Chapter 191: Pastoral. Clean up the nest
The thatched huts only have kitchens and bedrooms, and the thatched latrines in the village are built relatively far away, and they are not close together, but there is no peculiar smell.
There was only one empty stove in the kitchen, not even a pot, and the clutter in it had been cleaned up by Lu Xingshen, making it look extremely empty.
The bedroom also had only a wooden bed and a tattered table, not even a stool, but fortunately the surrounding earthen walls were not completely cracked and did not leak.
Lu Haitang looked at the poor and white home after cleaning and was more satisfied, after all, she went all the way, and the other villagers' houses were similar, and the houses built with tiles were only owned by the village chief's family, and the others were thatched houses.
The water in winter was bitterly cold, Lu Xingshen's hands were already shivering after cleaning, he washed the handkerchief and hung it on the edge of the table, and when he was about to take the money home, he found that Lu Haitang had been staring at his hand, looked down, and there were several thin cuts on his hand.
"Which ...... Cleaned up. ”
After that, he withdrew his hand in a little panic, hurriedly took the money and the cloth bag wrapped in books and walked home, for fear that his inferiority complex would be revealed.
Lu Haitang looked at the tall and thin back and felt distressed, but now Lu Xingshen was extremely defensive, so he could only take his time, and it was estimated that he would be scared if he was too enthusiastic.
After thinking about it, he decided to go out for a walk in the village and casually see where Luxing Shen lived.
Bao doesn't like this world at all, and he's tired of playing the game, so he obediently lies in Lu Haitang's arms as a decoration.
Lu Haitang locked the door and looked at the pond next to the dam in front of him, but he was extremely satisfied, and he could raise some fish in it in the future.
The houses of the villagers are not far from each other, and all the fields needed for daily planting have been reclaimed and planted with fruit trees.
The apple trees planted in the distance have some fruits hanging in Shanghai, but they don't look very good, presumably they are picking the rest and can't sell them.
Some of the children were playing with stones around a dam, not wearing thick clothes, and every piece of clothing on their bodies was patched, so they didn't fit as ill-fitting as Lu Xingshen.
Seeing her coming, he ran away screaming, and hid aside to peek, after all, there had never been such a good-looking sister in the village.
Lu Haitang smiled at the children hiding behind the window, and took out a large bag of pumpkin cake from Bao's school bag, which was left over from the previous world, all wrapped in oiled paper.
"Friends, do you want to eat?"
She's the best at seducing friends!
Erya wanted to eat a little, looked at the other partners, and whispered: "This big sister doesn't look like a bad person, it seems to have something delicious." ”
Dogs also want to eat eggs, after all, the family is very poor for food, how can it be possible to buy snacks for them, only during the Chinese New Year will they eat a piece of candy.
"Big sister is very beautiful, she shouldn't be a bad person, let's go out!"
The other children were very afraid to approach the stranger, until the dog ran to Lu Haitang and brought back the cake wrapped in oil paper, and then screamed happily.
"It's so fragrant!!"
"Come on, come on, I'll give you a share, one for each person!"
Lu Haitang looked at the children who were hiding at the door eating cakes, smiled with relief, stood up and walked in the direction of Lu Xingshen's house.
Lu Xingshen's home is opposite, and it is not easy to walk through a muddy field.
However, it was difficult to defeat Lu Haitang, who could do light work, and seeing that there was no one around, the group of children were eating again, and they floated directly on tiptoe.
The long skirt had already been soiled on the way here, and Lu Haitang didn't care about this, and came to the courtyard outside the house that was planted with flowers and plants very clean, and could hear the voice of Lu Xingshen and an old man inside.
"You kid, why are your hands frozen like this?" The old man's voice was a little angry, more similar to the tone of the elder who hated iron but not steel.
The young man's clean and clear voice came: "Grandma, when I just came back, I helped a girl from outside clean the thatched house in the east, Brother Zhang gave me fifty copper coins, and I will go to the county seat to buy some rice." ”
"The girl from outside? Alone? ”
"Well, listen to Brother Zhang, she is a refugee, and she is also a poor person, who has just lost her parents."
The old man was slightly surprised, and was silent for a moment, "There is nothing in that abandoned house, the girl's family lives alone, it's too pitiful, wait for grandma to cook something to eat, you can send it to her." ”
Lu Haitang outside the door was also embarrassed to eavesdrop, but he didn't expect Lu Xingshen's grandmother to be so kind-hearted, and she didn't know what reason to knock on the door at this time, so she turned around and left helplessly.
On the way back, I saw a woman in a floral dress running towards Lu Xingshen's house with a basket of potatoes, and subconsciously stopped.
The woman was relatively short, with braids, her round face was full of joy, and when she knocked on the door of Lu Xingshen's house, she blushed as if she had seen a lover.
"Brother Xingshen, this is what my mother asked me to bring to you, this year's potato harvest is good, and there is still a lot left after handing it in."
"Li, thank you, but you can keep it, the fruit trees are sick a lot, I'm afraid I will be a little sad next year, so I have to save more food at home."
Lu Xing looked at Li's blushing face and frowned slightly, refusing Li's kindness, such a big basket of potatoes, she didn't know what to pay back, and she couldn't delay her.
Grandma Lu put down the pickled cabbage in her hand, stood up and came to the door, saw Li's extremely lost appearance, smiled and comforted:
"Li, take it back, we still have something to eat at home, if we really don't have it, I'll come to you to borrow it again."
She knew that Li, the kid, had always liked Xingshen, but everything depended on Xingshen, and besides, he was bent on studying and gaining fame, so he was afraid that he would not think about major events in life in a short time.
Li was a little aggrieved, every time she sent something to Lu Xingshen, she was rejected, and her face was a little unbearable, she looked at Grandma Lu and smiled reluctantly:
"Okay, Grandma Lu, you are in good health, you need to rest more, don't be too tired, Li will go back first."
After holding a basket of potatoes with a blushing face, he ran in the direction of his house, his heart was beating very fast, after all, Lu Xingshen was the best-looking in the village, not like a countryman at all, but his family was poorer.
Lu Haitang breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably, thinking that Lu Xingshen already had someone he liked, but he didn't expect it to be just a fan girl.
Inexplicably felt strange about her reaction, didn't she want Lu Xingshen to have a girl she liked?
When he was about to walk back, he noticed Lu Xingshen's gaze, looked up, but only saw the hand that closed the door, and he was a little lost.
Obviously, his favorite brother was in front of him, but he didn't know himself, this feeling was too uncomfortable.
Thoughtfully, he returned to the thatched hut with four walls, took out a cushion that was not easy to be suspicious and spread it on the bed, put the treasure aside, looked at the roof of the thatched hut and sighed:
"Bao, I'm going to the county seat tomorrow to buy some things."
In this way, you can disguise yourself and take things out of thin air.
"Okay, Boss Deer, there is no danger in this world, my grandfather is going to turn off and recharge."
The treasure schoolbag stores a lot of daily necessities, but it is not easy to take it out at this time, otherwise there is no way to explain it to the villagers.
There was no fire in the house, it was a little cold, Lu Haitang took off her shoes, untied her dirty skirt, and rested on the bed in her nightgown.