As soon as she thought of what had happened in the past, Lin Mu felt a little breathless and uncomfortable.

Lin Ran saw his mother's appearance, thinking that he had made her angry, so he quickly reached out and patted her on the back.

"Mom, don't worry, she is also ...... It's the same. ”

Rao is usually arrogant, which always makes people feel cold, and Lin Ran is a little uncomfortable speaking at this time.

He suddenly understood why other male classmates he knew would not talk about feelings with his parents.

Because it's such a strange feeling.

"The dish is ready"

At this time, Shang Xia walked in with the vegetables that had been drained with a basket, and he happened to see Lin Ran giving comfort to Lin's mother.

"Auntie, what's wrong?"

She put the dish aside and walked briskly.

"It's all the same, it's fine."

Mother Lin's heart aches unbearably when she thinks of the past, and her anger will be like this, but in the countryside, heartache is too hypocritical, so she didn't say anything.

The women of this neighborhood are quick-mouthed, and they may not know how outrageous things will be.

"Maybe you're tired, Lin Ran, help Auntie go to rest, I'll cook the meal."

As she spoke, she made a glass of warm boiled water for Lin Mu, and put a little salt and sugar in it.

Lin Ran picked up the bowl and carefully fed his mother water, Shang Xia glanced at the sun outside, guessing that it might also be because he hadn't eaten at this time, so his body couldn't stand it.

So after she told Lin Ran a few words, she returned to the stove.

The kitchen used an earthen stove that Shang Xia had never seen before, and she just watched Mother Lin use it, but she didn't know much.

The earthen stove is made of bricks and is in the shape of a cuboid, except that there are two round holes on it, the front hole is larger, and the back hole is smaller.

The inside of the stove was empty, full of ashes left over from the burning of wood.

The bricks around the stove had turned black because they had been burned all year round, and Shang Xia thought that this was probably what people called soot.

She used tongs to dig a hollow hole in the ashes, after all, as far as she knew, oxygen was needed for combustion, which theoretically would ensure that the firewood would burn fully when it was put in.

After digging the hole, she put the firewood that had been chopped into it, and learned the way Lin Mu did before, putting some on the left and right, and leaning on each other to ensure that there was space under the firewood and was not compacted.

After doing all this, Shang Xia took a hemp pole - that is, the one that was left after the hemp had been skinned.

However, this pole is white, Shang Xia knows that it is soaked in water and then dried, such a white hemp pole is very easy to ignite, acting as a fire breaker, she has seen some restaurants use this.

After pressing the lighter a few times, she succeeded in lighting the hemp pole and reached into the open space between the firewood on both sides.

The firewood was very dry, and the fire of the hemp stalk burned more and more, and it was soon ignited.

Looking at the fire that had been successfully lit, Shang Xia breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly pulled out the remaining hemp stalks, and extinguished the fire on it in the ashes.

She felt that this was a lot of trouble to do, so she thought it would be better to save some.

I thought that the fire would be fine if it was lit, but looking at the cooking utensils on the homemade wooden shelf next to him, Shang Xia was in trouble.

The one with the handles on both sides must be for boiling water, and of course she knows the pot for stir-frying, but ......

"What do you cook with?"

Although rice cookers are not as popular as in later generations, her home has been connected to natural gas, and she uses pressure cookers to cook rice, which is also the case for most people living in the city, and at most some families still use gas canisters.

This is also one of the characteristics of the 90s.

But Shang Xia looked around and didn't find a pressure cooker.

There was no way, so she had to raise her voice and call Lin Ran over.

"What's wrong?"

As soon as Lin Ran heard the voice, he walked over quickly, and was a little surprised when he looked at the fire that was burning vigorously.

As soon as I saw that the big round hole on it was still empty, I knew what was going on.

"This one is for cooking, I'll come."

He pulled out something from the wooden shelf with a hemispherical shape underneath.

Shang Xia watched him skillfully scoop up the rice, then poured the rice into the pot and added some water, then lifted a lid that was separate from the body of the pot and covered it.

Lin Ran understood that she hadn't used this, so she didn't feel at ease, so she took over the kitchen directly.

Shang Xia watched him cook, and at the same time went over to see Mother Lin from time to time, and saw Mother Lin lying on the bed resting and tested the other party's body temperature to confirm that she was not sick before returning to the kitchen.

Soon, she saw Lin Ran cover the pot with a lid, leaving only a small slit, and then tilted the entire pot in the direction of the outside.

The fragrant white rice soup fell down the crack into the small basin below, and Shang Xia felt that it must be delicious when he smelled it.

"It's hot when you just boil, let it dry for a while before drinking."

After doing this, Lin Ran put the pot in front for a while, and then mentioned that it was placed on the small round hole in the back.

The flames were mainly burned directly below the large round holes, but there was also some heat on the small round holes at the back, so Shang Xia guessed that this was to warm the rice.

"You seem to know everything."

Shang Xia looked at his familiar appearance and couldn't help but say.

Lin Ran put the wok on the stove, took the spatula and said, "The children of the poor family are in charge of the house early. ”

At first glance, Shang Xia thought that he didn't like others to say this, so he got angry.

But when I looked up, I found that although he still didn't have a smile on his face, there was a softness between his eyebrows and eyes, and I knew that he was in a good mood now.

"I roughly calculated, our scores must all be above 700, and if I am not mistaken, we should all exceed 720."

Shang Xia took the initiative to talk about the college entrance examination scores, and she still remembered the wishing bottle she buried with Lin Ran.

Lin Ran is usually relatively cold, which is why he is obviously better looking than Cheng Kai, but not many girls dare to provoke him casually.

At this time, Shang Xia looked at his side face, and only felt cold and mysterious, which made people can't help but find out.

Only Lin Ran will make her forget her actual mental age, and feel that she is still a delicate girl.

"Well, we can definitely go to Huaqing together."

Lin Ran's tone didn't sound particularly excited, but on the invisible half of Shang Xia's face, the corners of his mouth had been slightly curved, showing his vision for the future.

The future that has to do with her.

After saying this, the two of them tacitly got closer, and the fire in the stove reflected Shang Xia's face.

It's the height of summer, and it's actually not nice to be burned by the fire like this, but somehow, Shang Xia just doesn't want to leave.

The meal was quickly ready, and Mother Lin took her hand and said a lot of good things, and praised Lin Ran vigorously between the words, so that he only buried his head in eating.

Time flies, and after Shang Xia helped Lin Ran clean up the house, it was soon time to go home.

"Burn, go send Xia Xia."

Mother Lin has unconsciously called her a lot more intimate, and at the same time she stuffed a plastic bag of dried sweet potatoes into her.

Shang Xia knew that this was the kindness of the elders, and it was not beautiful to push it, so he accepted it with a smile.

"Then Auntie, I'll come to see you next time"

After saying goodbye sweetly, she and Lin Ran walked towards the station at the entrance of the village.

What Shang Xia did today made Lin Ran's heart swell with a boiling emotion that was more than ever, but he didn't know how to express it.

In the end, he had to look at Shang Xia next to him and said, "Thank you." ”

"What?"

Shang Xia didn't understand what he meant, and he didn't do anything today.

Lin Ran didn't look at her, and he didn't answer.

Shang Xia thought that he had said something wrong, so he went around to the other side to see him.

Lin Ran wanted to turn his face to the side again, but felt that it would be too deliberate, so he simply let her see it.

In fact, he found that after today, his feelings for Shang Xia seemed to have a lot more, no longer just the appreciation of her energy, and no longer just the throbbing in the hearts of teenagers.

It's that he wants to know more about her, and he wants to experience the joys, sorrows and sorrows of life with her.

Lin Ran didn't want Shang Xia to see through these changes in himself, so he would have those uncomfortable strange practices just now.

Shang Xia saw the blush on the tip of Lin Ran's ears and didn't say anything more, but just laughed secretly in his heart.

Auntie is right, he is a dead duck with a hard mouth, and he doesn't dare to look at it openly even if he wants to see it!

It turned out that after Lin Ran took over the kitchen just now, when Shang Xia went to the room to see Mother Lin, Mother Lin also said a lot of intimate words to her.

Until now, Shang Xia still remembers a sentence very clearly - "Ran Ran has had a hard life since he was a child, and his temperament is a little colder, but his temperament is also stubborn, and liking someone is a lifelong thing." ”

At this time, looking at Lin Ran who was walking in front of her, her heart moved again.

How long should that be, a lifetime......

"See you at school."

"Well, be careful on the way back when you go back"

The next time I go to school, I will fill in the volunteers, and when I think of the holy place of reading in the hearts of all students, and when I think that I and Lin Ran will become a member of it in the future, Shang Xia didn't even feel so uncomfortable about the bumps on the road.

"Xia Xia is back, come on, this is what I just took out of the refrigerator."

As soon as she entered the door, Shang Xiaohe cut a tooth of watermelon for Shang Xia, and asked her to wipe her face with warm water, for fear that she would suffer from heat stroke if she was hot.

In fact, refrigerators are already more popular at this time, and for the Lin family, buying a refrigerator is not a particularly big problem.

But Chen Yougui thought that the refrigerator was too electricity-intensive, and he was not allowed to use it at ordinary times, so Shang Xia often wondered why he had to buy such a refrigerator back at that time.

But after thinking about it, Shang Xia came up with the answer in his heart, Chen Yougui has a good face, and he values face more than life.

Probably everyone in the factory bought it, so at that time he felt that if he didn't buy it, it would be his own family, so he bought it.

"What kind of refrigerator do you use, I don't know how much electricity is consumed in this summer!? If you want to eat iced watermelon, soak it in cold water, isn't it enough? Loser! ”

Chen Yougui scolded while taking out the watermelon inside, and then ripped off the plug of the refrigerator.

Shang Xia had long been accustomed to his appearance, so naturally he just indifferently divided the watermelon in half and ate it with his mother.

"Mom, there's something I want to tell you, I'm going to go to school in two days to fill in the volunteers, I want to report to Huaqing."

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