First it was airplanes, then buses, and finally those rural passenger buses with a square area behind the driver for backpacks and luggage.
As soon as you get on this kind of car, you know that you are not far from Shen Qingning’s hometown.
“Thump, thump, thump…”
The car was bumpy all the way. There were quacking ducks, a strong smell of diesel, a strong smell of dry tobacco from an old man, and a man next to him who was holding the handrail with a strong smell of rot in his armpits.
All kinds of flavors mixed together - strong.
"Master, brake at the entrance to the Jade Village ahead."
Su Ran spoke in fluent Sichuan dialect.
This is the dialect learned from kissing.
"Okay."
“Beep—”
“Thump, thump, thump—”
Stop the car, get out, and drive away.
Su Ran was standing at the entrance of the village, carrying a backpack and some milk and fruit.
"Su Ran!"
Not far ahead, by the fish pond, Shen Qingning, who had been waiting anxiously, finally saw the person she was waiting for.
She shouted, threw down her fishing rod, and ran towards Su Ran. The villagers working in the fields around her looked at this scene of the Shen family's granddaughter and began to talk about it.
Shen Qingning ran to a place a few meters away from Su Ran, slowed down, and walked up step by step. She was too excited just now and was a little shy at this time.
"You're here~"
The voice was slightly coquettish.
"Here I come."
"What's wrong with your mouth?"
"There's a 'River Crab's Divine Beast' restaurant in Japan. I went there to eat the River Crab's Divine Beast and got pinched by the crab's claws. Sigh... I'd better eat less river crabs in the future, or I'll be bitten to death sooner or later."
"I'll bring it up."
She snatched the milk from Su Ran's hand and led the way. If it were in Jiangning, she would naturally hold hands with him, but in the village, she was very shy.
Along the way, some gossipy villagers asked Shen Qingning, "Who is this person to you?"
Every time before Shen Qingning opened her mouth, Su Ran would introduce herself as "Auntie" and "Auntie" and "My name is Su Ran, and I'm Shen Qingning's boyfriend."
A sweet-talking and polite boy is liked wherever he goes.
Plus, Su Ran is tall and handsome.
The villagers thought Shen Qingning’s boyfriend was good.
"Su Ran!"
Lan Xin, who was watching Qi Shan fishing by the fish pond, waved with a smile.
Su Ran walked over and said, "Hello, sister-in-law."
Lan Xin: "You're finally here. Qing Ning's eyes are so tired of waiting for her husband. She's almost become a husband-waiting stone, hehe..."
"How could I?" Shen Qingning said shyly.
Su Ran put his arm around Shen Qingning's shoulders and asked in a low voice, "So you're not really looking forward to my coming?"
“I…” Shen Qingning bit her lip, “looking forward to it.”
"Eh..." Lan Xin hugged her arms, "I have goosebumps."
Su Ran raised his left hand that was holding Shen Qingning's shoulders, touched her smooth face with his thumb, glanced at the fish in the bucket, and said, "Mr. Qi, you don't believe it. I just caught a crucian carp. How can it be caught at noon?"
Qi Shan: "This is a wild fish pond. They won't eat bait. Lan Xin, go get me some earthworms to lure them over."
Lan Xin: "I'm not going. It's disgusting."
Qi Shan: "A worm attracts an LV bag."
Lan Xin: "Qishan, do you believe I will kick you down?"
"You two take your time, I'll go back with Qing Ning first and come find you later."
Su Ran patted Qi Shan’s shoulder, put his arm around Shen Qingning and walked towards the bamboo forest path.
Su Ran looked around at the small houses and asked, "Which one is yours?"
Shen Qingning felt somewhat inferior, especially since her boyfriend was so rich and came to her poor village, which made her feel embarrassed.
“Just…” Shen Qingning pointed to the path ahead, “You’ll see it after you finish walking through the orange field over there.”
Following the road pointed by Shen Qingning, the further we go, the sparser the houses become, and most of them are old houses.
When rural people earn money and go home to renovate their houses, they almost always move from inside to places closer to the road to renovate their houses.
So the houses inside are not only old, but also dilapidated. Either the owners have left home to work, or they have bought houses in the county town and don't come back to live there.
Shen Qingning kept stealing glances at Su Ran along the way, fearing that he would dislike his hometown, especially the cesspool here and the open-air toilet there.
Su Ran did not dislike it. She looked like she liked the scenery here very much. She looked around everywhere along the way.
He also squatted in the grass beside the ridge of the field and found some small red fruits - wild sweet potatoes.
Su Ran: "I haven't seen this for a long time. We used to have wild sweet potatoes in our village, but they've disappeared in recent years. I loved eating them when I was a kid. Have you ever tried them?"
Shen Qingning: “I’ve eaten it, but I didn’t expect you to like it too?”
Su Ran: "Nonsense, I'm a farmer, of course I like to eat it, it's sweet and delicious."
Shen Qingning nodded. These words more or less warmed her heart. Su Ran never disliked my hometown.
"Have you ever eaten that?"
Shen Qingning pointed to the wild houttuynia cordata next to her and said, “We call it pig’s butt here.”
"Pig butt? What a weird name. I don't like it."
"Then what do you like to eat? I'll make it for you at noon."
Su Ran hugged her slender waist, "You."
Shen Qingning looked around and saw a villager coming over, blocking the urine bucket.
"Someone."
He quickly broke free from Su Ran's hand and pulled him across the orange field.
"That's my home."
Shen Qingning pointed to an old, lonely white brick bungalow next to the bamboo forest across the field. Due to its age, the white bricks had weathered a lot, leaving traces of time.
There was a Lincoln parked in the yard.
"When I make money, I'll renovate the house to make it more comfortable for Grandma. I'll also make the dirt floor in the yard concrete, and..."
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