Because of the wind and snow, the entire Spring Festival was sloppy, and the weather blocked people's pace of visiting relatives and friends. I also stayed at home and went nowhere.

At that time, the TV was still a rare thing in the city, and there was no rural family at all. The entertainment activities of men during the Spring Festival were playing cards and betting money, and women chatted with each other with the parents Li family. Because I was in a hurry to come back, I forgot to borrow a few books from Scar Eye to bring them back. Now I am bored at home every day, eating and sleeping, and I am just dazed. I hope the sky will clear up quickly so that I can go back to the county in advance.

When I was bored, my mind became messy. The most I thought about was Yin Hong and Yuan Yuan. The two of them were intertwined in my mind, making me constantly change between illusion and reality, making me extremely tired physically and mentally.

After dinner that day, my father pushed his bowl and went in and out to play cards. My little sister quickly slipped out. I was about to follow my mother to help with the kitchen (a name for kitchens in rural areas in southern Shandong) when I heard someone knocking on the yard gate.

My mother quickly walked out and opened the door, shouting to me in the main hall: "Daping, Daping, Ergoudan is here to play with you."

I just opened the door of the main room. Ergoudan walked in with a snowflake on his head, stomped his hands in his cotton jacket, and said, "Daping, let's have a good time, I'll live with you, I won't go back tonight."

"You are a family and family. What's this for me? Your daughter-in-law has no objection?" I looked at him and teased.

"Hey... what's the one with a family? I'm so annoyed. How could we brothers be together?" Ergoudan sighed with a bitter look on his face.

I took Ergoudan to the west wing where I lived, turned around and stared at him and asked, "You really won't go back? Your wife won't be unable to sleep. Come and find you again, right?"

"She won't look for it? She's pestering a girl all day long, and she's so tired that she's dozing off during the day. She wishes me the farther away, the better." Ergoudan spits phlegm on the ground and complains with sighs.

"She doesn't like you anymore, but can you get rid of her? I remember that when I was harvesting wheat that year, you were as tired as a donkey during the day, and you had to travel dozens of miles to the mountain to find her at night." I couldn't help laughing out loud when Ergoudan thought of his obsession.

"Hey-don't mention it. At that time, there were gula every day. Now I can't say a few words every day, and I can't even say a word, and I'll just make a noise when I say it. That's all for the night." Ergoudan said without being angry, but self-deprecatingly.

Ergoudan’s wife gave birth to a girl before the New Year. It’s only been more than two months now, which disappointed both her mother-in-law, Widow Zhang and Ergoudan. In the rural areas of Huaibei at that time, the idea of ​​favoring boys over girls was still very serious. There is an inhuman saying, “Your will rather be angry than Wuer will be worried.” This is the true mentality of Ergoudan and his mother Widow Zhang.

I spread the quilt on the bed, Ergoudan took off his wet cotton shoes and was about to get into the quilt, so I quickly stopped him. I went out to the pot house, fed a basin of hot water, and forced Ergoudan to wash his face and feet.

"Daping, you kid are a city man, are you becoming more and more particular?" Ergoudan said reluctantly while washing.

"You boy don't wash your face and your feet, can your daughter-in-law let you get into her bed?" I asked jokingly instead.

"What don't let me drill? She doesn't wash herself, her feet are even smelly than me." Ergoudan's indifferent tone made me feel disgusted.

I suddenly remembered that when I met Yin Hong for the first time, I was attracted by her warm water after bathing, and sighed at the huge difference between people. A woman’s charm is body and appearance, and more civilized and educated. This may be the deeper reason why I instinctively rejected finding a wife at home, which is more obscure.

"From now on, you can wash before going to bed. This way your feet are not only not smelly, but also warm and comfortable, so how good it would be."

I comforted Ergoudan and thought of my little sister in my heart. I felt that I needed to talk to her and tell her that a girl must pay attention to personal hygiene, not only to wash her face and feet, but also to clean herself every day. This is what I learned from Yuan Yuan’s mouth occasionally when I was studying in the city, because the girls in our place do this.

After Ergoudan washed his face and feet and I washed myself, I got into the warm quilt. Because I disliked the smell of Ergoudan's mouth, I picked up the pillow and lay down at his feet.

"Mule, have you ever slept with a woman?" Ergoudan asked licking his face in the soft light of the incandescent lamp.

"Why do you think about these things all day long?" I glanced at him with a little disgusting.

"What else can a man say if he doesn't say this? Tell me, have you ever slept in the city these days?" Ergoudan continued to ask relentlessly.

"No! I haven't found a partner and I'm not married, so how can I do this?" Because I was so bored, I followed his words and told the truth.

"Actually, that's the case for women. You can't let go of it once you sleep, but if you let you sleep every day, you will feel bored again." Ergoudan sucked her nose and wanted to spit down the ground, but I stopped her.

"Why? Didn't you tell me that this is the most interesting thing?" I deliberately choked him.

"I can't say it. Anyway, I'm stuck out my butt during the day and go to bed at night to sleep in my daughter-in-law. It's like this every day, and it's like this for generations. Do you think you can be energetic? I really want to live like you, live a life like a city man, and sleep with a tender foreign daughter-in-law, even if it's worth it." Ergoudan was salivating and showed a look of longing.

"You kid, are you going to become a spirit? You are starting to think about life. In fact, in the city, not everyone's life is better." I sighed a little at Ergoudan's changes, but I still poured cold water on him.

"Daping, you are talking freely. Who doesn't envy you and your father in our village? There are hundreds of families in the village, and only your family has received the favor of Grandpa Third. This is also said that your grandpa is very smart and the first one to see that Grandpa is promising..." Ergoudan started chattering again.

Ergoudan's words stimulated me a little. According to him, I lived a life as a city man, but am I really a city man? I have almost nothing in common with my master and Yuan Yuan. Even compared with Senior Brother Xiao Cai, Li Qin and others, it seems that they are different. My father's life trajectory is my future?

I leaned against the wall, my head rested on my arms, and didn't talk to me anymore. Since the master guided me to read, I felt my mind and eyes have become more active. Especially after I went to study in the city this time, my heart became more moved. I began to yearn for the city, not only material but also spiritual. I even regretted rejecting Yuan Yuan. Is it because of my stubborn thought that I lost the perfect opportunity to change my destiny...

"Hey... what are you thinking? Why don't you talk to you?" Ergoudan saw that I ignored him and kicked me in the quilt.

"If you still want to make trouble, hurry up and go home to find your daughter-in-law. If you don't want to go back, just shut up and go to bed quickly. I'm sleepy." I said, pulling out the light above my head and lying down sideways.

When Ergoudan saw that I ignored him, he muttered helplessly and had to lie down. After a while, he made a whimpering sound.

The snow outside the window reflected the moonlight, and the white illuminated the room very brightly. I looked up at the roof and continued to think about my own thoughts. The red figure unknowingly appeared in my mind. How was she doing this Spring Festival? She would definitely not be as lonely and bored as me, because she already had her own life... I was thinking about it, and in a daze, I heard the sound of my father coming back from playing cards.
Chapter completed!