To middle age

The day passed quickly. After dinner, I took the initiative to clean up the table and washed the dishes.

Because I am leaving tomorrow, I think it’s not good for me to do nothing, and even if I leave, I’ve already planned on it. When the situation improves, I must repay Li Meifeng’s life-saving grace and thank her for saving it. My life.

Just when I had just washed the dishes and was about to sweep the kitchen floor, I saw a man and a woman walking into the yard, and Zhao Lizi followed far behind.

This man is almost fifty years old. He is wearing a Chinese tunic suit and looks like a village cadre. Next to the man, there is a middle-aged woman who is estimated to be about the same age.

When they saw me, they looked at me up and down in surprise, and then asked, "Is Li Meifeng there?"

Upon hearing this, I turned around and looked at Li Meifeng who was holding firewood and boiling water behind the stove.

Li Meifeng heard the movement, she walked out, and then hurriedly said with a smile: "The village head, Wife Gui, come in and sit down."

"Meifeng, it's been a few years since Da Zhuang left. I heard that you have a new friend, so I'll come and have a look." The village chief walked into the gate while talking. He took out a dry cigarette and sat in a swagger. At the table of the Eight Immortals.

"Did the lame Zhao say it?" Li Meifeng pouted, and I was a little embarrassed. The sister Gui had been staring at me, as if thinking about who I was and how could I be here.

"No, you have been a widow for so many years, there are so many bachelors in the village, thinking that you are also human nature, this boy, I think it is really good." The village head lit the dry smoke and started smoking it.

"Young man, what's your name? Where is it from?" Gui sister asked hurriedly.

"My name is Chen Nan, from the city." I said hurriedly.

"Oh, it's still from the city." Gui sister-in-law was surprised, and the village head was also a little surprised.

"How can people in this city see the girl in our ravine? Meifeng and her man died a few years ago when she went out to work. Do you know about this?" The village chief smiled and continued.

When I said this, Li Meifeng blushed a little, and she looked at me awkwardly.

"Yes, but I used to be in a rural area. I think Meifeng is pretty good." I said.

"Village Chief, Brother Chen is going back to the city tomorrow, and he will come again later." Li Meifeng hurriedly explained.

"Meifeng, are you leaving too?" Gui sister-in-law said gossiping.

"I, I won't leave for the time being. When Brother Chen has arranged everything, he will come back to pick me up." Li Meifeng stammered, and her voice became softer.

This lie must be rounded back. Although Li Meifeng is a widow in the village, she still wants face. Since she knows it now, she will simply be wrong.

I can understand this kind of psychology, so I am willing to help her lie.

"Young man, there is nothing to say about Meifeng's appearance. Although she is a bit older, twenty-nine, but she has never given birth to a child. You must treat her well in the future." The village head did say that. Matter, please remind me.

"Well, I'll be nice to Meifeng." I nodded and agreed.

"In this way, it will take more than ten miles from our village to the village. Tomorrow we will go to the market and you will be my tractor." The village chief advocated.

"This, isn't this good?" I was a little embarrassed.

"I know that you all use taxis and subways in your city. We Hejia Village are not allowed by conditions. Don't refuse. That's it. Tomorrow at 8 o'clock, we will go to the village at the entrance of the village." The village chief continued. .

Seeing the village chief insisted on doing this, I looked at Li Meifeng, and Li Meifeng smiled: "Okay, thank you village chief."

"What a big deal, I'll leave that old man first." The village chief got up, he slammed out of the house with a dangling smoke, and the sister Gui did not forget to boast before leaving, saying that I am tall and strong and beautiful. Feng is blessed now.

As soon as the village head and sister-in-law Gui left, Li Meifeng and I looked at each other. She was a little embarrassed: "Yes, I'm sorry Brother Chen, I don't know they will come, now the village knows that you are my man, you won't mind ?"

"How come, I am leaving tomorrow." I smiled.

Hearing what I said, Li Meifeng's expression was a little unnatural, she seemed to be thinking about something, and then she said something.

"It must be the ghost of Zhao Lizi!"

Soon, Li Meifeng closed the door of the house, and then began to fill the thermos.

It was completely dark. Li Meifeng and I experienced yesterday. Today we are used to washing ourselves. In the evening, Li Meifeng once again took out the boiled wine to help me deal with the red and swollen bruises.

Not to mention, this is quite effective. My injury has healed a lot. I believe that after one night, I can hardly see it, because after the swelling is reduced, I really have recovered a lot.

Li Meifeng was still playing on the floor, she insisted on letting me sleep in bed, because she knew that I was leaving tomorrow, so she talked a lot with me.

It turned out that Li Meifeng was envious of the women in the city. She said that she hoped to open a clothing store in the city in the future, so that not only could make money, but also wear beautiful clothes. She also said that if she makes a lot of money in the future, she plans to renovate the house. After a while, she also said that she would return to her natal family to show her filial piety, but now the life is bitter, and she has no face to go back. When she goes back in the New Year, her family also said that she was eating and drinking, which was very uneasy.

I acted as a listener, listening to Li Meifeng talking about her family length, unconsciously, I also began to give Li Meifeng hope that her life would be better.

Early the next morning, Li Meifeng handed me a razor. I hung up my beard, washed my hair, and put on Li Meifeng’s husband’s clothes. Because I thought it was too conspicuous to wear takeaway clothes, I just did this. wear.

Although the clothes are a bit old, they still fit. Li Meifeng helped me smooth the wrinkles of the clothes with a hot towel, and then smiled and said, "Brother Chen, you look good like this."

"Thank you." I ordered a little bit, and I couldn't help but feel more like Li Meifeng's care and gentleness, which also strengthened my determination to repay her in the future.

Because Li Meifeng knew that she was going to the village today, she dressed up a bit, dressed like a holiday. She wore a pair of tight-fitting low-rise jeans with a round-neck shirt and ponytails, and she stood tall. It's just that her red leather shoes are still a little muddy, and she wiped them for a long time.

"Brother Chen, let's go to the entrance of the village. The village chief is estimated to be out soon." Li Meifeng took my hand and said sweetly.

Yes, it's sweet. I found that Li Meifeng was very happy today, as if she was traveling. Maybe she would take me around the village today to let everyone know that I am her man and a city person.

When I walked to the entrance of the village with Li Meifeng, some uncles and aunts on the ridge in the distance pointed to me, and some said hello to Li Meifeng, but I was a little unnatural.

"Brother Chen, what's the matter with you?" Li Meifeng felt that I was silent, and looked at me hurriedly.

Holding a woman’s hand like this, I feel a little uncomfortable. I don’t know how long I haven’t been like this. And when I walked close to Li Meifeng, my elbow would inadvertently touch the plumpness on Li Meifeng’s chest. The more embarrassed, the arm deliberately stretched a distance.