Oh oh oh----
There was already some light around.
Lu Qin covered his head with the quilt and lay motionless, then suddenly opened it, lying down with his messy hair, staring at the beams.
There is no light and gorgeous ceiling, nor snow-white painted walls.
There were only dark, plain wooden beams.
In the small courtyard just across the wall, Aunt Zhao shook the freshly washed clothes vigorously twice. When she heard the creaking of the door next door, she naturally looked over there.
The first room behind the wall is where Lu Qin lives.
The young man had just gotten up, and was stretching lazily with his head tilted back. His sleepy black hair shone beautifully in the sunlight, and he had red lips and white teeth, looking like a handsome man.
It will be hard to find air as fresh and natural as the one we have today in the future.
Lu Qin took a deep breath, his mood brightening. Noticing someone looking at him, he glanced over, a smile already creeping onto his face. He waved, "Good morning, Aunt Zhao!"
Aunt Zhao shook the hands holding the clothes, and without shaking off the water, she threw the clothes directly onto the bamboo pole. She hung the remaining clothes to dry in a few seconds and turned back into the house.
His husband, Kong Dahai, patted the dried mud off the soles of his shoes. Seeing her hurried and frightened look, he wondered, "Did you see a ghost?"
Aunt Zhao looked back and thought to herself, I must have seen a ghost. How rare! Lu Qin actually greeted her with a smile on his face. She hadn't seen such a bright smile in many years. When her son was still working in the city, the boy greeted her every day, but ever since Zhuzi retired after getting into trouble two years ago, he would ignore her when they met on the street.
She went to her brother's house yesterday, so she naturally didn't see her carrying Sister Sun back with her own eyes. So when she heard about it from other people, her only thought was that the brat was planning something big.
This kid is cunning from head to toe. He won't do anything without a profit. Only his own family members can't see it.
Not only was she surprised, but Sun Laimei, who was helping to pick vegetables in the kitchen, was also curious, "Why are you up so early today? Are you going out?"
Lu Chunnong added firewood to the stove slowly, and the firelight made her face flush red.
Lu Qin first glanced at his sister and said, "I went to bed early last night, so I won't go out today."
I should say I haven't gone out in the past two days.
This is strange. Ever since Lu Qin graduated from junior high school and couldn't find a job, he has been running out every day. Some people in the brigade described him as: even the wild cats in the brigade are not as wild as him.
Just during the days when Sun Laimei was in the hospital, she never saw Lu Qin at all.
Lu Qin didn't know what his aunt was thinking. He squatted in front of her and offered his hand to help her pick the vegetables.
Sun Laimei quickly spoke up, "Hey, I don't need your help. It's not worth it to get your hands covered in mud with just this little bit of food."
Sun Laimei made radish and garlic, mixed them together, added some sweet potato flour and flour, and kneaded them into balls. She steamed them on the stove and they smelled really good, but it was a pity there was no meat.
Lu Qin has already gotten the hang of it. At least it helps him kill time. He is really bored.
Sun Laimei stared at the top of his dark head. When she looked up, her eyes met her daughter-in-law's. She pursed her lips and gestured for her to look. Perhaps because he wasn't used to doing this kind of work, his movements were a little clumsy. He used too much force and directly threw the mud out. He quickly cleaned it up and picked it up again.
Lu Chunnong withdrew his gaze, opened the lid of the pot and stirred the rice porridge.
The quietness was broken by the voice of a child next door, "Mom."
"I'll do it, I'll do it," without waiting for Lu Chunnong to react, he clapped his hands, stood up and ran away.
Two minutes later, Lu Qin came back carrying Kong Dongdong, who was wrapped up in a ball. He walked to the stove and sat down. The uncle and nephew whispered to each other.
Sun Laimei clapped her hands and put the basin away, then casually asked, "By the way, where did Dongdong fall and hurt his hand? We need to clean up that piece of land so he doesn't fall again next time."
Before, the daughter-in-law only said that the child fell. Besides, the child had a fever at the time, and her mind was more on other things, so she didn't ask in detail.
Lu Qin was holding his nephew's hand and pushing him under the stove, half trying to scare him and making him laugh. When he heard what his aunt said, he subconsciously glanced at his sister, and then his laughter stopped instantly.
He carefully held the child's hand and took a closer look. The skin on the little finger side of the little hand had peeled off and was getting better, but there were probably still bruises and large blue patches.
"Uncle, huhu."
Kong Dongdong saw him looking at his wound, his eyes turned red, he raised his little hand to his mouth, pouted and blew on it.
Meeting his round black eyes, Lu Qin gently held his penis and brought it to his lips and blew twice. For the first time, he felt that the original body was not a human. You know, there is a bump at the door. If you push it a little harder, it will not just be a matter of breaking the skin.
Sitting back with the child in his arms, Lu Qin took the initiative to explain, "Auntie, I made that mistake by being careless."
"ah?"
Sun Laimei opened her mouth to ask how it happened, but suddenly remembered the strange atmosphere between her and her brother in the past few days. She glanced at her daughter-in-law's expression, suppressed her heartache for her grandson, and said dryly, "Be careful next time."
Lu Chunnong was already serving the porridge, and the only sounds in the kitchen were the occasional "ah" sounds of the child.
After finishing two bowls of sweet potato porridge, Lu Qin barely felt full.
The atmosphere at home was a bit strange. Lu Qin said something and then went out with the child in his arms.
In the winter, the small mountain village is bare in the near distance, with only the distant mountains with evergreen trees as the backdrop, making them look lush green. Once the sun comes out, the scenery is quite beautiful.
Kong Dongdong seldom goes out, especially when he is with his uncle. Lying in his uncle's arms, he can't help stretching his head to look around, and his eyes can't hide the excitement.
The uncle and nephew were like new members of a team, looking left and right, feeling a sense of freshness.
"Uncle, have you had breakfast?"
"Auntie, what are you doing?"
"Oh, this is a new dress Auntie is wearing, it looks pretty good."
The sun was shining brightly today, and many people went out, naturally running into the enthusiastic and smiling Lu Qin. It was so early in the morning, and no one could greet his warm face with a cold butt.
There were always one or two people who responded to him and asked a polite question.
Aunt Wu is one of them.
He caught a glimpse of the figure beside him from the corner of his eye. He didn't recognize her at first, so he addressed her as "Auntie," "Hello, Auntie."
As they got closer, Aunt Wu stood closer and looked at him. She saw that the young man had a straight figure, rosy lips, fair skin, and a pair of naturally beautiful eyebrows that were naturally raised.
She walked closer to tease the child and asked, "Have you eaten yet?"
Just talk, why are you getting so close? Lu Qin took two steps back without leaving a trace and said, "Eat it."
"Just eat it. I think this child likes you quite a bit." Aunt Wu suddenly changed the subject.
Lu Qin sighed and smiled, "My child is obedient. Auntie, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
Her gaze made him feel strangely uncomfortable.
After saying this, he took the child and left.
Lu Qin looked back and continued walking towards the large flat area at the foot of the mountain. There were the most children there. He went out mainly to take Kong Dongdong out to play today.
But who could tell him what the hell those jingles were about? Who had been filled with mercury? Who was shameless?
Seven or eight children coaxed together, "Oh oh, the burden is here, the burden is here!"
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, who told you to shout like that?" Lu Qin grabbed a half-grown boy.
Seeing one of their friends being grabbed, the others scattered, "Ah, the burden is hitting someone! Run!"
Seeing the boy in front of him struggling, he almost couldn't catch him, "Why are you running? I won't hit you, I just want to ask who told you to sing like that."
Niu Dan's face flushed from struggling. Hearing this, he slowly stopped and looked at him suspiciously, "You really don't hit anyone?"
"I'm not hitting anyone. I'm holding someone. How could I hit someone?"
After confirming that he was telling the truth, Niu Dan shook his hands and struggled out, while the others slowly and carefully moved back.
Lu Qin looked at him and said, "Okay, now you can finally tell me why you were taught to sing like this, right?"
Niu Dan glanced at him from head to toe, puffing out his belly proudly. "No one taught us, we made it up ourselves. My grandma said that all the idiots are blood-sucking leeches, shameless and worthless, just like you."
Lu Qin dug out memories about Niu Dan's grandmother from his memory, and it seemed that it was also related to his brother-in-law.
At that time, his brother-in-law was considered a promising young man in the team. He dropped out of school in the sixth grade and often sneaked into the county junior high school and climbed over the wall to eavesdrop on classes. This alone showed that his level of knowledge was higher than most of the young people in the team.
Furthermore, although the family was poor, his sister-in-law was tall, strong, and could earn ten centimeters a day, so as long as they were diligent and willing to endure hardships, supporting the family would not be a problem. Niu Dan's grandmother, Jiang Guifen, took a liking to his sister-in-law and wanted to introduce him to a niece from her family.
As a result, his brother-in-law fell in love with his sister who had a child.
In fact, ever since his sister married into the village, she basically didn't hang out with people of her age. That's why almost no one chatted with her on the ox cart yesterday.
Some people are narrow-minded and they will remember some things for a lifetime, just like cow eggs and their milk.
Although what they said in the rhyme was true, he would be the one living in this body from now on, and he didn't want to hear this stuff every time he went out.
He waved his hand, signaling Niu Dan to come over.
There was a look of vigilance in Niu Dan's eyes, and he came over with a look of "What do you want to do?"
"Let me ask you, you said I was a burden and had no future, but do you know what I ate yesterday?"
The child was fooled by him, curiosity written on his face, "What?"
"It's eggs, and we have meatballs for lunch today!" As he said that, he took out the egg he had saved in the morning, peeled the shell slowly and fed it to Kong Dongdong's mouth.
Kong Dongdong cooperated very well and started biting by opening his mouth.
Lu Qin sighed: He is worthy of being my nephew.
"Wow!" The other children had come over at some point and were looking at the child in his arms greedily as he gnawed the egg bite by bite.
Every household has eggs at this time, but most people save them to exchange for money, and occasionally cook a bowl of egg custard to satisfy their cravings. There are also meatballs, and vegetarian meatballs with meat are even more delicious than steamed buns.
Seeing that he had fooled them, he continued, "Do you have eggs to eat? Do you have meatballs to eat? I, a burden, don't have to earn anything I want to eat."
Niu Dan shook his head and looked at Kong Dongdong eating eggs, and suddenly felt that he was right.
"So, being a burden not only means you don't have to work, but you can also eat whatever you want. Let me ask you, is this considered a failure?"
After successfully fooling a large group of people, Lu Qin left with his adopted nephew with his head held high.
When they were out of sight, he stroked the little guy's head and said, "I saved all the eggs from this morning for you to eat."
Kong Dongdong understood part of it and held up the broken egg, "Uncle, eat it!"
Lu Qin was very comforting, "Uncle doesn't want to eat, you can eat it yourself."
After a walk, Lu Qin took the child home.
As soon as she entered the room, Sun Laimei looked her grandson over carefully and felt relieved when she saw that there were no new wounds.
At night, Lu Qin was having dinner and was still regretting that there was no meat in the dumplings, otherwise they would be so delicious according to his Aunt Sun's description. Suddenly, the crying of children was heard in several houses.
Sun Laimei was startled as she held the bowl in her hand. "What's going on outside? Whose child is crying?"
They don't sound like a family.
Lu Qin ate the dumplings and uttered, "I guess the child is disobedient."
"Is that so?" Sun Laimei didn't think much about it. Her eyes fell on her grandson. Seeing him leaning over to eat from his uncle's hand, she couldn't help but smile and said, "Dongdong is getting closer to you now."
Before, I would hide away whenever I saw him. Blood ties are very mysterious.
Lu Qin picked up the small dumpling and clumsily fed it to his mouth, "I'm his uncle."
Children have always been sensitive to adults' emotions. Precisely because Lu Qin is not the original owner, and treats him sincerely, the child can sense it.
Lu Chunnong glanced at him out of the corner of his eye.
Noticing her actions, Lu Qin picked up another one and put it in her sister's bowl, smiling flatteringly, "Sister, you eat too."
Lu Chunnong fiddled with the dumpling, then picked it up and took a small bite under his gaze.
The smile on Lu Qin's face became visibly brighter.
Sun Laimei paid attention to the communication between the two siblings and thought it would be nice if it could always be like this.
I don’t know how long Lu Qin can stay at home.
Someone fetched water and did the heavy work, and her daughter-in-law's complexion improved visibly.
*****
Lu Qin stayed at home obediently for three days and did not go anywhere except going out to fetch water.
However, he met some aunts the next day. They looked at him strangely, with resentment in their eyes.
What did Lu Qin know? He knew nothing, so he greeted her as usual, "Hello, Auntie, Hello, Auntie."
As expected, I received a few cold stares.
Not only was he not bored, he was also very happy because he finally didn't hear the children singing the song about the burden.
He was walking home with his hands in his pockets and chewing some silk grass roots when he realized there was someone in the yard.
Sun Laimei was talking face to face with a middle-aged woman. The woman had her back to the door, so Lu Qin couldn't see her appearance for a while.
Seeing that Sun Laimei's smile was somewhat awkward and embarrassed, he deliberately made a sound with his feet, "Auntie,"
He knew very well that he was not welcome recently. He was about to call the person opposite her and go into the house, but Aunt Wu turned her head when she heard the voice, with a smile on her lips, "Lu Qin is back?"
Recognizing someone, Lu Qin felt a little uneasy for a moment, and nodded, "Yes, I just got back. Auntie, you guys chat, I'll go check the things in the house."
"Your sister just went into the house. I have something to tell you. How about you listen to it?" The speaker was Aunt Wu.
What's going on? No matter how hard he thought about it, within a few seconds, Lu Qin couldn't figure out what was going on with him.
"Don't be anxious. Sit down and listen to me first. It's a good thing." Sun Laimei picked up the bowl and drank a sip of tea to moisten her throat.
Lu Qin didn't want to listen, but he sat down anyway.
Just at this moment, Lu Chunnong also came out and sat directly next to Lu Qin.
Aunt Wu took a quick look at the brother and sister. They looked really alike, the boy was handsome and the girl was beautiful.
"It's just right, Chunnong, you're here too. You should listen too. My son works in a repair shop. There's a director there. He and his wife have a deep affection for each other. They've had a daughter over the years, and now his daughter is old enough, so she's thinking of finding a partner. This girl doesn't have any flaws, but she's very particular about looks. I thought of suggesting that the young men from the nearby brigades aren't as handsome as your Lu Qin, so I wanted to introduce her to someone."
After these words, everyone's expressions changed.
Sun Laimei's thoughts were relatively simple. She wondered, "Why would she, a city girl, look for someone from the countryside?"
"Isn't it just that she values appearance more? She just likes handsome guys. I've been coming back and forth to the countryside in this county, and this is the first time I've seen someone as handsome as Lu Qin."
Aunt Wu didn't tell the truth. She came to the house mainly for her son. There was only one position of deputy director, and as long as she did a good job and the director stood on her son's side, everything would be ready.
Before Lu Qin could speak, Lu Chunnong gently put down the cup and said softly, "Aunt, you haven't said the whole story yet, have you? If that's the case, he only has one daughter. Should he marry her off or marry a son-in-law?"
If you say you have to look good, there must be such a requirement.
I guess the main thing is to find a man who can be satisfied with the marriage. Her brother Lu Qin is just a burden in the eyes of outsiders. He has no relatives or elders who need him to support him in his old age. As long as he has ambitions, he will rely wholeheartedly on the woman's side.
This sentence immediately made the three people present fall into deep thought.
The fog in Lu Qin's mind finally cleared. Great, no wonder. He wasn't sure if his memory had experienced this before, but after searching around, he realized it hadn't.
But, but he is only sixteen years old now! He hasn't even grown any hair yet. Never mind, you can't say he hasn't grown all the hair yet.
Aunt Wu was just admiring her beautiful eyes, but when she heard her question, her face turned red.
"Yes, it's pretty much what you think, but the woman's conditions are really good."
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