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Chapter 41 Xiaoye, haven't you bathed yet?

In golden autumn, it is the time when papayas are ripe.

At 02:30 in the afternoon, Shen Shuo and Ye Xingran came out of the room, and Meng Wantang had already cut a plate of homegrown papaya for them.Ye Xingran likes to eat sweet fruits, so he ate several pieces at once. Shen Shuo took a small piece, and didn't do anything else after eating it.

Papaya Village, as its name suggests, is very suitable for growing papaya. In the past, every household in the village would plant some papaya as food or fruit.Because the mountain road in front of the papaya village is rugged and the transportation is inconvenient, basically there is no papaya for sale, so the planting area is not large.

After last year's poverty alleviation policy, Yuncheng sent specialized technicians to investigate, changed the small-area planting of each household to collective large-scale planting, and formulated a poverty alleviation plan for the sale of papaya according to local conditions.

The mountain that Shen Shuo and the others turned over also plans to dig a tunnel under the mountain this year to facilitate the transportation of papayas after they mature.

In the forest behind the village, the newly prepared papaya seedling forest in Papaya Village will take a year to bear fruit for the first time, so at present, Papaya Village mainly sells papaya potted plants. This kind of potted plants are for ornamental purposes. For food, as medicine, it also has the effects of rescue, expectoration, and smoothness.

Ye Xingran was very interested in this kind of potted plant. The village secretary smiled and said, "I can send you a pot if you like it, as long as you don't mind taking the trouble to bring it back."

Ye Xingran shook his head: "Just have a look, I'll go back to school and place an order online."

The village party secretary smiled and thanked him.

Although the current transportation conditions are difficult, the income of the villagers has also been increased by selling potted plants, and many young and middle-aged migrant workers have returned to their hometowns to help.

In the afternoon, Shen Shuo interviewed the village head and secretary, and followed them to the papaya garden where there was a lush grove far away.

The village head said: If it is really sold, our village will be able to get rid of poverty by relying on papaya.

Shen Shuo asked about the difficulties encountered during the cultivation, and Ye Xingran was responsible for taking pictures with the machine.

The machine was heavy, but with only the two of them, Shen Shuo didn't have time to worry about Ye Xingran, so he assigned the tasks one by one.

This afternoon, accompanied by the village head, the two walked every corner of Papaya Village.

Ye Xingran saw a ten-year-old child washing clothes at the door of the house. The girl was thin and small, with dark eyes and curious eyes. She was rubbing the family's clothes on the washing board and looking at them walk over.

Ye Xingran asked, "Don't children go to school?"

Village head: "There is an elementary school in the village, but when the family is too busy, many villagers let their children stay at home to help with something."

"We have to go to a nearby town for junior high school in our village. We have to climb over this mountain. If we want to stay, the family expenses can't afford it. If we don't stay, we have to get up at four or five in the morning. The adults in the family don't worry about the children. Traveling across the mountains alone, few people go out to study.”

Ye Xingran's heart trembled violently twice.

She looked back at the little girl sitting on the threshold and rubbing her clothes vigorously, feeling sorry for her.

Shen Shuo said calmly, "When the road is repaired, it will be much more convenient for children to go to school."

The village head smiled and said: "Of course, the conditions do not allow it now. If it is possible, the adults want the children to read more books. Now when young people come back from outside, they often say that they do not read enough books. It is a disadvantage to be mixed in the society. "

"This year, there are two students in the village who raised funds from the village to send them to the town to study. Their grades are among the top five in their class. If they pass the high school exam, the village will support them. It is an honor for the village to come back and teach. "

Ye Xingran followed Shen Shuo, the camera in her hand was very heavy, and she had to hold it with both hands.

Many children came out of the house barefoot to watch the fun, their dark eyes were full of curiosity about what she was holding.

Today's interview work came to an end, Shen Shuo and Ye Xingran had dinner at the village chief's house.

The lamps in each of these households are made of earthenware cannon lamps, with a hazy yellow halo, unlike in the city, when they are turned on, the night becomes day.

There was no spare room or bed at home, so Ye Xingran was assigned to share a bed with Meng Wantang and her three-year-old child. Meng Wantang's husband went to a neighbor's house to squeeze together, and put the house on the bamboo bed in the living room. Let it go to Shen Shuo.

After dinner, Shen Shuo said he wanted to go for a walk, and Ye Xingran followed.

The night deep in the mountains is peaceful and quiet, without the hustle and bustle of traffic, nor the impetuousness of the lights, only the long sighs of the autumn cicadas, completely integrated into the black world.

Ye Xingran took a flashlight and illuminated the dirt road under his feet. The two of them walked quietly for a while without looking for a topic.

Walking to the papaya seedling forest behind the village, Shen Shuo stopped in his tracks and said in a deep voice, "Let's go, go back and have an early rest."

Back at the village chief's house, when he stepped into the door, he heard the crying of children and Meng Wantang's scolding.

Ye Xingran and Shen Shuo looked at each other and walked in.

After entering the room, I saw Li Zhizhi crying on the ground, holding an opened bag of potato chips in his hand, and Meng Wantang was holding a whip in his hand, pointing at her and preaching.

Ye Xingran knew what was going on at a glance, and walked over to hug Li Zhizhi: "Okay, okay, are you not full for dinner and want to eat potato chips?"

Meng Wantang's expression was not good, and he saw the two people come in and put the whips in their hands behind them, "Xiaoye, I'm really sorry, I didn't keep an eye on her just now."

"What are you looking at me for, and you haven't apologized to Auntie, who told you to take Auntie's things?"

Ye Xingran swallowed, she was already called auntie.

"Auntie, I'm sorry." Li Zhizhi held the potato chips tightly in his hands, as if afraid that Ye Xingran would snatch them away.

Ye Xingran smiled, took out a tissue from his pocket and wiped her tears: "It's okay, but we can take things that don't belong to us with other people's permission in the future, you know?"

"understood."

Ye Xingran stood up: "It's okay, the potato chips were meant to be given to Zhizhi, but I forgot about it after a busy day today."

Meng Wantang couldn't spare her face. She only went to elementary school, and she was about the same age as Ye Xingran, but they already had two completely different lives.

She put away the whip, apologized again, and led her daughter to the kitchen: "I will wash her face, if you want to take a bath, I will boil hot water."

Shen Shuo sat down on the chair, looked down at the phone: "You wash it first."

I did a car ride all afternoon yesterday, and climbed the mountain again this morning. I sweated a lot while carrying the machine in the afternoon. If I don’t take a shower, she won’t be able to sleep at night.

"Then I'll wash it first." Ye Xingran said, and went back to the room where she rested at noon to get her clothes.She was still shocked when she walked in, all the snacks were turned out, her clothes were scattered on the bed, and there was an unfinished packet of spicy food on the underwear, and the oil leaked out.

Ye Xingran walked over, feeling a sweet and spicy smell on her underwear.

The room was not soundproof, and she could hear Li Zhizhi's screams in the kitchen.

Ye Xingran took a deep breath, packed the soiled underwear in a plastic bag, took the clothes and coat and went to the kitchen.

Meng Wantang helped scoop up hot water and brought it to the door of the bathroom.

Ye Xingran's face suddenly changed. Their bathroom is covered by a curtain, there is no door...

As long as the wind blows, the curtain will be blown up.

Seeing her stiff expression, Meng Wantang explained embarrassingly: "Usually I take a shower very late, and there is no light inside. Be careful, don't fall."

"Mom, I want to suck!" Li Zhizhi yelled in the kitchen.

Meng Wantang responded, and smiled at Ye Xingran: "You wash it, my father-in-law is still having a meeting at the secretary's house, and my husband is staying at the second uncle's house next door, there is no one else."

After the words were finished, a dazzling flashlight flashed past Ye Xingran's eyes.

Outside the wall, a bold voice came in: "Xiaoye, you haven't taken a shower yet, it's getting late!"

The light was directly in her eyes, Meng Wantang didn't see Ye Xingran's blushing face, she thought Ye Xingran didn't know who was talking, so she reminded in a low voice: "It's Li Chenglong, you interviewed today, he came back from working outside young people."

(End of this chapter)