Little Farm Among the Clouds

Ye Chi thought it was Ye Fengxia's call, grabbed the handle and shouted: "Auntie!"

There was no sound from the other end.

Ye Chi called uncertainly: "Auntie?"

There was still no sound from the other end.

Ye Chi felt very strange, thinking that it might not be her aunt, so she changed her tone of voice when answering the phone: "Hi, hello, who are you? Are you talking? If you don't speak, I'll hang up the phone."

At this moment, a gentle voice finally came from the other side: "Xiaochi."

Ye Chi froze for a moment, and cried "Wow" in the next second. Ye Guosheng on the side was taken aback. Just as he was about to answer the phone to check the situation, he heard Ye Chi holding the phone and crying, "Mom, mom!" ,Mom...", Ye Guosheng couldn't help but moved closer to the phone, and heard Ye Chi's mother's voice: "Xiaochi, it's mom, it's mom, don't cry."

Ye Chi was still crying: "Mom, woo woo woo..."

Ye Chi's mother comforted at the other end: "Baby, don't cry."

"Okay." Ye Chi wiped away tears obediently: "Mom."

"Does Xiaochi miss his mother?"

"Well, I miss Mom."

"Mom also misses Xiaochi, how is Xiaochi staying at grandpa's house?"

"Okay, grandpa loves me so much."

"Then are you good?"

"Good, I'm so good. Now there are nine people who like me, including sister Lingling, there are ten people who like me. Everyone treats me well. Grandpa and Grandma Lu cook for me, and Brother Fang accompany me Playing, my aunt bought me clothes, my uncle in cotton hat chatted with me every day, and Uncle Li gave me milk to drink, and they all praised me for being good-looking and smart.”

"Awesome!" Ye Chi's mother sniffed at the other end.

"Yeah." Ye Chi asked, "Mom, where are you now?"

"Mom is working to make money."

"Then when are you coming to pick me up?"

"Wait, wait... I will pick you up when Mom earns enough money."

"Mom, are you working hard to make money?" After Ye Chi finished speaking, there was no sound from the receiver, and he quickly asked: "Mom, why don't you talk?"

"Xiaochi said, Mom is listening."

Ye Chi heard the strangeness in his mother's voice and asked, "Mom, do you have a cold?"

"Yes, a little bit."

"Then you need to take medicine."

"it is good."

"And cover the quilt well."

"Okay." Ye Chi's mother said with a choked voice, "Xiaochi, mom is going to be busy, so I won't talk to you anymore. You and your grandpa are doing well. That's it. Mom is busy."

Ye Chi hurriedly shouted: "Mom, wait a minute."

"..."

"Mom, talk to me a few more words."

"Down, down, mom will call you next time."

"When is the next time?"

"When you are free, baby, mom will always love you."

"Mom, I love you too, Mom, there's a lot of money in the piggy bank that Brother Fang gave me. When you come back, I'll buy you a gift. Mom."

"Well, bye baby."

"Goodbye, Mom." Just as Ye Chi finished speaking, he heard a beeping sound from the microphone, which meant that his mother had hung up the phone. He held the phone for a long time before putting it down. Bian Bian, his bright eyes blinked twice, and a teardrop came out, he said in a low voice, "Mom has hung up the phone", and then threw himself into Ye Guosheng's arms, hugged Ye Guosheng's waist, woo woo Weeping loudly, he said, "Grandpa, I miss my mother, I miss my mother."

Ye Guosheng stroked Ye Chi's little head and said, "Grandpa knows."

Ye Chi rubbed Ye Guosheng's clothes back and forth with his small face, and said weakly, "But she doesn't come back to see me."

"She's busy."

"What are you busy with?"

"Make money."

"Isn't it okay not to make money?"

"How do you go to school if you don't make money?"

"I don't go to school!"

"Silly boy." Ye Guosheng continued to stroke Ye Chi's little head and said, "If you don't go to school, how will you get ahead in the future and how will you take care of your mother?"

Ye Chi raised his face and said, "Can I take care of my mother just by going to school?"

Ye Guosheng said: "That's right, knowledge can change your destiny. You see, grandpa told you so many stories. Are the great ones all educated?"

Ye Chi nodded heavily.

Ye Guosheng said: "So reading has many benefits."

Ye Chi then said: "Then I will also study, read a lot of books, and become a powerful person. In this way, mother and grandpa will not have to work hard!"

"That's right!"

"I'm going to study now!" Ye Chi suddenly stood up as if he had found motivation, walked to the big table, stood on tiptoe, took an old book bought by Ye Guosheng, lay down on the bed, and read according to himself. When it was nine o'clock in the evening, Ye Guosheng asked, "Ye Chi, how is your reading going?"

Ye Chi turned his head and said, "Grandpa, I can recite a poem."

"Recite it to grandpa."

"The day ends with the sun, and the Yellow River flows into the sea. If you want to see a thousand miles, go to a higher level."

The words on the back were not bad, Ye Guosheng asked in surprise: "Do you know all the words on it?"

Ye Chi said: "I can pinyin!"

"It was amazing!"

"I will be even better when I go to school!"

Ye Guosheng smiled and said: "That's right, but it's getting late now, let's go to bed early, and tomorrow morning we have to get up and take the big yellow cattle to graze on the mountain."

"Then I'll read it for a while."

"Okay, read for another 10 minutes."

"it is good."

Ye Chi lay on the bed and read for another 10 minutes, and then he lay down on the bed and recited to Ye Guosheng a song he knew how to recite. Ye Guosheng praised Ye Chi again, and Ye Chi was very happy. When I miss my mother, I am not sad, but excited, and happily said to Ye Guosheng: "Grandpa, my mother called me, and my mother said she missed me."

Ye Guosheng smiled and said, "Yes."

"My mother also said she would call me when she was free."

"Ah."

"Grandpa, my mother is super nice."

"Correct."

Ye Chi kept talking, and when he went to find Lu Mingfang the next morning, he also told Lu Mingfang, saying it over and over again, anyway, Lu Mingfang didn't make a sound, just listened, and didn't find Ye Chi annoying, so Ye Chi said it over and over again , All the way to the mountain, Lu Mingfang followed Ye Guosheng to look at the amaranth on the ground to see if it could be picked, Ye Chi kept talking.

Lu Mingfang finally couldn't help turning his head back: "Ye Chi, are you tired?"

Ye Chi said: "I'm not tired."

"You talk a lot."

"It's not tiring to talk."

"Then go ahead."

"Okay." Ye Chi unceremoniously came between Lu Mingfang and Ye Guosheng to look at the amaranth, began to talk about the amaranth, and asked, "Grandpa, can the amaranth be sold?"

Ye Guosheng smiled and said, "It's fine."

"Then let's pull it out and sell it in the market." Ye Chi said that he was going to pull the amaranth. Ye Guosheng stopped Ye Chi and said, "Pull the amaranth quickly in the morning, and we will sell it in the market when we pull it out." , fresh and beautiful."

"Then, don't pull it out today."

"Don't pull it out, let's take a look."

"Ok."

Ye Guosheng walked around the mountain with his two children again, looking at the peanut seedlings, sweet potato seedlings, bamboo leaves, etc. Ye Guosheng was satisfied with the growth of all the crops, and he was in a good mood with Ye Chi Said: "Okay, go down the mountain to play, and start working to make money tomorrow!"

"Go down the mountain and start working to make money tomorrow!" Ye Chi continued, and after finishing speaking, he looked at Lu Mingfang and said, "Say, Brother Fang, you can also tell."

"say what?"

"Say 'Go down the mountain and start working tomorrow to make money!' Ugh."

"Do not say."

"Why do not you say it?"

"Prefer not to say."

"Then let me help you, go down the mountain and start working to make money tomorrow!" After speaking, Ye Chi cheerfully took Ye Guosheng with one hand and Lu Mingfang with the other, and said, "Grandpa, let's go, let's go down the mountain."

Ye Guosheng said, "Let's go."

Ye Chi also said, "Let's go."

Lu Mingfang was forced by Ye Chi and said: "Let's go."

An old man and two young children walked down the mountain with a little black dog and sat on the rock next to the big yellow ox. Ye Guosheng used a fruit knife to give Ye Chi Luming some fruit to eat, and said, "Let's sit here for a while and wait for the big yellow ox to eat. We will go back when we are older, do you agree?"

Ye Chi and Lu Mingfang agreed in unison, then sat on the rock and looked up at the blue sky and white clouds, pointing to the clouds in the sky from time to time and saying some nonsense, and finally dragged Ye Guosheng to listen to the fairy tale.

Ye Guosheng knew quite a lot of stories. He started talking after eating apples, and kept talking until the big yellow cattle ate grass and ate their stomachs. He stopped when he was an old man and two children, and was about to go home. At this moment, a voice came from afar. Voice: "Uncle Ye!"

Ye Guosheng narrowed his eyes to look, and Ye Chi asked in a low voice, "Who is it?"

"It's Uncle Li!" Ye Chi immediately waved to Li Lishen: "Uncle Li!"

"Hey! Xiaoyechi!" Li Lishen shouted loudly.

"Why are you here?" Ye Chi replied loudly.

"Come and see you."

Ye Chi turned to Ye Guosheng and said, "Grandpa, Uncle Li came to see us."

Ye Guosheng said: "It should be to buy vegetables, it's really time."

Ye Guosheng stepped up to meet Li Lishen, and Li Lishen walked over quickly and said, "Uncle Ye, I just went to your house to look for you, but I didn't find you, so I knew you were here."

"Well, you're here to herd the cows." Ye Guosheng looked Li Lishen up and down and said, "You've lost weight, a little thinner than before."

"Just a little bit, my wife still dislikes being fat." Li Lishen continued, "So I hurried over here, thinking of helping you, and losing weight along the way."

Ye Guosheng laughed.

Li Lishen asked: "How are the bamboo leaves, amaranth, and leek growing on the mountain? Can they be sold?"

Ye Guosheng said, "Yes."

Li Lishen said happily: "Then let's start."

Ye Guosheng asked in surprise: "Now?"

Li Lishen said: "That's right, next Monday is the Dragon Boat Festival, and now is the time when the supermarket needs bamboo leaves."

"Then don't you need to deal with the bamboo leaves?"

"How to deal with it?"

"Dry it in the sun, or boil it, it will make rice dumplings better."

"No, just fresh ones, let them go home and handle them themselves."

"That's fine."

"Then let's start." Li Lishen said anxiously.

"Row."

Ye Guosheng tied the big yellow ox down the mountain again, and then brought Yechi Lu Mingfang and Li Lishen up the mountain. Originally, Ye Guosheng planned to let Li Lishen buy less bamboo leaves and amaranth for the first time, fearing that they would not be able to sell them, Li Lishen laughed. He said that he had an order, so he made a trunk full of bamboo-leaf amaranth and chives, and bought [-] of Ye Guosheng's [-] eggs. He didn't even eat at Ye Guosheng's place at noon, so he cleared them up Ye Guosheng money, then drove away in the car.

Ye Chi, Ye Guosheng, and Lu Mingfang watched Li Lishen's car go away. Ye Chi looked back at the red skin in Ye Guosheng's hand, and immediately said, "Grandpa, save your money! Increase the interest rate!"

Ever since he went to the bank last time, Ye Chi knew that putting money in the bank would increase the interest rate and increase the money. Now when he saw Hongpier, he immediately thought of putting it in the bank. Ye Guosheng squeezed the redpier in his hand, Said: "It's too little, wait a minute, we will start selling vegetables tomorrow, then save up and go to the bank, besides, your aunt's family is coming next Friday, we have to buy some chicken and fish, don't you think?" ?”

"Then, well, wait a little longer."

"Yeah. We've been busy all morning, let's go cook." Ye Guosheng turned to look at Lu Mingfang and said, "Mingfang, let's have lunch with Grandpa Ye too."

Lu Mingfang nodded happily.

Ye Chi leaned over and said, "Brother Fang, I'll teach you how to make a fire."

Lu Mingfang said, "Okay."

Recently, Lu Mingfang followed Ye Chi to learn from Ye Guosheng and learned a lot of common sense in life. The more he learned, the closer to nature, his temperament became better and better, and he talked more and more than before. He was also willing to teach Ye Chi to read and write. If Chi made a mistake, he would say "You little idiot", and then remind Ye Chi where he made a mistake and ask Ye Chi to correct it.

After learning for a while, each of the two children cooked a ground pot, cooked porridge and hot steamed buns in one pot, and cooked vegetables in the other pot. After a while, lunch was ready. An old man and two children gathered together for lunch. After lunch, they were busy After a while, sitting in the yard to rest, Ye Chi and Lu Mingfang lay prone on the stone bench beside Ye Guosheng, reading Lu Mingfang's children's books.

Lu Mingfang's children's books are much more high-end than Ye Guosheng's old books in the market. No matter in terms of illustrations, text clarity, and story readability, they are of high quality. Even if some words don't know what they mean, the two children I can also look at the picture and imagine. I quickly finished a book to prevent myopia. I didn't read any more. I came to the gate of the yard to sit and look into the distance.

Suddenly, he saw Ye Yanbo on the road. Ye Yanbo was competing with some children for his prettiness. Ye Yanbo said that he was pretty, but his clothes were ugly.

After hearing this, Ye Chi leaned down next to Lu Mingfang's ear and whispered, "Brother Fang, if the clothes could talk, he would definitely think Ye Yanbo is ugly!"

Lu Ming laughed out loud after listening to it.

Ye Yanbo, who was not far away, heard Lu Mingfang's laughter and looked over. He snorted at Yechi and Lu Mingfang, and then left. Ye Chi and Lu Mingfang continued to play until evening, when Mrs. Lu came to call Lu Mingfang.

Ye Chi and Lu Mingfang said: "Brother Fang, grandpa and I are going to sell vegetables tomorrow, so we don't have time to play with you."

Lu Mingfang said, "I'm here to find you."

Ye Chi asked in surprise: "Are you going to sell vegetables with us?"

"I'll dig vegetables with you." Lu Mingfang was not used to facing so many people in the market.

"That's fine, then see you tomorrow."

"Well, tomorrow."

Ye Chi completely forgot to get up early with his grandfather, and he didn't tell Lu Mingfang. As a result, the next morning when it was just dawn, Ye Chi got up with Ye Guosheng, and when he opened the courtyard door, he saw Lu Mingfang standing outside the courtyard.

Ye Chi shouted happily: "Brother Fang!"

Lu Mingfang pursed his lips.

Ye Guosheng asked in surprise, "When did you come?"

Lu Mingfang said, "Just here."

"Do your grandparents know?"

"know."

"They trust you to come?"

Lu Mingfang nodded.

Well, Mrs. Lu and Mr. Lu are also relieved of their grandson. Ye Guosheng looked at Lu Mingfang who was getting healthier, praised him a few words, and walked up the mountain with the two children. When they arrived on the mountain, it was just dawn, and they arrived together on the hill.

Ye Guosheng asked Yechi Luming to pull out amaranth, and it’s okay to bring mud. He picked bamboo leaves and cut leeks. The three of them cooperated and filled two baskets in half an hour. Ye Guosheng hasn’t sold vegetables for a long time. Unable to sell, he shouted to stop as soon as the basket was full, and brought Ye Chi and Lu Ming down the mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, Lu Mingfang said goodbye to Ye Chi and Ye Guosheng, and ran back to Lu's house. Ye Chi raised his head and said to Ye Guosheng, "Grandpa, Brother Fang is not used to crowds."

Ye Guosheng nodded: "Then let's go to the market."

On the way to the market, Ye Guosheng was also worried that there would be no stalls, and that the vegetable vendors would change batches after batches, and there would be no familiar people. He didn't expect to see people wearing cotton caps as soon as he arrived at the market, but the ones wearing cotton caps Because of the hot weather, he no longer wears a cotton hat, but wears a cloth hat, Ye Chi still calls him: "Uncle Cotton Hat."

"Ouch, isn't this Xiaoyechi?" the man in the cotton cap shouted enthusiastically.

"Long time no see, Uncle Cotton Hat."

"Long time no see, Ye Chi is getting better at talking."

"Uncle Cotton Hat is getting better and better."

"is it?"

Ye Chi nodded.

"I will say, uncle likes it." Uncle Mianmao hurriedly moved his booth to the side, and asked Ye Guosheng and Ye Chi to set up a stall next to him. Dai Mianmao reached out and touched Yechi's small head and asked, "Why is this so?" Have you been selling vegetables for a long time?"

"The vegetables on the mountain are not yet cooked, and they are only cooked now."

"Really? What kind of dishes are they?"

"Bamboo leaves, for making zongzi. Amaranth, for noodles. Chives, for whatever you like."

"How about giving Uncle Cotton Hat a handful of leeks later?"

"Okay, but you have to pay, we are leeks that grow on the mountain, so expensive."

The one in the cotton cap laughed.

Ye Guosheng said beside him: "Ye Chi, you can't talk to uncle like that."

The man in the cotton hat said, "It's okay, it's okay, the child is telling the truth."

Ye Guosheng immediately gave two handfuls of leeks to the man in the cotton cap. The man in the cotton cap looked plainly dressed, but as a vegetable vendor who sells vegetables every day, his income is much higher than that of the office worker. Ye Guosheng gave way to Ye Guosheng for a while, and Ye Guosheng sold two handfuls of leeks to the man wearing the cotton cap at a [-]% discount. Next, Ye Chi stood beside the man wearing the cotton cap and began to sell vegetables.

Not only did he earn money for himself, but he also earned money for those wearing cotton hats. Many mother fans from Yechi came to buy vegetables. After a while, Ye Guosheng’s two baskets were empty, and those wearing cotton hats sold them by the way. Quite a lot.

The man in the cotton cap thanked Ye Chi: "Every time your little guy comes, Uncle sells more dishes. Thank you, Uncle."

"Uncle Mianmao, you're welcome." Ye Chi smiled and said, "Uncle Mianmao, our little yellow chicken, how are you raising it?"

"Okay, very good, they've all grown up and gained weight."

Ye Chi was happy when he heard it, and said: "My family has grown up too, and the yellow feathers have changed."

"Yes, the longer you look back, the more it will change."

"Ah."

Ye Chi chatted with the man in the cotton hat until Ye Guosheng tidied up the baskets, and then followed Ye Guosheng home. The grandfather and grandson hadn't made money selling vegetables for about a month, and suddenly they had income again. Both of them were happy Incredible.

As soon as I got home, I squatted in the yard and counted the money, counting ten cents and one piece. Amaranth, leeks and bamboo leaves are not expensive, so two baskets of vegetables did not sell for 100 yuan, but this is not at all. Ye Chi and Ye Guosheng’s joy could not be diminished, Ye Chi said happily: “Grandpa, save it, save it, save it.”

Ye Guosheng said with a chuckle, "Don't worry, don't rush, save more, and go to the bank again if you save too much."

"it is good."

Ye Guosheng took out one dollar to Ye Chi as usual, and Ye Chi happily stuffed one dollar into the pink piggy. He and Ye Guosheng were very motivated, and they were very busy every day. Now Ye Chi couldn't help it when he saw the money Saying "Grandpa, save it, save it, save it", when it reached a whole number, Ye Guosheng finally said: "Okay, let's go, let's save it, and pick up your aunt by the way."

"Is aunt coming?" Ye Chi asked.

"Yes, your aunt said that she took a few days of annual leave, so she can stay here for two more days."

"Really?" Ye Chi opened his eyes happily: "Sister Lingling is coming too?"

"Come on, your aunt and Lingling come first, and your uncle and elder brother Lingling will come again in a few days, and we will celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival together later."

"Great."

"Come on, let's save money. After saving, go to the big supermarket to buy some meat and snacks, and then we will wait for your aunt and Lingling on the road."

"Okay, I'll buy a bunch of candied haws for Lingling, and we'll eat them together when Lingling comes over."

"Row."

"I use the money I earn to buy it for sister Lingling."

"Row."

So the grandpa and grandson took the passbook and went to the bank with the change. They counted all the money of one yuan and fifty cents to the bank, saved one thousand and five hundred yuan, and then happily went to the supermarket, bought candied haws, bought Pork, chicken and a fish, also known as some small biscuits and jelly, came to the fork in Jingshan Town and looked into the distance.

As soon as they saw a bus approaching unsteadily and stopped at the intersection, the grandpa and grandson went up to look at it. After watching it several times, it was already evening, and the setting sun dyed half of the sky red, and it also covered the grandpa and grandson. The soft halo, the grandpa and grandson didn't feel it at all, they still looked eagerly into the distance, and there was another bus swaying over in the distance.

The grandfather and grandson hurriedly got up from the stone pier next to them, and moved towards the bus. The bus stopped slowly, and the door opened with a "chuck".