"I knew you weren't coming too soon, and now is the right time." Chen Zui put the two chickens on the stone slab at the door, and washed his hands again in the basin next to him before coming over.

Li Chengjing was surprised: "You can still cook? Do you want to cook a meal for us at noon? ”

"Chengjing, don't you think that your boyfriend is still so capable, even cooking?"

As soon as Zou Bao'er said this, Father Chen immediately became suspicious, "What boyfriend?" ”

Look at Li Chengjing again, she has always been unsurprised and courageous, but her face changed suddenly at this time, and she turned sharply like the weather that turned her face.

"I'm not going to cook, you'll know in a moment, Shaoling, come and help me get sweet potatoes together. Dad, you go to the back and help me pick out a few sun-dried lotus leaves. The two of them seemed to understand what Chen Zui meant, so they didn't even ask, and went in to help him.

There were only three of them left, Li Chengjing looked at Zou Bao'er with half shame and anger, Zou Bao'er still looked at ease, "Don't look at me like that, do you think I don't know that you whispered many times in front of Uncle Duan, didn't you see me?" You can use me for fun, why can't I say? And I'm telling the truth, isn't Chen Zui your boyfriend? ”

Li Chengjing turned her anger into a smile, "Good Bao'er, where do I want to entertain you, conscience of heaven and earth, isn't that to help you get some good impression?" Shaoling knew at a glance that he was very filial, think about it yourself, you won Uncle Duan's favor, it will be very helpful for your future relationship, isn't it? ”

Zou Baoer felt that what Li Chengjing said was very reasonable, she was praising her advantages in front of Master Duan, maybe after she went back, her relationship with Duan Shaoling would really change, thinking of this, her face couldn't hide her shyness, and she was looking forward to it. Afraid of being seen through by them, he said stubbornly: "Then I didn't say anything bad about you, the three of us, don't make it clear, if Master Chen misunderstands in the future, it will be troublesome, and I can also help you win Daddy Chen's like." ”

Li Chengjing's heart was gloomy, "You know, the situation between me and Chen Zui is much more complicated than yours. ”

Duan Shaoling and Zou Baoer only have a gap between the rich and the poor, although the Duan family is not as good as the Zou family, they are not poor. And they are all business families, and they can help each other in the future. No matter how you calculate it, the two of them are very harmonious and logical together.

The two of them are different, now they are in love, but Li Chengjing is burdened with the mission of the family, it is difficult to say whether her future can belong to herself, the further back, I don't know what kind of setbacks and tests will be waiting for them, who can pack tickets for their future?

Seeing Li Chengjing so gloomy, it seemed that she didn't know the hearts of good people, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have misunderstood your kindness, when it comes to your heart, I won't talk about it again in the next few days." ”

Li Chengjing smiled bitterly, "If it happens, it can't be regarded as non-existent, if you don't say it, I will think about it myself." ”

Zou Bao'er smiled: "Okay, we're here for a vacation, can you let go of all those love entanglements first?" ”

The three of them went and returned, and Duan Shaoling carried a small bag of things in his hand, needless to say, it was the sweet potato that Chen Zui asked him to take. Chen Zui's hand was holding two bags of heavy objects wrapped in dried lotus leaves, and the red crown on the head of the chicken could still be seen, it turned out that he asked Father Chen to take the lotus leaf in order to wrap the chicken like a zongzi, and there were a few red ropes wrapped around the face, so that the two chickens would not fall down halfway.

"Dad, let's go first."

"Have fun, you guys."

They didn't say what to do, so they let the three girls follow them.

They followed the two boys to the back of Chen's house, walked to the fork in front, turned right, and went up a dirt slope, and they came to another small stone road that was extremely narrow and allowed only one person to pass. When they came to Chen's house, they already knew that it was on the edge of the field, and it was convenient and casual for the three girls to dress up today, wearing long pants and flat shoes. In addition, there has been no rain recently, and the road is dry, as long as you walk carefully, there is nothing inconvenient.

They found that the ground on the right was much lower than on the left, and that it was a field of corn cultivation. Turning to the right, they descended a small stone slope in turn, on the left hand side is the reed pond, a cluster of green reeds swaying in the wind, graceful and funny, more than the graceful colorful butterflies among the flowers, there is finally a place in the field is no longer lonely and cold.

They walked along the edge of the reeds, and when they reached the cornfield, Chen Zui finally stopped, "Here it is." ”

Zou Bao'er said: "Are we going to have a picnic here?" ”

Chen Zui said: "It's almost, and it's much more interesting than a picnic." ”

"What's that?"

Chen Zui said: "Let's start the division of labor now, Shaoling and I will stay here, please trouble the three of you, go to the neighborhood to pick up firewood, remember as much as possible." ”

They didn't understand what Chen's plan was, and they were easy to dress and start acting according to Chen's intentions. The three of them walked to the left side of the cornfield, and there were many dead branches and trunks, which could be used as firewood to calcine. Since Chen Zui said that he wanted to pick up more, he naturally had his reasons, and they went all the way forward, taking as much as they could.

A little further on, I suddenly saw an orange tree, which was full of orange oranges, and looked shy and cute under the protection of green leaves. The oblique wind blows and shakes like wind chimes, as if ready to fall at any moment.

Zou Bao'er was overjoyed, "Great, I'll go up and pick some to quench my thirst." "The orange trees are not very tall, and Zou Bao'er's skills are enough to go up and pick them.

She was about to put down the firewood in her hand, but Li Chengjing stopped her first: "Wait, we are not familiar with the situation here, I don't know if there is pesticide on the tree, we will go back and ask for clarification in a while, and we will be sure that we can pick it, and it will not be too late for us to pick it again." ”

Leng Chuxian also said: "It's better for Cheng Jing to think carefully, this tree won't run, we will come over again in a while, don't be in a hurry." ”

Zou Bao'er didn't think it was embarrassing, "It's not that I'm not careful, you forget that I have a deep study of planting flowers and grasses and even planting fruits. ”

Li Chengjing said: "Even if the orange is non-toxic, will it have an owner?" If there is an owner in this orange tree, and we steal other people's fruits, it is not necessarily a good thing. Even if we can get out, Chen Zui and their family are still here, why should we add fearless troubles to them for the sake of a momentary hunger and thirst. ”

Zou Bao'er was speechless, although she still thought that it was no big deal, and she also relied on Li Chengjing, "Then ask clearly and come over." ”

They picked it up for a while, and when they felt that they could no longer have a hand to pick it up, they walked back with the firewood in their hands. They knew that the two boys would not let them go to collect firewood and sit there to rest, but what they were doing, they still did not understand.

They saw that they were building up layer by layer with dry stones in a clearing, and when they looked closer, they saw that the bottom stone was the largest, and the higher they went, the smaller and smaller the layers were below. They continued to move the stones, their hands and feet extremely fast, and their movements as adept as they did catching fireflies, and they didn't know how many times they had done it together.

They could see that if they kept going up like this until they reached the top, it would form an awl, like the pyramids of Egypt. There was a square hole at the bottom, large enough to stack the things they were carrying.

"You're going to build a stove and bake what you bring in it, right?"

They nodded as they built, just as they guessed.

So Zou Baoer complained about why she didn't let them ride together, which was much more interesting than collecting firewood. Duan Shaoling explained that this was tiring and troublesome, so it was better to let them do something simple. Zou Bao'er said that he would not go to collect firewood anymore, and would follow them to build this building that Duan Shaoling called 'kiln'.

Zou Baoer insisted on doing it, but they couldn't stop her, so they had to let her help together. This project is enough for two people to build, Zou Baoer wanted to try, so Chen Zui asked her and Duan Shaoling together, and he and the two girls continued to collect firewood, because the firewood they picked up was far from enough to burn.

They collected firewood three more times before the kiln was built. Zou Baoer then remembered to ask Chen Zui if she could pick oranges, and Li Chengjing said that she had already asked, so she could pick them if she wanted. The three girls are all young ladies and have never burned a fire, so this errand is still left to the two boys. Zou Bao'er pouted the two of them to accompany her to pick fruits, and they also felt that they couldn't help, so it was better to pick some fruits and come back to quench their thirst together, so they went with Zou Bao'er.

They came back from picking oranges, and the fire was burning brightly. I didn't see Chen Zui, only Duan Shaoling was here alone, and the two chickens they brought were gone. Before they could open their mouths to ask, they had already seen Chen drunk by the reed pond, with his back to them, and they didn't know what he was doing.

Zou Bao'er was curious: "What is Chen drunk doing there?" ”

Duan Shaoling burned his fire on the side, the fire was getting bigger and bigger, the wind was on the left, and several girls were standing on the right. Facing Zou Bao'er's curiosity, he raised his head and said with a smile: "There is a big fire here, you can go over and take a look." ”

As they walked over, they saw Chen Zui put one chicken on the ground, the other in his left hand, and then dug out the mud from the reed pond with his right hand, like building a wall, and evenly spread a thick layer on the lotus leaves.

Li Chengjing looked at it for a while and said, "Are you going to throw it in and burn it like this?" ”

Chen Zui also said while wiping: "Guess right, the soil has the function of being refractory, otherwise if you put it in like this, it won't all be scorched in less than three minutes, then our previous efforts will not be in vain." ”

Zou Bao'er clapped her hands and said: "It's fun, it's really fun here, you can think of everything, I think the city is really boring now." ”

Leng Chuxian quipped: "Then we are leaving, you can choose to stay for a few more days." ”

If Li Chengjing said this about her, Zou Baoer would definitely return it unceremoniously, and Leng Chuxian said it, she would never dare to joke with her. said: "There is another one here, Cheng Jing, you stay and help Chen get drunk, let's go over first." ”

"What...... Aren't the three of us advancing and retreating together? ”

"I think it's okay to have you stay with Chen Zui, it doesn't matter to him whether we stay or not."

Chen Zui said: "You all go back, anyway, my hands are already dirty, this little work, there is no need to dirty one more person's hands, you still go back to help Shaoling take care of the firewood, my side will be fine soon." Chen Zui had already smeared one, put it aside, and replaced it with another.

With that, the three girls walked back.