I don't know how long it took, but a burnt smell wafted into his nostrils. Niu Xiaoqiang first reflexively shouted "the rice is paste", and then rushed to the stove as fast as possible to lift the lid of the pot to breathe, and then used tongs to stir the ashes of the stove and use the ashes to reduce the fire.

"It's over, the pot is burnt, Daddy shouldn't beat me, right?"

Facing the roasted pot of rice, Niu Xiaoqiang was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks.

It didn't take much effort for him to suddenly light up in his eyes: "Why am I so stupid, can't boiling pot porridge solve the problem?"

In order to avoid being punished by his father, he ran to Niu Huahua's house next door and asked for all the rice soup that came out of the house.

Niu Huahua went out to herd the cattle early in the morning and did not meet Niu Xiaoqiang.

After Niu Xiaoqiang got home, he added the unbaked rice to the rice bowl, and then poured the half-basin rice soup he begged for back into the pot and it with a spatula several times.

The fragrance of the rice soup well covered up the burnt smell of the pot, Niu Xiaoqiang put his nose close to smell it, and nodded with satisfaction: "This should not be punished." ”

At a quarter past seven, the eldest sister Niu Chunxiang went home with a hoe, and she came back to make breakfast.

After walking into the kitchen, Niu Chunxiang saw Niu Xiaoqiang who was frying beans in front of the stove, she was stunned at first, and then showed a surprised expression: "Little brother, why did you take the initiative to cook for your family today?"

Niu Xiaoqiang turned his head, revealing his signature smirk: "Eldest sister, I've grown up, shouldn't I help cook at home?"

Niu Chunxiang gently patted Niu Xiaoqiang's back and praised: "Our little brother is really capable." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't help but feel sad when he heard this.

He was not sad because of what happened to him before, but because he had never helped his family share the pressure of life, and this sadness was also filled with deep shame.

In order to support a large family, the father and mother have suffered too much, and when the children grow up, the pressure on the family becomes greater, especially the cost of several children's schooling, which makes the parents breathless.

When there is no parent who does not want to see their children have a future, for the people in the mountains, changing their fate through reading is the only way out. Although his father was short-tempered, he still understood this truth. The main reason why he didn't let his daughters go to school was because his family was too difficult to pay the tuition.

Niu Xiaoqiang was able to study until the second year of junior high school, because his eldest brother and second sister happened to be working, and his family could afford his tuition, otherwise he would have come to an end as a fool after graduating from primary school.

Of course, there is another reason that cannot be ignored - Niu Xiaoqiang is a fool, and if no one takes care of him, even survival will be a problem.

His parents wanted him to mix up a junior Chinese certificate, and then find a relationship to send him to a technical school in the town. After graduating from a technical school, you can be assigned to an arsenal. Even if he can't be a skilled worker, he can be a janitor, so that Niu Xiaoqiang has a stable source of income, and even if his parents are no longer there in the future, he will not starve to death.

The father can do this to a stupid son, but he is so ruthless to the third and fourth children with such good academic performance, not only because the family is poor and unable to pay the tuition, but also because even if the third and fourth children do not study, they will not encounter survival problems like Niu Xiaoqiang.

It's really pitiful for the hearts of parents all over the world, they are all their own children, as long as there are conditions, no matter how partial the parents are, they will not be eccentric to this extent.

Although he was often beaten by his father, Niu Xiaoqiang did not resent his father very much.

It used to be because he was stupid, and he only had reverence for his father, and he didn't know resentment. After his brain suddenly opened, Niu Xiaoqiang understood many truths, and he knew that the reason why his father beat him was mainly out of hatred for iron and steel.

Of course, sometimes the father also has the purpose of venting his feelings when he does it to himself, but no matter what, the father still cares about himself by nature. As soon as I heard that I was injured yesterday, my father's face showed a deep look of concern, which was enough to explain the problem.

"Sister, the little brother will definitely work hard to make the whole family eat meat!"

Niu Xiaoqiang expressed his ideals with mixed feelings.

Niu Chunxiang couldn't help but giggle after hearing this: "Little brother, sister believes that you will be able to do it." ”

Niu Chunxiang's tone was full of ridicule, and when she heard it, she knew that she just thought Niu Xiaoqiang's words were funny, and she didn't really believe that this stupid brother had this ability.

Niu Xiaoqiang originally wanted to argue, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them back. He sighed secretly in his heart: Alas, I don't blame my eldest sister for looking down on me, it's really because I've been stupid for too long before, not only her, no matter who it is, I won't believe it.

Niu Xiaoqiang decided to take it step by step, as long as he behaved well, his family's impression of him would definitely change, which was more effective than justifying himself for a hundred sentences.

"Little brother, you go and rest, just leave the rest to my sister. ”

"The meal is almost ready, and I went to call my mother and them back for dinner. ”

"Then it's a trouble for you, they're hoeing in the sesame fields, you'd better walk slowly, but don't wrestle, in case you break your head again, it's a big problem." ”

"Yes, I know. ”

Niu Xiaoqiang went out and walked to Sesame Field.

Villagers bent over the fields were everywhere. It's not too busy now, and the busiest time of the year is the "double grab".

Double robbery refers to the same paddy field planting two crops of rice a year, need to take the rice in the field back home, immediately carry out a new round of sowing action, otherwise it will not catch up with the season, it will fall short, this is the busiest time of the year for people with more rice fields.

Niu Xiaoqiang's family has a lot of labor, and the work is almost done, leaving only a paddy field in the back mountain that has not been completed, so their family is relatively easier than others.

When passing by a corner, Niu Xiaoqiang raised his foot and trampled on a grasshopper, and muttered "Let you eat the crops".

After walking into the sesame field, Niu Xiaoqiang told his mother and three sisters to go home for dinner. The four of them all looked a little surprised, and Niu Dongxiang couldn't help but ask, "Little brother, did the eldest sister finish the meal so quickly?"

Niu Xiaoqiang explained, and everyone understood, and they all picked up their hoes and walked home, praising him along the way.

Xiaoqiang, who was praised, felt sweeter than honey in his heart, he finally felt the value of his existence, and was determined to solve the problem of eating meat as soon as possible.

"Mom, where did Dad go?"

"He went to the dock to pick rabbits, and he didn't come home for dinner in the morning. ”

Niu Xiaoqiang sighed, although he was praised by his mother and several sisters, but he lacked the most important link of his father, which made him feel a little unsatisfactory.