Chapter 237: Drifting Snow
At the beginning, Xu Hui was still a little embarrassed, but in order not to be laughed at by everyone, she naturally had to pretend to be okay, Wei Yali was very happy, so she was a little 'intensified', and always made Xu Hui special, for example, the snacks prepared in advance were always different for Xu Hui, and when she sent everyone away in the afternoon, she had to do everything possible to walk a long way with Xu Hui, and waved her hand to Wu Xiaoli, who lived nearby.
After a long time, everyone 'complained', Luo Xiaogang came up with a bad idea, everyone will not go next week, but they will not say hello beforehand, make a surprise attack, and create conditions for Xu Hui and Wei Yali.
This trick was naturally unanimously approved by the three of them, Wu Xiaoli didn't want to go for a long time, she guarded the two pairs of people every time, the light bulb was open and bright, it was so uncomfortable that she didn't even have the heart to read. Cao Hui and Luo Xiaogang both have the same idea, and they want to try their best to promote Xu Hui and Wei Yali, seeing that the high school years are about to slip by, what do they want to do, be casual.
This weekend was the last week before New Year's Day in 1992, on this day, the cold wind was bitter, the dark gray clouds were very low, and the snowflakes fell before eight o'clock in the morning.
The weather was too cold, and the wind and snow were blowing, Wei Yali didn't plan to move the oven out again, everyone read books inside the house, and squeezed a little, but it was much warmer than the simple house built outside.
She prepared a pot full of milk tea for everyone, as well as scones that are charred on the outside and yellow on the inside, the so-called scones, in fact, are to cut the steamed bread into slices and bake them in the oven, when baking the steamed bread slices, the fire in the left hearth must be very vigorous, pay attention to the fire at any time, keep churning, and the baked steamed bread slices are crispy on the surface, soft on the inside, and very refreshing.
Born and raised in Xiping, milk tea is particularly popular for breakfast, no need for any side dishes, a mouthful of milk tea, a mouthful of steamed buns, particularly enjoyable, but also very warm, full. Steamed buns can refer to many pasta dishes, including steamed buns, naan cakes, pancakes, dead dough cakes poured with vegetable oil and fried in a pan, commonly known as 'dog urine' and so on, there are many patterns.
Milk tea is very particular, the traditional point is to boil with tea bricks and goat's milk, sprinkle a little pepper and salt in it, now more popular milk, but no matter what kind of milk, tea bricks must be superior, its quality determines the quality of the entire milk tea. This kind of milk tea is completely different from the Taiwanese milk tea that is now popular in big cities.
Xu Hui has been in Xiping for many years, he has long been accustomed to such a diet, and even knows the quality of the tea brick as soon as he enters it, and the milk tea cooked by Wei Yali today is very sweet, he drank two large cups in one go, his whole body was very warm, and the tip of his nose was sweating.
Wei Yali looked happy, and poured another cup for Xu Hui, which made Xu Hui very embarrassed, in fact, before he came, he had already had two simple breakfasts at home, and just now drank a small half pot of milk tea, like a starving ghost reincarnated, Luo Xiaogang and the three of them have not yet arrived, so they should leave a little for others.
"It's not good, I don't know if these three guys will sleep lazy?" Xu Hui didn't have anything to say, looked at the snowfall outside the window, it seemed to be getting bigger and bigger, opened the schoolbag casually, and took out the textbook.
"I believe that others are lazy, Wu Xiaoli will not, their family is under militarized management, no matter how cold it is, what should I do, I can't delay it for a second, her father is fierce." ”
"I used to understand a little when I sat at the same table, anyway, she speaks and does things with a straight look, and she really has a bit of a military demeanor. Xu Hui smiled, remembering that he had just met Wu Xiaoli in the first semester of his sophomore year, and he always wanted to give people nicknames.
"I almost forgot that you two used to be at the same table. Wei Yali's face was slightly red, she remembered the process of changing seats with Wu Xiaoli in the second semester of the second semester of high school, this table qualification is still half-grabbed and half-relied on, and she was very worried that Shen Daping pulled down her face and asked her to sit back, who would have expected to sit until now, I really want to thank Sister Shen for her understanding.
Wei Yali cleaned up the table neatly, the two of them spread out the books and workbooks and began to review, the fire in the oven hearth was very strong, the hut was warm like spring, and the dark red flames beat from time to time, which was very warm. The sky outside the window was even darker, the fine snow flakes gradually turned into goose feather snow, and a thick layer of water vapor had risen on the glass windows, and from time to time there were snow flakes fluttering, and the exquisite and complex hexagonal shapes clinged to the glass, and quickly melted away before they could see clearly, merging with the water vapor.
Wei Yali's house is actually the same as Xu Hui's house, with three bungalows and a yard, the difference is that her yard is very large, taking advantage of the corner, but the house is very old, and such bungalows are rare in the construction family's courtyard.
However, the construction engineering group is a large unit, and the buildings of the family courtyard are one after another, and the few bungalows will be renovated and demolished sooner or later. Just like the current cultural compound, the Painting and Calligraphy Institute and the Qinqiang Troupe have begun to raise funds to build buildings, and the entire front yard has become a construction site, and it has been a small half a year since the commotion, and other units are very envious.
Xu Hui doesn't know how long his bungalow and small courtyard will last, and will he miss the small flower beds in the courtyard, the big apricot trees on the side of the wall, and the lively scene of the courtyard during the Chinese New Year?
"Distracted. Wei Yali was disgusted.
Xu Hui, who didn't know when he started to look stunned, was very embarrassed, and hurriedly interrupted, "What time is it, why haven't they come yet?"
"Look at your book well, what about others? Xiaoli's house is close, just talk, those two, we don't have to worry about it." Wei Yali was very serious, her cheeks were flushed, and when she spoke, the ponytail behind her swayed, and she was filled with the atmosphere of youth everywhere, which was refreshing.
Xu Hui looked at it in a daze, and suddenly remembered that there were just the two of them in the whole room, his face blushed unconsciously, and he lowered his head, forcing himself to focus his eyes and attention on the books. And Wei Yali was also stunned, and then her face was a little hot, she had been sitting at the same table with Xu Hui for so long, and it was the first time she found that the other party would look at herself like this, and there was something in her very straightforward eyes that made her look forward to it for a long time, which was difficult to describe, but it made her flustered and obsessed.
Time and space in the hut seemed to stand still suddenly, and even the clock hanging on the wall had lost its vitality, and at least neither of them could hear the click and click of its stubborn progress.
Xu Hui looked at the physics problem at hand, it had been more than ten minutes, but he still didn't understand the meaning of the question, his head was empty, he had read it many times, but he didn't even remember half a sentence;
Fortunately, Xu Hui didn't seem to have seen it, it was very embarrassing to be discovered, the book couldn't be read, Wei Yali's panicked heart gradually became nervous, and the idea that had been sealed for a long time suddenly popped up again, in such a situation, in fact, the opportunity is really rare, should I say something to him?
Wait a minute, I didn't think about it, I really didn't think about it, Wei Yali put down the pen in her hand, her emotions became inexplicably irritable, she still didn't dare to say, she was afraid of being rejected, what should she do at that time? Will it not be possible to do it together with the table?
"......Shhh
Xu Hui was in a different mood, his mind was blank at first, and then he looked at his previous actions, and had to admit that it was very inappropriate to look at each other in a daze, and it was easy to cause misunderstandings, but it was indeed unconscious, Wei Yali's energetic youthful atmosphere really couldn't be ignored, especially on such a special occasion today, the room was too warm, the two of them sat too close, they could almost touch their heads, and none of the damn three people appeared......
Oops! You're not right to think like this, have you forgotten Zhang Yi? Why do you keep talking about others, but you've been duplicitous, right? Xu Hui suddenly transitioned from self-examination to self-examination and self-criticism, and his mind was confused in a matter of seconds.
"Oops......" Wei Yali exclaimed, while stomping her feet, the stainless steel kettle in her hand couldn't hold it and was thrown to the ground, she was burned to her feet by the splashed boiling water when she was distracted just now, but the kettle that fell on the ground splashed out with boiling water, and there was a second burn, Wei Yali couldn't help the pain, and tears flowed out at once.
Suddenly, Xu Hui couldn't think about it, hugged the crumbling Wei Yali, and hurriedly helped her sit on the chair, "Where is it hot?" Touching the other party's wet trouser legs, he was stunned.
"Here, oops...... Woo......" As if she had been wronged, Wei Yali finally cried.
Xu Hui touched it, secretly surprised, the area of the burn was not small, from the outside of the calf to the ankle, he immediately took off the other party's shoes without hesitation, and then told 'don't move', and then turned around and ran into the kitchen, before everyone often fought to wash the dishes, so Xu Hui was naturally not unfamiliar, and quickly found a bottle of old vinegar and ran back.
"Is there any clean gauze?" Xu Hui asked, a life hack that adults said, vinegar can disinfect and avoid scarring.
Wei Yali stopped crying and nodded, and stretched out her hand to point to the low cabinet next to the desk, "There are medical gauze and cotton swabs in the second drawer. ”
"Bear with me. Xu Hui reminded, and then carefully uncovered the other party's socks, slowly faded, the ankles were burned red and swollen, I couldn't bear to look directly, and I didn't know if this life trick was the right way, adults said so, it shouldn't be wrong, he dipped gauze in vinegar, carefully smeared it on the reddest part of the burn, and then expanded the area to the side in turn, and after a while, he tossed off the small half bottle.
Click, click, Xu Hui's hands were wet with Wei Yali's tears, it seemed that although she couldn't hold back her crying, she still couldn't stand the pain, listening to her father, the scald was the most painful, and the boiling water scald could only be slowly compressed with water to relieve the pain, but it must wait for the vinegar to volatilize almost before it can be carried out.
"It's okay, just a little while. Xu Hui patted Wei Yali's hand, comforted him softly, and then quickly made a basin of cold water to prepare, only to find that he was already sweating profusely, and he didn't know whether he was busy or nervous.