planting fields, raising children

When Mother Jiang heard that Jing Xing was going to see the barren mountain with Xiao Yang, she immediately objected, saying that he couldn't run around in such a critical time, and what would happen if he accidentally fell.

Jing Xing had no choice but to say, "Mom, why don't I go and have a look here? Even though grandma and you are here, I still have to understand the situation, so I can't be blind. Besides, I'm really strong. You went to the ground when you were pregnant with the mountains." Work, I'll just walk around and be fine."

"How can this be the same? A man's body is not designed to do this, so it hurts his body. If there is a mistake, you will regret it. Your father has been in poor health since he gave birth to you. Why don't you take care of yourself?" You will be like him if you raise them." Mother Jiang felt that this was not pleasant to say, and patted her thigh in frustration, "Oh, what do I tell you, anyway, when you have children, you have to take it easy. Now How can people compare with us in the past, when your younger sibling was pregnant, I didn't let her go to work in the fields."

But after saying this, the two felt even more embarrassed.Although everyone accepted the fact that he was pregnant, this kind of thing was too unimaginable, so it was inevitable to feel awkward. "Mom, I'm just walking around. I'm not doing any heavy work. With Yangzi here, nothing will happen. Don't worry about it."

As Jing Xing said, he was about to pull Xiao Yang out, but Jiang's mother hurriedly stopped her, "Oh, why don't you listen to your child, you can't wear this if you really want to go."

Jing Xing took a look at his attire, T-shirt, cropped pants and sneakers, it looks pretty good.

Mother Jiang gave him a blank look, "Do you think that the back mountain is still the same as before? Over the years, all the big guys have gone out to work, and the cattle and sheep are basically gone. Basically, no one has gone there these years. Let's go, those trails in the past are all covered with weeds now, if you go this way, you will be cut to pieces."

Xiao Yang chuckled, "Auntie, you use this term too vividly."

Mother Jiang was not in the mood to joke, and said seriously: "Don't underestimate these weeds, they are all powerful, like razor blades. And there are snakes and bugs hidden in the grass, don't you wear big pants to rush to be bitten? ."

Mother Jiang was so cautious, Xiao Yang and Jing Xing did not dare to neglect, and went back to the house to change into their own jeans and long-sleeved clothes.Mother Jiang frowned again when she saw it, with a dissatisfied expression on her face.

"Auntie, this body is not good, is it?"

Mother Jiang curled her lips, and went up to touch their clothes, "Look at the material, your clothes are quite expensive, right? If they get scratched, they will be ruined. I have a few ragged clothes that are specially worn in the ground. , you can wear it, you don’t feel bad if it’s broken.”

Xiao Yang and Jing Xing looked at each other to express helplessness, but they didn't object. Their clothes were indeed worth a few dollars.Especially Jing Xing's clothes, he used to follow Liang Haoquan and attend some high-end occasions, so his clothes were quite expensive.One of the important reasons for this is that his inferiority complex is at work, so he pays special attention to these things, thinking that this seems to bring him closer to Liang Haoquan, but in fact he doesn't pay much attention to these things.I don't care about it now, so that when he was counting the money yesterday, he had the urge to sell all his clothes. If the original price was still worth more than ten or two hundred thousand.

When the two of them changed into migrant worker camouflage uniforms and came down, a child with a thick head and a thick head was talking to Mama Jiang.

Mother Jiang was holding a big bowl, with a helpless expression on her face, "Your grandma is too serious, but it's just a few bunches of grapes, and we didn't grow them in our family. As for thinking about it until now?"

Huzi scratched his head, "My grandma said, don't do it because of evil, you must let me realize my mistakes so that I won't go astray. This jelly is squeezed out of the jelly fruit I picked myself. I hope you don't get angry with me, and I won't steal again next time."

Mother Jiang spat, "That can't be called stealing. Anyone who doesn't know is innocent. Besides, you have returned it. Your grandma is good at everything, but she is so polite that it makes people feel that she is born. Don't imitate her. .I accepted this jelly, but not as an apology, but because you gave us a taste."

"This is Huzi, isn't it? It's grown so big?" Jing Xing went downstairs and touched Huzi's head and sighed. He remembered that when he came back to see him, it didn't even reach his waist, but now it's all over. His jaw dropped.

Huzi's small face was a little shy: "Brother Jing Xing, you are back. I made jelly and brought it to you to taste. Look at me, you are so stupid, you have eaten so many delicious food in the city, how could you care about this."

Jing Xing rubbed his head, and said with a smile: "Who said that, the things in our village are the rarest thing for me. I ate all the grapes you picked yesterday, and it made my teeth sore to eat tofu at night. It all hurts."

Huzi's eyes lit up, "Really?"

"Of course it's true. You don't know that there are many kinds of things in the city, but the taste is really not as authentic as in our mountains."

Huzi scratched his head in embarrassment, "You're talking nonsense again, the things in the city are so expensive, how could they not compare to the cheap things in our mountains?"

Jing Xing waved his hand, "Brother free will take you to the city to try it, you will know."

Huzi just smiled and didn't take it seriously. With the current economic situation of their family, they can't go anywhere at all.His grandma would not agree to him going out to work, for fear that he would die outside like his father.

Seeing his gloomy face, Jing Xing couldn't help but patted him on the shoulder to cheer him up.If their village continues to be so poor, left-behind children like Huzi may continue to live on from generation to generation.Being far away from parents since childhood, the process of growing up is full of shortcomings.Although the treatment of migrant workers is better than before, most people are unwilling to leave their hometowns.And although they are all present in the construction of cities, few cities are willing to accept them, and they are always discriminated against.

"Huzi, don't you have to go to school today?" Mother Jiang asked suddenly.

Huzi nodded, "Well, I don't need to go today on Saturday."

Huzi is in the third grade of junior high school this year and is studying in a middle school in the village.Huzi would come back every weekend, and then eat at school for a week with dry food and pickles.Although the school has now exempted tuition, miscellaneous and dormitory fees, their family's financial situation is really bad, and the tuition fee is also a huge pressure on them, and they still have to save for high school and university tuition.His grandma didn't want him to spend his whole life digging for food, and hoped that he would be promising so that he wouldn't follow his father's old path.So the tiger can save if he can, and he is at the age of growing his body. He eats so badly, but his head grows quite big, but his body is lean and lean, like a bean sprout.

"Are you familiar with the back mountain?"

Huzi didn't know, so he answered honestly, "Well, I used to go there to plan food, there are a lot of delicious food there. I used to pick a lot of things to sell in school, hehe, and I made some money."

"Could you take Brother Jing Xing to the back mountain for a while? He hasn't been there for many years, and now he doesn't know the way. I'm afraid that something will happen if he doesn't know him well."

"Success, but I have to tell my grandma, I'm afraid she'll be waiting at home."

"Your grandma, let me tell you. I'll prepare some dry food for you. Judging by Jing Xingge's posture, I guess it will take a long time. You guys eat jelly and wait." Mama Jiang said and let Ma Liu prepare it.

Jing Xing found brown sugar and a few small bowls, and shared the jelly from Huzi there.I don’t even need a refrigerator, I go directly to the mountain to get the cool mountain spring and mix it with ice water. It’s very comfortable to eat in summer.Jing Xing and Grandma Jiang didn't dare to eat too much for fear of being unbearable, but it was cheaper for Xiao Yang, so he ate several bowls alone.

"You have to be careful when you eat so much, you will have to urinate soon, and your little brother was bitten by a snake." Jing Xing couldn't help but sneer when he saw how happily he was eating.

Xiao Yang ignored his ridicule, and sighed: "This stuff is really comfortable to eat. It's much more delicious than the ones sold in supermarkets that need to be cooked by oneself."

"Of course, ours is completely natural. Those who don't know how many things are mixed with it can't compare with ours. And our spring water is natural weak alkaline water. If you make this in other places, you have to add lime water or toothpaste. Only then can he get married, we don’t need it at all, it’s safe and non-toxic.”

Xiao Yang finally put down the bowl and said, "Selling this thing in the summer will definitely make money."

Jing Xing sighed, "If we can develop our village and turn it into a tourist attraction, as long as there is enough traffic, Grandma Huzi can make a lot of money selling jelly and snacks, at least it won't be as embarrassing as it is now."

Xiao Yang patted him on the shoulder, "Brother, we must have full confidence in the future. We will definitely be able to develop this land and let it fully realize its value."

Huzi looked at them with a confused face. Although he was confused, he also understood that the two of them wanted to make the village rich. "Brother, although I don't know anything, please call me if you can help me in the future. Don't dare to say anything else, no one in this village is as familiar with that barren mountain as I am."

The three of them took the dry rations prepared by Mother Jiang and set out on the road. Sure enough, Huzi was very familiar with this barren hill as he said, and even knew where there was a pit.

Jing Xing hadn't been here for several years, so a big change really happened.In the past, this barren hill had been patronized by people, so there were not so many weeds, and the wild fruits were tossed out immediately.Few people come here now. After several years of recuperation, the barren hills are full of lush greenery.If it wasn't for Huzi leading the way, he and Xiao Yang really felt like they didn't know where to put their feet.

Although he had taken a full set of protection, he was still unavoidable to be scratched by weeds. Jing Xing was cut a few times, but he didn't feel it when he was cut. He didn't know until his face or hands were covered with blood.

The more Jing Xing wandered away, the colder his heart became, it would be a big project to tidy up this barren mountain!The 10 yuan in his hand is getting worse and worse.

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The author has something to say: This is jelly fruit:

This is the core of jelly fruit, which is used to make jelly, dried in the sun and then wrapped in gauze, soaked in water and squeezed.

This is jelly leaves, another thing, I have never seen it, only jelly fruit=. =

The extruded jelly leaves are black, and the jelly fruit is transparent, but the one I made is light yellow, not so transparent.