Huainan orange

Chapter 14

When he got home, the water in the pot was already boiling, so Chen Chi took two thermos bottles and asked Tang Liwei to put them on the big table in the main room.Then the remaining hot water washed and soaked the bacon.Chen Chi scoured the rice and put it into the pot, added some water and added some finer firewood.Then I started to wash the cabbage and soak the vermicelli.

When the rice was boiled until there was no water, Chen Chi immediately threw the soaked, washed, and cut bacon into the rice and quickly covered the pot. Tang Liwei couldn't help asking, "Why are you so fast? The meat is thrown right in."

"The rice is in the spoiling stage, so you can't let the steam go away, or it will be easy to get raw later on. The earthen stove is like this, there is no way, so we usually don't stew vegetables directly on top of the rice, it's not easy to cook." Chen Chi explained .

After putting the bacon in place, Chen Chi fiddled with the stove again. He took out all the firewood that was not completely burnt and put it into another stove, adding some soft grass.After burning for a while, when you hear the crackling of the rice, no more grass is added.

When he finished the cabbage vermicelli, he went to add a handful of soft grass under the rice stove.The vermicelli cabbage was not served out, it was just covered and placed in the pot.

"Wow, I seem to smell the aroma, the aroma of meat." Tang Liwei had been sitting in the kitchen, and at this moment he sniffed hard.

"You can eat in a while. Let me show you the difference between the rice cooked in my earthen stove and the rice cooked in your gas stove." Chen Chi washed two rice bowls.After getting it on the table in the main room, he turned around and went out the door, heading towards the vegetable garden.

In fact, he went to the toilet. The semi-open toilet he mentioned was next to the vegetable garden.It is surrounded by wood and bamboo, and the place below the ground is a neat circle of wood, and the top half of the wood is bamboo.The top of the head is woven of something like a reed, which just covers it.The entire toilet is about 3 or 4 square meters in size, and there is a movable door on one side, which can be opened and closed from inside and outside.The wood and bamboo are wrapped in snakeskin bags from the inside, so that people outside cannot see it.Simple manual toilet.Behind is a cesspit, and these natural fertilizers are used to fatten the vegetables.

Tang Liwei thought what he was going to do, followed him all the way to see him go into the toilet, and then waited for him outside looking at the scenery.In less than a minute, Chen Chi came out and was shocked to see him standing outside.

"I'll go, what are you doing by the toilet, aren't you afraid of the smell?" Chen Chi asked.

"I came out with you, I thought what were you going to do." Tang Liwei said, "Look at the water in that pond is so clear! Can you catch fish?" He pointed to the pond not far in front of him and asked Chen Chi.

"Yes, but it's not easy to catch. Fish don't come out to play very often in winter. Let's go back to eat first, and come back to play after eating." Chen Chi took him back home.

Tang Liwei felt that he had eaten the best meal in his life. Chen Chi ate a piece of bacon, and he ate the rest. The vermicelli cabbage was added with chili, and Tang Liwei ate more than half of it by himself.While eating, he praised Chen Chi for his virtuousness, and planned to ask Chen Chi to cook for him in the future, preferably for a lifetime.Chen Chi didn't care about him, he just rolled his eyes and continued to eat his own food.In the end Tang Liwei ate 2 more bowls than Chen Chi, and the first thing he said after eating was: "Chen Chi, how did you make it so delicious."

Chen Chi pointed to the clock on the wall and said to him: "You don't even need to check the time, you must be hungry at this time, it was already 11 o'clock when we got off the bus, and we walked back without eating or drinking, you will I won't be hungry." Chen Chi cleaned up the dishes.Tang Liwei couldn't help admiring him when he saw his skillful movements and thought of his cooking, but after thinking about it, he felt that he must have suffered a lot when he was a child.

"Chen Chi, let's go to one place to go to school after you graduate."

"That depends on our college entrance examination, who can decide now?"

"Didn't you always want to learn a foreign language? It would be better if you can take the exam in Beijing. I will try my best to take the exam there if I study physical education. Then we will go to school together." Tang Liwei thought about it when he knew that Chen Chi wanted to learn a foreign language. up.There are three foreign language professional schools in Beijing, and many schools offer good foreign language majors. With Chen Chi's grades, he can go to Beijing.However, the only sports school in Beijing that is well-known nationwide is more difficult to take the exam, and the places in their province are limited every year. If Chen Chi really wants to take the exam in Beijing, he will definitely go all out.He is not worried about the culture class at all, but he is worried that the sports major may not meet the school's standards. He also knows that many of the students admitted to the North Sports have either trained since childhood or have the title of national athlete. willing to apply.

"Let's see when the time comes. I have asked the teacher. The requirements of those foreign language colleges are relatively high. My foundation is too poor. At best, I can only take the exam. I still have two years to practice. Let's talk about it later. If you can’t go to Beijing, there are other schools you can go to, and the foreign language school of our provincial normal university is also very good.” Chen Chi said.

"Chen Chi, let me tell you, I have also asked my sister and checked a lot by myself. The provincial teacher's school is guaranteed, and the others can be admitted as much as possible. Listen to me, no matter where we go. Try to stay in one place, even if it's closer." Tang Liwei became anxious as he spoke, wishing he could tell him directly: Chen Chi, I like you, and I want to fall in love with you after I go to college, so I can't go to another place.

"Hey, why are you thinking so much now? I still have two years to think about it. What I'm thinking is to work harder to get more points in the college entrance examination. You don't know how good those students are in the class. They work hard every day. I really feel that I can’t compare with them. There are so many test papers that people can finish on time and according to the amount. Not to mention that I have to find other exercises. I have already practiced the real questions in Huanggang. You are okay, after all, you study physical education, and you are from Beijing. If you can’t go, you can still go to Shanghai, Wuhan, Guangzhou. I can also go to Tianjin, Hefei, or Wuhu. It doesn’t mean we have to go to the same place, as long as the school we go to is good.” Chen Chi didn’t know Tang Li Because he wanted to go to the same place for the exam with him, he simply thought that Tang Liwei just wanted to continue his classmate relationship with him, and it would be a good thing to have someone from his hometown go to school together when he went to university.

After Tang Liwei heard what he said, he couldn't say anything anymore. He looked at him calmly and Chen Chi was busy with his own business. Finally, he swept the kitchen floor and saw Tang Liwei standing at the door in a daze.

"Hey, Mr. Tang, you are stupid." Chen Chi looked at him really funny.

"You're not stupid." Tang Liwei responded, he actually wanted to say to him: Big fool, why do I want to go to the same place with you?Can't figure it out?Can't you see that I'm so clingy to you every day?Who are you stupid!

"This sentence is the truth." Chen Chi ignored him and muttered to himself.After he finished sweeping the floor, he went to the main room. Tang Liwei stood in the yard watching the sky outside the door.Chen Chi went in for a while before coming out and said to him: "Wait for me at home, I'll call next door and ask if my uncle is home, I don't want to go to town this afternoon, go tomorrow." Answer and go out.

After a while, Chen Chi came back and said to Tang Liwei: "It's fine today, let's take you to play on Shihe in the afternoon, and go to the town tomorrow morning. My uncle went to the city to buy goods, and my aunt will ask for it later." Take the child back to her mother's house, and if grandma doesn't come back at night, it will be the two of us." Chen Chi went into the house and changed into a pair of broken sneakers, took the keys and dragged Tang Liwei out.

Tang Liwei let him pull at first, and then held his hand with his backhand. Chen Chi wanted to tear it away but did not tear it off. Seeing this, Tang Liwei pulled his hand into his coat pocket.Chen Chi squinted and rolled his eyes at him without saying a word.

"Is there any water in the river?" Tang Liwei asked, and Chen Chi felt very uncomfortable when the two of them walked close together.

"No, there will be no water in winter now, the bottom of the river is dry, and the reservoir will only release water when rice seedlings are planted in spring." Chen Chi was still pulling his hand vigorously while speaking, "Let go, what does this look like? .”

"Then what are we going to see, a dry river? There is no grass or anything, what's so interesting about a bare river dam?" Tang Liwei expressed his incomprehension, "Don't move, it's not good to cover your hands, who will With this kind of treatment, why don’t you enjoy it and thank me.”

"I don't want this kind of treatment yet. According to what you say, I can repay your kindness to me with a physical promise. It's really boring." Chen Chi didn't bother to talk to him anymore, but he still hurt him with his words. sentence.

"I don't mind, you can make a promise now, and I will tell people that you are my little wife in the future. Hey, it's really strange. Hahaha!" Tang Liwei took the slap in the face, and stretched out his mouth while speaking. Putting his arms around Chen Chi, Chen Chi saw that he was no longer pulling his hand and immediately took it out, but he still couldn't pass him, so he stopped him by the shoulder and hugged him.

"Tang Liwei, can you walk well? I'm convinced. You must have eaten too much at noon." Chen Chi was staggered by his arms and leaned on his shoulder. He was not as tall as Tang Liwei. There was a sharp pain in his shoulder.

"..." Tang Liwei felt that he was about to piss off Chen Chi, so he let go of his hand, but his face was full of incomprehension.

"I don't even walk in a regular shape. I'm really convinced. I don't know why I need to be so tall." Chen Chi rubbed his face, and saw a few obvious red marks on his hand being dragged by him. Li Wei really didn't know how to think about others, so he turned to rubbing his hands again.

Tang Liwei saw how cute he was rubbing his face and hands for a while, and wished he could hold him in his arms.But he also considered that it would be difficult to do it outside, so he thought that he must let Chen Chi sleep with him at night, otherwise he would have come in vain.

The two of them walked along the Shihe embankment, and there were stretches of peach trees beside the embankment. At this time, bare branches stretched out like devil's withered hands stood into a large peach forest.On the other side is an endless flat world, with large patches of green wheat.There is no water in the river, but groups of sheep are looking for food below with their heads down, and the sheep herders sit on the top of the river gate and watch.

"There are so many sheep, do you know the sheep herder?" Tang Liwei had never seen so many sheep herding together.

"I don't know, maybe it's from the South team. People there like to feed a lot of livestock in every household, and some people feed cattle. In our village, they just plant some fields. They go out to dig herbs in their slack. They don't like to feed too many livestock. It can't be raised well." Chen Chi said.

"You guys are still digging herbs. Where are you digging? What herbs are you digging?" Tang Liwei became interested. He only knew that there was a traditional Chinese medicine hospital in the county that specialized in traditional Chinese medicine. People would come in and out every day, and many of them would carry a bag of medicine. Big bags of traditional Chinese medicine could not come from the hospital, but he had never seen fresh herbs, and he did not know how to dig them up.

"Well, I usually dig in autumn. When the rice is harvested and the wheat has not been planted, I go to the city or the bay. There will be a lot of herbs at the bottom of the lake there."

"Then have you dug?" Tang Liwei wanted to know if Chen Chi had dug.

"I haven't been there to dig. I've only dug some simple ones in front of my house, like geese not eating grass."

"What?"

"It's a kind of herbal medicine that can cure rhinitis." Chen Chi wanted to explain clearly.

"That's too awesome."

"Actually, it's just a simple treatment, and I only know its medicinal properties."

"That's terrible. Is it true that geese don't eat it?" Tang Liwei felt that the name of the herb was too funny.

"There are many herbs that geese don't eat." Chen Chi didn't know how to tell him.

"Yes, that's right." Tang Liwei nodded with a vague understanding.

The two of them stopped talking, and Chen Chi took him to a relatively barren place, where there were no crops in the large fields, and there were large and small single or multiple graves around the fields, and the graves stretched farther and farther. By the side of a large pond, there can be seen people living there.

"Are these graves?" Tang Liwei asked.

"Well, yes, this is a big cemetery. People from several villages make graves here. When I was a child, I heard that it was a mass grave, but people in the family will be buried here when they die, so it should be regarded as a geomantic treasure." Chen Chi Pointing to the grave, he said, "Look, that piece of land is relatively high. The upper part is the river and the lower part is the Longwangtang, the only highland in the middle. Every summer when the rainy season comes, the water level of the Longwangtang will rise but it will never be flooded." Go to the cemetery. I heard from the adults that the Earth Immortal had seen there, and said that it used to be the old grave of the Sha family. The Sha family was a big family on the edge of Longwangtang. Now everyone in that village is named Sha. It used to be a big landlord's family who was very powerful. When we were young, we liked to play there, because many fields beside the cemetery would grow corn and sweet potatoes, and we all liked to break other people's corn and eat it."

"You still stole other people's corn when you were a child?" Tang Liwei couldn't believe that Chen Chi, who is now gentle and sensible, had stolen things when he was a child.

"It can't be considered stealing. We all went with the adults. The adults broke the corn there, and the younger ones would each break one and cook it on the ridge of the field. That way we wouldn't run around and the adults could watch us. Otherwise, the children in the countryside are not easy to manage, and some children in the family do not go to the pond to swim at noon in summer and will not come back.”

"If you don't come back, then it's impossible to go to someone else's house." Tang Liwei didn't understand the meaning of Chen Chi's words.

"Hey, if you don't come back, you will be flooded. How can you be such a smart person? How can you not understand? There are too many ponds in our place, and this kind of thing used to happen all the time. The adults would not say that the child was drowned as if it had been discussed. It's bad luck." Chen Chi felt that Tang Liwei always lost the chain at critical moments.

"Oh, so that's what happened, then why are you guys so naughty?" Tang Liwei asked in puzzlement. He never heard of his parents talking about how naughty he was, because he had never traveled far alone. place to play.

"Children in the countryside don't have many toys. Everyone likes all the children to play together. Sometimes they like to go to the bottom of the river to herd geese and sheep with the old people, and play with mud in the river. The old people just watch the livestock and watch us. It's too hot in summer. Everyone is kept at home by their parents, but there are always some children who are more skinny, and they sneak out to play while their parents are taking a nap at noon, and accidents are prone to happen."

"From what I've heard, it's something that children in rural areas need to buy."

"Everywhere children are shopping, but if you have toys in your city, we can only play by ourselves, and there are so many accidents in the local big ponds."

"It seems that you are a good boy, you must be obedient."

When Chen Chi heard Tang Liwei say this about himself, he smiled and didn't answer him.

"What are you laughing at? Could it be that you were better than them when you were young, right? I don't feel like that at all. You see that you are sensible and know how to do things. You must be helping your uncle with work." Tang Liwei was teased by Chen Chi's laugh Get all hairy.

"When I was a child, I ran to the cemetery alone to spend the night watching the will-o'-the-wisps. My family was so anxious that I thought it was haunted. They didn't beat me and scold me. They burned mugwort leaves every day and boiled verbena to bathe me. I was afraid of being haunted. I didn’t dare to tell the truth after fighting for a whole summer.” Chen Chi laughed while talking, “Do you still think I’m obedient?”

"..." Tang Liwei was already surprised when he heard the will-o'-the-wisps, and then he was speechless when he heard that he slept in the cemetery all night.

"Actually, it's not bad. Uncle and the others easily plowed out a coffin when they opened up the wasteland. We've all seen it."

"..." Tang Liwei continued to be shocked.

"In summer, you can enjoy the shade on the roof of the bungalow, and in the second half of the night, you can see the will-o'-the-wisps dancing on the embankment. The white and red ones are very beautiful."

"..." Tang Liwei no longer knew what to do.

"Actually, you should know that the will-o'-the-wisp is the phosphorus fire. The chemistry teacher in junior high school has already mentioned it. Hey, Tang Liwei, are you stupid?" Chen Chi looked at himself with strange eyes when Tang Liwei didn't speak. It was incomprehensible and helpless.

"No, I didn't expect you to be such a spoiled child. I was mistaken." Tang Liwei said a well-behaved sentence.

"The children in the countryside are all shopping, but it's winter now. If it's summer, I can show you will-o'-the-wisps, and I can also take you to catch eels. I catch eels and sell them every summer."

"Catching rice field eels is still very good. Let's just watch the will-o'-the-wisps. I want to live a few more years." Tang Liwei didn't know whether he was really timid or just pretending.

"He's so timid after growing so tall, he's convinced. Okay, let's go back. I'll see what I have for dinner. Get up early tomorrow and go to town. Do you want to come with me?" Chen Chi asked him.

"How early?" Tang Liwei asked back.

"It's around 5 o'clock. I'll go by the neighbor's farm vehicle, so I have to go early with them." Chen Chi said.

"Well, just call me when the time comes." Tang Liwei said, "Have you really seen the ghost fire?" He was still thinking about the ghost fire, and he really didn't dare to connect Chen Chi with this matter.

"Really, it's not that I want to see it. It will be available in summer. Many people have seen it." Chen Chi laughed at him because he was timid and also laughed that he had never experienced this, but he knew that Tang Liwei had grown up in the county. The living conditions of rural children.

"Okay, let's turn this matter over, let's go home." Tang Liwei was no longer interested in continuing to look at the scenery.

"Hahahaha..." Chen Chi looked at his expression as if he was frightened, it was funny even thinking about it.

Tang Liwei was embarrassed to say anything when he saw Chen Chixiao's ups and downs, so just joke around and settle accounts with you when you get home.