40. Awkward warm night
There are some old wall calendars pasted on the wall of the room, and there are a few cobwebs in the corner of the ceiling, Liang Ju squinted his eyes and looked carefully, fortunately, there were no spiders on the cobwebs. The furnishings in the room can be said to be quite simple, only a large wardrobe leaning against the corner of the wall that I don't know how old, a table and two broken wooden chairs on the side of the table, and then a kang where she is sitting now. Liang Ju thought that if she hadn't experienced it herself, she might not have imagined that there was really such a poor place in this world.
Mao Dong guessed what she was thinking when he saw her distracted. "Do you regret it?"
"Huh?" Liang Ju came back to his senses and hurriedly shook his head, "I won't regret it, I, Liang Ju, never do anything I regret." β
Mao Dong smiled and put away the down jacket she took off for her, "This place is much better than more than ten years ago, after all, this is a rural area, and it is definitely not as good as in the city." β
"Isn't there something better in the countryside than in the city?"
Mao Dong shook his head and smiled sadly, "It's different." β
"It's okay, as long as you're there, it's the same everywhere."
Liang Ju looked left and right, and asked expectantly, "Where am I sleeping tonight?" β
Mao Dong put all the clothes on the kang and the luggage brought by Liang Ju in the wardrobe, he carried her on his back and said, "You just sleep on the kang, I'll ask the boss for a few quilts for you to pad underneath." β
"Why?"
"This kang is too hard, I'm afraid you won't get used to it."
"What about you?"
"I'm used to it."
"I mean, where are you sleeping tonight?"
Liang Ju continued to ask, but a sly smile was faintly visible at the corner of his mouth.
Mao Dong closed the closet door, turned around, and saw at a glance what little trick she was thinking in her heart.
He said, "I also sleep on the kang." β
It was like there were thousands of deer on a rampage in her heart, and Liang Ju was so happy that she almost jumped off the kang, but she still held back and forced herself to be reserved.
"Okay, then I'll have to sleep on a kang with you."
She turned her back to pack her luggage, thinking that Mao Dong couldn't see it, and her little white teeth were exposed.
Seeing her happily packing her luggage and moving neatly, the smile in Mao Dong's eyes gradually deepened, and he lowered his head and continued to put the things on the ground on a few broken chairs.
"Well, do you want to wash it?" Mao Dong stood on the edge of the kang with a basin and asked Liang Ju.
"How to wash, is there a place to wash, I feel so dirty on the train after sitting on the train for so long, you smell it, it smells."
"I can fetch you water, and then go boil some hot water, and you can wash it simply."
"Can you take a shower? It would be nice if I could take a hot shower now! β
How can there be a place to take a hot bath on such a cold day in this broken place, Mao Dong said: "Taking a bath will catch a cold, you bear with it, let's go back tomorrow night, I will fetch you water first, you wash your face and burn your feet." β
Liang Ju is not a willful girl, knowing that the environment here is poor, it is already a good condition to let her soak her feet, "Okay, I'm fine, then I'll accompany you to fetch water?" β
"It's cold in the kitchen, so you're still waiting for me in the house."
Mao Dong put on his coat and went out with the basin, Liang Ju packed all the things on the kang neatly, and she sat on the kang upright and waited for him to come back.
touched the hard kang under her buttocks, and when she thought of being alone in this room with Mao Dong tonight and sleeping on this kang together, she felt the heat on her face, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help laughing.
almost laughed, Liang Ju covered his mouth and happily didn't know what to do. She looked around at the bricks and tiles around her, touched the hot hard kang under her hand, and thought to herself that this place was actually very good, at least, she could sleep on a hot kang with him!
Hearing Mao Dong's voice outside the door, the day's fear and worry have all vanished, it's worth it, Liang Ju thought, this chase journey is really worth it!
The door of the outhouse creaked open, Liang Ju jumped off the kang and stretched out his head to look out, only to see Mao Dong coming in from outside the door with two or three large quilts.
"The kang is too hard, I can make you a few quilts more comfortable."
"I'll help you!" Liang Ju stretched out his hand to take it.
"No, the quilts in the countryside are very heavy, and you can't hold them."
Fold a quilt in half and pounce on the side of the kang head, and spread another layer of mattress underneath, Mao Dong patted it with his hand, turned around and nodded to Liang Ju who was standing beside him, "It's not bad, it's very soft, you will spend the night first." β
He went out again and brought in the hot water, and brought another basin of hot water, "You wash your face first, if the hot water is not enough, I will boil it for you." β
Liang Ju hurriedly waved his hand, "Enough is enough, my face is small, and I don't need so much hot water." β
Seeing her stupid appearance, Mao Dong couldn't help laughing, "It's not yet early in the morning, and it will definitely be very cold when the kang is not so hot at night, I'll ask the boss to see if there is a hot water bottle for you to cover." β
Without waiting for Liang Ju to stop him, Mao Dong had already gone out again. After taking a step, he turned back and asked, "Have you eaten?" β
Liang Ju stood there with a towel and shook his head, Mao Donggang wanted to criticize her again, but he swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.
"You wait for me for a while, I'll go and make you a bowl of noodles."
I don't know how long I've been busy, anyway, Liang Ju has been watching Mao Dong run in and out, she ate the hot noodles he personally ordered, he also added an egg to it, and some green vegetables, after eating noodles, Liang Ju took off his socks under Mao Dong's gaze, and soaked his feet comfortably.
"Is the hot water enough, do you need to add some more?"
Mao Dong stood aside with a warm pot, Liang Ju smiled and waved his hand, "If you add it, it's almost a hot pig's trotters!" β
Mao Dong didn't mean to joke with her, seeing that Liang Ju was only wearing a pair of snow cotton on his feet, and there was not even a thick sock in it, he really wanted to popularize the common sense of life for her.
"Coming to such a cold place, you are wearing such thin clothes?"
Liang Ju looked innocent, and felt that he had been wronged, "How could I know that it was so cold here when I first came here, and besides, I had already taken out the thickest clothes in my house." β
"I really should have frozen you out for hours." He whispered in his mouth, but he still poured some hot water into Liang Ju's basin, "Take your feet away, don't burn them." β
After burning her feet and her whole body was warm, Liang Ju crawled into the quilt that Mao Dong threw on her, she was wrapped in the quilt, smiling all over her face, "Can I sleep now?" β
Mao Dong was about to pour out the water for Liang Ju's feet, he bent down to pick up the basin and glanced at her, "Sleeping in clothes, it's cold at night." β
"You've covered me with two quilts, I won't be cold at night!"
"That's not good, if you catch a cold, I'll pack you up and mail you back to Qihai."
Don't, Liang Ju wailed in her heart, it will definitely be uncomfortable to sleep at night in such thick clothes, besides, if she sleeps in clothes, then her little plan will not succeed!
The whole kang can be two or three meters long, Liang Ju's quilt was pounced on the far right by Mao Dong, and he himself slept on the far left, and when Mao Dong finished packing up and returned to the house, Liang Ju was already lying in the quilt as if she was asleep, and her quilt was obviously much closer to him.
Mao Dong didn't recognize her, so he took off his coat and shoes and went to the kang.
"Won't you wash?" Liang Ju shrunk his whole body in the quilt, only revealing a small head outside, and his eyes were dark and bright.
"I washed it all before you came."
"Oh."
Liang Ju hid his mouth in the quilt and was chuckling, Mao Dong went to the kang and looked back at her, "I turned off the lights?" β
"You don't take off your clothes and go to sleep?"
Liang Ju's tone was disappointed, and Mao Dong glanced at her warningly.
"Liang Ju?" He whispered to her.
"Huh?"
"Sleep well."
Liang Ju hid in the quilt and laughed.
"Excellent! Then I'm going to sleep, good night. β
"Good night."
The electric light in the countryside is not like a switch on the wall in the city, but a line dangling by the door, straight to the switch.
Mao Dong pulled the line, the lights snapped off, and the whole house went dark all of a sudden.
Liang Ju opened his eyes and looked at the window that was only half covered, and the curtains in the countryside were not the same as in the city, only the lower part of the windows were covered with a curtain, and the moon outside the window could still be seen directly from the window.
The moon here is really round, and it is still very bright, Liang Ju listened carefully to Mao Dong's voice beside him, and he seemed to have entered the quilt and turned over, with his back to her.
There was unfamiliar air between her nose and an unfamiliar environment around her, Liang Ju was very excited and naturally couldn't sleep, she turned her head sideways and stared at Mao Dong's back in the dark.
His figure is very secure, and when I see him, I can't describe the down-to-earth feeling in my heart.
Especially in this cold, strange city.
"Well, are you sleepy?" Liang Ju asked softly.
Mao Dong didn't make a sound, Liang Ju simply straightened up with his arm, stretched out his other hand into the quilt, and poked Mao Dong's back, "Are you asleep?" β
Liang Ju obviously felt Mao Dong's body stiffen, and he turned back vigilantly, "What are you doing?" β
"I can't sleep, I want to talk for a while."
"I'm sleepy and want to sleep." Mao Dong wrapped himself in the quilt and leaned against the corner of the wall, looking at his awkward appearance, Liang Ju pursed his lips and snickered.
Can she still eat him?
Lying back in the bed, Liang Ju closed her eyes, but she didn't hold on for a minute and opened them again.
got up again and poked him with his hand again, "Are you really sleepy, talk to me." β
Mao Dong wrapped himself in the quilt and leaned against the corner of the wall, just ignoring her.
Liang Ju felt that he might be really tired, so he didn't continue to quarrel with him, and returned to the bed by himself.
But as soon as she felt a little sleepy, she felt that something was wrong, and she felt that something warm liquid was slowly flowing out from below.
Liang Ju got up and pushed Mao Dong suddenly, "I'm that"
"If you move again, I'll go out to sleep!" Before she finished speaking, Mao Dong had already turned on the light and sat up directly.
Liang Ju was even more innocent, bit his lip, lowered his head and said aggrievedly: "My relatives are here." β
Mao Dong looked confused.
"I said, I'm on my period."
Mao Dong was stunned instantly.
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Toilets in the countryside are different from those in the cities, and are usually located outside, but are simply a small thatched hut made of a few wooden planks with a staircase, and the bottom of the steps resembles a large pool of water, which is full of excrement.
Liang Ju went to this kind of toilet for the first time, she stood at the door holding her stomach and didn't dare to go in alone, "Will I fall?" β
"Don't worry, people who are fatter than you can not fall, you just need to stand firm." Mao Dong stood with her with a flashlight, and saw that her little face was wrinkled, so he had to comfort her.
"It's so dark in there, I can't see anything."
"You take this flashlight in and put it in the little box on it."
Liang Ju still hesitated with the flashlight, "Then you can't go, just stand at the door and wait for me." β
"Okay, I'm not going anywhere."
"Why don't you sing to me, if you keep singing, I won't be afraid."
"Singing? I can't sing. β
Liang Ju began to play tricks, "If you don't sing, I won't know if you're not there, if you don't sing, I won't be on it." β
Mao Dong was also cold, he hoped that she would hurry back to the house after going to the toilet, and seeing that Liang Ju didn't look like a joke, he had to nod helplessly, "You hurry up, I'll sing." β
Liang Ju laughed, took a flashlight and opened the door of the thatched house, "Be louder!" β
Mao Dong didn't know what to sing after thinking about it, and finally chose a song he liked very much before.
"I once dreamed of going to the end of the world with a sword
Take a look at the prosperity of the world
Young hearts are always a little frivolous
Now you call the world home
The girl who once made you feel distressed
Now it is gone
Love always makes you yearn and feel annoyed
It has left you bruised all over your body
dilililidilililidada
dilililidilililidada
dilililidilililidada
Walk on the road to courage
dilililidilililidada
dilililidilililidada
dilililidilililidadaβ
The wooden door creaked open, and Liang Ju slowly walked out, and saw Mao Dong standing in the moonlight, with his hands in his trouser pockets, looking up, and he didn't know what he was looking at.
There was movement behind him, Mao Dong stopped, turned around, "Okay?" β
"Hmm." Liang Ju nodded.
She could hear a hint of sadness in his singing, perhaps this was the place where all the sad memories in his heart could be touched.
"Let's go back to the house." She said.
"Okay." Under the night sky, his dark eyes were as bright as stars.
In your life, has there ever been such a man, in the cold winter, standing at the door of the thatched house and singing to you.
It's an amazing feeling.
Mao Dong walked in front with a flashlight, and Liang Ju followed him step by step.
Back in the house, lying back in the already cold quilt, Liang Ju felt that her little stomach began to hurt for a while, fortunately, the kang under the mattress was still hot, she wanted to move the mattress away and lie directly on the kang, but she was not used to the hard kang.
"Take this."
Mao Dong took back a warm water bag from outside and handed it to Liang Ju, who took it and was still a little hot.
"You bear with it first, I'll go to the commissary tomorrow morning to buy brown sugar for you."
Liang Ju hugged the warm water bag and looked at Mao Dong with a smile, "You still understand." β
Mao Dong was stunned, took off his coat and hurriedly turned off the light.
Liang Ju became interested, "Brother Mao Dong, you have had a few girlfriends before, have they also come to the eldest aunt before you?" Say it, I want to hear it. β
Mao Dong smeared on the kang, he was most afraid of Liang Ju's trick, he didn't stop asking anything to the end, and he didn't care about her with the quilt over his head, "Go to sleep." β
Of course Liang Ju refused, and he forgot that his aunt's stomach hurt, so he wrapped the quilt and shook Mao Dong vigorously, "Brother Mao Dong, you can sue me, just answer a question, how many girlfriends have you had?" β
Mao Dong still didn't answer, Liang Ju simply lay on Mao Dong's body, "Brother Mao Dong, you can fulfill me, just answer a question!" β
In the end, he was knocked down by her, Mao Dong sat up, "No, no, no, I haven't had a girlfriend, you're the first!" β
His words stopped, and she seemed to be frozen in place.
After a few seconds, the corners of Liang Ju's mouth curled up and he smiled brightly, "Do you admit that I am your girlfriend?" β
Mao Dong lay down unnaturally, "Hurry up and go to sleep." β
Liang Ju's smile was behind Mao Dong, "Awkward person, but it doesn't matter, anyway, you already admit that I'm your girlfriend, haha!" β
She really lay back in her bed, but Mao Dong could still hear her laughter, and she didn't know what she was saying happily.
Mao Dong had an accident at home when he was a teenager, and later went to school, except for thinking about how to get ahead and reduce the burden on his eldest brother, how could he think about anything else. Later, Mao Bei had an accident, and he was all about his career and avenging his eldest brother, and it was impossible for him to have a girlfriend.
Mao Dong's eyes under the quilt were clear, Liang Ju could come here from Qihai City for him alone, how could he refuse such a girl because of his sense of responsibility, if this is love, then he admitted, he was irresistible and willing to accept it.
Her appearance tonight really brought a huge shock to Mao Dong, he couldn't imagine that a usually pampered girl came to a remote village by train for so long, and then sat on a tractor with hunger in the cold wind, and walked all over the village at night just to find him, and was almost pounced on by a wolf dog.
If Mao Dong only had a good impression of Liang Ju before, then tonight he was really moved by her, and his heart, which had been stagnant for nearly thirty years, was also quietly moving.
Although Mao Dong has had someone he likes, it can be regarded as the first time he has really fallen in love.
Since Mao Bei's death, all his feelings seem to have gradually disappeared, living in self-blame and huge guilt all day long, making money occupies all his nerves, his goal is only to make himself strong and make the wings on his body hard, only in this way can he protect the people around him, protect Zhong Ling, as for love, he has been abandoned in a corner, until Liang Ju appeared.
Her presence changed his life and even his heart.
At the same time, Liang Ju was even more excited and couldn't sleep. She rolled the quilt and turned it over and over, the hot water bottle on her stomach was even hotter in her heart, Mao Dong admitted her, and he finally admitted their relationship!
What a happy and memorable day, she came here from Qihai City to find him, it was like walking into his heart, what a precious day, she slept on a kang so close to him, he washed her feet and cooked for her, and even prepared a hot water bag for her. Liang Ju even smiled and wondered, is the eldest aunt thinking about coming to share the joy with her?
It was a rare day, she had many of them for the first time, he sang for her, accompanied her to the hut, did so much for her in one night, it turned out that he was so careful and considerate.