Chapter 5 Get along
After Lin Xi packed up his things, he had nothing to do, so he simply carried a small basket on his back and went to Shuangping Mountain. The altitude of Shuangping Mountain is five or six hundred meters, and the mountains are full of lush green, and there is a faint fragrance of grass and trees in the air. Walking up along the mountain road, there are high and low trees on both sides of the mountain road, and some trees still have fruits hanging on them, Lin Xi happily stepped forward, ready to pick some to taste. Glancing at something out of the corner of his eye, Lin Xi walked over curiously, walked in, and found that this was actually a person.
Lin Xi observed carefully, and the person shrunk into a ball, motionless. It can't be a dead man, Lin Xi was shocked and wanted to retreat. In his ears, the voice of the system sounded again: "It's Chu Sheng, still alive." ”
Lin Xi swallowed his saliva, calmed his little heart, and asked, "How do you know?" The system replied coldly: "I'm Zhizhi, just scan it." ”
Lin Xi heard the disdain of the system, there is no way, now the enemy is strong and I am weak, so I can only bear it. Lin Xi stepped forward again, patted Chu Sheng's shoulder, and gently called him a few times, Chu Sheng opened his eyes and saw a girl squatting in front of him, her vision was a little blurry, and after concentrating for a while, Chu Sheng recognized that this was the girl who grabbed him yesterday. Although the girl helped her yesterday, Chu Sheng still stepped back vigilantly, his eyes full of defense. Lin Xi looked at the child's red and swollen cheeks, and there were slap marks on his face, he should have been beaten again yesterday. The shortened pants couldn't cover the ankles, revealing a wound that was already red and swollen.
Even if it was a stranger, he couldn't help but feel pity when he saw such a child, Lin Xi coaxed him softly: "Don't be afraid, I'm a new educated youth, you see that my hand is also injured, and I can't hurt you." Chu Sheng looked at Lin Xi's left arm in a plaster cast, and his body relaxed a little.
Lin Xi looked at the child in front of him, his face was dirty, he could barely see a pair of phoenix eyes, the bridge of his nose was high, his lips were pale, there was no flesh on his cheeks, and he was pitifully thin. A suit of ill-fitting clothes was covered in patches, and shoes were pulled on the feet. "Why are you sleeping here?, are you uncomfortable?" Facing Lin Xi's question, Chu Sheng always looked at Lin Xi with a vigilant gaze, his lips pursed tightly.
Lin Xi turned around, pretended to flip the back basket, and took out a pack of cookies from the storage space. It was handed to him, "Are you hungry?" Chu Sheng lowered his eyelids, as if thinking about something, and when Lin Xi was about to withdraw his hand, Chu Sheng suddenly reached out, grabbed the biscuit, and quickly stepped back. After that, he stared at Lin Xi with vicious eyes, and for a moment, Lin Xi felt that it was not a weak child in front of him, but a fierce beast, and he was shocked. The original good feeling suddenly dissipated, although Lin Xi was kind, some people didn't appreciate it, and she didn't want to go up. Lin Xi stood up and said lightly: "It was originally for you to eat, you don't have to do this, speaking of which, I have saved you twice, and you should know that I have no malicious intent." After speaking, Lin Xi didn't give him a chance to speak, and left with the basket on his back.
Chu Sheng remained vigilant, and he didn't relax his body until Lin Xi's left back could no longer be seen. As if smelling the sweet fragrance of biscuits, Chu Sheng's stomach began to protest, unpacked the package, poured the biscuits into the palm of his hand, grabbed a few pieces and stuffed them into his mouth, chewed a few times, and couldn't wait to swallow it, after several times in a row, his stomach was finally filled, and most of the packets of biscuits had been wiped out. Chu Sheng looked at these biscuits, he had eaten them once when he was very young, there were only two pieces, the sweet taste had faded in his mind, and now he got a whole packet. Holding the remaining biscuits, Chu Sheng stood up with difficulty and slowly walked down the mountain.
Lin Xi was a little depressed, his face was calm, and he didn't have the good mood when he just went up the mountain. After walking along the path for a while, I saw a piece of camellia, which was a relatively common wild vegetable, Lin Xi could still recognize it, picked a little, loaded a small half basket, and Lin Xi went back. When passing through the forest, Lin Xi subconsciously glanced at it, and there was no longer a child.
When he returned to the educated youth point, Lin Xi soaked the wild vegetables he picked back in the water, and the educated youths came back. Han Meifang's eyes were sharp, she saw a pot of shepherd's cabbage, and knew that she could add vegetables today. asked Lin Xi with a smile: "Did you go up the mountain today?" Lin Xi smiled and nodded. Zhou Laidi took the initiative to wash the vegetables, Lin Xi was not polite, walked a mountain road, the wound on her leg was a little painful, explained to everyone, and went to rest.
After returning to the house, Lin Xi re-medicated the wound, and the wound began to heal, and it didn't hurt when applying the medicine. At this time, what came to Lin Xi's mind was the striking wound on Chu Sheng's ankle, this kid definitely had no way to deal with the wound, and he didn't know what to do. But thinking of the child's rejection of her, Lin Xi was reluctant to meddle in things. Shaking her head, not thinking about these troubles, now she was going to dinner. Lin Xi took a bowl of grain, sent it to the kitchen, and said to Zhou Laidi: "I distributed food today, and I will make up for the food I ate today and yesterday." Have you seen enough?"
Zhou Laidi looked at the pile of grain, and said with a smile: "Enough, enough, I'll tell you when I go back, you have made up all the food." There were also two male intellectuals on the side, who glanced at the food in Zhou Laidi's hand, looked at each other, smiled, and said a few polite words to Lin Xi.
Zhou Laidi is still reliable, and when she was eating, she specially mentioned to everyone that Lin Xi had made up for two days' worth of food. A group of people said a few polite words, and the matter was settled.
The intellectuals were squeezed out of all their physical strength by heavy physical labor, and after eating, everyone went to rest. Lin Xi went out for a walk, in the fiery sunset, the small mountain village was like a beautiful oil painting, quiet and safe, and the birds that returned late suddenly flapped their wings and swept lightly in the air.
Lin Xi walked towards Shuangping Mountain and saw a dilapidated adobe house with a child curled up in one corner of the wall.
Chu Sheng sat indifferently by the abandoned earthen house, his father was already drunk at home, and the kitchen was empty, and even the mice would not patronize. Fortunately, he left a small half pack of biscuits in the morning, and now they are in his stomach, and he doesn't know what to do tomorrow, the wounds on his body are still aching, and he looks blankly at the sun that is about to set.
Not far from him, a person was looking at him, Chu Sheng looked up, and the sister who gave him the biscuit was looking at him. Chu Sheng stood up against the wall, looked at Lin Xi for a while, stepped forward boldly, and bowed to Lin Xi: "Thank you." Lin Xi didn't feel the child's defensiveness and vigilance, and now he is much more relaxed.
Lin Xi thought about the task he was going to complete, smiled at him, beckoned, Chu Sheng hesitated, and walked to Lin Xi's side. The child only reached Lin Xi's chest, short and short, Lin Xi asked him: "What is your name, how old are you?" Chu Sheng answered one by one, Lin Xi asked again: "Why are you sitting outside, don't you go back?" Chu Sheng lowered his head, this time he didn't answer. Lin Xi changed the question: "Have you eaten?" The child was silent for a while and shook his head.
Lin Xi thought for a while and said to him, "Wait for me here." After saying that, he hurriedly left. Back in the kitchen of the educated youth, Lin Xi brewed a little milk powder, poured it into the kettle, took two cakes, wrapped it with a handkerchief, thought about it, went back to the house to get his own medicine, and hurried out again. Wang Xiaozhen looked at Lin Xi, who came and left in a hurry, and pouted. Yu Linlin's face showed a little confusion.
Chu Sheng was still standing there, and when he saw Lin Xi's figure coming in a hurry, he took a few steps forward, and Lin Xi handed him the warm kettle: "For you, there is also a cake, you find a place to eat." ”
Chu Sheng looked at the cake, his eyes lit up, and he took Lin Xi to a hidden place. Here near the foot of Shuangping Mountain, there is a broken grass house. Chu Sheng cleaned up and could barely sit.
Lin Xi didn't care, sitting face to face with Chu Sheng, Chu Sheng dismantled the cake, finished eating it in three or two bites, opened the kettle, and a rich milky fragrance came to his nose, Chu Sheng's hand paused, and he glanced at Lin Xi. Lin Xi held his cheeks and looked at him with a smile: "You can taste the milk powder I brewed." Chu Sheng drank half of the pot, screwed the cap of the bottle, and asked Lin Xi with a straight face: "Why do you want to give me food, so good to me, what do you want?"
Lin Xi didn't expect that this child was not very old and had a lot of eyes. After thinking about it, Lin Xi asked him rhetorically: "You are just a child, what do you have that I am worthy?" Chu Sheng thought for a long time, but he couldn't think of anything, and his eyes were still a little defensive. Lin Xi stood up, patted his pants, felt out the wound medicine, and threw it to Chu Sheng. "It's medicine, wash the wound and apply it. When you're done drinking the milk in the kettle, remember to give it back to me. Good bye. After saying that, he left without looking back. Chu Sheng looked at Lin Xi's figure hidden in the darkness, rubbing the wound medicine in his hand, and the expression on his face was cloudy.
The night gradually covered the small village, and with the faint light, Lin Xi walked towards the Zhiqing Point. A cold voice sounded: "Stage task - gain Chu Sheng's favor, and the completion rate is 7%. Earn 5 gold coins. ”
Lin Xi didn't think so, he couldn't unlock the mall, the gold coins were the flowers in the mirror and the moon in the water, what was the use. After receiving Lin Xi's belly slander, the system spoke: "When the task is completed by one-tenth, you can unlock the mall." Lin Xi was overjoyed, looking forward to unlocking the mall soon, and she could buy and buy.
The field is golden, the farmers look at the grain that is about to ripen, the corners of their eyebrows and eyes are smiling, everyone is busy these days, except for the cooks who come back a little earlier, the rest of the people have to stay in the field all day.
Lin Xi undertook the work of lighting the fire and delivering food, and a wooden barrel was filled with food, and Lin Xi struggled to carry it, walking on the rugged ridge. When he arrived at the place where the educated youths worked, Lin Xi didn't need to greet him, everyone gathered around, found his lunch box, found a place, and devoured it. Everything eaten is clear soup and water, and it is not anti-hunger at all. At this point, I can't hold on for a long time.
After everyone finished eating, Lin Xi walked back with the wooden barrel, she had to rush back to eat, and then she had to boil water, everyone was tired for a day, and they needed to wash it well.