Chapter 267
After dinner at the captain’s house, Zeng Yuanhang took a lunch break at the captain’s house.
Gu Jiu and Lin Shu followed Captain Feng to see the house.
The house has three adobe houses, one bedroom, a main room, and a kitchen.
The only difference from the village is probably that the houses in the village are older, while the mud in these houses is new.
There was no furniture in the house, only a kang set up in the bedroom and the floor was dirt.
It can be said that Lin Shu has never lived in such a simple house in his entire life.
In the past, in Xiaohe Village, our houses were all blue brick houses with Jiangnan characteristics.
"This house has just been built. You have to buy the furniture yourself. If you don't mind it, you can bring some old furniture from my eldest brother's house and use it first."
Use other people's furniture. Old furniture, Lin Shu shook his head.
In rural areas, the furniture that is not used by farmers is probably missing arms or legs. In this case, Lin Shu thinks that they should find another way.
Gu Jiu politely refused and said: "We are very grateful that the owner can rent a house to us. The owner also needs the furniture, so we won't bother him. We will figure out a solution by ourselves then."< br>
Captain Feng thought that all the furniture in his eldest brother's house had a use, and it was indeed inconvenient to lend it to Gu Jiu and the others, so he agreed with a smile.
"Since you live in our village, you are a member of our village. If you need help in the future, come to me directly."
The house is halfway up the mountain, and there are still mountains opposite the gate, and the mountains are higher than the mountains. Once you enter a mountain, it seems difficult to get out.
There is a feeling of seclusion in the mountains and isolation from the world.
The house is newly built and lacks furniture. What makes Lin Shu most satisfied is that the yard is surrounded by adobe.
The wall is 1.5 meters high. Standing outside the wall of the courtyard with a slightly shorter height, you have to crane your neck to see clearly what is going on inside the courtyard.
In the corner of the yard, there is also a water storage well for convenient water use.
Of course there are wells in the village. You can go to the well in the village to fetch water.
After returning from the new house, Zeng Yuanhang also took a nap and woke up, "Are you going to visit other villages today?"
Gu Jiu shook his head: "There is no rush now, wait until you settle here." Slowly contact other villages."
Zeng Yuanhang glanced at the white light outside the door and frowned slightly, "Why do you want to live in the village? It's only a short distance from the city. More than ten miles away, living and eating in the city It's more convenient than in the countryside. If you want to come here for business, just ride a bicycle."
Climbing a mountain road for more than ten miles by bicycle, Gu Jiu sweats on his forehead just thinking about it, "Uncle Zeng, Please spare me and ride up the hill. I don’t know if the car will carry me or I will carry the car.”
The scene of Gu Jiu carrying the bike up the mountain automatically appeared in Zeng Yuanhang’s mind, and he couldn’t help but laugh. When he made a sound, he even relaxed his brows.
"Okay, you can make your own arrangements. If you have any difficulties, come to me."
The three of them said goodbye to Captain Feng and his family and prepared to go back.
After sitting in the car, even though it was as hot as a steamer, Gu Jiu and Lin Shu didn't dislike it.
The main reason is that since they came to the village in the morning, there are always villagers around them watching. Now that they have entered Captain Feng's yard, they are also looking at them frequently.
Zeng Yuanhang seemed to notice the couple's discomfort and smiled: "You will get used to it if you go to the countryside often. There are only a few strangers in the village a year, and besides, they are handsome men and beautiful women. , they should be more enthusiastic and understand.”
On the way back to the city, the car was going faster than when we came in the morning because we were going downhill.
Seeing that they were about to enter the city, Lin Shu invited: "Uncle Zeng, I'd like to trouble you today. Can you please call Auntie and the others out tonight to have a meal together?"
"All of them. You're welcome, I have something to do at work in the afternoon, so we won't have dinner together. When you settle down, come to my house and I'll ask your aunt to cook a table for us to get together."
"Okay. , we will visit you at home then." Gu Jiu agreed.
As for whether to go or not, it is not up to him to decide.
After arriving at the supply and marketing cooperative and saying goodbye to Zeng Yuanhang, the couple went to the flea market.
At the flea market, the two bought a table and four stools, plus a camphor wood box, for a total of four yuan.
Finally I saw a cupboard and bought it for another one dollar and fifty cents.
After paying the money, they made an appointment with the old man who was looking after the store to come pick up the goods tomorrow morning. The two went to the grain and oil station again and bought some daily necessities such as rice, noodles, oil and salt.
Early the next morning, after breakfast, the couple loaded their luggage and the grain, oil, rice and noodles they bought the day before onto a rented donkey cart.
We then went to the flea market to load up some old furniture and daily necessities, and then headed to Tatecun Village.
It took an hour to reach Liao Village by car yesterday, and it took more than two hours and nearly three hours to take a donkey cart today. It was almost eleven o'clock when we arrived at Tengcun Village.
Lin Shu was so hot from the sun that when she arrived at Liao Village, she took her luggage back to the house and she didn’t want to leave the house again.
The sun in summer is very poisonous, and the sun in the northwest is even more poisonous.
Gu Jiu moved a few pieces of old furniture into the house, asked the middle-aged man on his way for the fare, and then used a bucket to get a bucket out of the well.
The kang was cleaned yesterday, and today the kang mat is laid out so that you can lie down on it and rest.
Lin Shu watched Gu Jiu bring water in, filled a basin with water and wiped the furniture and windows of the house a little.
"It seems that I can't cook by myself at noon." Gu Jiu went to the kitchen and forgot to light firewood. There was no firewood at home.
He has never had such a deep understanding that living in the countryside is so inconvenient and he has to prepare everything by himself.
There is no firewood in the city, so we can burn coal and use electricity. In rural areas, it seems that if there is no money to buy coal, they can only burn firewood.
"The buns I bought in the morning are cold. Fortunately, the weather is hot now, so it doesn't matter if we eat cold buns. At noon, we can just make do with boiled buns and water." Lin Shu took out the buns he bought in the morning from his bag. .
After being stuffed in the bag all morning, luckily it didn’t go rancid.
Gu Jiu took a bite of the bun, swallowed another gulp of cold water, "You will finish eating later, don't clean up the house yet, you rest for a while, I will go to Captain Feng's house."
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Gu Jiu paused slightly while eating the buns, "Why don't I go find him later."
"Then we'll go later. Since we already live in the village, we don't have to rush to do things. "
"Listen to my wife."
After a simple lunch, Lin Shu took a shower and lay on the kang not wanting to move.
I didn’t want to move, but I couldn’t fall asleep for a while, so Lin Shu took a book from the luggage bag and lay on the kang to read.
Gu Jiu simply took a shower and returned to the room, then got on the kang with a smile on his face, "Can't you sleep without waiting for me?"
Lin Shu looked up at him from the book, glared at him angrily, and said He pushed away a little, "Don't stick too tightly, it's hot!"
Gu Jiu stuck it on again Go, "I don't feel hot after taking a shower. The adobe houses in the countryside are still very cool."
After that, he kissed her cheek to cheek and said, "Look at how cool my skin is."
Not to mention, this dog man is really warm in winter and cool in summer, and his physique is not very good.
It's not like her hands and feet are cold in winter and she's afraid of heat in summer.
Gu Jiu held her face and pecked her on the mouth, "We have never tried this kind of environment, why not give it a try?"
Especially this earthen kang, I have never experienced this with my daughter-in-law, and it is inevitable that my heart will be filled with excitement.
"It's broad daylight, you're so sorry." Lin Shu pushed the tall body away in embarrassment, and kept this position, she was afraid that she would get a nosebleed.
Gu Jiu smiled and said: "You are my serious wife, and you have two children. Is there anything I haven't seen?"
Lin Shu disagreed, "Captain Feng may not be sleeping, why don't you go find him now?"
She was already interested, how could Gu Jiu let her go? After the two were over, Lin Shu went there The toilet behind the house.
After coming out of the toilet, Lin Shu noticed a lot of Polygonum growing behind the house.
Polygonum vulgaris, also known as Polygonum polygonum, Polygonum red, etc., belongs to the family Polygonaceae and is an annual herb of the genus Polygonum.
The taste is spicier than chili pepper and astringent than pepper.
Although the taste is not very good, it is full of treasures.
The plant can be used to ward off mosquitoes when dried, and can be boiled to soak athlete's foot and relieve itching.
Its seeds can be made into koji and used to make wine. Most of the rice wines brewed in rural areas are now brewed with this koji.
After harvesting the Polygonum spp. behind the house, Gu Jiu was already asleep when he returned to the house.
Lin Shu patted him and asked him to sleep inside.
Gu Jiu opened his eyes slightly, stood up, picked up Lin Shu and laid her down on the kang. He patted her back and comforted her: "Don't argue. If you have anything to say, let's go to sleep first."
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