Little Farm Among the Clouds

Chapter 15

Lu Mingfang looked straight at Ye Chi.

Ye Chi felt a little joyful and a little anxious, and put out a smile on Shang Lu Mingfang's dark eyes, and used words to cover up his uneasiness: "Brother Fang, when that Brother Hai walked up, there was a rumbling sound, and the ground moved. The house can't hold him, if, if..."

"Go out if you talk any more." Lu Mingfang suddenly said this, without a trace of expression on his face.

Ye Chi opened his mouth wide in shock, then slowly closed it.

Lu Mingfang looked at the TV again and stopped talking.

Ye Chi was silent, and turned his head to watch the TV with Lu Mingfang. Although he had watched Harry Potter, he watched the Mandarin version. He couldn't understand English, and he didn't know what everyone was talking about.

But Lu Mingfang was very absorbed in watching. Grandma Lu said that Lu Mingfang had always been alone, had no friends, neither talked nor laughed, and looked so lonely, so he just, just, just watched TV with Lu Mingfang. Chi Zhen didn't say a word, nor made any sound.

It wasn't until his grandpa called him home that he turned his head to look at Lu Mingfang and said, "Brother Fang, my grandpa called me. I'm going home. I can't watch Harry Potter with you."

Lu Mingfang still ignored Ye Chi.

Ye Chi said: "Thank you for helping me today, if you need my help in the future, just say a word." This "word" was learned from his grandfather, and Ye Chi felt that he used it just right.

But Lu Mingfang still ignored him.

"Brother Fang." Ye Chi said again: "Then, then I'm going home."

Lu Mingfang: "..."

"I'll come and play with you again in a few days."

"..."

"But I have to dig bamboo shoots, sell bamboo shoots, and grow sweet potatoes with my grandfather. I'm so busy. Digging bamboo shoots is exhausting. I'll come back to you in a few days."

"..."

"I am leaving, bye."

Ye Chi opened the door and went out. After talking to Mrs. Lu, he followed Ye Guosheng out of the living room. When he reached the door, he couldn't help but look at the window of the east wing, and saw Lu Mingfang looking this way. Meeting his gaze, Lu Mingfang immediately moved away.

Ye Chi then looked at Ye Guosheng.

Ye Guosheng asked: "What's wrong?"

Ye Chi took Ye Guosheng's hand, walked out of Mrs. Lu's yard, and then asked, "Grandpa, why doesn't Lu Mingfang like to talk?"

Ye Guosheng said, "Because he hasn't recovered from his illness yet."

"Is he sick?" Ye Chi was surprised with a small face.

"Yes."

"What disease?"

"Psychological illness."

"Why are you mentally ill?"

"Because of his parents."

"What happened to his parents?"

"His parents are getting divorced."

Ye Guosheng actually knew very little, probably because before Lu Mingfang's parents got divorced, Lu Mingfang was very happy and very smart, he could learn anything, but when Lu Mingfang was about five years old, Lu Mingfang's father cheated on him, a good family A rift formed overnight, and a third party from both parties was mixed in the rift. The quarrels and abuse gradually caused Lu Mingfang's personality to change, and his parents didn't notice.

When he found out, Lu Mingfang had already stopped talking, and was even irritable, that's why Mrs. Lu brought him to Jingshan Town.This is the rough situation that Ye Guosheng knows, and he doesn't know what happened specifically, so he told Ye Chi in general: "He may not be able to accept it."

Ye Guosheng felt that Ye Chi was still young, so he definitely didn't understand these things, but he heard Ye Chi say next: "I can't accept it because... because he loves his parents, so, so he can't accept it."

Ye Guosheng was taken aback. In fact, adults always think that children don't understand this or that, but imagine if you already have your own thinking when you are very young?

Ye Guosheng thought of when he was six or seven years old, um... At that time he had already worked in the fields, so he couldn't treat Ye Chi like a child too much, and said with a smile: "You are right."

Ye Chi said: "Grandpa, that Lu Mingfang is really pitiful."

Ye Guosheng wanted to say, you are more pitiful than him, at least his parents still care about him, but you... Ye Guosheng didn't say these words, but instead said: "In the future, if he is willing to play with you and not bully you, You just play with him."

Ye Chi raised his head and said, "He didn't bully me, he even beat Yanbo for me."

Ye Guosheng said: "Then you play with him."

"Well, when he is willing to play with me, I will take him to sell bamboo shoots, take him up the mountain to plant peanuts, sweet potatoes, and apples, and go to school with him."

"Row."

"It's decided."

"Okay, that's the decision."

"Grandpa, shall we plant sweet potatoes at night?"

"Stop planting, go back and cook rice to eat."

"Is it the rice from the captain?"

"Yes."

"That must be delicious."

"You won't know until you cook it."

The grandpa and grandson walked towards their own small yard while talking to each other. As soon as they entered the yard, Ye Guosheng began to wash his hands and cook. He washed the rice twice, put it in the ground pot, and let Yechi light the fire.

Ye Guosheng was going to cook some delicious dishes, so he found Chinese cabbage and radishes in the cellar, and wanted to reward Ye Chi with all the meat dishes, but he found that he had eaten all the meat that he bought during the Chinese New Year.

Since Yechi came here, he has eaten a meal of meat dishes, but this child has never been picky eaters. Ye Guosheng looked at Yechi who was sitting in front of the stove, teasing Dahei while lighting the fire. He was small and obedient, and felt a little sorry , walked up to Yechi and said: "Yechi, how about frying cabbage and shredded radish at night?"

Ye Chi said: "Okay!"

"No meat."

"If you don't have meat, don't eat meat." Ye Chi didn't think it was a big deal.

"Okay, tomorrow when grandpa sells bamboo shoots, he will cut a catty of pork and cook it in soy sauce."

"it is good."

Ye Chi agreed very simply.

Ye Guosheng also felt at ease. He took the cabbage and radishes and began to wash and cut them. After a while, the grandpa and grandson were sitting in front of the chopping board. Ye Chi was very hungry. The cabbage and radishes were delicious. Ye Guosheng looked relieved. He thought about digging up more bamboo shoots as soon as possible, lest the bamboo shoots grow old, sell them for more money, and then buy some delicious food for Ye Chi to eat, so that the child will gain weight.

Just as he was thinking, a shout came from outside the door.

"Brother Ye."

At this time, night had fallen, and Ye Guosheng's eyes were not very good. After hearing the sound, he squinted his eyes and looked out of the courtyard, asking, "Who is it?"

Ye Chi supported the small bowl with his small hand and said, "Grandpa, it's Grandma Lu."

"Is it your grandma Lu?"

"Well, I'll open the door."

Ye Chi put the small bowl on the chopping board, ran out to open the door for Mrs. Lu, and then dragged Mrs. Lu to the kitchen. Mrs. Lu was holding a three-layer lunch box with a smile on her face.

Ye Guosheng asked: "His aunt, what are you doing?"

Mrs. Lu put the lunch box on Ye Guosheng's chopping board, and took out a bowl of braised pork ribs, a bowl of steamed eggs, and a bowl of small glutinous rice balls. The aroma immediately wafted into Ye Chi's nose, and Ye Chi's eyes lit up, which was very obvious. Swallowing his saliva, he raised his face to look at Ye Guosheng under control.

Ye Guosheng asked: "His aunt, what do you mean?"

The old lady Lu said, "I'm here to thank Xiaoyechi."

"what happened?"

"My eldest grandson, Ming Fang, talked to his grandfather today, and made his grandfather very happy. He knew it was Xiaoyechi's role, and asked me to give him food. I don't know what Xiaoyechi likes to eat, so I just I made a few things that Ming Fang likes to eat, let him taste them first, and let him tell me what he likes to eat later.”

Ye Guosheng asked confusedly: "Ye Chi didn't do anything?"

The old lady Lu said: "Xiaoyechi watched TV with Mingfang."

"Just watch TV with you."

"Brother Ye." The old lady Lu said, "You don't know. Ever since his parents made a fuss, our family Mingfang doesn't like to get along with people. He doesn't care about anyone except that big flowered dog. Me and his grandpa I was afraid that the child would be out of order, but I didn't expect Xiao Yechi to watch TV with him, just now his grandfather came back from outside and talked to him, but he ignored him."

Mrs. Lu was very happy.

Ye Guosheng looked at his cute little grandson, who is equivalent to the big flower dog of the Lu family?No, it's my little grandson who treats Lu Mingfang like a black man.

The old lady Lu didn't know what Ye Guosheng was thinking, so she happily said to Ye Guosheng: "Brother Ye, let your Xiaoyechi play with us more in the future, okay?"

Ye Guosheng readily agreed: "Okay, okay, Ye Chi doesn't have any friends here."

"Then thank you, Brother Ye."

"Too polite."

"Give these dishes to Yechi."

"you are too polite."

"It's nothing, if Ye Chi likes to eat, I will make it for him often in the future."

Ye Chi swallowed silently, turned his eyes to glance at the ribs, and licked his small mouth again, just in time to be seen by Mrs. Lu and Ye Guosheng. The two old people were very happy. In the end, Ye Guosheng also accepted it.

Only then did Mrs. Lu say, "Then I'll go first."

Ye Guosheng said, "I'll see you off."

"No, no, you are so old, don't wander around at night." Mrs. Lu and Ye Guosheng said, stepped out of the kitchen, walked to the gate of the courtyard, turned back and said, "Look My brain has forgotten the most important thing."

Ye Chi, who was about to gnaw on the ribs, heard that Mrs. Lu had come back, and quickly put down his chopsticks, rubbed his little hands against the hem of his trousers, stood up with his grandfather, and greeted Mrs. Lu again.

The old lady Lu asked: "Brother Ye, have you sold out your bamboo shoots?"

Ye Guosheng said, "No."

Mrs. Lu asked, "Is there much left?"

"A lot of them are on the mountain. I don't know how much. I have to dig slowly."

The old lady Lu didn't know anything about planting, so she asked, "Then can you dig it? I heard that bamboo shoots grow very fast. If it rains, most of the bamboo shoots will grow into bamboo, right?"

"Yeah, so I have to dig fast."

"That's fine, I'll let them dig by themselves tomorrow."

"Who?" Ye Guosheng didn't understand what Old Madam Lu meant.

Mrs. Lu said: "The one who wants to buy your bamboo shoots."

Ye Guosheng asked again: "Who wants to buy my bamboo shoots?"

"Ming Fang asked his grandfather to contact you."

"Ming Fang?"

Ye Guosheng was stunned.

Ye Chi was extremely surprised.