Chapter 3 Corn Stover
Ma Xiaole listened with great interest, and now he understood everything. According to this, the village chief Lai Shungui should eat more of these eels. He spends a lot of money running around the village looking for women.
Thinking of Lai Shungui, Ma Xiaole thought of Zhang Xiuhua. Last night, she said she would go to the orchard to find him today, and maybe something good would happen. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but laugh.
"You're a fool!" Ma Changgen raised his hand and pretended to hit Ma Xiaole, "What does a kid with a big butt know?"
Ma Xiaole shrank his head and ran into the house to find his younger brother Ma Erbao. He had some delicious snacks. You can try a few.
"Is breakfast ready?" Ma Changgen put his hands on his hips and said to his woman Hu Aiying: "The day's plan lies in the morning. Eat early so you can go to work in the fields early."
"It's done. Let's put it on the table." Hu Aiying walked out of the kitchen carrying a bowl of porridge.
After a while, we started to have breakfast.
Ma Changgen ate quickly. He left the dining table and went into the cowshed. He dragged out a few shovels and threw them into the yard with a clang. "Xiao Le, you can find something handy later. We have to clear out the drainage ditch today."
"I even got to have a wedding banquet at the party secretary's house!" Ma Xiaole munched on pickles. He had not forgotten what Fan Baofa said last night.
"What wedding wine did you drink?" Hu Aiying asked.
"Believe him? Didn't Party Secretary Fan's daughter Zaoni pass the county key exam? Last night he went to the village to buy mosquito coils and met the Party Secretary. He was drunk and told him to go drinking today. He really believed it." Ma Changgen
He burped, "Besides, I can go empty-handed."
"Who said I was drunk!" Before Ma Changgen finished speaking, Fan Baofa stepped through the door, head held high, as if he was superior.
"Hey, Party Secretary Fan, come in and sit in the room." Ma Changgen hurriedly greeted him, took out the "Da Feng Harvest" cigarettes that he usually couldn't bear to smoke and handed them over.
"Pack up your cigarettes and smoke mine today." Fan Baofa pushed Ma Changgen's hand away and took out "Yuxi", "This box costs a lot of money."
"Oh, it's not a pity if I smoke this cigarette." Ma Changgen took the cigarette and lit it for Fan Baofa first.
"Zhishu Fan, have you eaten? If you don't want to have a bowl of porridge in the room," Hu Aiying also walked out, "Zhi Shu Fan, what's the matter with your visit?"
"Of course, if you have nothing to do, why am I here to hang out?" Fan Baofa took a puff of cigarette, "I'm here to invite Xiao Le to have a drink. After all, he is also Zaoni's classmate. Now that Zaoni is studying in high school in the county, it's the right time for her to go there.
Celebrate, celebrate.”
"Let me tell you, no one in our village has gone to high school in the county. Zaoni passed the exam. That is the face of our village! In the past, she was a literary scholar!" Ma Xiaole held up the thick dough cake.
, walked to the yard while eating.
"Haha, you see Xiao Leduo can talk. This kid will definitely have a future." Fan Baofa grinned.
"He still has a lot of potential. He hasn't even finished junior high school." Ma Changgen said with a smile on his face, "It will be good if he can support himself in the future, so what's the point of talking about his future."
"Chang Gen, you must be wrong. This man, you can't look at death, you have to think about the good. Maybe one day the little happy time will turn around, and you will drop your chin without even thinking about it." Fan Baofa said seriously.
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"Ah, Party Secretary Fan, you really know how to speak, your level is very high." Hu Aiying helped.
"Okay, I won't say much more about that. Let Xiao Le go to my house for a drink this noon." Fan Baofa walked away after saying that. When he walked to the door, he turned back and nodded his finger: "Remember, what?
Don’t let Xiao Le take the lead, just go empty-handed.”
"Oh, Party Secretary Fan, you are really awesome. Thank you for looking after our little family." Ma Changgen smiled and sent Fan Bao out the door. When he came back, his face became elongated, "Oh, it's another hundred yuan.
That is indispensable."
"Didn't he say that Xiao Le wouldn't be allowed to bring anything?" Hu Aiying asked.
"I have no knowledge!" Ma Changgen straightened his waist and raised his neck, looking domineering, "His hair is long, but his knowledge is short! You must be obedient. Didn't you notice that he didn't forget to pay attention to him before he left the house?"
Hu Aiying had the right idea, but she didn't want to be ridiculed by Ma Changgen, "Just say what you say. If you have any strength, use it at night!"
"Where did I get the energy?" These words made Ma Changgen shrink back and change the topic, "Well, it's okay to spend some money. When the land is divided at the end of the year, I will ask him for a few acres of land and see if he will give me face."
Ma Xiaole didn't care what they were talking about, he just took big bites of the thick flour cake.
Ma Changgen walked into the house and took out a hundred-dollar bill from under the bed. It made a crisp sound and said, "Xiao Le, take this money. Don't forget to give it to Party Secretary Fan when you go for a drink at noon."
Ma Xiaole ran over in a flash, stretched out his hand to take the money, "Godfather, don't worry, this money will not be wasted."
"You don't need to worry about whether the flowers are white or not. Hurry up and finish your meal and go to work in the orchard." Ma Changgen turned around and entered the cowshed again, dragging out a sprayer. "Why don't you go spray pesticides in the rice fields."
"It was said on TV that when crops are sprayed with pesticides, it is not good for people to eat them." Ma Xiaole's mouth was filled with big cakes.
"If you don't spray pesticides, the crops will be eaten by insects, and you'll eat a lot of shit!" Ma Changgen picked up the sprayer and left. As soon as he left the house, he turned back and said, "My dear, why don't we cook a dry eel at noon and save it?"
Have some confidence?"
"Okay, hurry up and get to work, you won't stop nagging." Hu Aiying said a little impatiently.
Ma Changgen grunted and left. Ma Xiaole also finished eating the cake, picked up a shovel and was about to go out.
"Xiao Le, wait a minute." Hu Aiying walked out of the kitchen, holding a pancake in her hand, "Digging in the ground is physical work, take it with you to eat."
"I'm full, godmother." Ma Xiaole looked at Hu Aiying gratefully. He felt that Hu Aiying was the only one in the world who loved him.
"Take it with you when you're full, but you'll be hungry soon."
"If I don't have a godmother, I still have to save my stomach and go to Fan Baofa's house for a good meal at noon. How about I take Erbao there too."
"What are you bringing? If you don't bring any, you won't have to worry about others talking. Just feed yourself."
Ma Xiaole said nothing, went out with the shovel and walked towards the orchard.
The sun was just a little bit high, and my body felt hot.
"It looks like it's so hot today that I'm going to lose my hair." Ma Xiaole walked listlessly on the farm path.
The corn stalks have grown long, and the cobs have grown up, and they are just waiting to be filled with grains. The soybeans are also in time, the seedlings are almost half a person tall, and the pods are also bulging. Ma Xiaole felt very friendly looking at these crops and couldn't help but reach out.
I pinched a handful of soybean pods and put them in my pocket. I would burn them over the fire in the orchard later and eat them. They tasted delicious.
After walking for a while, Ma Xiaole felt thirsty. He turned around and looked around to see if there was no one around. Then he ducked into the cornfield next to him. The corn stalks were strong and full of water, which could quench his thirst.
Ma Xiaole picked a thick and straight root, cut it off from the root with a shovel, plucked off the leaves, and started to chew the straw. "Damn, it's so sweet, it must be sweeter than the sugar cane that Zaoni gnawed.
!" He sat on the shovel handle and enjoyed it very much.
After eating three knots in a row, his thirst was quenched. Ma Xiaole took the remaining knots and got out of the cornfield. He suddenly raised his head and saw a person walking towards this side. He immediately became alert and took a closer look. It turned out to be
Er Lunzi’s mother is Liu Shuying. Looking at it again, something seems a little wrong. This cornfield seems to belong to Er Lunzi’s family.
What should I do? Isn’t it just that Liu Shuying is taking care of her?
Ma Xiaole subconsciously hid the corn stalks behind her back and bravely went forward, "Auntie, come to the fields to have a look?"
Liu Shuying smiled slightly, revealing her two dimples, "I'll pick some green pea pods. Xiaokang wants to eat fried beans." Xiaokang is Erlunzi's real name. Everyone calls him Erlunzi because he doesn't use his brain when talking and doing things, and he often makes jokes.
Zhao Ruyi, Erluozi's father, has been discussing this with Liu Shuying to find someone more shrewd.
"I saw that Xiaokang caught eels this morning, and he also ate fried beans?" Ma Xiaole smiled mischievously.
Liu Shuying also smiled and did not answer. When she walked to the end of her corn field and saw some traces, she turned to look at Ma Xiaole and pointed her finger, "Xiao Le, have you harmed my corn again?"
Ma Xiaole's face was a little red, but he wasn't too worried because Liu Shuying was a decent person who didn't know how to curse or hit people, at least that's what he thought. Liu Shuying likes to pull her hair into a bun and tie it neatly on her head.
Finally, she also had a very beautiful face, especially when she smiled and had two dimples. When Ma Xiaole saw her, he thought of the young ladies in the courtyard house on TV, all of whom were knowledgeable and well-behaved women.
"Auntie, I only shoveled one tree, just a small one."
"What about the stick on top?"
"Thrown it to the ground."
"Look, isn't this a crime? It's a pity to throw the corn away when you take it home and cook it." After Liu Shuying finished speaking, she bent down and entered the cornfield.
At this moment, Ma Xiaole thought that his godmother had said before breakfast that Liu Shuying was curvy and thin in the middle. It was true at all. When he saw those female models on TV, he would always say to the idiot, if your mother wears so little
, must be prettier than those women on TV. Erluzi always thinks about it, saying that his mother often wears so little. At this time, Ma Xiaole will widen her eyes and ask when she wears so little. Erluzi blinks,
Said it was while sleeping.
After a while, Liu Shuying came out of the corn field, holding three big corn cobs in her hands. She saw Ma Xiaole still standing at the edge of the field, leaning on the handle of a shovel, lost in thought.
"Xiao Le, have you lost your mind?" Liu Shuying said with a smile.
Ma Xiaole was stunned, and then he smiled, "Auntie, you are the best woman in the village!"
Liu Shuying blushed, "Child, what are you talking about? What do you know!"
"You are good-looking, and you don't curse." Ma Xiaole stared in front of Liu Shuying without blinking, "If it had been another woman, she would have scolded me for ruining the crops, and she might have chased me for a while."
"Haha." Liu Shuying laughed, "Is this good?"
"That's it!" After Ma Xiaole said this, he turned around and walked away, resisting the shovel. He couldn't leave. He couldn't cover the shed if he stayed, and he would make a fool of himself.
When we walked to the orchard, the sun was already high, and the heat waves came one after another. The cicadas on the trees were also shouting out of the heat. Ma Xiaole squinted at the treetops and said, "What the hell do you know? I know cicadas every day.
Chapter completed!