Chapter Twenty-Three: The Toilet Turmoil

The dog day morning sun was so hot that it could scorch all living things with oil, and last night's out-of-body rooster summoned the smug crow of the smug sun at dawn, and the scorching sun, which had just woken up, gave off the heat and light that the six relatives did not recognize, and the rooster began to admit it.

People in the countryside go to bed early and wake up early, and when Shen Bing got up, Wang En's parents had already returned from working in the fields. Shen Bing lifted the curtain of the west wing, and the fierce sunlight shone down, causing her to close her sleepy eyes again. Discharge from the corners of the eyes dry up and form a hard object that stings the corners of the eyes that close tightly. She rubbed away the dry droppings and slowly opened her eyes to get used to the harsh sunlight that was different from the city. The night in the city is not as dark as in the countryside, and the day is not as bright as in the countryside. The black and white of the countryside are too distinct, day and night are like a pair of enemies who do not share the sky, you don't let me and I don't let you, compare and bite each other, the night mercilessly devours every ray of light that tries to spread in front of it, and the day is also ruthless to sweep away every remaining black shadow.

Shen Bing learned to adapt to the night last night, and today he learned to adapt to the light. She habitually brushed the dark clouds scattered from her sleep with her hands, and the scene last night made her happy and worried. All this came too suddenly, and it was actually the same for Wang En. The most sacred first time in life was handed over to the other party in such a daze, without any sense of solemnity, let alone romance.

Shen Bing pushed open the door of the west wing, a few chickens were foraging in the yard at a leisurely pace, the shadow of the pomegranate tree was scattered on the cement floor with dazzling white light, the brown and yellow bamboo strips were bright and smooth, which was the effect of human sweat soaking on it for a long time, and the original green and yellow nature of the bamboo strips could still be identified at the intertwined silk seams of the bamboo strips. The grass in the basket was piled up on the edge of the mouth, like hops from a full beer glass, wrapped in a dense scene, and the tips of the grass began to roll after being absorbed by the high temperature, and the smell of grass permeated the whole yard. The intricate and stable structure showed that the grass was stacked tightly and weighty, which was the harvest of Wang En's parents' labor this morning. Under the eaves, the long wooden table (that is, the large bench) that was chopped and chopped down was placed a few green and yellow pumpkins in the shape of a gourd, the prismatic shape of the melon vine was particularly hard and powerful, and the blue-green beans next to it stretched out from the mouth of the red plastic bag spread out on the long table.

Shen Bing didn't find Wang En in the courtyard, she retreated to the West Wing and dialed Wang En's phone. "Hey! ......""Haven't you gotten up yet?" "Uh-huh......" "What time is it?" Hurry up and come to my room. "Oh......"

Shen Bing sat on the edge of the bed, looking a little anxious and angry. Fifteen minutes passed, and before Wang En could come, Shen Bing's stomach began to tumble over the river. She dialed Wang En's phone again, "Why haven't you come yet?" and "uh...... Oh...... ...... immediately" Wang En heard that Shen Bing was a little angry in a daze, quickly turned over and sat up, tired and still beating his eyelids, he shook his head and got out of bed with great difficulty, put on his clothes and pants, and ran to Shen Bing's room with slippers. Shen Bing's face was extremely ugly. "What's wrong? Under the weather? Wang En asked.

"Where's your toilet?" I want to go to the toilet," Shen Bing didn't want to say more.

Wang En guided Shen Bing to the simple toilet with asbestos tiles at the back of the bungalow, Shen Bing was so smoked by the pungent and strong smell that he almost fainted, even his eyes were smoked tightly, and the dung maggots crawled around aimlessly, Shen Bing rushed out of the toilet and yelled at Wang En, "How can this go?" "What's wrong?" Wang En asked puzzled.

"It's all maggots!" Shen Bing began to gag.

"Our rural toilets are like this, you can be wronged!"

Shen Bing's expression changed from horror to disgust to hope to disappointment, and he covered his mouth and nose tightly with the tissue in his hand and folded back into the toilet that made her creep.

Wang En's parents were attracted by Shen Bing's exclamation and asked Wang En what was going on? Wang En said he was not used to the toilet at home. His parents couldn't laugh or cry when they heard this.

Shen Bing and Cui grunted dejectedly and returned to the West Wing, and Wang En accompanied him with a smiling face to please Shen Bing. The little episode of going to the toilet just now completely covered up the lingering sympathy of the two of them last night.

"You're still laughing!" Shen Bing said angrily.

"We have this condition in the countryside, you can be wronged for a few days"

"You can go get some water and wash all the maggots down, no...... When it comes to maggots, I'm disgusted......"

"Okay! I'll clean the toilet in a while and then I'll go get some lime and sprinkle it."

"Go buy an air freshener and put it in"

"This can't be done, the air freshener can't dispel the smell of dung, the smell of this weather is too fierce, and I don't have that thing for sale here."

"Then I don't eat, drink, or go to the toilet"

"Okay! Don't be hungry and lose weight, I can't pay it back when I go back."

"I just can't stand the smell and the maggots that are chirping. Babble... The thought of that gives me goosebumps all over my body..."

"It's good to get used to it, didn't I tell you to just get used to it."

"Humph! Get used to being a fart"

"Okay, I'll fetch water for you to wash your face and brush your teeth, hurry up and eat breakfast, it's not early, you can only eat lunch later"

"Don't mention it to me, I'm going to throw up."

"Okay, don't talk about it, go wash your face and brush your teeth to wash off the smell"

"Hurry!"

Shen Bing took out the facial cleanser she was carrying from the car, wiped her face back and forth under the faucet in the yard, and washed it with water several times, almost rubbing off her skin. The teeth were brushed longer than usual and harder than usual, as if those maggots had crawled over her, Wang En's mother didn't like her pretentious appearance very much, but Wang Xinghai felt as novel as watching a play.

Shen Bing really didn't eat much for breakfast and lunch, so he drank some soup. Wang En was afraid that she would be hungry, so after eating, she quietly took the beef jerky and some other snacks she brought home yesterday to the west wing room to satisfy her hunger.

"You don't have enough to eat, and you still have to eat a little bit of food at night, and you can't just eat these snacks"

"I can't eat it, and now the thought of going to the toilet and the image is churning in my head."

"Don't think about it! When you go to the bathroom, you just have to think about other things."

"Go get some lime and sprinkle it."

"Oh! yes, you didn't say I almost forgot."

Wang En ran out of the west wing, and in the courtyard, he began to shout towards the hall, "Dad, do we have lime in our house?" ”

"What do you want lime for?"

"The smell of the toilet is too big, Shen Bing can't stand it, I'll get some lime and sprinkle it"

"It seems that there is no more at home, so I'll go to the village to look for it later"

"What are you waiting for, go now!" Ni Fengxia glared at Wang Xinghai with slanted eyes.

"Okay! I'll go now."

Wang Xinghai walked out of the courtyard with his legs.