The little man on the apex

Although Yuan Xi didn't know why Yan Heyi behaved like this, he could vaguely guess that it might have something to do with his missing class in the afternoon.

He rubbed his face, adjusted a properly flattering smile, walked to Yan Heyi's side, tilted his head and said, "Brother, do you want to help?"

Yan Heyi glanced at him, shook her head, the ax in her hand still had no intention of stopping.

Yuan Xi arched his nose guiltily, and said in a low voice, "I shouldn't be absent from class today, I know I'm wrong, please punish me, Mr. Yan."

The ax in Yan Heyi's hand stopped in mid-air for a moment, and then slashed down through the air, only to hear a "click", and the wood broke in response.

He rolled up his sleeves and said coldly: "No need, you are not my student at all, so you don't need to abide by the rules of the private school."

Yuan Xi was in a bad mood, looked down at his toes and thought for a moment, then explained: "Zi Yu came to me because he wanted me to meet his ideal person."

Upon hearing this, Yan Heyi stopped what she was doing and listened silently.

"Recently, that Feng Wanlong has been running to his house all the time, helping pick tea and delivering chickens. He is very attentive. I met him today, and I think he is really good. He is tall and strong, and he works very hard. Yes. Ziyu is also very good, a person who can..."

Yuan Xi praised Feng Wanlong several times incessantly. Yan Heyi listened, his lips moved slightly. After a while, he turned his head abruptly, stared at Yuan Xi and said, "You like tall and strong?"

Yuan Xi was confused by his question, shrank his neck unconsciously, and stammered: "Wh...what are you tall and strong, brother, what are you talking about, this is what Ziyu likes, no ......None of my business."

Yan Heyi leaned forward, looked straight into Yuan Xi's eyes and said, "Then what do you like?"

Yuan Xi's mind was blanked by this thoughtless question, and he moved his eyes slightly, only then did he survive Yan Heyi's eyes that seemed to be burning with fire.

He suddenly felt his mouth was extremely dry, swallowed unconsciously, and said in a low voice, "I...I don't like what, I'm still a child..."

After finishing speaking, he took half a step back and lowered his head, not daring to look at Yan Heyi again.

It was only then that Yan Heyi realized that she was stunned for a moment and asked such an abrupt question. She immediately regretted it, turned around, straightened her clothes, and silently recited a few lines from the "Qingxin Sutra".

In this way, it seems that Yan Heyi has not read the "Qingxin Sutra" for several days.

Yan Heyi thought, she was so careless, she was captured by the desire in her heart without knowing it.

For a while, neither of them spoke anymore, and the air in the yard seemed to be stagnant.

Yan Heyi decided to do something to save the situation.So, he picked up the ax again, raised it high, and split a piece of wood neatly.

Yuan Xi was so frightened that he shivered, and the egg in his arms almost fell to the ground.

At this time, Aunt Gu came out of the house next door, stood in her yard with an empty basket in her arms, and shouted to them: "Mr. Yan, Brother Yuan, what are you all doing?"

Yan Heyi seemed to have seen the savior, and finally let out the breath hanging in her chest, and said loudly: "Yuanxi is going to hatch chickens, I'll make him a chicken coop."

He seemed to be willing to tell his kindness to Yuan Xi only in front of outsiders.

After hearing this, Yuan Xi turned his eyes to Yan Heyi, and said shyly, "Mr. Yan is not angry with me?"

Yan Heyi was amused by his appearance and continued to do the work in hand.

Seeing that he had calmed down, Yuanxi immediately felt relieved, hugged his eggs, moved to the fence of the yard, and said to Aunt Gu, "I'll show you my little baby, Ziyu said, 21 days And the chicks will hatch."

Aunt Gu also came over, looked at the eggs with dignity, and said with a smile: "Then you can't hold them for 21 days like this, it's a pity that my hen hasn't brooded yet, otherwise I can help you hatch."

Yuan Xi tilted his head, "What does hugging mean?"

Aunt Gu said: "After the hen hugs the nest, it will temporarily stop laying eggs and squat obediently in the nest to hatch the chicks."

Yuan Xi thought for a while, then narrowed his eyes and said, "Then am I a brooding chicken now?"

Yan Heyi behind him sneered and shook his head slightly.

Aunt Gu went to her house and took out a clay basin, spread soft grass in it, and carefully took the eggs in Yuan Xi's hand, put them in the clay basin, and handed it to Yuan Xi, saying: Put this earthen pot next to the stove, and then cover it with a thick quilt, and the chicks can hatch, which is better than you holding it every day."

After hearing this, Yuan Xi joyfully followed Aunt Gu's instructions, settled his babies, and then ran out briskly to thank Aunt Gu.

Aunt Gu chatted with Yuan Xi for a few words, and then took him to the field behind the house to dig shepherd's purse.

Yan Heyi gently wiped off the sweat from her forehead, and thought to herself: This little ancestor is pretty easy going, after just a few days here, he became the boss and made friends, and got along so well with Aunt Gu.

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Behind Aunt Gu's house was a small hillside. After a rain, shepherd's purses broke through the ground and covered the hillside.

When digging shepherd's purse, dig out the root together, and the root is the sweetest part.

As the saying goes: "March [-]rd, shepherd's purse is a panacea." At this time, shepherd's purse is fat and plump, which is like a panacea. It is also a rare delicacy when eaten with mashed garlic.

Aunt Gu bent down, and when she found the shepherd's purse, she didn't need to look carefully, she could dig out a whole one with a light shovel in her hand.Yuan Xi squatted on the ground, digging carefully with a small shovel, his head almost dropped to the ground.

Looking at the thin figure squatting on the ground, Aunt Gu felt a little sore in her heart.For so many years, she has been living alone, and her life is very deserted. The new Yuanxi is cute and naughty, so she can't help but feel affection for Yuanxi, and treat Yuanxi as her own child.

The shepherd's purse on the hillside was big and dense, Aunt Gu quickly dug a basket full, and helped Yuanxi fill his basket, and then the two sat side by side on the slope to enjoy the evening breeze.

After a long while, Aunt Gu said: "That year, I met a peddler from afar. He fell on the mountain and broke his leg. My father met him and took him home to recuperate."

"His surname is Yu, he came from the north, and brought some strange gadgets to the south to sell, such as a rabbit master, a carved bronze mirror, a wooden hairpin, and a beautiful multicolored rope. Give me all those things to play with."

"He lived in my house for more than half a month, and his leg injury didn't heal. Slowly, I always ran to his house. He said that he liked me, wanted to marry me, and wanted to take me back to the north."

"We made an agreement that when he goes home and tells his parents, he will invite a matchmaker to come to the door. He said that he must follow the most thorough etiquette and marry me in."

"On the day he left, he stuck a wooden hairpin into my head, telling me to wait for him to come back."

"I just waited and waited, and I didn't see him come back after waiting for two years. My parents wanted to say goodbye to me, and they appointed a rich member of the family to fill in the house for them. I was determined not to nod. Later, my parents So I asked my elder brother to tie me up with hemp rope and force me into the sedan chair."

"When the person carrying the sedan chair wasn't paying attention, I jumped out of the sedan chair and walked aimlessly for a long time until I arrived at Ping'an Town."

"Since then, I have lived alone. After so many years, I have gotten used to it. The wooden hairpin given to me by the surname Yu has long since been damp and broken..."

Aunt Gu spoke softly with no expression on her face, as if she was telling someone else's story.

Yuan Xi rested his cheeks without saying a word, and listened quietly, his eyes gradually filled with sparkling tears.

The evening wind blew the silk ribbon in Yuanxi's hair, and also blew away his tears, Aunt Gu came back to her senses, and said a little embarrassedly: "Thank you for your hard work, listening to my old woman talking about such boring old things for a long time. "

Yuan Xi shook his head, patted Aunt Gu's back lightly, and said softly: "I like the story you told, I can come to you often in the future and listen to you."

Aunt Gu smiled and said, "Okay, then every time you come over, I will make delicious food for you."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Xi lowered his head and touched his own belly.

Aunt Gu said again: "Where are you from, everyone in your family..."

Before she finished speaking, Aunt Gu realized that she had said something wrong, so she hurriedly stopped it.

Yuan Xi's shoulders moved slightly, and he said in a low voice: "I'm from the north, and I already... have no family."

Aunt Gu rubbed Yuanxi's head, and said softly: "From now on, we will treat this Ping'an Village as our own home, and we are all your family. Besides, I can tell that Mr. Yan treats you sincerely. "

Yuan Xi pursed his lips and said, "I know, it's just that I always make him angry."

Aunt Gu smiled and said: "Silly boy, this shows that he is close to you. Since you came, Mr. Yan seems to be a different person."

She took Yuan Xi's hand and continued: "Mr. Yan has always been kind to everyone and helped everyone a lot on weekdays, but he is too polite and polite, like a dummy."

"Since you came, Mr. Yan has more smiles on his face, and he will get angry with others. His yard is also more humane. Even I feel that it is more lively."

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In the morning of the second day, Yan Heyi, who could laugh and get angry, took out the shepherd's purse dug by Yuanxi, and went to the kitchen to make today's breakfast—shepherd's purse soup.

Wash the shepherd's purse first, then put it in a pot and blanch it, remove it and cut it into small pieces, then dice the shiitake mushrooms.Put oil in the pot, add shiitake mushrooms and shepherd's purse in turn, stir-fry, and then add two large bowls of water.

After boiling, add salt and chicken juice, and then pour in water starch.After the soup thickens, pour in the egg liquid, and it can be out of the pot.

Shepherd's purse is fragrant, shiitake mushrooms are fresh, and goose yolk frangipane is dotted among them. The soup is smooth in the mouth, mellow and delicious, and you can taste the taste of spring after taking a sip.

Last night, Yuan Xi kept thinking about Aunt Gu's story. At the dinner table this morning, he drank three bowls of shepherd's purse soup before wiping his lips. As if mustering up a lot of courage, he stared into Yan Heyi's eyes and said a word. He said authentically: "Brother, everything I say in the future will count, and I won't leave you and run away."

Yan Heyi didn't understand for a while after hearing the endless words, and asked in a daze: "What escape? Are you having nightmares again?"

Although Yuan Xi never said it, Yan Heyi knew that Yuan Xi would often be awakened by nightmares at night.

Yan Heyi, who was in a light sleep, heard all the ravings that Yuan Xi spoke hoarsely in his dream.

Yuan Xi blinked, and continued with a serious face: "I want to be with my brother all the time."

The spoon in Yan Heyi's hand shook lightly, he pondered for a while, and said in a low voice, "Okay."