Pastoral Daily Life

Lu Lingxi and Yan Yue took Dahei to the plant nursery again. Although Uncle Li said on the phone that everything was fine, Lu Lingxi was still a bit worried and wanted to go and see what was going on.

When he heard that Lu Lingxi was coming over in the evening, Uncle Li was very touched, and after finishing with the plant nursery hurried back and ordered Auntie Li to make more food for Lu Lingxi and Yan Yue. As soon as Lu Lingxi and Yan Yue entered the village, they were blocked by Uncle Li.

“The food is ready, we are waiting for you.”

Lu Lingxi was a little embarrassed that he had to bother Uncle Li again. But Uncle Li didnt think it was a bother. People were most afraid of loneliness when they were old. His children were both working far away and only could come back to see their parents during the New Year; sometimes they were too busy to even make a phone call. Although Uncle Li understood that it was not easy to work hard outside, sometimes he really wanted children. Fortunately, there used to be Du Lin who came to the plant nursery from time to time, and Uncle Li treated Du Lin as his own daughter in his heart. Now that Du Lin had gone back home and the plant nursery had been given to Lu Lingxi, Uncle Li was even happier. The child was so good-looking and well-behaved that in Uncle Lis eyes Lu Lingxi was almost the same as his grandson and he couldnt wait for Lu Lingxi to come to the plant nursery every day.

When they returned home, Auntie Li smiled at Lu Lingxi from afar. She remembered that Lu Lingxi liked to eat oat noodles rolled in a nest, so she took the time to make another pot this afternoon. This time, instead of diced mushroom and meat sauce, she served a pot of lamb stew, which was even more delicious.

“Xiao Xi, eat more.” Auntie Li lovingly gave Lu Lingxi a big bowl of it and said, “Look at how thin the child is.”

Lu Lingxi smiled shyly and took the bowl while secretly glancing at Yan Yue, knowing that Yan Yue must have heard it and would probably force him to eat again when they went back. He actually didnt think he was skinny at all; Yi Hang even laughed at him last time that he was about to pinch the flesh on his face. He also didnt understand why everyone thought he was thin, as if he didnt eat properly every day.

Uncle Li also nodded and echoed, “A bit thin, a bit fatter would be good.”

Lu Lingxi stopped talking, lowered his head and started eating.

Yan Yue chuckled lightly and gave Lu Lingxi a doting glance, holding another chopstick of food for him.

When everyone had almost finished eating, Uncle Li began to talk about the afternoons events. The matter was simple: the director of Songjia Villages plastic factory had encouraged a few kids who worked in the factory to come to Lingshui Village to demand a settlement. The rash youngsters didnt expect the village people, who were somewhat old, to oppose them, so they rushed over as soon as they were urged. As a result, they were seen by Xu San just as they reached the plant nursery.

Uncle Li glanced at Yan Yue meaningfully when he said this. Regarding Xu San, Uncle Li felt strange at first. Why did Xu San still wander around the plant nursery every day after he was beaten up? Was he waiting for revenge? But after watching him for a few days, Uncle Li could see that something was wrong. Xu San didnt look like he wanted to do something bad. Rather, he was more concerned about the plant nursery than anyone else, and he was quicker than anyone else to react to anything that happened in the plant nursery. Uncle Li pondered a little and realised something, so he didnt care about Xu San anymore.