Ba Zong's rural life [farming]

Lu Ze thought that the quilts in the village were not as good as those in his home, and there was no air conditioner or other heating equipment. He would wake up from the cold when he slept at night, but he didn't expect that the quilt would be warm all night, which was a very comfortable temperature. , Let him sleep until dawn.

Ruan Xishi was cultivated into the habit of going to bed early and getting up early, even though he went to bed late last night, he still got up on time, even though the sky was not fully lit at 06:30.

He wanted to turn over, but found that he seemed to be surrounded by something and couldn't move. He was at a loss for a while, and then remembered that he rescued someone yesterday, and he was squeezed into the same bed with him.

Ruan Xishi suddenly woke up, and quickly turned to see if Lu Ze who was lying next to him was pressed by him, but he could only see Lu Ze's chin from this angle, and Lu Ze's chin was touching the top of his head. I fell asleep in Lu Ze's arms unconsciously!

Ruan Xishi was so frightened that he didn't dare to move. He was annoyed about his sleeping position, and he didn't know if he had disturbed Lu Ze while he was asleep.

Lu Ze was awakened by him, but he was still a little sleepy. After a while, he realized that the "little stove" he was holding in his dream was the boy who saved him. He realized that he was hugging him tightly, Lu Ze couldn't laugh or cry, and pretended to be calm to resolve the embarrassment with a few words.

"I dreamed that I hugged a stove, but I didn't expect to hug you. Did I wake you up?"

Ruan Xishi's face was blushing, but fortunately it was not dawn, and no one else could see him, so he stammered and replied: "No, I woke up by myself, but did I disturb you? poor."

Lu Ze let go of his holding hand and said, "Fortunately, I didn't feel it. Did you wake up so early?"

Ruan Xishi said: "I'm used to getting up at this time. I have to make breakfast and feed the chickens. Go to sleep for a while. I'll call you when I make breakfast. What do you want for breakfast, noodles or porridge?"

It was indeed a new experience for Lu Ze to get up in the morning and someone asked him what he wanted for breakfast. He didn't know how to answer, so he said, "I'll eat whatever you want. I shouldn't be picky eaters."

Ruan Xishi got up from Lu Ze's arms, and hurriedly put on clothes on himself. He let Lu Ze go to sleep, but he went out to work.

Lu Ze heard the sound of "squeak" when the wooden door was opened, and then heard the crowing of a chicken, maybe it was Ruan Xishi's chicken.

He has not been sleepy since Ruan Xishi got out of bed, and listened carefully to the movement outside. He heard the sound of the door opening, Ruan Xishi coaxing the chickens, and then the sound of pots and pans banging.

The quilt gradually became cold because of the loss of one person's temperature. Lu Ze felt that the quilt was not warm enough, and there was no point in lying down, so he simply got up too. He was a little curious about the scene outside.

He opened the door, only to see a not-so-spacious patio. In southern towns, the houses of residents almost all have this layout. There is a long row of houses, with living quarters in the middle, and kitchen and utility rooms on the left and right sides. material room.

The courtyard of Ruan Xishi's house was surrounded by a place, which was connected with the utility room, or part of the firewood room, where several chickens were raised.

Lu Ze rarely saw live chickens in the city, and only occasionally saw one or two when he went to some farm with his friends for vacation, so he couldn't help but get closer to the chickens that were eating inside through the fence. Eye to eye.

Ruan Xishi was lighting a fire in the kitchen and cooking noodles. When he heard movement outside, he looked out of the window and saw Lu Ze wearing an old sweater that wasn't too thick, standing in the patio watching the chicken. He couldn't help worrying: " Mr. Lu, you'd better go back to bed and lie down, it's cold outside, you haven't recovered yet, don't catch a cold again."

Lu Ze didn't feel how cold it was outside, but it was warmer than indoors. This may be the reason for returning to Nantian. He heard the words and walked into the kitchen. The kitchen was also very simple. There was a stove with several pots on it. And Ruan Xishi was cooking noodles in the relatively small pot in the middle.

Seeing this, he asked, "Do you need my help?"

Ruan Xishi quickly replied: "No, no, you go back to the house and rest, I will see what coat is suitable for you to wear later."

Lu Ze smiled and said, "It's really not cold, I can't lie down all the time, at least let me go to the bathroom"

Ruan Xishi just remembered that Lu Ze hadn't relieved himself after being rescued. It had been so long, and it was uncomfortable to think about it. It was his own negligence. He showed Lu Ze the way with an apologetic face: "The toilet is at the innermost part of the corridor. There are toilets there. There is a door, just go in, and the light switch is on the wall."

Lu Ze thanked him and found the bathroom. The door was made of wood. When Lu Ze opened the door, he prepared himself for a while. He thought he would see something like a cesspit. Modern bathrooms are similar. There is a squatting toilet with a bucket of water next to it. Lu Ze looked around and found no faucets, probably because the village has not yet popularized them.

Although the equipment is not as good as a modern bathroom, it is much better than a traditional hut. Lu Ze went to the toilet as the Romans did, and then went to the pressurized well in the courtyard to fetch water and wash his hands.

Ruan Xishi put an extra egg into the noodles, the egg fell into the boiling hot noodle soup, and soon formed into a white poached egg.After cooking for a while, he felt that it was almost done, so he turned the heat in the stove to the belly of the pot where the water was boiled, so that no firewood was wasted, and the hot water could be used for washing.

He washed his hands, took out two sets of bowls and chopsticks, filled two bowls of noodles, and put a poached egg on each side of the bowl of noodles for Lu Ze. He was worried that Lu Ze would not be full and could not keep up with his nutrition.

After washing his hands, Lu Ze went into the kitchen to see if there was anything he needed to help with. When he saw Ruan Xishi's face, he took the initiative to take it.

Ruan Xishi handed him the bowl of noodles that belonged to him, and told him, "The noodles are still a little hot, so handle them carefully, the dining table is in the living room."

Lu Ze nodded, and walked back into the house with his face in his face.

The dining table in Ruan Xishi's house is very small, it is a very common four-legged square table, and it is not high. It is barely suitable for him to sit and eat with his grandfather, but Lu Ze is tall, so it seems a bit awkward to eat at the dining table with a small stool. Aggrieved.

Fortunately, Lu Ze was not picky. He sat generously at the dining table, his two long legs could not be stretched under the table, so he sat with his legs crossed, sucking the noodles gracefully.

The noodles are ordinary noodles. There are two or three yuan a catty of white noodles on the market. Lu Ze never even had the chance to see this kind of noodles before, but when he tried it for the first time, he found it delicious.

He finished eating the eggs lying on top of the noodles, and then started to eat the noodles. The noodles soon bottomed out, and he found an egg lying on the bottom of the bowl. He was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously glanced at Ruan Xishi.

Ruan Xishi is very gentle when eating noodles, sucking them in small sips, chewing with his mouth closed, he seems to be well-bred, Lu Ze saw that he ate half of his bowl of noodles, and paid special attention to whether there was an egg lying on the bottom of his bowl .

However, he didn't see the egg on the bottom of Ruan Xishi's bowl, but Ruan Xishi noticed his gaze, seeing him watching him eating noodles, Ruan Xishi suddenly restrained himself, put down his chopsticks and asked him if he didn't have enough noodles.

Lu Ze seemed to understand something, and shook his head with a smile: "No, I'm seventy percent full, and that's enough."

Ruan Xishi breathed a sigh of relief, and also laughed: "That's good, I don't know how much you eat, I'll put it in later, luckily, it's enough."

Lu Ze noticed that he had put down the bowl and chopsticks, and asked seemingly casually, "Are you full?"

Ruan Xishi nodded when she heard the words: "I'm full, eat slowly."

Lu Ze said casually, "Eat so little?"

Ruan Xishi said embarrassedly after hearing this: "I've never had a big appetite."

At this time someone was knocking on the door outside the courtyard, and Lu Ze heard it too. When he looked at Ruan Xi, he seemed to be asking who was here.

Ruan Xishi packed up her bowl and chopsticks, and said to Lu Ze: "I'll go and see who's here, it's fine for you to continue eating."

Lu Ze nodded, but still couldn't help but pay attention to the situation outside.

Ruan Xishi put the bowl into the sink and wiped his hands before opening the door. He released the latch and opened the door. Seeing the neighbor's aunt standing outside the door, he took the initiative to say good morning.

Aunt Li was holding a sea bowl in her hand, and there were some corn pancakes in the bowl. When she saw Ruan Xi, she said to him, "Shizi, have you had breakfast? Your Uncle Li fried some pancakes this morning, and I'll bring some for you." you eat."

The people in the village are very generous. When a family does something, it always thinks of giving some to the neighbors. When my grandfather was there, everyone gave him the local New Year’s goods made by each family during the festival. Grandpa I also accepted them all, and said to Ruan Xishi when I got home: "If someone insists on giving you some ordinary food, you can accept it openly. If others need help in the future, do your best to help. Only by going back and forth can there be a human relationship. Our family has no relatives in the village, so we can only rely on our neighbors to take care of us."

Ruan Xishi took Aunt Li's bowl: "Thank you, Aunt Li, I just had breakfast, I'll keep this cake for a while when I'm hungry."

Aunt Li smiled and said, "Good boy, you need to eat more to grow taller. Look at you, brother Li, who is as big as you and more than twice as strong as you."

Ruan Xishi nodded repeatedly in a taught manner.

Aunt Li looked away from him and looked into the door while speaking, then lowered her voice, and asked mysteriously: "Is that man awake? Did nothing happen last night?"

Ruan Xishi knew from the very beginning that Aunt Li brought the cakes was just an excuse, the real purpose was to come to see him and inquire about Lu Ze's news.He didn't feel dissatisfied because of this, and replied to Aunt Li with a smile, "He's already awake, and he's eating breakfast inside."

Aunt Li pulled him outside the door, and told him in a low voice: "Have you asked about that man's background, don't be a bad person who does bad things."

Ruan Xishi replied truthfully: "He said that he didn't remember anything for the time being and lost his belongings, so I don't know where he is from, but he is not a bad person, so don't worry about that."

Aunt Li groaned, and said anxiously: "You believe what he says? What if he is a bad person, and he is afraid that we will report to the police after we find out, so he fooled you into saying that he lost his memory? Why are you so big-hearted, kid."

Ruan Xishi murmured: "No way, he looks like a very polite person, he doesn't look like a bad person, nor does he seem to be lying."

Aunt Li stared at him bitterly: "Even if he really loses his memory, what are you going to do next?"

Ruan Xishi said: "I plan to go to the place where he died to see if there is anything left there, and help him find his lost memories."

Aunt Li: "If you can't find it, he can't recover his memory, or he doesn't want to recover his memory at all, how are you going to arrange him?"

Ruan Xishi didn't make such a long-term plan, and he didn't know how to answer Aunt Li's question, so she could only say frankly, "Let's talk about it when the time comes."

Aunt Li sighed: "You child, you are so stubborn. According to me, we will take him to the police station in the town today, and let the people from the police station help him. Just leave it alone."

Ruan Xishi's attitude became firm now, he shook his head and said: "No, I brought him back, so I have the responsibility to help him, especially since he has lost his memory, I don't worry about him being outside by himself."

Seeing that she couldn't persuade him, Aunt Li had no choice but to give up, and said to him worriedly: "Then you should be careful when you get along with him, don't let him harm you, and if you need anything, you can come to us."

Ruan Xishi said yes again and again, and then watched Aunt Li go back to her home.