After a few rains in April and May, the temperature rises faster than the joints. There is an asphalt main road in the town, and the leaves on both sides are full of leaves. Gou Mao just finished his winter vacation at home. He bought a new battery car, and he drove more than 20 kilometers back every weekend. When he passed the field ridge, he stopped and shouted at Jiang Shen, who was planting rice seedlings: "Shenzi! Brother will drive you back!"
Jiang Shen raised his head. He was wearing an oversized lady's sun hat, his calf was half buried in the mud, and he waved at the dog fur.
The dog hair couldn't get down to the ground, so Jiang Shen had to slowly dribble over it: "I have to work, my feet are dirty, is your car new?"
Gou Mao said "Hi": "Ask us to borrow the rice transplanter, I'll go back and tell my dad!"
Jiang Shen curled his lips: "What if your mother disagrees?"
Gou Mao choked, thought for a long time, and simply parked the battery car on the side of the road, took off his shoes and rolled up his trouser legs: "Come on, brother will help you insert it."
Jiang Shen hurriedly stopped him: "Farewell, my dad will be scolded if he sees me."
The dog hair shoes were all taken off, and he was not happy to put them on, so he just sat down on the field and talked to Jiang Shen: "Are you going to the Cultural Palace later?"
Jiang Shen nodded: "You can go after finishing the work."
Gou Mao frowned: "Why did you go to learn some messy things... What did you learn?"
Jiang Shen faltered and refused to say, and the dog hair didn't get into the details. He shook his bare legs as if he was a little cold from the wind, and a layer of goose bumps appeared, and suddenly said: "Why don't you go to Shubao's house? Borrow a rice transplanter?"
Speaking of borrowing rice transplanters, although Jiang Luoshan is a tough guy, he borrowed money from other houses once or twice in the past two years when his back was weak.
Gou Mao's mother, Miao Hua'er, is a well-known shrew in ten miles and eight villages. She almost kicked the brazier over when she married Mr. Chen. The women in the village usually have no other recreational activities other than farming, and they like to see real cards at the poker table when they are free.
Tan Lingling only went to play cards occasionally, and Miao Hua'er played cards with her a few times, and the relationship was pretty good. The rice transplanter was borrowed from the Chen family two years ago.
The matter of the suspicion is also complicated, and it is related to Li Zhuo, Shubao's mother.
Different from the locals, Li Zhuo is a complete daughter-in-law in the city. Although she is married to the countryside, she is working as the financial director of a big company in the city. I heard that she even has a share. The money Li Zhuo earns is enough to feed the whole family.
Li Zhuo doesn't get close to anyone in the town, and never participates in the relationship between women playing cards. Miao Hua'er always looks down on her, thinking that people in the city are arrogant and look down on others, and there are many bad words at the poker table.
Tan Lingling played cards with her afterwards, and when she heard her say that about Li Zhuo again, she couldn't hold back for a moment, and replied, "Shu Bao's mother is not that kind of person, sister Hua'er, don't talk about it."
Miao Hua'er is used to domineering, it's the first time she said that she is not a person, and if someone dared to refute, she immediately turned her face. Naturally, Tan Lingling is not a soft persimmon. After that, the game will not be played again, and the rice transplanter was returned to the Chen family. .
In fact, Miao Hua'er regretted it after she lost her temper. Although she has a bad temper, she still understands the truth, especially after seeing the returned rice transplanter, she felt even more uncomfortable, but she couldn't hold back her face. That's it Tangled in the past year. Seeing that it was April and May again, Miao Hua'er couldn't sit still when she thought about the situation of Tan Lingling's family and Jiang Luoshan's waist.
She tidied things up, went to Jiang's house after lunch, and shouted loudly as she passed the yard: "Sister Ling!"
Tony replied to her twice, and was pushed aside by Miao Huaer's unceremonious "shh".
She called "Sister Ling" again, and entered the living room openly, but Tan Lingling didn't see her, but instead saw Li Zhuo sitting calmly, drinking tea and smiling politely at her.
Miao Hua'er's temperament, no matter how you say it, is unusual, she has come here, she has to sit down even though she gritted her teeth.
Tan Lingling happened to collect her clothes from the back room and was surprised when she saw Miao Hua'er: "Why is Sister Hua'er here?"
Tan Lingling didn't remember the card game at all, but she returned the rice transplanter because she was afraid that Miao Hua'er would mind. Besides, borrowing something was a troublesome thing, and the Jiang family originally planned to buy a rice transplanter.
"Sit down, I'll make you tea." Tan Lingling enthusiastically said, she poured water for Li Zhuo, and explained, "Sister Zhuo just came and wanted to borrow a rice transplanter for us, and we are talking."
Miao Hua'er glanced at Li Zhuo with some distaste, and said awkwardly, "Mother Shu Bao has already agreed to borrow it..."
Li Zhuo took a sip of tea. Unlike the women who often go to the ground, she has a delicate skin and tender flesh, and her demeanor is particularly reserved: "There is only one small one in my family." Her voice was soft, and her breath seemed to be broken Yes, "If Sister Hua'er's house is willing to borrow a big one, I won't be ashamed of taking out the one at my house."
It was the first time for Miao Hua'er to hear Li Zhuo speak, and when he was held by the other party, her heart became hot, and her face turned red. She didn't know whether it was ashamed or ashamed, and hurriedly said: "I'll borrow it, I'll borrow it for such a small matter, Ling My sister is also true, why didn't you tell me earlier."
Tan Lingling's eyes flicked a few times between her two, and she laughed "puchi": "You all have the heart of a Bodhisattva, why are you being polite to each other?"
Miao Hua'er didn't blush any more, she was straightforward, she pretended to slap herself a few times, and said to Li Zhuo: "My mouth is usually broken, sister Zhuo, don't mind."
Li Zhuo also smiled, still looking soft and weak, blinked and said: "I don't know anything."
As soon as she finished speaking, she laughed herself. Seeing her smile, Tan Lingling also laughed, teasing Miao Huaer: "Sister Zhuo is a good card player. I will take her to sit at your table next time. Bring more." Some money."
"Oh, you said that I must lose." When it came to playing cards, Miao Hua'er's temper hardened again, and she was even more rude, "Be careful, my mother will make you take off your pants!"
When Jiang Shen came in from the outside, he heard laughter all over the room, and he was still a little unclear. So, he waited for his father to bring the food at noon during his dance class in the afternoon. As soon as he stepped down, he drove back in a dog-haired battery car.
Tan Lingling saw her son with sharp eyes: "Wow... the shoes are in the room!"
Jiang Shen politely called auntie twice, and didn't have time to think about what they were doing at his house. He went back to the room to get the dancing shoes, hung them around his neck, and hurried out of the house.
Tan Lingling chased after her and shouted, "Bring some money!"
Jiang Shen had no choice but to turn back and take out a handful of odds and ends.
Miao Hua'er asked strangely, "What are you doing here?"
Tan Lingling walked back and said, "The Cultural Palace signed up for a dance class before, why don't you go to the class now?"
Even Li Zhuo was a little surprised: "Shen Zi can dance?"
Tan Lingling waved her hand nonchalantly: "Learn!"
The dance shoe strap hanging around Jiang Shen's neck dangled back and forth. He ran hard in the countryside, across the fields and the clear canals. He picked up the newspaper, looked up and saw Jiang Shen who had run away, and said in a loud voice, "Slow down!"
Jiang Shen turned around and waved at him. The wind blew the sun and sprinkled it on his bangs.
The previous bus to the city was about to leave, Jiang Shen chased and shouted: "Wait! Wait!"
The driver stopped, and Jiang Shen jumped up with a stride.
"Be careful not to fall!" The driver laughed and scolded.
Jiang Shen panted and thanked repeatedly, he put away the shoes hanging around his neck, and sat obediently in the last row.
It turned out that it was a little late to arrive at the Cultural Palace, and Teacher Lin didn't say anything, and asked Jiang Shen to change his clothes first.
There were a dozen girls in a class, and only one boy, Jiang Shen, was wearing a tank top and shorts modified by Tan Lingling. There was no heating in the corridor from the dressing room to the dance room, and Jiang Shen ran all the way trembling with his arms folded. When Teacher Lin introduced him, the other girls gathered together and stared at him curiously.
Jiang Shenchang was so old, he had never been seen by so many girls, and his face blushed unconsciously.
"He's so dark." A girl in the front row whispered.
Another girl said, "Because he's a boy."
Jiang Shen didn't know where to put his hands and feet.
Teacher Lin said kindly: "You stand first." She clapped her hands, "We are warming up."
The girls dispersed in a hurry, stretching their backs in twos and threes, Jiang Shen stood aside dumbly, only then remembered the lower back splits he had practiced before, and did them one by one in that order. Another girl looked at him.
"Can you do the splits?" A girl asked proactively.
Jiang Shen nodded: "Yes." After he finished speaking, as if he was afraid that the other party would not believe him, he quickly made a vertical chop.
The girl made a horizontal chop: "That's it."
Jiang Shen did it again, and the girl stood up and walked around behind him: "I'll help you press your back."
Jiang Shen only felt his back sinking, and in an instant, his entire upper body was pressed against the floor.
"Yeah." The girl was a little surprised, "You are so soft."
As soon as she finished speaking, all the girls gathered around, and some even knelt beside him, bending down to see if he was really touching the floor.
"It's the first time a boy is so soft." An older girl said.
Jiang Shen was confused: "Are there any other boys?"
The girl said, "You are the only one here, but there is a boxing gym next door, full of boys."
Like little birds, they pulled Jiang Shen up, surrounded him and ran to the next door, where classes were just starting, a dozen or so boys stood in two rows, all standing at attention with their hands behind their backs.
"They can't even split the fork." The girls proudly said, "Did you see that boy? He looks about your age."
Jiang Shen looked in the direction she pointed, and the last boy standing in the first row suddenly turned his head.
Before Jiang Shen had time to see clearly, the girls pressed his head down: "He has seen it!"
"It's so fierce! He still stares at me..."
Jiang Shen struggled for a long time before he was freed from the hands of the girls.
"You can't imitate them." The girls gathered around him seriously and righteously, "They are dirty and smelly all day long, it's annoying."