The ox cart swayed as it moved along the dusty country road. The wind blew up sand and dust. The weather was too hot and sweat flowed down his face, mixing into mud.
Xiao Si fell asleep in Li Shuwan's arms, swaying. Li Shuwan kept wiping his sweat and using a big straw hat to block the sun. When they arrived at the village, they saw a big elm tree from a distance. The trunk of the tree was so big that even six children holding hands could not surround it. There was a big stone mill under the big elm tree. Next to the mill, there was a big elm tree lying horizontally. It was not known how long ago that it had been cut down. The trunk had been polished by time and was smooth. Now a group of women were sitting on it chatting. While talking, they kept doing work with their hands. Some of them were holding shoe soles and mending them, some were holding clothes and patching them, and some were sewing baby clothes. In short, they were all busy.
At this time, an old lady saw the ox cart and said, "Who is this? It's noon, and everything is dried up in the sun."
An old lady covered her brow with her hand and looked for a long time before saying, "I can't tell. He's pulling a cart full of things. Is he visiting relatives?"
An old lady who had been watching without saying anything, slapped her thigh and said, "Oh, it's Qin Erlaizi, Qin Erlaizi is back. Hurry up, my chickens are still eating insects on the roadside, I have to take them home quickly."
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of people fled in all directions, running for their lives towards their homes in the village. As soon as they entered the gate, they slammed it shut and bolted it.
Ke'er saw a group of aunts and sisters sitting under a big tree, so she jumped out of the car and ran over to say hello with a smile. However, before she got close, the people were gone. What was going on?
Hu Bao said in the space, "What's the situation? What's the situation? Your father's glorious image in the village, you don't know."
Oh, this is to guard against our family.
When he saw people peeking through the cracks in the doors, he said loudly and aggrievedly, "Dad, they all ran away. Humph, you said we should be polite when meeting the villagers. They ran away. We had prepared candies, but we can't give them away. What a pity, we can eat them ourselves."
As he spoke, he took out a handful of candies from his pocket, peeled off the candy wrapper of a piece of candy, put it in his mouth and slurped it.
Just after taking two sips, I heard the sound of the door opening. A group of aunts, sisters-in-law, and children rushed in, chattering, "Look, who is this?" "Look, this girl is so pretty." "Yes, she is, just like the doll in the painting."
He even surrounded Ke'er in a circle while talking, and spitted all over Ke'er's face. Ke'er got so angry that she yelled, "Daddy, help me!"
Qin Feng saw his beloved daughter being surrounded and thought, this is not okay, what about building a good image? Forget it, his daughter is more important. He yelled with a fierce face, "What are you doing!"
The sound was like thunder. The aunties and sisters in the crowd fell silent and quietly moved their feet. Qin Feng walked forward and pulled Ke'er over. He looked left and right, and finally understood what was going on. He turned around and said to the group of people, "Hello, fellow villagers. We have been away from home for more than half a year and are back today."
Ke'er saw this and wondered why she was silent, at a loss for words. She immediately added, "Grandma, Auntie, Auntie, Sister-in-law, hello. I'm my daddy's daughter, Ke'er. We're home. Please take care of me in the future." Then she bowed to the crowd.
An old lady grabbed a child and pointed at Ke'er, signaling the child to ask a question. The child asked, "Sister Ke'er, you said you would give us candy, is that true?" As soon as the words fell, a group of people's eyes were focused on Ke'er's shirt pockets. Ke'er quickly covered her pockets with both hands, otherwise she would be stared at.
"What are you all doing here? You're not going to work this afternoon, are you all trying to deduct work points?" A brave woman said, "Village chief, didn't you see Qin Erlaizi..." Before she could finish her words, someone next to her pulled her arm, and she immediately changed her words, "We saw Qin Feng and his family return, so we just took a look, haha, just to see." A group of people nodded vigorously, afraid that if they nodded too slowly, the team leader would deduct work points. Yes, the one who was scolding them loudly was Qin Mancang, the village chief of Beishawozi Village. He was Qin Feng's eldest brother, five generations younger than him.
Early this morning, Qin Mancang received a call from the commune secretary, saying that Qin Feng and his family were returning to the village. Secretary Zhang from the county government told him to treat Qin Feng well. Qin Feng's family were all revolutionary martyrs, and he himself was raising the three children of the martyrs' brother and sister-in-law. Qin Feng's past was not good, but after more than half a year outside, Qin Feng behaved very well, which made everyone look at him with tinted glasses.
After lunch, team leader Da Qin came over to say that the dry canal was about to dry up. He hurried to the canal to deal with it. Back at the village committee, before he could even drink a sip of water, a child came to him and said that Qin Feng and his family had returned, but were surrounded by a group of old women and couldn't enter the village or go home. He was furious and rushed to the village entrance. These people were so shameless that they caught a little girl asking for candy.
Qin Feng agreed and said, "Yes, home is good, home is good, big brother, I will live a good life this time when I come back, don't worry." "Look, look, I still have to go out and have a look, broaden my horizons, look at this Qin Feng who has been away for more than half a year, and he speaks differently when he comes back."
The village chief nodded happily and said, "Okay, okay, we should live a good life. I'm afraid your cave house needs to be repaired before we can live in it. I'll call a few people to your house to help you repair it." Ke'er pulled her father's clothes and shook her head. Qin Feng smiled and said to the village chief, "Thank you, village chief. I won't bother you now. We are all busy at work. Someone outside can fix it." "Really?" "No, no."
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