"What if, I mean, then Lu Zhengan doesn't mean Huaishu?"

Knowing that his husband was completely relieved, Song Lan's heart slowly relaxed.

Hearing him say this, Song Lanshi smiled slightly, "If he doesn't have this mind, we can't force it." ”

Song Xiren didn't know whether to be glad that his wife could think about it, sighed and touched the medicine bowl that was already at the right temperature, picked it up and handed it over. "Let's put the rest aside, let's take care of our bodies first."

Song Lanshi took the medicine bowl, looked up at Song Xiren who was expressionless, and said, "You don't have to leak in front of Huai Shu about this matter, it's better not to let him know about this matter first." However, you might find a reason for me to meet the Lu family boy? ”

Hearing this, Song Xiren looked at the medicine bowl in Song Lan's hand and his heart moved. "There are excuses, but only if you eat well, rest well and take care of your body. Otherwise, people would have been willing, but seeing the two of us sick, the old ones were afraid and didn't dare to pick up the stubble. ”

Song Lan didn't know what her husband meant, and while she was moved in her heart, she also understood that she couldn't be a drag on her children.

"You're right, we must not be a burden to Huaishu."

Chapter XII

Lujiaying Village, Lujia

When Lu Zhengan took Li Erwang home, it was already early hour. At this time, the sun had risen high, and it made people sweat when it shone on their bodies.

Li Erwang wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at the back basket on Lu Zhengan's back, and said, "Brother Xiaoan, are you tired?" Why don't I carry it for you? ”

The two of them caught nearly 20 catties of small fish in the small river ditch yesterday, and excluding the two catties given to Song Huaishu, the two sold them for nearly 180 yuan this time.

Lu Zhengan originally wanted to share it equally with Li Erwang, but Li Erwang only needed eighty big money, and he refused to ask for it again.

Seeing him like this, Lu Zhengan didn't want to take advantage of him, so he used the extra twenty yuan to buy a few big meat buns and four steamed buns.

Now that selling fish is considered to have income, Lu Zhengan doesn't want to go back empty-handed after a trip so early in the morning. After buying 20 eggs, I went to the grocery store and bought some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. It wasn't until the number of pedestrians on the street gradually increased that the two began to walk back.

On the way back to the village, Lu Zhengan gave the steamed buns and steamed buns he bought to Li Erwang, and the two ate while walking, and when they almost got home, the two were already full.

However, although Li Erwang ate quickly, his expression was solemn and obviously a little preoccupied. Especially looked at Lu Zhengan from time to time with an expression of wanting to speak and stopping, which made Lu Zhengan feel extremely helpless.

However, what is on Li Erwang's mind, Lu Zhengan doesn't want to ask more. After all, the friendship between the two is really not deep, and there is no need to rush to be a good big brother.

When the two were about to walk to the back of Lujia Village, Lu Zhengan noticed that Li Erwang's steps seemed to be slower. Although he was in a hurry to go home and feed the little cubs, it was not good to go alone first. Therefore, he could only urge Li Erwang: "The sun is getting bigger and bigger, let's go quickly." ”

Hearing this, Li Erwang glanced up at Lu Zheng'an, and picked at his rough fingers like tree bark for a long time without making a sound.

Just when Lu Zheng'an's patience was exhausted and he was about to turn and go up the mountain, he only heard Li Erwang behind him hesitate: "Brother Xiaoan, can we not tell others about the two of us going to the town to sell fish today?" My sister-in-law's ...... I'm afraid she'll be upset if she finds out. ”

Hearing that Li Erwang was worried about this, Lu Zhengan couldn't help but feel a little helpless. "Don't worry, I'm not the one with a broken mouth. And I live in Hualong Mountain, and I don't usually have any contacts, so I can't find anyone even if I want to say it, so you can rest assured. ”

Knowing that Lu Zhengan did what he said, Li Erwang was immediately relieved when he got his words, and happily thanked Lu Zhengan.

"If Brother Xiao An needs help in the future, just ask, as long as I can do it, I will definitely not refuse."

Lu Zhengan had a good impression of Li Erwang, although he didn't have anything to do with Li Erwang, he still nodded and agreed.

Seeing that the sun was getting higher and higher, thinking of the little cubs who had not yet been fed and fed, Lu Zhengan didn't have the heart to say anything else to him, and immediately walked to Hualong Mountain with a basket on his back.

The little cubs in the house were already very hungry at this time, and as soon as they opened the courtyard door and walked to the door of the hall, they heard the chirping of the little cubs.

When Lu Zhengan moved the cubs out of the house to feed them and drink well, and saw them being enclosed in the mat and wandering around, he always felt that this was not a long-term solution. Fortunately, the courtyard of the house is large enough, and the utility room on the west side is connected to the west room of the hall, and there is an open space of less than a point behind it.

That place was used for the original body to pile firewood, and it was quite clean and flat. If you clean up the branches and debris on the ground, insert bamboo chips next to it and circle them, and use them as chicken and duck rings.

Lu Zhengan is not a person who procrastinates, and after having an idea in his head, he immediately found a shovel from the utility room.

In addition to seeing whether there is grass in the field, the farmer's family is diligent or not, and on the other hand, it is to look at the firewood stack.

And the original body is obviously not lazy, the stacks of firewood more than one person high are stacked neatly, as if they have been measured with a ruler. Although there are a lot of weeds on the ground, it doesn't look dirty, just enough to put the little cubs in it, eat grass, and peck at the insects in the grass.

It didn't take much time to clean up the vacant land, and after everything was sorted out, Lu Zhengan estimated the amount of bamboo used, and then took a machete to the bamboo forest next to him.

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In this bamboo forest outside Lu Zheng'an's house, there are many bamboos, and the bamboo is large in size, and it is suitable to split the yard. In addition, the cubs are still small, and there can be no gaps in the fence wall, so the amount of bamboo used is even greater.

After wandering around the bamboo forest for a while, Lu Zhengan finally found a clump of thick/large bamboo. After cutting down the bamboo, Lu Zhengan cut off the branches and leaves on the bamboo, tied it to the bamboo with a rope and gritted his teeth and dragged it in the direction of the yard.

Fresh bamboo has a high moisture content, so it is naturally extremely heavy to drag. Even if Lu Zheng'an was relatively healthy, and the road was still downhill, when he dragged the bamboo to the door of the house, he couldn't help but sweat from exhaustion.

Wiping his face with his sleeve, Lu Zhengan threw the machete in his hand on the ground, preparing to go back to the yard to drink saliva to quench his thirst.

However, as soon as he stepped into the yard, he saw a black dog that was pitch black, reaching the knees of an adult, and was clawing around the makeshift shelter he had built for the chicks with a mat.

Seeing this, Lu Zhengan immediately stepped up and wanted to scare the black dog away. And when the dog saw his master come back, although he was a little scared with his tail between his legs, he still bared his teeth and bluffed while going around in circles to avoid Lu Zhengan.

Lu Zhengan was worried about the cubs he had finally bought. Seeing that the dog dared to scare him, he was furious, and immediately picked up the broom erected by the wall and slapped it.

The black dog that was photographed ran out of the gate with its tail between its legs, and Lu Zhengan saw the black dog running out of the door, so he walked quickly to the simple chicken pen.

Seeing that the little cubs inside were really frightened and screaming, Lu Zheng'an felt distressed for a while, and he only hated that his broom was a little light.

Turned to the cupboard and took another half bowl of small rice and put it on the plate, Lu Zhengan was relieved when he saw that the little cubs were eating happily for a while.

After sitting next to him and drinking a few sips of water, Lu Zhengan relieved himself, and then found a saw from the utility room to deal with the bamboo at the door.

Just when Lu Zhengan had just stepped out of the door with a saw, but he didn't want to be driven out by him, the black dog was squatting at the intersection and kept watching the door of his house.

Seeing Lu Zhengan coming out of the yard, he immediately stood up with his tail between his legs, and screamed at him with his ears behind his back.

Lu Zhengan saw that the dog not only didn't run, but also dared to bark at him. Where will continue to tolerate this black-haired beast, turned around and took the broom and slapped at the black dog.

At this moment, I saw a woman in a blue cloth shirt walking out of the forest next to me, leading a child who was about seven or eight years old.

Seeing Lu Zhengan chasing his dog with a broom, he immediately shouted: "Lu Zhengan, what are you doing beating our dog?!" ”

Seeing the visitor, Lu Zhengan twisted his eyebrows and recalled carefully, and then remembered that the other party was the widow Zhou and her son Zhou Xuanbao in the village.

CHAPTER XIII

Zhou Zhou, the widow's man, was lively, and he used to run a restaurant in the town. One day, a guest drank too much and made trouble in the restaurant, and Zhou Boxing, who was a runner, stepped forward to persuade him.

However, what reason does a drunk person have at all, so Zhou Lively was slapped on the head by the drunken guest and a bench, and the person couldn't do it on the spot, and he died in just a few hours after being pulled home.

The owner of the restaurant didn't shirk his responsibility when he knew that something was wrong, and it was really pitiful to see that the Zhou family only left Zhou's widows, orphans and widows to live, and Zhou Boxing also had an incident in his own restaurant. not only helped the Zhou family take care of the aftermath, but also lost thirty taels of silver in the end.

At that time, because of these dozens of taels of silver, Widow Zhou attracted many second-rate lazy people in nearby villages to be Zhou Baobao's cheap father.

However, Widow Zhou had a deep affection for her deceased man, and took a broom to drive away the group of ill-intentioned people. even called the village chief and several respected old people in the village, knelt in the ancestral hall and swore that they would never marry again in this life.

Widow Zhou's move made many people in the village look at her with admiration, and from then on, as long as she saw those second-rate lazy people who had plotted against her wandering around her door, the villagers would consciously help her drive her away. There is a family with a dog, after the mother/dog at home gave birth to puppies, they also specially sent a few puppies to Widow Zhou to take care of the home.

Because Lu Zhengan does not live in the village, he has heard about the affairs of the Zhou family, and he also admires a woman like Widow Zhou from the bottom of his heart.

However, at this time, Lu Zhengan listened to the woman's sharp voice, and his voice was full of anger, and he only felt that the woman in front of him did not seem to be the same as the rumors.

Judging from the tense corners of her mouth and the eyes full of anger, she looked mean.

Lu Zhengan took a broom and glanced at the mother and son opposite, and did not answer Widow Zhou's question, but instead answered the question: "Since the dog that scurried around just now belongs to your family, then please pay attention to it." The dog had just run up to my house and almost killed my chicks. ”

When Lu Zheng'an's words fell, Widow Zhou's expression was a little uncomfortable, and she knew in her heart that her dog was afraid that she was really in trouble.

Now a chicken cub is not cheap, and Widow Zhou was afraid that Lu Zheng'an would ask her for compensation with his lion, so she grabbed her son Zhou Xuanbao's shoulders and began to reverse black and white.

It's just that I don't have confidence in my heart, and my tone of speech is a little weak. "Is Uncle Lu mistaken? Xiao Hei is my family's dog in the nursing home, and he is the most obedient on weekdays. Not to mention biting the chicks, even the cat doesn't dare. ”

Although Lu Zhengan is young, his seniority is not low. Don't look at Zhou Lively who is more than ten years older than him, but in terms of seniority, he has to call Lu Zhengan 'uncle'.

However, at present, the widow's 'uncle' is suppressed and frustrated, and it sounds like she is gritting her teeth.

"According to what you say, it's all my chicks who have just come out of the shell for a few days are ignorant and provoked your dog first?" Lu Zhengan stared at Widow Zhou's mother and son with a smile, his eyes full of mockery.

"Naturally, your chick provoked my dog first, and whoever doesn't close the door like your house deserves to die!"

Widow Zhou listened to Lu Zhengan's words and didn't know how to refute it. Unexpectedly, he was preempted by the son on his side.

It's just that this week Zhou Baobao is the only seedling of the Zhou family, and he is usually spoiled, and his words are extremely unreasonable.

As soon as her son's words came out, Widow Zhou suddenly felt that something was wrong, and it was too late to stop Zhou Xuanbao. Therefore, Widow Zhou could only endure the distress and scolded her precious son, and then apologized to Lu Zhengan with low eyebrows.

"Uncle Lu, the child is not sensible, don't be like him."

"Mother, why do you want to apologize to him, it's obviously his fault, Xiao Hei deserves to kill his chicken!"

Lu Zhengan listened to the mother and son in front of him who were not so unreasonable, and directly laughed at Lu Zhengan.

Glancing at the black dog hiding more than ten meters away, Lu Zhengan rubbed the broom in his hand and said, "Everyone in the village says that Sister-in-law Zhou is a reasonable person, and today I saw that it really deserves its reputation." ”

Lu Zhengan's expression was serious, but what he said made Widow Zhou directly extremely harsh, and she was about to speak, only to hear Lu Zhengan continue: "Sister-in-law Zhou is also a good hand at teaching children, this reversal of black and white, and the ability to use strong words is not something that ordinary people can do, and she must be capable when she grows up." ”

Zhou Xuanbao is only six or seven years old, and he has not yet gone to school, so naturally he didn't understand Lu Zhengan's words, but when he heard the last sentence, he only praised him. Immediately put his little head on his waist, feeling that he was very powerful.

And Widow Zhou didn't expect that Lu Zheng'an, who has always been taciturn, would be so sour that people couldn't resist it, and she only said that people's faces were hot, but she had nothing to say. wanted to bow his head to apologize to Lu Zhengan, but he couldn't pull off that face.

For a while, his face turned red, and the expression of the child in front of him was very partial.

Seeing this, Lu Zhengan sneered, looked at Zhou Xuanbao with a smug face, and patted him on the shoulder encouragingly: "It's really powerful, you can't just talk about it." In today's situation, you should give the other party a mouth without saying a word, so that the family can see how powerful you are. ”

Widow Zhou heard Lu Zhengan say this, for fear that he would teach his own children badly. Stretched out his hand and pulled Zhou Xuanbao into his arms, and looked at Lu Zhengan vigilantly, his face was already a little pale. "Uncle Lu, the child is still young, it's a bit too much for you to teach like this......"

Hearing this, Lu Zhengan didn't care.

"Excessive? I didn't teach you to say that your dog deserved to kill my chicken. Besides, you ask your son if I didn't teach me right? Lu Zhengan looked sideways at Zhou Xuanbao in Widow Zhou's arms.

At this time, Zhou Xuanbao was fantasizing in his mind to use the moves Lu Zhengan said to trample under his feet the dogs who often did not take him to play in the village. Hearing Lu Zhengan ask him, he nodded without thinking.

Seeing this, Widow Zhou dared to be crooked, carrying a basket and leading a reluctant Zhou Xuanbao to walk down the mountain.

Looking at Widow Zhou's embarrassed figure, Lu Zhengan sneered and turned around and went home with a broom, but neither of them noticed that an old woman with a basket was hiding behind a tree and secretly watching the two.

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Five days have passed unconsciously, and the chicks and ducklings at this time have faded from the fluff on their wings, and they have grown a lot older than when they first came.

After working for so many days, Lu Zhengan finally planted the summer seedlings in the vegetable garden behind, and all the bamboo pieces needed for the chicken pen were also chopped.

Now that the weather is starting to heat up, early in the morning, Lu Zhengan pulled the rope in the open space behind the house and began to build a fence wall.

The kind of fence wall that Lu Zheng'an wants to build is the simplest, wedge bamboo pieces into the ground side by side, leaving no gaps in the middle. In addition, the chickens and ducklings are still small, and they don't need to be too tall, so it's easy to get them.

Just to be on the safe side, Lu Zhengan wedged the bamboo pieces into the soil and tied them again with fine hemp rope. It's just that I didn't expect that there wasn't much fine hemp rope at home, and it was gone just after tying half of the wall.

However, at this time, it would take a day to buy it in the town, thinking of the group of cubs who had been able to fly over the simple chicken pen formed by the mat at will, Lu Zhengan hesitated for a moment, and decided to go to the village to find the village chief's house for emergency response, and then go to the town to buy it and return it to him when it was empty.