In the city, Xiao Baoju has no place to stay, but he comes from the countryside, although his parents have died, but the ancestral home is still there. Although it is far away from the city, it is also the only place for Xiao Baoju to settle down at present. The fireworks in the world are the most soothing to the hearts of mortals, maybe the hometown is not convenient, but the most healing and warm. After Xiao Baoju's parents died, Xiao Baoju would come back almost every month, and always maintained the appearance of his parents' residence before his death. Away from the hustle and bustle of the city, go to the countryside to feel quiet and leisurely, and the warm earthy atmosphere and vibrant greenery are also fascinating. When I grew up, I realized that in the ordinary village, there is the most comfortable life and the most down-to-earth happiness, the fireworks in the world, the most soothing to the hearts of mortals, leaving the noise of the city, and the most down-to-earth is the countryside.

It's just that on the first night after returning home, Xiao Baoju slept on an empty stomach because there was nothing to eat at home! It's just that this night, Xiao Baoju slept the sweetest night.

The next day, after Xiao Baoju woke up, he was still hungry in his belly, and he had no choice but to go out, and the neighbors of Qingquan Village had already gotten up in the early morning. Xiao Baoju greeted the people in the village, came to the only small store in the village, bought a few packs of instant noodles and then carried them home, politely declined the invitation of the shopkeeper Zhang Aihua to come in for breakfast.

After Xiao Baoju sat in the yard and ate a pack of instant noodles he cooked, he sat in a daze a little distractedly, looking at the mottled yard, and his heart was mixed. The courtyard of Xiao Baoju's house is a typical northern courtyard, with a mountain living in the west and facing east, a house was built on the south side and connected to the west house, the north side is the kitchen, utility room, etc., and the east side is a well. There is a pomegranate tree and a grapevine in the yard, which is simple but also warm.

After the death of his parents, Xiao Baoju cleaned up the hall of the Westinghouse, and found a few gate boards in the countryside to support a painting case. For people like Xiao Baoju, painting is their biggest hobby, so don't care what you paint. As long as it's where it's drawn, that's the most comfortable thing. Xiao Baoju majored in architectural design in college, and has studied drawing, sketching, watercolor, and oil painting, but has never been involved in Chinese painting.

And, perhaps, in a different place. Xiao Baoju's thinking has also broadened a lot, he cooks noodles when he is hungry, and sleeps when he is sleepy. Xiao Baoju devoted himself to art creation in his rural hometown. After that, for a period of time, Xiao Baoju would bring two steamed buns and a bag of pickles every day, and go out to climb the mountain in the early morning with a sketchpad on his back.

There are no secrets between rural neighbors, Xiao Baoju has been bored at home since he returned to his hometown, and he has already gossiped in the village, and more people in the same village said that he saw Xiao Baoju's wife eating with other men in the city, and so on, according to the deduction of the masses, it was gradually rumored that Xiao Baoju divorced his daughter-in-law in the city, and was swept away and rushed back to his hometown.

In addition, Xiao Baoju is alone all day long, and never talks too much about this kind of thing with other people, even if he meets, he will say hello at most. Obviously, the news of his divorce has been confirmed. Xiao Baoju still has relatives in Qingquan Village, at least there is a second uncle, but in the early years, because the relationship between his father and the second uncle was not harmonious, Xiao Baoju did not go to the second uncle Xiao Jianhong after he came back.

When Xiao Jianhong is mentioned in Qingquan Village, it can be said that everyone knows that Xiao Jianhong was doing business outside when he was young, and it is said that he resold coal and made some money. Xiao Jianhong returned to Qingquan Village and contracted Qingquangou outside the village. Engaged in rural tourism, he said what kind of homestay, but the people in the village don't understand what is a homestay? Including Xiao Baoju, they always thought that the second uncle Xiao Jianhong was doing a farmhouse.

"Jianhong, I heard that Baoju is back? People in the village say that Baoju divorced Huang Xiaoxia in the city, and now he is stunned at home all day? Xiao Jianhong's daughter-in-law Wang Lanhua went to the village commissary, and after chatting with Zhang Aihua for a few words, she got first-hand information.

"Baoju is divorced?" Xiao Jianhong was stunned for a moment, and said no more. Xiao Baoju is also his nephew, and it is his nature for his uncle to love his nephew, because he has the same blood and surname, how stiff the relationship with his eldest brother is between their brothers, and the eldest brother has been dead for many years, Xiao Jianhong's psychological estrangement has long since dissipated.

After lunch, Xiao Jianhong drove to Xiao Baoju's house, he hadn't set foot in this house for many years, Xiao Jianhong walked into the yard and saw his nephew Xiao Baoju sitting there painting. "Huh, second uncle? How did you get here? Xiao Baoju was surprised, and hurriedly put down the paintbrush in his hand, stood up and talked to Xiao Jianhong.

"Baoju, when did you come back? I heard that you left Huang Xiaoxia? Xiao Jianhong nodded, walked over to Xiao Baoju's side, looked at his somewhat unkempt nephew, and asked straight to the point.

"Second uncle, who did you listen to?" Xiao Baoju was stunned, how did the good guy second uncle know?

"It's spread all over the village, tell me about you, won't you come back to me to look for me? Stay at home all day and paint, and if you go on like this, you will be wasted? If you can't do it, go to work at my homestay, now that the business is good, you can also help the second uncle take care of it? Xiao Jianhong said what he said from his heart, his villa is in ruins, it is the time when business is good, Xiao Baoju is at home all day long, it is better to go to his own place. Anyway, this is his nephew. Isn't it more reassuring to use him than to use outsiders?

"Second uncle, what can I do when I go?"

"What else can you do? I am much more capable, where I am on the exterior wall, tourists come and say empty, you go and paint on the wall, whatever you want. And those guest rooms, don't they all need paintings to decorate? Xiao Jianhong told Xiao Baoju carefully.

"That... Then I'll go! Second uncle, you have to take care of the food, I don't know how to cook myself, and I've only eaten instant noodles recently! "Xiao Baoju has been eating instant noodles recently, and the steamed buns have already eaten all the intestines in pickles.