This old woman is really hospitable, this soup is almost sweet to death, it is really too sweet.

After she drank a few sips, she pushed it to Ye Yuan again, "Okay, Ye Yuan, I'm full, you can eat." ”

Ye Yuan didn't dislike Liu Man'er either, after he drank all the sugar water in the bowl, he pushed the bowl with one egg left in front of Liu Man'er: "Man'er, you eat." ”

"I don't eat it, you do." Liu Man'er pushed the bowl back again.

"Don't push it, let Li Bo and his aunt see the joke." Ye Yuan pushed the bowl away again.

Liu Man'er really doesn't like to push this bit of food around here, isn't it just an egg, it's so poor.

However, she still pushed the egg to Ye Yuan again, "You have worked hard all day today, it's good to eat an egg and supplement your nutrition." ”

Seeing that Ye Yuan was about to push back, Liu Man'er said, "Don't push it, I'm afraid I won't be able to walk tomorrow." As she spoke, she winked at Ye Yuan.

The implication of her words is that she will have Ye Yuan back tomorrow, so she will give this to him today, not because she is good to him, but because she will give him a reward.

Seeing her like this, Ye Yuan shook his head a little helplessly, but he ate half of the egg white, and pushed a round egg yolk and half of the egg white to Liu Man'er, "If you eat more, your legs won't hurt." ”

"No, I just want my leg to hurt." Liu Man'er tilted her head to the side.

The old woman on the other side heard it and hurriedly said, "Girl, your leg hurts, what's the matter?" I have medicinal wine here, do you want you to rub it? ”

"It's okay, it's okay." When Liu Man'er heard the woman say this, she shook her head embarrassedly and said, "I'm a lazy person, I walk too much, and my legs hurt." ”

The old woman also shook her head, she only drank the soup and left the eggs to Uncle Li, and then Uncle Li's approach was the same as Ye Yuan's, probably inspired by Ye Yuan's approach.

While pushing the remaining eggs to the old woman, he shook his head and said with some dissatisfaction, "Look, this woman is a small family, you beat two more eggs, is it not that everyone is pushing around like this?" ”

"It's me who is not good." The old woman said with some guilt, but there was a smile in her eyes.

After all, he is the one who has helped each other for most of his life, and she knows that he is a knife-mouthed tofu heart.

"By the way, where are the two guests from?" When the woman had finished eating, she asked Liu Man'er and the two of them to come.

"Dawan Village, more than thirty miles away." Uncle Li replied on the side, just on the way, he had already asked Ye Yuan these questions.

"Oh, that's a long way off." The woman nodded, and did not ask any more questions, but said, "All right, old man, didn't this girl say that she wanted to eat loquats, you should take her off quickly, and wait until it is dark next day." ”

"Okay, I know." Uncle Li stood up and was about to beckon Ye Yuan and Liu Man'er to go out, but when they arrived at the door, he paused again and said, "Make more rice, it's not enough to go to the village chief's house to borrow some." ”

"No, no, we have what to eat." Liu Man'er hurriedly said, but she wanted to laugh a little in her heart, this mountain family, this village chief/lieutenant is the same as the one who runs a grocery store, and they borrow anything missing.

Following behind Uncle Li all the way, walking to the loquat garden, Uncle Li told Liu Man'er that they relied on this loquat tree in this village, and when they picked loquat trees every year, they would pick them to the town to sell, or make loquat paste at home, and exchange the money they earned for some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.

When Liu Man'er heard his words, she felt a little embarrassed, but she heard Uncle Li say, "Girl, don't be polite, anyway, we have a lot of them here, even if we sell them, we can't sell them all, even if we make loquat ointment, they will rot some every year, alas......"

Speaking of this, Uncle Li sighed, as a farmer, watching the food being wasted like this, he felt uncomfortable in his heart, but there was no way, this world was difficult.

Liu Man'er looked at it and felt that the main reason for this was that the transportation here was inconvenient, and there were no refrigerators in ancient times, and after these loquat matured, they could not be stored for long, no wonder they would rot.

But it's a pity.

Of course, when she came to this loquat garden, Liu Man'er's heart was happy, her favorite thing was to see so much food, Uncle Li took Liu Man'er and the two to his own land, put down the basket, and let Liu Man'er and the two go to pick it.

This loquat tree is very large, about 20 centimeters thick, of course, it is not thick compared to those timber trees, but as a fruit tree, it is very large.

In the past, Liu Man'er also went to the farmhouse to pick loquats, but the loquat tree was only ten centimeters.

Fortunately, although the loquat tree is large, there are still many branches on it, and Liu Man'er tried it and found that she could climb it, so she climbed up without an image.

After going up, she asked Ye Yuan to hand her bamboo basket to her, she hooked it with her feet, hung it on the tree, and picked up the loquat gracefully.

I just felt that I was quite powerful, very good, and enjoyed it very much, but I saw that Uncle Li was in a strong posture, and he jumped up the tree in three or two times, and then picked up the scissors behind his back and began to pick loquat with big branches.

Compared with his speed, Liu Man'er felt that she was really here to play.

However, this Uncle Li did not urge Liu Man'er, but just picked the loquat happily by himself.

But while he was happy, he suddenly sighed again, and Liu Man'er saw it and asked, "Uncle, why are you sighing?" ”

"My loquat is about to mature soon, and my son and daughter-in-law are not at home, so I won't be able to finish picking it by then." Uncle Li said, got down the tree again, poured out the loquat in the back basket, and then climbed up another tree.

Liu Man'er looked up and saw that some of the loquat here were yellow and clear, and some were still a little green, but this fruit has always ripened quickly, and it must soon be yellow.

"Uncle, how many trees do you have in your house?" After climbing down the tree, Liu Man'er asked.

"Take the stones around you as a line, and in the middle are my loquat trees, and there are fifty-five trees in total." Uncle Li replied as he jumped off the tree.

"So much?" Liu Man'er was also a little surprised, and asked again: "Then when is it harvested?" ”

"It's going to be collected one after another." Uncle Li looked up at the loquat on the tree and was both happy and worried, "After ten days, these loquat will be ripe." ”

"That's it, ten days later, Ye Yuan and I will come to help you." Liu Man'er said with a smile, "It's just that when the time comes, I may have to harass Uncle Li's house again, and I ask Uncle Li not to dislike us." ”

"Why, it's best for you to help." When Uncle Li heard Liu Man'er say this, he was also happy in his heart, and said:

"Originally, I shouldn't have bothered you about this, but to tell you the truth, at that time, I really needed your help, when the time came, every family in the village would be busy picking loquats, and I couldn't find anyone to help, and my son, disgusted that this loquat picking couldn't make a few dollars and was tired, and he didn't come back at all."

"As long as the old man doesn't dislike us, it's good that we are slow." Liu Man'er said with a smile, "As for your son and daughter-in-law, I don't want to evaluate it, they are all people who do great things." ”

Listening to Liu Man'er talk about his son and daughter-in-law, Uncle Li was interested, "That's right, my son works in a shop in the county seat, and I heard that he has a penny a month, so he took his mother-in-law and my grandson to live in the county seat." ”

"Alas......" just said the old man and sighed again.

Liu Man'er asked, "Uncle, what are you sighing for?" ”

"It's nothing, I just miss my son and grandson, I still went to the county seat last year to send them loquat ointment to see them, and during the New Year, my son didn't come back, alas......"

When Liu Man'er heard the old man say this, she knew that this old man should miss his son, and it was also true, this Uncle Li's family was indeed lonely and lonely at home, and it was reasonable to miss the child.

But Liu Man'er didn't know how to comfort him, but said: "They may be busy, and when the time comes, they will naturally come back to see you." ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Li Lao Bolian claimed that it was, and then continued to raise his neck to cut off those yellow and clear loquats.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the sun had set, and Liu Man'er and the others were ready to go back.

Uncle Li got down from the tree and gathered the loquat that had just fallen to the ground, and there was also a basket, Ye Yuan carried the basket and the willow vines carried her basket, and the two followed the old man out, and met many villagers who went home doing things along the way.

"Yo, Uncle Li, is your son and daughter-in-law back?" Someone greeted Uncle Li from afar, the sky was a little dark, and the person from afar didn't see it clearly, and actually recognized Ye Yuan and Liu Man'er as Uncle Li's son and daughter-in-law.

"No, it's a distant relative of my family." Uncle Li responded.

"Oh." As he spoke, he walked in with Uncle Li, and when he saw that Ye Yuan and Liu Man'er were a little face-to-face, he said, "Your relative should have never been here, right?" It's a bit face-wrenching to look at. ”

"Yes, this is my distant nephew, this is my nephew's daughter-in-law, and they live in Dawan Village." This Uncle Li smiled and introduced Ye Yuan and Liu Man'er to others.

Liu Man'er and Ye Yuan didn't refute Uncle Li's words, but just greeted this person kindly.

"Not a bad offspring." This person praised it, and then staggered past the three of them.

"Don't blame the two of you, I really want to recognize the two of you." After this person left, this Uncle Li explained to Ye Yuan and Liu Man'er, "I don't have any malice, I just see that the two descendants are both upright and good people, both are good men and good girls, although we meet in Pingshui, I and my wife like you two very much." ”

"It's okay, being able to recognize a distant relative, this is also fate." Ye Yuan said, "Maybe we were really a family three hundred years ago." ”

"If only you could think like that." When the old man heard Ye Yuan say this, he was very happy and said, "Let's go, let's go home quickly, I have to tell my wife the good news." ”

Liu Man'er and Ye Yuan glanced at each other, okay, now there is another relative, if you come to this mountain again next time, you can also come here to sit.