Plague Doctor

Kakaka, the heavy sound of the hand-push rice harvester rang between the rice fields under the blue sky, and the pace of pushing forward was quite difficult.

"Peng Bin, do you want to take a break?"

"It's okay, I can hold it..."

Guo Pengbin pushed this long-dead machine, his arms were sore that he could hardly pull his legs in the field.

He is not younger than he is now. For many years, he has been sitting in the office facing the computer almost all day, his body is completely rusted; after pushing for a day yesterday, his waist and back are already aching, and now he is pushing for a while. Fall into the field.

The scorching sun of midsummer was on his head, and the straw hat he was wearing couldn't block the rough sunlight, his complexion turned red and transparent.

"Don't hold on to it." Uncle Quan, who was next to him, watched. After so many years of working in the field, he knew when to take a break. "Don't you have heatstroke."

Guo Pengbin knew this was the reason, and after pushing for a few meters, he finally had to stop and hand the harvester in his hands to Uncle Quan, "I'll rest..."

Although Uncle Quan was in his fifties, he was short in stature and had a big belly, but he was quick to work. He held the handrail of the harvester and continued to push forward.

Although there are many rice fields in the village, there is only one fully automatic rice harvester belonging to the village collective. Now it is the busy season of farming. Everyone is vying to use it and can only queue up.Everyone didn't wait for the machines, so they used cheap hand-push harvesters to cut the crops on the narrow plots first.

"Huh..." Guo Pengbin took a breath, rubbing his arms and walked to the field to ask for some water.

The field is very lively. Harvesting rice is not something that one or two people can handle. His mother is also helping. His wife and Wife-in-law made some mung bean soup and brought them to relieve the heat. On the adjacent field, Li Rongqin A family is also cutting fields. The weather forecast says it will rain continuously in a few days, and everyone is catching up with the good weather these days.

"Oh, look at you sweaty." Yu Qi handed a sweat towel to her husband who came up.Guo Pengbin smiled, took off his shirt and went bare-chested. He took the sweat towel and wiped off his sweat. "Old arms and legs are old. It's no good if you don't recognize the old. Ten years ago, I didn't get tired for a week."

"You brag." Of course Yu Qi didn't believe it. Of course, Guo Pengbin was bragging. It would be tiring for a week at any age.

He ate half a bowl of soup and looked around, "What about the children?"

They all played in the fields before, as well as the Xuanxuan of Li Rongqin's family, and a few other families who have also moved back. A bunch of children have already played well, and they all took the opportunity to leave. .These children used to live in cities and towns. Except for nurseries, kindergartens, and schools, they were all picked up and picked up by their parents. They didn't walk much. There were few opportunities to go wild. At most, they were swinging in the small park of their own community.

"My parents are taking them." Yu Qi said, "It's too hot here. They and other grandpas and aunts took their children back to the village."

Guo Pengbin nodded and looked at Uncle Quan who was working in the distance. The straw fell down in rows. I don’t know if it was because the weather was too hot and he was a little dizzy. In a daze, everything over there was nothing. There was a double image, and again, everything was normal.

"My wife, this mung bean soup is delicious." Probably because he was tired and thirsty, he really ate so sweet.

"Sister-in-law Quan did it." Yu Qi said with a smile, "I just hit it off."

"Maybe it's this point that played a key role." Guo Pengbin's mouth was sweet, and his speech was a little sweet, "wife..."

Yu Qi gave him a white glance, and heard that he wanted to say thank you for the hardship with him, "Don't say these nasty things." They have also been sweet and romantic, but now old couples and wives, they are really a bit uncomfortable. No, and seeing her husband sweating profusely, what can she complain about?

"Do you know what I want to say?" Guo Pengbin was happy.

"Living here now is better than Dongzhou." Yu Qi said, they have been paying attention to the news. The situation in Dongzhou is not very good. There are more and more clashes between secret personnel and foreigners on the streets, and the scenes It also became more chaotic, "If you are still in Dongzhou, I am afraid I am afraid of death."

Because of this, this remote and run-down village suddenly became lively. In addition to them and Li Rongqin's family, several other families moved back.

"I have agreed with Rongqin. After these few days of farm work," Guo Pengbin said with outlook, "I went to the town to buy some cement, bricks and other materials, and helped each other to build a bathroom for the family. "He knows what his wife cares about, and he does have that need.

"After these few days, you can still walk." Yu Qi saw his sore waist and leg pain, "Don't get up until then."

"I can get up, I'm not old enough yet." Guo Pengbin said with a smile.

While they were talking in the fields, there were people working in the fields everywhere; and in the distant villages composed of yellow mud houses, there was more life than before, and the laughter of children returned to this small village again. A little dog chased their running and frolicking figures.

"Come on!" Little Tiger ran on the village road, holding a wild flower just picked from the edge of the rice field in his hand, and the petite flower swayed in the wind.

"Brother, wait for me!" Cai girl ran behind, Xuan Xuan, Xiao Bao and other children also yelled. At first they were not used to living here. Within two days, they had a good time and were in the field. Running between, catching insects, teasing puppies, now I don’t want to call them back to the city.

The old elders who followed shouted to make them run slower and be careful not to fall.There are not a few small cars in the village, and the road can't drive in, even motorcycles are rare, so they can let the children have fun in this way, watching the children have fun, they are happy in their hearts.

Xiaohutou ran towards the entrance of the village to see the cars, and their cars parked there.

At this time, Cai Yatou and Xuan Xuan saw that the little tiger head running in front suddenly stopped...

"Brother?" Cai girl yelled, but then she stopped slowly and saw a person standing at the intersection of the village.Xuan Xuan and the others stopped one after another, and a few small dogs shrank their tails and made uneasy whining sounds...

The man in front... so weird...

They saw the man bent over, like a hunchback but not very similar, he looked very strange, his mouth protruding, his face was tattered, his skin was covered with plaque, his eyes were bloodshot. The protruding mouth contains blood-red pointed teeth.

That weird man is looking here, looking at them.