Dashan Orchard 1988

Chapter 171 Little boy, don’t be humiliated

After Li Muyang arrived at Wangjia Village, he discovered that this village was much larger than theirs.

At a glance, the scale is at least two or three times larger.

Villages these days do not have very fixed size restrictions and have not experienced later restructuring, so villages of all sizes will exist.

Li Muyang's Lijia Village is considered a small to medium-sized village, with about 3000 to [-] people.

Wangjiacun looks like a big village at first glance. If calculated based on the same population density, it is estimated to have at least 7000 or [-] people.

It is different from the village setting of later generations, and it is also different from the collective living environment in the south.

Villages here often evolve from large families slowly spreading out.

Not only does the village have a large number of people, but the radiation area is also very large.

Many villages even seemed to cover an area larger than the towns of later generations, and these villages basically evolved into townships during subsequent restructuring.

Li Muyang went into the village entrance and inquired, only to find out that Wang Tianxiao's home was quite far away from the village entrance.

Li Muyang is now in the east of the village, while Wang Tianxiao's home is in the west.

It takes several kilometers to cross the entire village.

Fortunately, the person I met happened to be Wang Tianxiao's former elementary school classmate, so I got to know him.

Otherwise, with such a large village, not everyone might know each other.

After all, Wang Tianxiao is not a celebrity.

Following the instructions, he rode all the way to the west.

I found that this Wangjia Village was slightly richer than their Lijia Village.

Every family's yard is obviously better than theirs.

Moreover, judging from the way people dress, they are generally better than those in Lijiacun.

This is probably because it is closer to Qingquan Town, and the land here is relatively flatter, which is conducive to planting.

Lijia Village is backed by Taoshan Mountain and Maliangou is next to it. There is actually very little truly flat land. You won’t notice it when you stand on the ground, but from a distance you will see that the entire Lijia Village is actually slope-like.

Not only can't retain water, but also some floating soil with nutrients on the surface will be washed into the Malian ditch by the water.

So the grain output here is relatively poor.

Not even as good as some villages below Maliangou.

Just like Lin Yali's Xialin Village, because it is located under Malian Valley, crops grow very well.

Not only can you grow wheat, but you can also grow upland rice.

Moreover, the upland rice here is famous far and wide.

If people nearby eat rice, they will subconsciously say that they eat rice from the ditch.

The factor that restricts the economic development of Xialin Village and the improvement of people's living standards is not that the land cannot produce anything, but that what is produced cannot be sent out in a hurry.

The more than ten miles of slope road would be impossible for ordinary people to climb without a tractor.

However, using a tractor to pull grain to sell would cost too much. In the end, the head would be heavier than the body, which is not very realistic.

Li Muyang watched and thought all the way, and finally came to the fourth team where Wang Tianxiao was.

I was about to find someone to ask which one it was, but I happened to see a middle-aged woman with a headscarf on her head weeding in the field behind the farm, so she got out of the car and asked, "Sister, where do we get to Wang Tianxiao's house?"

"died!"

The woman looked up at Li Muyang, said angrily, and continued weeding.

Li Muyang was a little confused.

people died?
How is that possible? Didn’t I just see this two days ago?

Why did he die suddenly?

Besides, if he is really dead, why can't he hear the sound of suona at all?

It stands to reason that even if you bury people, you can't bury them so quickly.

He had no choice but to push the car forward for a while, and then he saw a couple sitting at the door enjoying the cool air.

He stepped forward and asked again.

The woman smiled and said: "You said Tianxiao, just keep walking along this road, turn a corner in front, and the first house is there."

When Li Muyang heard this, he still felt uneasy and asked tentatively: "Wang Tianxiao...are others okay?"

The woman was stunned for a moment, "What happened? What happened to him?"

She looked at the shirtless man next to her with some unconfidence, "What's wrong with Uncle Tianxiao?"

"It's nothing. I saw him coming back from the fields."

The man was also dumbfounded.

"Oh, thanks."

Li Muyang suspected that the woman he asked about earlier had bad intentions and was lying to him.

There are many people with this kind of problem. When someone asks a question, not only will they not tell it properly, but they will casually give wrong information.

Following the result of asking for directions, he walked forward for a while, then turned a corner, and sure enough he saw a house in front of him.

The earthen courtyard has earthen walls and no gatehouse. The gate is made of woven branches. There are three cave dwellings and a mountain.

At a glance, you can tell that the economic conditions of this family are very poor.

At the entrance of the courtyard, there was a little girl of seven or eight years old digging in the fields.

The round-headed shovel she used was much taller than she was, and it seemed very difficult to turn it over every time.

In the doorway, a little boy of three or four years old was holding a baby who was only about two or three months old in his arms. He was sitting on the door pillar, patting the child's shoulders and gently coaxing him to sleep.

"Coax the baby to sleep, and he wants steamed buns when he goes to sleep.
Here is the steamed bun, the boy took it in his mouth..."

This is a common way for people in Qingcheng to put their children to sleep.

Li Muyang likes to use it very much.

I didn’t expect this little boy, at such a young age, to be very good at using it.

It's obvious that babies don't like this.

The little boy stretched his arms and legs and made a serious fuss. At first, the little boy was still trying to think of a way, but after doing it, he found that it had no effect, and he suddenly became anxious.

"Sister, look at Dandan, he just won't sleep."

The little girl in the field heard it, stuck her shovel in the ground, ran over to pick up the baby, and walked around in the doorway holding her in her arms.

Singing another song to coax the children.

“Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally…

Throw the cow into the ditch.

It seems like nothing can be done.

The turret (that is, the horns) was broken (meaning to throw). "

This ballad is also very common. The first time Li Muyang heard it was from his mother-in-law. He didn't expect to hear it here.

Just singing it from the mouths of an old man and a little girl has completely different charms.

Maybe I'm tired of crying.

Or maybe it was because it felt so comfortable to be carried around by her sister that the baby finally stopped crying and fell asleep with his head resting on the skinny shoulder of the skinny girl.

"Come on, Pengwa, hold Dandan in your arms, and I'll dig up the ground."

"Ah."

The little boy obediently stretched out his hands and was about to hug the baby, but the baby immediately pursed his lips and started crying again.

The girl was so frightened that she started walking back and forth again.

The little baby stopped crying again.

"What should we do, sister?"

"Wait a minute, I'll coax Dandan to get used to it before I go over it."

"Dad will be back soon. If you don't turn it over quickly, he will definitely be unhappy."

"Yes, but Dandan can't cry well. Mom said that if you keep crying, your throat will be broken from crying."

"Hehe~ I thought of a good idea."

"What?"

"Let's change. You hold Dandan while you sleep, and I'll help you dig the floor."

"What kind of ground can you turn over? You're not as tall as a shovel. Besides, you don't have the strength to step into the ground at all."

"Who said I was strong? I eat as much as you do.

I am strong. "

"Okay, then go ahead and try it, but be careful not to shovel your toes off."

my sister joked.

The little boy ran into the field with steps that he didn't recognize, and pulled the shovel out of the ground with all his strength. He imitated his sister and tried to step the shovel into the ground with his little feet.

But his strength was too little.

After stepping on it a few times, the shovel only reached half of the ground.

"Pengwa, come back. The ground is too hot. You are already black. If you keep out in the sun, you will probably be used to make a fire."

My sister is joking again.

This made Pengwa angry.

He simply held the handle of the shovel, stood up directly, jumped a few times with all his strength, and stepped on the shovel into the ground.

This really impressed him.

He looked at his sister triumphantly and said, "Look, I'm done."

But my sister smiled and said, "You're going in, let's see how you pull it out."

"It's not easy..."

The little boy said, ready to pull out the shovel.

But obviously, ginger is still hotter than her sister.

She saw the limits of her brother's power at a glance.

Sure enough, after a lot of effort, the shovel seemed to have taken root and could not be pulled out.

This pissed him off.

When he comes down and faces the shovel handle, he will output a burst of force.

It made my sister under the doorway giggle.

Li Muyang stood in the distance and couldn't stop laughing.

The little boy is obviously very pitiful, weak and helpless, but it makes people want to laugh.

This kind of childishness is the most natural and the easiest to impress people.

He couldn't help but think of his children, who were all cute when they were young. He suddenly felt that the half-year appointment with his wife was too long.

Knowing this, you should prepare for marriage immediately.

What are you dragging?

If she had gotten married earlier, maybe by the end of the year, Li Jing would be three months old in her belly.

At this time, the two children, especially the elder sister, saw Li Muyang wandering not far away, and shouted with some curiosity: "Are you looking for someone, uncle?"

Li Muyang came closer, but did not go inside. Instead, he stood on the road and asked, "Is this Wang Tianxiao's home?"

"Yeah, are you looking for my dad?"

"Well, I have something to do with your dad. Is he at home?"

"No, my dad and mom went to my grandma's house and will be back in a minute. Why don't you wait a while?"

"Then... ok, I'll just wait."

"Pengwa, go in and get a stool for your uncle."

"Oh."

The little boy in the field kicked the shovel handle again, and ran into the yard with a hululu. After a while, he brought out a pony and put it under Li Muyang's butt.

"Give."

"Thank you..."

Just as Li Muyang was about to sit down, he pointed to the shovel in the ground and said:

"You can't pull it out, do you want me to help you pull it out?"

The little boy said shyly: "I want to pull it out myself."

"It's okay, you are young and inexperienced."

"That's not possible. I'm not young anymore. I can do it by myself."

"Ok."

Li Muyang didn't insist and looked at the little boy and ran to pull it out himself.

Under the scorching sun, the little boy tried his best to pull it out over and over again, but to no avail. Fortunately, he still used his brain.

Start changing the method, holding the shovel handle and shaking it vigorously.

As a result, the shovel handle finally couldn't stand it anymore and he shook it loose.

He threw himself down in the dirt with a shovel and ate a mouthful of dirt. When he got up again, his face was covered with dirt.

His body was also stained with a lot of mud, like a little clay figurine.

Li Muyang and the little girl couldn't help laughing when they saw it.

The angry little boy couldn't help it.

He glanced here angrily, wiped the tears from his eyes with the back of his hand, picked up the shovel, and inserted the shovel into the ground again.

Not to mention, with the experience of previous failures, he is much smarter this time.

Stand directly on the head of the shovel, jump hard, step the shovel into the ground, and then come down and start shaking, much faster than last time.

Li Muyang's smile slowly turned into admiration.

He liked this little boy so much.

He is really young, definitely no older than four years old.

If we look at future generations, children of this age who have just entered kindergarten will often cry because they can't get something.

Some children even don’t know how to wear clothes.

She had to wait for her parents to tie her shoelaces, and she often peed her pants in kindergarten.

But this little boy can not only coax his younger brother to sleep, but he can also think of helping his sister share the farm work.

And more importantly, he was not discouraged and worked very seriously.

Even if my strength is too weak, even if I fall and feel pain, I just wipe my tears and continue to work.

It really makes people feel sad and like it at the same time.

Li Muyang knew Wang Tianxiao's three children, and they all turned out to be very promising.

My sister, the girl digging the ground now, has a PhD from Lancheng University, studying literature.

The guy who is turning the ground now is said to be studying at a famous university in BJ and is also a Ph.D.

And now the kid Qi Qi, who is still crying, is also a master in the end.

All the children in this family are very up to date.

Very similar to Li Muyang’s family.

They all have three children, one daughter and two sons, and even the children's educational backgrounds are exactly the same.

It is precisely because of this that Li Muyang pays special attention to Wang Tianxiao.

Their education is well-known far and wide.

There is now a glory mural outside Qingquan Middle School, on which are the glorious deeds of their children.

"Uncle, do you want some water?"

"Oh, don't drink, I'm not thirsty."

"Oh, forget it, I can't spare any time, hehe~"

This little girl is small and beautiful, but she is very thin. She smiles very sweetly, showing her small white teeth.

It may be in the stage of tooth replacement and there are still a few gaps.

Open teeth.

"You still have to work in the fields on such a hot day? Are your parents asking you to do this?"

"No, we did it secretly."

The little girl smiled and said: "My parents are too tired, I want them to do some work.

It's easy to plow the ground, I can do it. "

"It's not easy to plow, there's no easy farm work to do," Li Muyang looked at the half-plowed land and said with a smile, "Did you plow all this today?"

"Well, I didn't turn it over very quickly. If it were my dad, he would have finished it long ago."

The little girl said with regret on her face, "It looks like we won't be able to finish the page before they come back.

I also wanted to give them a surprise attack and make them happy. "

"What time are they coming back?"

The little girl looked at the sun in the sky and said, "There's probably still an hour or two left. Uncle, if you wait, you'll have to wait a while."

"That's it~"

Li Muyang suddenly had an idea.

He stood up and walked straight to the little boy, "Shall I help you dig the ground?"

"No! I can do it myself."

"But you're slow, and you don't want your dad to come back and see the ground that's only half plowed, right?"

The little boy was stunned and said nothing.

"Don't worry, I came to your father to ask him something.

I begged him to do something and plow the ground for him. Is it fair? No one owes anyone anything?

Otherwise, if your dad only helped me and I didn't help him, would he be at a disadvantage?
You are your father's son, and you don't want to see your father suffer, right? "

The little boy was obviously moved by Li Muyang.

After all, he is a child.

They don't have a clear idea of ​​right and wrong, and they must subconsciously want to protect their father's rights and interests from being harmed.

Hearing Li Muyang say this, I think it makes sense.

"Can you dig the ground?"

He looked up at Li Muyang, his dark eyes filled with scrutiny.

Li Muyang found that although they were children from the same family, the girl and the little brother were both obviously white, but the little boy in front of him had darker skin, which was in line with the typical skin color of children on the Loess Plateau.

The small pants he was wearing obviously didn't fit anymore. Not only were they patched, but they were also lifted halfway up his legs.

The upper body was bare-chested and the feet were wearing mille-feather soles, but the shoes were too small and the toes were already sticking out.

He has single eyelids and small eyes, but they are very energetic, full of stubbornness and full of scrutiny.

Li Muyang likes children.

Seeing the little boy like this, he just thought it was cute, so he smiled and said: "Of course I can dig the ground. Look at my arms. They are as thick as pillars. They are just used for digging. What else can I do?"

"My dad has thick arms too."

The little boy glanced at Li Muyang's arm, with a bit of fear in his eyes, but he still raised his head and made his final insistence.

"Well, I know, I'm definitely not as good as your dad."

"Here, you can turn it over if you want, and I'll see if you can turn it over."

The little boy was very satisfied when he heard his father being praised and pushed the shovel to Li Muyang.

"Okay, let's see."

Li Muyang took the shovel and began to turn up the ground quickly.

He was always good at work, and had the bonus of being reborn. Now his energy and strength are beyond the comparison of ordinary people.

In his hand, the shovel seemed not to be a big farm tool, but a small spatula on a pot or bowl.

The little boys on both sides looked dumbfounded.

Standing there stupidly.

The little girl under the doorway also stared at Li Muyang in shock, thinking that this was still a human being.

She is much more sensible than her brother.

They knew that their father's health was not good and his legs and feet were weak. Not to mention other things, when it came to digging the ground, neither father could keep up with the uncle in front of him.

The small half-acre of land seemed like a lot, and Li Muyang didn't even take a break. It probably took him less than an hour to plow all the land.

When he handed the shovel to the little boy and asked him to drag it home, the little boy's eyes were filled with admiration.

Li Muyang has been regarded as a super expert at work.

The two returned to the doorway, and the little girl hurriedly said to her brother: "Pengwa, bring a bowl of water to uncle..."

"Oh."

The little boy answered simply.

"Remember to put cold water on the chopping board and don't scoop it from the vat. Drinking it will cause diarrhea."

"I know."

The little boy dragged the shovel clanging in.

The water near the mountain village is very clean, especially in the early years, you can drink it directly from the well.

Adults always say that drinking raw water will cause stomach ache, but children don't take it seriously.

When it's hot to play outside, go home and pick up a spoon or gourd, scoop up half a gourd of water from the tank, and drink it comfortably in one go.

The whole body can be cooled down.

But this is actually very dangerous.

There has been a case in the village where a child died suddenly because of drinking water like this. I heard that it was because he was playing too hot and suddenly drank cold water, which exploded his lungs.

Li Muyang didn't understand what the principle was.

Anyway, he often drank raw water before, but he didn't have any problems.

I just saw that the little girl could even think of such things at such a young age. It was really good and so sensible.

Although the children in his family are quite sensible, they always feel that they are not as good as the children in front of them.

Maybe...children are other people's good things.

But when it hurts, I still love my child the most.

Soon, the little boy came out carrying an enamel jar.

He was still too weak, the enamel jar was bigger than his head, and he was holding it with difficulty with both hands, as if he had reached the limit of his strength.

"Oh, why don't you change it to a small vat? Why did you let people drink from this big vat when you just brought it out?"

The elder sister complained angrily when she saw her younger brother like this.

"You didn't tell me."

"Okay, okay, you put the jar on the ground, go in and get two small bowls, be careful not to knock the bowls."

"Oh."

Pengwa carefully placed the enamel jar on the ground and ran in again.

"Clumsy, day by day."

The little girl was chattering like a little adult.

Li Muyang smiled and said, "He is so old, what does he know?"

"You are already four years old. You are still young. When I was this old, you could cook."

The little girl disagreed.

Li Muyang was stunned and said subconsciously: "Really?"

"It's not that bad. At that time, I knew how to cook bean and rice soup, how to remove (heat) steamed buns, and I could also chop green spicy seeds."

"What about you now?"

"What now?"

"You knew how to cook these meals then, so what do you do now?"

"I know how to cook anything, including steaming steamed buns and rolling noodles. When my parents come back from selling eggs outside, they always eat the rice I cook."

ok~
Li Muyang was speechless.

I feel like I've been hit.

Several of his children, I thought were quite good before, but now it seems that compared to the children of Wang Tianxiao's family, his children are nothing at all.

When Nuan Nuan came to his sister's house, he was still worried about what happened to the child. Now look at this Xiaopeng baby. He doesn't know if he is older than Nuan Nuan, but he is so "stubborn" and sensible.

I really don’t know how Wang Tianxiao educates his children so well.

At this time, Xiaopengwa came out with two bowls.

He put the bowl on the ground and was about to pick up the enamel jar and pour water into the bowl, but the jar was too full.

Most of the water is poured outside.

Seeing this, Li Muyang hurriedly got up to help, but his sister said: "Uncle, please leave him alone, you can't wait all your life for others to pour water for him.

He is such a big young man, and he can't even pour water. I feel embarrassed even if I tell him. "

Xiaopengwa originally wanted Li Muyang to help, but now she felt better and began to pick up the enamel jar again with great effort.

Little boy, your dignity must not be insulted!
(End of this chapter)