After breakfast, Zhang Wentao kissed the corner of Xu Hongdou's mouth, said hello reluctantly, and left the courtyard.
Watching his leaving figure, Xu Hongdou suddenly felt a sweetness welling up in her heart, and she was quietly thinking about their future.
Meeting parents, receiving certificates, decorating the wedding room, etc...
It seems that all the things I was struggling with before have been answered, and my plans for my future life are ready to come out.
Sitting at the door of the small courtyard waiting for Xie Zhiyao and others to come over, Ma Ye was sipping tea, while Hu Youyu lay lazily on the table. The coffee in front of him was not very helpful in resisting his sleepiness.
"Didn't Mr. Xie say we'll leave at 9 o'clock? Why aren't you here now?"
Nana glanced at him silently, her lips moving: "It's only around 8:30 now. Maybe the weather is so hot, so she's helping us prepare things."
Hearing this explanation, Xu Hongdou narrowed his eyes and said, "Hey, by the way, Nana, I discussed it with Wen Tao yesterday and planned to buy some plums to make jam and send some to my family.
Would you like to send some too?”
"Jam? Okay." Damai said with a cheerful smile.
After she finished speaking, Nana nodded, but after taking out her phone and taking a look, she called Xie Zhiyao.
The call was quickly answered.
Huang Xinxin ran to his house early in the morning to find him, and the two of them drove to the ancient town to meet with the investors of the B&B that had ceased construction.
The couple sold their house in SZ and used the money to invest in this B&B. They originally planned to say goodbye to the busy life in the city and move to Yunmiao Village with their children to enjoy the quiet country life.
An accident happened.
Which comes first, tomorrow or the accident?
This is an eternal topic that always troubles people.
Some people use this sentence to warn themselves to enjoy the moment, others use it to urge them to work harder today, and naturally some people use this sentence to choose to lie down.
After hearing Lao Li's explanation of the cause of the matter, Xie Zhiyao and Huang Xinxin felt worried and sympathetic for each other, but at the same time, they also let go of the grudge that had arisen in their hearts because of this matter.
On the way back to the village, unlike Huang Xinxin crying beside him, Xie Zhiyao stared at this familiar road and fell into thinking.
When Huang Xinxin had cried enough, the car became dead silent.
Xie Zhiyao comforted the other party, and the next second, he also let out a sympathetic lament.
The transfer of the B&B fell on his tired shoulders again.
"Hey, Nana."
Seeing a call coming in, Xie Zhiyao chose to answer it. When he heard Nana on the phone asking about leaving for Meizilin, he looked at the time and said:
"Okay, Nana. You call Xiaochun and ask her to take you there first. I have something to do here and am on my way back to the village."
Nana blurted out: "Is there something else going on?"
"Okay, Mr. Xie, please drive slowly first, and I'll contact Sister Xiaochun." Nana bit the corner of her mouth lightly when she heard Xie Zhiyao's low tone on the phone.
While I was thinking about something bad happening again, my hands were not idle.
She hung up the phone first and then contacted Xie Xiaochun.
Not long after, Xie Xiaochun, who came on his bicycle, hurriedly arrived at the small courtyard. Seeing that everyone was ready, he quickly and enthusiastically greeted everyone to set off together.
There was still time, and they were walking on the country road at a slow pace.
Unlike Nana, who was walking with Xie Xiaochun in the front, who was looking a bit sad, Xu Hongdou, Damai and Hu Youyu were chatting happily in the back.
Mr. Ma, who was walking in the middle, would turn back and say a few words from time to time.
What they were holding in their hands were iced drinks that had just been prepared in the restaurant in the morning, and the cake that Nana brought back yesterday.
"Sister Hongdou, is your dress a little too baggy?"
Damai asked curiously when he saw that Xu Hongdou's crotch had already reached her thighs, and her sleeves were drooping, so she almost dropped her arms.
"This one..."
Xu Hongdou smiled and explained: "This one was taken out from Zhang Wentao's wardrobe. Didn't it mean that he was going to do farm work? He was afraid that I would scratch his clothes, so he found an old one for me.
"
Damai secretly whispered, "You two can do it," and said, "Brother Wen Tao should be careful, hehe."
When Hu Youyu heard this, he deliberately shook the drink he was carrying. Before he could speak, Damai and Xu Hongdou guessed his little thoughts.
Xu Hongdou smiled and said: "No matter how careful he is, he still won't be able to come."
"That's right, we have to treat him to dinner in the evening, and he will be absent from the group activities in the courtyard. This is not good."
Hu Youyu said playfully.
Damai rolled his eyes at the other party, then looked at Xu Hongdou and asked:
"By the way, Sister Hongdou, you and Brother Wen Tao were talking about plums this morning. Didn't Nana say that these plums are too sour and cannot be eaten?"
Xu Hongdou hummed and smiled gently: "He asked someone to buy some bayberries from ZJ to send over. They are not the plums we want to pick."
"Yangmei?" Hu Youyu smacked his lips.
The taste of bayberry is sour and sweet, very refreshing. The sweet and sour juice soaks into the mouth, coupled with the delicate and soft feeling of the pulp, it seems to be able to drive away the noisy cicadas.
Yangmei is also produced here in Yunnan, but the price is...
Hu Youyu has eaten it, but he won't buy more: "It seems that Lao Zhang enjoys it, right? Mr. Ma."
"That's true. After all, that's what people do." Mr. Ma turned around and smiled.
A few seconds later, he added: "But these bayberries should not be kept for too long. If you put them in the refrigerator and freeze them, the taste will be much different from when they were just picked.
In fact, we also sell it here, but the flavor of bayberry here and at ZJ is different."
"There are also bayberries in Yunnan?"
After Mr. Ma finished speaking, Xu Hongdou was curious and exclaimed. She thought that this kind of fruit could only be found in ZJ. After all, she had only been here for a short time and heard that the plums mentioned by the locals were the ones to be picked today.
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Mr. Ma nodded and saw the confusion on Xu Hongdou and Damai's faces and said:
"It's normal that you don't know. I only found out about it by chance before. Besides, Dali doesn't have it in this place."
While chatting, they unknowingly came to the plum grove of Aunt Feng and Uncle Chang's house.
There was a gentle breeze, and the few people who had just arrived seemed to smell the sour smell of plums in the air, and the green leaves were also intoxicated by this fragrance.
Under the leaves of every carefully cared for plum tree, there are many plums hidden, some green and some green.
Aunt Feng, who knew yesterday that everyone in the courtyard had come back to help, stood guard at the door of her plum grove early in the morning, holding a tea cup and looking out.
Seeing their figures getting closer and closer, she couldn't hold back the joy and gratitude in her heart and walked towards them. She kept mumbling: "Thank you very much, it's such a hot day.
If you hadn't come to help, we, the old couple, wouldn't know what to do."
"Aunt Feng, don't be polite to us. Let's go into the forest and find a shady place. You can tell our friends in the courtyard what to pay attention to when picking plums."
Xie Xiaochun, who was at the front, had a hearty smile on his face.
He looks a bit like Xie Zhiyao in daily life.
Nana also said with a hint of sadness: "Yes, Aunt Feng, Mr. Xie and Xinxin will be here soon, let's go in first."
"Thank you so much."
Aunt Feng nodded and turned her attention to the people behind her. She was just about to say something more to express the gratitude in her heart.
A familiar red electric tricycle also appeared at the corner not far away.
Aunt Agui and Aunt Baoping came over smiling and carrying the food they helped prepare...
"A-Feng, Hongdou, don't go in yet, come and help~"