Chapter 8 Bringing Soup to Ganluo
"I'll take you. Zhou Jingrui handed her the umbrella in his hand and patted the back seat of the bicycle, "I ride, you can give me an umbrella in the back seat." ”
"Oh" Ganluo was a little tired, threw his schoolbag towards the basket, straddled the back seat, held an umbrella in one hand, and grabbed the iron frame in the back seat with the other, "Okay." You ride. ”
Zhou Jingrui kicked his feet, the umbrella held in Ganluo's hand was carried by the wind, his body leaned back, and just held out a breath, but the car rushed towards the greenery next to the street, "Hey, hey, hey! No, no... Turn right, turn right, someone, someone!"
"Stop!" Gan Luo grabbed Zhou Jingrui's shirt and pulled it back, "I told you to stop!"
"I haven't ridden a bicycle for a long time, it's a little rusty, now it's okay! Hold on and hey!" Zhou Jingrui coughed a few times, unable to hide the embarrassment, and accelerated the speed of pedaling under his feet.
With one hand, he pushed up the edge of the umbrella that Ganluo was holding: "The umbrella is raised high, blocking my view." ”
"It's sour to raise your hands like this, who told you to grow so tall. Gan Luo said and changed his hand and raised the umbrella high, "Why don't I carry you, you can lift it." ”
"If you're short, admit it, say what am I doing? ”
"No more umbrellas. Ganlo gestured to put away the canopy.
"I'm allergic to UV rays. ”
"......" reached out and clenched his fist at the back of someone's head.
The afterglow of the setting sun stretched the figures of the two men long, and the shadows dyed the green beside the road, migrating with the advance of the bicycle.
Gan Luo was silent, and so was Zhou Jingrui, only the wind in his ears was whirring non-stop.
His heart has never been calm, Zhou Jingrui looked at the shadows of the two people, breathing in the fragrance of early rice.
"You're lucky, you're the first one to be picked up by me. ”
Ganluo pouted, thinking, "With this technology, don't harm people." ”
Passing through the concrete path between the rice fields, the green plains slowly pull behind the bicycle, and the clear blue sky and green rice fields merge into a long and winding straight line, and the smoke curls from the houses along the way.
Zhou Jingrui stood by the door of his yard with an umbrella, looked at the back of Gan Luo pushing his bicycle home, turned around and knocked on the door.
Aunt Liu opened the door and took the umbrella in Zhou Jingrui's hand: "On this hot day, come in." ”
"Did you get Luo Yatou?" Grandma Zhou came out of the study, "Xiao Liu, go get him a basin of water to wash, remember to mix it warm." ”
"Received" Zhou Jingrui sat down and drank the brewed tea.
Grandma Zhou sat next to Zhou Jingrui, and her phoenix eyes glared: "Have you apologized?"
"Apologies, this time it's me who didn't do it. ”
"Why don't you ask her to come in and sit down, grandma has cooked mung bean soup, you can send some later." Grandma Zhou got to a cup of tea and chatted, and looked at Zhou Jingrui: "I heard your Grandma Li say, that girl is a sensible person, she lives alone at home from Monday to Friday, and there is no one to talk to, you have no friends when you come here, and you are usually familiar with Luo Yatou, after all, you have to live here for a year, don't be too lonely." ”
"Oh" Zhou Jingrui was a little careless, that girl's temper was the same as a fire gun, he couldn't stand it.
The fragrant and sweet mung bean soup was poured into the thermos pot, "Send it." ”
"I'm not going. Aunt Liu, grandma called you ......" Zhou Jingrui greeted Aunt Liu who was helping in the kitchen.
"Send it!" Grandma Zhou stuffed it into Zhou Jingrui's hand.
“......”
"Wangwang!" Dada saw Zhou Jingrui who was carrying a thermos pot, crawled out of the nest and rushed over directly, his front paws picking at the ground: "Wangwang!"
"Hey, hey, hey, little dog, don't mess around!" Zhou Jingrui stepped back, "Ganluo, persuade your dog!"
"Dada!" Gan Luo came out of the house, called Dada to his side, still holding a kitchen knife for cutting vegetables in his hand, and saw that it was Zhou Jingrui who quietly carried the knife behind him, and couldn't help frowning: "Something?"
Zhou Jingrui looked around while being wary of Dada, Gesang, cochineal, azalea, gardenia, vermilion, jasmine, Yueji, rose, and spring...... The name of the name can't be named, densely planted in a circle, the eaves of the verandah hanging all kinds of green plants are pruned very beautifully, "Your family sells flowers?"
"It's not. Ganluo shook his head, "You're here to visit my house?"
"Grandma asked me to get you mung bean soup. Zhou Jingrui stepped forward and handed it to Ganluo, but his eyes were looking at the dark green grass hanging on the beam, and the sapphire blue fruit grew in a bunch, growing in the bamboo knots containing the soil.
"Thank you" Gan Luo took it and pointed to the small coffee table under the eaves, "You sit down first, I'll vacate the thermos pot." ”
The coffee table is made of pebbles of different shapes, with irregular edges, in the shape of scattered lotus leaves, and two futons are placed on a short square table.
"What's the name of that hanging grass?"
"I don't know the scientific name. It was given a small name, called Blue Grapefruit. ”
Gan Luo washed the things neatly with his hands and feet, put the tea tray on the coffee table, and glanced up at Zhou Jingrui, "Like it?"
"Hmm" nodded and shook his head, a little uncomfortable, "Yes." ”
"If you like it, you like it, where will it come from?" Ganluo got up and took off the grass that was bearing fruit, "Take it, this is very easy to raise." Don't change your name, you have to keep it called Blue Grapefruit. ”
"Hmm" Zhou Jingrui took it, touched the fruit lightly with his index finger, and looked up to see Gan Luo watching his movements, a little uncomfortable, "Thank you." ”
Sit cross-legged towards the futon next to the coffee table, carefully put the grass in the bamboo knot to the side, take a sip of the tea that Ganluo arrived, the taste is sweet in the mouth, sweet and bitter, and a little numb?
"What kind of tea is this?"
"Jasmine and peppercorn leaves. When the pepper leaves are hot, sesame oil will be added to the water, and the teapot will be soaked and mixed to relieve the heat and remove the heat. ”
Zhou Jingrui nodded: "...... No wonder it smells like vegetable soup. It's delicious. ”
Gan Luo picked up the teapot and poured it into his teacup, his face unhappy, "There is cabbage in the field, it is better for you to drink cabbage soup directly." ”
"Just kidding. It's really delicious. ”
There was a moment of embarrassment in the atmosphere, Zhou Jingrui saw Dada wagging his tail by a flower pot under the eaves, touching the flowers and leaves for a while, touching the leaves and closing them, happily circling around the tail, "What are the puppies doing?"
"Teasing #tease mimosa. ”
"Poof" Zhou Jingrui just drank all the tea soup squirted out.
Seeing that Gan Luo was sprayed with tea soup, he took out a tissue from his pocket and handed it to her, "I'm sorry." ”
Staring at his victimized teacup, Gan Luo raised his sleeve and wiped the tea on his face, "You continue, drink tea!"
Getting up, Ganluo went into the house to fetch water and wash his face. When he came out, he was holding a basin of water in his hand, and Zhou Jingrui subconsciously moved back.
"I'll take care of the cuckoo, and you can take it back later. ”
"Hmm" Zhou Jingrui sat back in place, his eyes glanced away, the spider plant hanging on the beam bloomed, the size of a fingernail, milky white, along the stem and leaves on the top of the stem, leaning against the wall Yueji climbed the bracket to set up the eaves.
Turning his head to look at Ganluo, the other party was using a small soft brush dipped in water to clean the leaves of the cuckoo stained with soil, the action was careful and gentle, the jujube-colored clay pot was wiped clean, and there were two half-human-tall rhododendrons holding buds in the clay pot, which was the moment of blooming these days.
Zhou Jingrui walked towards Ganluo, and when he looked closer, the two rhododendrons, one red and one white, were intertwined alternately, and the branches grew together, "These are all raised by you?"
"Hmm" Gan Luo nodded while cleaning up, got up and stretched, and pointed to the bamboo forest on the side with his hand holding the square scarf, "The wood garden next to the bamboo forest, the front yard and the backyard of the house are all planted by me." The fig tree blocks the view, and the wood cangyuan is not visible here. ”
Zhou Jingrui looked in the direction of Ganluo's finger, a slanted fig tree did just block the view, the crooked trunk was wrapped around the swing hanging on the side of the gravel path, and the thick leaves formed a natural green yin pavilion, all the way to Gesang to open the way.
"Cleaned up. ”
Ganluo got up and put the water in the pot to the edge of the rice root, "Water twice a week, and remember to add proper fertilizer during the flowering period." ”
"Hmm" Zhou Jingrui, who looked at the fig tree, nodded, and did not look away, this was the first time he had seen a fig tree, he had seen it sold in the supermarket before, and thought it was the same as strawberries growing on the ground.
Seeing that Zhou Jingrui had been watching, Gan Luo pointed with a smile: "There are just a few red ones, you wait a minute, I will take them off and you will take them back with the cuckoo for grandma." "The old man's mouth is not good, Grandma Zhou treats her kindly, this sweet and soft is just right.
"Hmm. "You're welcome.
"Do you want me to help you?" someone was a little embarrassed, it was flowers and fruits, and later grandma thought that he had robbed Ganluo's house.
"No, I don't. ”
Seeing Gan Luo holding a bamboo pole, Zhou Jingrui stretched out his hand and dragged it over, "I'm tall." ”
"Take it upside down!" Ganlo rolled his eyes, how tall he was, look at this one with a low IQ.
The slender bamboo pole has one end cut into a narrow "concave" shape, which is just enough to catch the joint part of the branch and the fruit, and can be removed when it is stuck.
"Be careful not to poke me", Gan Luo stood behind Zhou Jingrui, and saw the pole turn around and hurriedly let it go to the side.
"Don't stand behind me. Zhou Jingrui turned the bamboo pole in his hand, put the removed fig on the side of the leaf, and when he turned around, the back of the bamboo pole scraped on Ganluo's arm.
"Is there anything wrong?" Zhou Jingrui put down the bamboo pole, turned his head to look at Ganluo, saw her holding her arm, and stepped forward, "Let go of my hand and take a look." ”
"I'm fine. Gan Luo took a step back and put his hand behind his back, his arm was in a hot pain, "You hurry up and pick and feed, how can you be so hypocritical?"
Turning around and stepping into the house, I saw that the skin on my arm was scratched by the raised branches of the bamboo, so I shaved the bamboo knuckles well when I knew it, hastily applied alcohol disinfection, and went into the bedroom to change into a long-sleeved shirt to cover it.
"I've washed all my clothes, and you're not done yet?" Ganlo washed and hung up the clothes on the drying rack.
Walking towards Zhou Jingrui, when he saw it, his face turned green, "The ones that want to crack the opening are ripe." ”
"Is there zero knowledge of agriculture?" Ganluo's puffed face turned a little red, and she waited for half a month for figs.
It's all gone!
"Almost, the fig tree is still known today. Zhou Jingrui squatted down and picked up the leaves and picked them up, "It looks red...... Although, it's a bit hard. ”
Gan Luo looked up at other places and inhaled, speechless, squatted down and picked up the ripe ones and stuffed them into his arms, "If it's not ripe, I'll leave it to dry it to make fruit tea, and you can take it back if it's ripe." ”
"You keep some cooked. Zhou Jingrui only took a few, got up and looked around, "Don't say it, your house is very fun." ”
Walking towards the yard, Zhou Jingrui held the cleaned thermos pot on the coffee table in one hand, picked up the azalea pot in the other, and turned his head to look at Ganluo without taking a few steps: "Ming'er will go to school in the afternoon to run errands, and wait for you to get out of school in the afternoon." ”
"What can you do when you go to school? transfer procedures?" Ganlo frowned, she didn't want to hold an umbrella anymore.
"It's not. Don't forget to be at the school gate yesterday. ”