Seed dealers in ancient times

Chu Xian suddenly ran into the house, wrapped in a thick white scarf and hurried out again. He spent most of his days in the city and rarely went out, let alone the village.Now that I can go out, I still stop with Zheng Jiang, my heart is naturally happy.

The two left the city together. Although it was not snowing at this time, there was still a lot of snow on the ground. The outside of the city was not like the city. Someone got up early in the morning to sweep the snow from the streets. It was not enough to leave the city gate. Ten meters, the road is full of trampled snow, sticking to the loess mud, and the pine snow has turned into ice cubes, which are very slippery when stepped on.

On the first day of the new year, there were not many ox carts coming out. Zheng Jiangding gave Chu Xian the cured pork ribs he was carrying, and asked him to wait at the gate of the city while he went to find the ox carts.Originally I was anxious to see the crops, but after Chu Xian made such a fuss, I didn't feel so anxious. I simply went back and got the bacon. It's New Year's Eve, so I can't go empty-handed when I run away from someone's house.

He searched for a long time before he found an ox cart master. He didn't specialize in running ox carts, but came to the city to prepare for the New Year's ceremony. He was on a road back, so he could take them there along the way.

The oxcart master followed him and looked at Brother Xian standing at the gate of the city with his chin nodding and half of his face buried in his neckerchief. His complexion was as white as that of fresh snow. He was a rare beauty, country people like them , It is rare to see it, even if you are old, you can't help but look at it a few more times because of the old disrespect.

Zheng Jiang paused and jumped onto the bullock cart, unintentionally blocking the sight of the bullock cart master. After sitting down, he looked up and saw that Brother Xian was still underneath. It's okay to play the piano with my fingers, but it makes people anxious when I use the force.

He sighed and squatted beside the cart.

Chu Xian raised her eyes, looked at the big hand in front of her, hesitated for a moment, then put her hand on it, and the warm palm covered his hand in an instant.

There was a layer of calluses in the big palm, which was very rough to the touch. Chu Xian moved her fingers lightly, and couldn't help but want to touch the slightly raised calluses, but due to the current relationship between the two, she still didn't dare to move.

Zheng Jiangting pulled the man up with a little effort, and the bullock cart master slammed the whip on the cow's buttocks. The strong cow was frightened, and pulled the cart with a moo sound. Before the two sat down, one staggered, Chu Xian threw herself into Zheng Jiangting's arms.

Zheng Jiangting was afraid that someone would fall, so he hugged him subconsciously, circling his wrist, and found that he could hold Chu Xian firmly with one hand. He knew that Chu Xian was weak, but he didn't expect to be so weak.

"Oh, I'm sorry, this cow has only been on a scooter for a while, and he's a little crazy, isn't he scared?"

Zheng Jiangting seemed to be caught by someone for doing something immoral, and his ears warmed up: "It's okay."

He hurriedly supported the person who was sticking to his chest, and sat down along the side of the bullock cart.Yuan was also a familiar person who couldn't be more familiar. After such a ruckus, his heart was in a mess, and he felt a little cramped for a long time. He glanced at Chu Xian: "Is it cold?"

Chu Xian tucked his head in the scarf, only showing a pair of eyes, like a little rabbit hiding in the snow, he shook his head: "It's not cold."

"Your hands are strangely cold." Zheng Jiangting blurted out, and felt something was wrong after speaking.

Chu Xian's eyes moved slightly: "I'm cold."

Zheng Jiang paused silently, thinking about what could cure his body cold, the ox cart master suddenly said, "Are you two newcomers?"

Zheng Jiangting didn't wake up: "Huh?"

"I see that the two are young and loving. They seem to have just married. But go back to your mother's house?"

Zheng Jiangting, who was already a little hot in the ears, was asked this way, and his face became hot: "No, master misunderstood, we are just brothers."

The ox cart master paused for a moment: "It's actually a brother, I didn't see it. Is the little brother already married?"

Chu Xian secretly sighed that Zheng Jiangting was honest enough, and replied with a bit of anger: "I am still young, and my eldest brother still wants to keep me at home for a few more years, without getting married."

"My little brother is born beautiful, I'm afraid that the people who come to propose marriage will have to step through the threshold."

Neither of them answered the bullock cart master. Chu Xian secretly cast a sideways glance at the man beside him. She was a little resentful at first, but she was surprised to see the begonia on his face. She was angry and amused immediately, and couldn't help joking in a low voice: "Brother , why is your face so red?"

Zheng Jiangting stiffened his back, covered his face with his hands, and smiled awkwardly: "Haha, it's really cold in the snow, and my face turned red from the cold."

Chu Xian pursed her lips and laughed.

The ox cart master is from a neighboring village of Yangmu Village. Unlike the ox cart master in this village, he can send people into the village. He only takes two people to the entrance of the village and then drives away.

Cai Lin's house is remote, and there is still a long way from the entrance of the village. On weekdays, Zheng Jiang can walk there for a quarter of an hour, but now the road is snowed and muddy, and there is Chu Xian who is slippery on two of the three steps. , I am afraid it will take a stick of incense to arrive.

The two walked for a short distance, Zheng Jiangting looked at the younger brother who was behind, and said helplessly: "I told you that the road in the village is not easy to walk, so I have to suffer this crime."

Chu Xian dragged the hem of his clothes, and his body was floating when he stepped down. He really didn't expect that the road in the village would be so difficult. Feel better.

He had no choice but to look at Zheng Jiangting for help.

Zheng Jiangting sighed, it would not be good for people to wait here. After thinking about it for a while, he walked up to the person and warned in a low voice: "If any villagers see it later, you can accuse me It's your elder brother, don't talk nonsense."

After finishing speaking, he squatted down: "Come on."

Chu Xian was slightly stunned. He thought that Zheng Jiangting, a piece of solid wood, could help him walk a part of the road, and the sky was already shining with gold. How could he think...

"Come up quickly!"

Chu Xian raised her eyebrows and was carried back in a little confusion.

He wrapped his arms around the man's broad shoulders, and leaned his head on his back. With the wind brought by his moving steps, he could smell the refreshing scent of the man.

Zheng Jiangting carried people on his back like he was walking on the flat ground. Brother Xian was not as heavy as a bundle of firewood. He carried the wind on his feet. He might have walked in the wrong direction along the way, but he didn't meet the villagers of Yangmu Village very much until he was about to arrive. When Cai Lin was at home, he heard a shout from a distance: "Zheng Jiang stop?"

He looked up, watching Cai Lin coming out of his yard with a broom, and looked at him from time to time for confirmation.

Zheng Jiangting had no choice but to carry brother Xian to Cai Lin's yard before releasing him.

Cai Lin pulled Zheng Jiang to stop in great surprise, kept winking, and almost blurted out where you got the beautiful little brother.

According to Zheng Jiangting's explanation, Chu Xian took the initiative to say: "My name is Brother Xian, and Zheng Jiangting is my elder brother."

Zheng Jiangting frowned when he heard the words, and before he could speak, Cai Lin punched him bluntly: "It's okay to coax others. We grew up together. Although we haven't studied, the Zheng family has a few I can still count the number of people, when did the family have such a big brother. Did you get married behind the back of the Chinese New Year, okay, Zheng Jiang stop."

Zheng Jiang was speechless, and it could be said that he was shooting himself in the foot. Who knew that Chu Xian would suddenly become so self-conscious again. In short, the two of them would be mistaken for a couple when they went out. The more I listened, the more relaxed my mind was. Much flatter.

He rarely said calmly: "It's a neighbor, don't talk nonsense."

After finishing speaking, he introduced to Chu Xian: "This is Cai Lin, my childhood playmate. From now on, I will call him Brother Cai."

Chu Xian covered her mouth and let out a snigger. When she was away from home, she still listened to Zheng Jiangting's words very much, and called Brother Cai in a sensible way.

Cai Lin used to think that Geer Lin was the most handsome little brother he had ever seen, but now that he met Chu Xian, he had gained some knowledge. When he heard someone greet him, he scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.

When they arrived in the village, Zheng Jiang stopped thinking about the field, and the two sides briefly met each other, and the three of them hurried to the field.

Covered by snowflakes, one can see a large stretch of overlapping green leaves, with occasional small white flowers mixed with the snow among the leaves, which are potato seedlings that are approaching maturity.On another piece of land of potato seedlings, you can faintly see a red fruit that is bigger than a citrus. There are small fruits that are bigger than the thumb, some are red, some are yellow, and the half of the land is really beautifully decorated.

Cai Lin watched these fruits grow up day by day, from the beginning of flowering, to the later bearing of green fruits, and slowly, the fruits changed from green to delicate red, every time he came to look at this land , he felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart.

In order to prevent the villagers from seeing these fruits, he even erected haystacks beside the land to block others' sight.

It was not the first time Zheng Jiangting saw potatoes and tomatoes, but when these commonplace things appeared before his eyes again, his feelings became complicated.

In addition to being happy, Cai Lin asked the worries in his heart: "Will this snow freeze the crops to death?"

Seeing that it was snowing early this morning, he went to see the crops early, but he couldn't think of any countermeasures. He thought that Zheng Jiang would be anxious when he saw the snow, and he would definitely come to the village, so he didn't go out today. door, waiting for Zheng Jiang to stop in the village to look at the crops.

Zheng Jiang stopped to step into the ground, brushed away the snow, and picked a bunch of small tomatoes, which were actually cherry tomatoes. He shook off the snow, picked one and threw it to Cai Lin. Wipe the rest with the hem of his clothes and pass it to Chu Xian: "Try it."

Although Cai Lin kept guarding the ground, he didn't know how to eat this beautiful fruit. He was honest and honest, and never picked it off and tasted it without authorization. Today, he got approval and couldn't wait to throw it into his mouth.

Chu Xian was not so urgent. He was curious about why Zheng Jiangting had to go to the village every now and then. What the hell are people doing.

He tentatively picked a fruit and put it in his mouth. He bit it open, and it felt as if it had exploded. A sour and sweet taste spread out in his mouth. The taste was really strange.

The two said in unison: "What the hell is this?"

Zheng Jiangting put his hands behind his back and said: "The big ones are called tomatoes, and the ones you eat are called cherry tomatoes. As for the yellow ones, they are called..." The scientific name is too long, so it is called "small tomatoes."

Holding the tomato, Chu Xian was surprised and surprised: "The name is really unique. Where did these seeds come from?"

Zheng Jiangting took out his rhetoric and put it on again, which was very reasonable, and secretly sighed that it was fortunate that he was a salesman.