The prelude to liking someone is curiosity
The boys said nothing and smiled shyly.
Jiang Lin looked at them, hesitating to speak, and said jokingly: "Didn't you say that Brother Pei Xu is very good at studying and is your idol?"
Pei Chen raised his little hand and said timidly: "My aunts said that Brother Pei Xu is a doctor and cannot go home. He has to go to Beijing to make a lot of money."
Pei Xu smiled and said to them: "Be an honest child, what else did they say?"
The honest child said, "Grandma and the aunts said that Brother Pei Xu read too much." He held his head with both hands to prevent being hit, "He has become stupid because of reading too much."
“Hahahahahahaha.” Jiang Lin slapped his thigh with laughter, “I’ll give it 10,086 likes.”
Pei Xu gave him a stabbing look, and Jiang Lin immediately stopped smiling and pretended to criticize them: "That's too much. You guys don't even stand up for your idol."
The sun was blazing, but the December wind was a little milder, and the sugarcane cutting business was still in full swing. Jiang Lin grinned and said, "Grandma Zhang, you're so amazing! You've already cut three bundles in such a short time."
Grandma Zhang put down the knife and walked over. She leaned over and tried to pick up one end to help Jiang Lin carry it on his shoulder. He hurriedly called out to stop: "Grandma, I can do it myself." As he spoke, Jiang Lin carried a large bundle of sugarcane.
Grandma Zhang said kindly, "Xiao Jiang, thank you for your hard work. If you didn't help me..." She coughed several times and her face turned slightly red.
Jiang Lin reminded her, "Grandma, I heard you coughing a few days ago. You should go see a doctor if you have a cold."
"Okay, I'll go to the clinic and get some medicine."
The setting sun hung on the top of the western mountain, casting faint shadows through the leaftops of the banyan trees.
Electronic scales were measuring the harvest. Fruit vendors in the villages parked their tricycles under the big banyan tree. The loudspeakers on the front of the tricycles kept playing: "Tangzhou oranges are 10 yuan for three catties, and bananas are 2 yuan per catty."
The children tugged at the corners of their grandparents' clothes, crossed their legs and swung back and forth, stuck out their tongues playfully, and their cute desire to eat the fruit was clearly revealed.
The bright yellow tangerines are piled in bamboo baskets, like a golden hill, dotted with the remaining branches and leaves. The yellow is sprinkled with a touch of green, which is very eye-catching. The children climb on the edge of the frame, following the adults' hands as they select the good tangerines and put them into the bags one by one.
The boss looked at the scale and said cheerfully: "Exactly 10 yuan!"
The children reached into the bag and happily shared the sweet tangerines.
Jiang Lin held up his mobile phone to record this moment, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.
A touch of yellow appeared in the camera, "Xiao Jiang, have some tangerines, they are so sweet." The grandmothers held the tangerines and stuffed them into his hands.
Jiang Lin peeled one and ate it in one bite. His eyes were full of stars and he gave the grandmothers a thumbs up, "Local tangerines are fresher and sweeter."
Seeing that he liked them, the grandmothers quickly stuffed a few more for him and said, "Xiao Jiang, you've worked hard during this period."
Grandma Song was talking and laughing with everyone excitedly: "It was Xiao Jiang's first day cutting sugar cane. I was trembling when I saw him passing by. He didn't even know how to hold the knife. I was afraid he would cut his feet. Now he is a skilled worker."
"Hahahaha." The grandmothers looked at him with smiles. "Not only that, Xiao Jiang was trembling as he walked on the ridge of the field on his first day carrying sugarcane, like he was crossing a single-plank bridge, with his mouth open and his face wrinkled. The sugarcane had grown teeth on his shoulders and could bite people."
The grandmas laughed even more happily. Jiang Lin said a little embarrassedly: "Grandma, why are you exposing my past?"
"I'm sorry, Xiao Jiang."
Pei Xu received the money for the sugar cane, walked over leisurely with his hands in his pockets, and complained: "The grandmas don't love me anymore. They only give me Xiaojiang tangerines and don't let me eat them. Xu has fallen out of favor."
Grandma Alan smiled and patted his arm, "You're so old, and you're still jealous. You have everything." As she said that, she stuffed a few tangerines into his hand.
Several grandmothers also stuffed some into his hands. Pei Xu couldn't hold them all in his hands and stuffed them into his arms. Jiang Lin took the opportunity to take a few away, "Little Pei has worked too hard. I'll help him share some."
The boss was about to start the tricycle, but before Grandma Zhang could count the money again, she waved her hand and said anxiously, "Wait a minute, I want to buy it."
After she finished speaking, she coughed rapidly. Jiang Lin looked in the direction of the sound and saw Grandma Zhang bending over with her hands on her knees, coughing.
"Grandma Zhang." Jiang Lin went over and patted her back to relieve her cough.
Grandma Zhang's saliva was hanging in the air, and Pei Xu quickly took out a tissue from his pocket and handed it to her.
After a while, Grandma Zhang recovered and straightened up. She saw that the boss had already left on his tricycle, and she stamped her feet in anxiety.
Jiang Lin saw that she was a little anxious and asked, "Grandma Zhang, what's wrong?"
Grandma Zhang said regretfully: "The fruit seller has left, and I wanted to buy you some bananas."
The warm and tender words touched the softest part of his heart, and Jiang Lin was a little at a loss for a moment.
Pei Xu nudged him with his elbow, "Are you stupid?"
"It doesn't matter. Next time he comes, I will hold him back and not let him leave. I'll sit next to him and eat while waiting for you to pay." Jiang Lin said jokingly, putting his arm around her shoulders.
Pei Xu was on the side, cooperating: "Grandma, if the boss doesn't wait for you, I'll squat at the entrance of the village with a hoe to stop him."
Grandma Zhang coughed twice and said with a smile: "You guys are just talking nonsense, you only know how to make Grandma happy."
"Grandma, I am being honest." Jiang Lin pointed at Pei Xu, "It is Pei Xu who is good at talking and can only deceive people. Girls from the upper and lower villages are almost lining up to visit his house."
Grandma Zhang said in surprise: "Really?" She turned to look at Pei Xu, "It's better to get married early, have a few children and make a fortune."
Jiang Lin smiled quietly but said nothing. Pei Xu fanned the flames: "Grandma, if you don't introduce a girlfriend to Xiao Jiang, he will return to Beijing next June after filming the show."
Grandma Zhang's smile gradually disappeared: "Xiao Jiang is a big star, he will return to Beijing sooner or later."
Jiang Lin tried to ease the atmosphere and said, "Grandma, that's not necessarily the case. I'll find a local partner and settle down in Peijia Village. I'll bring my partner to your house for meals every day. Please don't think I'm annoying."
"Don't bother me, don't bother me. Grandma welcomes you to have dinner anytime." After saying that, she coughed several times in succession.
Cloud shadows passed low. Jiang Lin curled up in bed and watched short videos on his mobile app. He frowned. "Three Vlogs only got a few dozen likes and more than ten comments. Is this show really going to go viral?"
He scrolled through the comments section.
"Are all the young men who farm at home so good-looking now?"
The reply below: "The handsome guy should be a self-media blogger, but for his looks, I will definitely follow him."
Jiang Lin said proudly: "I have been rustic before, but I have never been ugly. After entering the village, I am still the most handsome boy in the whole village. Who else can be the village grass of Peijia Village but me?"
Pei Xu's face suddenly appeared in his mind.
The bathroom was filled with mist, the collar of the dark blue bathrobe was slightly open, the tight chest muscles rose and fell slightly with breathing, and the clear clavicle line was above, enough to challenge the competition of holding the clavicle against the coin. Pei Xu wiped his hair casually with a towel in one hand, looked down, and said with relief: "The LV slippers given by Master Jiang are finally not dyed."
The comments section suddenly changed its tone, "Brother, one person wrote in blood to ask for a sunscreen brand."
"I have fair skin, so I won't get tanned." He boasted, but his fingers honestly tapped: "Lancôme sunscreen."
It's not easy to attract fans, and it's even harder to keep them. Jiang Lin sighed: "With such a bad traffic, none of my former fans have watched my videos, or have they all left?"
The green of the sugarcane field gradually disappeared, revealing a light brown surface. Jiang Lin shouted excitedly with a loudspeaker: "Fellow villagers, we are about to win! Come on!"
Pei Xu handed him half a peeled sugar cane and said, "My family has two plots of sugar cane growing well. Do you want to go to town together to sell sugar cane someday?"
When the cane reached his lips, Jiang Lin stopped and refused: "I won't go. I'm too shy to do this."
Pei Xu was stunned: "Are you shy?"
"What's the matter with you looking so doubtful?"
Pei Xu raised his hand, with his fingers slightly bent into a semicircle and placed against the side seam of his pants. He leaned forward slightly, showing a standard smile, and said cutely and cheerfully: "Hello everyone, I am individual trainee No. 86 Jiang Lin."
Familiar memories came back to him, and those days of progress seemed like yesterday. Jiang Lin had a bad feeling, but when he reacted.
Pei Xu raised her hand to her cheek and made a heart shape, her voice rising: "Please take care of me, I love you~"
Jiang Lin stretched out his hand to stop him, and the moment his fingertips touched the back of his hand, his palm also pressed tightly against it.
Pei Xu's movements suddenly froze, and she felt the warmth of his hand, and could even feel the beating of his pulse.
The air was silent for a few seconds.
Pei Xu's fingertips trembled slightly, and he wanted to pull away, but he just curled up.
The breeze ruffled their hair, bringing a bit of coolness, but the warmth in their palms seemed to grow even hotter. Jiang Lin sensed the subtle atmosphere between them, but he didn't let go, instead he held on tighter, as if not allowing the warmth to dissipate.
"Dr. Pei, you are exposing me." Jiang Lin said in a low voice with a hint of teasing.
The warmth made people lose their composure, and Pei Xu immediately pulled his hand away. Then he said calmly: "I searched your Baidu Encyclopedia and accidentally clicked on the video related to the entry, and read the high-definition black history of Jiang Dingliu."
"Yeah~ That means you are curious about me." Jiang Lin took a step back and said behind him.
“Everyone has a curious mind.”
"But the prelude to a person liking someone is interest in and curiosity about his past." Jiang Lin changed his voice.
The low cannon voice made Pei Xu take two steps forward, "If you were a girl with this face, maybe I would really like you." Pei Xu turned and looked at him, with his hands casually in his pockets, and said nonchalantly: "But can Jiang Dingliu go to Thailand for me and change his gender?"
"Tsk tsk tsk, so you like this." Jiang Lin said with a slightly disdainful tone.
Pei Xu asked seriously: "Are you going or not?"
Jiang Lin turned around and walked towards the ridge of the field. "No, I'm not satisfied with Dr. Pei's attitude."
Pei Xu followed closely behind, "How about I put up a banner for you? The kind with yellow characters on a red background and in bold capital letters."
"I'm already very popular, I don't need Dr. Pei to market for me."
"I'll treat you to cake."
Jiang Lin waved his hand upwards: "I'll think about it."
It was pitch dark, and the big yellow dog was curled up in a straw nest at the door, its upward belly rising and falling slightly.
Jiang Lin, wearing a coat, gritted his teeth and whispered in the yard: "Pei Xu, do you know what time it is now?"
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