Doomsday foresight

At the end of September, a few unexpected guests came to the house. After the cold weather, there were fewer things at home. My grandma, second aunt, and sister-in-law were busy making cotton jackets and trousers for everyone. I used grain to exchange a lot of cotton fabrics. Older women in rural areas will Young people don't necessarily have to do work, and the sister-in-law Yingzi is the same, she doesn't know how to do it very much. This time, she learned from her mother-in-law seriously, and she can already make cotton hands for Huzi.

Everyone didn't wear the down jacket that Jinxi bought, maybe they were not used to it, or they thought it was too warm like Dabao, Jinxi couldn't help freezing compared with him.

This day he was fenced in the yard, and the chickens at home couldn’t be penned, and their size was getting bigger and bigger. I don’t know if it’s because of the weather or the magnetic field changes according to experts. Egg, originally there were three roosters, but now there is only one rooster left. That rooster killed the other two, and then ran around the yard for more than ten laps like a winner, crowing non-stop.Afterwards like a king, wandering around with his hen wife, any cock that comes near will be attacked by him.The big rooster, named Honghong by Dabao, patrols the yard with its head up every day. The big yellow dog at home has also been pecked by it several times, and every time it sees it coming, it hides away.At that time, Jinxi felt that the big yellow dog was too face-to-face.

In any case, this red one is getting bigger and bigger, tall and long-legged, with sharp claws like eagle claws. She takes her little hen out for a walk every day, and then drives the hen to the nest to lay eggs when she comes back, because The hens at home lay a lot of eggs, and Jinxi's family members are so precious. The chicken coop was rebuilt two months ago, and it is leaning against the West Room where Jinxi lives. He can hear any big movement in the chicken coop.However, people who lay more eggs also eat more, and now the amount of corn noodles eaten every day can catch up with the previous two days or even more.Some people caught and sold them because of locusts, and the price was not expensive. Jinxi's family bought some, dried them and chopped them up to feed the chickens.Hong Hong prefers to eat the whole one, and eats it viciously every time, with a bitter and bitter look.

Two days ago, Honghong came back with an injury, although it was not serious, but it looked artificial. There was a cut on her leg, which was made by a knife. Jinyang went out for a walk, and found out that Ye Ke was injured. Everything has been babbled, and he won't say anything when asked.When the two brothers came back, they knew that Ye Ke must have wanted to catch their chickens, but Hong Hong hurt him.

Ye Ke and Jinxi belong to the same ancestors, the ancestors were the brothers who fled together at the beginning, but now they have produced five clothes, he and Ye Cheng's cousins ​​are counted as the same generation as Jinxi and the others. This generation belongs to the He character generation, and the children’s names all contain the word He. The genealogy established here at the beginning, after the separation of the brothers, the names of the children were also separated. Ye Ke and his family are all single characters. Jinxi Both are double characters, the middle character is Jin, and both belong to the big family in the village. Jinxi doesn't like Ye Ke. He was one of the children who taunted Dabao when he was young. He is quite annoying, but I didn't expect him to start stealing chicken.

The family's chickens are important property, and Jinxi is not going to let them out. Anyway, the vegetable garden is quite big, and it is safe to surround it now that there are no vegetables in it.

He was working when he heard the sound of a car at the door, followed by a dog barking, put down his things and walked out.Grandpa Second Uncle and Brother Jinyang have gone out, so he is the only one who can be the deacon at home.

Before I got to the door, I saw an imported Wrangler through the wall. The top of the car was covered with canvas and I didn't know what was inside.

After opening the door, the co-pilot came down a young man, about 30 years old, but his complexion was not very good, a little gray, probably younger than his actual age.And this man looked familiar, but he didn't know where he had seen him.

While Jinxi was looking at others, that person was also looking at him. Although he was not sure, Zhang Zhong couldn't confirm that the young man in front of him was the Ye Jinxi his brother mentioned. He was wearing an old-fashioned cotton jacket and trousers, and a ragged Clothes, a pair of cloth cotton shoes under his feet, he looked like he had just done work, not as white and clean as his brother said, a little dark and thin, with bright eyes, which made him look less rustic.But the age is right, looks more handsome.

"You are Ye Jinxi?" Zhang Zhong asked.

Ye Jinxi nodded, "I am you?"

"I am Zhang Cheng's elder brother. My name is Zhang Zhong."

Ye Jinxi was stunned, I remember that Zhang Cheng and his brother were named after the word loyalty, the two brothers looked alike, no wonder he felt familiar, "Hi Brother Zhang, are you here Zhang Cheng?" Ye Jinxi suddenly became worried about Zhang Cheng, because the signal suddenly disappeared , His mobile phone has not been connected for a long time, even if he uses the landline in the village, he can't find anyone, because Zhang Cheng's mobile phone also has a problem.

"He's fine. Can we go in and talk?" Zhang Zhong found that some villagers were already visiting at the door.

Jin Xi nodded, "Driving the car in." Said and opened the door.At this time, the second aunt also came out of the house. "Jinxi and the others?"

"This is my classmate's elder brother." Jin Xi introduced, and the driver parked the car.

Then saw Zhang Zhong open the rear car door, Jinxi almost shed tears just by looking at it, saw that Zhang Cheng had a splint on his arms and legs, gauze was wrapped around his head, his face was pale, his eyes were closed, he didn't know what it was Sleeping or fainting.

"What's wrong?" Jin Xi said with red eye circles.Hold back, the caller was fine before, why did this happen.

Zhang Zhong's expression has improved a lot. Although his younger brother has always said that this friend is very good, how long can the friendship last at this moment.But now Ye Jinxi's undisguised concern really warmed his heart a lot.

"Hey, what's wrong with this kid? Get in the house quickly. It's cold outside." The second aunt opened the door and ran in a few steps, "Jinxi let your room go." The second aunt said a few steps into the West Room The area of ​​the Westinghouse is large, and the kang is also big. The second aunt got on the kang and took out the mattress and pillows from the kang cabinet, and quickly put them on the bed.

"Put it here quickly, the fire in the morning is still hot."

Zhang Zhong and the man who drove Zhang Cheng carried Zhang Cheng in together, Jin Xi followed beside him, holding Zhang Cheng's hand felt cold.The grandmother and sister-in-law who were making quilts in the waist room also went to the ground, and Dabao, who was playing with Huzi in the east room, stood at the door watching while holding Huzizi and pulling his shoes.

After settling people down, Zhang Cheng didn't wake up after tossing for a long time.

"It's nothing but an injury. I had a bone setting yesterday, and it hurt for half a night. I didn't sleep on the road. I'm afraid I fell asleep because I was exhausted." Zhang Zhong's complexion improved a lot, and he explained to Jinxi.

"You haven't eaten yet. There is hot water in Yingzi's pot for them to wash their faces, and I'll heat up the rice right away." The second aunt ordered her daughter-in-law.

Jin Xi also knew that it was not time for questioning, so she carefully removed the blanket around Zhang Cheng's body. There was no plaster cast on the arms, and the legs were also fixed with splints and bandages, but the bandages were well wrapped.Zhang Zhong is an eight-year clinical medicine student at Beijing Medical University. He seems to have just graduated last year. His injuries should be handled by Zhang Zhong.

After helping Zhang Cheng to tidy up briefly, Jinxi left the house, because grandma lives in the waist room, everyone's usual activities are here, and the big TV moved from the second uncle's house is also placed in this room.At this moment, grandma has already put away the quilt, and put a small table on the kang. The steamed buns with Lianghe noodles that I ate in the morning, there is no more porridge, and the second aunt made egg soup. There is no shortage of eggs at home. She beat four at once. It looked like the soup was full of eggs.Plus the big pickled vegetables at home and the sauced potatoes made the day before yesterday.

Sauce potatoes are their special dish. This time, grandma was willing to put some meat when making it. First, fry the aniseed peppercorns, then put the fat meat in the pan, roast the oil, and then put some lean meat and green onion, ginger and garlic together. Stir-fry, do not peel and wash the small potatoes, wait for the meat to change color, then put soy sauce, the family is used to put two spoons of miso, add sugar to taste, add water, this time I do a lot, and there is a lot of water, then put small Chili beans or cowpeas, there are no fresh ones now, so I put soaked dried cowpeas, and peppers from the sauce tank, with chopped coriander and pickles on top.Make more and put them in jars, and the weather is not bad now.

Zhang Zhong and the person who came with him ate the hottest meal in these days.The person who came with them was Zheng Yuan. He was tall and tall. He looked about 35 years old. Zhou Zheng was not talkative. Jinxi saw that he took good care of Zhang Zhong, and gave Zhang Zhong a piece of meat in the bowl. Later, he thought Zhang Cheng told him that his brother's good friends came from the capital together, and they must have a very good relationship if they can come together at this time.

During the meal, everyone didn't look at Jinxi and didn't rush to ask what happened. The three of them must have encountered difficulties when they came here like this.Grandma and the others went to the east room to continue working. Jinxi sat with him for a while and then went to get warm water to wipe Zhang Cheng's face and hands. Maybe he came in a hurry, and there were bloodstains on his face.

After eating, Zhang Zhong took a travel bag from the car, went into the room and took Zhang Cheng's temperature, took out two bottles of medicine, checked the time, and ordered some for him.Jin Xi thought that the two of them must be exhausted, so he let them sleep in the West Room. Anyway, Kang is big, so he is not afraid of squeezing Zhang Cheng.

The two of them probably couldn't stand it anymore, and fell asleep after lying down for a while.

Grandpa and the others came back after three o’clock. Now the tricycle at home is no longer used. When going out, you can ride a bicycle or drive a donkey cart. Their little donkey is also big enough to pull a cart. The second uncle asked someone to do it. The bridle makes it easier for the two donkeys to pull the cart.

This time they went to the next village to help dig the cellar. The second uncle and Jin Yang dug the ground, and the grandfather drove the car to the mountain to pull the stones. He didn't need to move the stones, he could just pull the cart. This time, he earned three sacks of unhulled peanuts.I went there for three days in total and today is the last day. In previous years, no one would get a hundred and fifty or two hundred for three days of work. Now they don’t need money to settle the bill. The family planted a few acres of peanuts, and now they have become precious things. There are few species here.There is no place to buy it.There is less work like this now, this family belongs to a single household, there are no relatives, only a girl married to another village, and I am afraid that people will miss it if I ask the same village to help with the work, and there are fewer livestock and carts in this day and age, younger people All of them drive three wheels, but unfortunately diesel is expensive now, and all three wheels are out of service.

In fact, as long as you have more relatives, you don't need help from outsiders. You can have a meal and do all the work.Just like Jinxi's family, if he really hires people to work, there will be twenty or so of his peers, all of whom are young and middle-aged. Because Jinxi is the second child, he is considered young among his peers.Marriage here is early, and it is not uncommon to be a father at the age of 21.