My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 181 Uncle

   "Haha, rich and noble, I heard it earlier, your baby is going to accompany your daughter-in-law back to her mother's house, and there are quite a few things to bring."

   "That's not it, the young master is shameless."

  “…”

   "Yo, that's what I said, let me see whose descendant this is? Stop him if you speak so arrogantly."

   "Stop, stop, don't let him pass..."

   They were all elderly from the Old Chen and Old Wang families. They got up early, stopped the ox cart when they saw it, and laughed with him.

  Wang Zhenzhen often runs around with the little dolls in the village, and has long been clamoring to go home, so that few families in the village don't know about it.

   It was so lively and bustling out of the village.

   Gradually, the early morning sun showed its head, the bullock cart walked on the mountain road, shaking slightly, accompanied by the jingling bells, the little white cow walked happily with its hooves and tails.

  Crossing the mountains and rivers all the way, the sun slowly rises, the sun also warms, and the loud folk songs also sound in the mountains.

have to go home.

  Wang Susu was very happy, she just felt that the sunshine and morning breeze, and even the mountains and trees seemed to be smiling, and the birdsong in the mountains seemed to be singing happily.

   So she smiled too, hugged her sister, and hummed.

   Along the way, he sang with Chen Ling. Wang Zhenzhen couldn't sing, so he raised his head and shouted hard to make trouble for them.

   The three of them sang and laughed, and the mountains were full of laughter and laughter they left behind.

When    arrived in the village, he had to rest for a while. Wang Susu took his sister to the toilet behind the township government. Chen Ling took two dogs to the side to find Wang Jusheng. When Chen Ling passed by, he was washing dishes by the faucet.

   "Brother Jusheng, dinner is so late?"

   Hearing the familiar shout, Wang Jusheng raised his head suddenly, and then immediately smiled: "Fugui, why are you here?"

   said, put down the tableware, wiped his hands on the clothes and walked over.

   "I'll accompany Susu back to her parents' house. I just arrived in the village."

   "Ah, yes, you have visited Uncle Juncai's grave, it's time to go back."

   "Come, smoke..."

   "Stop smoking, let me feed the dogs and cows some water."

  Chen Ling waved his hand, he didn't come to find Wang Jusheng just to chat.

   The road to the village was not too close, and the bullock cart was slow. We set off at six o'clock in the morning, and after walking for three hours, the dogs and oxen were thirsty.

   He and Zhao Dahai came to find Wang Jusheng a few days ago, knowing that it is more convenient to get water here in the village, so he stopped by. Otherwise, there are no acquaintances in other places, and you have to take a detour to the animal husbandry station.

   "Well, I'll go get you a bucket."

  Wang Jusheng put away his cigarette, turned around and brought out two tin buckets from the room.

  Heiwa and Xiaojin knew that this was an acquaintance, and they didn't see it. When Wang Jusheng received the water, they buried their heads in the bucket and drank it vigorously.

   After the two of them finished drinking, Chen Ling took the water and went out to feed the cows.

   Then jokingly said to Wang Jusheng: "Look at this guy, he looks like a cadre in the village, he just looks more advanced than our muddy legs."

   "Take it down, you are still laughing at me. You accompany your daughter-in-law back to her mother's house, and you don't change into better clothes for tea? At least you have to wear a pair of leather shoes. Just go like this, and let your mother's family laugh."

  Wang Jusheng glanced at him and immediately replied.

  Drinking tea clothes are decent clothes for visiting relatives, entertaining guests, attending weddings, etc.

  I am reluctant to wear it at work, so I will take it out at this time.

   "Just a joke, if you can't, I won't go next time."

   Chen Ling said indifferently.

   Of course, this is just a joke. In fact, I prepared my clothes yesterday, but the weather didn’t look good when I went out today, so I didn’t change them for fear of getting dirty.

   Wang Susu sisters are the same.

   "You're a son-in-law, that's your attitude. If I were your uncle, I beat you out with a pitchfork..."

   Wang Jusheng said with a smashed mouth.

  The two were talking, and when Wang Susu and her sister came back, they stopped talking.

   Filled the water jug ​​for people to drink, bid farewell to Wang Jusheng, and continued on his way.

  The entire county of Lingyun is located in the mountains, and the mountain forest occupies more than 70% of the area.

   After leaving Changle Township, it becomes more and more obvious as you go westward. The mountains are steep and dense, and among the towering mountains, pedestrians are like ants.

Fortunately, between Changle Township and Fenglei Town, there is an ancient commercial road that crosses diagonally, connecting the three provinces, and the mountain road is spacious. Legend has it that Tang Xuanzong Li Longji developed a special post road for Yang Guifei to transport lychees. Although it is relatively steep, the road is smooth. , Compared with the mountain road in the east of Changle Township, it is undoubtedly a better way to go.

   In addition to the beautiful weather today, the dull sunlight gradually brightened, and the speed of the ox cart gradually accelerated.

Slowly, as he got closer to Fenglei Town, Wang Susu became more and more excited. Holding Chen Ling's arm, he pointed to the various landscape villages along the road and chatted non-stop, with a face full of joy and joy. Like a little girl who has never been out.

Wang Zhen really didn't want to be on their side, just leaning on the ox cart and dangling his little feet, holding all kinds of snacks given by Liang Hongyu's family, stuffing his mouth full, and directing the two dogs to run around, Chase rabbits and birds by the roadside, and then give them snacks.

   Seeing her behavior, Wang Susu couldn't help pinching her cheeks, laughing at her like a little landlord's wife.

   "I'm not, elder sister, you are, the landlady of the old Chen family, hehe..." Wang Zhenzhen smiled at her with a wrinkled nose.

   If Chen Ling said this, she would have quit long ago, and she would have to savagely tore with her brother-in-law.

   But my sister, she was very close since childhood, so she hugged Wang Susu's arm and played with her while talking, and she also fed her sister.

   But after all, the little girl is young, and she has been restless since she went out. She was playing with her for most of the way. She was tired after her excitement passed, and she fell asleep while leaning on the baggage of the car board.

  Wang Susu took out her clothes and covered her sister.

   In this way, the ox cart slowly and leisurely continued to move forward, from 6:00 in the morning until almost 2:00 in the afternoon, when Fenglei Town was finally in sight.

   "Ling, look, look, Fenglei Town is here."

  Wang Susu, wearing a pink turban, looked forward and pointed to Chen Ling.

   In fact, I haven’t gone all the way yet. What I can see now is the stone tablet of Fenglei Town. It was erected in front of a mountain gorge. It is almost two people tall, simple and round, and it is huge.

  There is still a section of road behind the mountain gorge. After walking this mountain road, you will cross a bridge and you will be Fenglei Town.

   There is a big river outside the town, very wide, but not very fast.

  Fenglei Town was built with mountains and water.

This town has a very long history. Although the province it belongs to has often changed since ancient times, due to its remote location, the mountains depend on the water, and the water surrounds the mountains. Steep, there are bandits and soldiers all year round.

A place like    has its own inexhaustible legends and stories.

   "The road inside has also been repaired, not bad."

  Chen Ling glanced around, this road used to be difficult to walk, "I'm really waking up, I'm coming home soon."

   "Wow, I'm in town."

   The little girl rubbed her eyes and sat up immediately.

   When he saw the stone monument outside the town, he took off his clothes and jumped out of the bullock cart happily.

   took Heiwa and Xiaojin and jogged happily beside the ox cart.

   is getting closer and closer to home, and she is really happy to see familiar sights everywhere.

  Wang Zhenzhen led the dog to run around, and soon became dishonest. He ran back to the car from the front and shouted, "Sister, brother-in-law, I'll go to town and call my brother out first, okay..."

  Wang Qingwen is not in the stockade most of the time. He is a teacher and his wife is also a teacher. The family usually lives in Fenglei Town Middle School.

  Wang Zhenzhen often ran over to play since she was a child, and many teachers and janitors knew her.

   "Go, it's almost the afternoon of class, I don't know if my brother has class today, you go and have a look first."

  Wang Susu thought for a while, and when she saw her sister's look of anticipation, she agreed.

   Then, seeing her sister turning around and running out with the dog, she hurriedly shouted, "Slow down when crossing the bridge."

"Know it."

  Just like that, when Chen Ling and the two were rushing the ox cart to board the bridge, they saw the other end of the bridge, and the eldest brother Wang Qingwen had already walked over in a hurry.

   followed by a little girl who was bouncing like a tireless little girl, and two dogs who were sticking out their tongues and sniffing and peeing everywhere.

   "Brother, we're back."

   Wang Susu was very excited when she saw her eldest brother, and waved her hand to get off the ox cart.

  Chen Ling also came down, holding a whip and standing aside.

   "It's good to come back, it's good to come back, the family has been preparing for a long time, all the things of the new girl, my parents have been waiting for this for two years, just to wait for you to come home..."

  Wang Qingwen came to him and said to his sister with a smile.

   Then he nodded to Chen Ling with a smile, patted his shoulder, and said nothing.

  …

"You wrote to me, and you didn't say which day you came here. I thought you came after you visited the grave in the first day of the first year of the new year. In the first few days, I really ran to the pier after eating and after class, but I couldn't see anyone. Just kept me waiting for a while."

  Wang Qingwen led the way, walked off the bridge and walked into the town, "I'll take you to dinner first. After traveling so far, you must be hungry. Let's talk while eating."

  Chen Ling responded with his wife, constantly looking at this quaint town.

An old street with bluestone slabs is long from north to south. Some places have been trampled all year round, and it has become extremely smooth. Most of the streets are quaint Ming and Qing buildings on both sides. , but it is definitely an extremely rare ancient town that is completely preserved.

  It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the scenery is beautiful. Chen Ling thought to himself: No wonder later generations called it a town in the south of the Yangtze River in the north. Even if tourism has not yet been developed and remodeled, the original landscape is enough to have the charm of the south of the Yangtze River.

  Because it is not a fair day, there are no stalls selling things on both sides. They are all ordinary people, walking in and out, or saying hello to Wang Qingwen, just a few words.

   Actually, before getting married, Chen Ling came here two or three times. At that time, I didn't think there was anything special here.

   Now that I have decades of memories, I feel that this place is precious.

   What made him regret was that many places were rebuilt and completely demolished due to the flood this year.

  I can't do anything about it. In this day and age, I feel that my stuff is not a treasure, and all I can think about is building a small western-style building.

   The further you go into the town, the more obvious it becomes.

  Chen Ling admired the architectural style, while Wang Susu was talking to his elder brother.

Wang Zhenzhen, this little girl, misses her big brother a lot when she sees her, and feels annoyed when she sees her. At this time, she was caught by Wang Qingwen because she ran wildly and gave a general training: "I know how to behave, and I will be dishonest when I go home in front of my parents. Hello."

   The little girl was indignant, grabbed the hair on Heiwa's neck, pointed at Wang Qingwen's butt, and whispered: "Bite him, bite him".

   Heiwa gave her a naive look with her tongue stuck out, shook her hair as if she didn't understand, and ran to the front to show off her power in front of the local dogs.

  It's not stupid, how can one bite it, otherwise it will be the one who suffers.

   "We have a fair on February 7th in our town. Come back in two days. Don't think it's smaller than your village. There are many boats here, and it's very lively."

  Wang Qingwen led them into a small restaurant, which was said to be one of the eight restaurants on the wharf.

   As the name suggests, the specialty is pier dishes.

  Wharf dishes eaten by caravans and boat gangs are high-quality and low-priced, large in quantity, and most of them are appetizers. Such big fish and big meat must be accompanied by two or two small wines.

   But today, we have to go back to the village before dark. After filling our stomachs and resting for a while, we have to continue our journey, so what they eat is nothing special, that is, simple beef soup, soaked in some oil buns and finished.

   It does eat faster this way.

   After eating, we arrived at Fenglei Town Middle School, and there were already one big and one small waiting in front of the school gate.

   is a woman under 30 years old, dressed neatly and neatly, squatting on the side of the school gate, and a four or five-year-old boy doll draws on the ground with chalk, while joking.

   "Sister-in-law, everything."

   Wang Susu shouted excitedly when she saw the two of them.

   One big and one small looked up and saw that the woman had a round face and big eyes, but her face was a little rough and her cheeks were slightly purplish red, but she was also a very delicate and charming woman.

  The little boy has a round head and a round brain, following his mother's round face, big eyes, small nose and small mouth. He is very cute. It is very different from Wang Qingwen's angular face with a high nose bridge.

   "Oops, Susu..."

  The woman was very happy when she saw Wang Susu. This is Wang Susu's eldest sister-in-law, called Su Ligai. Since she is seven or eight years younger than Wang Qingwen, she got along very well with Wang Susu, the little sister-in-law, after she got married.

"You don't know, since your brother came back from your visit, he has been talking about you and Lingzi every day. I received your letter a while ago, and he was so happy that he couldn't sleep for a few days, and he ate noon every day. I'll wait for you at the pier."

   "Wait left, wait right, wait left, wait right, but I've been waiting for you back."

   Aunt and sister-in-law held hands, and the two also missed each other very much.

  Especially Su Li looked at Wang Susu's white and tender and pretty face under the pink turban, with the slightly messy hair in front of her forehead, which made her sister-in-law look younger and more beautiful. She only said that Wang Susu looked even better than before marriage.

   said that Wang Susu's face was hot, but he couldn't say anything, so he leaned over and stretched out his hand to his little nephew and said, "I haven't seen each other for two years, everyone is so old, come, auntie hug."

   The little nephew was looking left and right, and was curiously observing the strange men and women in front of him, as well as the two majestic big dogs, and the beautiful big white cow. When he saw Wang Susu stretched out his hand, he immediately hid behind Su Lichang in fright.

   Take a peek at this strange woman from Su Li’s leg slit.

   "Hehe, he didn't remember anything when you got married, and now that he sees you, he definitely doesn't know who you are..."

  Wang Qingwen smiled and dragged his son to him, squatted down, pointed at Chen Ling and Wang Susu and said, "Tongtong, these two are aunt and uncle, do you know?"

   Then he was afraid that he would not be able to tell the difference, so he pointed at Wang Zhenzhen and continued: "This aunt who is always robbing you of food is the little aunt, and the one in front is the eldest aunt and the eldest uncle."

   "Come on, call everyone."

  Xiaotongtong pursed his lips, looked at Chen Ling, looked at Wang Susu, leaned back and forth in Wang Qingwen's arms, but refused to speak.

  Wang Qingwen immediately raised his face: "Tongtong, how did I teach you?"

   "It's alright, the child is still young, it'll be good to be familiar with it later."

  Chen Ling smiled when he saw it, it's normal for a child to be shy.

   took out a handful of toffee from his pocket and stuffed it into Xiaotongtong's hand.

   "This is the toffee that my aunt and uncle brought you, and it's still in the car after eating."

Beside   , when Wang Zhenzhen heard this, he couldn't be proud: "Hee hee, all the food is in my bag."

   "Look at everything, there are also beef jerky, shrimp sticks, rice cake candy... Do you want to eat it?"

   In fact, apart from the toffee, all the Liang Hongyu family bought for her to eat, and they took them out.

  The variety of snacks is really easy to buy the little doll.

   The little guy took this and that, and the pockets of his jacket and trousers filled up quickly.

   After all, he was familiar with Wang Zhenzhen, a little aunt who grew up since childhood. At this time, the little guy followed Wang Zhenzhen, eating by himself and feeding it to two dogs. Then he went to play in front of the little white cow and fed the cow with water.

   The little white ox has always been friendly to the little doll, and after drinking the water, he gently bowed his head and let them touch him.

  The two of them were playing around, and Wang Susu followed Su Li to go to the school to pick up things. The family didn't go back to the mountains often, only two or three times a month.

   The mother-in-law's family has a lot of things to do.

   Taking advantage of this time, Wang Qingwen took Chen Ling aside and asked how the baby was going.

  Chen Ling responded with two fingers.

   "What? What does this mean?"

  Wang Qingwen couldn't figure it out.

  Chen Ling smiled and approached him, whispering, "It's been two months."

   Uncle squinted his eyes all of a sudden.

   Then he patted his thigh and said excitedly: "This, this is a good thing, why didn't you two say it, and it wasn't mentioned in the letter."

  Chen Ling briefly explained it, but he didn't know if he listened.

   just patted Chen Ling's shoulder hard, and kept saying: "Okay, that's great, if my parents knew about this, I would be happy, let's go, pack up, go up the mountain and go home."

   (end of this chapter)