Chapter 51 Blind Date
In fact, before Lu Xing left, it was already time to harvest rapeseed in the village, and every household was busy harvesting rapeseed in the fields.
When she left home, she only asked Lianhua to take care of the animals and vegetables, and she did not take care of the rapeseed field.
It wouldn't be a big deal if we left it in the field to dry for a few days. The rapeseeds need to be dried after they are harvested anyway.
After returning from Province N, Lu Xing cleaned up the house and prepared to harvest the rapeseed in the field.
Originally, the villagers would harvest the grown rapeseeds one by one, spread them out on the ground to dry, and then take them home to remove the seeds after the stalks were dry.
If it rains for two days during this period, the rapeseed roots will easily rot, so farmers hope for good weather when drying rapeseed.
The field where Lu Xing planted rapeseed was quite far from the village, and she hadn't been there very often since she started planting.
After returning from a trip, she found that the confiscated rapeseed was in good condition, with only a small handful of rotten roots. The rest were almost dried up, so she could harvest them directly.
The poverty of Xiaoshi Village lies in the fact that although it has a lot of land, it cannot use tools due to the terrain and can only rely on manual labor.
The efficiency is very low.
Four mu of land was not big, but Lu Xing spent the whole morning harvesting it by himself, and he also had to find a way to carry so many rapeseed stalks down the mountain.
After carrying the rapeseed stalks back home, she spread them out in the yard bit by bit, until the entire yard was covered with golden stalks.
I don’t know if the two little foxes noticed Lu Xing’s return, and I don’t know where they came from.
When Lu Xing was laying the poles, the two of them were sniffing around and rubbing against the poles from time to time.
Not finding anything fun, they ran to the side and lay down to sleep.
After Lu Xing finished her work, she ignored them and had to go cook.
After working for a whole morning, she felt like she was burning up and couldn't eat anything hot, so she just made some cold noodles.
After cooking the noodles with hot water, rinse them with cold water, add some light soy sauce, some vinegar, some bean paste made last year, and finally some chili sauce.
After eating, Lu Xing lay down for a while.
After she recovered, she still had to watch over the rapeseeds. There were many sparrows stealing the seeds now. If she didn't keep an eye on them, they would eat most of them.
Unexpectedly, this time the group of birds that came to steal food were all caught by the big fox and made into snacks for the little fox.
After realizing that there was always stupid food being delivered to this place, they became more alert and began to patrol the yard intentionally or unintentionally.
The two little foxes walked back and forth in the yard, wagging their tails, and from time to time they would pounce and catch a daring bird thief.
The other compatriots who came to steal food took the opportunity to eat a few more bites, then quickly flew away and landed on a big tree not far away, waiting for the next opportunity to steal food.
The sun at noon was so strong that it was almost scorching hot, but both sides seemed unaffected and kept fighting back and forth.
There was no need to look at the rapeseed. Lu Xing simply sat down beside it and began to slowly knock on the rapeseed stalks to knock out the ripe rapeseed.
The large rapeseed seeds here need to be picked out and saved as seeds for next year. The remaining rapeseed seeds are collected and dried for two more days.
After drying, it can be sent to the oil mill in town to be fried into oil.
The rapeseed oil that Xiaoshi Village usually consumes is grown by itself.
After the rapeseed is dried, she has to find a way to take it to the city.
After dinner in the evening, she took some eggs to Lianhua's house.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw Lianhua picking seeds in the yard.
"What seeds are you picking out? What are you planting at this hour?"
Lianhua looked up and saw her carrying a basket. "What are you bringing?"
"A few eggs. Go out before you go. Thank you for helping me feed the pigs."
"Oh, it's just a small matter, there's no need to be so polite. We have enough eggs at home, you can take them back."
Before she could even extend her hand to refuse, Lu Xing walked past her and put the eggs in the kitchen. "It's not right to ask for help for free. I'd feel bad if you didn't accept it, so you better take it."
"What kind of seeds are these? They look good."
"Well." Lian Hua smiled as she spoke of this. "Xingxing likes to eat watermelon, so my Dazhuang asked someone to get some seeds for him to try planting."
Xiaoshi Village is close to the south, and it rains a lot in the summer. Watermelon is a drought-resistant fruit that is afraid of waterlogging. If it rains too much, its roots will easily rot, making it difficult to grow well.
So you hardly see fruits like watermelon here.
"I heard this thing is hard to grow. If it rains for a few days in the summer, the roots will rot."
"I plan to pick a few good seeds to plant at home, and then scatter some outside in the yard. Anyway, you don't need good soil to grow these."
In order to grow this watermelon, she has asked many people and even knows some of the key points.
"It must have taken a lot of effort to find this kind of seed."
There aren't many people growing watermelons around here, let alone watermelon seeds.
Lian Hua didn't know either, Da Zhuang had found a way to get these seeds, "Da Zhuang found them."
"Your Dazhuang is a filial son. You have worked hard for so many years and finally made it through."
Which mother wouldn't be happy to hear this? Lian Hua was no exception. The corners of her mouth immediately turned up, "Well, his only advantage is that he's honest and obedient."
"Lianhua, are you asleep?"
Liu Hehua's voice was heard outside. I wonder what she wanted that suddenly brought her here.
"I'm not asleep yet. If you have anything to say, come in and tell me, Sister Lotus."
Usually when good things happen, Liu Hehua always comes in with a smile on her face.
If there is something difficult, she will frown.
But this time, when she walked in, her face was conflicted, but she was saying that something good was happening.
"What good news is so troubling you that you can't even speak it out?"
The two men watched Liu Hehua come in and sit by the side for a few minutes, but they couldn't say a word.
"Old sister, we have known each other for so many years, just tell me if you have anything to say."
"It's really a good thing. This is my first time taking on this kind of job." Liu Hehua said, glancing at Lian Huadu's expression. "There's a hunter in another village who's over fifty. His wife died, and now he's looking for a companion to live with."
Lian Hua looked at Liu Hehua's expression with some disbelief, "Are you looking for me? Why not Lu Xing?"
"That hunter had no children alive, and Lu Xing had no children either. People were also worried that life would be difficult without children."
Lu Xing didn't have any opinion on this matter. When she was young, she insisted on not getting married, and those people scolded her very harshly at that time.
Now they are just saying that she is miserable because she has no children and is old, which is not that harsh.
"Good boy, it turns out that I am still blessed by Dazhuang?"
Lianhua found it a little funny. "According to what they say over there, I already have a son to rely on, so why should I look for a partner to live with?"
There were not many people without a partner in Xiaoshi Village. It was only after Liu Hehua took this job that she realized that many elderly widowed people outside would look for a new partner.
"I just learned that many people out there want to find a partner when they get older, just to take care of each other when they're old."
Lian Hua no longer believed in these lies about taking care of each other after they got married. "Lu Yuegang went to Province N to find that heartless man. It's impossible that he was a heartless man when he was young and suddenly became a caring person when he got old?"
"Her family was defrauded so badly. They lost all their money and their parents died. It took more than ten years for them to get justice. I won't be so desperate as to find a partner to take care of them."
Liu Hehua also disliked Fang Jian, but she still quite agreed with the idea of finding a partner when one is old. "What you said, how can everyone be as bad as Fang Jian?"
"Why, people can't date just because they're old? That's not right. You're being a bit stubborn."
"If you don't want to, I'll just push it off."
Lianhua didn't want to find another partner, but she loved to watch the fun. "Has he found anyone else in our village?"
Liu Hehua was a little puzzled. "Aren't you unwilling? Why are you asking this?"
"I've never heard of this before, so I'm curious. And I haven't even met him, so how did he find out about me?"
Lu Xing joined in the fun, "Yeah, I've been in Xiaoshi Village for so many years, and I've never heard of such a thing."
"Don't say you haven't heard of it. I only found out about this after I took this job."
"I'll go and find out how he found you."
"OK."
【Author has something to say】
The middle-aged and elderly blind date scene is here
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