When Zhu Xiuchun came to the hall to get a warm pot, she was surprised to find that Xue Lian, a pampered lady, was dancing her skirt to help her clean up the room, and said flatteredly: "Oops! Girl, you ...... Look, how can this make you pick up! Sit down and let Zhicheng play alone! ”

"Auntie, it's okay, I'm idle, I'm idle, it's boring to sit down, and besides, I'm not an outsider......"

"Oops! This ...... Look at it, how can you do it! The old man was very unhappy, and his face was full of guilt and he didn't know what to say.

Xue Lian folded the clothes on the bed one by one, and touched the broom lump behind the door to clean the hall.

From time to time, Zhicheng grabbed a grape from the table and stuffed it into her mouth painfully, and then twisted one to fill his mouth. He stared at the diligent Snow Lotus on the side, it was really an indescribable sweetness.

Zhicheng took a pu fan and handed it to her: "Little sister, okay, don't play around." Let's take a break! I'm going to give you one of these things to shake! I've really wronged you little fire. ”

"Then you give me back the fan, the more the fan becomes more and more prosperous. Giggles, let's be honest. I haven't used this in a long time. She took the fan leaf and slapped herself twice. Suddenly, it made the whole body feel a lot more comfortable, and a refreshing coolness hit the heart.

Every time Snow Lotus shakes it, the soft bangs on her forehead flutter with it. This makes her look even more feminine......

Because it was too hot in the house, Zhicheng couldn't bear to see her sweating, so he proposed: "Little sister, it's too hot in this house, why don't I take you outdoors!" Okay? ”

"Good! Let's go, take our cute little black dog. Set off ......" she dropped the fan and responded positively, and then went into the kitchen to say hello to the two old men, and then walked out of the courtyard with Zhicheng with a smile, and the cute little black dog also followed behind their butts......

As soon as Zhu Xiuchun saw Xuelian and her son go out of the courtyard with her, she said to her husband, who was burning the fire: "Old man, we can't just fry two green vegetables for others!" What a love this is! People's daughters came all the way to deliver books to our Zhicheng, what a good girl! also helped Zhicheng buy this and that, do we owe more favors to others? It's a hot day, and it's not easy for people to come here, so we can't just send them away. ”

The more Zhu Xiuchun thought about it, the more it was not like that, so she ordered her husband: "Old thing, don't burn it, while other people's daughters are away, you go to the yard to catch a chicken and kill it, let's entertain others." Hurry up, the girl will come back in a while, and you won't let ...... kill you."

"Alas, okay, I'll go ......" The old man Dejian also felt that what his wife said was reasonable, so he dropped the fire stick and went out of the kitchen, and the old couple wanted to carefully prepare a table of meals for this distinguished guest.

When they came to the outside of the village, Zhicheng and Xuelian invariably held hands and snuggled up to each other, and there was always an indescribable tacit understanding between them. The little black dog wagged its tail and followed behind the buttocks of the two, barking twice from time to time, and then sticking out its tongue to dissipate heat......

Zhicheng pointed to the front and said, "Little sister, look, this is the largest jujube forest in our village in front of you, more than 500 acres." ”

"Such a big one!" Xue Lian said in surprise: "Is this all self-sustaining?" ”

"Yes, all of them! There are many jujube trees here that are hundreds of years old! ”

Zhicheng led him into this jujube forest, and at the same time affectionately hugged her slender waist and said, "Little sister, do you know? This jujube wood is hard, like an iron lump, but it grows slowly, and in autumn the whole forest is full of red jujubes, all of them are like little red lanterns! It's a pity that you didn't come at the right time, and the green dates hanging on the tree are not sweet now. Zhicheng stroked the hair on the back of her shoulder.

"Then I'll come back in the fall, brother, there seems to be a hill over there." She raised her arm and pointed into the distance.

"Well, yes, I can only see a sharp child here, that is called Xingxing Mountain, it looks very close, more than ten miles."

"That's Xingxing Mountain, isn't it in Walnut Valley? I remember that I climbed many times when I was a child, in fact, I already knew about your Zaoshuwan, and I followed my grandfather twice, but I was not very impressed. At that time, my grandfather and I lived in Lihualing, which was very close to the Liuzi River, and it was a bit far from here. There seems to be Xinfutun and Pingyanggou around here, right? I'm familiar with this ......."

"Wow...... Wow...... "The little black dog who was left out in the cold barked twice at his owner dissatisfiedly.

Xuelian's smiling cat leaned down and picked up the little black dog at her feet, stroked its fluffy head with her hands, and at the same time lowered her head affectionately and pushed it against its black little nose with the tip of her own nose, and then ran to a stream in the jujube forest with the little black dog, pointed to the reflection in the clear stream and asked with a smile: "Little baby, look, who is that, do you know it?" She smiled and rested her chin on the little black dog's head.

The little black dog looked at his reflection in amazement, and immediately barked at the image in the water.

Xue Lian happily threw the puppy in her arms to the grass by the stream, held the jujube tree crooked towards the stream with her hand, and giggled happily with her feet to the puppy, and at the same time said to Zhicheng beside her: "Brother, why is this water so cool!" It's definitely cool to take a shower here, and when I was a kid, I immediately stripped off and jumped in. Xiaoice Slipper, come and help me wash my feet! ”

Zhicheng squatted down embarrassedly to hold her pretty feet, helped her take off the delicate high-heeled sandals on her feet, pressed the little feet in her hands into the stream, and gently kneaded them with both hands, in fact, her flexible and soft feet were white and spotless.

"Isn't it cool? Come, put your legs in too. It's okay, you hold me a little. Stand firm! ”

Snow Lotus grabbed Zhicheng's shoulder and leaned into the river, and kicked out a string of splashes, because one foot touched the ground, the body lost balance, and one fell diagonally to the water, fortunately Zhicheng took her into his arms in time, and the two squatted on the grass behind them at the same time.

Xue Lian said in shock: "Oh mom, I was scared to death, I thought I was hopeless, thank you brother for pulling out the knife to help." ”

Zhicheng hugged the warm-scented nephrite-like person in his arms and said with a smile: "Do you only say thank you?" ”

Xue Lian sneered and said, "Then how do you want me to thank you?" Otherwise, just make a promise on this meadow, giggle......"

"Just right." Zhicheng smiled and stroked her fleshy feet, and couldn't help but smack her sensitive feet with his fingers.

Xue Lian itched her feet into the stream and kicked hard, but splashed Zhicheng's face......

On the way back, Zhicheng led her to the Xiangyang River embankment in the south of the village for a turn.

On the banks of these ditches in the countryside, every grass and tree can evoke Xuelian's fond memories of her childhood......

The towering trees on the side of the road reminded her of the early summer night when she and her friends scrambled around the poplar trees with small electric rods in search of cicada chrysalis (known larvae), and if she didn't get it, she would be squeaked by the guy with his hard claws......

Seeing the small river in the wild reminded her of the time when she was a child, catching small fish barefoot in such a small muddy ditch, and digging some cement by the ditch when she came home. When I got home, I pinched a little stupid pig for a while, rubbed it and kneaded it into a little flower dog, my little face was covered with mud, and I looked at each other's funny silly looks and made fun of each other. Sometimes they rub each other's faces twice with their dirty little hands, and the sound of laughter and laughter is endless. Snow lotus stands on the green embankment and reminisces about her long-lost childhood......

When the two returned home, Zhu Xiuchun had already stewed the chicken, Xuelian never expected that the two old men would kill another chicken in order to entertain themselves, she knew that this was the case, she would not go out with Zhicheng just now. Looking at the two old men who were busy in the low kitchen, she was both grateful and sad.

"Girl, go and sit down in the hall! It's hot ......," the old man said with a smile

"Oops! Uncle and aunt, I'm not an outsider, why do you have to spend so much! Didn't I tell you just now? It's just a simple home-cooked meal, you see, it's so troublesome......"

The old man Zhu Xiuchun smiled honestly and rubbed his hands on his apron and said kindly: "Look at what you said, what's the trouble, isn't this just a home-cooked meal?" No elbows, no fish. Alright, girl, you go to the hall and wait! Immediately lift the pot and eat. Zhicheng, you wipe the dining table in the hall and wipe it clean. The old man handed his son a piece of wet linen cloth and carried a pot of prepared pig food out of the yard.

Xuelian also followed the old man to the pigsty, Zhu Xiuchun rubbed his hands on the apron and said happily: "Aunt really didn't expect you to tickle it." ”

"Hehe, I like this little thing the most......" Snow Lotus craned her neck to watch the little black pig cooing and eating.

The little black pig walked up from the trough and shook his head at Xuelian frequently, as if he was greeting her, and as if he was saying, hey! Come two too, old man.

Seeing that Xuelian ignored it, he lowered his head again and ate it with relish. The nose and lips are still pouting. The little tail with a high cock behind the buttocks also shakes back and forth to repel mosquitoes and flies, and from time to time it happily wraps into a small circle, which is particularly interesting.

Zhicheng brought the prepared meals to the hall in the same way, and Xue Lian hurried over to help. The little black dog seemed to smell the fragrance, and wagged its little tail and ran over after Zhu Xiuchun. I longed for the owner to reward it with a little delicious food.

After the meal was served, Zhu Xiuchun pushed the bowl with the most meat in front of Xuelian and said with a smile: "Come, girl, sit down and eat!" Nothing good anyway. Eat what you need to eat, don't gossip, Hani. Just like your own home, you are not allowed to pretend. As he spoke, he handed a piece of oil cake to Xue Lian.

Looking at the table full of food, as well as the large stack of fragrant oil cakes specially baked for her by the old man in the steamed basket next to her, coupled with the strong nostalgia exuded from this small farmhouse courtyard. Ling Xuelian's eyes were very sour, she pursed her lips, and said very gratefully: "Uncle and aunt, I have caused you trouble." ”

"Hey, my aunt doesn't like to hear this." The old man said half-disgustedly, half-happy: "You just come every day, and your aunt is not too troublesome......" She said as she gently shook the leaves of the fan for the snow lotus beside her.

After the meal, Xue Lian diligently helped the old man clean up the dishes and chopsticks, wiped the dining table with a burlap, and then brought the broken bones wiped off the dining table to the yard and poured them to the little black dog lying in the shade of the tree.

Xue Lian remembered the little black dog she had when she was a child, and she squatted down, stared at this naughty little farmer dog, and couldn't help but pat its cute little head a few times.

The little black dog looked at her kindly with a pair of dark eyes, and it seemed to realize that this person was also part of their big family. At least he has a very close relationship with his owner. Therefore, not only did he not yell at her, but he also blindly snuggled up to Xuelian and kissed her.