Time flies, and the years have passed. In a blink of an eye, five years later, Ye Jiaojiao has grown into a delicate girl under the love of her family and her younger brothers.
In the past few years, Ye Jiaojiao has also clearly understood the era he is in, the 1960s.
The current location is a small mountain village deep in the mountains of a certain province. Beicheng Village is surrounded by mountains on three sides. There is only a Nanshan Village on the opposite side of the river, and other villages are even farther away.
Beicheng Village is more than ten kilometers away from the nearest county seat. Therefore, this small village still lives in such an environment.
That decade-long Red Revolution also broke out last year, and now the county and cities are starting to riot. Ye Jiaojiao has not been to the county for five years. She used to be too young because she was too young. .
Now the people in the village have a difficult life. The staple foods are basically sweet potato rice, corn tortillas, miscellaneous grains, wild vegetables, which are not oily, but fortunately, it is much better than the bloody wind outside.
Ye Jiaojiao's home is an ordinary farmhouse close to the mountain. The only unusual thing is probably the five large blue brick houses built by Ye Baoguo with his retirement allowance.
At present, grandparents live in the main house, one for the uncle’s family, one for the uncle’s family, and one for Ye Jiaojiao’s parents. The interior of the house is very large. Each room lives with their children, and the remaining one is for sundries. room.
The backyard of the house is very large, with more than 1 mu of land. It is a private plot reclaimed by Ye Jiaojiao's family, and some sweet potatoes, corn, and seasonal vegetables are planted on the side.
On the other side are the pigpen and chicken coop, and there are also toilets here. There are two big fat pigs in the pigpen, one of which is from the village. The pigs shared by this village will kill the whole village during the Chinese New Year. Meaty.
There are also 14 chickens in the chicken coop next to it. It is said that the chickens raised are counted on a per capita basis. You can't raise more. If there are more, it will become a corner of socialism.
Although it’s messed up outside now, the primary and secondary schools jointly built by Beicheng Village and Nanshan Village are still open. Because the schools are close to each other, Ye Jiaojiao’s five brothers are very convenient to go to and from school, so they have time to play pig grass, Catch bugs and raise fat and strong animals in the family.
"Jiaojiao, let's go to play at the foot of the mountain." It was the little girlfriend that Ye Jiaojiao had made last winter. She was the daughter of the village secretary Lin Shu.
Uncle Lin heard that it was Beicheng Village where he fled in his early years. Later, he joined a family with only daughters in the village. Only Ye Lingling had a daughter under his knees. He became the village secretary and accountant because of his integrity.
His wife accidentally had a baby during an early pregnancy and her body was damaged. After many years, she gave birth to only one daughter, Lingling. Even so, Uncle Lin continued to take good care of his wife and loved his only daughter. Worry about not having a son.
"Okay, Sister Lingling, wait for me," Ye Jiaojiao replied loudly.
Thinking of going to the foot of the mountain, she carried a small back basket. This was made by her uncle for Ye Jiaojiao, but she has not used it yet. Ye Lingling is 6 years old this year, one year older than Jiaojiao.
"Jiaojiao, why haven't you come to play with me these days." Ye Lingling pouted.
She doesn't like to play with other girls, they all want to cheat snacks from her, only sister Jiaojiao, not only does not lie to her snacks, but also often give her snacks, she likes to play with sister Jiaojiao Up.
"Sister Lingling, the sun has been very strong recently. We are girls. If we go out and get tanned every day, wouldn't it be the same as those dark boys? I don't want to be that ugly." Ye Jiaojiao wrinkled delicately. Said the eyebrows.
Ye Lingling thought about the black boys in the village. The boys in the village like to run out every summer. As a result, the whole person was tanned before the summer. The adults in the village were called the black boys, but they were ugly.
Ye Lingling imagined that she was like those black boys, shivering as if she was on the scene.
"No, no, let's avoid going out on such a hot day." Ye Lingling waved her hand quickly, she didn't want to become a black kid.
"Yeah, that's it." Ye Jiaojiao exhaled. There was no air conditioner on such a hot day, and she didn't want to go out at all, fortunately she bluffed sister Lingling.
When the two came to the foot of the mountain, many people had gathered there, most of them were girls, because it was the school period, and the children who were going to study were in school, and Ye Jiaojiao's five elder brothers were in school.
Many people in the village are still patriarchal, and there are very few girls reading, so there are so many girls here at this time.
However, most of them came here to pick wild vegetables and pig grass to work in the Xiaoxiao Mountain. Few people like Ye Jiaojiao and Ye Lingling come to play. There is a big mountain next to it, which is very deep, adults. They are not allowed to enter. It is said that there are dangerous animals inside.
"Lingling, come here, let's play hide and seek together!" A girl stood not far away and greeted Ye Lingling.
Ye Lingling curled her lips, watching the girl beckoning to her, she had no choice but to pull Ye Jiaojiao over.
"Lingling, is this Jiaojiao?" A white girl with washed clothes looked at Ye Jiaojiao enviously.
Ye Jiaojiao wears clothes that are not patched and clean as if they are new. Among a group of girls whose clothes are washed white and shabby with patches, they are so different.
Of course, Ye Lingling's clothes are not patched, and they are also very clean and brand-new, but she is the only child in her family, so it is not surprising that she can wear them like this.
Ye Jiaojiao was a kid who didn't like to go out since she was a child, and she would only show up when she was taken out by the adults in the family or when her brothers took out to play, so many people had never played with her.
"It's Jiaojiao." Ye Lingling nodded.
"Then you guys play hide and seek with us." A girl said happily.
There were about four or five girls around, all of whom looked at Ye Lingling expectantly.
"No, I don't have any snacks with me today." Ye Lingling didn't want to play with them.
She used to play with them like this before, and they also said that if they were found, they had to hand over their snacks. As a result, they all looked for her desperately, hum, this time she won't be fooled.
"Is there really no snacks?" Another girl with patches of clothes looked at Ye Lingling suspiciously. They waited here for a while and Lingling didn't even fight the pigweed.
"Really not, look." Ye Lingling flipped through the pockets of her trousers, empty and empty.
"Okay." The other girls lowered their heads in disappointment. It seems that there are no snacks today.
Then the girl's gaze fell on Ye Jiaojiao again. Although she had never played with Ye Jiaojiao, everyone in Beicheng Village knew that Ye Jiaojiao was spoiled at the house, and she was dressed so well.
I don't know if there will be snacks in his pocket, but facing the eyes of the girls, Ye Jiaojiao was attracted by the surrounding scenery and didn't notice at all.
Ye Jiaojiao doesn't go out often, and this large mountain in the back mountain is connected to several mountains. It is said that there are still wild boars, wolves, and blind bears on the mountain. In the past, Ye Jiaojiao was young, and Mrs Liu was worried about Ye Jiaojiao. She didn't let her come to this side of the mountain. Now this is the first time Ye Jiaojiao has come.
When the girls saw that Ye Jiaojiao ignored them, they turned their eyes back. They didn't dare to move Ye Jiaojiao, she had five tall and strong older brothers.
"Sister Lingling, let's go and play at the foot of the mountain over there!" Ye Jiaojiao pointed to the grass on the hillside not far away, carrying the small basket on her back.
"Okay, let's go." Ye Lingling nodded and pulled Ye Jiaojiao over.
The other girls looked at the hillside where they went. They had been there many times before. There was nothing but weeds. It's better to go to the hillside to hunt hogweed. The rest of the girls can only go to the hillside to hunt hogweed.
Ye Jiaojiao and Ye Lingling came to the hillside. There were weeds here and nothing useful. Ye Jiaojiao looked left and then again.
"Jiaojiao, let me tell you. Next time you meet them, stay away. They will lie to you for snacks, and I will always be deceived by them." Ye Lingling said with a face of righteous indignation.
She would have nothing to say if the losers had to hand in snacks, but every time they lost, she would cry poor and shameless, and she never wanted to play with them anymore.
"Okay, Sister Lingling." Ye Jiaojiao nodded. She didn't like to come out to play, she might as well be with her grandma at home.
The two talked and walked around the hillside, and it was mainly Ye Lingling who kept talking.
Ye Lingling's grandmother is the old sister of Liu Lao. Seeing her family is Ye Lingling, she has a baby girl, and her own baby is also a good girl, so she wants to let the two girls play more together and become a little sister.
"Wow, there are wild flowers." After playing for a while, Ye Lingling saw wild flowers on the ground not far away, and ran over to pick them in surprise.
But Ye Jiaojiao was walking around, and suddenly Ye Jiaojiao stopped. Not far away, what was the white circle of flowers in the grass? Ye Jiaojiao went to pick it up curiously, but it was actually eggs. He counted dozens of them. , The size of the egg is not small.
"Sister Lingling, there is an egg here." Ye Jiaojiao got up and greeted Ye Lingling.
"Really!" Ye Lingling hurried over.
"Wow, it's a wild egg, which is bigger than usual." Ye Lingling said in surprise.
"Yes, there are fifteen eggs." Ye Jiaojiao just counted them, and there are fifteen.
"Then let's put it up quickly." Ye Lingling said happily.
"Okay." Ye Jiaojiao nodded.
The two picked up Ye Jiaojiao's small back basket, Ye Jiaojiao thought for a while, pulled a few thick weeds from the side to cushion the bottom of the back basket, and put the eggs in one by one with Ye Lingling.
Finally, he pulled a few handfuls of weeds to cover the top, and stopped pulling the weeds until they couldn't see the contents.
Ye Jiaojiao just wanted to lift the bag, Ye Lingling saw that she stretched out a hand to pick up the bag, patted her chest and said, "Jiaojiao, you are my sister, let me come. I am stronger than you." Go forward.
Although Ye Lingling is only one year older than Ye Jiaojiao, she always takes good care of Ye Jiaojiao, always taking care of Ye Jiaojiao as her younger sister. This pure friendship is also the reason why Ye Jiaojiao is willing to play with her.