continuation [farming]

Zhang Shiyi complained to Lan Niang that night about how timid and timid that low-ranking official was, never noticing that Xia He was eavesdropping at the door of their husband and wife.Knowing that the marriage contract had not been annulled, Xia He was relieved.He also heard Zhang Shiyi say that he would wait for Li Mu to come back and beg him to ask Li Mu to write a letter of reconciliation. Xia He made a face at the door, thinking that he would not let Brother Mu let go.

He still wanted to spend the rest of his life with Li Mu.

Xia He bounced back to the house, swept away the gloom in her heart, and rolled on her bed.Suddenly, he sat up and wanted to write down his current mood on paper and send it to Li Mu.It's a pity that he doesn't have ready-made pen and paper in his hand now, even if he writes, there is no one who can help him take him to Qingyang.

Xia He had no choice but to take out Li Mu's three letters from under the pillow, and read them again under the moonlight.The moonlight was faint, and Xia He couldn't see clearly even though he squinted his eyes hard. Fortunately, he had already firmly printed every word on this paper one by one in his heart, even including every stroke written by Li Mu.

After "reading" it once, he hugged the three letters and fell into a deep sleep.

In the dream, Li Mu came slowly and rubbed Xia He in his arms.

Xia He got up early the next morning and continued to serve his cornfield.

Fortunately, the more than ten days of late fall did not seem to have caused much impact. The sturdy seedlings still jumped up to become poles as tall as people. This time, Xia He could see them bear fruit with his own eyes.

On the day when the corn was harvested, none of the three members of the Zhang family did other work, but stayed at home.The corn cobs were broken off, and the skins on the outside were cleared. Lan Niang picked out a few and said, "Let's eat this tonight."

"Mom, I want to eat boiled ones, fresh corn must be tender!" Xia He said yes.

"Okay, let's eat boiled." Lan Niang smiled and said yes.

Xia He piled all the corn into piles, and put the two kinds of corn on both sides, and then calculated the requirements for planting corn in his heart, thinking that it was time to start writing later.

After finishing the calculation, Xia He specially picked the thickest pile, and said, "Save these for seeds." Then he picked some good ones, and said, "Send these to the Li family."

"Hmph, turn your elbows outward." Zhang Shixi said yes.

Xia He thought for a while, and picked out another small pile: "This is from the Zhou family."

"..." Zhang Shixi was speechless.

Xia He laughed, "I'll send it tomorrow."

"Do you dare to go out?" Zhang Shixi asked.

Xia He held back for a while, and said: "Why not dare?" His voice was much softer, not as firm as his words should have been.

However, sooner or later he has to take this step.Xia He looked at these corns, and he still wanted to send the method he figured out to Liang Jing, so he couldn't just stay bored in this small yard all the time.

Zhang's family doesn't have a car, and the yard is built in a remote place, without any neighbors. When Zhang Shishi went to work in the town, he rented a small cart, piled up the two piles of corn, and tied them up. , and asked Xia He to deliver it.

Seeing this, Lan Niang specifically asked: "Master, you can go with Xia He."

"Hmph, he can be patient." Zhang Shiyi shook his head, refusing.

Xia He didn't expect to meet Zhang Shishi either, so he rolled up his sleeves, pushed the cart, and left.

He went to Zhou's house first, counting how many times Xia He had been to Zhou's house, most of the family didn't know him.A handsome young man came to the door and said he was Dongmei's younger brother. The Zhou family looked weird for a moment, but then they regained their enthusiasm and wanted to keep Xia He for a while.

Xia He quickly shook his head: "No, I still have to deliver corn to my second brother-in-law's house." He chuckled.

This week, the family thought to themselves, isn't your second brother-in-law also your husband-in-law?But he just thought about it, looking at the round and plump corn on the ground, the Zhou family just took away his things, and he would not hit him in the face, he just smiled and said: "Then at least have a cup of tea."

"I still have to go home before dark." Xia He declined.

The Zhou family had no choice but to send Xia He away politely, turned around, and said with a smile to Dongmei: "Your brother is really kind, he misses his sister so much. I heard that the corn was bought in Qingyang Yes, it’s different from ours here, come on, let’s cook something and have a taste?”

Pushing the cart, Xia He felt that she had endless energy, and arrived at Anle Village at noon.Perhaps it was because he was wearing men's clothing. No one in the village could recognize him. When they saw a young man who looked a little familiar, pushing a cart towards Li's house, they thought it was Li's family who had bought something. Here it comes.

It was Aunt Lin who came to open the door, and saw Xia He at a glance: "Husband..." Just as she was about to call Madam, she swallowed the address again, wanting to change her name, but she didn't know what to call her.

Xia He grinned: "Aunt Lin, you can just call me by my name." In fact, what kind of master or madam is it? That's all for calling it that, but in this small village, it actually looks very abrupt.

It was only because of Aunt Lin's madness that the Li family followed her wishes and let her call her.Xia He has been listening awkwardly, but at this moment she can finally make Aunt Lin change, and she feels at ease.

Aunt Lin hesitated for a long time before trying to call out: "... Xia He...?"

"Hey! I'm here to deliver corn. Our family just planted it, as well as the sticky one brought back from Qingyang!" Xia He began to boast that her corn was indeed leaner than the ones grown in Anle Village. , it can be seen that Haosheng has served him before.

Aunt Lin helped out, and the two of them unloaded the corn together.

Jin Bao inside heard Xia He's voice, and ran out slowly: "Uncle!"

Xia He didn't go to Li's house, it was the first time Aunt Lin heard this address, she froze there, and then asked Jin Bao, "Master, how can you call me that?"

"Uncle!" Jin Bao still didn't care about Aunt Lin, and opened his arms for Xia He to hug.

Xia He pushed the car all the way. Although he was born with great strength, he was a little tired.But looking at Jin Bao, he refused to say that he was tired, and hugged Jin Bao: "Hey!"

"Ah... this aunt is my aunt, and my uncle is my uncle. What do you call my uncle?" Aunt Lin was still chanting, and she chanted all the way to Mrs. Li's room.

Seeing Xia He coming, the old lady happily went out to greet her: "Come on, Xia He, come and show the old lady." Seeing Jin Baolai in Xia He's arms, Old Madam Li said again, "Jin Bao, come down , your uncle is tired."

Jin Bao thought for a while, and he didn't know who he learned from, but he was not as self-willed as before. He grabbed Xia He's shoulders and wanted to go down to the ground. Stool, let Xia He sit beside him, squeeze Xia He's arm: "Uncle, don't be tired!"

Jin Bao's strength seemed to be tickling, but Xia He didn't take the little boy's kindness, and sat there, letting Jin Bao toss about.

Only then did Mrs. Li figure out what Aunt Lin was talking about just now, and she also frowned: "This... Jinbao, why is it called a person?"

Jin Bao glanced innocently at his grandmother.

Xia He said with a smile: "Jin Bao is still young, I changed my clothes myself, I'm afraid it might confuse him, let him call him, and after two years he will be sensible, and he will know the change."

"Sigh." Thinking of Xia He's fate of being condemned by Taoist Ziji, which required him to pretend to be a woman for 18 years, Mrs. Li felt sorry for this junior from the bottom of her heart, and sighed.

Seeing this posture, Xia He hurriedly turned to call Aunt Lin and said, "Aunt Lin, cook two sticks of sticky corn for the old lady to taste, it's soft and easy to bite!" Then she started talking to the old lady Li Talking about the benefits of this sticky corn, he was afraid that Mrs. Li would bring up his own business again. After talking, he said, "It's a pity that I wanted to see if I could produce sweet and glutinous corn. In the end, the sweet corn is still sweet corn, and the sticky corn is still sticky corn." Xia He shook her head.

"If you can really make that kind of thing, I'm afraid you will be rewarded by the emperor." Mrs. Li said with a smile, "I heard that there are officials in charge of farming in the court, maybe you can get an official do it."

When Xia He heard this, he hurriedly asked: "Then the official who is in charge of farming, did he pick a good hand from the field to do it?"

How could Old Madam Li know, she could only say: "Ah, you have to wait for Brother Mu to come back and ask him about it."

Xia He nodded thoughtfully, maybe this Liang Jing is really a champion?

After playing with Jinbao in his arms for a while, and then feeding him corn, Xia He lingered at Li's house for a long time, until he couldn't go home before the sun set, Xia He planned to leave.

Little Jinbao held Xia He's hand and said, "Uncle, don't go!"

"Jin Bao is good, uncle will come to see you in two days." Xia He patted Jin Bao on the head, but it's a pity that the two families are too far apart now, it's not convenient to communicate, otherwise he really wanted to come and play with Jin Bao every day.

Jin Bao pursed his lips, but Mrs. Li couldn't get used to it, and called him: "Jin Bao, come here, if you don't hear about it again, grandma is going to find you a teacher to enlighten you, so I'll hit you on the palm of your hand!"

Jin Bao was so frightened that he let go.

Xia He looked at Jin Bao, and said to Mrs. Li: "Jin Bao is too young, isn't it that even those rich people have to be five years old to be enlightened?"

Mrs. Li saw Xia He's serious appearance, smiled and said, "I was just talking to Jin Bao, why do you believe it?"

Only then did Xia He come to her senses, and hurriedly pushed the cart, saying goodbye to the people behind her.

As soon as she got home, Xia He could smell the fragrance.

Lan Niang had just finished cooking and was waiting for Xia He to come back.Zhang Shixi sat at the dining table, seeing Xia He's displeasure, said: "He must have eaten a lot at Li's house at noon, how can he be hungry now, what are you doing so much for?"

As soon as Zhang Shiyi finished speaking, Xia He's stomach started growling.

Grinning at her father, Xia He quickly left the cart and rushed over to get the steamed buns on the table.

Lan Niang slapped his hands off and said, "Wash your hands!"