Chapter Seventy-One: Talking to Jiazhen
"It's better to let Fugui be the landlord, when Master Xu was still the landlord, how good our lives were." Far away from the threshing floor, some of the villagers said so, which aroused the approval of others.
The sense of satisfaction comes from comparison, I didn't feel it when the Xu family was the landlord, but now that Long Er is the landlord, they actually begin to miss the days when they were tenants in the Xu family.
Evening.
Wisps of smoke rose from Xujia Village, and the noise was much less than usual.
"Dad, it's falling outside." Feng Xia suddenly ran into the stove room, raised her head and said.
Xu Fugui walked out and took a look, the continuous clouds covered the sky, the sky was dim, and it looked like the sky had fallen.
"Boom ....."
A spring thunder exploded, and the startled Feng Xia opened her mouth and hugged his calf in fear.
Xu Fugui picked him up, "Feng Xia is not afraid, it's spring thunder in the sky." ”
Staying in his wide and sturdy arms, Feng Xia asked with peace of mind, "What is Spring Thunder." ”
"When spring comes, God will send out two huge thunder sounds to tell people that spring is coming, so it is called spring thunder."
Feng Xia nodded as if she didn't understand, listening to the muffled thunder in the air.
The spring thunder is not as violent and rude as the summer thunder, nor is it as dull and powerless as the autumn, the sound of the spring thunder is very crisp, as if it contains the vitality of opening the world.
A cold wind blew, Xu Fugui pasted Feng Xia's cold little face, and a raindrop suddenly hit his face.
Then, as if a chain reaction had been triggered, rain fell from the clouds that spread across the sky.
"It's raining, it's raining, Dad, is this called spring rain?" Feng Xia danced excitedly.
Xu Fugui took two steps back and stood under the eaves, "Yes, this is called spring rain, and Mr. Private School also taught me a sentence before, calling spring rain more expensive than oil." ”
"It's the spring rain that is as expensive as oil, don't teach Fengxia badly." Jiazhen, wearing an apron, walked out of the stove room, her hair held high, and her spirit was neat.
Jiazhen asked, "Mother, do you like the spring rain?" ”
Jiazhen looked at the rain curtain with a light smile, "Xiaolou listened to the spring rain all night, sold apricot blossoms in the deep alley in the Ming Dynasty, and my mother's favorite thing is to sleep and read books on rainy days, especially when it rains." ”
Xu Fugui blinked vigorously, "Jiazhen, what do the first two poems mean?" ”
Jiazhen glanced at it amusefully and pointed to the heavy rain outside, "That's what it means." ”
The heavy rain seemed to have completely blocked out the sun, but after a while, the sky was completely dark, and only the sound of the rain mixed with two thunders could be heard.
Walking into the house, lighting the kerosene lamp, Xu Fugui looked at the roof carefully.
"Fugui, it's time to eat." Xu Mu came over and called him.
Xu Fugui tilted his head, "Fortunately, the roof was replaced with new thatch today, otherwise such a heavy rain will definitely leak again." ”
Dinner is very light, the staple food is sweet potato rice porridge, and the dish is even simpler, a small bowl of salt cabbage.
Xu Fugui didn't dislike it, he still had this kind of life in his previous life, and it was even more bitter, so the food was very fragrant.
However, Xu's father instructed Xu's mother to boil two eggs or duck eggs every day, which were Fengxia and Jiazhen, Fengxia was in need of nutrition at this time, and Jiazhen also needed sufficient milk, otherwise Youqing would not have to drink.
"Fugui, what did Ryuuji call you for today?" Father Xu drank the porridge slowly and asked casually.
Xu Fugui told the matter of the threshing floor, and everyone's brows suddenly wrinkled.
"This dragon is not a thing." Rao is good-tempered Mother Xu also scolded, and she was a little reluctant to drink the sweet potato and rice porridge in the bowl.
Food is becoming more and more precious.
"Mother, don't boil eggs for me in the future, I can feed Youqing."
Before Mother Xu could speak, Father Xu replied undoubtedly: "Jiazhen, no matter how difficult life is at home, you are indispensable for an egg." ”
After saying that, he made a rare joke, "I can't let you starve my grandson." ”
Xu Fugui eased the atmosphere, "That's it, Jiazhen, mother, don't worry, we still have a lo-mei stall." ”
Mother Xu put down the dishes and chopsticks, "Fugui, don't think that my mother doesn't know anything, I heard others say that this business is getting more and more difficult to do." ”
"Now many people are reluctant to go to the county seat, can this business be easy to do? There are so many exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. ”
Xu Fugui comforted: "Mother, you don't have to worry about these haves and not, everything has a son, and the son designates something that can make you eat enough." ”
Father Xu snorted happily, "This is like what a man said." ”
As soon as they finished speaking, everyone noticed that the roof began to leak, but not much, only a few places fell drop by drop.
Find a wooden barrel to catch the rain, Xu Fugui remember the location of the rain leak, and make up for it when the weather is fine.
After eating, in order to save kerosene, the family washed the dishes early, washed their feet, and went back to their respective rooms to sleep.
The sound of rain outside the window was ticking, Xu Fugui was lying on the bed, and the sweet Fengxia was sleeping in the middle, separating him from Jiazhen.
As for Youqing, this child basically doesn't cry except for peeing when he is hungry, and he has long fallen asleep next to the wall.
"Jiazhen." In the dark night, Xu Fugui shouted softly.
"Hmm."
"Why don't we talk?"
"Say what?"
"Get up first, let's sit and talk slowly."
In order to be able to talk well at night, he also specially asked the craftsmen in the village to make a bamboo chair, the kind that can lean his back up.
Xu Fugui sat on the recliner and Jiazhen sat on her lap, and the two began to talk about life and enjoy their two-person world.
This chat went straight to the middle of the night, and finally Jiazhen was really sleepy and couldn't stand it, so the two went back to bed and hugged each other and fell asleep.
The next day, Xu Fugui got up with his eyelids drooping and kept yawning, but looking at Jiazhen, he was refreshed and energetic, and his skin was like a peeled egg.
Mother Xu glanced at Jiazhen with a smile, didn't say much, and beckoned them to breakfast.
After breakfast, Jiazhen helped him find out the clean and decent clothes, Xu Fugui looked at the foggy weather outside, chose to wear straw shoes to the county seat, and then changed into cloth shoes when he arrived in the county seat.
"Dad, are you going to the county seat?" Feng Xia is smart, and seeing that he is wearing a posture, it doesn't look like he is going to work.
Xu Fugui responded.
Feng Xia's eyes rolled, took his hand, asked him to squat down, then covered his ears with his hands, leaned over and whispered, "I want to eat sugar gourds." ”
"Feng Xia, what did Mimi say quietly, do you want your father to buy you something again?" Jiazhen said with a straight face.
"I didn't say anything, I just asked my dad to come back early." Feng Xia straightened her waist and said with her big clear and innocent eyes.
Xu Fugui patted her head, "Okay, Dad will come back early." ”
Jiazhen looked at the father and daughter with a smile, took out the raincoat made two days ago, and asked Fugui to wear it to the county seat......