Cross-country exchange

After returning home, everything returned to normal.

For Xia Yu at present, the most urgent thing is not to build a house, not to find out about Uncle Xie's imprisonment, but to complete the twelve zodiac wood carvings.

The delivery date was only one month away, Xia Yu calculated carefully, and it seemed that the time was too late, so he concentrated on the wood carving, keeping his ears to nothing outside the house, and only cared for the portrait.

Having seen Xia Yu's seriousness in carving, Xia's grandma didn't expect him to be of any help at this time.So everyone in the house divided the housework carefully. In order to be able to build the house as soon as possible, Aunt Xia saved the time of going to the county town to sell vegetables in the morning. pot to eat.In order to be able to finish building the house a year ago, the family specially invited several friends in the village who knew how to build a house to help, including Uncle Luo's family.

Xia Chun and Xia Qiu went to the field when the time came. The work in the corn field was almost finished last month, and it was coming to an end. It was enough for the two of them to deal with it.But soon the busiest season of the year will be ushered in, the busy farming season, the two of them alone will not be enough, and the Xia family's grandma won't be able to take care of so much for the time being, he just hopes that everyone can handle the matter in front of them smoothly You should be thankful when you're done.

Xia Dong, Xia Zhi, and Xia Lei are at home to help out, and they do all the errand work. Xia's grandma is in charge of lunch and dinner for this group of people. Xie Yun sometimes goes to the fields to help Xia Chun, When he comes back, he will run wherever he is needed.

The Xia family's small life is harmonious, busy and fulfilling.

Day by day, the foundation next to Xia Yu's house had just been half laid, and the busy farming season came.

Almost everyone in the village is busy harvesting rice in the fields.Xia's grandma had no choice but to hand over the task of cooking to Xie Yun, and he went to work in the fields himself.

The work of laying the foundation is still going on, but the number of people is getting smaller and smaller. Everyone has gone home to farm, even Luo Feng is no exception. He is the backbone of the family, and Luo Liang and Luo A are the only ones in the field. Mom, how can I be so busy with both hands?This time, there were only two or three people left, and the progress of laying the foundation was delayed.

The father of the Xia family also felt emotional, looking at the blackness of the sky, the sun could not be seen.The most annoying part of the busy farming season is the rainy day. If it really rains, the rice in the fields will rot, and some work will be busy, and the laying of foundations at home will have to stop.So everyone is looking forward to the weather will continue to be so clear.

Unfortunately, the sky did not go as planned.

Within a few days, a torrential downpour swept across the sky, the rain became heavier and heavier, and the crops in the field were bent over by the rain.At the beginning, some people braved the rain to harvest rice, but the rain did not weaken but increased. After a few days, half of the field stalks were washed away by the rain, and they could not even walk.

If you want to go to the fields, you have to find a way to go around.

This rain was a catastrophe for the Xia family. Except for corn in the several acres of fields, there was only rice. The nine members of their family depended on the grain in the fields for their livelihood.

Xia's father looked at the gloomy sky, and went to the field to see the situation regardless of the family's obstruction, to see if there was any way to save the crops in the field, but he didn't come back after going for a long time.

Xia Chun went out to look for it, and then ran back outside dripping wet, and said anxiously: "Quick, little brother, Dad fell down."

When Xia Yu heard this, he immediately put down the carving knife in his hand, and ran into the field without paying attention to anything.Xie Yun was holding a bamboo hat behind him, but he didn't have time to put it on.

"Go that way!" Xia Chun couldn't catch up with Xia Yu's pace behind him. Seeing that he almost went the wrong way, he couldn't help roaring in the rain. Although the sound was louder, the rain was louder, almost burying everything under the rain.

Xia Yu only visited his field for a few times, but he never came again.Now his body and face were covered with rain, and he vaguely saw a person trying to get up from the ground, but for some reason, he slipped again, and the person fell heavily on the ground, splashing mud all over his body.Xia Yu wiped off the rain in front of his eyes and looked again. Isn't that man in a mess his father?

"Father, don't move. I'll carry you back."

Father Xia's family gave him a push, thinking that his kid hurt his back before, and carrying him with such a heavy weight didn't know if it would be a hindrance, "You help me up and I will walk by myself."

Xia Yu only thought that he was trying to save face, and regardless of his objection, he directly carried him on his back.

"Little brother, can you move your back?" Xia Chun slid on the road several times, walked in front of the two, and asked a little worried.

Xia Yu said as he walked, "Second Brother, let Xiaoyun boil some hot water when you go back, and then let Dad take a dip in the bathtub to drive away the cold."

With a person weighing [-] to [-] catties on his back, Xia Yu had to worry about whether the dirt road was slippery, so his speed was much slower than when he came here before.On the contrary, Xia Chun is coming soon, and he will be busy for a while when he gets home.

Xia's grandma really didn't want to talk about anything, especially in front of her children and brother-in-law.But when he saw the miserable state of his wife, his expression was not much better.

Xia Chun, who was on the side, reacted quickly, and hurriedly greeted, "Little brother, quickly help your father into the room to change a set of clothes."

Xie Yun didn't dare to say anything, especially under the low air pressure of the Xia family's grandma, he filled several bowls of ginger tea that had already been brewed, first brought a bowl to Xia Chun's second brother, and then quietly Waiting for Xia Yu to come out of the inner room.

It was still raining outside, but it was very quiet in the house, and no one dared to breathe out.

When Xia Yu came out, he felt that the atmosphere was not right. His body was wet, and he hadn't changed his clothes yet. He picked up the ginger tea on the side and drank several mouthfuls. Turned pale, grandma, go to the house to see grandpa, I will go to the entrance of the village to find a doctor."

The Xia family's grandma said, "Where is the injury? Go to the doctor in this weather, and the doctor is also afraid of going out. Boy, let's say something nice."

"Ah."

Xie Yun reacted quickly this time, and immediately put the bamboo hat on the side on Xia Yu, thinking about putting another coir raincoat on him, Xia Yuren had already run far away, so he could only stand at the door and sigh, watching the heavy rain Going down to the tall back.

After Xia Yu invited the doctor back, he changed into clean clothes after listening to his diagnosis.The father of the Xia family injured his psoas this time, and needed to lie down quietly for more than three months.Heavy work is definitely out of the question, and with this damn weather, there is no need to do much work.

However, the news of the three-month break was simply worse for the Xia family.

Holding a carving knife in his hand, Xia Yu stared blankly at the woodcarving, his head filled with complaints from Grandma Xia.Complaining about the damn weather, complaining about Xia's father being stubborn, until the end, he still couldn't get along with him, and complaining that the crops in the field were going to be drowned by the rain...

However, when he thought about the delivery, Xia Yu immediately shook his head to get these things out of his mind, and continued to sculpt.There is still more than half a month left, and he still has the two zodiac wood carvings of the mouse and the rabbit.

The size of the two zodiac signs may be the smallest, but the carving work is not inferior to other zodiac signs.Xia Yu felt that in the next half month, he didn't have the energy to deal with the trivial things at home.

Sometimes Xie Yun would stay up late with Xia Yu, but he fell asleep on the table when he was with him.Then when I woke up the next day, I was already in bed.As for Xia Yu, he still sat at the table and continued to concentrate.After a few days, my eyes were red.

The weather cleared up after a week.

After Xia's grandma woke up, she found that the rain outside had stopped, and the first thing she did was to go to her own field.Not only the rice in my own field was crushed, but almost all the rice fields in a village were like this. All the cooked food was rotten in the field, and there was a scene of desolation everywhere.

Xia Chun also got up earlier, as soon as he saw that the sky cleared and Grandma Xia was not at home, he knew where Grandma Xia had gone after a little thought. When he ran to find someone, he saw Grandma Xia sitting on the ridge of his field Pat your thighs and cry.

This good day has just begun, why was it ruined by a rain, all the rice was submerged, what will they eat for the next year?

"Grandma, grandma, don't cry." Xia Chun didn't know how to comfort her. She had never encountered such a thing when she grew up.I could only hug him tightly, and kept saying don't cry.

Uncle Luo's family didn't know where he heard about Xia's father hurting his waist. When the weather was good, he came to visit with his things.Luo Liang was bored at home every day, as soon as he saw his father going to Xia's house, he immediately followed him smoothly.

"Uncle Luo, sit down first, and I'll pour you a glass of water." Seeing a guest coming, Xia Qiu greeted him immediately, while the other brothers nestled in the inner room, mending clothes on the kang.When it rains, they can't go out to work. Most of them do some mending work at home in exchange for a few copper coins to give some subsidies to the family.

Luo Feng said with a smile, "Xia Qiu, don't worry about Uncle Luo, Uncle Luo just wants to see how your father is doing, should you be okay?"

Just as Xia Qiu was about to speak, Luo Liang was not polite at all, and rushed directly into the inner room, taking a step forward to stop him.

"Third brother, who's here?" Father Xia has been lying on the bed recently, and his whole body is about to get moldy.Now that he heard the familiar voice, he immediately asked his brother to help him get out of bed.

"It's me, brother Xia. I heard that you hurt your back. I'll come to see you."

After the father of the Xia family got up, he didn't need others to support him, and walked out slowly, his back was so straight that no one could see anything strange.

Xia Qiu was busy greeting the guests, and if he didn't pay attention, Luo Liang ran to the inner room to find Xia Yu.He stomped his feet in anger, this man really didn't understand manners at all.

Luo Liang ran into the room, Xia Yu was sculpting with his back facing him, he rubbed his hands together, with a wicked smile on his face, trying to scare him from behind, so the footsteps became much quieter.

"Brother Luo, can you leave Brother Xia alone for the time being." Xie Yun felt sorry for Xia Yu. When he woke up several times at night, he saw Xia Yu still concentrating on the carving, his eyes were red and bloodshot.Seeing Luo Liang's posture, he immediately ran over and grabbed Luo Liang.

When Xie Yun said this, Luo Liang grinned silly and scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Brother Xia, he hasn't slept well for several nights, and he only sleeps for more than an hour every day." Xie Yun looked at Xia Yu quietly from the side.

When Luo Liang heard this, his pupils widened and he asked, "Don't tell me, he didn't sleep all night, just staring at these logs all the time?"

"kindness."

Hearing what Xie Yun said, Luo Liang immediately curled his lips, no longer in the mood to play around.Looking at the room again, except for Xia Yu, they are all brothers, so they simply ran outside to listen to Xia's fathers talking.After listening to it for a while, I couldn't sit still anymore, so I went outside to look and look at the place where the foundation was being laid.

Xia Qiu originally wanted to go to the inner room to find his younger brothers, but when he saw Luo Liang making a fuss beside the foundation, he thought about it, ran out and kindly reminded him, and said, "It has just rained recently, and the soil is a bit soft, don't fall in it .”

When Luo Liang heard this, he immediately disagreed. How could such a solid soil be dropped without saying anything, so he jumped up and down on the edge of the foundation in disbelief, and snorted coldly, "How can I use my agile body?" possible--"

"I rely on-"

Before the words were finished, the whole person lost his balance.

"Hey." Seeing him falling in, Xia Chun instinctively stretched out his hand to grab him, but Luo Liang dragged him down.

Luo Liang fell completely, Xia Qiu was fine, just happened to have half of his body on top of him, but he also made a disgraced face.

Fortunately, the ground is basically opened halfway, and it is not very deep.

"You daredevil!" Xia Qiu looked at her soiled clothes and trousers, and said angrily, "Didn't I warn you, why are you still jumping into it?"

Luo Liang, with a dead face, was not afraid of the boiling water and hummed twice, "Before you scold someone, can you see who you are pressing on? Is it fun for you to use me as a backstop? Besides, who told you Did you jump down by yourself?"

Xia Qiu looked down, only to realize that he was still lying firmly in Luo Liang's arms, and after listening to Luo Liang's words, it was clear that he was meddling, and his face turned red with anger.He wanted to curse but felt that he didn't take advantage of it, so he gave him a hard elbow when he got up, "Your conscience has been eaten by a dog, ah."

When Luo Liang just fell down, his elbow hit the ground first, but Xia Qiu felt his internal organs shifted in an instant, coughed several times, and said, "Xia Yu's brothers have all reached menopause."

It's really more difficult to serve each other than the other.

Xia Qiu returned to the house with a livid face, and Father Xia asked, "Third brother, what's wrong with you?"

Xia Qiu got angry when he thought of Luo Liang, but it was not good to speak ill of his boy in front of Uncle Luo, so he said, "I was chased by a mad dog just now, and I accidentally fell down. Dad, I'll go in first Change clothes."

Luo Liang followed behind, almost fell again when he heard his words.

After Luo Feng saw Luo Liang, he recalled Xia Qiu's groaning appearance, and he probably understood a little bit. He immediately glared at Luo Liang angrily, and said, "Hurry up and go back and change your clothes, what do you look like?"

Luo Liang turned his head back silently, lamenting that he met the god of decline as soon as he went out.

After returning home, he changed into new clothes, and was told by the Luo family's grandma on the way. Luo Liang touched his waist habitually, and the bulging thing disappeared.

Thinking of the fall just now, Luo Liang reckoned that the thing was thrown on the foundation in front of Xia Yu's house.

"Grandma, I'll go out for a while, and I'll be back soon."

As soon as Luo Feng arrived at the door of the house, he bumped into Luo Liang, and immediately asked, "You just came back, where did you go? Can't you stay at home properly?"

Luo Liang said, "Something was left at Xia Yu's house, take it back."

After speaking, he slipped away.

Luo Feng sighed, originally he wanted to warn his boy, it's really not a good man to bully his brother.But I also knew that Luo Liang probably wouldn't listen to it anymore, so he shook his head helplessly, "Maybe after marrying my brother, this temperament can be settled down."

The Luo family's grandma also echoed, "Yeah, our kid is like a monkey all day long, without a certainty. You see, since Xia Yu married his brother, he has become more determined."

Seeing Luo Liang cowering at the door, Xie Yun ran over and asked, "Brother Luo, what are you doing?"

The soil was relatively damp, and his eyes were similar to the objects he had dropped. Luo Liang couldn't find them after searching for a long time. At this time, someone came to help, so he was naturally happy and described the objects.

After hearing this, Xie Yun scratched his ears and thought, why does this thing sound so similar to the tiger that brother Xia lost last time?