all the way

Liu Hai's head was shaved, and after he came out of the river, he hid in the cave where they lived and refused to come out to meet people. Liu Xia couldn't understand his behavior: "Our whole family has already seen what you look like, you What's the point of hiding it?"

Liu Hai tied his head to the quilt and left him a back to express his protest.

Everyone decided not to disturb Liu Haitan Bao'er, because of his carefree temper, nothing would happen in at most two days.

Liu Xia led a group of children to practice calligraphy and homework in the shade of a tree. Xiumei and Su Xiaohui took Liu Lei and Liu Yun to take a nap respectively, but after more than an hour, they could still hear the two boys tossing about in the room. the sound of.

After five o'clock, the sun is not so poisonous. Liu Changqing, Liu Changchun and Liu Kui are going to weed the fields, and Liu Yu, Liu Ling and Liu Xia are going to go together.

There were not so many hoes in the house, so Liu Ling and Liu Yu took the hoes from Liu Changqing and Liu Changchun's hands and asked them to rest at home, while Sun Chang'e asked Liu Xia to stay.

Liu Xia was not convinced: "My brother and the others have all gone, why can't I go?"

Sun Chang'e asked him, "Can you hoe the ground?"

Liu Xia was taken aback for a moment, only to realize that he really didn't know how to hoe the ground.

Before the cat was born, he was still young, and the family didn't need him to do such work as hoeing and harvesting. After having a cat, no matter how busy the field work was, all the family asked him to do was to keep an eye on the cat and nothing else.

Liu Kui pointed to the cave dwelling where Liu Xia lived: "Go and see your Sixth Brother, don't tell him to smack the bag again, if you stay at home and keep an eye on the cat, you'll get a baby. I can actually do a little work by myself."

Seeing Liu Xia's lonely look, Mao'er said loudly, "I know how to weed. When my uncle goes to the field, I will weed the grass for my uncle. Anyway, you hoe the ground to get rid of the grass."

Liu Yu rapped on the cat's head with her fingers: "It's not bad if you can make trouble, tell your uncle, why didn't the cucumbers and tomatoes end up?"

The cat was exposed on the spot, and looked at Liu Xia with a puffy face: "I just saw that the flowers are so beautiful, so I dragged them to play..."

Sun Chang'e said: "You have grown two rows of cucumbers and tomatoes, and you have to drag them, you little brat, and you will lose a single flower. You have delicious tomatoes, and now you can't even eat a fart."

Liu Xia picked up the cat and walked into his cave: "Tomatoes and cucumbers are not expensive. I'll go to Wangning tomorrow to buy a lot of them. Let's go, my son, and see if you're all right."

Liu Xia had already seen Liu Hai lying on the window and looking out, probably because he was really bored in the room and was in a hurry to come out, but then remembered that he was angry and embarrassed to come out.

Liu Xia decided to give Liu Hai a step.

Liu Hai cooperated very well, Liu Xia only persuaded him a few words, and he pretended to be reluctant to come out with Liu Xia, then called Liu Wei and Liu Rui, took Liu Xin, Liu Yun and Liu Lei together, and took a A large tea mug and an enamel basin go to Mo Laogulong.

Liu Kui and the others didn't come back until it was dark after eight o'clock, so it was almost nine o'clock after the family had finished eating. They had just finished eating and were about to sit on the mat and chat, when they heard someone whistling from a distance, and then chatted. He yelled: "Oh ho, I'm back—"

Yanagawa is back.

It's the hottest season of the year now, although it's already dark, the temperature is still very high, Liu Chuan's vest is completely soaked, and most of his pants are also wet, before he sits down on the tree bump, Liu Wei and The cat quickly ran into the main room to fetch water for him.

Liu Chuan drank a big teapot of boiled water in one go, then handed a square box to Liu Changqing, and then threw the bag back to Liu Yu: "Here, you have a suit, try it tomorrow, if it doesn't fit, I'll bring it with you." Go back and let them change it."

Liu Changqing opened the box. It was a radio. He flipped the switch, and the radio made a familiar sound. Liu Lei, who was lying in Sun Chang'e's arms and was already falling asleep, sat up and reached out to grab it.

With sharp eyes and quick hands, Liu Chuan directly carried Liu Lei over and pressed him into his arms: "Did you dare to drop something again and just smash your ass, do you hear me?"

Liu Lei yelled "Grandma" and struggled to slip down to let Sun Chang'e hug him, and Liu Chuan suppressed him effortlessly.

Liu Yu hugged Bao Mi and stared for a while before saying: "Third brother, didn't I say that I have bought all the new clothes, why are you making me a suit?"

Liu Chuan pressed Liu Lei with one hand, and took off the vest with the other hand and handed it to Su Xiaohui: "You bought half sleeves. I heard people say that you are not happy to wear half sleeves when you get married. Half sleeves just don't make it to the end. Listen to it. Unlucky; people in Rongze get married now, men wear suits, and they have to wear them even in the heat of summer, I don’t know what’s the point, we just wear suits.”

Liu Yu gritted her teeth and cursed: "Liu Miao and Jian Bin are idiots, I said to buy the long sleeves, but they insisted that the half sleeves look good, really..."

Sun Chang'e patted Liu Yun, who was lying on the mat beside her and was about to fall asleep, and said, "Boy, your third brother bought it back. You can try it tomorrow. Marriage is a big event in a lifetime. Why don't we come here?" If we know it, we will not talk about it, and if we know it is a taboo, we can’t commit it.”

Liu Yu knew that it was useless to say anything at this time, so she took the suit back to the cave where Liu Xia and the others lived: once Liu Ling came back, he would still live here.

Liu Chuan came back at this hour, so he definitely didn't have dinner. Xiumei and Su Xiaohui went to the main room to cook for Liu Chuan.

Liu Changqing asked Liu Chuan: "Didn't you say that you will be very busy recently, and you will come back before Xiaoyu gets married? Why are you back today?"

Liu Chuan said: "The intensive class was arranged because I was afraid that the students who returned home would unite to create some kind of activity. It has been almost 20 days now, and nothing happened. The students returned to their respective homes and were watched by adults. It was hot. If this is the case, who will go out to connect?

Captain Qiu's mother was hospitalized, I was on duty for him for a week, and he asked me to rest for two days, isn't the eldest brother going to take Xiaoyu to the ceremony?I drove back to pick them up for a while, otherwise it would be too nervous to go back and forth in a day. "

Liu Changqing nodded, and stretched out his hand to hug Liu Lei, who was aggrieved and wanted to cry but didn't dare to cry, from Liu Chuan's arms: "Look at you scaring the baby, our adults know that the radio is for money to buy things, but the baby doesn't know, for them He said that a gold lump is the same as a stone lump, and it is the same when he smashed the radio as if he threw dirt;

In the future, I can't punish my baby because of this kind of thing. I will come out like this. The baby is timid, and he is afraid of making mistakes in everything. In the future, he will shrink back when he sees everyone;

You don’t need to worry about the boy when he made no big mistakes. When he grows up, he knows what’s good and he changes it. Now he’s more or less sensible. If you don’t want to tell the boy what to do, you have to tell him directly. "

Liu Chuan looked at Liu Lei who had regained his energy as soon as he got into his grandfather's arms and said, "Come on, I'll tell him now.

Xiaolei, look, this is a radio, your grandfather used it to listen to the news, you and Xiaoyun can still listen to stories and songs, don’t dare to drop it anymore, do you hear me? "

Liu Lei lay down in Liu Changqing's arms by himself, turned over, and left Liu Chuan a small buttock, and played with Liu Changqing's buttons by himself, ignoring Liu Chuan.

Liu Changqing said: "Children also have hearts. If you yell at him too much, the child will feel that you don't want to see him; if he does something wrong, sometimes you don't have to say it, teach him to do it right once, and he will be right in the future." knew."

Liu Chuan scratched his head and smiled: "I know, Uncle, the main reason is that these two guys are too annoying. I feel worried when I see them, so...hehe."

Xiumei and Su Xiaohui made sweet egg soup for Liu Chuan and fried an eggplant. The steamed bun was ready-made. It was past nine o'clock after Liu Chuan finished eating, and Liu Yun and Liu Lei had already fallen asleep.

Liu Changqing and the older ones went to rest first, Su Xiaohui also took the two children to sleep, and the brothers, Liu Wei and Liu Rui came to the cave dwelling where Liu Xia and the others lived.

Liu Xia sat in the middle of the kang, and the cat sat next to him, playing Transformers with Liu Rui and Liu Xin;

Liu Wei sat around with them, repairing the jumping frog that was broken by Liu Lei.

Liu Ling turned over Liu Xia's "Photogrammetry" on the quilt; Liu Yu sat beside Liu Ling.

Liu Chuan almost ran all the way back from Fujiazhuang just now, and now he was really tired, so he leaned against the west end of the kang and stretched his legs to rest.

Liu Hai saw his own bare head again from the shadow of the kerosene lamp on the wall, recalled something sad, and wailed on Liu Kui's lap: "I can't see people anymore, big brother——, my uncle is so open!" , why are you learning old feudalism now—”

Liu Kui stroked his bald head and comforted him with a smile: "No, there's nothing you can't see people. Boy, you are so handsome, and you don't look ugly even with a bald head. Hehe, Xiao Hai, we can't call you an old feudal man if you shave your head. , people in ancient China have long hair, if my uncle forces you to wear a big braid or tie your hair into a bun with a scarf, that would be called old feudalism!"

Liu Chuan teased Liu Hai: "My uncle should ask my eldest brother to shave your front and keep the back for later braiding. Like Zheng Banqiao, you look like an artist."

Liu Hai knocked Liu Kui's leg with his chin to express his dissatisfaction: "Ah, ah, ah——, you are all jealous that I am fashionable and handsome now, my uncle told me to shave my head and you didn't save me, ah—— It's a shame, how can I see people tomorrow—"

Liu Xia deliberately squeezed Liu Hai: "You monk head, our whole family has seen it, and everyone has been thrown away, so what are you afraid of? Why are you talking about jealousy, hmph, even if I am jealous, I am also jealous of fifth brother. Fifth brother is called handsome and called Chic, named Yushu Linfeng, what is there to be jealous of your fake girl?"

Liu Hai wanted to stand up and fight Liu Xia, but Liu Kui hurriedly held him down: "I, Xiao Hai, is also handsome and handsome. Our long hair is an artist's temperament, and our bald head is called a man."

Liu Ling stared at the book, and said unhurriedly: "Xiao Hai, didn't you say that you, a college student, want to defeat our uncle? Why did you surrender before the end of the round?"

Liu Hai stared at Liu Ling angrily and said nothing.

Liu Xia said: "Brother Six, you are still bragging that you, a college student, can definitely say something about my uncle, but what happened? My uncle didn't say anything, and I told you to say whatever you want, and you made no sense of what you said in a while. , who do you blame for shaving your head?"

Liu Hai shouted: "Then how can you blame me, my uncle is really too cunning... Ouch, brother... Ouch..."

He lost his voice, several slaps landed on his bald head one after another, Liu Kui, Liu Chuan, and Liu Ling struck almost at the same time, Liu Chuan said: "You brat, what are you talking about my uncle?"

Liu Hai was dumbfounded: "Me, me, what did I say?"

The cat jumped up suddenly, and crawled from Liu Xia, Liu Ling, and Liu Yu's legs to Liu Kui's side. Before everyone understood what he wanted to do, he had already slapped Liu Hai's bare head unceremoniously: "If you dare to use a derogatory term to call my great-grandpa, you will not lose."

Liu Rui over there yelled: "That's right, my teacher said that derogatory terms are used to describe villains and villains. If you dare to call my grandpa, it's easy!"

Liu Hai was so wronged that he was about to cry: "Brother, I... I didn't mean that, I meant it, I meant it: it's not that I'm stupid, it's my uncle's wife...his wife, oops, What I mean is that it's not that the national army is too incompetent, but that the communist army is too cunning! Hey brother..."

Liu Kui put his raised hand gently on Liu Hai's head: "Boy, your shaved head looks better than your long hair. Don't be so angry with me. It's okay to shave your head. Wait." You've grown up again since school started, and when the time comes, Big Brother will tidy you up a bit and you'll be hit."

Liu Hai rolled his eyes and thought about it for a while, then he suddenly figured it out and said: "That's right, I'm not afraid, anyway, my hair will grow back, and I will be hit if I keep it secretly. Cat, little Wei Xiaorui, tell me, is sixth uncle more handsome with long hair or with shaved head?"

Several people were shocked by Liu Hai's sudden divine question, this question is really cheeky.

Liu Wei and Liu Rui looked at Liu Hai, then at several other people, their eyes rolled around, and they didn't make a sound.

Mao'er looked at Liu Hai and several other people, and said, "My uncle has the most handsome hair like this." After speaking, he was busy posing for little Optimus Prime.

Liu Hai squinted his eyes and remained silent for a few seconds, then leapt straight from Liu Kui's body and grabbed the cat from behind: "You are a heartless cat, if you say Uncle Six is ​​handsome, you will lose a piece of meat? "

The cat was overturned on Liu Xia's lap, giggling, and was dragged by Liu Hai all the way from Liu Ling, Liu Yu, and Liu Kui's lap, but he didn't change his mouth: "Uncle is more handsome than you, aha Haha... Uncle Six, ah, Uncle... Uncle Six is ​​the most handsome, ah—Uncle Six, itchy... ahahaha, Uncle Six is ​​also... Uncle Six is ​​also a little handsome..."

Liu Hai didn't give up: "I'm only a little handsome? If I don't win, I have to say I'm the most handsome."

Liu Kui and the others watched Liu Hai squeaking the cat until he couldn't breathe, and they didn't try to pull the cat, they just looked at it and laughed.

Liu Xia shouted: "Cat, scratch his waist, his waist is the most ticklish."

The cat turned over like a loach, but it couldn't scratch the waist of Liu Hai, who was much taller than him.

Liu Xia jumped over Liu Ling and Liu Yu and rushed over to help Mao'er hold Liu Hai. Mao'er's little hand started to scratch Liu Hai, and Liu Hai immediately curled up into a ball, laughing so hard that he just wanted to get angry.

Xiumei happened to come over with the milk powder made for the cat and half a bowl of fried ancient dragon, and rescued Liu Hai.

Liu Xia crawled back to the original place with the cat on his back, he took a sip of the milk, the temperature was just right, he squeezed an old dragon and threw it into the cat's mouth.

Mao'er fed Liu Xia two more mouthfuls of milk, and then began to eat the milk by himself.

Liu Hai ate a few old dragons and then lay down on Liu Kui's lap to feel wronged: "Yaoer, my uncle is biased, I just want to see Xiao Li, you only went to college for a year, and it's unreasonable for you to wear flared jeans so outrageously." I don’t even want to say a word to you, I just shaved my head when my hair grew a little.”

Xiumei patted Liu Hai's buttocks: "Xiao Hai, don't feel wronged, my uncle is not partial to Yaoer, my uncle said Yaoer wears denim pants that are strong, even if you don't go to work in the field, you can wear more For a few years, Yao'er was saving money for the family, what do we say about him?"

Liu Hai sat up immediately: "What?"

A group of people looked at Xiumei and Liu Kui.

Liu Kui said with a smile: "Well, the year before last, when Yao'er came back wearing jeans, my uncle said to us: "Although Yao'er is young, he is very sensible. When I went to the city, I still bought labor cloth to wear, but now the labor cloth Cloth clothes are very well made, they used to be the same as big-waisted trousers, but now they look much better.' So you see, no one has said anything about you wearing jeans now, and you are so happy!"

Liu Hai lay down on Liu Chuan with an "Ah" sound: "Third brother, what kind of world do you think this is? Yao'er is praised for wearing shaobaoli jeans, and I get shouted when my hair grows a little longer. Why doesn't my uncle think about it?" I am also so sensible, my hair can be used as a hat when my hair grows, and it can also save money for our family!"

Liu Chuan patted Liu Hai's bald head and said: "If you are a girl, you don't care if you grow your hair down to your heels and my uncle, let me tell you, I will know that my uncle is right when I meet you and your fifth brother. Repairing you is not just a matter of hair, just because you have long hair, my uncle can't forgive you."

Xiumei found that there were so many people in the room and it was so lively, but Liu Yu was still not playing with them like before, she reached out and touched Liu Yu's head: "Xiao Yu, what's wrong with you, baby, are you sick? uncomfortable?"

Liu Yu shook her head: "No, sister-in-law, I'm fine."

Xiumei looked at Liu Kui, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Xiao Yu, I see you are not happy after you have come back for a few days, baby, if you have something to say, you must say it, and your third brother just came back today Well, our family is almost full of people, and we can discuss and solve anything, you don’t dare to be like your second brother, who is bored with everything, and when it’s irreparable, then there’s really nothing you can do.”

Liu Yu shook her head and leaned against Liu Kui who was beside her.

Liu Kui patted him on the shoulder: "Xiao Yu, I probably know what you're thinking, baby, I didn't tell you too much, but I thought, what's the use of empty talk? It will be a long time in the future, you are married , You will know after a while, our family is still the same as before, you are still our child when you get married, and we are still brothers, you know?"

Liu Yu gasped and choked a few times, and suddenly cried out: "Big brother, third brother, Xiao Ling, I, I don't want to get married, I'm... I'm always afraid that once I get married, you will treat me as an outsider Now, I can no longer stay with you like today, and you won't treat me like this again...Brother, I don't want to be separated from our family, I just want to think about the possibility that we may have a relationship in the future , I don't want to get married, I'm afraid..."

Liu Kui turned around and embraced Liu Yu: "I will never have a baby, look, who is that kind of person in our family? We have been brothers since we were young, why are we divided just because we got married?"

Liu Yu cried and said: "But there are all families. Once you get married, whoever lives the life, no one cares about who, and will fight for something like an enemy. I know you can't, but I It’s just not beautiful. When I think about Xiaoling coming back, I won’t be able to come and sleep with him. I feel uncomfortable. Thinking that I can’t come to you, my mother and my uncle as soon as I get home, I feel that I will have no home in the future. It's like no one wants me anymore."

Liu Ling said with red eyes: "what are you talking about? Fourth brother, you can come here whenever I come back. You have grown up here since you were a child. If you don't come here, I'm afraid my uncle and mother will be uncomfortable. What am I doing these days? Tell you that you can't help it, you look at our eldest brother and third brother today, they are all married and have children, do you think they are separated from our family?"

Liu Chuan said: "Xiaoyu, as long as you don't have any ties to our family in your heart, let alone you are still in our family after marriage, even if you are thousands of miles away from home, we are still close. Look at your uncle and you Uncle, they all have grandchildren, aren't they still like brothers now, do you think they are born with each other?"

Liu Yu was so choked up that she couldn't speak: "I know it all, but... I... just feel bad all the time."

Xiumei breathed a sigh of relief, and sat down on the edge of the kang: "Boy, it's not that you dislike Yufang, your eldest brother and I have been afraid that you don't want to see Yufang these days, and think she is your mother's niece, I'm sorry Said, if you get married because of this reason, then you will make your uncle and mother have no peace for the rest of their lives.

Because of your second brother's affairs, your uncle feels bad all day long, feels sorry for him, feels that he is wrong, and finds your second brother an unvirtuous daughter-in-law. If you get married again, it will be bad. Your mother also feels ashamed all day long. "

Liu Yu wiped away her tears: "No, it's not sister-in-law. I don't want to see Yufang, but I'm afraid that we won't kiss once we get married."

Xiumei said: "I don't know how to have children. When you get married and have children, the sister-in-law will help you look after them, just like your mother used to help your mother look after you. We will still be a loving family."

Seeing Liu Yu crying, Mao'er was a little overwhelmed. He didn't even play with Optimus Prime, and stayed in Liu Xia's arms, motionless.

When the two of them came out to go to the toilet, the cat asked Liu Xia: "Uncle, marriage must be beautiful, right?"

Liu Xia asked him back, "Why do you think so, baby?"

Mao'er said: "Fourth Uncle should get married, he is not happy all day long, and, and...he, you say...he is not beautiful, and he is never happy every time he comes back."

Liu Xia said: "No, it's not that your fourth uncle is unhappy, he's afraid that we won't be able to kiss us if he gets married, that... he, he happened to marry a woman with a bad grandson, if he married your uncle or third uncle Same, you won’t be able to marry a girl like your mother or third aunt.”

The cat said: "Well, what will you do if you marry a bad granddaughter? I don't want to make you unhappy. I will be happy every day when I see you."

Liu Xia picked up the cat and put it on his shoulder: "Who is my uncle? My uncle is so wise, powerful, and sharp-eyed. How could he possibly marry such a person? Don't worry, baby, my uncle will definitely marry you a beautiful woman." You are also virtuous and virtuous, a good Aunt Hua, and then I will marry you a beautiful, gentle and gracious daughter-in-law.”

The cat said disdainfully: "I don't want to marry a wife. Once I marry a wife, I won't be able to sleep with you."

As everyone expected, Liu Hai got used to his bald head the next day, and when he took a bath in the river, he even listed the benefits of bald head with Liu Xia and the others, such as not needing to wash his hair, and letting the river water cool him down. It's very comfortable and so on, trying to trick everyone to shave their heads like him, but was rejected by everyone.

Mao'er said to Liu Xia: "Uncle, my sixth uncle is cheating. He knows that he has shaved his head and is ugly. He wants you to shave his head and be his companion!"

Liu Xia said: "Uncle knows, don't worry, Uncle won't be fooled by him."

Liu Yu spoke out her thoughts, as if her whole body became lighter, but at lunch the next day, Liu Changqing walked by him, patted his head and sighed, "Boy, why do you think so much?" Lie?" Liu Yu cried again.

On the day of the ceremony, I went to Sun Yufang's house with Liu Kui and Liu Chuan. Liu Yu seemed to be in very good spirits, and the various wedding details and red envelopes discussed with Sun's family went well. One party does not want to create problems for the other party, and the other party wants to meet the other party's requirements as much as possible, so the talks are very compatible.

The Sun’s family asked for 200 yuan as the gift money for the gift, just in case Liu Kui brought the extra 400 yuan to be useless, and the [-] yuan Liu Xia gave to the family can be left for the family to use slowly , At least three years, no need for Liu Chuan and Liu Ling to subsidize money at home.

The days passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, there were only five days left before "August [-]st", and the atmosphere of holding a happy event at home had already emerged.

Since Zhai Yulan and Xu Xiaohong's accident eight years ago, Liu Changchun's family has been deserted, and Liu Mao's unsatisfactory marriage has invisibly aggravated this atmosphere.

This time Liu Yu got married, Liu Changqing, Sun Chang'e and Liu Changchun discussed it, and it was all a matter of taking advantage of the popularity to set up a flowing water mat in Liu Changchun's yard, and everyone who came to the ceremony would have a bowl of shredded pork noodles.

This sounds very shabby food, but it is very rare in Liujialing.

Almost all the weddings and funerals in Liujialing do not hold banquets. Only when the marriage is not a marriage, the man will entertain the woman who sent the relatives a lunch, and other villagers and neighbors don't care about the meal.

Although it's just a bowl of noodles, it's a big project to eat more people. The original stove in Liu Changchun's house is definitely not good enough, so everyone decided to temporarily build a big stove in his yard.

Liu Kui was in charge of the bricklaying part with the highest technical content, and Liu Yu and the others were in charge of mixing the mud and carrying water to thoroughly sweep the yard.

Although it's just my big family here to make preliminary preparations, according to Liu Kui's habit, the surrounding environment must be cleaned up to be comfortable.

Liu Xia is the youngest child. Although he is taller than his elder brother now, Liu Ling and the others still don’t let him do the work of carrying water, which is said to be too early to grow taller. Baskets, to a small wheat threshing ground west of Liu Fulai's house, to transport the wheat straw mixed into the mud.

As soon as he led the cat to the slope, he saw Liu Mao standing at the bottom of the slope with a big bag on his back, holding a little girl in a floral dress with his right hand.