Ba Zong's rural life [farming]

The distance between the two became closer because of Lu Ze's words "as relatives who came to seek refuge". On the way back, Ruan Xishi let go a lot and kept telling Lu Ze some interesting stories about the village. I didn't think he was noisy, but because these things were so new to him, I listened with great interest.

Ruan Xishi hasn't spoken so much for a long time. Since his grandfather passed away, he lives alone, and he has no one to talk to when he stays at home. Moreover, he seldom goes out because he is too sad, and because his grandfather has not yet passed away. , the custom in the village is that people who observe filial piety are not allowed to visit other people's homes, so he has been unable to find anyone to talk to, and for a while he began to stutter.

Now that there are more people in the family, and finally someone can talk to him, he can't stop talking. He searched all the interesting things in his memory and told Lu Ze one by one, even how many pigs the uncle's house at the entrance of the village gave birth to. A piglet, someone's cat fought with a dog again, they all happily shared it with Lu Ze.

Lu Ze kept a proper smile on his face, listening to him quietly, and when he saw him making himself laugh, he also curled the corners of his mouth in admiration.

When Ruan Xi saw that Lu Ze was willing to listen to her, she was so happy that she couldn't stop talking. The path home was full of his talking and laughing, which was as gentle as the wind returning to the southern sky, making people feel very comfortable.

At this time, it was almost time to make dinner, and some villagers appeared on the road one after another, most of them went to the vegetable garden to pick vegetables. When they saw Ruan Xishi talking and laughing with the man he rescued, they couldn't help asking a few questions.

"Shizai, where have you been?"

When Ruan Xi met someone she knew well, she stopped talking to Lu Ze and greeted the neighbors in the neighborhood.

"Grandma, are you going to the vegetable garden? We just came back from shopping at the supply and marketing cooperative."

The old woman called Granny looked at the two of them and saw that they were holding buckets and pans in their hands, so she knew it. She looked at Ruan Xi and asked, "You bought so many things?"

Ruan Xishi nodded, and introduced to the old woman: "This is the man who was rescued yesterday. His name is Lu Ze. He is staying at my house for the time being. Grandma will take care of him in the future. Brother Lu Ze, this is the most powerful person in our village." Prestige grandma, she knows a lot of things, you can come to her if you don't understand anything in the future."

Only then did the old woman look at Lu Ze openly, seeing the gentle appearance of this young man, he didn't look like a hooligan, she was relieved a lot, and said to Ruan Xishi with a smile: "Okay, if you need anything, I'll just ask Grandma. Well, everyone is from the village, so you don't have to be polite."

Lu Ze nodded to her respectfully: "Then thank you, grandma."

Later they met a few folks who saw Ruan Xishi walking with the man he had rescued, and then contacted Aunt Li for the news that Aunt Li had revealed to them this morning. Everyone knew that Ruan Xishi really wanted to take in this man.This will see the two of them talking and laughing together, getting along very well, and this man doesn't look like a bad guy, so he doesn't have so much vigilance and hostility towards him, and when they meet, ask Ruan Xishi about him What is your name.

Lu Ze did as the Romans did, seeing that everyone had no pretensions, and he didn't take it personally. When someone asked his name, he would report his name openly. Ruan Xishi introduced others to him, and he followed Ruan Xishi's mouthful of uncles. Aunts and uncles shouted.

The people in the village saw that he spoke well and behaved elegantly, so they let go of their prejudice against him for a while, thinking that this man must be a cultural person, just like Teacher Ruan back then.

Thinking of Teacher Ruan, the villagers were full of respect, and even treated Lu Ze with a bit of politeness.

After bidding farewell to the villagers, the two continued to walk home. Ruan Xishi was overjoyed to see that the villagers accommodated Lu Ze so quickly.

"Brother Lu Ze, you can stay in our village to recuperate at ease during this time. Everyone is easy to get along with, so you don't have to feel restrained."

Lu Ze smiled and nodded: "Okay, then I will trouble you for a while."

Ruan Xishi took out the key to open the door, and responded briskly: "You don't need to be so polite, just treat us as a family."

Back in the house, Ruan Xishi put the things she bought in the hall, and said to Lu Ze: "Brother Lu Ze, I'm going to make dinner. Let's see how you want to put these daily necessities."

Lu Ze responded: "Okay, you can go and do your work first, and when I'm done packing, go to the kitchen to help you."

Ruan Xishi responded, and went to the kitchen to wash pots and rice for cooking.

Lu Ze looked around in the living room, put the drinking cup and the kettle together, the toothbrush cup and Ruan Xishi's cup on the window frame, and he took the towel, basin and bucket to the bathroom and put them away.Originally, there was only one Ruan Xishi's bucket in the bathroom, which looked lonely, but now there is an extra bucket next to it, like having an extra companion, and finally he is not lonely anymore.

He looked at Ruan Xishi's house suddenly having something that belonged to him, and he felt satisfied unconsciously. Although he didn't realize why he felt satisfied, he was undoubtedly in a good mood.

Seeing that there was nothing else to do, Lu Ze went into the kitchen. The fire was burning in the kitchen, the cooking pot made a gurgling sound, and the smell of green smoke and rice mingled together. Lu Ze instantly understood what fireworks in the world are. .

He looked at Ruan Xishi through the thin smoke, Ruan Xishi was holding a broken basin in his hand and was stirring something constantly.

Lu Ze walked over and asked aloud, "Is there anything I can do for you?"

Ruan Xishi glanced at him, seemed to feel that nothing was suitable for him to do, so she shook her head and said, "I don't need any help at the moment, you can go back and sit in the room first, you should be tired after walking for a day."

Lu Ze responded, "It's not that I'm very tired, but I'm a little excited. I want to find something to do to divert my energy."

Ruan Xishi mixed the leftovers from feeding the chickens, and said to Lu Ze, "Then accompany me to find eggs."

Finding eggs was a new thing for Lu Ze, so he happily followed Ruan Xishi to the chicken coop.

The firewood house was divided into two, one side was for firewood, and the other side was freed to shelter the chickens raised at home. Ruan Xishi opened the door of the chicken coop, and turned back to tell Lu Ze to walk carefully. Although Lu Ze had never raised chickens, he I also know to close the door to prevent the chickens from running out.

Ruan Xishi's family raised six hens and one big rooster. Seeing him coming in with a rice bowl, one or two rushed over, losing a few feathers on the way and floating on Lu Ze's body.

Lu Ze shook his feathers dumbfoundedly, and waited for Ruan Xishi to pour the chicken food into the trough before following him into the woodshed to look for eggs.

The place where the firewood house is used as a chicken coop is covered with a layer of corn husks and straw, and there are obvious traces of chickens lying on it. Ruan Xishi walked lightly on it, and said to Lu Ze: "Generally, hens will be fixed in a Where it lays eggs, remember where it lays eggs, and it will be very easy to find it the second time.”

While talking, he bent down and peeled away a few pieces of corn husks, revealing a round egg. Ruan Xishi put it into the chicken food bowl and asked Lu Ze to look for it too.

Following Ruan Xishi's example, Lu Ze rummaged through the corners and asked him to find some eggs.

He passed the egg to Ruan Xishi with a sense of accomplishment, and Ruan Xishi praised him after taking it.

Lu Ze raised his eyebrows involuntarily. He grew up so big. Except for the elders in his family, no one praised him like this. What's more, the person who praised him now was a kid who was ten years younger than him. It's a strange feeling, but definitely not uncomfortable.

With the help of Lu Ze, the dinner was ready quickly. The meat dish was leftover chicken and pork at noon today. Ruan Xishi was afraid that Lu Ze would get tired of eating, so he peeled another potato and fried potato shreds for him. Served with spinach soup, it was another dish. An easy and delicious meal.

Before eating, Ruan Xishi moved the fire in the stove to the stove for boiling water, added a few more sticks of firewood, and then explained to Lu Ze: "Now put the water on fire, and you can go take a bath after eating. "

Lu Ze didn't expect to be able to make such a reasonable arrangement. He nodded clearly after hearing Ruan Xishi's words, and kept it in his heart.Since he decided to stay at Ruan Xishi's house for a while, shouldn't he wait for Ruan Xishi to serve him every day like a young master during this period? He must master the skills of living in the village as soon as possible, and then help Ruan Xishi share some Housework, in return for his boarding.

After dinner, Lu Ze rushed to clean up the dishes, Ruan Xishi stopped him and asked him to take a shower first.

But Lu Ze said to Ruan Xishi, "Go and wash first, I'm more used to taking a shower later, so I just let me wash my toys."

Ruan Xishi sized him up after hearing the words, but no matter how he looked at it, he didn't think he was a person who knew how to do housework.

Seeing his questioning, Lu Ze raised his eyebrows unconvinced, as if he couldn't wait to prove it to Ruan Xishi, and blurted out: "Don't underestimate me, I did it myself when I lived by myself."

Ruan Xishi was pouring water into the sink, and he didn't hear Lu Ze's words clearly for a while, so he looked at Lu Ze suspiciously, "Huh?" for a moment.

Only then did Lu Ze realize that he had slipped his tongue. He closed his mouth and pretended to be stupid, and then laughed and said, "I think I can wash dishes."

Ruan Xishi smiled: "You don't remember anything, you just remember this."

Lu Ze heard the teasing in his tone, touched his nose and said guiltyly: "Since you don't want my help, then I'll go take a bath first."

Ruan Xishi usually washes the dishes and said to him: "You take your bucket to the stove, scoop in the hot water with a ladle, be careful not to burn your hands, then go to the pressurized well and mix some cold water, and take a shower in the bathroom. .”

Lu Ze did as he said, and Ruan Xishi washed the dishes, fearing that he would not get used to his bathroom, so she followed him and told him how to take a bath in it.

Ruan Xishi just remembered that Lu Ze didn't have any clothes to change, and was even wearing other people's clothes. He touched his nose in embarrassment, and said to Lu Ze: "Just make up for it tonight, we'll go tomorrow The town will buy you some clothes."

Lu Ze didn't think he was wronged. Anyway, he was experiencing life in the countryside. If he was as particular about it as he was in the city, it would be meaningless.

After Lu Ze took a shower, he came out of the foggy bathroom. Ruan Xishi had been worried about him before, so he just stood guard at the door of the bathroom. Seeing him coming out, he felt relieved.Lu Ze rubbed his hair and said to him, "I'm done washing, so hurry up and wash too."

Ruan Xishi smelled the scent of milk shower gel on Lu Ze's body, and thought it was a little unsuitable. He noticed it when he was taking care of Lu Ze. There was a faint scent of perfume on Lu Ze's body, but now it was overwhelmed by the scent of inferior shower gel. up.

Both he and his grandfather are frugal people, and they pay attention to cost-effectiveness when buying things. They often buy the most things at the lowest price, and the shower gel is also the same. A large bottle costs more than ten yuan and can be used for more than half a year.

Ruan Xishi was a little embarrassed, she lowered her head to avoid Lu Ze's body, went into the bathroom to get his bucket, filled the water and took a bath, the temperature left by Lu Ze hadn't dissipated, and when he undressed inside, it was not like before. So cold.

He took a shower and took the changed clothes to the patio to wash. When Lu Ze heard the movement coming out of the house, he said to Lu Ze: "Brother Lu Ze, if you feel bored, you can turn on the TV and watch."

Lu Ze went in to tinker with the color TV that had been abandoned by the modern society for many years. He groped for a while before finding the switch of the TV. He changed the TV with the remote control, and found that the channels he could receive were only Just a few local and national stations.

He simply changed the show to a station where the host was talking about a suspenseful case, and Lu Ze didn't pay much attention to it. He was thinking about how to avoid Ruan Xishi and find a place when he went to town with Ruan Xishi tomorrow. Call his family and explain.

Ruan Xishi finished drying his clothes and came in. When he saw that his grandfather's favorite TV program was being broadcast on TV, and heard the host's familiar voice, Ruan Xishi almost thought that his grandfather was still alive, and a layer of steam filled his eyes.

But he quickly took back his tears, he couldn't let outsiders see his weakness, he wanted to live strong.

Lu Ze was so engrossed in thinking about things that he didn't notice his reaction. When he saw him approaching, he gave him the remote control and asked him to watch the show he wanted to watch.

Ruan Xishi hadn't cut the TV for a long time, and just now he was hurt by the scene, which would be even more careless, he shook his head and said to Lu Ze apologetically, "I'm a little tired, I want to sleep first, Brother Lu Ze, watch it yourself, sleepy Then go into the house and sleep."

Lu Ze didn't want to watch TV at first, so after hearing this, he said, "Then I'll go to bed early, and I have to get up early to go to town tomorrow."

Ruan Xishi nodded and went back to the bedroom to spread the quilt.

He just remembered that there was a missing bed at home, and suddenly said to himself: "Tomorrow, I'm going to Uncle Mu's house and ask him to make a bed for us."

Lu Ze felt that it was not convenient for two people to squeeze together, so he nodded in agreement.

After turning off the lights, the two lay quietly on the bed, each thinking about their own thoughts, and only fell asleep when the night was very late.

Thinking at night and dreaming at night, Ruan Xishi saw his grandpa in his dream, and was so excited that he kept calling grandpa, waking up Lu Ze who was sleeping next to him.

Lu Ze turned over to look at him. Seeing that he was not sleeping soundly, he reached out and patted his back. When Ruan Xishi calmed down, he was too sleepy to move, and fell asleep in this position.