Hearing the villagers' voices, she quickly stood up and said softly, "Please wait a moment." She stood up, took a towel from the side and wiped her hands clean, before turning around.

Zhou Qi stood at the door, and just now he only glanced at it cursoryly before retracting his gaze. At this moment, he heard the woman's voice, and he suddenly raised his head and looked into the house.

At this glance, he couldn't help but be stunned, the person who came from the house was Jian Yi, who was said to have gone abroad for more than two years.

It was not only him who was stunned, but also Jian Yi. In any case, she never imagined that she would meet Zhou Qi in this small fishing village. But she was noticeably calmer than he was, and soon came to her senses, greeted the villagers politely, and led them to the room around the corner on the left.

Because the villagers had called, the beds had been made, but it was very simple. There are two iron beds in the room, one for the assistant. The owner of the boat went back with the villagers and stayed in his house.

After arranging their accommodation, the two left quickly, and the assistant was obviously not used to such a simple environment, and asked Jian Yi if she could take a bath. It's damp here, and I always feel like I smell of seawater.

There is not even a simple bathroom here, so you need to boil water and carry it to the next room to wash. Jane told him to wait while she went boil the water for them.

After more than two years here, she has become accustomed to everything here. I took the water at the door with a bucket, and then carried it to the house, put the 'electric tiger', and the water was quickly hot.

It was very laborious to carry her with a bucket of water, and Zhou Qi stepped forward and held the handle without saying a word. The hands of the two touched each other, Jian Yi was stunned, then let go and thanked him politely.

She quickly boiled the water and stood still, waiting for the water to boil. The low house was a little stuffy, and after a long time, Zhou Qi asked, "Have you been here all these years?" ”

His voice trembled slightly. Fan Zhenyu did a very clean job, and he had people look for her everywhere. But there were no clues. He always thought that she had really gone abroad.

Jian Yi was very calm, nodded and said yes.

The two of them didn't say anything more, and soon the water in the bucket was boiling. Jian Yi put away the thread, told them where to wash it with cold water, and then went back to make dinner.

She had been grading her homework earlier and had only started cooking after dark. Another of her colleagues is a local villager, and she is often the only one living in the school.

Her dinner is very simple, stewed rice with dried beans, cold jellyfish shreds, seaweed egg drop soup. It's a remote place, the villagers have little contact with the outside world, and vegetables are very scarce, so seafood is a must-have dish. She wasn't used to it at first, but now she's used to it.

After she finished eating, she cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and the lights were on in both rooms, and the two of them had finished washing. After cleaning up briefly, boil water and wash as usual. When they came out, the lights in the two houses had been turned off, and they were probably asleep.

But when she walked back to the house, she was startled, and Zhou stood under the eaves with a cigarette in his hand. The light was dim, and she buried her head again, not even noticing him.

Everyone was coming, and she couldn't keep standing at the door, so she whispered, "Come in and sit." ”

Her room was simple, with a bed, a half-worn desk and chairs. The lights in the house are of the lowest wattage, dim and faint. And there wasn't even a lamp here.

Zhou Qi snuffed out the cigarette butt and followed her into the room. Jane gestured to the only chair for him to sit on, then took a towel to dry her hair.

She didn't know what to say for a moment, so she slowed down her movements and wiped her hair over and over again. It wasn't until there was nothing more to wipe that he sat down on the bed.

Zhou Qi's eyes stayed on her, and he asked after a while, "Haven't you been back in the past few years?" ”

The expression on Jian Yi's face was calm, and he said, "No." The traffic here is not convenient, and it is troublesome to go back. She lowered her head slightly, looking at the shadows on the ground.

Zhou Qi's throat seemed to be blocked with something, and after a while, he asked again: "Didn't you say that you went abroad, why didn't you go?" ”

Jian Yi sighed and said, "Uncle Fan arranged for me to go abroad, and I didn't want to go, so I stayed." ”

Then there was nothing more to say, he came from afar, and he was a guest. Jian Yi had to find a topic and asked, "How did you get here?" ”

She said that she seemed to remember something, and suddenly raised her head to look at Zhou Qi, and said: "In the first half of the year, it was rumored that the government would develop this place into a tourist attraction, and you wouldn't be ......?"

Zhou Qiqi nodded and answered yes.

Jian Yi was absent-minded, nodded and stopped talking.

Zhou Qi stared at her and said lightly: "After the development, the conditions of the villagers here will be greatly improved, which is not a bad thing for them. ”

Compared with the children in the city, the children here are completely one day and one place, and at the age of seven or eight, they will help their parents do things, and they will also go to the beach to catch the sea to subsidize the family. The most common snacks are only sweets, and there are only new clothes during the holidays.

There is not even a hospital here, only a small clinic that is said to have been handed down from the ancestors, and if you get seriously ill, you either have to go to the city or wait at home to die.

Jian Yi has been here for more than two years, and he knows nothing more about this place, so he nodded when he heard this. When it was first reported that it would be developed into a tourist attraction, the villagers were excited, except for a few elderly people. Even if everything is good outside, they still can't bear to live where they have lived for decades.

Later, there was no news about the development, and they accepted it quickly, and continued with their previous lives. Occasionally, I wonder what it would be like if this place was really developed. There are also concerns about whether the government's compensation will be enough for them to settle down. They have a vision for a new life, but at the same time, they are worried about the future. They fish all year round for a living, and if they get out of here, what do they do for a living?

Jian Yi was in a trance, Zhou Qi seemed to know what she was thinking, and then said: "Don't worry about their future lives, they don't need to move out, they can continue to stay." When it is developed into a tourist attraction, many tourists will come and they can make a living from it. ”

Jian Yi nodded and did not speak.

The furnishings in her room couldn't be simpler, and it was cold everywhere. It's already damp here, and the floor of the house is always wet in rainy weather, and you can't drag it dry. Zhou Qi looked around again, and asked in a low voice, "Are you still used to it here?" ”