You are the uncle!

The person who came was wearing a blue cotton jacket, a pair of black cotton trousers, and a watermelon Taro hairstyle. He probably ran in a hurry, and his face was flushed.

At this moment, he was looking up at Jiang Xiqiao with his eyes shining, and shouted excitedly: "Brother Xiaohe! Why are you here? Why didn't you call my dad so I can pick you up? "

Jiang Xiqiao reached out and rubbed his head, and replied with a smile: "It's okay, Jinghua sent me here!"

"Bin boy, do your eyes grow on the top of your head? If there are three people standing here, you can only see you brother Xiaohe?"

Zhao Jinghua jumped out of the driver's seat and slapped him on the head with his hand.

The boy of Bin Wazi who had been slapped on the forehead seemed to have just seen Zhao Jinghua at this moment, and reluctantly called out: "Brother Jinghua!"

Yin Ting, who came down last, saw Bin Wazi's stickiness to Jiang Xi, and immediately raised the alarm in his heart.

He quietly squeezed to Jiang Xiqiao's side, pretending to be kind and asked, "Who is this child?"

Zhao Jinghua was telling the children jumping up and down in the car to be careful, when he heard his question, he replied casually: "Xiaohe's cousin from afar!"

Unexpectedly, he got a glare from the child, and Bin Wazi retorted unhappily: "What distant relative? I'm brother Xiaohe's direct cousin, and it's written in the genealogy!"

Even Yin Tingwan, who was asking questions, was angered, and was directly pushed aside by the child from Jiang Xiqiao.

Instead of explaining in front of the children, Jiang Xiqiao took out the PSP that he bought a long time ago from the backpack behind him, knelt down and handed it to Bin Wazi, and said with a smile: "No, I promised you Game console!"

Bin Wazi happily took the game console, got excited and ran away, shouting while running: "Brother Xiaohe, go slowly, I'll go back and tell the second uncle!"

After the child had left, Jiang Xiqiao turned his head and explained to Yin Tingwan: "He is a child from my aunt's family, but his family name is also Jiang. From the perspective of genealogical relationship, there is no Wufu. So it makes sense to say it’s my cousin.”

"The relationship is so far away that we can be across the Milky Way. What kind of cousin is he?" Zhao Jinghua said sourly. Since childhood, this stinky boy has always been attached to Jiang Xiqiao. If others talk to Jiang Xiqiao more, he will Can stare at others for a long time.

"Really?" Yin Tingwan replied lightly on the surface, but in fact, he was extremely irritable at this time. If it weren't for the fact that Bin Wazi was still young, he might have chased after him to beat someone. .

There was only a small road in the village, and tricycles couldn't enter the village. Zhao Jinghua found a field on the side of the grain drying field at the head of the village to put the car away, and the three of them walked slowly to the second uncle's house with their things.

The second uncle of Jiangxi Bridge lives in the middle of the village. Apart from the ancestral hall, his family is the only one living here. Yin Ting lived in the city when he was a child. He has never seen such a simple village scene. Look east and west.

When approaching the second uncle's house, Jiang Xiqiao saw the familiar figure of the second uncle from a long distance away. It was obvious that the second uncle had received the letter and had been standing at the door waiting for them a long time ago!

Jiang Xiqiao trotted two steps in a hurry, walked quickly to the second uncle and called out "Second Uncle" obediently, while reaching out to help him, he also scolded: "Second Grandpa, you didn't keep the agreement, didn't you just say no? Can you come out to pick me up? It's so cold outside, you old man just sit and wait in the yard! It's only two steps to the left and right, so are you still worried about me getting lost?"

The second uncle happily listened to his chatter with his hands behind his back, and didn't interrupt him. When he finished speaking, he raised his chin and greeted Zhao Jinghua: "Boy Jinghua is here too?"

"Hello, Second Grandpa!" Zhao Jinghua and Jiang Xiqiao had also been to the Second Grandpa's house several times, but he was not at all restrained at the moment, and also followed Jiang Xiqiao to call out with a smile.

Yin Tingwan also followed behind Zhao Jinghua, and followed him in calling, "Second Grandpa, hello!" '

The second uncle saw Yin Tingwan just now, and after a rough look, he was startled by the young man's energy, then carefully looked at his standing posture, patted his thigh and shouted: "Okay!"

As he spoke, he went forward and took Yin Tingwan's hand, and praised with a smile: "Young man has a really good physique, are you interested in being a soldier?"

Seeing that his second uncle was going to replace the 'military' network talent again, Jiang Xiqiao hurried forward to change the subject: "Second grandfather, what is cooked in this pot?"

The other two people who had just entered the yard realized that there was a large stove set up in the yard at this time, the firewood in the stove was burning like thunder, and the white juice in the cauldron was boiling.

The second uncle reluctantly looked away from Yin Tingwan, turned around, took a spoon from the stone table beside him, and handed a bowl to Jiang Xiqiao: "Taste it! The freshly ground soybean milk in the morning is fresh." !"

Then he greeted the other two people: "If you want to taste it, do it yourself! You're welcome!"

Zhao Jinghua is quite familiar with this old gentleman's temper. When Xiaohe is around, he can give you a look, which is considered very kind.As for the hospitality, it would be better to give up as soon as possible.

If you meet someone he doesn't like, this old man can pick up a stick and drive you out of the courtyard—such as classmate Zhang Siyong.

He didn't treat himself as an outsider, he went up to get a bowl to scoop up soy milk, Yin Tingwan followed suit, and the three of them just took the bowl and drank it in the yard.

Not to mention, this freshly ground and drunk soy milk is delicious!Yin Tingwan thought while smacking his lips.

After filling their stomachs and satisfying their cravings, the three young men freed up their hands and brought into the house the New Year's goods that Grandma Jiang had prepared for the second uncle.

The second uncle just found a cabinet and asked them to put their things in it and it was over, but Jiang Xiqiao bought two taels of pork head meat and two bottles of old-fashioned Shanxi Fen wine from a stewed meat shop halfway up the road. strongly welcome.

Since someone came to help, the second uncle didn't show any politeness to them, and directly drove Zhao Jinghua to light the fire, and Yin Tingwan helped to start a fight. As for Jiangxi Bridge?The second uncle brought out a small round dustpan and asked him to sit on the stone bench to help him pick up the beans.

Making tofu is a hard job. You have to get up before dawn to grind beans. Even if the second uncle’s family has a little donkey to help pull the mill, it’s really hard for one person to grind beans, stir, heat, and strain the soybean milk.

Although Yin Tingwan didn't know how to make tofu, he was strong enough to help the second uncle carry heavy objects, stir the pot and so on.

The milky white soy milk was rolling in the pot. The second uncle looked at the color of the soy milk, put down the spoon in satisfaction, and asked Yin Tingwan to help pour all the soy milk in the pot into a large black pottery vat beside the pot. A bottle was brought out of the house.

The three young men all grew up in the city and had never seen how tofu was made before, so they all gathered around them driven by curiosity.

Bitten tofu with salt is also called chopping tofu. Chopping tofu is a technical job. If you put too little brine, you will not be able to chop it into chunks. If you put too much tofu, it will become bitter. In order to control the strength, you have to put the brine while stirring. Soy milk, stir until the soy milk starts to coagulate.

The second uncle’s family makes tofu by himself every 25 years. After so many years, the skill of ordering brine has long been familiar. Put the chopped tofu brains in a big basket, put stones on top, and wait for ten. It'll be over in a minute.

At noon, there is freshly made tofu, together with the rice cakes made a few days ago, and Fenjiu with the pork head meat, the taste is really delicious!

The four people on the left and right are all carnivores, so naturally no one cares about the fact that there are no vegetables on the table. After lunch, Jiang Xiqiao planned to take Yin Tingwan and Zhao Jinghua for a walk around the village. The second uncle got up in the morning It was early, just to take advantage of this time to catch up on returning to the cage.

The three of them agreed with the second uncle, closed the courtyard door, and followed Jiangxi Bridge into the village.

Dazhuang Village was originally called Tangjiagou instead of Dazhuang Village. Later, because too many residents moved in, the township government changed it to Dazhuang Village. As the name suggests, since it is called Tangjiagou, it is naturally because there is a small river in the village.

Except for this point, the houses in the village are built along the river ditch, and the houses in the village are distributed in a straight line. Except for the most central gathering place, there are also houses on the outer edge, but the distance is farther away!

In winter, the water level of the small river drops, and the fish and shrimp have long been hiding for the winter. Except for catching crabs along the dry part of the river, there is nothing to do, such as fishing, picking lotus seeds, and catching loach. Even if you go, there is nothing to do mean.

On the contrary, there is a large reed marsh not far from the river ditch, where there is constant water all year round, and a group of wild ducks live in the reed. Now that the weather is getting warmer, it is estimated that they have begun to lay eggs.

Thanks to the annual environmental protection publicity, everyone in the village knows that the wild ducks are protected animals, and no one wants to catch them. However, the children in the village like to call their friends every year when the 26th of the lunar calendar is approaching. Look for wild duck eggs in the reeds.

They are not like a gang of devils, after all, the original purpose is not to exchange money or provide food for the family.

When you find a wild duck nest, if you are lucky and come across duck eggs in the nest, each person will take one, as long as there are no less than 5 duck eggs in the nest.

The duck eggs are not taken for nothing. Every child who takes the duck eggs will put food from home near the wild duck nest. Most of them put a handful of rice, and some rich families put a white flour steamed bun.

Of course, not all children will look for wild duck eggs, and some who dislike the troublesome work will bring duck eggs from home.

But in the hearts of the children in Dazhuang Village, the duck eggs brought from home are naturally inferior to the wild duck eggs they have worked so hard to find from the reed marshes.

And the reason why the children in Dazhuang Village took so much trouble to find wild duck eggs is all because of a big event popular among minors in Dazhuang Village on the next 26th—burning eggs!