Ordinary people's rice bowl

Chapter 267
When Xiuhua saw Lao Mu who had returned home, she was shocked!
"Why did you come back empty-handed?" Xiuhua asked with startled eyes.

"If you don't empty your hands, what else can you bring back?"

"Where's the bag you took when you left? Didn't you lose it on the road?"

After being reminded by Jing Xiuhua, she remembered what happened to her today, not only because of Mu Zhen, but more importantly, to visit her relatives. She never thought that she would forget about this matter.

"Look at my brain, when I came here in a hurry, I even forgot my bag at Da'an's house. It's okay, just pick it up after the festival!" Lao Mu said apologetically.

What Lao Mu said didn't convince Xiuhua, even if Lao Mu forgot about the package, wouldn't there be Da'an's family at home?How could they forget?Thinking of this, Xiuhua continued to laugh and said: "You seem to be out of your mind, did you get lost on the road? You still use this joke to fool me!"

Old Mu smiled, but didn't answer immediately.

Seeing Lao Mu's expression, Xiuhua immediately thought that there must be something important for Lao Mu to go to Da'an's house today, so she asked casually, "Did you see Da'an during the New Year's Eve?"

"You can see that too, as if it's written on my face!" Lao Mu felt that Xiuhua in front of him was quite cute, as cute as a spoiled child.

"There is nothing important, you can still come back empty-handed. Last time you drank Ximian, you asked me to ask about Da'an, but I didn't ask. This time you saw Da'an, you must have discussed something!"

"Don't tell me I really forgot, so don't guess. I haven't seen Da'an for a long time. When I saw him today, I had a lot of words on my lips and swallowed them back. So happy, he took me there. Meeting friends in Binhu town, I didn’t bring my schoolbag when I went there, I came back directly from the town, so I can’t let me go to his house again because of this bag, right?” Seeing Xiuhua’s wild guesses, Lao Mu deliberately put an end to her suspicions Firstly, in order to justify himself, he told about going to the town, and secondly, before getting a specific answer from Daan, once he told the truth, he was afraid that Xiuhua would worry and affect his joy of celebrating the festival.

"Isn't this the end!" Xiuhua said, then went on to prepare the food for the festival, kneading the dough on the chopping board.

Although Lao Mu had tricked Xiuhua, he was still worried about Da'an going to Wang Wuzun's house.

Old Mu never reached out to help with housework such as steaming steamed buns, so he took the initiative to come to Mu Bao who was busy doing his homework, and asked, "Where's your brother?"

"He went to the new house after breakfast." Mu Bao said without raising his head.

Lao Mu didn't respond, he picked up the shovel behind the door and was about to go out.

"What are you doing with the shovel?" Xiuhua asked.

"I'm going to turn over the rice seedling fields!" Old Mu Bian responded, and left the house without looking back.

The seedling field is not very close from home, and Lao Mu knew that he said he was going to plow the ground, but he actually wanted to relax and dispel the worry about Daan's meeting with Wang Wuzun.

Standing in the field, Lao Mu waved the shovel nonchalantly, but his eyes never paid attention to the shovel under his feet. He raised his head to look at the big poplar trees on the ground, and finally fixed his eyes on a bird’s nest at the top of the poplar tree. It was the nest called Ma Gazi by the people in his hometown. For so many years, Lao Mu hadn't really paid attention to this kind of bird's nest, but at this time, Lao Mu seemed to be interested in this bird's nest, and stopped to look at it carefully. In the bird's nest, among several tree branches, there are scattered piles of dead branches, which can neither shelter the wind nor the rain. Even under the breeze, it is inevitable to feel erratic. If there is a strong wind, it will suffer. The doom that the building is about to collapse, Lao Mu thinks of the people living in peace, isn't it just like this bird's nest, in the face of danger, they will be in danger at any time?
Suddenly there was a bird song from the sky, pulling Lao Mu back to his thoughts. The bird that caught Lao Mu's eyes was Ma Gazi, maybe it was the bird in the bird's nest. Mu suddenly woke up. Is the sound of this bird conveying some information? Some people say that it is a bird of good news. Unexpected things will happen when you cry out. What is this sound to me today?Old Mu immediately thought: "Could it be that Da'an is here?"

Thinking of this, Lao Mu picked up the shovel and hurried home.

(End of this chapter)