Tranquility

When Brother Tang Yun arrived home, Tang Mu had already prepared the meal, and Zhang Ergou's family also left. I don't know what meal she left for Mrs. Tang. Anyway, Mrs. Tang has never left the east room, so she probably won't come out to eat at noon.Tang Yun and Tang Ning didn't care what Auntie Tang was doing, as long as they ran into Mrs. Shouting.Only Tang Mu's heart softened, and he cooked some millet porridge and sent it to the east room.

When Tang Mu saw his younger brothers coming back, he immediately smiled. He was in a surprisingly good mood today.He waved his hand to signal the two to go back to the house, and he went back to the kitchen to serve the bowl.Tang Yun didn't catch any fish today, so Tang Yun was not in high spirits, so he was dragged into the house by Tang Yun.

As soon as the two brothers sat down, Tang Mu brought over two bowls of noodles as if offering treasures, with a small cloth bag on his back.The noodles are rough, not as fine and white as fine noodles, but it is already a rare staple food for the family now, and this is because the wheat has just been harvested in the field.Tang Yun stared at the noodles in the bowl. The noodles were even in thickness and some garlic leaves were sprinkled on it. It was Tang Mu's handicraft.This hand-rolled noodles is a labor-intensive meal. The field is busy now, so why do you do this.

Tang Yun was in a daze when he heard Tangning say cheerfully, "I've got my second brother's favor today, and I still have birthday noodles."

Tang Yun suddenly realized that today was his birthday, and he was immediately moved. He smiled gratefully at his elder brother, and followed Tangning's words, "That's right, my elder brother cooks gluten very well. You can only eat it during Chinese New Year."

Looking at the smiling faces of his two younger brothers, Tang Mu felt satisfied and guilty at the same time. He never thought about celebrating his younger brothers' birthdays before, and he always forgot when he was busy. This time, if the cat reminded him, he would never have thought of.

Thinking about the work in the field, Tang Mu hurriedly put the cloth bag behind him on the table. Tang Ning's eyes lit up. Tang Mu looked at Tang Yun with a little complacency, and urged him to open the cloth bag. Knowing that he has figured out a new carpentry job.No nonsense, when I put my hand into the cloth bag, I felt a curved piece of wood. When I pulled it out, I saw that it was a brand new, polished bow and crossbow.

Boys, no matter how old they are, are naturally fascinated by weapons.Especially this crossbow was the first weapon made by the three brothers together. This style was thought up by Tang Ning, this crossbow was made by Tang Mu, and this string was obtained by Tang Yun at a terrible price. Significance.Tang Mu took back the bow and crossbow, and looked it over carefully from head to toe with clear eyes, as if he was looking for any flaws, or admiring his perfect work, then he restrained his expression, and solemnly handed the bow and crossbow to Tang Mu cloud hands,

"I discussed it with the cat. This crossbow is your birthday present. From now on, it belongs to you completely. You have to keep it. If you use it well, when you grow up, big brother will give it to you again." Make you a bigger one."

Tang Yun was very excited. Ever since he saw the bow and crossbow, his bright eyes hadn't left for a moment. Now that he touched the smooth wood, his hands trembled a little. The elder brother couldn't help nodding his head no matter what he said.

Seeing that it was getting late outside, Tang Mu said hastily, "The quiver is in the utility room, and there are more than a dozen bamboo arrows inside. These arrows are also easy to make. You go to the mountains to cut bamboo to make it yourself, Gouzi. I'm going to the field." With that said, he turned around and left.

Only then did Tang Yun come back to his senses, and asked after Tang Mu's back: "Brother, don't you eat noodles anymore?"

Tang Mu hurriedly waved his hand, "I just ate." As he spoke, he turned a corner and disappeared.

Tangning sighed. During the busy farming season, family members would send food to the fields, and their elder brother had to come back and cook for the family.I just hope that with this bow and crossbow, the future will be easier.

The two brothers were stunned for a while, looked at each other's foolishness, and laughed, and the atmosphere in the room lightened.The two chatted and laughed as they ate noodles. Actually, as a southerner, Tangning didn't like noodles very much, especially the noodles in this life were much rougher than the noodles in his previous life. But when he thought of the days when there would be wild game in the future, he was a little excited and quietly And the second brother said:

"Second brother, let's go hunting quietly in the mountains this afternoon. We have to hide our bows and crossbows so that no one will see them when we hunt in the future. Just wrap them in that cloth." It was rare for him to secretly do bad things with a child in his voice. Be careful, as if your voice is low and others don't know it.

However, what responded to him was not the second brother's excited response, but his slightly sideways face and slightly confused eyes.Tangning's nose suddenly turned sour. It turned out that the second brother's ear was still injured, and he couldn't bear to say the word disabled.The second brother didn't say it, because he was afraid that everyone would feel guilty, but he should be very clear in his heart that he is different from before. He has lost part of his hearing, and he is not a complete person anymore.Tangning couldn't imagine how lonely her second brother was licking his wounds when no one was around, and how sad he couldn't tell.

At this moment, Tangning wanted to be nice to her second brother very, very much. She wished she could put all the best things in the world in front of her second brother. He longed to see his clean, heartless smiling face.However, he is only a six-year-old child, he has nothing, he is a little dazed and a little uncomfortable.

Suddenly, he thought of something like ice cream that his stepmother hid in the kitchen and gave Niuniu secretly.He was agitated, forgetting about his self-esteem, and rushed out of the room regardless, leaving Tang Yun staring at the closed and closed door in a daze.

Tangning rushed into the kitchen in one breath, found a stool and climbed up and down to find the little black pot from memory.He quickly found a small cabinet standing in the corner. The kitchen was very dark, and the corner of this cabinet was very shady. This should be a place to put some pickles.He found the small jar behind a large jar in the corner of the cabinet. The black jar was inconspicuous in such a dark corner, but when he looked better, he saw the dark yellow lid on the jar. I tried my best to get the jar out, grabbed the spoon and ran back to the house impatiently.

Tang Yun waited in the room for a while, then started dazed again. Since he was injured, he started this kind of meaningless action. Dazed is a sign of a child starting to grow up, which means that he has experienced setbacks and has begun to grow up. Think, think about life, think about the future.

Then, a bright color just broke into Tang Yun's eyes. It was his brother's flushed face, his brother's shining eyes, and his brother's white teeth. The bright light followed the wooden door he opened They rushed in, making him look like a little fairy boy who just came down to earth.Tang Yun was caught off guard, and this picture took the opportunity to burn on his defenseless heart, indelible.

Then, his younger brother took out a small jar and put it on the table, and with a click, Tang Yun's soul returned to his body instantly, and the room returned to normal.

Tang Yun smiled awkwardly and asked, "What is this?"

Tangning also laughed foolishly, "I don't know, second brother, open it and have a look?"

Tang Yun lifted the lid to take a look and smiled.Tang Ning also poked her head over to look at it. The inside was white and solid, much like a creamy ice cream. The edge seemed to have been scooped out a few spoonfuls, and the rest was as smooth as snow, exuding a fragrance.

Tang Ning took out a spoon, picked another piece of ground and dug a spoonful (he didn't want to eat Niu Niu's saliva), and handed it to the second brother's mouth, staring at Tang Yun with big eyes, Tang Yun had no choice but to open his mouth and put it in his mouth.Tangning wanted to ask, "Does it smell good?" Suddenly thinking of the situation that day, she shuddered violently, swallowed her words, and had to work harder to stare at Tang Yun.Tang Yun looked at his younger brother like a puppy, eager to be praised, and pampered his younger brother's head, "It's delicious, very fragrant."——For the child in his heart, he sincerely repays the child, even if he eats it What he ordered was pig food, which he thought was supremely delicious.

Tang Ning was more excited when he heard his brother's simple praise than the first prize in his previous life. He nervously dug another spoonful and handed it to his brother's mouth. The spoon was placed in the warm noodle soup, and the white solid like ice cream gradually bloomed, and oily flowers appeared in the noodle soup.He picked up the chopsticks and fed a mouthful of noodles to his younger brother. Tangning took a bite, and the aroma melted into the noodle soup, making it much tastier than the noodles just now.

Tangning looked at her second brother in surprise, "Second brother knows what it is?"

Tang Yun looked at his younger brother lovingly, "It's lard."

"What is lard?"

The childish words almost made Tang Yun's eyes blush. The poor brother didn't know what lard was until he was six years old.

"Lard is the oil that boils fat meat in a pot. It becomes like this when it is cold. It is delicious when you put a spoonful in the pot. Rich people eat this kind of oil."

Tang Ning suddenly realized that it was lard. In the previous life, everyone ate vegetable oil. He knew about bean oil and vegetable oil, but he really didn't think about it. However, eating lard all the time is not good for your health. Modern people don't eat it , no wonder the rich people in ancient times did not live long.Thinking of this, Tangning curled her lips. She thought that the mother and daughter were hiding something good. It turned out to be lard. Thinking of how hot she was, she used lard as a treasure, but she still stole it. Tangning wanted to spit out the noodles in her stomach. Come out and strangle yourself.

Just when Tangning was dying of embarrassment, she heard Tang Yun's suspicious voice, "Where did the cat get the lard?"

Tangning's feverish head finally came to her senses. She wanted not to talk about her stepmother, but seeing her second brother's half-smiling eyes, she unconsciously explained everything.

After speaking, unexpectedly, Tang Yun did not feel excited or resentful as expected.He seemed to have entered that strange state again, as if in a daze.Tangning felt that his second brother seemed to be in a different world from him at this time, he was a little panicked, and hurriedly called for his second brother.Tang Yun came back to his senses and asked, "What's wrong?"

Tangning didn't know what to say again, so she could only say, "Second brother, can I put this back?" Then she closed the lid.

However, Tang Yun held down Tang Ning with fingers like bamboo sticks, lifted the lid, then picked up the spoon, and gently wiped the pitted lard that Tang Ning dug with one circle after another until it was as smooth as snow. .

After finishing, Tang Yun gave his younger brother a smug smile, in exchange for his adoring gaze.He also pretended to be profound and educated his younger brother: "Whatever you do, you have to handle your tail well."

Looking at her brother's pretending face, Tangning smiled slyly in her heart. She might be teaching whom in the afternoon.