In the morning, the light of the first day fell like golden rain, falling on the fields where the farmers had worked hard, on the grass and trees on the country roads, and on Yin Xiaochuan.
Yin Xiaochuan felt that the reason why he looked so crooked was that he had not received enough sunlight when he was a child.
Look at Ma Duoshuai standing next to him.
Damn, standing so straight!
“Ah~~~”
Ma Duoshuai yawned lazily, then took out a boiled egg from his pocket and handed it to him: "Brother Chuan, Hua Gu Gu was amazing this morning, she laid four eggs! One for each of you and Ershuai."
"Help yourself! I have bread!"
Yin Xiaochuan shook the bread in his hand. Because he got up late in the morning, he didn't have time to have breakfast at Ma Duoshuai's house, so he directly bought a "hot dog bun" at the village store.
There was a sausage sandwiched between two pieces of bread, and butter was added. It tasted really good... but the price was a bit expensive, two yuan. The shop owner said that he only dared to sell bread after seeing the bright future of Lame Horse Village.
But in the end, Yin Xiaochuan was forced to eat the boiled egg.
It's hard to refuse such a kind invitation.
As for why Yin Xiaochuan got up early, it was naturally because he and Ma Duoshuai still had to perform their duties as "agricultural technicians" and write an agricultural production investigation report for Que Ma Village.
It was probably to investigate the types of crops, their approximate proportions, and planting conditions in Quema Village. The two men ran around in the fields, and Ma Duoshuai yawned several times in succession.
Yin Xiaochuan finally understood why the rural class's grades went from the highest to the last among the three groups.
During the conversation, Yin Xiaochuan learned that Ma Duoshuai had already gotten up before 5:30 in the morning.
Carrying water, watering vegetables, feeding chickens, raking grass, chopping firewood... When Yin Xiaochuan opened his hazy eyes at eight o'clock, someone had already been doing farm work for more than two hours. This is also Ma Duoshuai's daily routine when he returns home on weekends.
He has to share the pressure of life for the family.
Yin Xiaochuan heard from Ma Duoshuai that in the past, during the busy farming season, the school would give students a leave to go home and help with work. But now it has been cancelled, but during the busy farming season, they still ask for leave to go home and work.
Senior high school students, please take a leave during the busy farming season to go home and work...
This shocked Yin Xiaochuan.
It’s not that there’s anything special about senior high school students. In fact, at this age, many people’s working abilities are already fully in line with the standards of an adult. Yin Xiaochuan just thought of moving to the city.
In cities, many children from families automatically become national treasures when they reach their third year of high school.
It's nothing to have clothes and food provided, but some parents are afraid that their children will be tired of holding a pair of chopsticks. They are really wholeheartedly preparing for the college entrance examination.
In some places, high school students are still working in the fields harvesting wheat.
It is said that education puts everyone on the same starting line.
But the starting lines between people are born different.
After a morning of research, the two kids went home together. When they passed by a grocery store, Yin Xiaochuan bought three lollipops and three packs of Mimi shrimp crackers, thinking how happy the three little ones would be when they saw them.
However, when they returned to Ma Duoshuai's home, they found the three little ones were crying together. Aunt Ma was beating them one by one with a broom handle. The little ones did not resist. When they saw Yin Xiaochuan coming back, they immediately surrounded him and cried even harder.
"Brother Xiaochuan, we're sorry! We broke your MP3!"
…
Yin Xiaochuan looked at the MP3 player. It didn't seem to be damaged, but it couldn't be turned on. The three kids were sobbing together, and Aunt Ma apologized to him.
"Xiaochuan, I'm so sorry. Let the Marshal sell one to you as compensation!"
Aunt Ma saw her son's serious expression and realized something. She asked cautiously, "Marshal, is this thing expensive?"
"It costs... 180 yuan."
“So expensive!?”
Aunt Ma exclaimed, and the three little ones heard it and cried out "wah" and started crying again.
"It's okay, it's okay. If it's broken, it's broken!"
Yin Xiaochuan naturally felt a little regretful. After all, this was a gift from Brother Jie not long ago, and he didn't know how to tell Brother Jie. But, if it was broken, it was broken - maybe it was destined.
"Honestly, it's okay if it breaks!"
"In fact, I couldn't help wanting to smash it several times."
"Brother Chuan, you don't have to comfort me!" Ma Duoshuai was moved and felt deeply guilty, "I know you are heartbroken!"
"..." Yin Xiaochuan.
No, these days no one believes what you tell the truth!
"Xiaochuan, please sit here for a while... Dashuai, come here, Mommy wants to tell you something."
The mother and son walked out of the house.
"Marshal, we must pay the compensation we owe. We can't owe them anything!"
"Mom, I know, I know!"
…
The whole afternoon was silent. Yin Xiaochuan felt that Ma Duoshuai was completely silent. He wanted to talk to him, but his answers were concise with words like "um" and "ok".
Just when Yin Xiaochuan thought that the matter was over and time could smooth everything out, early the next morning, before dawn, Yin Xiaochuan was woken up.
"Brother Chuan! Xiaochuan!"
Yin Xiaochuan opened his eyes and saw Ma Duoshuai standing in front of him, looking exhausted. Ma Duoshuai took out a stack of money and placed it on the quilt. In addition to the neatly arranged 20-yuan notes at the bottom, there were scattered notes on top, including one-yuan notes, five-cent notes, and even coins.
"It's 180 yuan in total, count it!"
"This... I said! It's really not necessary, you don't have to pay for it!"
"Please take it... I will feel uneasy if I don't return the money to you."
"Really!" Yin Xiaochuan took out the MP3 player and said, "Look, it looks like it's not broken. Maybe it just needs to be repaired! Oh, I really, I really... I thought you had forgotten about it. Don't take it so seriously. It's just a broken MP3 player. What's so precious about it——"
Halfway through his words, Er Shuai rushed into the room and shouted in panic:
"Brother, brother, something bad has happened! Hua Gu Gu has been stolen!"
"It wasn't stolen."
Ma Duoshuai patted his brother's head and said in a calm tone: "Brother took it to the town and sold it this morning."
Ma Ershuai was stunned for a moment.
Although he was still young, he quickly figured out the connection... He came back to his senses in panic, bit his lip, and held back the tears from falling from his eyes. He said, "Brother, I understand," and then turned around... But in the end, he couldn't hold it back, and his tears fell like a string of pearls.
"Brother Chuan...I put the money here."
Yin Xiaochuan even forgot to refuse.
He stared at the broken MP3 in his hand and the stack of 180 yuan that was put together in some unknown way, and remained speechless for a long, long time.
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