"Quack quack..." "It's here again!"
Lin Xi wrapped her arms around Duan Yiheng's neck, turning her head to look at the ground. "Run, run... it's biting you..." Duan Yiheng cupped her buttocks with one hand and pressed down on her back with the other: "As long as it doesn't bite you."
Lu Tong walked over with a smile and slapped the goose twice. Lin Xi was completely stunned. The goose quacked twice more, but its arrogance had subsided. Duan Yiheng chuckled, "So it knew you were easy to bully." Lin Xi patted his shoulder:
"Who's easy to bully? Put me down." Chen Li picked up the vegetable basket Lin Xi had thrown on the ground and said, "It chased me too at first, but after a few beatings, it behaved itself. I'll make you a Northeastern dish, braised goose in an iron pot." Lin Xi:
"..." Duan Yiheng put her down, then took the vegetable basket from Chen Li and asked Lin Xi, "What vegetables did you pick?" Lin Xi turned to make sure the goose was gone before turning back to Duan Yiheng and saying, "Romaine lettuce, lettuce, and green beans."
Duan Yiheng glanced at her basket: "You picked so much, can you finish it all?" Lin Xi: "Sister Li said there's nothing left, the pets at home can eat it." Chen Li walked over and said, "Come on, let me show you the earthen stove here, we'll have a big pot meal for lunch."
Lin Xi was very interested, and Duan Yiheng turned around and followed, "I'll help you pick the vegetables." Lu Tong originally wanted to talk to him, but seeing him like this, he also followed his wife. Lin Xi went to the kitchen and saw the stove. She glanced at it curiously, then turned her head and saw a goose in a stainless steel basin. She exclaimed, "Could it be the one that chased and bit me earlier?" Chen Li smiled, her eyes crinkling, "How could it be so fast? This is what my mother-in-law prepared this morning when she found out you were coming." Lin Xi's guilt lessened a little, and she ate two large bowls of food at noon, tears welling in her eyes.
Lu Tong and Chen Li had a habit of taking a midday nap. In broad daylight, Lin Xi thought about going back to her room and staring at Duan Yiheng, saying she wanted to wander around the farm. It was an unfamiliar place, and Duan Yiheng was worried, so he quietly followed. Chen Li lay in Lu Tong's arms, gossiping, "What do you think is going on between them? It seems strange to me." Lu Tong said, "Their physical contact looks quite intimate, but they're deliberately keeping their distance. I can't figure it out. Don't think about it, go to sleep. They're staying for three more days, we can talk about it then."
Chen Li didn't ask any more questions. Lin Xi wandered along the paths through the farm when Duan Yiheng stopped her. "You're wandering around like a headless fly. I have a farm management app on my phone; it shows the whole farm at a glance. See where you want to go."
"Then share the app with me," Lin Xi said. "I'll look at it myself." Duan Yiheng handed her his phone. "I don't know how to share, just look at it like this." Lin Xi took his phone; the app displayed a panoramic map of the farm.
The farm was divided into areas. They were currently in the vegetable garden. Clicking on it, she could even see the growth data and harvest month for each type of vegetable. Lin Xi smiled and said to Duan Yiheng,
"It's so interesting! Clicking on the pasture, you can see sheep and cows, and there are two farm dogs at the front and back gates." She loved animals, but unfortunately, Chen Baiwei wouldn't allow her to keep any.
"I remember when you were little, Chen Baiwei scared you so much you became a little idiot because of your pets," Duan Yiheng said. "She didn't turn into a little idiot," Lin Xi rolled her eyes at him. "I didn't know her allergy was so severe; she even had to go to the hospital. Of course I was scared."
Fearing that Chen Baiwei would beat the puppy she'd picked up to death, she begged Duan Mingxuan to let him give the puppy away. Duan Yiheng said, "We've already moved out; you can keep it if you want." Lin Xi sighed:
"You can keep small pets at Tiandu Yuxi, but I don't have time to take care of it." "You can keep it at the manor," Duan Yiheng said. "You don't need to waste your time; someone will take care of it for you." Lin Xi shook her head:
"It's not like I'm taking care of it. Let's talk about it later. Shall we go to the orchard first?" "Okay," Duan Yiheng agreed. In mid-April, many fruits had begun to bear fruit, but very few were relatively ripe.
However, seeing the various fruits in bloom and bearing fruit made the trip worthwhile. Lin Xi scanned the fruit tree with a mini-program, and the information immediately popped up. She turned to Duan Yiheng and said, "This is longan. Have you ever seen it in bloom?" Duan Yiheng shook his head.
"First time." "Such a sweet smell." It was Lin Xi's first time seeing this fruit tree up close, and she felt the fragrance itself possessed a natural, almost spiritual quality. Duan Yiheng, a grown man, simply saw what he saw and didn't share Lin Xi's deeper understanding.
There were still many fruits in the orchard; the pineapples were ripe and edible. However, she had eaten two slices at noon, finding them sweet and sour. The two strolled around the farm before Lu Tong and Chen Li got up.
Seeing Lu Tong gathering Chen Li's long hair, a gentle breeze creating a tranquil atmosphere, Lin Xi sat down on a long bench and chatted casually with Chen Li. Seeing Duan Yiheng's distant gaze, Lu Tong chuckled, "How about it? Aren't you envious?"
Duan Yiheng was genuinely a little jealous. He smiled, "You really know how to enjoy life." Lu Tong smiled smugly, "Of course, you have no idea how many people envy me." There was no way to refute this; those who were on good terms with Lu Tong would make a special trip to visit him for a couple of days every year.
When it was time to leave, they put on a show of extreme reluctance. In the afternoon, Lin Xi and Chen Li went to the village and got two pieces of tofu, which they pan-fried for dinner, and stir-fried with some vegetables. Lu Tong went to get some wine, but Duan Yiheng stopped him.
Seeing Lin Xi, he immediately sat back down. Sleeping together that night, drinking wasn't a good idea. Dinner was over before it even got dark. Lin Xi was tired after a long day and didn't want to go for a walk, so she politely declined Chen Li's invitation.
Duan Yiheng pursed his lips, glanced at the room, and said, "Then go take a shower first. I'll take a walk with them." Lin Xi chuckled, "Why are you being a third wheel?" "What else? You shower in the bathroom while I sit in the room?"
Duan Yiheng raised an eyebrow. Lin Xi: "..." Although the bathroom wasn't in the bedroom, it was connected. "Then you should go be a third wheel." Lin Xi went back to her room, knowing Duan Yiheng wasn't there, and leisurely took a shower.
She wasn't used to seeing people in her pajamas, so she dried her hair in the room, peered out the window, and saw only patches of lights, unable to see anything clearly. Not knowing when they would return, Lin Xi didn't wait idly.
She picked up her phone, turned, and got into bed. Face unlock didn't work; she entered the password. But the password was wrong. "How could this be?" Lin Xi muttered, about to enter the password again, when her phone suddenly rang. The caller ID showed "Grandpa."
She answered immediately: "Good evening, Grandpa." The old man was silent for two seconds: "Why are you holding Yi Heng's phone?"