Volume 1 Chapter 30 The Temptation of Sweet Potatoes
Last time, it was said that Li Qiusheng mistakenly entered the village, and was chased by a group of children and watchdogs as beggars and savages, and jumped into the mountain stream in a hurry to escape. I came ashore, rested a little in the shade of a thick tree, fell asleep, and woke up to the first acquaintance with the dog. The dog found out that Li Qiusheng's stomach was empty at that time, and he urgently needed to fill the meaning of food. After calming Li Qiusheng, he went to find food by himself without bothering.
In the back wing of the courtyard of the blue and white embroidery building, without waiting for Wufeng to come in to serve, Dong Yanzhi got up early for a more frequent starry morning. Because of the medicinal effect in the past few days, Dong Yanzhi's body and bones have been greatly improved and improved, her face is flushed, her skin is shiny, and she is another glamorous and beautiful beauty embryo. Facing herself in the bronze mirror, Dong Yanzhi smiled with satisfaction, straightened the bangs on her forehead with her hand, and then got up and pushed the window to look into the distance.
A gust of morning breeze blew, swept in, and it was pleasant. A red cloud is rising in the sky, like a fire, and I think it is a sunny and good weather today.
After stopping and watching for a while, Dong Yanzhi quietly slipped a light sigh from the corner of her mouth, looked back at all the furnishings in the room, and sat down on a table with a guqin. Dong Yanzhi wantonly plucked a few strings and covered the case again, but the melodious ancient rhyme sound of the piano sounded loudly, lingering in the space in the room, refreshing and empty.
The old bustard's mother, Liu Zhi'er, didn't know when she was already standing quietly behind Dong Yanzhi, she looked coldly at Dong Yanzhi's tired appearance in front of her, and couldn't help but shake her head and sigh. gently patted Dong Yanzhi's shoulder and reluctantly stepped away. This Li Qiusheng, who disappeared for no reason, you really let the two women in the blue and white embroidery building waste their food utensils and dissipate their bones. However, in this world, who knows this kind of silent sorrow. Once it sprouts and takes root, it will grow wildly.
Sishui and Wufeng came in one after another, they each packed up their own business, and they seemed to be accustomed to Liu Zhi'er and Dong Yanzhi's early risers. Although no one can erase the sadness bursting from the corners of their eyes in such a state of mind, they can't sit back and ignore the people of the master, but they can't help but sigh.
"Auntie, Sister Yanzhi, come early, you can eat some. If you continue to boil like this, I'm afraid that no matter how good your body is, you will be able to cross it. You two can't let us be like this staring and haggard. The little girl in Tsing Yi had already brought fragrant snacks from the back kitchen, looking at Liu Zhier and Dong Yanzhi who were so silent, she was very angry and angry, and she seemed to be aggrieved and helpless.
Liu Zhi'er took a piece of sandwich pastry and took a bite into her mouth, chewed it a few times, and then put it back on the plate and said. "Yan Zhi, you can eat some too. My aunt knows the pain and worry in your heart. Hey, our mother and wife are well eaten, but I don't know what happened to Li Qiusheng's kid. It is a good thing that he can have food and clothing outside, but if there is one who eats the last meal and does not have the next, it is a sin. How can an injured person endure such the torment of an empty stomach, it is really a desperate death. ”
"Auntie, don't say that, I feel uncomfortable enough to listen to it. I have personally experienced the hardship of starvation, and I only hate that Yanzhi is daughter who can't help my aunt and Brother Qiusheng, which has dragged you down. Dong Yanzhi also comforted Liu Zhi'er for a while, saying that in fact, her own heart was also empty and uncomfortable. The song didn't make a song just now, and the regulator was out of tune, which was probably the result of some thoughts in my heart.
Although the Marquis Geng's side has given up the persecution in front of him, and his tricks have failed one after another, the shadow of that obscenity still lingers, and it is still in the bottom of my heart, which makes people shudder. Without this trouble, Liu Zhi'er's body is better, and she is more energetic. But Dong Yanzhi seems to have become a little slack and lost, worried and lost. She was full of joy and thought that she could be in the blue and white embroidery building and Li Qiusheng from now on, and she was a childhood sweetheart, but the world was so full of disasters and difficulties, and the turmoil was rising. If it weren't for Liu Zhier, the old bustard's mother in the blue and white embroidery building, she would have been overwhelmed by these winds and rains, a weak woman, almost desperate, and wanted to cry without tears.
Now she is pure, but Li Qiu's life that disappeared for no reason is a wound in her heart, and it is difficult to heal completely. This torment of not seeing people alive and dead without seeing corpses is not a casual joke. This heartache can only be carried by herself, and in the dead of night, she can let the tears flow alone, and she will be desolate for years.
In a remote mountain village in the wilderness outside the town of Liyang, a shrewd little boy was running to the shade of a large tree by the stream. Not far behind were five or six little ones a little younger than him, but they didn't go in a hurry than the little boy in front of him.
"Big brother, why are you asleep again? I've only walked away for a while, and it's so infuriating to see you yourself. The dog rolled up his coat pocket and held his stomach up, wrapped a few fat and plump raw sweet potatoes, approached Li Qiusheng and muttered angrily, and threw down the sweet potatoes in his pocket and sat on the ground without moving.
Li Qiusheng suddenly opened his eyes, and saw that the dog's annoyed look was quite awkward, so he casually shook his hand and wiped the saliva that flowed out of the corner of his mouth because he was asleep, and said timidly: "Dog, I'm sorry, Brother Qiusheng didn't mean to, he really didn't have the strength to support it, so he dozed off for a while." Please forgive Brother Qiusheng for his slackness. Brother Qiusheng, I can't compensate you! Good dog, you can give birth to a brother according to Qiu. ”
The dog smiled and said, "Big brother, of course the dog is not so angry, but you have to take care of yourself, big brother." Wild dogs, snakes and insects are often infested in these places, and if you bite into it, how can it be good? Li Qiusheng said ashamedly: "The dog is right, it's Brother Qiusheng's bad, so you are worried about me." Next time, Brother Qiusheng must take good care of himself. A smile crossed the dog's face, and he replied briskly, "That's pretty much it." ”
"Oh, by the way, big brother, I've got the food. But you'll have to wait a while before you can eat it, so you'll order it, and we'll make your own sweet potato. The dog jumped out of his mouth again, and said to himself excitedly. Suddenly, he turned around and shouted behind him, "Little boys, come out, let's build a kiln and bake sweet potatoes." ”
In the blink of an eye, the sound fell. Li Qiusheng's cold eyes swept away, and three or five little children who had been in trouble with him before had obediently collapsed out of the thatch behind the shadow of the tree at this time. They still had two or three fat sweet potatoes in their hands, and slowly walked towards the shade of the tree.
Li Qiusheng smiled bitterly, thinking that it was really a narrow road, how could he get mixed up with these little guys who were still in a hostile state before? The scene of being chased by people and the big yellow dog following the barking dog once again rounded Li Qiusheng's mind, he really didn't know if this was an extreme irony. It turned out that it was really a good sentence, people don't know each other if they don't fight. I fought today and got acquainted.
But the dog, like a general who is good at arranging troops, told the children to do what they wanted. The people who move the clods of soil, the people who build the clay kilns, and the people who pick up firewood are busy but they are also like a primitive and harmonious family, and everyone is doing their duties in an orderly manner. Li Qiusheng suddenly smiled happily, although he grew up in a Qinglou and experienced less of this kind of happy childhood in the countryside, but now he is in it and feels the same way. It seems that he has returned to the joyful childhood of his youth, growing up pure among children like a dream, without a trace of ashes in the world.
At this moment, Li Qiusheng temporarily forgot the unlucky and disproportionate stories that happened to him, and even the heart-wrenching and regretful pain. Suddenly came up with the sweet picture of Dong Yanzhi singing for herself in the narrow room in the backyard of the Qinglou, if Dong Yanzhi could also appear here at this moment, mix with herself and these little children, and engage in these poetic things in the countryside, it must be a very happy and wonderful enjoyment.
The bonfire finally rises in the kiln, and the smoke-producing characters reach into the sky. The dog stopped in front of Li Qiusheng all day long, and said with a smug and sneering face: "Big brother, you can wait patiently for a while, the sweet potatoes roasted in our kiln are fragrant, and they are guaranteed to make your mouth water." Li Qiusheng bowed his head in shame and sighed: "Dog, thank you for your hard work!" You work so hard for your big brother, and your big brother doesn't know how to repay you. If you have the opportunity, the eldest brother will definitely take you to the town to watch people sing big operas, buy you delicious rock sugar gourds, and the colorful palace lanterns. The dog listened attentively, holding his cheeks in his hands, looking at Li Qiusheng in a daze, his mouth squirming a few times unconsciously, and he smiled and said: "Okay, okay, let's just make a decision, waiting for the big brother to take the dog into the city." ”
"Little boy, the heat is enough, you quickly throw the sweet potatoes into the kiln, and then crush the kiln and press the sweet potatoes, and the roasted sweet potatoes are done." The dog shouted loudly beside Li Qiusheng again, and his fascinated eyes swept over. That Ling Li's momentum is like a general who has won a battle, almost not allowing others to steal his limelight, and the other little children are only obedient and obedient.
A faint fragrance gently swept with the wind, and the dog got up from the ground, walked to the edge of the earthen kiln, and dug up the scorched soil with a branch, and the ripe fat and fruitful sweet potatoes suddenly met the eyes of several children. The children were greedy for a while, and their throats grunted a few times, but the sound of swallowing saliva was so clear and smooth. However, without the dog's words, they could only stare and be anxious like monkeys fighting outside the circle.
The dog sent a roasted and ripe sweet potato straight to Li Qiusheng, Li Qiusheng moved a few times, the heat of the sweet potato was immediately transmitted, and a fragrance with soil slowly spread, straight into the nostrils, into the lungs. What the dog said is not bad at all, this roasted sweet potato is so fragrant, it is the most special. Just like the effect of Wangmei quenching thirst, smelling this fragrance has to make your mouth water. Li Qiusheng couldn't escape the temptation of this ripe sweet potato, his mouth was chirping, and even his belt clothes were chewing sweet potatoes. This embarrassed hunger look is particularly cute to look at.
With another shout, the dog handed out a ripe sweet potato to each of the little kids. The little kids laughed loudly, look at me, I stared at you, threw the sweet potato skin in my hand into the face of others, stood up and ran away with a smile. Then, just like that, you chased me and drove me crazy.
Li Qiusheng chewed a few mouthfuls of fragrant ripe sweet potatoes alone, and Dong Yanzhi's figure suddenly collapsed in his mind. He thought that if Dong Yanzhi was also with him and these little children at this time, the sweet potatoes would be more fragrant, her laughter would be very sweet, and everything would be beautiful, beautiful.