In the small courtyard, the husband and wife enthusiastically imagined the plans for their future bookstore.
They discussed how to grow the bookstore and make it stronger, and how to teach more students...
As they talked, happy smiles crept across their faces. It was as if they could already see the future scene of the Listening-Tide Bookstore, with its students flourishing everywhere.
But just then, Lu Mingyuan suddenly said mysteriously, "Jing Zhi, I'll show you something good in a bit. Just wait..."
Without waiting for Jing Zhi to respond, he went straight back into the house without stopping.
Lu Mingyuan's actions left Jing Zhi completely baffled. She had no idea what her husband was up to this time.
But Jing Zhi wasn't in a hurry. She first went to the kitchen and brewed a pot of hot tea, then returned to her seat.
They had been together for more than ten years and knew each other's every move. Jing Zhi knew he would be back out soon, so she waited patiently.
Sure enough, before long, Lu Mingyuan came out of the house, looking radiant.
What puzzled Jing Zhi, though, was that he wasn't carrying anything at all.
He had gone in empty-handed and come back out empty-handed.
After greeting Jing Zhi, Lu Mingyuan went straight over to the vegetable patch in the courtyard and crouched down.
Jing Zhi hurried after him and leaned forward to peer at his hands. "Mingyuan, what are you doing with the wheat?"
Only then did she notice that two or three dozen golden-yellow wheat kernels were lying in Lu Mingyuan's palm.
When Lu Mingyuan didn't explain, Jing Zhi suddenly remembered that he had gone to the Agricultural School today. She realized what was going on. "You're not going to plant wheat, are you?
"Let me