Chapter 51 Shame Zhou Ye felt a sense of shame inexplicably
When Lin Xiaopu heard that he could eat cucumber right now, he immediately became excited. "Okay, okay, let's eat it raw!"
He Guixiang laughed and scolded, "You two little greedy guys."
Lin Shu raised her eyebrows. "Yes, yes, Xiao Pu and I are both greedy. Then who gave birth to these two greedy people? One of our parents must be a big greedy person to give birth to two little greedy people like us. Xiao Pu, don't you agree?"
Lin Xiaopu immediately responded loudly: "That's right! This greedy guy is either my father or my mother."
He Guixiang was amused by the two of them, holding up her waist and laughing for a long while. "Come on, stop being silly and eat it if you want. This cucumber was originally meant to be given to you two little ones by your Aunt Lin. Mom and Dad are all benefiting from you."
After Lin Shu forced her to eat several times, she no longer refused. If the child wanted to share some food with her, she would just be the greedy one.
Lin Shu, of course, didn't hesitate. She went to the kitchen, fetched a small basin of water, and washed the cucumbers. She kept one and immediately broke the other in half, one half larger and the other smaller. She then deliberately held them in front of Lin Xiaopu and asked her to choose. "The one with the vine tail has more on the end, but it tastes slightly astringent. The other end, although shorter, is not only plumper but also crispier. If you want to choose, which one would you choose?"
Lin Xiaopu's face flushed red, knowing she had to choose two. Seeing her elder sister snickering, she immediately said angrily, "Well, elder sister, you're setting me up again. If I choose the longer end, it would mean I'm greedy and don't care about my mother. If I choose the shorter end, it would mean I'm only picking the good ones and leaving the bad ones for my mother. No matter which one I choose, I'll have the bad reputation. You're such a jerk, elder sister."
As he said this, he stamped his foot angrily.
Lin Shu laughed heartily after being exposed. "You are so clever! How could I have fooled you?"
After that, he handed her both halves and said, "So, sister, what should we do?"
Lin Xiaopu immediately handed the two halves of the cucumber to He Guixiang and said slyly, "I won't choose. I'll give it to Mother and let her choose. That way, no matter which one she chooses, I won't be wrong."
He Guixiang watched the two sisters laughing and playing, and casually picked the end of the tail with the vine handle, "You are small, so eat this short part."
Lin Xiaopu took the crispier end and chuckled, "Mother, you should learn from my sister and only say the good things when you speak, instead of saying the opposite when you mean well. I know Mother wants to give me the tastier end."
He Guixiang smiled but said nothing. Then she remembered something and said to Lin Shu, "If Ah Shu really wants to grow cucumbers, she should ask your Aunt Lin for advice. Cucumbers are not as easy to grow as you think."
This is also why there are so many households in Tianshui Village, but not so many cucumbers. Green vegetables and radishes are the easiest to grow. As long as you are not a lazy woman and water them when necessary, both of them will survive.
Other things are different, like cucumbers. He Guixiang knows that there are several families that have tried to grow cucumbers but failed.
The cucumber sprouts quickly, but becomes difficult to care for after it grows too long. If you are not careful, the cucumber will either dry up or die of thirst, or there will be only a few cucumbers hanging on the vine.
The vegetable plots behind each house are so small that if you plant this or that, there won't be enough left. Since cucumbers don't grow well, you will naturally switch to something better.
"Mom, I not only want to plant cucumbers, I also want to plant peas, broad beans and angelica..." Lin Shu counted on her fingers.
Lin Xiaopu was munching on a cucumber, but when he heard this, he stopped chewing and asked hurriedly, "Sister, do you know how to grow all these?"
"I know a thing or two about the habits of these fruits, vegetables, and beans. I'll give it a try. Who knows, maybe I can grow some."
Lin Xiaopu flattered Lin Shu blindly, "Sister said it can be grown, so it must be able to grow! Mother, let's buy some seeds and let Sister plant them all!"
He Guixiang was also very convinced by Lin Shu and nodded when she heard her words. "Okay, let's go to the market tomorrow. Shu, if you see any vegetable seeds you want, just buy them. Besides these vegetable seeds, if you like any small items, just buy them. Qian A Niang has them here."
Lin Xiaopu: "Wow! Mother is so generous."
He Guixiang patted her little head and said, "When has mother ever been stingy?"
"Since A Niang says so, I'll be really rude when I go to the market tomorrow." Lin Shu was also happy to be able to buy something else, but if A Niang didn't ask, she would be embarrassed to ask A Niang for it. After all, A Niang was not the kind of person who would be generous even if she was poor. The fact that she could give so much money meant that she really had saved a lot.
"Oh! I just said I wanted to add some water for Brother Aye, but Aunt Lin interrupted me like that and I forgot. Mother, Xiao Pu, I'll go get some water for Brother Aye and be back in a while—"
Before Lin Shu could finish her words, she had already run away.
She refilled the empty bamboo tube. She punched a hole in the tube and tied a straw rope around it so she could carry it around. So she carried the tube of water in one hand and the fresh green cucumber in the other, and trotted off to look for Zhou Ye.
As a result, as soon as he walked out of the courtyard gate, he bumped into Zhou Ye who was coming to meet him at the gate.
Zhou Ye heard footsteps as he approached the courtyard gate. The steps were small and brisk, and he knew who it was the moment he heard them. He should have dodged, but for some reason his mind wandered, and in that moment of distraction, Lin Shu, unable to stop, ran headfirst into him.
Lin Shu staggered backwards and was about to fall flat on her butt. Zhou Ye grabbed her arm and helped her steady herself. He let go only after she had regained her balance. "Are you okay?"
"Something." Lin Shu covered her nose which was sore from being hit just now. This guy is really growing. Even if he doesn't eat enough every day, he can still grow a body full of tendon muscles. They are so hard that they hit her so hard that she almost cried.
When Zhou Ye heard the word "something happened", he fell silent and didn't know what to say.
But when he looked at Lin Shu's eyes, they were a little moist, as if she was hurt by him, and for a moment he felt a little annoyed that he had not dodged in time.
"Next time, I'll stay away," he said.
"I was just joking with you. I don't blame you. Besides, you held me back. If you hadn't held me back in time, I would have fallen on my butt. But I won't thank you. After all, if I hadn't bumped into you, I wouldn't have almost fallen." Lin Shu snorted.
Zhou Ye hummed, "You make sense."
Thinking about what else to say, he continued, "The fish pond is almost done. I came to ask, do you want to go take a look? There's a mountain spring out back. You said you wanted to use bamboo tubes to draw water. The bamboos we cut this morning are of varying thicknesses. Do you think you can find any suitable ones? If not, I'll go to the back mountain and cut some more."
"So fast?" Lin Shu was delighted. She had just gone to find Zhou Ye to talk about going to the market. Because she didn't go any further on the stone road, she didn't see the progress of the fish pond. She didn't expect that in such a short time, Zhou Ye had even planted all the Acorus calamus?
I think I had almost finished it just now, but I didn't mention it to her. Seeing that she hadn't gone to deliver water for a long time, I came to find her.
She said hurriedly, "Brother Aye, you've worked hard! The bamboos in the yard are enough, so there's no need to cut new ones for the time being. Oh, I was just about to bring you some water. But you came just in time."
As Lin Shu spoke, her eyes swept over his hands, which had obviously been washed. Perhaps because he thought he would have to work soon, he rubbed the mud on his hands clean, but did not wash the black mud between his nails carefully.
After a few days, Lin Shu roughly understood that he would only go to the river to take a cold shower after finishing a day's farm work, and then wash his hands and feet together, not even leaving out any dirt between his nails.
Zhou Ye is not a rough man. He certainly cannot be compared with those rich young masters who have people serving them, but among these farmers who make a living from the land, he is definitely the most particular one.
"Brother Aye, your hands are not clean. Go and wash the mud between your nails. I have something delicious to eat for you." Lin Shu smiled and hid the cucumber in her hand behind her back.
Zhou Ye had actually seen it, but he pretended not to. He looked down at his rough big palms, thinking about how her eyes had just swept over them and saw the black mud hidden in the cracks of his nails, and he suddenly felt uncomfortable.
Seeing him turn around and leave, Lin Shu quickly called out to him, "Silly, just wash in the yard. Do you really want to run to the back of the house?"
Lin Xiaopu saw Zhou Ye and shouted, "Brother Ye, this cucumber is delicious, crisp and refreshing!"
Lin Shu: ...
A-mei speaks so fast.
She had no choice but to take out the cucumber from her back and said, "Here, Aunt Lin sent me this cucumber. After you wash your hands, we can share it!"
Zhou Ye moved his mouth, wanting to say, "I'll give it all to you. I don't want it." But looking at her smiling eyes, he couldn't say the words.
He nodded and saw that there was still a small basin of clean water next to the stove that had not been poured out. It should be used to wash cucumbers, and the water was still clean.
If it were someone else, they would have just popped the cucumber straight from the vine without even realizing it was dirty, not even bothering to wash it. Only Lin Shu was so particular.
Thinking of this, and remembering that her eyes had once stopped on her dirty and rough hands, she felt a sense of shame for some reason.
Zhou Ye hurried over, squatted down, and carefully scrubbed his hands with the water in the basin, prying open the flesh on his fingertips one by one to clean all the dirt hidden in the crevices of his nails.
Lin Shu came over at some point, took a look, and said, "Your nails look a little long. Can I trim them for you with scissors later?"
Zhou Ye's fingertips dipped in the water trembled slightly, and he replied vaguely, "I can do it myself."
After making sure that all ten of his fingers were washed very clean, Zhou Ye stood up. He wanted to wipe his hands with the hem of his clothes, but after a pause, he didn't do it. He just shook off the water droplets on his hands.
Lin Shu had broken the cucumber in her hand into two halves, and dug the hole she had dug for Xiao Pu in front of Zhou Ye, asking him to choose one of the two.
Lin Xiaopu immediately came over to watch the fun, biting the crunchy cucumber in his mouth and reminded him with a chuckle, "Brother Aye, you have to choose carefully. If you choose the end with the vine, you can eat more. If you choose the other end, it tastes better."
Zhou Ye didn't hesitate at all and directly chose the end with the larger tail. Before Xiao Pu could open her mouth to make a joke, he had already broken the cucumber half in half again, handed the front end back to Lin Shu, and kept only the tip of the tail for himself. He said, "I'll just try it, you can eat the rest."
Lin Xiaopu was stunned for a moment. Being stunned was not enough to describe her shock at the moment.
No, how can it be like this?
It was said that Brother Aye was the dumbest, stupidest and most honest person in his family, so how come he acted like a smart guy?
Looking at my sister again, she was really coaxed into smiling!
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