"I definitely want to, but my conditions don't allow it!" Lu Yao replied with a wry smile.

"Have you ever thought about teaching yourself?" asked A-Ying.

"In my hometown, I thought about self-study, which was to listen to the radio on the radio and learn English through correspondence courses at the school. However, I was not able to learn. Lu Yao lowered his head and whispered.

"There's no radio at home, do you?" asked A-Ying.

Lu Yao nodded with a red face and replied, "In our entire village, there is a radio in the village chief's house. Normally, the time of radio classes is after 10 o'clock in the evening, and I always go to the village chief's house in the middle of the night to listen to the radio, which will disturb his family's rest, so I didn't stick to it. ”

"I'll lend you a cassette recorder, all my high school and college textbooks are here, I'll put them on your bed later. In your spare time, you can study on your own, and when you have the conditions, you can take the adult college entrance examination. Lu Yao, you are still young, don't throw away your studies at any time. God and the gods can't change their fate, only knowledge can change their fate and make themselves stronger. A-Ying said.

"Thank you, boss, oh, thank you for your help and teaching!" Lu Yao said gratefully.

"Don't be too restrained, my husband and I are both informal people, you can just call our names in the future, my name is A-Ying, and my husband's name is A-Xin. Go and rest for a while, wait for the sun to fade, and after three o'clock you can go to the orchard and hoe the weeds. A-Ying said.

"I don't have a habit of taking a lunch break, I'll wait for you to finish eating, I'll brush the dishes and chopsticks, I'll go to the orchard to hoe the grass, and I'll try to get out of today's work. Lu Yao said.

"I'll just brush the chopsticks. You have just arrived to work in the orchard, don't put too much pressure on yourself, combine work and rest, and take it step by step. I know you're a serious person and you don't get lazy in your work. But you must be relaxed, and you must rest when you should rest, otherwise it will be difficult to keep yourself vigorous and healthy for a long time. In fact, there is no technical content in the orchard, as long as you get used to it, and after a long time, you will be able to master it. Like my two relatives, they only work half a day a day, and they can also take good care of the orchard. What I value is work efficiency, not your workload and labor intensity. Just like reading a book, it is necessary to first make it easy and then difficult and gradually go deeper; it is also necessary to integrate and be good at being flexible, so that we can draw inferences from one case and not blindly read dead books. A-Ying said kindly.

"Thank you! Lu Yao said.

"You are slowly familiar with the work of the orchard, and you should know about the situation in my family. To tell you the truth, we only invited you because we believe in your character. So, from now on, I want you to make this your home, my husband and I as your sister and brother, our children as your niece, and this orchard as your own, and work here happily and happily, okay?"

"Okay! I will do what you tell you!······"

"You're still not relaxed enough, and it seems like you're going to need a process of adaptation. It's okay, just remember what I said. Since you haven't gotten used to your lunch break, read a book. You come with me, go to our room, and move the textbook and tape recorder to your room. ”

After eating the last bite of rice in the bowl, A-Ying took out a tissue from the tissue box on the dining table, wiped her mouth, and then stood up. She walked to the door, gently pulled the three little girls who were still banging on the door, and then opened the small door and walked in.

Lu Yao also stood up, and when she hesitated to enter her room with Ah Ying, Ah Ying's crisp shout came from the room: "Lu Yao, come in and move the box!"

"Hey!" Lu Yao hurriedly replied. He walked quickly to the door and saw two little girls staring at him with two pairs of big sparkling eyes, flickering at him.

"Little friend, may I enter your house?" Lu Yao smiled and squatted down, asking softly.

"Yes, my mother agreed, and you can come in. The eldest little girl in a floral dress immediately stepped out of the way and replied crisply. Another little girl stood timidly behind the door, still staring at Lu Yao intently.

"Thank you, little friend!" After Lu Yao finished speaking, he stepped into the room lightly, slowly walked to a wooden bed in the corner on the left, and looked up at the top of the bed following A-Ying's gesture, and saw a large suitcase placed at the head of the bed.

Lu Yao first gently moved the suitcase with his left hand, but did not move.

"It's full of textbooks, including suitcases, more than eighty pounds, you have to be careful. A-Ying reminded as she pulled the little girl who had been tugging at the hem of her skirt behind her.

"Hey!" Lu Yao immediately approached the bed, held the wooden bed with his right hand, moved one side of the suitcase to the edge of the bed with his left hand, and then walked out to the door with the suitcase with both hands.

Lu Yao walked into his room and just put the suitcase on the bed, A-Ying walked in with a tape recorder in his left hand and a canvas bag in his right hand, put it on the desk and said: "This bag contains all the tapes I used to study English in college, although it has been four or five years, but it can still make sound." If you don't understand anything in your studies, you can ask me. ”

"Okay, thank you!"

"You're welcome, since everyone is already their own people, don't see outside. If you need help with anything, just ask, and everyone will discuss it. After Ah Ying finished speaking, she turned around and went out to clean up the dishes and chopsticks.

After Lu Yao put his things away, he immediately walked out of the room, put on a straw hat, and went to the orchard to hoe the grass.

In the evening, the sky gradually darkened, and the two mountains adjacent to the orchard were already shrouded in a thin layer of twilight.

Lu Yao, who was hoeing in the orchard, didn't seem to feel that it was getting dark, he was still bent down, wielding his hoe vigorously, hoeing the grass very skillfully.

At this time, a bright light shone from the lychee forest behind Lu Yao. A-Ying carried a baby on her back, holding a dry branch in her left hand and a flashlight in her right hand, stepping on the weeds that Lu Yao had hoeed, and shouting loudly as she walked forward: "Lu Yao! Where are you? Dinner!"

"I'm here! Don't come here, I'll go right over!" Lu Yao replied loudly. He lifted his hoe and ran towards A-Ying with one foot high and one foot low.

When Lu Yao, who was sweating profusely and wet, ran in front of A-Ying, she shone a flashlight on Lu Yao's two hands and asked, "Where is the herbal tea bucket?"

"There are no herbal tea barrels!" Lu Yao replied.