Chapter 341
Chapter 341
At this time, my parents should still be at work, but the two phone calls showed different attitudes.
My father wanted Xu Anruo to come back after sending Tan Zijin and have dinner with him and Uncle Cheng in the evening, but my mother obviously didn't have this attitude. She obviously wanted Xu Anruo to avoid Uncle Cheng.
That's interesting!
Walking out of the county, the rice fields along the provincial road are golden, and the late rice autumn harvest season has come.
Late rice is different from early rice. Late rice is harvested dry, and the fields are dry. After the rice is harvested, there is no rush to pick it. It is placed in the field for a few days to dehydrate.
This will be easier, not as tiring as early rice, and the temperature is much more comfortable.
But there is one bad thing, that is, late rice is very itchy. The skin will itch if you touch it, which is very uncomfortable.
"By the way, have you harvested the rice at home?" Xu Anruo asked casually while driving.
"My dad said that they have all been harvested, but they haven't been picked yet. But you don't need to come this time. He said he hired someone to pick it." Tan Zijin said.
"Hey, why spend that money? The late rice is light. I'll come back and pick it for you in three or five times. Really, now the hero has no place to use his skills!"
Xu Anruo was thick-skinned and said nonsense.
He also sighed artificially and glanced at Tan Zijin.
Tan Zijin pursed her lips and smiled, obviously amused by Xu Anruo.
But she didn't say anything, she was still too quiet, which made Xu Anruo feel a little depressed and lost.
In comparison, getting along with Cheng Xuanyu was much more noisy.
In fact, this problem has always existed.
Xu Anruo also knew the reason.
Tan Zijin's personality was too introverted, and he had a bit of withdrawal and avoidance disorder before.
Another major factor is that the status between the two is somewhat unequal. The more Xu Anruo does, the stronger this inequality becomes.
Then he will become more inferior, more sensitive, and more unnatural.
To put it bluntly, Tan Zijin will have a sense of indebtedness.
This happened several times before. When Tan Zijin was anxious, she would say stupid things, saying that Xu Anruo would do whatever she asked.
Wouldn't that be taking advantage of someone's misfortune?
And what is the premise of dating?
It is equality, that you and I are the masters of our own worlds, and we are the nobles who enter each other's worlds.
This is also the reason why Xu Anruo has been cautious so far and dared not easily promote the relationship between the two.
But he is very patient.
Tan Zijin is also slowly growing and building confidence.
...
Four thirty.
Xu Anruo is familiar with the road and fell directly into the rice field in front of Tan Zijin's house.
Tan Zhonghong came to meet Xu Anruo on the cement road with a cane. After Xu Anruo parked the car, he ignored his daughter and asked Xu Anruo first:
"Xiao Xu, this is causing you trouble again. Hurry down and take a rest. Grandma Zijin cooked some sugar-water eggs. Drink some first. It's still early for dinner."
"Uncle, you are so polite again, making me feel like a guest!"
Xu Anruo said to Tan Zhonghong with a smile.
He found that Tan Zhonghong looked much better, completely different from when they met in Lucheng before.
Some time ago, Tan Zhonghong called Xu Anruo and said that the family debts were paid off and that the breath that had been held in his heart for so many years was finally released.
He deposited the remaining money in the bank, part of it in a fixed deposit and part of it for household expenses.
Then he prepared to plant some land at home, raise a pig, get more chickens and ducks, and also prepare to tidy up the pond in the house and put some fish...
He was also restless, but the spirit on the phone was completely different.
Xu Anruo said that was good, but uncle, don't be too busy, don't be too tired.
Tan Zhonghong smiled and said that now that he was at home, he didn't feel tired after tossing around.
Xu Anruo said that was for sure, grandma was there, Zipei was there too, it must be much better than being alone on the construction site.
"What kind of courtesy is this, Zijin, go and make tea for Xiao Xu, I don't know when you two will get home, if you make it too early, the tea will get cold and it will be bad." Tan Zhonghong was busy.
How to describe this feeling?
Xu Anruo felt like a brother-in-law.
He didn't rest either. He turned around and saw his grandmother standing at the kitchen door with wrinkled face from laughing. He quickly called out:
"Grandma!"
"Hey, Xiao Xu."
Grandma answered, smiling so kindly and looking very good.
Then, as if she remembered something, the little old lady quickly turned around and muttered:
"Xiao Xu, go in and sit down first. Grandma will serve you some sugar-water eggs. You can fill your stomach first."
Xu Anruo had no choice but to let them be polite.
He opened the trunk, and suddenly felt something was wrong. He turned around and asked:
"Uncle, where is Zipei?"
Just say it!
Just say something is missing!
"Zipei hasn't finished school yet." Tan Zhonghong responded.
"No wonder." Xu Anruo muttered.
The National Day holiday starts tomorrow, and elementary school doesn't finish school until around five o'clock.
"Xiao Xu, what are you doing? You come here, why are you bringing things? You, you..." Tan Zhonghong watched Xu Anruo take things from the trunk and suddenly became anxious.
"Uncle, it's nothing, it's all for Zipei." Xu Anruo smiled.
"It's nothing? You kid, you, you, you can't do this next time!"
"Don't worry, I'll just let go next time."
"Zijin, you too, why don't you talk to him?"
"I, I said, he said it's not good to be empty-handed, so I..."
Tan Zijin blushed while holding the teacup.
Xu Anruo took the teacup, helped Tan Zijin to talk, and said with a smile:
"She talked, but I didn't listen. It's not good to go empty-handed, and I have to stay for dinner. By the way, uncle, what time does Zipei finish school?"
"Four fifty, almost. She came back for lunch and asked her brother when he would come."
"Didn't you ask your sister?"
"Well, it seems that you really didn't ask."
Tan Zhonghong thought about it and said so.
Xu Anruo was immediately happy, turned to look at Tan Zijin, and said proudly:
"Did you hear that? Now I am the first in Zipei's heart!"
"I know."
Tan Zijin responded with a blushing face.
She still spoke softly, very gentle, especially cute and moving.
Xu Anruo was a little stunned, and then Tan Zijin looked over, but he felt a little embarrassed, blushed, and glanced to the side.
"Should we go pick her up, uncle?" Xu Anruo changed the subject.
"No need to pick her up, it's only two miles away, we can walk back."
"Two miles isn't that short, right?"
"It's okay, she and other children in the village all came this way."
Indeed, they all came this way.
Xu Anruo was in the county town, it was different.
For students in the lower towns, it was not so difficult to go to primary school, the distance was not far, but it was far to go to junior high school, so many people went out at six in the morning and walked several miles to go to school.
In winter, when the sun rises late, it is still dark at six o'clock, and you have to go to school with a flashlight.
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