Su Liu and the others were completely unaware of Zhou's and Su Changsheng's secret plans. However, they heard about the Su family's courtyard from some good people, but they just laughed it off and closed the door to live their own lives.
As usual, after coming out of Sun Xiucai's house, I walked around Da'ao Village back to Be'aozi, but unexpectedly I met Mr. Su.
"Old man." Su Liu bowed lightly. It couldn't be said to be rude, but it couldn't be said to be respectful either. His attitude was just towards an ordinary elder.
When Mr. Su saw her, he felt a little uncomfortable. His eyes were complicated and he said, "It's Liu'er. How are you doing?"
"fine."
Her tone was cold and distant. Mr. Su frowned and felt that he had nothing to say for a moment. He thought for a while and said: "Come and sit at home when you have time. After all, it is your home. Even though I am following your mother, don't get angry."
separated."
Su Liu raised his eyelids and remained silent.
Mr. Su was a little displeased when he saw this. He thought that this granddaughter couldn't get close to her, so he said a few words casually and left.
There was a hint of sarcasm on Su Liu's lips, but he didn't take it to heart and went straight home, only to see Mrs. Chen playing with ingots, candles, incense and other objects.
"Mom, why did you get this?" Su Liu stepped forward and helped fold the ingot.
Mrs. Chen was slightly annoyed and said, "Girl, you don't even know that the Menglan Festival will be in two days?"
"Yes, sister, it's your birthday tomorrow!" Su Xiao came over holding a basket of tung oil leaves.
Su Liu suddenly realized that the Menlan Festival on July 15th was also the Ghost Festival, and July 14th was her birthday.
"I've been so busy these days, I actually forgot to turn over the almanac." Su Liu scratched his head and smiled sarcastically.
Mrs. Chen smiled and said: "We will close the stall early tomorrow and celebrate you well."
"Yes, let's buy meat." Su Xiao's eyes lit up.
"You're just greedy for meat, you're a foodie." Su Liu pinched her face, and after being away from the Su family for the past few days, although they didn't eat too much, they always saw some food on the table due to Su Liu's insistence.
As a result, Su Xiao's face has grown some flesh.
Su Xiao giggled, but Mrs. Chen said: "You haven't had a good birthday in all these years. Make something delicious tomorrow, and now we don't lack that little money."
Regarding birthdays, Su Liu actually didn't care much, but hearing Chen's tone of voice that was quite apologetic and even a little sad, he pretended to smile and said, "Listen, Mom is not short of money now, but she is very generous."
Being teased like this, Mrs. Chen chuckled, pointed at her and said, "You are a mean-spirited person."
Su Liu smiled and said, "I'm going to go take a look in the fields. I'll come and cook in a while." Then he took a bucket.
"Sister, I have already watered it, please stop watering it." Su Xiao said.
Su Liu agreed, put down the bucket again, and walked around the house towards the vegetable patch at home.
Their family had one-third of an acre of land, with two houses, a toilet, and a livestock pen, which only occupied a quarter of the land. The rest of the land was cleared by them.
Their place was biased. Even the land next door was barren and sandy, and seemed ownerless. Su Liu planned to buy all the land next door when he had money.
Now, the land behind their house has been tidied up, and rows of ridges have been made. Small spiky vegetable seedlings have sprouted up, and the ground is wet because Su Xiao has watered it.
However, Su Liu walked straight to the tomato patch she had transplanted, squatted down, and looked carefully. She saw that the leaves were all green and not in any sign of dilapidation, as if they had firmly taken root.
On the tomato tree, there were five or six tomatoes the size of a newborn baby's fist. One of them was green with a slight yellowish tint, and it looked like it was about to ripen.
Recalling what he had seen in his previous life, Su Liu found two bamboo branches and built a frame, so that the tomato vines could grow along the frame. After finishing the work, the sun had already set, and he saw Ning Guang walking from the other side of the field.
Su Liu stood up. Ning Guang had come over to help them repair the yard at this time these days. He had already repaired it. What was he doing here now?
"Why are you here?" She greeted him with a smile.
Ning Guang passed the basket in his hand, and Su Liu took it and saw that it turned out to be two rabbits, one white and one gray.
"Ah, how did you get this?" she asked in astonishment.
"Don't you want it?" Ning Guang answered the question and said nonchalantly: "I caught it on the mountain today."
Su Liu raised her eyebrows. She really wanted two rabbits. The rabbit she hunted last time was originally intended to be raised as rabbit breeder, but something happened and the rabbit died.
She was very sorry that she had accidentally mentioned to Ning Guang that she wanted two raw rabbits these days, but she didn't expect that he would remember it.
Su Liu thought deeply and said with a smile: "It's hard for you to remember."
Ning Guang was a little uncomfortable, his ears were slightly red, and he didn't know where to put his hands, so he just hummed softly.
After getting along with each other for so many days, Su Liu naturally knew that he was thin-skinned, so he pursed his lips and smiled, saying: "I won't say thank you very much. It's my birthday tomorrow, and my mother said she wanted to make something delicious. It's too late for you." Let’s have a meal together.”
Ning Guang was stunned for a long time before he said yes.
The two of them were a little quiet for a while, with nothing to say. Su Liuxin was really a dull person.
"What do you want?" Ning Guang suddenly asked.
"What?" Su Liu was teasing the two rabbits in the basket without raising his head.
"What do you want for your birthday?"
Su Liu was stunned for a moment, then raised her head, glanced at him, and smiled: "No need." She raised the basket in her hand and said, "Isn't this a gift?"
Ning Guang frowned and was about to say something, but suddenly took two steps back and looked at one point.
Su Liu didn't know why, so she followed his gaze and saw a woman carrying a burden, standing on tiptoes and looking this way with her neck open.
Ning Guang seemed a little angry and said, "I'll go back first."
Su Liu groaned, blinked, looked at the woman again, and suddenly understood something.
It seems that Ning Guang pays more attention to reputation than she does. Although in the countryside, the contact between men and women is not like that of women and children in wealthy families in the city. When meeting a foreign man, there must be a curtain behind him. If he has to meet, a third person must be present. , Otherwise, it will be a big defense and it will damage the reputation of your girlfriend and her innocence.
But the identities of Su Liu, mother and daughter are already embarrassing, and they are already attracting attention. Therefore, having a foreign man with them can only make people fantasize a little bit more.
Now someone saw her talking to a man. It seemed that tomorrow, there would be rumors in the village about what happened to her.
Su Liu frowned, this was also a trouble. It seemed that it would be better to settle the matter with Ning Guang as soon as possible, so that it would be justifiable. Even if the engagement was made first, there would still be a fiancé, so no one could say anything.
Su Liu's guess was good. On the second day, rumors began to spread in Da'ao Village. From Su Liu having a sweetheart, to Chen's, to mother and daughter, in short, there were all kinds of rumors. Very unbearable.
Some people were jealous that the mother and daughter had opened a stall and the business was doing well, so they said that it was because of the support of their best friend that they opened such a bakery stall, and even said that it was because of this that Mr. Chen divorced.
Some people also say that it is no wonder that the houses and vegetable fields in Bei'aozi are so well-organized. It turns out that someone helped to do it.
There were also people who defended them, Su Xizi was one of them, saying: "I also helped cultivate those vegetable fields, but they are not as miserable as you think." The tone was very bad.
Some people laughed at Su Xizi for being stupid, saying that they just regarded him as a messenger. Su Liu already had someone he liked, but he was still hot-tempered.
These words stung Su Xizi, who felt physically and mentally uncomfortable. She endured it for a day, and when Su Liu and the others closed the stall and returned, she hurriedly went to find Su Liu.
The two of them stood in front of the house. When Su Xizi saw Su Liu, she didn't know how to speak.
Su Liu had certainly heard those unpleasant rumors, but compared to Su Xiao's rage and Chen's worry, she was very calm.
Since she had been prepared for it, she was not surprised. However, she was a little surprised by Su Xizi's arrival.
"Sister Liu'er, that, that..."
Su Liu smiled slightly and interrupted him: "Brother Xizi is here because of the rumors in the village?"
"Did you hear everything?" Su Xizi raised his head, feeling that his reaction was too intense, so he lowered his head and said: "Don't worry about it, they are just talking nonsense and they are jealous of you. That sentence
What do you mean, what kind of shadow are you catching?"
"Catching wind and shadow." Su Liu said with a smile.
"That's right. It's just catching wind and shadow." Su Xizi nodded repeatedly and said honestly: "Sister Liu'er, you are so smart."
"Since Xizi also knows how to catch wind and shadow, what are you worried about? I don't even care, I just get a few words from you." Su Liu shrugged, completely unconcerned.
"That's not what I said. After all, it's the reputation of my daughter's family." Su Xizi frowned, as if thinking of something, blushed, lowered her head, and said hesitantly: "Actually, I don't care about your reputation, sister Liu'er.
.If you agree, I will ask my matchmaker to come."
After he finished speaking with difficulty, his head moved to his chest, his face turned red to his neck, and he clenched the corners of his clothes with both hands.
Su Liu was stunned and blinked, is this a confession?
Su Xizi was very nervous. This was the first time he said such words to a girl, and he still didn't hear a response. A layer of sweat broke out on his forehead, and he didn't dare to raise his head to look at Su Liu.
Su Liu was also a little embarrassed, coughed and said: "Brother Xizi, I always treat you as my eldest brother!"
After hearing this, Su Xizi raised her head and saw that Su Liu's face was serious and did not seem to be telling any lies. Her heart sank. There was disappointment in her eyes. She pursed her lips and said, "Sister Liu'er, I will treat you right."
OK."
"I know." Su Liu smiled and shook his head and said, "Brother Xizi, I know you are good, but I only treat you as my brother." After a pause, she added, "Actually, Chunhua is also quite good.
Yes, she misses you very much."
She knew more or less what Su Xizi was thinking, and she just pretended not to understand. Now, she couldn't pretend anymore, so she might as well explain it clearly, so as not to make it more troublesome the longer it was delayed. It was a good thing to get rid of some thoughts as soon as possible.