However, no matter how insistent Butcher Zhang is, he can't stand the lobbying of Mrs. Jiang. In addition, the price given by Lu Zhengan was high, so after hesitating, he gritted his teeth and gave up the two cauldrons.

"Mother-in-law, if I say thank you, it will be chattering. I'm not polite to you, and if there is anything I need in the future, just ask, I will never shirk what I can. ”

After coming out of Butcher Zhang's house, Lu Zhengan thanked Mrs. Jiang again.

Hearing this, Mrs. Jiang waved her hand. "Okay, you've helped me a lot about the Mid-Spring Meeting, and I'll naturally repay the favor. Also, when you're done with this busy time, hurry up and get down to business, and the old woman is waiting to eat your thank you wine. ”

"Definitely, definitely. The family is still waiting for the pot, so I won't talk to my mother-in-law anymore, and I will go to my house when I have time. ”

……

When Lu Zhengan and Lu Tieniu came back with two cauldrons, village chief Lu Changgen also happened to come over. Looking at the two cauldrons with a diameter of more than one meter on the shelf, I couldn't help but sigh: "How did you buy such two big pots?" Look at these two pots are almost ready to be used when killing New Year's pigs, I'm afraid I don't know how much it will cost, right? ”

Hearing this, Lu Zhengan wiped the sweat on his forehead and said with a smile: "That's no way, the cooking pot at home is too small, you can't buy it." ”

Peaches are extremely difficult to store and must be soaked as soon as possible after handling, otherwise they will oxidize and turn black. Now that the summer harvest has come to an end, he must find someone to help him while the people in the village are idle, and wait until a few days to start planting autumn grain.

So now he has to process and cook all the peaches in these few days, and as long as this step is completed, the pressure on Lu Zhengan's shoulders will be reduced by half.

At this time, the old master had already almost finished the stove, and seeing that Lu Zhengan had really bought the iron pot, he hurriedly ordered the pot to be lifted over and placed directly on the stove to see if there was still a place to rest.

In the end, it is the master's craftsmanship, and the two iron pots sit on the stove, although they cannot be said to be tight, but they are quite suitable. Seeing that the master used yellow clay to completely seal the edge of the pot so as not to leak smoke from the side of the pot, Lu Zhengan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After that, Lu Zhengan brought down the meat bought on the cart and asked Lu Yang, who was helping in the yard, and several sisters-in-law in the village to take charge of the cooking, and invited everyone to have a lively and lively meal of stew.

Although most of the vegetables in the stew are grown from the garden, they can't stand Lu Zheng'an's reluctance to let the meat. Most of the people in the village are good enough to eat every day without going hungry, but if they don't have a festival or a festival, they are willing to spend money to cut meat and eat it. Seeing the large slices of meat floating in the pot, everyone present couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

Even the village head, Lu Changgen, couldn't help but sigh: "Zheng'an, isn't this day too much? ”

Lu Zheng'an smiled at the village chief after hearing this, "The big guys have been helping for so long, so you have to arrange for them to have a full meal, right?" It's not like this every day, and it doesn't cost much once in a while. ”

Because of Lu Zhengan's generosity, he spared no effort to let the people who came to help work. Not only did the peaches be clean, but he was also afraid that Lu Zheng'an's firewood would not be enough to burn, so he helped drag a lot of dry firewood down from the mountain.

During this period, some people also had the idea of helping Lu Zhengan say goodbye, but before the other party could say anything, Lu Zhengan found a topic and diverted him. At the same time, he secretly wondered whether he should pick a time to let Song Huaishu come over and let the people in the village see him.

Coincidentally, while Lu Zheng'an was silently calculating, he suddenly heard someone at the door asking: "Who are you looking for, this little brother?" ”

Lu Zhengan subconsciously looked up at the door, and saw Song Huaishu standing at the door with a food box in his hand, looking at Lu Tiezhu who asked him at a loss.

"I'm looking for Lu Zhengan......"

Song Huaishu was still wearing a long robe, and his slender figure stood at the door, which was extremely inconsistent with the almost shirtless men around him.

When he saw that it was Song Huaishu, Lu Zhengan was really stunned for a moment. After all, he was still thinking about the other party in the last second, but Song Huaishu appeared at the door in the next second, and this coincidence really made him unable to react.

After being stunned for a moment, Lu Zhengan came back to his senses, and before he had time to put down the kitchen knife in his hand, he strode towards the door.

"It's so hot, why are you here?"

When the onlookers saw Lu Zheng'an coming with a kitchen knife, they couldn't help but lift their hearts. A few of them even subconsciously walked forward, wanting to quickly pull people in when Lu Zhengan 'made a move,' lest he impulsively do something irreparable.

However, when everyone saw Lu Zheng'an's surprised look on each other's faces, they realized that they were thinking too much, and they were all busy with their own smiles.

Song Huaishu looked at Lu Zheng'an, who was darker and thinner than a few days ago, and felt a little distressed for a while. He glanced down at the kitchen knife in his hand and replied, "My father thought you were busy right now, so he asked me to come and see if there was anything I could do to help." I was supposed to come in the morning, but I was delayed because of something at home. ”

Hearing this, Lu Zheng was relieved to be warm. Seeing Song Huaishu's sunburned red face and sweat-soaked forehead, he hurriedly took the food box in his hand and beckoned him to hurry up and go to the house to cool off.

The ladies who were handling peaches in the courtyard were very surprised to see the delicate and graceful Song Huaishu, but they thought that the other party was a relative of the Lu family, so they were too embarrassed to ask more.

After entering the hall, Song Huaishu looked at Lu Zhengan carefully again, and couldn't help frowning: "Why did you lose so much weight?" ”

Lu Zhengan himself didn't feel anything, touched his sunken cheek and said: "No, there are a lot of things to do these days, plus the weather is a bit bitter in the summer, just raise it for a few days, and besides, people who lose weight are more energetic." ”

Hearing this, Song Huaishu opened the food box he had brought, and in addition to some cooked food, there were also some pickles and dry food.

"My mother knows that you are busy, and I am afraid that you will not have time to cook, so I made more and asked me to bring it to you."

Lu Zhengan took out all the contents of the food box, and he was extremely moved. "Aunt Lo is bothered, and when I'm done with this, I'll go and see her and my uncle. But next time you come back, don't bring so many things, you have to walk so far up the mountain, you will be tired and panicked. ”

As he spoke, Lu Zhengan stepped forward and took Song Huaishu's hand to look at it, and sure enough, the palm of his hand had been ground red by the handle of the food box.

Although the relationship between the two had already been decided, Song Huaishu was still not accustomed to coming into contact with others. was grabbed by Lu Zhengan's hands, and the whole person looked like cooked shrimp.

Lu Zheng'an, who looked at Song Huaishu's shy appearance, was itching for a while, and was about to tease him a few more words, but he heard the footsteps at the door getting closer and closer. Lu Zhengan had no choice but to let go of Song Huaishu's hand first.

When Lu Yang heard that Lu Zheng'an's relatives were here, he was a little strange. Others may not know, but her family knows it clearly, the old lady of the Lu family is an only daughter, and Lu Zhengan's mother fled from the famine, and her mother's family has long been dead, so how can Lu Zhengan's family have any relatives. I'm afraid I didn't mean to deceive.

Just as Lu Yang walked to the door and saw the intimate behavior of Zheng'an and Song Huaishu in the house, he paused at his feet, and a bad thought came to his heart.

"Zheng'an, this little brother is ......"

Lu Yang's family usually treats Lu Zhengan very well, and Lu Zhengan also respects this elder from the bottom of his heart. So, after listening to Lu Yang's question, he directly introduced: "Auntie, he is Song Huaishu, and he is my brother who is about to form a contract." ”

CHAPTER XXXI

Since Lu Zheng'an would introduce Song Huaishu to Lu Yang's family, he was also ready for Lu Changgen to talk to him.

Lu Changgen has always been deeply favored by Old Man Lu when he was a child, and he has always taken good care of Lu Zhengan. Seeing that Lu Zhengan reached the age of marriage and childbirth. The other party took a cold look and found a man to form a contract, which made Lu Changgen really a little incomprehensible and unacceptable, and felt that he would have no shame to face Old Man Lu when he went underground in the future.

Although Lu Zhengan had already prepared for Lu Changgen to find him, he didn't expect Lu Changgen to come so quickly.

The sky had just dawned, and as soon as Lu Zhengan, who got up to work, opened the door, he saw Lu Changgen sitting motionless on the stone pier at the door.

Lu Zheng'an paused as he took the hand of the door panel, and although he resisted a little in his heart, he still walked over with a hard head.

"Why did Uncle Changgen come here so early, the dew on the mountain is heavy, beware of catching a cold."

Hearing Lu Zhengan's words, Lu Changgen sighed deeply and did not look back, still sitting on the stone pier and looking into the distance. "Zheng'an, in a few days it will be your 20th birthday, right?"

Hearing this, Lu Zhengan replied softly. "Well, after the Dragon Boat Festival, it will be twenty years old."

After hearing this, Lu Changgen still didn't reply, "Your aunt told me about you and that little brother of the Song family when she went back yesterday. You said that although our family is not very wealthy, it is still okay to have enough food and clothing. Why did you suddenly find a man to start a family with? ”

After speaking, Lu Changgen stood up from the stone pier, turned around the young man behind him, who was already half a head taller than him, and the expression on his face was extremely complicated. "If you really find a man to live with, then won't your house be cut off from the incense? After a hundred years, how can you have the face to face your old man and your father? ”

When Lu Zhengan heard this, what the other party said was really as he thought, and he was helpless in his heart. But if you choose a good path, how can you give up so easily.

"Uncle Changgen, you and your aunt have taken care of me for so many years, and I am grateful from the bottom of my heart. There are more than 100 lives in the world, and all I want is to find a partner to live with. ”

"Since you're looking for a partner to live with, can't you find a woman? That kid from the Song family is a man, how can a man give birth to a child? Lu Changgen was already a little angry, and when he looked at Lu Zhengan, who had a calm face, he only felt that hatred could not be made of steel.

However, when his words fell, Lu Zhengan lowered his head and chuckled. Hearing that laughter, Lu Changgen's heart was even more angry, but he had no way to vent it. I had to stare at Lu Zhengan fiercely to see what explanation he could give himself.

However, Lu Zhengan did not speak in a hurry, exhaled deeply, turned his head to look at the scenery under Hualong Mountain, and paused for a long time before saying: "Uncle Changgen, it is also necessary to look at the fate of the eyes to live together, and that person happens to be Song Huaishu." To put it mildly, when I was sure of my contract with him, I had already disregarded the question of my heirs. In the future, if Huaishu really wants to raise, we will go to raise one. If you don't want to raise it, it doesn't matter. When I go underground in a hundred years, I will plead guilty to my grandfather and father. ”

"What kind of ecstasy soup did that kid surnamed Song pour into you, and you are so obsessed with it......

Thinking of Song Huaishu's appearance of a little white rabbit with red ears when he couldn't move, Lu Zhengan felt that Song Huaishu was indeed pouring him ecstasy soup in disguise, but Lu Zhengan was willing to drink this ecstasy soup.

However, although the other protagonist of this incident is Song Huai'an, he is not as scheming as Lu Changgen thought, and Lu Zhengan did not want Lu Changgen to misunderstand him like this.

"Uncle Changgen, you have also seen Huaishu. What kind of person is he, you have a vicious eye, and you are well-informed, and you should know some in your heart. And in my character, if I don't nod my head, who can force me. ”

When Lu Changgen heard this, he only felt a stump in his heart.

Indeed, he grew up watching Lu Zheng'an and had a good understanding of Lu Zheng'an's nature. Don't look at the fact that he doesn't talk much on weekdays, but he can't pull back eight horses when he recognizes something.

And that kid from the Song family is weak and can't help but be windy, and at first glance he looks like he can't stand things, and it is impossible for him to influence Lu Zheng'an.

Thinking about this, Lu Changgen could no longer push the excuse on others. When looking at Lu Zhengan, his face was decadent and he was unable to speak.

Seeing Lu Changgen's different complexion, Lu Zhengan could not help but remember that he had been seriously injured on the battlefield in the past, and he could not help but feel a little worried. Just as he was about to stretch out his hand to help him sit down and rest for a while, he saw Lu Changgen waving his hand at him with a tired face, and then ignored Lu Zhengan and turned around and went down the mountain step by step.

Lu Zhengan watched Lu Changgen leave, but did not open his mouth to stop him. After all, the choice was made by oneself, and there was no reason to go back.

……

In the days that followed, the Lu family's courtyard was still busy.

In order to make these tens of thousands of catties of peaches into dried peaches, the two cauldrons at Lu Zheng'an's entrance did not stop day and night, and in less than two days, the courtyard of the Lu family was covered with bamboo curtains, and all the dried peaches on the curtains were dried peaches of varying degrees of dryness and wetness.

In addition, even the firewood stack next to it, which was originally more than one person high, has also disappeared by half.

Fortunately, in the past few days, the weather has been beautiful, and the scorching sun for several days has allowed Lu Zhengan to harvest no less than 1,000 catties of dried peaches. And the remaining two or three thousand catties of fresh fruit, it is estimated that the two-day effort can be completely over.

In the past few days when he was rushing to work, Song Huaishu would come over to help whenever he had time. There were also many curious villagers who privately inquired about Song Huaishu's identity, but Lu Zhengan was afraid that Song Huaishu would be shy and did not dare to tell everyone too clearly. However, people who are familiar with Lu Zhengan saw that the words and deeds of the two were very intimate, and they had some speculations in their hearts.

In this way, within a few days, the news that Lu Zhengan might have a contract with a man spread throughout Lujia Village. When everyone looked at Song Huaishu again, their eyes were a little different......

Fortunately, the villagers who came to Lu Zheng's home to help were not difficult to get along with. Seeing that Song Huaishu had never said much in the past few days when he came to Lu Zheng'an's house to help, and he followed Lu Zheng'an like a little daughter-in-law, most of the people's not very good opinion of him disappeared. There are a few sisters-in-law who love to laugh, and even joked about him and Lu Zhengan.

Song Huaishu had never seen such a battle, and his blushing face and helpless appearance made everyone feel that the little man Lu Zhengan was looking for was even more amiable and cute.

Fortunately, whenever Song Huaishu was ridiculed by everyone, Lu Zhengan could always help him out of the siege in time. This made Song Huaishu breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time, he became more and more dependent on Lu Zheng'an in his heart.

However, people are extremely adaptable animals, and Song Huaishu, who was teased several times, gradually adapted to the atmosphere of the courtyard. In the face of the ridicule of all the aunts and aunts, although Song Huaishu still had red ears and red ears, at least he would not be at a loss anymore.

Moreover, during this period, the Song couple also came once. Seeing the busy appearance of the Lu family's courtyard, I felt more and more at ease with Lu Zhengan.

It's just that when I think that Lu Zheng'an still doesn't know anything about Song Huaishu's physical condition until now, I also feel worried. I wanted to find a chance to confess to him, but I really didn't know what to say.

More importantly, they were afraid that Lu Zhengan would not be able to accept the mutilated Song Huaishu......

At present, Song Huaishu and Lu Zhengan have a very good relationship, and if Lu Zhengan knows the truth, he will really ruthlessly abandon Song Huaishu. That blow to Song Huaishu will probably be fatal!

However, this matter cannot be delayed......

Regarding the abnormality of the old couple of the Song family, Lu Zhengan, who was busy hitting the back of the head, did not notice it. It was not easy to make all the fresh peaches into dried peaches, and then the rush to plant autumn grain began again.

Lu Zhengan took out the corn seeds that had been reserved in advance from the warehouse, and when the work in the yard was almost done, Lu Zhengan carried the corn seeds and hoes into the field.

Because of the heavy rain before, the moisture in the fields was just right, and there was no need to carry additional water to water the corn when it was time to plant it.

At this time, the fields were full of people rushing to plant autumn grain. After greeting everyone, Lu Zhengan counted his wheat stubble and began to dig the pit and throw the seeds.

This kind of work is okay with two people, but one person is digging holes and throwing seeds, and the speed is really slow. In almost two hours, Lu Zheng'an had not finished planting an acre of land.

Seeing that the sun had risen to the center, there were fewer and fewer people around, and the hungry Lu Zhengan also planned to withdraw his troops. But, just after he had packed up his hoe and came out of the field.

Seeing a familiar figure walking towards this side from a distance, Lu Zhengan wiped the sweat on his face and looked carefully again, and saw that the other party was really Song Huaishu, so he immediately dropped the hoe in his hand and greeted him.

"You know where the keys to the house are, why don't you go back to rest first, how do you find this place on a hot day?"

Lu Zhengan took the contents of Song Huaishu's hand, frowning and feeling a little distressed.

Instead, Song Huaishu smiled and replied, "I know that you are going to plant autumn grain these days, so I will come over to take a look." Seeing that you were really not at home, I asked an aunt on the side of the road, and I followed the direction she pointed out. ”

When Song Huaishu spoke, his eyes were always focused on Lu Zhengan, and he didn't notice the sweat on his forehead dripping down his cheeks. After hesitating for a moment, he finally mustered up the courage to take a handkerchief from his pocket and stretched it out.

Lu Zhengan has been busy for so long, and he is indeed a little thirsty. Seeing that Song Huaishu had brought a large pot of water, he was about to lift the lid and pour a few sips, when suddenly a gust of wind blew across his cheeks, and a handkerchief with the fragrance of acacia fell on his face.

Lu Zheng'an looked sideways unconsciously, and saw Song Huaishu holding a handkerchief and wiping the sweat from his face with a serious face.