Chapter 11: Cool Weather
Shanlin City is mountainous and watery, and the people here love to eat fish, and Lin Yi is no exception.
The braised fish brought by Liang Huan was collectively praised by the whole family, and the family of three at the dinner table was in a good mood, and from time to time said a few words of gossip about the east and west families, which was not warm.
After dinner, boiled water and took a bath, and then cleaned up the kitchen, the electricity had not yet come, Li Fengxia scolded the power supply bureau, while carefully putting the leftovers into the cold water and icing, Lin Yi took a pu fan and fanned her doglegs, persuading her to "extinguish the fire", which made the old lady cry and laugh.
"Lao Li, it's like a steamer in the house! It's cool! Don't you come yet?"
Hearing someone calling downstairs, Lin Yiran looked down at the railing on the corridor and saw that the courtyard was full of mats.
The old man and the old lady wore a white vest and shorts and a straight cotton silk dress of various colors and slag, sat on the mat, holding a big fan to fan the wind slowly, there were children holding large and small pebbles lying beside them, sleeping sweetly, the mosquito repellent pile in the corner of the yard was still smoking, there were also people who were afraid of mosquitoes, lit mosquito coils and put them aside as insurance, and their eyes glanced at it from time to time, for fear of burning people or causing fire, and when they looked at it, almost the whole courtyard was enjoying the coolness.
Lin Yi has never seen such a scene, free, cheerful, enthusiastic, and cordial, as if the air is filled with a strong human touch.
In her memory, every household is like a small world of independence, and no one knows anyone behind closed doors.
Today's Shanlin No. 2 Middle School Family Hospital, the residents in the courtyard are all old friends who have known each other for many years, and they have a good relationship, such as their family and Teacher Chen's family, eat something delicious at home, and they all want to give each other a piece of the past.
"Yiyi! Where's your grandmother? It's the latest in your family today! Have you boiled water to take a shower? I still have half a pot of boiling water at home, do you want to? Hurry up and clean up and cool off! I'm afraid it's going to rain!"
Lin Yi didn't know what to call the enthusiastic and cheerful old lady, and was thinking about how to answer appropriately, when he saw his grandmother holding a mat tied up with a roll, walking out with a pu fan, and as soon as she arrived at the door, she poked her head out of the railing and greeted the people downstairs:
"Come on, come on!yo! you're so fast!!"
After walking a few steps, I saw that my granddaughter was still there, and I poured it back: "If you don't want to go down, light a mosquito coil at home, open the window, close the screen, and the heart is calm and naturally cool, by the way, candles and flashlights are not good, hurt your eyes, don't read today, go to bed early." ”
Seeing that grandma meant something, Lin Yi understood in seconds.
Grandma was worried that she would feel embarrassed because of the drug swallowing and didn't want to go down.
These neighbors have such a close relationship with each other, Lin Yi doesn't want to be an unsociable person.
"Grandma, what do you say? Everyone has gone, so it's not good if I don't go down. Before, the previous thing is over, don't always mention this, I've already made a mistake~~"
He Xiulian came out with a smooth little winter melon, and when she saw her daughter pulling her grandmother like bone candy, she couldn't help laughing:
"Yiyi is right, Mom, if she dares to do that kind of thing, she must have the courage to face her family and friends, we are not used to her. Come, this is your winter melon, hold it on!"
"Winter melon?"
Winter melon starts, slippery and cool, about five or six catties, just full of arms.
Lin Yi didn't understand what she meant for a while, so she went downstairs to enjoy the coolness, even if she wanted to bring a melon, it should be a watermelon!
"Don't look at other children hugging pebbles to cool off, you're weak, it's good to give you a winter melon!
Li Fengxia patted her granddaughter's back with a pu fan and went downstairs first. She only dislikes winter melons as her granddaughter, and she doesn't think too much, after all, the children of every family are holding cold pebbles to cool down in summer, and she has to hold a winter melon when she is so old.
Lin Yiyi came over, and almost instantly, the doubt on his face turned into pouting displeasure.
He Xiulian walked past her, saw her expression at that moment, always felt that something was wrong, and thought that her daughter would not even recognize her cool artifact, so she didn't think much about it, smiled and took the door, and walked downstairs with a cold kettle.
When the family of three arrived downstairs, Lin Yi was ready to face the "concern" of the neighbors, but until the mat was laid, the mosquito coils were lit and the pillows were placed, and the family sat down, and no one mentioned her hospitalization, but her mother rarely came back, and was welcomed by the aunts and grandmothers, grabbing her and asking non-stop.
Seeing her granddaughter's apprehensive face, Li Fengxia couldn't help but laugh. In fact, in the middle of the night, she found that her granddaughter was not good, she only notified a few teachers and school leaders who had a good relationship with the family, not to say that it was for the sake of her relationship, but for the sake of the school's reputation, these people would not talk nonsense, and the reason why they scared her granddaughter like that was just to make her afraid, and if she was afraid, she would not dare in the future.
"Grandma!watermelon watermelon!!"
Just as Lin Yi was holding the winter melon and planning to silently collect news in the corner, a little guy wearing open crotch pants and no teeth suddenly pounced, holding her dark green skin of the winter melon and drooling vigorously.
"This fool!!haha!This is a winter melon!It's not a watermelon!Come on, learn from grandma, winter-melon!"
"Watermelon!watermelon!wow!!watermelon!"
The children who still said that they were not good, but the word watermelon was bitten squarely, and they wanted to point to the winter melon and shout watermelon, which was really stubborn and cute, and caused a bunch of people to laugh and shake the sky!
"Yiyi, hurry up and hug the watermelon for my little brother! Ouch, my little girl, Grandma Li bought the watermelon today and hasn't eaten it, you know everything?
"Don't! This kid has just eaten, but he can't eat, so he's spoiled him!"
"Children can't eat, aren't we so many adults? ”
"Okay!"
Lin Yi went upstairs and cut melons by candlelight, which caused everyone in the courtyard to praise endlessly, and it was lively until midnight, when it dispersed.
After packing up the garbage and going home with things like mattresses and pillows, Lin Yi kept smiling on his face.
Unexpectedly, such a collective coolness after a power outage made her recognize everyone in the courtyard, and by the way, she also collected almost all her own information, which is a good thing.
Before, I only knew that the three generations of the Lin family were single, there were no brothers and sisters in my grandfather's generation, and there was only one in my father's generation, and there would be no uncles and cousins and other relatives, and now I knew that she was the only one on my mother's side, and her grandparents died during a special period, Lin Yi breathed a sigh of relief.
The family relationship is not complicated, and the difficulty coefficient of familiarity plummets.
Coupled with the information revealed by these people when they spoke, she also knew that the original owner was a quiet and silent person, because she was weak and often sick since she was a child, and her peers in the hospital gave her a nickname, called "Sister Lin", usually everyone jokes with her or something, they like to call it like this.
With the increase of information he understood, Lin Yi only felt that the ground under his feet was more ripe, and the whole person became relaxed.
It's just that a few children have a malicious face, and they come to her with all kinds of Olympiad questions like a demon, but she is blindsided as soon as she looks at the questions, so she has to use excellent speech skills, quietly change the topic, and tell many interesting stories to appease, although the crisis is temporarily lifted, in the end it still hurts her self-esteem.
It seems that she still has a long way to go to maintain the face of a scholar, and she bursts into tears when she thinks about it.