Indissoluble bond

Zhou Yuan gave him a squirrel, and he had to take good care of it. For the ration of the squirrel, he went to Shen Qingnian's supermarket the next day and bought walnuts, chestnuts, hazelnuts, melon seeds, apples, and pears.

The squirrel named Songzi is also very obedient and doesn't want to run away, it follows Lu Liang wherever he goes.

They all went to the supermarket for the next few days, but nothing happened, and they gradually went less and less.

Anyway, Ah Fei is there.

After Lu Liang and A Fei resolved their misunderstanding, they had a meal as a reconciliation.

Although they didn't know why Shen Qingnian and Dad Zhou trusted A Fei so much, even Shen You never said anything, but they still accepted A Fei.

On this day, they didn't go to the supermarket, but stayed in the old house.The two were sitting under a tree, taking advantage of the shade to escape the heat.

At this time, Shen You came back from the outside, holding a sack in his hand.

As soon as he entered, he waved to the two of them.

"come over."

Zhou Yuan was still in awe of him, while Lu Liang felt close to him, so they all walked over obediently.

Shen You glanced over the two of them, then untied the sack, and turned down the mouth of the bag, revealing the round fruit inside.

"I bought a few watermelons, I'll cut one for you later, put the rest in the well, and take it out if you want to eat it."

When Zhou Yuan saw the watermelon, Zhou Yuan's eyes lit up, and he stopped shaking the fan in his hand. He nodded repeatedly while listening to Shen You's words, and moved forward.

He looked at the watermelons in the sack, there were four in total, each of them was round and big, very attractive.

He picked and picked out one: "Let's eat this first."

Shen You looked at it and nodded.

"Okay, these watermelons are grown by the villagers themselves. They are sweet and moist."

After Zhou Yuan and Shen You got close, they didn't feel so uncomfortable. Hearing this, he grinned at Shen You.

Lu Liang smiled and shook his head slightly, his eyes full of helplessness.

Shen You also showed a little smile, trying his best to show kindness, but because his expression was too stiff, when he smiled, he looked extremely weird.

Zhou Yuan hastily turned his gaze away, afraid that he might speak poorly.

Seeing this, Shen You put away the smile on his face, and his expression became solemn and rigid.

"I don't think you have anything to do. After eating the watermelon, go west and pick some lotus flowers, lotus seeds and lotus roots."

His words seemed premeditated, and he even found the exact lotus pond.You must know that besides the old house at the foot of Lianhua Mountain, there are lotus ponds in several other directions, all of which are not from the same family.

Zhou Yuan suddenly pulled his face down.

It's a hot day!

But Lu Liang responded immediately: "There are two lotus ponds in the west, which one do you want to go to?"

Wrinkles piled up on Shen You's old face, but the brilliance in his eyes was not weakened in the slightest.

"The big one, this one is already sold, it's not bad for the few we picked, and the other one has already been contracted by the hotel."

Lu Liang pondered for a while, and thought about the things needed for picking lotus, and finally asked with concern: "The boat still has tools for picking lotus..."

Shen You narrowed his eyes, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes immediately gathered together.

"Don't worry about that, everything is ready."

Zhou Yuan was not at all enthusiastic about this matter at first, it was too hot outside, and he was sweating profusely when he went out, and his mouth was dry, but during the question and answer between the two, he still became interested.He has never experienced this rural fun.

After the two of them finished talking, he couldn't wait to urge: "Let's go when you're ready. Go early and finish picking early, and eat watermelons when you come back. Put these watermelons in the well first."

Lu Liang raised his eyebrows, unexpectedly Zhou Yuan suddenly became active.

But a consensus has been reached on this matter, so he didn't procrastinate, and the two left after talking to Shen You.

Shen You's eyes were full of smiles, and he looked at the backs of the two people leaving meaningfully, and muttered in his mouth: "This is just the beginning..."

If Zhou Yuan and Lu Liang heard these words, I wonder if they would be so happy.

Fortunately, neither of them knew about it.

As soon as Zhou Yuan and Lu Liang left the woods, the scorching heat made their skin flushed red. Zhou Yuan, who had never been so hot before, couldn't bear it at that time, but when he thought of what he had promised, he still insisted. I endured it for a long time.

Lu Liang is not bad, he is not a sweaty physique, although it is hot, it is not enough to sweat profusely, and his hair is not sticking to his forehead.

Zhou Yuan was different, he walked forward against the scorching sun in pain, and compared with Lu Liang by his side, he seemed more and more embarrassed.

He recited angrily.

"Why don't you sweat? In such a hot weather, you can see that I am soaked all over. I think I just want to take a bath. You have nothing but a little red skin. Why are you so uncomfortable?" fair…………"

Lu Liang turned a deaf ear to this, and pretended not to hear it.

Zhou Yuan didn't blame him at first, but just vented the irritability in his heart. In this scorching weather, anyone can easily feel irritated.

The two walked all the way, Zhou Yuan kept talking, and Lu Liang listened in silence.

When he arrived at the lotus pond in the west, Zhou Yuan almost showed an expression of "finally arrived". His face was stinky, and he still sighed: "After walking for so long, I finally arrived."

Lu Liang also quickened his pace a lot.

There was no one beside the lotus pond, and a little further on, there was Lianhua Mountain, where there would be woods, which was more shady, but it was not there that they were going.

Therefore, the original expectations of the two were also wiped out.

They walked around the lotus pond, but they didn't see anyone, and they were about to go home, when they heard a high-pitched shout from the lotus pond: "Hello, two little brothers?"

The two raised their steps and put them down all of a sudden, then fell back again.

I saw a person rowing a boat through the lotus pond, and that person was yelling at them.

Because this lotus pond occupies a large area, they didn't see the man's appearance clearly until the man drew closer.

He was just a simple rural man, tall and thin, with tanned skin, a straw hat on his head, a white vest, and blue cloth trousers rolled up to his knees.

Under his feet is a small wooden boat, which can only carry four people (including him). There is a basket on the boat, and I don't know what to put in it.

Holding a long bamboo pole in his hand, he waved desperately at them with the other.

Seeing that the two did not respond, he yelled again.

"The two little brothers over there, are you two the ones who want to pick lotus?"

Zhou Yuan and Lu Liang looked at each other, and knew that this was the person who connected (how strange is this statement?).

Zhou Yuan took a step forward, walked to the edge of the lotus pond, clasped his hands to his mouth, and yelled in response: "Yes, it's us!"

Because of his dry throat, his voice became hoarse and rough, but fortunately no one cared about this detail.

After hearing the response, the man quickly swiped the prop in his hand, and quickly moved in front of the two of them.

"Hurry up and get on board."

He also smiled at them honestly, obviously he didn't know how to get along with the two teenagers who looked like city people, and his brows looked a little embarrassed.

Zhou Yuan has a careless temperament, and he didn't notice his discomfort, and he didn't have any concept of city people and village people, so he jumped on the boat.

He had no prejudices, and neither did Lu Liang. Although he could see that the man was uncomfortable, he didn't point it out bluntly.

Seeing Zhou Yuan go up, Lu Liang also jumped up.

The ship shook and turbulent for a while, and then gradually calmed down.

When the boat stabilized, the man rowed the boat again.

He looked ahead and chatted with the two teenagers, "Hello, my name is Shunzi."

Zhou Yuan was looking at the scenery of the lotus pond, and replied without looking back.

"I'm Zhou Yuan, hello."

With a distant smile, Lu Liang said politely: "Hi, I'm Lu Liang, nice to meet you."

Shunzi didn't think so much, he was very straightforward when he heard "nice to meet you", and he couldn't help but smile from ear to ear.

"Hehe, hehe, nice to meet you too."

Lu Liang was taken aback, he had never been with such a heartless person before, and he didn't even know that it was polite.However, he still put away a little indifference.

"This lotus pond belongs to my family. I'm in charge of planting and harvesting. I won't be in charge of selling it. I can't do that." Shunzi quickly sold himself, "I heard that it was Grandpa Shen who wanted to pick lotus. , are you his relatives?"

When Zhou Yuan heard his grandfather's name, he turned his head and said affirmatively: "Well, Shen You is my grandfather, and Shen Qingnian is my uncle."

Shunzi's eyes suddenly revealed a look of gratitude and comfort.

"That's good. I heard that something happened to Uncle Shen and he was hospitalized in the city. I was worried that Grandpa Shen would not be taken care of. Fortunately, you are here."

Zhou Yuan was surprised: "Worried about grandpa?"

Sunja nodded.

"The grandpa of the Shen family is very poor. He must be very lonely alone. I often send him some lotus seeds and talk to him. In the past, the uncle of the Shen family often did not go home when he was in Shencun, leaving only the grandpa of the Shen family alone. .”

Zhou Yuan was even more surprised, even Lu Liang felt something was wrong.

It seems that the relationship between Shen You and Shen Qingnian is not very good.

But these are all family matters, and Shunzi doesn't seem to know a lot, so Zhou Yuan didn't ask any more questions, and it was even harder for Lu Liang to ask, after all, he doesn't even have a last name of Zhou.

The two pressed this matter to the bottom of their hearts and concentrated on their great cause of picking lotus.

Shunzi soon became happy again because of the two of them. After all, in his opinion, the two of them came to take care of the elderly.

This lotus pond covers a large area, and the lotus pond is full of lotus flowers in different postures, but they are all extremely beautiful. The pink color and green lotus leaves are in full bloom, which is pleasing to the eye.

The lotus seeds in the lotus pods in the lotus flower look full.

"This...how do I pick this?"

After admiring the scenery, Zhou Yuan worried about the lotus blossoms.

Shunzi chuckled: "Just fold it down."

ah?Zhou Yuan was stunned, he didn't expect picking lotus to be so simple and rude.

"No... don't you want tools?" After a long time, he still asked worriedly.

Shunzi shook her head, and asked blankly, "No, do I need tools? Where did you see it?"

Zhou Yuan was dumbfounded, staring at the lotus blossoms in a daze, but he didn't dare to stretch out his hand.Lu Liang didn't have so many scruples, and tried to reach out to pick them, but it took some effort for the first time to succeed.

Seeing that he succeeded, Shunzi pointed to the basket on the boat: "Pick out the lotus pods and put them in."

Lu Liang followed his advice.

Zhou Yuan was still in a daze, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses, and asked stupidly: "Then, how do you pick the lotus root?"

Sunja's eyes widened.

"Lotus root?" He shook his head, "If we want to harvest lotus roots, we have to drain the paddy fields two weeks ago, and we can't pick them yet."

He looked at Zhou Yuan strangely.

"Grandpa Shen just said to let you pick lotus..."

Zhou Yuan immediately understood that Shen You didn't want them to pick lotus roots at all, and he didn't know whether he said it casually or on purpose. If it was on purpose, what purpose did he have?

It is not for any other reason that he dare not pick lotus, he is just afraid of dragonflies, now there are dragonflies flying around in this lotus pond, which made him huddle in the boat and dare not move, if there are lotus, he thinks he will Really faint.

Except for my parents, no one else knows about this problem.

So Lu Liang was very surprised that he lay there motionless.

Now Zhou Yuan is very suspicious that Shen You knows about his problem, that's why he was sent here.Why did he agree to come to pick lotus?Hehe, besides being fun, I thought there were tools, so I didn’t have to touch the lotus with my own hands, and I thought it was a boat with cabins.

Unexpectedly, not only the ship has no cabin, but also no tools.

He almost fainted from crying on the canoe.

Just like that, because of Zhou Yuan's fear of dragonflies, he didn't reach out once this trip, and he didn't even pick a lotus pod.

Before leaving, Shunzi reluctantly said, "Come again next time!"

Lu Liang smiled politely and nodded, and took the basket from him.Instead, Zhou Yuan kept silent. For him, the biggest bad news was the phrase "Come again next time".

The two took Lu Liang's harvest of the day and set foot on the road back.Zhou Yuan was preoccupied and his steps were heavy, but he wished he could fly back and ask Shen You if he did it on purpose?What's the point?

But no matter what he thought, they still walked for more than half an hour before returning to the old house.

He listlessly took out the lock and opened the small door.

After the two went in with their things, they saw Shen You holding a sword and practicing under the tree.Zhou Yuan's face turned pale, remembering that his grandfather knew how to use swordsmanship, if he asked that, would he be chopped off in a fit of anger?

Unlike him, Lu Liang casually walked over with a basket in his hand, and a bag of lotus in his other hand.

This bag was originally placed in the basket, but when it was time to fill the lotus pods, Shunzi took it out to fill him with lotus flowers.Shunzi was probably ordered to bring such a bag.

Shen You quickly stopped.

He looked at the two of them, and was surprised to see Zhou Yuan's pale face, biting his lip, and the expression of fear on his face.

"what happened to you?"

Was he so afraid of dragonflies?He still wants to cure his problem!

When he looked at it like this, and asked him like this, Zhou Yuan's face was as white as paper, pale and pale, like a layer of white paint.

Two tears came out of the corner of his eyes: "No, no...it's okay." Can he say that he was frightened by what he thought?

Shen You frowned, and was about to walk over to have a look with his sword in hand.Zhou Yuan has been standing at the door without taking a step in.

Seeing this scene, he was so frightened that he was so frightened that he was out of his wits and rolled his eyes to the point of fainting.

Lu Liang also showed a look of surprise.

Neither Shen You nor Lu Liang could understand why he reacted so violently.

After looking at each other for a while, he anxiously stepped forward to help him up. Shen You was going to send him to the room to lie down, but when he approached, Zhou Yuan's whole body trembled.

Lu Liang glanced at Shen You, then at Zhou Yuan, wondering why he was so frightened.

But he still stepped forward with empathy: "I'll do it."

After speaking, he took Zhou Yuan from Shen You.