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The handkerchief wrapped the palm of the hand, and the fluff on the bean pole was separated from the outside. Sure enough, the palm of the hand was neither painful nor itchy.

Yang Ye would stare at his left hand after cutting a handful of beans, the moon-white handkerchief was folded twice by the young man, and the slender fingers flicked twice and deftly tied a slipknot on the back of his hand. No matter how vigorously he tosses, it will not disperse.

He lowered his eyes and glanced to the side. The young man didn't look at him. He was earnestly cutting the beans. Occasionally, he quickly raised the back of his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead. red fluttering.

How can there be such a careful and considerate boy?

Yang Ye curled up his fingers, and his fingertips slid across the handkerchief, which was not made of very good material.

It took three days. After the beans in the field were harvested, several large round dustpans were set up in the small yard of the house. Axi would take the beans to dry before the sun came out, and put them back on time when the sun went down. When the sun is good, the water vapor can be cut off in two days, and it will not be damp and sprout after storage.

There was nothing to do in the field for a while, and I got a temporary slack during the busy farming season.

Yang Ye found a fishing rod from the room where the sundries were piled up, and when the sun was shining and the whole village fell into a lunch break, he took the fishing rod to the small river.

There are many old trees on both sides of the small river, and the bottom is cool and spacious. He found a place with deep water and sat down.

Over the past few days, he has found that the original body's physical fitness is really poor, soft hands and feet, sometimes not as good as Ah Xi, and he almost looks like a man, so he is determined to take good care of his body.

Fish can not only replenish the energy of the body, but also enrich the dining table. The most important thing is that it is possible to get it with a little effort, and there is no need to spend money to buy it.

As he thought before, if the poor life in the village is too long, the desire for tongue will be infinitely magnified.

Recently, the dishes on the dinner table are either porridge, brown rice and pickles, or stir-fried wild vegetables with very little oil. It is really difficult to live a simple life.

"Is anyone here? Is anyone here?"

At the end of time, Axi was weaving cattail fans in the house, and Yang Ye wouldn't let him live in the same room with him. The room now has a lot of debris and is still very small. It's not that he dislikes anything, but it's just a place to sleep, wide and narrow. It's all the same, except that the room is small and it's very stuffy in summer, and I'm sweating all over after staying longer.

Hearing the sound from outside, he hastily put down his work and went out. When he reached the door of the house, he saw a woman from the same village: "Yes, what's the matter?"

"Oh, your aunt suddenly fell ill, and now she is lying on the bed and can't get out, so go and have a look."

Aunt is his only relative in Zaocun, and he panicked immediately: "I, I'll go right away."

As soon as the words fell, there was a muffled thunder in the clear sky. Both of them looked towards the sky, and there was a group of black clouds in the dazzling clear sky, which was very eye-catching.

The village woman mumbled: "Don't let it rain, Axi, don't talk about it, I'll go back and collect the wheat and beans in the yard first."

Ah Xi hadn't finished thanking him, the woman ran away in a hurry, he was worried about his aunt, but he was afraid that it would rain, so he had to rush to collect the drying beans into the house.

After carrying out the big round dustpan, the sky suddenly became darker, and it might really rain.

The heavy rains in summer often come as soon as they are said, and they often beat the villagers who are drying the grains. With the color of the sky.

Ah Xi heaved a sigh of relief, thankful that he had collected all the beans, he hurriedly took a bamboo hat, and hurried to the doctor's house at the head of the village, he was going to invite the doctor to his aunt's place directly.

The courtyard door of the doctor's house was not closed, but Axi stood outside the courtyard politely and knocked on the door. There was someone in the room, and he came out without knocking twice.

"I said who, it turned out to be a little stammer." The person who came from the room was Jia Huichun's wife, a chubby woman who spoke roughly: "What's wrong, Wu Yonglan's fetus is not stable. ?”

"No, my aunt is sick, Jia, Jia..."

Before he could speak, the woman interrupted first: "Fake, fake....what's the fake, I can't understand a word for a long time."

A Xi felt a little embarrassed, he clenched his fingers, and it happened that Jia Huichun heard a voice: "What's wrong."

"Doctor, I, my aunt is ill, can you please come?"

As soon as the thunder broke out, two big raindrops fell on the yard, but in the blink of an eye, the heavy rain began.

"It's raining heavily, how do I go out, I'll see tomorrow."

A Xi was anxious: "Doctor, please run, run, my aunt is very, very sick."

Jia Huichun blew his beard and stared: "Everyone says they are seriously ill, but why are there so many people who are seriously ill? Don't you all marry into the Yang family, why are you still taking care of your mother's affairs?"

As the rain hit him, Jia Huichun trembled and was about to go down to his own roof. Ah Xi knew that the doctor's temper was only famous for being rich.

I invited the man to my aunt's house, my aunt would naturally give me the money, but I didn't expect the doctor to take advantage of the rain to put on a show, only because I didn't have Yang Cheng's strength to carry him over, and the next few pockets were the same He didn't know where Yang Ye put the money, even if he knew, he didn't dare to take it.

Seeing Jia Huichun driving people away, he was so anxious that he couldn't do anything, Yang Ye's voice suddenly sounded above his head.

"Mr. Jia, I caught two fish from the river and asked my aunt to stew them. You can eat them when you come back from a trip."

Jia Huichun paused, and glanced back at the two fish wearing foxtail grass. They had white bellies and blue backs, and one weighed more than a catty. He pursed his mouth and swallowed: "I said go back to the house and put on a coir raincoat. It's raining heavily outside. Yang Tongsheng is really polite."

While talking, he winked at his mother-in-law, and the fish in Yang Ye's hand was taken.

Ah Xi looked back at Yang Ye, opened his mouth but didn't know what to say, his eyes suddenly turned red.

Yang Ye pretended not to notice the reddened eye corners, pulled off the bamboo hat that the young man was wearing around his waist, and put his backhand on the top of the young man's head: "Why didn't you tell me something happened?"

No one found him when he went back, so he asked the neighbors and came here again.

"I, I'm in a hurry."

"Then you have to bring some money."

Ah Xi was silent for a while, and said softly, "I didn't."

Yang Ye frowned: "Okay, it's okay."

His voice was steady, which made Ah Xi's heart a lot calmer.

Ah Xi's natal family is at the west end of the village, quite far from the place where the villagers gather in this village, but closer to the next-door village.

When the three of them arrived together, most of their bodies were drenched. As soon as they arrived at the door of the house, they could hear a woman coughing from inside the house.

Axi hurriedly took off the bamboo hat and put it under the eaves, turned around and opened the door to enter the house: "Auntie!"

The woman sitting at the table in the room was visibly shocked for a moment, her hair was a little messy, she seemed to have just gotten off the bed to drink water, her lips were pale and peeled.

"Axi? Why are you back?"

"I heard that my aunt is ill. Please, invite the doctor to come over." Axi helped the woman pour water, and then helped her back to the bed.

The woman patted Axi's hand, and looked sickly at the people in the room: "How can I let you run away, you are all married, even Yang Tongsheng is here."

Jia Huichun was thinking about the two fish at home, and urged: "Stop talking, just take a look."

Checked the pulse and saw the seriousness of the disease. In fact, it was too much heat and a cold. The condition of Axi's mother's family was worse than that of Yang's family. Orphans and widows, how can life be better? It is nothing more than getting up early and working hard The body became sick from overwork, and suddenly it was too much to bear and collapsed.

Jia Huichun prescribed antipyretics, and some tonics for health, and said to the people in the house: "I have antipyretics over there, any of you will follow me to get the medicines, as for the latter prescription, you have to go to the city." Buy it, but don’t rush to eat it, it’s the same when you have a better cold.”

Axi thanked the doctor, moved his body, and was pressed down by Yang Ye: "You take care of your aunt here, and I will get the medicine and send it to the doctor along the way."

These words just relieved his embarrassment. He couldn't handle it all by himself. He raised his eyes, and there was some mist in his grateful eyes, which made Yang Ye frowned. He looked away and said, "I'll go first." gone."

After the two men left, Xu Qiuhe on the bed raised his hand: "Axi, come here."

Ah Xi sat down next to the woman. Although Xu Qiuhe was sickly, he couldn't hide his good-looking face. He was only 26 this year. In fact, there were many people who missed Xu Qiuhe, but Xu Qiuhe had never had any thoughts.

In fact, Ah Xi knew it well, most of the reasons for his aunt’s widowhood for so many years were his. It’s not easy to get married again, and it would be even more difficult if there was another burden. Besides, Xu Qiuhe was afraid that her in-law’s family would oppress Ah after remarrying with Ah Xi. happiness.

Looking forward and backward like this, the two lived together for several years. It was not until the beginning of this year, when Xu Qiuhe met Orion from the neighboring village, that he started to think about it.

At first Xu Qiuhe kept it from Axi, but the two have always been close, and Axi is delicate, so naturally he didn't escape his eyes. He has no blood relationship with his aunt, but his aunt treats him like his own son. Seeing her now is hard With someone he likes, how could he delay his aunt, so he resorted to tricks, pretending not to know about her and Orion's affairs, and privately found a matchmaker, and asked her to arrange marriage for him.

As long as he is married, my aunt can remarry without worry, and even use his dowry money to remarry gracefully. That's why he married into the Yang family.

"Auntie, Auntie."

Xu Qiuhe took a handkerchief from the pillow, gently wiped Axi's hair, and said softly: "Axi, you are gentle, when you said you wanted to marry Yang Ye, I disagreed in my heart, He has a bad reputation in the village, and his hands and feet are not diligent, I am afraid that you will be bullied after you get married, and I will feel uneasy."

"I know you child must know about me before you say you want to get married, and you say you admire scholars. After you passed, my aunt can't sleep well at night. But looking at people now, I feel that scholars treat you It's better than I imagined, tell aunt honestly if he treats you well."

A Xi said: "Very, very good. My aunt also saw it, he, he took good care of me."

He was telling the truth, Yang Ye was able to rescue him today and help him find a doctor, he was already filled with gratitude in his heart, and he was indeed not as hands-off as the folks said, no matter how he behaved or how he dealt with things. It's not what the villagers say, there are surprises everywhere.

Everything is fine, but....... I don't have him in my heart.

Even though his heart was full of twists and turns, he would not let Xu Qiuhe see anything.

Xu Qiuhe really believed it, and was relieved a lot, whispering to Axi: "You take your dowry money, and you have some money for self-defense, it's always good."

Axi knew that what his aunt said was right. There are too many difficulties in not having money, so he experienced it today. Because of this, he couldn't ask for it: "It's for, for my aunt. My aunt has raised me for so many years. Yes, deserved it."

"Auntie didn't raise you for nothing. You have been taking care of the rough and tiring work at home these years, but you are taking care of me. How can Auntie ask for your dowry money?"

Axi pressed Xu Qiuhe's hand: "Auntie, you, you just take the money and settle things with that person earlier, just take it as my wish, I can't let go of you living alone .”

Facing Ah Xi's sincere eyes, Xu Qiuhe felt a little embarrassed. Although she had a pretty face, her body was not as strong as that of ordinary village women. He still had a heart in mind, so he responded softly.

Ah Xi heaved a sigh of relief, as long as his aunt got married, even if Yang Ye suddenly wanted to drive him away, he wasn't afraid that his reputation would be ruined, and it would affect his aunt's reputation, so that getting her married would be a waste of gossip.