When Qian Yu woke up, it was the second day, he was the only one left on the bed, and from time to time there was green smoke through the cracks in the window, someone should be making breakfast, sure enough, not long after, he heard a violent cough, and the door full of moth-eaten holes creaked open, and a small figure rushed in: "Ahem...... Cough...... Choked me to death, it's obviously sun-dried firewood, why is it still so smoky? ”

Xiao Hegu said, seeing Qian Yu who opened his eyes, he was surprised: "Hey, are you awake?" Are you hungry, I boiled porridge and will give it to you when my sister comes back! ”

Xiao Hegu didn't say that it was okay, as soon as he heard him mention the word "hungry", Qian Yu's stomach gurgled and his face turned red, but Xiao Hegu was used to it, he smiled at Qian Yu, turned his head and killed the kitchen......

So all morning, Qian Yu looked at Xiao Hegu's figure running around to avoid the smoke, he was wondering why the other party ran into the house, you must know that the air in the yard should be fresher, and looking at Xiao Hegu's expression, it is not like running into the house to talk to himself.

At this time, a voice unraveled his doubts: "Ahem...... Ahem...... millet, how did you cook rice and make the whole yard full of smoke? ”

It was Hesui, hearing her sister speak, Xiao Hegu hurriedly ran over: "Sister, you're back, take a look, the firewood I used has obviously dried up, but I don't know what's going on, except for smoke or smoke, the pot hasn't rolled until now!" ”

"I'll take a look, hey, you burn firewood, what do you do with so much wormwood, this is smoked mosquitoes, it's strange if there is no smoke!" Hesui criticized by name.

Then there was Xiao Hegu's depressed voice: "I want to save a little bit, these grasses are everywhere, no one wants them, and those firewood can be exchanged for some money from Uncle Buyi." ”

"You......"

Anyway, breakfast was still ready, looking at the dishes and chopsticks on the table, Qian Yu was shocked, and slowly sat down on the wooden pier with the support of the Hesui brothers and sisters.

There are two dishes on the table, one dish is yellow and yellow, although I don't know what it is, but judging from Qian Yu's experience, most of them are pickled pickles, and the other dish of cabbage fried bacon, with a bright layer of oil, plus the aroma that keeps escaping outward, people can't help but move their index fingers.

The staple food is rice porridge, which is very thin, and if you don't look carefully, it's really hard to find rice grains from it. Maybe he felt too shabby, He Sui looked at Qian Yu with a gloomy face: "This year, the whole county has been hit by a disaster, the salt production in the salt well has declined, and everyone has less food, please don't mind!" ”

Qian Yu had already seen that the family background of the brothers and sisters was not good, but this was nothing to him, his parents were farmers, and he was a volunteer teacher, and there was not much left in his monthly salary except for food and drink, he smiled: "Miss Hesui, you think too highly of me, I have been poor since I was a child, and I have also been hungry, sometimes I am hungry, and I can eat anything." ”

Hearing Qian Yu say this, He Sui was obviously relieved, she lowered her head and whispered, "That...... Then you eat more! ”

Qian Yu nodded, reaching out and picking up his chopsticks.

Although the meal is simple, but because it is morning, it is just right for an office worker like Qian Yu, his hands and feet are not very dexterous, the action of reaching out to pick up vegetables is very slow, Xiaohe Valley's thin rice porridge is halfway down, his hand is raised, the chopsticks pause three times in the air, and finally put a piece of meat in his mouth.

Before he could chew, suddenly, his face changed drastically. Salty, absolutely salty! This is Qian Yu's whole feeling.

Since he was a child, he has never eaten such a salty thing, he thinks that this is not a piece of meat, but a piece of salt, he really wants to spit out this piece of meat, he has decided to do it, but at the moment when he looked down, he saw Xiao Hegu looking at himself with blank eyes, it may be a natural sixth sense, he felt that he should swallow this piece of meat at this time, and he did so, in exchange for the bowl of thin rice porridge in front of him was poured into his stomach in an instant.

It took a long time for Qian Yu to recover his strength. No, until now, he found that the Hesui brothers and sisters had not moved their chopsticks, could it be that the other party deliberately teased himself with super-salty meat? If this matter were replaced by someone else, I am afraid that I would have gone crazy a long time ago, but Qian Yu saw that the other party had saved him, endured it and endured it, and finally decided to settle the matter.

However, he will not be stupid enough to eat that plate of salted bacon again, as for the pickles next to him, he is even more respectful and insensitive, he just holds the only porridge left at the bottom of the bowl little by little.

Time passed slowly, and Qian Yu found that the Hesui brothers and sisters were also just holding the porridge bowl and drinking, which confirmed his idea even more, but is it worth it for you to prank like this? He has some experience in eating, the piece of pork leg just now should be the best, but it's a pity. Shaking his head secretly, Qian Yu continued to fight with the porridge in the bowl.

There was silence again at the dinner table, and just when Qian Yu thought that this meal would be so quiet forever, He Sui spoke, and her tone was full of apprehension: "Brother Qian, isn't the food I cooked delicious?" ”

"It's delicious!" Qian Yu nodded hurriedly: "It's delicious, you see that my porridge is almost finished, this dish is good, it's very good!" ”

Hearing Qian Yu's praise, He Sui breathed a sigh of relief, and she said embarrassedly: "It's delicious, I thought the food I cooked was not to your taste, so you can eat more!" ”

Looking at the earnest eyes on Hesui's moon-like face, Qian Yu wanted to do what she said, but unfortunately the instinct of his body still betrayed him, and the chopsticks were raised in the air for a long time, and finally gave up, he explained very unconfidently: "My body has not recovered yet, I can't eat anything too greasy, you can eat it!" ”

As soon as Qian Yu spoke, Xiao Hegu's eyes lit up, he looked at his sister pitifully, pleading, and at the same time, the sound of swallowing saliva came from his mouth, and his tone was cautious: "Sister, since Brother Qian doesn't eat, can I eat some?" ”

Looking at his pitiful appearance, He Sui hesitated for a long time, and finally shook his head: "No, this is for your brother Qian to replenish his body, he can't eat now, just wait for him to get better before eating!" ”

"Oh, well!" Hearing his sister's refusal, Xiao Hegu was very depressed, he pouted, reluctantly took a pickle, and half of it was about to fall off, and then half a bowl of thin rice porridge disappeared.

Aren't pickles salty? Qian Yu suddenly had an epiphany, yes, even if you play tricks, you have to leave a way back for yourself, if the two dishes are the same salty, it will be harmful to others and yourself. Thinking of this, he carefully took a pickle and put it in his mouth, clucking, crispy in the mouth, although the salinity was still very high, but it was still in the tolerable range, so he took another bite, but unfortunately he still couldn't taste what it was made of, but it was really delicious.

When Qian Yu tried to clip the third chopstick, he was unexpectedly blocked by a small hand, which was Xiao Hegu. Xiao Hegu looked at Qian Yu, his eyes were full of seriousness: "One person can only eat two root vegetables, this is the rule!" ”

What, don't let you eat? Qian Yu felt strange in her heart, and couldn't help but look at her sister Hesui, Hesui saw Qian Yu's gaze over, nodded subconsciously, and after a while, she hesitated a little: "You are a guest, and it is the first time to eat, you can ...... You can eat one more! ”

"No way!" Without waiting for Qian Yu to react, Xiao Hegu shouted loudly: "You can only eat two root vegetables, sister, this is a rule set by my father before he died, and no one can violate it!" ”

Hearing her younger brother mention her deceased father, He Sui immediately fell silent, and she looked at Qian Yu apologetically: "Brother Qian, I'm sorry, or you...... Eat my two, right? ”

"Brother Qian, are you sure you want to eat your sister's cauliflower? She chops firewood for a day and is very tired! I haven't eaten my sister's food! "It's Xiao Hegu's voice again.

After listening to the words of the sister and brother, Qian Yu took the chopsticks back very embarrassedly, he had no interest, and he would not rob a girl's rations, not to mention that there were only two pitiful ones. Well, you have a lot of rules, I only drink porridge, okay?

Xiao Hegu's words were not finished, he blinked his cunning eyes, and smiled in his tone: "But Brother Qian can eat my flower root vegetables, I ate one just now, and there is another!" ”

Although he didn't know the reason, Qian Yu could see that the flower root vegetables were very important to the two brothers and sisters, especially Xiao Hegu's greedy face, but he didn't expect him to be willing to give his share to himself, of course, Qian Yu would not eat the children's dishes, he was about to refuse, but he heard Xiao Hegu say again: "But in exchange, should Brother Qian invite me to eat your bacon and cabbage?" ”

"No way!" He Sui was anxious: "This is specifically for Brother Qian's body, he is not in good health, you can't eat it!" ”

Do I really have a grudge against you? Qian Yu looked at Hesui helplessly, he didn't know how salty the bacon in front of him was, if he really ate it all, it was estimated that he would die of dehydration immediately, no wonder she desperately didn't let Xiaohegu eat it. Qian Yu estimated that Xiao Hegu didn't know that there was a problem with these bacon.

Thinking of this, he suddenly had a whim, and a mischievous smile appeared on his face: "It's okay, Guzi, just call me big brother at you today, we are good brothers, as the saying goes, good brothers share blessings and difficulties, I will never let you drink soup if I eat meat!" Come on, eat, if you don't eat, I won't taste a bite! ”

Hearing Qian Yu's words, Xiao Hegu did not immediately start picking up vegetables as he imagined, he glanced at his sister cautiously, and saw that although his sister hesitated, he did not object to it, so the next moment Qian Yu saw a scene that stunned him, only to see Xiao Hegu flying chopsticks, clamping three cabbage leaves and seven pieces of bacon at once, and then stuffing his mouth with a brain. It's hard for him to swallow so much with his small mouth.

"Vomit...... "Xiao Hegu ate fast, vomited faster, in addition to the chopsticks, cabbage, bacon and a lot ......of rice porridge in the vomit, and finally his snot and tears flowed down at the same time, that miserable situation, how embarrassed and embarrassed."

It wasn't until five bowls of water were poured into the water that the little guy eased up, he looked at the bowl of vegetables that kept bubbling out, and his face was shocked: "Sister, why is this meat so salty?" ”

He Sui on the side also realized that something was wrong, she took a piece of chopsticks and put it in her mouth, and her face changed instantly, and then the brother and sister looked at Qian Yu at the same time, their eyes were full of admiration, he could eat such a heavy taste, God!

Qian Yu suddenly understood that he might have misunderstood them, and he asked, "Where did you buy this meat?" Hey, the current hawker has a really dark heart, even if the meat is expensive and the salt is cheap, he can't use salt desperately, he will eat the dead, no, he must go to him for a theory. ”

Qian Yu's indignant look looked very embarrassed at Hesui, she hesitated for a long time before she swallowed: "This meat is not bought, we made it ourselves!" ”

"Do it yourself?" Qian Yu was even more puzzled: "I have to put so much salt in my own making, don't you need money for salt now?" ”

Xiao Hegu heard Qian Yu's question, and retorted: "Who said, now in the entire Qingfeng County, only our Yunxi Village has a salt well, not to mention the villagers of other villages, even if it is Qingfeng County, not every family can eat salt, if it weren't for the iron relationship between me and Uncle Buyi, how could you have pickled cauliflower vegetables to eat at this season?" ”

Seeing the two arguing, He Sui hurriedly persuaded: "Okay, okay, in fact, we are also afraid that the meat will spoil, so we brush the salt on it every day, after all, this meat has been hanging on the beam for almost two years, otherwise it would have gone bad." ”

"Yes, yes, it's better to put more salt than to spoil, this meat was sent by my sister when Miss Ding gave her a gift, I was hungry many times, and I was not willing to eat it." Xiao Hegu's tone was faintly proud.

What, two years? Isn't that expired food? Qian Yu was dumbfounded, he looked at the Hesui brothers and sisters, and said seriously: "Meat is not like tofu, although it is more expensive, but it should be eaten immediately while it is fresh. ”

Hearing Qian Yu's words, He Gu suddenly asked, "Brother Qian, did you often eat meat before?" ”

Qian Yu didn't know why Xiao Hegu asked this, he thought about it, and said with some uncertainty: "It's not very often, the food in our school cafeteria is not very good, and meat is generally only eaten at noon, and most of the meat is still vegetables!" ”

Unexpectedly, as soon as his words came out, the Hesui brothers and sisters immediately fell silent, the look on their faces was a little ......, by the way, like inferiority, and finally Xiao Hegu looked at him expectantly, and said cautiously: "Brother Qian, then can you leave me a piece when you eat meat in the future, you don't know, I haven't eaten meat for two years, if it weren't for my sister thinking about making up for you, I don't know how long the piece of meat on the beam will hang, I don't know how long the piece of meat on the beam will hang, I don't know how much salt I wouldn't brush so much, it's a pity!" ”

Listening to Xiao Hegu's words, Qian Yu was really shocked, he knew that the economic conditions of the two brothers and sisters were not good, but he didn't expect it to be so bad. Looking at the small mud house full of cracks all around, the clothes of the Hesui brothers and sisters full of patches, and their inferior but strong attitude towards life, for some reason, Qian Yu's nose was a little sour.

Lowering his head and wiping his eyes, Qian Yu saw the dish of fried bacon with cabbage, he had eaten fried bacon with cabbage countless times in his life, but in addition to being salty, the dish in front of him seemed to be a little different.

After thinking about it, Qian Yu picked up the chopsticks, grabbed a piece of bacon and slowly put it in his mouth, maybe it was an illusion, he felt that the meat in his mouth was not as salty as just now, and in the deepest part of the taste, there was a faint wisp of fragrance, which was many times better than the simple taste of meat!