Red apricots make spring

Chapter 100
All the way to Meizhuang, the sun had already set. When I got off the car, Rourou once again felt that my bones were about to be knocked apart. Going out to do errands in ancient times is really hard work!It seems that she should resolutely not go out unless necessary in the future.

Wu Tiancai unloaded the cart from the mule, and as soon as he yelled into a broken hut, a woman in her thirties came out with two children who were about six or seven years old. The genius immediately beamed with joy, and shouted: "Brother-in-law!"

Just as she was about to go forward, she saw two strange teenagers standing beside Wu Tiancai in a blink of an eye. He was still muttering: "Uncle! Uncle!" Four dirty little hands with sticky noses touched his body together, and said anxiously: "Did Uncle bring us something delicious?"

"Don't touch, don't touch, it makes me itchy all over." Wu Tiancai slapped off the four little hands one by one, and coaxed them: "Uncle came out to do some business this time, so he didn't bring anything to eat. Next time, next time, definitely Bring it to you, okay?"

"Oh..." The two children were very disappointed, sucking their fingers and walking slowly back to their mother Yang.

"Siblings, where is Youde? Are you not at home?" Wu Tiancai led the Wenrou siblings to the dilapidated hut, looked inside, then pointed to Wenrou and said, "These two have something to discuss with Youde. Go find him."

"At home... there is no rice for the pot... He went out to borrow... Borrowed food..." In front of outsiders, Yang felt a little embarrassed when he talked about his family's predicament, so he couldn't help but lowered his head and whispered: "I've been there for a long time. Now, it's time to come back, you guys...come in first and sit down, I'll pour you a cup of tea."

After driving for a day, Rourou was indeed hungry and thirsty, so she was not polite at the moment, she cupped her hands and said, "Thank you." Then she followed Wu Tiancai into the door, looked around, and saw that there were only three rooms in this hut In the outer room, there was a paint-removed dining table that was blackened by smoke, and next to the dining table was a large earthen kang, on which lay a gray-haired old woman, covered with an old quilt that exposed tattered cotton wool, Seeing them coming in, he half stood up with effort, and smiled at them with his mouth with sparse teeth.

The two children rolled onto the kang bed as soon as they entered the room, leaned against the old woman's arms, sucked their fingers with a smile, and listened to Wu Tiancai greeting the old woman there.

The other two rooms, one is a cramped and dark kitchen, and the other is probably the bedroom of the Mei family. Wen Wen glanced in through the half-raised curtain, and saw that there were only two kangs besides an earthen kang. A dilapidated suitcase, some farm tools in the corner, a broken bench, and no quilt on the kang, only straw and a coarse white cloth.Probably the most precious thing in the whole house is the jade pot and spring bottle with pine, bamboo and plum patterns on the suitcase. Compared with this simple house, it is simply out of place, but the so-called four walls of the house probably look like this .

Wen just looked at it and felt a little miserable. Although his family was poor in the past, at least there were a few pieces of furniture and beds saved by his father when he was alive. This farmer's house really has nothing.Just like this, living at the foot of the emperor, if it is a remote village, I don't know how sad life is!

"Alas!" Seeing them visiting the thatched hut, Wu Tiancai sat down on the bench and sighed to the old woman: "Is the house pawning again? When I came back last time, the jade pot and spring vase that my younger siblings brought to marry us Still a couple!"

"Dang it! Dang it!" The old woman sighed with her lips pursed, "It's been a hard time, and the past two years have been bad. Fortunately, there was a snow in the spring, which means that there will be a good harvest this year. No, there are so many mouths waiting to eat and drink at home, but how come..."

At this time, Mrs. Yang brought out a few old bowls and a pot of tea from the kitchen, poured them one by one, and said apologetically, "There is no good tea at home. After searching for half a day, I only found a handful of old crude tea. Brother-in-law and two Let the guests moisten their throats."

Rourou picked up the water bowl and looked, there were many thin stalks of tea leaves mixed in the cloudy tea soup, but she drank it to the extreme, regardless of good or bad, and poured it all at once, feeling that the tea was just slightly tea-like, not much different from clear water, However, the bowl was clean and there was no smell of oil. Presumably the family would not eat any fishy food for many years.

When she finished drinking tea and put down the bowl, she saw the two snot-nosed children on the kang, just sucking their fingers and looking at her, as if they really wanted to reach out to touch her clothes, and suddenly remembered that she seemed to be carrying a small bag of rice dumpling candy, He waved to them and signaled them to come over.

At this moment, the two children became shy, buried their heads in the arms of their grandmother, and peeked at Wen Rou.They are a man and a woman, but they are wearing very thin clothes, and their buttocks are even more bare. Fortunately, the weather is warm at this time, so they will not be damaged by the cold, but their pitiful appearance also makes people feel sore.

"Come here, sister will give you sweets." Rourou took out a paper bag from her arms, opened it and put it on the table.If she had known that this family was so poor and had children, she should have brought more snacks.

The eyes of the two children lit up when they heard the word candy. In their memory, only their uncle occasionally brought maltose to them twice. Each of them had a small stick of finger thickness, and they were reluctant to eat it all at once. I sucked a little bit, but unfortunately, it was sucked up in less than three days.At this time, they saw amber candies in the tender paper bag, something they had never eaten in their life, and immediately sucked their fingers even more, and were afraid that they would be scolded by their mother if they stretched out their hands to take them. He raised his eyes to look at Mrs. Yang.

Just as Yang was about to say no, she saw that Ruan Ruan had put the candy in their hands, so she could only thank them all, and then scolded the two children: "Save some for your sister, don't eat it all."

Just as he was talking, Mei Youde walked in with a small tattered sack in his left hand and a girl about ten years old in his right hand. Probably this girl was old and finally wore a pair of tattered trousers. When he entered the door, he saw two strangers in the house, he was stunned for a moment, and then he caught a glimpse of Wu Tiancai out of the corner of his eye, and then he smiled and shouted: "Uncle, you are here, father has been talking about you these two days."

"Come on, I've brought you two distinguished guests." Wu Tiancai said, and introduced Wen Wen and Wen Gang to Mei Youde, explaining their purpose of coming.

This Mei Youde looks to be in his 30s, with a very honest face. Hearing that Ruan Wen wanted him to grow peppers and June persimmons, he scratched his head and said naively, "What is that? I've never heard of it before. Neither have they been planted."

Fortunately, Ruan Ruan had memorized the planting methods of pepper and June persimmon in detail. After Mei Youde sat down, he explained it to him carefully. Unexpectedly, the more Mei Youde listened to it, the more delighted he was. In the end, he said very confidently: "If you say this, I can grow this thing!"
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(End of this chapter)