Ba Zong's rural life [farming]

When he was discharged from the hospital, Uncle Niu was very happy. Regardless of Aunt Niu's persuasion, he walked very fast, as if the hospital was a bad place and he had to get away from it immediately.

Lu Ze considered that Mrs. Niu didn't sleep well last night, and Uncle Niu had just recovered from a serious illness. It didn't seem appropriate to take a motorcycle all the way home. So they sent them to the place where the bus would pass by in the village and asked them to go back by car.

When they arrived, the car had just arrived, and Uncle Niu waved his hand, and the car stopped in front of them. When the familiar driver saw them, he greeted them and said, "Uncle Niu and Aunt Niu, you arrived in town so early. Have you gone back to play? Oh, and bought a lot of things."

Uncle Niu got into the car first, and Aunt Niu followed, and replied to the driver: "We are not here to play, this old man suddenly fell ill last night, A Ze sent him to the hospital last night, and stayed overnight. Just got out of the hospital now."

The attendant asked with concern: "What is the disease, so serious?"

Uncle Niu waved his hand and said, "It's nothing serious, but you, Aunt Niu, made such a fuss that you insisted on asking Ah Ze to send me to the hospital, and you spent a lot of money."

The attendant asked, "Is Ah Ze a relative of Shi Zai?"

Aunt Niu said: "That's him, hey, Ah Ze is really a good boy, just as good as Shi Zai."

The attendant also smiled and said, "He seems like a pretty good person."

After Lu Ze saw Uncle Niu and Auntie Niu getting into the car, he was not in a hurry to drive home. Instead, he went to the vegetable market, bought pork and pork bones, and went to the medicine store to buy some traditional Chinese medicine for nourishing qi and blood. Then he took the motorcycle Car back to the village.

It was still early to return to the village, and the school was not over yet, so Lu Ze went to Uncle Niu's house with the vegetables he bought at the vegetable market.

Mrs. Niu and Mrs. Niu also just came home. When she saw Lu Ze coming in with a few bags of things, she said in surprise, "Ah Ze, why don't you go home and rest for a while? Why are you here again? We can do it here, you go back first." Let's catch up on sleep at home, I went to bed so late last night, and went to the hospital for so long this morning, I must be quite tired."

Lu Ze put the vegetables in his hand on the cutting board outside the kitchen, and said to Uncle Niu and the others: "I just went to the vegetable market to buy some fresh pork and pork bones, and you will cook them for lunch later, and make some soup for the pork bones. Grandpa drinks it, it is good for his health."

After hearing this, Aunt Niu quickly waved her hand and said, "I don't want yours, we can buy them ourselves, and you can take them home to eat with Shizai."

Lu Ze said: "We have them at home. These are specially bought for you. You can cook them and eat them, so you don't have to go out to buy vegetables."

Uncle Niu also said: "How embarrassing, I have troubled you so much for the past two days, and the money for the doctor's treatment has not been returned to you. How can I ask for your things?"

Lu Ze said with a smile: "Hey, sir, don't be polite to me. The folks in our village are usually taken care of by you. It is necessary to help each other. It's just a little money. Don't give up because of this money. Hurt the harmony among the neighbors! If you see me again, I won't come to see you in the future."

Aunt Niu saw that they pushed back and forth was not a solution, and this was also Lu Ze's kindness. They seemed a little ignorant when they refused again and again, so she said: "Well, Ah Ze, you won't go back at noon. After cooking, stay here to eat with the aunt, and the aunt will cook right away, after a while, Shizai is out of school, you go to pick him up, and take it as a thank you for your help these two days."

Uncle Niu also went on to say: "Yes, yes, Ah Ze, you will stay at our house for dinner at noon. You bought so many dishes, the old couple can't finish it, right?"

Lu Ze thought about it, and felt that if he didn't agree, maybe Uncle Niu would have to refuse him for a long time, so he nodded and agreed.

Aunt Niu said happily: "Then you and my old man go sit in the house first, and I will go to the vegetable garden to pick some vegetables and come back to cook."

Uncle Niu was also very happy and kept inviting Lu Ze to sit in the room.

I came too hastily last night, Lu Ze didn't have time to pay attention to the decorations of Uncle Niu's house, and now he has the time to observe carefully when he goes in.

Uncle Niu’s house is also quite old, and cracks have appeared in some places on the walls. Because the building is relatively short, the light inside is not very good, and you need to turn on the lights to see clearly.

In the living room, there is a sofa made of wood, an old-fashioned coffee table, an Eight Immortals table, and a TV cabinet. They are all very old furniture, and the surface is mottled, and the original color can no longer be seen.

After Uncle Niu turned on the lights in the house, he invited Lu Ze to sit on the sofa. When Lu Ze passed by, he saw that the things on the coffee table were the nutritional products he bought for Uncle Niu in the town two days ago. He got up as if he hadn't moved a bit.

Lu Ze frowned and asked, "Master, why didn't you eat the things I bought you late?"

Uncle Niu was a little guilty. At that time, he felt that the things Lu Ze bought for him were too expensive, and he couldn't afford the favor, so he kept putting them aside, planning to take them back and return them to Lu Ze when he was better. It was a bit embarrassing to bother Lu Ze to take him to the hospital before his health improved.

He touched his nose, hehe said with a dry smile: "Didn't I go to the hospital before eating, and looking at me now, I don't think I need to eat, or you should take it home and give it to me." You and Shi Zai take it. These medicines look very expensive at first glance, and it would be a waste to put them here for this old thing that I don’t understand anything.”

Lu Ze had no choice but to bluff him and said, "These things are for middle-aged and elderly people. How can Xiao Ruan and I eat them properly? If you don't eat them, you can only watch them expire and throw them away, wasting a lot of money. "

When Uncle Niu heard this, he really felt distressed: "Then what should I do, can I return it?"

Lu Ze resolutely said: "It can't be done, so you should eat it, it's better than wasting it."

Uncle Niu sighed and said, "Oh, it seems that I can only eat it, and you are the same child. Why do you buy me so many expensive things, isn't this a waste of money? Save the money for you and Shizai What a flower."

Lu Ze smiled and said, "These are some ideas from Shi Zai and I. By the way, let me teach you how to eat. There is a spoon in this protein powder. You scoop two flat spoonfuls at a time and put it in your drinking water." In the cup, use warm water. It must be warm water that does not burn your mouth. Just pour half a cup and drink it once a day. This is to replenish energy and strengthen immunity. Then the velvet slices are directly soaked in boiling water. Just drink tea. Let’s do this. In order to balance your diet, you should drink protein powder in the morning, drink an American ginseng oral liquid before eating at noon, and drink a glass of deer antler water in the evening. After a period of time, your body should become better. Yes Yes, you also need to take the medicine prescribed by the doctor in the hospital, after meals, you know?"

Uncle Niu was a little dizzy after hearing this long passage, and quickly said to Lu Ze: "It's such a troublesome thing to eat, I can't even remember it."

Lu Ze took a pen from the table and wrote down the method of taking it on the paper: "Just follow what I wrote and eat."

Uncle Niu took the paper, looked at it again and again, then carefully put it away, and said gratefully: "It's better, Ah Ze, for caring so much about me, an old man, maybe my biological children don't even know that I'm sick."

Lu Ze said modestly: "Respecting the old and loving the young is what I should do. Your children are also busy with work and have no way to contact them, so I didn't greet you. I am more free, so it is the same if I come."

Uncle Niu was so moved that he patted him on the shoulder, not knowing what to say.

Mrs. Niu soon came back from the vegetable field, picked a lot of vegetables, and was about to wash the rice for cooking. When Uncle Niu heard her washing the pot, he said to her: "Ah Fang, you peel two yams, Make soup with pork bones."

Aunt Niu outside responded, "Understood."

Lu Ze said, "I'll also go out and help Madam cook."

Uncle Niu hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Hey, she can do it by herself. You are a guest, and you have been running around for another day and night. Now you need to rest."

Seeing that Uncle Niu was determined not to let him go out to help, Lu Ze asked, "Do you know how to use the footbath I bought for you?"

As soon as the footbath was mentioned, Uncle Niu disapproved and said: "What do you say you bought a footbath for me? If I want to soak my feet, I just boil a pot of hot water to soak it, isn't it the same? Why bother?" waste money."

Lu Ze explained dumbfoundedly: "Just soaking your feet in hot water is useless. The one I bought for you can also massage the soles of your feet. Do you know how many acupuncture points on the soles of your feet are important to your body? When you soak your feet Massaging those acupuncture points can promote blood circulation, regulate body functions, and make people healthier and stronger, which is much better than ordinary foot baths."

Uncle Niu felt novelty when he heard it, and quickly asked: "Is there still such an effect?"

Lu Ze said: "Isn't it? Otherwise, do you think that the business in the footwashing city in the big city is so hot? It's because rich people are too tired to work and have to pay attention to health maintenance, so they often go to the footwashing city to soak their feet and massage to relieve physical fatigue. .We don’t have the conditions to go to Washing Foot City here, so we can soak ourselves at home, it’s the same.”

After hearing this, Uncle Niu suddenly felt that he was enjoying himself like people in big cities.The old people in the village who have worked hard for most of their lives have the idea of ​​enjoying themselves, because they are used to living in poverty and are reluctant to enjoy themselves. Uncle Niu used to be like this, but he was ill once, and his mentality has changed. He wants to try everything.

He went into the house and took out the footbath basin and electric heater that Lu Ze had bought for him, and said to Lu Ze, "Come on, Ah Ze, show me how to soak your feet."

Lu Ze unpacked it, took out the footbath, read the instruction manual and installed it, went to the pressurized well outside, filled a half bucket of water, poured it in, plugged in the power, set the function, and when the water was hot, let the cow The uncle sat on the edge and soaked his feet in it.

Uncle Niu took off his shoes and socks, and put his feet down carefully. The water temperature was a bit hot, but it was very comfortable to soak in. Gradually, he relaxed his body.

Lu Ze pressed a heat preservation button and said to him: "Press this button when soaking your feet, and the water will keep at the current temperature, so that you won't soak in cold water and catch yourself a cold."

Uncle Niu watched Lu Ze's operation and kept it firmly in his heart.

Lu Ze pressed another button and said to him: "This is the button to start the massage. After you press it, the massage grains on the pelvic floor will move to massage the soles of your feet. There are three levels of massage strength to choose from, high, medium, low, Pick whichever one you like."

Uncle Niu was suddenly massaged by the protrusions on the soles of his feet. He was so scared that he almost kicked the basin over. It took him a while to realize that it was a massage, and gradually he felt good, and his body became warmer.

Seeing Uncle Niu enjoying soaking his feet, Lu Ze quietly went out to help Aunt Niu cook.

Aunt Niu was washing the dishes, when she suddenly heard Lu Ze ask her if she needed help, she quickly raised her head and said, "Ah Ze, why did you come out, go back and sit, auntie doesn't need your help here, auntie can do it alone, very We'll be able to eat soon."

Lu Ze still squatted down to help her choose vegetables. Aunt Niu looked at him closely, and the more she looked at him, the more she liked him. It was the kind of love that elders have for younger generations. She kept thinking why such a good child was not born to her.

After washing the dishes, Mrs. Niu said to him: "I'll just do the cooking myself. It's time to leave school now. You go to school to pick up Shizi first, otherwise he will go home by himself in a while. I don't know when to come." Let's eat here."

Lu Ze nodded, wiped his hands and said, "Then I'll go pick him up first."

Aunt Niu was busy lighting the fire, without looking back, she said, "Let's go."

Lu Ze didn't drive a motorcycle, and walked directly to school. The village is only this big, and it only takes 10 minutes from Uncle Niu's house to the school.

Ruan Xishi was so obsessed with Uncle Niu's illness, she tried her best to teach the children all morning, but she didn't know what she was thinking, so it was time for school to be over in a daze.

He came out of the classroom in a trance, and when he heard the students walking in front politely calling "Ms. Lu", he thought it was because he didn't sleep well last night and had auditory hallucinations.

Until Lu Ze's tall figure stood in front of him, Ruan Xishi nervously grabbed his hand and asked, "Brother Lu Ze, you're back so soon? Where's Uncle Niu, is he alright?"

Lu Ze patted his head soothingly and said, "Uncle Niu is fine. He has been discharged from the hospital and is resting at home now. Aunt Niu is cooking at home. Let me take you to their house for dinner."

When Ruan Xishi heard that Uncle Niu was discharged from the hospital, the big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground. He let out a long breath and laughed easily: "That's good, it's thanks to your help that Uncle Niu is fine. You've worked so hard, you don't look very well, go home in the afternoon and take a good rest, and in the evening I'll cook something delicious for you, and give you a massage."

Lu Ze led him to Uncle Niu's house, and replied with a smile, "Okay, don't cry tired when the time comes."

Ruan Xishi was distracted by him during this period, and when she heard this, she thought of other aspects, blushed and glared at Lu Ze, "What are you talking about in broad daylight!"

Lu Ze said innocently: "I didn't say anything, I was just worried that your hands would get sore from massaging me. What's in your little head?"

Ruan Xishi was turned back by him, and was so angry that he ignored him and went straight to Uncle Niu's house, but after walking a few steps, he was worried that Lu Ze would not be able to keep up with him, so he glanced back. The look made Lu Ze feel soft in his heart.

As soon as the two entered the door of Uncle Niu's house, they could smell the aroma of medicinal materials cooking broth. In the kitchen, there was a stinging noise when cooking vegetables.

Aunt Niu saw him squatting in front of the stove and lighting a fire, and said quickly: "Hey, Shizai, you don't need to come, you can do it by yourself. You just finished class, so go to the house to rest with your uncle Niu, drink some hot water to warm yourself up." Body."

Ruan Xishi said slyly: "I light a fire here, it can also warm my body."

Aunt Niu was amused by his clever reaction: "You are a ghost, I can't beat you."

When Lu Ze entered the room, Uncle Niu was still soaking his feet, looking like he was enjoying it, Lu Ze asked, "How is it? Is the soaking effect good?"

Uncle Niu said cheerfully: "It's so much better, I don't even want to come out."

Lu Ze smiled and said, "Although soaking your feet is very comfortable, you have to have a limit. Soaking for about 10 minutes a day is enough. Soaking for a long time is not good for your health."

Uncle Niu has received a lot of help from Lu Ze in the past two days. Now he will listen to what Lu Ze says, immediately take out his feet to dry off, put on his shoes and socks, then stand up and walk around, and said to Lu Ze: "Look , I'm walking Doriso now."

Lu Ze nodded, and said with a smile on his face: "Yes, so you take a bath every day, and you can go to work again in the spring."

As soon as the words fell, Ruan Xishi shouted outside: "Master, Brother Lu Ze, come out for dinner!"

The dining table was placed in the kitchen, and Lu Ze helped Uncle Niu to go there. As soon as he entered, he saw the table was full of vegetables, a pot of Chinese yam pork bone soup, a plate of fried pork with garlic sprouts, a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and a plate of fried cabbage , a plate of dried radish.

Uncle Niu has not seen so many dishes at home for a long time, because he and Aunt Niu usually eat at home, and the meals are simple to cook, one dish and one soup count as one meal. Said: "Today's dishes are really rich, you can eat more later, hey, I wonder if I can drink some wine, it would be a waste to not drink wine for this table of good food."

Ruan Xishi came over with a bowl, and upon hearing this, she said, "You are just too ill to drink!"

Uncle Niu laughed: "You little guy, why are you the same as when you were a child, caring whether I drink or not."

Aunt Niu also smiled and said: "It's for your own good that Shizai doesn't let you drink. You should sit down and get ready to eat soon. Ah Shizai and you sit down too. The dishes at Danny's house are limited, and I don't know what you like to eat, so just sit down and eat." Cook some casually, you can make do with it."

Lu Ze smiled and said, "It's already a lot of food, thank you for your hard work, ma'am."

Aunt Niu said quickly: "It's not hard, it's not hard, come and let's eat."

At the dinner table, Uncle Niu looked at Ruan Xishi who was opposite, and suddenly sighed: "Shi Zai hasn't eaten at Grandpa's house for many years, right? I remember the last time you came to my house to eat, it was not much higher than this dining table, not even chopsticks You know how to take it, grabbing a spoon to paste the rice on your face, and in the end, your aunt couldn't stand it anymore and put you in the creaking nest to feed you."

Ruan Xishi suddenly heard Uncle Niu mentioning the past events that he had no memory of, he laughed and said, "Isn't that because you are too young?"

Uncle Niu said again: "Later, when you grew up a bit, I didn't see you come to uncle's house for dinner. Your grandfather went to the town to run errands, and you would rather cook on the stove at home on tiptoe than Come back to have dinner with the uncle, it’s so strange at such a young age.”

Ruan Xishi said embarrassedly: "I can't come to eat your food every day. At that time, everyone's family was poor. I finished eating your rice, so you have no rice to eat."

Uncle Niu laughed: "You still want to eat up our rice with your small body?"

Everyone was amused by Uncle Niu's tone.

After dinner, Ruan Xishi and Lu Ze stayed at Uncle Niu's house and chatted with Uncle Niu for a while. After learning that his health had improved greatly, Ruan Xishi finally felt relieved, and told Uncle Niu to pay attention to his health before going home. , Eat more, etc.

On the way home, Ruan Xishi was obviously in a good mood, and Lu Ze also cheered up, and followed him all the way home.

On the way, Ruan Xishi suddenly mentioned that he had gone to Uncle Niu's house for a meal when he was a child.

"Uncle Niu and my grandpa are old friends. When grandpa was still there, our two families often walked around. When I was young, grandpa had something to go to town, so he took me to Uncle Niu's house and let them take care of me. Niu Uncle and Aunt Niu often asked me to eat at their house, and bought some pork and steamed meat pies for me. At that time, pork was very expensive. After my grandfather knew about it, he would not let me eat at their house. He was afraid that I would eat too much. After all, everyone was very poor at that time. Uncle Niu and the others were very kind to me. Although I haven’t moved around much these years, I still remember their kindness. When I make a lot of money in the future, I will definitely repay them.”

Listening to his memories, Lu Ze felt relieved for his simplicity and kindness, and echoed: "Since they treat you so well, then I have to treat them better."

Ruan Xishi immediately realized the meaning of Lu Ze's words, and laughed happily: "Yeah!"

With the recovery of Uncle Niu, the days have returned to tranquility. This is how the village is. Usually, if there is no major event, it will be calm. Once someone's family has something, they will rush to tell each other and go to help together. The atmosphere is very good.

Under Ruan Xishi's insistence, Lu Ze rested at home for two days. One morning, someone knocked on the door again. Ruan Xishi opened the door and saw that it was Uncle Zhao, and asked in surprise, "Uncle Zhao, why are you here?"

As soon as Uncle Zhao saw him, he asked anxiously, "Shi Zi, is Ah Ze at home?"

Ruan Xishi heard that his tone was so anxious, thought that something serious happened, and hurriedly yelled into the room: "Brother Lu Ze, Uncle Zhao has something to ask for you!"

Lu Ze came out of the room immediately, and asked quickly, "What's the matter, Uncle Zhao?"

Uncle Zhao said: "It's like this. In the early morning, Amei said that she had a stomachache. Your fourth brother Zhao said that she was due to give birth. He drove her and your Aunt Zhao to the hospital before dawn. Then I will call back and say She gave birth, let me find someone to take her natal family to the hospital for a look, then I can only come to you."

When Ruan Xishi heard this, she became excited: "Sister-in-law Si is going to have a baby? This is a good thing! Brother Lu Ze, go and help me."

Lu Ze nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go back and push the cart, and I'll go right away."

The news of Zhao's new daughter-in-law giving birth soon spread throughout the village. Everyone was happy for the Zhao family and kept asking whether it was a boy or a girl.

The villagers all knew that Lu Ze took Zhao's daughter-in-law's natal family to the hospital. When they saw him come back in the evening, they kept asking him whether it was a boy or a girl.

Lu Ze said he didn't know, and told the villagers who came to ask him about his situation that he sent someone to the hospital and then came back.He said this for the good of the Zhao family. He knew that people in the village value boys over girls, and he was afraid that after the Zhao family gave birth to a daughter, the villagers would chew their ears everywhere.

After returning home, Ruan Xishi also asked him this question, and Lu Ze told him frankly that he had given birth to a girl.

When Ruan Xishi was born into a small life, she couldn't help worrying about her. The patriarchal concept in the village is serious, which can be seen from the children in class. As the eldest daughter, it is still a question of whether she will be wronged in the future.Moreover, Mrs. Zhao Sisao gave birth to a daughter in her first child, so she was often said to be unsatisfactory. I don't know if her family will also complain about her.

Lu Ze comforted him and said, "It's okay, mother and daughter are safe, Zhao Si, Aunt Zhao and Amei's family are all very happy. When I left, they even wrapped me a red envelope, saying that I will send them there. The hospital sees the newborn."

Ruan Xishi took Lu Ze's red envelope, it was quite thick to the touch, he opened it to see, there were five pieces of ten yuan stuffed inside, it must have been temporarily sealed to Lu Ze when he was too anxious to prepare the red envelope when going out.

If you hire a motorcycle in the village, you usually pay a round-trip fare, which is usually 20 yuan. The Zhao family should be very happy that they gave so much.

Thinking of this, Ruan Xi breathed a sigh of relief.

The author has something to say:

I want to immerse myself in the warm life I conceived and cannot extricate myself_(:з)∠)_

The content of this chapter refers to the deeds of my uncles filial piety to my grandfather, my uncles, aunts, and aunts filial piety to my grandfather. Although they are gone, they have also enjoyed the filial piety of their children, so it is very good (??_? )?