn’t dare to touch it at all. 'Gulu' fell to the ground at once.

Liu Kui put down the bowl and held the cat in his arms: "Maybe it's because the cat has never eaten milk, and its body is a bit fleshier than ordinary children who suckle. The nutrition of milk is incomparable to that of my own mother, and your second sister-in-law The body itself is very thin, and the cat is a bit like her. It has a small frame and is fine. It will be fine if it grows. Didn’t Mr. Wang say that although milk is not as good as breast milk, it is also very nourishing. Let’s let the cat drink milk for a few more years , it will grow out after a long time."

Liu Xia nodded: "Well, our cow can keep the cat drinking for another half a year, and there must be other cows giving birth to calves. I will squeeze the cat no matter how far away, so that the cat can drink until it goes to school. Yes, I let cats drink it when I went to school, until I grow up, I don't believe that feeding cats won't make them fat."

Liu Kui rubbed Mao'er's stomach to tease him: "Mao'er, ask uncle to see if you are full?"

The cat took the pacifier away, grinned, and hiccupped: "Ah—————"

The pears on a few big pear trees on the half slope on the south bank of the river were barely edible recently. Not long after eating, several people climbed up again. Liu Yu, Liu Ling, and Liu Haizuan were looking for pears on the lush trees. To eat pears, Liu Xia carried the cat on his back, found a suitable tree branch and sat down, let the cat sit in his arms, reached out and picked a pear that looked better, took a bite, almost, it was already a little crunchy and sweet Taste it.

"Ah—" Mao'er became anxious when he saw Liu Xia eating, and when he opened his mouth, saliva flowed down the corner of his mouth.

Liu Xia scraped off the skin of the pear with his teeth and gnawed off a thin layer, exposing the white flesh inside, and put it next to the cat's mouth. The cat had grown two lower teeth, and the upper two had just emerged. He now I really like to chew on things.

The cat gnawed very vigorously, making the pears drool, but Liu Xia didn't feel it, the cat gnawed, he took a bite, and soon there was only a pear core left, so he found another big one. , wiped it on the cloth shirt, and the two continued to eat.

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Zheng Mao'er can't bite off much, even if he sips a little bit of sweetness, it's impossible to spoil his stomach after sipping it for a long time.

Liu Ling suddenly asked: "You said, if the pears are fully ripe in two months, we pick them and sell them in Wangning, will someone buy them?" He didn't need to worry about it, but how could he not worry about it? He was really afraid that any accident at home would prevent him from going to the county high school.

Liu Xia thought for a while: "That's enough. There are also wild pear trees on the mountains near Wangning. Although there are not as many as here, but if they pay for them, they will definitely not do it."

Liu Ling knew that there was no hope at first, but after hearing what Liu Xia said, she gave up completely, picked a big pear and leaned on a branch to eat it.

Liu Yu lay on a branch with a pear and ate it, her thighs pressed against hers, feeling very comfortable: "Xiao Ling, I don't want to go to school anymore, Liu Miao and Liu Sen can't even say it, Brother Fulai said that it's fine if he doesn't want to go, anyway, he won't be able to go to university, If I don’t go to school, ask my uncle to find me a contract worker to do it, and I will pay for some of you to go to school. I’m not the second brother. I earned money. In the past few years, if you fail the exam, I will always help you to review. People say that the one in Gucun was admitted to a university in Kyoto because he studied for two years before he was admitted."

Liu Hai aimed a pear pit at Liu Yu and threw it over: "Don't say it, my uncle won't spare you if my uncle doesn't beat you, he said, if you can't get into college, you have to go to high school, our child, who the hell If he didn't go to high school, he wouldn't recognize anyone."

Liu Yu pursed her mouth: "I know, I have told my uncle several times, and he said that if I can talk to my uncle, he will agree. How dare I tell my uncle, it's okay to ask for a fight. !"

Liu Changqing is usually not aggressive at all, but the children just dare not disobey him. In fact, he has never hit Liu Yu, but Liu Yu just feels that if he dares to make the request just now in the matter of going to school, the uncle will definitely beat him up. He paused: "Xiao Ling, just because you haven't been beaten by my uncle, go tell me about it for me. There are not many people in our team who have gone to high school. I am not a material for going to school, and I will definitely not pass the exam University, why do you have to ask me to go to college!"

Because Liu Ling was born with very thin bones, he didn't suffer much when he grew up, and he was almost never beaten. Sun Chang'e said that his bones could not withstand the sole of a shoe.

Liu Kui and Liu Xia were the most beaten in the family. Liu Kui was beaten mostly because Liu Changqing and his wife were still young when he was around, and they had a strong temper. He's just a flying monkey, he can turn the sky upside down if he doesn't hit him for a day.

Liu Ling threw the pear core far away, and rolled her eyes at Liu Yu: "My uncle doesn't hit me, it's my fault, I know what to do and what not to do, if I don't have the wink to tell him not to let you go to school , do you think he can forgive me?"

As soon as Liu Yu heard that there was no hope at all, she was immediately discouraged, her limbs drooping like a corpse on the branch, and she howled at the sky wolf in pain: "Ah, I don't want to go to school, I just can't learn that trigonometric function ah--"