At noon, the sun shining in the sky is dazzling and warm. Clucking, the big rooster in the yard raised its head towards the sun and crowed hard.

Yi Lanxi walked into the living room and looked at Meng Shu, who was praised by her grandparents and her face was flushed and a little unbearable, and couldn't help but smile.

"Grandparents, Mengshu, it's time to eat."

Yi Zhan's grandmother smiled and said to Meng Shu: "Little Meng, we've been talking for so long, are you hungry too?" We went to dinner together. ”

"Okay." Meng Shu put down the teacup in his hand and got up slowly, finally relieved in his heart.

Walking out of the living room, the large round dining table was already full of several dishes, fried cowpeas with chili, chopped eggs with minced meat, stir-fried meat with dried celery with sauce, autumn cucumbers with knives, fish-flavored eggplant, spicy yellow catfish, corn and carrot pork rib soup.

"Sister Lanxi, it's been a hard work." Meng Shu was really a little surprised, it was difficult for her to make so many dishes in such a short time.

"This year's wind and rain are good, and the vegetables grown by my grandparents are very good, so I will eat more later."

As soon as Meng Shu walked into the kitchen, she smelled a very strange smell, but she didn't know where the strange smell came from.

This kitchen is almost five times the size of her kitchen in Haicheng, and the space is even more exaggerated. There are two stoves, an earthen stove and a gas stove, and all kinds of bottles, bowls, chopsticks and dishes are neatly arranged in the kitchen cabinet.

Seeing that Yi Zhan was adding firewood to the inner chamber of the earthen stove, Meng Shu finally understood where this strange smell came from, and subconsciously shouted: "Ah Zhan, quickly return the firewood to another stove, the rice has burned black." ”

Her legs were not slow, and as soon as she finished speaking, she had already arrived at the stove.

The traditional earthen stove lid in Lanxian County is made up of two wooden semi-circular pot lids put together, which need to be taken to the pond for cleaning due to its large size, and the dishwashing pond is also named after it.

When the lid of the pot was lifted, a smell of burnt rice came to his nose, and Meng Shu had to twist his head and sneez.

Yi Lanxi's heart is dripping blood, and the rice is burning black! The pot porridge will definitely not be able to drink!

If it weren't for Meng Shu's face, she would definitely slap her cousin flat at this moment.

Catching a glimpse of the urge to hit him in Yi Lanxi's eyes, Yi Zhan had no choice but to scratch his head and smile at the same time: "The fire is burning too strong, the fire is burning too much." ”

Meng Shu used a spatula to cut the rice, and there was already a thick layer of black pot on the side of the pot, and there was a part of it in the middle, and he suddenly couldn't cry or laugh: "Let's beat the rice out first, and we need to add some water to simmer for a while." ”

Yi Lanxi took a pair of chopsticks and walked next to Mengshu to help her fix the pot.

"Yi Zhan, this kid, is always frizzy in doing things, so he doesn't cause you much trouble, right?"

Yi Zhan touched his nose in front of the stove. Although he understood that his cousin was retreating, he still refused to hear her describe a person of his age as a child again.

Meng Shu said with a smile while scraping the rice in the pot: "No, he is much smarter than me, and he is always very active and proactive, with him, things will always be simple and interesting." ”

The two old men who were arranging dishes and chopsticks next to the cupboard couldn't help but nod frequently.

With his spare eyes, he glanced at someone who only knew how to smile at his girlfriend but didn't know how to save him, Yi Lanxi ordered loudly: "Why are you still stunned, go and bring the stir-fry on the table." ”

"Oh."

In less than a minute, Yi Zhan came to the stove cautiously with a plate of chili pepper fried cowpeas in his left hand, a plate of stir-fried meat with dried celery in his right hand, and a plate of minced meat and chopped eggs in the middle.

Yi Lanxi shook his head helplessly, since he was a child, the dishes he dropped could go around the stove. She couldn't remember how many times she had said him, but not once she had seen him change.

Watching Meng Shu skillfully put a plate of dishes on the side of the pot, Yi Lanxi saw the shadow of the hostess in her body. Stretched out his hand on her shoulder, and said with a smile: "Hey, you actually understand?" ”

Meng Shu covered the pot and said with a smile: "When I was a child, I often made a big pot of rice, and once when I was steaming crucian carp, crucian carp jumped out. ”

"Isn't that a grilled fish?"

Meng Shu nodded, and everyone laughed.

Although Yi Zhan was very stupid enough to burn a lot of black rice, he was very prescient enough to cook a lot.

When Mengshu opened the lid again, the second return to the pot had already formed a new layer of pot, and each old-fashioned sea bowl could barely fill half a bowl of rice.

Ten minutes later, Yi Zhan's grandfather sat down facing the main entrance, and Meng Shu sat down along his left hand side.

Before moving the chopsticks, Yi Zhan's grandmother smiled and said to Meng Shu: "Coarse tea and light rice, I don't know if it suits your taste?" ”

"It's very rich, Sister Lanxi has worked hard."

Yi Lanxi smiled faintly.

"Girl, try this." Yi Zhan's grandfather used chopsticks to put chopsticks in her bowl with autumn cowpeas.

"Thank you, grandpa."

Mengshu likes to eat cowpeas very much, and his favorite is the thick autumn cowpea, which is a unique specialty of Lan County, a hybrid of purple red cowpea and green cowpea.

Yi Zhan didn't think about it so much, and directly used his chopsticks to put his favorite dish into Mengshu's bowl: "Girl, you try this yellow catfish, Sister Lanxi's specialty dish." ”

Mengshu took a bite gently, and the four flavors of spicy, fresh and sweet combined with the unique freshness and tenderness of yellow catfish were wrapped around the tip of the tongue, making people have an endless aftertaste.

"It's delicious!" Meng Shu's eyes widened and he gave Yi Lanxi a thumbs up.

Yi Lanxi said with a smile: "If it's delicious, you can eat more, these fish were caught by grandpa in the stream in the mountains with fishing nets this morning, pure wild, and the taste is very good." ”

Meng Shu felt ashamed, and her cheeks began to flush slightly.

Yi Zhan's grandfather also smiled faintly, signaling her to eat more is the greatest reward for his hard work.

"Yi Zhan, don't just eat a few dishes, eat some of this too." Yi Lanxi said as he specially put a large chopstick celery in his bowl.

Yi Zhan's face turned a dry sauce, frowned and looked at the celery in the bowl, muttering in his heart: Why are women so naïve?

Yi Lanxi gently put down his chopsticks, and the smile on his face was a little dangerous, "Are you scolding me in your heart?" ”

was read out of the bottom of his heart, Yi Zhan waved his hand, "How come." ”

Seeing Yi Zhan eating deflated, Meng Shu pretended not to know his preferences, and smiled and encouraged him: "Then you eat quickly, Sister Lanxi's craftsmanship is awesome, and this dish is also delicious." ”

"Eat!" Yi Lanxi also chimed in.

Yi Zhan looked at the celery in the bowl, and then at the bowl in front of Meng Shu and Lan Xi, and suddenly had a plan.

"Sister Lanxi, girl, I'll go and serve you some pot porridge."

"Thank you."

"Thank you."

After seeing Yi Zhan walk into the kitchen, Yi Lanxi and Meng Shu looked at each other and smiled.

When Yi Zhan returned to the table with two bowls of pot porridge, he obviously felt that the celery in his bowl had more than doubled, and several people at the table pretended to be casual and waited to see his good show.

"You guys, too, are you going too far. The celery in this dish has been picked into my bowl. ”

Yi Zhan's grandmother put some minced meat and chopped eggs in Mengshu's bowl, and asked her with a smile: "Little Meng, I remember that we ate the celery here just now?" ”

"Grandma, you!"

"Yes grandma, I just ate a lot of celery, and there is no celery on this plate."

Watching her grandmother sing and harmonize with Meng Shu, Yi Lanxi sneered, "Hurry up and eat, a big man is grinding and chirping." ”

Yi Zhan was helpless, so he could only chew the celery and swallow it in his stomach.

Meng Shu looked at the pot porridge in the bowl, this was not only a delicacy that Su Bai thought about, but also her favorite. She once thought about using a gas stove to reproduce pot porridge, but the way the gas stove heats food is far from the fire power of an earthen stove, and she can't make pure pot porridge at all.

After drinking the pot porridge, Yi Lanxi suddenly felt a little melancholy, "Alas, I really want to stay at home for a few more days!" ”

Meng Shu clearly saw that the action of the two old men picking up vegetables paused for a second.

"What's wrong, Sister Lanxi?"

"The two young people in the research group observed a new phenomenon last night, and we have made a new breakthrough in the research of Weier semimetals, and I will work in the city tomorrow."

Yi Zhan had just finished eating the celery in the bowl with difficulty, and when he was about to serve a bowl of pot porridge, Yi Lanxi handed him his bowl: "Yi Zhan, go and help me serve another bowl." ”

Yi Zhan silently took the bowl, and he finally understood why Yi Lanxi had just spent such a lot of words to explain that she would return to the city tomorrow.

"Mengshu, do you know how to play chess?"

"A little." Meng Shu nodded, she learned from Uncle Li when she was a child, and when she was alone at home, she often watched chess games by herself to study or split her mind into two hands to hold black and red in the other.

"In that case, you and Grandpa go to play chess."

Farm work should have a sense of ritual, training shoes, straw hats, sleeve covers, gloves, all of which are indispensable. Meng Shu held two sickles, Yi Zhan carried a pickaxe and hung a military kettle and a straw rope, and walked towards the back mountain together under the eyes of the two old men.

Walking through the pond in front of his grandfather's house and passing through a verdant bamboo forest, the two walked to the foot of the mountain. The one-foot-wide mountain road was covered with small shrubs and weeds, and looked a little listless under the scorching sun. A brook of about a foot flowed merrily against the earthen wall, and the path for them to walk was only two feet.

Yi Zhan frowned, this mountain road is really getting more and more difficult to walk year by year. "Now there are fewer people going up the mountain, no one grazing cattle, and there is a bit more grass. I'll go ahead, scare the snake, don't be afraid. ”

Meng Shu smiled, "Please." ”

In fact, Mengshu is not afraid at all, Uncle Li is a well-known poison healer in Lan County, and she has a very good set of treatment for snake wounds, and she also helped Uncle Li with a lot of herbs when she was a child.

Although Meng Shu had been prepared in her heart, the scorching sun was scorching overhead, and the mountain road was getting steeper and steeper, and she was sweating profusely after a while. Looking at Yi Zhan in front of her, she really couldn't imagine that he was able to climb the mountain and go down the river barefoot.

"I heard Sister Wen say, when you were young, you often went up and down the river barefoot, don't you know how to be awkward?"

Yi Zhan turned his head, Meng Shu's slightly long bangs were stuck to his face with sweat, and his fair face was also steamed red by the heat. He quickly removed the kettle, unscrewed the lid of the kettle, and handed it to Meng Shu, "Drink saliva." ”

Seeing Meng Shu raise his head and grunt heavily, Yi Zhan said with a smile: "It's amazing to say, I really wasn't pricked by a thorn at that time, and I didn't feel embarrassed." Now let me take off my shoes and walk on the flat ground for a while. ”

Meng Shu handed the kettle to Yi Zhan, "It seems that when humans put on shoes and walk, their walking function has degraded a lot. ”

"Compared to before, our ability to walk has really deteriorated a lot. But when humans put on shoes, they will be able to walk faster and farther with much less pressure on their feet. ”

Mengshu nodded, isn't this the meaning of invention and creation?