Indissoluble bond

While Zhou Yuan hesitated, Shen You came out from the other side of the room: "What are you doing standing there?"

Lu Liang smiled shyly, and pulled Zhou Yuan over, "We just came back and were about to knock on the door."

Seeing his smile, Shen You was startled, and then stared at him sharply.

Zhou Yuan felt strange, and stood up in front of Lu Liang, blocking Shen You's sight: "Grandpa, why are you outside?"

As soon as Shen You saw him, his face was serious, and a little displeasure flashed in his eyes: "This is my habit, I don't need to tell you."

Zhou Yuan didn't like this grandfather's strange temper very much: "Then what should we do if you are not here after we go out and come back, and you can't get in?"

Without saying a word, Shen You took out a bunch of keys from his sleeve, untied one of them and threw it to him: "There is a small door on the right side of the house, this is the key to the door lock, you just go in and out from there, go out Remember to lock the door."

Zhou Yuan caught it in a hurry, and before he could reply, he saw Shen You walking away with a cloth bag on his back.

He scratched his head, wondering where he was going.

After seeing Shen You's style, Lu Liang also had a general understanding of his temperament.So I don't feel disgusted with his behavior.

The two looked at each other, and walked towards the small door pointed out by Shen You. There was a lock on the door, and Zhou Yuan used the key in his hand to open it as soon as he saw it.

With a 'click', the lock opened.

After entering the yard, they were not in such a hurry to go back to the house, but wandered around the old house.

There is a wooden barrel next to the well under the tree, and a long rope is tied to the handle. The rope is half old and not new, and there are some frayed places, which can be seen from frequent use.

The kitchen in the house was the one closest to the main hall in the row of houses on the right, but they couldn't find the bathroom.

But after wandering around for a long time, they found something strange, that is, there was not a single modern item in the whole old house.Even for lighting, they only saw candlesticks with candles.

Zhou Yuan thought it was quite new at first, but later, he became worried.

"There seems to be no electricity here, so what about my phone? It can't be charged!"

After thinking for a while, Lu Liang came up with a solution: "If you want to charge, you can go to the supermarket."

Zhou Yuan's dim eyes suddenly glowed: "That's right!"

But soon, he was a little distressed: "But wouldn't it be necessary to go every day?"

"We were going to have a look over there. It's not bad to walk every day, and there's nothing useful here. When it comes to the phone, the battery can last for a long time."

Lu Liang didn't care much about this, he was not a person who liked to play with mobile phones, so it really didn't matter if he had one or not.

Zhou Yuan pouted sullenly, and had no other choice but to accept this method.

It seems that the days ahead will be very boring!

At the thought of this, he lost his motivation and wished he could go home immediately.

Lu Liang saw what he was thinking, and persuaded him, "You can just pretend that we are camping in the countryside to avoid the heat." This should make it easier, right?

Zhou Yuan's mood was still not very high, so he let out a low "hmm".

This kind of thing still needs to be figured out by himself.And Lu Liang is not the kind of persuasion, he can only look at him sullenly.

Without talking any more, Zhou Yuan and him went back to their own rooms respectively.Before Zhou Yuan started to pack his luggage, he collapsed on the bed.This wooden bed also exudes a unique woody fragrance, and the quilt covered is still a red quilt.

There was a hard pillow behind his head, and the cold breath penetrated into his brain from the pillow, but for some reason, he closed his eyes little by little, his thoughts were chaotic, and he fell asleep without knowing it.

When I woke up again, I heard the door opening 'creak'.When he opened his eyes, there was darkness in front of him.After a while, he realized that he was living in the old house now.

Then he quickly got up, and there was a dark light outside the window, and it was already dark.

"You woke up." Lu Liang walked in carrying a rectangular wooden tray.

There was a lighted candle on the corner of the tray, the faint candlelight reflected Lu Liang's face, and let him see other things in the tray clearly.

A bowl of rice, a bowl of soup, two small dishes, plus spoons and chopsticks, the whole tray is full.

"Did you eat?" Zhou Yuan rubbed his eyes and asked suspiciously.

"Well," Lu Liang nodded, "Grandpa has come back, he made this, I've already eaten, but seeing that you haven't woken up yet, I wanted you to sleep a little longer, so I didn't call you, thinking about waiting I'll wake you up after eating."

It was rare for Lu Liang to say so much, and Zhou Yuan patted his belly after listening carefully.

'Cuckoo——' Just as he made such an action, there was a loud noise in his stomach.

Zhou Yuan looked at Lu Liang in embarrassment, Lu Liang smiled slightly, put the tray on the table and put it down.

"You brush your teeth and wash your face first, and then come to eat."

People who have just woken up still need to wash.

Zhou Yuan looked around the room: "You don't know how to wash your face with that wooden basin, do you? I brought tooth cups, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and towels. Where's the water?"

Lu Liang looked outside the door: "Water needs to be drawn from the well, and if it needs to be hot, it must be boiled in the kitchen. It's better to use cold water first, anyway, the weather is hot this season."

"Huh?" Zhou Yuan couldn't close his mouth in surprise, "Do you have to draw water from the well?"

As a result, he wanted to go home more and more, fell back and howled, "I want running water!"

Lu Hao looked at him with a smile: "That's not true."

In the end, he had no choice but to go to the yard to fetch water.

The summer here is very cool at night. For example, now, a gust of cool wind blows, bringing coolness and taking away the hot summer heat.

Zhou Yuan suddenly felt refreshed.

But when he came here, he didn't come across a few good things. He couldn't help but think that it would be very cold here in winter, so he didn't think there was anything good.

After exhausting all his strength, he just brought up a bucket of water, and when he put it down, he even spilled a lot of it. He leaned against the trunk of the tree panting, looking embarrassed.

There was a large water stain on the side of the barrel, and he felt guilty for a moment, but soon regained his confidence.

Looking around, the door of the main hall was still wide open, and there were faint candle lights in the four corners inside, and two candles were lit in front of the Sanqing statue in the center.

The main hall can be seen at a glance, and at a glance, there is no one there.Only his place was lit in the other rooms, and the rest of the room was completely dark, and it was unknown where grandpa had gone.

He shook his head, stared at the water in the bucket for a while, then suddenly squatted down, took a handful of water, and splashed it on his face.

His face, hair, and body were wet all at once, and after wiping away the water stains, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Then I went back to the room to get the cups and other things.

As soon as he left, a person turned out from behind the tree, it was Zhou Yuan's grandfather Shen You.

He looked at Zhou Yuan's figure, then at the bucket on the ground, remained silent, with a solemn expression, but could not see other emotions.

It wasn't until Zhou Yuan was about to come out again with his things that he looked away, left under the tree, and walked towards the room on the left, without Zhou Yuan noticing anything unusual.

When Zhou Yuan brushed his teeth, wiped his face with a towel, and returned to the room, Lu Liang had already left and went back to the next door.

Seeing the food on the table, he couldn't wait to go to the table and sit down, pick up the rice bowl and eat.

But the food made by Shen You tasted pretty good, and he ate it with relish.

The soup is lotus seed soup. There are two dishes, one meat and one vegetable, one corn and chicken, and one stir-fried lettuce.

And these dishes are very delicate, it looks pleasing to the eye.

Anyway, he ate this meal to his heart's content, only a little, uh...not full enough.

But he was embarrassed to call Lu Liang or grandpa, so he endured it.He thought that it would be good if he fell asleep, and he would be able to eat after waking up, and gradually he did not feel hungry anymore.

"Do you want to take a bath?" Just as he was trying to forget about being hungry, Lu Liang came again.

Hearing his question, Zhou Yuan stroked his still wet hair and thought about it: "..."

In the end, he said firmly, "Yes!"

"Then do you want to wash in cold water or hot water?"

Lu Liang continued to ask.

Zhou Yuan turned his head and thought for a while: "Anything is fine, whatever you want."

Lu Liang raised his eyebrows, turned around and walked away without asking any more questions.

Zhou Yuanzhang Er couldn't figure it out, he didn't know whether he wanted him to take a cold bath or a hot bath.Why don't you say anything?

But this question was quickly forgotten by him, and he opened the suitcase to find a change of clothes.I'm sweating a lot today, so I definitely need to change it.

Just as he was rummaging through his clothes, there were two knocks on the door. He turned around and looked over, and shouted, "What's wrong?"

After Lu Liang left, the door was not closed. He thought he had something to do when he came back, but before anyone saw it, he asked.

"I'll collect the dishes."

Shen You only glanced at him at the very beginning, and then just stared at the table.

As soon as he opened his mouth, Zhou Yuan was stunned. When he realized it, Shen You had already walked to the table, and he was shocked.

But Shen You just cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks on the table, and walked out with the tray, without any intention of speaking at all.

Zhou Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, but when Shen You walked to the door, his footsteps stopped.

His heart rose again.

Shen You didn't turn around, nor looked back.

He just asked in a low voice, "Are you not used to living here?"

Zhou Yuan was really frightened, afraid that his thoughts would be seen by him.How dare he admit it, shaking his head again and again: "No, I think this place is very good."

Shen You didn't make another sound, stayed at the door for a moment, then walked away again.This time he really left.

Zhou Yuan sat down full of doubts, only then did he realize that Shen You had changed into a black cloth, which blended with the dark night, making it difficult to distinguish.

For some reason, he suddenly felt that his grandfather's back was so lonely, which made him unbearable.

He lowered his eyes, and his original psychology of rejecting this place quietly changed.This change is subtle, and he himself is not aware of it.

It's just that since then, he's been a little more comfortable here.

He couldn't sit still in the room, so he went to find Lu Liang, who was boiling water in the kitchen.When Zhou Yuan arrived, he was sitting in front of the stove watching the fire.

The melting flames cast an orange halo on his face, softening his cold brows and eyes a lot.

"It's hot water for washing." He leaned on the door with his arms folded.

Hearing the sound, Lu Liang turned his head immediately, and upon hearing the words, he just nodded slightly, and then turned back to look at the fire.

"Isn't it Xia Tian?" He walked over and knelt down beside Lu Liang, "Why bother?"

"I want to wash in hot water."

Lu Liang gave an answer that surprised him, he thought he would say it was a habit or something.

This kind of answer that sounded selfish didn't seem like something he would say.

Lu Hao seemed to know what he was thinking, and grinned: "I can't think of everything for others, and I will be tired if I always talk like that."

Zhou Yuan suddenly realized.

Looking at his rare toothy smile, I couldn't bear to blame him, and couldn't hate him.

The two sat side by side silently for a while, and Zhou Yuan suddenly made a sound in his stomach.

Lu Liang looked at him suspiciously.

Zhou Yuan blushed, and stammered, "I... I'm not full."

It's not so embarrassing to say it out loud.

So he even added: "Is there any food here?"

"Have."

Lu Liang's answer was without any hesitation.

Zhou Yuan's eyes lit up: "Great, where are you?"

Lu Liang pointed him to a cabinet on the wall, but a little embarrassment flashed in his eyes.

"what happened?"

Zhou Yuan asked him puzzled, "Are you worried that Grandpa will find out?"

Lu Liang shook his head, frowned and said hesitantly, "...there are only leftover steamed buns and sauerkraut in there."

It turned out that it was because of this, Zhou Yuan immediately relaxed, he patted Lu Liang's shoulder, and said indifferently: "It's okay, as long as you can eat."

"But..." Lu Liang still frowned, showing disapproval, "The steamed buns have become hard."

Zhou Yuan had already walked under the cabinet at this time, and Wen Yan just waved his hand: "Take the boiled water and soak it for a while, the water is almost boiling, right?"

"En." Seeing that he couldn't persuade him, Lu Liang had no choice but to give up.

He was just worried that Zhou Yuan would spoil his stomach, since he insisted, and seeing that the steamed buns were left over from today, let him do it.

Zhou Yuan opened the cabinet, and inside it was exactly as Lu Liang said, there was two steamed buns in a bowl, and there was a small pottery jar in the corner, probably for sauerkraut.

He took out both the jar and the bowl.

After Lu Liang finished boiling the water, he took the lead in fetching water into the bowl and soaking the steamed buns.Lu Liang filled a bucket of water and went to the next room. There was a special place for bathing, and there was a wooden bucket inside.

After carrying two buckets of hot water, he went to the well to draw some cold water, mixed them together, and adjusted the water temperature.

After doing this, Lu Liang also sweated a lot. He didn't sweat much, but this kind of strenuous work made him sweat, and it was also because of his lack of strength.

At least his strength is inferior to Zhou Yuan.

After adjusting the water temperature, Zhou Yuan was still eating steamed buns soaked in water and sauerkraut.Lu Liang went to get a towel and a change of clothes to take a shower.

When he came out after washing, Zhou Yuan also finished eating and washed the dishes.

The water boiled in the kitchen is also cooler, but it is not too cold. The temperature of the water is just right. Just scoop it out and wash it without mixing it with cold water.

Zhou Yuan took a bath with the remaining warm water.

After finishing their personal hygiene, they went back to their rooms.

Here, there was no other entertainment at night, so they all went to bed early.Accompanied by the sound of insects chirping and the wind blowing leaves, both of them slept soundly through the night.