The He Family Brother of Farming

The Chinese New Year is the busiest time in the village every year, especially the children. Although everyone knows it, it is true. It is difficult to wear new clothes at ordinary times, even some people are not sure about it, but Lishan Village has been doing well in the past two or three years, so those who have children are willing to pull some new cloth for their family members and make new clothes for them, so that they can be decent when visiting relatives during the Chinese New Year.

Maybe He He suffered a lot from the injury and was afraid of the cold, so in the past few years, the He family always prepared a lot of firewood in the winter, just in case he would catch the cold. Although the doctor said that he was well-fed this year, after a few years, he got used to it. He still had one more brazier in his room than others, so He He's room was quite warm.

The two braziers were placed one at the head of the bed and one at the end of the bed, and the firewood chopped into sections or pieces was placed in the corner under the window, but this way the window could not be closed, as He He did at the beginning I thought about building a kang, but I didn't bring it up in the end.

Zhang Lian now picks out some large pieces of charcoal when lighting a fire, and saves them up for him to burn at night. Although this kind of charcoal is not as useful as the specially made ones, it is more convenient than burning firewood directly.

Tomorrow is the first day of Chinese New Year. Originally, He He planned to go outside to help his mother prepare dinner for tonight's New Year's Eve, but then he went back to his room and lay down on the bed to rest. He woke up in a daze when he heard the crowing of chickens and ducks.

He raised his head and glanced out of the window, and found that the light outside was a bit dim, and it looked like it was going to be dark. After staring at it blankly for a while, he suddenly came back to his senses. He turned over and sat up quickly, and found that the brazier was almost extinguished. No wonder he felt a little It's cold.

Use tongs to clamp the excess firewood into a brazier, leave the one at the end of the bed alone, and walk out of the room with it.

The yard was quite busy. He Erhe Tian was squatting at the door of the kitchen and was shedding chickens and ducks. There were also some sounds from the kitchen, which should be his mother inside.

He He walked over and said, "Brother, why don't you ask me to help?"

Hearing the voice, He Erhe Tian looked back at the same time and saw him standing behind him with a sleepy face and messy hair, he couldn't help laughing: "Are you awake?"

He He gently swayed the brazier from side to side to make it burn easily, and then stopped when flames came out of it, and then placed it between the two of them before replying, "I accidentally fell asleep before, where is Xiaorui?"

"Sleeping inside." He Er moved his position, looked up at the dark sky, turned his head to speed up his hand, and said in his mouth, "Xiao He, go in and have a look, don't kick the quilt again, It’s been a while since your brother went to see it just now.”

Hearing this, He He hurriedly walked towards their room. If you accidentally kicked the quilt in this cold weather, you could easily catch a cold and get sick.

There is also a charcoal fire in the room, so it doesn't look that cold, but the light is very dark, and the windows are not glass windows, which is always much worse.Carefully walked to the side of the bed and opened his eyes wide. Fortunately, he soon got used to the brightness. Little He Rui was still sleeping soundly while lying on her back. It was just that her left foot was sticking out. He He rubbed her hand before being careful. Stuffed her little feet back into the quilt, and then covered her carefully with the quilt. After waiting for a while, thinking that she would not wake up, she added two pieces of charcoal to the brazier, and then turned around and left the room.

The chicken's feathers tend to fall off easily, so when He He came back, the chicken was already healed, and He Tianzheng turned around to help his father pluck the feathers together, and when he came out alone, he knew that little He Rui was still sleeping.

He He came over to have a look and found that there was nothing that needed his help, so he went into the kitchen. As soon as he entered, he saw that his mother was busy. The two pots on the stove were in use, and there was also a pot on the stove, and there was some smoke in it. Lingering, fortunately the kitchen window was big enough, so he hurried over to take the tongs from his mother.

"Mom, let me help you."

"It's Xiaohe, wake up? Are you hungry?"

Perhaps it was because of the fire, and the steam coming out of the pot, the temperature in the kitchen was much higher, and Zhang Lian was still a little sweaty when looking at the three pots alone, but seeing When the son came in, he just smiled and asked if he was hungry.

"Mother, you should wake me up, how can one person be so busy?"

"Hehe, it's fine, besides, isn't there your father and the others? How is Rui'er?"

Seeing his mother like this, He He was a little discouraged, and while helping to light the fire, he replied: "I went to check just now, and I'm still sleeping."

"Well, that's fine, I can eat when I wake up." She looked down at her son, and saw that his face was still the same with his head lowered slightly, but Zhang Lian knew that he must be a little unhappy now, so she pursed her lips. She smiled and said, "Didn't Rui'er sleep too? Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to sleep so comfortably. Now I'm going to help your mother."

He He touched his nose and concentrated on helping to light the fire.

This kind of scene happened in every house during this time period. If you look from a distance, you can see smoke coming out of the roofs of every house, but today is a bit different. The hills in the distance have been covered by thick fog, which is the village. Houses are slowly being shrouded in fog.

By chance, I saw that the courtyard was also covered by mist and only some shadows could be seen. He He couldn't help but frowned. Could it be that it was getting dark?But the fog is too big, right?

Looking at the figure of He Er and He Tian who could still be seen clearly, He He put down the tongs and walked to the door and said to the two of them: "Father, brother, the fog is getting thicker and thicker, let's go back to the house and do it."

Hearing this, He Er and his son also looked up, and only then did they notice the thick fog.

"Why is there such a heavy fog all of a sudden?"

He Er looked down at the duck in his hand, and it was almost ready, so he turned to him and said, "We're ready now, you go in quickly."

Although the fog was a bit abnormal, the New Year's dinner of the He family tonight was still very rich, with a lot of chicken, duck and fish, which is not something ordinary farmers can eat. The ducks are wild ducks sent by Ye Lin, yes He Er didn't refuse to accept it with a smile, but he also asked He Tian to send a chicken over.

Meals were also placed on the Eight Immortals table in the main room, the incense in the incense burner was also lit, and an oil lamp was lit in one corner, and another table was placed in front of the Eight Immortals table, which was also filled with meat and vegetables. The whole family sat together, Having a happy reunion dinner is worth more than anything else.

Because of the heavy fog outside, the door of the main room had to be closed. There was also a brazier burning in the corner, and a basin was placed under the table, so it was not afraid of the cold.

"Come on, Xiaotian and Xiaohe each have a chicken leg. After today, you will be one year older. May the coming year be safe and healthy, and your mother and I will feel at ease."

As soon as they sat down, He Er put a big chicken drumstick in their bowls for each of the brothers, and Zhang Lian smiled and nodded in agreement.

He Tian hurriedly poured a glass of rice wine for He Er, poured half a glass himself, raised it up and said to them, "Father, mother, my son also wishes you two all wishes come true in the new year, and that your brothers and sisters are safe and happy." .Father, I respect you." After speaking, he took a sip first.

"Hey, good!" He Er and Zhang Lian agreed happily, and He Er also picked up the cup and drank.

He He stood up and took a piece of breast meat for his parents: "Dad and mother, I hope our family can have more than every year, and every year we have the present." Then he turned to He Tiandao, "Brother, I also hope that you can find a good wife this year." , Xiaorui grows up healthy and safe."

He Tian didn't know whether it was the problem of drinking or what he said. Under the oil lamp, his face was flushed, and he groaned for a long time without uttering a word of retaliation. He He had already sat down calmly.

The smile on He Er and Zhang Lian's face got bigger, and He Er stretched out his hand to pat He Tian's shoulder, and echoed with a big smile: "Xiao He is right, Xiao Tian has to work harder, wait a few days , let your mother help you find someone, how about you tell me what you like?"

"..." He Tian's face was almost buried under the table, but he heard that his mother was also there.

"That's right, if you have someone you like, tell your mother, and mother will find someone to talk to, if it's from a good family, you should settle it sooner, look at your brother Xiaohe, why don't you decide on Linzi? "Xu Shi was in a really good mood, and he was able to tease face to face like this.

He He grabbed the chicken leg and took a bite, then nodded and echoed his mother's words: "That's right, if you see it, you have to act quickly, otherwise others will strike before you."

Hearing what he said, the other three people paused for a moment, and then He Er and his wife laughed again. He Tian looked at him speechlessly, really daring to say anything.

Little He Rui sat in a special chair, similar to a modern children's chair. She also grabbed a piece of skin in her hand and pulled it slowly with her baby teeth. Seeing everyone laughing, she turned her little head from side to side to look, and then followed suit. She laughed, and she seemed to have a little habit of kicking her legs when she was happy. If Zhang Lian hadn't been stepping on her heels, she might have kicked over the chair.

Regardless of his small size, weight and strength seem to be in direct proportion.

He Er looked at the three children, and smiled even more freely. He tapped the wine glass with chopsticks maliciously, and then stretched it to the mouth of little He Rui. His father also brought something for her to eat, so this time was not an exception, and then wrinkled his little face in the next second, leaned back, spit out the chopsticks, followed by spitting, making his chin wet all at once Yes, fortunately, I put a bib on her before, of course He He asked his mother to make this thing.

He Er smiled even more happily when he saw him. Zhang Lian patted him casually, then pushed his arm away and quickly took a handkerchief to help his daughter wipe it clean. Because tonight is the New Year's Eve, Zhang Lian didn't say anything and looked at it, and everyone finally laughed too.

He Er rubbed his nose with a smirk, and said to his wife and sons, "Hurry up and eat, or you'll get cold if you don't eat."

As he spoke, he came back with chopsticks first, and He He and the others also started to eat.

The He family's dinner table is relatively casual, chatting while eating, talking and laughing like this, and eating a New Year's Eve dinner for a long time, it is very lively.It's just that the later it gets colder, He Er and Zhang Lian asked He Tian and He He to go back to sleep earlier, and little He Rui fell asleep again in the middle of the journey.

Zhang Lian added some oil to the oil lamp on the table of the Eight Immortals, and cut off the wick, leaving only a little bit to let it burn slowly. There is no need to clean up the things, just use a self-made cover to cover it, and the whole family will go rest.

The weather is cold, and it is easy for people to fall asleep, so He He, who was awakened by a string of firecrackers in the distance in the middle of the night, just turned over and didn't get up, but he still knew that his brother should be Got up, because he heard the voice of him talking to their father, although it was very low, it should be that his father had come back from the temple.

So with the preparation in mind, he silently pulled up the quilt to cover his ears as much as possible.

Sure enough, the next moment, the sound of firecrackers sounded from the middle of the village. As long as one family fired firecrackers, the village began to sound one after another.

At the beginning, He He was so noisy that he was directly covered in the quilt. Thinking that it has been the fifth year since he came here, the sound of firecrackers outside was far from the same as in his previous life. It stopped after a while at most. Thinking this way, he slowly fell asleep to the sound of firecrackers in the next moment, and slept until dawn.

I don’t know if the heavy fog last night was driven away by the sound of firecrackers or it dissipated naturally. When He He got up, it was gone. Well, there are still some white gauze wrapped around the top of the mountain in the distance, which looks very beautiful up.

Standing in front of the window, he took a deep breath, but he almost didn't get choked by the humid air. It was obvious that he got up late today, so he was too lazy to go out to exercise. He was about to turn around and leave when he caught sight of someone in the corner of his eye. There was a figure, so he touched his chin, turned around, took a coat and ran out.

"It's a bit late today."

Ye Lin, who was running seriously, heard the sound and looked back, then slowed down and waited for him to catch up, before replying: "Well, I got up late today."

"Where's Ye Sen?" He He looked around, but didn't see any other figures.

"He's still sleeping, so I won't call him for Chinese New Year today."

"The plan of the day lies in the morning. He can't do this. If he can't hold on to the examination room in the future, it will be in vain."

Looking at him from the side, Ye Lin said solemnly, the smile on Ye Lin's face became wider and wider: "Well, it's not bad, I will call it tomorrow."

The two chatted while jogging, maybe it was the first day of junior high school, and the villagers hadn't gotten up much yet, so the two ran around the village without meeting many people.

"Would you like to have breakfast at my house?"

When he passed by He's house again, He He stopped and asked, Ye Lin thought for a while and shook his head and said: "Not today, you go in first, Xiao Mori and I will come to celebrate the New Year later."

Hearing that He He didn't insist, he nodded, "That's it for now, you should go back soon."

"Okay, I'll go back and change my clothes before coming back, you go in."

He He nodded and walked towards the house, but was stopped when he was about to enter the door.

"Xiaohe."

Turning around suspiciously, seeing the other party striding over, he took his hand and stuffed something for him, before he could see what it was, the man had already ran away quickly, leaving only two words "send you" in the ear.

Stupidly waiting for the person to run far away, he came back to pay attention to the thing in his hand. It turned out to be a small dagger. It was so dark that it was not clear what material it was made of, but it was probably for decoration because it was so small. , I don't know when and where he got it.

"What are you looking at, giggling like this?"

His brother's voice suddenly sounded behind him, and He He quickly clenched his fists and turned around: "It's nothing...brother, you're up too."

He Tian looked up and down, and didn't really believe what he said, but he didn't ask any more questions: "Yes, are you running back? I seem to have heard Lin Zi's voice just now, did you go together?"

"Well, we met halfway." He He admitted generously, and said as he stepped through the door, "Did mom and dad wake up too?"

"Get up." He Tian followed him back to the courtyard, "I wanted to go before, but I got up late today."

"What's wrong with missing one or two times? I just want to get better. I'm so hungry. I'll go and have a look and prepare something to eat."

"Mother is already busy, you should go back and change your clothes first, before you get sick."

He He paused as he walked toward the kitchen, then turned a corner and walked to his room: "Then I'll come out later."

I went back to the room and closed the door, and pressed the part of my heart that was beating rapidly. It was only at this time that I realized that my hand had been clenched tightly, and I hurriedly opened my hand, and the palm of my hand was imprinted.

After staring at it for a few seconds, I stuffed it under the pillow, turned around and went to the closet to get some clothes out and change.The wardrobe was quite large, but his clothes didn't increase much. Zhang Lian also made new clothes for them during the Chinese New Year. He He took them out and looked at them, his eyes brightened, but it's Chinese New Year, forget it.

But before they had breakfast, the children who got up early in the village had already started visiting each household to pay New Year's greetings.There are not many people in the village, and the children usually watch less, but suddenly a few of them come together like this, and they find that there are actually quite a lot, and places with more children will always be more lively.

On a day like today, everyone will open the door early in the morning, so that it is convenient for children to come to pay New Year’s greetings. Some people think that the more children come, the more blessings this year, so they are not stingy to give the children some candy seeds .

But this year, Ye Chenghe's two families are the most popular besides the village chief's, because the food prepared by these two families is much more delicious than others, and there are more types, and they can be eaten casually.

Before He He changed his clothes, several children came to the house, chirping and saying New Year's greetings to their families. He Er and Zhang Lian also responded with a smile. When he came out, the family had already come It's the second and third batch.

Xu saw that there were too many people coming, and those who came earlier were embarrassed to stay any longer, so they left one after another and ran to the next family, but when they saw He He coming out, they would call Xiaohe, brother He and so on.

He He also greeted them, and some of them felt strange to him... But during the Chinese New Year, everyone greeted people with smiles, so he eased up a little, and those children were somewhat less afraid.

After calling the children around, it was almost noon before their family started preparing for breakfast.

"By the way, Xiaohe Xiaotian, why don't you follow to pay New Year's greetings?"

Sitting down and preparing to eat, he heard He Er's question. The two brothers, He He and He Tian, ​​looked at each other. He He picked up a piece of green vegetables and came back before answering: "Let's wait until after dinner."

He Tian also nodded and said, "I can do it."

"Then hurry up and eat." Zhang Lian hurriedly helped them pick up the food.

The two brothers were noncommittal and began to bury their heads in eating. They were very hungry after so long.

In the end, the two brothers didn't go to many houses, they just went to Ye Dashan and He Yong's family, mainly because they felt that they were out of the scope of adults, so they were not compared with those children... In the end, it was naturally Ye's family.

When I came over, I found that they seemed to have just finished eating.

"Uncle Ye, happy new year, uncle, we are here to wish you a happy new year."

"Haha, good!" Seeing them, Ye Cheng smiled and said yes repeatedly, calling them to come in, "Come in, you're welcome."

Li Ran hurriedly poured water for them, and put snacks and candies in front of them, "Have you eaten yet? Why don't you eat at Uncle's." He said that he was about to arrange food.

He Tian hurriedly called out: "Don't be busy, uncle, we came here after eating."

I looked around and didn't find Ye Lin and Ye Sen, so I asked: "Did Lin Zi and the others go to pay New Year's greetings too? It seems that we came here by coincidence."

"Well, I've been out for a while, I thought they were looking for you."

"I guess I missed it." He He spread his hands and said, "But we didn't go here for long, and we wanted to get together with them before going."

Li Ran looked at him and smiled, and stuffed a handful of melon seeds into his hand, "Then wait a while, I think they will be back soon."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Sen rushed in from the outside, and when he saw He Tian and He He sitting at home, he turned around happily and shouted to his brother: "Brother, I just said that Xiaohe Miao and the others are here, you Isn't it right here?"

He happily came in and took a seat next to He He. He had been away from home for too long last year and rarely saw everyone. Although he made a lot of new friends, he still missed the He family brothers and the others.

Ye Lin followed in unhurriedly, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, Ye Sen looked up, and then changed his position with a little grievance, his brother is really, he hasn't seen Xiao Xiao for a long time I'm sorry for them, I want to chat a little more.

Facing his younger brother's grievances, his father and his friend's teasing smiles, Ye Lin sat down in Ye Sen's original seat without changing his face, He He didn't respond, and he helped pour a glass of water quite naturally .

"Have you finished walking just now?" Passed the water over.

"No, I went to your house." I took it and drank it, and helped peel it with melon seeds.

"Oh, then we'll go together again later." Naturally, he reached out to grab the shelled ones and eat them.

"Yeah." In the end, he simply took all the unshelled ones in his hand.

"..."

Seeing the conversation and actions of the two as if there was no one there, He Tian and Ye Sen wanted to cover their faces, why did they have to be left beside them?