Chapter 124 Didn’t you say there was no one else at home?
Looking at Wen Susu who had come into the village alone, Fang Wei was also amused and said helplessly:
"No wonder Teacher Wen came to me first! I was so touched. It turns out that he wanted me to be his guide?"
"Haha, you're the squad leader, so I'll definitely ask you to do this job!"
Wen Susu felt relieved after finding someone to lead the way.
The road conditions in the village are not as clear as those in big cities. There are no wide squares and roads, but narrow ramps and stairs everywhere. As an outsider, it is naturally difficult to find the way in these small villages on the island. Even after another twenty years, it will still be difficult to find the way with a mobile phone navigation.
But this was really no big deal for the other party. He grew up in the village since he was a child. Not to mention his own village, he could recognize the entire Pineapple Island with his eyes closed.
"Meow?"
While the two were talking, Qiyue came over at some point, lowered her head and sniffed Wen Susu's legs curiously, then looked up at her.
The cat was quite curious. Naturally, he had never seen Wen Susu before. She had a strange aura that came from afar.
Wen Susu lowered her head when she heard the sound, and was startled when she saw the big furry creature.
The cat was also startled by her reaction.
The man and the cat immediately distanced themselves from each other.
After a while, Wen Susu finally reacted. Seeing that it was a big fat cat, she breathed a sigh of relief, squatted down again, and waved to it with a meow.
"Teacher Wen is afraid of cats?"
"No, I thought it was a dog! How come your cat is so big?! Many people in your village have dogs. I just came here and heard dogs barking all the way. I was scared to death..."
"Dogs recognize people too! They will definitely bark when they see a stranger."
Fang Wei smiled, held July over, and seeing that she wanted to touch him, he generously handed July to her for her to touch.
"It's called July."
"It's so big! Is this a tabby cat? I heard that this kind of cat is the best at fighting!"
"Uh... July is still very well behaved."
"Meow~"
July cooperated by meowing in a pinched voice.
Fluffy cats are very popular among girls. Even a grown-up girl like Wen Susu looks very satisfied after touching a cat.
The two had been talking in the yard for a while, but apart from Fang Wei and Maoer, no one else came out of the house.
"Fang Wei, are you the only one at home?"
"correct."
"Where are your parents?"
"My mom is at the farm, and my dad is collecting fish at the dock. Teacher Wen, please go inside and sit for a while. I'll call them and ask them to come back."
"no, I'm fine!"
Wen Susu quickly stopped him: "Let's wait until they are done first!"
"what?"
Fang Wei was stunned: "Isn't Teacher Wen doing home visits? Parents don't need to be at home?"
"Of course we have to! When will your dad and the others be back?"
"At noon."
"It's okay, let's wait for them to get busy. There's nothing else to do anyway. Teacher, I'll just take a look. Do you mind?"
"Of course I don't mind..."
Wen Susu smiled. When she heard that her parents were not at home, she became even more relaxed.
Even though they are teachers, they still act like children and feel a little restrained because their parents are at home!
Naturally, he would not tell Fang Wei this reason, otherwise, wouldn't it be a loss of the teacher's authority?
In short, she was not in a hurry. The so-called home visits were just visiting the homes of classmates, chatting and taking a look around.
Fang Wei is her favorite student, so Wen Susu is very curious about Fang Wei's family.
"Teacher Wen, please come in and sit down. I'll make you some tea."
"It's okay, don't worry about me, I'll look around!"
"..."
What’s so good about a small house in the countryside?
But Wen Susu watched with great interest, after all, this was a life she had never experienced before.
The yard is not big, and the most eye-catching thing is probably the shaking well.
This thing is available in town, but in relatively small quantities, and is not available in school.
Wen Susu has seen it, but has never used it.
She walked forward with curiosity, grabbed the joystick and shook it a few times like others did, but no water flowed out.
"Eh? Is your well broken? Why isn't there any water?"
"...Mr. Wen, you are ignorant! There is a ladle next to it. You should pour water into it first."
"So that's it..."
Wen Susu smiled awkwardly, scooped some water with a ladle, and poured it while shaking the handle. Soon the loose handle became tight, and as she moved the handle up and down, clear and clean well water flowed out.
She stretched out her hands and washed them with the well water, which was cool and refreshing.
"So cold!"
"Because it's water pumped from the ground, it's warm in the winter and cool in the summer. When the weather gets colder, the water pumped from the well will feel warm."
"Not bad!"
Wen Susu dried her hands, raised the camera hanging around her neck, and took a picture of the shaking well.
Fang Wei: “…”
Please, teacher! Don't act like you have never seen the world!
Perhaps because she felt the photo was a bit monotonous, she asked Fang Wei to shake the water.
Fang Wei: “…”
"Is this okay?"
"Uh, just be natural, like you normally would."
"so?"
"can!"
[Click——]
Wen Susu took another photo, in which a rural boy was shaking water and looked up at the camera.
She was very satisfied with this photo. It turned out that life is inseparable from people. With people, rural life becomes more vivid.
"You have chickens and ducks at home! Why are these two ducks so big?"
"Those are two geese, teacher..."
"..."
Six ducks and two geese were bought last month. They will be ready for eating after the Chinese New Year. They are all half-grown now.
Wen Susu became interested. She stood by the fence and tore some vegetable leaves to feed the chickens, ducks and geese.
Looking at her expression, Fang Wei always felt like she was visiting a zoo!
"By the way, you just said you were busy in the vegetable garden, where is your vegetable garden?"
"There behind the house."
Fang Wei took her around the back of the house, and Wen Susu saw the vegetable patch he mentioned.
He has expanded the size of the garden. Originally, his mother also planted some vegetables, and later he cleaned up another piece of land. The vegetable garden is not big, only a few dozen square meters.
I just turned over the soil and removed most of the old vegetables, but there are still other vegetables in the vegetable garden.
As vegetables that she eats every day, it was the first time for Wen Susu to get so close to them growing in the soil. She could even see the roots and the buds that had not yet sprouted. She inexplicably felt that the vegetables grown in the soil must be delicious.
"You planted all of them yourself?" Wen Susu exclaimed. She often even killed the flowers she planted in pots, but Fang Wei, at such a young age, was able to tinker with such a large vegetable garden.
“Yes, now most of these are grown by me.”
While they were chatting, Fang Wei continued to finish the work he had just unfinished.
He planted the peeled onions and garlic into the soil, and his movements were so skillful that Wen Susu was surprised.
After realizing what was happening, Wen Susu quickly raised the camera in her hand to take pictures and record the scene.
By the time she put down her camera and prepared to roll up her sleeves to help him, Fang Wei had already finished it. "...Don't you need my help?"
"No need! There's mud and chicken droppings here, it will dirty Teacher Wen's clothes."
"I don't mind that..."
"But I'm done."
"Okay... so watering is next?"
"Teacher Wen has a lot of experience in farm work!"
"..."
Wen Susu rolled her eyes at him. Why did she feel like this brat was insulting her in some way? !
Fang Wei picked up the bucket and went to the well to draw a bucket of water.
His body had not fully grown yet, and he was staggering as he carried the full bucket of water.
Wen Susu hurried over to lend a hand and help him carry the water.
[Crash——]
There are also some technical skills involved in watering with a ladle.
Fang Wei scooped a bucket of water, exerted force with his wrist, and poured it out horizontally. The water in the bucket flew out evenly and sprinkled on the vegetable field.
Wen Susu also wants to try it.
She took Fang Wei's water scoop and poured water out like him, but she felt that the scoop was not obedient in her hand! The water poured out was in clumps, why didn't it scatter like his?
Fang Wei said with a smile: "Teacher Wen, I'd better let me do it. If my dad and others see me asking the teacher to do the work, they will definitely scold me to death."
"Just tell them that it was the teacher who said that!"
Finally, Fang Wei came.
Watching Fang Wei handling the housework skillfully, Wen Susu couldn't help but feel emotional. She naturally had her own childhood, but it was very different from Fang Wei's.
Nominally she was his teacher, but at times like this, it was as if the opposite was true and Fang Wei became her teacher, doing these things that made her feel at a loss.
"Has Teacher Wen cooked for himself recently?"
"Yes, I have been learning it recently."
“What dishes can you cook?”
"Stir-fried vegetables, steamed fish, braised pork, steamed spareribs, steamed egg..."
Fang was surprised. Although these were not difficult dishes, you have to know that when I cooked noodles for her last time, she knew nothing about cooking.
"Teacher Wen can cook so many dishes now?"
"Haha, it's okay, these are not too difficult. I want to fry fish, but I always fry it to pieces..."
"Frying fish depends on the heat. Heat the pan first, then sprinkle some salt in the pan while frying so that the fish meat does not stick easily. Fry slowly over low heat and do not flip it over in a hurry, otherwise it will not be set and will fall apart as soon as you flip it over."
"Uh-huh……"
Wen Susu nodded repeatedly and took note of it secretly.
But Fang Wei grabbed a handful of cabbages from the basket. These were the tenderest and best ones he had just picked out.
"Teacher Wen, I'll get you a bag later. These cabbages are all grown by me. They are delicious. You can take them back to eat when you go back."
"Wow! Thank you Fang Wei! Then you'll be welcome, teacher?"
"I didn't use pesticides on them, so there might be some insect holes, but it's not a big deal. In this weather, the cabbage can be kept for several days. When frying it, use high heat and chop a few garlic cloves. It's very fragrant. It's even better if you use lard to fry it."
"All right!"
If the vegetables were given by someone else, Wen Susu would definitely not accept them.
But these were the cabbages that Fang had grown for her. Although she felt a little embarrassed, Wen Susu still gladly accepted them.
These are vegetables grown by my own students. They are something you can’t buy with money!
……
After coming out of the vegetable garden behind the house, Fang Wei washed his hands and rinsed the mud off his feet.
She took out an extra basket and simply packed the large bunch of Chinese cabbage that she was going to give to Wen Susu. She rinsed off the dirt on the cabbage heads, picked off some withered branches and leaves, and finally washed them and put them in the basket.
There were crystal drops of water on the leaves, and although there were occasional small insect holes on them, there was no dirt at all. When the sunlight fell on them, they looked green and lush.
"Wait until it dries a bit before I put it in the bag. Otherwise, if there's water in it, it'll get suffocated easily."
"Fang Wei, you really know a lot."
Wen Susu, who had just finished taking another photo, couldn't help but sigh.
"It's all about life. People who have lived in the countryside will understand. If this happened in a big city, wouldn't Teacher Wen know more than me?"
"Then if you have the chance to come to Shanghai in the future, the teacher will take you for a good tour!"
"Then I'll deliver food to the teacher today, and next time the teacher has to treat me to McDonald's!"
"no problem!!"
Wen Susu agreed readily.
Following Fang Wei, Wen Susu finally walked into the house.
A rural home living room with a very modern feel.
Dark-colored, solemn wooden furniture, a landline telephone with a long telephone line, a heavy television with a huge protruding screen...
What attracted her attention most were the large family photo and the award certificates that covered an entire wall.
“So many awards?!”
"hey-hey……"
This entire wall of award certificates creates two completely different impressions compared to the him who was just skillfully doing farm work.
Honors and achievements are always the easiest things to demonstrate a person's qualities; they are intuitive, clear and understandable.
Anyone who sees this wall of award certificates will look at him with new eyes despite his young age.
"Okay, okay! Fang Wei, keep it up!"
"Will Teacher Wen be proud of me too?"
"of course!"
After reading the award certificate, Wen Susu looked at the group photo of Fang Wei's family.
This is a photo taken several years ago.
It is precisely these old photos that look particularly interesting.
Wen Susu asked interestingly, "This is you and Ah Sheng, right?"
"Yes, we are cousins. These are my parents, my uncle and aunt, and my grandparents."
"Haha, you were pretty cute when you were a kid!"
"..."
Please, Mr. Wen, please don't use the word cute to describe a boy!
Fang Wei's appearance is indeed not bad. Even though he hasn't fully grown up yet, he is still quite handsome and delicate. Moreover, he keeps exercising, which gives people a very sunny and refreshing feeling.
Although there were no adults at home, Fang Wei still entertained the guests with ease.
He took out some snacks and placed them on the coffee table, then picked up the kettle and made a pot of tea.
"Teacher Wen, have a cup of tea first. If my parents are not busy, they will be back soon to prepare lunch. At noon, Teacher Wen can have lunch with us at our house."
"Ah? That's not necessary!"
Wen Susu had finished looking at the award certificate and photos and was about to sit down to have a cup of tea when she heard some noise from somewhere in the room.
She looked in the direction of the sound curiously.
Then a pretty figure was seen running out from a room.
Before either of them could react, they looked at each other and were both stunned.
“Cai, Cai Ling?!”
"Mr. Wen?!"
Two girls, one big and one small, met without any preparation outside of school - at Fang Wei's home!
"Fang Wei, didn't you say there was no one else at home? Cai Ling... is hiding in your room?!"
Fang Wei: “…”
(End of this chapter)
