Chapter 38:

Pei Xinglin, the cannon fodder brother in the era article, hurried out of the house and saw his brother holding up his little hands, crying and running towards the house, with a big chicken chasing behind him.

"Aww-Brother, Brother-Aww-"

"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!"

"Don't run, don't run, be careful not to fall, chickens don't bite." Pei Hailin and others were also catching up behind him and suddenly ran out of the fence. Chicken, but this chicken is also alive and not easy to catch.

Later, Grandma Pei and Grandpa Pei also came out when they heard the children crying. They didn't know who it was, so they couldn't hold it back and laughed softly.

"Brother!" Xiao Duoyue saw her brother coming out, her short legs moved faster, and she ran away crying, her eyes bursting with tears.

Pei Xinglin went down in two or three steps, grabbed the child and picked him up. He looked at the chicken and then at his raised little hand.

"Been pecked?"

On the other side, maybe he saw the child being picked up. The chicken that was clucking and waving its wings and head forward just now also turned around in a circle, tilted its head and walked away as if nothing happened. .

"It's okay, it's okay, what's going on? These chickens usually stay in the chicken pen, but today they suddenly flew out. Even I was shocked." Pei Hailin clapped his hands and came over.

The child was still sobbing, and Pei Xinglin looked at the child's hands.

Xiao Duoyue's hands had been frozen before and were red. He hadn't nursed them since he had been here for a day. The whole little hands were still red. However, because his skin was so white and tender, he could still see a peck on his index finger. red dot.

"Brother, brother-" The little thing sobbed for a while, holding Pei Xinglin's neck with one small hand, and then looked at the chicken that was still strolling not far away, and said nothing about getting off Pei Xinglin.

"They will always find people to bully." Chunhong, the eldest daughter-in-law, also came over and saw the child lying on Pei Xinglin's shoulder, looking pitiful.

"If you're not going to the secretary's house in the east of the village, why don't you stop by the health center and buy him some ointment, otherwise this hand will be uncomfortable next year."

Zhang Chunhong also picked up the child's other hand and looked at it. What's wrong with the child? They are all cute, even the hands are small, with soft palms, fat backs, and small pits on the knuckles: "You have to be careful when taking care of children, especially in these small places."

"We were feeding chickens just now. Duoyue squatted down because the fence was not as high as the fence and put his hand through the fence to feed the chickens. As soon as he put his hand in, three or four chickens surrounded him. He didn’t know which one pecked him. It must have hurt. Xiaoduoyue stood up and was not going to feed him. Who knew that as soon as he stood up, the chicken that was eating just now flew out with flapping wings..."

Pei Xuan explained, while Pei Hailin listened next to him. Then he laughed again.

"What's so funny?" Then he was patted by Zhang Chunhong.

The child had stopped crying, but Pei Hailin laughed and buried his little head in his brother's neck, disappearing.

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Pei Xinglin hugged Pei Duoyue.

It's now Pei Duoyue. In the morning, he got stamped by the village brigade and went to the police station to get his household registration. Now Duoyue's surname is Pei.

Pei Hailin, who went together, went to return the bicycle, while Pei Yimin went to the brigade to have something to do.

Pei Xinglin went home with the ointment he bought at the health center.

In winter, there are not many people sitting and chatting on the road. All the people running around are children who have already had their holidays. They have holidays earlier every winter here because the weather here is really cold.

It snowed yesterday. Some of the children were playing, some were skating and sliding on the road, and some were two people pulling one or more children in the middle to play on the solid snow.

Pei Duoyue's face was still stained with tears, but when he saw other children playing, he lay on his brother's shoulders and looked at the others curiously.

"Brother." The little thing finally spoke after crying for a while in the health center.

"Okay, I'll be home soon." Pei Xinglin heard him speak and patted his back funny, "Why are you so afraid of the health center and they won't give you injections."

Pei Xinglin thought his brother was a good boy. Yesterday He didn't even cry. Unexpectedly, after going to the health center, he thought he was holding a fish in his arms. He almost couldn't catch the child because of the flapping.

"Little rabbit is scared," the child whispered.

"Don't be afraid now. The health center doesn't give injections." Pei Xinglin hugged him with one hand, and then pinched a little snow from the branches on the roadside with the other hand and balled it into a small ball. "Do you want to play?" he said. Ask your brother.

"I want to!" Pei Duoyue wanted to play in the snow yesterday, and he looked at it for a long time while washing his feet.

"No, your hands are still cold. Stop playing." Pei Xinglin twisted the child so that he faced him in his arms, and then put the small snowball on the fur ball on Pei Duoyue's head.

Seeing Xiao Duoyue's mouth tightening because of his words, Pei Xinglin laughed inwardly.

"Then do you want to play that?" He pointed to the game of two children pulling a child to run around on the snow.

"Yes!"

"Then don't cry." He took the scarf wrapped around Pei Duoyue's neck and wiped the area around his eyes.

"Yeah!" Pei Duoyue nodded excitedly.

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"Wow-woo" The children, who had been left behind by Pei Xinglin and were sliding around, suddenly heard the child's cry and turned around curiously.

They saw that the elder brother, whom they all knew and who usually didn't smile much, was bending over and hurriedly patting the snow off the child. The child's back was covered with snow, and his butt was covered with snow, and he was crying.

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"Okay, stop crying. Can I tell you a story tonight?" Pei Xinglin said a little short of breath as he wiped his brother's tears with his hands this time.

"Ugh—" the child sobbed.

"I'll tell you a story later."

"Uh-"

"I'll let you go out and play for a while in the afternoon." Pei Xinglin had no choice but to stop when he was about to enter the yard.

"Oh, we still need to tell a story." Pei Duoyue wiped his tears with his small hands and said softly while sobbing.

"Okay! Talk!" Pei Xinglin squeezed his hand, "You can still bargain for a big-ass little thing."

He didn't know that the child's strength was so weak and his hands were so small. He was holding Xiaoduo with both hands in front. Yue was slipping on the ground, and as a result, he passed by a small snowdrift. They didn't pay attention to such small snowdrifts when they were playing, so he didn't pay attention. Who knew that Xiao Duoyue took off his hand and fell He had a bump on his butt...

Pei Xinglin saw Pei Duoyue who was crying and his nose was red, and pinched his cheek. He really wanted to laugh just now but was embarrassed, but he can't laugh now, even though it was just a short time. In two days, he also knew that his younger brother had some good face, "Stop crying, I won't let you fall next time."

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After moving the household registration, he always had to show it to the old man. Pei Xinglin coaxed his younger brother, I took my household registration book with me into the courtyard.

After entering the yard, Pei Xinglin originally wanted to put his brother down and let him go by himself, but as a result, the child still couldn't get off the ground, and the round little ball actually clung to him! Still looking at him with red eyes, Pei Xinglin could only carry him in by himself.

"Grandpa, the household registration has been transferred." Pei Xinglin handed the household registration book to his grandfather.

"Just move in." I also picked it up and looked at it, then looked at Pei Duoyue who was sitting obediently on the kang, "Since you have entered our household registration, you are a member of our family... .What's wrong with him? His eyes are red." The old man asked.

"It's okay."

"Okay." Mr. Pei saw that Pei Duoyue was obedient now and didn't ask any more questions. "Originally, your grandma and I didn't agree with your raising him." When

Pei Xinglin heard his grandfather say this, he originally wanted to Pei Duoyue went out to play by himself, but then he thought about how the child was afraid of chickens and couldn't get off the ground...

"Grandpa, tell me." Pei Xinglin carried his brother to his aunt and sat back down.

"You are quite considerate." The old man sneered, and then continued, "I didn't let you raise him in the first place because I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to raise him well, which would be bad for you and the child."

"Then Zhao Huaishan said They have no one to support them, so how can they really have no one to support them?" The old man knocked on his cigarette pole.

"But you have to raise him. After all, this is also your brother. You can make it happen. Zhao Wanqing is no longer here. He is indeed the closest to you. Even if the parents in the village are gone, it is the older brother who raises the younger brother."

"You can raise him now ." If you raise them, you have to raise them well. There are a lot of gossips in the village. Our family is not the kind of family that treats their children harshly. Your uncle is a village cadre and your third uncle also works in the government. Therefore, our family’s reputation cannot be ruined by you. Yes, did you hear that?" Mr. Pei emphasized the last sentence.

"I know, Grandpa."

"Also, when this child goes to school, Zhao Huaishan said that this child is rich. We don't ask how much money this child has, but we won't give him money or you, just like after your father passed away. , you are responsible for yourself, so you will be responsible for the child's clothing, food, and school life."

"There are so many people in the house, so we can't be partial to you."

"I know, Grandpa." explain.

"Okay, that's it."

After listening to his grandfather's instructions, Pei Xinglin came out to find his younger brother with the ointment and household registration book.

"Xiao Duoyue is so amazing!" When she walked under the window, she heard what her eldest aunt said, her mood seemed to be very high.

"Xiao Duoyue's paintings are so beautiful!" The tone was exaggerated. He had never seen his aunt talk to people like this.

After Pei Xinglin went in, he found Xiao Duoyue lying on the Kang table, holding a pencil in his hand and writing and drawing on a piece of paper. Next to him were his aunt and Pei Jianglin and Pei Xuan, all surrounding the little thing.

"Grandpa, are you done?" Pei Jianglin saw Pei Xinglin coming in and greeted him.

"Yeah." Pei Xinglin also sat on the edge of the Kang, curious to see what Pei Duoyue had drawn.

Well... the head is a trapezoid-like shape, which should be the head. There is a flat, smaller rectangle above the trapezoid. Under the head, there is still a long flat rectangle serving as the body. There are three A long, thin acute-angled triangle.

On top of the flat rectangle that serves as the body, there is also a large oval, which should be the wings of the chicken.

Below are two sticks, and below the sticks are two triangles.

The painting is somewhat abstract, especially the eye on the trapezoidal chicken head, which is arrogant and arrogant, instantly showing the aura of a child chasing chickens.

"Well, it's really vivid."

Although they are all simple graphics, you can really tell which chicken of his family is painted here at a glance. Every household in the village raises chickens, and the chickens all look similar, but the chicken painted by Xiao Duoyue makes it immediately obvious that this is his chicken, which is also strange.

When Pei Duoyue saw her brother coming in, she was originally going to draw a hand next to the chicken, but now that she saw her brother, she stopped drawing. She stood up and pounced on Pei Xinglin.

"No more drawing?" Pei Xinglin reached out to catch his brother naturally.

"Brother." Pei Duoyue sat in his brother's arms, then took Pei Xinglin's hand and pointed to the paper he drew on the table.

"Do you want to take that chicken away?" Pei Xinglin lowered his head and asked him.

"Bring! Chicken!"

"This child is so smart." Zhang Chunhong looked at the child sitting obediently in Pei Xinglin's arms, feeling a little envious.

Needless to say, of her three children, the twins, one talks a lot and the other is a sap. Her daughter is a caring child, but she was also very naughty when she was a child.

Pei Xinglin smiled when he heard his aunt's words.

When he was going out, he happened to meet Pei Hailin who was returning the car. Seeing the two brothers Pei Xinglin, Pei Hailin came over and followed Pei Xinglin to his yard.

"Brother, give me the hair tie I asked you to buy.

"Who are you talking to? "Pei Xinglin saw how mysterious he was and asked instinctively.

"This brother has to keep it a secret. I will tell you first when the time comes. "

Pei Duoyue, who was still lacking in temperament, raised his head again when he heard Pei Hailin's words. As a result, Pei Hailin, who was satisfied with the hair tie, rubbed his hair.

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After Pei Duoyue's matter was settled, Pei Xinglin was free to prepare his own matters.

Early in the morning, Pei Xinglin took his brother to the entrance

of the village. There were only two buses to the county . , Can’t be mistaken.

“Guo, brother, what are we going to do in the county? "Pei Duoyue was wrapped in clothes by Pei Xinglin, with a newly found yellow hat on his head and an orange scarf around his neck. From a distance, he looked like a plump persimmon.

"Buy books. "

Before, when going to the county, Pei Xinglin was usually the only one on the road, but now, there is a person in his arms, and the little thing talks a lot. Pei Xinglin originally didn't feel anything, but now, he really found that one person and two people It’s different.

“Xiaotu bought it for my brother! Little Rabbit is rich! "

I still use you to buy it. Your money is your money." "The car came, and Pei Xinglin got in with the child in his arms.

"What's Xiaotu's belongs to my brother!" "

There were many people in the car. Pei Xinglin was sitting in the last row, and Pei Duoyue was sitting on his lap.

"You are quite generous. "Pei Xinglin said, pulling down the collar of his clothes a little to prevent him from being bored.

"Are you brothers? "The people next to him also heard Xiao Duoyue's words. After sitting down, they looked at the young brothers in a funny way.

"Yes. "

"That feeling is quite good. "

" He looks good too! Just now I thought this child looked good, but now it’s revealed, eh! Look, the Buddha is sitting like a boy! Such eyebrows! "

"It's the same as when I was painting dolls.

"No, the New Year painting dolls are fat and not as good-looking as this one. "

"That's a painting from here. My relatives brought me a New Year painting from the provincial capital. You don't know, but the dolls on it are so beautiful! " "

Yes, I saw a family in our village who also brought New Year pictures from the provincial capital. They were very nice. My family hasn't bought any for several years. They are the same every year. I even went to the county to buy some, but I couldn't find them either." good-looking. "

The people around them were talking, and the topic shifted away from the two brothers. When they talked about the New Year, the main reason was that it was almost entering the twelfth lunar month, and everyone had to start preparing. The days are getting better and better, and everyone is interested in decorating their lives. Things, the requirements are gradually becoming higher and higher.

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It takes an hour to take a bus from Bailiang Village to Beihua County.

Beihua County is much larger than Banjiang Town, and there are more pedestrians on the road. There is no market here, but it is more lively than the market in Banjiang Town every day.

After Pei Xinglin got off the car, he bought a candied haws for his younger brother. He saw that his younger brother couldn't eat one for a while, so he started to bite off a hawthorn.

He originally just wanted to go to the bookstore to buy books today, but in the car, he suddenly had some ideas.

There are only two limousines from their village to the county town a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. People generally don’t come to the county easily, because they can’t go back after a visit, and they have to spend money on eating in the county town, which most people can’t bear to do. It’s even less easy to go to the city.

Every New Year, people in the village buy new year's goods. Most people only buy new year's goods in the town, such as New Year paintings and couplets. The New Year's paintings in the market are similar every year. Pei Xinglin is used to seeing them and doesn't think anything of it. , but when he heard other people's chatting, Pei Xinglin suddenly thought, are everyone's current needs still the same as before? People's lives have become better in the past two years. Do these people have any needs during the Chinese New Year?

The weather was pretty good. There was a lot of sunshine, which made people feel warm. Pei Xinglin held his younger brother for a while, and then held his hand and let him walk by himself. The two brothers walked all the way, going to places in the county where people tend to gather, and to shopping malls.

He is a boy and has no knowledge of shopping. But now, after having some ideas in his mind, he starts to observe carefully.

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Bai Liang Village is very snowy and windy in winter. At night, the wind blows loudly outside, making people want to feel the warmth indoors.

Pei Xinglin heated up the water in the pot, and the brothers prepared for the two of them to wash up before going to bed.

"Brother, Brother Hailin said that the big roosters here are more powerful than dogs." Pei Duoyue stepped on his brother's feet with his little feet. He started to tread water, and then Pei Xinglin pulled his little feet away. Trampled underfoot.

"Yes." Pei Xinglin responded to him.

Usually there is no sound in this house. Every night, he just sleeps, but now, there seems to be a small speaker in his ear.

"Brother, you are going to tell me a story tonight." Pei Duoyue said again.

"Who said it? I didn't say it."

"Brother said it." Pei Duoyue's feet were not very obedient.

"What did I say?" Pei Xinglin picked up the little thing, wiped his feet, let him get on the kang, and poured water himself.

"Brother said that Little Rabbit is good, and he will tell Little Rabbit a story at night." Pei Duoyue repeated in a sweet voice.

"That's it, you remember so clearly, I asked you to wear gloves when you go out to play, why don't you wear them." After pouring the water, Pei Xinglin also got on the kang. Hearing what Duoyue said, he patted his butt.

"You understand everything, but you are disobedient, right?"

Pei Duoyue wears a lot of clothes, including a cotton-padded jacket outside, and autumn clothes inside. There is also a small jacket inside the autumn clothes, and there is a small vest inside the small jacket. It is already too small. Looks to be hand sewn.

"Be obedient! Little Rabbit is obedient! Little Rabbit just forgot." Pei Duoyue was stuffed into the quilt by his brother, holding his brother's hand and admitting his mistake, "Brother, Little Rabbit is wrong."

The quilt on the kang has been laid out long ago, and inside There was a bottle filled with hot water, and it was warm now.

"Next time you forget, I'll spank you!" Pei Xinglin also came in and pinched his little cheek.

"Yeah, yeah, spank!" Pei Duoyue nuzzled his brother and then rubbed his belly.

"Brother, Little Rabbit wants to drink water."

Pei Xinglin remembered that he ate a lot of pickles at night. Indeed, he forgot to feed Pei Duoyue water today. So he got up again and poured water for the child.

The water he just poured out was a little hot, so Pei Xinglin put the hot water in the water tank to cool it down.

Pei Duoyue held the water vat handed over by Pei Xinglin and started drinking.

"Drink slowly." Pei Xinglin patted him on the back.

The two fell asleep again and turned off the lights.

"When you need to pee at night, call me brother. If you pee under the quilt, I will spank you." Pei Xinglin touched the child's belly, "Why don't you get up and pee."

"Brother, tell me a story, cold!" Pei Xinglin touched the child's belly. Duo Yue was unwilling.

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