Chapter 10
“Ask” Wen Yiming waved at Xu Qian, “I went to your house to look for you, and grandma said you were here herding sheep So I looked for you”
Lu Yuanzheng turned back
Xu Wen had just been wearing a set of light purple floral cotton short-sleeved top and pants, and now she had changed into a floral knee-length dress
Both sets of clothes didn’t fit well and were a bit too fat on her It should be the old clothes replaced by whoever in the family However, it didn’t affect her beauty at all
Xu Wen’s long hair, which she hadn’t had time to comb, was a bit messy and dripping with water
There was only one word left in his mind: lotus flower
He withdrew his gaze and moved a step sideways to make way
He had just stopped Wen Yiming because it was inconvenient for Xu Man, but now that Xu Man had finished her bath, he had no reason to stop anyone
“You guys chat” Lu Yuanzheng raised his hand and beckoned towards Dongsheng, “Go, let’s go home”
Dongsheng hugged one of Xu Man’s legs as soon as he heard this, his head shaking into a rattle, “Don’t! I want to be with Ma Ma”
In the past, Xu Man was a big girl who hadn’t gotten married yet, and she would definitely be a bit resistant to the idea of being a cheap mom Especially being called mom by Dongsheng when there were many people, it was so embarrassing that she couldn’t throw him out However, after listening to Lu Yuanzheng tell the story of his parents, Xu Wen felt nothing but heartache and pity for Dongsheng
She raised her hand and rubbed it on Dongsheng’s head, ”Then wait for me for a while, okay? I’ll have a few words with that brother who wears glasses”
Dongsheng looked at Wen Yiming and then Xu Man, and loosely let go of his hand, “Ma Ma, then don’t let him fool you”
Xu Man smiled and promised, “Good”
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
Dongsheng left him behind can’t he still leave on his own?
Resignedly, he walked to the side to herd the sheep and be a reluctant light bulb
“Why are you here?” Xu Wen was surprised, the first meeting was not considered pleasant She hadn’t thought that Wen Yiming would still be looking for her
Especially since the recent rumors about her in the commune had also slightly affected Wen Yiming, she thought that her relationship with Wen Yiming had stopped on the day of the blind date
Wen Yiming patted the handlebars of his bicycle and invited Xu to ask, “Will you go back to school together this afternoon? I’ll give you a ride”
The commune was a bit far from the county town Xu’s family didn’t have bicycles, and usually Xu Man took the bus to get to the evening study hall
Xu Man was a bit hesitant, following Wen Yiming could save a few cents on the bus ticket, but he would owe a favor
After agonizing for a while Xu Man still shook her head, “I’d rather take the bus!”
She was now the toast of the commune, and if she had to go to the county town on Wen Yiming’s bicycle, then the young and old in the commune would have a new topic of conversation tomorrow
Saying that it’s all well and good for two men to compete for her, a woman, and getting it wrong would say that she has her foot in two boats
Although she really does not care what others say about her, but she still has a family
In addition, the Wei Zhuang side is also partial feudalism, not only she will be poked and prodded will also involve Wen Yiming’s reputation
Wen Yiming’s eyes gestured in the direction of Lu Yuanzheng’s father and son, “Because of them?”
Xu Wen shook his head and said frankly, “Getting close to me won’t do you any good”
“I wouldn’t have come over to find you today if I was afraid of people gossiping Besides, on my way here, I’ve seen everything I need to see, and gossiping isn’t so bad as going to school together” Wen Yiming smiled gently, “If you are afraid of owing me a favor, how about helping me with my homework? I don’t learn too well”
Xu Man was a bit confused about how much of Wen Yiming’s words were true and how much was false, and also a bit confused about his true intentions Change the general man, twice saw her with a pair of father and son unclear early dumping hand away from the best old death But Wen Yiming did not say a word
Knowing that she is in the wind and waves still risk gossip to find her, seemingly gentle and polite but did not leave room for her to refuse, but also did not make it clear that he wanted to be with her
If there is this idea, as early as in the matchmaking finished a few days to let the matchmaker to pass the word, but these days did not
Lu Yuanzheng wanted to marry her, but at least he said it was because of his sense of responsibility Then what did Wen Yiming come to her for? Just to tutor her homework?
Xu Wen blinked and smiled gratefully, “See you this afternoon then” Since Wen Yiming didn’t want to talk about it, it would be better if she came to make it clear
Wen Yiming pushed up his glasses and nodded, glancing in the direction of Lu Yuanzheng’s father and son, not holding back from speaking, “Still happen to meet today?”
Xu Wen frowned, not quite liking his questioning tone Out of politeness, he still answered, “No Comrade Lu felt that he was the one who dragged me down, and specially came to find me to apologize”
Seeing that Xu Man didn’t really want to talk about this topic, Wen Yiming nodded, “Then I’ll go back first and pick you up in the afternoon”
Xu Wen sent Wen Yiming away and walked back to Lu Yuanzheng’s father and son
Lu Yuanzheng spoke first, “It seems like we’ve caused you trouble again?”
Xu Man shook his head
“What I said has always stood, so think about it Don’t worry, if you have a better choice then you have my blessing” Lu Yuanzheng patted Dongsheng’s head, “Mission accomplished, we should go home!”
Dongsheng shook his head and ran to hide behind Xu Wen, only revealing a head to discuss with Lu Yuanzheng, “I want to herd sheep with Ma Ma”
Lu Yuanzheng heated, raised his hand to give him a chestnut: “Little brat I think you want to rebel!”
Dongsheng’s neck shrank behind Xu asked, his mouth shouting, “Ma Ma save me!”
“You can’t always be so violent with little kids” Xu Wen put her hand behind her back and patted Dongsheng soothingly, discussing with Lu Yuanzheng, “Why don’t you let Dongsheng play here for a while? Just as a companion to me If you have something to do, I can send him home later”
Lu Yuanzheng didn’t have much to do, he was on vacation at home, besides occasionally helping his uncles, he was bringing Dongsheng to familiarize himself with the environment of the commune, where to play is still playing, shaking his head, “Sorry, I’ve caused you trouble again”
Dongsheng heard can stay, cheered a head into the pile of sheep
At the beginning of the year, the production team sold all the old goats and lambs, leaving only ten young goats and sheep each
This half year down a few ewes have given birth to a few lambs, plus the three born the day before yesterday has more than thirty sheep, in the green grass is quite conspicuous
Dongsheng ran after the sheep for a while and kept asking why
“Why does this sheep have horns and that one doesn’t?”
“Why does this sheep have a beard?”
“Why is this sheep’s wool curly?”
At first, Lu Yuanzheng was able to patiently popularize the questions to him one by one, but later on, the more he answered, the more perfunctory he became
Xu Wen shook his head and went to Dongsheng to explain the difference between sheep and goats, and the difference between rams and ewes
He also took Dongsheng to catch grasshoppers and see lizards
There is no shortage of these in the wild
Dongsheng grew up on the beach and is familiar with fish and shrimp, but he has never seen these wild critters in the fields of the north and is very happy
There are several varieties of grasshoppers
One of the grasshoppers with wings is particularly large, gray or green, in Wei Zhuang called Lao Shao
Pronunciation is this pronunciation, the specific word Xu asked not clear, just a dialect name
Xu Wen grabbed a green Lao Shao and handed it to Dongsheng
Dongsheng swallowed his saliva and couldn’t help but take a step back
“It doesn’t bite” Xu Man still held out his hand, his eyes encouraging, “As long as you grab its legs, it will keep kowtowing! Is it good?”
Dongsheng came closer to take a look, Lao Shao’s two little legs were pinched by Xu Man’s fingertips, and Lao Shao’s head kept lifting up and lowering down, which indeed looked like he was kowtowing His eyes immediately brightened, “Really!”
“You try?” Xu Wen encouraged him, “Look, I’m a girl who isn’t afraid, are you a little man who doesn’t have as much courage as I do?”
No matter how old a man is, he can’t listen to this kind of excitement Dongsheng instantly small chest, expression magnificent from Xu Man’s hands to take the old Shao, nervous to gulp
In a few seconds, the fear disappeared and only excitement remained, happily holding Lao Shao to show off to Lu Yuanzheng: “Dad, look, it can kowtow”
The corners of Lu Yuanzheng’s mouth twitched, nodding perfunctorily, “Impressive!”
His gaze toward Xu Man became more meaningful
Winter Sangren’s little control of her hand strength was not good, and she accidentally pinched the grasshopper’s leg off, which was particularly sad
“It’s okay, just catch another one There’s a lot here” Xu Man pointed to the grass
Not long after, Dongsheng called out to Xu Man, “Ma Ma, look at this old Shao, it’s so fierce!”
Xu Man followed over and shook his head, “This is not Lao Shao This is a grasshopper It bites people, so don’t scratch it”
“Is it the cicada that can bark? I want it”
Xu Man didn’t dare to catch this one either
Or Lu Yuanzheng couldn’t stand it that this big and small two people reached out and screamed without even touching the grasshopper, the grasshopper was so scared that it jumped and flew, and it happened to crash in front of him, so he reached out and grabbed it, cupping the wings and showing it to them
“Dad, you’re awesome!”
“Right”
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
Xu Man and Dongsheng’s adoring eyes made him inexplicably a little proud, as if he was carrying the head of an enemy army in his hands
Xu Man folded a few long grasses and made a small portable cage for Dongsheng, putting the grasshopper in it for him to carry
Lu Yuanzheng grabbed another grasshopper and put it into the small cage together
After playing around for a while, Lu Yuanzheng saw Xu Wen yawning and greeted Dongsheng, “It’s getting late, we should go back”
Dongsheng has not played enough and refused to go
Lu Yuanzheng bent down and whispered something in his ear, Dongsheng tilted his head and looked at Xu Man, reluctantly nodded: “Okay! Bye bye Ma Ma! You go home and get a good night’s sleep, I’ll come back for you tomorrow”
Xu Man shook his head and squatted down to be level with Dongsheng, “I won’t be coming to herd the sheep tomorrow I’m going to school in the county town tomorrow, and I might not even come in the future”
Dongsheng’s little face was filled with loss, and he looked like he was about to cry out, “Then I won’t be able to see you in the future? Then will I have no mama again?”
Said crying up, flung into Xu Wen’s arms, embracing her neck: “Oooh, in the compound children all have Ma Ma on me not I hiccup it was hard for me to find you, and you don’t want me! Oooo I’ll be good and go home and not pester you, don’t you don’t want me, okay? I will be obedient”
Lu Yuanzheng originally stood lazily on the side of the advantage of height to give this large a small shade, heard Dongsheng so crying, looked at Xu asked a glance, pursed his lips, the words to the edge of the mouth a slight hesitation and swallowed back
This kind of dongsheng let a person especially heartbreaking
Xu Wen patted Dongsheng’s back and promised, “I don’t want you I’m just going to school, and I’ll be back at the end of the week When I come back, I’ll take you to the river to catch fish, okay?”
Dongsheng straightened up and looked at Xu Man’s eyes, half believing, “Really?”
Dad just lied to him a lot, every time he sent him to his aunt’s house next door he said he would come to pick him up soon, but he always kept his word
The other uncles were also like this
Xu Wen nodded with a smile and stretched out his tail finger, “Then let’s pull the hook, okay?”
Dongsheng’s dirty little hand rubbed twice on his own clothes before reaching out and pulling the hook with Xu Man, his mouth still chanting, “Pull the hook and hang yourself for a hundred years and don’t change!”
When they parted, Lu Yuanzheng opened his mouth, closed it again, and only said, “Goodbye”
Xu Wen called out to him: “Lu Yuanzheng, is there something you want to tell me?”
He had a tangled look on his face just now
He didn’t seem like such a slowpoke, so it must be something that she wouldn’t be able to accept
Could it be that he wanted to withdraw his proposal?