After the grinding is completed, the wheat is harvested.
At this time, the school will be on vacation, and my two brothers will also help at home.
There is no summer vacation in the schools here, only farm holidays.
Even with oxcarts, harvesting wheat is still the hardest work.
The whole family was so tired that their backs and legs ached. The second uncle and the eldest brother were too tired to eat.
This is extremely tiring.
After the family was busy collecting wheat, they began to plant melons, beans, sweet potatoes, sorghum and millet.
With their faces facing the loess and their backs turned to the sky, all of them were sunburnt into black charcoal heads.
After all this busy work, the summer solstice arrived in the blink of an eye.
There is no custom of celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival here because the Dragon Boat Festival is a busy time for farming.
There is a custom here of visiting relatives after the wheat harvest, which is called "walking with the wheat and visiting relatives".
It means just harvesting wheat and going to visit relatives.
From the end of May to the beginning of June, such sounds will be heard in the village from time to time.
"Are you going to visit relatives?"
"Yes, we went late this year. We have been busy until now and have no time to spare."
"It's not too late, my daughter just came here too."
Conversations like this continued until June 6.
Naturally, Mrs. Li also went back to her parents' home, and this year it was her second uncle who drove the oxcart there.
Xiaomian suddenly remembered that since she came here, she has never seen her mother return to her natal home.
So I asked my eldest sister, and then I found out that my mother also has a natal family.
It's just that my mother's home is in Xishan County, and the road is far and difficult to travel. Since my father left, my mother has never walked past her mother's house.
Xishan County also belongs to the Phoenix Ridge area.
It's just that Xiaomian's home is at the head of Fenghuang, and Xishan County is at the end of Fenghuang.
At first, because my father had a stepmother, the people in the neighborhood who knew about it were not willing to let their daughter marry him, for fear that the stepmother-in-law would be difficult to get along with.
Also, these days, a mother-in-law cannot tolerate a daughter-in-law, let alone a step-mother-in-law.
So my father spent five taels of silver to find a matchmaker to find a girl from another county who didn't know his real situation.
Only then did Mr. Song come over.
Listening to the lively greetings in the village, Xiaomian looked at her mother's calm expression.
Your mother must also be homesick, right?
"Mom, our family now has an oxcart, why don't we go to grandma's house to walk wheat as a relative?"
Mrs. Song glanced at her, shook her head and said, "Let's talk about it in two years."
She won't go there now, she just guards this home.
Wait until several children have passed that tribulation...
June 6th is not a holiday, but it is a very lively day.
Because every household is cooking fried noodles.
It's made from raw white flour and this year's new wheat.
Put the white noodles into a large iron pot and stir-fry until the noodles change color and are cooked.
When eating, boil it in boiling water. You can make it as thick or thin as you like, and you can add sugar.
It is said that eating fried noodles fried on June 6th can cure diarrhea.
Li Benshan was sitting in the yard, looking at the half bowl of fried noodles in front of him, as if he couldn't eat anymore.
Li asked him: "Isn't it sweet? Why don't you put some more sugar in it?"
Li Benshan shook his head and suddenly asked Mrs. Song: "Sister-in-law, do we have a lot of fried noodles?"
"It's a lot of speculation." Mrs. Song pointed to the eight baskets in the room, "most of the baskets are there."
The eight-bucket basket is made of peeled wicker and is very compact. It will not leak when used to hold noodles.
Li Benshan took a bite of fried noodles, sighed, and said casually, "My father loves fried noodles. I don't know if anyone will cook them for him."
Li Benshan has been like this since he was taken care of by his biological father. If he has something delicious, he will definitely think of his biological father.
Mrs. Song smiled and said, "Then give him two liters."
Li Benshan saw through his thoughts and smiled sheepishly, saying: "One liter is enough for him."
"Then I'll send it off."
Xiao Mian remembered something strange about the old house and decided to go and find out for herself.
I am busy during this period and no one pays attention to the old house.
Only occasionally would I meet Old Man Li in the fields.
My grandfather is indeed different from before.
Seeing their sisters, they no longer have dark faces.
Moreover, he also showed a kind look and showed concern every time.
Especially once when he saw Sanshun, he hugged her for the first time.
The old man's behavior shocked the whole family and stunned them.
It is truly unprecedented, unprecedented, and the first of its kind.
It’s not just the grandfather and grandson who are getting closer and closer.
When Old Man Li spoke to Mrs. Song, he was no longer as tense as before.
Fortunately, he said angrily: Take your time with the work. If you can't finish it, he will ask a day laborer from home to come over and help him for two days.
Although it is just a talk, and it is said in a perfunctory way.
I am just joking!
But these people at home.
Needless to say about the second uncle, Xiao Mian couldn't bear to look at the picture of a loving father and a filial son.
Even my mother, who resented the old house the most, had a changed view of the old man.
Even more ridiculous is Xiao Sanshun.
Normally when seeing Old Man Li, the little guy would only timidly call out "Grandpa".
But now, when I see the old man from a distance, he is like a butterfly, shouting "Grandpa" and swooping over.
This grandpa who never even gave him jelly beans is so dear!
This change is really great.
The picture is too warm.
It was so warm that no one in the family wanted to doubt it and just wanted to sink into it.
Li Xiaomian watched coldly and observed.
I always feel that my biological grandfather is a bit fake.
His smile is fake, his words are fake, and every action is fake.
Xiao Mian even suspected that her own grandfather had also been possessed by someone from time traveling?
She even used a large mouthful of spiritual spring water to forcefully use the mind-observation technique.
Make sure your biological grandfather is still your biological grandfather.
But why does the old man do this?
Xiaomian walked towards her old house with a full liter of fried noodles. Of course, her follower Li Xiaodao didn't want to be left behind.
The two sisters walked to the old house talking and laughing.
People greeted them from time to time along the way.
Since Li Benshan built a waterwheel for the village, the villagers have become much more enthusiastic when talking to their children.
"Hey, Mian girl, are you giving something to your father again?"
Xiao Mian smiled and said: "Yes, my mother and second aunt made fried noodles and asked us to send some to my father. My father likes to eat them."
"Look at how filial this kid is, giving him stuff every three days."
"That's right, Brother Li is lucky, and his children are all truly filial."
"But no, it's necessary to give gifts during the holidays. If you don't give gifts during the holidays, it means you are in my heart."
The entrance to the Li family's old house.
The door of the old house was closed, Xiaomian and Xiaodao lay on the crack of the door and looked in.
"Is there anyone?" Xiaodao asked.
"Nothing happened." Xiao Mian replied.
Xiaodao: "Why is my house closed in broad daylight?"
Xiao Mian glared at her: "Are you stupid? Of course, only when there is no one at home can you close the door."
Xiaodao glanced at his smart second sister: "Second sister, you didn't lock the door, it was plugged in."
Who is the fool? Is locking the door from the inside the same as locking the door from the outside?
Li Xiaomian:......
The two of them lay at the crack of the door and watched for a long time. It was quiet inside, not even a rooster crowing.
Xiaodao suddenly became a little scared. She asked with a pale face: "Is something wrong?"
"Did something really happen?" Xiaomian's heart also froze.
Both sisters have a bit of a conspiracy theory.
Xiaomian frowned, squinted her eyes, leaned on the door, and carefully observed the yard through the crack in the door.
I saw no evil spirit or traces of ghostly energy.
If there is anything wrong, it is that the other person's moral conduct is deeper than yours.
Or, nothing happened and they were the ones scaring themselves.
"Bah bang bang."
"grandfather……"
The two of them knocked on the door and called for someone. Xiaodao's thin voice called for someone, like a high-decibel blue flute, with extremely strong penetrating power.