Chapter Seventy-One: Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Shi Jing looked at Si Qi, who was getting farther and farther away, and for the first time, he didn't respond to Si Xiaojun's words in time, but just followed silently and quickly.

Passing through the pine forest, there is an open field, a dozen acres of land, this kind of mountain land does not have enough water for irrigation, only to grow some drought-tolerant crops, such as potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes and the like.

The field near the pine forest happens to be planted with sweet potatoes, and this season is the time to dig sweet potatoes, the field is turned upside down, and the dry sweet potato vines are piled up on the side.

Si Qi took a few steps forward, picked up the wooden stick and rummaged in the soil, and turned over seven or eight large sweet potatoes, probably in a hurry to find something to do, she simply squatted on the ground, kept digging and digging, and when the big and small ones came up, she dug a dozen piles on the side.

Si Xiaojun squatted next to her, blinked his eyes and asked, "Mommy, how can there be sweet potatoes?"

Si Qi looked at her son's bright eyes and smiling face, his happiness and happiness were unconcealed on his face, she felt a pain in her heart, and she was busy collecting her messy thoughts, pretending to smile at him mysteriously, "Do you want to eat baked sweet potatoes?"

Si Xiaojun nodded hurriedly, paused, and said, "But the teacher said that you can't light a fire in the mountains, it will cause a forest fire." ”

Si Qi: "......"

It seems that the fire protection knowledge in the kindergarten is not in vain!

She couldn't help but laugh, pointed not far away, and said, "There is a creek over there, and we will make a fire on the edge of the stream, and then pile up clods of earth around the fire to make a simple earthen stove, so that no sparks will fly around, and no fire will be started." ”

Si Xiaojundou thought about it for a long time, staring at the sweet potato drooling, probably unable to refuse the temptation of roasted sweet potatoes, and nodded for a long time, and said very reluctantly: "That's okay, but you must pay attention to safety." ”

Si Qi rubbed his little head amusedly, and ordered: "Then you go and pick up some pine needles and branches, and I'll build an earthen stove to make a fire." After speaking, she glanced at Shi Jing, who was standing on the side, and said with a smile: "I haven't done this kind of thing for a long time, it's quite fresh, you must have never done this kind of thing, right?"

Shi Jing nodded.

Si Qi smiled slightly and said, "I'll take you to try it today." ”

Shi Jing originally wanted to give her a hand, but he was dragged by Si Xiaojun to pick up branches and pine needles, so he could only turn around and leave three times in one step.

Si Qi walked to the edge of the stream, built a half-foot-high earthen stove with a larger clod of soil, buried the sweet potatoes under the earthen stove, and waited for the big and the small two to come back with branches and pine needles, she magically took out a pack of matches and a piece of pine oil from her pocket, and after a while, a raging fire was lit, this is a mountain col, there are hills on both sides, the wind basically can't blow, and there will be no sparks flying around, which is very safe.

The creek next to it is more than two meters wide, the water is knee-deep, it is crystal clear, the place near the shore is full of aquatic plants and fallen leaves, there are many small fish swimming below, and there are crabs dangling slowly and leisurely, Si Xiaojun seems to have discovered a new continent, sitting for two minutes is like pressing the motor under the fart* strand, taking care of himself with a stick * to play swimming fish, October is still relatively hot, Si Qi doesn't care about him, let him go wild.

There is a bonfire on the left, a mountain spring stream on the right, surrounded by vast mountains and lush pine forests, where you can't hear the hustle and bustle of the crowd, can't see the flashy city, can't smell the cold air, can't feel the rapids and falsehood of the red dust, no wonder more and more people want to go to the deep mountains and old forests for a vacation during the vacation, probably this moment of tranquility makes people fascinated and yearning, people always remember what they can't get.

"You..." Shi Jing mustered up 120,000 courage to speak, but when he really opened his mouth, he was like his tongue was choked, and it took you a long time to hold back a sentence: "You don't... Out of sorts... Is it?"

Si Tian was stunned for a moment, then smiled quietly and said, "Of course I'm very happy." Shaoqing, she asked rhetorically: "Why do you think so?"

Shi Jing glanced at her, looking at the usual shallow smile on her face, clear and translucent eyes, and the heart hanging high smashed back into his chest, and his stomach was full of words that he couldn't say, because so far, they are only a cooperative relationship, and the problem itself is very intimate, far beyond the boundary of the cooperative relationship, he is not qualified to ask her whether she is happy or unhappy, in the past, he was quietly holding a microscope in order to spy on one or two from the clues.

It was probably a few months of acquaintance, and she gave him a feeling that was too gentle, like a warm spring soaking his whole body in it, soaking in the shackles and prisons around him, and soaking in his heart that had long been frozen and dead, so that he gave birth to the delusion of succession, and this green mountain and green water seemed to have the effect of gentle township, so that he was carried away for a while, thinking of this, he shook his head with floating eyes, and lowered his head to his chest, staring at the fire silently, as if he was thinking about the four major emptiness, and his face was loveless.

Si Qi looked at him in wonder, her lips opened, she wanted to say something to ease, but when the words came to her mouth, she thought of Fang Cai's decision outside the farmhouse, and hurriedly swallowed the words back, she couldn't give Shi Jing any illusions, she was a selfish utilitarian, but not an ambassador of peace, her gentleness and thoughtfulness and empathy were all purposeful, even if the partner was not him, she would be like this.

After a while, Shi Jing's head drooped lower and lower, his fingers twisting his clothes were about to be twisted off a layer of skin, and the green tendons on his neck were faintly visible, as if he was engaged in a self-torture that no one could see, which was really unbearable to look at.

Si Qi pinched his eyebrows, endured and endured, but still couldn't hold back, poked the fire with a stick*, broke the unspeakable silence, and said, "The sweet potatoes are almost ripe." ”

Shi Jing hummed lowly.

Si Qi dug out the sweet potatoes under the fire, rolled them aside to cool, and turned around to greet Si Xiaojun, who was like a wild horse.

"Mustang" ran back excitedly, sat directly next to Shi Jing, stared at the steaming sweet potatoes with drooling, and asked, "Mommy, did you often roast sweet potatoes secretly when you were a child?"

Si Qi nodded with a smile and said: "This is the greatest fun for rural children, at that time, when my grandfather was building a house on the construction site, he would build a fire for Mommy, bury potatoes and sweet potatoes under it and roast them, and Mommy can eat it directly when she is hungry, which is warm and convenient." ”

Si Xiaojun said with great envy: "I really envy Mommy's childhood." ”

Si Qi was amused by his old-fashioned tone, and when the sweet potato was cold enough to almost be held in her hand, she used a stick to push the sweet potato over, and said with a mouth: "Be careful to burn your mouth, eat slowly." As he spoke, he prepared to give another sweet potato to the person who was meditating.

Unexpectedly, Si Xiaojun was already in a hurry to hold the sweet potato to offer his courtesy, and his face was full of flattering smiles: "Dad, Dad, you eat first, you eat first." ”

Shi Jing raised his head violently, first looked at Si Xiaojun's bright eyes, and then looked at Si Qi who was looking at Si Xiaojun, he gritted his teeth hard, reluctantly retracted his scattered senses, and quickly took the sweet potato, first patted the ash on the outside, and then carefully stripped the skin, blew it carefully, and waited until the palm no longer felt hot, and then handed it back to Si Xiaojun, and whispered: "Give it to you, be careful of it." ”

"No, Daddy eats first. Si Xiaojun said seriously: "Mommy said, you have to give it to your father first, and adults can eat it, and children can eat it." ”

Si Qi almost wanted to cry when she heard this, this kid is too talented, I don't know where he learned the ability to talk about the matchmaker, in order to alleviate the embarrassment, she quickly picked up the sweet potato on the ground, put the skin on Si Xiaojun's hand in three or two, and said helplessly: "Good son, eat this!"

Si Xiaojun unceremoniously took it and gnawed on it.

Si Qi: "......"

What about the truths you just said? Doesn't she belong to the category of adults? This kid is so faring that he really doesn't see it.

Shi Jing looked at her, held the sweet potato in his hand in front of her, and whispered, "You eat." ”

Si Qi smiled, pushed the sweet potato back, and said with a smile: "There are many more here, we don't have to carry forward the glorious tradition of Kong Rongrang pear." ”

Shi Jing was stunned, so he had to retract his hand.

The three of them hugged the sweet potatoes and ate them, "Di Di" a few rings broke the unspeakable silence, Si Qi took out her mobile phone and opened WeChat, and it was really Wang Jing who asked her how she felt when she took her husband home.

This person has always been unable to hold back his words, and he has not been able to send a message until now, and it is estimated that he has reached the limit.

Si Qi couldn't help but smile and replied casually: "It feels good, the prospects are very good, welcome to try." ”

"It's OK if it's good! Brother-in-law is so handsome, like a fairy and beautiful man who came out of the painting, he must have a face when he takes it home, and his aunt is 100% satisfied. Wang Jing first expressed her admiration for the face of President Shida, and then made a beautiful outlook for their future marriage with a picture of a passer-by, and finally did not forget to tell them to enjoy the rare holiday time.

Si Qi slid the news casually, he was too lazy to read it carefully, and replied directly: "I'm in the deep mountains and old forests, I don't have time to listen to your nonsense, I will play if I have something, and I will retreat from the court if I have nothing to do." ”

I thought that this small talk would end here, but I didn't expect to take back the mobile phone, Wang Jing first sent a pouting little black man, and then sent a few emojis that beat the sky and the ground, and finally sent several pictures of gorillas roaring in the sky, as if they were full of depression to vent, and after a series of foreshadowing, they hooked Si Qi's action of wanting to buckle the phone in time, and then ended the follow-up.

"Sister Qi, Sister Qi, to tell you the news, the peacock came to the principal, saying that all the expenses for the kindergarten to participate in the National Children's Dance Competition next year are all sponsored by him, including costumes, props, and travel expenses for all participating students and accompanying teachers. ”