Otherworldly Days

Today is the day to start the house. The two large pots of sweet porridge cooked early in the morning were put on the table, still steaming and emitting a scent of rice.Cao Xiangnan won't go to town today, the family has a lot of work to do today, and Wanfeng might be too busy to stay at home alone, so he will stay at home today.

As usual, Cao Gang and the others went to the town to set up a stall before dawn, and they couldn't help him with things over there, and he still had to do it by himself.

Today, the gate of the yard was opened early in the morning, and people from the village would come to eat porridge at their house in a while.Not knowing how many people would come from the village, Cao Xiangnan simply cooked two big pots of porridge, too much was better than too little, otherwise it would be even more embarrassing if people came and didn't have anything to eat.

Last night, Cao Xiangnan invited several family members who are close to him on weekdays to come here today, and he specially invited Li Zheng to come over. After all, Li Zheng’s seniority is there, and he even went to the third uncle’s place, the old man with a bad temper He didn't agree to come like others.

As for the other people in the village, they weren't particularly well-connected, and he didn't invite them on purpose.

Cao Xiangnan didn't go to the Cao's compound to invite them either. He didn't want to provoke them if he could not associate with them now.After all, the people over there have not come to him recently, and he will not go over there to call them.

The sun in the east just showed its head, unexpectedly Li Zheng would be the first one to come to the door, Cao Xiangnan smiled and welcomed him in, "Grandpa Seven please come inside."

Later, Chen Hongping and his brothers who brought food to him also came over together, and they helped with the work as soon as they came, and the brothers gathered together to chat and laugh.People from the village also came over one after another, all of them said good things, and Chen Hong and the others were all industrious to help entertain the people who came, serving porridge for everyone, taking down the used dishes and chopsticks to wash.

A half-grown child stood in the corner, barefoot, with several holes in his clothes that had not been mended.At his feet is a little brother who is as small as him, both brothers are dirty.Goudan held a broken bowl in his hand, and said to Xiaomao who followed him, "Brother, wait here, brother, go get you something to eat."

Xiao Mao, who was skinny and only had two big eyes, listened to his brother's words, and looked eagerly at the places where people came and went, with longing in his eyes, "Brother, come back soon."

"The elder brother has gone, you wait here and don't run around." Goudan held a broken bowl tightly in his hand, which showed that he was nervous. He heard that there was food to take here, so he brought his younger brother over. I want to get something to eat for my brother.

They hadn't eaten a bite when they woke up in the morning. The last meal they ate was half a cornbread leftover from last night. Now their stomachs would be empty and their guts would be rumbling.

The two brothers had a full meal and a hungry meal, both of them were sallow and emaciated, and there was a desire for food in their eyes.

Goudan took two steps, then looked back at his younger brother who was standing there looking at him, and walked forward with a clenched teeth.He stood at the door of someone else's house and peeked at the big pot inside. Someone was spooning food into it. He couldn't help but swallowed, and he didn't dare to go in there.

There are also many people coming in and out of Cao Xiangnan's place today, and many people come to eat porridge at his house.

Those with sharp eyes saw a half-grown child standing at the door hesitant to enter. This Ah Mo was also kind. He put down the bowl in his hand and walked towards Goudan. When he saw the broken bowl in his hand, he stretched out his hand He took his bowl, went in and filled him with a large bowl of porridge, and said, "Take it."

Everyone in the village knows that Goudan is a child who usually steals food from other people's children in the village. When he meets someone with a good heart, he has no father or mother. It's easy, I won't hit him, and I'll give him something to eat.When I met someone who was unreasonable, seeing Goudan robbing his children, he would curse a few words, and some would even slap him twice.

"Thank you, Ah Mo." Goudan held a large bowl of porridge in both hands, and said to Ah Mo with a smile on his dirty face.

Happily carrying the porridge, he walked over to the brother who was waiting there. Seeing his brother came back with food, Xiaomao yelled, "Brother, brother." Goudan pursed his lips, lowered the bowl, and placed it Brother's mouth, let him take a sip.

The two brothers stood in the corner, you took a sip, and I drank the porridge in one sip.

"Snapped!"

A small stone was thrown over and hit Goudan on the back of the head. When Goudan turned his head, he saw a few boys standing not far from them. They were all boys from the village. He even fought with some of them. .

Goudan gave the bowl to his younger brother, stopped in front of his younger brother, and glared at the boy who threw the stone at him.Xiao Mao behind him grabbed his brother's hand. Now that Xiao Mao has grown up, he knows that his brother will be injured every time he fights. He doesn't want his brother to fight, "Brother."

Another stone was thrown, and Goudan didn't dodge it. If he moved away, the stone would have been thrown to his brother.

"Hahahaha..." Several half-grown boys were laughing, "Stinky boy, you have been caught by us, let's see where you are going today." The fat man stretched out his short hand and said, "Boss, it was the bastard who robbed me that day!" food."

The boy who took the lead had an old grievance with Goudan. He lost the fight with Goudan last time, and now he wants to fight back with someone. "You run back after a while, brother will catch up with you, you know?" Goudan tugged at his brother's hand and whispered to him with his head down.With tears in Xiao Mao's eyes, he called out "Brother" in a crying tone.

"Be obedient!" Goudan pursed his lips, and pulled his brother away from holding his hand.

Goudan was alone, there were four or five opponents, he was no match for them at all, he quickly lost the wind, and only got beaten, Goudan was beaten silently.If there is a kid, they will see the little brother standing there. They all know that Goudan is protecting this little brother, so some people think of bullying this little brother.

"Fatty, if you dare to touch Xiao Mao, I'll kill you!" Goudan said this with such ferocity that he really wanted to kill the other party.

The fat man was not afraid of him when he saw many people, he curled his lips and said, "Hmph, I'll hit you!"

Xiao Mao stood there with his big eyes wide open, watching the fat man walking towards him, so scared that he didn't know what to do.When the opponent reached out to hit him, he grabbed the opponent's hand and slammed down directly.

"Wow..." Fatty started to cry, and shook off the little brother who was grabbing him.

The dog over there bumped into the person who beat him desperately, knocked him away, ran to the place where his brother fell, and hugged him in his arms, "Where did you fall? Ah, you Didn't this idiot tell you to go first?"

Xiao Mao didn't cry either, his forehead was bleeding when he wiped the ground, and two bubbles of tears rolled in his eyes.

"Stinky boy!" The leading boy had just been hit by a dog's egg, and got up from the ground to take revenge.

A few boys here were fighting, and finally an adult who came out saw it and shouted, "What are you guys doing?"

Goudan picked up Xiaomao quickly, turned around and ran away, because he knew that if he was caught, he might be beaten.

The fat man who was bitten was crying, and it happened that his mother was eating porridge at Cao Xiangnan's place, and when he saw his son being beaten, he began to scold him, and the scolding was very ugly.There were also people who saw the kid at home, went to pull him past, and slapped him down, "Why are you fighting with the dog again? Why are you bullying him?"

If a reasonable person sees his own children fighting with Goudan, he will be taught a lesson.

Qi Wanfeng came out when he heard the voice outside, and asked what happened to the other people, "Isn't it just a few boys in the village fighting?" This will be in the hearts of these people in the village. People with brick and tile houses, Fu Lang who has made money in business, his attitude towards him has changed a lot compared to before.

When the man talked about Goudan, he naturally also talked about his mother, "This child is also poor, his father died, and his mother ran away with others, leaving him with a half-grown brother. That aunt in his family is not a good guy either, last year his aunt even wanted to sell his younger brother to the lame Li in the next village to raise him as a child bride..."

Although the young Goudan is still a half-grown kid, Goudan firmly disagrees with letting his younger brother be sold to Lame Li.Since that time, he has cut off contact with Ah Mo's uncles, and the half-grown boy lives with a younger brother.The family's field has long been taken by Ah Mo and distributed to the younger uncles. His half-grown child lives with a younger brother who is younger than him. When he is hungry, he grabs food in the village.

It is also common for Goudan to grab food and fight with the children in the village. Even if Goudan does not grab their food, some boys in the village want to go up and bully someone who has no parents.

Quite a few people in the village also knew about the Goudan brothers, but so what if they knew, their entire family would starve to death if they couldn't get enough to eat, so they didn't have the heart to meddle in other people's affairs.

Only then did Qi Wanfeng recall that that year, he seemed to have heard people say that a brother in the village ran away with someone and left behind two children.It seemed that it had been two or three years since that happened. As for the two children, he had never seen them before, so he sighed after hearing this. The spectators left, and he also turned around and went home.

"What's wrong with Wanfeng?" Cao Xiangnan didn't go outside, so naturally he didn't know what was going on outside. Seeing that his family's Wanfeng came back with a bad expression on his face, he asked.

Qi Wanfeng shook his head and said, "It's nothing."

The people who come to eat porridge leave one batch after another. Their porridge is still boiled with rice, which is thick and thick. The whole pot of porridge is full of rice. It is not like some people who have no money at home and just build a new house. Cook sweet porridge for the neighbors to eat. The big pot of porridge is full of water and not a few grains of rice.This day, I came to Cao Silang's house to eat porridge and went home. When I talked about Cao Silang, he had good things to say.

Unexpectedly, the third uncle also came later, Cao Xiangnan hurriedly entertained the bad-tempered third uncle, holding this third uncle, and the third uncle who came to eat a bowl of porridge went back.