Splash...

It was as if a huge hole had appeared in the sky, and the Milky Way was pouring down.

Chu Zhi also looked down at the woman Xu who was crying silently and noticed that his t-shirt was wet.

He sighed.

The woman's tears were just like this torrential rain.

The rainstorm came quickly and went quickly, stopping in no time.

As the downpour subsided, a colorful arc quietly appeared on the horizon, like a ribbon gently waved by a fairy.

At first, the colors were hazy, as if seen through a thin veil. In a short while, they became increasingly bright and clear, with red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple, like seven lively ribbons, intertwining and reflecting each other.

"Look, it's a rainbow."

"What a nice view."

“... ..."

People left the house, looked at the rainbow in the sky, and were overjoyed.

Although the torrential rain had stopped, Ms. Xu's weeping continued, seemingly without end.

The crying drew complex glances from onlookers: anger, resentment, admiration, surprise...

A girl pointed at Chu Zhiye and said, "Scumbag!"

The girl thought Chu Zhi was also Xu's boyfriend, and that's how she hurt Xu's feelings.

Chu Zhiye: "... ..."

No, I didn't do anything, how did I become a scumbag?

Is it reasonable or unreasonable?

After a while, Ms. Xu gradually stopped crying and then raised her head.

She had just cried, her face was haggard, her eyes were swollen and dull, only showing signs of weariness. A few strands of hair clung to her face, making her look like a wounded, curled-up little animal, pitiful and vulnerable.

His appearance at this moment was completely different from his appearance on the previous two occasions.

On their first two meetings, Ms. Xu acted like a queen, but this time she was a homeless child.

It must be said that humans are complex.

"I'm sorry, I got your clothes wet." Ms. Xu's voice was hoarse, as if she had been crying.

"It's alright," Chu Zhi said, not taking it to heart.

He stood up, shook his clothes, and was about to leave when Ms. Xu called him back.

"Hey, where are you going?"

"Go home and change your clothes." His t-shirt was wet.

Do you have a home?

Chu Zhi also lowered his head and gazed intently at Ms. Xu.

So I popped out of a rock?

Am I an orphan?

Realizing she had misspoke, Ms. Xu quickly explained, "That's not what I meant. I was asking if you've found a place to rent yet."

"No."

Ms. Xu said, "I can rent you my house, but I have conditions..."

Before she could finish speaking, seeing that Chu Zhiye was about to turn and leave, she called out, "Listen to my conditions before you consider it."

Chu Zhi also stopped in his tracks: "What are the conditions?"

Ms. Xu pouted slightly, which was quite playful, and then said slowly, "I can let you live in the house for free. That should be very attractive to you and will save you a lot of money."

"But I have conditions. The condition is that I have to stay there for a period of time, and during that time you can't harass me, can't do anything extreme, and you have to clean the house regularly."

"I won't be staying there for long before I have to move out."

Do you agree?

Chu Zhi pondered for a few seconds before replying, "Deal!"

He quite liked the houses in Limin Lane; both the location and the lively atmosphere were very appealing.

Furthermore, he didn't want to continue looking for a house.

Given this choice, he naturally agreed, especially since it was free.

Of course, the inconvenience was having to share an apartment with Ms. Xu for a period of time, but he had lived with Wei Haoran for four years during university, so he could accept it.

Ms. Xu rolled her eyes: "You've hit the jackpot by living with a beauty like me."

"rainbow!"

Ms. Xu noticed the seven-colored rainbow in the sky and immediately became excited. She ran out of the umbrella pavilion and faced the rainbow, overjoyed.

"Hello, you're so beautiful." Ms. Xu turned around, her pretty face beaming with a bright smile. "Just as beautiful as me."

The rainbow came and went quickly, disappearing into the sea of ​​clouds.

The pedestrians around them left, leaving only the two of them.

Ms. Xu parted her lips slightly: "The rainbow has disappeared, what a pity."

Ms. Xu slapped her forehead, then suddenly remembered something, turned around and asked, "By the way, we don't know each other's names yet. My name is Xu Man."

"Chu knows it."

"Knowledge? A profession! Just hearing that makes you sound like a workaholic."

Chu Zhiye: "... ..."

If Chu Fang finds out, he'll definitely have to argue with Xu Man.

'Zhi' represents wisdom, and 'ye' represents elegance.

Chu Fang locked himself in his room and thought about the name for two whole days before coming up with it.

"Oh, right, I forgot to mention, you can't take advantage of me while we're living together, otherwise you're not a man."

"OK."

Xu Man tilted her fair neck to the side: "Did you take advantage of me just now?"

Chu Zhi also raised his eyelids: "What do you think?"

"No!" Xu Man nodded. "If you don't take advantage of a beautiful woman in your arms, then you're not even a man!"

Chu Zhi didn't bother with the other party and turned to leave.

Xu Man's words can only explain one thing.

cheap!

Xu Man watched Chu Zhiye's retreating figure, a faint smile curving her lips, before turning back to gaze in the direction where the rainbow had disappeared.

A trace of sadness flashed across her bright eyes.

... ...

When Chu Zhi returned home, he saw Chu Fang carrying a load out of the vegetable garden. Bamboo baskets hung on both sides of the load, filled with ripe vegetables: radishes, cabbage, celery, sweet potatoes, cucumbers, and tomatoes.

Upon seeing his son return, Chu Fang waved his hand and said, "You're back just in time. Take these vegetables to your uncles, grandfathers, and grandmothers."

Chu Fang has a vegetable garden of more than one acre, which is more than 600 square meters. It is very spacious. The vegetables he grows are more than he can eat at home, so he shares them with his neighbors after they are ripe.

Because they are pesticide-free vegetables, the neighbors like them quite a bit, which further fuels Chu Fang's passion for growing vegetables.

Chu Zhi picked up a bamboo basket and left home.

Chu Fang said, "Can't you carry the load on a shoulder pole and deliver it yourself?"

"Won't."

"Flying!"

Chu Zhi could lift the weight of two bamboo baskets, but he just couldn't lift a load that weighed the same as two bamboo baskets.

If you don't do farm work often, your shoulders simply can't bear the weight of carrying a load.

After carrying them three or four times, my shoulders start to ache, and I feel weak for several days.

Chu Zhi also carried a bamboo basket and delivered vegetables to his neighbors.

"Oh, Tomoya, you've really gone to a lot of trouble."

"Over the years, we've always received vegetables grown by your father, and we've always felt embarrassed about it."

“... ..."

Chu Zhi smiled and dealt with the neighbors.

After delivering all the vegetables, he returned home and went to the vegetable garden.

A heavy rain had just fallen, and the vegetable garden was now covered in loose mud.

Chu Fang stood with his hands on his hips, his feet covered in mud, his gaze sweeping over his vegetable garden.

"One autumn rain brings a chill," Chu Fang said. "After this downpour, we'll have to change the vegetables we plant. Here we'll plant spinach, here we'll plant pea shoots, here we'll plant lettuce..."

After a pause, he looked at Chu Zhiye and asked, "What kind of vegetables do you like?"

Chu Zhi calmly replied, "I don't eat cilantro."

"Understood!" Chu Fang said confidently. "This year I'm going to expand the scale of coriander planting and plant coriander everywhere."

Chu Zhiye said, "Father, I've found a house and I plan to move out in a few days."

"Okay." Chu Fang nodded. "You should come home often, come back to see your grandparents, Grandpa and Grandma Wei, and especially your mother. She cares about you a lot."

"I see."

Chu Fang didn't say much.

After a while, the father and son returned home. Chu Fang sat in front of the villa, shaking the mud off his shoes, which covered the mud everywhere.

When Zhong Tingyue returned and saw this scene, she frowned slightly: "Chu Fang, are you sick? Can't you go shake the mud over there?"

"I don't want to," Chu Fang refused.

Chu's mother stood up for her son: "You wicked woman, don't forget, you also come from a farming background. You still look down on farmers? How can you be so wicked? You ingrate!"

The attack power was too weak; Zhong Tingyue couldn't be bothered to even acknowledge it.

As night fell, the Chu and Zhong families sat down at the dining table for dinner.

Now, the two elders of the Zhong family also live with Chu Fang.

Over the years, there haven't been many barriers between us. We live together and can take care of each other.

At the dinner table, Chu Zhiye told everyone that she was moving out. Since she was going to live in Shanghai, no one objected much. They just told Chu Zhiye to take care of herself and not to be bullied outside.

After dinner, Chu Zhi returned to his room, gazed at the bright moon in the sky, and fell asleep.