Speaking of this, Lu Yang raised his eyes and looked at Song Lan, who was with a heavy face, and said with a smile: "Since I met your family Huaishu, Zheng'an's temperament has been getting better day by day. Although I am not a blood relative of Zheng'an, I have watched him grow up since I was a child, and I have always regarded him as a nephew in my heart. I am very happy that he can change like this now, and at the same time, I can also unload the burden that the old man gave me and Changgen'er on his deathbed. ”

"Sister of the Song family, I will also talk to you privately about this, and you will never leak your mouth in front of Zheng'an. Zheng'an, this kid is benevolent, righteous, and filial, and will be able to be filial to you and your in-laws in the future, and I also hope that you can cherish him a little more, and be more tolerant of him in everything. ”

In the end, Lu Yang was already a little choked, knowing that it was rude to do this, he forcibly suppressed the heat in his eyes, and showed an apologetic smile to Song Lan.

Song Lan knew that there must be an allusion in this, but she didn't expect it to be such a thing. Stretching out his hand to hold Lu Yang's hands, Song Lanshi nodded solemnly and said, "Don't worry, in the future, I will definitely treat Zheng'an like Huaishu." ”

Remembering that Lu Zhengan had encountered such an incident at a young age, he sighed and asked, "Didn't Zhengan and his in-laws say a word at that time?" ”

Hearing this, Lu Yang couldn't help but smile bitterly. "The rain was so heavy that the mountains were buried under the mud and rocks before they could get out. By the time we took a group of brothers to get the two out, they had already died...... If one of them survives, or if he can explain the two sentences of political security before he goes, political security will not be like this. ”

"Mother-in-law, I won't hide it from you. I still remember that day when Zheng'an was such a young child, holding his grandfather's leg and crying, he didn't dare to cry. Such a good child, such a good child...... Since that day, it has changed as a person. ”

Lu Yang couldn't hold back holding Song Lan's hand and cried. And Song Lan's eyes couldn't help but turn red when he imagined that Lu Zhengan was suffering the pain of bereavement at a young age.

After a while, Lu Yang's mood slowly eased. He let go of Song Lan's hand, turned his back and wiped the tears on his face with his sleeve. While wiping, I was embarrassed to apologize. "I'm sorry, I'll tell you this on such a good day."

"It's okay, if you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known that Zheng'an had endured so much at such a young age. But Zheng'an is also very lucky to meet such a good elder as you. ”

Hearing Song Lan's praise, Lu Yang was a little embarrassed for a while. "When we were in charge, we were taken care of by the old man, if it weren't for the old man, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to live now. Zheng'an is the only blood relative of the old man, so we naturally have to take good care of him. ”

When Song Lan and Lu Yang returned to the banquet hand in hand, Lu Tiezhu, who had not had a good amount of alcohol, had already fallen down. However, the others were not much better, and they were all red-faced and red-eared.

Song Lanshi looked around and found that Lu Zhengan and Song Huaishu were not present. He hurriedly stepped forward and patted Song Xiren, who was looking at him in a daze, and asked where the two were going.

Song Xiren's consciousness was already a little blurred, and after listening to his wife's question, he thought for a while, and then pointed to the hall and said with a big tongue: "This kid Zheng'an can't drink well, he seems to be drunk, and Huaishu sent him to rest." ”

Seeing that Song Xiren himself was already unconscious, Song Lan didn't bother to say anything to him, so he straightened up and walked into the hall. However, at the moment when Song Lan was about to step into the hall, he hesitated and retracted his feet, turned around and sat down in the banquet room.

……

The meal was eaten until the end of the Shen period, and everyone ended drunk. Because he was worried about Lu Zheng'an, who was unconscious, Song Lan and Song Xiren left Song Huaishu behind when they returned.

After sending his parents out of the house, Song Huaishu returned to the small courtyard. After cleaning up all the messes in the place, he turned back to the room, and Lu Zhengan was still asleep on the bed.

Song Huaishu remembered what Fang Cai's mother had said to him before leaving, and Song Huaishu looked at Lu Zhengan and only felt a tingling in his heart. Looking at his quiet sleeping face, Song Huaishu reached out and wanted to touch his cheek, but he was afraid that he would wake him up.

However, just as he was curling his hand back, Lu Zheng'an on the bed suddenly opened his eyes and held his hand in his palm.

"Why don't you touch it if you want to?" Lu Zhengan said, holding Song Huaishu's hand and putting it on his cheek, and raised his eyes to see Song Huaishu's white cheeks turning crimson little by little.

"Are you awake? Isn't it better? ”

Hearing this, Lu Zhengan took his hand and turned over and sat up from the bed.

"I'm fine, but I drank a little violently at the time, and the burning knife was too strong, and my brain hurt a little bit, and I got a lot better sleep."

After that, Lu Zhengan straightened up and looked out the window, saw that there was silence in the courtyard outside, and asked, "Is it over?" What about aunts and uncles? ”

"My father also drank too much and was taken back by my mother. They don't want you to be drunk and home alone, so they let me take care of you here for one night. ”

Lu Zhengan sat on the edge of the bed, stretched out his hand to grab Song Huaishu and pulled the person in front of him, and wrapped his long arms around the other party's slender waist.

Feeling the stiffness of the person in his arms, Lu Zhengan gently stroked his back with his hand, silently helping Song Huaishu relax his tense nerves.

After feeling that the other party was slowly relaxing, Lu Zhengan rubbed Song Huaishu's waist and sighed: "My father-in-law and mother-in-law are still sympathetic to me and know that I am lonely and pitiful at home alone, so I let you stay with me." ”

Song Huaishu was a little crying and laughing when Lu Zheng'an said it, and he looked down at the huge head on his chest and rubbed it, and suddenly felt an urge to push him away.

However, Song Huaishu was afraid that Lu Zhengan had drunk wine, and he was afraid that his strength would make him uncomfortable, so he went with him.

"Thirsty or not? I've got a boiled boiled water outside, can I pour you a cup and bring it over? ”

Song Huaishu didn't remind Lu Zhengan that he hadn't felt the taste yet, and when he said this, he only felt that his throat and eyes were as uncomfortable as fire.

"You don't have to pour it for me, I'll do it myself." With that, Lu Zhengan got up from the bed.

When I walked to the outside hall, I found that the inside and outside of the house had been cleaned by Song Huaishu.

"Why don't you wait for me to get up and get it, such a big yard, and so many dishes and chopsticks, how long do you have to clean up by yourself?"

Listening to Lu Zhengan's 'complaint', Song Huaishu felt sweet in his heart. "I didn't do it alone, but Aunt Changgen also helped clean it up. Besides, if you're asleep, I'm bored to be alone, so it's better to find something to do. ”

Lu Zhengan felt better after drinking a glass of water, and when he heard Song Huaishu say this, he didn't say anything.

Lu Zheng'an slept for a while, and his whole body was much more energetic. Seeing that the sun had already fallen a lot outside, and the two of them were idle at home, they wanted to take Song Huaishu out for a walk.

Song Huaishu was still a little worried that he would not be able to drink and blow the wind, but seeing that his eyes were clear and he did not show the slightest drunkenness, he nodded in agreement.

"Where do you want to go?"

"Let's go to the top of the mountain, the spring peanuts in the garden are almost edible, and when we come back, let's pick a ridge and I'll make you saltwater peanuts to eat."

……

Nearly two quarters of an hour later, Lu Zhengan and Song Huaishu finally reached the top of the mountain. It's just that the surroundings are lush and green, and there is really nothing to see.

It's just that the two of them walked for so long to come up, and the mountain road is full of green trees, but it is also a little hot. When he saw that there was a wind on the top of the mountain, he found a rock, which was shady, and sat down to rest.

There are several hills around Hualong Mountain, but although the hills are gentle, there are mostly some shrubs and weeds on the mountains, and usually only people who collect herbs will set foot in them. However, Lu Zhengan looked at the small slopes and felt pity.

The fertile soil of Hualong Mountain is the most suitable for growing some medicinal herbs and fruit trees. And it is a pity to let it go on like this. However, the cost and manpower required to reclaim barren mountains are incalculable, and the return on investment is slow, and ordinary people are reluctant to engage in these things.

Sensing that Lu Zheng'an's expression was different, Song Huaishu thought he was unwell, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" But it's uncomfortable ? ”

Hearing this, Lu Zhengan looked back at Song Huaishu, who was nervous, stretched out his hand to hold his hand and explained: "No, I just think it's a pity that the surrounding mountains are so barren, and if they are reclaimed, it will definitely be excellent to plant fruit trees." ”

Hearing that Lu Zhengan was fine, Song Huaishu relieved his heart. Turning his head, he moved his gaze to the small peaks of Lu Zhengan's finger, noncommittal.

Having said that, I don't know how much financial and material resources it will cost to reclaim it. Moreover, if you want to reclaim this kind of mountain, you have to go to the deed person, ask the government officials to come and read it, write down the land deed, and then go to the yamen to cover the yamen and cover the bad seal. I don't know how much money it will cost. ”

Where did Lu Zhengan think that there would be such a complicated process to go through to reclaim the barren mountains, and he suddenly lost any thoughts.

"Forget it, I'm just saying, this little mountain bag, I don't have the ability to fight it for the time being."

As he spoke, Lu Zhengan stood up from the stone, patted the sticky dust on the hem of his clothes, and then stretched out his hand in front of Song Huai's writing and pulled him up.

"The sun is going down, let's go. At this time, the mountain wind on the top of the mountain is blowing a little cold, so don't catch a cold. ”

Song Huaishu was worried that Lu Zhengan would not be able to blow the wind, so when he heard him say this, he nodded and followed Lu Zhengan down the mountain.

Lu Zheng'an was worried about the spring peanuts in the garden, and when he entered the courtyard, he took the grappling hook and basket out of the barn, beckoned Song Huaishu to move a stool, and the two of them pushed open the small door of the garden behind them with great interest.

When Master Cao was renovating the garden, he felt that the back garden was surrounded by a bamboo fence, which was not very good-looking. So I used bluestone bricks to build a circle of one-meter-high flower walls, and even the door was changed to a round arch.

After Master Cao made the change, Lu Zhengan measured the size and went to the village to find a carpenter to help make two small wooden doors, which were really much better looking than before after they were installed.

Not only that, but the one-meter-high courtyard wall also blocks many small animals that come down from the mountains to harm the greens, which can be said to be very useful.

Lu Zhengan led Song Huaishu to the northeast corner of the courtyard, where he saw peanuts six or seven meters long planted on the side of the wall. Because of proper management, the peanut seedlings grew so well that not a single weed was seen in the middle.

Letting Song Huaishu wait on the side, Lu Zhengan bent down and pulled out a clump of ridges against the wall. The moment the peanut rhizome broke through the ground, the round peanuts that fell from the rhizome were also brought out.

Lu Zhengan shook off the soil on the seedlings, glanced at them, and turned out to be about 20 of them, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited. "Oh, there are so many fruits, and our fried peanuts have fallen this winter."

As he spoke, Lu Zhengan threw the peanut seedlings at Song Huaishu's feet and instructed: "There are a lot of mosquitoes at this time, so you can sit on the ground and pick them." ”

Song Huaishu was also afraid that he would have no experience and would cut off the peanut seedlings, so he nodded immediately when he heard Lu Zhengan's arrangement.

This year's spring flowers are growing well, and Lu Zhengan stopped pulling out more than 10 trees. Carrying the seedlings with peanuts to Song Huaishu's feet, Lu Zhengan took the grappling hook and hugged the ground again. Wherever the grappling teeth passed, a lot of peanuts emerged from the soil.

"There are so many in the soil!" Song Huaishu was a little surprised.

Hearing this, Lu Zhengan looked up at Song Huaishu, sighed, and said: "Peanuts are not only called longevity fruits, but also falling peanuts. It's because when it's ripe, it can fall off the stems and fall into the soil. You have never seen these things before, and it is understandable that you don't know, but after a long time, you will naturally know it. ”

Song Huaishu was pampered by his parents since he was a child, and he grew up, where did he come into contact with these. Listening to Lu Zhengan's explanation, he couldn't help but feel a little hot for a while, but fortunately, Lu Zhengan was burying his head in picking peanuts, but he didn't notice his embarrassment.

After Lu Zheng'an turned over half of the ridge of soil, Song Huaishu picked all the peanuts on the peanut seedlings, and the two of them saw that there was as much as half a basket.

Lu Zhengan pinched one out of the basket, peeled off the peanut shell, and saw that the pink peanut was already full of shells, and then pinched out one and fed it to Song Huaishu's mouth.

"The flowers are sweet, you can taste them."

Song Huaishu lowered his head and took the peanut grains into his mouth, chewed them carefully, and a mouthful of peanut-specific sweetness immediately overflowed his entire mouth.

When Lu Zhengan saw that Song Huaishu was eating sweetly, he couldn't help but pick a peanut from it and put it in his mouth. Feeling that the taste was okay, he fed the last remaining grain to Song Huaishu, and then threw away the peanut shell in his hand and bent down to hug the peanut seedlings on the ground.

"You wash the peanuts first, and I'll take the peanut seedlings on the ground outside. This thing is dried, and it is good to feed the cattle and sheep in the winter, but we don't have cattle and sheep at home, so we will send it to Uncle Changgen's family when the time comes. ”

Song Huaishu stood aside with a basket, and when he saw Lu Zheng'an hugging him, he picked up all the peanut seedlings, so he followed him and waited for Lu Zheng'an to leave the garden before turning around and closing the door.

"Can we feed a few lambs or something in the future?"

Seeing that Song Huaishu actually wanted to feed the sheep, Lu Zhengan hugged the peanut seedlings and agreed without replying: "But if you really want to feed it, when Uncle Changgen's ewe is born, let's go and pick one back." When we grow up, we can sell it if we want to, and if we don't want to sell it, we will kill it in winter and eat meat. Roast mutton and shabu-shabu are all delicious. ”

When Song Huaishu heard that Lu Zhengan had even thought about how to eat, he suddenly cried and laughed. "We don't have a shadow of sheep, you have already thought about how to eat."

Lu Zhengan couldn't help laughing, "It's not good that I haven't eaten mutton for a long time, and I can't help but be a little greedy when I mention this topic coldly." ”

Hearing this, Song Huaishu didn't say anything more, and went to wash peanuts in the stove house with a basket.

Flowers are very well boiled, wash and pour into the pot to add, salt, water and all kinds of ingredients directly put in it and boil and simmer for a while.

Because the feast ended late during the day, neither of them had much appetite. After Lu Zhengan stewed another egg custard for Song Huaishu, he didn't get anything else to eat.

After the saltwater peanuts were cooked, Lu Zhengan asked Song Huaishu to put the peanuts out, and he moved a small table and put it at the door of the courtyard.

The two of them sat at the door eating peanuts, chatting about the day. Although there was no candle light, the moonlight shining overhead made the surroundings not look so dark.

The mountain breeze blows away the heat of the day, and the hearts of those who listen to the sound of insects in their ears are very peaceful.

The two of them were not hungry and did not want to eat any more peanuts after eating a few peanuts. Lu Zhengan leaned back on the bamboo chair, looked up at the bright starry sky above his head, and couldn't help but sigh.

Looking sideways at Song Huaishu on the side, he saw that he was also looking at himself, and Lu Zhengan didn't care whether he could see it or not, smiled and stretched out his hand to take Song Huaishu's hand and put it on his chest.

"I'll see you off when you get back, and I'll go to town to buy two deck chairs. In the future, when we are fine, we will sit in the yard and chat, and see the scenery is quite good. ”

Song Huaishu was noncommittal after hearing this, and let Lu Zhengan take his hand without speaking.

Seeing that Song Huaishu did not respond for a long time, Lu Zhengan couldn't help but feel a little strange. took Song Huaishu's hand and sat up straight from the bamboo chair, looked at Song Huaishu's expression and asked, "What's wrong with you?" Why don't you speak? ”

Song Huaishu heard the nervousness in Lu Zhengan's words, and hurriedly shook his head at him. "No, it just feels like it's a little unreal. It's like a dream......"

Hearing this, Lu Zhengxin couldn't help but soften, stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around Song Huaishu's waist, and hugged him and put him on his lap.

Sensing that Song Huaishu was a little panicked, Lu Zhengan hurriedly stroked his back and motioned him to relax.

After a while, Song Huaishu's tense nerves slowly relaxed, and Lu Zhengan grabbed his shoulders and let him lean on his chest.

"Does it still feel like a dream?"

Song Huaishu listened to Lu Zheng'an's heartbeat, and the whole person slowly calmed down. Hearing Lu Zhengan's questioning voice above his head, he shook his head slightly, then hesitated and then tapped his head.

Seeing Song Huaishu's reaction, Lu Zhengan couldn't help but laugh dumbly. Leaning on the bamboo chair, he hugged Song Huaishu like this and did not speak again.

I don't know how long it took, but just when Lu Zhengan thought Song Huaishu was asleep, he suddenly heard Song Huaishu ask: "Zheng'an, aren't you curious at all about how my body is different from ordinary people?" ”