Ba Zong's rural life [farming]

In the village, if any family wants to hold wine, they must inform their relatives and friends more than ten days in advance after the date is set. The invitations are put in a bag containing sugar, tobacco, melon seeds, peanuts and fruits, and given to the person to be invited together.

Early this morning, Ruan Xishi was about to go out to harvest water spinach in the vegetable field, when he opened the door, he ran into the fourth son of the Zhao family.The fourth son of the Zhao family was holding a red plastic bag filled with candy, peanuts and melon seeds. When he saw Ruan Xishi coming out, he strode up and handed the bag to Ruan Xishi.

Zhao Si is two years older than Ruan Xishi. He is only in his early twenties this year, but he is already very mature. He has studied outside for two years to get a small truck driver's license, and now he does short-distance transportation in various villages.Whoever needs to transport bricks and cement to build a house, who needs to transport grain and wood, and which chicken farm and duck farm needs to transport cages, they will all find him. He is only in his twenties, and he has already raised them with his own skills. family.When people in the village met his parents, they all praised him, saying that he was capable and able to make a lot of money.

Last summer, an aunt in the village who was keen on being a matchmaker introduced a girl from her natal village to Zhao Si.Why did the family build a small two-storey building, buy a motorcycle, a small truck, and a few acres of land, etc., with a considerable annual income and no worries about food and clothing, which made the girl's family very excited. Meet up.

Zhao Si and that girl fell in love with each other the first time they met. The aunt who is the matchmaker is really conscientious. Zhao Si's conditions are here, and she doesn't match up blindly. The girl she is looking for is also virtuous and capable, and she looks pretty. Beautiful, Zhao Si and Zhao Si's parents are very satisfied, so the two of them formally dated.

At the beginning of this year, the girl's family proposed to hold a wedding. After all, they talked for more than half a year, and all aspects are very suitable, so they will not waste each other's time. They will get married and have children early, and the two families will be happy. The wedding was scheduled for the eighth day of the sixth lunar month.

It's only a few days away from the eighth day of June, so in order to prepare for the wedding, Zhao Si temporarily put aside his work and stayed at home all day to help prepare for the wedding.

The Zhao family decided to hold a big wedding because of Zhao Si's future, and invited the whole village to his house for a wedding. These days, everyone in their family was busy writing invitations and posting invitations, and even Zhao Si had to help send invitations everywhere. post.

When Ruan Xi saw Zhao Si, seeing his breezy face, he must be in good spirits on happy occasions, he took the invitation from Zhao Si and said with a smile: "Congratulations, Brother Zhao."

Zhao Si, as a prospective groom, was the first time a groom. He was thin-skinned. When he heard Ruan Xi congratulate him, a little blush appeared on his dark face. In order to hide his embarrassment, he took out a cigarette and lit it, and asked Do you want Ruan Xishi?

Ruan Xishi was not close to smoking and drinking, so he politely declined his kindness, and Zhao Si squatted on the side and smoked, and said with a smile while smoking: "Hey, we have been in love for more than a year, and there is nothing new for a long time. It's just a ceremony, and if it's done early and liberated early, it can be regarded as worthy of the parents and ancestors of the family."

That's what he said, but he couldn't hide the happiness and joy on his face. Ruan Xishi knew that he was shy, so she teased him and said, "Sister-in-law Si is such a good person in the future, it's a good idea for you to marry her home." Your blessing, in fact, you have been looking forward to it for a long time."

Zhao Si was choked by the smoke, and said haha: "I didn't look forward to it very much. Anyway, before we got married, we met every three days. Amei is a very good woman. She is not only beautiful, but also diligent and filial. It is true to meet her. It is a blessing I have cultivated."

Ruan Xishi looked at the happy smile on his face, and felt a little bit of happiness himself. He could understand Zhao Si's current mood. It was rare in life to meet someone who was in line with his wishes in every way, just like him and Lu Ze——Ruan Xishi's heart This thought came up suddenly, and after he realized what he was thinking, he immediately fell silent.

Zhao Si didn't notice Ruan Xishi's astonishment. After smoking a cigarette, he patted his buttocks and stood up, smiled and said to Ruan Xishi: "You are almost at the age of dating, and you will definitely meet a good woman by then. Come on, Shizai, when you get married, brother will help you carry the dowry."

Ruan Xishi laughed dryly: "Come on, I'm still far away from getting married. I'm poor and white, so there's no girl who would like me."

Hearing this, Zhao Si looked him up and down, left and right, and said, "Don't say it, Shi Zai, just because you look so good-looking, many girls in the village like you, and it's not like you're really worthless. Awesome, how many elders in the village like you and admire you!"

Ruan Xishi blushed at what he said, and said angrily: "Brother Zhao, stop teasing me, and hurry up and send your invitations, or Uncle Zhao will scold you later."

Seeing that he was shy, Zhao Si smiled triumphantly, waved his hand and said, "That's all right, brother will continue to send invitations, and remember to come and cheer for brother when the day comes!"

Ruan Xishi responded repeatedly: "I know, I know."

When Zhao Si was gone, Ruan Xishi took the things Zhao Si sent into the house and put them away. When Lu Ze got up and saw a bag of something that looked like food in his hand, he asked curiously: "What is this?" ? Who came just now?"

Ruan Xishi put a bag of food on the coffee table, and replied: "It was brought by Brother Zhao. He will hold a wedding in a few days and invite us to have a wedding wine."

Lu Ze remembered that Ruan Xishi had mentioned it to him when he was chopping bamboo in Zhushan. He picked up the big red invitation card and looked at it. Sure enough, there were his and Ruan Xishi's names written on it, as well as the place and date of the reception.

Unlike the wedding invitations in the city, the wedding invitations in the village are all written word by word with a brush.

Ruan Xishi heard that Lu Ze praised the words on the invitation card, so she explained to him: "These words should be written by a master. There is a master in the next village. He will do things for people on weekdays, and he will also look at Fengshui according to the day. , The required characters are also written by myself, I heard that he has been in this line of work for decades, so the characters may have been practiced in this way."

Lu Ze understood.

Seeing that Ruan Xi was about to go out, Lu Ze called to him and asked, "Xiao Ruan, where are you going?"

Ruan Xishi replied: "I'll go to the vegetable field to see how the water spinach is growing. It may have grown after a few days of rain. I'll see if I can cut some and eat it."

The past few days have been...not...not...cleaning...it's raining heavily, and because Ruan Xishi fell ill, Lu Ze wouldn't let him go out to work. He hasn't been in the field for a long time. Yes, he was thinking about the vegetables in the vegetable field, after all, those vegetables are the source of income for the family.

Seeing that the weather was fine today, Lu Ze asked him to go out, and asked him what he would like to have for breakfast. Ruan Xishi said he wanted porridge, so Lu Ze went to wash the pot and rice.

On the way to the vegetable field, Ruan Xi kept thinking about the details of getting along with Lu Ze, and he remembered the incident that suddenly occurred to him when he was talking to Fourth Brother Zhao.It is very rare to meet a person who is in line with everything in life. Ruan Xishi thinks that he is lucky to meet Lu Ze. He even doubts that if he will marry a woman one day in the future, will he still be able to get along with his future wife? so well.

Invisibly, he felt that this was an extremely difficult task, because Lu Ze was Lu Ze, and others were others. It was impossible for others to be like Lu Ze, and he could treat others like Lu Ze.

Thinking of this, Ruan Xi looked up at the rising sun at the end of the path in a daze.

In fact, if possible, it would be nice to live with Lu Ze all the time. It doesn't matter whether you get married or have a family, but Lu Ze doesn't belong here. When he recovers his memory, he will always leave.

Just thinking about it like this, Ruan Xishi felt tightness in his chest, feeling very uncomfortable and reluctance, no less than when his grandfather passed away.

The water spinach planted in the vegetable field has grown a long section after several days of rainwater irrigation, and the green leaves still have dewdrops that have not evaporated in time, looking green and dripping.

Ruan Xishi pulled out the weeds mixed in, and cut off the first crop of water spinach with a sickle.

Experience told him that the first batch of water spinach didn't grow well, so he had to cut it all, and then let it grow again, so that it could grow longer and better. Throw it to chickens and ducks to eat, and the ones that grow out later can be picked off and sold in the town.

He came home with a large bundle of water spinach, and when he passed the vegetable garden in front of his house, he realized that he hadn’t paid attention to it for a few days, and the fence was covered with loofah and beans. It may be that the rain has been too abundant in the past two days, and the loofah and beans have grown very fast. And fuller than usual.

Ruan Xishi put down the water spinach and went into the fence. He carefully avoided the pumpkin vines crawling on the ground, picked off the loofah beans hanging on the fence, and let Lu Ze transport them to the town to sell soon.After the heavy rain, the price of green vegetables will rise a little bit, Ruan Xishi must not miss this opportunity to make money.

He stepped on the ground cautiously and walked into the fence, when suddenly he encountered a round thing under his feet. He bent down and pushed away the layers of melon leaves, and saw a palm-sized green pumpkin lying on the ground. He was very pleasantly surprised and touched it gently Touched the little pumpkin and put it on a rock so it wouldn't rot in the wet dirt.

After Ruan Xishi finished picking the melons and beans, he patrolled the pumpkin field again and found a few pumpkins. He seemed to have seen the picture of a bumper harvest, and when the time came to sell the pumpkins in the town, it would be another good income.

He was suddenly full of hope for the future. He had to work harder to cultivate the land so that Lu Ze could live a better life. Then Lu Ze might choose to stay and continue to live with him.

After Lu Ze cooked the porridge, thinking that Ruan Xishi needed nutrition after recovering from a serious illness, he knocked a few eggs brought by the students two days ago into the hot pot, stirred them into the porridge, added oil and salt, and the porridge soon became It turns light yellow/color, and the egg flower floats in the porridge, which looks very delicious.

He didn't see Ruan Xishi coming back after cooking the porridge, worried that Ruan Xishi would faint in the vegetable field, so he wiped his hands and prepared to go to the vegetable field to have a look, but he didn't expect to see Ruan Xishi who had picked a bunch of vegetables just as he walked out.

Ruan Xishi was full of smiles because of the bountiful harvest. When he saw Lu Ze come out, he waved to Lu Ze excitedly and said, "Brother Lu Ze, look, our family has harvested a large amount of vegetables again, and there are a few pumpkins growing in the field. We don't have to worry about it." money!"

Seeing that he was smiling happily, Lu Ze laughed too, and when Ruan Xishi was happy enough, he greeted him and said, "Okay, come in and have breakfast, the porridge is almost cold."

Ruan Xishi was busy all morning and was already hungry, but he didn't feel it because he was too excited. He followed Lu Ze back home, washed his hands and couldn't wait to get a bowl to serve the porridge. He saw the light yellow porridge in the pot, He gasped in surprise, "What kind of porridge is this? It smells so good!"

Lu Ze came in and said, "I added eggs in it, you can eat more to nourish your body."

Ruan Xishi was so moved beyond words by Lu Ze's thoughtful actions, she could only say "Mmm!" in the end, and really ate two extra bowls.

Lu Ze transported the loofah and beans picked by Ruan Xishi to the town to sell, just like what Ruan Xishi said, because of the heavy rain for several days, the price of vegetables skyrocketed, and the demand increased, his basket of loofah and beans was sold out quickly, and the money was more expensive. Earned more last time.After selling the vegetables, he was still not in a hurry to go home, so he asked Zhu Wen for a few hundred yuan, and went to the electrical store in the town, planning to buy a rice cooker for home.

It is really inconvenient to use the stove to cook. Lu Ze feels sorry for Ruan Xishi who is sick and will be smoked by the fire. He is worried that Ruan Xishi will cook with a fire when he is sick in the future. It is better to buy a rice cooker and go home. It will be much more convenient to cook.

As for the gas stove for cooking, Lu Ze planned to find another opportunity to buy it later, otherwise Ruan Xishi would suspect him if he bought too much at once and went home.

After school in the afternoon, when Ruan Xi came home, he saw Lu Ze messing with something in the kitchen. He poked his head around and saw Lu Ze was playing with a rice cooker that he had only seen on TV. He was very surprised and asked: "Brother Lu Ze, did you buy it?" A rice cooker?"

Lu Ze didn't blush, and lied without a beat: "Well, I took a few faraway passengers today, and I made an extra sum of money, which is just enough for a rice cooker. I thought it would be too hard to cook in summer, so I bought a rice cooker. got it back."

After hearing this, Ruan Xishi didn't blame Lu Ze for wasting money, but said embarrassedly: "You use your hard-earned money to buy me a rice cooker, how can this work? How much is this cooker, I will give you the money. "

Lu Ze said, "No, it's not worth much."

Ruan Xi was in a hurry: "Why don't you use it? You should keep the money you earn and spend it yourself. This kind of subsidy for the family should be included in our daily expenses. I can't help you live a better life, but I can't let you live a better life." Give money back."

Lu Ze laughed when he heard the words, and comforted him and said, "But you didn't ask me for money for your usual daily expenses. Since we live together, the expenses have to be shared equally. You can't take care of it all by yourself. Then I will Very guilty."

Ruan Xishi's mouth was clumsy, and she didn't know how to refute Lu Ze's words. Lu Ze put the rice cooker back, turned around and patted his head and said, "You can't always let you take care of me, I want to live a better life for both of us." make an effort in life."

Ruan Xishi was so moved that he wanted to cry, he sniffled, lowered his head and whispered, "Thank you, brother Lu Ze."

At the same time, he made up his mind that he must work harder to be nice to Lu Ze.

The author has something to say:

I still remember how happy we were when my dad bought the rice cooker, and we have been free to cook since then hahh