Mad Dog Meiqi

Daling in autumn is full of harvest flavors.After harvesting the grain, the stalks were tied into the ground in clumps, and the wind blew up a smell of earth.At noon, the smell of firewood and cooking came out of the chimneys of every household, and some unemployed people who had nothing to do were wondering where to go for a meal.

In the past few days, the work in the field has been done one after another. After the villagers have counted the harvest of each family, they will be accompanied by strong young men to drive the grain to the city to sell for money, and then return with some purchases for the winter.

Old man Xu's wife was cooking at home, and she thought he was in the way, so she drove him out.As soon as he turned his foot, the old man came to the yard next to the elementary school and sent two skewers of bacon to Teacher Linping's house.

Linping is about 27 or [-] years old, and he came back to teach at a very young age.People in the village like him very much, especially those aunts and grandmas who would match him up, but were always rejected.Elderly people like Mr. Xu also appreciate him very much, saying that he knows how to repay his kindness, seeing him living alone with children, he often comes to deliver things.

The child in his family is about ten years younger than him, no one knows how old it is, and he picked it up.When I picked it up, I was still very small, timid, and was beaten badly by the traffickers.The child knew that his name was Mei Qi, and he had been abducted from the south; it seemed that his family did not treat him well. Lin Ping, an intellectual, went to the police station to call the police on behalf of the villagers. Brother, you never admit that you were trafficked.This kid has a brilliant mind. After the police questioned him for a long time, he kept pretending to be crazy, and he learned the Daling accent of "brother" perfectly.

Linping had no choice but to take him back to the village.At that time, he had just returned to teach and had no experience. The salary of this kind of elementary school was not high, and he had to grow some food and vegetables by himself, fearing that he would not be able to support Mei Qi.What's more, the villagers didn't like this kid because of his troubles. Mei Qi was also very sensitive, so she didn't want to live in someone else's house. Lai called her elder brother at the door of Linping's house, and many villagers believed it. They all rumored that Linping was outside. When I was studying, I recognized my silly brother.Linping had no choice but to go to the village to beg for two sets of old clothes that other people's children couldn't wear, and accepted the child.But within two days he felt more at ease: Mei Qi got up earlier than him and went to bed later than dogs, and he worked faster than him, a rural college student. Breaking corn cobs with such big hands is not as good as that little kid.

Mei Qi has no education, no household registration and no way to go to school.When Linping went to teach in elementary school, he would take him with him. The little thing learned very quickly. After a few years, Linping had to come up with questions and compile textbooks.

Every time when the agricultural products are harvested, Linping will take two days off from the primary school like today to help the villagers go to the city to sell things, and this time, he will also buy new year's goods by the way.Mei Qi wanted to go with her at first, but she had to stay at home because she hadn't finished her homework. She had to tidy up the vegetable field, move the Chinese cabbage into the cellar, and tidy up some miscellaneous things.After all these are done and there is nothing to do, I will clean up the inside and outside of the house.When old man Xu arrived at the gate of the yard, he was taking out the quilt to dry and was carrying two buckets to fetch water from the well.

I have to say that Mei Qi is really an iron-blooded southerner. After several years of farm work, his skin is still tender. Now his face is covered with a little dust, and he greeted old man Xu happily, thanking him while letting go The shoulder pole took over the bacon.

The old man Xu asked: "Ah Qi, it's already noon, are you still working? Have you eaten yet? Come to our house to eat. It's very rich, and there are so many people."

Mei Qi smiled and waved her hands: "No trouble, the teacher said that he will be back at noon today, so I kneaded the dough."

Old man Xu went to wander around again, Mei Qi quickly hung up the bacon in the house, and went out with a pole on his shoulder.

The well is in the vegetable field.Although every household has access to running water, it is worth saving a little money.Moreover, Mei Qi is strong, and it is not that troublesome to carry two buckets back at a time.Just as he was lifting the bucket up from the well, Yunxiu came over.

Yunxiu is the granddaughter of the old man Chen in the village. She is now in junior high school in the town, and she has also come home to help in the past two days.She was wearing a pink sweater and a pair of floral cotton trousers. When she saw Mei Qi, she smiled and asked him to help fetch a bucket of water.It's nothing, Mei Qi chatted with her while fetching water.

Yunxiu asked how their family is doing now, and Mei Qi said happily: "That's it, it's pretty good. The old man Linping said that this year's harvest is good, so he bought me a pair of new shoes. But let's forget about the textbooks..."

Yunxiu groaned, "I still need to read the book."

Mei Qi wrinkled her nose, poured water into her bucket, then shook the pole to lower the empty bucket: "Bah, I don't know you yet."

Yunxiu stuck out her tongue: "Forget it."

Even when the bucket was full, she didn't leave, but lay down by the well to watch Mei Qi draw water.

After a while, Mei Qi suddenly said: "I really envy you."

Yunxiu smiled embarrassingly, her face flushed, and she asked in a low voice, "Why are you envious of me? Are you making fun of me?"

Mei Qi thought for a while, but she didn't know why she said such words suddenly, she pursed her lips: "...I don't know. I just feel very envious. I'm sorry, the little old man bought some delicious food a few days ago , do you want some candy?"

Yunxiu said: "I can't eat again, my teeth are broken. Grandpa said that I eat too much sugar to cause tooth decay. It's not like you don't know, it's all due to you. Last time I told you to run out with you and eat so much sugar. "

Mei Qi said angrily: "Didn't you have a good time eating, but I was caught by the old man and beat me up!"

Yunxiu giggled and said, "He spanked you, didn't he! The teacher has so many rules, I won't want to study in the future."

Mei Qi said angrily: "No, you were spanked by your old man! The old man said, now it is stipulated that a little guy like you must go to school, otherwise someone will arrest your parents."

Yunxiu was taken aback, and immediately sneered, "You lied to me again! Otherwise, Teacher Ping lied to you."

Mei Qi thought for a while, and agreed: "Yes, he must have scared me. ——Then what do you want to do if you don't study in the future?"

Yunxiu thought for a while, and smiled crookedly: "I want to learn Kung Fu, first beat up my father. Then I want to sing and dance, just like those beautiful sisters on TV."

Mei Qi shook her head: "You are too short."

Yun Xiu pouted: "I won't play with you anymore!"

Mei Qi hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! You are young, you can still grow up, you, you are also good-looking. I will give you sweets, so don't be angry."

Yunxiu was still unhappy: "Are you stupid? I told you that my teeth are not good."

Mei Qi took out a few hard fruit candies from her pocket, thought for a while and stuffed more than half of them into Yunxiu's pocket: "Just don't chew on it. This candy is delicious, I can't eat any of it." Did not leave it to the old man."

So in the end Yunxiu left only one candy for Mei Qi, and happily went home with a bucket of well water.Mei Qi fetched two buckets of water and brought them home before going to the field to collect vegetables.

Linping came home after noon, and Mei Qi was sitting on the threshold eating noodles.Seeing him come back, he happily asked him if he had eaten, and before he could reply, he ran to the kitchen to cook noodles, and ordered two slices of bacon that old man Xu had given him in the morning.Linping let out a "hey" and waved at him: "I bought a lot of good things and came back, let's try this suit first."

"I'm harvesting wheat recently, so I don't have time to wash new clothes." Mei Qi complained, and when the water boiled, she sneaked out of the kitchen, picked up the new clothes and gestured to herself.The mirror in the bathroom was too small, so he still asked Linping if it fit.Lin Ping said: "I measured your size before I left, and it fits naturally."

Mei Qi pointedly said: "It's too expensive."

"Is there?" Linping said with a absent-minded smile while stacking the unloaded goods in the house and warehouse, "The owner said that the material was shipped from the south. I think you look like a southerner. I bought it for you to try." try."

Mei Qi snorted twice.This silk dress was quite comfortable to wear, but he was puzzled again: "Old man, where did you get so much money?"

Lin Ping said: "The shop owner is the boss Huang I mentioned last month. He owes me a favor and gave me a set for nothing."

Mei Qi let out an oh, said nothing, and changed her clothes back.I still have to work in the afternoon, new clothes, I will wear them after Chinese New Year.

Lin Ping had been running outside for a long time, and he was also hungry at this time, two people, one big and one small, sat at the door eating noodles with bowls in their hands.Mei Qi secretly looked at him while eating, feeling strange.Lin Ping always eats very quickly, and now he is drinking noodles, but he still looks very elegant.On the contrary, he eats slowly but looks anxious.Last year when I celebrated the New Year with Yunxiu and his family, Yunxiu said that he ate like a starved ghost reincarnated, but in fact he ate only a few mouthfuls.

Linping finished his last sip of soup, and sighed contentedly: "Your craft is getting better and better! Just saw what I do?"

Mei Qi finished chewing the noodles in her mouth and swallowed them, and said vaguely: "I saw you hiding something furtively. What are you doing?"

Lin Ping blushed unexpectedly, he hesitated and said: "Yeah, it's nothing. I'll show you in two days. Originally, it was a set—I talked to people for a long time before I was willing to sell it to me."

Mei Qi didn't bother with him, anyway, what old man Linping owned was his.He immersed himself in drinking the somewhat cold soup, and said, "You're tired today, go to sleep first. I'll do the dishes later, and you'll be the one to do it tomorrow, remember."

Linping was indeed tired, so he yawned. Seeing that the sun was good outside, he moved the reclining chair to the yard, covered himself with a blanket, and took a nap.Mei Qi tidied up the kitchen swiftly, washed her hands, thought about it and put on some cream before going to attack Linping.But seeing the tired sleeping face of the young man, he felt embarrassed again, looked at the other party for a while, and decided to take a lazy nap himself.

Mei Qi kicked off her shoes and crawled into Linping's blanket.The reclining chair was not very big, and the autumn clothes were thick, so Linping almost took up the seat by himself.But Mei Qi squeezed, kicked him twice, and squeezed out a little space, Lin Ping had to reach out to grab him, so as not to make him fall.

The afternoon sun was fine.The sun in the yard is not dazzling, and it shines warmly on people. The autumn wind blows the smell of ripe wheat grains and melons, which are roasted by the sun in mid-air, and the air is full of sweet smell.

Mei Qi squinted for a while, dazed, smacking her lips and felt the sun was dazzling, so she burrowed into Linping's clothes.He twisted restlessly for a long time, found the most comfortable position, and then sat down on the ground contentedly.So, Linping quietly opened his eyes, took out the red hijab he bought from the city from his bosom, and gently covered the boy's face.

Silent and warm darkness enveloped, and Mei Qi quickly fell asleep.

Extra Story - Huang Liang's Dream Ends

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Originally there was the following paragraph, but everyone should be able to see that it was a dream (a dying dream more than 700 years ago), so it was removed.Looks like it should be happier without this paragraph (it doesn't seem to be)

Lying in the deep pit under the city wall, he opened his dark eyes forcefully.The fine snow fell slowly and was melted away by the young people who had not yet cooled down.Those begonia-like lips in early spring still had a smile of joy, and a drop of snow fell from the corner of his eye—he seemed to be weeping with joy.

The next episode is that one, it will be released tomorrow, and it will be placed in ao3.