"Are you hungry?" Liang Mingyue asked persistently.

You Xinghe is fierce: "Not hungry."

"Well, okay, then I'll go back first." Liang Mingyue said and wanted to leave.

"You don't live here?" You Xinghe stopped him.

"No." Liang Mingyue paused and continued, "Third Grandpa can't stay either."

You Xinghe felt the cold wind blowing from his back again.

"I'm hungry!" His tone softened a lot.

Liang Mingyue stared at him for a while, then sighed faintly, then turned and walked in another direction.

"Where are you going?" You Xinghe quickly followed.

"The kitchen, cook for you." Liang Mingyue didn't turn her head.

You Xinghe followed behind him not too far away, passing the osmanthus tree and the large water tank in the courtyard, the shadows of the trees were drawn into weird shapes by the lights in the house.You Xinghe walked a few steps quickly and approached Liang Mingyue.Liang Mingyue stopped suddenly, You Xinghe didn't pay attention and bumped into him.He was half a head shorter than him, and his forehead hit the back of his head.

"Can you walk?" You Xinghe howled while covering his forehead.

Liang Mingyue turned her head, made a silent gesture, and tilted her head slightly, as if she was listening to something.You Xinghe also pricked up his ears to listen, but there was no sound other than the continuous chirping of insects outside.

"Did you hear that?" Liang Mingyue asked him suddenly.

You Xinghe saw that his face was serious, the soles of his feet and back felt cold again, he couldn't help getting closer to him, his arms were pressed against his arms, Liang Mingyue's body temperature came over, and the chill seemed to be a little less.

"Didn't you hear?" Liang Mingyue actually asked.

You Xinghe suppressed his voice and yelled: "I'm hungry!"

Liang Mingyue sighed: "A big bird flew past." He said regretfully, with an inexplicable sense of melancholy.

You Xinghe took a few more glances at him, under the dim light, his face was so dark that his face was blurred, except for one pair of eyes, which were moist and bright, reflecting the starry sky and the tree shadows.

"It may be injured." Liang Mingyue looked up at the night sky, which was full of stars.

"How do you know?" You Xinghe also looked at the night sky.

"Listen to the voice." Liang Mingyue said.

"God chatters." You Xinghe didn't believe him, but he didn't urge him either.Two teenagers of similar age stood under the starry sky like this, looking at the starry sky and thinking about their own thoughts.

I don't know how long after watching it, Liang Mingyue suddenly wanted to come back to her senses, and asked You Xinghe, "Are you hungry?"

You Xinghe's stomach growled twice, and he replied angrily: "Are you hungry?!"

"Noodles or rice?" Liang Mingyue asked again.

You Xinghe turned his head and thought for a while, his tone was much gentler: "The one at noon is fine."

Liang Mingyue smiled back at him, her teeth were dazzlingly white.You Xinghe forced a smile to him.After the two looked up at the starry sky together, it seemed that the distance suddenly narrowed, and the atmosphere eased a lot.

The kitchen is still an old rural kitchen, a large one, with earthen stove, liquefied petroleum gas and induction cooker, refrigerator and old-style carved cupboard, with a simple structure.Where the earthen stove was burning, there were piles of split logs and broken branches bundled into small bundles.

Liang Mingyue was about to start a fire, and You Xinghe happened to be standing next to the induction cooker, and he asked him, "What are you doing with that?"

"Cook noodles." Liang Mingyue had already lit broken branches and stuffed them into the stove.

"Isn't the induction cooker more useful?!" You Xinghe felt that cooking with a fire was something primitive people did.

Liang Mingyue glanced at him, but said nothing.The fire in the stove fluttered and danced on his face, flickered on and off, and finally stabilized.

He got up and poured some water into the pot. When the cold water hit the hot pot, there was a loud bang.

"You don't know how to use an induction cooker?" You Xinghe said deliberately, squinting at Liang Mingyue who was preparing the ingredients, cutting the bacon and washing the vegetables, the movements were skillful and neat, and it seemed that he was cooking a lot.

"That's not good for cooking." Liang Mingyue turned around and took out a pot of white frozen lard from the refrigerator.

"Aren't they all the same!" In Yu Xinghe's common sense, as long as the rice can be cooked, there is no difference between an induction cooker and an earthen stove.

Liang Mingyue ignored him, took out a large bowl, put lard, soy sauce, a little salt, and sprinkled some chili powder in it, just a few simple things.The water in the pot boiled, and he poured half a spoonful of boiling water into the bowl. The lard melted and the aroma came out.

You Xinghe swallowed unconsciously.Liang Mingyue threw the vegetables into the boiling water, picked them up immediately, and then threw the rice noodles in. After the boiling water boiled, threw them into a large bowl with bacon slices and vegetables, and put them in the kitchen On a small round table for chopping vegetables.He put away the chopping board and kitchen knife, and called You Xinghe: "Eat."

Seduced by the smell of lard, You Xinghe was already hungry, but pretending to be disdainful, he slowly moved to the table and sat down, picked up the chopsticks and stirred carelessly before taking a piece of meat into his mouth , the bacon here is all homemade by the villagers, smoked with pine branches and orange peels on the mountain, fat but not greasy, with the fragrance of plants in the meat, which melts and lingers on the tip of the tongue.

You Xinghe still wanted to criticize: "It's a bit salty."

Liang Mingyue at the side picked up the chopsticks, quickly picked up two pieces of meat, and stuffed them into her mouth.

You Xinghe was stunned for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, there were only two pieces of meat left in the bowl, he frowned.Liang Mingyue's chopsticks stretched out again, and he protected the bowl.

Liang Mingyue's chopsticks stopped halfway, and the two of them looked at each other.You Xinghe scolded: "There are no rules, don't touch my food with your dirty chopsticks!"

Liang Mingyue took back her chopsticks and stared at him expressionlessly: "You said it was too salty."

"I didn't say no to eating!" You Xinghe was so angry that he was about to smoke, and You Rihai found him a fool to accompany him.

"Oh." Liang Mingyue put down her chopsticks.

While staring at him, You Xinghe ate the whole bowl of noodles maintaining a decent manner. If Liang Mingyue hadn't been present all the time, he would definitely hold the bowl and drink the soup.

Liang Mingyue waited for him to finish eating, wash the dishes, and after cleaning up, said, "I'm going home."

It was only at this time that You Xinghe regretted that he ate too fast just now.

"I still have something for you to do!" You Xinghe almost blurted out.

"Oh." Liang Mingyue didn't ask anything.

"The sheets and quilts on my bed are all dirty, they need to be replaced with clean ones." You Xinghe rolled his eyes and thought of this, and he was a little proud after he finished speaking, and looked at Liang Mingyue with his chin raised.

Liang Mingyue didn't speak, turned around and walked out, You Xinghe followed behind him, crossed the courtyard again, the moon rose in the night sky, the faint light was spread on the bluestone floor of the courtyard, and the place where people often walked by reflected faintly. ground light.In the big water tank, there is also a moon, rippling with the water.

Liang Mingyue went upstairs, You Xinghe also went upstairs, the wooden stairs were creaked.

"The moon is so beautiful." Liang Mingyue suddenly pointed to the sky.

You Xinghe followed his hand to look at it. From the angle of the stairs, the moon was just hanging on the edge of the eaves. It was indeed beautiful, but after a long time, the cold moonlight seemed to be covered with a veil, revealing a bit of weirdness.You Xinghe quickly retracted his gaze and urged Liang Mingyue: "Go quickly."

Liang Mingyue stared at the moon for a while before continuing to climb up again.

When they went upstairs, Liang Mingyue brought new sheets and quilt covers from another room, You Xinghe just took a look and said, "It's too dark, it's depressing to watch!"

Liang Mingyue turned around and brought another set of light gray ones.You Xinghe said again: "It's too white, it gets dirty easily."

Liang Mingyue made another trip, and this time she knew it was the kind used by the locals, with blue background and white flowers.You Xinghe frowned in disgust: "Good soil."

Liang Mingyue also frowned, with a serious black face, he said: "That's all." With a stiff tone, he realized that You Xinghe was deliberately finding fault.

You Xinghe didn't want to provoke him, so he could only say: "Then, what happened just now."

Liang Mingyue didn't say anything, and turned around and brought back the light gray set just now.He took off the old sheets, the quilt cover and the pillowcase, he did it very quickly, You Xinghe really wanted to tell him, it doesn't matter if you come slowly.

Liang Mingyue started to lay the sheets. He spread out the sheets, then evened them out, and tucked the edges under the mattress.He bent over and pouted his buttocks, tucking it in carefully little by little, and his slightly short, rotten T-shirt shrunk up to reveal half of his waist.

You Xinghe stared at him, and found that not only his face was dark, but his body was also dark.And he looks much stronger than him, and the muscles that have begun to take shape have begun to show their lines.

"How old are you?" he asked him suddenly.

Liang Mingyue stopped, glanced back at him, and replied, "19."

"Oh!" The sourness in You Xinghe's heart has been reduced a lot, one year older is also older, it is natural that he has more muscles than him.

"Why don't you ask me how old I am?" You Xinghe asked again after thinking about it, just looking for something to say, and wanted Liang Mingyue to change the bed sheets slowly.

"How old are you?" Liang Mingyue obediently asked his question.

"18, Aquarius, what about you, what's your zodiac sign?" You Xinghe asked him.

Liang Mingyue obviously didn't understand what he said, she glanced at him suspiciously, and continued to tuck her head into the bed sheet.

You Xinghe paused for a few seconds before realizing that he probably didn't understand astrology, so he had to change the question: "I was asking when you were born. I was born in February, on Valentine's Day."

After speaking, she curled her lips, thinking that maybe Liang Mingyue didn't know about Valentine's Day either.

"Summer." Liang Mingyue didn't answer directly.

"How many months are there in summer!" You Xinghe kicked the foot of the bed.

Liang Mingyue walked around him and tucked in the sheets on the other side.

"August," he said.

"It's July now, so isn't your birthday coming soon?" You Xinghe asked him: "What date, what day?"

"11." Liang Mingyue replied very quietly.

You Xinghe silently calculated, Liang Mingyue is actually only half a year older than him.Seeing the muscles on his arms bulging due to exertion, he felt sour again, and the tone of his question changed: "Did you not study?"

Liang Mingyue's movements obviously froze for a moment, You Xinghe thought he would raise his head and say something, but he continued to be busy again and didn't answer, obviously he didn't want to answer.

You Xinghe seemed to have found a balance, and said to himself: "My elder brother wants to send me to study abroad. Actually, I don't want to go at all, and I'm sure I won't learn much if I go. My English is pretty bad. But he insisted on sending me to study abroad." I'm going, I can't help it, I hope I can learn English well there, and I can pretend to be aggressive when I come back."

He deliberately understated it, as if it was not important.At the same time, he also found that Liang Mingyue paused several times while he was speaking.

"Are you studying very well, but you don't have the money to continue studying?" You Xinghe leaned over and said.

Seeing Liang Mingyue's clenched jaw, he couldn't help but feel proud that he guessed right.Liang Mingyue hastened her movements, the bed sheet was laid, and the next step was the difficult quilt cover.

According to You Xinghe's military training experience, quilt covers are the most difficult to deal with.But Liang Mingyue put it on in the blink of an eye, leaving only the pillowcase.

A few cat meows came from outside, You Xinghe glanced at the window, the thick blackness from far to near was temporarily separated by the light of the lamp.You Xinghe's back began to feel cold again.

Liang Mingyue had already put the pillowcase on. He spread out the quilt, put the pillow away, straightened up and turned around, saying, "I'm going home."

"No!" You Xinghe shouted.

Liang Mingyue didn't look at him, walked around him, and You Xinghe grabbed the corner of the T-shirt: "I say no!"

"My father hasn't eaten yet." Liang Mingyue said after being stopped by him.

"Can't he do it himself?" You Xinghe asked back.

"No." Liang Mingyue said.

"You liar!" You Xinghe tugged at him.

"He is disabled, paralyzed in bed." Liang Mingyue looked at him calmly.

You Xinghe wanted to find proof of his lying from his face, but he couldn't find it.Liang Mingyue's eyes told him that what he said was true, he had a disabled father who was starving.His hands slowly lost strength, and finally loosened the hem of his clothes.

"You go." He tilted his head and said, looking at the night at the window.

Liang Mingyue didn't say much and left quickly.He almost ran away, You Xinghe heard the sound of the wooden stairs being stepped on, it was loud.

The darkness outside the window suddenly became deeper, You Xinghe quickly closed the window, drew the curtains, got into the quilt, and covered himself.

The night is long.

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