Siheyuan: This is really immoral

After Lin Zhuang had caught the fish, he quickly went over to take the stick with the fish stuck in it from her hand and said jokingly:

"Weren't you full of fighting spirit when you took it over just now? How long has it been and you're already complaining about being tired?"

Ran Qiuye was massaging her arms. She felt a little ashamed when she heard Lin Zhuang's words. Unlike Qin Jingru and Lou Xiaoe, although Ran Qiuye was not young, she was extremely shy.

"I, I, my hands are so sore that I can't hold it anymore..."

After that, he completely relaxed and laid back on the sheets.

Looking at the lake and the sky leisurely, his eyes are calm.

"Lin Zhuang, what do you think is the purpose of human life?"

"Is it for living? For money? Or for power?"

Lin Zhuang didn't expect Ran Qiuye to ask this question.

"Can you first tell me why you ask this question?"

"If my family were in ancient times, it could be considered a scholarly family, right? But to be honest, I don't even know when I can see my parents again. If I can't even see them, how can I expect anything else? The only time I feel fulfilled every day is when I look at the children in school."

Lin Zhuang listened to Ran Qiuye's story, sighed, and said to her:

"These are the necessary paths to development. There will always be sacrifices and it is inevitable that we will have to take some detours."

Ran Qiuye's eyes were like a lake, reflecting the parents she missed day and night.

"Then answer my question. I want to hear your opinion."

"How should I put it? The meaning of life, if you look at it from your own perspective, is to get closer to your dreams, or even realize them. If you look at it from other perspectives, it is of course to live well, or even live better, to make those who don't like you hate you, and to make those who care about you feel more at ease. However, everyone's pursuits are different. After all, people always have things they want but can't get, no matter what level they are at."

Ran Qiuye was no longer looking at the sky. He turned sideways to look at Lin Zhuang and asked him, "What about you?"

"I?"

Lin Zhuang pointed at his nose and said.

"What I want most is... I want to witness an era with my own eyes, an era of glory, an era that everyone is proud of."

Ran Qiuye didn't quite understand what this meant.

Lin Zhuang also guessed that Ran Qiuye probably wouldn't understand, so he explained.

"I want to see Shenzhou grow stronger step by step, so strong that we no longer have to look at other people's faces, so strong that we don't have to wait for others' fleets to be stationed at our doorstep, and our soldiers write suicide notes at four or five in the morning and go into battle with the spirit of fighting to the death."

"I want to see the sleeping lion wake up and grow into the true king of beasts!"

"By then, when other regions are in the midst of war and people are living in poverty, we will have the best sense of happiness."

Ran Qiuye heard every word, but there was still confusion in his eyes.

Lin Zhuang was excited when he talked about this, but he also knew that it would be difficult to explain the whole story to her. He ignored the fish in his hand and approached Ran Qiuye, looking closely into her eyes and said proudly:

"You just need to know that I, and we, are all witnessing a great era, a great era that belongs to our country of China."

It is difficult to tell Linzhuang that even after more than 50 years, there will still be many warships blocking our door, forcing us to surrender and retreat; it is also difficult to explain to her clearly that even if Shenzhou becomes very powerful, there will still be monkeys jumping up and down under our noses; it is also difficult to explain to her clearly how difficult the road ahead is, but we still go out.

What is our confidence? Is it advanced weapons? Is it a large population?

neither.

Some of them are just determined to never surrender even if three generations are wiped out.

Ran Qiuye looked at Lin Zhuang's determined gaze. Although she didn't understand, her intuition told her that this must be a very solemn matter.

"Then, I will bear witness with you to the great era you mentioned."

Lin Zhuang suddenly smiled, very happily, and asked:

"So, do we all have a common dream?"

Ran Qiuye nodded.

In a blink of an eye, the fish was grilled to perfect brown color.

There was no suitable tool to cut the fish apart, so Lin Zhuang stuffed the grilled fish stick into Ran Qiuye's hand and said to her.

"I'm going to make some soft chopsticks."

It is summer now and there is still enough moisture in the trees, but the wood that fell on the ground is not suitable, so we can only make slightly softer chopsticks.

Lin Zhuang found a branch of suitable size, broke it with the hook inside, and when the last layer was left, he grinded it slightly with a stone knife.

I broke the branch in half, threw away the soft and pointed part at the front, and then polished it with a stone knife.

Two pairs of chopsticks of different sizes but roughly the same thickness were made. Lin Zhuang washed them in the river water and then put them over the fire to dry them slightly.

After he finished, he handed a pair to Ran Qiuye and said to her, "You can just use them reluctantly. Just make do with it."

Ran Qiuye picked up the chopsticks without any hesitation, and then said to Lin Zhuang: "Brother Lin Zhuang, you eat first."

Lin Zhuang picked up a piece of fish meat from the belly and put it into his mouth. A primitive taste filled his mouth.

vomit~

Not to mention the barbecue ingredients, there is not even oil and salt. It is really hard to swallow.

He said to Ran Qiuye awkwardly, "Qiuye, this fish is so badly grilled, why don't we just not eat it?"

Ran Qiuye didn't understand why this freshly caught fish, which looked so well grilled, could taste so bad?

She didn't believe it, so she picked up a small piece from the one Lin Zhuang had picked up and put it in her mouth, chewing it slowly.

Lin Zhuang covered his face and thought to himself, why doesn't this girl believe in evil?

however!

It was completely different from what Lin Zhuang expected. Ran Qiuye chewed a few bites and swallowed it. Then he frowned and asked Lin Zhuang in confusion.

"Brother Linzhuang, this fish is grilled so well, how can it not taste good? It's delicious!"

"This fish is not greased or salted, how can it be delicious? Don't comfort me."

It was really because he was not used to the fishy smell of this kind of fish. Lin Zhuan thought that Ran Qiuye was forcing himself to eat it to comfort him.

But when Ran Qiuye heard his words, he said to Lin Zhuang seriously:

"Brother Linzhuang, are you kidding me? You can fry this grilled fish? Oil is so expensive. This is already delicious. I think it tastes as good as stewed fish soup."

Only then did Lin Zhuang come to his senses.

That’s right! How can this be compared to the grilled fish piled with sodium glutamate in later generations…

"Maybe I don't have a good appetite today, Qiuye, then you should eat more, and I will try to catch two more fish."

Seeing that Lin Zhuang had just vomited, Ran Qiuye stopped trying to persuade him to eat more and sat next to Lin Zhuang holding the fish.