Chapter 36 Lu Youyi

I stayed comfortably at home for two days.

Lu Yang didn't go anywhere. He just stayed at home with his wife and made up for the homework he had missed during the long trip.

Until his father-in-law couldn't stand it anymore and kicked him out, saying that he should go see his uncle. Since the beginning of winter, especially after that incident a few days ago, both of his sons were arrested and put in jail, and his uncle's illness has worsened.

Lu Yang then took his wife with him and asked her to change into the beautiful down jacket he had just bought for her in Shencheng. He also took two pairs of Daqianmen shoes and two bottles of wine from his father-in-law.

When visiting a sick elder in the countryside, it is generally polite to cut a piece of meat and, if conditions permit, wrap a piece of brown sugar in red paper. If conditions are even better, you can even bring a pig's trotter.

But today, it was obviously a little late for the father-in-law to remind him. There was no meat stall in the village, so if he wanted to buy meat, he had to go to the town. Brown sugar was sold in the small shop run by the fat wife of Ma Laoliu. Lu Yang planned to buy some on the way there later.

that's it.

I rode my bike and took my wife with me and soon arrived at the store at the entrance of the village.

"Hey, Brother Yang is taking his wife out, are they going to visit your uncle?"

The fat wife of Ma Laoliu, who was standing at the door basking in the sun, was already waving and greeting.

"Sister-in-law is basking in the sun."

"I'm here to see my uncle. Do you have any brown sugar? Please weigh a few pieces for me and wrap them in red paper."

Ma Laoliu's fat wife: "Okay, you wait."

He ran back to the house happily.

Lu Yang parked the bicycle, watched his wife get off the back seat safely, and then propped up the bicycle.

Yin Mingyue smiled sweetly at him.

She now tries to speak as little as possible in front of outsiders, unless she is angry. Even when she is alone with Lu Yang, she speaks one word at a time. This is also what Lu Yang taught her.

Of course, except when she was making up her homework, she had no say at that time.

Lu Yang said with some distress: "Wife, don't be nervous. It's not a good thing to keep it in. If you want to talk, just say it. I'm here. No one will laugh at you."

But Yin Mingyue still shook her head.

This time, Lu Yang brought her not only beautiful clothes, watches, small hairpins and other gifts, but also several books, two of which were her favorites: "A Self-Help Manual for Stutterers" and "Deep Listening" (I couldn't find the original publication date of this book, so I have to assume that it already exists. If you ask, it's a parallel universe).

The previous book teaches you how to face your stuttering bravely and provides a series of self-help techniques and methods to help reduce the impact of stuttering and gradually restore fluent oral pronunciation.

Another book deeply analyzes interpersonal communication from a psychological perspective. Those who talk a lot do not necessarily appear enthusiastic. Too much ineffective spoken language can easily cause others to dislike you. But listening is different. It is the most effective way of communication.

As soon as she got these two books, Yin Mingyue loved them so much that she wished she could hold them in her hands and read them carefully all the time.

These days, apart from eating, sleeping, and spending time with Lu Yang, she never put down these books.

Seeing that Lu Yang had frowned, it seemed that he was really worried about her.

Yin Mingyue then smiled sweetly again and nodded heavily: "Yes."

Lu Yang said happily: "That's right."

Yin Mingyue giggled and said, "Yeah."

Lu Yang: "Can you say something else?"

Yin Mingyue tilted her head, pretending to think, and then nodded like a chicken eating rice: "Okay."

Lu Yang was amused.

I couldn't help but touch her head: "You are naughty, okay, you can say whatever you want, I won't force you, as long as you are happy."

The young couple was having fun.

In the store, the fat wife of Ma Laoliu has already come out with the wrapped brown sugar. She has calculated the price.

Lu Yang also took a fancy to the few old hens in the chicken coop under her eaves. Thinking of the last time when they had wine but no meat, he pointed at them and said, "Sister-in-law, can you sell these chickens?"

Ma Laoliu's fat wife said without hesitation: "Sell them, of course, if you don't bring them today, Yang Ge'er, I will take them to my grandfather's house in town tomorrow and ask him to sell them for me, so that I don't have to keep them here. I have to spend time raising them, and customers find them smelly. I put them in cages at night and don't move them into the store. I'm afraid they'll get lost if I put them far away. It's so annoying."

Her family was a butcher and had a meat stall in the town market.

Lu Yang nodded and said jokingly, "Then I'll buy it. Will your sixth son and your mother-in-law cause me trouble?"

Ma Laoliu's fat wife raised her voice: "They dare."

Lu Yang was very happy: "Okay, then give me two. I'll take one now and keep the other one for the afternoon when I go back home, okay?"

Ma Laoliu's fat wife said quickly, "Okay, I'll do as you say."

After saying that, he went to catch the chicken.

Yin Mingyue pulled Lu Yang's sleeve, raised her head, and looked at him inquiringly, as if to say, "Why buy two? What a waste of money."

Lu Yang said, "Little fool, the other one is for you to nourish your body. You must be exhausted these days, right? Don't worry, you don't have to do it. I can make it. I'll let you taste my cooking skills tonight. I guarantee that after you drink the delicious chicken soup, you will want me to make it for you again next time."

After saying that, he stretched out his finger and scratched her little nose.

Yin Mingyue immediately dodged in disgust, biting her little fangs and waving her little fists at him as if in protest.

"Let's go."

"Wife, get in the car quickly."

At this time, Lu Yang had already taken the tied old hen from the fat wife of Ma Laoliu and put it into the basket in front of him. He quickly paid the money, pushed the bicycle with one foot over and stepped on the pedal with the other.

When Yin Mingyue saw the outsider, she gave up waving her little fists to seek revenge on Lu Yang.

He gave an apologetic smile to the fat wife of Ma Laoliu who was watching with envy, caught up with him a few steps, grabbed Lu Yang's clothes around his waist with her two small hands, and sat on the bicycle sideways.

"Jingle Bell"

Soon they arrived opposite the pond of Lu Yang's uncle's house.

This is the end of the only gravel road in the village. A little further ahead is the place where the two brothers of the Lu family had a conflict with Ma Sanli and a group of village thugs a few days ago.

But Lu Yang didn't have the energy to care about these things.

He set his eyes on the side of the gravel road, and on the piece of land that he had exchanged from his uncle, he saw a figure bending over and working.

Third cousin Lu Youyi?

Lu Yang stopped the car and shook his head at his confused wife in the back seat: "I'll go take a look."

Go down the gravel road.

Lu Yang's footsteps startled the shadow who was working hard. He looked up, revealing a face that looked like he was more than 30 years old, even though he was only 27 years old. "Are you back?"

There was no sign of joy on Lu Youyi's face.

Lu Yang glanced around. This third cousin did a very careful job. The saplings were moved away, the small earth slope was flattened, and the bumps and corners were neatly cleaned. He nodded and said, "Third brother, you have worked hard. I brought two packs of Shencheng cigarettes and some wine for uncle, and cooked an old hen. I will go back and ask aunt to stew it, and then have some drinks?"

Keep the words of gratitude in your heart, or do something practical.

Lu Youyi didn't act pretentiously and nodded silently.

When the two brothers were halfway there, Lu Yang suddenly remembered something, took off his Shanghai brand steel watch, handed it to his cousin Lu Youyi and said, "I didn't bring any gifts, but I just happened to have a few extra watches at home, so this one is for you."

(End of this chapter)