I am Fugui

Chapter 71 Talking to Jiazhen
"It's better to let Fugui be the landlord. When Mr. Xu was still the landlord, we lived a good life." After leaving the threshing ground, some villagers said so, which aroused the approval of others.

The sense of satisfaction comes from comparisons. When the Xu family was the landlord, they didn't feel it. Now that Long Er is the landlord, they even began to miss the days when they were tenants in the Xu family.

evening.

Smoke rose from Xujia Village, and the noise was much less than usual.

"Father, the sky is falling outside." Feng Xia suddenly ran into the kitchen, raised her head and said.

Xu Fugui went out to have a look. The sky was covered with continuous dark clouds and the sky was so dark that it really looked like the sky had fallen.

"boom"

There was a sound of spring thunder, and Fengxia opened her mouth in shock, hugging his calf timidly.

Xu Fugui picked him up, "Fengxia is not afraid, it is Chunlei that strikes from the sky."

Staying in his broad and firm arms, Fengxia asked with peace of mind: "What is Chunlei?"

"When spring comes, God will send out two huge thunderclaps to tell people that spring is coming, so it is called Chunlei."

Feng Xia nodded half-understood, listening to the muffled thunder coming from the sky.

Chunlei is not like Xia Lei's violent and rude, nor is he like Autumn's dull and powerless, Chunlei's voice is very clear, as if it contains the vitality of opening up the world.

A gust of cold wind blew, Xu Fugui pressed Fengxia's icy little face, and a raindrop hit his face suddenly.

Then, as if a chain reaction was triggered, the rain fell from the cloud spreading in the sky.

"It's raining, it's raining, Dad, is this called Chunyu?" Fengxia danced excitedly.

Xu Fugui took two steps back and stood under the eaves, "Yes, this is called spring rain. The private school teacher once taught me a saying that spring rain is more expensive than oil."

"Chunyu is as expensive as oil, don't teach Fengxia badly." Wearing an apron, Jiazhen came out of the kitchen, her hair was coiled up high, her spirits were sharp.

Jiazhen asked, "Mother, do you like Chunyu?"

Jiazhen looked at the rain curtain with a faint smile, "The small building listens to the spring rain all night, and the deep alley sells apricot flowers in the Ming Dynasty. My mother likes rainy days the most, especially sleeping and reading when it rains."

Xu Fugui blinked vigorously, "Jiazhen, what do the previous two lines mean?"

Jiazhen took a funny look, pointed at the heavy rain outside, "That's what it means."

The heavy rain seemed to have completely covered the sun, but after a while, the sky was completely dark, and only two thunderclaps could be heard mixed with the sound of the rain.

Walking into the house, lighting the kerosene lamp, Xu Fugui looked carefully at the roof.

"Fugui, it's time to eat." Mother Xu came over and called him.

Xu Fugui turned his head, "Fortunately, the roof was replaced with new thatch today, otherwise it would definitely leak again after such a heavy rain."

Dinner is very light, the staple food is sweet potato and rice porridge, and the dishes are even simpler, a bowl of small salted cabbage.

Xu Fugui didn't dislike it, he lived this kind of life in his previous life, even worse, so the food was delicious.

However, Xu's father ordered Xu's mother to cook two eggs or duck eggs for Fengxia and Jiazhen. Fengxia was in need of nutrition at this time, and Jiazhen also needed sufficient milk, otherwise Youqing would not have to drink.

"Fugui, why did Long Er ask you to go today?" Father Xu asked casually while drinking the porridge.

Xu Fugui told about the threshing ground, and everyone frowned.

"This Longertu is not a thing." Even the good-tempered Mother Xu also cursed, holding the sweet potato and rice porridge in the bowl, she was a little reluctant to drink it.

Food is becoming more and more precious.

"Mother, don't boil eggs for me in the future, I can feed Youqing to his full."

Before Xu's mother could speak, Xu's father replied without doubt: "Jiazhen, no matter how difficult the family life is, you will always have an egg."

After finishing speaking, he made a rare joke, "I can't let you starve my grandson."

Xu Fugui eased the atmosphere, "That's right, Jiazhen, mother, don't worry, at least we still have a lo mei stall."

Mother Xu put down the bowls and chopsticks, "Fugui, don't think that mother doesn't know anything, I've heard from others that this business is getting harder and harder to do."

"Many people are unwilling to go to the county seat now. Can this business be done well? There are so many taxes and miscellaneous taxes."

Xu Fugui comforted: "Mother, you don't have to worry about what you have and what you don't have. My son is here for everything, and my son will make sure you are full."

Father Xu snorted happily, "That's what a man said."

As soon as they finished speaking, everyone found that the roof began to leak, but there were not many leaks, only a few places where it fell drop by drop.

Finding wooden barrels to catch the rainwater, Xu Fugui memorized the location of the leak, and will make up for it when the weather is fine.

After eating, in order to save kerosene, the family washed the dishes and feet early, and went back to their respective houses to sleep.

The rain outside the window was dripping, Xu Fugui was lying on the bed, with the sweet Fengxia sleeping in the middle, separating him from Jiazhen.

As for Youqing, the child basically didn't cry unless he peed when he was hungry, and had already fallen asleep on the other side of the wall.

"Jiazhen." In the dark night, Xu Fugui called softly.

"Ah."

"How about we talk?"

"say what?"

"Get up first, let's sit and talk slowly."

In order to be able to talk well at night, he specially asked a craftsman in the village to make a bamboo chair, the kind that he could lean his back on.

Xu Fugui sat on the recliner, and Jiazhen sat on her lap. The two began to talk about life and enjoy their two-person world.

This chat lasted until midnight, and finally Jiazhen was so sleepy that they went back to bed and fell asleep hugging each other.

The next day, Xu Fugui woke up with drooping eyelids, yawning constantly, but looking at Jiazhen, she was refreshed and energetic, her skin was like a peeled egg.

Xu's mother glanced at Jiazhen with a half-smile, and greeted them for breakfast without saying anything.

After breakfast, Jiazhen helped him find the clean and decent clothes. Xu Fugui looked at the foggy weather outside and chose to wear straw sandals to the county town, and then changed into cloth shoes when he arrived in the county town.

"Father, are you going to the county seat?" Feng Xia was clever, seeing how he was dressed, it didn't look like he was going to work.

Xu Fugui responded.

Fengxia rolled her eyes, took his hand, made him squat down, then covered his ears with her hand, leaned over and whispered: "I want to eat candied haws."

"Fengxia, what did Mimi say, do you want your father to buy something for you again?" Jiazhen said with a straight face.

"I didn't say anything, I just asked Dad to come back early." Feng Xia straightened her back and said with big clear and innocent eyes.

Xu Fugui patted her on the head, "Okay, Dad must come back soon."

Jiazhen looked at the father and daughter amusedly, took out the raincoat she made two days ago, and asked Fugui to wear it to the county seat.
(End of this chapter)