Plague Doctor

The crisp sound of cock broke the chaotic dream, Guo Pengbin slowly woke up, when is it now...

The first night he had just returned to the village, he didn’t plan to sleep, at least don’t sleep so soundly, just take a break, because he has to pay attention to the movement outside and check the world’s news on the Internet. Not yet settled down.

It’s just driving for a day, really tired, he didn’t know when he fell asleep, and then he slept till now...

Guo Pengbin opened his eyes and saw that it was already early in the morning outside the house. He was suddenly surprised. "Wife?" He looked around. There was no one else in the yellow mud house. "Little tiger head? Cai girl?" His wife and two children didn't know. Where did it go? Some unpacked luggage was quietly left in place.

He hurriedly got up from this wooden bed, and even turned off the fan that was swaying unpleasant noises, and ran out of the house. The anxiety in his heart quickly increased. Some messy and inexplicable terrifying scenes mixed with the new news in the video. The bloody sight of York was surging in his mind together... Don’t, don’t do anything...

After rushing out of the yellow mud room, Guo Pengbin looked around, but still couldn't see anyone, what happened...

He rushed to another yellow mud house next to him, the door was not closed, and there was no one inside; he ran to the end of the village again, shouting: "Wife, wife!?"

At this time, before he was completely mad, he suddenly saw his wife walking back from the road over there with two children jumping and jumping.

"Ah..." Guo Pengbin almost collapsed to the ground, his heart still boring and uncomfortable. He couldn't stretch it out for a while, so he went up and said anxiously: "Where have you been?"

"Uncle Quan asked us to eat breakfast." Yu Qi was a little surprised, but she immediately understood her husband's concerns and explained: "Now Uncle Quan takes your mother and my parents to the field to see. Here are some We have eaten the hard-boiled eggs for you."

"Why don't you wake me up!" Guo Pengbin was really upset, only then did he notice that she was carrying a bag of eggs in her hand, all of which were domestic chicken eggs.

"I called, I can't wake up." Yu Qi was really helpless, "No matter what you call, you still said that you would let you sleep for a while, then sleep for a while... I see you are so tired, so I let you continue to sleep. You Don't be surprised, nothing happened."

Guo Pengbin took a deep breath, nodded, and followed them back to the house without brushing his teeth and washing his face.

"Dad, Dad," Xiao Hutou yelled, "Shall we also raise a few chickens and eggs?"

"Good!" Cai girl was also looking forward to it, "Yes! There are dogs!"

"Yes, Dad, let's raise a dog." Little Hutou begged again, "Grandpa Hong’s mother dog has just given birth to a litter of puppies. Let’s bring one to raise. Mom agrees. Okay. Okay?" Cai girl nodded again and again, "I want to raise a dog."

Guo Pengbin glanced at his wife and nodded when he saw her. In fact, he understood her intentions, "Okay, both are raised."

Now that he has moved back to the village and lived for at least a year and a half or even longer, it is good to raise chickens, ducks and dogs. His mother can take care of those chickens and ducks. Raising a dog can both guard the door and warn. You can make pets for two children and accompany them into this rural environment.

Sure enough, as soon as he heard him agree to come down, the two children suddenly cheered and shouted excitedly to kiss their father.

Guo Pengbin squatted down and leaned over, kissed on both cheeks by his son and daughter. He also laughed. Looking at the smiles on the faces of the two children and watching them dancing, the warmth in his heart is more, worth it, worth it of……

"Don't wash your face and brush your teeth." Yu Qi smiled. The dark circles in her eyes indicate that she slept very badly last night, but compared to yesterday's sadness, she seems to have a more cheering spirit. "Today still I have to be busy. There are too many things to clean inside and outside the house, check the wires and clean the stove."

"Yes." Guo Pengbin knew that his wife was cheering up. As a mother of two children, she was not a fragile person, and her energy also made him more energetic, so he didn't say much, and went quickly. He brushed his teeth and washed his face, ate a few eggs, rolled up his sleeves and started to work.

Not long after, the three old people came back and brought some farm tools back to join the cleaning.

The weeds in the yard outside the house were first cut with a scythe, and the ground was leveled with a hoe. The water tanks and firewood were rearranged; the spider webs and dust in the house had to be completely removed. Several uncles came to help again. Bringing two new light pipes to help them replace them, so that the house will be brightly lit at night.

From this morning, until noon, everyone moved to Uncle Quan's house to eat, and Sister Quan made a big pot of rice.

The villagers are all middle-aged and elderly people, and they all know each other. As long as they see a group of people in the neighborhood, they will join in the fun and ask how they came back.Guo Pengbin showed his enthusiasm and courtesy, and he has long ordered his family members to do the same. Living in the village must improve the relationship between neighbors.

After lunch, although Guo Pengbin did not want to go out, he did have some things to buy in order to improve the living environment of the house. He also took Uncle Bo, who knows a little about water and electricity, and drove to the town as fast as possible. After I bought everything, I rushed back to the village again. I was frightened all the way, but fortunately nothing happened.

When I returned to the village, I drove back to the village with another family, also in large bags.

Because it was daytime, I surrounded a few villagers and saw that there was Uncle Bo in there. Guo Pengbin only asked after getting out of the car that it was Uncle Delin's son who also moved back.

"Rongqin?" Guo Pengbin looked at him. Isn't Uncle De Lin's son his elementary school classmate? When he saw the middle-aged man, he recognized him, "Li Rongqin!"

He and Li Rongqin had a good time when they were young, but the relationship gradually faded after entering junior high school.It's really been more than ten years. I saw it when I came back to Qingming to worship the ancestors last time, so I recognized it. After all, everyone has changed a lot from their childhood and youth.

"It's been a long time." He walked up and sighed with a smile, feeling a little more stable in his heart, as if holding a log floating in the river, catching more planks.

"Guo Pengbin!" Li Rongqin recognized him as well, and his smile was complicated and unspeakable. "Are you back?"

"Yeah, come back to live..." Guo Pengbin nodded heavily and patted the other person on the shoulder. Li Rongqin also patted him. At this moment, the two felt the same.

Then, Li Rongqin introduced his wife and children, his son Xuan Xuan, who is five years old this year, and a little afraid of life. When he called someone, he held his mother's leg and refused to speak.Guo Pengbin told them not to force their children, and said sincerely that it was all right, Xiao Hutou and Cai Yatou could have playmates.

Li Rongqin's parents were alive and greeted him by the side. His parents-in-law also followed, and the family was very busy.

So after the two men chatted a few words in the village head, they went to work with each other first, and they could get together a lot in the future.

Guo Pengbin returned to his yellow mud house with the things he bought and returned the news. Yu Qi was relieved immediately. The two children were already looking forward to that playmate. Yu Qi explained that Tian and others are almost busy. Visit again.

That evening, at the time of dinner, Uncle Quan came over and asked Guo Pengbin to see the fields.It's been a day since I came back, so it's time to visit, Uncle Quan said.

There are many fields around the village settlements. Because these old people are still farming, the fields have not been cleared. In this summer, the fields of rice are almost harvested. Everywhere is golden. When the wind blows. , As if with the fragrance of rice.

"Uncle Quan, when are these fields going to be harvested?"

Guo Pengbin followed Uncle Quan to the dirt road beside the field. He was both familiar with and unfamiliar with farm work. In the past, his father used to work in farming at home. Even if he participated in it, he would help him as he asked him to help. He didn't know much. .

"It will be all right in a few days." Uncle Quan looked at the rice fields that had grown, with a soft light in his eyes, "This year, the crops are ripe."

"Then I will cut it for you together." Guo Pengbin said again, "I have to find something proper here."

At this time, he looked far away. Li Rongqin was walking around the field with his father, Uncle Delin. Seeing that the other party had noticed him, he waved and said hello.

This is what Li Rongqin thought about coming to live in the village, so he would live in a down-to-earth manner.

"Peng Bin." Uncle Quan said his plans as he walked, his dark face was serious, "Listen to me, I told your mother. These acres of land were originally your father's, he I walked early, and I came here and plowed my own acres together. Now that you come back to live in the village and want to find some fields to work on, I will give you these acres back. These acres have been cut. It’s not worth a lot of money. I heard you say that the outside situation is not good, and I also watched some news. I mean, let’s not sell these grains. Maybe there will be money to buy food. I was hungry. I know how uncomfortable it is to get hungry. In the days of our grandfather, it was common to sell children and girls for a bag of grain to the landlord, so I said that these grains would not be sold, and we would save them. Call your cousin and them back. This field can be planted again this year, and it will be harvested at that time, depending on the situation, whether to sell some. What do you think?"

"Okay, okay..." Guo Pengbin nodded his head again and again. The words Uncle Quan said moved him and agreed with him. This old farmer who has been facing the loess with his back to the sky for most of his life has a unique consideration of the changes in the world, "Just press the right. Uncle you said, don’t sell millet, just keep...these fields we will cultivate together..."

"You are willing to cultivate, and I will cultivate more fields for you." Uncle Quan pointed to the surroundings, "but plowing is very hard."

"Hard work is not a problem." Guo Pengbin smiled and looked at the golden rice fields. "As long as the family can be safe and hungry, what does it mean to work hard... Uncle Quan, I now understand why my dad used to Always reluctant to let go of these fields..."

He didn't know if the disaster outside would suddenly spread to the village one day, but looking at the rice fields in front of him, there was a real hope in his heart.

With these rice fields and these land, you can live.