green grass on the stream

The next day, Qi Yanfan was woken up by rustling noises.He opened his eyes with difficulty, took three seconds to adapt to the environment in front of him, stretched out his hand and scratched his face, and was a little itchy from the dead grass.

The voice came from the next room again, which woke Qi Yanfan up.He tiptoed over and peeked out his head. It turned out that the man lying on the bed had woken up and was sitting on the edge of the bed.

The man turned his head suddenly, and the two looked at each other.

The man's eyes were slightly upturned peach blossom eyes, and there was an elegant temperament all over his body, which was a bit out of place with this environment, as if he was not sitting on the haystack at the moment, but sitting upright in some elegant party.

This glance made Qi Yanfan feel a little confused, he got up awkwardly and walked in, and said, "You're awake."

The other party nodded slightly as a response.

Qi Yanfan rubbed his nose, looking for something to say: "I saw you lying on the road yesterday, so I brought you back. I'm sorry, the house I live in is a bit broken..."

After saying this, Qi Yanfan himself felt ashamed and flustered, he hurriedly said: "My name is Qi Yanfan, I don't know how to call this elder brother?"

The man glanced at him again, and slowly said: "My name is Ji Tingyu, thank you for yesterday."

"It's okay, it's okay," the man's voice was low and sweet, and Qi Yanfan waved his hands repeatedly, "How is Brother Ji feeling today?"

A complex light flashed in Ji Tingyu's eyes, and he replied, "I feel much better. I'm exhausted after traveling for a long time. Thank you for helping me."

Qi Yanfan smiled shyly: "How did Brother Ji pass by here?"

"The world is difficult," Ji Tingyu said, "I have no choice but to come to a remote mountain village to escape. I never thought of encountering a wild beast halfway, lost my luggage, and panicked. Fortunately, I met here, Xiaoqi."

Qi Yanfan only thought that he was a down-and-out noble son, so he asked, "Then what is Brother Ji's plan for the future?"

"I just want to find a place to live. If Xiaoqi doesn't dislike it, can you let me stay together in this beautiful place?"

Qi Yanfan blinked, and realized that this beautiful place refers to the small shabby house he occupied first. He couldn't hold back the joy in his heart, and his face showed a little bit: "Of course, but Brother Ji, don't dislike it. That's good."

"I don't have anything long, but I have some strength. Xiao Qi can tell me to do whatever work I need." Ji Tingyu reached out and picked off a few dry grass stuck in Qi Yanfan's hair, and added with a smile, "You can't see outside. "

Qi Yanfan realized that he had just talked to the handsome guy with his messy hair and weeds for a long time, and felt that his face was probably blushing, so he hurriedly said: "Then I'm going to dig sweet potatoes later, you can go with me. You , you take a rest first, I'll boil some hot water." He ran back to the kitchen quickly.

Ji Tingyu looked at the direction where Qi Yanfan's back disappeared, and let out a soft sigh: "Xiao Qi..."

The two ate the only pancake left in Qi Yanfan's bag with hot water. Qi Yanfan took a sickle, and Ji Tingyu took an iron rake, and set off towards the place where they found the sweet potatoes yesterday.

"Brother Ji, tell me if you are tired."

"it is good."

When they reached the marked place, the two started digging along the direction of the sweet potato vines.Qi Yanfan turned over a few pieces of soil with an iron rake first, and after a while he began to feel sore in his hands. Probably his lack of nutrition was exhausted because of being carried on the back yesterday.

Ji Tingyu immediately noticed his slowing down, stood up and patted the dirt on his hands, stretched out his hand and said, "Let me turn over."

Qi Yanfan was not bothered, the body is the capital of the revolution, he handed the iron rake to Ji Tingyu: "Change me when you are tired, we will take turns."

Ji Tingyu raked it down with a little rustiness, and lifted it up, turning up a piece of soil.Qi Yanfan rummaged under the soil to see if there were any sweet potatoes.

After a while of hard work, the two dug up a total of more than a dozen sweet potatoes, the largest being as big as a fist.

After wrapping the sweet potatoes and carrying them on their backs, the two of them saw that the time was still early, and they walked forward for a while, and the sound of the stream was getting louder and louder.

"I didn't expect this brook to grow bigger and bigger." Qi Yanfan said with emotion thinking about the intermittent streams of water beside his house door.

"Although it is a mountainous area, there are many water veins here, so it is named Dahe Town."

"Brother Ji, do you know how to get to the town?"

"how?"

Qi Yanfan said embarrassingly: "It's definitely not enough for us to rely on digging wild vegetables and wild fruits. I still have two pieces of silver, and I want to buy some rice noodles and seeds. But I hit my head a while ago, and I don't remember many things. I want to go The town doesn’t know the way.”

Facing Ji Tingyu's obviously worried eyes, Qi Yanfan said awkwardly: "If Brother Ji thinks it's too hard here and wants to stay in the town, I will also strongly support it."

"No," Ji Tingyu interrupted him immediately, "I won't stay in the town, it's more clean and comfortable here, I like it very much."

Qi Yanfan nodded blankly.

Ji Tingyu touched his head emptily, and asked softly: "Is your head okay, trust me, I'm not a bad person, if you ask me to do anything, I will listen to you."

Qi Yanfan grabbed his hand, spread out his palm, looked at the two big blisters in his palm, and grinned: "I believe in you."

The sound of splashing water caught the attention of the two of them. Ji Tingyu coughed lightly and withdrew his hand. He picked up a stone and threw it in the direction of the sound.A gray wild duck fluttered away along the water.

The two looked at each other, and tacitly moved towards the place where the wild duck took off just now.The hard work paid off, and they found eight duck eggs in a nest built by a clump of grass.

Qi Yanfan poured out all the sweet potatoes and stuffed them into his bosom, then carefully picked up the duck eggs and wrapped them in his bag.

Ji Tingyu took the burden, and asked strangely: "Why do you need to keep one in there?"

Qi Yanfan replied: "If all the eggs are taken away, the ducks will not lay eggs here next time." This is called sustainable development, he added silently in his heart.

Back at the residence, Qi Yanfan went to the kitchen to boil water and roast sweet potatoes, while Ji Tingyu consciously sorted out the firewood he had picked up outside the house.

After lunch, Qi Yanfan moved the only bench out and pulled Ji Tingyu to sit under the eaves, the spring breeze blowing on his face was moist and warm.Qi Yanfan carefully pricked the blister on Ji Tingyu's hand with a plant's thorn, then wiped it with a cloth boiled in boiling water, and blew it upwards gently.

"It doesn't hurt." Ji Tingyu said softly.

The two were close, Ji Tingyu's eyes were soft and watery, Qi Yanfan hurriedly recovered from this ambiguous scene when he was nervous, afraid that he might accidentally frighten this hard-won companion.

"I want to clean up all these weeds in the afternoon, please help me."

"Okay." Ji Tingyu nodded.

Qi Yanfan took a sickle and cut off the remaining withered grass in front of the house, and Ji Tingyu helped to dry the grass under the eaves.

Two steps were built beside the creek, presumably made by the original owner.Qi Yanfan tidied up the stones and made a convenient path for fetching water.He turned around inadvertently, and saw that the small clump of dark green weeds by the stream was growing very tall. He didn't pay attention at first, but now he looked closely, didn't it look like leeks?Remembering that some people confused leeks with daffodils in the past, he didn't dare to push it too far, so he walked over to break off a leaf and tasted it. Sure enough, the unique spicy taste of leeks spread all over the tip of his tongue in an instant.

He immediately held up the leeks and shouted: "Look, we can eat scrambled eggs with leeks at night!"

Ji Tingyu came over to have a look: "Is this leek?"

"Yeah, I found a big clump."

"awesome."

"Oh, it looks like we have to go down the mountain to go shopping in the town tomorrow." Qi Yanfan stuck out his tongue, "I forgot we don't even have oil."

Ji Tingyu was provoked by his appearance and smiled, took the sickle in his hand, pulled him to sit on the bench: "Do these things slowly in the future, take a good rest today and save some energy."

"Will it be a long time?"

"Well, it might be a little far."

In the evening, he still bullied sweet potatoes, but this time there were two more boiled eggs.The scalding eggs taken out of the hot water are stirred in cold water, and it is very easy to peel off the shell. The white and tender boiled eggs are bitten down, and the inside is bright red yolk, and it is slightly runny, even better than before. The yellow of the local eggs sold in the supermarket is even brighter.Qi Yanfan's eyes were so satisfied that he squinted slightly after eating, this is really natural and pollution-free, a gift of nature.

In the evening, after Qi Yanfan washed up, he found Ji Tingyu laying grass in the big room.

"How do you spread grass on the ground?"

"I sleep on the floor, you sleep on the bed." Ji Tingyu explained.

"What floor should we sleep on? It's so cold on the floor, and we only have one quilt."

"It's not good..."

Qi Yanfan thought that his brother-in-law was not used to sleeping with others, so he curled his lips secretly and said, "Let's sleep at both ends, listen to me, it's not a joke to be sick."

Ji Tingyu refused in every possible way, but had no choice but to accept.

The two were lying on the thick haystack, covered with a quilt that still had a slight smell of dust.The plank bed was not big, it was only the size of a single bed today, and the two of them would inevitably be next to each other's bodies.

Qi Yanfan was as stiff as a stick, and he could clearly feel the warm body temperature from the other party on his thighs. He didn't dare to turn over and dare not move. This was probably the first time in nearly 30 years that he slept so close to a man in the same room. There is a bed, and this man is quite pleasing to the eye.

After having unhealthy thoughts in his heart, Qi Yanfan didn't dare to act rashly. He was worried about pulling the other person's quilt for a while, and worried that his feet would touch the other's shoulder.

Ji Tingyu seemed to feel Qi Yanfan's stiffness, and in the dark he asked, "What are we going to buy tomorrow?"

Speaking of plans, Qi Yanfan immediately began to chatter: "First, we need to buy oil, salt, and bowls, and we need to buy food, rice and noodles."

"Ah."

"I have to buy quilts and clothes, and I can't sleep on haystacks all the time."

"Ah."

"I still need to buy some seeds, which can be planted in spring."

"Ah."

"Will it be expensive to buy so many?"

"The price should not be very high."

"Then I still have to buy..."