Ba Zong's rural life [farming]

At 07:30, the earliest bus arrived at the entrance of the village, and the villagers got on the bus one after another to find a good location.

As young people, Ruan Xishi and Lu Ze didn't compete with the old and weak women in the village to get on the bus, they only got on when everyone else got on.

When the driver saw Ruan Xi and the unfamiliar man beside him, he asked in surprise: "Shizi, is this a relative from your family? Why haven't I seen it before?"

Ruan Xishi and the driver knew each other. After all, the driver traveled to these villages all year round, and there were only a few people who came and went in the car. After a long time, they all knew each other, and even had a few words with the villagers. length.

Ruan Xishi didn't want to make the matter too complicated, so she replied vaguely: "Yes, this is my distant cousin, and he is temporarily staying at my house during this time."

The middle-aged lady's follower took a look at Lu Ze and joked, "Your brother is so handsome."

Obviously it was Lu Ze who praised, but Ruan Xishi felt embarrassed, but Lu Ze, after hearing the compliment from the driver, said thank you openly.

When collecting money, I couldn't help talking to Ruan Xishi with the driver: "Your brother is from the city, he doesn't look like us country people."

Ruan Xishi paid for the two of them, and nodded ambiguously.

When I found change with the driver and gave it back to Ruan Xi, I remembered and asked, "Why don't you see your grandpa coming together? I haven't seen Teacher Ruan for a long time."

As soon as he asked this question, Ruan Xishi's expression became depressed, and he lowered his head and whispered: "My grandfather left last winter."

The driver and the driver didn't expect this to be the case, they were taken aback for a moment, and it took a long time before they responded bluntly: "Is that so? Hey, look at me. I don't know anything when I come back to my mother's house after a year. Don't be offended, let's mourn and be patient, and be stronger by yourself."

Ruan Xishi hadn't been so sad these two days. Now that he heard what he said to the driver, his nose couldn't help becoming sore, and he felt uncomfortable and wronged. Tears rolled in his eyes. Fortunately, he lowered his head, No one sees it.

But his voice was already choked with sobs. Seeing this, Lu Ze beside him didn't know how to comfort him, so he reached out and patted his arm.

The car went around in several villages, and finally drove to the town. It was said to be a town, but in fact it was just a market in the middle of several nearby villages. There were more people and more stores, and it looked more lively. That's all.

There was a big banyan tree at the entrance of the town, and the car stopped there. When Ruan Xishi got out of the car, his expression had returned to normal, and he said goodbye to the driver.

There are several stalls under the banyan tree, selling herbal medicines, potions, pesticides, and fortune-telling and feng shui. The stall owners are all middle-aged men. When there are no customers, they sit at the root of the banyan tree and chat together. It's very lively.

Lu Ze felt very fresh about everything here, and looked left and right along the way.

And Ruan Xishi was thinking about what to buy for Lu Ze, and took Lu Ze straight to the market as soon as he got off the car.

Although it was still early, the bazaar was already full of stalls, and the vendors and customers came and went to bargain, making it very noisy.

There are everything sold in the market, it looks disorganized, in the past, Lu Ze would never come to such a place, but now he can only obediently follow behind Ruan Xishi, and let him buy things for himself.

There are stalls selling clothes in the market, the prices are very cheap, and you can bargain, but the style and quality are not very good. Ruan Xishi and his grandfather's clothes were bought in the market, and they have been worn for so many years, but this The first time I bought clothes for Lu Ze, Ruan Xishi went shopping at the stalls, but couldn't find a suitable dress for Lu Ze.

These clothes were too earthy, and Ruan Xishi felt that it would look ugly on Lu Ze, so he subconsciously didn't want to wrong Lu Ze, so in the end he had to give up shopping for clothes in the market and took Lu Ze out of the market.

Although Lu Ze didn't like the clothes on the street stalls, he knew that he had no choice now, and he had prepared himself mentally. Isn't it just a few clothes? People here can wear them, and of course he can wear them too.

He was suddenly taken out by Ruan Xishi, and felt a little strange, subconsciously asked: "Xiao Ruan, aren't we going to buy clothes?"

Ruan Xishi groaned, and said to him, "Let's go and have a look elsewhere."

The other place is the street opposite the bazaar. There are many shops on that street, all of which sell clothes and shoes. That said, it is indeed a little better, and of course the price is also a lot more expensive.

Ruan Xishi took Lu Ze into a men's clothing store without hesitation.

When the boss saw the guests coming in, he hurried forward to say hello and asked them warmly what clothes they wanted to buy.

Ruan Xishi turned her head and said to Lu Ze: "Brother Lu Ze, see what you like, and let the boss bring it for you to try."

Lu Ze had already thought about it. Since he chose to live in the village, he shouldn't expect to be too perfect like he was in the city. The clothes can keep out the cold and hide the ugliness. There is no need to buy expensive ones.

While the boss was going to greet other guests, he pulled Ruan Xishi who was helping him find clothes aside, and whispered: "Let's go back to the market to buy clothes, the clothes here should be very expensive."

Ruan Xishi shook her head paranoidly: "Since you want to buy clothes, you should buy better ones. If you wear them this year, you can still wear them next year. Brother Lu Ze, hurry up and see which one you like better. Let's buy two sets and go home and change them."

After greeting the other guests, the boss came back to greet the two of them. Seeing that they hadn't made up their minds, he kindly asked, "Who are you buying clothes for?"

Ruan Xishi pulled Lu Ze out and said to the boss: "Buy it for him, boss, please see which clothes are more suitable for him in the store."

The boss looked at Lu Ze, and his first reaction was: "Oh, this handsome guy is so good-looking, and he's so tall, I feel that the clothes in my store can't match him."

Lu Ze just smiled at the boss's flattery, and humbly said that he was flattered.

The boss looked at him for a long time, and said distressedly: "The handsome guy should be 1.8 meters or 1.9 meters. It seems that he can only wear sportswear. Let me get you a few pieces in the largest size for you to try?"

Ruan Xishi nodded and said, "Okay, I'll trouble the boss."

So the boss really took out a few sets of sportswear.

Lu Ze didn't mind if these clothes were knockoffs. Ruan Xishi asked him to try them on and he would try them. Except that the tailoring didn't fit well, the length was still enough.

The boss forced himself to hold his respect and said: "This handsome guy is too tall. It would be nice to find a size that fits him well. Although the clothes are a bit wider, but the weather can be cold and hot at the same time, so it's better to wear a few more inside. clothing."

Ruan Xishi also felt the same way, so he bought two sets for Lu Ze to change into. He also bought him a sweater, long coat, long trousers, shorts, shoes and socks, which cost more than 500 yuan.

When paying the money, Ruan Xishi didn't even bat an eyelid, but it was Lu Ze who felt pain for him. It was the first time that Lu Ze felt that money was so valuable, and it was also the first time that he had the concept of saving money.

Ruan Xishi didn't feel distressed because he felt that the money was well spent. After buying things for Lu Ze, he felt relieved and asked Lu Ze, "Are you hungry? Let's go eat something first." .”

Lu Ze was really reluctant to let Ruan Xishi spend money, so he subconsciously said that he was not hungry, but Ruan Xishi ignored him, took him directly to the wonton stall, and asked the boss for two bowls of wonton noodles.

While sitting on the stool waiting for the wonton noodles, Ruan Xishi introduced to Lu Ze with a smile: "The owner of this wonton stall has been open for many years. I heard from my grandfather that I had it before I was born, and the taste is also delicious." It’s very authentic, I used to go to the market with my grandpa, and I would argue over a bowl before I would go home with him, you can try it later.”

After hearing this, Lu Ze's heart moved, and he agreed with a "yes".

The wonton noodles were cooked quickly. There were two big bowls of clear soup with noodles on the bottom and a few wontons floating on top. The quantity was not much. Luckily, Lu Ze was not very hungry, so it was just right to finish eating.

This thing is not expensive, only three yuan a bowl, after eating, the body warmed up, and the two continued to go shopping.

When passing by the supply and marketing cooperative in the town, Ruan Xishi took Lu Ze in to see if there was anything to sell. The supply and marketing cooperative in the town was larger than the one in the village and had a lot more goods. Ruan Xishi picked and bought a few more daily necessities.

Later, when they met people from the same village on the road, Ruan Xishi greeted them and exchanged pleasantries on the street.

"Uncle Zhang, are you coming to the market today?"

"Isn't it? Seeing that it's going to be planted in spring, I hurried out to buy some seeds. Shizi, are you going to plant in early spring?"

Ruan Xishi hadn't thought about this before, only after being reminded by Uncle Zhang, she immediately became anxious: "I planted it, but I haven't decided what kind of seeds to buy, do you have any introduction?"

Uncle Zhang clapped his legs and said, "Coincidentally, I also want to buy seeds, let's go together."

So they went back to the bazaar. There was a stall outside the bazaar that was very crowded. The stall owner was promoting with a loudspeaker. It turned out that they were selling rice, corn and peanut seeds.

Uncle Zhang pulled Ruan Xishi and said, "It's their family. Their seeds are very good. Let's go there quickly, or they will be gone in a while."

Ruan Xishi was still carrying something in his hand, so he couldn't walk fast, so he had to look at Lu Ze, and said to Lu Ze: "Brother Lu Ze, I'm going to buy some seeds with Uncle Zhang, you help me carry the things, and sit in the small shop over there." Wait me a moment."

Lu Ze took Ruan Xishi's things and readily agreed. When Ruan Xishi and Uncle Zhang squeezed into the crowd, he turned around and went to the canteen Ruan Xishi mentioned, and asked the boss for the fixed phone number in the store. Relying on the number in memory, he gave him the The assistant made a call.

The assistant hadn't contacted him for several days, and he was so anxious that he was about to report to the chairman. Then there would be a sudden call from an unknown person. He was so blessed that he subconsciously thought it was the boss.

Sure enough, his boss was on the other end of the phone, and he squeezed his throat and howled: "My Mr. Lu, you finally called me, I thought you were lost in some ravine, like a savage! "

Lu Ze couldn't help laughing when he heard the words: "It's almost like what you said."

The assistant's voice suddenly became sharp: "What did you say?! Where are you now?"

Lu Ze didn't know where he was either, so he asked the owner of the canteen, and then told his assistant.

"What mountain? I opened the map to check, but I couldn't find it. Mr. Lu, are you sure you are still on the earth?"

Lu Ze scolded with a smile: "If you can't find it, keep looking. In short, in the past few days, you can help me report the loss of my ID, credit/card, bank/card, and then bring me a sum of money and a mobile phone. Just make the call."

After making the phone call, Lu Ze paid the money and explained the matter to the shop owner before walking to the door of the store, pretending to be waiting for Ruan Xishi.

When Ruan Xishi came back, his forehead was sweating, and he was holding a bag of millet, a bag of peanuts, and a bag of corn, probably the so-called seeds. He trotted up to Lu Ze and said out of breath, "I've finished shopping, let's buy some more food." Let's go home."

Lu Ze has already finished his work, so he has no objection to Ruan Xishi's arrangement.Ruan Xishi asked him if he liked fish, so he bought a grass carp and asked the fishmonger to take care of it, and bought two pieces of white tofu next to it, and cooked him fish head tofu soup.