Chapter Twenty-Nine: I Don't Want to Be a Widow
Back in the village, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon.
The man sat on the courtyard in front of the house, with long legs and military trousers, and only a white-washed vest on his upper body, but his strong abdominal muscles were highlighted.
He was chopping the bamboo slivers, and the knife in his hand easily split the bamboo into strips, and the muscles on his arms rose and fell, revealing the beauty of strength, and Yunxi couldn't help but look at it twice.
The man paused, raised his eyes to catch her gaze, sharp and indifferent, Yunxi raised a smile as usual and asked, "You want to weave a bamboo basket?" ”
The man didn't respond to her question, and said indifferently: "The porridge is in the pot, and it can be eaten hot." ”
"Thank you." Yunxi thanked him, and gestured to him with the bones he was carrying, "I bought pork bones and stewed soup at night." ”
Before the man could react, Xiao Hei beside him suddenly jumped up and rushed towards Yunxi.
No, it was the bone that pounced on her hand, the action was very fierce, and when she jumped up, she opened her mouth to bite the pig bone, so startled that Yunxi immediately retreated and shouted: "Xiao Hei, this is not a bone for you." ”
But the little black dog didn't listen to her at all, and as soon as he pounced, he pounced higher, and saw that the dog's teeth were about to touch the bones, and a shout came: "Little black is back!" ”
Xiao Hei grabbed the pork bone in his mouth at that moment, snatched the pork bone from Yunxi's hand with a flick of his head, turned around on the ground, ran to Qin Jianguo's side happily, opened his mouth and spit the bone at his feet, and then raised his head and wagged his tail to wait for the master's praise.
Yunxi was stunned by the little black dog's sassy operation.
She looked at Xiao Hei who was wagging his tail in shock, and then her eyes fell on Xiao Hei's master's face, only to see that the handsome face was flushed with a hint of crimson at this time, and he looked up at her and said, "I'll help you chop the bone into three pieces later." ”
After a pause, he explained dryly: "It's better to make soup if it's chopped." ”
Yunxi couldn't help but want to laugh for some reason, but seeing that he was serious, she couldn't help laughing and reminded him: "Wash it a few more times before chopping." ”
After speaking, he didn't wait for his response, and pulled Laidi to the stove room happily.
Qin Jianguo stiffened his face and picked up the bones at his feet, the little black dog was still unwilling to wag his tail around him, he sighed slightly, reached out and touched its head, and whispered to it: "Don't rob other people's things in the future." ”
The little black dog didn't understand, and when the owner touched its head, it whined happily.
Qin Jianguo couldn't take it, and pointed to the hillside behind the house: "Go to the back to play." ”
Xiao Hei could understand the meaning of his action, and happily bit his trouser leg and motioned him to go together, Qin Jianguo patted its head: "I'm not going, you go by yourself." ”
Xiao Hei couldn't hold him, he seemed to understand what he meant, there was a trace of unhappiness in his wet eyes, it raised its head and screamed twice, Qin Jianguo lowered his head to meet its eyes, and sighed: "I can't go, my leg is injured, I don't know if I can take care of it." ”
As if sensing his depressed mood, the little black dog whimpered, took two steps on all fours, and then lay down, his chin resting on his forelimbs, wilting.
In the stove room, Yunxi lifted the lid of the pot, there was still residual temperature, different from the morning, in addition to the white rice porridge in the pot, there were also pieces of well-proportioned sweet potato pieces mixed in it, and the man outside obviously remembered her words in the morning.
- "I like sweet potatoes, and I eat them every day. ”
Yunxi sighed, she actually only likes to eat roasted sweet potatoes, and the porridge is better than white rice porridge with capers.
Of course, there are no capers, and neither do the vegetable leaves.
She didn't complain, and served a big bowl of porridge to Lai Di first, and Lai Di drank so loudly that she was holding the bowl, obviously hungry.
Yunxi added another spoonful to her, then poured the rest of the porridge into a bowl and sat on a low stool to drink it slowly.
When she finished drinking, Qin Jianguo came in with a small bamboo basket with a shallow mouth.
The small bamboo basket should be newly braided, two palms are big, and the fragrance of the bamboo is the first, and there are three pieces of chopped pork bones in the frame, and the length of each piece seems to have been accurately measured, all of which are generally long.
When Yunxi secretly exclaimed, Qin Jianguo put the small bamboo basket on the lame wooden table, turned his head and said to her, "I washed it, and I washed it three times." ”
Yunxi couldn't help but look at him when he heard this, he was still wearing a white-washed vest, the sweat wet vest, and it fit tightly on him, highlighting the eight strong abdominal muscles, making people have the idea of touching it.
Of course, it was just to think about it, but the man was keen, and said coldly: "The pork bones have been washed three times." ”
After speaking, he turned around and left, he walked in a hurry, and the unnaturalness of his left leg became more and more obvious.
Yunxi also knew that he had made an oolong, and subconsciously said: "When you get wet, you have to take a bath and change your clothes, so as not to catch a cold." ”
As soon as the words came out, Yunxi couldn't wait to beat herself in the mouth, she wanted to cover it up, and she didn't admit herself.
Qin Jianguo's footsteps were more urgent, and he quickly entered the room on the east side of the old house.
Yunxi found out that the dilapidated door in the east room had been repaired properly, and it was tightly closed by Qin Jianguo at the moment.
However, the roof of the east house is exposed, and you can see the light of the sky, but it is a little better than the room that Qin Jianguo stepped on the day before yesterday, that is, the roof beam is intact, and there will be no danger of the beam suddenly breaking and falling for the time being.
But this is only temporary.
Lingnan is about to enter the rainy season, and the sun and rain are falling, and the beams will not last long.
Yunxi was a little anxious, raised his foot to chase to the east house, and raised his hand to knock on the door: "Qin Jianguo, I have something to tell you......"
Before he finished speaking, the door suddenly opened from the inside, and the young man held the door in his hand and asked with a cold face, "What's the matter?" ”
He seemed to have changed his vest and put on a short-sleeved military shirt, but the two buttons on the neckline were not buttoned, and I don't know if it was because it was hot or because he didn't have time.
Yunxi guessed wildly in his heart, his eyes quickly moved to his face, and he said, "This east room is not safe, why don't you put the bed in the stove room?" ”
Looking over his shoulder, she saw a bed in the east room, and the red quilt on the bed stood out.
Sensing her sight, Qin Jianguo was immediately annoyed that he couldn't return the red quilt cover sent by his mother in time, but his face became more and more tight, and he said coldly: "The stove room is inconvenient." ”
Yunxi raised his eyebrows and looked him up and down: "Are you afraid that I will look at you?" ”
Without waiting for him to respond, she laughed, "I'm still a little girl, and I won't know what it is." ”
Listening to her, it seemed that she knew everything, but the apricot eyes with a slight lift at the corners of her eyes were as clear as a clear spring, and people couldn't put bad thoughts on her.
Qin Jianguo was silent, but it also represented his attitude.
Yunxi shook his head helplessly: "You really think too much, I'm just afraid that you will be smashed to death by the beam wall one day, then I have to be a widow for the rest of my life, and I can't afford it." ”
She knew that her mouth was poisonous, and after saying this, she quickly turned around and ran away.
Qin Jianguo looked at her back running away, was silent for a moment, and then turned back to the bed to pack his things.
This time, the door didn't close.