Seed beans

Bian Chunhan's heart skipped a beat.

In the past few years, there was a shortage of supplies, and each person in the family had two sets of clothes per season.The adults have been admonishing you to be careful about your clothes, so you can see kids with bare buttocks going up trees and down rivers everywhere in the mountains.In the past two years, there has been no shortage of cloth, and some people in the town have begun to sell ready-made clothes, but the Bian family is the same as most families in Lulin Village, and it is still the same as in previous years.

Bian Feng only felt a chill on his buttocks, and he stretched out his hand and turned around to touch it unconsciously. After a while, he pursed his mouth, "Sixth brother, it's broken."

"Come down soon." Bian Chunhan shouted.

Bian Feng glanced reluctantly at the golden-backed beetle that flew out with a "swish", and slid down from under the tree with two or three steps.

Bian Chunhan took it off for him to take a look, and his face became bitter.The trousers were not only torn at the seam, but also torn horizontally, which could not be concealed by one's own "skills".

When Bian Feng saw it, tears began to flow out.

Bian Chunhan shook his head, and said, "Shh, eighth brother, let's go back quickly. Sixth brother has secretly made up for you for a long time, so I don't want to cry."

"Okay, I can't say it." Bian Feng shook his chicken and was about to run back.

Bian Chunhan hurried to catch up and put on his torn pants first.

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Fang'e finished touching the things inside and outside the house, and carried a large basket of clothes to the pool for washing. She couldn't laugh or cry when she saw the little pants with two lumps sewn indiscriminately.

"You said that you don't wear your ass in clothes, you two silly boys! How can you change your eighth brother if you make it like this!"

The first half of the sentence was to Bian Feng, and the second half was to Bian Chunhan.

Liu Fang'e was drying the clothes, and the two brothers stood obediently by the side and were scolded.

"Sixth brother is a stinky hand. It's not good at all, but it's uncomfortable, mother, look!" Bian Feng turned around, grabbed the bottom of his pants and pulled them off, sticking up his buttocks for Liu Fang'e to see.

There were two red marks clearly printed on the little buttocks that had been tanned by the scorching sun of the summer that had just passed, and they were protruding.

"Should!" Liu Fang'e slapped Bianfeng's buttocks, "I told you to go out and play carefully, take care of your clothes, but if you don't remember, you will have to wait for the cold wind on your bare buttocks in the next half month."

Wu'er fell asleep, and Bian Chunhan managed to empty his hands. As long as he thought of the seven or eight large and small eels in the broken bucket, he couldn't help being happy, even if he was scolded, he would not be affected in the slightest.

The younger one didn't make sense at all, and the older one didn't know what he was being silly about. Liu Fang'e spent a long time drooling, but she had to give up, and finally let them go out to play with a wave of her hand.

Bian Chunhan immediately went into the room and hugged Wu'er, who was still asleep, and led Bian Feng straight to the ditch.

In the evening, Bian Yuan came back an hour early. When he was pulling weeds in the field, he turned over two hedgehogs from the bean field.

"Eat! Eat!"

Several smaller ones surrounded them, and Bian Xiashi's voice was the loudest.

"Okay, okay, I'll ask my mother to cook it for you to eat tonight. Come on, let me let you peel the skin." Bian Yuan walked towards the pond with a string of tails, "Huzi, take care of Qiumao and the others. Don't fall into the ditch."

Before dark, Bian Chunhan collected the fish baskets again, and when he came back just as everyone was going out, he couldn't help being happy when he heard that there was hedgehog meat to eat at night.

Before the hedgehog died, it screamed like a baby crying, and even the youngest Bian Xiashi was used to it.In the past two years, the food in the family has barely been enough to cover our mouths, and it is common to see no meat for several months.Wild animals such as hares, pheasants, and hedgehogs in the mountains are the best oil and water given by God.

Bian Chunhan made some stewed hedgehog broth and mixed it with porridge to feed Wu'er. Yesterday, all the little ones from Bian Chunhan himself had diarrhea a few times because of eating too much fried noodles, but Wu'er didn't care about anything. No, even Bian Cunzhi carried him upside down in a rare way, exaggerating.

"Father, call me when you wake up tomorrow morning, I want to go to town early."

Liu Fang'e asked: "You can't go to school? If you don't go to school, come back as soon as possible to help with work."

"Mom, I run fast. I come back early in the morning. I will definitely not be late for school." Bian Chunhan promised.

"No, you are so brave, you just want to go to town by yourself!" Bian Cunzhi also refused.

Bian Ming and his junior high school had to rush back for evening self-study on Sunday night. After lunch, Bian Cunzhi sent him out of the mountain.

Bian Chunhan stopped talking.

Bian Yuan glanced over and said, "Lao Liu, do you dare to try sneaking out alone again?"

Bian Chunhan shrank his shoulders.

"You're really ambitious!" Liu Fang'e froze for a moment, bent her fingers and nailed Bian Chunhan's head.

"Mother." Bian Yuan stopped Liu Fang'e, pondered for a moment, "Tomorrow I will go with my sixth brother."

"Alright, the sixth son is going to the vegetable market to sell his eels, let the boss go and have a look." Bian Cunzhi agreed, and the matter was settled.

Bian Cunzhi began to think about it a long time ago. If he only relies on the two seasons of harvest in the field, no matter how hard he suffers, he may not be able to pay for his sons. He will never be able to figure out a way to nest in this ravine. Go outside and have a look.

Bian Feng couldn't sit still, as soon as he heard his father agreed, he jumped up and clamored to go together.

"Tomorrow your sixth brother has to go back to school, so if we want to get up at night and run all the way, if you can get up and follow us to the town, you can follow, okay?" Bian Yuan asked.

Bian Changji, who was eager to try and prepare to make trouble with Bian Feng, was already deflated.

Bian Feng was a young man who didn't understand, so he agreed.

Bian Chunhan used to take Bian Feng to the toilet at night, and even got up several times a night with Wu'er.Wake up at night, when the cock crowed twice, Bian Chunhan got up lightly, and carefully surrounded Tata Wu'er in the innermost part of the big bed.

Last night, Bian Feng deliberately changed to Bian Chunhan outside before going to bed, and now he didn't even turn over, and was still snoring happily.

Bian Yuan woke up Bian Hu and explained a few words, and went out of the room with Bian Chunhan.

"what--"

The two brothers yawned big and long together against the cold air rushing towards them.

"Liu'er, let's hurry up. I want to go to the big vegetable market in Shachang Town. If there are one or two things that our family can grow and sell, I can ask Niangguang to plant a vegetable garden at home, which will save effort." Bian Yuan After wiping his face, he took out a few still warm potatoes from the ashes under the stove and said.

Bian Chunhan replied, "Yes."

There are two peaks in the vegetable market in the town. One is when the small vendors are looking for vegetable farmers to harvest vegetables, from two to three o'clock in the morning, and the other is when people rush to buy vegetables early, concentrated at six or seven o'clock.After these two hours, the vegetable market is deserted most of the time, and many vendors will even close their stalls.

Bian Yuan helped Bian Chunhan sell the eel, and took advantage of this gap to chat with the boss.

At that time, people were still very talkative, and they would not ridicule Bian Yuan because almost all of his questions were common-sense questions.

"You come from the mountains, right? It's not easy to come here. After the vegetable market is built, I will do business here. For those seasonal vegetables, anyone can dig a piece of land to eat for the whole family. The ones that sell better are rare vegetables shipped from outside. That’s what I’m going to tell you about. After that, the eight-wheeled trucks come once a week, bring a cart of vegetables, and take another cart of things away. My family collects them. These things are all picked out for them, but you don’t know what to bring. You pick up those potatoes and peanuts that you store for your home, and send them over, or try some rare things in the mountains. Let’s see other people’s bosses. Do you want……"

Bian Yuan thanked him repeatedly, and led Bian Chunhan out of the vegetable market that was gradually getting crowded.

"See, Liu'er, we've been in the mountains, we don't know what it's like outside, and we can't even sell some of the things we worked so hard to grow, so Dad gritted his teeth and told you brothers to study, you must study, You must study, and go outside to have a look after reading, otherwise you will be like a blind and deaf for the rest of your life, you know?"

Bian Chunhan complied ignorantly. At this time, he was only full of joy for the more than one dollar he just got.

Nature is always the most faithful responder of time.

When the last leaf on the tallest tree outside the yard of the Bian family was fluttering and falling, the first heavy snowfall of this winter arrived as expected.

In the past, Bian Chunhan never cared about the seasons, but now if someone asks, Bian Chunhan must grit his teeth and answer that he hates winter the most.

After Bian Chunhan sold the eels for the first time and got several catties of food, Bian Cunzhi took the money and asked Bian Yuan to buy twenty fish baskets in one go, and handed them over to Bian Hu and Bian Chunhan to take care of them. Bian Chunhan is given a share of the money from each sale, and Bian Hu also gets a small change.With this little money, Bian Chunhan bought rice noodles for Wu'er, tore cloth and asked Liu Fang'e to help make clothes, and a small blanket with big flowers printed on it specially for Wu'er.

"H, Han..."

Bian Chunhan straightened the man and let him stand on his lap for him to play.

That’s right, it’s gone in winter, not to mention that the ditches and ponds are frozen, even if the ice is smashed and the baskets are put down, there will be no fish.

"Aah!"

Bian Bo kicked his legs from the other side of the bed and screamed, asking Bian Chunhan to help him up to play.

As the New Year's Eve approached, it snowed heavily all night outside, making it difficult to distinguish the road in the mountains.The Bian family simply locked the door, and the whole family hid in the bedroom to keep warm.A brazier was lit in the room, and from time to time, a puff of green smoke would come out, and it was necessary to fiddle with it when sitting on the edge beside it.There is a basket of peanuts on the small table against the wall, and anyone who wants to eat can burn a few.

Bian Chunhan took off his thick cotton trousers and cotton coat and stayed with Wu'er and Bian Bo on the bed. The two little ones hadn't gone out for more than ten days because they didn't have enough thick cotton coats.

"Brother, brother, brother!" Bian Chunhan teased Bian Bo.

"Brother! Brother—ah!" Tata Wuer responded.

Bian Bo is one year old and two months old, and he hasn't spoken yet, but Wu'er, who is not yet one year old, goes to school with Bian Chunhan all day long and can already speak a few words.

"Ahhhhh!" Bian Bo cried out while pointing at the peanut basket.

"Ahhhhh, I just know if I want to eat it." Liu Fang'e handed over two and said.

She was holding a pair of Bian Xiashi's old trousers in her hand, and she was going to make them smaller for Bian Bo to wear when they warmed up. Several patches had been made on the back of the trousers and on the knees, so she had to be very careful when changing them.There are many brats in the family, so whenever Liu Fang'e is free, she never leaves her hands with needlework.

Children dare not eat whole peanuts for fear of choking.Bian Chunhan got used to feeding Wu'er, so he chewed it a few times for Bian Bo.