dhibooks Chapter 3 Tractor Going to Town
Chapter 3 Tractor Going to Town
"Tut, chug, chug..."
A semi-old tractor is driving hard on a potholed gravel road.The driver Shi Tiezhu sat in the front, and Shi Tiezhu's son Shi Feng, Luo Zixin and Tang Jinrui sat on the back of the car.
Shi Feng and his father Shi Tiezhu went to the town to buy fertilizer, while Luo Zixin hitched a ride to return the books.As for Tang Jinrui, he decisively chose to ride a tractor after seeing Luo Zixin's Erba big bar, because he really couldn't imagine himself riding a big Erba to go shopping.And if Luo Zixin went with him, he could at least ask where the things he wanted to buy were.
Luo Zixin's family has six acres of land, two acres of dry fields and four acres of paddy fields. The paddy fields are all leased to the Shi family, and only the dry fields are reserved for the family to grow. Therefore, his family's farm work is not too much, so he can have some free time after finishing his books. He agreed to help Tang Jinrui lead the way.
When they arrived in the town, Shi Feng and Shi Tiezhu drove the tractor outside the fertilizer station, and Luo Zixin and Tang Jinrui also got off the tractor here.The place where Luo Zixin returned the books was not too far from the chemical fertilizer station, so he planned to walk there.
"If you can finish your work within an hour, come back here. We will leave in about an hour." Shi Feng said.
"Understood Brother Shi Feng."
"Then you go, don't be too late." Shi Feng said and glanced at Tang Jinrui, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that the outsider who bought his house was not a good person.Look at the clothes that Kan Kan wore, a huge skull, bloody as if splashed with red paint underneath, and look down, there are nails on the trousers, it's not too panicky.
"Like it? Give it to you?" Tang Jinrui looked down at his pants and looked at Shi Feng with a smile, but the smile was not so real.He could see that the dark and strong boy on the opposite side didn't think well of him.
"No need." Shi Feng glanced at Luo Zixin again, then turned around and followed Shi Tiezhu into the fertilizer station. His back was so stiff no matter how you looked at it.
Luo Zixin thought about going to the bookstore to return the book first, otherwise it would be too heavy to carry.He said to Tang Jinrui: "There is a shop not far from where I return the book. There are quilts and pillows sold there. Do you want to go?"
"Anything to eat?"
"some."
"Then let's go." Tang Jinrui put his hands in his pockets and followed behind Luo Zixin.He didn't want Luo Zixin to hear the belly groan, so he didn't get too close.The half ham sausage he ate in the morning was of no use at all. He thought that it would not matter if he was hungry for a while, and then he would eat something good when he arrived in the town. He never thought that the tractor was driving on the road for more than an hour and a half.Fortunately, the sound was so loud that it covered up the sorrow in his stomach, otherwise this person would have lost his life.
Tang Jinrui turned on the pedometer on his mobile phone, and he and Luo Zixin walked about two kilometers to the book rental shop that Luo Zixin was talking about.Luo Zixin was going to borrow a few more books after returning the books, and guessing that it would take some time, he pointed Tang Jinrui to a row of restaurants in the southeast direction of the bookstore.
"It's all over there." Luo Zixin withdrew his slender fingers and pointed to the bookstore, "You can come here to find me after you finish eating."
"Which one is delicious?" Tang Jinrui added in his mind after asking, it seemed that none of them were delicious.
"I don't know." Luo Zixin didn't eat there either.In such a place, the money for a meal is enough for him to rent a lot of books, and he is reluctant.
"Okay, then you can pick a family at random, and I'll treat you to a meal. Thank you for coming out and showing me the way. Anyway, it's almost noon, so you return the book first, and we'll go buy quilts later after we finish eating. You can rent the book after you buy it, so you don’t have to carry it around.”
"It's just a way to lead the way, it's not a big deal, you go and eat yours, don't worry about mine."
"Why is it not a big deal? Hurry up, don't argue with me, I'm the most annoying and unfavorable." Tang Jinrui said in his heart that his brother still wants to pick on you, is it reasonable to just go to dinner alone like this?So he grabbed Luo Zixin's arm, half dragged and half dragged the book back, and then got into a restaurant called "Welcome to the Restaurant".
"You, you don't have to be so polite." Luo Zixin flattened his wrinkled sleeves, and frowned slightly with his beautiful brows.
Tang Jinrui looked at the environment in the store, but didn't pay attention to Luo Zixin.The store he entered looked the cleanest and most decent in a row of restaurants, but after entering, he found that the hygienic conditions were really...
The proprietress saw that the man was handsome, the woman...not a woman, but the shorter boy was good-looking and looked like a girl, so she couldn't help but take a second look.
"What do you two little brothers want to eat? My restaurant has the most complete dishes and the best sanitation among all the restaurants around here. My chef is really good at cooking fish. The crucian carp that was delivered this morning is fresh. They are all wild, do you want two of them?"
It was not time for lunch, and there were no other customers in the store. The proprietress thought about how to keep the first table of customers, and tried her best to introduce the signature dishes of the store.
When Tang Jinrui thought about this small place, he guessed it was the same everywhere, so he found a seat and sat down, and said to the proprietress: "Then let's braise two of them in soy sauce, and then serve your four signature dishes in your store, and a bowl of fresh mushroom soup and two of them." A bottle of beer." Turning around, he asked Luo Zixin, "What do you eat?"
Luo Zixin said in his heart that you have ordered so much, how can there be enough to eat, so he said, "I'm not picky about food, and can I finish this?"
Tang Jinrui suddenly found that Luo Zixin was very funny, a little boy who looked like a girl, spoke softly, and seemed to be very good at living. He couldn't help but want to bully him when he saw it, so he laughed and said: "I can't finish eating!" I won't let you go home."
Luo Zixin looked at Tang Jinrui in astonishment.
Tang Jinrui saw that the child's face turned pale with fright, and quickly smiled and said, "You're kidding, you little slender arms and legs, you can't do it even if you stay here to do the dishes."
The proprietress's eyes were very good, and she hurriedly chatted: "No, such a beautiful child is lucky at first glance, so why should I wash the dishes?"
Seeing that the proprietress could talk, Tang Jinrui asked her for another piece of braised pork, and then continued to chat with Luo Zixin: "You told me that you were eighteen years ago, and you belong to the rabbit?"
"Ah."
"Then I'm five years older than you." After Tang Jinrui finished speaking, he saw Luo Zixin rubbing his hands, and couldn't help asking, "Are you afraid of the cold?"
Although the spring breeze is quite cool, it’s already April anyway, so it’s not necessary to rub your hands from time to time while wearing cotton-padded clothes in broad daylight?
"It's a little bit." Luo Zixin's hands froze for a moment, but he didn't rub them any more, but his face didn't look very good.
Tang Jinrui didn't think much about it, he just thought he was cold, so he called the proprietress over and said, "Sister, please ask the chef to make the soup first, my brother is afraid of the cold, let him drink the soup first to warm his body."
The proprietress said: "Oh, I'm sorry, little brother, it must take some effort to make soup. Why don't you drink some hot coconut milk? Almond milk is also fine. We have hot coconut milk and almond milk here."
Tang Jinrui asked Luo Zixin, "Which one do you drink?"
Luo Zixin said no, but Tang Jinrui told the proprietress directly: "Then let's have one of the same and let my brother choose what he likes to drink."
Afraid that he would waste it, Luo Zixin hurriedly said, "No, then I'll drink coconut juice."
The proprietress put down the hot coconut milk and left with a smile. Tang Jinrui started talking to Luo Zixin again.
Although Luo Zixin felt that the two were not familiar with each other, Tang Jinrui didn't look like a bad guy, so he answered everything he could.Later, he took the initiative to ask Tang Jinrui some questions, such as why Tang Jinrui appeared in Sanqiao Village.
"Are you planning to live in Sanqiao Village? I heard from Aunt Miao that you bought her house." Luo Zixin looked at Tang Jinrui with some doubts.He felt that Tang Jinrui should be a child of a rich family, or a very rich one.But why did he suddenly run to the countryside alone?
"My old man asked me to come to the countryside to experience life. He probably thinks that I have a good life. I guess I can live there for a while." Tang Jinrui lit a cigarette and exhaled the smoke, carelessly fiddled with the cigarette case on the table , "What about you? Shouldn't it be time to study when you are so old? Why don't you go to school if you love reading so much?"
"If I go to school, no one will take care of my grandma."
"Where are your parents?"
"..."
Seeing that Luo Zixin didn't answer, Tang Jinrui felt a little strange.But at this time, the proprietress brought up two dishes on a tray at once, "Two little brothers, take your time, the rest of the dishes will be ready soon."
The proprietress didn't notice the strange atmosphere, so she continued to work in the kitchen after she finished speaking.
Tang Jinrui thought that Luo Zixin probably didn't want to talk, so he didn't ask further.He picked in the chopstick holder for a long time, picked out a pair of flat disposable wooden chopsticks and handed them to Luo Zixin, "Eat it, you're welcome."
Luo Zixin took the chopsticks as a thank you, and ate the mixed Flammulina velutipes in small bites. After eating several chopsticks, he could catch up with Tang Jinrui for one.
Tang Jinrui used to eat differently than he does now, but after serving as a soldier, he has become much rougher than before. He often eats food and drinks from bottles.He finished off two taels of rice with a few chopsticks, and asked the proprietress to add another bowl for him.
Luo Zixin ate for a while and stopped eating. After all, he had a small appetite, and besides, he had eaten in the morning, so he was not too hungry at the moment.But Tang Jinrui was probably very hungry. He killed a fish, drank half a bowl of soup, and ate a lot of bits and pieces.Luo Zixin saw him lighting his after-dinner cigarette, so he asked him, "Let's go?"
After paying the bill, Tang Jinrui nodded, "Let's go."
Luo Zixin looked at the remaining dishes on the table, and there were more than two dishes in total. He always felt that it would be a waste to put them there, but after all, he didn't pay the bill, so he couldn't say anything.But Tang Jinrui has never had the habit of eating leftovers since he was a child, let alone packing leftovers, so he didn't think about it at all.
After the two went out, Luo Zixin pointed to the southwest direction and said that there was the largest shopping mall in the town.Tang Jinrui looked in the direction Luo Zixin pointed, and the first thing he saw was a hotel.He was a little hesitant about staying in a hotel, but after looking at the people next to him, he gave up the idea of staying in a hotel and decided to go back to Sanqiao Village.He asked Luo Zixin to lead the way to the largest shopping mall in the town, and fully understood what real bargaining skills were.