Dashan Orchard 1988

Chapter 145 The Girl and Persimmon by the Ditch

what is love?
Lin Xiuli had a hazy idea.

It's probably two people who are destined to each other. They meet by chance, and then they cherish each other. They experience the life of life together, bit by bit, support each other, and accompany each other until they are gray-haired and buried in the loess. .

But she never shared the idea with anyone.

Because everyone doesn’t understand.

There were almost no people around her who had read.

Even women of her age have only read a few grades of books at most and can barely read a few Chinese characters.

They would not read other books, and they would not share Margaret's unique character, stubbornness and flamboyance with her.

Even they don't understand why Daiyu wants to bury the petals deep in the earth.

Even if they get together, they will only talk about their children, their husbands, and their parents-in-law.

She and they live in the same world, but it is difficult to communicate with each other.

She doesn't blame anyone else for this.

She actually knows that she is the one who is different.

In this remote mountain village, everyone is still trying to survive, and no one wants to be romantic.

It was very strange to have someone like her.

So she kept these thoughts hidden deep in her heart, and she even thought that no one would understand her in her life.

Like other girls, she will find a relatively stable, down-to-earth and capable husband to get married at a certain age, give birth to three or two children, raise her husband and raise the children, and finally die at an old age, looking at the dark roof one night and quietly passing away.

This is probably the life she should probably end up with.

Until she accidentally met Li Muyang.

This person has an aura that is different from ordinary people.

She couldn't tell exactly what was different about him, but she just felt like he understood her.

When the two of them were talking, he would sometimes deliberately bring up some shocking ideas, but Li Muyang seemed to accept them without any reaction.

This surprised and relaxed her.

Over the years, Li Muyang was the only person he fell in love with upon meeting him and wanted to be with him longer.

She just wanted to know how many treasures this man had that she had not yet discovered, and she also wanted to find out where his unusualness came from.

"Okay, then you have to keep your word. You can't wait for me to pass through the door and become the daughter-in-law of the Li family, and then bully me?"

Li Muyang shook his head hastily, "No, how could it be? I will definitely treat you twice as well. Why would I want to bully you..."

"double?"

Lin Xiuli keenly caught the flaw in his words.

"Why double?"

Li Muyang was stunned. His original intention was of course based on the foundation of his previous life. He always thought that if he could get along with his wife again in this life, it would be better than the previous life.

I didn't expect that Lin Xiuli would be able to catch the flaw quickly.

"Oh, Xiu'er, you're just a daughter, you don't know how to pay attention to the influence..."

Fortunately, at this moment, Sun Xinghua just interrupted and broke the awkwardness between the two.

Lin Xiuli smiled and did not continue to ask.

"In this way, since Xiuli also thinks that there is no big problem with the bride price, and we just said that the three major items should be done according to the rules, then the rest is some process matters. Auntie, let's talk in detail?"

"Okay." Sun Xinghua said.

Sister-in-law of the Xue family said with a smile: "These trivial things certainly don't interest these two young people. You can go out for a walk."

"That's okay, Xiu'er, you can take Shepherd out for a walk."

"Very good."

Lin Xiuli stood up and waved to Li Muyang: "Let's go?"

Seeing such a good thing, Li Muyang was naturally happy and followed Lin Xiuli out of the room.

In fact, he had been sitting inside and felt uncomfortable.

Although I knew this was a rule, I still felt uncomfortable with the atmosphere of bargaining for money.

Of course I am happy to be able to come out for some air and be with my wife.

When the two came out, they saw Lin Guangxi and his wife standing at the door talking. Seeing them coming out, they turned and entered the room.

Li Muyang didn't care.

Lin Xiuli saw that he didn't pay attention, so she didn't say anything more.

"Do you want to sit in my room or go out for a walk?"

"Go out and walk around."

Li Muyang wanted to sit in someone else's house, but he didn't think it was appropriate.

This is the 80s after all.

Even in later generations, when going on a blind date, they rarely went into the girl's room to chat.

Lin Xiuli might be just being polite, but he couldn't push her nose in the face.

"Okay, let's go for a walk by the ditch."

"Row."

"Sister, where are you going?"

As soon as he walked out of the gate, a boy rode over on a stick and almost hit Li Muyang.

After "stopping" the car, he wiped the snot from his mouth and asked loudly.

"Oh, I'll go walk around the ditch."

"Then I'll go too."

"What are you going to do? Me and...we are going to do something. You just play at home."

"No, we usually go together. Why can't we go today? You won't let my sister take me, right?"

The boy, who looked about seven or eight years old, had a tiger-like head and a tiger-like head. He pointed a stick at the stranger Li Muyang, and his aura was no less impressive than that of an adult.

"Guangle, if you don't obey me, I won't love you anymore."

Lin Xiuli smiled apologetically at Li Muyang. This was the first time she showed embarrassment.

Li Muyang smiled gently.

Looking at the boy in front of me, I thought to Lin Guangle, it turns out that you had this kind of virtue when you were a child, so you still boast that you have been very sensible since you were a child.

Lin Guangle is Lin Xiuli’s youngest brother.

He is still at home now, and it seems that he has been the doorstep of Lin Xiuli's uncle's house in the past two years.

Li Muyang was not very familiar with him at first.

Later, after getting to know each other gradually, Lin Guangle was already an adult.

This kid is very hardworking. After learning that he had no future, he imitated others and started a small business. He almost lost all his underwear.

Later, I married a wife, who was not a fuel-efficient person. The two of them were lazy and lazy all day long, and their lives were ordinary anyway.

In this way, every time we meet at his mother-in-law's house, he still likes to brag, attributing all his misfortunes to bad luck, and never thinks about his own abilities.

But because they were standing in front of the door, it was difficult for people here to say anything.

The so-called top door means that if a certain family has no sons, and another family happens to have extra sons, they will adopt one son to the one who does not have one, usually at a very young age.

Adopted children are mainly prepared for burial after death.

All burials here are carried out, requiring coffins and portraits to be carried. If you don't have a son, you will be particularly embarrassed and will be laughed at by the village.

Of course, this was the custom in the past. In later generations, there were many people without sons in their families, or even in the same clan, so there were not so many rules.

If there is no son in the family, a nephew or even a cousin will do.

"Be obedient, otherwise sister will be angry."

Lin Guangle saw that something was wrong with the eldest sister's face, so he stopped making trouble, but still glared at Li Muyang fiercely and ran into the yard.

"I'm sorry, my brother is young and ignorant."

"It doesn't matter, kid."

"Let's take the path."

"Okay."

Li Muyang responded and walked towards the north.

Lin Xiuli was stunned and hurriedly took a few steps to catch up, "How did you know to go this way?"

Li Muyang was startled, "Isn't it?"

"Yeah, but how did you know?"

Only then did Li Muyang understand what Lin Xiuli meant.

The Lin family was originally surrounded by land on three sides, but there was a ridge between the two fields in the north. As people came and went, the ridge was trampled into a trail.

If you are not a local, you cannot see the trail hidden in the grass.

Li Muyang's mind raced a few times, "Oh, when I came back, I saw someone walking past here." "So that's it."

Lin Xiuli smiled and did not continue to ask.

Li Muyang was relieved now. He couldn't tell Lin Xiuli that he had walked this trail many times.

"Be careful. There are a lot of cockleburs and thorns in this grass. If you don't pay attention, you can get stuck in your body."

The two walked onto the path.

Lin Xiuli reminded Li Muyang.

Xanthium and thorn are both prickly wild plants.

In the case of cockleburs, there will be cocklebur balls on them. If you are not careful, they will get on people's legs, including clothes and socks.

Ci should be a native dialect, and I don’t know what Li Muyang’s scientific name is.

The leaves of this weed are jagged and can cause cuts if you are not careful.

But in turn, it also has a strong hemostatic function.

As long as the prickly leaves are folded repeatedly and the juice is squeezed out to the bleeding area, the bleeding will be stopped quickly.

These are very common weeds. Li Muyang often walks in the mountains, so of course he is very familiar with them.

But he smiled and expressed his gratitude.

Only then did he notice that Lin Xiuli was wearing a pair of plastic sandals with her toes exposed. Walking on such grass was more dangerous than it was for him.

"Shall we change places?"

Li Muyang pointed to her feet.

Lin Xiuli looked down, shook her head and smiled: "It doesn't matter, the skin on my feet is thick, these things can't hurt me."

"OK then."

The two walked forward side by side, very slowly.

Lin Xiuli is very tall and her sandals have a small heel, so the height difference between her and Li Muyang is almost negligible.

She crossed her hands behind her and walked briskly, looking very relaxed and comfortable.

Li Muyang looked at her profile and couldn't look away anymore.

"Have you been looking at me?"

Lin Xiuli turned her face.

Li Muyang was startled and tried to calm down, "It's hard not to look at her. I've never seen a girl like you."

"Oh, tell me clearly who I am."

"that is……"

Li Muyang thought for a while and didn't know how to describe it.

Then he said: "I can't tell you specifically. Anyway, it's just different. It's different from anything I've encountered before."

"Really?"

"Well, I won't lie to you."

"Oh, I believe you."

Lin Xiuli brushed her wind-tossed hair and said after a moment of silence, "Actually, I think you are too."

"What?"

"You seem to be different from the people around you. In your words, I am just a little different."

"Really?"

"Of course I won't lie to you."

Li Muyang was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing when he saw Lin Xiuli staring at him.

Lin Xiuli also laughed.

"Hey, you said last time that your mother was going to the hospital, has she gone?"

"I have been in the hospital for half a month and will have surgery today."

"what?"

Lin Xiuli stopped and asked in surprise: "Are you having surgery today?"

"Yeah, it's just time to get together."

"Then why are you still here? You should be with your mother in the hospital. You are simply putting the cart before the horse..."

Li Muyang knew that Lin Xiuli was really anxious.

She is such a person.

No matter what happens, you will first want to prevent others from suffering loss and harm.

Personal gains and losses will be considered last.

Li Muyang's current character was also learned from Lin Xiuli in many aspects.

As the couple lives together for a long time, their personalities will subconsciously move closer to each other.

Otherwise, there will be all kinds of conflicts and life will be impossible.

"Isn't this why I'm coming to your house today?"

"How can this be compared? You can come to us sooner or later, but if your mother's surgery is not done on site, she will be uneasy.

Ah, if that’s the case, then your eldest brother didn’t go either…”

"Actually it's fine..."

Li Muyang smiled and said, "We have many brothers and sisters, and there are several hospitals. There is no point in guarding them all. In addition, my mother also strongly urged me to come to your place, otherwise I will not be able to perform the operation with peace of mind. I am not good either. Against my mother's opinion...

Besides..."

"What are you talking about?"

"Besides..." Li Muyang stared into Lin Xiuli's eyes, "Coming to your house today is not unimportant. For me, it is also very, very important."

"You're quite good at talking, but you're a bit glib."

Lin Xiuli smiled and said: "But I still stick to my opinion. In this case, if there is a conflict, your mother's surgery is more important."

“Then you’re right, I actually think so too.

But the rest of the family disagreed.

They all thought that I had finally met a girl I had eyes for, but they couldn't miss it or leave a bad impression.

This doesn't drive me here. "

"Pfft~"

Lin Xiuli was amused again.

"When you say that, you seem very sincere.

Say this to my face.

Aren't you afraid that I'll be unhappy? "

Li Muyang smiled and said: "So you see, being a human being is actually quite difficult. No matter what, some people are unhappy, so I just follow what I think.

All I wanted was to propose marriage first and then go back to see my mother for surgery. "

"Oh, that's it, pretty good."

The two people stepped on the weeds and continued forward, and unknowingly came to the edge of the ditch.

"Sit for a while?"

Lin Xiuli asked.

"Row."

The two of them used grass as cushions and sat on the edge of the ditch looking into the distance.

"I don't know how long they talked about it?"

Li Muyang shook his head, "This is actually similar to negotiating a business deal."

"Well, if you put it that way, aren't we being treated as cargo?"

"Who said no?"

Li Muyang smiled and said: "Look, we are actually no different from an apple or a persimmon. Don't say anything, just wait quietly, and they will discuss the result. Once we have negotiated the price, we will have it." Find out where your heart belongs."

"I recognized."

"I know you don't approve, I'm just saying it."

"You are..."

Lin Xiuli found that Li Muyang was quite glib and not as honest as she had imagined before.

However, how to say.

There seems to be some frankness in his glib tongue.

(End of this chapter)