Four gusts of wind

A small town surrounded by many mountains, the town is full of people, even if it is far from the edge of the cliff, the noisy voices are still clear and lively.

"Slow down, be careful of falling." "

The two brothers stood on the edge of the cliff and looked at the ant-like crowd in the town, as if they hadn't heard their grandfather's words, and then excitedly walked into a steep mountain road on the edge of the cliff.

The way down the hill is quick, and in the blink of an eye you are on the edge of town.

Standing in front of the high house and looking down, there are many concrete houses that divide the road into three parts. There are still some wooden houses on both sides of the middle one, and several old people are sitting in front of the door knocking melon seeds, and brightly dressed figures flash in his eyes. Further inside, the house obscures the view, and only the crowd can be seen coming in and out. The one on the left is relatively less crowded, and on either side of the road there are only a bunch of chickens and ducks in cages or tied with ropes, as well as a few hawkers buying chickens and ducks and tourists bargaining with the vendors. Further to the left, the road took a turn at a long distance, like a snake lying in the weeds. The one on the right is more mysterious, stretching straight to the right from the entrance, revealing only a small bit.

"Grandpa, there are so many people. "

He looked back at his grandfather, his eyes full of joy that could not be concealed.

"I'm all preparing for the New Year, can I not do much." "

Grandpa walked between the two brothers, holding him with one hand and him with the other.

"Hold it tight, don't get separated." "

After saying that, the grandfather led the two of them towards the crowd.

Along the way, he was fascinated by the variety of people and various shops, and the aromatic food stalls on the roadside made him salivate. There are also many children who are about the same age as them, and although they are led by adults through the crowd, their eyes remain in the toy store, and they do not want to leave.

Walking to the door of a shop selling fireworks, my grandfather suddenly stopped, and after telling my brother to stay where he was, he hurried to a food stall opposite. I saw my grandfather's mouth open and close, and then he took out a few dollars from the inner pocket of his clothes and handed them to the stall. After a while, Grandpa returned to them with two bags of fragrant oil poop in his hand and handed them the oil poop.

"Eat slowly, be careful of burning." "

The two of them were holding the oil poop, which was lukewarm, and it was obviously not very hot. Without much thought, they gulped down and walked into the store with their grandfather as they ate.

Grandpa was talking and laughing with the owner in the store, and they sat in a place with a wide view and watched the crowd coming and going on the street. Those who lead the children, some grandfathers are about the same age, but more of them are middle-aged people who look older than the fifth uncle, are cleanly dressed, and have oily faces.

Even if it was just a child, he could see at a glance that those people were the parents of those children.

Looking at their laughter, he unconsciously thought of his parents. However, he had never seen his parents, he didn't know what they looked like, and all he fantasized about in his mind was the figures, clothes, and two blurred faces of these adults walking in front of him. The two blurred faces hugged him and his brother, weaving through the crowd as they saw it now, smiling at each other like blooming flowers, the sun shining on their faces, and a pile of delicious food in their hands.

"Wait a minute, what toys do you want to buy?" "

When he came back to his senses, he found that his brother's oil poop had been eaten, and he was looking at him with a wicked smile on his face.

"Can I buy toys?".

He asked cautiously.

He knew what he was doing today, and his grandfather had to spend a lot of money to arrange the things needed for the New Year, so he didn't dare to beg his grandfather to buy toys like he usually did in the market.

"Of course, you can buy not only toys, but also new clothes." When grandpa finishes buying what he wants to buy, he will take us to pick it out, don't lie to you. "

My brother patted his chest and reassured.

"Let's talk about it first, you can't buy the same toys as me when you know how to buy them." We all bought different toys to play with, so we had two toys. "

"Hmm. "

He nodded happily, and then gave his brother one of the remaining oil poop in his hand.

The pedestrians on the road are in a hurry, they are like a slowly flowing river, washing away the mud and rocks at the bottom of the river, washing away the dead branches on the bank, coming and going, although they are different, but most of them are similar.

Grandpa negotiated with the boss, handed the money to him, said that he would take it later, and then led the brothers into the crowd.

All kinds of people covered the road in front of them, and walked downhill from the flat land, and then to the flat land, they could not see the road ahead, and they did not know how long they walked, but they followed their grandfather blankly to a place where fish were sold. Grandpa and the owner of the fish seller briefly chatted a few words, took two fish and then walked forward to the place where the pork was sold, and after a circle, all three of them carried a bag or two of vegetables in their hands. Satisfied, Grandpa turned around and led the brothers back again, turning the steps to the side as they walked uphill.

When you climb up the steps, you will see rows of clothes hanging high, forming notches on both sides of the road, and in the middle of the notches is a long table, which is also full of clothes and trousers.

Grandpa took them to one of the clothes vendors, carefully examined the thick coats hanging on it, and the vendors enthusiastically stepped forward to introduce the characteristics of each piece of clothing to Grandpa.

"Which one do you two want?".

Grandpa leaned down and looked at the two of them, as if he was saying that he was picking at random.

"That's it. "

The elder brother pointed to an orange down jacket and said.

When the vendor heard this, he immediately turned around, and said in a loud voice that the dress was just right for his brother, and then took off the clothes with a clothes pole and handed them to his brother.

"Take off your coat and try it out." "

The elder brother took off his coat, put the orange down jacket on his body, and jumped.

"It's not pretty. "

Grandpa carefully looked at the clothes his brother was wearing, shook his head, and said.

"Joon, do you want to change it again?".

The elder brother didn't say anything, took off the dress and pointed at another one randomly.

"Mao, you pick yours too." "

Instead, Grandpa turned to him again and said.

"Well, I want that. "

The

brothers picked up a stall in the foot clothing market for more than an hour, from one stall to another, and finally reluctantly picked out a pair of pants and cotton clothes that Grandpa was very satisfied with when they were extremely tired. After buying clothes, Grandpa led them to the nearby shoe stall to pick up shoes, and from the beginning to the end, it took nearly two hours for them to pick out a set of clothes and shoes.

After picking, the grandfather and grandson walked back to the shop selling fireworks along the road they came, and bought some paper incense along the way.

When the boss saw his grandfather coming back, he greeted him warmly, and then handed the packed fireworks to his grandfather. Grandpa took it and led them into a side street, and on the way, he also met Xiao Ran and her mother, who also came to the market.

After they said hello briefly, Grandpa led them to the toy store next door. Before entering the store, he looked back at Xiao Ran, and her mother led her to the bookstore next to the toy store with a smile on her face, and she tried to squeeze a not-so-beautiful smile at him and followed her mother in.

"Pick any toys you want, buy some fruit and we'll go home." "

He and his brother walked to the shelves, faced with a wide variety of toys, and for a while he didn't know what to choose.

The elder brother leaned down, picked up a toy car and shook it, then put it down, then picked up a toy sword, shook it, and put it down again. The two picked and chosen, and the last one chose a silver toy gun, and one also chose a black one.

The two of them came to the grandfather with the selected gifts full of joy, and the grandfather got up and put his hand into the inner pocket of his clothes to take out the money, and at the same time habitually asked the boss if he could make it cheaper. After getting an indispensable reply, he counted the money and handed it to the boss.

"Let's go, buy fruit." "

After settling the money, they followed their grandfather out of the toy store and into the street.

When I got home, it was already evening.

They walked to the kitchen, tossed the food aside, eagerly unpacked the toy gun, loaded the bullets and learned from the characters in the movie, holding the gun in both hands, hunched forward, aiming left and right in the process.

Seeing this, Da Bai was also interested, jumped in front of the two, wagged his tail and barked at the air. The elder brother understood Da Bai's meaning, put his hand lightly on Da Bai's head, and pointed to the front.

"Big white, up." "

After receiving the order, Da Bai rushed forward and ran under the persimmon tree in the blink of an eye. It barked at the persimmon tree, then turned around and ran back quickly.

"The target is at the persimmon tree, and we're on it." "

The elder brother then gave the order.

At this moment, the two brothers seemed to really regard themselves as special forces, with straight hands and firm eyes rushing towards the persimmon tree.

When he was about to reach the persimmon tree, he had a seizure, screamed, and quickly covered his chest, pretending to fall to the ground. When my brother heard this, he hurriedly turned around and called him excitedly.

"Leave me alone, it's important to get the job done." "

After saying this, he fell to the ground comically.

Then the elder brother pretended to be sad and angry, screaming and rushing towards the persimmon tree.

The sun gradually leaned back, and the golden light fell on the top of the opposite mountain.

The brothers were tired of playing, and sat under the persimmon tree, with Dabai lying next to them.

Today's persimmon tree, the leaves are almost gone, and there is no red persimmon on the tree, just like a lonely old man who has been dying and sits desolate in front of the door looking at the sunset. Perhaps, it will also think of the posture of spring, the green leaves of the full branches are so vigorous, and in the summer, the leaves become hard, like a strong man, and then in the autumn, the persimmons of the full branches turn from green to yellow, and then to the bright red behind, like that prosperous life.

"Why are you two still sitting there?" "

"Here we are. "

No matter how happy they were just now, Uncle Five's words always made them bow their heads in disappointment and return to the kitchen in disgrace.

Although I bought a lot of meat today, there was still only a plate of bacon and cabbage on the table. Most of the lean bacon was roasted and eaten by him and his brother, and the rest was basically fat, and they were tired of eating, so they got used to walking away after just clipping a little, while the fifth uncle rarely stayed in the kitchen to eat.

"Boss, they're still not coming back this year?".

"Well, I said I would earn more this year and come back next year." "

"That's what I said all year ago. "

As he spoke, the fifth uncle picked up the bowl and ran to the bucket where the fish were placed.

"Is this fish going to be cooked tomorrow morning and brought over?"

"No, I'll be in charge tomorrow morning, you just need to burn the incense in the hall and the well." "

"Is that chicken going to be killed tomorrow?".

"Do you want to catch it tonight?" "

"Okay, they're going to follow tomorrow too?".

"Well, let your mother take a look at them and bless them." "

The fifth uncle lifted the bucket and turned his head to look at his grandfather.

"I can't finish the two fish tomorrow, so let's smoke the remaining one, right?"

"You decide. "

Grandpa got up and walked to the door to look at the brothers, who were eating with their heads down, while Dabai waited for them to throw the fat they didn't want to him.

Seeing the fat thrown from their chopsticks to the ground, the grandfather's face first showed pity, then turned into a smile of relief, and finally his face was expressionless, looking at the opposite mountain with deep eyes.

"The sixth child doesn't know how a person is doing, can he eat well this year?"

"You can relax with him, our brothers are the most clever of him." "

After the fifth uncle finished the meal, he walked to the dining table and put down the dishes and chopsticks, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and walked out straight after leaving a sentence when he was full.

"Remember to come back early tomorrow." "

Grandpa held a bowl in one hand and chopsticks in the other, standing by the door and shouting. The fifth uncle waved his hand, replied that he knew, and then buried himself in the upper half of the village.

The sky gradually darkened, and some people with flashlights appeared vaguely on the opposite mountain, they walked through one by one with bamboo baskets and teased, until they walked to a mountain recess, and looked at where to set the plate and burn incense and bow down.

It was too far away for him to hear what they were saying, but he was curious, so he walked slowly over there. As we walked, the moon crept up the branches, and the cold moonlight made the path clear under our feet.

He bowed his head and walked along the ridge, and the closer he walked, the wider the ridge became. Seeing the fields on both sides disappear without a trace, he raised his head and stood on a cliff inexplicably.

The moonlight shone in all directions, illuminating the woods below, and the trees spread forward until they were uplifted in front of them, and several tall mountains appeared. The sound of the wind came from the valley in the distance, sparse and crisp, like the whisper of a girl.