Little Farm Among the Clouds

Chapter 57

Lu Mingfang said, "I'll give you something to eat."

Ye Chi looked at the big apple in his hand, then at the small apple in Lu Ming's hand, and said happily, "Brother Fang, did you give me the big apple?"

Lu Mingfang nodded.

"Brother Fang, you are too kind to me."

"Well, let's eat."

"Thank you Brother Fang."

Ye Chi lowered his head and took a bite of the apple. It was crunchy, sweet and juicy, which was Ye Chi's favorite flavor. He raised his face slightly and said with a happy smile, "Wow, it's delicious!"

Lu Mingfang was amused by Ye Chi's appearance.

Xiao Haozi looked puzzled, is it really so delicious?He looked down at the small apple in his hand, and took a bite. It seemed that the apples were much sweeter than usual, and he said, "It's really delicious."

With the attachment, Ye Chi became interested, and immediately turned his head to confirm: "Is it?"

Xiao Haozi nodded again and again: "Yes."

"My grandpa bought it, the ones my grandpa bought are super sweet."

"Your grandpa is amazing."

"Well, then you have to eat this apple clean."

"Nuclei cannot be eaten."

"Don't eat the core."

"Ah."

"..." Lu Mingfang on the side glanced at Yechi Xiaohaozi, and felt that these two people were very naive. Regardless of the two of them, he lowered his head and gnawed on the apple. He also felt that this little apple seemed to be more delicious than usual.

The three children ate apples with relish, watched TV, played with Yechi's toys for a while, flipped through children's books for a while, and played with Ye Guosheng's TV for a while, and watched Big Scalper and Dahei for a while. The children kept talking, especially Ye Chi and Xiao Haozi, who were chattering non-stop.

The adults were afraid that the three children would have friction together, so they specifically explained that Ye Chi had his birthday today and was the main character, so they should treat Ye Chi better.Lu Mingfang Xiao Haozi liked Yechi, so he readily agreed to the adults. When night fell, the gate of the courtyard was slammed.

Ye Guosheng hurried out of the kitchen, opened the courtyard door, and carried a big cake into the courtyard. Ye Chi looked up and saw it, and asked, "Grandpa, what are you carrying?"

Ye Guosheng said, "Birthday cake."

"Is it mine?"

"is yours."

"It's so big." Ye Chi happily ran to Ye Guosheng, staring at the big cake intently.

"Specially order the big one at the cake shop, take Ming and let Xiao Haozi eat it together."

"it is good."

"Then go play, grandpa is cooking."

"I help grandpa cook." Ye Chi habitually helped Ye Guosheng with work.

But today is different, today is Ye Chi's birthday, Ye Guosheng said: "You don't need to work, today is your birthday, you don't need to work, just have fun."

"Isn't grandpa tired?"

"Grandma Lu and the others are helping grandpa. Have fun, and I'll finish it in a while. I'll call you to eat and eat birthday cake."

"OK then."

Ye Guosheng carried the cake into the kitchen.

Ye Chi thought for a while, and followed him to the kitchen door. He saw Grandma Lu, Grandpa Lu, and Grandpa Lu and the three grandpas were all busy, discussing how to make him a children's birthday meal, and give him a wonderful seventh birthday... He looked at The loving smiles and clear wrinkles on their faces were as sweet as honey in their hearts, and they couldn't help but lie on the door frame and stare at the four old people.

Grandma Lu found him and said, "Xiaoyechi, are you hungry?"

Ye Chi shook his head.

"Then what are you doing lying on the door frame?"

"I'll take a look."

Grandma Lu smiled and said, "Don't worry, it will be ready in a while, it must be very delicious."

"Ah."

"go to play."

"it is good."

Ye Chi happily left the kitchen door, and saw Lu Mingfang's little Haozi playing with Dahei in the yard, their shadows and Dahei's shadow separated for a while, and merged together for a while, it looked very fun.

Ye Chi suddenly thought of going to the market to sell vegetables a few days ago, and seeing some children playing shadow games under the sun, he immediately ran to Lu Mingfang Xiao Haozi and said, "Brother Fang, Xiao Haozi, let's play shadow games. "

Xiao Haozi asked: "How to play?"

"Look who of us can play an animal with a shadow."

"Ah, I know that." Xiao Haozi clasped his hands immediately and said, "I can turn into a pigeon, you see."

With the help of the lights in the courtyard, a swarthy pigeon appeared on the ground immediately, Ye Chi then said: "I can also pretend to be a chicken with my hands."

"I can pretend to be a dog with my hands."

"I'll be a rabbit."

"I can pretend to be grass."

Ye Chi looked at Lu Mingfang who was watching from the side, and said, "Brother Fang, you come too."

Lu Mingfang said, "I won't."

"I'll teach you." Ye Chi pulled Lu Mingfang to his side and squatted down, touched Lu Mingfang's finger, then pointed to the shadow on the ground and said, "Brother Fang, look, is it just a flying pigeon?"

"Ah."

"If you do this again, it will be Dahei's head."

"Ah."

"It's chicken if you continue to do it like this." Xiao Haozi who was on the side also came over and said.

The three children squatted under the lamp, in an open space, trying to pose in various shapes to represent animals. Sometimes they acted right, and sometimes they acted incorrectly, but this did not prevent the three children from being happy at all.

There was constant chattering in the small yard until Ye Guosheng shouted for dinner, Ye Chi hurriedly called Lu Mingfang and Xiao Haozi to wash his hands, the three children came to the big dining table in the main room, and what they saw was full of meals, including chicken, fish, meat and eggs. Needless to say, each of them looks good, and the eyes of the three children are all lit up at the same time. Today, not only can they eat these, but they can also drink fruit juice and cola.

After Ye Chi and Ye Guosheng expressed their thanks to Mrs. Lu and the three of them, they took the chopsticks and started eating. Mrs. Lu said, "Eat less, and I will eat cake later."

Ye Chi said: "It doesn't matter, after I have eaten, I can still eat a lot of fruits and cakes."

Mrs. Lu and the others laughed.

Ye Chi continued to eat.

However, Mrs. Lu was still afraid that the children would be too full. When she felt that they were almost finished, she removed the food and put the cake on. Ye Guosheng put in seven small candles and lit them one by one. It's gone, and everyone sings a happy birthday song to Yechi together.

Ye Chi looked at the small candles flickering on the cake, illuminating the words "Happy Birthday Ye Chi Seven Years" on the cake, and then looked up at everyone around him. This was the first time he had such a lively event when he grew up. On birthdays, he likes to be lively, and it would be great if his mother was there.

"Ye Chi, hurry up and make a birthday wish." Xiao Haozi urged: "You can eat cake after you make your wish."

Ye Chi clasped his hands together, closed his eyes and said, "My wish is that my mother will be well, my grandpa will be well, and all of us will be well and stay together forever."

After speaking, Ye Chi opened his eyes and blew out the candles, and the lights came on.

Mrs. Lu handed the cake shovel to Ye Guosheng, and Ye Guosheng and Ye Chi cut the cake together, and Ye Chi gave it to everyone to eat piece by piece, and when he brought it to Xiao Haozi, Xiao Haozi said: "Ye Chi, you made your birthday wish Why do you say it when you say it, if you say it-"

Before Xiao Haozi finished speaking, half a strawberry was stuffed into his mouth. He and Ye Chi turned their heads at the same time, and saw Lu Mingfang who had just retracted his hand.

Xiao Haozi ate strawberries in two bites, and asked: "Lu Mingfang, what are you doing?"

Lu Mingfang said: "Don't talk nonsense, I believe it will work."

Xiao Haozi thought for a while and said, "That's fine."

Ye Chi didn't understand, it happened that Ye Guosheng called Ye Chi to eat cake, Ye Chi picked up the cake and ate it, the soft and sweet taste filled his mouth all the time, even though he brushed his teeth before going to bed, Ye Chi still couldn't bear it when he was lying on the bed I couldn't help kicking the blanket off my body with my little meat, and said happily: "Wow, the cake is so sweet!"

Ye Guosheng turned his head to take a look, and said, "The blanket is covered."

"hot."

"Don't mess around, it won't be hot in a while, be careful of frostbite."

As if all the old people were afraid that their children would freeze, Ye Chi had no choice but to cover the blanket again, then lay down on Ye Guosheng's bed and said, "Grandpa, is my birthday cake sweet?"

"sweet."

"Brother Fang and Xiao Haozi and I ate a lot."

"I saw."

"Well, grandpa, I'm seven years old now."

"Yeah, another year older."

"Well, in two months, I will go to school."

"correct."

"And then my mother came back."

Ye Guosheng glanced at Ye Chi, was silent, and said, "Go to sleep, I have to get up to sell vegetables tomorrow morning."

Ye Chi turned to say: "Grandpa, are you going to sell vegetables tomorrow?"

"Ah."

"The doctor said, you can't do heavy work, so you just watch me work."

"Okay, go to sleep."

"Ah."

Ye Chi lay down on his little bed again.

Ye Guosheng leaned over to cover Ye Chi with a quilt, watched Ye Chi close his eyes, he turned off the light in the room, then lay on the bed, turned his head to look at the phone by the bed, looked at it for a while, the phone rang suddenly , so as not to disturb Ye Chi, he hurried to pick it up: "Hello, who is it?"

"Dad." A soft voice sounded from the other end.

"Is it Ye Chi's mother?"

"Well, is Koike asleep?"

"Just slept, do you want him to answer the phone?"

"Let him sleep, it's his birthday—"

"I bought him a cake to celebrate and he was very happy."

"Thank you dad."

"Why are you answering the phone now?"

"I studied yesterday, went to work and worked overtime today, and now I'm off work." Bi Duan said guiltily: "I wanted to call earlier, but I don't have time at all."

"Why are you working so hard?"

"I, I have to make money."

Ye Guosheng was silent, and said, "Mother Ye Chi, do you know about Hongtao?"

"know."

"Well, it's good to know. Hongtao is sorry for you. You have paid for Ye Chi for more than six years. Now you are still young, only in your 20s, and your life has just begun. Let go of your heart, and when you meet the right People who love you just follow fate, don't always force yourself, loving your child doesn't have to be with you all the time, when the child grows up and understands the truth, he will understand you, and when the child grows up, compared to the company of father's love and mother's love, They need more financial support from their parents. So, let yourself live well first, and then think about Ye Chi."

Ye Guosheng's tone was gentle and simple, but there was a special power that made Ye Chi's mother cry: "Dad—"

"Call back often, I won't let you pick up Yechi."

"Ah."

"I will take care of Yechi, and I will take care of him every day I live. When I leave one day, I hope that one day, no matter whether you have a family or not, you will have the ability to take Yechi over, you know?"

"Dad, thank you."

"Thank you for what I'm doing, it's my son who killed you."

"It's also because I was young and ignorant."

"Okay, let's not talk, pay attention to rest."

"Dad, you too."

After hanging up the phone, Ye Guosheng sat on the bed and sighed, lay down in the quilt, leaned against Ye Chi, reached out and fondled Ye Chi's fleshy face, and after a while, looked at the dark beams again. , sighed again, closed his eyes, and fell into sleep.

At dawn the next day, Ye Guosheng wore sunglasses and began to walk slowly in the morning. When he came back, he saw not only Lu Mingfang Shunzi at the door of his house, but also Xiao Haozi.

He smiled and asked, "Why is Xiao Haozi here?"

Xiao Haozi said, "I'll help you pick vegetables."

Shunzi went on to say: "He heard that Yechi and Mingfang were going to help on the mountain tomorrow, so he clamored to come over. I thought he was older than Xiaoyechi Mingfang, so he should be able to help, so I brought him here. , Brother Ye, look—"

"Okay, okay, okay, a kid who likes to work, let him be with Ye Chi, don't be too tired." Ye Guosheng said with a smile.

Xiao Haozi nodded: "I'm not afraid of getting tired!"

Ye Guosheng laughed.

Lu Mingfang glanced at Xiao Haozi, walked into the yard and called Ye Chi to get up. After Ye Chi got up, he went up to the mountain to pick vegetables with Ye Guosheng and others. It was different with Xiao Haozi. Their work efficiency was greatly improved, and when they came back from selling vegetables earlier than before.

As soon as he got home after selling the vegetables, the phone rang at home. Ye Chi went to answer it immediately and talked for half an hour. Call!"

"Really?" Ye Guosheng laughed.

"Well, my mother talks a lot to me!"

"What did your mother say?"

"My mother asked me to help grandpa well and make me happy." Ye Chi's small face was almost smiling like a sunflower.

"Really."

"Yeah." Ye Chi nodded heavily, the smile on his face didn't fade at all.

Ye Guosheng smiled and said, "Look at you happy."

"Well, I'm so happy. My mother called me. I'm going to talk to Brother Fang."

"Go." Ye Guosheng was a little sad and a little warm in his heart. He really didn't expect that he didn't have a filial son at all. He actually gave birth to such a loving and righteous Ye Chi. He really envied and comforted him.

Ye Chi continued: "Grandpa, then I'll go now."

"go."

Ye Chi immediately took small steps and quickly ran towards Mrs. Lu's house. When he got to Mrs. Lu's house, he told Mrs. Lu that Mrs. Lu and Lu Mingfang were too lively all day, making Ye Guosheng dumbfounded.

What made Ye Chi even more happy was that his mother called him again a week later. He felt that he was about to fly with joy, and wanted to tell Lu Mingfang the good news again.

Ye Guosheng called Ye Chi and said, "It's noon, it's too hot, so don't run around."

Ye Chi raised his small face, squinted his eyes and dared not look directly at the sun, after hearing Ye Guosheng's words, he didn't look for Lu Mingfang, but after a while, not only Lu Mingfang came to look for Ye Chi, but also Xiao Haozi.

Children are easy to get along with, after a week of getting along, the three children can already get along with each other anytime, anywhere, even if Lu Ming puts on a look of avoiding strangers, but with Yechi as a lubricant, the three of them can still happily play together.

Ye Guosheng originally didn't want Ye Chi to go out to play, but seeing Lu Mingfang's little Hao Zi came over, he had no choice but to give Ye Chi three people a play under the shade of the tree, and Ye Chi pushed a brand new tricycle under the leaves Learn to ride.

Ye Guosheng specifically confessed: "Be careful."

Ye Chi said: "Understood."

Lu Mingfang also turned around and said, "Grandpa Ye, I will hold the car."

Ye Guosheng nodded. In the past, Lu Mingfang didn't say a word to this child all day, and he didn't know the character of this child. Since the child recovered from his illness, he felt that this child was calmer, smarter and more stable than ordinary children. Of course, When she was with Ye Chi, she was innocent and innocent.

Ye Guosheng just asked Ye Chi.

With the help of Lu Mingfang and Xiao Haozi, Ye Chi learned to ride a tricycle, and also learned to ride a bicycle. With Xiao Haozi who can play, Ye Chi and Lu Mingfang seem to have opened up a new world. Started running around Jingshan Town.

As the weather got hotter, the three children all changed into shorts and shorts. They went to pick and sell vegetables in the morning, and played in the streets and alleys of Jingshan Town in the afternoon and evening until dark. It turned black, especially Xiao Haozi, who was already black and almost turned into charcoal.

Ye Chi rolled up his short sleeves, his shoulders and arms were two colors, he said, "I'm black too."

Lu Mingfang hummed.

Ye Chi lifted Lu Mingfang's sleeve and saw two colors.

Lu Mingfang said, "I'm black too."

Xiao Haozi said: "It doesn't matter, winter will come back for nothing, and I will come back for nothing every winter."

Lu Mingfang continued: "I haven't seen you in vain in winter."

Xiao Haozi looked at Ye Chi.

Ye Chi said: "Brother Fang is right, when we met you, you were black, you can't be white."

"You are talking nonsense." Xiao Haozi said, "You will help Ming Fang."

Ye Chi said: "I'm not helping Brother Fang, it's because you're a black man."

"I am white in winter."

"No white."

"I am white in winter, you have never seen me in winter, you just helped Mingfang." Xiao Haozi was indignant.

Ye Chi explained patiently: "I helped Brother Fang because Brother Fang was right."

"You think everything Ming Fang says is right!"

"What Brother Ben said is right!"

"..."

Xiao Haozi and Ye Chi stumbled.

Lu Mingfang ignored Xiao Haozi, and pulled Ye Chi away.

Xiao Haozi asked, "Where are you going?"

Lu Mingfang said: "It's getting dark, let's go home."

"Then, then I'll go home too."

Ye Chi turned around and waved his hands: "Goodbye, Xiao Haozi."

"Okay, Yechi, I'll see you tomorrow morning."

"it is good."

Just now they were bickering non-stop, but now they are reluctant to part with each other again, after parting with Xiao Haozi, and then parting with Lu Mingfang, Ye Chi hurried back to his home, and as soon as he entered the house, he saw Ye Guosheng counting money in the yard.

"Grandpa!" Ye Chi shouted.

It was dark now, and Ye Guosheng's sunglasses had been removed. He raised his eyes and saw Ye Chi, and his eyes rolled with a smile: "I'm back."

"Well, Brother Fang and Xiao Haozi and I went to Dongdajie to play. There is a dry well over there, and we even climbed into it."

"You guys are so naughty."

"Hey." Ye Chi squatted in front of Ye Guosheng, looked at the money on the table and asked, "Grandpa, is Uncle Li coming to buy vegetables again?"

"Ah."

"How much did he buy?"

"Yes." Ye Guosheng raised the money in his hand and said, "Look, you've earned so much."

"Wow, that's a lot."

"Yeah. A lot."

Ye Guosheng never thought that he would make so much money. It is strange to say that he has been growing vegetables for himself in recent years, but there has never been a year like this year, when all kinds of vegetables grow vigorously. Each of them is better than others with chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Cucumbers, tomatoes, pumpkins, etc., have grown crop after crop, and all of them are gratifying. It is difficult to sell them at a good price.

He was puzzled, how could these vegetables grow so well? Could it be because of Ye Chi, he looked at Ye Chi suspiciously.

Ye Chi asked: "Grandpa, what do you see me doing?"

Ye Guosheng said: "In the past, the vegetables I planted were all growing normally. How did they grow so well this year?"

"Because of me."

"you?"

"Yes, because vegetables like me, so I try my best to grow taller, grow taller, and sell them for a lot of money, so I can support me."

"Why do I like you?"

"Because I am a mountain, I am a mountain rich in nutrition, you see a lot of lion essence, white bone essence and chicken essence in "Journey to the West", I am a mountain essence."

"..."

"Vegetables must know me and dare not offend me, so they grow very well."

"..." Hearing this kind of remarks, Ye Guosheng really couldn't laugh or cry. He got up from the stool, took the money into the room, stuffed the money under the box first, and deposited it in the bank tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. He didn't listen at all. What is Ye Chi talking about.

But Ye Chi seemed very satisfied with his own brain hole, and continued to talk to Ye Guosheng, and said with emotion: "I was transformed by a mountain spirit. I went to Jingshan, and when Chili saw me, he said, 'Oh! Lord Mountain Spirit, the little ones see Lord Mountain Spirit, Lord Mountain Spirit, don’t kill the little ones, the small ones will grow up well and satisfy Lord Mountain Spirit, so the pepper grows hard, grows, grows bigger Red again, the tomato saw that the peppers were turning red, and thought, 'I must be redder than the peppers, I want to let the mountain spirit see me', these two guys are too good at flattering the mountain spirit, so the eggplant The face turns green, the cucumber face turns green, and the garlic wilts.”

Ye Guosheng hadn't had time to laugh yet.

There was a "puchi" sound from the door, Ye Guosheng and Ye Chi turned his head to see that it was Lu Mingfang.

"Brother Fang." Ye Chi immediately shouted happily.

"Ah."

"Why are you here?"