Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 51 Zhu Danian's Visit

Shen Rongshan walked to the foot of the mountain and circled around the mountainside for a few times. He heard a burst of dog barking. After a while, two big black dogs ran down the mountain, wagging their tails.

"Wangwang..."

"Big Black, Second Black."

The two dogs rushed down the hill, lay on him, and licked his hands with their tongues.

Looking up, Zhu Danian was holding two wild rabbits with a smile on his face.

"Rongshan, why are you here at this time? Are you going into the mountains again?"

"No, I came here to ask Master something."

Shen Rongshan touched the heads of the two dogs and gestured to them to go down the mountain first.

"Let's go home and talk." Zhu Danian handed him the wild rabbit in his hand, "I'll have it for you tonight, take one back with you."

One was in a trap, and the other was caught by two black dogs.

"No, Master." Then he added, "Master, please come to my house to eat."

He was alone and could only eat one bite at a time.

Zhu Danian walked in front and said, "How are you and your wife? Look at you, you really want to live with her now."

He came after I got married, and it was obvious that he didn't care much about his wife, like a stranger, and his mind was more on his two younger brothers.

Shen Rongshan's eyebrows relaxed, with a faint smile: "Well, she has a gentle personality. Master will definitely like her when he sees her."

When he said he liked someone, it was the appreciation of an elder for a younger person, not something between a man and a woman.

He smiled cheerfully: "Okay, let's go to your house tonight for dinner. Bring both rabbits, and the wine you sent. Let's have a drink."

"You've been away from home for three years, and I've been worried for three years. Even though you're not my child, I've treated you as my own child in my heart for all these years."

"Ah."

Shen Rongshan was very grateful to him, and when he was not at home, he would send some food to his younger brothers from time to time.

"Oh, put it in a basket and carry it on your back so that the villagers don't see it."

Since he is not coming today, Zhu Danian plans to take the other one to the village head's house to exchange it.

"Master, bring Big Black and Second Black with you."

"Okay, wait for me for a moment, I'll go into the house to get something."

Shen Rongshan put the rabbit and wine into a basket and carried it on his back. After a while, Zhu Danian came out from the inner room and locked the door.

"Let's go."

The two men were walking in the village with two big black dogs.

A man walked towards us and asked curiously, "Da Nian, where are you going?"

"Go to Rongshan's house. You are busy. We will leave first."

He seldom spoke to the villagers unless necessary, and usually stayed at home or went up the mountain.

Two big black dogs were running in front, looking back at them from time to time.

Zhu Danian glanced at the people around him and said, "Rongshan, when are you going to have a child? You are not young anymore, it's time to have a child."

"Master, I don't want it right now. My family is in financial difficulty. I'll wait two years before deciding. I'm not in a hurry."

"Well, you have your own ideas. Be nice to the girl and don't let her down."

Shen Rongshan nodded: "Yes, Master, don't worry."

After entering Shenjia Village, I looked up and saw three people busy in the wasteland: "Master, they are in the wasteland to the west."

Zhu Danian looked over and said: "Why are you building a fence on the wasteland? Are you afraid that someone will steal your vegetables?"

If someone wants to steal, even a fence can't stop him.

Shen Rongshan explained: "No, it's used to raise chickens. The yard on the mountain is too small and they will run into the house."

"That's true. The wasteland needs to be cultivated for a year or two, and the manure is used to cultivate the land. Your family bought land this year, so take good care of the crops on the land. By the way, which paddy field is it?"

"The third piece at the foot of the mountain." He pointed.

"Tsk, it's not a good piece of land."

We are from the same village and have the same surname, but the price of the land is not cheap at all, Zhu Danian shook his head.

"Rongshan, you guys are great here. Try not to make friends with him in the future. If you can avoid him, don't look for him."

Shen Rongshan understood what it meant and nodded in agreement.

Here, Shen Wenshan caught a glimpse of the two and called out to Ji Wenhe beside him: "Sister-in-law, Uncle Da Nian is here."

"Uncle Da Nian? Who is that?" I looked in the direction he was looking.

"My eldest brother's master. When my eldest brother was not around, he often came to see us and brought us food."

The two brothers went to greet him with a smile.

Ji Wenhe put down the branch in his hand and followed him.

Shen Rongshan came to her side: "Wen He, this is my master"

Then he said to her: "Wen He, this is my master, you can call him Uncle Da Nian."

"Uncle Da Nian."

"Alas, the fence isn't finished yet."

"It's almost done, just tie up the vines." Ji Wenhe looked at Shen Rongshan, "Take Uncle Da Nian back, we'll be ready soon."

Zhu Danian smiled and said, "No problem, let Rongshan come, I'll go to the river to clean the rabbit."

"Yuanshan, you go with the master. Wenshan, go back and boil some water. The master will have dinner at home tonight."

The two of them agreed with a smile.

After the three of them went up the mountain, Ji Wenhe asked, "Doesn't Uncle Da Nian have any family?"

Shen Rongshan picked up the vine on the ground: "Yes, it's gone."

Then he told her everything he knew.

“Master is a pitiful man, feeling guilty all these years and living alone.

I have been learning hunting from him since I was young, and I want to take care of him when he gets old.”

Zhu Danian was really good to him.

"Wen He, I won't ask you to take care of Master like I do, I just hope you won't stop me, after all..."

"Brother Shen." Ji Wenhe looked at him with some displeasure, "Brother Shen, what kind of person am I in your heart?"

"I..." He tried to explain but was interrupted again.

"Am I an unreasonable person in Brother Shen's heart? Am I a person without gratitude? Or did I do something in the past that made you think I am such a person?"

She was really angry. That was his master, the one who taught him the craft and helped take care of his younger brother for three years.

Ji Wenhe lowered his head: "Brother Shen, you don't seem to know me very well."

She let out a long sigh.

Shen Rongshan was anxious and looked at her straight in the eyes: "Wen He, I don't have any other intentions, and I don't think you are a bad person."

"I mean, I want to say,

He spoke incoherently and could not utter a complete sentence.

Ji Wenhe raised his head, sighed helplessly in his heart, and said softly: "Brother Shen, don't be in a hurry, just speak slowly."

He was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead and he felt completely at a loss.

Shen Rongshan was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "What I said just now was wrong. Let me say it again."

"I want to take care of my master until he is old. When he is old, I will go to serve him. I will not ask you to go with me."

"I didn't think carefully about what I said just now, Wen He, don't be angry, I don't think badly of you."

Ji Wenhe was no longer angry. Counting the days, they really did not understand each other very well: "Brother Shen, I know what you mean."

"I'm not really angry. Uncle Da Nian has helped you a lot. Even if you don't tell me, I will remember his kindness and repay it with you."

Shen Rongshan was relieved to see that she looked normal: "Wen He, thank you."

"We are a family, there is no need to thank you. Hurry up and get to work. I will go back to cook later. I will cook today."