Ba Zong's rural life [farming]

In the afternoon, a medium-sized truck and a minibus drove into the village. Seeing this posture, the children excitedly ran to the side of the road to cheer and watch. There are few such activities in the village, so the children are very happy, not only Children, even adults are a little bit excited.

There are more than a dozen people from the theater troupe, and they need a place to eat and stay. The village chief invites them to take a rest at home, and sends his brother to the town to buy vegetables and fruit snacks. Water and rice are served to entertain the troupe.

The village chief’s house set up several tables, and two large pots were set up in the yard, cooking vegetables in full swing. Onion, garlic and celery, and even a pig's head on the table, it looked scary.

The musical instrument masters of the theater troupe were not idle while waiting for the meal. They took out their own meal business—that is, the musical instruments they were in charge of, and wiped here and there, knocked and blown, to find out the feeling.

Then the class master and Huadan sang, and the instrumentalists also played to their rhythm when they saw this, and the village chief's house was very lively for a while.

The sound of horns, suonas, flutes and drums was heard far away. The children thought that the show was about to start, so they ran out of the courtyard of the village chief's house and climbed onto the fence to look inside.

When the village chief saw these little troublemakers sneaking around outside his courtyard, he went out to chase them away and said, "It's not started yet, you go home and eat first, don't climb the wall, it's dangerous to fall."

Although the children were naughty, they were also timid. When their master saw them, they turned around and scattered.

Ruan Xishi's home was far away from the village head's home, but he could vaguely hear the music of the troupe. This was the first time Lu Ze was watching a play, and when he heard the sound, he couldn't help but nervously asked Ruan Xishi, "Have you started singing?"

Ruan Xishi smiled while picking spinach and said, "It's not so fast. The troupe has to have dinner at the village chief's house before they have the strength to build a shed. When they start singing, at least it will be dark."

Lu Ze felt relieved, and squatted down to pick vegetables with Ruan Xishi.

After they had dinner, the sun had just set, and night was about to fall. As expected, lively voices came from the direction of the grain drying field. Ruan Xishi said to Lu Ze, "Let's go and have a look."

So the two of them went out together, Xiaohui saw that they were going out, and wanted to follow, Ruan Xishi wanted to close the door, saw it standing in the middle of the doorway and refused to move, so he bluffed it and said, "There will be firecrackers going off later, do you want to go?"

The puppy is not very old, but he has a deep impression on firecrackers, probably because he was frightened by firecrackers when he was a child. Sure enough, when Ruan Xishi said that he would set off firecrackers, he immediately ran back to his nest at the corner of the stairs with his tail between his legs. Ruan Xishi thought it was funny , and close the door.

It was not completely dark yet, and they could vaguely see the surroundings. On the way, they met many villagers who were also rushing to the grain drying field. Some were holding or holding children, some were holding benches and cattail fans, and some were holding homemade snacks. , some carrying a small jug of wine, it seems that they are not only going to the theater, but also have other fun to join in.

On the way, I met Zhao's family, Zhao Si supported his new wife, and when he saw Ruan Xishi and Lu Ze, he waved and shouted: "Shi Zi, Brother Lu, come and let's go together."

Ruan Xishi heard Zhao Si's voice calling them, and when she saw someone, she pulled Lu Ze over.

Because the last time at the bride's house alone, Zhao Si met the bride smoothly. Zhao Si was grateful and admired Lu Ze, and immediately regarded Lu Ze as his brother. elder brother.And Zhao Si's daughter-in-law also had a little impression of Lu Ze, a handsome man. She heard from her little sister that he drank the wine for the groom and best man by himself, so brave.

When someone came in front of him, Zhao Si patted Ruan Xishi's shoulder familiarly. He also wanted the two brothers to put Lu Ze's shoulder on it, but he found that Lu Ze was too tall and he couldn't reach him, so he could only nod to Lu Ze in embarrassment. .

Ruan Xishi asked with a smile: "Fourth Brother and Fourth Sister-in-law, Uncle Zhao and Aunt Zhao, are you going to the theater too?"

Zhao Siying said: "Isn't it? The village hasn't been so lively for a long time. Wouldn't it be a waste of this rare opportunity not to take a look? Hey, the main reason is that my wife is bored at home and insists on coming out to join in the fun. She With a big belly, I don't trust her to go out alone, so I will accompany her."

Ruan Xishi took a look at Fourth Sister-in-law's lower abdomen in the dim light. It was hot today, and she only wore a loose T-shirt today, so she could see her lower abdomen slightly bulging.Ruan Xishi was very surprised, after all, Zhao Si didn't show pregnancy when she got married, and her belly grew bigger after just over a month.

Seeing Ruan Xishi's surprised expression, Zhao Si said embarrassingly, "Amei and I got married with a son, and she has been married for more than four months now."

After listening to the explanation, Ruan Xishi smiled and said, "Congratulations to you, you will have a baby soon."

Zhao Si was obviously looking forward to the day of becoming a father, he laughed and said, "Isn't that right, Amei and I look forward to it every day and night, and want to give birth to the child as soon as possible."

Ah Mei leaned on Zhao Si with a happy face, her hands gently hugged her belly, and she smiled kindly.

They were chatting while walking, and when they talked about Lu Ze, Amei had an idea, and followed Zhao Si's words to ask: "Brother Lu, where are you from? It doesn't look like our locals."

Lu Ze responded with a slight smile, "I'm not from the local area."

Seeing that he didn't want to say more, Amei continued to ask: "Brother Lu should be older than our family, aren't you married yet?"

She's not gossip either, it's just that her bridesmaid sister has been out of her mind every day since meeting Lu Ze last time. She often mentioned it when talking on the phone with her. Although she didn't say it clearly, Amei has been sisters with her for more than ten years. Naturally, it can be seen that the little sister wants to pursue Lu Ze, but the little sister is still an unmarried young woman, and it is too unfashionable for the village to ask a man rashly.

That's why Ah Mui asked around, to see if her sister had a chance.

Such a shrewd person as Lu Ze, he knew what the other party was thinking as soon as he heard the words. Although he didn't like others interfering with his marriage, the other party was not malicious, and was the wife of Ruan Xishi's friend, and she was pregnant, so he didn't show it. A little dissatisfied, but replied with a smile: "This matter is not urgent, it depends on the opinions of the parents at home."

Zhao Si didn't like his newlywed wife like the eighth woman in the village who inquired about other people's private affairs and acted as a matchmaker all day long, so he took Amei's hand and whispered: "Quickly stop asking, it will make everyone unhappy. "

Amei is just a little woman, seeing her husband speak so harshly about herself, she shut up resentfully.

Later, Zhao Si met a few buddies, who pestered the couple to chat. Ruan Xishi remembered that Lu Ze wanted to go to the theater earlier, so she said goodbye to Zhao Si.

The sun-drying field has already set up a play, a big red curtain is hung high, and several big red lanterns are hung, and the lights are all illuminated red.

There was a small round table in front of the stage, on which was placed a deep-fried pork, and a plate of rice, with fruit, peanuts and melon seeds candies on top of the rice, and a piece of white radish with incense sticks on it.

The grain drying yard was full of benches, all of which were designated by the villagers. The show hadn’t started yet, so there were only a few people sitting here and there. The rest were either going backstage to watch the performers put on makeup, or they were chatting together.

There were already people in the front seat, so Ruan Xishi took Lu Ze to the side. Fortunately, both of them were men, and their height had an advantage, so they could see the stage from behind.

There are a lot of small stalls temporarily set up on the grain drying field, selling everything, such as snacks, snacks, toys, and accessories. They are very popular with children and girls, and each stall is full of people.

It was only then that Ruan Xishi remembered that they forgot to bring water and food when they went out, so she dragged Lu Ze to the water stall to buy water.

In addition to selling water, the stall also sold ice cream, but because there was no refrigerator to store it, some of it melted, and the presentation was not very good, but the children didn't mind these, and they still pestered their parents to buy and eat.

After all, the village is not always so lively, and the adults are more generous than usual, giving the children some money to buy food.

The most popular ones are stalls selling toys and gadgets. Boys are clamoring for toy cars, toy guns and robots. Parents refuse to buy them, so they roll around on the ground, attracting many people to watch.Girls love accessories, such as hairpins, hairbands, necklaces, bracelets, rings, earrings, and earrings. They compete with each other and joke with each other.

Ruan Xi felt it was lively, so she took a few more glances when she was buying water. Lu Ze saw that he was fascinated by girls' accessories, so he used a mineral water bottle to ice his face, and asked with a smile, "Xiao Ruan, do you want to buy it too?" Do you want to buy accessories to bring?"

It was clear that he had been frozen, but Ruan Xishi's face turned red because of Lu Ze's joke. He took the water and said, "No, I just think it looks good, just take a few more glances."

Lu Ze glanced at those accessories, they were all cheap imitations, they were not made of any material, they were not expensive items.He thought, if Ruan Xishi really liked it, he could buy gold, silver, and diamonds for him in the future.

As soon as the auspicious time arrived, the troupe began to beat gongs and drums, and then the squad leader and today's actors came out from the backstage wearing costumes, each holding three incense sticks, and stood in front of the pig's head table to worship three times.This is the rule of the opera troupe before singing. They worship the patriarch, the heaven and the earth, and the land god. To bless their performances smoothly, it is also to bless the village with good weather.

After the worship, the actors went back to the backstage to continue their preparations. The village chief stepped onto the stage, holding a microphone, and said in a loud voice: "Today, I am honored to invite famous troupe masters from the town to our village to sing. Something to be happy about. Of course, we should not forget that the reason why we were able to invite theater troupe masters was because the town government allocated funds to us. Why did the town government allocate funds to us? It is because our village has not had any There have been fights, brawls, troubles and crimes, and the village is united, harmonious and loving. The farmers are hard-working and down-to-earth, and the grain is high. Therefore, in order to encourage us and carry forward the advantages of our village, the town government gave us an encouragement award. In the future, if we If we can continue to maintain it, we can report it to the city government, and the city government will apply for the civilized village qualification assessed by the state for us. At that time, more policies to benefit the people will be issued to our village, so that everyone can live a good life. I hope everyone will support us Let’s work together to build our beautiful village.”

After hearing the impassioned and impassioned speech of the village chief, the villagers burst into applause and cheers at the same time. Everyone was looking forward to the arrival of the good day and made up their minds to win glory for the village.

The author has something to say:

The last time I went to a theater in the village was more than ten years ago. QAQ When I was young, I especially liked to go backstage to watch the beautiful aunt make up. The clothes are super beautiful.