Monroe finally changed the topic and stopped saying things that were embarrassing for Haizi and difficult to answer directly. She told Haizi to come back to the compound to stay tonight, and to get up early tomorrow morning to drive everyone for an outing.
In fact, Haizi didn't want to live in his own home. When doing work for others, he had to follow his employer's rules. So Haizi quickly responded to Monroe's words and nodded in relief as he agreed to Monroe's instructions.
"Okay, I'll be back after dinner, and I'll get up early tomorrow to drive everyone to go outing."
Seeing Haizi's open answer, Monroe didn't say anything else. Si Xizi, who was beside him, immediately became energetic when he heard that he was going on an outing during the May Festival. He stopped what he was doing and wanted to join in and chat with everyone. , the purpose is to rest for a while.
"Mom, do we all have to go for an outing tomorrow morning? We have to go to bed early tonight."
"Go, you have to go. Don't you go to May Day every year?"
Yun Sanniang saw that her son wanted to take an opportunity to rest for a while, but she did not expose him. My eldest son is good at everything, but his work is a bit out of tune, but it doesn't matter. After all, the family still has enough to eat and wear.
So a few people spent most of the day talking and laughing around folk customs such as celebrating the May Festival, eating eggs, hanging gourds, picking mugwort... etc. Although Sixiko also participated, he still felt a little tired, so he asked his father to take a rest.
"Dad, we are already very tired. It's not easy for you to follow us. Let's all take a rest."
"We'll rest when we get to the end of the field."
Mr. Yun was following behind to check the quality. If something was not suitable, he would have to repair it. Although it was not very tiring, it was far less comfortable than lying on the kang, but he still did not agree to let everyone rest immediately.
Monroe turned around and looked up at the sun in the sky. She felt that it was almost time. It was not that she was tired, but because she thought that Haizi had to go home early, so she continued what Sixizi said and made her request to Mr. Yun. .
"Uncle Third, it's getting late and we're all tired. Let Jackie go home early. Anyway, we're not in a hurry for this little work."
After hearing what Monroe said, Mr. Yun did not respond immediately, thinking that Monroe was still thinking about Haizi returning home. But Yun Sanniang spoke at this time, clearly supporting Monroe's suggestion.
"That's it, we have to go back to cooking pig food."
With the support of her third aunt, Monroe took the pickaxe from Haizi and said to him: "You don't have to help clean up. I will take the pickaxe back and you can go home directly."
"Okay, we can get these things. It's not far away. Just past the courtyard wall is our home. You can go back. Let's see what we can do for your mother. The three of them are very tired. Your mother I have gotten older in the past two years. If there is anything going on at home, let your mother send you a message."
Amidst Yun Sanniang's loving instructions, Haizi said goodbye to the Yun family one by one, and said a more appropriate word to everyone. Although he did not help the Yun family take the tools back home, Haizi was eager to go home and hurried home.
The sun is still two poles high, and it is still an hour and a half before it sets. Facing the sunshine, Haizi walked quickly toward home along the familiar dirt road in the village, feeling happy but a little eager.
At this time, the adults and even the half-grown children of each family have gone to the fields to do farm work. Occasionally, you can see old people holding or leading smaller children, coaxing the children to play, and taking care of their own chickens, ducks, and geese. , dogs, pigs.
There are also a few poultry that run to the road in search of food, but most of them hide under the walls of their homes to avoid the shade. As Haizi walked home, he greeted everyone he met with "grandpa, grandma" and felt very happy.
Haizi's house is located at the west end of the village. It covers a large area, but the house is too small, with only two adobe houses less than ten feet. When Haizi's father, Mr. Yu, was alive, he also wanted to build two more rooms, or renovate and expand one.
They also prepared some wood, but it was not enough, but the house was not built in the end. A large part of the wood prepared was used by Mr. Yu to make a coffin, and the rest was not enough to build a house.
When Haizi returned home, he saw that the door was closed and the door was locked. He knew that his mother and sister had gone to work in the fields, and his brother had not yet driven the pigs back. There was no one at home now.
Haizi went around to check around his courtyard wall and found that the gap was not big. So he went to a small well in the courtyard, fetched water, and brought a bundle of grass. I checked out the large pieces of adobe from the gap in the wall, dug out some soil, mixed it with hay, and mixed it with mud.
These tasks were already familiar to Haizi, and it didn't take much effort. When the sun was about to set, Haizi had already completed the gap in the collapsed wall, and it looked quite neat.
Haizi was piling mud on the wall and inserting sorghum stalks into sections to prevent children and poultry from entering the yard and harming the vegetables and fruits grown in the yard.
"Brother..." Sanyang was the first to go home. When he found that his brother was already at home, he ran over quickly and hugged his neck: "Why did you come back so early? Didn't you say you won't be back until tomorrow?"
Holding his brother's neck is Sanyang's habitual move when he sees his brother over the years, and this time is of course no exception. He wants his brother to hold him for a few times and experience the feeling of flying, so he doesn't care whether his hands are touched or not. There is mud.
"Don't move. Didn't you see that my hands are all covered with mud? I'll give you a licking, and then I'll hold you around until you're clean." Haizi stopped his younger brother from approaching again: "It's very early to pen the pigs today, the sun hasn't set yet." .”
"Tomorrow is May Day. Yun Sanniang asked me to pen the pigs early so that I can get up early tomorrow."
"Just right. It's still almost finished. You can finish it with me."
So, the two young brothers started fucking happily while talking and laughing. However, the efficiency of work has obviously slowed down. Fortunately, there is not much work left. They do this just for fun.
"Big Brother is back! Mom, Big Brother and Sanyang are both at home."
Erya, who was walking in front, greeted her brother and loudly told her mother who was walking behind. Mother and daughter returned home when the sun was about to set. There was a lot of farm work in the fields, and they were busy from spring to autumn.
"I saw someone in the yard a long time ago, and I thought it was them two. I told your elder brother to stop doing it. I already did that work since I got up early that day."
Haizi's mother quickened her pace and spoke with a smile. Of course the mother would be happy to see her son back, especially since Haizi had experienced the incident of summoning Duanlong's soul, Haizi's mother would of course be more concerned about him.
Although it was said that nothing major happened to Haizi, he still experienced a frightening scene. For a child who had just turned fifteen, it was uncertain whether it would leave a shadow in his heart. How could he not be a mother? What about you?
When Haizi just walked out of the tomb, Haizi's mother went to the Yun family compound to see Haizi, but the second master Yun said that Haizi had just fallen asleep and said that nothing happened to Haizi, so he reassured her and told Haizi's mother that she would not want to do anything again. Mention this matter in front of Zai Haizi.
He said that this was a special instruction from the Taoist and Heavenly Master before he left, so as not to cause Haizi to panic and be detrimental to the rest of Duanlong's soul. Haizi's mother didn't quite believe it, but Mr. Yun still persuaded Haizi's mother to come back in a serious manner.
"Mom, the gap has been closed."
Haizi and Sanyang greeted their mother, walked quickly towards her, and took the farm tools from her mother's hands. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the two mothers embraced each other and pushed open the door of the house, smiling happily and saying what needed to be said.
"You've been back for a while, have you told your boss? It seems like you've tanned again these days, and you've grown taller."
Mom looked at Haizi up and down, touching and patting here and there, as if she couldn't get enough. And Haizi stood upright in front of his mother, letting her caress him, feeling very happy in his heart.
"It was Mr. Yun who asked me to come back early to take a look. I heard that the wall of our courtyard was knocked down by a cow, so I came back early. I just finished resting, and mom and you are back. Let's go inside quickly."
"I was the one who asked eldest brother to come back."
Sanyang showed off to his mother as if he was claiming credit, but he didn't forget to let his brother hold him and spin him around a few times in front of his mother. Haizi had no choice but to do as he was told, which made his mother even more happy, scolding Sanyang to stop pestering his brother.
"Since your father left, we orphans and widowers have been taken care of by everyone. In the future, when you grow up, you must think about repaying others. Especially Mr. Yun's family has not told us that we must work well for others. .”
Haizi's mother gave instructions while walking to the door of the house with the support of her son. At this time, Erya had already opened the door. Haizi's mother arranged for Erya to light the fire and cook without entering the house. Of course, mother was still the main force.
"Erya, light the fire, make some rice, beat some eggs, fry some sauce, wash the wild vegetables well, then go to the garden and pick up some green onions and side dishes, let your elder brother eat at home tonight."
Haizi saw that the things piled up in the yard were a bit messy. He knew that his mother and the others had no time to clean up, so he bent down to clean up the yard and said to his mother: "Mom, you and your sister go to cook first. Sanyang and I will clean up the yard together." Tidy up, tidy up.”
When Haizi's family sat around the Kang and prepared to eat, the sun had already set, and the village gradually returned to the tranquility of the night. Haizi's mother lit the lamp early and served rice to the children. She picked up a bowl of leftover porridge and ate with the children.
Upon seeing this, Haizi, his sister and brother poured the rice in their own bowls back into the rice bowl, put the remaining porridge into their own bowls, and poured out some of the porridge in their mother's bowl, leaving only a little bit.
"Mom, isn't she old? Rice is hard, so I can just drink porridge."
When Haizi's mother saw that the children wouldn't let her eat the leftover porridge, she defended herself with a smile. However, she couldn't overcome the strong opposition of the children, so she had to drink the little leftover porridge left in the bowl.
