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Chapter 38, Old Man in Melon Field
The wheels continued to roll forward.

Soon, the sounds of cocks crowing and dogs barking, as well as the occasional murmur of pedestrians, all reached Meng Jingye's ears. Meng Jingye knew that it was probably the arrival of the Li Family Village, and the convoy stopped in front of a large courtyard not long after.The men in the car immediately boiled over, shouting goodbye to each other and returning to their homes, the man in the car that Meng Jingye was sitting in also got off, and said to Meng Jingye: "Brother, Lijia Village is here. "

Meng Jingye opened her eyes, nodded, got out of the car with Dangdang, and looked for it. It seemed that there was no such thing as an inn here, only a restaurant, so she walked over and asked, "Shopkeeper, is there a restaurant near here?" A place to stay?" The store owner is an old man, and said with a smile: "There are very few outsiders in Li's Village, and the flow of people is not large, so there is no inn in operation. If you two want to stay, then go to the east of the village and have a look. These old people, the men in the family have gone out to run business. There should be a place to live."

Meng Jingye thanked her and walked to the place indicated by the shopkeeper.A green watermelon field appeared in front of Meng Jingye's eyes. The breeze came slowly, bringing with it a refreshing fragrance. Meng Jingye took a deep breath and suddenly felt refreshed, but Dangdang drooled. Dangdang shook Meng Jingye's arm, and said with a smothered mouth: "Eat, eat. I really want it."

Meng Jingye looked up and saw a small shed in the middle of the melon field, it seemed that someone was inside, maybe they could buy some melons to eat.

So Meng Jingye took Dangdang and walked along the path to the side of the melon shed. An old man covered his face with half a watermelon rind and snored everywhere. Meng Jingye stepped forward and said softly: "Old man, I want to buy some watermelons. I hope the old man will sell me some." After waiting for a while, the old man was still snoring like thunder and did not wake up.Meng Jingye raised her voice and said, "Old man, I." Before he finished speaking, a piece of watermelon rind hit Meng Jingye's face with a "slap".There was a red mark all of a sudden.

The shock on Meng Jingye's face was not because of the pain from being hit on her face, but because the old man moved so quickly that she was hit in the face without even realizing it, and there was no time to dodge.Knowing that the old man was not easy to mess with, he cupped his hands and withdrew.walk away.Dangdang looked at Meng Jingye pitifully, she saw Meng Jingye being hit in the face with a watermelon rind, and the reason was that she wanted to eat melons, so she was afraid that Meng Jingye would get angry and abandon her.Rushed to Meng Jingye's side in a hurry, holding Meng Jingye's arm, but didn't know what to say.Just lean on tightly.The weak body was trembling slightly.

Meng Jingye came to a farmer's house. The door of the farmer's house was open, and there was an old woman feeding chickens inside. Meng Jingye knocked on the door frame lightly, and after seeing that the old woman's attention was attracted, she said, "Old man, the two of us want to stay together Can I stay here for one night?" The old woman stopped feeding the chickens, walked in and looked at Meng Jingye and the two, Dangdang was also holding Meng Jingye's arm now.She smiled and said: "Yes, please. Please come inside, Miss Young Master. The humble house is simple and humble, and I will never abandon it. I will welcome you!" The old woman led Meng Jingye and the two to an empty room, and said that the mattress and bedding were taken out of the cabinet and laid on the bed. After recovering, he said to Meng Jingye: "Tonight, I have wronged you two to rest here."

Meng Jingye replied: "Thank you, old man!" Having eaten home-cooked meals at the farmhouse, Meng Jingye saw that it was still early, so she stayed in the house to study by herself, and Dangdang also sat quietly beside Meng Jingye, staring at Meng Jingye. Quiet night, did not speak.The two just stayed like this.

In the evening, when the old woman asked Meng Jingye and the two to have dinner, Meng Jingye finished her self-study and went out of the bedroom with Dangdang. Dinner was a plate of green vegetables, a small fish and half a chicken. What Jing Ye and the two ate was extraordinarily sweet!During the meal, the old woman told Meng Jingye that the fireflies at night here are very beautiful!The two of Meng Jingye passed by this place, and it was the most beautiful season.Let Meng Jingye and the two must not miss it.

then.After eating, Meng Jingye thought that there was nothing wrong, since she came, let's go.Then I went out with Dangdang, ready to see the beautiful scenery that the old woman said.Borrowing the moonlight, Meng Jingye came to the small river.It is a tributary to the main river, and the water is slow and shallow.Only two meters deep.The river water is crystal clear, so it is very suitable for the survival of fireflies.

Gradually, fluorescent dots began to appear in the air, flickering in the air, and fleetingly, flickering.

A broken smiling face appeared in front of Meng Jingye's eyes, "Hee, hee, hee, ha, ha, ha!"

Meng Jingye seems to have returned to that past, a bamboo building, a couple, a child, there was a faint laughter, but it was burned down by a fire!The past was so vivid that Meng Jingye couldn't help yelling: "Damn it! Thief!" With this yell, everything in front of her returned to reality, only the scared fireflies retreating quietly, and the terrified clang.

"Hey, hey. I said you, you don't sleep at night, why come here and yell at me?" An angry voice came from the side.It turned out that not far away was the melon shed of the old man during the day.Meng Jingye didn't want to communicate with him more, so she turned around and left, Dangdang looked at him, and followed quickly.

I saw a shadow flashing in front of Meng Jingye, he stretched out his hand to block Meng Jingye's way, and said, "Hey, if you want to leave, it's not that easy!" Meng Jingye clasped his fists and said, "What can the old man tell you?" The old man looked him up and down Looking at Meng Jingye for a while, her eyes were sharp, and Meng Jingye felt raw pain when scraping like a bone scraper.Meng Jingye didn't avoid the old man's gaze, the two just looked at each other.

After a long while, the old man took the lead and said, "Hiss~ oops. With your aptitude, how could you achieve this level?" Meng Jingye was puzzled.The old man said again: "You have a third-rate peak and a second-rate junior at your age, so you can practice to this level?" Meng Jingye said: "Why is it impossible?" The old man stroked his beard and did not speak, as if thinking about something.Meng Jingye stood there quietly, waiting for his result.

Dangdang walked over.Stand in front of the old man.Looking at the old man's beard in surprise, he was ready to stroke it with the appearance of a scholarly old man.But was blocked by the old man.He drank: "Little girl, what are you doing?" Dangdang actually wanted to stroke his beloved's beard, so angry that he blew his beard and stared.Dangdang, the old man was frightened and cried.Hiding behind Meng Jingye, only half of his head was stretched out to reveal a teary eye.

Meng Jingye pointed to the old man's head, then shook her head, the old man immediately understood.She smiled and said: "So you are a wonderful person!" Turning around and leaving, Meng Jingye stopped the old man when she saw this situation, "Wait a moment, old man, may I ask what you mean by what you just said?" The old man stood Silent, thought for a while, and said, "I can't say this, there are rules." Meng Jingye nodded and stopped asking.The old man left quietly.He returned to his melon shed and continued to sleep soundly.

Meng Jingye also returned to the farmhouse, quietly studying by herself, clanking for a while, then couldn't bear it anymore, tilted her head, and fell on the bed, sleeping like a dead pig.Salivating.

(End of this chapter)