The He Family Brother of Farming

"White horses pass by and time flies by."

With the bright sun above his head, he squinted his eyes and looked at the mountains that could not be seen from the beginning to the end. Sitting on the swaying bullock cart, the young man suddenly said this sentence, and then smiled silently, listening to it in his ears. Drowsy to the sound of cicadas chirping by the roadside.

Indeed, more than five years have passed in a flash.

The sun is shining brightly, the green leaves are shaded, the chirping of birds in the forest is crisp, and the field below the mountain is full of orange and yellow. The busy crowd in the field will occasionally say a few words, mixed with some regular rattling sounds, but it is also very lively.

A bullock cart wandered towards the entrance of the village, and a group of children who were playing at the entrance of the village noticed it immediately. He rushed up to the ox cart, still shouting loudly: "Second Brother, Second Brother~"

When the young man driving saw them, he quickly patted the back of the cow, and the cow flicked its tail and stopped slowly.

The two children rushed to the front of the car, climbed into the car with both hands and feet, and surrounded the young man one by one and sat down. The girl with a fleshy face on the left pulled his sleeve and asked sweetly: "Second Brother, have you bought candy for Rui'er?"

"Yes, there's me, and mine?" The one on the right is a little guy with no less flesh on his face than a girl.

He He looked down at the two of them and couldn't help softening their expressions. He rubbed their little heads with each hand and said, "I bought it, it's in the back, and I'll give it to you when I get home, but you have to be obedient now, and those who don't are obedient." No share."

"Rui'er is obedient." He Rui wiped her face with the back of her hand, yes, the little cat is fresh out of the oven.

"Guoguo is also obedient." Yeguo also expressed softly.

Looking at them, He He's mood improved a lot, "Well, you two are good boys, let's go, let's go home first and sit down."

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt that the clothes on his side were tightly grasped, and he couldn't help showing a shallow smile. The wooden stick in his hand lightly knocked on the back of the ox, and the next second the ox cart started moving again. The second child walked towards the house slowly, leaving behind the envious faces of the children at the entrance of the village.

"That's great, I want to ride an ox cart too." The child Yun said enviously while pointing his fingers.

"Yeah, but my mother said she wanted to save up money for my brother to marry a wife, so much." The other sniffed and agreed, and gestured with his hand to show how much more.

"What is a daughter-in-law?" A little boy who was as small as them asked suspiciously.

The snot boy who was asked also looked blank: "I don't know, do you know?"

"I think it should be food to spend so much money."

"Well, I think so too."

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Lishan Village has undergone some changes in the past few years, the most obvious one is the mountain road outside the village, which has been repaired one after another, making it much easier to walk than before, especially the pine slope outside, which has completely turned into a fruit forest. Although it also belonged to He Eryecheng's family, but because the village earned some money from it, after all, they were hired to help plant trees and pick fruits, and they were still paid, so the envy of the two families was envy. , I am still very grateful.

The roads in the village have also been repaired and become flat and wide, allowing ox carts to pass easily, and the number of residents in the village has also expanded.

Some things have changed, while others remain the same, only slightly older.

As soon as the bullock cart approached the courtyard gate, the two little ones jumped out of the cart and ran towards the gate, lying on the door and slapping it loudly, shouting softly, "Sister-in-law, the second brother is back, Open the door~"

Because the speed is not fast, and besides, the children in the village are used to being wild, so He He was not frightened by the actions of the two children, but he still paid attention to them. Now seeing their movements, he couldn't help but shake his head, but let the cattle speed up a little. As soon as he reached the door, the people inside probably came out to open the door immediately after hearing the sound, so the door opened just as soon as he arrived at the courtyard.

"Xiaohe, are you back?"

"Well, I'm back." He He said with a faint smile, "Xiaoxi, you've lost weight again, are you still unable to eat?"

It was Zhang Xiaoxi who opened the door and came out. His eyes were already full of tears at this moment, but he nodded and shook his head when he heard his words, with a smile on his face, and a little excited to come over. He He stepped forward and slightly She bent down and stretched her arms to hug him gently, and patted his back to comfort him: "Okay, haven't I come back now? Don't cry, don't cry and hurt your body, if you come back and see you, you should say I Bullied you."

"Pfft——" Xiaoxi was amused by him, holding his belly lightly in his hands, smiling shyly and happily, and without forgetting to hold He He's hand, he turned around and walked towards the door, "Let's go in and talk, just come back , everyone in the family is worried... it will be fine when you come back."

Halfway through the speech, he realized something was wrong, so he could only laugh embarrassedly, and He He also knew what he meant, so he didn't say anything, and slightly broke away from his hand to support him, "Slow down, you are heavy now. "

He Rui Yeguo opened the gate at the back, and the cow swayed in, pulling the cart in. He He helped Xiaoxi into the house and sat down first, then came out to take the things in, and then stuffed some candies To the two little ones who were waiting eagerly, "Don't eat too much, or the little teeth will be gone."

When He Rui heard this, she quickly covered her mouth with her hands, and looked at her second brother with big eyes blinking. The second brother said before that because she ate a lot of sweets, her small teeth looked ugly.

Ye Guo turned her little head, wanting to take it but was afraid, her little face was very troubled.

Xiaoxi saw it was funny, and hurriedly comforted them: "Okay, let's eat it all, the second brother is teasing you, it's okay to eat a little."

After listening to him, the two men breathed a sigh of relief, quickly took it and went to the side to eat candy.

"This is dried plums. Try it and see if it suits your appetite." He He took a bag of plums and handed it over.

Xiaoxi took it, but he still couldn't hold back and said, "Don't you still have the ones you made at home? Why waste money to buy them?"

"What's the matter, you have to try what others have made to know where the taste gap is, so that we can improve in the future."

"Well, I can't say no to you." Xiaoxi was a little helpless, but he still opened it and took a piece of fruit to taste, "It's not bad, but it's a little more sour than what you made."

He He looked at his slightly showing stomach, and then saw that he took another pill and put it into his mouth, the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily, and he was glad that he didn't listen to shopkeeper Liu and try it before, otherwise he would probably be soured to death.

Sure enough, pregnant women... Pregnant women have unique tastes.

Looking at his expression, Xiaoxi knew what he was thinking, and couldn't help laughing secretly in his heart, thinking how he would taste that taste himself in the future... His smile froze suddenly, and the movement of his hand stopped. That's just my own thinking, otherwise I should really slap myself.Carefully paying attention to He He's expression, he said, "Xiaohe, after driving for such a long time, do you want to go back and rest for a while? Parents and the others probably won't come back until a while later."

Although He He didn't know what he thought of and became like this, he was indeed a little tired from driving the ox cart all the way today, so he followed his words and prepared to go to rest.

"Alright, I will cook the meals after I get up. You should pay more attention to rest. It is important to maintain your health now."

Xiaoxi nodded and agreed, knowing that everyone in this family really cares about him, so he won't be brave, if he wouldn't be so obedient before, but now for the sake of the child in his stomach, he'd better be 'lazy' .

Thinking of missing a child two years ago because he was always worried that he could not do well, he was always busy with other things and refused to listen to everyone, he still feels deeply guilty about the family and the child who had no fate , Fortunately, there are again now, otherwise he really doesn't know how to face them.

He clearly knows how good the He family is, and he won't treat him badly just because he is a brother, but he is always worried that what he did is not good enough, and he married He Tian only after going through such a thing. , always extremely inferior in his heart, but this hurt his children and new family members.

He He pressed his shoulder a little harder, pulled him back to his senses, and said: "Okay, let the past pass, we should look forward, don't think about it, as long as you are well, we will be at ease .”

"Well, good." Xiaoxi quickly wiped away the tears that shed unconsciously with the back of his hand, and said choked up, "I know, I will protect myself well." I will not make that kind of mistake again.

"It's right to think so, let's go, I'll help you back to your room, or do you want to go back to my room and sleep with me?"

Xiaoxi thought for a while, and said a little embarrassedly: "Can I go to your place? I don't want to be alone."

He He nodded, and then greeted the two little ones at the door: "You two hurry up and wash up, and then go to sleep at my place."

"understood."

He Rui Yeguo replied in unison, and then ran to wash her hands and face. It was the best thing to be able to sleep with the second brother, so the two of them moved very quickly.

When the He family came back from work in the evening, they felt relieved to see He He. Zhang Lian took his hand and said it straight away, which made He He a little guilty. Seeing everyone's worried and happy expressions, he solemnly promised: "Father, mother!" , Uncle Ye, Uncle, I will never go out without saying anything next time, it won't be like last time... I just went to the town to talk to shopkeeper Liu about something, so everyone is worried."

Ye Cheng looked at him, opened his mouth but only sighed in the end, Li Ran also took his hand with red eyes and patted and patted, not knowing what to say.He Er and Zhang Lian looked at the two of them, and it was even more difficult to say anything. He Tian Xiaoxi also looked at each other, and they both saw helplessness and worry in each other's eyes.

The room fell silent for a moment, and it was He He who broke the silence first: "Why do you look like this? Come on, let's eat quickly, everyone has been busy for a day, and you are very tired, go back to rest early after eating."

"Xiaohe..."

"Mother, I'm fine, really." He He first picked a piece of meat for his mother, and then gave Li Ran a piece of meat, "I will eat it too, don't worry, I will find him, don't worry."

Li Ran couldn't hold it back when he heard it, and hurriedly turned his back and wiped the corners of his eyes, then turned around and forced a smile and said, "...Okay, I'll eat, and everyone will eat too. We will continue to work tomorrow."

After a meal, everyone finished eating with different tastes, but they didn't have any interest in chatting after that, and they were really tired after a busy day, so they separated.

……

He He wiped his hair with a dry cloth towel, while looking out the window in a daze.

The moon is very bright tonight. Sitting in front of the window, you can still see the nearby things clearly, but the mountains and forests in the distance look gloomy under the bright white moonlight, which will only make people feel more depressed.

Raising his hand to touch his chest, he took it out from his undershirt, and it looked even darker under the moonlight. He untied the knot and slowly held Mosuo in his hand. It seemed that the thing that the man stuffed him at that time appeared in front of his eyes again. scenario.

"Five years..." Looking at the full moon in the sky, his face was cold, and a low murmur dissipated in the night wind.

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He thought that he would just live like this forever, and after a few years he would marry that person and form a family. There might be quarrels or fights, but he would always live like this with his family, farming on weekdays, Start a small business, go hunting in the mountains if you want to eat game...

It's a pity that it started to rain just after the Chinese New Year that year. Fortunately, it was only a drizzle, and everyone thought it was a little early, but in the end it was a heavy rainstorm, and in the middle of the year, there was no rain for several months in a row. Seeing a drop of rain, but everyone didn't panic too much. After all, this place is deep in the mountains, so they are not so afraid of drought, but they are worried about another kind.

Sure enough, not long after, the yamen came. It is said that the situation in the north is dire and the neighboring countries are not stable... Fortunately, there is only one person in each household. Originally, Ye Chengheer planned for them to go, but at that time he found Li Ran Suddenly there was another one, He Tian Yelin said that it was good for them to go, anyway, they were just old enough, and the family still needed their father and the others to take care of them. Seeing how determined the two were, he had no choice but to agree in the end.

"I'll definitely be back."

The man's words sounded in his ears again in a trance, He He pursed his lower lip, and the small dagger in his hand unconsciously became more and more forceful.

Then a year passed, and although it was drought for a year, Lishan Village was not affected too much, but there was less movement between the villages; Son, and those two people have no news.

In the next year, in September, it finally rained again, and the mountain forest that had been dry for two years was relieved, but the villagers still didn't have any smiles on their faces.

During this year, He Daniu's daughter-in-law of He Yong's family became pregnant again, and his mother was so happy that she must have been blessed by his father He Yong in the distance; The longan was not sent to the town, but was stored; Ye Sen took the children's examination and passed the children's examination, and Hu Zi did not bad in the examination.

He also knew all the characters and could write letters, but he didn't know where to send them... Then another year passed, and the two still didn't come back.

In the third year, the weather basically returned to normal.Ye Feng, the eldest son of Ye Dashan's family, got married, but it was a pity that his father was missing during the worship, so he said that it would be good to make up after his father came back. The original life was like this.

Finally, near the end of that year, most of the people who went out in the village came back, and the family members surrounded them, crying and laughing.

He Tian was also among them. Although he had grown a lot taller, he was so thin that a gust of wind could blow him away. Zhang Lian hugged him and cried loudly. In fact, everyone was in the same mood at the time.

It's just that some people are happy and some are sad. In the end, the village was infected by the sadness of those families who didn't come back. During that time, the village was filled with sadness, crying, and white sandpaper floating in the mountains and fields.

That person was also among those who did not come back.

In the fourth year, old man Zhang disappeared, and then something happened. By chance, He Tian and Zhang Xiaoxi got married, and in the same year, they missed their first child who had no fate.At that time, he also secretly followed shopkeeper Liu's acquaintance to the north. Unfortunately, the north is too big, and even if he asked many people, he couldn't find out about that person.

I didn't return until the middle of last year, and then at the end of the year, after the new year, I still didn't come back.

People in the village already thought that it was probably gone, because there were several families who had not come back and thought so.

"Do you really have no news about him?" Perhaps this sentence is the one they ask the most, but the answer they get is either shaking their heads or not saying these two words.

He Tian also answered the most.

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"Oh, Xiaohe is back?"

"Yes."

Before the weather was so hot, He He took the two little tails behind him to herd cattle and sheep by the water, and washed clothes by the way. Those who met on the road who were rushing to go to the fields would ask this question, and He He would also be good-tempered Answered, and then left with the two little ones.

Looking at his back, the villagers would always shake their heads and sigh: "It's all God's fault."

Some gloated: "Hmph, why are you pretending to be noble? Wait two years and see who dares to take him?"

"Could it be that Aunt Sancheng was right? Is he really a broom star?"

"Shh - keep your voice down, it's not good for people to hear."

"Cut! I heard it when I heard it. Anyway, this is what everyone thinks. Otherwise, you can see that everyone else has come back. Why didn't the Ye family boy come back?"

"Isn't He Tian coming too? I feel that if I have the strength to chat here, I might as well go to help, get up, and don't take up the floor if I don't wash it."

"What's it called? It's just a broken place. You like to wash it, huh!"

……

These people still haven't changed, they often whisper to themselves, but they always want to be heard by people all over the world. He He didn't refute and argue about this, maybe the topic about him never stopped, and he Don't you still come here?