Chapter 21

When I returned to the village, smoke was already rising above the village, and it was time for everyone to prepare dinner.

Inspired by the elder sister who bought wheat, Song Ruan directly took out a bag of wheat from the space and went to Yang Bin’s house.

In the past, she would find various excuses to send food mixed with Yuquan water to Yang Bin’s house. Now that she knew that wheat also had the effect of nourishing the body, she naturally had to send wheat over.

“Sister Song Ruan, why are you here?” Yang Moer had just gone to her private plot to pick a few pumpkins, and unexpectedly saw Song Ruan at the door.

“Mo’er, that’s great. You take this bag of wheat in, and I won’t go in.”

Song Ruan handed over the bag of wheat in her hand. Yang Moer waved her hand quickly as she looked at the big bag of wheat.

“No, Sister Song Ruan, you take it back and eat it. We can’t take your things often.”

It’s okay for normal consumption, but wheat and rice are such a good food, how expensive must they be? No family in the village would be willing to eat it.

Song Ruan knew her concerns and chuckled, “Oh, your brother gave me money to buy this.”

After hearing what Song Ruan said, Yang Moer became a little hesitant.

Seeing this, Song Ruan stuffed it directly into her hand and said to her, “Take it. By the way, Mo’er, I have something else I want to ask you for help with.”

Hearing that Song Ruan needed her help, Yang Moer’s eyes lit up: “Sister Song Ruan, what do you need Moer to do for you? I can do anything, just tell me.”

It was the first time that Song Ruan met someone who was eager to help.

She smiled silently, took out a bag of White Rabbit milk candy and two yuan, the two yuan was in scattered coins of a few cents, and handed them to Yang Moer.

“Can you find some free children in the village and ask them to help collect some adobe mud and bamboo fences? Then they can be paid with candies and money.”

Yang Moer is 14 years old this year, and her playmates are about the same age, strong and relatively free, so it is just right to ask them for help.

Yang Moer nodded: “Of course, it happens that there is nothing to do during the farming off-season, so everyone is relatively free, but there is no need for compensation.”

After Yang Moer finished speaking, she wanted to leave.

“No, how can they work for nothing when they are helping me? Ask them to put the adobe mud and bamboo fences they received at the foot of the mountain, and I will pick them up when the time comes.”

Song Ruan grabbed Yang Moer, stuffed the money and candy into her hands, and without waiting for Yang Moer to refuse, she went back home.

After returning home, Song Ruan also took a bag of wheat and put it in the kitchen, using the same excuse that Yang Bin bought it.

After dinner, Song Ruan quickly hid back in her room and entered the space.

She was anxious to see how her piglets and chicks were doing.

Two large bamboo cages and one small bamboo cage were placed on the grass in the space. They seemed to have adapted well to the space. Although they had not been fed for most of the day, they were still in good spirits.

Moreover, the chickens in the cage were pecking at the grass below through the gap under the bamboo cage.

Although they were in good condition, they were cubs after all, so Song Ruan still added diluted Yuquan water to their food.

The piglets were fed with leftovers from her family, and the chicks were fed with wheat. For now, it was good food, after all, they were still small, and they could be raised roughly when they grew up a little.

The little piglets and chicks seemed to like the food mixed with Yuquan water very much and they scrambled to eat it. Seeing the cubs eating happily, Song Ruan was also very happy.

I hope they grow strong quickly and reproduce.

“Knock knock knock–” There was a knock on the door. Song Ruan hurried out of the space, pulled the bolt and opened the door.

“Brother?” Song Ruan was surprised to see Song Wen.

Her three brothers all doted on her. Her family split up early when she was a child, and her parents had a lot of work to do, so it was basically her three brothers who raised her.

But each brother was different. The third brother was only one year younger than her and played with her. The second brother was three years older than her, but he was more lively and often took her around.

There was only the eldest brother, who was calm and mature beyond his years. Although he was only five years younger than her, he doted on her and took good care of her, but he was more like a patriarch.

It was even rarer for him to ask her to play after dinner, as that was something only the second and third brothers would do.

Song Wen looked at his sister’s surprised expression, probably knowing what she was thinking, and said helplessly: “It was Yang Bin who came to see you.”

What a heartless person.

Song Ruan said “oh” with a smile and went out. She happened to have something to ask Yang Bin, and she wanted Yang Bin to accompany her up the mountain.

After dinner, the villagers would gather in groups of three or four to chat and gossip, so Song Ruan and Yang Bin naturally walked towards the grove where there were few people.

When they arrived at a place with few people, Yang Bin held the soft little hand next to him.

He thought about it for a while and said, “I have to go out of town for about a week.”

Song Ruan’s chest suddenly jolted, as if something pinched it. She wanted to ask him many questions, but she still couldn’t ask them.

After a while, she spoke in a low voice: “So, when are you going?”

Yang Bin felt that the little girl next to him seemed reluctant to leave him, and he felt both happy and sad.

“The day after tomorrow.” The man glanced sideways, his eyes filled with reluctance. “A week will go by quickly. If things go well, I may be back a day or two earlier.”

Song Ruan pursed her lips and nodded.

For a moment, both of them were silent, and they didn’t say much until they arrived at the grove.

Yang Bin held her hand and quickened his pace slightly, but Song Ruan didn’t notice. She was thinking about something and followed him naturally.

When they reached the middle of the grove, Yang Bin found a sturdy tree to block their figures and then hugged her.

His arm muscles were strong and firm, and he hugged Song Ruan tightly. Song Ruan cried softly and raised her head, only to be met with a pair of deep and fiery eyes.

Yang Bin hugged her and took two steps forward, letting her lean against the tree trunk. He lowered his head and coaxed her in a hoarse voice, “Can you let me kiss you for a while? Hmm? I won’t be able to see you for so long.”

Hearing the man’s straightforward words, Song Ruan clenched her fingertips suddenly, and even sweat oozed out of her palms.

How should she answer this…

Song Ruan was so embarrassed that she didn’t say anything. She didn’t agree, nor did she refuse.

“Hehe…” He looked at her shyly and laughed softly.

But his hands did not stop. He stroked her fair face with his big palms, bent down and kissed her mouth, and eagerly probed into her mouth.

When the two came out of the grove, the moon had already risen, and the moonlight scattered on the road, driving away the darkness around them.

Yang Bin suddenly turned his head and stared in the direction of the grove for a while, but the place where the moonlight could not reach was pitch black and he could not see anything. Yang Bin could only look away.

“What’s wrong?” Song Ruan asked curiously.

Yang Bin shook his head: “I seemed to see a figure just now. It was late at night. Maybe I saw it wrongly.”