BPE Chapter 5

Spring and autumn come, and now Mengmeng is six months old in the blink of an eye, and can already sit firmly in a small sedan chair. This small sedan chair was also specially made for her by old man Feng. It was made of the best wood in the mountains, and it was polished into a smooth and shiny chair. There was also a circle of fine vines braided around it, which was strong and flexible.

Mengmeng sat obediently with her chubby little body, her big eyes were round and bright, like a deer in the mountains. Madam Feng called "Mengmeng '' softly, and she knew she was calling her , immediately turned his smart big eyes to look in the direction of the sound, and opened his pink and tender mouth, babbling and babbling.

"Our Mengmeng is so smart, it's time for you to eat, grandma will feed you, come...open your mouth." Madam Feng scooped a small spoonful of the thick boiled rice soup, and there was a little bit of smashed steamed eggs on top. He fed it into Mengmeng's mouth in small sips.

Mengmeng loves to eat, and eats one bite after another with great joy. At this time, the door curtain is lifted, and Brother Rui walks in from the outside with his little hands behind his back. Madam Feng saw him as soon as she turned around and without showing any surprise, she asked, "Brother Rui, have you eaten?"

"I've eaten it, Grandma Feng, and I gave this flower to my sister." Brother Rui took out a bunch of gorgeous red flowers from behind and placed it gently beside the cute little sedan chair.

Madam Feng recognized at a glance that this was a wild flower in the mountain, and deliberately said with a stern face: "Brother Rui, the mountain is too dangerous, don't go to the mountain to pick flowers next time, do you know?"

"Well, my sister likes it." Brother Rui didn't know if he heard it or not. He stared at Xiao Mengmeng very intently. Suddenly, Xiao Mengmeng opened two small hands at him and called out "Aah". After two words, Brother Rui suddenly became overwhelmed.

"Our Mengmeng wants you to hug her." Madam Feng looked at Xiao Mengmeng lovingly, and coaxed her with a sweet snoring voice: "Mengmeng, brother Rui can't hold you yet, grandma. hold you up."

Madam Feng took her out of the sedan chair, put her on the soft pillow of the small bamboo bed, and leaned firmly against her. She continued to feed her in this position, packed up the tableware and greeted casually, "Brother Rui is here to accompany you. For a while, grandma will go to the kitchen to wash the dishes, and will be back in a while." Brother Rui has been to her house many times, and Mrs. Feng knows that he likes to watch Mengmeng, and he is also careful, so let him watch Mengmeng. She is Very relieved.

When Mrs. Feng was far away, Brother Rui stood on the edge of Xiaozhu's bed, stretched out a finger and touched the sole of Mengmeng's foot. Only touched five small pearl-like toes. Unexpectedly, this action was like turning on the mechanism, which made Mengmeng move suddenly. She retracted her little feet as if she couldn't stand it, and slumped on the bed, her hands and feet shrank slightly, like a small circle Rolling like a ball.

"Oh, will Mengmeng roll?" Madam Feng stepped into the door and saw Mengmeng rolling back and forth on the bamboo bed. She was so pleasantly surprised as if she had found a treasure. They all said that only seven-month-old dolls can do it. Come on, her family Mengmeng learned it when she was only six months old, and she is indeed much smarter than ordinary dolls.

Madam Feng grinned happily, sat on the edge of the bed and stretched out her hand and said, "Mengmeng, come over to grandma, come..."

Mengmeng smartly raised her head and looked at it for a while, then rolled over decisively and she laughed loudly. When she was about to touch Mrs. Feng's hand suddenly twisted in the other direction. She fell into Brother Rui's arms precisely, and he was so startled that he didn't dare to move, and his little face turned red.

Madam Feng was afraid that Brother Rui wouldn't be able to hold her, so she hurriedly brought her little granddaughter back, tapped the tip of her nose and said, "Mengmeng, why aren't you going to grandma?"

She put Mengmeng back, hooked her palm and coaxed: "Come to grandma, there's something delicious here." But Mengmeng just stared at her with big round eyes and smiled, and refused to move at all. For a moment, Mrs. Feng felt disappointed.

Brother Rui stayed for a while before going back. A few minutes later, the rest of the Feng family also came back. Madam Feng had prepared meals in the main room, and there was nothing good. She just ate gruel and pickles. Plus a small marinated crab that can't be sold, the size of half an egg, and it's gone in one bite.

But the Feng family cherished the little crab and waited until the last bowl of porridge before they were willing to chew the crab and swallow it, as if eating some delicacies from the mountains and seas.

After eating, Feng Yimin discussed with old man Feng and said, "Dad, it's been so hot these days. Shall we collect the land as soon as possible? Or wait. However, if it rains, this year's harvest will be in vain."

"What did the other people in the village say?" Old Man Feng thought like an older generation and wanted to keep pace with the people in the village.

"Dad, it's all reformed and opened up now, and the farmland is allotted to households. As long as the public grain can be handed in, who cares when we will receive the grain?" Feng Yimin explained to him patiently, and after a while he said, "I see, the people in the village also thought

the same. I also told the Second and Third two days ago. I took advantage of these few days to quickly collect the grain. I think it will rain this year."

"It's done!" The old man Feng tapped the table with his fingers, nodded his head and said, "Our family has a lot of farms, so we can wait a little longer for peanuts, sugar cane, etc. Let's collect the rice in the next two days. It's something to be handed in, so don't be sloppy."

Once the date is chosen, the Feng family will be dispatched. The autumn harvest is a major event throughout the year, and it is related to the family's rations. The people of Taoyuan Village usually farm when they are not fishing. Although the commune has now been abolished, the public grain still has to be paid. After paying the public rations, the rest belongs to them.

On the day of the harvest, the sun rose early, and the scorching sun was painful. It is said that the autumn tiger is the autumn tiger, the sun in this autumn is more powerful than that tiger, but the Feng family is very happy to see the sun. The sun is shining, and after the rice is harvested, it can save a lot of trouble whether it is threshing and drying the millet.

The people of the old Feng family walked out of the village together, but when they got to the fields, they were separated from each other. The three brothers had already separated, and their household registrations were not together. Of course, the responsibility fields belonged to their own. Having said that, when Chen Hongmei saw the old couple and the uncle go down to the field together, she couldn't help feeling a little sour, standing on the field ridge and muttering: "Look at your father and mother, they are both sons of the same family. Why didn't they come to help our family harvest rice, and only go to the First Brother in law's field?"

"Hey, why is there nothing good coming out of your mouth?" Feng Laosan is already dizzy from the sun, and his mind was already very anxious. Hearing his Wife muttering here, he became more impatient. Now, with a crooked mouth, he asked, "What's yours and mine? Then how about asking your Father and Mother? You can go back to your parents house and ask them to help us. Let's see if they will recognize you."

"Why won't they recognize me?" Chen Hongmei suddenly became unhappy, went down to the field and pointed at his nose and said, "Feng Laosan, let me tell you, my surname is Chen not Feng, and of course they have to recognize me when I go back to my parents' house."

"Hey," Feng Laosan patted her hand, and said with some disdain on his face: "The daughter who got married, the water that was poured out, this is what you said, have you forgotten? It's not a household registration book, who will you help if you don't help the eldest brother's family to collect grain? Are you helping? Your brain is not broken, right?"

Chen Hongmei felt bitter in her heart, and the more she looked at Feng Lao San, the more she felt unpleasant, "Who am I helping? I'm not trying to help you?"

Feng Laosan turned around and left, waving his sickle and shouting at Chen Hongmei, "Don't talk nonsense, okay? Instead of talking and complaining, why don't you just collect grain? Look at how far the big brother's house has been cut?"

Chen Hongmei glanced at Tian next to her, and sure enough, she saw that the four adults of the uncle's family had entered the field together and had already harvested half of a piece of land, and instantly felt that she was being compared in her heart. She doesn't compare with men, can't she compare with Su Wan? Seeing how delicate the sister-in-law is and is still working on the field,She don't want to be compared to her, so she hurriedly buried her head and went to cut the rice.

The autumn harvest is coming, and the primary school in the village also has a busy farming holiday. Of course, Su Wan also came to the field, but Madam Feng, seeing her weak appearance, always refused to make her too tired, so she cut a small one. After a while, he pointed to the big tree on the field ridge and said, " Su Wan, you go and see if Mengmeng is awake? It's so hot today, go and give Mengmeng some water, I put the water in her cradle. It's on the side, remember to give her a drink, don't let the mosquitoes bite her."

Today, Everyone was busy with the autumn harvest, and there was no one at home. Even the big baby and the second baby came to help, picking up rice ears from behind the adult's buttocks. Madam Feng put Mengmeng in a small cradle and covered it with a small mosquito net. After that, she hung onto the big tree on the field ridge. Well, when the small wind blew, swaying, Mengmeng fell asleep directly.

Su Wan came to the bottom of the big tree, carefully took down the cradle hanging on the branch, and opened the mosquito net outside to see that Mengmeng was still sleeping like a pig with her eyes closed, and her little mouth was still struggling. Not to mention how cute it is, it made Su Wan's heart melt.

She should really be glad that Feng's family loves her daughter, and even benefits her. Old Madam Feng stood in the field and shouted at her with confidence: "First Daughter in Law, you just watch Mengmeng there, Don't let the mosquito bite her."

"Got it, Mom, I'll give her some water when she wakes up." After hearing her words, Mrs. Feng continued to cut the rice with peace of mind.

She was cutting and cutting, and suddenly felt that something was wrong. She grabbed the old man who passed by her and said, "Hey, old man, do you think there are no leeches in this field this year?"

She lowered her head and looked left and right, but she didn't see a trace of the leech. If this happened in the past, when I went to the paddy field to cut rice, soon my legs and body were covered with black leeches, which looked very infiltrating, and it still hurts after being sucked by blood.

The old man Feng was rather careless. He was in a hurry to harvest the rice. He shook off her hand and said, "Isn't it better if there are no leeches? Maybe they all crawled into other people's fields."

After the land parcels arrived at the households, the farmers were more motivated. Old Man Feng was eager to harvest, all for the sake of his own family, so why not be more active?

Old Man Feng and Mrs. Feng are both experts in the fields, and Feng Yimin is even more of a hard worker. The three of them are busy working together. It took a whole day from morning to night to finally harvest the family's ten acres of paddy fields. The weather is good today, and the rice is cut off without even drying it. The rice is plowed in the field on the spot and pulled back home by truck.

Su Wan had brought Mengmeng home to cook early. Receiving food was a laborious task, and those who worked hard must eat well, otherwise they would not be able to support it. Su Wan received orders early in the morning, steamed a pot full of dry rice, and she specially prepared two small fish and two small crabs for each adult. As for the eggs, Mrs. Feng said several times that they were reserved for Mengmeng to eat, and no one was allowed to touch them.

Before the sun went down, the last carload of rice was finally pulled home, but the Feng family couldn't rest, so they rushed to the yard as soon as they finished eating. There was so much rice, they had to be threshed quickly, otherwise if it suddenly rained. It will be a dissaster.

In the yard, there is a wooden rice pounding machine, which is like a stone mill for grinding tofu. It pours the yellow rice from the top. Old man Feng and his eldest son turned the mill from left to right, and the white rice came out from the bottom. Out.

Madam Feng stood aside waiting to collect the rice, and immediately noticed something was wrong, "Hey, stop, stop, stop, look, why is this rice so big and so white?"

Old lady Feng was holding a handful of rice in her hand, each of which was crystal clear, round and full, like a white pearl, which made the Feng family look dumbfounded.

"Is this still rice? Why don't I think it doesn't look like it?" Old man Feng has cultivated fields all his life. Although their rice fields by the sea are relatively fertile, he has never seen such good-looking rice. It doesn't feel like it should exist in this world. Yes, Old Man Feng pinched one and took a look. It was heavy and crystal clear as if it was about to glow. When he smelled it, it seemed that there was still a fragrance.

The four adults stood in front of the rice pounding machine and looked at each other. Su Wan was the most educated person in the old Feng family, and could not explain why the rice became like this.

"Mom, how can I fix this?" Feng Yimin was a little undecided. When the rice harvested in previous years came out, it was all broken and a little yellow. It was not at the same level as this year's rice. Not too much underground. But as a party member, he didn't think in the direction of the strange power at all, but attributed it to the right time and place.

Old lady Feng's eyes flashed brightly, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Hurry up and put it away. No one knows when it's dark. I warn you, even the second and third are not allowed to tell them."

The old lady Feng is very mature. She has seen it clearly after so many years. This shot is the first bird. If everyone in the village has the same harvest as their family, it will be fine. But if only their Feng Family have this kind of rice, it will be bad.

The family looked at each other and understood what the other was thinking at the same time. Without saying a word, they hurriedly took advantage of the night to pound the rice into rice. It's all crystal clear and round white rice.

Mrs. Feng put the rice in the warehouse and closed the warehouse door tightly. Now the question is, the rice has become like this, what should I do when I hand in the public grain?