I went to the fields not long in the morning.
Xu Mingzhao, who was squatting on the ground pulling weeds with his butt sticking out, looked up and found that his brother-in-law was gone.
He wasn't in a hurry.
What could a grown man like him, living in a village, possibly have?
Xu Mingzhao continued to work hard.
You have to work hard!
His brother-in-law is lazy; he earns the work points of two people by himself.
It's alright, I guess.
I can still manage.
I was thinking about my wife and in-laws coming.
Thinking about life in the future.
Xu Mingzhao felt full of energy.
As the sun climbed higher, Xu Mingzhao sweated more and more.
As time went by.
Xu Mingzhao sensed something was wrong.
Even if the kid is playful, he'll still come back from time to time to show off.
What? They caught a new insect? What? They picked a new wild fruit?
After a while, this heartless little brat even knows to come back and do some work.
To avoid exhausting his brother-in-law, who would otherwise have no one to do his work.
This is the first time the child has been away for so long.
He was worried.
Could something really have happened?
Find someone right away.
Head straight for the goal.
We walked to the village entrance and came to the big locust tree by the old well.
He found a group of elderly men and women, old enough to be his grandparents, enjoying the cool shade under the tree.
A man held a tattered palm-leaf fan, sometimes fanning himself, sometimes patting and slapping it around.
There aren't many mosquitoes at this time.
It's not that there's absolutely none.
When bitten, some people only get a small red dot and don't feel anything, while others get a big, red, and itchy bump.
Some people get so itchy that they keep scratching until their skin breaks.
A little bit of blood came out.
Once it heals and scabs over, it will leave a light brown mark, similar to a birthmark.
It will take a long time to heal.
These older women were mostly wearing old-fashioned slanted-front clothes.
The older men were wearing vests or jackets made by their wives.
If you feel too hot, just open your clothes or go shirtless.
What's funny is that some of them were shirtless and wearing tattered straw hats.
Xu Mingzhao was already used to it.
But I still couldn't help but twitch the corner of my mouth.
The reason is simply that the design is quite striking.
Xu Mingzhao often walks around the village.
Sometimes I help the elderly carry water, and sometimes I help them carry things.
Therefore, he is quite popular.
The elderly people were also willing to talk to him.
Before he even got close, Xu Mingzhao flashed a simple, honest smile.
"Grandpa, Grandma, are you enjoying the cool air here?"
A man in his seventies, old enough to be Xu Mingzhao's grandfather.
He was very happy to hear that "Grandpa".
He waved his palm-leaf fan and fanned the area around his feet.
He slightly raised his head, grinned, and revealed the three teeth he still had.
He said it vaguely.
"What else can you do? You're not being honest, are you? What are you doing here instead of working?"
Another old man laughed and teased him, "You only have three teeth left, how come your mouth is still so fast!"
With just one sentence, the elderly men and women around all laughed.
Xu Mingzhao laughed along with her.
An older woman with short, ear-length hair asked, "Xu, what do you need us for?"
Xu Mingzhao said helplessly, "My brother-in-law is playful and has run off somewhere. Has anyone seen him?"
"You were talking about patriotism! You were just chatting with us here a moment ago! You only left a little while ago."
"A good patriotic child. When he saw that Lin, the educated youth, had sprained his ankle, he even helped carry the water back."
Another older woman added mysteriously, "When Lin, the educated youth, came to fetch water, he had just brought the water up when he cried out 'Ouch!' and fell to the ground, saying he had twisted his ankle."
She sat there for a long time, not daring to move, and even shed tears.
Aiguo happened to be there and saw Lin, the educated youth, crying pitifully. He couldn't bear it and helped carry the water away.
Upon hearing this, Xu Mingzhao's heart skipped a beat without warning.
He nodded, as if it were the most natural thing in the world: "It's only right, it's a pleasure to help others!"
Patriotism has been a constant since childhood; he especially loves helping others.
For example, helping an elderly woman cross the street, retrieving a badminton shuttlecock that a child has hit into a tree, and so on…
An old man next to him chimed in, "Young Xu, what's a badminton shuttlecock? Is it a feathery shuttlecock?"
Xu Mingzhao was anxious and wanted to leave as soon as possible.
He said to the old man, "I can't explain this badminton in a short time."
I'll have a friend mail it to me when I write back next time. Grandpa and Grandma, I have to go now.
"Something came up? Then hurry up and go, don't let it delay your business."
"That's right, hurry up!"
Don't forget that fluffy ball!
Xu Mingzhao's smile froze for a moment: "I remember, I'm leaving now!"
He turned his head, and the憨厚 smile on his face disappeared.
Instead, he wore a gloomy expression.
Back to the educated youth settlement.
There was no one in the yard.
Xu Mingzhao moved a little closer to the female educated youth.
Then Lin Min was heard muttering, "Zhou Zhiqing, I have no other choice. Don't worry, my child and I will definitely treat you well. If he is not filial to you, I will be the first to disagree."
Xu Mingzhao's head was spinning.
Is his brother-in-law about to become a father by accident?
If this works out, not to mention his parents-in-law, his wife, who's so protective of her own, would tear him apart.
Thinking of this, Xu Mingzhao tiptoed out.
After confirming that no one was around.
I found the oil paper package I had left in the pile of rubble behind the house.
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