Farmhouse strong man

Grandma looked at Yuan Liuzhen's disappearing figure, and muttered something in her mouth, as if she was scolding someone.

Almost every house in Ligou Village is separated by some distance, winding up along the river, uneven, and Yuan Liuzhen walked for a long time before reaching the last house in Ligou Village.

The house of the last family was a bit dilapidated compared to the other houses, and the yard was full of weeds. It was indeed unoccupied as the grandma said. Since no one lived, why did he ask the other party if they could sell the yard to him?

Yuan Liuzhen walked around the yard and found that there was no one there, so she had no choice but to go to the penultimate house where there were people, and knocked on the closed gate of the yard.

Not long after he knocked on the solid wooden door, he heard a rough voice coming from the wooden door, "What's the matter? Come here."

Yuan Liuzhen stood in front of the door for a while. When the door opened, a middle-aged man who was half a head shorter than him looked at him and asked curiously, "Who are you?"

Yuan Liuzhen saw that the middle-aged uncle looked much more friendly than the grandmother he met just now, and said with a gentle smile: "Uncle, my name is Yuan Liuzhen, I came here from another place, and I want to find a place to stay here for a long time. I met a grandma on the road and said that the yard next to it is uninhabited and you can buy it, do you know the family next to it?"

The uncle was a little surprised when he heard this, "It's true that the house next to it is not often lived in, but I come back occasionally. I haven't heard that the yard is going to be sold."

"Ah?" Yuan Liuzhen didn't know how to respond. Seeing that Yuan Liuzhen didn't look like a bad guy, the uncle said to Yuan Liuzhen, "Why don't you come in and tell me, my lord. If you want to rent or buy a house for a long time, I can ask for you."

"Okay, thank you Uncle." Yuan Liuzhen thanked, and was invited into the room by the uncle.

The yard of the uncle’s house is very large. There is a well in the yard. Next to the well is a small well-groomed vegetable field. The gate of the yard faces two earthen houses.

The uncle invited Yuan Liuzhen to enter one of the relatively large earthen houses. In the earthen house, there was only one boy who was about seven or eight years old playing alone. The boy just looked at Yuan Liuzhen curiously and played by himself. The uncle invited Yuan Liuzhen to sit down. Poured Yuan Liuzhen a cup of hot water soaked with fresh petals and said: "Fu picked this in the mountains this morning, young master, taste it. Young master is from another place, right? I don't know why you came to the remote Ligou Village?"

Yuan Liuzhen took the scented tea that the uncle handed over, said "thank you", sighed, and thought of a more reasonable reason to explain: "Arguing with the elders at home, I came here to relax, and I will go back after a while. Maybe I need to live here temporarily for a few months, I wonder if you can help me to ask if the yard next to it can be lived in or purchased? Of course, there are other families in the village who are willing to let me live in it for a long time. "

"That's how it is. It's inevitable to quarrel with the elders in the family. It's better to talk about it. Other families in Ligou Village have women or elder brothers who have not left the court. I'm afraid it's not convenient for the young master to borrow for a long time. My family can borrow for a long time. However, if the young master likes the courtyard next to him, I can ask Fu later if he can rent the yard for a long time or sell it to the young master."

"Okay, thank you Uncle." Yuan Liuzhen thanked him sincerely.

Yuan Liuzhen didn't expect to find a house here so smoothly when he came here. He thought it would be difficult at first, but now he thought of that strange grandma who seemed to be quite good, and it didn't take long for him to find this place.If it weren't for Grandma, he would probably be refused to live in the village because there is a girl or brother in the family.Generally, there are brothers or girls in the family who have not left the cabinet. They are afraid that their children's reputation will be easily damaged, so they will definitely not let "men" with foreign surnames stay for a long time.Now that he knows that he is a brother, it seems that it is not good to live in the uncle's house temporarily. The best way is that the house next to him can rent or sell the yard to him.

Then the uncle chatted casually with Yuan Liuzhen. From the uncle, Yuan Liuzhen knew that the uncle's surname was Man, and his name was Manzheng. Everyone called him Uncle Man.Uncle Man's child was named Manjiang, and his nickname was Xiaoman. Xiaoman's mother passed away not long after giving birth to Xiaoman.Now Uncle Man takes Xiaoman to make a living by farming or working in the town.

Yuan Liuzhen learned from Uncle Man that there was only one person named Tao Fu living in the yard next to him. In addition to Tao Fu, there was also Tao Fu's mother in Tao Fu's family. Tao Fu's mother had been ill for many years and passed away a few years ago. , Tao Fu now lives alone and does not live in the village most of the time.

Uncle Man also learned from Yuan Liuzhen that Yuan Liuzhen came from Yuanshou County. He knew that Yuan Liuzhen's family had two elder brothers, but he didn't know that Yuan Liuzhen's family was in business and was relatively rich.

Uncle Man chatted so much with Yuan Liuzhen, one was to understand Yuan Liuzhen, hoping to know Yuan Liuzhen's purpose of coming to Ligou Village from Yuan Liuzhen's words, and the other was to wait for Tao Fu to finish hunting.He knew that Tao Fu would end his hunting practice at [-]:[-] every day, so he could go to the mountains to look for Tao Fu at [-]:[-].

After chatting, Uncle Man knew that Yuan Liuzhen didn't look like a bad person, so he said to Yuan Liuzhen, "Zhenzhen, I'm going to take Xiaoman to the mountain. You wait in the yard for a while. Xiaoman and I are very close." Come back quickly. After I ask Fu and Fu agrees, you can live in the yard next to me. If Fu disagrees, you can also borrow my house."

After Uncle Man got acquainted with Yuan Liuzhen, Yuan Liuzhen asked Uncle Man to call him "Zhenzhen", and Uncle Man did not refuse.

Yuan Liuzhen replied "Yes", and thanked Uncle Man again.

When Uncle Man left, he locked the doors of the two rooms in the yard, let Yuan Liuzhen sit on a stone bench in the yard, prepared hot water and soaked flowers, and left the yard with Xiaoman.

Looking at Uncle Man's back, Yuan Liuzhen knew that it was normal for Uncle Man to leave home and lock the door. After all, Uncle Man was not very familiar with him when they met him for the first time, so he would do the same.

After Uncle Man left, A'Ban, who had been walking around in the nearby woods, entered the courtyard, stayed on the stone table in front of Yuan Liuzhen, and played with a petal prepared by Uncle Man.

Yuan Liuzhen couldn't help smiling after seeing it, and took a sip of the hot water soaked in flowers. The hot water tasted really good, and it tasted sweet, much better than tea leaves.

Yuan Liuzhen was idle in Uncle Man's yard, and looked at the vegetable field planted by Uncle Man for a while, and found that the vegetables in the vegetable field did not grow as well as in the 21st century. The clear well water, thinking of freezing a few watermelons in the well water in summer, taking them out and eating them, must taste very good.

Yuan Liuzhen walked around leisurely for a while, and walked out of the courtyard for a while, and found that this place is indeed very suitable for vacation living, and the courtyard next to it is also the most suitable for living. Uncle Man and the courtyard next to it are far away from other residents, and he stood at the door for a long time No one passed by here, and it seemed very clean here. If he lived in the nearby yard, he didn't need to have too much contact with the village.

Behind the yard is the rolling mountains, surrounded by smoke, and in front of it is the clear and gentle river.This place is like a landscape painting. Yuan Liuzhen likes it more and more. He has an urge to paint in an instant. Unfortunately, he was too anxious to go out and did not bring a pen, ink, paper and inkstone. After he settles down here, he will go to a nearby town to buy some pens, ink and paper. Yan is back.

Uncle Man walked along the mountain road with Xiaoman for half an hour and came to the thatched hut that Tao Fu built on the mountain. He was casually tied behind his back, his beard had not been shaved for many days, and he was dressed simply, looking a little rough.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, the man looked in the direction of Uncle Man, revealing that unusually handsome face and those bright and clear eyes.

"Ah Fu, I brought Xiaoman to the mountain to look for you." Uncle Man said kindly when he saw Tao Fu.

Seeing Uncle Man and Xiao Man, Tao Fu smiled slightly, "Uncle Man came just in time, come and sit down quickly, just in time to come over for dinner with Xiao Man."

Uncle Man was also polite, and he dragged Xiao Man to sit casually on the wooden pier in front of the thatched hut.Sometimes when he and Xiaoman went up the mountain, they would come here to look for Tao Fu, and Tao Fu would keep them for dinner every time.After they ate the meals cooked by Tao Fu, they couldn't forget that Tao Fu could always make ordinary food very delicious.Both he and Xiaoman like to eat very much.

Soon, the rice was cooked.Today, Tao Fu cooked meat and vegetable soup. The vegetables were wild vegetables from the mountains, and the meat was wild rabbits from the mountains.

Uncle Man and Xiao Man watched Tao Fu scoop the meat and vegetable soup into the bowl, and couldn't help swallowing, looking forward to the taste of the meat and vegetable soup.

After Taofu set out the three bowls of bouillabaisse and they sat together with the wooden pier, they began to enjoy the delicious food.

Uncle Man took a sip of the boiling meat and vegetable soup, chewed the soft and tender stewed rabbit meat, and praised Tao Fu: "Ah Fu cooks so delicious food every time. Whoever marries Ah Fu will definitely enjoy happiness."

Tao Fu smiled wryly, "Uncle Man, don't say that, everyone in the village knows my reputation as a wives, who dares to marry me?"

"They are all spreading rumors. Fu is so good, how can he beat his wife? Besides, about the daughter of the Fan family, how can I not know if others don't know about it? If there is a good girl or brother in the future, Uncle Man will follow him Say hello." Uncle Man said while eating.

Tao Fu doesn't care about getting married. It has been rumored in the village that he has been married to his wife for several years. Compared with other people, he is now much older. After he paid off the money owed to the pharmacy, he left to join the army.

Seeing that Tao Fu didn't care much about this topic every time, Uncle Man felt helpless, so he had to talk about Yuan Liuzhen to change the subject, "Today, a young master came from the village and said he wanted to borrow a house or buy a yard. He happened to come over. Ask me if your yard can be sold, and I will bring Xiaoman up to ask you."

"Why did you suddenly come and say you want to buy a yard?" Tao Fu asked curiously.

"The young man said that he was arguing with the elders of the family, and he came out to relax. He didn't look like a bad person. He heard from the villagers that your yard was unoccupied, so he came to ask. I just know that you need money. If you don't, you can borrow the yard. To live in that young master? The young master said to borrow the courtyard for ten cash a day. Although the money is a bit small, it is still some money that can be used. As for selling the courtyard, Fu still carefully considers it. Although the courtyard has been abandoned for many years, it is a shelter after all. .There is no place to live and you can live anytime.”

Tao Fu thought about it for a while, and felt that he would leave here to join the army in the future, and he might not come back, so he asked, "If you want to sell the yard, how much silver will you pay?"

"Ten taels of silver. Not too much." Uncle Man replied.

Tao Fu happened to be pressed for money by the pharmacy in the town recently. He hadn't had a good rest for several days in order to collect money, and the silver bill was still a little short. If he could sell the yard, it would indeed solve the urgent need. The uncle said, "I'll sell the yard to that young master."