"Then let's hurry up and cook, and after eating, quickly put the books on the drying shed into the house and tie them up." Ding's mother hurriedly got up and said.

There was a sick number for breakfast, so I made white flour egg soup, and used scallion pancakes baked with mixed noodles, with pickles, and ate a delicious meal.

After breakfast, Zhao Shuguang and Tian Youliang put on the clothes that had been dried and said, "Uncle, where is the flat burden?" I'm going to fetch water. ”

"No, no, lie down quickly, this body is not good yet!" Ding's father immediately pressed them on the kang and said, "You stay honest, and soon your leaders will come to see you." ”

"Uncle, our body is fine, you just let me do some work for you! Otherwise, this will be uneasy! Tian Youliang hurriedly said, "Really! I can now carry a cow. ”

Ding's mother came in with a curtain and said, "Otherwise, you go to the slope to help us pick up some firewood. "This guy is much easier than carrying water, and it's two people doing it.

"Hey! This is good, this is good! Ding's father immediately responded.

Ding's mother took out two more patched rags and handed them to them, "There are many thorns on the slope, don't scratch your military uniform, this one is washed and put on the outside." ”

"Thank you, auntie." The two of them didn't have any twisting, put on a washed white ash puff cover, took the tools given by Ding's father to chop wood, and went out of the house.

Ding's father didn't worry about what to do if the two got lost, and asked the young man in the village to follow the two of them.

Ding's father and Ding's mother began to transport the books down from the drying shed, and Ding's father first climbed up the drying shed and put the books in the basket, then hooked the basket with an iron hook and used a rope to pull the basket down.

Ding's mother carried the basket and sent the books to the Xili room, and Aunt Ding put the books neatly in the box, in the large wardrobe, or in the chest of drawers, and put everything that could be stuffed into it anyway.

The three of them divided their labor, and before they came, they packed all the books and tied the furniture with hemp rope.

I was going to stay a little, but the children were not at home, so I just took them all to Xing'er.

......The roar of the car came from far and near.

"Old man, Chang Sheng is here." Ding's mother said immediately.

"Let's go, let's go." Aunt Ding urged, "Let's go out to greet us." ”

The three of them hurried across the yard to the gate, and watched the liberation truck stop on the side of the road one after the other.

"It's broken." Ding's father patted his thigh and said.

"What's wrong?" Ding's mother looked at him in surprise and asked.

"The two little soldiers haven't come back yet!" Ding's father was worried, "It's not good to let people work!" ”

"I'll go find them." Aunt Ding immediately said.

"It seems too late." Ding's mother winked at them.

Ding's father and Aunt Ding looked at the side of the road, and it turned out that Zhao Shuguang and Tian Youliang came back with firewood, and happened to meet Leng Weiguo and Chang Zhan who got out of the car.

"One, three." Zhao Shuguang and Tian Youliang put down the firewood on their backs and saluted.

"What are you?" Zhan Changsheng came back to salute, looked at the dress of the two and asked.

"We helped the fellow collect firewood, and yesterday we wasted a lot of firewood to save the two of us." Zhao Shuguang said with a smile on his face.

"You're both physically fine." Zhan Changsheng looked at the two of them and asked.

"Lao Zhan saw that they could chop wood, so it can be seen that they are really fine." Leng Weiguo looked at the two of them and said, when he came, he thought that the two of them had been soaking in the sea for so long, and they didn't know what kind of illness they would become, but they were so alive that they didn't even have a cold, which was all the credit of their fellow countrymen.

Ding's father, Ding's mother and Aunt Ding's came down, and Ding's father looked at them and said, "Let's go in and talk, let's hurry into the house!" ”

"Take everything down." Leng Weiguo said to the young man in the car.

The young man took out rice, white flour, peanut oil, two bottles of Moutai wine, and of course, a pennant......

"What are you?" Dad Ding looked at their posture and said.

"You've really done us a great favor this time, and this is a thank you gift." Leng Weiguo said as he walked.

"This is as it should be, where can I ask you for such a heavy thank-you gift?" Dad Ding said modestly.

"This is what you deserve, so don't shirk it." Leng Weiguo said as he walked.

"Dad, Mom, you can take it with peace of mind!" Zhan Changsheng looked at the second old man.

As he spoke, he stepped into the house, and Ding's father looked at Zhan Changsheng and said, "Hurry up and ask the leader to come in." He shouted at Ding's mother, "Pour the tea." ”

"We're brewing!" Aunt Ding smiled.

"Let's talk on the kang." Ding's father sat them on the kang with them.

"Where's this thing, auntie?" The soldiers looked at Ding's mother with condolences and said.

"Sister-in-law, come and deliver tea! I led them to set things in. Aunt Ding held the tray and handed it to Ding's mother, on which were teacups and teapots.

Aunt Ding looked at the soldiers and said, "Please come in with me, and the things will be put on the kang in Xili first." As he spoke, he opened the curtain, let the soldiers in, and placed the condolences on the kang.

Ding's mother went in with a tray and put it on the kang table.

Zhan Changsheng took the teapot and poured tea for the two of them and said, "Parents, this is our number one, and we are here in person." ”

This is a winning leader! Ding's father immediately stood up from the kang.

"Uncle, sit, sit down and talk, don't be so nervous." Leng Weiguo looked at Ding's father, who looked a little restrained, and said calmly, "Don't be nervous, Lao Zhan's elders are also my elders, we have to thank you." ”

"Deserved, deserved." Dad Ding waved his hand and sat on the edge of the kang and said, "We will save anyone who is in trouble, let alone our own soldiers." This is the water to help the fish, the fish to help the water, the military and the civilian fish and water family. ”

Zhan Changsheng pursed his lips and snickered, Dad's level of speech sounded comforting.

"Drink tea, drink tea, warm up." Ding's mother stood on the edge of the kang and said.

"Mom, sit down too." Zhan Changsheng looked at Ding's mother and said.

Ding's mother waved her hand and said, "I won't sit down, what do you want to eat?" I'll do it for you. He rolled up his sleeves as he spoke.

"No, no, let's say a few words and go." Leng Weiguo stopped.

"What's the matter, why don't you even eat a meal when you get home!" Ding's mother said that she didn't agree with anything.

"Mom, you're welcome, we're really busy!" Zhan Changsheng looked at them and said sincerely, and then asked, "Have you packed up all the dowry?" ”

"Packed up." Ding's mother nodded.

"Then let them lift them to the truck, and once they're loaded, we're off the road." Zhan Changsheng said neatly, jumped off the kang, and directly commanded, "Auntie, where is the dowry!" ”

"Oh! In Siri! Aunt Ding opened the curtain and let him look over, "Your father gave you a whole piece of old elm furniture, all of which were made by your father himself, without using a nail, all of them were mortises." The girl in the apricot is weird, and she is not allowed to paint, so she brushes a layer of tung oil. ”