I Alone Am Immortal: My Rebirth and Leisurely Cultivation

Chapter 358 Come Back to the Countryside with Me

Another National Day has arrived.

It rained a bit this morning, and the path outside was wet, with the fragrance of earth lingering on it.

Li Yan sat in front of the door with a cup of porridge in his hand. He drank the porridge while watching the sun slowly wipe it clean. After a glance, he picked up a small steamed bun from the plate and ate it.

The senior student sat next to him, also holding a cup of porridge.

Zhu Zhu and Meng Meng are still asleep.

Jiang Yingzhu stays up late playing games, while Mei Mengqian stays up late writing novels. According to her, her thinking is clearer at night.

Hua Junshu's gaze fell on a child under a tree by the roadside; it was Tu Tu from Grandma Tian's house next door.

The little girl looked up at the red dates on the tall jujube tree, and had been biting her fingers for a long time.

"The dates are ripe," she said.

Li Yan also saw it; the red fruits hanging among the green leaves were a pleasing sight.

Especially after an autumn rain, everything seems to become more vibrant after being washed clean.

If the swallows in front of his house hadn't gone out for the winter, they might still be flying around the jujube tree, chirping incessantly.

Hmm, the swallow isn't here, but a kid who updates on time is still here.

"TuTu!" Li Yan called out, and when the little girl in the red vest looked over, he said, "If you want to eat dates, pick them yourself."

"I can't reach it." The child was very honest. "Uncle Tree won't let me pass."

She's tried several times, and she slips every time.

TuTu told Grandma that the tree had become a spirit, but Grandma didn't believe her.

After all, last time she stared out of her empty window and said there were two people outside in the middle of the night.

It happened to be the Ghost Festival, which greatly frightened her grandmother.

Li Yan blinked and canceled the magic array. "Try again, you'll definitely be able to get through."

Tu Tu was skeptical, but remembering that Li Yan had given her cherries, she chose to believe him.

So she followed the jujube tree step by step, and when she found that it really worked, her eyes lit up.

Li Yan was just about to watch the child skip and jump around, not bothering to get any dates, when he saw her climbing up the tree using both her hands and feet. She quickly made her way up the tree.

Its flexibility puts even some high school students to shame.

Li Yan remembered that Jiang Yingzhu was just as agile at climbing trees when she was a child.

She's climbed all sorts of trees, from loquat and chestnut to walnut and persimmon.

Everyone else was hit with sticks.

He couldn't help but look at his senior.

"Tree, can you climb trees too?"

"will not."

Li Yan nodded, thinking that this was normal; how could every girl he met climb trees?

Then it's normal that he can't climb.

Meanwhile, TuTu had already picked a few dates.

The little girl ran over happily, carefully protecting her hands in her pockets.

She stopped in front of Li Yan and Hua Junshu, glanced at their breakfast lightly, and then took out three dates from one of their pockets and placed them on the small stool.

"Brothers and sisters, please eat."

"Mm." Li Yan nodded, glanced at the dates, picked one up and gave it to his senior.

"Shushu, you should try it."

"Okay." The purplish-red dates looked very tempting, with smooth skin and a refreshing fragrance.

Hua Junshu could smell it even before it was in Xiao Tutu's pocket.

However, she didn't take it, but instead opened her mouth to indicate that Li Yan should feed her.

"The senior student is not afraid of setting a bad example for children."

As soon as Li Yan finished speaking, Xiao Tutu, who hadn't left yet, said indignantly:

"I won't be taught that bad things. All the couples in my class who are dating are feeding each other mouth-to-mouth."

unbelievable!

Li Yan was speechless, but also a little curious. He held the jujube to his senior's lips and asked:

Are there many couples in your class?

"A lot, but not a lot."

"Wouldn't you be envious?"

Little Tutu, with a bulging mouth full of dates, shook her head rapidly.

"I'm not envious at all. I have a lot of dogs in my class, so I don't lack boys to play with."

Although they are all Chinese characters, Li Yan couldn't quite understand them when they were put together.

"You have a dog? What kind of dog? What does a dog have to do with a guy?"

"Those boys are dogs!" Little Tutu spat out a date pit. "They're all my dogs!"

That's outrageous.

Li Yan picked at her ear, and Hua Junshu stopped leisurely eating dates and started looking at her.

"emmm"

"What's wrong, brother or sister?"

After thinking for a moment, Hua Junshu asked, "Why do those guys treat you like... well, like your dog? Are they trying to woo you?"

“No, I let them chase other people,” Xiao Tutu said. “It’s a pity that other people also have pets. Xiao Xiao has five tigers, they are the Five Tiger Generals.”

Hua Junshu felt a bit tired talking to her, so Li Yan chimed in, "Why are there tigers and dogs involved? What kind of game are you playing?"

"Yes! I give them good food, and they treat me like their pets!"

Upon hearing this, Li Yan sighed, "Kids these days really know how to have fun."

Breakfast is finished, and the kids' gossip has been heard.

Li Yan then picked all the dates off the tree.

He didn't particularly like dates, so he generously shared some with the four families here.

Most of it was left over. I kept some for my three foodies at home to satisfy their cravings, and prepared to send the rest to Lao Li and his wife.

As usual, Li Yan made two wooden boxes, filled them with dates, and dropped them to trigger the sensing array, which then took a picture of Old Li.

Old Li didn't reply, so Li Yan guessed he had gone fishing again and was probably asleep.

Anyway, the message was sent, so Li Yan went to mail the items and browsed his WeChat Moments.

Then I saw photos of the cornfield in my hometown that my cousin posted.

Looks like he's on holiday and going home. He gave it a thumbs up, and when he came back, he saw the car parked at the intersection.

A sweep of divine sense revealed that they were Zhou Qinqin's family members.

I'm not interested, but I still need to say hello.

After recognizing the faces, he returned to the second floor of his own house.

Jiang Yingzhu and Mei Mengqian have woken up and are eating dates.

Strangely enough, despite being nourished by spiritual energy, the jujube fruit did not undergo any significant changes.

However, it does have a very good effect on replenishing blood and qi.

“Speaking of which, it’s National Day today, why don’t we go out for a stroll?” Jiang Yingzhu said.

Li Yan knew she couldn't stay still, and then looked at Mengmeng and her senior.

Mei Mengqian always preferred to follow others' arrangements, so she nodded, "No problem."

Hua Junshu also didn't want to stay indoors, since senior year of high school was really boring, and suggested:
"Let's go to the suburbs and get some fresh air."

"It's not impossible, but I have a better suggestion that you might be interested in."

Li Yan thought of his cousin's WeChat Moments post earlier.

"Do you have any other good suggestions?" Jiang Yingzhu asked skeptically, because she felt that if this guy wasn't being held back, he could sit at home forever.

Li Yan shrugged, ignoring her, and said to Hua Junshu and Mei Mengqian:

"Why don't you come to the countryside with me and Jiang Yingzhu? My grandfather's corn is ripe, and I'll show you how to harvest corn."

Although Hua Junshu had experienced rural life, he had never actually done any farm work.

She only went back with her grandmother for a few days.

Mei Mengqian, needless to say, is a typical city girl.

Hearing about this new thing immediately reminded me of the recently popular Mushroom House.

I am reminded of Tao Yuanming's poem.

His eyes lit up immediately.

"Really?!"

“Of course!” Jiang Yingzhu answered directly for Li Yan. “His cornfield is so small, not as big as mine. My family also has orange trees, so we can pick oranges.”

It sounded like fun, and Hua Junshu and the other person immediately agreed.

"Why don't we leave now? Senior only has three days off, if we go too late we won't be able to play for long," Jiang Yingzhu said.

“Okay.” Hua Junshu indicated that he had no objection.

Mei Mengqian couldn't wait any longer.

So the two packed up and set off immediately.

It mainly consists of clothing and some electronic devices.

Jiang Yingzhu only needs to bring her phone; she has everything she needs at home anyway.

There are definitely not enough seats for four people on Li Yan's motorcycle.

So they had no choice but to take a taxi.

"Are we going to your house?" Jiang Yingzhu asked Li Yan in the passenger seat.

"Anything is fine, it's for several days, you can stay anywhere."

Hearing this, Jiang Yingzhu nodded, "I'll sleep at your place tonight and at my place tomorrow."

Upon hearing the two discussing arrangements for them, Hua Junshu and Mei Mengqian finally realized a problem.

Perhaps, it seems, maybe, perhaps... they're going to meet their grandparents?
Isn't that
This, this, this! !

Is it too late to regret it now?

Mei Mengqian and Hua Junshu's imagination of the beautiful pastoral scenery and rural life was instantly shattered by the anxiety and fear of being about to be sent to their best friend's parents.

Hua Junshu remained expressionless, revealing nothing about his face.

They were just holding each other's hands.

But Mengmeng's face was already red, her forehead was sweating, her fingers were gripping the car seat tightly, and her eyes were looking out the car window.

We're about to leave the city.

Done!

Li Yan noticed their reactions but did not offer any comfort.

The more you try to comfort them, the more nervous they become; that's just reminding them that they're about to meet their elders.

That wasn't the real purpose.

He was just thinking that he could let his senior and Mengmeng have a different experience, and also let his grandparents, who couldn't stay idle, do less farm work.

Can we just give it all to my cousin Li Bao? After all, college students don't have homework and they're quite free.

Jiang Yingzhu also noticed the state of the two, especially Mengmeng, whose condition was too obvious.

Unlike Li Yan's laissez-faire approach, she chose to intervene proactively.

So I said, "We'll probably be at Li Yan's house in about an hour. We can play there for a while, and then we can go to the river to turn over rocks and catch crabs. We can make some steamed crabs for dinner, hehe!"

"Enjoying sightseeing and catching crabs."

That sounds like fun.

The two were immediately distracted, and Mei Mengqian was still imagining things.

However, Hua Junshu had specific images in his mind.

But those belonged to others; she was merely an observer watching from afar.

They dared not approach, nor could they understand the underlying principles.

At that time, she felt like a crab trapped between rocks in a stream.

The driver glanced at them, a hint of nostalgia in his eyes, clearly recalling his own childhood.

However, these people look like high school students, right?

So childish, going to the river to turn over stones and look for crabs?

Is the translation clear enough?
The driver decided that after finishing this job, he would also go sightseeing.

Before they knew it, they arrived at Li Yan and Jiang Yingzhu's hometown. Seeing that there were more and more rural homesteads, they walked onto the small road in the town.

Mei Mengqian became nervous again, constantly thinking about what to do when she met Li Yan's elders.

Hua Junshu, on the other hand, was looking at the buildings along the roadside, as if trying to memorize the route and identify which family Li Yan belonged to.

"arrive."

The car stopped, and the sound rang out, causing both of them to tense up.

(End of this chapter)