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There were a few light rains in the past two days. I thought it would be cool for a few days, but the hot weather immediately ushered in.

Now Taoyuan villagers try to go out early and late, finish everything in the morning, and play in a cool place when the temperature is high.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, when the temperature was high, Tao Ran went to sit in front of the tree in front of the house, waiting for the villagers to receive them when they were shopping.

In fact, there is no need to sit in front of the door. After all, the villagers who can come to buy things are all villagers in the village. Tao Ran can hear it directly by calling at the door, and there is no need to worry about someone stealing.But Tao Ran was kicked out by Tian Yuxia for being so unhelpful at home just now, and could only stay at the door pitifully.

In fact, the entrance is not bad, there are big trees for shade, and there are flowers around it.The whole village has planted a lot of flowers and plants in the village to decorate their homes. The sun is so hot that people don't want to go out, but the flowers and plants can still bear it.Several villagers also planted some sunflowers, and the flowers bloomed very well. The children in elementary school were attracted to squat and look at the sunflowers and turn their heads.

Tao Ran leaned on the bamboo reclining chair made by her grandfather. This reclining chair can adjust the width of the back. It can be used as a chair or a bed, and it is very comfortable to lie on.Thinking that no one would come to buy things, Tao Ran wanted to take a nap.

As soon as I closed my eyes and was about to take a nap, I heard the sound of an electric car coming from far to near, and it was coming in this direction.

Really came to buy things!

I got up and walked towards the gate. The watermelon stand and other things I bought were all placed under the eaves.

"Tao Ran, bring me two watermelons, pick the big one." The man wore a white vest and drove an electric scooter over. Tao Ran's watermelons are quite big and full of water, so two big watermelons are not easy to weigh. , People who come to buy usually come by bicycle.

"Okay, can these two work?" Tao Ran glanced at the freshly picked watermelons behind him today, and picked out two.

"Okay." The visitor looked at the watermelon for a few times. The shape was regular and the color was good-looking. As for whether it was ripe or not, he couldn't tell whether it was ripe or not. Even if he knocked it twice, he didn't have the ability to judge by the sound.

But Tao Shengwen knew this trick, Tao Ran asked his father for advice, but he kept knocking and listening, but couldn't hear it at all.Later, Tao Ran just gave up and left the picking of watermelons from the field to Tao Shengwen. He was afraid that Tao Shengwen would work too hard, so after picking the watermelons, he let him rest casually and come and do the shopping by himself.There are no unripe watermelons I bought these days.

The visitor was particularly assured of Tao Shengwen's ability to pick watermelons. In the past few days, the villagers have never encountered an unfamiliar watermelon, let alone a ripe watermelon.He saw that the watermelon looked good, so he nodded in satisfaction, and when he took the watermelon, he glanced behind Tao Ran and shouted, "Bring me two more seasonings for fried snails, and the one for rice field eels, take two more." share."

Taking a closer look, the sweat on the man's forehead could not hide the smile on his face.Tao Ran turned around and took out four labeled bamboo tubes from the shelf behind.

The shelf behind him was also made by Grandpa Tian. With care, there are usually pickle jars and seasonings prepared by Li Tingzhou, which can be regarded as a small stall.After Tao Ran confirmed that there was no mistake, he handed the bamboo tube to the customer.He still didn't forget to say: "I heard that Tao Nian is back, is this a Bubu that I'm going to cook?"

Thinking of the daughter who came back, the visitor showed a loving smile on his face.After his daughter was admitted to university, she chose a school far away from home.Originally, my daughter and her classmates made an appointment to go on a trip for a while and then come back. Unexpectedly, she suddenly called today and said that she would be home in the evening.

Don't rush to ask anything, get ready to prepare a sumptuous meal for my daughter, just as the wild loach caught some time ago is still being raised and not eaten.

The man took another look at Tao Ran, who was upright even if he was selling things. Thinking of his daughter who was a junior and hadn't dated yet, their family was far away from Tao Ran's relatives, so he couldn't help thinking about it.Tao Ran is such an excellent kid, even if he can't make it, he can still be a friend.Thinking of this, the man proudly praised his daughter.

"Of course, I made some more seasoning this morning, and I forgot to give it to you. I've sold a lot today, so it's time to make some more." Tao Ran was about to interrupt this uncle when he heard Li Tingzhou's voice from behind. came.

He just remembered that this uncle's voice was quite loud just now, probably Li Tingzhou, who was busy in the room, could hear more than half of it. Although he had never responded to this uncle's words, Tao Ran couldn't help feeling guilty.

Tao Ran immediately stepped forward to express that he was going to show his relationship with Li Tingzhou slowly, but now he will not hide it much.He hurriedly took the seasoning from Li Tingzhou's hands and put it on the table first, because Li Tingzhou was sweating a lot at the moment, and his cheeks were flushed from the heat.

He took out a wet towel from the table next to him and handed it to Li Tingzhou, then pulled him to sit down, and still complained: "Look at your blushing face, how hot you are, and you don't know how to rest." I couldn't hide my distress.

Li Tingzhou felt very sad when he heard that someone outside praised Tao Ran for his daughter. Even though he knew that this was someone else's action, he couldn't control himself and ran out to swear sovereignty.

Now seeing Tao Ran busy finding him something to drink, and even bringing a big cattail fan over to fan him, Li Tingzhou felt instantly relieved.Then Li Tingzhou felt sorry for Tao Ran, and handed him the iced watermelon juice that Tao Ran had stuffed, and asked Tao Ran to drink a couple of sips too.

There was nothing wrong with them, but the man who came to buy things was a little suspicious of life.Their home was far away from Tao Ran's, and they didn't have much contact with each other. Today, they suddenly saw Tao Ran and his good friend Li Tingzhou get along, why didn't they feel quite right.If I heard correctly, what Li Tingzhou yelled just now was Ranran, which was too intimate.

Not only couldn't suppress the strange feeling in his heart, but he always felt that he was too much here, so the man hurried home with the things he bought.

On the way, the more this guy thought about it, the more wrong he became. The way Tao Ran and Li Tingzhou got along was a little familiar, what did it look like?

It's a bit like when he and his mother-in-law first got married, and his mother-in-law was very kind to him at that time.But Tao Ran and Li Tingzhou are both men. This man understands but doesn't quite understand, and he doesn't dare to think too much. He is going to ask his daughter who is in college when she comes back.

"Did you get jealous just now?" Tao Ran approached Li Tingzhou suddenly, said interrogative sentences but in an affirmative tone, and looked at Li Tingzhou with bright eyes.

Li Tingzhou sat on the chair and stared at the face approaching in front of him, his sensitive ears trembled twice, making sure that no one was around, he couldn't help raising his head to make intimate contact with the person in front of him.

Just a kiss, Tao Ran has already sat on Li Tingzhou's lap.In the hot summer, it was already hot, only separated by two thin layers of fabric, Tao Ran felt the heat from under his legs and immediately got up.

"Watermelon juice, so sweet." Sitting next to him, Tao Ran picked up the glass of watermelon juice just now and sighed.After saying this, Tao Ran immediately felt that something was wrong. Li Tingzhou also drank watermelon juice just now.Thinking of this, Tao Ran didn't dare to stay in this position for too long, what would happen if he couldn't control it accidentally, it was still broad daylight, and his parents were still busy in the house.

Put the seasoning prepared by Li Tingzhou into bamboo tubes, and then put them neatly on the shelves, Tao Ran tried his best to ignore the burning sensation of being stared at behind him.

"Are you done with your work? Is there anything I can do? You are all busy, and you still worry about mixing seasonings, so I rest at the door. I feel that our family is the kind of extreme family that oppresses a wife, and I'm the young master at home who is waiting to eat." Li Tingzhou sat there motionless, after a while the two of them calmed down, Tao Ran relaxed a lot, and joked with a smile, "Quickly, is there anything I can do?"

Li Tingzhou came back a few days after the tourists left. At that time, there were still many snails in the village, and wild loaches were found in the old pond in Changlingjiao and the adjacent paddy fields.

Originally, the villagers were trying to make it by themselves, and some even searched for recipes on the Internet. The taste is really good.

After Li Tingzhou came back, after cooking a meal that made the rest of the Tao family feel that the previous meals were a waste, the Tao family withdrew the two seasonings.

These two mixed seasonings are formulated by Li Tingzhou, but each seasoning in it is grown by Tao Ran, so the quality is good.Out of trust in Li Tingzhou's cooking skills, as soon as the seasoning was on the shelves, villagers who were not very good at cooking bought it. In the end, the taste was directly asked by the family to help publicize it every day, so that once the villagers made these two ingredients, they would buy them. Come and buy.

Besides making these seasonings, Li Tingzhou is also busy with other things these days.

Tian Yuxia is going to make bean paste, and everything is ready. She also researched this sauce by herself, and put in hand-ground peanuts and sesame seeds. The final sauce is the most delicious when eaten with white rice dumplings. Tao Ran can eat three bowls of white porridge with just this sauce.

In addition to drinking plain porridge, it is also good to add a little when eating rice, but it is not very good for cooking.When Li Tingzhou came back, he saw that the quality of Tian Yuxia's stuffed bean paste was particularly good, so he got busy with Tian Yuxia and prepared to pickle two types of bean paste.

Not only the two of them, but Tao Shengwen was also eager to try it. Grandpa Tao used to make watermelon sauce. After Grandpa Tao passed away, he stopped eating watermelon sauce.Tao Shengwen had heard Grandpa Tao talk about the steps of making sauce, and this year's watermelon was also good, so he and the two made the sauce together.

Tao Ran was the only one left among the last four. He didn't know how to cook anything, he could only help them, and because he didn't understand, he was clumsy and unhelpful. Finally, Tian Yuxia kicked him out.

Regarding Tao Ran's behavior of looking for work, Li Tingzhou expressed his disapproval: "It's too hot to go out. As for the work that can be done at home, it's just watching the door here."

"Is the thing you asked grandpa to make almost ready? When the time comes, you can go get it with me, and we can pack it together." Li Tingzhou mentioned that grandpa here refers to Grandpa Tian.

The house that Li Tingzhou built for Grandpa Li in the village has already been built, and the decoration is almost complete. In the process of placing the new house, there are still some things that are not in place.

First of all, I asked Grandpa Tian to make some furniture. The furniture made by Grandpa Tian is simple and elegant, and older people like it very much. Use this crafted furniture.

Tables, chairs, benches, wardrobe bookshelves, Li Tingzhou and Tao Ran have all been considered, and the newly developed bamboo chair for Tao Ran is also comfortable, and of course one is also prepared for Grandpa Li.

The problem now is that Li Tingzhou is going to Taoran to go to Nantian Village. With Tian Yuxia playing the side drum from time to time, and with the help of Tian Erjiu, an insider who guessed the matter, Grandpa Tian gradually felt that there was something special about his grandson. .

Now there is only one layer of window paper missing. If Li Tingzhou and Tao Ran go to sit together for a while, the paper will probably be torn soon.