"Now there is no shortage of vegetables in every household, and this cucumber has been eaten for a summer, who can still ask for it." Don't pick it, I'll carry it to the river and wash it, let's keep the pickles. In autumn and winter, it is also a steamed bun. ”

As he spoke, Lu Zhengan squatted down and put a few cucumbers picked out by Song Huaishu back into the basket. and Song Huaishu lifted it aside and walked to the stream together.

Because of the rain that had rained a few days ago, the mountain stream was swollen. The depth of the water, which originally reached Lu Zhengan's calf, is now up to his knees.

There were many rocks on the side of the stream on the mountain, because the stream was clear and seemed not to be very deep, but when Song Huaishu was not careless to slide down the stones, he found that the water, which seemed to be only a palm deep, was about to overflow his calves. And the streams in the mountains are all spring water that flows from the mountains, and the water is clear and cold.

The unsuspecting Song Huaishu fell into the water with one foot, and he shivered.

When Lu Zhengan saw that Song Huaishu had stepped on the air, he hurriedly threw the basket aside, grabbed Song Huaishu's shoulders with his big hand, and lifted the person up from the water. After Song Huaishu stood firm, he hurriedly pulled his trousers to see if he was injured.

Song Huaishu was taken aback by Lu Zheng'an's movements, and his body subconsciously took a step back. "I, I'm fine, it's just a foot in the air."

Lu Zhengan didn't care about Song Huaishu's dodge, but instead bowed his head and looked up at him worriedly.

"There are so many rocks in the stream that you see if your legs are scratched. If it's okay, you can go to the shore and rest first, and I'll wash the cucumbers myself. ”

Although the two have kissed and hugged, they have never had too deep contact.

Because Song Huaishu's body is different from ordinary people, he never has too much physical contact with others. Even now, he and Lu Zheng'an have made up their minds and are about to conclude a contract, but Lu Zheng'an's behavior still makes Song Huaishu, who is unprepared, still feel some resistance and fear.

Seeing Lu Zhengan's indifferent expression, Song Huaishu felt very uncomfortable. The hanging right hand loosened and gripped it, and after a long silence, he said 'I'm sorry' to Lu Zhengan.

However, as soon as he said this, Lu Zheng'an, who was on the other side, did not say a word, bypassed Song Huaishu and walked directly to the shore.

Watching Lu Zhengan pass by himself, Song Huaishu's eyes couldn't help but heat up. At the moment when tears were about to fall, Song Huaishu felt that his shoulder was being held, and then his body involuntarily followed the other party's movements.

After seeing clearly that the person opposite was Lu Zhengan, Song Huaishu burst into tears for a moment. "I didn't mean to avoid you, I just didn't control it for a while. Don't be angry with me, I'll change ...... next time."

Lu Zhengan couldn't help but feel distressed when he heard Song Huaishu's apology. He wiped the tears from his face with his sleeve and reached out to hug the man into his arms.

I felt Song Huaishu's body stiffen for a moment, but it quickly relaxed. Lu Zhengan wanted to caress his hand on the back, but instead patted him on the head.

"You don't have to apologize to me, and I'm not angry. I know you don't mean it, it's just a habit. In the future, we will slowly get used to it, so don't blame yourself too much. ”

With Lu Zhengan's reassuring voice, Song Huaishu slowly calmed down. He put his face in Lu Zheng'an's arms and said sullenly: "When you walked past me just now, I thought you were angry. ”

Hearing this, Lu Zhengan couldn't help but laugh. "You little fool, I'm still holding a basket in one hand. If we don't move to the shore, won't we have to float away along the stream after half an afternoon's hard work? ”

Hearing what Lu Zhengan said, Song Huaishu remembered that the two of them had come to the stream's side for the purpose of doing so. As a result, the whole person was buried in Lu Zhengan's arms and buried even tighter.

Feeling Song Huaishu's constantly tightening hand, Lu Zhengan couldn't help but feel a little funny. Looking down at the ostrich-like guy in his arms, Lu Zhengan couldn't help but say, "Okay, there's no one here, as long as you don't say it, no one will know." Are you still embarrassed with me? ”

Seeing that Song Huaishu did not move, Lu Zhengan reached out and grabbed his waist. Jiang Song Huaishu did not resist, but simply took advantage of this momentum to directly pick up the person, turned around and walked to the shore.

Song Huaishu, who was doing psychological construction for himself, was about to raise his head, only to feel his body suddenly soar into the air. Song Huaishu was taken aback, and when he looked up, he found that he was actually being held in Lu Zheng'an's arms and was moving towards the shore.

After looking at the fact that there was still a distance of four or five meters from the shore, Song Huaishu thought that there were crumbling stones under his feet, lest Lu Zheng'an's feet would be unstable and both of them would fall into the water, so frightened that he hurriedly grabbed Lu Zheng'an's clothes with both hands and did not dare to move.

However, after Lu Zheng'an arrived at the shore safely, Song Huaishu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he lay in Lu Zheng'an's arms. When he turned his head and was about to say two sentences about Lu Zhengan, Song Huaishu, who was being held in Lu Zheng'an's arms, turned around and found that he happened to be at eye level with him.

In the middle of the four eyes, I don't know who was the first to lose his breath and poked his head forward. When it came time to return to their senses, they were both intertwined with each other, and they were both reluctant to separate.

It's just that Song Huaishu has no experience at all, and when the two of them got along, the whole person had already forgotten how to breathe. Seeing this, Lu Zhengan was afraid that he would turn his back on his anger, so he had no choice but to reluctantly 'Mingjin and withdraw his troops' first.

Putting his forehead against Song Huaishu, Lu Zhengan looked at his crimson face and reminded him in a hoarse voice: "Exhale." ”

Seeing that Song Huaishu was slowly coming back to his senses under his guidance, Lu Zhengan gently rubbed his cheek with his forehead and said in a low voice: "Can you accept me kissing you like this?" ”

Hearing this, Song Huaishu paused and nodded lightly, and also replied in a very small voice: "Don't hate it." Then he glanced at Lu Zhengan's face with red earlobes, and said again: "I like it a little." ”

Hearing Song Huaishu say this, Lu Zhengan relieved his heart. He gently placed the man on the ground, touched his head, and said softly: "That's good, I know that you may not be used to being too close to people for so many years." However, if you don't fit in or don't like it, just tell me, don't force yourself, you know? ”

Seeing Song Huaishu nodding obediently, Lu Zhengan couldn't help but peck him on the face for a while. "Huaishu is really obedient."

Song Huaishu covered the place where Lu Zheng'an had kissed with one hand, and glanced at him with a very dissatisfied expression. "You say this like a child. But don't forget, I'm a year older than you. ”

"Okay, okay, Brother Qi has spoken, everything you say is right."

Song Huaishu listened to Lu Zhengan's words in a very perfunctory manner, and he was about to say a few more words. Suddenly, I saw a fish with a long bundle of fish jumping out of the water and falling into the water.

When Song Huaishu had never seen such a scene, he immediately didn't care about arguing with Lu Zhengan about this big or small issue. He patted Lu Zheng'an's arm, pointed to the stream behind him, and said excitedly: "A fish has jumped out of the water." ”

Lu Zhengan subconsciously turned his head and saw that the carp was chasing a green leaf floating downstream. "Hey, it's not small. It's a pity that we don't have the tools we have at home, otherwise we would have grabbed it back and stewed it. ”

Hearing what Lu Zhengan said, Song Huaishu remembered the purpose of the two of them. It's just that there are still some greedy eyes and some reluctance to look at the fish floating down the river.

"Isn't there a lot of fish and shrimp in this stream? Was that what you caught here last time? ”

"There are quite a lot, but the fish and shrimp in this big river are very shrewd and difficult to catch. Li Erwang and I caught it last time in the small ditch at the head of the field. Xu is a small ditch, and the people in the village did not expect that there would be so many fish in it. Therefore, Li Erwang and I picked up the leak. ”

Hearing this, Song Huaishu once again set his eyes on the stream in front of him, and the expression on his face was eager to try.

Song Huaishu's thoughts were almost all on his face, and Lu Zhengan couldn't see it. He reached out and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, don't look at it." Hurry up and wash the basket of cucumbers, and then we will go home and try our luck. ”

As soon as he heard Lu Zheng'an say this, Song Huaishu's heart suddenly burst into joy. He nodded excitedly, turned around and dragged the basket of cucumbers to the stream. The monkey's anxious appearance made Lu Zhengan laugh for a while.

However, Lu Zhengan compared the timid and cowardly appearance of the other party when he first met Song Huaishu, and then compared with the current Song Huaishu, he was already a lot more lively and cheerful. In this way, Lu Zhengan felt that this was also quite good.

With a long sigh, he hurriedly walked towards Song Huaishu. "Come on, you can't move this basket of cucumbers alone."

……

After the two of them washed the cucumbers and sent them home, Lu Zheng'an found a net from the warehouse and put it in a wooden barrel, and then found a small bench for Song Huaishu to carry, and the two walked to the stream in the back mountain again.

The heavy rain in the past few days has raised the water level of the mountain streams quite a bit. Lu Zheng'an found a position where the water level was deep, fixed one end of the net to a willow tree with a crooked neck on the side, and pulled the other end through the waist-deep stream to the other side of the stream, and fixed the rope for the net.

He immediately gestured to Song Huaishu and asked him to sink the end of the hand in his hand and fix it. After laying the net, Lu Zhengan asked Song Huaishu on the other side to sit on a stool and look at the fishing net, while he twisted his soaked clothes and went to the forest behind him to collect firewood.

About two quarters of an hour later, Lu Zhengan heard Song Huaishu on the other side of the river calling out to him, and his tone was eager, as if something was urgent.

Lu Zhengan was afraid that something would happen to him, so he hurriedly threw away the firewood in his hand and turned back to the shore. I saw Song Huaishu pulling the rope of the fishing net, pointing to the fishing net and shouting to Lu Zhengan excitedly: "I just saw a big fish enter the net, do you want to lift it up?" ”

Seeing that Song Huaishu was fine, Lu Zhengan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. In response to Song Huaishu's gesture of lifting the net, the two of them pulled up the ropes of the fishing net together, and saw that more than a dozen crucian carp with a tie of length were constantly fluttering in the fishing net.

Song Huaishu thought that one or two would be good, but he didn't expect to reach so many at once, and the whole person suddenly became excited.

"There are so many, it's enough for us to eat at night."

Lu Zhengan went down to the stream again and asked Song Huaishu to throw the wooden barrel to him. After getting the barrels, the fish were put into the barrels one by one. "Two more Internet cafes, tomorrow for guests, if there are more, leave some for my uncle and aunt."

After speaking, Lu Zhengan pushed the wooden barrel in front of Song Huaishu and asked him to put it on the shore. When he was about to wade to the opposite bank, he saw the intersection of the bamboo forest, and Lu Changgen led Lu Yingchun to this side.

After seeing Lu Zhengan standing in the water, Lu Yingchun immediately quickened his pace and ran over. "Brother Zheng'an, Brother Song, you two are really not interesting, and you don't call me when you go down to the river to fish. I really have a husband, and I forgot my sister. ”

Song Huaishu was blushed by Lu Yingchun's words, got up and saw Lu Changgen following him, and respectfully called out 'Uncle Changgen'.

Lu Changgen saw Song Huaishu and nodded with a smile. "The house will be repaired tomorrow, and you two will have time to go out and catch fish." After that, Lu Changgen stretched out his head to look at the more than a dozen crucian carp in the barrel that were still jumping alive, and praised: "The harvest is not small, and there are so many catches." ”

Hearing this, Lu Yingchun said to Lu Changgen: "Daddy, let's partner at Brother Zheng'an's house today, it just so happens that you can also have two drinks with Brother Zheng'an, save You are being nagged by my mother when you are hungry at home." ”

Lu Yingchun's voice fell, and he was immediately knocked on his finger by Lu Changgen. "What are you talking nonsense, girl?"

Lu Yingchun, who had suffered a brain breakdown, pouted unconvinced, and then turned his head to study the fish in the bucket.

There is very little content that people in the village can entertain, and seeing Lu Zhengan and Song Huaishu get off the net, Lu Changgen was also interested for a while. The three of them took Lu Yingchun's little girl to squat by the stream for half an afternoon, and then they reluctantly went home.

At this time, it was almost twilight, so Lu Zhengan left Lu Changgen and Lu Yingchun to eat at home. Lu Changgen was afraid that his mother-in-law would be worried, so he asked Lu Yingchun to go home to report the news, and at the same time brought up the good wine at the bottom of his box.

Lu Yingchun was already hungry for fish, and when he heard what his father said, he responded and ran down the mountain like a rabbit.

After Lu Yingchun left, Lu Changgen found a bench and asked while helping Lu Zhengan and Song Huaishu choose fish: "Can you see Cao Debang?" ”

Hearing Lu Changgen's words, Lu Zhengan nodded. "I did, but this Cao Debang felt a little strange. I'm curious how Uncle Nagane met him. ”

When he left Cao Debang's house in the morning, Song Huaishu heard Lu Zhengan say that Master Cao might be a person with a story. However, at that time, he saw that Lu Zhengan was only guessing, and although he was curious, he did not ask too much. Now that the person who solved the puzzle was in front of him, Song Huaishu couldn't help but stop what he was doing and raised his eyes to look at Lu Changgen.

Hearing that both of them looked curious, Lu Changgen couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this ill-fated friend. "Cao Debang and I met when we were conscripted, and we were fellow villagers at that time, so our relationship was better than that of ordinary people."

Later, Lu Changgen and Cao Debang were seriously wounded in another battle, and after recovering, they were no longer able to charge on the battlefield, so they retired from the army and returned home.

The Cao family is not well-off, and Cao Debang has been in the army for a few years and has no news. The family took it upon themselves to find him a man to tie the contract and rejoice, and by the way, he used it as labor.

However, he did not expect that the husband who the Cao family helped Cao Debang marry back home would actually look at Cao Debang's cousin, and even less did he expect that Cao Debang, who had been missing for several years, would come back at this juncture......

Cao Debang was a good person, and knew that the husband he married at home did not have any feelings for him, so he wanted to find an opportunity to enter into a contract with him and let him go free. However, what Cao Debang did not expect was that his husband actually took a fancy to the compensation for his discharge......

As a result, Cao Debang's Nafu Lang took advantage of Cao Debang's absence to join forces with his mistress in an attempt to steal Cao Debang's compensation money and fly away.

However, it happened that Cao Debang's old mother ran into him, and Cao Debang's husband and his mistress simply strangled Cao Debang's old mother to death......

After all, Cao Debang was a bloody man who had been on the battlefield, and when he saw his old mother suffer such a catastrophe, he couldn't control it for a while and hacked the adulterer to death with a knife.

Cao Debang thought that he would not survive if he killed someone, so after burying his old mother, he went directly to the yamen to surrender himself with the heads of the two people and the murder weapon.

After Cao Debang was imprisoned, the county magistrate at that time quickly ordered someone to find out the facts of the case, and thanked Cao Debang for being a soldier who defended the territory and avenged his mother for the next murder of the two of them, and he was acquitted after being detained for half a month.

However, this incident dealt a huge blow to Cao Debang, and the whole person has been in a state of collapse ever since. As a result, the team that helped people repair houses was dispersed......

After Lu Changgen heard about him, he also visited him, but Cao Debang no longer had the spirit of the past, and he was in a state of confusion all day long. Lu Changgen wanted to help him, but he didn't know where to start.

After listening to Cao Debang's story, Song Huaishu suddenly realized. "A few years ago, I heard someone talk about this, but I didn't expect that the sufferer of this matter would be Master Cao himself."

In contrast to Song Huaishu, who was full of sympathy for Cao Debang, Lu Zhengan was shocked by Lu Changgen's narration and broke out in a cold sweat.

"Uncle Changgen is really ...... You didn't say anything to me, and you weren't afraid that me and Huaishu would stimulate Master Cao in the past. In case of ......" Speaking of this, Lu Zhengan was still frightened and looked into Lu Changgen's eyes. There are also some who can't help but blame a little more.

Seeing this, Lu Changgen couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"I wouldn't have thought that you two boys would go together, so I couldn't help but come and have a look this afternoon. However, Xiao Cao is not a person who will anger others, and besides, it has been several years since the incident, and the resentment in his heart should also fade. ”

Even though he said this, Lu Changgen couldn't help but feel a little afraid in his heart. "Can you talk to Xiao Cao about when you will come and see?"

Lu Zheng'an threw the crucian carp in his hand into the basin in front of him, and replied without raising his head: "Master Cao said that he would come to see the house tomorrow, and since Master Cao and Uncle Changgen are comrades-in-arms, come over tomorrow to help me palm my eyes." With you, Master Cao can also have someone to talk to. ”

When Lu Changgen heard this, he nodded. "Okay, I'll come over early tomorrow morning."

……

Knowing that Lu Zheng'an's family had caught a lot of crucian carp, and it happened that there was a tofu seller in the village passing by, Lu Yang's family exchanged beans for a few catties of tofu for Lu Yingchun to bring with him. At the same time, they cut half a smoked chicken and sent it to them for drinking.

With the meat and vegetables given by Lu Yang's family, Lu Zheng'an's dinner was extremely sumptuous. While eating, several people chatted until the end of the day.

Lu Zhengan accompanied Lu Changgen to eat a lot of wine, and when it was time to get off the table, the whole person's steps were as if he had stepped on a cotton bale.

Seeing him like this, Song Huaishu hurriedly instructed him to sit down and sober up first, and then help Lu Zheng'an into the house to rest after the kitchen was cleaned up.

Lu Zheng'an was almost a head taller than Song Huaishu, so Song Huaishu still had some difficulty supporting Lu Zheng'an. By the time he sent the person into the room, Song Huaishu was already sweating tired.

Sitting on the edge of the bed and gasping for breath, Song Huaishu glanced at Lu Zhengan, who was half-asleep on the bed, and wanted to get up and help him make a basin of water to wipe his face. Before he could sit up, he was grabbed by the other party's wrist.

Song Huaishu tried to pull his arm, but when he found that he was not moving, he persuaded softly: "You let go of your hand first, and I will go and fetch a basin of water to wipe your face, so that you can be more comfortable." ”

Lu Zhengan felt that his consciousness was in the situation, but his body did not listen to the call at all. Instead of letting go, he pulled the person to his side with all his might.

"No, just sit here and stay with me for a while." After Lu Zhengan finished speaking, he was afraid that he would hurt Song Huaishu by pinching his hand too much, so he let go of his hand. It's just that his eyes were staring at Song Huaishu sitting on the edge of his bed for a moment.