Four gusts of wind

On that day, two strangers came from the village, an old man in his sixties and seventies, and a man about his age.

The two men walked towards Grandma's house, the old man with a kind smile on his face, and a man about his age followed behind the old man with a timid look. Grandma pulled him and waved happily at the two men. The old man who came also waved his hand in response, but the child kept following the old man, grabbing the corner of the old man's clothes, and did not make any response.

The two gradually came to the front of the hospital, and his grandmother pulled him up to greet him. The old man first exchanged a few words with his grandmother, and then touched his head with a smile.

"Mao, they've grown so big. "

Grandma gently pushed him forward and said softly.

"Mao, call grandpa." "

He obediently called Grandpa. Grandma pointed to the child behind her and continued.

"Call brother." "

He looked at the child hiding behind the old man and whispered to his brother. The child responded in a childish voice.

Grandpa also gently touched his brother's head.

"Jun, call grandma." "

"Grandma. "

The elder brother shouted in a low voice, and quickly retracted his head behind his grandfather.

"Hey," my grandmother replied, and then reached out and touched my brother's head, and her smile was full of light, "His grandfather went out to work, you have walked so far, let's drink saliva first." "

As she spoke, her grandmother welcomed her grandfather and brother into the house, and he followed cautiously. At this time, he still didn't understand, what did his brother and grandfather mean, when he was a few months old, his parents were forced to go out to work for a living, and he had no choice but to hand him over to his grandmother to raise, in his impression, his grandmother's house was his home, he only knew that his uncle, aunt, grandfather and grandmother were his own family, and he first came into contact with the word grandfather and brother, and he didn't know that his home was in the village where these two "strangers" were located, and these two people were very close to him. At this time, he was mostly wary of his brother and grandfather, and he did not have the kind of kindness that only relatives have.

From the moment he entered the house, he kept holding his grandmother tightly and didn't dare to let go. Even though his grandfather looked at him kindly, he was still scared and didn't dare to look at his grandfather. My brother also came to my grandmother's house for the first time, and like him, my brother kept pulling my grandfather, looking at the house, and didn't dare to look at my grandmother.

Grandma and Grandpa sat down facing each other, he stood next to Grandma with his head down and buckled his chair, while his brother stood beside Grandpa, doing the same movements as him.

At this time, the uncle came out of the bedroom sleepily, and was surprised to see the grandfather who was sitting, and then quickly called out to the uncle. Grandpa also responded with a smile.

"Look at you, you get up so late again, you're too lazy to die." The rice is in the pot, the dishes are in the cupboard, you go and heat it yourself. "

Grandma yelled at her uncle as if she hated iron but not steel.

The uncle lowered his head and didn't dare to say a word, so he could only walk to the kitchen in a gloomy manner, so as not to be scolded by his grandmother again.

"Mother-in-law, in fact, you don't need to say that Zihong is red, after all, he is still young, who is not lazy when he is young." "

Grandpa smiled and spoke for his brother-in-law.

"My father-in-law, he's still a teenager and still young? If he's still so lazy, his wife won't be easy to please." "

In his impression, his grandmother often scolded several uncles, looking bad-tempered, but no matter how much mistake he made, she never scolded him, and she was always very gentle with him, so several uncles were a little afraid of her grandmother, but he was not afraid. Every time, when several uncles asked their grandmother for something, the first thing they did was to come to him, because their grandmother always responded to his words.

After greeting grandma and grandpa, she reached out and touched his head, and said softly.

"Mao, my brother is here for the first time, can you take my brother for a walk?"

He looked at his grandmother blankly, and his grandmother looked at him kindly. There was a magical light in my grandmother's eyes, which seemed to sweep away all the dark things, so that the world was only illuminated by the sun.

He turned his head to look at his brother again, and his brother looked at him, and for the first time the two of them looked at each other, their eyes full of timidity and temptation. Brother, what kind of noun is that? In ancient times, the eldest brother said that the word elder brother is sometimes the same as that of mother, no matter how big the matter is, the elder brother will do his best to help you solve it, and even do not hesitate to transfer all the troubles to him. Of course, the elder brother is older than the younger brother, and will take on a lot of responsibilities earlier than the younger brother, and when those responsibilities are also faced with the younger brother, it will become easier to have an older brother. However, he was still young, and this was the first time he had met his brother, and the word brother was too foreign to him.

He walked over slowly, walked up to his brother, and tentatively called out to his brother, who also responded in a childish voice. Then he stretched out his hand, and his brother stretched out his hand, and the two hands were held together, and the two immature hands were held together. He looked back at his grandmother, and his brother looked up at his grandfather.

"Go ahead, take my brother to play." "

Grandma said.

"Go ahead, hang out with my brother." "

Grandpa said.

The two pairs of innocent little eyes once watched at home, and the timidity slowly disappeared.

"Brother, let's go, I'll take you shopping." "

"Hmm. "

2

Grandma's house is in a small mountain village called Longtang. In this small mountain village, there is a very old and tall ancient tree, and there is a very magical story about that ancient tree.

According to legend, when the branches of that ancient tree grow and droop to the ground, a great person will appear in Longtang Village. For example, in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the Miao King Long Xibo, people often mention that when he was born, the branches of the big tree fell to the ground like a waterfall, which was extremely spectacular. Of course, this is only a legend, and the branches of the big tree are still far, far from the earth, and people only regard it as an after-dinner topic, and few people care about its authenticity. However, there is a true story about the fall of the tree that has been passed down to the present day, I don't know what year it was, I can't remember it for a long time, but in the middle of the night when lightning and thunder roared, a thunderbolt fell from the sky, slashed straight at it, and tore a long, long opening, and it still stands. Normally, it's nothing, but the legend adds a touch of mystery to the tree.

Of course, he certainly didn't take his brother to see the tree, after all, who of two children who didn't know anything would want to go see a tree and listen to some unattractive stories. The children of Longtang especially like to go to a place, especially in the middle of summer. He took his brother out of the village slowly, climbed a slope that was a bit high for a child, and walked along the trail. The elder brother didn't understand anything, so he could only follow him silently.

There are a lot of beautiful flowers on the road, and I can't name them. The fragrance of flowers permeates the path, and the shadows of the trees cast on the ground make it seem like a road to a fairy tale. Not far away there is a small slope, on which several ancient trees grow, and the branches of the trees grow freely, full of the beauty that nature has given to all things. My brother looked at it as he walked, and he could see it.

"That's it. "

Walking around a corner, he pointed ahead and shouted.

The elder brother looked ahead and saw a turquoise river running through the valley like a mysterious dragon. They stood at one end of the valley, surrounded by wild flowers, and countless screaming in the trees. On the other end, there is a steep cliff with wide splendor of fine rocks and low vegetation. The whole valley is filled with an indescribable aroma, which is unique to this valley and Longtang.

My brother Xu saw this scene for the first time, and I saw him open his mouth and staring at the picture in front of him, and he didn't say anything.

"Let's go, we still have to walk a long way to get there." "

"Hmm. "

3

It is said that many years ago, there was a village at the bottom of the lake, and the river was located seven or eight hundred meters away from the village. At that time, if you wanted to see the river, you had to climb a slope. Now the slope is submerged under the lake along with the village.

4

A river beach twenty or thirty meters wide appeared in front of me, and the river beach was full of sand and gravel. The river was on the opposite side of them, at the bottom of the cliff. A few adults were washing clothes on the riverbank, and some children about their age were learning to swim on the shallow bank, and in the middle of the river was a group of young men and women in their teens teasing each other.

On the cliff, you can clearly see several waterfowl roaring angrily because their territory has been occupied by humans. Strong shrubs sprout out of the cracks in the stones, and the branches of the shrubs are dotted with many unnamed flowers. Which flowers seem to be amused by the humans below, so beautiful.

The elder brother looked at the scene in front of him as if he had discovered a new continent, and remained motionless. He tugged at his brother's hand and arrived.

"Brother, why are you stunned, go over." "

After saying that, he let go of his brother's hand and rushed towards the small river, stripping off his clothes as he ran.

The elder brother lifted his immature little feet and walked forward slowly.

What a beautiful painting, but now he was only surprised by this painting, only a surprise that he had seen another world for the first time. As for how to go about admiring a beautiful painting, it is impossible.

The elder brother followed the younger brother's example, stripping off his clothes as he walked. By the time he reached the shore, his brother was already diving on the shallow riverbank, getting out of the water, and diving again.

Longtang Village is not big, so everyone knows each other. When the elder brother appeared on the shore, the people in the river were carefully thinking about the elder brother and the strange child in front of him.

"Mao, who is this little friend of yours?"

The adults who were washing clothes on the shore couldn't help but ask.

"He's my brother. "

He replied to the adults as he swam in the river.

When he answered, his tone was full of pride and pride, but more of a show-off, a kind of show-off unique to children. After all, when there are dozens of people present, and only one person knows another person, every child will feel proud, proud, and can't wait to introduce the person they know to others. But he was more introverted, so he didn't take the initiative to introduce, but waited for others to ask.

"Oh, it's A-Ying's eldest son!".

"You've grown so big?".

"Poor thing, the brothers only met at this time. "

The adults began to talk.

What A-Ying, what a big child, he didn't understand these at all, and he didn't pay attention to them, the topics that the adults were talking about were too strange to him at the moment, too strange things, and it was difficult for children to listen to them. He just hurriedly beckoned his brother to go into the water.

The elder brother stretched out his feet to probe the cool water and found that it was quite comfortable, so he slowly walked to his younger brother and learned to dive and get out of the water.

In this way, the two brothers played with each other for the first time in this river, asked each other questions, and slowly became acquainted.

"Where is your home?"

"Shimizu Village." "

"It's far away, I've been gone with my grandfather for a long time today. "

"Is that fun?".

"It's not fun, there's not such a big river, just a tiny creek, and there's no place to swim. You don't know, it's so hot these days that I go straight to the well at home to catch water. "

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5

Midsummer is always lively, and I heard the cries of my grandmother's chickens from a long distance.

The uncle was rounded up by this group of flexible chickens, and his red face was full of tears. Grandma scolded her uncle for not being angry, and she couldn't even catch a chicken.

"Mother-in-law, don't be so troublesome, tell Zihong not to arrest it." "

Grandpa looked at these chickens with a distressed face.

Also, in this poor era, in poor mountain villages, except for major festivals and New Year's holidays, the chickens at home are generally kept to lay eggs and will not be caught to eat. Not to mention chickens, even eggs are generally sold, and then the money from the sale is used to buy what is needed.

"Why don't you catch it?" You finally came here, Jun is also the first time to come, you must be entertained. At your age, it's okay if you don't eat, but these two children are still growing up. "

Grandma said as she rolled up her sleeves.

"Zihong, you step aside." With that, my grandmother walked towards the chickens, "Really, I can't even catch a chicken." "

The uncle didn't dare to say anything, and was yelled at by his grandmother, so he had to retreat obediently.

Don't look at my grandmother's age, she is quite powerful, and it didn't take long for her to catch a big. I saw my grandmother carrying the big rooster to my brother-in-law and handing the big rooster to my brother-in-law.

"Take it and slaughter it." "

The uncle took the big rooster and walked to the kitchen with his head down.

"Alas, what a pity to kill, you can sell it for a good price." "

Grandpa sighed on the side, and couldn't bear to look at it.

"What's a pity? Father-in-law, this chicken was originally raised for his brothers to eat. "

Seeing that my grandmother kept insisting, my grandfather didn't know what to say, so he could only sigh and go to the house.

When Grandpa entered the house, Grandma turned her head to look at the mountain directly across from the village. The mountain was not very high, the highest point was only about 100 meters, and from a distance, it looked like a huge turtle lying on the ground. At the foot of the hill is a small stream, the source of which is at the head of the turtle, on the high hill where the village is facing away. The source runs along the turtle's head, one in two, and flows around the two sides of the turtle to the river where he and his brother bathed, like two long, slender snakes taking a dip in the river in the heat of summer.

After a while, Grandpa came out of the house and said to Grandma.

"In-laws, I'll go back first, and I'll pick up Jun and Mao after a while." "

"Isn't this just here? Why are you leaving, the chickens are all killed, you see that their grandfather will come back later, and they are not in a hurry to leave tomorrow?"

Seeing that grandpa was leaving, grandma was also anxious, so she hurriedly stepped forward to stop her.

"No, no, there is still a lot of work to be done at home, and the sixth child has not come back from studying, and the fifth and second children are afraid that they will not be able to keep busy at home, so I still hurry back." "

"Then you'll have dinner before leaving, and you'll have to wait for Ah Jun to come back and say goodbye to Ah Jun." "

"I already told him when I came, don't worry." "

Grandpa and grandma chatted for a while, and when grandma saw that she couldn't keep grandpa, she told grandpa to wait, and then walked into the house. After a while, my grandmother came out with a burlap bag and handed it to my grandfather.

"You see that our family didn't take any shots, it just so happened that Zilong and Zihong were also ripe for the watermelons they had planted idlely, and they just forgot to cut them for you to eat, and you brought back a few for the fifth and second children." "

"How can you bring this? You didn't plant much, no, no, no. "

Grandma and grandpa were rambling again, and seeing that grandma's attitude was too tough, grandpa had no choice but to carry the burlap bag on his back. Grandma handed the burlap bag to grandpa or kept it, grandpa has always refused, just like that, grandma kept and sent, grandpa refused while leaving, under the sun, the head of the village, when the old and the young went, only one old man slowly went away.