Maybe Zhou Jianping was careless, or complained that his parents didn't remind him, except for two times when he came back from Guangzhou and brought one or two trinkets to Yuling, Zhou Jianping went to Yuling's house no less than five or six times, and never brought any gifts to her family.

Facing the scene in front of them, the two of them were embarrassed and couldn't complain about others.

Seeing Chen Xiuhua's hands stretched out and retracted, Yuling felt the strange expressions of Jianping's mother and son, and she turned to hand the things to Zhou Jianping, "You put these in the house." ”

Zhou Jianping had to take it, "That's, that's okay." ”

The gift brought by Yuling was two catties of tea and five catties of sugar.

"Auntie, are you busy now?" Chang Yuling is purely to break the embarrassment, she has nothing to say, she is from the countryside, do you still need to ask?

"Busy, how can there be no one in the countryside who is not busy, Jianping and his father went to work in the fields, I heard that you are coming, I will cook for you at home, you must stay for lunch at noon." Chen Xiuhua is usually a person who speaks very happily, but after the embarrassing scene just now, she doesn't seem to speak very neatly.

"Auntie, I'm here to play with Jianping, it's also considered to recognize the door, don't take me seriously, I'll leave after a while, don't bother."

On the issue of meeting gifts, it is passive enough, the first time a girl comes to the door, if she doesn't stay for a meal, she really stays for a while and leaves, which will make people laugh if it gets out.

Chen Xiuhua sincerely hoped that Yuling would stay for lunch, she said: "Jianping, you stay with Yuling, if you think the family is bored, you can go to the small river outside the village to take a walk, I will prepare lunch, you must not let Yuling go." ”

"Mom, don't worry, I'll let her stay."

"If you're going to the river, be sure to come back before twelve." After Chen Xiuhua explained, she turned around and went into the kitchen.

"See? If you don't stay for lunch, my mom will have to ask me. Zhou Jianping said.

"The first time I went to your house, I stayed for dinner, isn't it a little bit unserious?" Yuling said with a grin.

"Don't think about it so much, you have to understand my mother's feelings, we have been together for more than two years, and the first time you come to my house, she really attaches importance to it."

"Thank you, Auntie! And the house you renovated. ”

Chang Yuling thought to herself, if this house is not cleaned up, it will look so dilapidated!

"My house is not comparable to yours, and our village is much more remote than yours."

"Hi, the house is nothing, as long as you have money, you can build it at any time. Auntie said that there is a small river outside the village, why don't we go out for a walk? Yuling said.

"Go out for a walk----, you're not afraid of being seen?" Zhou Jianping is still shy.

"I saw a lot of people from the entrance of the village to your house just now! I don't lack arms or legs, I'm afraid of who will see it! "Yuling is very generous.

"That's that, just along the way, your bike attracted a lot of attention."

"Hey, what do you mean, I'm not as good as this bike?" Yuling deliberately teased.

"That's not what I meant. Alright, let's go out for a walk. ”

Walking on the country road, unless he meets a particularly familiar villager, Zhou Jianping takes the initiative to say hello, and he always tries to avoid it as much as possible. Behind them, this discussion could be faintly heard: "This kid usually doesn't see a human figure at all, and he has never seen him working in the field, but the gust of wind blew him back?" ”

"Don't say it, looking at the honest relationship, where did this kidnap a daughter-in-law home?"

"That woman is amazing, I saw it from the village just now, the bicycle that people are riding, that beautiful, we have never seen it before!"

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"The people in your village are very interesting, huh?" Yuling pursed her lips and smiled at Zhou Jianping.

"What? Did you hear them? ”

"Didn't you hear? It seems that your reputation in the village is not very good! ”

"They talk about me behind my back, not for a day or two, a person who is not at ease with farming, in their minds, is a second-rate person who does not do his job. Someday, I'm going to make them change. ”

"Ho, look at what you can, the mouth grows on their faces, what are people willing to say let them go, what can you change?" Yuling disagreed.

"Hmph, don't underestimate a persistent heart! Wait, one day, I will not only change their opinion of me, but also let them change their current mentality that they cannot live without the land, and that if they do not have peace of mind, they are not good people. Zhou Jianping rarely spoke to Yuling in such a serious tone.

"Why, is this your ambition to talk to me about? I didn't underestimate you! Yuling laughed.

Before they knew it, they had come to the river, a small river that originated more than a hundred kilometers in the upper mountains, was actually a seasonal river, and now it was summer, and the water level in the riverbed was high, and the river flowed quietly, silently into the distance. In winter, the water flow from the upstream decreases, and most of the riverbed is bare, but it is almost uninterrupted.

"Some people in the village are still laughing at me behind my back, to be honest, I don't look down on them It's already very good, just say planting crops, for many years, the whole village has been relying on the sky to eat, guarding the river water close at hand, but no one thinks of diverting water for irrigation, every season the crops have to stretch their necks and wait for God to rain, otherwise they will watch the crops drought and reduce yield. What qualifications do a group of people whose thinking is still stuck in the era of our ancestors be to point fingers at my actions? Zhou Jianping said very unpretentiously.

"I know more about the countryside than you do, and you think it's that simple to divert water for irrigation? You need electricity, you need diesel, you need pumps and pipes. Chang Yuling said.

"Why I'm also a high school student, of course I have this common sense, I do need these things for water diversion and irrigation, but you don't want to do it, can these things fall from the sky?"

"These people deal with their land all day long, where can they go and figure it out? Why don't you help them figure it out? ”

"Me? Why me? But it's not impossible, it's not something that is difficult to get to, but not now. ”

After eleven o'clock, the sun became noticeably hotter, and Zhou Jianping proposed to go home, saying that there was shade in the yard, which was cooler than basking in the sun.

When she returned home, seeing that Chen Xiuhua was still busy working, Chang Yuling didn't say a word, rolled up her sleeves and was about to go into the kitchen to help. "No need to help, it's ready, you and Jianping will cool off in the yard, and eat when his father gets home." Chen Xiuhua was embarrassed to let Yuling stretch out her hand no matter what.

Yuling saw that she couldn't intervene, so she had to go back to the courtyard.

At lunchtime, all of Zhou Jianping's family members came back, and several brothers and sisters walked into the yard and saw the brand-new bicycle, and they all came forward to watch curiously, "Brother, whose car is this?" The second Zhou Jianwen said.

"Ha, Che, your Sister Yuling."

"This car is so beautiful! We've never seen each other before. Zhou Jianwen was full of praise.

"When I have money, brother will buy you one?"

"That's great! When to buy it? ”

"As soon as I said you'd be annoyed, aren't you and Dad working together? Why hasn't he come back yet? ”

"Well, he walked home with me, I walked faster than him, then he should be home too!"

As he was talking, Zhou Xuecheng entered the courtyard, and when Yuling saw this, she hurriedly got up and stepped forward to say hello, "Uncle is it done?" ”

Zhou Xuecheng saw Yuling for the first time, and he stood in place in a daze, "Oh----, it's over, you're here?" ”

"Jianping get some water and let my uncle wash his hands."

At lunchtime, the underage children did not come to the table, because there was no drinking, and the adults at the table were finished in about half an hour. After the meal, Yuling wanted to help wash the dishes, but Chen Xiuhua still refused, "Don't be in a hurry to wash the dishes, on a hot day, rest for a while." ”

Chang Yuling had a family affair with Zhou Jianping's parents for a while, and at about two o'clock in the afternoon, Yuling got up and said goodbye, "Auntie, uncle, I have to go back." ”

"It's still hot outside, let's wait until it's cool before leaving." Chen Xiuhua said.

"Auntie, my family is also very busy, I have to go back to help, I can't stay too long. Now that I know the place, I will come back often in the future. "Yuling is not stupid.

Chen Xiuhua said with a smile: "This kid is sensible! It's good that I know the place, and I often come to visit the door in the future. ”

Sent to the entrance of the village, Zhou Jianping had to send it forward, Chang Yuling insisted on letting him go back, "It's such a hot weather, you hurry home and don't get heat stroke." With that, he got on the bike and left.

The parents were enjoying the shade in the shade of the trees in the yard, and when they saw Zhou Jianping coming back, Chen Xiuhua said, "You didn't send it forward?" ”

"She said it was too hot for me to deliver."

"Yuling is very considerate of you. Jianping, come here, sit here and talk to us. Mother Chen Xiuhua greeted.

"What are you going to say?" Jianping sat down on a small stool next to him.

"Yuling's bicycle...... Is it hers? Chen Xiuhua asked in a low voice.

"I don't know if it's hers, but I know it's theirs."

"That car is beautiful, I've never seen it before, it must be hard to buy."

"Mom, of course you can't see it in our remote countryside, but it's not uncommon in big cities."

"In this way, her family is in good condition!" Chen Xiuhua said.

"The introducer didn't tell us at the beginning, but I also went to her house two or three times before I found out, Yuling's family is a mixed household of workers and farmers, and his father works in a unit more than 400 kilometers away. The car was purchased by his father at work. ”

"You know, you didn't tell us when you got home?" Zhou Xuecheng on the side wanted to blame his son again.

"What is there to say about such a thing? Since Chang Yuling is willing to deal with me, and no one takes the initiative to reveal it, I don't think we need to care about this. ”

Zhou Jianping knew his father's inferiority complex, and Zhou Xuecheng was worried that the woman's family conditions were good, and he was afraid that people would look down on him.

"Jianping is right, since the woman deliberately concealed the family conditions, it means that people don't care about this, so we shouldn't know." Chen Xiuhua said.

When Chang Yuling returned home, she was already sweating profusely, Wu Guixiang was very distressed when she saw her daughter being hot like this, "Why did you run back at this point, in the middle of the day, two or three o'clock in the afternoon is the hottest time, look at your heat, don't get heat stroke." ”

"I haven't come back from lunch at someone's house, do you want me to stay at his house?" Yuling's mother and daughter like to tease their mouths.

"Hey! You are not shy for a big girl to say such things? ”

Yuling stretched out her hand to cover her mother's mouth, but Wu Guixiang pushed her aside, "Don't make trouble!" Seriously, when you go to his house today, how do you feel about the conditions? How did his parents treat you? ”