Ruan Xi put away the wine ticket, carried the gourd of wine, and left the old tailor's house in a good mood. The schoolbag on her back was bulging, with three pieces of peach cakes and two books that she had to bring every day.
She still met Ruan Jie on the way back to Fengyan Village, and then the two of them went to find Ling Yao hand in hand.
Ling Yao was also waiting for them at the old place, holding the book he usually read in his hand.
Seeing Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie coming over at about the same time, he put away his books and stood up, sorted out his state and mood, and prepared to continue teaching Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie knowledge.
He himself actually didn't go to school for a few years. After following his parents to Fengming Mountain, he had no school to go to. But he had already finished junior high school when he was in the city, and he taught himself after arriving at Fengming Mountain.
It was easier for him to learn by himself because his parents could teach him.
As long as he didn't understand a certain point of knowledge, he would find his parents, and his parents would always extend more relevant knowledge points, so the knowledge he possessed was not just at the level of junior high school and high school.
But no matter how much knowledge he had, he had never been a teacher, so he taught Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie based on his own feelings. As for whether his teaching method was right or not, and whether he taught well or not, he himself didn't know.
Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie didn't study teaching at all, and they didn't know whether he taught well or not. Of course, it was good to have someone to teach them, and they weren't picky. Anyway, they just stumbled on and learned as much as they could.
For Ruan Jie, the elementary literacy was definitely not a problem.
The three of them sat down by the stone. Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie first memorized a poem they learned yesterday. After they finished memorizing what they learned yesterday, Ling Yao opened the textbook and continued to teach them new content.
Ruan Xi pretended to be very serious and listened carefully to every word Ling Yao said without being distracted.
After finishing learning today's content, she relaxed the expression on her face and relaxed her spirit.
After closing the book, Ruan Xi stood up and stretched her body. Then she went to her schoolbag and took out the brown paper package. She turned to Ling Yao and Ruan Jie and said, "I brought you some delicious food today."
Ruan Jie looked at the brown paper in her hand and asked curiously, "What delicious food?"
Ruan Xi kept it a secret and walked closer to Ling Yao and Ruan Jie, unfolding the brown paper in her hand bit by bit. The fragrance of peach cakes wafted out of the paper package, and the golden crispy cakes with black sesame seeds also appeared in front of her eyes.
Seeing the peach cake wrapped in brown paper, Ruan Jie blinked, holding back her saliva, and looked at Ruan Xi and asked again: "Sister, where did you get the peach cake? This thing is hard to buy, right?"
Ruan Xi smiled and said nothing, picked up the top piece of peach cake and handed it to Ling Yao.
Ling Yao was naturally embarrassed to always eat her food, and each time it was not ordinary and cheap food. But every time he met Ruan Xi's eyes, he couldn't help but obey and stretched out his hand to take it.
Ling Yao took the first piece, Ruan Xi gave the second piece to Ruan Jie, and ate the third piece herself.
Then the three of them sat side by side on the stone, eating the crispy and sweet peach cake together, watching the sun fall lower and lower in the western sky, slowly dyeing the blue sky into a gorgeous color.
After eating half a piece of peach cake, Ruan Xi turned to Ruan Jie and said, "I'm going down the mountain to the commune tomorrow. Do you want to go with me?"
Go to the commune? Ruan Jie was slightly stunned, "Why are you going to the commune suddenly?"
Ruan Xi took a bite of the peach cake, "Master is craving for wine, and asked me to go and get him half a pound of wine. I just want to go to the town for a walk. I'm stuck in this mountain every day. I'm bored to death. Don't you want to go?"
Ruan Jie hesitated for a moment while eating the peach cake, looked at Ruan Xi and nodded slowly, choosing to be honest, "I don't really want to go."
She and Ruan Xi had followed Liu Xinghua to her third aunt's house once before. They walked for two days on the mountain road to the commune. They walked with tears in their eyes and almost died of exhaustion on the road. That taste was really unpleasant, and she will remember it all her life.
If she didn't have to go, she really didn't want to go.
But there are exceptions to everything. She looked at Ruan Xi and said, "But I can go with you."
Ruan Xi shook her head, "No need. If you don't want to go, it will be boring just to accompany me. If you cry and say you don't want to go halfway, I will have to take care of you." Before
Ruan Jie said anything else, Ling Yao suddenly said, "Can I go?"
Ruan Xi turned around and looked at Ling Yao, "Do you want to go?"
Ling Yao nodded, "Yeah."
Ruan Xi smiled at him, "Okay, let's go together."
The sunset fell on the top of the mountain. It was almost time to go home. Ruan Xi, Ruan Jie and Ling Yao got up and packed their things, then caught up with the well-fed pigs and went back to the village together.
They parted ways halfway, Ling Yao hurried the pig back to the stilt house, while Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie returned to their own homes.
Ling Yao arrived home and hurried the pig back to the pen, then went into the house to put down his schoolbag, washed his hands and started cooking. For dinner today, he washed the rice and cooked porridge, on which he stuffed three corn buns, and served some side dishes.
Ling Zhiyuan and Zhou Xueyun came back from work, washed their hands and ate the ready-made food.
After leaving the crowd and returning home, Zhou Xueyun talked more, but Ling Zhiyuan was still basically the quiet one, as if he had said all the words in his life when he was in the city.
But in fact, there was nothing much to say, so they were silent most of the time.
Ling Yao had already adapted to the atmosphere at home, from the previous depression to the current numbness. But recently, there were some different colors in his life, and he couldn't help wanting to get rid of the grayness in his life.
So he put down the bowl after dinner, lowered his eyebrows and said, "Mom, I want to go down the mountain to the commune tomorrow."
Zhou Xueyun was stunned when she heard this, "What are you going to the commune for?"
You know, in the few years since he came to Fengming Mountain, Ling Yao has always been very obedient and has not caused any trouble to them as parents. Not to mention going down the mountain to the far commune, he has never even been to the nearby village.
Ling Yao said, "It's too boring to stay in the mountains. I want to go out for some fresh air and see the outside world."
Zhou Xueyun stared at him and spoke in a gentle voice, "With whom?"
Ling Yao raised his eyes to look at Zhou Xueyun's eyes, and then quickly lowered them without answering.
Zhou Xueyun was silent for a moment, and speculated, "The granddaughter of Secretary Ruan?"
She knew that Ling Yao had only been in contact with such a girl recently. He had carried her back from the valley before, and later the girl gave him eggs and candies. If he was dating someone, it would most likely be with her.
Ling Yao lowered his eyebrows and pursed his lips without saying anything, which was considered as tacit consent.
Zhou Xueyun looked away and looked at the wall made of old wooden boards. She took a deep breath and said in a low, gentle and deep voice: "You are not allowed to go."
Although she spoke softly, she did not allow for rebuttal.
Ling Yao still lowered his brows and said nothing, rubbing his fingers together gently.
Zhou Xueyun retracted her gaze and looked at him for a while, then continued in a soft voice: "How close are you and her? Didn't I tell you not to get too close to the people in the village? There are too many people and too many gossips. You promised me."
Ling Yao raised his eyes to look at her and said after a moment: "I want to go."
Zhou Xueyun frowned instantly and stared into Ling Yao's eyes, "Ling Yao? What did you say?"
Ling Yao's eyes were firm, without any evasion, "She is my only friend here."
"Friend!"
Zhou Xueyun suddenly slammed the table as if stimulated, and said loudly: "Our family has been through so much, do you still believe that there are true friends in this world? There are only friends who stab you in the back!"
Ling Yao confronted Zhou Xueyun, "She is not."
The false composure and false calmness that Zhou Xueyun had worked hard to maintain were about to collapse. She didn't want to lose control in front of Ling Zhiyuan and Ling Yao, so she lowered her eyebrows and bit her lips. When she was about to lose control of her emotions, she stood up and went out.
Ling Zhiyuan put down his chopsticks beside him, took a deep breath, and also stood up and went out.
He walked out the door, down the wooden steps, and followed the back to find Zhou Xueyun.
Zhou Xueyun sat on the stone and felt the evening breeze. Her long hair brushed her cheeks, and her face was calm. All the hardships that could be endured and swallowed in these years have been endured and swallowed. What else can't be digested?
Ling Zhiyuan sat down beside her and accompanied her to enjoy the evening breeze.
It was unknown how long they sat like this before Ling Zhiyuan spoke, saying in a light voice: "Let him go if he wants to. He has not been anywhere for so many years and has been trapped in this place. Let him go out and get some fresh air."
Zhou Xueyun sat there without saying a word, squinting slightly in the evening breeze.
Ling Zhiyuan said again: "He came here with us when he was nine years old. Now he is thirteen years old. Are you really not going to let him interact with anyone in this life and let him stay alone for the rest of his life? Aren't you afraid that he will get sick? He is still a child."
Zhou Xueyun blinked in the wind, and her clenched fingers tightened subconsciously.
She is an adult, she has knowledge, culture and thinking ability, how could she not know how hard Ling Yao's life has been these years. That's her own son, doesn't she feel bad for him, doesn't she want him to live a carefree life?
She's afraid! She doesn't dare!
Ling Zhiyuan reached out and squeezed Zhou Xueyun's hand, trying to make her relax, "It's rare that he has made a friend, he knows better than us whether it's sincere or not, let's not care so much, okay?"
Zhou Xueyun said nothing, put down his hand and got up to leave.
In the four years since he came to Fengming Mountain, this was the first time Ling Yao made Zhou Xueyun angry. At night, lying on a small bed made of wooden boards, listening to the sounds of Ling Zhiyuan and Zhou Xueyun turning over and their breathing, he gradually felt sleepy.
He had no regrets, nor did he reflect on himself. He felt that he should not have been so willful as to want to go down the mountain to the commune. He should not have mentioned going down the mountain to Zhou Xueyun and argued with her when he knew that she would be angry.
He was still determined now - he had to make friends with Ruan Xi.
From the age of nine to now, his life had been gray, so gray that he didn't feel alive at all. He was like a walking corpse, not smiling or talking, and he wouldn't move even if he was bullied or beaten.
It was only when he met Ruan Xi recently that he began to laugh, and his gray life had a different color.
She was like the sun, shining all over, and he felt happy just by looking at her.
He was not very old, but he had endured so much suffering without saying a word, and he had never even shed a tear. This was already more than his age could bear. Deep down in his heart, he longed to live as freely as other people of his age.
Other people of his age only lived in poverty, but he suffered from the inside out.
The wind blew over the roof, and the fat pig turned over. Ling Yao took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
He went to bed late at night, but still got up early the next morning.
Ling Zhiyuan and Zhou Xueyun got up earlier than him. Zhou Xueyun was cooking breakfast by the fire behind the stove, while Ling Zhiyuan was standing outside the chicken coop with a broken porcelain basin to feed the chickens.
Ling Yao rubbed his eyes to wake up, and went to scoop water to wash.
After washing up, they sat down to eat. No one in the family of three spoke. The only sounds on the table were the chopsticks hitting the dishes and the crisp sound of rutabagas being chewed. After dinner, Zhou Xueyun went straight to wash the dishes, and Ling Yao didn't have time to reach out.
Ling Yao felt that Zhou Xueyun should still be angry, but he didn't admit his mistake or apologize.
He turned around and went to his bed to put on his schoolbag, but when he reached the bed, he found something stuffed inside. Doubts flashed through his mind, and he bent down to open the lid of his schoolbag and reached in to take something out.
Just as his fingers touched the things inside, he heard Zhou Xueyun say, "I packed some dry food for you on the road, and some clean clothes. The mountain road is difficult to walk on in some places, so be careful on the road and have fun in the commune."
Ling Yao's fingers froze, and he bent his waist without changing his posture. He turned his head to look at Zhou Xueyun.
Zhou Xueyun put away the washed dishes, picked up the apron to wipe his hands, untied the apron and hung it up, and walked towards Ling Yao. She walked to the bed, picked up the schoolbag, put it on Ling Yao's shoulders herself, and tidied his clothes.
After tidying up, she took a breath softly, her eyes and tone were gentle, "Have fun."
Ling Yao suddenly felt a sudden pain in his heart, and his eyes turned red.
Zhou Xueyun smiled gently, took out another fifty cents and a few grain coupons from her pocket, stuffed them into his hands and said, "My parents are not capable, and there is not much money at home. Keep it and go to the commune to buy some delicious food."
Ling Yao did not take the money, and said in a hoarse voice, "I don't need money."
Zhou Xueyun stuffed the money directly into his clothes pocket, "You go out to play with girls, do you want them to spend money? It's a rare opportunity to go out, so don't think about saving money."
Ling Yao did not take out the money anymore, looked at Zhou Xueyun and said, "Thank you, Mom."
Zhou Xueyun raised her hand and touched his head, "Hurry up."
Ling Yao nodded at her, ran out of the door with his schoolbag on his back, jumped off the stairs and ran away.
Ling Zhiyuan shouted from behind him: "Be careful on the road."
Ling Yao's voice floated on the hillside: "Got it, Dad!"
After breakfast, Ruan Xi also packed dry food and a few clothes in her schoolbag. She had an old military water bottle with peeling paint at home, so she filled it with warm water and put it on her shoulder to carry together.
Liu Xinghua saw her packing these things and asked, "Why are you taking these things to the old tailor's house?"
If his family doesn't give us lunch, then we can just come back to eat. Are we not allowed to drink water?
Ruan Xi didn't say anything in advance about going to the town, and Ruan Jie didn't say anything, so she explained to Liu Xinghua now, "The old tailor is drinking wine, and asked me to go to the commune to get him half a pound of wine. It will take me four or five days to go back and forth?"
Liu Xinghua was stunned when she heard this, and frowned, "Go to the commune?"
"Yeah." Ruan Xi nodded, "It just so happens that I feel bored too, so I want to go down the mountain to play and visit Third Aunt's house. If you have anything to say to Third Aunt, I'll pass it on for you."
Liu Xinghua subconsciously continued, "What do I want to say? Just help me see if she's doing well."
After saying that, she realized that she had taken the wrong line and hurriedly asked, "Will Xiaojie go with you? Why didn't you say so earlier? If you had said so earlier, you could have asked your fifth uncle to take you. You've grown up without any self-esteem." "I've been to the commune before, but the mountain road is not easy to walk on. Is it okay? If not, I'll go to the construction site to find your fifth uncle and ask him to take you. Only then will I
feel more at ease." Ruan Xi held Liu Xinghua, "It's okay. There is only one way to the commune, and you won't get lost. I've been to your third aunt's house with you before, and I remember how to get there. And I'm not alone, someone will accompany me, don't worry."
Liu Xinghua was still worried: "Who is it?"
Ruan Xi said, "The son of the family living in the stilt house."
"The kid from the city?"
"Yes." Ruan Xi nodded.
Liu Xinghua thought for a moment and said, "He has only been here for a few years, he is not as familiar with this mountain as you are."
Ruan Xi smiled at her, "Then he also came here on the mountain road."
Then he patted her hand, "It's okay, I'm fourteen, not four years old, I can definitely find the commune."
Talking more would just waste more time, Ruan Xi didn't intend to chat with Liu Xinghua any more.
She opened her hand and put it in front of Liu Xinghua, smiling and saying, "Grandma, I borrowed half a catty of wine tickets from my master, and planned to bring some wine back for Grandpa to drink, but I don't have any money, so can you..."
Liu Xinghua understood and didn't hesitate, and directly took out a rolled-up plaid handkerchief from her body. She opened the handkerchief and found some banknotes neatly inside. She took out the largest denomination and gave it to Ruan Xi, and then took out a few grain coupons.
Ruan Xi didn't take it, but said, "Why do
you need a dollar? Half a catty of wine is only about 30 cents." Liu Xinghua stuffed the money and bills into her palm, "Don't you want to eat something? It's not easy to go out, buy yourself something delicious. This money is your own money, let it go."
Ruan Xi didn't want to push it back and forth with Liu Xinghua, which would delay it for a while. So she put the money and bills in her pocket, raised her head and kissed Liu Xinghua on the forehead, turned around and walked out with her schoolbag and water bottle.
"Grandma, I'm leaving now."
Liu Xinghua followed her outside and told her loudly, "Be careful on the road."
"Don't worry, it's okay."
Ruan Xi went out and walked down the mountain. When she arrived at the agreed place, Ling Yao was already waiting for her there.
When they saw each other, they smiled subconsciously.
Ruan Xi walked quickly to him and said with a smile, "Have you been waiting for a long time?"
Ling Yao shook his head, "Just waited for a while."
After saying that, he stretched out his hand to Ruan Xi, "I'll carry your schoolbag and water bottle for you."
Ruan Xi looked down at her schoolbag and water bottle, "No, I can carry them myself."
Ling Yao said, "It's a long way to go, I'm afraid you can't handle it, so give it to me."
Seeing that he insisted on carrying it, Ruan Xi compromised and gave him the water bottle.
The two of them carried their schoolbags, walked briskly, bathed in the first rays of morning light, and set out from here, walking farther and farther along the winding mountain road, sometimes hiding in the lush green leaves, and sometimes reappearing on the mountain road.
Ruan Xi did not feel pain at all for the long journey and the rugged mountain road. On the contrary, she was a little excited. Her favorite outdoor sport is mountain climbing, otherwise she would not have accidentally traveled here on the mountain.
Before the time travel, she was very busy at work, and her life was so fast that she had to rush to eat. There were not many opportunities to put down everything in her hands and go out to play. So this trip out of the mountain was a relaxing and pleasant trip for her.
Ling Yao walked up this mountain road four years ago, and her memory was nothing but pain. Because the whole family was sent down here at that time, they were not in the mood to see the scenery on the mountain, so they did not have any good memories.
But this time, as he walked down with Ruan Xi, he was infected by her positive state, and his heart was filled with sunshine. The peaks and rocks, the lush pines and cypresses, and even the terraces dyed red by the sunset glow all became magnificent.
The scenery was picturesque, and his mood became more open. His steps became lighter and lighter, and he didn't feel tired at all.
Without a watch or clock, they didn't care about the time. In their excitement, they didn't feel tired, so they rarely sat down to rest. They waited until the sun rose to the sky and felt a little hungry, so they stopped to eat.
They found a clean stone on the roadside and sat down. Ruan Xi and Ling Yao took down their schoolbags and water bottles and placed them on the stone. Then they took out the dry food in their schoolbags to fill their stomachs.
They tore open the steamed bun and put some salted vegetables in it. It tasted delicious.
As long as you are hungry, everything is delicious.
He choked a little while eating the steamed bun, so he opened the kettle to drink water. Ruan Xi gave the lid of the kettle to Ling Yao, poured water into it and let him drink it. He took the kettle directly and drank directly from the edge of the bottle.
After eating and drinking water, he felt much better. Ruan Xi closed the lid of the kettle, put the kettle aside, and lay down directly on the stone. Her back was pressed against the stone through a thin layer of fabric, and the coolness penetrated into her skin.
She suddenly tilted her head, looked at Ling Yao who was sitting next to her and asked, "Are you tired?"
Ling Yao shook his head, "No."
Ruan Xi couldn't help laughing, "I see you are quite energetic."
Ling Yao was indeed very energetic, and it seemed that he could walk for half a day without stopping.
He really didn't think the mountains were interesting before, but this time he followed Ruan Xi down and found that as long as his mood was different, even the most boring and monotonous, or even painful things, could become very interesting.
Ruan Xi didn't rush to leave after finishing her meal. She lay down for a while to relax, then sat up and chatted with Ling Yao. She asked him, "By the way, what did your mother do when she was in the city?"
Ling Yao said, "She was a doctor in the hospital."
Sure enough, the whole family was not ordinary citizens.
Ruan Xi thought for a while and said, "Then your mother must love your father very much."
In the original body's memory and her own impression, many people at that time tried to distance themselves from all relations, and some even wanted to step on him to prove their position and protect themselves.
But his mother not only did not do so, but also came to Fengming Mountain with him.
Perhaps in her heart, nothing is more important than having a family together.
Ling Yao said "hmm" softly, thinking that there was nothing much to say about her family affairs, and found another topic to ask Ruan Xi: "I heard that your parents haven't been back for a long time, and have always left you in the countryside, right?"
Ruan Xi actually felt that there was nothing much to say about her family affairs, and she rarely mentioned her parents to others. But now that Ling Yao asked, she just nodded and answered: "Yes, I grew up with my grandparents."
Ling Yao looked into Ruan Xi's eyes, "Do you miss them?"
Ruan Xi shook her head, "No, I don't even remember what they look like."
She said these words without any emotion, not to mention her, the original body had no feelings for them, so naturally there would be no different emotions. Anyway, when it comes to mentioning, it's just dad and mom, nothing else.
Ling Yao didn’t really understand, “Since they didn’t come back, why didn’t they take you with them?”
Ruan Xi thought for a moment and said, “At that time, there was no way to take them with us. Anyway, the situation was a bit complicated, and it was delayed. But it’s normal. There are many children in the countryside. Some people don’t want to raise them and give them away, and some are raised by other people. Some men work in the town and it’s not convenient to take them out. Their wives and children are all in the mountains.”
This era is not the society of later times. A family has one or two children. Every family regards giving birth to children, raising children, and educating children as a major matter that cannot be ignored. Several generations of a family revolve around one child.
Now there are many people, and the purpose of raising children is to raise them to survive and grow up.
Ling Yao continued, "Do you have other brothers and sisters?"
Ruan Xi nodded, "Of course."
After thinking for a while, "One sister and brother are not my biological children. They are the children left behind after my father's former squad leader died. The remaining two sisters and two brothers are my biological children, but I have never met any of them."
Ruan Xi felt that there was nothing much to say about this, so she stopped talking, stood up, picked up her schoolbag and said, "Okay, let's go, let's continue to set off, get there early tomorrow, and we can have something delicious."
Ling Yao saw her get up, so he didn't ask any more questions.
He put his schoolbag and water bottle on his back, and continued on the road with Ruan Xi.
The two of them walked or jogged on the mountain path, climbed the stone steps uphill or slid downhill on the pebbles. Their legs were sore from walking so they found a place to sit down and rest for a while. They opened the lid of the kettle and drank some water to catch their breath.
When night fell and the mountains were dark, the two of them had dinner and continued walking for a while.
Ruan Xi and Ling Yao were so sleepy and tired that they stopped to rest.
After resting for a while, Ruan Xi looked around in the moonlight and felt that the surrounding environment was very familiar.
She carefully searched her original memory and remembered that there was a natural hot spring nearby!
This is the only hot spring on Fengming Mountain. The environment is particularly good. The girls on the mountain will make an appointment to come here to take a bath together. Because Fengyan Village is far away from here, Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie rarely come here, but they have been here twice.
Ruan Xi was delighted and pulled Ling Yao away.
Ling Yao staggered and was a little confused, "Don't we need to rest?"
Ruan Xi pulled him forward, her voice clear, "I'll take you to a good place first."
Ling Yao didn't know where she was going to take him, but he knew after walking for a while. Under the moonlight, there was a pool of water at the foot of the mountain. There was a layer of mist on the surface of the water, and there was water flowing down the cliff, like a fairyland.
It was late at night, so there was no one here, and it was quiet with only the sound of flowing water.
Ruan Xi opened her spleen and lungs and took a breath, and told Ling Yao: "You can take a bath here."
The water was running water, and there was a constant flow of water from the cliff, and the water in the pool was clear.
Ling Yao was subconsciously happy to hear that he could take a shower, but he suddenly remembered that Ruan Xi was a girl, and the expression on his face immediately fell. His heart skipped a beat, but he didn't say anything.
Ruan Xi knew his character, so she didn't think much about it and just asked him, "Do you want to shower first or should I?"
Ling Yao subconsciously said humbly, "You should shower first."
After saying that, he turned around and looked around, then turned around with his schoolbag on his back and went behind a protruding rock not far away. He
squatted down behind the rock and had nothing else to do, so he picked a small wild flower at his feet, and then squatted down to pluck the petals.
After plucking one flower, he picked another and continued to pluck one petal
at a time. He didn't know how many wild flowers he had picked while squatting, but someone suddenly patted his shoulder.
Ling Yao was so absorbed in picking wild flowers that he was startled.
He came to his senses, threw away the wild flowers in his hand, stood up, turned to Ruan Xi and said, "You...are you done washing?"
Ruan Xi didn't wash her hair, but she had changed into clean clothes.
She nodded at Ling Yao, "Go quickly."
Ling Yao responded and went downstairs with his schoolbag.
After he left, Ruan Xi lowered her head inadvertently, and saw that the ground under her feet was full of yellow petals of small wild flowers.
The moonlight sprinkled softly, and the shadows were very beautiful, so she spread the clothes she changed directly on the grass, used the rocks next to her to block the wind, and lay down on the clothes to rest.
When Ling Yao came back from taking a bath, she had fallen asleep on the grass.
Ling Yao did not disturb her, and spread out his clothes and lay down one meter away from her. After lying down, he did not fall asleep immediately. He looked at Ruan Xi's face in the light moonlight, with a smile on his lips.
After lying down for a while, he got up again, took off his coat, and carefully covered Ruan Xi's belly.
He also wore a vest inside, and fell asleep like this.
The breeze blew, and the petals on the grass leaves fell, and a few petals fell into the girl's hair.
In the early morning, the first wisp of smoke rose from the mountains, and the small mountain village woke up to the sound of roosters.
As the sky brightened, pots, spoons, bowls and chopsticks collided to create a fireworks life.
After breakfast, Sun Xiaohui put away the bowls and chopsticks, and told Ruan Changgui that she would not go to the production team to work this morning.
Ruan Changgui knew what she was going to do, and without saying much, he carried the farm tools and went to the gathering.
Sun Xiaohui washed the pots and bowls, took off her apron, and went to the main room to take out the eggs she had borrowed for several days. Borrowing eggs is naturally faster than collecting eggs by yourself. Now there is half a basket, and it will not be shabby no matter who you give it to.
After she counted the eggs, she called Ruan Yuejin to her and said to him, "Xiaoxi didn't come back last night. I asked her and she went to the commune. She hasn't been here these few days, so it's a good opportunity for us to find the old tailor to become his apprentice."
She didn't go to work in the morning just to take Ruan Yuejin to the old tailor to become his apprentice.
Ruan Yuejin looked at the half basket of eggs in front of him and said confidently, "Okay."
Sun Xiaohui smiled, took an old basket cloth to fill the mouth of the basket, took Ruan Yuejin's arm and went out.
The mother and son walked side by side to Jinguan Village, talking about becoming his apprentice all the way. Sun Xiaohui was worried, but not much, because she had full confidence in Ruan Yuejin, and her son would definitely not let her down.
What Ruan Xi can accomplish, it must be easier for her son.
Sun Xiaohui was full of wonderful fantasies about Ruan Yuejin's future, all of which were reflected in the smile on her face. For example, she could also eat grapes, peach cakes, chickens, ducks and pigs, get wages, and finally open an enviable tailor shop.
But when she was about to reach the old tailor's house, she suddenly thought of a realistic problem. She suddenly remembered that when she reported Ruan Xi for making a joke, the old tailor stood up to support Ruan Xi.
Then it was very likely that the old tailor had a bad impression of her.
If Ruan Xi said bad things about her in front of the old tailor again, it would be even harder to say what image she had in the old tailor's mind. She felt that she could not take risks, so she quickly stuffed the basket on her arm to Ruan Yuejin.
Ruan Yuejin caught the basket and was a little confused, "What's wrong?"
Sun Xiaohui pulled the corner of his clothes and said, "I'd better not go in with you. I misunderstood Xiaoxi before... Anyway, you can go in by yourself, and don't say whose child you are. You just need to become his disciple. He looks at the person, not the parents and family, when accepting disciples." Ruan Yuejin thought for a while, "Okay then." As he said that, he continued to walk forward with the basket, and after walking a few steps, he suddenly came back and asked Sun anxiously
, "What's the matter?"
Xiaohui: "What if he really doesn't like me? I heard that he says bad things and is very difficult to get along with."
Sun Xiaohui patted his shoulder, "He won't dislike you. That's just his personality and temper. He treats everyone the same. If he really says something bad, just pretend you didn't hear it. Just remember that you can learn the skill."
Ruan Yuejin took a deep breath and nodded, "Okay."
After adjusting his mood, he walked towards the old tailor's house with the basket. When he walked to the gate of the yard and looked inside, he saw the old tailor sitting under the grape trellis in the yard, combing the hair of a big yellow cat with a comb.
While combing his hair, he muttered, "I've been accustomed to living alone for most of my life. I let that girl come over every day, and she changed my habit. Now she suddenly stops coming, and I'm starting to get used to it."
Big Mi: Meow~ (Didn't you ask her to go to the commune to buy wine?)
Ruan Yuejin was standing at the door and didn't hear clearly what the old tailor was muttering. He took a deep breath to adjust his state, cleared his throat and walked into the yard. He walked directly to the old tailor and greeted him, "Good morning, Master Song."
The old tailor did not raise his head, continued to comb Da Mi's hair, and asked, "Do you want to make clothes or alter them?"
Ruan Yuejin answered without beating around the bush, "I don't make clothes or alter them. I want to be your disciple and learn your skills. I want to be a tailor who takes measurements and cuts clothes for people, just like you, and serve the people."
The old tailor still did not raise his head, "I already have an apprentice . "I want to take a hammer, but I won't."
Ruan Yuejin insisted, "I can guarantee that I am more suitable to be a tailor than your current apprentice. She is not cut out to be a tailor at all. In the end, she can only do odd jobs and cannot inherit your craft."
After the old tailor finished combing Da Mi's hair, he raised his head and looked at Ruan Yuejin, his face full of confusion. After a moment, he opened his mouth and said, "Look at you, you look stupid and dumb. Have you ever touched a sewing machine? How dare you come here and fart, saying that you are more suitable to be a tailor than my apprentice?"
"She can't inherit my craft. How can you do that?"
"Ha, get away from me!"
Even if he were twenty years old again, he wouldn't dare to say this!
Ruan Yuejin's face was on fire and his ears turned red after being scolded by the old tailor. He had never been scolded like this before, and he was so angry that he almost broke the handle of the bamboo basket with his fingers.
The old tailor held Da Mi up and glanced at him impatiently: "Are you not leaving yet?"
Ruan Yuejin clenched his fingers and held his breath, but he swallowed his anger and turned around to leave with the basket.
After he walked out of the courtyard, he took even bigger steps, his face full of frustration and anger.
Sun Xiaohui saw him coming out with the basket so quickly with such an ugly look on his face, so she hurried to meet him, and saw that all the eggs in his basket were intact, so she asked anxiously, "What's wrong?"
Ruan Yuejin's breathing was very fluctuating, and he said angrily, "He just has a crappy skill, what's so great about it! He's over 70 years old, and he's never found a wife in his life, and... umm..."
Sun Xiaohui saw that he was talking so much about unpleasant things, so she quickly raised her hand to cover his mouth.
After waiting for a long time for him to shut up, she let go of Ruan Yuejin's mouth and said, "Hey, I told you before I went in, he is just like this, he is the same to everyone, why are you so anxious with him? You won't die if you hear some unpleasant words."
Ruan Yuejin was still breathing heavily, and stuffed the basket into Sun Xiaohui's hand, "I might as well die if I have a man like this as my master! You have to learn this skill, but I won't learn it anyway, I would rather dig a mine!"
After that, he walked straight forward. Sun Xiaohui chased after him, and when she caught up with him, she grabbed his arm and asked him soul-torturing questions, "Are you worse than that girl Xiaoxi? She, a girl, can bear it, but you can't?"
These words touched Ruan Yuejin's nerves. He stood there, gritted his teeth, and slowly suppressed the surging blood.
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