Chapter 44 Broken Sword Appears
April is a beautiful month.
The air still carries the chill left by winter.
However, the Tubei Mountain was bustling with activity.
With the Su family vegetable garden as the center, newly opened vegetable plots spread outward in a fan shape.
The people working in the fields with hoes had beads of sweat on their foreheads that sparkled in the sunlight, and the smiles on their faces were brighter and more brilliant than the rising sun.
The fragrance of the soil blends into the air, mixed with the coolness, and when you smell it in your nostrils, the long-lost familiarity makes your nose sore and your eyes red.
In the Su family's vegetable garden, a head popped out from behind the thorn bush wall and raised a smile to the people working there, asking, "Guys, what vegetables are you growing?"
Everyone was stunned at first, and then someone shouted, "From the Su family, my name is Wang Chuan! I live in the second house from the intersection at the foot of the mountain. I grow peppers and rapeseed flowers!"
The person who answered first was thin, with ordinary and simple facial features. His eyes sparkled in the sunlight. It was the joy that came from the heart that broke through the haze that had accumulated in his eyes.
When Su Da heard his voice, he immediately contacted the person who had knocked on their door and tipped off their family. He smiled and said, "When the vegetables in the fields are ready to be picked, I'll trade you for some peppers! I've been out for so long, and I really miss the taste of peppers!"
"No need to change, just come to my field and pick it if you want to eat it! The same goes for everyone else, come pick it if you want to eat it!"
The conversation started and others joined in.
"My name is Chen Dafu. I live across from the Huo family and grow tomatoes and beans!"
"My family grows loofah and kidney beans!"
"I don't have any vegetable seeds at home, but there are wild vegetables on the mountain after spring! Two years ago, I found a field where broccoli grew. Once the field is cleared, I'll plant some broccoli!"
"Li Xiaoxiao, you're such a cunning idiot! No wonder your house always smells like vegetables in the spring. It turns out you're secretly hiding a good place!"
"Look at me, didn't you also dig yam eggs in the mountains? And you hid them as if no one knew about them!"
"Hahaha!"
The long-lost laughter echoed over Tubei Mountain, carried by the wind and heard far away.
The other members of the Su family were also busy working in the fields. Su An's three little ones were playing and running around in the ridges. The youngest, Tianbao, was placed in a bamboo basket with a clean, thick jacket underneath. The sun shone on his body, making him feel warm. The baby fell asleep in the warmth.
Su Xiu'er piled the weeds she had pulled out at her feet and smiled. "That Li Xiaoxiao was the one who informed us at the intersection the other day."
Su Er said casually, "And Wang Chuan also reminded our family."
The vegetable garden was so big that there was not much work to do, so Old Man Su simply stopped working and sat next to the bamboo basket to block the sunlight for his granddaughter, preventing the sun from shining into her eyes.
Listening to the laughter outside the garden, the old man narrowed his eyes slightly, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes relaxed. "Life nowadays is actually not that bad, right?"
Old Lady Su rolled her eyes at him. "You're always talking after the fact. If you can get through it, it won't be so bad. If you can't, I wonder if you can still say that?"
"Ah, we've made it through." Old Man Su coughed lightly and spoke ingratiatingly, "Look, we only grow cabbage, rapeseed, and radish at home. There are only three flavors, isn't it? Now everyone has opened up the land to grow vegetables, peppers, beans, loofah, beans... If we exchange them with each other, won't there be so many more flavors? This is a good thing!"
Su Er laughed jokingly, "Mom, my dad is right. Not only can we trade vegetables with everyone, but we can also go to the mountains to pick greens and dig up yam eggs when we have time!"
There was a moment of silence in the vegetable garden, and then laughter broke out.
As everyone laughed, no one noticed that there was another person in the house.
Only the little sweet baby who seemed to be sleeping in the bamboo basket moved his eyelids, opened them slightly, looked at the roof next to him, and then closed his eyes again.
A figure appeared silently on the thatched roof of the Su family's main hall, lying on it with his knees bent, holding a broken knife in his arms. He closed his eyes slightly and basked in the sun amidst the sound of laughter and talking.
The posture and attitude are quite similar to those of the baby in the bamboo basket.
Due to objective factors, Tianbao couldn't see the person on the other side of the roof, and his eyebrows were slightly frowned.
After her rebirth, her reactions to the outside world became extremely sharp, and she could even hear the sound of falling leaves. However, this time she didn't notice it until the other party landed on the roof, which made her a little depressed.
The opponent's kung fu was obviously better than anyone she had dealt with in the past two days.
Fortunately, the other party did not have any murderous intent that would arouse her anger.
Tianbao thought about it and didn't do anything. He just quietly opened the entrance to the space and prepared for battle with the pear needle in the air.
She still insisted that there could be no death in the house, subconsciously refusing to let the house be tainted by bad luck.
The Su family knew nothing about this. They pulled out all the weeds in the vegetable garden, loosened the soil and watered the garden. It was only the middle of the Si hour.
Su Xiuer stood up and brushed off the mud on her hands. "Dad, Mom, I'm going to cook first. You can come out and eat after you take a break."
Old Lady Su nodded and said, "Let's go. There's nothing to do in the fields anymore. Let's go back to the front yard!"
Su Xiu'er and her two sisters-in-law went ahead, leaving Su Da and Su Er to tidy up the garden.
Old man Su took the lead and picked up the bamboo basket, and the little granddaughter was in his hands. The old man smiled contentedly, and his back looked a little proud as he walked.
Old Lady Su was a step behind and didn't rush in. She followed behind and spat, "Look at you!"
The old man pretended not to hear and swung the bamboo basket, with the child inside like a swing. "Hey, isn't this fun, little sweetheart? Look at that little mouth, it's smiling! Hahaha!"
Tianbao's little body was swaying in the air, not afraid at all. He opened his dark almond eyes, looked at his grandfather with wrinkles on his face, and grinned.
The little baby is almost six months old, his face has grown up, his skin is fair and delicate, and when he smiles, his eyes bend into crescents, revealing four white and thin teeth. His soft and cute appearance can melt anyone's heart.
"Oh, our little sweet baby, you look so beautiful when you smile, and you look so sweet, you should smile more!" Old man Su laughed even louder, full of relief and joy.
Old Mrs. Su squeezed forward and came to the bamboo basket to look at her granddaughter's smiling face. Her weathered face also smiled, and her eyes were soft. "Yes, little one, your smile is so sweet. Grandma likes to see sweet baby smile the most."
Tianbao's smile, which was about to be hidden, unfolded again, and the corners of his mouth turned up to the previous arc. Even though his face looked sore, he didn't change his expression.
Three more dwarfs squeezed in from under the bamboo basket, shouting and jumping to see how their sister laughed.
While grandpa and grandma were not paying attention, Tianbao quietly stretched his feet out of the bamboo basket and kicked around without a trace. Immediately, the three kids below cried out in pain.
Sweetie, “Giggle, giggle!”
Mrs. Su and Mr. Su's eyes were almost narrowed into slits. "Look, he's laughing like this after kicking his brothers. He's still a naughty and domineering guy, hahaha!"
Su An, Su Wen and Su Wu covered their foreheads that were kicked by the little feet, feeling sad and confused.
No matter how I listen to it, it doesn't sound like grandpa and grandma are scolding my sister.
If they had been naughty, they would have been chased and beaten with a broom.
I feel like they're a bit worthless.
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