I am Fugui

Chapter 6 Don't Lie to Fengxia
Boiled sweet potatoes in white water are really not delicious.

But Xu Fugui ate deliciously, especially when he saw the whole family living in the house, his heart was extremely fulfilled.

Unlike the previous life, although the government built a new building for him, and the rice and meat were uninterrupted every day, he still had no appetite.

After eating two sweet potatoes, I was not even half full, and I didn't complain. I just moved to the thatched cottage, and my family didn't have much food.

As for the bag of sweet potatoes in the kitchen, I borrowed it from the Sun family next door.

Just when she was about to put down the rough clay bowl, Mother Xu put the sweet potato from her own bowl into his bowl, "Fugui, eat it, I know you are not full."

Xu Fugui was stunned for a moment, and returned the sweet potatoes, "Mother, you eat, I just woke up, and I don't have much appetite yet."

After finishing speaking, without giving Xu's mother a chance to refuse, she sat in front of the stove and added a piece of firewood to keep warm.

In autumn in mid-September, the evening breeze carried a hint of coolness. He didn't wear much, and the coarse sweater didn't keep him warm.

Father Xu put down the bowl and chopsticks, burped loudly, and thumped his chest vigorously. Jiazhen hurried over with a bowl of water.

After drinking the water, Father Xu swallowed the sweet potatoes, and then said: "Mother, there are fifty catties of polished rice in the bag, where do you put them?"

"Remember, this polished rice is specially bought for Jiazhen, and no one else is allowed to touch it except Jiazhen."

"Father, I won't eat." Jiazhen said in a low voice, her tone was rather stubborn.

Mother Xu responded, took Jiazhen's hand, and patted it lightly.

Father Xu coughed, "If you don't have any vegetables to eat, go to the neighbor's house and buy some. It will definitely be too late to grow by yourself."

"No need, master. When we went to the mountain to look for firewood today, we found some mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms. It seems that there are some wild vegetables, but I don't know if they can be eaten." Changgen interjected.

"As much as there is on the mountain, I can eat it for a few days at most."

Father Xu waved his hand, took off his cloth shoes, took out a piece of yellow paper from inside, and opened it, revealing two flamboyant brush characters—Lease Agreement.

"I lost my family property, but the family has to live on. When I came back, I asked Long Er to rent five acres of land, three acres of dry land, and two acres of paddy fields. Fugui, Laishun, work on this kind of land, It's up to you to do it, I can't do it anymore."

Xu Fugui looked at his somewhat lonely father, and nodded emphatically.

Laishun said happily: "Master, what do you mean, we don't have to go?"

Father Xu put the lease on the stove, "Where are we going? As long as we have a stutter, you and Chang Gen are absolutely indispensable. Of course, if you want to leave, we will not stop you."

Laishun and Changgen waved their hands again and again, looked at each other, and saw joy in each other's eyes.

Jiazhen picked up the lease and looked at it, frowned beautifully, "This Long Er is more ruthless than us, and he wants to take [-]% of the food."

Xu's father narrowed his eyes, "The landlords outside are like this, taking [-]% of the money, unlike our Xu family, who always take [-]% of the money."

Presumably, this is why, even now that the Xu family has lost their property, the people of Xu's village still treat them so respectfully.

"Bastard, come here." Xu's father beckoned, Xu's mother rolled her eyes, and didn't bother to say much.

When Xu Fugui walked up to him, Father Xu took out two silver dollars, thought for a while, and took back one more.

"You take this silver dollar and go to the county seat tomorrow to buy some potato seeds and sweet potato seeds, and some radish and cabbage seeds."

"I'm old and I can't walk anymore. Only you can do these things."

Seeing the mistrust in Xu's father's eyes, Xu Fugui silently took the silver dollar.

Words are pale, no matter how much he says, Xu's father will not believe that he has really reformed himself, and can only take actions to reassure him slowly.

Xu's mother asked: "Fugui, do you know where to buy it? It's near the teahouse in the county seat. If you don't know how much to buy, you can tell the store how many acres of seeds you want."

After finishing speaking, he slapped Xu's father hard on the arm, "You too, how did Fugui do these things before, what if he bought the wrong one and bought too much?"

Xu Fugui smiled, "Mother, even if I don't know how, I can ask others, don't worry."

He had planted the land all his life in his previous life, and he was very familiar with all kinds of activities in the field.

Xu's father stroked the black and white goatee, "Well, he looks a bit in charge, so let's leave it at that."

"Master, I will go with you tomorrow." Lai Shun said immediately.

Xu's father got up, "Laishun, don't go, borrow a hoe tomorrow to turn over the field."

Laishun lowered his head and agreed.

Father Xu stepped out of the house, and Xu Fugui hurriedly followed, "Father, where are you going?"

"Go to the entrance of the village."

"I'll accompany you."

In his previous life, father Xu went to the entrance of the village to squat in a pit, and fell down in an accident and died.

"Fuck me, are you still afraid that I will fall into the dung tank?"

Xu Fugui nodded honestly, and Xu's father immediately bent his finger and gave him a chestnut, "Bastard, you're going to drive me to death."

Xu Fugui laughed, and Xu's father was still in the mood to beat and scold, which showed that his mentality was still good.

Following closely the old man's footsteps, under the guidance of the moonlight, he arrived at the entrance of the village. Father Xu did not shy away from it, and squatted directly on the edge of the tank, moaning and chirping.

Xu Fugui urinated conveniently, but couldn't stand the smell from the dung vat, so he stood under a plum tree in the distance.

All the fruits on the plum tree have been picked, and as the autumn wind blows, the leaves gradually fall, waiting for the next spring to wake it up.

As the evening wind blew, he shrank his neck, broke off a branch, and whipped the trunk boredly.

Xu's father is old and his stomach is weak, and he often has to squat for a long time before he can pull out.

Perhaps it was because of squatting for a long time, the old man's legs were trembling, as if he was about to fall off the edge of the vat at any time, Xu Fugui was terrified and couldn't help asking:

"Father, why don't you use the wooden barrel at home, but the dung tank at the entrance of the village."

Father Xu snorted softly without explaining.

Xu Fugui didn't ask any more questions, and looked up to appreciate the bright moon like a porcelain plate. In the era when there was no pollution by industry, the night sky seemed much clearer.

"Grandpa, your legs are moving again, is it blown by the wind?" Fengxia came running at some time, squatted in front of Father Xu, and asked naively.

Father Xu's face was wrinkled and he hummed.

Fengxia pinched her nose and jumped up, "It stinks to death, Grandpa, you don't think it's dirty."

After finishing speaking, like a sensitive kitten, it jumped up in front of Xu Fugui, opened his hands, and the two dimples at the corners of his mouth were clearly cute.

Picking Fengxia up high, he tapped the tip of her nose, "Sneaking out again, I'm not afraid of falling into the field without seeing the road."

Fengxia put her arms around his neck and laughed, "I can walk in the village with my eyes closed."

Xu Fugui stroked her hair, and said warmly: "Tomorrow, father is going to the county seat. Is there anything Fengxia wants to buy?"

Fengxia tilted her head, pouted her small mouth high, "Father, will you not come back for several days?"

Xu Fugui shook his head sadly, "No, there is Fengxia at home, father wants to come back early to see my family Fengxia."

"Father, you can't lie to Fengxia"

(End of this chapter)