nucmednet Chapter 267
Chapter 267
After eating at the captain’s house, Zeng Yuanhang took a nap there.
Gu Jiu and Lin Shu followed Captain Feng to see the house.
The house consists of three adobe rooms, a bedroom, a main room, and a kitchen.
The only difference between these houses and those in the village is that the houses in the village are older, while these houses have new mud.
There was no furniture in the room, only a kang in the bedroom and a dirt floor.
It can be said that Lin Shu has never lived in such a simple house in his entire life.
In the past, in Xiaohe Village, the houses were all made of blue bricks and tiles, with Jiangnan characteristics.
"This house has just been built, so you have to buy the furniture yourself. If you don't mind, you can move some old furniture from my eldest brother's house and use it first."
Using other people's old furniture, Lin Shu shook his head.
In the countryside, furniture that farmers don’t use is probably either missing arms or legs. In this case, Lin Shu thinks they should find another way themselves.
Gu Jiu politely refused, "We are very grateful that the owner rented the house to us. The owner also needs the furniture on a regular basis, so we won't bother him. We will figure out a way ourselves when the time comes."
Captain Feng thought that all the furniture in his eldest brother's house was useful, and it would not be inconvenient to lend it to Gu Jiu and the others, so he agreed with a smile.
"Since you live in our village, you are one of our villagers. If you need help in the future, just come to me."
The house is halfway up a mountain, and opposite the gate there are still mountains. The mountains are higher than the other, and it seems difficult to get out once you get in.
There is a feeling of living in seclusion in the mountains, isolated from the world.
The house was newly built and lacked furniture, but what satisfied Lin Shu most was that the yard was surrounded by adobe bricks.
The wall is about 1.5 meters high. If you are shorter than me and stand outside the wall, you have to stretch your neck to see clearly what is going on inside the yard.
In the corner of the yard, there is a water well for convenient water use.
Of course, there are wells in the village, and you can fetch water from the wells for daily use.
After returning from the new house, Zeng Yuanhang took a short nap and woke up. "Are we going to visit other villages today?"
Gu Jiu shook his head: "There's no rush now. Let's slowly contact other villages after we settle down here."
Zeng Yuanhang glanced at the whitish sunlight outside the door and frowned slightly, "Why do you want to live in the village? It's only a dozen miles from here to the city. Living and eating in the city are more convenient than in the countryside. If you want to come here to do something, just ride a bicycle over."
Riding a bicycle up a mountain road for more than ten miles, Gu Jiu's forehead was sweating just thinking about it, "Uncle Zeng, please spare me. Riding a bicycle uphill, I don't know whether the bicycle will carry me or I will carry the bicycle."
The scene of Gu Jiu carrying a bicycle up the mountain automatically emerged in Zeng Yuanhang's mind. He couldn't help laughing out loud, and even his brows relaxed.
"Okay, you can arrange your own affairs. If you have any difficulties, come to me."
The three of them said goodbye to Captain Feng and his family and prepared to go back.
After they sat in the car, even though it was as hot as a steamer, Gu Jiu and Lin Shu did not complain.
The main reason was that ever since they came to the village in the morning, there were always villagers surrounding them. Now that they had entered Captain Feng's yard, they also kept looking at them.
Zeng Yuanhang seemed to notice the couple's discomfort and said with a smile, "You will get used to it slowly if you go to the countryside often. There are only a few strangers in the village in a year. Besides, the men are handsome and the women are pretty. They will be more welcoming and understanding."
On the way back to the city, because we were going down the mountain, the car went faster than when we came in the morning.
Seeing that they were about to enter the city, Lin Shu invited: "Uncle Zeng, thank you for troubling you today. Can you invite Aunt and the others out tonight to have dinner together?"
"We are all family, so don't be polite. I have something to do at work this afternoon, so we won't have dinner together. When you are settled, come to my house and I will ask your aunt to cook a meal for us to get together."
"Okay, we'll visit your home then." Gu Jiu agreed.
As for whether to go or not, it is not up to him.
After arriving at the supply and marketing cooperative and saying goodbye to Zeng Yuanhang, the couple went to the flea market.
At the flea market, the two bought a table, four stools, and a camphorwood box, spending a total of four dollars.
Finally I saw a cupboard and bought it for another dollar and fifty cents.
After paying the money, they made an appointment with the old man who was watching the store to pick up the goods the next morning. Then they went to the grain and oil station and bought some rice, flour, oil, salt and other daily necessities.
The next morning, after breakfast, the couple loaded their luggage and the grain, oil, rice and flour they had bought the day before onto a rented donkey cart.
I went to the flea market to buy some old furniture and daily necessities, and then headed to Liao Village.
It took me an hour to reach Liao Village by car yesterday, but today it took me more than two hours, almost three hours, by donkey cart.
It was almost eleven o'clock in the morning when we arrived at Liao Village.
Lin Shu's whole body was tanned. When she arrived at Liao Village and took her luggage back into the house, she didn't want to go out again.
The summer sun is very strong, and the northwest sun is even stronger.
Gu Jiu moved some old furniture into the house, asked a middle-aged man for fare, and then used a bucket to draw some water from the well.
The kang was swept clean yesterday, and today we spread the kang mat on it so we can lie down on it and have a rest.
Lin Shu saw Gu Jiu fetching water and he filled a basin with water and wiped the furniture and the windows of the house.
"It seems I can't cook for myself at noon." Gu Jiu went to the kitchen and forgot to burn firewood because there was no firewood at home.
He had never experienced so deeply how inconvenient life in the countryside was, and he had to prepare everything by himself.
In the city, if there is no firewood, you can burn coal or use electricity. But in the countryside, it seems that if there is no money to buy coal, you can only burn firewood.
"The buns I bought this morning are cold. Fortunately, the weather is hot now, so it doesn't matter if we eat cold buns. Let's just have some plain water with the buns for lunch." Lin Shu took out the buns he bought in the morning from his bag.
It stayed in the bag for the whole morning, luckily it didn't go bad.
Gu Jiu took a bite of the bun, swallowed it, and took a big gulp of boiled water. "After you finish eating, don't clean up the house yet. You take a rest. I'll go to Captain Feng's house."
It's easy to feel sleepy after lunch in the summer. Lin Shu nodded: "Well, it's okay. Wear a straw hat when you go over. The sun is very strong outside. But will it disturb others if I go over at this time? After all, Captain Feng also needs a lunch break, right?"
Gu Jiu paused while eating the buns, "Why not... I'll go find him later."
"Then let's go later. Since we are already living in the village, there is no need to rush."
"Listen to my wife."
After a simple lunch, Lin Shu took a shower and lay on the kang, not wanting to move.
He didn't want to move, but he couldn't fall asleep for a while, so Lin Shu took a book from his luggage bag and lay on the kang to read.
Gu Jiu took a quick shower and returned to his room, then got on the kang with a smile, "You can't sleep if you don't wait for me?"
Lin Shu looked up at him from her book, glared at him angrily, and pushed him away a little, "Don't cling too closely, it's hot!"
Gu Jiu stuck to him again, "I don't feel hot after taking a shower. This kind of adobe house in the countryside is still very cool."
After that, he put his face close to hers and said, "Look, my skin is so cool."
You know what, this guy is really warm in winter and cool in summer. He must have a very good physique.
Unlike her, who has cold hands and feet in winter and is afraid of heat in summer.
Gu Jiu held her face and pecked her on the mouth, "We have never tried this kind of environment, why not give it a try?"
Especially this earthen kang, I have never experienced it with my wife, so I can't help but feel excited.
"How dare you do this in broad daylight?" Lin Shu shyly pushed the tall body away. She was afraid that she would get a nosebleed if she kept this posture.
Gu Jiu laughed and said, "You are my legitimate daughter-in-law, and you have two children. Is there anything I haven't seen?"
Lin Shu disagreed, "Captain Feng may not be asleep, why don't you go find him now?"
Since she was already interested, how could Gu Jiu let her go? After they finished, Lin Shu went to the toilet behind the house.
After coming out of the toilet, Lin Shu noticed that there were a lot of Polygonum multiflorum growing behind the house.
Polygonum hydropiper, also known as water polygonum, red polygonum, etc., is an annual herb belonging to the genus Polygonum of the Polygonaceae family.
The taste is spicier than chili pepper and more astringent than pepper.
Although it doesn’t taste very good, it is full of treasures.
The dried plants can be used to smoke mosquitoes, and can be boiled in water to treat athlete's foot and relieve itching.
Its seeds can be made into koji for making wine. Nowadays, most of the homemade rice wine in rural areas is brewed with this koji.
After harvesting the water pepper behind the house, I returned to the house. Gu Jiu had already fallen asleep.
Lin Shu patted him and told him to sleep inside.
Gu Jiuwei opened his eyes, propped himself up, picked up Lin Shu and put her on the kang, patted her back and comforted her, "Don't make noise, sleep first and talk later."