Chapter 74: Guagua Guagua, please help me send it to Nie Baichuan's house, thank you. ...
Xiang Ming did what he said and really took Xiang Chun and Lu Ping to the Lu family.
As to whether it's trouble or something else, I don't know.
Zhou Juhua sighed and called for people to stop them, but no one was willing to stop them.
Are you kidding? They saw the whole process of Xiang Ming beating someone just now clearly. If they had stopped him and got hit on the head twice by the angry person, who would they go to for justice?
Zhou Aihua wanted to stop him, but hesitated again and again. Seeing Xiang Chun leave without looking back, she didn't say anything in the end.
How could she not know that her daughter was really heartbroken this time and didn't even look at them as her parents.
Alas, she looked sad and her heart was bitter.
Xiang Yao watched Xiang Ming leave the yard, and remembered that he started beating people up as soon as he came back. He didn't even drink a sip of water, and he didn't know whether he had eaten lunch or not. After thinking about it, he hurriedly followed him.
"Brother Ming." She chased after him and shouted.
Xiang Ming stopped and turned to ask, "What's wrong? Do you really want to follow?"
Xiang Yao smiled and shook his head: "Of course not."
She walked over and stuffed two large tomatoes into Xiang Ming's hands. "You haven't even had the water yet. Eat these two tomatoes on the way."
Xiang Ming looked at the bright red, juicy tomatoes in his hand and raised his eyebrows: "Wow, these tomatoes are growing well!"
Xiang Yao smiled and said, "Yeah, if you like it, I have some more. Next time you go out, take some with you."
Xiang Ming scratched his cheek and said casually, "I won't go out. I'll just farm at home from now on."
Xiang Yao opened his eyes wide, very surprised. Wasn't Xiang Ming an apprentice? Why didn't he go?
It doesn't look like he has already completed his apprenticeship.
But before she could ask, Xiang Chun couldn't help but pull his brother aside and ask, "Why aren't you going? Isn't it only a short while away?"
Xiang Ming puffed his cheek and said nonchalantly, "That old man is not a good guy. I beat him up and quit."
Xiang Chun: ...
Xiang Yao: ...
Lu Ping: Trembling...
Xiang Yao nodded, believing Xiang Ming's words very much: "Since it's not good there, it's good to come back."
Learning carpentry is certainly a good skill, but in a few years, people's careers will become wider and wider. Carpentry can make money, but not a lot of money, so it is not a pity to give it up.
Xiang Chun originally wanted to talk about his younger brother. Xiang Ming has been like this since he was a child. He likes to solve problems with his fists. Although he always stands on the right side, over time, his reputation has not been so good.
This is already the age for marriage proposals. My family originally thought that if I became a master in the future, I would be able to make furniture for others. At least it would be a plus point and it would be easier to persuade others.
But now Xiang Ming has beaten someone again, and the person he beat was his master. From now on, no good girl will be interested in him.
Alas, it is said that an eldest sister is like a mother. As the eldest sister, she really worries about her younger brother from the bottom of her heart.
But after Xiang Yao said that, she couldn't say anything unpleasant, so she could only comfort him: "It's okay to come back. Things have come to this point, and there is no other way."
Having said that, his eyebrows were still furrowed.
Xiang Ming naturally saw it too, but he said nothing.
He was just like that. Once he made up his mind, no one could say anything. Now that he had already explained it, his elder sister was worried and would inevitably think too much. He couldn't control it and had no choice but to pretend he didn't see it.
Xiang Yao stuffed two more tomatoes into Xiang Chun's hands and waved, breaking the tense atmosphere between the two siblings. "Alright, you guys should go! It's getting late."
Xiang Ming nodded and turned to leave.
On the way, he turned his head to glance at Xiang Chun, who was touching a tomato curiously, and suddenly said, "Did you see where Yao took this thing out from just now?"
Xiang Chun looked up and said "Huh?" and shook his head: "What's wrong?"
Xiang Ming: "It's okay."
He was just curious about where Xiang Yao got such juicy tomatoes.
After all, this little thing is quite rare in Fengxian County.
The place where he was apprenticed was opposite to Xiangjiawan and in the other direction of the county town. When he passed by the county town on his way home, he saw someone selling it secretly.
But I didn't expect that his sister also had them, and there were quite a lot of them.
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Xiang Yao didn't know yet that she had easily taken out a few tomatoes, which immediately aroused Xiang Ming's suspicion.
After seeing off a few people, she did not go into the house, but walked out with her hands behind her back, intending to continue strolling.
Anyway, doing anything would be more comfortable than going home and facing the Xiang family.
The scenery in autumn is not as vibrant as that in spring and summer. Looking at the red and yellow trees on the mountain, and then at the withered yellow rice stalks in the nearby fields, Xiang Yao couldn't help feeling a little melancholy.
Roughly speaking, she has been in this place for more than two months.
These past two months have not been smooth, nor have they been bad. But as time went by, I have actually adapted to the situation.
I got used to having no meat at almost every meal, only oil-free meals that tasted as bad as hot pot water, the filthy toilets and rough straw paper, and even the extremely difficult-to-use menstrual belts...
She picked a piece of dogtail grass and put it in her mouth, feeling a little dazed.
However, in such a short time, she felt that the life before she came here seemed like a lifetime ago, as if it was just a long and imaginative dream, which was sometimes really scary.
The furry tail of the dogtail grass hung on the edge of the red lips, trembling, attracting Xiang Yao's attention.
She took the dogtail grass, slowly rolled it into a small circle, put it on her ring finger, and admired herself in the sun. It looked like a very unique ring.
Ah, this is an era where there is not even a procedure for exchanging wedding rings!
Just as I was sighing aimlessly, I heard a murmur of voices coming from behind a tall straw stack in the distance.
Xiang Yao stopped what he was doing, listened attentively, and couldn't help but want to laugh.
This familiar straw stack is really a gathering place for gossip. The last time I heard Liu Xiaotao and Ding Youzhi from next door expressing their love to each other, it was also in this straw stack!
Unable to hear clearly, Xiang Yao quietly moved closer and couldn't help blinking.
Judging from the voices, the people speaking should be a few little boys, and two of the voices belong to her cousin Xiang Liang, while the other one, she had heard not long ago, was her cousin Li Qiang brought by her aunt today.
When kids of this age get together and discuss things quietly, they often can't hold it in.
Xiang Yao couldn't help frowning after listening to just two sentences, thinking that this judgment was really not wrong. These ten-year-old boys really had nothing good to say!
Li Qiang: "Hurry up and tell me!"
Xiang Liang: "It's not far from the mountain near Fifth Grandma's house. That idiot often goes there alone to pick chestnuts! He has no other relatives at home, so I guess he was picking chestnuts today too."
A young man who was clearly in the process of voice change immediately chimed in, "Yeah, yeah, yeah! I saw him the other day when I went to collect firewood. He was limping and walking really slowly, hehe!"
Li Qiang's voice became excited: "Then let's go now! We'll pretend to be wild boars or wolves and scare him to death, hahahaha!"
Xiang Liang was also very excited and came up with a new idea: "I know there's a trap hole not far from that chestnut forest. How about we drive him into that hole?"
The boy in voice change: "Okay, okay! I think this is good!"
Another voice sounded a little worried at this time: "This is not good. Fu Shazi is so stupid. What if he gets hurt..."
Li Qiang: "What are you afraid of? He's injured, so what? He doesn't even know it was us who did it."
A few people were talking excitedly, completely unaware that someone was standing behind the haystack they were leaning on, and could hear their malicious plan clearly.
Xiang Yao had never expected that the minds of these teenagers were filled with such things deliberately designed to play tricks on people.
The "idiot Fu" they were talking about was actually Fu Lin. She had seen him while wandering around the team. He was a patient with cerebral palsy, but his intelligence was actually normal.
It's just that this person always has a smile on his face, and his personality is probably simple, so he becomes a fool in the eyes of others.
The last time they met on the road, the man greeted her warmly. Although his actions were not coordinated, he was really polite.
Hearing that these people actually came up with such an idea to bully a disabled person, Xiang Yao's face no longer had a trace of smile.
She left quietly without alerting anyone.
If she stood in front of these people, pointed at them and scolded them harshly, they would certainly not dare to take any action today.
However, this method can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause.
Even if they appear obedient on the surface, they are actually not convinced in their hearts.
At another time, it is very likely that such a thing would be done again, and the person who would be hurt would be either Fu Lin or someone else.
So Xiang Yao walked towards the mountain they were talking about, while thinking about what method he could use to achieve a permanent solution.
When she passed by Xiang's house, she went in, took out an axe, and rolled up a cloth bag and threw it into the basket.
The hatchet is for self-defense when going into the mountains. As for the cloth bag and basket, maybe I can use them later to pick up some chestnuts that have escaped the net.
After getting the things, she hurried out again, facing the puzzled looks of her family.
Along the way, she thought of several solutions, but she always felt that something was missing.
It was not until she reached the small chestnut forest and saw a few bees flying on a bush of flowers not far away that she looked at the cloth bag in her hand and finally thought of a great idea.
But before that, she'd better get Fu Lin away.
Fu Lin was indeed looking for chestnuts in the chestnut forest.
He was physically uncoordinated, had difficulty walking, and couldn't do any fine movements with his hands. Even though the brigade took special care of him, he still didn't earn as much as other families throughout the year.
So in his spare time, he would look for a job everywhere. For example, he has been coming to this chestnut forest, which has been picked by people organized by the brigade, frequently recently.
Some chestnuts growing high up fall late, so he usually gets a good harvest every time he comes in.
When Xiang Yao saw him, he was struggling to step on a thorn ball and squatting down to pick the chestnuts inside the thorn ball.
She pretended to be looking for chestnuts as well and walked over calmly.
"Brother Fu, you are picking chestnuts here too." She greeted him warmly.
When Fu Lin heard the sound, he raised his head with difficulty, his forehead covered with sweat.
He smiled innocently, his speech a little unclear: "Yes."
Xiang Yao nodded: "Okay!"
She laughed and said, "I just came back from outside. I thought this path was closer to home, so I took it. Then I remembered there might be some chestnuts to pick here, so I came here, haha."
"Yes, there are still some. This side is deep in the mountains and children don't come here often. I haven't picked up any under the tree over there yet, so there should be some."
Fu Lin pointed to a few trees not far away and said.
Xiang Yao nodded, glanced at Fu Lin's short-sleeved shirt, which was so worn that its original color could no longer be seen, and said casually:
"Brother Fu, I have some peanuts here. They are a bit heavy and I can't lift them anymore. Can you help me carry them to someone's house first? I will give you some peanuts as a reward, okay?" The reason was indeed a bit far-fetched, but she felt that Fu Lin would agree.
Sure enough, Fu Lin agreed without even thinking: "Okay, this little favor is nothing, you don't have to pay me."
Xiang Yao waved, walked over, took out a few handfuls of peanuts from the basket and put them into Fu Lin's basket:
"You have to give. I have gained a lot. You are welcome."
Seeing that she really wanted to give it to him and had already stuffed it into his basket, Fu Lin didn't hesitate and thanked her with a smile. He picked up the basket and asked, "Where are you sending it to?"
Xiang Yao smiled and said, "Please send it to Nie Baichuan's house for me, thank you."
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