idyllic tranquility

The weather in June has already started to be hot, and when the sun is shining at noon, there are almost no people walking on the street.Only in the afternoon, when the sun is about to set, will the daughters-in-law go out to wash clothes, pick vegetables, and visit the house, and the uncles will also go to their own fields to have a look, weed and chatter, and the strong laborers of each family will also chop wood. Chopping wood, doing the work.During the day, after noon, it was at this time that the whole village really became lively.

This kind of weather makes He Ning, who is used to the air conditioner, very uncomfortable, especially when he has to wear two or three layers of clothes when going out.Therefore, He Ning is even more lazy to go out. At home, he can only wear one layer, roll up his sleeves to do woodwork, and have someone fan him during his lunch break. Compared with it, going out is too painful.

In summer, the water consumption in the home also increases a lot.Previously, due to economic problems, the He family had no money to dig wells, so they had to rely on the village's public wells to fetch water for food.But this well is the public property of the whole village, and most people in the village rely on it for water.In this way, there will be more people carrying water every day, and it takes a long line to get water, which is a waste of time.

Later, after discussion by the elders in the village, the villagers were required to only get water for food from the well, and to use other water from the river.

Therefore, almost every household in Beili Village has at least two large tanks for water.

Since He An came to He's house, because he was very strong and didn't know how to do the work in the field, he was assigned by Mrs. He to carry water.

When the weather was cool before, He An only needed to fill up two tanks every day, which was enough for the whole family, but when it came to summer, the two tanks were not enough, so He An had to fill up two tanks every morning and afternoon. once.

Even so, it's barely enough.

He Ning, who is afraid of heat, is the main reason for the sharp increase in the amount of water in He's household.

The first thing this guy does after getting up in the morning is to wipe his body to clean the sweat from sleeping at night; he has to scrub it again before eating at noon to clean the sweat from carpentry in the morning; he wipes it again after lunch and lunch break to clean Sweat from sleeping at noon; of course, before going to bed at night.

After washing like this, the body is much refreshed, but the weather makes it difficult for He Ning to have an appetite, and he loses his appetite every time he eats.Although the women of the He family tried to improve their food repeatedly, it was still difficult to achieve results.

Every time Mrs. He had a meal, she was anxious and panicked, especially in the past two days, her good grandson would always say that she was full after touching the chopsticks, which made Mrs. He so anxious that she had to be trained to handle the spoon every time she finished eating.What's even more exasperating is that every time I ask my good grandson what he wants to eat, he will be prevaricated.Mrs. He thought that when she was old, she chased him every day and asked him, which made her good grandson feel ashamed, so she had to send He An to take over her task and continue to spy secretly.

What would He Ning want to eat?It's not that he's hypocritical and doesn't want to say it, but that he knows that it's useless even if he says it.

What else can you think of on such a hot day?Ice cream, ice cream, cold beer, iced watermelon, cold drinks, let’s not be greedy and say that all of them are fine, but there is nothing here. If he really said it, he would be asking for trouble!

He Ning has never seen the above-mentioned holy object for summer resort, if it really exists here, and the He family happens to know about it, according to how they love He Ning so much, they would have gone out of their way to find it for him.

As a college graduate who has attended high school, He Ning actually knows a kind of indigenous ice-making method, but he has not been here for a year, so he dare not make too much trouble, lest he end up being cast by the superstitious people to trap demons .

What?You ask me what is the connection between "going to high school" and "knowing a local method of making ice"?Please, the relationship between the two is not 90.00%, but [-]%!Indigenous ice making is also called nitrate ice making. High school chemistry tells us that saltpeter absorbs a lot of heat when it meets water, which can make water freeze.

What?You said that you are a liberal arts student and did not study chemistry well.Come on, then you should know better.As a liberal arts student, you who have been baptized by novels should have been popularized long ago!

What?You said that you have been to high school, but you are neither a science student, nor do you read novels, so you really don't know what indigenous ice making is.If such a person really exists, everyone must bless him, love him, and cherish him.Because, in his previous life, he might really have been an angel with broken wings...

However, as an outsider, He Ning really cannot underestimate the life wisdom of the general public.

The rich have the means of the rich to escape the summer heat, and the poor naturally have the means of the poor to escape the summer heat.Even sometimes the poor people's summer resorts seem less decent, but the effect will be better.

Beili Village, located in the Central Plains, does not have a lot of monthly rainfall, so the architectural style of houses here is not keen on steeper roofs.Especially in the rural areas, the peasant households pay more attention to practicality, and the houses with one-story roofs are highly respected by the villagers as long as they pay more attention to the drainage problem.Because the cost will be slightly more expensive than slope-style houses, flat-roofed houses are regarded as a status symbol in some places.

When the previous generations of the He family first moved to Beili Village, in order to show their strength and gain a firm foothold, they spent a lot of money on good materials and built a flat-roofed house.It was also at that time that the He family's population was still prosperous, and everyone was of the same mind, so they could afford such a large expense.

Although such a house has been used for dozens or nearly a hundred years, it is still strong today.When Uncle He's generation separated, the house was also assigned to Uncle He, who inherited the He family's craftsmanship, instead of He Dashun, who was the eldest.

Now, when the summer just started, before everyone in the He family felt how hot it was, He Ning was already feeling very uncomfortable.His father, He Dazhu, saw that although he didn’t say anything, he felt pain in his heart. These days, he went out every day to collect straw, mixed with wheat straw, and climbed the ladder to lay a layer on the roof of He Ning’s house. , Go up and sprinkle some water in a day or two.

Needless to say, this method is indeed effective, the house covered with grass poles is much cooler, and He Ning sleeps much more securely.

Mother Li Qing also went to someone else's house to exchange lotus seeds and honeysuckle flowers, and mixed them with the small wild chrysanthemums she picked in autumn, and made herbal tea for He Ning every day.Mrs. He was afraid that He Ning would feel bitter, so she added sugar.

Uncle He saw that his son Dazhu had laid grass straws on the roof of his precious grandson early. He was afraid that his grandson would not be able to adapt when it was hotter, so he discussed with his two sons and planned to invite someone to come to the house to dig a well.Just to put melons, fruits and herbal tea in the well to cool down and cool off the summer heat for my grandson.

Even the two little sisters at home did not forget to bring some fruits for He Ning when they came back to play.Not to mention He An who fanned He Ning and picked bath water every day.

The He family treated him so kindly, no matter how cold He Ning was, he should be warmed up.The previous heartache was gradually dissolved and became thinner and thinner, until one day, it completely disappeared.

He Ning is slowly letting go of his guard, while He An is avoiding seeing He Ning more and more.

The original He An lived in the opera troupe and was trained as a female role. Not only is he slender and slender, but he is also very flexible. Although he usually trains very hard, he actually does not do a lot of heavy work. Meals, cleaning, laundry, etc.The heavy work like chopping wood and carrying water is done by other actors.These are all the regulations in the troupe, just to keep Danjiao'er in shape and protect her skin.

Although He An, who entered the He family, did not need training, he carried water, chopped firewood, mowed grass, and moved wood every day. It was broken and ground into a cocoon, the skin was tanned from the original rosy health, and the muscles of the body also accumulated. The whole body has evolved from a slender body to a strong one. It is indeed unstoppable and more manly.

The changes in his body made He An hate himself more and more. Why did he grow such a body? He was obviously more tired in the troupe before, and the work he did now was far less tiring than before. Why is he getting more and more tired now? Stocky, more and more like a man?This kind of self must be even more annoying to Da Lang!

He An is becoming more and more afraid to cling to He Ning. On the one hand, he is afraid that He Ning hates him even more, and on the other hand, he also feels that He Ning has humiliated He Ning as his daughter-in-law.