Chapter 40 Good Feelings
The children chirped, "No school!"
"It's holiday time!"
"Summer vacation!"
“There are no more elementary schools or kindergartens!”
Du Yunkai was a little puzzled. When he was a child, he had to attend extracurricular tutoring classes even during the winter and summer vacations. Except for the weekends, he never had such a leisurely day, let alone picking lotus pods and getting himself covered in mud.
Xu Qingsong patted his shoulder and said, "Master, not all families send their children to extracurricular classes."
Liu Wangxue also said: "Yes, I was like this when I was a kid, I would run around and play whenever I had a holiday."
As they chatted, Du Yunkai expressed regretfully, “Wouldn’t my childhood have been much less fun?”
"It can only be said that the experience is different." Xu Qingsong said, "You haven't experienced what they have experienced, and they may not have experienced what you have experienced."
As they were talking, a man and a woman came over from the other side of the path, both wearing waterproof jumpsuits and carrying a shoulder pole. The plastic baskets at both ends of the shoulder pole were filled with lotus roots, the mud had been washed off, and they looked fresh and juicy.
They asked the children in dialect: "Didn't we tell you to go home and eat first? Why are you still here?" As they spoke, they moved the plastic baskets onto the electric tricycle.
The children all stood up and chattered about cats and dogs.
Liu Wangxue and the other two also stood up and greeted each other. Xiaoci tugged at Liu Wangxue's trouser legs, wanting to be held again. As soon as Liu Wangxue picked it up, it immediately ran to Liu Wangxue's shoulder and squatted.
The other party still had a few baskets of lotus roots by the field, so after saying a few words, he took the carrying pole and went back to pick them up.
The woman said to the children again: "Go home quickly. You are all covered in mud. Go back and change your clothes and wash yourself. After dinner, it's time to do your homework."
When the children were leaving, one of them gave Liu Wangxue and the others a lotus pod.
The little girl with pigtails taught them how to peel it: "Look, this is how you peel it." She handed it to Liu Wangxue and said, "Sister, have a try, it's delicious!"
She was so enthusiastic that Liu Wangxue didn't want to hurt her feelings, but when she saw the plump white lotus seeds covered with mud, she really couldn't reach out her hand.
So she broke open a lotus pod, took out a lotus seed, and said as she peeled it: "Thank you, but you can eat it yourself. I have learned how to do it. Look." She put the peeled lotus seed into her mouth and bit it with her teeth. It was sweet and cool: "Oh, it's really delicious!"
The little girl smiled happily and ate the lotus seeds in her hand by herself. Her pigtails swayed back and forth, looking very cute.
The children said goodbye and walked towards another shortcut to the village. After walking a few steps, the little one came back and asked Liu Wangxue: "Sister, can I come to play with you?"
Liu Wangxue wanted to tease him, so she bent down and asked, "Why?"
The little one raised his little face and said, "I, I like cats."
It was so cute that Liu Wangxue couldn't help but touch it and pointed to the front right and said, "Sure, my sister's home is over there. You can ask the adults at home to take you there to play."
The land chosen by Xu Qingsong's great-grandfather is in the same village as the children according to the division on the map, but it is some distance away from the village collective. From a distance, it is just a house built in the rice field and is very easy to recognize.
The little guy jumped happily and said to Liu Wangxue, "Thank you, sister~ Goodbye, sister~" Then he took his short legs and trotted to catch up with his little friend.
The three of them continued to walk back, and Xu Qingsong and Du Yunkai also peeled the lotus seeds and started eating them.
Du Yunkai said while eating: "I have an idea."
Xu Qingsong asked: "What is it about?"
Du Yunkai shook the lotus pod in his hand.
Xu Qingsong asked: "Want to experience picking lotus pods?"
"And digging lotus roots." Du Yunkai was eager to try: "Since I'm here, I might as well experience something I've never done before."
Xu Qingsong thought it was okay, to add some fun to his life of lying flat and experience the joy of labor. He turned to Liu Wangxue and asked, "What do you think?"
Liu Wangxue had never experienced digging lotus roots in a lotus pond, so she could pick more lotus pods. She also liked eating fresh lotus seeds, so she readily agreed.
Du Yunkai looked around and said to Xu Qingsong, "I see there are a lot of lotus ponds here. Can you help me contact which one can rent it out?"
"You're not," Xu Qingsong said with a look of rejection in his eyes, "It's just an experience, why do you want to make such a big fuss?"
"Don't we have to pay for digging other people's lotus roots?" Du Yunkai wondered.
Liu Wangxue looked at him with a smile and said, "I think maybe we just need to pay for some lotus roots."
Xu Qingsong threw the peeled lotus pods into the paddy field and said, "You don't have to pay a penny. If you are willing to dig them, their family will be so happy!"
How is that possible? Du Yunkai didn't believe it.
Liu Wangxue was curious: "Whose family?"
Xu Qingsong kept it a secret: "Let me contact him first."
After returning to the courtyard, Liu Wangxue first poured breakfast for Xiaoci and Pengpeng, then added some water to the bowls beside them. She watched them finish eating until they had almost finished eating before making breakfast.
Wenxi slept until breakfast was ready before getting up. Liu Wangxue had left a lotus pod for her, and she peeled it and ate it while sitting at the table.
"This is really the first time I've eaten fresh lotus seeds," Wenxi liked them after taking the first bite and said, "Why don't we check if there is a similar experience park nearby and go pick some to try? It would be best if we could also experience how to dig lotus roots."
She loves eating glutinous rice and lotus root, and lotus root and pork ribs soup. Just thinking about it makes her drool.
"Wow, you two really have such a tacit understanding!" Liu Wangxue held his face and looked at her.
"Who?"
"You and Du Yunkai!" Liu Wangxue said with a smile, "That's what he suggested when he came back just now."
Wenxi curled her lips.
"Hey," Liu Wangxue gradually revealed a gossipy expression, "I think he seems to have a crush on you, what do you think?"
"I don't have any idea." Wenxi said, "I've seen a lot of people like him now. He has never lacked anything since he was a child. No matter what he does, he always plays with the world. When it comes to dating, he only cares about the novelty. Breaking up is as easy as throwing away a piece of clothing."
Wen Xi handed a peeled lotus seed to Liu Wangxue and continued, "Think about Mu Jingsheng. They are essentially the same kind of people. If I had known the relationship between Mu Jingsheng and the Mu family, I would have tried every possible means to stop you from talking to him, even if it meant breaking off our friendship."
Liu Wangxue took it, thought for a moment and said with a smile: "I won't break up with you, but considering how much I was in love at that time, I would definitely quarrel with you as soon as I met you."
Wen Xi was still furious when she thought of Mu Jingsheng, and angrily threw the peeled lotus pods into the trash can: "Ha, if I had that kind of family background, I would make him fall in a minute!"
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