The Big Landlord

A few days after the American ginseng was planted, it was the annual National Day. If it wasn't for the teachers who didn't come to class and gave Linglong a holiday, Wang Ben would never have thought of this scripture at all. In this free and casual rural life, even It is the Mid-Autumn Festival that has just passed, and it is more flavorful than the National Day.

On the last night of the three-day holiday, she was quietly playing checkers with Linglong in the living room when the phone rang suddenly, and it was Zijian calling.

"Benzi, what kind of ecstasy soup did you pour into Tweety?" As soon as the connection was made, there was a burst of roar, the words were full of unwillingness, and there was obviously a sense of loss.

"What did you do?" Wang Ben asked questioningly. It happened so suddenly that he felt something was wrong.

"Jingle Bell……"

At this moment, the landline beside him rang, unwilling to be lonely, and Linglong took the initiative to help him share the burden without waiting for him to say hello, and ran over to answer the phone.

After a sweet greeting, Linglong suddenly called out to him, "It's Sister Cui'er."

The two called at the same time, Wang Ben immediately guessed what was going on, hurriedly covered the phone, and whispered: "You can chat casually first."

"Okay!" Linglong agreed, picked up the phone and began to greet her affectionately, "Sister Cui'er, I miss you, how are you over there..."

The little girl responded really quickly, Wang Ben nodded in satisfaction, walked quickly into the study, and continued to break up with Zijian.

His guess was not fake at all. Ever since Fei Cui went to school, Zijian always went to the Teachers College to find various reasons to try to get along with each other. With each contact, his ignorant mind became more and more surging.

Taking advantage of the National Day holiday, Zijian invited Fei Cui out again, and took the opportunity to express his heart, but was very disappointed. Although Zijian did not elaborate on the reasons for the refusal, Wang Ben probably wanted it. Helpless, he had to be moved out in the end, otherwise Zijian wouldn't be so angry at him with his first sentence.

After confiding for a while, when Zijian finally calmed down a little, Wang Ben hurried back to the living room again, probably Fei Cui is not feeling well at the moment.

Linglong had finished talking on the phone for a long time, and she was sitting in a daze with lost interest. She had only spoken a few words with Fei Cui. At this time, Fei Cui should not be in the mood to joke with the little girl.

The phone was called back, but no one answered it for a while, and finally got through after a long time. He asked in a panic, "Tweety, how are you?"

"It's okay." Fei Cui seemed to have calmed down a lot. After a moment of silence, she said with self-blame, "Brother Ben, am I ignorant and said something wrong?"

"No, you are not responsible for any of this," Wang Ben said reassuringly.

In fact, it seems that he should be blamed for all of this, but besides letting nature take its course, what can he do, even if he bravely jumps out without any scruples, it will not help the matter, but will only increase troubles.

After talking on the phone with the two of them, Wang Ben suddenly felt very heavy. Even Linglong didn't even think about continuing to pull him to play checkers.

Although both of them finally calmed down today, he knew that this was just the beginning.

Before that, when everything was unknown, he and Zijian could still joke with each other to cover up the seriousness in their hearts. With the growth of age and the change of regions, the germination in the heart slowly took root, and many things gradually revealed their essence , it is no longer possible to handle it as before.

This happened two or three times over the next semester,

The troubles continued between the three of them, and became more and more intense.

In addition to dealing with Zijian and Fei Cui who are far away, the little widow Wu Yulan's actions are becoming more and more frequent, and the business of the small shop is no longer so concerned. Every time after a while, she will always find various reasons to get close.

What is a little gratifying is that although Wu Yulan always acts very close, she hasn't done anything overstepped yet, and she won't deliberately express her thoughts so that he won't be too embarrassed.

After passing through late autumn and ushering in the cold winter, as the temperature drops day by day and enters the twelfth lunar month of the new year, the strong flavor of the new year sweeps in again.

Different from previous years, during the entire twelfth lunar month this year, pigs were rarely heard, and it was rare for someone to invite someone to drink pig soup at home. The previous scene where every household killed a pig and gave a piece of meat no longer existed, and the land was used to grow aloe vera seedlings , there is no more food, and most of the villagers do not feed pigs anymore, and the temporary conditions do not allow them to deliberately buy pigs to kill. With the wave of reform and opening up, more and more people go out to work, and those who stay at home are also seeking to get rich. Some original rural customs seem to be slowly fading away, gradually moving closer to urban life.

Wang Ben didn't deliberately prepare New Year's gifts for everyone like the previous two years. He and Zhan Wu went to the undeveloped forest on Daqing Mountain to catch some pheasants, as well as wild mountain mushrooms that had been picked and dried when growing American ginseng. , door-to-door to send a little heartfelt, so that everyone can also taste a different kind of game together.

The twelfth lunar month of the lunar calendar is the season of reunion and the period of return. First of all, the students start their vacation, and then the people who go out to work return to their hometowns one after another, and every household starts to be lively again.

This winter vacation, Fei Cui and Zijian chose to go home at the same time. Zijian has not been back for a year and a half. hometown.

Although they had some unhappiness, they were not completely deadlocked. At least, the relationship between neighbors remained unchanged. For the convenience along the way, they still boarded the train together.

After the two returned to Xiushui Bay, Fei Cui stayed behind closed doors all day long, and hadn't come to see Wang Ben for a while. Lian Zijian, who has always been impatient with loneliness, rarely took the lead in the team and stayed at home all day. Wo, in the past he was very keen to visit Wang Ben's house, but he didn't show up this year.

Everything seemed very peaceful, so peaceful that even Wang Ben didn't quite believe it.

Today is the New Year's Eve. After hanging up lanterns and pasting up couplets, Wang Ben went to the kitchen to prepare a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner after decorating the house festively.

"Book!" A long-lost but extremely familiar voice sounded outside the door, and a bare arm was waving happily.

"Xiaohui!" Wang Ben called out in surprise, put down the vegetables in his hands, wiped his hands on the apron quickly, and walked up to him quickly.

He really didn't expect that Xiaohui would come back willingly.

Right now, Zhanwu is already in Xiushui Bay, Zijian is on winter vacation, and now Xiaohui is back. After two years, the four of them gather again. This time, will they play some pranks, or is there any kind of mischief like before? Carefree joy.