The old man couldn't help but feel a little apologetic, "The wheat seedlings in the field are waterlogged, if it is in the previous season, the wheat should be out of ears at this time, Miss Yu, the wheat in the field can no longer be remedied, I am afraid that there will be no harvest this winter." ”

According to the current situation, I am afraid that there will be no harvest in the fields this year.

Miss Yu bought land and gave them rations, for these people, she was a living bodhisattva who saved the suffering, and she didn't take Yu Jiao as a businessman, so she couldn't help but worry about Yu Jiao.

If the land is barren this year, they will not have to do farm work, but also pay the rations of the white-collar Yu girl, and they will really have a hard conscience.

"Don't worry, uncle, I use these fields to grow Hu Cai, when you repair the house, put the water in the field, and dry the ground again, we can sow seeds." Yu Jiao said gently.

These people are simple, she likes to deal with such people, and she is willing to deliver kindness and sincerity.

The old man was relieved to hear that she had a plan in his heart, "It is indeed appropriate to plant Hu Cai at this time." ”

He straightened up and said to the people on the side, "Did you hear everything?" Everyone hurried to build a house, don't delay doing things for Miss Yu. ”

A group of people hurriedly responded, and the men who were still around them all stood up, not daring to sit idly and waste time anymore, and each went back to his rebuilt house to work, leaving only a few old people and women to sit and talk with Yu Jiao in the grass hut.

The women were not idle, they were all sewing clothes, they looked at Yu Jiao carefully, and they didn't dare to speak rashly.

An old woman walked up to Yu Jiao tremblingly, stretched out her hand covered with green tendons and brown age spots, and a blue-yellow fruit no bigger than a child's fist lay in the palm of the old woman's rough hand.

"Miss Yu, there's nothing I can entertain you, you can taste this pear." The old woman's voice was kind and kind, her outstretched hand trembling slightly, and there was dirt hidden in her nails.

Yu Jiao turned a blind eye to the dirt, stretched out her hands to take the fruit that was almost indistinguishable as a pear, raised her eyes and smiled sweetly at the old woman, and took a bite of the pear, although it was astringent and sour, she smiled and said to the old woman, "Very sweet, thank you." ”

I don't know how long this pear has been left for a long time, and there is no moisture, but the sincerity of this pear is particularly moving.

The old woman saw Yu Jiao eating, pursed her mouth and laughed, sat next to Yu Jiao, pointed to a collapsed house not far away, and her voice was a little slow due to her age, "There are several pear trees planted in my yard, and the pears that bear at this time in previous years are big and sweet, and this year another tree has grown, and it is heavy, and the branches are bent." ”

Yu Jiao followed the direction pointed by the old woman, and there was no shadow of the pear tree except for the collapsed ruins.

The old woman had a smile on her face, as if the pear trees were still there.

"The pears on the tree make people happy when they look at it, and the birds in the neighborhood always run to the yard to peck secretly, and I stay under the tree, day and day, and I don't feel at ease at night." The old woman laughed and said, "Those birds are also fine, and they know that the pears in my tree are sweet!" ”

Yu Jiao smiled, nibbled on the sour pear, and echoed, "It's very sweet." ”

When the old woman heard this, the smile on her face became even kinder.

She looked at her courtyard again, her wrinkled face was in a trance, "My son said that when I picked it, I would send some to the neighbors, and the rest could be sold in the city, but who didn't expect it to be flooded......"

The old woman's voice was a little choked, and Yu Jiao could feel the sadness in her heart.

For the old woman, the pear tree is the expectation of a better life and the fruit of a happy life.

But soon the old woman was relieved, and she continued, "After the flood, the house collapsed, and the three pear trees in the courtyard were uprooted by the water, and they were gone, and the pears were gone, and I found this pear in the rubble, and I was not willing to eat it, and I dreamed at night that the house was still there, and the pears full of branches were still hanging on the trees, waiting for me to pick them. ”

The wrinkles on the old woman's face trembled slightly, and Yu Jiao felt as if she was crying, but there were no tears in the old woman's eyes.

"If only Miss Yu came over earlier, I know this pear is not sweet enough, you are making me happy!" The old woman turned her face sideways, looked at Yu Jiao, and said with a kind smile, "Good girl, if it were earlier, I would have invited you to taste my big and sweet pears." ”

Yu Jiao's little pear in her hand has been gnawed clean, only one pear pit remains, Yu Jiao lowered her head, dug a pit in the ground with her hands, buried the pear pit in it, covered it with soil, raised her head and smiled at the old woman, "In the spring of the next year, this pear pit may be able to sprout, and it will grow like the pear tree in your mother-in-law's yard in the future, full of big and sweet pears, and at that time, I will be able to taste the pears of my mother-in-law's house." ”

The old woman's flabby eyelids were slightly red, the corners of her mouth were raised, the smile on her face was more genuine, and her expression was more energetic than before, "What Miss Yu said is that when the house at home is built, my wife will plant a few more pear trees in the yard, and I have experience in tending to pear trees, and I will definitely be able to produce sweet and big pears full of trees." ”

Yu Jiao smiled all over her face, "When the time comes, I will come to my mother-in-law to ask for pears to eat." ”

The old woman swept away the depression of many days, and responded with a smile, "Okay, if Miss Yu comes, I will let my son and daughter-in-law sweep the couch to welcome her." ”

The old woman smiled at Yu Jiao and waved her hand, Yu Jiao smiled at the old woman and gave a salute, got up and followed the woman to a house that had been built for dinner.