Chapter 41: Miscellaneous Matters
After staying in the county for two days, she told Li Bokang that she was going back and that there was still someone at home. Originally, Li Bokang wanted her to stay in the county, but he also knew that she liked life in the mountains, so he didn't bring it up to avoid embarrassing her.
The following days were as plain as before, and she was not worried that Li Bokang would run out of money, she gave him all the money for renting shops in the county and Li Bokang's endowment silver. It's July now, and Li Bokang has also received two months' endowment silver, a total of six taels, plus the rent of twelve taels, he has eighteen taels of silver, which is enough for him to use for a long time. And she knew him, and she believed that he wouldn't spend money indiscriminately.
This year, because I didn't plant a lot of things at home, and I didn't raise pigs, I usually didn't have much to do, and I was quite idle. It's just that she's also an idle person, it's okay for a day or two, and she's really uncomfortable if you let her stay idle like this.
Although it's July, she can still grow something, but now she can't eat much by herself, so she won't plant anything. Speaking of growing things, I have to talk about the days when they lived in the county before.
Although they lived in the county at that time, they occasionally came back once or twice, and it was during that time that they planted a sunflower on the mountain. At that time, they were fine, when she was in the county, she went out shopping with Li Bokang, and when she passed by the dried fruit store, she wanted to eat melon seeds, and then went in to buy them.
Later, when she saw raw melon seeds, she thought that she also loved to eat melon seeds, so why not grow some of them herself. And you can also see flowers before the melon seeds are ripe, and she herself likes flowers, isn't this killing two birds with one stone. The other most important thing is that the land at home is barren anyway, and planting something can be regarded as raising land.
So she bought some raw melon seeds, Li Bokang was still a little puzzled when she bought them, but he believed that she didn't say anything, until she came out of the dried fruit shop and said to him: "Bokang, let's plant some melon seeds on the mountain." ”
As she spoke, she told him everything she had thought before: "You see, anyway, the land on our mountain this year is also barren and there is nothing to grow, and you also know that I like to eat melon seeds, so let's plant some." And we can still look at the tweed before the melon seeds are ripe, and then you can look at the flowers and draw how nice. ”
Although she could decide to tell him this without asking, she felt that she should tell him that he was also part of the family.
Li Bokang also thought to himself after listening to her, in fact, this is quite good, of course, the most important thing for him is because she likes to eat. So he said, "Okay, but it's not going to be very tiring." He still didn't want her to be too tired.
She had to say that her heart was indeed very warm, but she also really wanted to tell him: "Bokang, I know that you care about me, but you also know that I am just an ordinary girl, not the kind of person who stays at home without doing anything." So don't always think that I am so weak, I am actually very strong. She smiled at him at the end.
Li Bokang was silent for a while after hearing her words, and they didn't speak until they returned home. It was only at night that he told her: "I know, I also know that you are very strong and powerful, but I just don't want you to be too tired, I want you to live a good life." You're so bitter, I'm ...... I...... I can't bear it. But don't worry, I won't be like this again, at least not when I can't let you live a worry-free life. Li Bokang said very seriously.
She could hear the firmness in his words, so she was reluctant to say anything more about him, and she did feel that he was really nice to her again. So she said to him very seriously: "Okay, then I'll wait for the day when you will let me have no worries about food and clothing, so you have to work hard." After speaking, he showed him a big smile, and Li Bokang still remembered that smile many years later, bright and gorgeous.
Now the sunflowers in the field have grown, and they look almost as deep as chopsticks. It may be that the sun in the mountains is not particularly abundant, so the growth is a little slow, but she is not worried. Although it grows slowly, it still looks very good, at least you can harvest some.
In addition to taking care of the things in the field, she has nothing to do every day, and she goes to clean up the way down the mountain and chop some firewood by the way. But then again, they really have to rest once a year on this way down the mountain, not to mention the rest, it will grow a lot of grass and trees every year, although there are not many, but they still have to cut them down, otherwise they will grow quickly.
Moreover, she had planted a lot of saplings on both sides of the road before, and she also needed to weed them every year to grow. However, the saplings on the side of the road are indeed growing well, and now they have grown almost as tall as thighs.
It would have taken a lot of time just to tidy up the grass around the trees, but when it came to the trees, she thought about the saplings she had planted in the woods around the house. She hadn't been to see it for a long time, unlike the trees on the side of the road, which she would occasionally look at every time she passed by. So she thought about going to see the trees in the woods in two days.
On this day, Li Bokang came back from the county and didn't bring anything. It was noon when he returned, and she was washing clothes by the river, and she was a little surprised to see him return. However, she still reacted quickly and said, "You're back, you can go back and rest for a while, I'll wash it right away." As he spoke, he sped up his hand.
Now more than a month has passed since Li Bokang went to the county school, and she has not gone to the county again for a month. Every day, I was busy working on the saplings at home, as well as the newly grown grass and trees on the way down. She hadn't seen him for a month, and she still missed him a little.
When I returned after washing my clothes, I saw that he had changed into the clothes he wore for work on weekdays and was cooking on a fire in the kitchen. When she had dried her clothes, she went to call him out to rest, and she went to cook herself.
During the meal, she asked her, "Why did you come back today, aren't you resting tomorrow?" Li Bokang looked at her in surprise for a while, and then said, "Tomorrow? We are resting today, last month was also today, and today is fifteen. After listening to Li Bokang's words, she was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Today is fifteen, and I remember it as tomorrow." Then she smiled sheepishly at him.
Then Li Bokang said: "When I came back, I saw that the grass and trees on the road had been rested, did you make it yourself?" "yes, I'm bored when I'm okay at home now, so I'm going to clean them up when the plants and trees grow again. By the way, let me tell you, all the trees we planted before have grown, and all of them are alive. At this point, she said to him quite happily.
Looking at her smile, Li Bokang knew that she was doing well on the mountain, and he was relieved.