"It doesn't bite, does it?" Zeng asked gently.

"Bite, rhubarb is terrible." "When I was a kid, I picked up garbage, and the kids in the city bullied me, and the rhubarb bit their skin open, and one of their arms almost didn't break," Lotte said. ”

"Ahh Zeng was gentle and frightened and hid behind Li Liuzhi, not daring to let Rhubarb get closer, but Li Liuzhi said with a smile:

"This dog is very smart, he knows his own family, you see, he wags his tail at me!"

The big yellow dog sniffed on Li Liuzhi's shoes, and then really wagged his tail, and Lotte continued with a smile: "Don't worry, senior sister, the rhubarb is well-behaved, as long as I brought it back, it won't bite." ”

Rhubarb came to Zeng Wenrou's side, sniffed at her shoe, and then rubbed Zeng Wenrou's thigh as if he was pleasing his master.

"Yo, I'm treating you as a hostess!" Li Liuzhi smiled.

The three of them and one dog continued on the road, in fact, they walked a few steps directly into a yard, a red brick house, a lot of corn in the yard, and two dirty fat pigs in the pigsty on the side, humming and chirping watching them come in.

Rhubarb was very sensible, and after entering the yard, he hurried to the brick house, and pulled his paws on the door one by one, as if he was knocking on the door.

"I'll live here with my master."

When Lotte explained, the door opened, and an old man with white hair stepped out, and Rhubarb hurriedly squatted on the ground and wagged his tail, while the old man did not look at Rhubarb, but at the three people who entered the yard.

"Master, I'm back."

Seeing the master, Lotte was a little excited, and hurriedly ran forward with a big bag of small fruits on his back, Li Liuzhi was also a little excited, and asked Zeng Wenwen, who was holding her, to walk a few steps quickly and follow closely behind Lotte.

Li Ghost used his hand in front of the sun on his head, carefully looked at the three people who entered the courtyard, and when his eyes fell on Li Liuzhi, he walked over excitedly to meet him.

Lotte took the lead in making contact with Ghost Li's hand, put down the package in his hand and hugged him directly, "Master, I miss you." ”

Ghost Li patted his hand on the back of Lotte, "It's only been a few days, what do you think, while playing in the mud." ”

Li Ghost pushed Lotte away, walked up to Li Liuzhi excitedly, and said with a trembling voice: "Senior brother! ”

"Senior brother!"

The two old brothers met after 20 years, each screamed, and then hugged each other in tears.

"I want to kill you!"

"Me too!"

Looking at two old people who are over half a hundred years old hugging each other, this emotional optimism is not experienced, and Zeng Gentle on the side looks at it with slightly red eyes.

"Senior brother, how have you been doing all these years?"

"One more breath, senior brother, how are you?"

"I'm going to be alive."

The two old men separated, and when Ghost Li saw Zeng Wenwen, he asked suspiciously, "Who is this?" ”

Lotte hurriedly explained: "This is the senior sister, Zeng gentle. ”

"Oh?" Li Ghost Hand was a little surprised, and Li Liuzhi hurriedly explained: "No, she is an outer disciple who has just been accepted, and she can't teach anymore when she is old, so let Lotte help bring her apprentice." ”

Zeng gently stepped forward and saluted respectfully, "Hello uncle!" ”

Li Ghost said with a smile: "Okay, girl, come into the house and sit, our house is a little dirty, don't dislike it!" ”

"No, uncle."

After a few words of greeting, the four hugged and walked into the house, the two old men had not seen each other for many years, they had a lot to talk about, and they didn't stop talking along the way, until they entered the house, don't look at the brick house outside, and the environment inside is called a dirty mess.

To enter the house is to set off, the water tank is next to the door, the stove is against the inner wall, the cupboard is by the wall, there is a pile of firewood around it, the corner is the inner room, and the entrance is the earthen kang, which is covered with floor leather, and there is no modern tool in the house except for electric lights.

Lotte's house is considered to be a family with four walls, and the house is full of poor taste, Lotte thought that Zeng Wen might not be used to it, but he looked at her sideways and did not show any discomfort.

It's winter, the house is very relaxed, the two old slippers on the kang began to chat, Lotte hurriedly put on the kang table, Li Guishou asked Lotte to boil water and pour tea, Lotte went out, Zeng Wenwen also came out and asked, "Do you want me to help?" ”

"No, you don't."

Lotte went home and everything was so familiar, picked up the charred kettle and began to boil water, and turned out a tea caddy with cobwebs in the dilapidated cupboard on the ground, and after the water boiled, he brewed a pot of tea and brought it in, put it on the table and poured a cup for each of the two children.

The second elder chatted very happily, and Ghost Li took the time to say, "Take care of your senior sister, and the master will talk to your uncle." ”

"You're busy, you don't have to take care of me." Zeng Wen said hurriedly.

Lotte pulled Zeng Wen out and said, "What my master means, don't let the two of us get in the way, let's go, I'll take you to see my cabin." ”

In the corner of the kitchen, there is a small black room, it is dark and there is no light, after entering the house, Lotte hurriedly turned on the light, a room of books is piled up, on the other side of the fire wall is the main hall, can faintly hear the conversation of the two elders.

The two old men seemed to talk about Zeng Wenrou again, and Zeng Wenrou also listened carefully.

"This girl just received it, what are you going to do?"

"What do you think?"

"Looks pretty handsome."

"yes, it would be nice if I could get together with Rakuten."

Zeng gently pursed his lips and looked sideways at Lotte, who was carrying a box in the corner, when he noticed the room full of books and said, "You are studying in this environment?" ”

"Hmm."

This small black room is not big, about a few square meters long, with a fire kang at one end, stools and tables around it, and stacks of books everywhere, occupying 50% of the space of this room.

"Your learning environment is tough!"

Lotte put down the box, and just as he was about to speak with a smile, he heard Li Ghost shouting: "Lotte, take Zeng Yatou out for a walk, go to your little broken house and have something to look at, just rub the buds outside if you have nothing to do." ”

"Oh!" Lotte answered and muttered: "I don't know what you two are whispering, and I'm afraid that I will eavesdrop, it's really sad!" ”

Pulling Zeng Gentle out of the house, Zeng Gentle leaned into Lotte's ear and said, "Your master and my master seem to want to match the two of us." ”

"I already knew." Lotte sat down and picked up two buds and started rubbing, Zeng Wenrou also sat down and picked up two, skillfully rubbing and asking at the same time, "When did you know?" ”

"Your master meant this from the beginning, didn't you see it?"

"Oh!" Zeng Gentle blushed and lowered his head, Lotte looked at Zeng Gentle's movements suspiciously, "Hey, senior sister, you will do this too!" ”

"My family also lives in the countryside, and I didn't do much when I was a child."

The two of them did farm work until more than 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and the two old men chatted endlessly in the house.

"I want to have two drinks with your uncle on the hour."

"Drink, drink, drink." Lotte chattered and began to brush the pot to boil water, Zeng gently put his hands on the side, it took about 2 hours, dinner was ready, appetizers peanuts, hard vegetables and chicken stewed mushrooms, pork ribs stewed beans, and cucumbers.

The four-course dishes were placed on the table, and Zeng gently took out Moutai and handed it over respectfully, "The first time I came, I didn't know what you liked, so I brought you a few bottles of wine." ”

"Moutai, this wine is good." Li Ghost unscrewed the lid with a smile, poured a cup for Li Liuzhi, and then poured it for himself, and finally looked at Lotte and asked:

"Would you like to have some too?"

In the eyes of Ghost Li, Lotte has always been a child, and it was the first time in history that he took the initiative to ask him if he had drunk.

Lotte hurriedly picked up the cup, "Then let's have some." ”

Li Ghost said while pouring wine: "You have also grown up, and it is inevitable that you will encounter a drinking game on the scene when you go out, this game should rely on practice, you can drink more drinks, is one cup enough?" ”

"Enough."

After pouring a full glass of wine, Ghost Li turned his head to look at Zeng and asked gently, "Girl, do you want to drink some?" ”

"Me? Let's have a little bit! Zeng Wenrou also picked up his glass.

"A heroine among women." After Li Guishou praised him, he also poured a cup for Zeng Wenrou, and then the four of them started to chat, eating and chatting.

Li Liuzhi and Li Ghost Hand chatted from all over the world, Lotte and Zeng Wenrou couldn't interject at all, and after the two finished eating and drinking, they sat boredly on the kang and listened to the two elders chatting.

It was past 8 o'clock, and the second elder hadn't finished chatting yet, seeing that Li Ghost was going to pour wine for Li Liuzhi, Lotte hurriedly stopped him and said: "Uncle Shi has just recovered from a serious illness, and his body has not yet recovered, so he can't drink more." ”

Li Liuzhi smiled awkwardly, and was just about to speak, Zeng Wenrou also helped not let Li Liuzhi drink, Li Liuzhi had no choice but to give up, Li Ghost drank his own, and the two started chatting again, but seeing that Lotte and Zeng Wenrou had been sitting together, they said:

"My brother and I haven't seen each other for 20 years, let us talk, you can go whatever you want."

Lotte looked left and right, the main house can sleep four people, but they have a drink, when can they sleep? "Where does Senior Sister sleep tonight?"

"You two sleep in the back room." Li Ghost said.

"Ahh

Li Liuzhi answered: "Ah, what, hurry up." ”

No tricks, the two old men have one heart, Lotte and Zeng Wenwen had to go down to the ground to put on shoes, but when Lotte looked up again, he saw the funny eyes of the master and the uncle, this look seemed to say, we can only help so much, whether you can marry her as a daughter-in-law depends on your own ability.

"I'll go, two old people are not ashamed."

Lotte and Zeng Gentle entered the back room, Zeng Gentle pouted and said, "These two old men, let me have a big girl to be married and you a young man in the same room, what do you think?" ”

"I've taken a fancy to you, I want you to be my daughter-in-law!" After Lotte complained, he began to shop the quilt on the kang.

Zeng Wen was a little shy, sitting on the wall and muttering, "You have a girlfriend, how can we be together?" ”

After Lotte laid out the futon, he knocked on Huoqiang and shouted loudly: "The two old men are over 100 years old, is it interesting to listen to the root of the wall?" ”

Zeng Wenrou hurriedly leaned back and looked at the wall of fire, only then did he hear the other side say embarrassedly: "Drink and drink." ”

"Who are these people?" Zeng asked with a gentle dark face.

"Who made you want to come along?" After Lotte laid out the futon, he dragged his clothes and went straight into the quilt, then picked up a book and read it.

Zeng gently blushed and said, "You are generous, what should I do?" ”

"What's wrong?" Lotte asked.

"I didn't bring pajamas."

"Aren't you usually very generous, I haven't seen anything." Lotte said defiantly.

"I'm afraid of you!" After speaking, Zeng Wenrou also went to the kang and took off her clothes and prepared to rest.

This article is from Reading Rim Novels