not sad planet

Lunch is eaten in the cafeteria of the work area.Sure enough, as Bai Le'an said, several dishes are oily and spicy.

Liang Shu noticed that Yu Ling only took a bite of the minced meat and eggplant, and didn't move his chopsticks again.

He casually picked up the rice in the bowl and asked, "It's too salty, isn't it?"

"Huh?" Yu Ling was slightly surprised, and looked up at him, "You think it's salty too?"

"Yes, it's too salty to swallow."

"I thought I was the only one who felt that way."

Liang Shu knew that his taste was bland, and the longer they were together, the closer their sensitivity to salty food seemed to be.

Liang Shu took a piece of spicy chicken nuggets with his chopsticks, and then took another big mouthful of rice.

"Don't eat," Yu Ling saw that he was eating a bit reluctantly, and put down his chopsticks. "Go back and I'll make it for you."

Liang Shu swallowed the food hastily, and said vaguely: "Don't bother..."

"Anyway, I can't eat it," Yu Ling said, "If I'm the only one who can make do with eating here, wouldn't there be you?"

Liang Shu paused, and he suddenly realized that when he was not around, Yu Ling made do with it.

Recalling the first time I saw Yu Ling, my first impression of him was that he was thin, wearing a long windbreaker that was cut too big, and the hem of the clothes was filled with the wind when he walked, and he looked extraordinarily thin in the deep winter in the north.

That's right, staying here for a few years, exposed to the wind and the sun all day, and always eating poorly, no matter how good the body is, it will be tossed out of shape.

But these are all things that happened in the past, and now they are all spread out in front of Liang Shu, and he is still at a loss what to do.

Liang Shu secretly followed Yu Ling out of the cafeteria in melancholy. The scorching sun at noon made him unable to open his eyes again.

"It must be forty degrees?" He raised his hand to cover his eyes.

"Well, it's going to get hotter and hotter in the future."

"If you can start working, you just start working like this?" Liang Shu really couldn't bear it, "With a high temperature of more than 40 degrees?"

Yu Ling smiled habitually, "Yes, it's not just the high temperature."

Not only the high temperature, but also the thorns in the half-person-high bushes on both sides of the river, and the dry leeches that suddenly came out from nowhere, biting people and not letting go.

The more Liang Shu heard it, the more frightened he became.

"There are also many interesting things." Yu Ling quickly changed the subject, and he pointed to the opposite river bank. "There are also elephants there."

"Wow," Liang Shu was surprised, "Have you seen it?"

"I've seen it, it's very common," Yu Ling said, "I'll take you to the riverside when the heat cools down in the afternoon, maybe you can see it."

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the hottest time of the day finally passed.

Yu Ling took out a light gray long-sleeved overall from the closet and put it on.

Liang Shu was shocked: "It's so thick?!"

"I have another one here, you can wear it."

Liang Shu tried it on, but the sleeves were a bit long and needed to be rolled up a little.

"On a hot day, you have to wear long sleeves when you go to the scene," Yu Ling stretched out his hand, "otherwise it will be like this."

Liang Shu subconsciously grabbed his wrist and looked over, and found that there were small crescent-shaped scars on his fingers, and a few small red spots on the back of his hand and wrist bones.

"If you want to measure, you have to wear gloves."

Without long sleeves or gloves, you run the risk of cutting your hands on sharp grass and thorns, and possibly getting bitten by bugs.

Probably because he was holding his wrist too hard, Yu Ling broke away slightly uncomfortably, and handed him a small tin can, "First apply some of this."

It is a special local herbal ointment, which is cool and comfortable when applied.

Fully armed, the two walked out the door.

Walking slowly to the gate of the iron fence, there was a "beep beep" sound of the horn from behind.

A dilapidated pickup truck stopped behind them, and Liang Shu hurriedly stepped aside to let it pass.

The car passed by them slowly, with the windows on both sides open. Inside was a middle-aged man in his forties. He saw Yu Ling and greeted him: "Director Yu, what are you doing?"

"Brother Chen," Yu Ling smiled at him, "I'll take Liang Shu for a walk around."

He turned to Liang Shu and asked, "Is there anything you want to buy?"

The project department will regularly send people to the urban area more than 50 kilometers away to purchase daily necessities. The person in charge of purchasing materials is Brother Chen from the cargo card. He is going to the urban area right now.

"Brother Chen," Liang Shu asked with a cute smile, "Can you bring me a box of marker pens?"

Brother Chen also laughed: "Hey, can't you see that Xiao Liang still likes to draw?"

"Yeah," Liang Shu nodded, "and..."

He didn't know the name of the paper used for drawing with marker pens, so he thought for a long time before saying, "Well... that's the kind, thicker drawing paper."

After waiting for a long time, Yu Ling didn't ask him any questions related to painting.

Liang Shu couldn't bear it any longer, turned around and asked him, "Yu Ling, can you draw?"

Yu Ling paused, and did not look at him with lowered eyes, "No."

Liar, Liang Shu thought.

It's easy to guess why he stopped painting. There are only a few reasons. He is too busy with work and has no time to paint, and his life is too depressing to paint.

Liang Shu suddenly realized something, maybe his purpose of coming to this world was to let Yu Ling pick up the brush to paint again.

The two walked on the country road, because there were always large tank trucks transporting sand and gravel passing by, the road was widened a lot.

Keep going, and there is a small church not far away.

The church sits west and faces east. It is different from the complicated and gorgeous European cathedrals. This church has white walls and red roofs, a simple style, and even looks a little crude in appearance.

During the recent riots, many temples and churches were destroyed by terrorists, and this place may have survived because of its remoteness.

Outside the church, unknown green and golden flowers bloom vigorously, and the green grass under the sunlight seems to be covered with a layer of light broken gold.

Religious belief is very important to Sri Lankans. They believe that temples and churches protect social order and morality, filling their hearts with awe.

Yu Ling said: "There are more people who believe in Buddhism here, but fewer Christians."

Liang Shu raised his eyebrows, "What religion do you believe in?"

"I'm not religious."

Walking into the gate, there are white murals and sculptures on the dome, and a sense of sacredness and solemnity comes over us, and Liang Shu can't help but lighten his steps.

Inside there was an old man who was praying, chanting words constantly.

The two watched in silence for a while, then quietly retreated out.

"Can you understand?" Liang Shu asked.

Yu Ling shook his head, "I only understand one sentence."

"May Jesus bless Sri Lanka."

Liang Shu glanced back at the church, and asked him, "Is it effective to make a wish here?"

"I'm still making a wish," Yu Ling seemed to have heard something funny, his shoulders were shaking with muffled laughter, and he continued after laughing enough: "Do you need me to find another piece of red cloth for you to write and hang?" on the tree?"

Liang Shu: "..."

Liang Shu was a scumbag when he was in school, and he had no concept of geography. He always thought that Sri Lanka belonged to Europe, but only when he got here did he realize that Sri Lanka is a small island on the edge of South Asia.

"Isn't it very close to the sea?"

"It's not very close. The nearest beach is more than 60 kilometers away from here." Yu Ling said.

"You want to go to the beach?"

"I want to go a little bit." Liang Shu looked forward to it.

Yu Ling was surprisingly eloquent, "Okay, I'll take you to see the sea after the ban is lifted in two days."

"In two days..." Liang Shu whispered, "I might leave in two days."

"Go?" Yu Ling repeated.

"Bang—" There was a sudden roar on the soil slope not far away, and the soil slope was blown into clods, and dust was everywhere.

Panic appeared on Liang Shu's face, his first reaction was: "Terrorist attack?"

"It should be a simulated blast."

Yu Ling said abruptly, "Bai Le'an is back."

Walking in the direction of the explosion, you can see Bai Le'an standing on a high place holding a SLR from a distance.

Seeing the person coming, Bai Le'an jumped down from the pile of sand and gravel, and said with a smile: "Good news, the control has been lifted, and a blasting announcement will be made today. After two days, more than a ton of explosives will be delivered, and the work can start. .”

"What about the bad news?" Liang Shu asked in confusion.

Bai Le'an didn't speak, but looked at Yu Ling.

Yu Ling said flatly, "The rainy season is here."

Sri Lanka is located on the equator, so it is hot all year round, and there are two long rainy seasons, and the torrential rain will fall at any time.

The construction here is very difficult, the terrain is steep, and the tributaries are undulating. During the rainy season, the water volume of the rivers near the work area rises sharply, which has a considerable impact on the construction.

Liang Shu summed up silently: "That will greatly affect the progress of the construction."

Bai Le'an pondered for a moment, as if he wanted to change the topic: "There is a festival here called the Full Moon Festival."

"Full Moon Festival?" Liang Shu didn't know why he suddenly started talking about the festival, so he had to follow his words and asked, "Is it equivalent to our Mid-Autumn Festival?"

"It's about the same, but the full moon festival here happens every month, and there are reasons for the slow progress," Bai Le'an said with a sad face. Local workers are basically on vacation every month, and the progress cannot be accelerated at all.”

"Then you, oh I mean us, are you going to stay here for a few more years?" Liang Shu asked again.

Yu Ling took out the cigarette case and wanted to light a cigarette, twisted his fingers, and put the cigarette case back into his coat pocket, "Otherwise, what else can we do, let's take it easy." energy.

Bai Le'an seemed to intend to sing a confrontation with him, and immediately retorted: "It doesn't have to take so long. When the project ends, people will leave in batches one after another, and some people may be transferred in the middle."

Yu Ling choked lazily: "Well, no one understands better than you."

"Aren't you still angry?" Bai Le'an said in disbelief.

"Yeah," Yu Ling's tone was still calm, but he didn't speak well, "If you don't get angry for ten days and a half months, how can you show Boss Boss's magnanimity and broad mind?"

"Boss, what are you talking about? If you have something to say, please don't be so weird."

"I don't know who it is. They said they were going to negotiate. They insisted on drinking even if they couldn't drink. They got admitted to the hospital with acute gastric perforation."

The two disagreed and started to quarrel again, Liang Shu felt that being caught between them seemed superfluous.

"that……"

As soon as Liang Shu opened his mouth, the gun immediately turned to him: "And Liang Shu, what did you ask him to do? He didn't come here to accompany me to smoke, drink, and play mahjong, did he?"

To the point, Liang Shu and Bai Le'an looked at each other, especially Bai Le'an, who was too guilty to speak again.

"Isn't it enough to drag me into the water? Do you want to harm others?"

Liang Shu couldn't bear to listen, and seeing Bai Le'an's depressed expression, he couldn't bear it: "Don't say that..."

But he didn't want Yu Ling to pull him up and turn around and leave.

The two walked back along the way they had come. Yu Ling took great strides, Liang Shu struggled to follow, and became short of breath after walking a few steps.

The pace finally slowed down.

"Liang Shu, did Bai Le'an tell you something?" Yu Ling said in a strange tone.

"Ah?" Liang Shu was shocked.

Does Yu Ling know...

I heard him say again: "This guy talks nonsense when he sees people, he is not a good thing, don't be fooled by him."

"No, no." Liang Shu wanted to defend Bai Le'an.

Of course, he couldn't tell Yu Ling all about what Bai Le'an said to him, but he felt a little depressed.

If it was me who liked Yu Ling and thought of him everywhere, but he thought it was not a good thing, I'm afraid I would die of grievance.

The night is not as hot as the day, and the breeze with the fragrance of flowers blows over, making the night soft.

The chef and a few boys set up a barbecue grill in the camp yard, and the air was filled with the smell of barbecue.

To celebrate the lifting of control, Mr. Ding waved his hand and invited the employees to have a barbecue.

During the dinner, Bai Lean came over to talk to Boss Ding with a draft beer, and looked tentatively at Yu Ling who was sitting next to Boss Ding, and Yu Ling chatted with them naturally.The episode in the afternoon seemed to pass like this, and no one cared.

Bai Le'an wobbled and turned to another table.

A little girl with wheat-colored skin and two braids on her head walked up to Yu Ling and whispered "good evening" to him in unproficient Chinese.

She is the daughter of local worker Jason.

"Dishan, good evening." Yu Ling handed her the grilled chicken wings and crispy bones.

Dishan took it, said "thank you" loudly, and ran away shyly.

Liang Shu looked at the girl's bouncing back and found it interesting. Mr. Ding told him that the project department would occasionally send some friendly people to teach the children of local migrant workers English and some simple Chinese.

Yu Ling had taught Di Shan for a while, and the two seemed to get along very well.

Does Yu Ling have affinity?

If it was before, Liang Shu would only laugh when he heard such words.But now, through the past few days of getting along, I found that Yu Ling is indeed a very friendly person, if he doesn't reject you.

Yu Ling handed the grilled skewers to his hand, Liang Shu immersed himself in eating the skewers, and drank the cold beer, all worries disappeared immediately.

"Are you happier?"

"Hmm..." Changing the tune, Liang Shu looked at him suspiciously, "Huh?"

Yu Ling smiled at him, showing his beautiful teeth.

Liang Shu stared at him blankly, feeling slightly drunk in a trance, he seemed to be drunk even though he was conscious.