Agriculture Idol

Chapter 2 Have you ever seen leeks at five o'clock in the morning ([-])
Chapter 2, Brother Xiaoyong.

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Bored, Li Chengxin carried the empty bamboo basket, climbed over a few big rocks by the sea, and walked back home slowly, only to see his third uncle coming out of his room.

Everyone in their small village is related to each other, and visiting is very casual.For the time being, the third uncle is Li Chengxin's closest relative, so the third uncle has been keeping the spare key of his house, but obviously he has never used it, otherwise there would be such a big hole in the roof of Li Chengxin's old house. .

When the third uncle saw him coming back, he hurried up a few steps and said, "Xin baby, you have such a big hole in the roof. It's also because my house is low and I didn't notice it at all. Why don't you call someone to fix it sooner?" You fixed it."

Li Chengxin waved his hands and didn't care much: "Third Uncle, let's just leave the roof as it is. I'll go up later and spread a rainproof cloth. Anyway, I'm the only one in this house now, as long as the room and kitchen are fine."

The third uncle didn't agree, and said in a very serious tone: "The roof can't be left, and the rainy season will come next, what's the use of the waterproof cloth, it will blow away for you in two days."

"Okay, third uncle, let's put it on the roof first. Don't worry for a few days. I haven't eaten since last night, so I'll go to your place to have breakfast first." Li Chengxin held the third uncle's shoulder and put it on the Pushing him towards his own home, "Let's go eat! If anything happens, you should let me eat first!"

The small table in the third uncle's yard was filled with large and small dishes. The third uncle treated Li Chengxin as his own child. He didn't know how much Li Chengxin ate for breakfast, so he made such a big table and was afraid that Li Chengxin wouldn't be able to eat enough.

Li Chengxin saw a big bowl of steaming sauerkraut noodles in the middle of the dining table at a glance. The noodles were hand-rolled by the third uncle, and they tasted particularly chewy. It can also be said to be one of the foods he misses the most.In addition, there is a large vat of porridge, with salted duck eggs, fermented bean curd, pickled radish, fried bamboo shoots, and fried three delicacies.

What's more surprising is that Hongming Village is a small fishing village. The villagers usually go to the sea to find something and eat from the sea, but the only seafood on the table is a pickled squid.

Li Chengxin originally planned to ask Uncle San this question, but the system showed off its vision-enhancing AR technology relentlessly. Arrows and small characters filled Li Chengxin's field of vision. After this interruption, Li Chengxin looked at the text displayed by the system. Then forget about it.

[Laotan sauerkraut hand-rolled noodles: high-gluten flour supplemented with appropriate salt, moderate taste, old-fashioned force; Laotan sauerkraut pickled by hand in the farmhouse, dried by the sea breeze in early winter, and has a long smell.The degree of completion is 79%. 】

[White porridge: white porridge cooked with cold rice left over after steaming old rice.The degree of completion is 18%. 】

[Salted duck eggs in salt water: taken from the spring eggs of third-year-old shelduck ducks, soaked in saturated salt water for 25 days, the egg oil is thick but not greasy, and the smell is fragrant.The degree of completion is 85%. 】

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Li Chengxin pretended to disperse the steam from the noodles and closed the system interface.The dense text in the system obscured his vision, but after reading the introduction of several dishes on the table, Li Chengxin needed to take a closer look at the food prepared by his third uncle for him.

But the next moment, the treasure chest interface popped up again, and the inorganic female voice continued to sound: "Please host to receive the novice treasure chest and open the road to system achievement."

Li Chengxin continued to wave the steam from the noodles expressionlessly.

"Speaking of Xinwa'er, why did you come back suddenly and quit your job in the city? And why didn't this girl Yingying come? Did you break up?"

Third Uncle and Li Chengxin sat down opposite the small round table, just picked up the chopsticks, and a little cautiously brought up this question that had entangled him all night.

Li Chengxin looked at the third uncle whose face was wrinkled and twisted into a ball. In the gully carved by the sea breeze on the third uncle's face, those worried eyes looked at him.

Hearing the third uncle mentioned Yingying, Li Chengxin still felt a little uncomfortable.For a moment, I remembered the dream I had on the bus when I returned home.In the dream, Yingying was lying in his arms, and the two of them were sitting together on the big rocks on the sandy beach looking at the sun... Yingying couldn't leave him yet, why else would it be the two of them stuck together in every dream.She must be unwilling...

Seeing that Li Chengxin didn't answer in silence, and his eyes drifted away, the third uncle consciously poked at Li Chengxin's pain point, finished eating the noodles in front of him in two or three bites, ran out the door, and left a sentence: "Eat slowly, I will eat all the noodles on the table It's over!"

Li Chengxin actually wanted to say something, but the third uncle ran too fast, and Li Chengxin's words were swallowed back by him as soon as they reached his lips.

Forget it, without third uncle's nagging, he can finally eat with peace of mind.

Li Chengxin was indeed a little overly hungry yesterday, and he didn't feel anything at all before going to bed. At this time, facing this table of overly rich food, a sudden feeling of hunger hit him, and he was almost so hungry that he couldn't breathe.

Looking at the staple food and side dishes in front of him, the salted duck eggs and hand-rolled noodles, which were evaluated by the system as 85% and 79% complete, are the best. He has lived in the city for so many years, and he has never tasted such delicious food. Food made with the warmth of home and heart.

He finished the various side dishes in a hurry, and took the last bite of the white porridge, which was only 18% complete. He guessed that this might be the breakfast that his third uncle had originally prepared for him.

After breakfast, Li Chengxin went out of the third uncle's yard to look around, not knowing where the third uncle had gone, so he turned around and washed all the dishes.

Just after turning off the tap and getting away from the sound of water, Li Chengxin heard various shouts coming from outside the courtyard.

When Li Chengxin came out of third uncle's yard, he saw many people coming outside, belonging to uncles, uncles, aunts and aunts.Li Chengxin greeted him immediately:

"Aunt Xiulian, Aunt Yichun, Uncle Zhengwen, Uncle Zhengwu, Xiao Tianzhe... why are you all here?"

"Didn't you hear that Xin Wa'er is back?"

"Xin Wa'er is indeed a college student. He still remembers us after so many years."

"Yes, yes, I even remember the names of these little dolls, which shows that they take us seriously."

"That's right, it's so big in a blink of an eye."

The aunts and aunts quickly chatted on their own, and stuffed some homemade dried fish, tofu, eggs, etc. for Li Chengxin.

Li Chengxin found that he had finally found the only correct usage of the system, which was to recognize people.

As soon as these people appeared in Li Chengxin's field of vision, the system screen automatically turned on, and small arrows were marked on each person's head.

[Li Xiulian: Aunt Cheng, the daughter of my grandfather's cousin. 】

[Cheng Yichun: Aunt, grandpa's cousin, third uncle's aunt. 】

[Li Zhengwen: Uncle, father's cousin. 】

[Li Zhengwu: Uncle, father's cousin. 】

[Li Tianzhe: cousin, Li Zhengwen’s grandson. 】

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Although they are all relatives who have not been out of the fifth server, Li Chengxin is basically not familiar with them. Only through the system this time did he know the relationship between these relatives who often came to visit him when he was a child.

Not to mention the change of age, Li Chengxin seldom stayed in the village after junior high school, and later went to a big city to study at university, and even less when he came back. Before he graduated from university, his parents died in a shipwreck. The funeral at that time was also attended by neighbors in the village. The relatives helped to arrange it together, but even at that time, it was basically the third uncle who helped communicate.

"Zhengwen, Zhengwu, come and help me to look at Xin Wa'er's roof and see if it can be repaired." The third uncle greeted the visitor.

The old faces in these two villages looked very energetic, but Li Chengxin knew them well.

The two cousins ​​of his father are twins, who went out to work in the early years. After the children got married, they moved back to the village and used the skills they learned in the early years to help the villagers build and repair houses.Even the current house of his family was repaired by brothers Li Zhengwen and Li Zhengwu more than ten years ago.

Li Zhengwen dug out a ladder from the yard of Li Chengxin's house familiarly, put it on the roof, and climbed up to check the condition of the roof.

Li Zhengwu was checking other house structures in the living room below.

After a long while, they discussed with each other for a while, and finally made a decision.

"This house is no longer liveable. This hole was probably broken last autumn, and it was filled with rain and snow all winter. The pillars and beams are almost rotten. If you live in it again, it will be bad for your health. , and the second is that the house is in danger of collapsing at any time."

"Let's just tear down the old house and build a new one for him. Xin Wa'er is only one person, and it's enough to build a small house. One entry and one room are enough."

At this time, a strange and familiar voice suddenly came from the door: "Uncle Zhengwen, Uncle Zhengwu, you can see how good the location of Xin Wa'er's house is, there is a small slope at the back to prevent the wind, and the sea stretches out in front. How about building an old-fashioned houseboat, where people live above and the boat rests below. It’s beautiful and easy to use.”

Li Chengxin followed the voice and saw that the person by the door was about 30 years old, and his dark skin was the result of being eroded by the sea breeze and exposed to the sun.He has a cropped cut and looks quite old-fashioned, but with his dark face, bright eyes and white teeth, he looks like a sunny and handsome boy.

"Brother Xiaoyong!" Li Chengxin couldn't help exclaiming when he saw who was coming.The next moment, he rushed forward and hugged her.

Brother Xiaoyong's name is Li Xiaoyong, he is Li Chengxin's cousin, and he is five years older than Li Chengxin.

Since childhood, Li Chengxin has followed Xiaoyong's buttocks, running around in the village.

The two played together since they were young, until Li Chengxin went to live in the provincial capital to study in junior high school, while Xiaoyong failed to pass the high school, so he went to work in the county, and finally went out with a group of gangsters, and later because Xiaoyong was injured People went to labor camps.

Even so, Li Chengxin still thinks that Brother Xiaoyong is his good brother.

But since the incident where Brother Xiao Yong hurt someone, Li Chengxin has no news about Brother Xiao Yong.

"Brother Xiaoyong, when did you come back?" Li Chengxin didn't know how to express his excitement when he suddenly saw his best childhood playmate.Of course, apart from childhood playmates, Brother Xiaoyong is also the closest relative of Li Chengxin's peers. The moment he saw Brother Xiaoyong, it seemed that Li Chengxin, who had lost his parents and girlfriend, found another spiritual support.

Li Xiaoyong was a little at a loss by Li Chengxin's hug, scratching his head: "It's only a few years."

"Then why don't you tell me!" Li Chengxin felt a little resentful. If he had known that Brother Xiaoyong had returned to his hometown, would he have chosen to return to his hometown earlier?

"This is your fault. The contact information you left in the village can't reach you at all. You see that you went back to the village suddenly last night, didn't you tell anyone?" Although Brother Xiaoyong's words were reproachful Li Chengxin, but Li Chengxin could hear the warm concern from inside.

"Ah, my contact information... Indeed, alas, many things happened." Thinking of the reason why he changed his contact information, Li Chengxin didn't know what to say again.

"Okay, let's add WeChat first this time, so that we won't be unable to get in touch again." Brother Xiaoyong took out his phone and skillfully scanned the QR code on Li Chengxin's phone.

Taking advantage of the good weather and not the busy season of farming, the idlers in the village came to Li Chengxin's house to help, packed up the usable belongings in his house to the third uncle's house, and put the reusable materials, tiles, and wooden boards into the house. Classes were piled up in the yard of Li Chengxin's house.

By the way, chat and gossip.

Such as "My son has sent money back again", "My eldest grandson can call me grandma", "We will go to the market in town the day after tomorrow", "The young couple from the neighbor's house quarreled again because of sesame seeds and rotten millet", "Uncle Chen Er at the entrance of the village has appeared again" There is a litter of pups. If you want a dog, go and pick one.”

Li Chengxin didn't do much work on the sidelines. Instead, he listened to the chatting of these villagers with great interest. The breath of life in a small place rushed to his face, warm and full of kindness, which was completely different from the social life in a big city.

Maybe it was because of the third uncle's advice, although many relatives were present five years ago when Li Chengxin took Yingying home, no one came to ask him about Yingying.

Li Chengxin looked at the villagers who were busy minding their own business in his yard.My nose felt sore and I almost shed tears again.

"Xin Wa'er, aren't you very touched?" Xiaoyong suddenly appeared next to Li Chengxin without making a sound, and put his arms around his shoulders, "It doesn't matter if my daughter-in-law ran away, isn't there still a villager here? Isn't there still me here?" Is this single little brother, it's not that serious."

"Actually, it might be quite serious...I..."

Before Li Chengxin finished speaking, the novice treasure chest interface of the system popped up again.

Really persistent.

　Self-Reliant Systems: I'm Too Hard!
　　
　
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