Ba Zong's rural life [farming]

On the Dragon Boat Festival, the sound of firecrackers sounded early in the morning in the village. It was because the villagers had already worshiped their ancestors. The atmosphere of the Dragon Boat Festival here is not as strong as other places. Use realgar water to bathe these medicines.

Ruan Xishi woke up to the sound of firecrackers. When she got out of the room, she found that the outside door had been opened. Lu Ze was standing outside the door, watching other people's houses setting off firecrackers curiously.

Xiao Hui, who was frightened by the firecrackers all morning, got out from under the coffee table, and called out to Ruan Xishi timidly, Ruan Xishi couldn't help laughing when she saw how cowardly it was.

When Lu Ze turned around and saw Ruan Xi, they said good morning to each other. Ruan Xi opened the kitchen door and picked out a few rice dumplings and put them in a pot to heat up for breakfast.

Ruan Xi didn't care when the fire was lit in the stove, he washed a tray, put in it the fruit biscuits he bought in town the day before yesterday, put a rice dumpling on each side, brought them to the altar, poured tea and wine, lit candles Incense, worship three times devoutly, and then burn a few sheets of yellow paper and white paper, even if you have completed the worship ceremony of the Dragon Boat Festival.

After paying homage to the ancestors, Ruan Xi took out a firecracker when Lu Ze saw it and asked, "Little Ruan, do you know how to set off firecrackers?"

Ruan Xishi actually didn't dare to set off firecrackers. In the past, it was his grandfather who set off firecrackers. Not only could he not help, but he had to hide far away, similar to Xiao Hui now, but later he had to bite the bullet.

Seeing him hesitate, Lu Ze took the firecrackers and incense from him and took them outside the gate.

Ruan Xishi was afraid that he wouldn't, so she went out immediately, and said nervously: "Brother Lu Ze, you have to be careful, run home immediately when it is lit, don't stay, the firecrackers hurt you very much."

Lu Ze waved his hand to let him go in first, and he took the lighted incense and put it on the primer. Although it was Lu Ze's first time to set off firecrackers, curiosity had overcome everything.

However, when the firecrackers rang, Lu Ze was indeed taken aback. He ran back to the courtyard as if fleeing. Ruan Xishi hurriedly closed the door to block the firecrackers from the outside. And laugh.

After the firecrackers were set off, Ruan Xishi went back to the kitchen to pick up the hot rice dumplings. He took apart two meat dumplings and placed them flat on the table. The outer layer of glutinous rice was dyed light green by Ruo leaves. When he poked it open with chopsticks, the mung beans inside were exposed. Pork ribs stuffed with a tangy aroma.

Lu Ze picked up a piece of rice dumpling and put it in his mouth. The saltiness was just right. The mung beans and glutinous rice absorbed part of the fat from the pork, and the meat filling didn't feel greasy.

The meat dumpling was as big as two fists. After eating one, Lu Ze felt unsatisfied, so he tore another one himself, and was satisfied after eating it.

In the afternoon, Ruan Xishi poured the realgar into the bucket, mixed half of the bucket of water, took the sprayer, carried the realgar water outside the house, and sprayed the whole area around the house evenly.

Lu Ze followed him, observing and asked like a curious baby: "Why are you spraying this?"

Ruan Xishi replied: "Because after the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather will get hotter and hotter, and there will be a lot of snakes and insects. Spraying realgar water can drive them away and prevent them from approaching the house."

Lu Ze was taught another lesson by Ruan Xishi, and he took it down seriously.

After spraying the realgar water, Ruan Xishi also got some realgar on his body, and he sweated a lot. He couldn't wait to take a bath, so he washed the wormwood and calamus that he picked yesterday, put them in a pot of boiling water, and filled the pot with water. , Light a fire to boil water.

After the water was boiled, the juice of calamus and wormwood was boiled out and scattered in the water. The water turned brown and exuded a strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine. Ruan Xishi poured the boiled water into the bucket he used for bathing. Then fill the pot with water and let Lu Ze watch the fire.

After taking a bath, Ruan Xishi came out of the bathroom with steam all over his body. His body was covered with a faint scent of medicine, which Lu Ze could smell from a distance, and he didn't think it was unpleasant.

Ruan Xishi said to him: "Brother Lu Ze, you should take a bath too, I'll cook."

Lu Ze also carried a bucket of potion into the bathroom. He didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but he felt refreshed after washing in the hot water boiled with wormwood and calamus.

After all, today is a holiday, and the dinner is much richer than usual, with capers, loofah soup, fried pork, and boiled eggplant.

The eggplant seedlings planted in the vegetable field have already produced the first batch of eggplants. Because it is the first time to produce results, both the size and appearance are not satisfactory. It will be better after a round of picking, and the second batch will be better. It's time to sell it.

After the Dragon Boat Festival, the corn planted on the slope was also ripe. After school, Ruan Xishi made a special trip to the field and broke some sweet corn cobs from the corn stalks to go home.

The freshly grown corn is sweet and tender, whether it is boiled and eaten whole, or peeled and fried with minced meat, it is delicious.Ruan Xishi cooked corn cobs, and it was still early after dinner, so he put a few corn cobs in a basket outside the gate, and ate them while sitting on the stone slab with Lu Ze to enjoy the cool.

During this period of time, Lu Ze tried a lot of food that he had never tried before, which can be said to be a real treat.When he was eating, he didn't care about being gentle and elegant. He picked up a corn cob, peeled off the corn husk two or three times, exposing the bright yellow corn kernels inside, and biting down, the full corn kernels were pressed by his teeth. Sound, suddenly tasted the sweet taste of corn.

Although he just had a full meal, facing the delicious corn cobs, Lu Ze ate one after another like he was hungry. He followed Ruan Xishi's example and threw the leftover corn cobs into the duck shed. He jumped up and pecked off the remaining corn with his blunt mouth.

The freshness period of corn is not long. Generally, it will get old a week after being full. The taste and sweetness will be greatly reduced. up.

In order to make rational use of resources, Ruan Xishi picked as many as a snakeskin bag when the corn was still tender, and then let Lu Zeche go to the town to sell it, and he kept the rest to grow old, and then ground it into corn flakes to feed Chickens feed ducks.

In addition to corn, Ruan Xishi also picked some loofahs, beans, and eggplants for Lu Ze to sell. The back seat of the motorcycle was full of crops. When the neighbors saw the two of them loading the car, they couldn't help but enviously said: "Shizai, sell them!" After finishing these dishes, I can make a lot of money again."

Ruan Xishi also laughed and said, "Yeah, after months of hard work, I will finally pay off, and rely on them to earn money to support my family."

He watched Lu Ze drive away, and then he closed the door of the house, and he was going to class.

Lu Ze went to the vegetable market in the town. He could sell vegetables as soon as he parked his motorcycle on the side of the road. He didn't need to set up a street stall. He had become one of the familiar faces in the vegetable market. Because of his outstanding appearance and the high quality and cheap things he sold, he attracted many customers. They all remembered him, and as soon as they saw him coming, they all went to buy his things. It didn't take long before all the vegetables he brought from home were sold out, and they were exchanged for small coins.

He carefully put away the money so as not to lose it, the money was earned by Ruan Xishi's hard work in growing vegetables, he treasured it so much that he couldn't do without a penny.

After selling the vegetables, he was not in a hurry to go home. He called Zhu Wen, and then drove to the hotel where Zhu Wen was staying. Zhu Wen hadn't woken up for a long time, and the bed was not made yet. When the boss said he was coming, he was in a hurry in the room After a while of busy work, I finally managed to see people.

He put on his suit and went downstairs to meet the boss full of energy. The boss was wearing a Zhenliang T-shirt today, which was very suitable for him to go to the countryside to experience the sufferings of the world. Zhu Wen was no stranger to it.

Lu Ze followed Zhu Wen to his temporary residence, opened the door and went in. In the palm-sized room, there was a big bed, an old-fashioned TV cabinet, air conditioner and fan, and the conditions were very good.

After he said this, Zhu Wen's face twitched, and he broke down and said, "This is not good at all! It's like a refugee camp!"

Lu Ze turned on the air conditioner, enjoying the long-lost air-conditioning, sighed and said, "Compared to where I live, it's already pretty good, just be content with it."

Zhu Wen complained: "This is obviously your choice!"

Lu Ze shrugged his shoulders and said to him, "I'll call my parents first."

Zhu Wen tactfully went out and closed the door to avoid it, and went downstairs to have breakfast.

Lu Ze made a video call with his family, and it was his mother who answered the call.

Lu's mother's well-maintained face appeared on the screen of the mobile phone, and she couldn't tell that she was 60 years old at all.

Lu Ze looked at his mother's face and shook his head. He thought of his neighbor's Aunt Li, who was a few years younger than his mother. She already had white hair and wrinkles on her face.

Mother Lu burst into tears when she saw her long-lost son, and whimpered and complained to her mobile phone: "Yaoer, you have been away for so long, when will you come back? Mom misses you so much, you see that you are tanned, so don't you?" I'm getting thinner, my mother is distressed!"

Lu Ze comforted her helplessly and said, "Mom, I'm doing well outside. You don't have to worry about me all the time. When the time comes, I will go home. You can rest assured."

Lu's mother said again: "I heard from Zhu Wen that you live in a backward village now, and your basic necessities are inconvenient. How can this make my mother feel at ease!"

Lu Ze said: "I live very happily. The boy who took me in is very kind. He cooks delicious food for me every day. The people in the village are also easy to get along with. There is no intrigue. I live happily every day. .”

Mother Lu remembered what happened to him before. Hearing what he said, he seemed to be much more cheerful than before, and his expression softened a little when he spoke, and his heart softened.

"Well, as long as you have a good time, mom is afraid that you will suffer. You should call mom more often in the future to report that you are safe, otherwise mom will worry about you."

Lu Ze responded: "It's not convenient to call in the village, I will call you if I have a chance, don't worry."

After Zhu Wen had breakfast, he went to the supermarket to buy some drinks and snacks and came back, seeing that Lu Ze was still in his room, he couldn't help being surprised: "Boss Lu, why haven't you left yet, your little friend has to wait. "

Lu Ze was amused by the phrase "your little friend", and said with a smile: "He didn't come with me today, I told him that I would stay in the town to find some work after I sold the vegetables. Just go back."

Zhu Wen's jaw dropped in shock: "You still sell vegetables? What about your vegetables?"

Lu Ze lay down on his bed, and said, "I've already sold out the dishes, do you think I'm like you, and I wake up at this hour?"

Zhu:"……"

Lu Ze said: "I'll borrow you here to sleep for a while, I got up too early today, I'm a little sleepy, you can do what you want."

Zhu:"……"

Who made you so casual?

Lu Ze wasn't at home at noon, Ruan Xishi returned home, it was empty, and he couldn't even bother to cook. He warmed up the leftovers from last night, ate a few mouthfuls, and fed the rest to the dog The chickens fed the ducks, and then went to take a nap. After waking up, Lu Ze didn't come back, so he went out to class in a daze.

Sure enough, Lu Ze stayed with Zhu Wen until the afternoon, and when the time was almost up, he asked Zhu Wen for 200 yuan in change.

Zhu Wen was already numb, so he took out all the change in the wallet and handed it over, and said brokenly: "Mr. Lu, it's wrong for you to fool people like this. You didn't go out to work today, so just use my money to top it up." ?”

Lu Ze said indifferently: "This town is too small, there are so many people waiting to do business and earn money to support their families, so how can I have the nerve to rob them?"

Zhu Wen: "...then can't you get more money at once?"

Lu Ze said helplessly, "I think so too. I want to take tens of thousands of dollars back and tell Xiao Ruan that I don't have to work so hard. Brother has plenty of money, but won't that expose my identity?"

Zhu Wen looked at him sadly: "So you torture me like this? Did you fall in love with the scene where the prince turned into a frog, or did you say that you have suffered from being taken advantage of by others, so you want to use this method to test other people's sincerity?" Mr. Lu, I think you may have taken a fancy to that boy."

Hearing the last sentence, Lu Ze inexplicably remembered the sachet that Ruan Xishi sewed for him, smiled ambiguously, and didn't answer.

Returning to the village happened to be the end of school, so Lu Ze simply drove the car to the stadium and waited for Ruan Xishi to leave school. The students came out of the classroom one after another, and when they saw him sitting on the motorcycle, they all called him Teacher Lu with admiration. Choose one by one.

When the students were almost gone, Lu Ze saw Ruan Xishi come out, he called Ruan Xishi, the latter closed the classroom door and window, turned around to see him, and ran over in surprise.

"Brother Lu Ze, are you back?"

Lu Ze nodded, patted the back seat to signal him to get in the car, and then drove him home.

Back home, Lu Ze took out a lot of change from his pocket, and said to Ruan Xishi, "More than 100 of it is earned from selling vegetables, and more than 100 is my income from carrying passengers. You can take all of it."

When Ruan Xishi saw so much money, she was very pleasantly surprised: "Wow, brother Lu Ze, you are amazing!"

Lu Ze put all the money in his hands, but Ruan Xishi only took the part of the money for selling vegetables, and then returned the rest to Lu Ze.

"The money is your hard earned money, and it's reserved for you to spend."

Lu Ze forced the money to him, and said forcefully, "You take it all. I spent so much money on you before, and I can't make up for it. Besides, you have to maintain daily expenses. I don't have anything to spend money on."

Seeing his tough attitude, Ruan Xishi had no choice but to say: "Then I will put this money together with the 50 yuan from last time, and I will give it to you when you need it."

Lu Ze nodded: "OK."

The author has something to say:

Zhu Wen: Mr. Lu, won't your conscience hurt?