Summer vacation is something that every student looks forward to, and for children in rural areas, summer vacation means returning to the mountains.These days, An Zishan feels a lot lazy, and the speed at which time seems to flow between his fingers has slowed down.Those quiet, leisure times, especially the early morning when the birds are singing and the chickens are chirping, and the afternoon when the cicadas are singing, are so beautiful.After reading the book according to the study plan in his small library, An Zishan slipped into the courtyard.There is no one at home, my mother went to work in the vegetable garden early in the morning, and my eldest brother didn't know what to do.It's also a little strange to say, An Ziliang doesn't call An Zishan when he goes out to play now, he has some pressure with his younger brother inexplicably, and he can't let go of it, and he can't figure out why.After strolling around for a while, An Zishan pondered, let's go to the vegetable garden and see if there is anything delicious.An Zishan remembers that when he was a child, the vegetable garden at home was the only place he lingered.The vegetable garden is located in the south of Anzhuang Village, near the Shanyang River, covering an area of about five acres.In addition to the planned depression of vegetable fields planted with various vegetables, there are also peach, pear, apple trees, and some common fruit trees.Although there are not many of them, there are one or two of each, and there are cucumbers and red tomatoes in the vegetable patch.Although these two are also called vegetables, An Zishan prefers to eat them raw, especially when they are freshly plucked from the seedlings and branches.Then draw a bucket of water from the deep well in the vegetable garden and wash it with cool well water.The crisp and refreshing cucumbers, juicy tomatoes, and the original freshness of the freshly picked are delicious.Thinking about it, I was hungry, and the salivating An Zishan locked the gate and rode a bicycle for a trip that was just about to go."
Mother", riding for about ten minutes, An Zishan locked the bicycle and entered the vegetable garden, did not see his mother, so he shouted."
Hey, Xiaoshan, why are you here, it's so hot and go home and stay."
Zhang Guiyun walked out from behind the cucumber shelf, which was more than a person high, sweat kept flowing down his cheeks, and he didn't have time to wipe it with a towel around his neck."
It's okay, it's not very hot, mother, what are you doing?"
An Zishan stepped forward with a smile, picked up the towel around his mother's neck and gently wiped his mother's sweat."
I'm pollinating freshly flowering cucumbers, do you eat cucumbers?"
Zhang Guiyun looked at his youngest son happily.In rural areas, many vegetables need to be pollinated by hand, and if you only rely on nature for pollination, the yield of vegetables will be relatively low.Vegetable farmers are holding a small brush with very fine fluff and brushing it a few times on the stamens.It seems to be a very simple job, but it is tedious, to find this flower in the dense vegetable seedlings for pollination, you need to be careful not to touch the flower bones, and the most important thing is to be efficient."
Eat, I'll pick it myself later, mother, what am I doing?"
An Zishan looked at his mother's dark face distressedly."
You don't have to do it, you just go back to reading and study hard."
Zhang Guiyun waved her hand, she did this bit of work herself, how can she use the children, the children just need to study hard."
Mother, I've completed today's study plan, it's okay, I can't read all the time, the teacher said that you have to combine work and rest, and helping you do some work is rest.""
Besides, I'm the first in my midterm exam class, and I'm the second in age, you can rest assured."
An Zishan deliberately raised his head and said proudly."
Mmmm, our little kindness is amazing, give me a long face, see what your dad says when he comes back."
Speaking of this, Zhang Guiyun smiled very happily, his son studied well and was promising.Now look at what his man says, he didn't do well in the exam during the Chinese New Year and was nagged by him for a winter vacation, and he has always complained that he didn't educate his children well.An Jiaye is a relatively feudal man, in his consciousness, women are at home to teach their husbands and children, filial piety to their parents, and men are the ones who go out to make money to support their families and establish careers.Therefore, the brothers did not study well and did wrong things, and in the end it was Zhang Guiyun's fault that they did not educate their children well.At this point, An Zishan knows very well what kind of person his father is, and he can't change this.The nature of the country is easy to change, and it is still his father, which is even more difficult.It would be nice to change yourself and make yourself the glory and pride of your mother."
Mother, just wait for a good life with me in the future, you must take care of your body, you can't be too tired."
An Zishan also smiled, "Then what should I do, my head hurts from reading books, do some work and rest and rest." ”Zhang Guiyun looked at his youngest son with a proud look on his face, and said with a smile, "Okay, my mother is waiting to enjoy happiness with your two brothers."
Then I'll pull the electric switch, you can water the garden, and water this row of cucumbers and persimmons, as well as the four puddles of peppers over there. ”"Okay."
In the northeast corner of Yasuko's garden, there is a deep well that he has dug himself, and there is a small pump next to the well, which can be carried with one hand.The pump pumped water out of the well and drained down a ditch next to the well, and then on the left side of the ditch were rows of vegetable patches, each of which was about one meter two wide and about fifteen meters long.Watering the garden is very simple, An Zishan only needs to shovel the vegetable depression that needs to be watered with a shovel to open the ridge near the ditch, and block the shoveled soil near the ditch.Then the water will flow into the vegetable field that needs to be watered, and when the water has reached the end of the vegetable field, the soil that has blocked the ditch will be filled again with the mouth of the ridge of the vegetable field.An Zishan knew that his mother felt sorry for him and didn't want to be tired, so he let himself do this brisk work, so he didn't argue and readily agreed.While watering the vegetable patch, I ate fresh cucumbers and persimmons that had just been picked from the seedlings, and washed them casually with the well water flowing in the ditch.An Zishan groaned very satisfied, this is the pastoral life he wants, if growing vegetables is not to sell for money to make a living.The heart is quiet, the mouth is fragrant, and a channel of clear water drains all the troubles.The days of the holidays passed day by day, and every day I completed the study content according to the plan, or helped my mother do some work within her ability.Occasionally, some friends in the village would call him to go out to play, and a small river on the edge of the village was a place they must go, and they would find some puddles in the river, and get some lime left over from the village that I don't know who built a house.Several people stood on the edge of the puddle and put the lime in the palms of their two hands, and rubbed their hands in the water, and after a while, the water in the puddle would turn milky white.Some small crucian carp, carp, white stripes and river prawns floated to the surface in a daze.Several people flushed with excitement, and they fished the fish and shrimp into the small buckets prepared in advance.Sometimes, several people will carry small buckets along the river bank to dig crabs.Most crabs burrow in the soil on the bank of the river, and if you look at the shore you will find some small holes, and when you dig along the hole, there will be crabs inside.Big or small, and occasionally a scream is heard, which is caught in the finger by the crab's claws.Of course, sometimes the loaches are dug up, which is slender and slippery, and An Zishan is a little afraid.That feeling is panicked.At first, An Zishan didn't plan to go out to play with these friends, after all, it was an adult's soul, and then he was dragged out by force.But he was very engaged in playing and got carried away.In the previous life, the small river on the edge of the village was completely dried up, and it was full of all kinds of garbage and dirty.Only in the rainy season will there be a slight amount of water in the river.At this time, the people of Anzhuang Village basically washed their clothes in this river.