Jiang Dahai came back from work at noon, carrying a hoe, humming a revolutionary song with a happy face. His father had gone to the educated youth point early in the morning, and he didn't know what name he gave his son. He was so anxious that he walked like the wind.
"Jiang Dahai, that simple guy, has become a different person now that he has a son." Several men who were working with him walked behind him and joked.
"How can it be different? Except for him, every other family in our village is full of girls." Another dark and strong man said with a smile.
"I've long disliked Jiang Dachuan's family. A grown man is whining like a woman. Now that Brother Dahai has a son, let's see how much more he can act."
The popularity of the two sons of the Jiang family in Qingshan Village is as great as that of the heavens. Jiang Dahai works hard and is loyal, so everyone is willing to ask him for help when they have any problems. But Jiang Dachuan is cunning and cunning, and he just wants to take advantage of the commune every day. Such a lazy man and his family eat better than anyone else in the village. How can this not make people angry?
"Dad, Mom."
As soon as Jiang Dahai entered the house, Dani brought him a basin of well water to wipe his face. The sun was scorching and he had worked all morning, so he was soaked and smelled of sweat.
The freshly drawn well water was cool. Jiang Dahai soaked the towel in it and wiped it directly on his face without wringing it dry. While wiping his face and back, he looked at his parents.
As Jiang Dahai wiped, his movements slowed down. What happened to his parents? They looked stern. Who had offended them? Suddenly, he felt like he was back to the atmosphere before he had a son. Jiang Dahai was worried, wondering if his daughters had upset his parents.
Jiang Dahai's eyes swept across the multi-grain steamed bun on the table. Wasn't this the steamed bun he gave to his daughter last night? How did it end up in his mother's hands?
"Mom, I gave that steamed bun to Dani and the others. I didn't tell you. If you are angry, just scold me." Jiang Dahai thought that his parents were angry about this, so he stopped wiping his face. He looked at Dani who had been winking at him and opened his mouth to admit his mistake.
The family's food has always been distributed by Old Lady Miao. Everything earned by everyone in the family must be handed over. If anyone dares to hide something from the old lady, once discovered, the whole family will be in chaos.
"Oh, you idiot." Old Mrs. Miao sighed, didn't say anything to him, got up and went into the kitchen.
"Dani, why don't you call Erni to help? You're just staying in the house and acting like you're a lady from the old days." Old Lady Miao yelled, and Jiang Dani hurriedly took her second sister to the kitchen to help.
Jiang Dahai looked at his mother and scratched his head helplessly. She didn't seem to be angry about this. So why was she angry? He looked at his father. Old man Jiang had a stern face. Jiang Dahai was a little scared and didn't dare to ask any more questions.
Erni followed her into the kitchen. Dani lit a fire and asked Erni to watch. Then she moved a chair under her feet and used a large spoon to stir the grain porridge in the pot.
Multi-grain porridge is a kind of food made by cooking steamed sweet potatoes, corn flour, sorghum flour, and various wild vegetables with water. As long as more water is added, the flour will absorb and retain water and swell bigger. In this way, you will feel full quickly, but you will also feel hungry quickly.
This kind of multi-grain porridge must be stirred constantly, otherwise the flour will easily stick to the pot, not only making the iron pot difficult to clean, but the porridge will also taste like cast iron. Stirring the porridge is not an easy job, but Jiang Dani has long been accustomed to cooking three large buckets of pig feed every day, and the method of cooking this porridge is no different from cooking pig feed.
Moreover, the taste of multi-grain porridge is much better than pig food. If Jiang Dani were asked to choose, she might prefer to make multi-grain porridge all her life.
Fortunately, Grandma Miao didn't know what her granddaughter was thinking. At that moment, she was making corn buns. Each bun was about the size of a baby's fist. She carefully scraped off the cornmeal on her hands and put all the buns in the steamer.
Old Mrs. Miao carefully washed the multi-grain steamed bun to remove the dust from it and put it into the steamer.
Jiang Erni watched her grandmother's actions and bit her lower lip. She should have divided the steamed buns on the mountain earlier. Now that they were in her grandmother's hands, they couldn't eat a single bite.
Don't mention how regretful they were, Old Mrs. Miao moved out the finished things one by one.
"Dahai, ask Dongmei to take the child out. Let's have dinner together today." Jiang Cheng sat at the top and spoke to his son.
"Ah?" Jiang Dahai was stunned for a moment, then hesitated: "Then should we bring Sanni and Sini out together?"
"Nonsense!" Old man Jiang slammed the table angrily. The girls haven't married yet. Are they no longer part of our Jiang family?
Old man Jiang was in a bad mood, and was nagged by his own idiot son. He really wanted to hit him on the head with his pipe to enlighten him.
"Yeah." Jiang Dahai responded readily and went into his own room.
At this time, Jiang Lai Di and her fourth sister were lying side by side on the kang. San Ni touched one and kissed the other, crawling around on the kang without feeling tired.
Gu Dongmei sat on the kang table, sewing clothes, and from time to time paying attention to the movements of the three children.
"Dad asked you to take the child out, saying we would have dinner together. Maybe he got the child's name from Zhang Zhiqing, and wanted to ask everyone's opinion." Jiang Dahai picked up his old son gently, watching his red skin gradually fade and his face gradually open, and he loved him so much.
"Ah--" Jiang Laidie is only half a month old. She can only see clearly things within half a meter from her. The rest looks blurry as if blocked by a layer of frosted glass. At this time, she was held by Jiang Dahai, and suddenly a big face appeared in front of her. She was startled.
"Dongmei, I'll take our son out first. You can bring the two girls out later." Jiang Dahai happily held his son in his arms and did not notice any resistance from the child in his arms.
Sanni sucked her fingers and felt a little envious when she saw her brother in his father's arms. But when she thought about it, she was already four years old. Her sister had said that her younger brothers and sisters were still young and she had to be more considerate of them, just like her sister always left the delicious fruits for her and Sanni. But she still felt a little sad and lowered her head.
Si Ni didn't understand anything and couldn't even speak clearly. She could just sprawl out and stare at the rooftops and spend the whole day there.
Seeing her daughter's pitiful appearance, Gu Dongmei picked up the two girls, one on the left and one on the right. Sanni exclaimed, and then smiled. In her opinion, dad and mom are the same. The younger brother let the dad hold him, and she and the younger sister let the mom hold them. This way, everyone has someone to hold them, which is great.
Jiang Cheng felt much better when he looked at his little grandson. The other two grandsons had been spoiled by their parents, and this little grandson must not be raised like them.
The whole family sat down. The Jiang family's dining table was made of wood cut from the mountain. It was square. One of the corners was a little worn, so there was a pile of old newspapers underneath. The chairs were simple benches, one on each side.
Old man Jiang sat at the top seat, Old lady Miao sat on his left, and Jiang Dahai and his wife sat on his right. This also represented the status of the Jiang family.
Jiang Dani was holding Sini, Jiang Erni was holding Sanni, and they squeezed on a bench. There was hot food on the table, and the aroma went straight into Sanni's nose. She swallowed, but looking at the stern face of the grandfather opposite her, she dared not move.
"Before we eat, let me tell you the name I got from Xiao Zhang."
Jiang Cheng took out a piece of paper from his chest pocket. He had never been to school and was illiterate. Jiang Dahai had studied for a few years, but he was too stupid and could not continue studying after two or three years. His sister Jiang Dazhen was good at studying, so he gave the opportunity to study to her. This is why Jiang Dazhen respects this elder brother so much. Over the years, Jiang Dahai had forgotten everything he had learned, so how could he remember the words on the note.
Jiang Cheng couldn't understand it, but he could read it. Along the way, he repeated Zhang Zhiqing's words over and over again.
Jiang Lai Di was very curious about her name in this life. In her previous life, her grandmother randomly named her Lai Di, wanting her to have a younger brother. Unfortunately, her mother never got pregnant again after giving birth to her. This made the old lady feel that her body was damaged when she was born, and she always disliked her.
In this life, he became a boy, and no one knew what name he would have.
"I told Xiao Zhang that the name must not be too common. Look at the kids in the village now. When they shout patriotism or founding the country, two or three people with the same name will come out at once. The name must not be too petty bourgeois either. This will attract people to talk about it, which is not a good influence. Xiao Zhang is indeed a high school student. He is well-educated. I think the name he chose is very good."
Jiang Cheng put the note on the table for everyone to see.
"Dad, just tell me. I only remember my last name and the character 'yi' in the middle. My son's name is Jiang Yi or something. Don't keep me in suspense."
"Leave, that's a leave message." Jiang Dani looked at the note and said in a low voice.
Jiang Cheng rarely turned his gaze to this granddaughter who had always been inconspicuous: "Do you still know these words?"
Jiang Dani saw that everyone turned their eyes to her, and suddenly she felt shy, and nodded nervously: "It was Sister Xiang Hong from Captain Mo's family who taught us, and this word just happened to be in the book."
Mo Xianghong is one of only two girls in the village who go to school. She is as warm-hearted as her parents. On her days off, she always goes to the threshing floor to teach girls who want to go to school but have no money to do so to read. Jiang Dani goes there as soon as she finishes work, and has learned a lot in the past few years.
Jiang Lai Di clenched her fists when she saw her eldest sister like this. In her previous life, her eldest sister envied her younger sisters for having the opportunity to go to school. At that time, she was already married, and she had endless work to do every day and had to be beaten. In this life, she must make sure that her eldest sister finishes her studies and has a different life.
"Yiliu, Jiang Yiliu, this name is good, better than those second-rate and third-rate ones." Jiang Dahai was very satisfied when he heard the name. He felt that his son would definitely have a bright future and deserved this first-rate name.
Old Man Jiang rolled his eyes at his stupid son and said, "This is the message left behind to protect the child from harm. It's not the one you mentioned."
Old Man Jiang had the same reaction when he heard the name. He only knew it after Zhang Zhiqing explained it to him. However, he would never say it in front of his son.
The child is still young and no one knows what will happen in the future. Health is the most important thing. Old Man Jiang is still very satisfied with this name.
Jiang Yiliu silently said in his heart: "Jiang Yiliu, he is Jiang Yiliu in this life, and will never be Jiang Laidi in the previous life."
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