Lu Zheng'an watched the handlebar and He Zhonglin rush away, and Mrs. Ji, who couldn't wait in the inner courtyard, urged Mama Zhang to go to the gate to welcome people in.

As soon as Lu Zhengan followed Mama Zhang into the door, Lu Xingyi, who was nestled in Song Huaishu's arms, immediately became energetic. Struggling to get out of his father's arms, he staggered and ran towards another father.

Seeing this, Lu Zhengan hurriedly smiled and leaned over to hug Lu Xingyi into his arms, and kissed her fleshy little face, and then greeted several elders in the house one by one. Seeing Ji Yuexian standing on the side, Lu Zhengan couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Ji Yuexian was holding a woman's shoulder with a proud face, seeing that Lu Zhengan was a little surprised to see him, Ji Yuexian smiled and said, "What, don't you know each other?" ”

"How can it, don't you listen to Yueqiao said that you accompanied your sister-in-law in Linzhou, I didn't expect you to come back."

Lu Zhengan has come to Ji's house so many times, and it is the first time he has seen Ji Yuexian's wife. Looking at Hu □□'s little jasper, his gentle and graceful appearance made the whole person calm down just by looking at it, and Lu Zheng'an looked at the two standing together and was also very compatible.

Xu Shi noticed Lu Zhengan's gaze, and Hu □□ greeted Lu Zhengan in a generous manner. Seeing that Lu Xingyi was reluctant to let go of Lu Zheng'an's neck, Hu □□ covered his lips and chuckled, reached out and took a piece of dim sum from the plate in front of him to tease Lu Xingyi.

However, Lu Xingyi had just met his father, and it was the time to make love. Even in the face of my favorite dim sum, I don't want to take a second look.

Ji Yuexian saw Lu Xingyi lying on Lu Zhengan's shoulder, hugging Lu Zhengan's soft neck, subconsciously glanced at his wife's towering lower abdomen, and immediately swept away the envy in his heart.

When Mrs. Ji saw that Lu Zheng'an was safe, she also let go of her heart. Seeing that Ji Yuexian and Lu Zheng'an even had to compare their children's affairs, they couldn't help but laugh for a while. I reached out and tapped at him, and then ignored him.

Except for the noble concubine Niangniang who was far away in the imperial city, it was the first time for the Ji family to get together so neatly. Mrs. Ji sat on the Luohan bed, holding Ji Yuanbao in one hand and Lu Xingyi in the other, and the smile on her face never broke.

Lu Zhengan held Song Huaishu's hand, and he was very happy in his heart, and the light in his eyes made Song Huaishu look sideways for a while.

Seeing Song Huaishu frequently looking back at himself, Lu Zhengan subconsciously touched his cheek with his hand. Feeling that there was nothing on his face, he couldn't help but ask suspiciously, "What have you been watching me do?" But what's wrong with me? ”

"No, no." Song Huaishu shook his head with a smile and denied, "I just think that you don't seem to be the same today as usual." ”

Hearing this, Lu Zhengan was stunned for a moment, and then reached out and pinched his nose. "What's different, you just talk nonsense."

Seeing that everyone's eyes in the hall were focused on the old lady and the two children, Lu Zhengan took Song Huaishu's hand and sat down in the corner on the side.

"We're going to go back early in the afternoon, and when I came, I called Uncle Changgen, and they picked some autumn pears and peeled them and put them on the core. If they had been quicker, they would have been able to get it done in the afternoon. ”

At the mention of this, Song Huaishu's eyes suddenly lit up. "Is it possible to make autumn pears as fruit dry?"

"Naturally, it is possible to dry in autumn, and the body and body are severely dry. The doctor will also suggest eating more dried pears and pear paste, if we can make them, we will definitely be able to sell them. And autumn pears are not expensive, even if they are not easy to sell, they will not lose anywhere. ”

Lu Zheng'an would comfort people, and when he said this, Song Huaishu was not worried. The two talked with each other, and at noon, after Lu Zhengan and Song Huaishu had a meal at Ji's house, they took Lu Xingyi back to Hualong Town in a carriage.

Although Lu Xingyi is a small person, he understands everything in his heart. When she got out of the carriage, she saw the familiar environment, and her grandparents who often coaxed her to play, and the whole person danced excitedly. struggled to get out of Lu Zheng'an's arms, and stumbled towards Lu Changgen and Yang Shuyi.

Two small hands wrapped around Yang Shuyi's legs, looked up at her with millet teeth, and kept shouting, "Grandma, grandma." ”

Listening to Lu Xingyi's call, Yang Shuyi's eyes were about to fall into tears. He picked him up, hugged him tightly in his arms, and kissed him again and again.

Lu Zheng'an took Song Huaishu's arm and took him down from the carriage, looked at the people at the door and asked with a smile: "How is it, how is Qiu Li handled?" ”

"It's almost, and the slightest bump has been picked up. It's that autumn pears are no better than peaches, and it is really a bit laborious to remove the pits. At first, I couldn't find the ingenuity, and I pinched more than a dozen. ”

"No, we can't eat these pears for lunch."

Liu Changshan's words made the people present laugh immediately, and everyone helped Lu Zhengan and Song Huaishu to send things into the courtyard. After gossiping for a while, I remembered the autumn pear soaked in the wooden basin.

Seeing that Lu Xingyi and Yang Shuyi said this affectionately, Lu Zhengan and Song Huaishu were also happy. After washing his hands and taking out the kitchen knife and cutting board from the stove house, and helping to put the cutting board up, Lu Zhengan went to the warehouse to move out all the drying racks that had just been put in.

Lu Changgen helped carry the drying rack out, looked at the pot full of peeled autumn pears, and was about to ask Lu Zhengan how to get it, but he heard him say: "Uncle Changshan will help go to the firewood shed and bring some firewood out, let's prepare to make a fire." After that, I saw Lu Zhengan look over and asked, "Uncle Changgen, let's take out the honey that you bought in the town earlier, let's make a pot and try it first." ”

Listening to Lu Zhengan's command, everyone immediately began to get busy. After a pot of water boiled at the door, Lu Zhengan asked Chen Zaohua to help him get the water out and pour it into a wooden basin with sugar to cool. Then I added a full pot of water, and when it was boiling, I poured half a pot of autumn pears into it.

Because the autumn pear is full of moisture, and Lu Zhengan is also doing it for the first time, the whole process is extremely careful with the lid open. Seeing that the autumn pears in the pot slowly became soft and transparent, Lu Zhengan pinched it and felt that the heat was almost over, and immediately put the boiled autumn pears into the water.

It wasn't until after tossing back and forth a few times that Lu Changgen had already poured all the honey he bought in the morning into the bucket. Lu Zhengan saw that there was only half a bucket, and although he felt that it was a little little, he did not have time to look for it again at this time. Pour the cooled autumn pears into the honey bucket, and hurriedly ask Chen Zaohua to bring in the sugar water that has been cooled.

Seeing that the sugar water had not passed the autumn pear a little, he immediately asked Chen Zaohua to stop.

After a set of processes came down, Lu Zhengan Khan came down. With a few people gathered around the honey bucket, they looked at the soaked autumn pears and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Okay, we have limited honey, and this thing has to be soaked overnight, if the big guy has something to do, go home first and be busy, and come back tomorrow."

Chen Zaohua listened to Lu Zheng'an's words and asked curiously: "Zheng'an, is this going to make dried pears?" You're not afraid that we'll steal the school? ”

As soon as these words came out, Lu Zhengan immediately laughed. helped Song Huaishu cut his hair behind him, and then said: "What is there to hide here, you can learn if you want to." Besides, if I can't even trust you, is that okay? ”

Listening to Lu Zhengan's words, everyone only felt that their hearts were extremely ironed. Help Lu Zhengan and Song Huaishu pack up the things in the yard, and then prepare to leave.

However, before they could go out of the gate, several people were stopped by Lu Zhengan.

"Take these bumpy autumn pears back and give them a point to the big guys. Just counting on me and Huaishu, it is estimated that we won't be able to finish it until next year. ”

After such a long time of dealing with each other, everyone also knows Lu Zhengan's temper. Hearing him say this, everyone is different He was polite, found a free basket in the yard, and put all the autumn pears that had been picked out and bruised.

After sending everyone out of the door, Lu Zhengan looked back at Yang Shuyi, who was holding Lu Xingyi, smashed his mouth, and said to her: "Auntie, I didn't eat enough buns yesterday, or let's steam a pot today." There is everything at home, and it saves you and Uncle Changgen from going back and firing again. ”

"Bao Baozi wants to make noodles, and now it's getting dark, so is it too late?" Yang Shuyi said that, she couldn't bear to disappoint Lu Zhengan. After hesitating, he said: "Let's make steamed dumplings, just use dead noodles, and they don't taste much different from steamed buns." ”

……

That night, Lu Zhengan's family of three and Lu Changgen and his wife sat together and had a lively meal of steamed dumplings.

When Lu Changgen and his wife finished eating and packed up and were about to go home, Song Huaishu found the two sets of ready-to-wear clothes bought for the two of them from the house.

Lu Changgen touched the cotton robe in his hand and turned out to be satin, and he was surprised and delighted in his heart. "Well, how can this cost us to buy such good clothes? Your father and mother are not filial yet. ”

"I bought it, I bought it all, and I kept it in the house. After you go back, your second elder will try to see if it fits, and let your aunt change it if it doesn't fit. ”

Since Lu Zhengting's incident, Yang Shuyi has thought a lot. happily packed his clothes into the baggage, and smiled at Song Huaishu: "Cheng, it's not suitable, I'll go back and change it myself." It's getting dark, so come out and lock the door. Xingyi dozed off just now, don't let her sleep too late, and then get angry again. ”

Song Huaishu answered, sent the old couple to the door, watched the two go up the mountain road, and then went back to bolt the door.

And Lu Changgen couldn't help but glance back after hearing the sound of the door behind him. poked Yang Shuyi's arm, and couldn't help but say: "It's not easy for Zheng'an and Huaishu, why do you say you can accept such good clothes?" ”

Hearing this, Yang Shuyi turned her head and glanced at Lu Changgen, and sighed faintly. "You haven't figured out the temper of these two children? It's that we don't accept it, and we will always find a way to deliver it to our home later. They are relatives, and I don't want to be polite to them. ”

Thinking of Lu Zhengting, who was far away in Linzhou, Yang Shuyi smiled sarcastically. "And I've also seen it, as far as the government is like this, we don't want to count on it for the rest of our lives. Instead of putting my hope in someone I can't count on, I should take good care of a nephew who respects me as my own mother. ”

Yang Shuyi's words made Lu Changgen's heart feel uncomfortable for a while, and he stood in place and watched the other party's back slowly disappearing. Lu Changgen was afraid that the mountain road would be uneven, so he broke his wife's foot again, and hurriedly walked a few steps to follow.

At this time, Ma Yuntao, who was far away in Linzhou, looked at the nearly 200 taels of silver tickets on the table, and his heart was distressed and he wanted to grit a mouthful of steel teeth.

"One hundred and eighty four taels, you can buy ten fucking acres of land!"

The butler who was waiting on the side looked at his master's face and cautiously persuaded: "Isn't this a bad year, and there is no way to do it." However, although we have given them a lot, we have made more money, and now who can have a good business with all the dry goods sellers on Suzaku Street? ”

After that, the housekeeper saw that Ma Yuntao's face was a little pale, and continued to persuade: "Master, don't be angry. When the wind and rain are good next year, it will be the man surnamed Lu who will kneel down and beg us, and we will not buy his goods, and for now we still have to focus on the overall situation. ”

Hearing this, Ma Yuntao took a deep breath, glanced at the silver tickets on the table again, and then took a deep breath and stood up from the chair with the silver tickets. "Let Dahai prepare, and we'll go to Hualong Town early tomorrow morning."

Chapter 118

The family of three had been out for a long time, and now when they came back, they naturally had to go to the town to see the two elders of the Song family. And it is indispensable to make preserved pear honey at home, and after Lu Xingyi woke up, Lu Zhengan cleaned up the house and refreshed it, so he put on a mule cart and pulled Song Huaishu and his daughter to the town.

When the three of them came to the small courtyard of the Song family, Song Lanshi was sitting in the courtyard helping Lu Xingyi with the soles of his shoes. After hearing the sound of the door, he saw that it was Lu Zhengan's family of three who came to the door, and immediately put the things in his hand into the small dustpan, got up and clapped his hands at Lu Xingyi.

"Ouch, let Grandma see who's coming?"

Knowing that his grandmother was playing with him, Lu Xingyi pretended to be shy and covered his face with two chubby little hands, and then lay on his father's shoulder, and secretly looked at his grandmother through his fingers.

Song Huaishu was amused by Lu Xingyi and laughed, and cooperated with Lu Xingyi's movements, and coaxed: "Oh, why is Daddy's Xingyi missing, where is it hidden?" Why can't Daddy find it? ”

Lu Xingyi, who thought that his father really couldn't find him, immediately took away the little hand covering his face, and then laughed.

When Lu Zhengan entered the door with his things, he saw the stupid appearance of his daughter, and Lu Zhengan couldn't help but be a little speechless. "This silly girl ......"

"What are you stupid, our girl is smart and smart." Song Lanshi finished speaking, and saw Lu Zhengan carrying a large bag of things in his hand, and hurriedly asked, "What is this?" How did you buy so many things when you went out this time? ”

"I didn't buy anything, I used it." Lu Zhengan said as he put things in the living room. Seeing that the girl was having fun with her mother-in-law, she said hello to a few people and went out on the street.

It's late autumn now, and there are fewer flowers on the mountain, so there is naturally a lot less honey. Lu Zhengan traveled all over Hualong Town, and he was able to buy five or six catties.

Lu Zhengan was also a little tired after a long walk, so he bought some braised meat in the small restaurant next to him, and then went to Sun Ji Mutton to buy two catties of mutton and a few bowls of mutton soup, and then went to the grocery store to ask his father-in-law to go back to eat.

Song Xiren knew Lu Zhengan's plan to buy a shop, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw Lu Zhengan who appeared at the door. "Eh, you're back? What is the situation ? ”

"Nothing is appropriate for the time being, and this is not something that can be done in a moment. Is Dad done? Let's go back to dinner. ”

The shop itself was not particularly busy, and when Song Xiren heard what he said, he said hello to Xiao Chen, who was watching the shop, and went home with Lu Zhengan.

On the way back Lu Zheng'an told Song Xiren what he had seen and heard on this trip, and when he talked about Moling Town, Lu Zheng'an settled down. Then he explained his plans to Song Xiren.

"Right now, Huaishu and I will try to make preserved pears, and if it succeeds, I'll go to Moling Town again and harvest some autumn pears and come back."

Hearing Lu Zheng'an mention of Moling Town, Song Xiren was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "I forgot about Moling before. If you want to say that the fruit of Moling is really good, I have been there a few times when I was carrying goods, but the road is not easy to walk. For example, when a fruit with a lot of moisture is pulled out, it is more or less bruised and cannot be sold at all. As a result, their local fruit could only be sold in the surrounding towns. ”

Although his father-in-law went there many years ago, the situation he said was basically true now, and it was obvious that the changes in Moling in recent years had not been very great. With such unique conditions, it is a pity that the fruits are wasted one after another.

Seeing that Lu Zhengan was silent, Song Xiren knew that he must have something in mind. "Do you have something in mind?" Song Xiren said that, seeing Lu Zhengan nodding, Song Xiren looked at Lu Zhengan with a loving face and reminded: "The fruit of Moling is indeed good, but the human heart is complicated, you must think carefully before deciding, after all, this is not a trivial matter." ”

Hearing this, Lu Zhengan nodded. "Thank you father for reminding me, I'll think about it again." After that, Lu Zhengan thought of the Xiushui River next to Moling Town, and asked, "Father, where does the Xiushui River in Moling lead?" Have you ever passed by ship before? ”

Song Xiren pondered for a moment and slowly shook his head. "I really don't know about this, and I went to Moling many years ago. I only remember that the Xiushui River is quite big, but I have never seen a boat sailing on the river. ”

……

Song Huaishu was worried about the autumn pears that were soaked in the honey bucket at home yesterday, and just after lunch, he urged Lu Zhengan to hurry back.

Knowing that there was something going on at home, the two elders didn't keep them much. packed the new clothes made for Lu Xingyi into the car, and then sent the family of three out of the door.

When he got home, Lu Changgen cleaned up the weeds next to him on the side of the mountain road. When they saw the three of them coming back, they climbed up from the side of the mountain road. Seeing that Lu Xingyi wanted him to hug him with two small hands, Lu Changgen hurriedly smiled and raised his hand full of dirt, and coaxed softly: "Grandpa's hands are dirty, he stained Niuniu's clothes, and he will hug Niuniu when he goes back to wash them." ”

Hearing this, Lu Xingyi looked down at the small pink jacket on his body, and saw a lotus flower embroidered with colored threads on his chest, so he stretched out his hand and began to pick it up.

Seeing this, Song Huaishu didn't care about her, looked at Lu Changgen and hurriedly asked, "When did Uncle Changgen come over?" The key to the door is still under the stone at the door, why don't you go straight home? ”

"The grass on the side of the road is too deep, if you don't remove it, it will grow more next year." As he spoke, Lu Changgen patted the dirt on his hands, followed behind the mule cart with his hands behind his back, and asked while teasing Lu Xingyi, "Why did you come back so early?" You've been out for so many days, and you're not at home to talk to your parents? ”

Lu Zheng'an, who was leading the mule, couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. "I would have thought so, but Huai Shu was thinking about the autumn pears he boiled yesterday, and he was going home when he lost the bowl, so we won't be back."

"You kid, you three have been out for so many days, and your father and mother have long thought that you can't think about it. They have just returned, and you will not stay there to spend more time with them. ”

Listening to Lu Changgen's words, Song Huaishu smiled a little suspiciously, "I'm not in a hurry for this moment, it's the same if we go back in a few days." ”

As they spoke, they came to the door of the small courtyard of the Lu family, where a bundle of firewood had already been placed in front of the large stove in front of the door, and even the water tank of the pot had been filled with water.

Looking at the clean stove, Lu Zhengan didn't even unload the car, and tied it directly to the door. "Uncle Changgen is really, why don't you wait for me to come back to get it?"

Because he wanted to make dried peaches, in order to make it easier to clean peaches, Lu Zhengan went to change the large water tank. This water tank did not have a dozen to carry water, but it was not satisfactory at all, and when I used to do the work, a few strong laborers in the village took turns to carry it.

Looking at the water tank full of spring water, Lu Zhengan wrung his eyebrows and glanced at Lu Changgen, feeling both moved and distressed. "This tank is big, what can you do when you're tired?"

Hearing the concern in Lu Zhengan's words, Lu Changgen smiled and said, "Look at what you said, I won't rest?" Okay, let's see what happened to the autumn pears we boiled yesterday. ”

Song Huaishu ran into the house after the car was stable, and walked out of the house with a honey bucket while the two were talking.