This sudden thought suddenly flashed through Luo Yi's mind, and her eyes widened slightly in surprise, and she pursed her pink lips in dismay.

Probably not.

She and him are just friends.

What she has with him can only be the good feelings that naturally arise between friends after getting along.

She stared thoughtfully at his beautiful back, but at this moment, he just turned around and smiled very brightly at her:

"Look, Uncle Liang is really in the fish pond."

Yao pointed ahead, Mu Danchen's smile can only be described by two words: dazzling.

He had been to this small village no less than 20 times, so of course he knew where and when these two old men would appear.

Although he hadn't been here for two years, he trusted his instincts. Because he knows that once a person's habits are formed, it is difficult to reverse them, even among the young people nowadays, let alone the elderly.

Luo Yi raised his hand to block the bright sunlight and squinted at the fishpond that came into view in the distance.

That's right, the person wearing a one-piece waterproof suit and standing half-bent over in the fish pond is not the amiable Uncle Liang?

"Uncle Liang is digging lotus roots in the pond."

Holding her carefully to avoid a small puddle, Mu Danchen put his left hand around his lips and called happily:

"Liang Bo~"

The deaf and clear-eyed old man straightened up, and as soon as he looked up, he met the two smiling faces.

"Hey, you're here."

As he spoke, he also smiled at the weather-beaten wrinkles, looking particularly kind.

Mu Danchen led Luo Yi over, and both of them were smiling, like a spring breeze.

Approaching the fish pond, they saw at a glance that on the still green grass, there was a pale green bamboo basket standing steadily, which contained several fresh lotus roots that were long and watery.

Mu Danchen raised his eyes and glanced at Luo Yi, then turned his head to Liang Bo and said with great interest:

"Uncle Liang, how many lotus roots do you have to dig up? I'll dig it. ”

As he spoke, he took off the backpack off his shoulders, the hat off his head, and the blue casual jacket off again.

Liang Bo looked at the pair of "little couples" in front of him who felt obviously different, and he said with understanding:

"Cheng, then you come down, I'll send those lotus roots on the shore to Fu Bo."

Fu Bo is an 80-year-old grandfather who lives in the south of the small mountain villa.

Holding his bronze arm in front of him, Liang Bo glanced at the white-flowered sun in the sky:

"You dig another 5 or 6 sticks, I heard that you are going back today, your aunt wants to make some lotus root balls or something, and take them with you on the road."

Liang Bo walked slowly to the shore in the chest-deep fish pond.

As soon as he heard this, Mu Danchen happily showed a few white teeth:

"Okay."

Lowering his head, he looked at Luo Yi's beautiful little face, and said softly:

"In a moment, I'll cook a crispy lotus root sprout for you to taste."

Seeing his unconcealed smug appearance made Luo Yi deepen the smile on the corner of his lips.

"Okay."

Liang Bo, who had just walked ashore, took off the black waterproof suit he was wearing, Mu Danchen reached out to take it, immediately put his foot into the water boots, pulled the waterproof suit up, and then buttoned the front and back buttons.

His movements were so neat that it seemed that he had done it a lot before.

"Xiao Luo, Xiao Mu's lotus root sprouts are very good, you can eat more."

Obviously, Mu Danchen's words about cooking lotus root sprouts were heard by Liang Bo, who had just come ashore, and he looked at Luo Yi happily and tied those few watery lotus roots with strips of cloth:

"Be careful, don't bask in the sun for too long, go back after digging the lotus root."

With a wave of his hand, he walked to the mud road on the ridge to the right.

"Okay, Uncle Liang, go slowly."

Waving his hand with his back to them, the old man continued on his way.

Mu Danchen carefully walked down the pond by holding on to the shore edge, and the originally clear pond was brought up by his movements, rippling in circles with a little turbid ripples.

It was originally a pond more than 2 meters deep, but because of the need to dig lotus roots, one-third of the water was released by Liang Bo, and now the height of the water is only up to the lower waist of Mu Danchen.

Standing in the pond, Mu Danchen looked up and smiled at Yiren on the shore, and he carefully walked to the left rear of the pond, where there were many pale yellow withered lotus leaves and lotus stems.

Estimating that he had walked less than half the distance, he bent down and groped carefully in the mud, using the perception of his hands to find the thicker lotus root.

Soon he touched one, so he followed the growth path of the lotus root, slowly brushed away the sticky mud buried on the lotus root with his hands, and then measured the length and thickness of the lotus root with his slender fingers.

Touching and touching, the smile on the corner of his lips gradually rose up, his eyes also brightened, and he hurriedly groped his hand back to the root of the lotus root, and then he pulled it out with all his strength.

Wow! What a big and long lotus root!

He happily lifted it into the air and cheered to Loy, who was standing on the shore:

"Roy, look!"

That child-like excitement is in dire need of Luo Yi's praise.

Unexpectedly, a mature man has such an innocent, cute and boyish side.

The brightness on his face was like sunshine, making Luo Yi unconsciously return with a warm smile, full of approving smiles.

Such a smile gave him great encouragement and encouragement, and the corners of his mouth were raised to the root of his ears, so dazzling that he almost blinded Luo Yi's eyes.

Smiling, Mu Danchen put the lotus root back into the pond, and used the pool water that gradually recovered to be clear to scrub away the mud stuck to the lotus root.

"Luoyi, I am grateful for our "lotus" encounter. ”

He whispered to her with something in his words, and his affection was long.

Without her reply, he turned around and went back to work in the fishpond with joy.

Liang Bo's fish pond not only raises fish, but also plants some white and red lotus in the left rear of the fish pond.

The difference between white lotus and red lotus is that white lotus produces more lotus roots, while red lotus produces more lotus.

The people in the small village are basically self-sufficient, or exchange with each other, so the lotus root dug by Liang Bo is generally sent to the farmers in the village, or they make their own lotus root powder to eat, which can be described as a real all-natural green food.

And he didn't plant many red lotus, and it was picked in 78 months, dried into lotus seeds, and used to cook soup or coarse grains, but it was also a good health product.

The main function of red lotus seeds is to replenish blood, and the white lotus seeds that can be harvested occasionally are mainly used to replenish qi.

It didn't take much effort for Mu Danchen to complete the task assigned to him by Liang Bo and dig up 6 lotus roots more than half a meter long.

Although he hasn't done this lotus root digging farm work for two years, he is still familiar with it.

The heavy bamboo basket made Luo Yi try to weigh it with great interest, heh, it's really not light.

She opened the fragrant smile on her face, looking at the gift from nature in the basket, her mood was rare and extraordinarily soaring.

Mu Danchen took off his waterproof suit and looked at her with a smile that was obviously in a good mood, his smile was like the sun in the near afternoon, radiant.

At this moment, the two young hearts, seemingly invisibly, got a little closer.

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