Eat in Song Dynasty

Chapter 348 Tang Li
The next day, at noon.
"Hey, what are you doing? I called you a few times and no one responded."

Wen Shu looked up from the desk in a daze, only to see that Wang Ling had come to her window at some point.

"Why are you here?" She asked blankly.

The strange feeling of dying last night made her feel lingering, and she even stayed up all night, only feeling a little sleepy in the morning.

"I'm calling you to pick pears!" Wang Ling put her hands on the window sill, leaned close to her and said, "Didn't you always be the most active in previous years, this year I waited at home for a whole day, but I didn't see you looking for it, so I had to come here by myself." .”

Only then did Wen Shu realize, "Yes, I forgot if you didn't mention it." She got up suddenly and walked out the door, "Wait a minute, I'll wash my face and go with you."

After a while, the two left Wen's house hand in hand, and went straight to the east end of the alley.

The Tangli tree they were talking about grew in Li’s house, which was two alleys away. The man of the Li family was out for business in his early years, but was robbed by mountain bandits and died at a young age.

It didn't take long for his wife to remarry, leaving Li Dalang's mother over fifty and his son under three years old alone.

The Tangli tree of the Li family was planted in the southwest corner of the yard. It was tall and lush, with half of its branches sticking out of the wall.The fruit that sticks out of the wall naturally benefits the children nearby.

Mrs. Li is kind and never says anything to children or adults who are picking fruit outside the wall, but her dog is not easy to mess with.When Jufan heard the movement, he would bark for a while, and sometimes even rush out to bite if the door was not closed.

Because of this, few people dared to come to Li's house to pick pears, and even passed by his house.

This is also the reason why Wang Ling didn't dare to pick pears alone, but Wen Shu is a fearless character.

The two walked through Xiaocha Alley, then bypassed the alley of Wang Ling's house, and headed north all the way to Li's house near the lake.At this time, the Tangli tree protruding from the wall was covered with fruits the size of hawthorns, yellow and green.

In fact, the pears were still immature at this time, but they did not pick them for eating, but for brewing pear wine, and what they wanted was the half-ripe taste.

Ten steps away from Li's courtyard, Wang Ling began to get nervous. She tugged on Wen Shu's sleeve and approached lightly.

Wen Shu weighed a thin bamboo pole picked up by the side of the road, pulled Wang Ling and walked over with a normal expression.

"This year's fruit is very good, look at this head." After approaching, Wen Shu picked the nearest fruit and handed it to Wang Ling, "Look, it has grown a lot."

"Really." Wang Ling took the fruit and looked at it carefully, then smiled, "I think it's because there's been a lot of rain this year that it's grown so well." Then, she threw the fruit into the bamboo she brought with her. basket.

She kept hissing as she spoke, lest the dogs inside the walls should spot her.

Wen Shu smiled, "Then pick more. The snow water we collected last year was not so much. This year, we will brew two jars more."

Wang Ling nodded her head, but she still didn't dare to make a sound.

A quarter of an hour later, while Wang Ling was trembling, Wen Shu had successfully picked two baskets full of tangli.The strange thing is that during the whole process, the dog in the yard never barked.

Now, not only Wen Shu was puzzled, but even the cowardly Wang Ling encouraged Wen Shu to go to the gate of Li's house with curiosity.

Wen Shu was curious at first, and when he heard the sound, he immediately took the bamboo pole and strode towards Li's house.Wang Ling panicked, and immediately followed with small steps.

However, when he walked to the front of Li's house, he found that the courtyard was empty, and there was no sign of the dog under the pear tree where the dog was tied.

"So I'm not at home, I'm scared to death." Wang Ling patted her chest and let out a long sigh of relief.

Wen Shu didn't care either, and just as the two turned to leave, they saw a young man turning up the path.At the age of twelve or thirteen, with a schoolbag on his waist, it was Li Jiawulang.

After all, if you pick someone else's fruit, you should say hello even if you are not familiar with it.The two nodded towards him and called Li Xiaolang.

Li Xiaolang nodded slightly in return.After the two walked away from him, when they brushed each other, Li Xiaolang suddenly smiled wryly, "Little lady will not need to bring a stick in the future."

"Why?" Wen Shu paused.

The young man looked down at the bamboo pole in her hand, and said in a hoarse voice, "Laifu is no longer here."

"Ah, when did it happen?" Wang Ling asked in surprise.

"Five days ago."

After saying that, the boy passed them, opened the door and entered the courtyard.

The two of them were embarrassed, said their farewell, and hurriedly walked away with their baskets on their arms.

It wasn't until I entered the backyard of the Wang family that Wang Ling said again: "It turned out that he was dead, which made me worry all afternoon. But why so suddenly?"

"It's not sudden. I heard that we were adopted a year before we met. It's been eight or nine years, and it should be the end of life."

"Hey, that dog is annoying, but now that it's dead, I don't seem to be as happy as I imagined." Wang Ling was silent.

Wen Shu expressed his understanding, after all, he was a dog who grew up with them and fought wits and courage.Now it suddenly disappeared, just like a bustling street market, suddenly quiet, it is inevitable that people feel uncomfortable.

Speaking of which, this dog is also the witness and the reason why she and Wang Ling became friends.

She still remembered that in the summer eight years ago, around this time, she saw Wang Ling who was trembling and crying not far from the door of Li's house.

At that time, she just passed by the gate of Li's house, but was scared by the big black dog rushing out of the gate of Li's house.

At that time, Wen Shu was sad because his companions were all detained by their parents to learn the housework of female celebrities, but he had no one to teach him, so he wandered here.

Seeing a girl who was about the same age as me curled up and cried loudly because of the dog, she felt so proud that she grabbed a peach branch discarded by someone on the side of the road and rushed up, dancing wildly at the dog's face.

The big black dog was actually tied, but it was invisible from Wang Ling's perspective.Wen Shu didn't see it at first, and it wasn't until the big black dog whined and retreated under her wave that she realized that the other end of the rope was tied.

The two also became friends because of this.

Wen Shu still remembers that Wang Ling, who was only eight years old at the time, called her a "woman" with admiration, and said that she wanted to learn "martial arts" from her.At that time, she asked her back with low self-esteem, "Don't you think I'm strong, not like a girl, scary?"

"Don't be afraid, why should you be afraid? Strength is a good thing. You don't even know how much I envy people with strength."

"Really? Great strength, is it a good thing?"

"That's right, if you are strong, you can be a heroine and protect others. Look, you just protected me."

Great strength. Can protect others and be a heroine.

It turns out that being strong is a good thing!
Wang Ling's words, like a ray of sunshine, shattered the inferiority complex in Wen Shu's heart due to lack of mother education and gossip.It is also the source of her pride in her strength for so many years.

"Then tell me, if this one dies, will the Li family adopt another one?"

"Probably not," Wen Shu thought for a while.

"But Grandma Li can't hear, and she brings a grandson alone. At the beginning, she adopted that dog to guard the house. Now that she's getting older, she might just..."

Wen Shu shook her head, expressing her disapproval, "Although Grandma Li is getting older, don't forget that Li Xiaolang has also grown up and can support the family."

"That's true." Wang Ling nodded, and then said: "It's best not to raise it anymore, otherwise when you're not around, I won't be scared to death again. You can't protect me forever"

Wen Shu nodded, but suddenly paused in her heart, wait, can't Grandma Li hear you?
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