Chapter 7 The warmth of the small courtyard
The figure at the entrance of the village swayed, it was Li Lanfang's parents, Han Tuo, and Xiaoji who were not worried about them, so they found the village and saw that they were fine, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Lanfang's mother stepped forward and asked, "Where were you two hiding when the hail fell?" Didn't smash it, did it? ”
Li Lanfang was afraid that Zhao Yunfei would leak his mouth, so he quickly explained: "The two of us went to the brick factory, and we almost didn't smash it!" ”
Han Tuo pointed to the sky with an excited face, and said, "Did you see the dragon in the sky before the hailstorm?" How is it the same as the real thing? I saw the dragon's eyes. ”
"I saw it too!" Xiao Ji also said childishly.
At that time, Xiao Ji and Han Tuo were about to enter the village, and Han Tuo saw the dragon formed by the dark clouds in the sky, and hurriedly pointed it out to Xiao Ji.
Zhao Yunfei said: "It is the first time I have seen a cloud of this shape. ”
Li Lanfang's father's name is Li Zhong, he is a tall and thin middle-aged man, a little hunchbacked, and most men in the countryside are not as straightforward as men in the city, which is caused by doing heavy physical work all year round.
"Did you really see the dragon?" Li Zhong had a shocked expression on his face, he was boiling pig food for pigs in the kitchen before the hailstorm, and he didn't see this strange scene.
"It's a dragon formed by clouds, not a real dragon, but it's very similar, with eyes, mouth, claws, horns, and even a beard." Zhao Yunfei explained.
"There's a dragon in the sky, why don't you tell me?" Missing such a strange scene, Li Lanfang couldn't help but complain to Zhao Yunfei.
"What's so nice about that, it's just that the clouds formed by chance!" Zhao Yunfei never believed in feudal superstition.
"In my opinion, it's not that simple," Li Zhong had a worried look on his face, "Our town is called Wulongshan Town, this name has a history, the old generation has a legend that there are five dragons in the mountains in the west, and those five dragons have eaten a lot of people, and they have stayed in our village, and they have dug out a hole in the mountain spring, so our village is called Donglongquan, this time you see a dragon in the sky, and then it rains such a big hail, this is definitely not a good sign." ”
Aunt Li said: "Don't care about the real dragon and fake dragon, let the children go home first, let's go to the field to see the crops!" ”
The villagers were very worried about the crops in the field, and went to the field to see in twos and threes, although they saw it clearly in their hearts, it was in vain, such a big hailstone, even the weeds were smashed flat, not to mention those delicate crops? But I still rushed to the field with a glimmer of hope, hoping that God would open his eyes, and the ancestral grave would be smoking, what if the hailstone walked around his own piece of land? However, this situation is not expected to appear in real life, except in those nonsense fantasy novels.
Zhao Yunfei's village, the epicenter of the hailstorm, was the most severely affected, with all the crops in the fields that were not ripe or ripe and had not had time to be harvested were wiped out.
Adults are sad, although this society is now rich in material resources, and it will not be impossible to eat due to some natural disasters, but the hard work of several months has been in vain, and it is distressing!
Except for Zhao Yunfei's house, the children didn't feel it at all, how to play and how to play, no, Han Tuo walked around the field and picked up three pigeons and more than a dozen sparrows, all of which were killed by hailstones, and were disemboweled.
In other words, Han Tuo is simply Zhao Yunfei's shadow, he follows Zhao Yunfei wherever he goes, and the farm work at home does not help at all, but he is very energetic in Zhao Yunfei's house, thanks to Han Tuo's help, otherwise Zhao Yunfei's more than three acres of land plus a few points of vegetable garden will not be able to do it even if Zhao Yunfei is tired to death.
Even if he was worried, the rice still had to be eaten, Zhao Yunfei used a ceramic basin and a piece of noodles, and then carried the basket to the wheat straw stack outside the courtyard wall and dragged a basket of dry and loose wheat straw, lit the firewood stove, and began to make cakes.
At the same time, Han Tuo also cleaned up there, boiled half a pot of water in a cauldron, put oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, green onions, garlic, peppercorns, and ingredients, put the packed pigeon meat and sparrow meat in the pot, and covered the lid.
"What to do? So fragrant? Li Lanfang wore a white dress with small flowers, two white and tender and strong thighs, and walked into the courtyard with a smile, her fair face glowing with brilliance, and she looked in good spirits.
As soon as Li Lanfang entered the courtyard, the entire courtyard was immediately filled with youth and enthusiasm, Zhao Yunfei not only brightened his eyes, but also his heart lit up, and even the bad mood of suffering from the hailstorm disappeared temporarily.
Li Lanfang's eyes were rippling with infinite smile and tenderness, and the sweetness in her heart was something she had never had before.
Han Tuo teased and said, "You two haven't been separated for five minutes, are you considered to have not seen each other for a day?" ”
Li Lanfang stared at her beautiful eyes and said, "You are allowed to come to his house?" You have so much nonsense as soon as I come, so you two are inseparable all day, what is this? It was Han Tuo who said it in his mouth, but he looked at Zhao Yunfei with his eyes, and as he spoke, he paced to the side of the steaming cauldron, lifted the lid of the pot, and the aroma of meat mixed with steam hit his face, "What kind of meat is this?" Why does it smell so good? ”
"Pigeon meat and sparrow meat, Han Tuo picked it up!" Zhao Yunfei smiled slightly.
"Ah, there is sparrow meat, I remember the last time I ate it was during the Spring Festival last year, and today I have a mouthful!"
Han Tuo snatched the lid of the pot and covered the pot with a "bang", and protested: "The sparrow meat you ate last time was still picked by me and Yun Fei on the eaves, the two of us have worked hard for a long time, and you will eat ready-made as soon as you get here!" ”
Li Lanfang pursed her lips and said, "Stingy ghost, I'm not here to eat white food, I'm here with good news!" ”
"What's the good news? Say it and listen to it, is it worth my pot of meat? Han Tuo said with a slight mockery.
Li Lanfang jumped mischievously with her hands behind her back, pretending to inadvertently lean on Zhao Yunfei's shoulder with her shoulder, and said, "The good news is that 'corn can be replanted'!" ”
Han Tuo rolled his eyes and said contemptuously, "This is still good news? I'm not unusual."
Without waiting for Han Tuo to finish speaking, Zhao Yunfei asked anxiously: "Is it really too late to replant?" ”
"My dad said that he had to plant it quickly, and it might not be ripe if it was too late!" Li Lanfang put away her mischievous expression and looked at Zhao Yunfei's eyes intently, the tenderness in her eyes seemed to be overflowing.
When Zhao Yunfei heard the news, his heart immediately felt much more relaxed, if he planted two acres of corn and only lost more than one acre of rice, it seemed that he would be able to survive this year
The meat in the pot was cooked, Xiao Ji had already muttered that he wanted to eat, Zhao Yunfei put a small square wooden table under the big apricot tree, Han Tuo set up a bench, Li Lanfang took the bowl and chopsticks, filled a large plate of meat, and gave everyone a bowl of broth, soaked in the soup with pancakes, and everyone ate happily!
In the countryside, it is still easy to eat some game once in a while, although the countryside is a little more backward than the city, but the ability to resist pressure is very strong, as long as it is not a particularly big famine, even a lazy man who is lazier than a pig will not starve to death.
Li Lanfang and Zhao Yunfei were very close to each other, and she touched Zhao Yunfei's arm with her elbow from time to time, and then the two looked at each other meaningfully for more than three seconds.
Zhao Yun flew away and quietly reminded Li Lanfang: "Don't let your parents see that shirt!" ”
Li Lanfang's face turned red all of a sudden, and she whispered, "It's washed, it's almost dry!" ”
Although it was under the catastrophe, the courtyard of Zhao Yunfei's house was full of warmth and laughter, perhaps because of the breakthrough in the relationship with Li Lanfang, which made Zhao Yunfei feel a long-lost feeling of home in his heart.
Men and women, without either side, can form a happy home!
For Zhao Yunfei, life is no longer just about taking care of his sister Xiaoji, no longer just about those tiring farm work, life suddenly has more meaning!