Little Farm Among the Clouds

The old lady Lu glanced at the candies, peanuts and apples in Ye Chi's arms. She really wanted Ye Chi to play with Lu Mingfang. The last time Ye Chi accompanied Lu Mingfang to watch a movie for a while, Lu Mingfang could say a few more words , playing together often in the future will definitely benefit a lot.

But now Lu Mingfang is angry, she is afraid that Lu Mingfang will not be serious, and she will scare Yechi and so on. She really likes Yechi, so she said softly: "Give the things to grandma, and grandma will pass it on to Mingfang. , okay?"

Ye Chi asked suspiciously: "Grandma Lu, you won't let me see Mingfang?"

"No." Mrs. Lu said: "Ming Fang is angry, grandma is afraid that he will kill you."

"No, Ming Fang is super nice to me, we can be good friends." Ye Chi said firmly.

"If he yells at you, aren't you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid, he doesn't yell at me either."

"..." Facing Shangyechi's expectant and clear eyes, Mrs. Lu hesitated for a while, and felt that although Lu Mingfang lost his temper, it was only a temper tantrum, and there were no other abnormal symptoms. She turned her head and looked at the east wing. , said softly: "Mingfang, Xiaoyechi is here to see you."

Lu Mingfang sat on the sofa without moving, but his eyes flickered.

Seeing this, Mrs. Lu turned her head to Ye Chi and said, "Son, go ahead and call grandma if you need something, you know?"

Ye Chi nodded heavily, hugged the candies, peanuts and apples in his arms, and walked carefully towards the east wing. After entering the east wing, he turned to look at Mrs. Lu, saying that there was no problem.

Old lady Lu smiled at Ye Chi.

Ye Chi walked up to Lu Mingfang slowly, and said softly, "Brother Fang, look, I brought you delicious food."

Lu Mingfang didn't move his body, but his dark eyes glanced at Ye Chi's arms. Mrs. Lu keenly caught this glance. Mrs. Lu smiled and turned to the white-haired old lady and said, "Come on, let's continue to take care of the soles of the shoes." go."

The white-haired old lady asked, "Are you leaving now?"

"Walk around, go to work before noon."

The white-haired old lady said worriedly: "What if Ming Fang beats Xiaoyechi?"

The white-haired old lady still looked displeased with Ye Chi just now, but now she feels distressed.The old lady Lu smiled and said: "No, my family Mingfang didn't exclude Xiaoyechi from entering the east wing, which means that Mingfang doesn't hate Xiaoyechi, he doesn't hate people, he doesn't know how to beat, let's go."

"That's right." The white-haired old lady was not at ease.

The old lady Lu said again and again: "Yes, yes, that's the case, don't worry."

The white-haired old lady then followed Mrs. Lu to the hallway, and started to take out shoe soles again, leaving Xiaoyechi alone. Xiaoyechi had already started talking to Lu Mingfang about the origins of candy, peanuts and apples, and showed them to Lu Mingfang one by one.

Ye Chi held a candy in his little hand and said, "Brother Fang, look, this candy is soft candy, very delicious."

Lu Mingfang just watched, but didn't speak.

Ye Chi enthusiastically introduced: "This is corn fudge, it's delicious."

"..."

"This bag contains peanuts, salt and pepper flavor, so crunchy. My grandpa and I ate one just now. It's delicious."

"..."

"There is also this apple. Grandpa said it was from Xinjiang, Xinjiang or something. I forgot. Anyway, it is delicious. I will put it here for you. You can eat it if you want."

"..."

After Ye Chi finished speaking, Lu Mingfang didn't answer a word. The room in the East Wing was quiet. Ye Chi rubbed his trousers with his small hands, feeling embarrassed that he couldn't speak, and then he said, "Brother Fang, I'm going to pay off the debt with my grandfather today. , I paid back 2000 yuan! If there is still 1000 yuan left, we will no longer owe debts. If we don’t owe debts, the money we earn in the future will be our own. Grandpa said, buy me new clothes in a few days!”

Lu Mingfang still didn't speak.

Ye Chi tilted his head and glanced at Lu Mingfang's face, seeing clearly that the anger on Lu Mingfang's face did not seem to disappear, he pursed his lips, fell silent for a moment, and said cautiously: "Brother Fang, you are still giving birth to your father. angry?"

Hearing this, Lu Mingfang turned his eyes to Ye Chi.

"Don't be angry, that, that... My father is not good either." Ye Chi lowered his head and said with his small hands: "My father owes a lot of money, let my grandpa pay it back. My father doesn't want me and my mother, I I don't even know what he looks like."

Lu Mingfang looked straight at Ye Chi.

Ye Chi also looked at Lu Mingfang with bright eyes, because his father was mentioned, a little grievance and sadness appeared on his little face.

Lu Mingfang finally spoke the first sentence of the day and asked, "Do you want to watch a movie?"

Maybe the word "father" is just two words to Ye Chi, or maybe Ye Chi is optimistic by nature, so when he heard the word "movie", his attention was immediately attracted, and he asked, "Do you want to watch it?" Harry Potter?"

Lu Mingfang nodded.

"Okay." Ye Chi said, "I've seen "Harry Potter", I've seen two of them, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" and "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets". Everyone in there talks for themselves, and I—”

Lu Mingfang who got the remote control suddenly turned his head to look at Ye Chi.

Based on what Lu Mingfang said last time, "If you talk again, you will go out." At this time, Ye Chi shut his mouth wisely, and said after a while: "Brother Fang, let me say the last sentence, the last sentence, okay?"

Lu Mingfang hummed lightly.

Ye Chi pointed to the TV and said, "Well, can you make Harry Potter speak Chinese? I can't understand a single word of the foreign language he speaks."

Lu Mingfang: "..."

Ye Chi said again: "You can change to Chinese on the computer. If, if you can't change to Chinese here, I won't watch it. I will go home and watch my big hen. It is hatching eggs. After more than ten days, the chicks can be hatched—"

Before Ye Chi could finish speaking, Lu Mingfang raised the remote control and operated it on the TV. The words in the movie were in Chinese. Ye Chi understood it in an instant, and sat happily beside Lu Mingfang, keeping a distance from Lu Mingfang, together After watching a movie, Ye Chi excitedly said to Lu Mingfang, "They said there is a fourth part of "Harry Potter"! There is a fifth part! There is a sixth part!"

Lu Mingfang ignored Ye Chi, lowered his head and fiddled with the remote control, and quickly found the fourth part of Harry Potter. When it was about to play, the old lady Lu walked in slowly and said, "Mingfang, Xiao Yechi, You have all watched TV for more than an hour, don’t watch it, or you will be short-sighted, come out and play for a while.”

Lu Mingfang turned his head to look at Ye Chi.

Ye Chi is a child who listens to the old man's words, and immediately said: "Well, then I won't watch it."

Lu Ming lowered his head to look at the remote control in his hand.

Ye Chi stood up and said, "Brother Fang, let's go out and play."

Lu Mingfang put down the remote control in his hand, got up and walked out of the East Wing. Ye Chi followed into the yard. It was already noon, and the warm sunlight shone in the yard. Not only did people feel warm, but even the big flower dog in the yard He also lay comfortably on the ground, lazily basking in the sun.

Ye Chi pointed at the big flower dog and said, "Brother Fang, look, big flower is sleeping."

Lu Mingfang looked over and saw Dahua's chin resting on the ground, his eyes narrowed.

"My family Dahei also likes to sleep." Seeing Lu Mingfang's very interested expression, Ye Chi continued: "Dahei will whine as soon as he sleeps, and then he will not be disturbed. When you touch him, he will bark. Touch him once, he will bark twice, if you don't touch it, it will tilt its head and fall asleep."

Ye Chi imitated the big black bark, and even made a "bark" sound. Lu Ming looked at it from the side, and his tense little face eased slightly, falling into the eyes of Mrs. Lu, and the corners of Mrs. Lu's mouth could not help but twitch. At this moment, Ye Guosheng's voice came from outside the courtyard.

"Ye Chi, Ye Chi, it's time to eat."

When Ye Chi heard this, he immediately turned his head to look at the gate of the yard, saw Ye Guosheng with a dry cigarette in his mouth, and immediately called out, "Grandpa."

"Hey!" Ye Guosheng responded.

Ye Chi immediately rushed to Ye Guosheng's side.

Ye Guosheng reached out to touch Ye Chi's head, and exchanged pleasantries with Mrs. Lu. Mrs. Lu enthusiastically asked Ye Chi to have lunch, but Ye Guosheng refused with a smile, and then said to Ye Chi: "Let's go home and eat .”

"Yeah." Ye Chi nodded, and then said to Lu Mingfang: "Brother Fang, I'm home, and I'll come to play with you in a few days. If you have time, you can come and play with me! I go up the mountain every day to talk to grandpa. To grow vegetables."

After speaking, Ye Chi took Ye Guosheng's hand and left.

Lu Mingfang looked at Ye Chi with a hesitant expression, and finally turned his head and entered the room.

But Ye Chi took Ye Guosheng's hand and walked towards his home. He didn't know what to be happy about. He kicked the pebbles with his little feet. He kicked and kicked. Ye Guosheng squatted down to pick up the branches.

Ye Guosheng asked: "What are you picking up this branch for?"

Ye Chi pinched the branch with his little hand and said, "I picked it up and set it on fire at home, Grandpa, can't this one be burned?"

"Yes." This kind of dead branches scattered on the ground has been exposed to the sun for a long time and dried in the breeze, and has basically no moisture, so it is most suitable for burning.

"Then I'll pick up some more."

Ye Chi let go of Ye Guosheng's hand, squatted on the ground and picked up one after another, his tired face flushed in his arms, and fine sweat appeared on his forehead. Ye Guosheng reached out and touched Ye Chi's hand. forehead, and asked, "Is it hot?"

Ye Chi nodded: "It's so hot, I want to take off my clothes."

It's spring now, and Ye Chi is still wearing winter cotton clothes. In fact, it's because Ye Chi doesn't have transitional clothes for spring. Ye Guosheng touched Ye Chi's small face and said, "You can't take it off, you will get sick if you get wind."

"But I'm so hot." Ye Chi wiped his sweat again with his little hands.

Ye Guosheng took the branch from Ye Chi's arms, unzipped the zipper for Ye Chi, and said: "Be patient, don't run around when you get home, sit for a while, it will be cold in the afternoon, and I will sell bamboo shoots tomorrow to buy you a new one." clothes to wear."

Ye Chi tugged at the padded jacket uncomfortably, always wanting to take it off.

Ye Guosheng patted Ye Chi's little head and walked towards home. As soon as Ye Chi got home, he played with Dahei again. He didn't dare to take off his clothes when it was hot. He kept wearing them until the afternoon when the weather turned cold. Happily, Ye Guosheng and Ye Guosheng went to the mountain to plant sweet potatoes, and dug some bamboo shoots and some small green vegetables by the way.

In the evening, Ye Chi and Ye Guosheng tied the green vegetables into bunches, and stacked small handfuls with the bamboo shoots. The next morning, the grandfather and grandson went to the market to sell bamboo shoots together, and by the way, the small green vegetables were also sold in the market. It was sold.

With more than 100 yuan in his hand, Ye Guosheng took Ye Chi to the pedestrian street to buy clothes. Both his grandfather and grandson fell in love with a set of sweaters, and asked the price for more than 300 yuan.The price scared both grandpa and grandson, so I had to ask another store.

In the end, I exchanged and exchanged, and finally spent 99 yuan to buy a thick sweater with red Dalmatians. I wore it on Ye Chi and paired it with white shoes. It looked like a bright little prince. It was very good-looking. Along the way There are passers-by and acquaintances constantly boasting about Yechi.

"Look, that little boy looks good."

"The little hoodie he's wearing is so handsome."

"Festive and pleasing to look at."

"Hey, isn't that the little leaf pond in Old Brother Ye's house? It's so beautiful."

"..."

The new clothes were brand new and light, and Ye Chi couldn't bear to take them off when he put them on, he kept shaking his arms and kicking his legs, but this didn't seem to be able to express his inner joy, so he took Dahei to run around in the yard, frightened The rooster flapped its wings and flew around.

Seeing that Ye Chi couldn't stay idle, Ye Guosheng said, "Ye Chi, go to the foot of the mountain and pull up two green onions and come back to cook for grandpa."

Ye Chi agreed straightforwardly: "Okay!"

"Don't run away, come back when you pull it out."

"Ok!"

Ye Chi turned his head and waved to Dahei, like Xiaobalu who went to fight the Japanese devils, and said, "Dahei! Let's go!"

Dahei wagged his short tail and gave Ye Chi a "woof", seeing Ye Chi running away, its four short legs seemed to be equipped with motors, and started to run after Ye Chi.

"Dahei, run!" Ye Chi shouted in front.

"Wow!" Dahei chased after him.

But Dahei is a puppy after all, and he couldn't catch up after a while, and started to play tricks, slacking around in circles, Ye Chi had no choice but to run back, hugged Dahei, and pointed at Dahei's black head, Like a little adult, he walked towards Jingshan while training Dahei.

"You little big black, what's the matter? You won't run for a while, why are you so lazy, ah, too lazy, look at the big flower in Brother Fang's house, it runs faster than Brother Fang! You have to Let me hold it!"

Ye Chi just ran Dahei towards Jingshan.

Ye Guosheng, who was in the courtyard, was worried about his little grandson. He stood in the backyard and looked towards Jingshan. He saw a little red man, holding a black little guy, walking obediently towards the foot of Jingshan. He smiled gently and stood up. Watching in the backyard, watching all the time, he didn't go up to greet the fiery little man until he ran home.

Ye Chi ran over panting, and handed Ye Guosheng a handful of shallots.

Ye Guosheng took Xiao Cong and praised Ye Chi: "Awesome!"

Ye Chi turned around and picked up Dahei who was on the ground, and said, "Grandpa, I just saw that uncle yesterday, and I even pulled out a handful of green onions and green vegetables for that uncle."

Ye Guosheng asked curiously: "Which uncle? Why didn't I see it?"

"It's the fat uncle who came to dig bamboo shoots yesterday." Ye Chi pointed at Jingshan Mountain and said, "He said that today is Saturday, and he and his friends came to Jingshan Mountain to climb and play. He asked me if green onions and green vegetables are delicious? I I pulled out some and gave them to them. Grandpa, you said that the vegetables are grown by your own family, so it’s okay to give them to others.”

Ye Chi looked afraid that his grandfather would blame him, but Ye Guosheng smiled instead, and said, "You're right, it's okay to give someone a little food."

Ye Chi felt relieved.

Ye Guosheng didn't take it too seriously, but it was just a few green onions and vegetables, and he could give it to anyone.He took Ye Chi home and made a meal of vegetable and egg noodles. After eating, the grandfather and grandson took a nap.

In the afternoon, I went to Jingshan to plant sweet potatoes, dig bamboo shoots, and pick green vegetables. Today, I have finished planting sweet potatoes. Ye Guosheng felt relieved, squatting on a dead tree in the mountain, smoking a dry cigarette, watching the sunset that dyed half of the sky red, and his heart was boundless. Feeling emotional, thinking about his wife, thinking about his son, thinking about his daughter... Well, when he turned his head to look at Ye Chi who was teasing the dog beside him, his heart warmed up, and all the emotions disappeared.

But when he saw that Ye Chi was still wearing a red sweater instead of a padded jacket, he was startled, got up quickly, knocked all the tobacco out of the pot, walked up to touch Ye Chi's small hands and face, it was still warm , asked: "Is it cold?"

Ye Chi said: "It's not cold, it's very warm."

Ye Guosheng was not at ease, fearing that Ye Chi would get sick, so he immediately took Ye Chi down the mountain with a hoe, a shovel, and a basket. When he returned home, Ye Guosheng recalled how his wife took care of the children before, so he quickly put on thick clothes for Ye Chi, I specially boiled brown sugar water, and let Yechi go down the boss's bowl.

Ye Chi's forehead was sweating, and Ye Guosheng stuffed him under the bed. Ye Guosheng was still worried. He suddenly thought of Mrs. Lu. When she was old, Mrs. Lu was a nurse in the hospital, and she was very good at taking care of children.

He immediately called Mrs. Lu and explained Ye Chi's situation to Mrs. Lu: "I heard that a lot of children have been sick recently, and Mingfang doesn't seem to be sick in your family."

The old lady Lu said on the other side: "Brother Ye, don't worry, just say that you are sick, you just have a cold, a fever or something, don't worry so much when the child is sick, besides, you give Xiaoyechi a drink. Brown sugar water, sweating again, sleeping with the quilt covered at night, usually you don’t get hot at night, you don’t have a fever. Don’t worry so much.”

"Okay, okay."

After making the phone call, Ye Guosheng breathed a sigh of relief. When he went to sleep at night, he deliberately let Ye Chi sleep with himself in the same bed. Ye Chi didn't understand why his grandfather was doing this series of things, so he lay on the bed and asked, "Grandpa, Why did you let me sleep with you?"

Ye Guosheng touched Ye Chi's head and said, "Grandpa is afraid that you will get sick."

"How could I be sick?" Ye Chi still didn't understand what he did wrong.

"Because it's the season change now, and children are prone to get sick if they are not careful. You wear so little in the afternoon, what if you get sick from the cold?" If you can't take care of you well and make you sick, grandpa is not a good grandpa."

Ye Chi answered immediately: "Grandpa, you are a good grandpa, you are better than my mother."

Ye Guosheng smiled, touched Ye Chi's little face, and said, "Grandpa doesn't expect anything from you, he just hopes that you grow up healthy and happy."

"Grandpa, I don't want to grow up." In the past, Ye Chi had a wish to grow up quickly, and he would be 30 years old, but now he doesn't want to grow up.

"Why don't you want to grow up?" Ye Guosheng asked.

Ye Chi stared at Ye Guosheng with bright eyes, and saw the deep wrinkles on Ye Guosheng's face, which were so deep that his small fleshy hands could feel his hands. If I grow up, my grandpa will have more wrinkles. It is said on TV that if there are more wrinkles, people will get older. When they get old, they will die. If you don’t die, you can always be with me, Dahei, Dahuangniu and chicken.”

Ye Chi's voice was very tender and clear, like a warm spring in the same mountain, flowing into Ye Guosheng's heart, filling his cloudy eyes, he sniffed and said, "Okay, Ye Chi doesn't grow up, and grandpa doesn't grow up either." getting old."

"Yeah." Ye Chi really thought that if Grandpa said he wouldn't grow old, he wouldn't grow old. He was very happy and in good spirits.

Ye Guosheng put his arms around Ye Chi and began to tell some fairy tales to Ye Chi. The big black under the bed squinted his eyes and squinted in the cardboard box, and the big yellow cow next to him gently flicked his tail and chewed his cud. In this way, the night gradually deepened, and Ye Chi Falling asleep, and noticing that Ye Chi had no signs of fever, Ye Guosheng touched Ye Chi's fleshy face, feeling extra at ease, and fell asleep after a while.

The next morning, Ye Chi was still alive and kicking. Ye Guosheng confidently took Ye Chi to sell vegetables, and the sales were very fast. When the grandfather and grandson came back, the neighbors were still having breakfast.

It happened that Ye Guosheng didn't drink much of the porridge he cooked in the morning. The grandpa and grandson each had a bowl of porridge, and sat on the small table in the yard to eat with pickles. While eating, Ye Chi listened to Ye Guosheng talk about the hen hatching eggs , At this time Mrs. Lu came.

Ye Guosheng hurriedly stood up and greeted him: "His aunt, why are you here? Come in, come in, come in quickly."

"Hey, okay." Mrs. Lu walked in with a smile and asked, "Brother Ye, you called me last night because you were afraid that Xiaoyechi would get sick. I'll come over and have a look. Was he sick yesterday?"

"No." Ye Guosheng pointed at Ye Chi with a smile and said, "Look, this kid is in good health."

Old lady Lu looked at Ye Chi with a smile on her face.

After Ye Chi called Grandma Lu, he tilted his head and saw Lu Mingfang behind Mrs. Lu, his eyes lit up instantly, and he shouted: "Brother Fang! Brother Fang, you are here!"

Lu Mingfang was originally facing everyone, but when he heard Ye Chi calling him, he immediately turned slightly and turned his face to the side, as if ignoring Ye Chi.

Old lady Lu: "..."

Ye Guosheng: "..."