Chapter 132 Extra 1

“A Yuan, why don’t you get up, sleep outside and be careful of catching a cold.”

Some familiar but unfamiliar voices came from his ears, Zhang Fangyuan moved his fingers, he wanted to open his eyes, but felt that the eyelids were very sticky, and he opened them after a while.

In the blink of an eye, he saw a fenced yard made of dead trees. Zhang Fangyuan rubbed his eyes, thinking that he was dreaming, but his eyes hurt from rubbing, but nothing changed in the surrounding scene.

“What’s wrong, got sand in your eyes?”

When Zhang Fangyuan heard the voice approaching his forehead, he raised his head slightly, and suddenly his eyes were surprised: “Mother!?”

The woman wearing a gray cloth skirt in front of her smiled, and hugged the basin in her arms a little tighter: “You child, it seems like your mother is frightening you. If you are tired, go to the house and sleep for a while, it is still early Mother went to the river to wash your father’s clothes.”

“Your father went to the city today, and when he left in the morning, he said that he would buy two catties of pork back, and mother will make meat for you to eat at night.”

Looking at the gentle smile on the woman’s face, Zhang Fangyuan was a little dazed, and nodded in bewilderment.

“The mother has gone.”

Seeing the woman out of the courtyard, Zhang Fangyuan came back to his senses and jumped up from the two benches that were made into a wide bench: “He Geer, He Geer!”

He yelled around for a long time, except for the old adobe black tile house and the clucking of a few chickens and ducks locked in the corner of the yard, no one answered his words.

Zhang Fangyuan went into the kitchen, and subconsciously wanted to be short and bow his head to enter the room, but he didn’t think about how to use it. He found that he was at least two heads shorter than before, and his hands and feet became smaller and shorter. Surprised, he hurried again. He jumped out of the house and saw himself in front of the water tank in the yard, his eyes were as wide as copper bells.

He rubbed his face vigorously, not only was it a little soft, but also a little round, and his appearance was back to when his parents were still alive when he was in his teens.

Seeing this scene, he was a little excited and a little disappointed.

I am happy to see my parents again, but worried that my daughter-in-law is gone.

He wriggled like a caterpillar in front of the water tank for a long time, seeing that it was just the right time of spring, he didn’t go out from the courtyard gate, and jumped over the fence with his arms stretched.

“Zhang Fangyuan!” As soon as he stood still, a child about his age came running from a distance, it was Chen Si, and he said excitedly, “Would you like to go to the mountains to hunt pheasants? It’s spring, wild animals in the forest They all ran out to look for food, fat and big!”

“No.”

Zhang Fangyuan walked forward alone, Chen Si did not give up, followed behind his buttocks, poked his head and asked, “Then how about fishing? The water has risen a bit, so there must be a lot of fish and shrimps!”

“No.”

“Go, go.” Chen Si begged: “Today Xu Shaochun went to the river to wash clothes, the other side is very lively, there are many people, if we go to catch fish and shrimp, we can still see Xu Shaochun.”

Zhang Fangyuan said: “I’ll see what she does.”

After saying that, he suddenly realized something, he stopped in his tracks: “You said there are many people over there? Who are there?”

Seeing that Zhang Fangyuan became interested, Chen Si hurriedly said: “The brother of the Wang family, the little girl of the Zhao family…”

Zhang Fangyuan listened to people babbling for a long time and didn’t hear the name he wanted to hear, and he was even less interested, but Chen Si’s eyes gleamed: “There are so many girls and brothers, we still have too many people. How about being a landlord if you can play the game of a big landlord? Let me be the big housekeeper this time, okay?”

Zhang Fangyuan has no interest in the games that children like, but thinking that Xu Shaochun is also at the beach, he still wants to try his luck to see if he can meet Xu He.

Thinking of He Geer when he was a child, he was a little excited for no reason.

“Let’s go and have a look.”

Chen Si jumped up happily, pulled Zhang Fangyuan and ran towards the small river.

When spring comes, a hundred flowers bloom in the countryside, and it is the most lively time of spring sowing and autumn harvest.

The weather is warm, and besides a group of washerwomen, there are also many children who have taken off their shoes and socks to fish in the water. They are afraid of being reprimanded by adults, so they play in the hidden place of the bamboo bag, so as not to interfere with the adults who do the laundry.

Seeing Zhang Fangyuan and Chen Si coming over, the boys watering and playing seemed to have a backbone, and they rushed up from the river and shouted Zhang Fangyuan’s name.

“What are we going to play today, can we catch fish or shrimp!”

Zhang Fangyuan looked around and saw that Xu He was not there, he was a little disappointed, he said indifferently: “How can I catch fish without a basket and a cage?”

“Then let’s play the landlord game, there are too many people today!”

Zhang Fangyuan was too lazy to talk to people, and started to leave. As soon as he went to the field, he caught a glimpse of a group of children washing clothes in the upper stream of the river. They were all girls and boys.

He craned his neck and walked a few steps past.

“Shaochun, your pearl flowers are too beautiful, can you wear them for me?”

“I have a lot of pearl flowers like this, so it’s okay to lend them to you to wear for a while.”

“Your hands are so white and tender, did you use hand cream!”

Several girls and boys were chatting and laughing in low voices, the atmosphere was harmonious, but there was a boy dressed in gray and coarse cloth next to him who buried his head and didn’t participate in the chat. .

Even just looking at the back of his head, Zhang Fangyuan’s heart was still pounding, and he recognized the person he had been with for decades at a glance.

He subconsciously wanted to call someone, and suddenly ran past two boys by the river, trying to attract the attention of the girls and boys inside, holding a water gun made of bamboo tubes to sip water, reluctant to sip water on the girls and boys he liked He didn’t dare to bully the fierce one, so after a few inspections, he saw the unknown Xu He beside him.

Two streams of icy cold water drew an arc in mid-air, and landed on the top of Xu He’s head and the back of his neck accurately. Although the weather is warm in spring, girls are not as rough-skinned as boys. Those who are not afraid of the cold, are fishing and treading water, and the little brothers and girls only come to wash clothes when the weather is good.

Caught off guard by the water pouring from his back, Xu He was startled and jumped up quickly. He was slightly relieved when he realized that it was just water, and quickly wiped the cold water on his head and neck.

Seeing Xu He wiping the water like a monkey scratching his head, the instigator burst out laughing: “Look at Xu He, he looks like a big fool!”

Seeing this, the girls and boys at the side also laughed softly, and when they saw the boy laughing behind him, they became coquettishly angry: “Li Erdan, Zhou Xiaohu, you two are too bad.”

It turned out that the two little brothers who were not together, the girl and the boy, came to watch the excitement because of this frolic, and they quickly became friends, but it was Xu He who was the introduction, but was left aside and ignored, and sorted it out alone half wet clothes.

Zhang Fangyuan walked over in a few strides: “Are you okay?”

Xu He had long been used to such teasing and bullying that came at any time, but he didn’t expect anyone to care. He subconsciously raised his head, and saw that it was the little bully in the village, and his heart skipped a beat.

Zhang Fangyuan was delighted in his heart, and carefully looked at the little brother who was half a head shorter than himself in front of him. His body was a little thin, but because of his height, his frame was bigger than that of ordinary children. He didn’t look petite, but he was just right The skeleton is big and there is no meat, but it makes people feel very thin.

Although he is not very old, the children of poor families have already been in charge of the family. Xu He has already begun to share a lot of work for the family, and the sun is a little dark. It doesn’t look very good from a distance, but when you look closely, your eyebrows and eyes are also very correct and delicate. .

Zhang Fangyuan felt that his daughter-in-law’s bone appearance was quite similar to Brother Li’s when she was young, but she was a son-in-law since she was a child, and she grew up spoiled and surrounded by pearls and emerald greens. Life is not going well, so it is so gray that no one pays attention to it.

Xu He felt that the eyes on the top of his head were a little hot, and his back was cold. This cold and hot feeling made him feel uncomfortable all over. He was afraid that Zhang Fangyuan wanted to clean him up. It felt like a new round of playing tricks. He backed off a little, turned a deaf ear to Zhang Fangyuan’s words, and pretended that the man had never spoken.

With a hot face and a cold butt, Zhang Fangyuan touched the tip of his nose in embarrassment. He hadn’t seen Xu He treat him like this for many years, and I have to say that he was not used to it.

“Zhang Fangyuan!”

Chen Si ran up again: “Didn’t you say that you don’t catch fish and don’t play games? I thought you were gone.”

Zhang Fangyuan withdrew his gaze from Xu He’s body, and suddenly said: “The weather is good, I changed my mind, don’t you guys want to play the game of landlords, come here if you want to play, Chen Si, please order.”

Chen Siyi jumped three feet high: “Okay!”

It is natural for children to love to play, and it is even more joyful if there are many people to play together. All the boys ran to surround Zhang Fangyuan: “Me, me! I want it too!”

The shy girl and brother also looked at Zhang Fangyuan, the tallest among the children, for fear that he would be missed.

Chen Si saw that everyone was very active, so he counted all the people present: “There are twelve people.”

Zhang Fangyuan nodded: “Then I will assign duties.”

Chen Si looked at Zhang Fangyuan with bright eyes, and opened his mouth to hint: Butler, butler!

“Chen Si is the housekeeper, the donkey is the accountant, Liu Wu is the guard…” Zhang Fangyuan nodded, and looked at the two boys who had bullied Xu He before: “Li Erdan and Zhou Xiaohu are just doing handymen.”

“Huh? Handyman.”

The two boys had been looking forward to seeing such a little servant for a long time, and pouted their lips unhappily. Standing beside Zhang Fangyuan, the two tall and strong little guards quickly entered the scene, and said fiercely: “Dare to contradict the master, believe me!” If you don’t believe me, slap your mouth!”

Li Erdan and Zhou Xiaohu didn’t dare to speak immediately.

“Ayuan, you see there are so many little brothers and girls this time, do you want to choose one to be husband or wife?” Chen Si suggested: “Last time we played without a hostess and husband.”

Zhang Fangyuan’s brows twitched slightly, Chen Si was really smart since he was a child.

“That’s right, that’s right! It wouldn’t be fun if there wasn’t one. The landlord’s family has three wives and four concubines.”

“Okay, then choose one.”

The girls and boys were a little excited and looking forward to hearing the words, but they still had to show embarrassment.

Zhang Fangyuan looked at the girls and brothers, and his fingers passed over their heads. Xu Shaochun bit his lower lip slightly, thinking in his heart that if he became the hostess later, he should instruct his companions to do something. I heard Zhang Fangyuan say: “Just him.”

“what?”

Everyone was surprised, Xu Shaochun looked up and saw Zhang Fangyuan pointing at Xu He on the side.

“A Yuan, you must have made a mistake!” Chen Si asked everyone’s doubts.

“That’s right, he’s the only one. The others should be servant girls.”

Xu He was stared at by everyone all of a sudden. The boy felt that there was something wrong with Zhang Fangyuan’s eyes, and the girl stomped her feet in jealousy. He didn’t know how to deal with it: “I, I didn’t say I would participate…”

Zhang Fangyuan interrupted before he finished speaking: “Hurry up and start, Chen Si, you take two people back to the house and bring the fishnet cage, so we can fish later.”

Seeing Zhang Fangyuan so involved in the play, the boy immediately forgot about choosing the hostess, and jumped up happily: “Yes, master!”

“Go to two people and prepare to sit for the master.”

The person who received the order happily ran to cut plantains and put them on the ridge of the field. Zhang Fangyuan sat down on it, and waved to Xu He who was standing at the other end, who was a little at a loss: “Come and sit next to me.”

Xu He had seen other children in the village play this kind of house-playing game, but he had only seen it.

In the past, Zhang Fangyuan was also a landlord when he was playing. He always asked some people to come out of the house to bring dishes and utensils. He hunted when he was on the mountain and caught fish by the river. He was good at his craft and could always get something .

After collecting the ingredients, I will arrange for people to cook, make some wild vegetables, fish soup, and roast pheasant and hare in the mountains, etc. Playing house is very real, and playing with him can be eaten at home. The meat must be edible, so everyone is very keen to play this game with him.

Although I have never participated in it, children are always playful, even though he has never played, but seeing his second sister and everyone reluctant to end every time the show is over, I am curious and yearning, I also fantasized about what role I would be assigned if I went too.

He thought that he was so unlikable, even if he had the skills to cook, he might just be an unknown firewood picker when he went.

This time, he really participated, and was chosen as the host, so he was at a loss for a while.

When Zhang Fangyuan was playing before, he never chose the hostess or husband again. He finally waited for the opportunity, but he was not selected. Although the girl and brother were regretful, they did not indulge in dissatisfaction too much, and they all started playing. My son, I will get into the role very well after playing it before.

Two younger brothers ran up: “Slave help Fulang over there.”

Xu He swallowed his saliva, and then was flanked by two enthusiastic “slaves” and helped him to the side of Zhang Fangyuan. He sat next to Zhang Fangyuan, not daring to look at the people next to him, feeling nervous and slapped his back. straight.

Zhang Fangyuan was very happy, and said: “You two did a good job, and you will reward one for each fish you catch later.”

The two little brothers jumped up and down happily, and they didn’t forget Fufu’s body when they were happy: “Thank you, Master Fulang.”

Seeing that there are rewards, everyone works harder.

Zhang Fangyuan raised his feet, commanding others like a master of the house: “Li Erdan, Zhou Xiaohu, you two go and wash husband’s clothes.”

“Does the man still need to do laundry?”

“You still dare to talk back!” Zhang Fangyuan’s guard said, and immediately handed the master a water gun made of bamboo tube, which was filled with water. Giggling and laughing: “Go or not!”

“Go, go, little one, let’s go.”

Li Erdan and Zhou Xiaohu repeatedly begged for mercy, and went to wash Xu He’s clothes through the water stains, Zhang Fangyuan said again: “The guards went over to watch those two slaves, and they must wash Fu Lang’s clothes. ”

The loyal guards quickly went to guard.

“Are you cold?”

Zhang Fangyuan turned his head to look at the person sitting quietly beside him, Xu He shook his head lightly, even so, Zhang Fangyuan took off his coat and put it on Xu He’s body.

How could Xu He have been treated like this before? Someone helped him with the laundry, and someone took off his clothes to keep him out of the cold. When everyone looked at him, his face immediately turned red, and he didn’t know what to do.

Zhang Fangyuan glared at the person who looked at Xu Hexiao again, and said fiercely: “What are you looking at! What am I doing wrong?”

Chen Si jumped back, holding a bunch of tools: “Master and Fu Lang are always like this, what Master did is right!”

The boys and girls immediately envied Xu He even more, thinking that they must be the hostess and husband next time.

Zhang Fangyuan took the ground cage and placed it in a place where the water was deep, and put some fish food in the basket and put it into the river to attract the fish. Then he arranged for some boys to move rocks to catch crabs, and he took two more to the empty field to touch them. Loach, a group of children are very happy.

Xu He has been called to follow Zhang Fangyuan, who is responsible for carrying the basket, and saw Zhang Fangyuan hunched over the fields and scurrying around, and after a while, he caught a chubby loach that was as long as his index finger. After a while, he caught a long eel like a small snake. Seeing that the results were quite fruitful, he also stretched his eyebrows and eyes, and his eyes were shining.

We caught more than a dozen loaches and eels in one hour, and everyone happily carried them back to the base camp, and picked up the ground cages and baskets that had been placed earlier. The two-inch long river fish were alive and kicking in the cages. There are quite a few, and everyone has been exaggerating the power of Fangyuan.

Everyone is looking forward to it today. When cooking and eating outside today, a shout came from the bridge in the distance: “Ayuan, it’s time to go home!”

Zhang Fangyuan stretched his neck, seeing that his father came back from the city market with a lot of things, he felt hot: “Got it, I’ll be back now!”

“Ayuan, are you going back? Are you not going to cook outside today?”

Everyone hasn’t played enough, and the most important cooking program is still unfinished.

Zhang Fangyuan said: “Let’s play again next time.”

He collected all the spoils of the day together: “I’ll give you some things to take back.”

Children are happy again when they have something to share.

“Housekeeper loach and eel, take it back.”

“The guard takes the shrimp.”

“The servant girl brought some small fish and crabs.”

“Li Erdan Zhou Xiaohu, come, one small crab per person.”

Everyone got something. Although the distribution was uneven, they were happy to get it for nothing. They all waved goodbye to Zhang Fangyuan who was carrying the things home, and made an appointment for the next time to have fun.

Xu He silently looked at the two river fishes that weighed three catties. Zhang Fangyuan was afraid that he would not be able to take them home, so he specially left a basket for him to put them in. He looked at the fish in the basket. Looking at the back of Zhang Fangyuan who had nothing left to himself, he lowered his eyes and pursed his lips.

Everyone was a little envious: “Xu He, Zhang Fangyuan is so kind to you. I wish I could be your husband next time!”

Seeing that everyone went to talk to Xu He one after another, Xu Shaochun felt a little unhappy, but thinking about having fish to eat at night, his mood improved a lot.

She walked over triumphantly, as if Zhang Fangyuan had left the fish to her: “Brother He, you’re home.”

Xu He lifted the fish carefully, then looked at the direction Zhang Fangyuan left: “Yes.”