Chapter 41

Pei Xinglin, the cannon fodder brother in the story, heard his brother crying from a distance, and he couldn't help but speed up his pace.

At first, he wanted to adopt a younger brother just because he was his mother's child. Looking at the little boy standing timidly behind him, he felt like he saw himself.

He thought, this is his brother, the child is so helpless, just raise him, he just needs to fulfill his responsibilities, but when he takes the bus alone, when he takes the train alone, when he sees the roadside While the child was eating candied haws, he suddenly realized that he wanted to be with his child for more than a month, even though they had only been together for half a month.

Now he was very tired. He hadn't rested since leaving home. He didn't dare to sleep. He counted the time and took many transfers to the provincial capital.

The provincial capital is very big, and he doesn’t know the roads. He doesn’t know what people in the provincial capital say, and he is out of tune with the people in the provincial capital. He was a little nervous when he purchased goods for the first time. He also had to consider how to set the price. Because he was young, many stall owners did not take him seriously.

In the provincial capital, he only felt that money was not money. He needed money for food, drink and accommodation. When he came back, he did not dare to close his eyes because it was not safe on the train. He had to keep an eye on his goods... everything Everything was very tiring, but now that he saw Xiao Duoyue crying for him, Pei Xinglin felt that his heart was ironing, warm and soft. He clearly felt that he was not alone.

Finally home.

Pei Xinglin took over his brother and asked Pei Hailin to hold the bags.

"So heavy!" Pei Hailin wanted to lift it, but he couldn't lift it at all!

This was too heavy. How did Pei Xinglin get it back, not to mention that he had to transfer the car back and forth.

"Why are you crying?" Pei Xinglin hugged his younger brother and took out a beautiful handkerchief from his pocket to wipe Pei Duoyue's tears. This was a handkerchief he bought specially for his younger brother, because the little thing likes to cry and like to be clean. But in winter, my brother sometimes has a runny nose.

"Uh-hic-think, I miss my brother." Pei Duoyue hugged her brother's neck. Although she had stopped crying, she still had the energy to stop crying, so she was holding Pei Xinglin and was choking. Swallow the words.

"Don't cry, don't cry. My brother is back." Pei Xinglin saw that the child kept hiccupping and his body was trembling, so he patted his back from time to time.

"Don't cry, little rabbit, don't cry, little rabbit, wu-" Pei Duoyue buried her little head on her brother's shoulder and rubbed her cheek.

Brother, brother is back.

"Look at you two, it's like you two haven't seen each other for eight hundred years. Okay, it's so cold outside, let's talk about it when we go home." Pei Hailin used himself as a support to hold two super large bags against him. He couldn't move them by himself. If you want to move, you can still carry it.

"Go by yourself." When his brother was about to hand him to Pei Hailin, Pei Duoyue kicked his little feet and tried to get off the ground, "Xiaotu helped brother, it's hard!"

"Ah! Xiao Duoyue! How can he be so cute! So close!" Pei Hailin was just unhappy because Xiao Duoyue kicked him with her little feet and pulled his hair, but now, seeing how Xiao Duoyue treated Pei Xinglin, he was really jealous.

"Why don't I have a younger brother like Xiao Duoyue! You can recognize me at first sight, but I didn't even recognize you just now!" Pei Hailin wanted to reach out and hug Pei Duoyue, but Xiao Duoyue was really I want to help my brother carry things, so I don’t want to be hugged.

Helpless, Pei Hailin had no choice but to give up.

"How did you carry this thing all the way back? You're so exhausted. Brother, how did you raise Xiao Duoyue? Why does Xiao Duo like you so much? Why don't I have a younger brother like this?"

Pei Xinglin was carrying the things on his back. , Pei Hailin was still dawdling, supporting Pei Xinglin from behind to share his strength, while still thinking casually.

"I like my brother!" Pei Duoyue walked cautiously with small steps beside him. Hearing Pei Hailin's words, he was distracted and answered affirmatively.

Pei Xinglin wanted to laugh, but now all his strength was used on carrying things, and he couldn't even touch the child's head.

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Go home and go directly to Pei Xinglin. People in rural areas go to bed very early at night. Pei Xinglin doesn't bother his grandparents anymore. The two elderly people stay at home at night. I don’t even eat dinner and go to bed early.

Pei Hailin was a little curious and wanted to see what Pei Xinglin had bought, so he followed Pei Xinglin back to the yard.

It was very cold at home, and there was no traffic for three days, making the home even colder than outside.

Pei Hailin said he was going outside to collect firewood, but soon Pei Jianglin and Pei Xuan came over.

Pei Jianglin and Pei Xuan are both studying. Pei Jianglin will take the college entrance examination next year. Pei Xuan likes to read and will read when she has nothing to do. Among the three siblings, only Pei Hailin had no interest in studying.

"I'm here to help you light a fire and warm up your home. Please open your bags quickly and let us see what you bought." Pei Xuan pushed Pei Xinglin.

Pei Xinglin was not polite to Pei Xuan, so he opened his bag and took the contents out.

Pei Xinglin originally wanted to go to the provincial capital to buy fashionable New Year pictures, but when he arrived in the provincial capital, he realized that he was really looking at the sky from a well.

After going to the wholesale market in the provincial capital, he discovered that there were so many good things that he had never seen before. Those delicious things, those good-looking things... everything was just like the countryside. no the same. Things that have been popular in the provincial capital for two or three years have never been seen in their village.

"Wow! The colors of these yarns are so pretty!" When Pei Xinglin picked up a bunch of things in his hand, Pei Xuan exclaimed.

That tender yellow color is just like the tenderest winter jasmine blooming on the branches in spring, and the watery red color, which is so translucent and bright that it even makes people's skin white. How can there be such a beautiful color of wool! Their village has always been dark red.

Pei Xuan watched Pei Xinglin take out a large ball from the bag, including youthful green and gentle beige... Just thinking about it, Pei Xuan could imagine the sweaters knitted by these woolen yarns. How beautiful it would be.

"Brother! These woolen yarns are so beautiful! But how did you buy the woolen yarns? It's the Chinese New Year now, no one knows how to knit sweaters." Pei Xuan was a little worried, "But these woolen yarns are really, really beautiful."

"Everyone has time to knit sweaters after the New Year. Here, the temperature after the New Year is perfect for wearing sweaters." Pei Hailin heard his sister's words and interjected from the side.

Pei Xinglin listened to them and took out several pieces of colored paper.

Pei Xuan picked it up and found that the sweaters printed on it were already knitted, and the method of knitting such sweaters was followed by step-by-step instructions. Pei Xuan picked it up and was stunned as she looked at it, because the sweater on it was so beautiful that she wanted to try knitting it.

Pei Xinglin's purchase this time came with a total of two bags, one of which was full of wool, and the other one was not very heavy and contained various bits and pieces. There are gloves, neckbands, hair ties, New Year pictures, etc...

"They all look good. The hairpins are all shiny, especially under the light." Pei Xuan took it in her hand and looked at it again and again. look.

"This, this, I brought them all for you." Pei Xinglin pushed over five or six hair ties and hairpins that girls like.

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It wasn't until after eight o'clock in the evening that everyone left Pei Xinglin's side.

"Actually, this is the first time I see Xinglin wanting to do something so much." Pei Hailin said while walking on the road.

"Yes, he is obviously very smart, but he doesn't seem to care much about anything and doesn't cherish it very much. He doesn't feel that he has the energy to do anything. He is actually quite good at studying, but the result is that he can't be said to be good at it. The second uncle also gave He kept the money," Pei Hailin also said.

"It's probably because of the second uncle and the second aunt. I remember they always quarreled. At that time, we could hear the sound of the two of them arguing and throwing things."

"Yeah, after the second aunt left, the second aunt " My uncle started drinking again and didn't care about Xing Lin."

"Hey, when I get married, I must marry the person I like. Not only do I have to like her, but she also has to like me. I'm really afraid of what my second uncle and my second aunt will do." Both of them are obviously good people, but in the end they turned out to be like that. My mother said that the two of them were torturing each other," Pei Hailin sighed, "My mother often said that the second aunt was beautiful and gentle before, but I only remember that the second aunt was throwing things. No more talking, there is the second uncle. Mom also said that the second uncle was smart and capable, but then the second uncle became an alcoholic.

"What is the reason? Why did the two of them become like this?" Pei Hailin asked . Pei Jianglin.

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A lot of wool was spread out on the kang, and Pei Xinglin was holding a red sweater with a heart that was taken out from the depths of the cabinet and worn by a two-year-old child.

This was knitted by his mother for him. He still remembers the envious eyes of the children in the village after he put on such a sweater. However, everyone can wear sweaters now, but his mother has passed away.

Pei Xinglin thought of his mother who was gentle at first, but then became more and more collapsed. They thought they didn't know anything, but little did they know that when the two of them quarreled at night, they couldn't sleep at all. They heard all the depressing and heavy quarrels where they exposed each other and cursed each other.

Mom and dad did not get married voluntarily. Dad liked mom, but mom didn't like dad. But later, because of a letter, mom and dad got married. After getting married, dad always felt that mom had extra intentions, so the more he liked each other, the more This kind of thing cannot be tolerated.

After that, there were countless quarrels and low pressure all the time. Pei Xinglin went from liking his own home to wanting to escape from his home. He was tired of family, tired of quarreling, tired of talking, hated men, hated women...

However, when he saw that timid child, he found that he was similar to his former self.

Much like himself, he was ignored by his relatives, and his words revealed that he seemed to be a burden.

Without me, my mother might have been separated from my father long ago. Although no one blamed him, the words he said inadvertently weighed on him like a mountain, making him hate himself.

"Xiaotu, do you like this sweater? It belongs to my brother." Pei Xinglin took the piece of clothing he had put away and compared it with Pei Duoyue.

"I like it! I like my brother!" Pei Duoyue stretched out her little hand and asked her brother to hug her.

Pei Xinglin heard his brother's words and picked up the little thing. He was a burden to his mother, but she still gave him a gift.

"Little Rabbit wears it again, and this dress can be put away completely."

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The sixth day of the twelfth lunar month is the day when Bailiang Village opens the market. Every household can sell things and buy things at the market. Every time this time comes, many people from other villages come back to set up stalls, but they leave within a few days.

Because everyone wants to buy things for the New Year, and this is also a big market once a year, the market starts very early, but there are already a lot of people. The whole market sells everything, and the long street is filled with small traders and hawkers.

Pei Xinglin took up his position early, cleaned the ground, spread it lightly with the small stones he found, then put a piece of cloth spliced ​​with rags under it, then spread a layer of clean cloth, and finally Then put the yarn of different colors on it.

One area is the wool area, next to it is the jewelry area, and next to it are all kinds of ingots and couplets he thought of.

I only took out a handful of wool of each color and placed them tightly together. They were already very bright colors. Not to mention, because Pei Xuan liked it, she knitted a small one with bright yellow wool in the past few days. The neck brace is also very conspicuous when placed next to it.

It was Pei Xinglin's first time doing business, and he was still looking forward to it but nervous. His wool is really good wool. It is made of cotton. It feels soft and warm. It doesn't smell bad when you burn it with fire.

These yarns are in beautiful and bright colors and cost 3.5 yuan per kilogram wholesale! This is already a lot of money! Nowadays, meat costs only more than two yuan and close to three yuan per kilogram. In the village, meat is even cheaper. There are also ordinary colors, such as slightly darker red and black, which cost three yuan per pound.

Pei Xinglin was really nervous at the time. After all, it was really a large amount of money, and the consumption level in the village was still different from that in the city. However, in the end he bought 150 kilograms of wool with beautiful colors and returned it. If there is a dark color, I bought a hundred pounds.

He planned to sell the three-and-a-half-dollar one for eight yuan, and the three-dollar one for seven yuan.

There are also accessories on the side. In fact, they are all small-headed. They are usually circled with cloth. They are basically three cents when wholesaled. The kind of shiny hairpins are eight cents when wholesaled. This kind of thing is easy to carry back and forth, so Pei Xinglin bought a little more and it didn't take up much space. He could sell it at any time. Instead, it was the New Year pictures and the like that he originally planned. He didn't buy more, and only wholesaled it for 40 yuan. An addition.

"Wool yarn! Wool yarn! Beautiful wool yarn!" Xiao Duoyue was standing next to her brother's woolen yarn stall in round clothes. On her head, she wore the fluffy and beautiful red earmuffs that her brother had specially brought for her to cover her ears, which made her even more irritated. The child has red lips and white teeth, and is full of energy.

Such a well-behaved and beautiful child always attracts attention, and everyone inevitably turns their attention to Pei Xinglin.

"The kids in this family are really well-behaved. They can also help adults sell things." After a while, five or six middle-aged women gathered in front of Pei Xinglin's stall.

"Auntie, do you want to buy woolen yarn? My brother brought it back from the provincial capital. People there wear beautiful sweaters. They are very beautiful." Pei Duoyue practiced these words at home for several days, so Now I don’t even stutter when I speak.

Everyone was very curious to see that he was such a small person and could actually say such a long string of words without being afraid of people at all.

They looked at each other with surprise and envy at Xiao Duoyue.

"Too smart and well-behaved. How could my child be so well-behaved?"

"Don't talk about helping me sell things. Even if you can help me arrange chopsticks at home, you are already very sensible." A child with yellow I am really envious of women wearing headscarves.

"My child is a bastard. If he says such things to so many people, it will scare him to death."

"Yes, my child is the same. He answers questions in class with a very low voice."

Looking at Xiao Duo With his white skin, he looked at the tip of his nose that was red from the cold and asked, "What kind of wool is that?"

"Yes, the color is really bright."

"I saw it just now. The color is so beautiful! This yellow! Look at it. It looks bright when it rises!"

"Yes, the color of this wool is really nice."

"It feels good too."

When Pei Xinglin put the things away, he saw a circle of people gathered in front of his stall, everyone was looking at the wool. feel color.

"Hello, hello, would you like to see the yarn?" Pei Xinglin held up the list he brought back when buying yarn, which he also prepared to show to everyone.

"Is this your stall?" The knitting people were a little surprised, because Pei Xinglin was really young.

"Aunts, would you like to see the wool? Do you like yellow or red? These two colors are very bright, especially suitable for us to wear during the New Year." Pei Xinglin has also practiced selling wool at home for a long time.

"I bought these from the provincial capital. They are guaranteed to be unique in our village. Moreover, these woolen yarns will never fade and are also warm. My aunts will buy them and knit them, and they will last for ten to eight years. "

"Really? This color really doesn't fade?" Everyone was surprised. After all, this color is really beautiful.

"It really doesn't fade, and it doesn't shrink after washing. These are the latest yarns that came back from New Year's Eve. I went there early, so I bought them at a big price, otherwise they wouldn't be circulated to us." In the village, it was all sold out as early as in the provincial capital, and people there like this." Pei Xinglin was nervous at first and became more and more able to speak.

"And, aunt, you see, these are the latest wool weaving methods. They are no better than the clothes knitted by our plain wool! These are all different patterns. You see, these can also be knitted. Children love little animals. If you knit them for your children, wouldn’t they make your children the most conspicuous and beautiful? It will make everyone envy him for having a good mother.”