"It's getting late, and we should go back. When I have a chance in the future, I will invite my uncle to come to my house and sit down. ”

Song Xiren was already afraid of the old Taishan who did not smile, but when he heard Lu Zhengan say that he wanted to go back, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. invited Lan Mengcheng to call Song Lan's family from the inner hall to come out, and the family said goodbye to the old man of the Lan family and drove home in a carriage.

……

Even if he got Lan Mengcheng, Lu Zhengan would not wait. Let Lu Changgen and several cousins of the Lu family organize people and start to raise saplings in the orchard near Jiang'an Town.

When the seedlings were raised, Lu Zhengan personally took them. Twenty or thirty people in groups of three, pulling the carts, walked to the nursery garden.

The people in Lujia Village who followed Lu Zheng'an to work can be regarded as having tasted the sweetness, and basically Lu Zheng'an did whatever he did, and there were very few cases of passing the buck to each other or having quarrels.

The steward of the nursery had seen such a large group of people coming, and he was a little worried that the villagers would hurt the saplings or potted plants in his garden.

However, after such a group of people entered the garden, not to mention hurting their seedlings, they did not even speak loudly. There were about 200 saplings, but in just two hours they were all dug up and loaded into trucks.

Lu Zhengan waited for the last cart of saplings to be transported out, and then he and Lu Tiezhuan and others cleaned up the dirt and rubble that had been spilled when the car was walking.

The steward looked surprised and couldn't help but laugh when he saw that Lu Zhengan and the others had cleaned the road. "It's the first time I've seen you do this. Daintily! It's exquisite! ”

Seeing that the nursery's steward gave him a thumbs up, Lu Zhengan smiled and shook his head. "It's just a convenient thing, now that all the two hundred and sixty-five saplings have been transported, let's help the steward settle the account."

Seeing that although Lu Zheng'an was dressed plainly, his attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, and the nursery's steward looked at him with admiration in his eyes.

"Okay, the price I negotiated with Mr. Lan earlier was 20 cents per seedling. Two hundred and sixty-five trees, let's count them at two hundred and sixty, which is a total of five taels and two dollars of silver. Previously, Mr. Lan had already paid a deposit of one tael of silver, and the little brother could pay me another four taels and two cents. ”

Lu Zheng'an had already prepared the money before he came, and when he heard that the steward had settled the accounts, he simply took five taels of silver ingots and handed it to the steward of the nursery.

When he wanted to find money to give to Lu Zheng'an, he only heard Lu Zheng'an say: "Don't look for the person in charge, the car behind us is still empty, what are the seedlings in your garden to sell us a car?" We have come all the way from Hualong Town, and we are a little blind when we go back empty. ”

Hearing this, the steward glanced at Lu Zheng'an, saw that he was still smiling and sincere, rubbed the silver ingot in his hand with his fingers, and nodded after a moment of silence.

"Seeing that the little brother is very particular about his work, then I am not stingy. Look, there are dozens of plums and apricots in the northwest corner. If you want it, then I can sell you a portion. The price is the same as a peach sapling, depending on how much your car can fit. ”

Hearing this, Lu Zheng'an was immediately overjoyed. He thanked the nursery's steward, and then beckoned the Lu brothers to start the seedlings.

Lu Zhengan's frame car is not big, and one car can fit more than 30 trees. A sapling is 20 yuan a lot of money, which is 600 yuan. Seeing that the steward took out two hundred pieces from his sleeve pocket and gave it to him, Lu Zhengan pushed it back with a smile. At the same time, he touched a bag of dried peaches from the basket of the cart and handed it to the steward.

"The steward has helped so much, so you can keep this little money for tea. In addition, this is our own dried peaches, eat when drinking tea, the taste is good, the steward tastes it. ”

Seeing that Lu Zhengan not only pays attention to his work, but also does things for others, the nursery's sense of management is better for him. "Look at what the little brother said, we didn't help much."

Seeing that the steward was smiling with a copper plate, Lu Zhengan arched his hand to him, signaled the Lu brothers to pull the car and leave.

Jiang'an Town is not close to Hualong Town, and by the time Lu Zhengan and Lu Tiezhuan returned home, it was already completely dark.

At this time, Lu Changgen, who was already waiting at the entrance of the village, saw the cars coming back one after another, and hurriedly organized people to unload the saplings on the cars at a flat slope at the foot of the mountain.

However, this side is close to the roadside, and it is extremely unsafe for people to come and go. Although this sapling is not worth much, it was also bought by Lu Zhengan with his connections.

Lu Changgen thought for a while, and then called a few men in the village to take turns to keep vigil.

The people in the village also hoped that they could earn some money to subsidize their families by planting trees with Lu Zheng'an, and no matter who was ordered for such a small matter as a vigil, no one would refuse.

Lu Zhengan tossed around for a day, and he was already extremely tired. Standing at the foot of the mountain, looking at the small courtyard with lanterns hanging on the mountainside, he knew that Song Huaishu must still be waiting for him to return, and he said hello to everyone and went home without waiting for everyone to finish unloading the saplings on the car.

Knowing that it was too late to come back today, Lu Zhengan was really worried that Song Huaishu was at home alone. So when passing by the town, I made a trip to Song's house and invited Song Lan's family to come over to help take care of Song Huaishu.

When Lu Zhengan walked to the door of the small courtyard, Song Huaishu was walking in the courtyard with his stomach in his hand, looking at the door as he walked.

"It's dark, why are you still wandering around the yard?" Lu Zhengan said, raising his feet and stepping over the threshold. Seeing that he was wearing a thin jacket, he couldn't help frowning slightly and grabbed his shoulders and began to walk towards the hall.

"It's very cold in the mountains, why are you wearing such thin? What if it freezes? ”

Song Lanshi, who was cooking in the stove house, heard Lu Zheng'an's voice and immediately walked out of it. Seeing Lu Zhengan walking towards the hall with Song Huaishu, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"It's good that you're back, and the kid has been wandering around the yard for almost an hour. I don't listen to anything, I'm almost out of line. ”

Hearing his mother's 'complaints,' Song Huaishu couldn't help but feel hot on his face, pulled Lu Zhengan's sleeve and explained: "My mother made a big bowl of pork rib soup for me to drink at noon, and in the afternoon she made a bowl full of egg tea. After eating, I was really uncomfortable, so I had to walk around the yard to eat. ”

Hearing this, Lu Zhengan couldn't help but be a little amused. "Are you feeling better now?"

"I've been to the toilet four times, so it's definitely better." Song Huaishu tilted his head to Lu Zheng'an and muttered in a low voice.

Listening to Song Huaishu's words, Lu Zhengan pinched his shoulder and said to Song Lan's family: "Mother has cooked a meal?" I'll go back to the house and change my clothes, and I'll come out to help you. ”

"There's duck soup in the pot, and that's good. You just change your clothes, wash your hands and wait for dinner. With that, Song Lan turned around and went back to the stove house to work again.

Lu Zhengan took Song Huaishu's hand back to the back room, touched his slightly cool fingertips, and took a thick coat from the hanger and covered him. "Your hands are a little cold, so let's put on your coat."

Seeing Song Huaishu nodding obediently and putting on his clothes, Lu Zhengan, who had been running for a day, sat down on the stool, put his head slightly on Song Huaishu's lower abdomen, and asked softly, "Is the baby not well-behaved today?" ”

"Kicked me once in the afternoon when I was sleeping, and the rest of the time it was quiet." Song Huaishu lowered his eyes to look at Lu Zheng'an, who was holding his head on him, raised his hand and stroked his cheek, "Why did you go so long today to come back?" Is it going well? ”

Lu Zhengan tossed for a day, and he was really tired. Let Song Huaishu's hand caress his face, and replied with his eyes slightly closed: "It's quite smooth, but there are a lot of saplings, which is more time-consuming." Tomorrow, I will run with me for another day to transport all the saplings back, and I will not care about planting the trees, and let Uncle Changgen help keep an eye on them. ”

The countrymen all use the experience of planting trees, and Lu Zhengan doesn't have to worry much, just a few people to help keep an eye on it.

"Tomorrow you have to let your mother take care of you at our house for a day, and if I come back late, you don't have to wait for me in the yard all the time. You're a month old now, and it's good to hear Dr. Zheng say that it's good to move around more, but you can't walk all the time. ”

Hearing Lu Zheng'an expose himself so bluntly, Song Huaishu's fair face immediately turned red, but seeing that Lu Zhengan did not look up at him, Song Huaishu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. "No, I didn't wait for you on purpose, I really just ate too much and walked around to eliminate it."

Hearing this, Lu Zhengan did not refute Song Huaishu, and when he heard the sound of Song Lan's family greeting him to eat in the courtyard, Lu Zhengan hurriedly took off his dirty clothes and changed them into clean ones, and then took Song Huaishu's hand and went out.

……

Since Song Huaishu became pregnant, Lu Zhengan did not let him touch his hands whenever he bent over and did hard work at home. After cleaning up the pots and pans in the stove house, Lu Zhengan set fire and boiled half a pot of warm water for a few people to wash.

It was the first time for Song Lan's family to stay overnight at Lu's house, and when they saw that Lu Zhengan even helped Song Huaishu boil the water for washing his feet and brought it into the house, the whole person was immediately stunned.

Previously, she had asked Song Huaishu privately if Lu Zhengan was good to him, and Song Huaishu said yes. Although she believed in her heart, she was limited to Lu Zhengan's gentleness and consideration for him on weekdays. Unexpectedly, Lu Zhengan would even help Song Huaishu redeem the water for washing his feet......

Seeing that Song Huaishu had become accustomed to it, Song Lan's heart was mixed for a while.

"This ...... Huaishu just has a big belly, and the water for washing your feet can be used by yourself, you ......."

Without waiting for Song Lan to finish speaking, Lu Zhengan handed Song Huaishu the cloth towel for wiping his feet, and smiled at Song Lan's and said: "I bought this footbath too heavy, and it is really inconvenient for Huaishu to carry it with his body in his arms, and it will not be good if he takes off his hand and hits his feet." Besides, it's just a basin of water, and I don't have much trouble carrying it. ”

Song Lan stood aside, looking at the tender and sweet appearance of the two under the lamp, and knew that young people have their own way of dealing with each other. As Song Huaishu's mother, although she also thinks that Lu Zheng'an spoils Song Huaishu so much, it is a bit too much, but as a mother-in-law, she really can't interfere in the affairs between the two.

Seeing that Song Huaishu had washed his feet and Lu Zheng'an had brought out the foot-washing water, Song Lan's heart couldn't help but rejoice, and at first insisted that the two of them try to get along together, otherwise how could Song Huaishu find such a good brother as Lu Zheng'an.

After sighing, Song Lan washed up and said hello to the two of them and went back to the room to rest. Song Huaishu looked at his mother's departing back and raised his eyes to look at Lu Zhengan, and he couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive in his heart.

"I can really wash my own feet, you don't know that my mother just looked at me with the wrong eyes."

Hearing this, Lu Zhengan glanced sideways at Song Huaishu and said, "I said that it was inconvenient for you to be pregnant, and when you were not pregnant before, weren't you all serving me." I'm just serving you for half a year, so what's the matter if I'm just serving water? Besides, my mother-in-law is reasonable, I take care of you so much, she is only happy for the elderly. ”

Song Huaishu listened to Lu Zhengan's words, and he didn't know what to say for a while. Just thinking about the way his mother looked at him, I was afraid that I couldn't help but suspect that he was proud of his belly......

However, Lu Zhengan was very stubborn in some matters, and Song Huaishu knew in his heart that he was afraid that he would not be able to move him. simply stopped the topic, took off the shoes on his feet, and raised his legs and lay down under the covers.

After Lu Zhengan watched Song Huaishu lie down, he blew out the candle on the table. Through the moonlight shining in from the window, he lifted the quilt and went to bed, taking Song Huaishu into his arms as before. When I think of the fruit tree saplings that I brought back today, I can't stop feeling happy.

Song Huaishu and Lu Zhengan have been together for so long, so they can naturally sense his emotions. Reaching out to hold Lu Zheng'an's hand caressing his stomach, he couldn't help but ask, "I feel like you're quite happy today?" It seems that things are really going well. ”

"No, I bought more than 260 peach trees in a nursery today, and later the steward gave me dozens of apricots and plum trees, and these 300 or so fruit trees were brought back, and I am afraid that there is still a surplus to plant a mountain. I'll look for it at other homes tomorrow, and I guess I can make up a similar one. I thought that if there weren't enough saplings, I'd have to run somewhere else. I don't feel at ease when I think about leaving you alone at home, but now this is just the right solution to my trouble. Lu Zhengan held Song Huaishu and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"This time, thanks to my uncle, when the family is done, I will buy some good wine and food, and invite him to come over, so we can thank him."

After that, Song Huaishu seemed to remember something, propped up half of his body and faced Lu Zheng'an's direction, and asked, "Have you noticed that since we made a contract, my uncle's attitude towards us seems to have been much better." Especially for my father, who used to pick his nose and eyes, now the two of them can sit together and say a few words. ”

Lu Zhengan looked at Song Huaishu's posture in the moonlight, his heart rose to his throat, and he hurriedly held his arm and hugged him back into his arms.

"You talk as you speak, and you get up and do anything, in case your hand slips and then presses your stomach. However, people of their age say that many things are put down. Moreover, my mother should not have suffered any grievances in all these years of marrying my father. Song Lan's two families are not completely out of contact, how can their uncle not see whether their mother is doing well or not? ”

As he spoke, Lu Zhengan stretched out his hand to help Song Huaishu tuck the quilt on his back, feeling that he was really sleepy. Stretched out his hand and patted Song Huaishu's back, and said in a low voice, "Okay, hurry up and go to sleep." I have to get up early tomorrow, or I'm afraid people will have to wait for me. ”

Hearing Lu Zhengan's words, Song Huaishu remembered that Lu Zhengan had been running outside for a day. Closing his mouth and not saying more, a pair of small hands learned the way Lu Zhengan had coaxed him to sleep before, and patted him on the back.

Xu was really tired, and before half an hour came, Song Huaishu felt that Lu Zhengan's breathing had become steady, and he was obviously asleep. Seeing this, Song Huaishu withdrew his hand, leaned over and kissed Lu Zheng'an on the forehead, then gently raised Lu Zheng'an's hand, found a more comfortable position in his arms and closed his eyes......

Chapter Seventy-Eight

Following

At the end of the day, Lu Zhengan quietly got up from the bed, just opened the door and wanted to go out to wash. Song Lan, who lived in the next room, also got up when he heard the movement.

Lu Zhengan looked at Song Lan's tired face, and couldn't help but feel a little apologetic in his heart. He lowered his voice and apologized to Song Lan, and then asked her to sleep for a while.

Song Lan walked out of the hall lightly, followed Lu Zhengan to the stove house, and lit the oil lamp with a fire breaker. "I'll give you two hot buns first, fry two eggs, and then you can eat before you go. Don't work on an empty stomach and end up with a problem later. ”

Hearing Song Lan's words, Lu Zheng couldn't help but feel a warm feeling in his heart.

"It's okay, by the time we go to the street, there should already be an early stall open, I'll just make do with a bite to eat, and you don't need to get up early to help me make it."

"The elderly already feel less, so they can squint for a while during the day when they are sleepy."

Saying that, Song Lan urged Lu Zhengan to hurry up and wash, and he carefully washed his hands, and then cleaned the pot again, added water and distilled the bun.

By the time Lu Zhengan washed up and came in, the air around the pot had already begun to bubble white. Seeing this, Song Lan got up from the front of the stove, asked Lu Zhengan to boil the pot next to him, fried two eggs for Lu Zhengan with meat oil, and cut the hot steamed bun and sandwiched it inside.

"Do you eat and walk, or do you eat when you're hungry? If you have to eat it later, I'll go find a piece of brown paper and wrap it up for you. ”

Seeing that Song Lan really went to find kraft paper, Lu Zhengan hurriedly stopped her. "I still ate before leaving, and some families in the village still couldn't fill their stomachs. I take this and eat it among them, and it's not very good. ”

Song Lan didn't expect this, and couldn't help but sigh when he heard Lu Zhengan say this. Watching him sit on a small bench and eat steamed buns and fried eggs, Song Lanshi helped him cool a bowl of hot water and put it on the board.

"It's too dry to eat steamed buns, drink some water when you eat." Looking at Lu Zheng'an, who was eating in front of him, Song Lan only felt full of sadness and distress.

"If we want to do it, we can do it well, and the people in the village will benefit from it." When the time comes, we won't let people read our good children, at least if there is something to say, someone can stretch out their hand. ”

Hearing this, Lu Zhengan nodded. "Huaishu Baoshan and I also want us to live a better life for ourselves, and other people can help if they can, but they can't do it if they don't want to." After speaking, Lu Zhengan stuffed the last mouthful of steamed buns into his mouth, patted the scum on his hands, and stood up from the stool.

"I guess they'll all be waiting for me at the bottom of the mountain, Mother, and I'll go first. If you bother to bother with it, help me take care of Huai Shu. ”

"Alright, let's go. I'm here, what else are you worried about? I think you spoiled him. ”

Song Lan sent Lu Zhengan to the gate, and after watching Lu Zhengan's tall back disappear into the night, he turned around and went back to the courtyard. Looking up, the sky in the east was already slightly white, and Song Lan simply did not go back to the house to lie down, but went into the stove house again to help Song Huaishu prepare breakfast.

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The nursery that Lu Zhengan went to this time was larger than the one he went to yesterday, and in addition to fruit trees, there were also many famous grasses and flowers. In the depths of the nursery garden, Lu Zhengan even saw a glass conservatory.

You must know that the glass house here is not something that ordinary people can use. In addition to having money, you also have to have power, this nursery can afford to build a glass conservatory, and it is obvious that the background of the owner of this nursery is extremely simple.

The steward who led the way for Lu Zhengan this time was surnamed Zhao, and Xu saw that Lu Zhengan's group of people were from the countryside, so there was some contempt in his words. When they led Lu Zheng'an and them to the fruit grove, they kept showing off to Lu Zheng'an along the way, saying that these flowers and plants were directly supplied to some famous families in the city, and the prices were very expensive, so they must be careful when they raise seedlings.

When the steward said this, his tone was exceedingly arrogant. Lu Zhengan looked at him and felt that if this person had a tail, he was afraid that he would be warped to the sky at this moment.

Although this Zhao steward had an arrogant attitude, Lu Zhengan ignored him. After all, Lu Zhengan had a business relationship with him, and he had paid a deposit, so if Steward Zhao wanted to repent, he would have to pay three times the amount of silver.

Although this nursery is large, and the flowers and trees in it are precious, the other party is only a small steward, and with his monthly money, he will not dare to do anything to regret it.