Chapter 18 Get up, I'll take you away
She's not greedy...
The food here is very limited, not to mention fruits and snacks. She wants to wait until the dates are ripe to try them. Is that too much to ask?
Fu Jingyou looked at her deeply and answered irrelevantly: "Do you see the house behind the tree?"
Lu Miao glanced at the house and asked, "Why, are you showing off your house?"
“…”
Lu Miao didn't want to discuss this topic even more.
The adobe house at the educated youth camp was short and old, and broken pieces of earth would fall from the walls all the time when she slept, which was already uncomfortable enough for her.
The Fu family’s house is many times better than the educated youth’s residence, but so what?
It's not hers, so she can't live in it.
Lu Miao puffed out his rosy lips and stomped his feet as he walked ahead.
Her expression kept changing, perhaps eight hundred times a day.
Fu Jingyou couldn't figure out what she was thinking, let alone why she was throwing a tantrum again. He could only follow behind her silently and say:
"Dates won't be sweet until midsummer."
Lu Miao slowed down his pace slightly, but did not stop.
Fu Jingyou continued, "If you want to eat, I'll make it for you when the time comes."
Lu Miao tilted his head to look at him, his watery black eyes reflecting his slightly embarrassed look: "Really?"
"Yeah." Fu Jingyou nodded slightly.
Lu Miao curled his lips and smiled sweetly, "Since you're so considerate, Fu Xiaoliu, I'm determined to be your friend!"
Fu Jingyou suddenly pursed his lips again and remained silent.
"What's wrong? You don't want to be friends with me anymore?"
Lu Miao frowned, looking a little unhappy.
In the past, when those people wanted to be friends with her, did they not beg and coax her?
When it comes to Fu Jingyou, he still doesn't want to?
Fu Jingyou curled his hands and said sullenly, "I didn't mean that."
Lu Miao immediately became happy, "That's fine."
Having already reached the front door of the Fu family, Lu Miao pointed at the door with fingertips as tender as the buds of locust flowers in spring, "Okay, go get your things, I'll wait for you."
Fu Jingyou placed the hoe on her shoulder and said, "Hold it first. I'll be there soon."
The door of the Fu family's house was not even locked, it was only tied with a buckle with a thick hemp rope.
Fu Jingyou ran back and pulled the hemp rope, then went into the house and came out quickly.
He had more equipment on him than before, such as a hoe, a shovel, a small waist basket, and a straw hat.
Taking Lu Miao's hoe again, Fu Jingyou pushed the waist basket that was slanted on his hip towards her.
Lu Miao understood and immediately put the sweet potatoes and peach cakes in his hand.
Seeing two dark yellow lumps with spots in the basket, Lu Miao asked curiously, "What's in your little basket?"
"It's steamed bread mixed with purslane."
Lu Miao knew about steamed bread, but didn't know what purslane was, so he was a little curious, "Is it delicious?"
As long as it can fill your stomach, it is delicious. Fu Jingyou nodded without hesitation, "Delicious."
Lu Miao thought for a moment and said, "I want to try it. I'll trade you some peach cakes for lunch, okay?"
Fu Jingyou shook his head decisively, "You're not used to it."
"No!" Lu Miao insisted, "I haven't even tried it, how do you know I can't eat it!"
The pampered energy in her body came back. Fu Jingyou was silent for a moment, and had to compromise, "Then you can try it at noon."
That’s more like it!
Lu Miao was satisfied and hummed a little tune as he walked towards the path leading to the threshing ground.
Fu Jingyou called her from behind: "This way."
"oh!"
The two walked up the bamboo path beside the Fu family's house.
The morning dew had not yet faded, and the soil in the forest was slightly moist. While I could smell the fragrance of soil and bamboo, there was also a faint damp smell floating in my nostrils.
Lu Miao rubbed her nose, and Fu Jingyou reminded her in a low voice:
"Walk carefully."
The path in the bamboo forest is very narrow. There is enough space for one person to pass through, but two people walking side by side cannot fit through.
The terrain sloped from high to low, and Fu Jingyou was worried that she would look around and turn around and fall into the ditch.
Thinking about it, Fu Jingyou sighed slightly, staggered his steps and said:
"You go ahead."
"I don't know the way!"
"Just keep going along the path. I'll tell you where to turn."
This... is fine too!
Lu Miao stumbled forward, brushing past Fu Jingyou.
The distance was too close, and Fu Jingyou retreated unnaturally. With no way to escape, he lost his balance and tilted again and again. Fortunately, he supported himself on a bamboo in time and managed to avoid falling.
The bamboo trunk swayed, causing the tips of the bamboo to rustle. Lu Miao turned around and saw him just standing firm. "What's wrong? I don't think I bumped into you just now?"
"I slipped. It's okay... Let's go, it'll be warm soon."
The two of them picked up their pace again, and Lu Miao hummed softly:
"You told me to be careful, but I think it's you who needs to be paid attention to."
“…”
The cuckoos were calling, "Gugu Gugu." The bamboo forest leaned against the hillside behind. Gradually stepping out of the bamboo forest, Lu Miao found the surroundings somewhat familiar. "A little to the west from here, is that the cornfield I worked in a few days ago?"
Fu Jingyou nodded.
Lu Miao fanned her hands and said, "Your home is really close to the back mountain. It takes me a long time to walk from the educated youth camp to the cornfield."
The weather in May has just started to get warm, the back hills have plenty of sunshine, and wild flowers of various colors can be seen everywhere.
Lu Miao took a deep breath of the refreshing fragrance and ran around more diligently than a hardworking bee. "What kind of flower is this?"
"It's mountain rose."
"What about this?"
"honeysuckle."
“It smells so good!”
Lu Miao stood on tiptoe slightly and put his upturned nose close to the honeysuckle wrapped around the small tree.
In the sunlight, her little face was crystal white, and after her cheeks were reddened by the temperature, the marks of sunburn seemed less obvious.
Lu Miao stood there looking at the flowers, and Fu Jingyou stood in the shadow of the slope looking at her.
"land……"
After staying there for a moment, Fu Jingyou opened and closed his thin lips. Just as he was about to say something, Lu Miao suddenly looked up at him, his smooth little face smiling brightly and energetically. "Fu Xiaoliu, I want a wreath. Can you make one?"
“…”
There were endless problems along the way. Lu Miao asked for a wreath and a bouquet. When they were finally almost there, she became like a lazy snake, complaining about being tired and refusing to move on.
Fu Jingyou couldn't do anything about her, so he sat with her for a while, then got up and broke off a relatively smooth branch from the side of the road.
After removing the extra forked branches, he held one end of the branch and extended the other end to Lu Miao, "Get up, I'll take you away."
“…What good will this do?”
Lu Miao pouted and looked at Fu Jingyou with his hands full of things. She felt embarrassed to delay any longer, so she slowly reached out and grabbed the branch. The next moment, she was pulled up by Fu Jingyou.
"Why is it so far? We've been walking for forty minutes, right?"
Fu Jingyou didn't say anything.
Lu Miao continued, "This land is so far away from the production team. Aren't you worried that people from other production teams will come and steal the harvest?"
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