Imperial Exam Daily

In the afternoon, Yang Ye returned to the village almost hungry with his chest on his back.

Ah Xi was drying beans in the yard at the moment, seeing the scholar coming back under the sun, he quickly opened the courtyard door to welcome people in.

"When you go out, you should, you should wear a straw hat." Axi saw that Yang Ye's forehead was covered with sweat, and his unnaturally pale face, which had been raised at home all year round, was flushed from the sun. He blamed himself for washing dishes in the kitchen in the morning. , did not give him the straw hat.

Yang Ye waved his hand: "It's okay."

Ah Xi was not in a hurry to ask Yang Ye what was wrong with finding a job, so he said gently, "You're hungry, the rice is warming in the pot."

Yang Ye's heart moved immediately, there was nothing better than offering a glass of water when he was thirsty, and a bowl of rice when he was hungry.

He hurriedly went to the kitchen, opened the pot, and found that there was a plate of fried vegetables in lard inside, which hadn't been touched at all. Ah Xi had cooked the meal but didn't eat it, waiting for him to come back, Yang Ye felt a surge of emotion. With an unidentified emotion, he took the food and went to the main room.

It was rare for Ah Xi to see Yang Ye wanting to eat so eagerly. He guessed that he was hungry, so he quickly brought the cold pumpkin soup to the dining table.

Yang Ye was in a good mood. When he was adding food, he found that there was a clean jar in the corner of the main room. He put down the bowl and walked over to lift the lid to take a look. It contained freshly soaked kimchi.

"I just soaked it today, and it's still not cooked yet."

Yang Ye was very fond of this mouthful. He used to be a person who lived in the humid southern climate and liked spicy taste. Seeing this tile-gray jar, he felt very kind: "Where did you get the kimchi jar?"

"Sister-in-law sent, sent."

Yang Ye nodded, went back to the table and sat down to eat a bowl of rice, and after drinking two bowls of pumpkin soup, he said slowly to Axi: "I found an errand in the city, and I won't be home for lunch after that, don't wait like today I."

Ah Xi put down the bowl and chopsticks, Xing Xing's eyes revealed surprise: "Look, did you find it? What are you doing?"

"Working as an accountant for a restaurant, the salary is not bad."

Ah Xi laughed when she heard the words. Today, the sister-in-law came over and told him to persuade Yang Ye to go out and see if he could find a job. Unexpectedly, he found the job back in the afternoon, and he was very happy , the originally gentle eyes suddenly became gentle like spring water, flowing through the heart's nest, warming the whole heart.

Yang Ye's eyes froze for a moment, and then he looked at the rice bowl, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

It was still the hottest two hours after lunch, and it was very hot. Yang Ye looked at the jar of kimchi, and really thought, it’s too hot in summer, so he wants to eat some heavy and refreshing dishes. Axi’s at noon The cold pumpkin soup was all gone.

There was nothing to do around, so he picked up the fishing rod again, and if he was lucky enough to catch fish like before, he would get some kimchi to make pickled fish, as a celebration of finding an errand, so he said to Axi: "I'll go Fishing."

"wait wait wait."

Axi yelled in his small room, and Yang Ye was really waiting outside when he heard the words. After a while, the boy came out with some clothes in his arms: "I'm going to the river to wash, wash clothes, take out your clothes too."

Ordinary couples are both girls or brothers who just put away their clothes and went to the river, but their family is in a special situation, Axi is very obedient, without Yang Ye's permission, he will not enter his house at will.

"No, I'll wash it myself."

How could Yang Ye have the nerve to ask Axi to help him wash his clothes, but the young man quit, holding the basin and the washboard still and not talking.

There was really nothing he could do about it, so he had no choice but to go back to the house and take out the clothes he had changed.

The round wooden basin for clothes was not light, so Yang Ye didn't let the young man take it, but put it under the tuck himself, and threw the light fishing rod to him.

There are hardly any villagers in this small field, but when you reach the river, you can hear a lot of voices. The villagers who come out are all by the small river. Among them are brothers and women who wash clothes, and shirtless men taking a bath in the river. , it's quite lively.

Although the two did not go to crowded places, they still attracted everyone's attention.

Women and women talked the most, while beating their clothes with a mallet, they whispered: "Look at these two couples coming out, and Yang Ye even brought the washing tray for Xiao Jieba."

The woman pursed her lips and clicked her tongue several times: "Didn't this Yang Ye always love to pester Xiaozhi in the past, but now that he is married, could it be that he has changed, and he actually treats that little girl strangely?"

As soon as the words fell, the woman was grabbed by the person beside her, and she yelled: "What are you doing!"

The person beside him raised his eyelids, Mei Xiaozhi also came to wash clothes today, just ahead of the two of them.The woman pulled her eyelids and closed her mouth.

The distance between the two sides is not too far, Mei Xiaozhi, who buried her head in rubbing her clothes, naturally heard the women's conversations, and the friend who was opposite her said: "Xiaozhi, it's true, this surname Yang hasn't been there since he got married. Run outside your courtyard wall."

Mei Xiaozhi raised her head, with a round face, big eyes and a small nose, she was not only good-looking, she looked like a well-raised girl, she gave her friend a squinting look: "It's good if he doesn't come, so as not to let him I'm bothered."

There are too many men in Ximumei Xiaozhi, but only Yang Ye is the one who pursues the most closely, but also the most useless one, except for that face that can be seen, there is really no place to let her go. She looked up to her, Mei Xiaozhi never put this scholar in her eyes, she had eyes on another scholar.

That being said, just now I caught a glimpse of Yang Ye helping his husband to carry the laundry tray, she looked so gentle, it made her look a little uncomfortable, she always greeted you, and the people who were chasing and running around suddenly treated others nicely one day , even if he is not interested in that person, his heart is always different.

Seeing the sourness in her words, the friend immediately said: "I reckon Yang Ye knew you were here today and did it on purpose for you to see. It's not surprising that this kind of thing happened."

Sure enough, Mei Xiaozhi felt much more at ease after hearing this: "You just like talking nonsense."

"Where am I talking nonsense, these men's tricks are just a few tricks."

Yang Ye went to dig some earthworms, the small river was long, and the two of them were several feet away from the villagers, so they didn't hear their discussion. When they came back, they saw Axi beating his clothes on the bluestone in the shallow water a few meters away from him.

In order to prevent the shoes and socks from getting wet, Axi took off his shoes and put them aside. After Yang Ye sat on the bank and dropped the fishing line, he looked at Axi's feet soaked in the water as white as cream, and his pink toes were restless. The one is holding the small stone, a little playful.This should be something that Ah Xi would do at his age, but Yang Ye didn't know that it was because of him that his toes were jumping for joy.

Ling Ling waved past, Yang Ye withdrew his peeping gaze for a long time, Ah Xi was really... a good-looking boy.

The trembling fishing line brought him back to his thoughts, and he hurriedly closed the rod. Today, he was really lucky. A river fish weighing two catties came up. He put the fish lightly into the bucket he brought. The villagers in the distance were not alarmed, only Axi saw the fish.

Yang Ye motioned him to keep quiet, and said to him with his mouth: I have a good meal tonight.

Axi's ears felt hot, she pursed her lips and lowered her head to rub her clothes.

After an hour, Ah Xi had washed all his clothes, and the villagers in the river also left one after another. There were many things to do in the family field, and no one dared to waste too much time.

Mei Xiaozhi hasn't left yet, she is the precious daughter of the landlord's family, she can't do the housework, and the riverside is cool, so she is happy to stay here for a while.

There was no one in the river, only Yang Ye and his wife, so she naturally looked away, and happened to see Yang Ye's hook caught a big fish. The fish meat was delicate and delicious, and even the villagers couldn't eat it, so she was naturally greedy for it. Yes, but there are not many people fishing. Firstly, it requires some skills. Besides, the farming is busy, and it is not too much time to squat by the river for hours.

Mei Xiaozhi didn't know that Yang Ye had such a skill, and her heart became even more unhappy. What she said before was nice, and she was willing to give it to her. She knew how to fish well, but she never sent half a fish to her door.

Angrily, she whispered to her friend: "I want to see how much this Yang Ye really cares for me."

After saying that, he went in the direction of Yang Ye.

Yang Ye had a good harvest today. He caught two big fishes, weighing four to five catties in total. There were also some small fishes one or two inches long, enough to cook in a big pot. He was going to Yang Cheng's house to order some kimchi. , called the eldest brother and sister-in-law to have a meal together in the evening.

Although fish is not more expensive than meat, the price of different fish is different. Even this river fish costs five or six yuan a catty, and few people in the countryside are willing to buy it.He hadn't touched meat for a long time and couldn't wait to go back to cook.

He picked up the wooden barrel, the wooden barrel with water and fish was much heavier than the basin for washing clothes, so he didn't exchange it with Axi again.

Axi put the clothes into the wooden basin, put on the shoes and socks behind his back, raised his eyes and saw the bright woman coming this way, obviously aimed at Yang Ye, his hand paused, and the movement of putting on the shoes was obviously slow He talked a lot, and he didn't even listen to Yang Ye calling him behind him.

Suddenly his wrist was pulled, he staggered unsteadily, and fell into the man's chest. When he recovered, Yang Ye's face magnified infinitely in front of him.

Yang Ye frowned: "Why are you so preoccupied?"

Ah Xi didn't dare to look into Yang Ye's eyes, and dodged his eyes: "Why are you pulling me?"

Yang Ye pointed to the small river, a black water snake swam past where he was standing just now, and the river water was drawn into ripples. Last year, an old woman was bitten by a snake and died of poisoning. Ah Xi shrank in fear after thinking about it. Shrink your neck.

"It's okay, there are many snakes in summer, so be careful."

The attention of both of them was obviously on the water snake, and Mei Xiaozhi, who came forward to trick Yang Ye into giving him a fish, didn't know why, so I saw the two of them tugging and tugging in broad daylight, their round faces turned green and white for a while, Shy and embarrassed to make a sound, he couldn't take a step forward.

So he could only watch Yang Ye and Axi leave not far away.