Ye Cheng

When Ye Cheng and the others were sleeping at night, Liu Xiaoyu and his wife were still meeting downstairs. When Ye Cheng and the others got up early the next morning, Liu Xiaoyu and the others had already steamed the brown sugar buns. One person sat at the door and gnawed. The remaining two were not finished, so they wrapped them in plastic bags and put them in the box behind the bicycle.

After a while, Chen Dehai, Liu Xiaoyu's man, went out carrying a burden, and asked Ye Cheng and the others to follow him. Chen Dehai was wearing the Jiefang shoes that Ye Cheng and the others mended yesterday, carrying a large load of sugar bags, and walked away in a flash. Quickly, Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan had a hard time following them. Fortunately, Chen Dehai had to do business, and from time to time he would turn into a village not far from the road to sell buns. Ye Cheng and the others could take a break now.

Chen Dehai said that the nearby villages are small and there is not much money to be made, and many of them have already gone to their village to mend shoes yesterday. He will take Ye Cheng and the others into Dawan today, where there are many people.

They walked for nearly three hours before they finally arrived at Dawan in the mouth of Chendehai. This is the foot of a big mountain. Probably because the land around here is more fertile, there are more residents, and there are even a few small shops forming a road. small street.

The scenery of Dawan is very good. In addition to the rows of houses and the green farmland, there is a wide and shallow stream nearby. The water of the stream is crystal clear. Small fish can be seen swimming by.The locals just took care of it as the creek, and didn't name it.

There was no bridge on the creek, so they built a large row of steps with blue stones. Ye Cheng and the others pushed their bicycles into the water, put their feet on the steps, and slowly moved to the opposite bank.Chen Dehai was watching from the other side, taking off his straw hat and fanning the wind with a smile.

As soon as Chen Dehai picked up the burden in the side street, many people gathered around to buy sugar packets.

"Hey, give me two dollars, I said, why haven't you come for so long recently?"

"Hey, you guys are too far away. I have to carry the burden for a long time. How can I bear to come every day?" Chen Deyang said truthfully with a smile.

Before the people here dispersed, there were children rushing over on the slope. The sugar buns were bought for one or two yuan, which was obviously much cheaper than in the villages outside.Most of the burden of sugar bags will soon see the bottom, and there will be people walking here one after another.

"Hey, Chen Dehai, why did you bring two children in today?" The one who had already bought a bag of sugar, talked while eating.

"These two dolls can repair shoes. They came to our village yesterday, and I brought them in today." Chen Dehai almost forgot about Ye Cheng and the others in his busy schedule, so he hurriedly said to Ye Cheng, "You two Let’s set up a stall here, and when people in the nearby villages know about it, they will come and repair shoes by themselves.”

Hearing what Chen Dehai said, Ye Cheng chose a place to set up a stall. The things in the box on the back of the bicycle were moved out one by one, and many people watched the fun while biting on sugar bags. The residents took out old shoes to mend for Ye Cheng and the others. Slowly, more and more people came.

There was an old lady living next to the place where Ye Cheng and the others set up their stall. I heard that her son and daughter were all in the big city, so she guarded the place by herself and refused to leave.Her house was the one at the top of the small street, and two persimmon trees were planted beside it. The leaves on the trees were dense at the moment, and the branches were covered with green persimmons one by one.

Chen Dehai said that he would come to Dawan again the day after tomorrow, and asked Ye Cheng and the others to stay at the old woman's house first. There are many people living near Dawan, and there will be a lot of business. He will come in to pick them up the next day, and Ye Cheng agreed. Well, they have been on the [-]th bend these two days, and they feel that the people in this mountain are very nice. Although they don't know anyone in Dawan, they are not afraid at all.

In less than half an hour, Chen Dehai sold the buns and left. The old woman living next door was very nice, she poured tea for Ye Cheng and the others, and gave Ye Cheng and the others the dried sweet potatoes she dried herself.

The business in Dawan is very good, and the people here are very cheerful. Sometimes they will say that Ye Cheng and the others collect less money, so they bring out all kinds of things from home for them to eat. Onions and other things, as well as the edamame beans that have just been taken back, are cooked in a pot with their shells, sprinkled with salt, and served outside in large bowls.

Business was very good on the first day. Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan worked until dark before taking a break. By the second day, they were relieved. They basically finished their work in the morning and started to idle in the afternoon. When someone came to repair shoes, Ye Cheng and the others sat under the persimmon tree and worked slowly. When the number of people gradually decreased, the old woman asked them to sleep on the bamboo bed spread by the door. If someone came, she would call them.

It was not yet September, and there was still some heat in the afternoon. The two of them lay on the cool bamboo bed and fell asleep after a while. This sleep lasted until the sun was about to set.

The old lady said that someone came to repair shoes just now, and when they saw them sleeping, they left the shoes first. Ye Cheng and the others got up and repaired those pairs of shoes first, and after dinner and shower, it was completely dark.

But the two of them had just slept in the afternoon, so they couldn't fall asleep at night. After tossing and turning for a long time, they still didn't feel sleepy at all, so Lu Mingyuan said, "Let's go play in the stream."

"Okay." Ye Cheng agreed after thinking about it. When they were in City C, they used to go to the river to play. Now that they came here, they liked the stream very much.I had a lot of things to do yesterday, so I went to sleep after I was busy. Since I can’t sleep today, let’s go out and play for a while. Anyway, the stream is very shallow. People here just let their children play there, and they never worry about it.

The two walked out the door lightly, not knowing what time it was, everyone on the side street was asleep, Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan walked to the stream, took off their shoes and put them next to Tingbu, barefooted into the water.

The water in the stream is cool and cool, the deep part is only up to the knees, the shallow part is just over the feet, and the exposed stones can often be seen on the water surface.

They walked up the stream slowly, the moonlight was very bright, shimmering on the water surface, very beautiful, there were frogs croaking in the rice fields on both sides, and crickets were chirping in the grass, Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan Just stepped on the water and walked up slowly, not willing to go back at all.

It was far away as they walked, and gradually they could not see the houses on both sides, but they were not worried about getting lost, because as long as they walked downstream along the stream, they would return to the old lady's house when they saw Tingbu.

The two of them walked for an unknown amount of time that night, listening to the gentle sound of the stream flowing, feeling the softness and coolness of the water flowing through their feet, watching the cold moonlight reflected on the water, and the evening wind blowing from time to time, refreshing It has the unique heat of summer, as well as the smell of earth and the fragrance of green grass.

Accompanying you is the most trustworthy and most dependent person, just like another self.

When Chen Dehai came the next day, Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan hadn't woken up yet. Granny woke them up and let them drink porridge all night. Chen Dehai's sugar packets over there were almost sold out, so they left Leave Dawan and go out.

The way out was much easier than the way in, because Chen Dehai's sugar bag was sold out, so he folded up the basket and tied it to the back of Ye Cheng's bicycle. When he came to push the cart, the two children followed behind empty-handed.

Chen Dehai went back to his home first, and unloaded the poles and baskets. Ye Cheng took this opportunity to buy some sugar buns from his house. I just want to buy a few back for my grandma to try.

Ye Cheng asked for a sugar bag of ten yuan, because Chen Dehai said that the sugar bag is not easy to break, as long as it is placed in a basket or bamboo basket, covered with a breathable and water-absorbing cloth, it can be stored for three or four days, and it can be steamed when eating. Fragrant and soft.

Then Chen Dehai sent Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan to A Qing's house. Both A Qing and his mother were there, and they said they would go back to the village in the afternoon. However, there were a few people in the village who wanted Ye Cheng and the others to repair their shoes. Most of them were sent by their relatives. .So Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan set up their stalls and started working again. It wasn't until after two o'clock in the afternoon that they finally repaired those shoes.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, a tractor passed by Ah Qing's village. Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan pushed their bicycles, and Ah Qing took the big bags from her natal family and stood on the side of the road waiting early.Ah Qingniang asked Ah Qing to bring back a lot of wild vegetables and mushrooms. These things are not very easy to find near Ye Cheng's village, only in the mountains.

Sitting on the tractor wobbling for more than an hour, he finally returned to Ye Cheng's village. Not long after Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan returned to their small courtyard, Cai Jinzhi came over, boiled a large pot of water for them to take a bath, and asked How about going out this trip? Is it hard? Did you make any money?

After taking a bath, Ye Cheng felt refreshed, took Cai Jinzhi to the dining table in the living room, and poured out all the money in the satchel with a clatter.Cai Jinzhi was immediately dumbfounded. She thought that Ye Cheng would definitely earn money when he went out this time, but she never thought that he could earn so much.

The three of them sat around the table and slowly counted the money. Cai Jinzhi was very happy, and even spoke to Lu Mingyuan a lot more kindly.This amount was more than 200 yuan. Cai Jinzhi couldn't sit still anymore. She went into the room and took out needles, threads and old cloths, and sewed a secret bag for Ye Cheng's satchel. They were neatly stacked, folded and put into a hidden pocket, and some change was collected in a jar and hidden under the bed.

"Let's not save the money this time. We should sign up the day after tomorrow. At that time, we will pay the tuition fee first, then go to the town to buy two sets of clothes, and keep the rest for dinner."

Ye Cheng naturally had no objection, he divided half of the sugar packets he bought for himself and asked Cai Jinzhi to take the other half back.Seeing that Ye Cheng still knew how to bring her something, Cai Jinzhi felt even happier, and immediately ate half of it in Ye Cheng's yard and said it was delicious, but he was reluctant to eat the other half, so he put it in the bag and carried it back , probably wanting to keep it for Big Fatty and Er Fatty.