He has experienced countless strong winds and waves, and has gone through countless life and death tests. In the past, he was always on the edge of life and death anytime and anywhere.
Therefore, Lu Gang has long developed his own set of inherent cognitions, which are stubborn and stubborn.
Unless the person standing opposite him is more capable than him, otherwise it will be difficult for Lu Gang to listen to what others say.
Fortunately, Lu Miao, who was considerate and not at all squeamish as a noble lady, accompanied her along the way, otherwise Luo Xuan would have wanted to leave Lu Gang and run away!
Love you, you have the power, and we don’t ask you for it!
You are your prime minister, and I am planting my yellow rice. It is not a variety that can be stirred up in a trough. There is no need to pull them together...
However, this girl Lu Miao is really considerate.
She saw that Luo Xuan seemed to be in low spirits along the way, and she didn't feel the joy of seeing distinguished guests coming to her door.
There is no such eagerness or excitement as in ordinary production teams, where people with a very low living standard would always get old clothes or even rare pastries brought by relatives from the city.
Lu Miao took out a piece of candy wrapped in purple-black cellophane from her small bag and handed it to Luo Xuan, "Brother Luo Xuan, let me try this for you."
Luo Xuan took it and saw that it was a piece of imported chocolate.
He casually peeled off the candy wrapper, and just as Luo Xuan was about to put it into his mouth, Lu Miao chuckled: "Brother Luo Xuan, eat slowly. It's best for you to take a small bite first, otherwise, I'm afraid of you
I’m not used to it!”
During this period, not to mention chocolate, it was White Rabbit toffee and prawn cakes, which were very common candies in later generations.
In this period, they were all high-end and deadly goods.
Even if you have candy coupons on hand, you may search through the candy jars of the Hongxing Township Supply and Marketing Cooperative, but you won't be able to find a single candy like this.
Perhaps, occasionally during the holidays, the supply and marketing cooperative in the county will bring back a little bit of these high-end candies.
But even if the County Materials Bureau and the County Supply and Marketing Cooperative have obtained the quota for this kind of high-end candy,
How can it be bought by ordinary people?
The gossip in the supply and marketing cooperative is as easy as the breeze passing through the fence of Luo Xuan's house.
Just that little bit of high-end candy is not enough for people to digest internally.
so.
During this period, not to mention the children in the production team, even the children of urban residents in the county, there were not many people who were lucky enough to see chocolate.
And those who can get used to the bitter taste of dark chocolate after eating it for the first time are simply rare.
Most people who live in poverty like sweets.
Especially the kind that is so sweet that it is cloying and sweet, the more you like it.
This is human instinct: sweets can make people feel happy and can quickly replenish the energy needed by the human body.
Luo Xuan smiled slightly and just held the chocolate in his mouth, enjoying the little bit of silkiness that he had never enjoyed since his rebirth...
"Is it tasty?"
Lu Miao tilted her head and carefully observed the changes in the expression on Luo Xuan's face.
But he didn't see Luo Xuan express surprise, strangeness, or even disgust in his imagination...
Hearing Lu Miao ask, Luo Xuan nodded, "It's quite delicious."
"Giggle--"
Lu Miao smiled and said, "You are really weird! When I ate this for the first time, I thought my dad was playing a trick on me. He was trying to trick me with turtle paste or hawthorn paste, a traditional Chinese medicine like this!
I didn’t expect that you would find it delicious the first time you ate it. Brother Luo Xuan, you are really a bit different... Oh, by the way, do you know what kind of candy this is?"
Alas~
Luo Xuan sighed secretly in his heart.
"Is this sugar?"
Luo Xuan's face was full of disbelief, and he asked her sideways, "Why is it not too sweet, and also has a bitter taste? I thought it was some kind of medicine to prevent heatstroke."
"Giggle--what kind of chocolate is this? I heard it was imported from Italy."
Lu Miao smiled as pretty as a flower, "You don't want to take a small sip first, aren't you afraid that I will really give you medicine?"
Luo Xuan shook his head, "Don't be afraid, you are a good person, and good people will not harm me."
Lu Gang, who was walking a few steps ahead, had been paying attention to the crops and ponds on both sides, as well as the production team members working in the fields in the distance.
Young people are always full of energy.
Hearing the conversation between Luo Xuan and Lu Miao, Lu Gang couldn't help but feel relieved a lot.
At this time, his face finally no longer looked like a print, and he grinned slightly.
Huh?
Lu Gang suddenly felt something was wrong: Lu Miao was a good person and would not harm Luo Xuan.
But Luo Xuan didn't say a word about his uncle...hiss...
I'll go with that!
Why do you always feel that Luo Xuan excludes himself from the ranks of "good people"?
Glancing at Luo Xuan, who was chatting and laughing with Lu Miao, Lu Gang couldn't help but fall into self-doubt: before, when this kid was talking to him, he seemed to be sarcastic and sarcastic.
It's just that there is no evidence.
In the end, Lu Gang could only treat Luo Xuan as he said, which was unintentional.
But this time, when Luo Xuan spoke, he still seemed to mean something...
Lu Gang couldn't help but frown: Luo Xuan, a child who grew up in a rural area, should, perhaps, not be so gloomy, right?
How could his water be deeper than Laolongtan?
Forget it!
In the end, Lu Gang had to explain himself: careless words, childish words without restraint, no care or concern.
When the three of them turned around the mountain col near Luo Xuan's house, Lu Gang saw a bamboo house in the distance.
Beside the bamboo house,
There is also a small construction site, where many people are building walls, washing plaster, carrying wood and bricks, and are busy.
Since the Luo Xuan family was a single family with no neighbors to the left or right, Lu Gang guessed that the hut should be the Luo Xuan family.
"Is that your new house?"
Lu Gang pointed at the bamboo hut and asked Luo Xuan, "How could you choose such a remote place to build a house at such a young age? Is it because the brigade or the production comparison are squeezing you out? They refuse to approve a more respectable foundation for you.
, homestead.”
In Lu Gang's understanding: if you want to build a house in a rural area, it must be as close to the road as possible. The more neighbors in front, back, left, and right, the more lively it will be.
And usually, everyone can look after each other and help look after the door, poultry, etc.
Generally speaking,
In desperation, farmers who choose to live alone in the wilderness are mostly those who are not very popular in the production team and are rejected by everyone, so they live far away from others.
Luo Xuan shook his head, "No, I just like peace and quiet, so I chose to build a house here."
Seeing the suspicious look on Lu Gang's face, Luo Xuan added: "I need to be quiet while studying."
"Haha, Brother Luo Xuan, you are really eager to learn."
Lu Miao smiled and said, "Don't tell me, the scenery here is beautiful and quiet... Brother Luo Xuan, your house is so exquisitely built. This bamboo house is really beautiful!"
When I first built this bamboo house, I was very generous with food and wages.
But the requirements for details when building a house are relatively high.
It’s not just about using bamboo, thatch, and fences to build the frame of the house.
so,
The two bamboo houses in Luoxuan, together with a stove room and a small courtyard outside the house, although the construction cost is not high, they are still relatively exquisite.
Simple but not crude, it looks very comfortable.
"Brother Luo Xuan, your neighbor next to you, if he builds a house, won't it disturb you and affect your study?"
Lu Miao gave Luo Xuan an idea, "How about you just live on campus for a while, so that you can study in peace... Haha, I also want to hear the new song you wrote!"
Luo Xuan laughed and said, "Sometimes I live on campus, and sometimes I go home to live. However, if I stay in school all the time, that won't work."
Lu Miaojiao smiled and asked, "Why is that? Oh, I understand, you have to go back to the production team to work to earn work points so that you can have food to eat...
Brother Luo Xuan, come with us to the city! It will be too hard for you to stay in the countryside and it will be a waste of your talents."
Lu Gang, Lu Miao and Luo Xuan walked forward while talking.
After a while, the three of them returned to the fenced courtyard of the bamboo house.
"Hey, Luo Xuan, didn't you go to school? Why are you back?"
The third sister-in-law is doing some trivial things in the house and cleaning up the house.
When she saw Luo Xuan coming back, she couldn't help but feel a little surprised, "Did you forget to take your schoolbag...ah, whose girl is this? She looks so good...Tsk, tsk, tsk, Luo Xuan, what are you?"
"
The third sister-in-law is obviously thinking a little wrong.
Luo Xuan smiled but did not explain.
At this moment,
Ji Xuyuan held a large enamel jar in his hand...the kind that was coated with pulp!
He exchanged this for a brand new enamel jar with Peng Zhikun.
Replacing the old with the new, this big teapot looks a little more like an old farmer...
I saw him stepping out of the house, and then he was startled, "Hey, why is Luo Xuan back? There are Uncle Ding, Uncle Zhang and the others at the construction site next door. Are you still worried? Hey, you are... Zhao Gang
?”
"Ji...Mr. Ji, oh, Comrade Ji?"
Lu Gang rushed out, stepped forward and held Ji Xuyuan's hand tightly, his face full of surprise and joy, "Why are you here? How have you been all these years?"
"Okay, okay! I'm doing well."
Ji Xuyuan's face was also full of joy, and he kept replying, "How come you have been missing so little in recent years, and there is no news from you... Ah, you have made a difference!"
Lu Gang was wearing a four-pocket cadre uniform, with a Parker pen in his left upper pocket.
Moreover, Lu Gang exuded from his body the majesty of a person who has been in a position of power for a long time, a bit of heaviness and calmness that he has cultivated after enduring many storms.
Just with Lu Gang's posture and aura, not to mention the old Jianghu Ji Xuyuan, he could tell at a glance that Lu Gang was of high status.
Even the third sister-in-law, who was standing aside, full of inferiority and fear, could see at this moment: the person coming here is really quite impressive.
Well, this official is at least older than the villagers!
"Come on, come and sit in our room."
Ji Xuyuan extended his hand to invite Lu Gang into the room, "Is this the daughter of a daughter? Well, what a pretty little girl!"
Lu Gang quickly called Lu Miao and said, "Miao Miao, call Grandpa Ji!"
Lu Miao stepped forward generously and bowed to Ji Xuyuan, "Hello, Grandpa Ji! Grandpa Ji, your body is really good. Your voice is like a bell, and your walking is like a breeze. None of us young people can compare with your body and bones, Grandpa Ji."
So strong."
"Hahaha--"
Ji Xuyuan laughed loudly, "Little girl, your mouth is so sweet! It's a pity that I, an old farmer, can't come up with anything decent to give you as a meeting gift."
As he spoke, Ji Xuyuan touched his body, only to find that he had nothing left on his body.
In the end, Ji Xuyuan had no choice but to take off the bracelet from his wrist.
He stretched out his hand and handed it to Lu Miao and said, "Here, this Bodhi bracelet is for you. Consider it a meeting gift from me! Don't dislike it, otherwise, grandpa, I really have nothing else to offer."
Lu Miao was about to refuse.
But Lu Gang smiled and said, "Miao Miao, it's a gift from the elders, I dare not refuse. Since Grandpa Ji gave it to you, just accept it."
When Lu Miao saw her father saying this, she had no choice but to thank her and put the bracelet into her small satchel.
Several people entered the house,
There are only two chairs in Luo Xuan's house, and Ji Xuyuan and Lu Gang each occupy one.
Lu Miao and Luo Xuan had no choice but to stand beside them.
Through their small talk, Lu Miao and Luo Xuan finally understood why Lu Gang and Ji Xuyuan were so familiar: Ji Xuyuan was even helpful in saving Lu Gang's life!
