Chapter 23: Quiet Night Fragrance
Xiao Qiang's father is a soldier, and his mother also works in a military printing factory. Naturally, she knows the military's confidentiality measures. Because she knows, she picked up this notice without any "confidential" warnings, and she rejected the idea of returning it to the old man without thinking.
He was able to understand the old man's idea of loving the army and heartbroken by the frontline soldiers, which did not mean that he could accept the other party's anger on him.
He beaten up on the lawn and felt a lot of pain in his body. He would get angry if he was beaten up on the lawn. Xiao Qiang was no exception.
If he takes this notice, even if it can cause a little trouble to the old man, he will laugh a lot.
"Old man, my feet are so heavy. Don't let me see next time. Otherwise, no matter whether you are the leader or not, I will first have a Lushan Shenglong Ba, and then a Tianma Meteor Fist. I also want you to know why the flowers are so red..." Xiao Qiang pulled the escalator and moved into the inpatient department.
The military hospital is not to the public, and there are not many doctors, nurses and patients in the inpatient department. In the lazy sunshine in late autumn, only a few injured patients were wearing patient uniforms chatting by the pool. They were not surprised to see Xiao Qiang.
Seeing the ward door half-closed from a distance, Xiao Qiang stopped.
The soldiers of the army are used to seeking medical staff with minor injuries and minor illnesses. Unless necessary, no one will go to the hospital to stay. There are not many injured patients in the hospital department, and many beds are empty. He has always lived alone in a six-person room. When he went out, he pulled the door casually. Why is it now open?
Is it a nurse who checks in or a new patient?
Xiao Qiang came to the door and looked in through the crack of the door. His face was delighted. The delicate figure - it was Lin Yi!
She took off the warm sheets from the windowsill, laid them neatly on the bed where Xiao Qiang was sleeping, and leveled the wrinkles with her hands. She then took off the quilt from the windowsill, folded them properly, and placed them on the head of the bed.
Xiao Qiang felt a little embarrassed. The leisure time during this period made him very lazy. In addition, he was the only one in the ward and never tidy up the bed. When he got up, he just rubbed the bedside and rubbed it on the head of the bed. Anyway, he couldn't see it. As a man, who is not like this!
But Lin Yi would actually help him take all the quilts and bed sheets nested in the sun to dry them, and help him fold them and put them in order.
Looking at Lin Yi's steaming pretty face, Xiao Qiang couldn't move for a moment, and he didn't know whether it was because he was embarrassed or moved.
In his past and present memory, this was the only time, a girl, and a very excellent and beautiful girl. She would not dare to move for him if she had to say that she would not dare to move. Even he himself did not believe it.
But in addition to this, there was another emotion flowing in his heart. It was a strange, but also a warm, peaceful, comfortable, and sweet feeling. Seeing Lin Yi's white face turned red due to labor, and that faint and quiet smile, Xiao Qiang couldn't bear to push open the door, for fear that his tiny movements would make everything in front of him turn into bubbles.
Lin Yi looked out the sunny window, took out a book from her schoolbag, moved a chair to the window, sat down, opened the book, and started reading quietly.
The perspective of the door crack is not very good. When Xiao Qiang looked in from here, he could only see Lin Yi's smooth forehead and a few strands of black hair. Bathed in the autumn sunset, the forehead that showed a beautiful arc reflects the color of wheat, which is so beautiful...
Xiao Qiang always kept bowing and peeping, without feeling the passing of time at all, although he could only see a little...
"Why haven't he come back yet?" In the room, Lin Yi stretched out and closed the book lightly. The sun was about to set. Looking out from the window, a red cloud of fire reflected in the sky, and the ward turned into a ray of rays.
Xiao Qiang was awakened by her whispers, and suddenly realized that it was already dusk in the room. He straightened his waist and heard the clattering of bones all over his body. He was startled. He heard no abnormal movement in the room, so he tiptoed back to the entrance of the corridor, sang loudly "The sunset and the red clouds fly in the west", strode towards the ward, and pushed open the door.
"Lin Yi? Why are you here..." He asked in surprise, and after saying a little while, he saw Lin Yi's face as angry and happy as he suddenly couldn't say anything, just staring at her blankly.
This girl is mine, she is the baby given to me by God, I want her!
There is only one sentence in his heart, or such a vow!
"You're back." Lin Yi stood up from the chair, and was generous, as natural as her home.
Xiao Qiang glanced at the bed and scratched his head embarrassedly: "Sorry, I ran to the lawn behind in the afternoon to bask in the sun, and fell asleep unknowingly. This bed..."
"I sank the quilt to prevent parasites from growing." Lin Yi's eyes skipped a little joy. He noticed that just like an ordinary person, helping people still hope to hear the other party's praise. This is human nature, but she still said lightly.
"Thank you!" Xiao Qiang said seriously, with a sincere tone.
"Then, it's nothing, it's just a small effort..., that, Xiao Qiang..." A hint of blush flashed across Lin Yi's face, and she wanted to speak but stopped.
"What?" Lin Yi's shy expression made Xiao Qiang feel excited, and he couldn't help feeling dry from the quakes.
"That," Lin Yi hesitated, "Do you really want to go back to school?"
She looked at Xiao Qiang with big eyes, as if she was a little dissatisfied, and with a hint of expectation.
"Of course! I will return all the insults that Old Fairy Li gave me! I'm going to go back to school!" Xiao Qiang decided to do it.
Lin Yi let out a sigh of relief, and the blush on her face gradually dissipated, showing a faint worry: "Then why don't you read books? Before I came, I went to your house and heard from my aunt that you haven't read textbooks these days. After the school sent your schoolbag back that day, you didn't bring them to the hospital. She was also very worried. You also know how harsh Teacher Li's requirements are. Your previous grades are... If you don't work hard..."
Her eyes were so concerned, and she looked at Xiao Qiang steadily.
Xiao Qiang laughed silently. His parents, and Lin Yi didn't know that he could openly read the textbooks at any time or place, and he was bound to worry.
He was about to comfort Lin Yi, but suddenly he had a light of inspiration and said with a bitter face: "I know I should work hard too. But Lin Yi, you know. I have always had a weak foundation and can't understand it even with the textbook. I just want to study but don't know where to start."
"So you really want to learn?" Lin Yi shouted happily, and as her eyebrows stretched out, a youthful aura naturally overflowed, and she was stunned by Xiao Qiang.
"Hey, are you real?" Lin Yi pushed him dissatisfiedly when she saw him in a daze.
"Ah? Oh! I'm willing, I'm willing." Xiao Qiang's throat trembled, he swallowed a mouthful of water, and turned his attention away reluctantly.
"That's good!" Lin Yi's eyes flashed with pride of the plan, turned around, bent down and opened Xiao Qiang's bedside table, took out a schoolbag from it, which was Xiao Qiang's, and handed it to him with a smile, "Take it, this is what I brought from your house!"
"Ah!" Xiao Qiang looked at his schoolbag, then at Lin Yi's pretty face, touched the back of his head, feeling a little disappointed, "I said just now, I can't understand..."
"I'll teach you!"
"Really?" Xiao Qiang didn't come back to his senses for a moment, and suddenly understood, grabbed Lin Yi's hand, fearing that it was his hallucination just now.
"Yeah!" The blush quickly spread across the entire face. Lin Yi twitched her hands, without twitching, but only lowered her head, and the tips of her ears were so red that it seemed to be dripping bleeding.
There was a sound of the door and someone came in.
Lin Yi was so scared that she tried her best to pull her hands out, but Xiao Qiang didn't feel it, but she still held it tightly.
"Let go!" Lin Yi was so anxious that she was about to cry.
"Ah?" Xiao Qiang then reluctantly let go of his hand. The smooth feel was fed back to his brain from his touch and was deeply imprinted in his heart.
Wenrong came in, carrying a basket in his hand, containing two lunch boxes, two bowls and a thermos cup.
She could see at a glance that the atmosphere in the room was not right. Her son and the beautiful little girl named Lin Yi were standing face to face. The little girl blushed over her cheeks, and her son was still staring at her blankly.
As a person who has experienced it, she still doesn't understand anything, and she secretly blames her for not being the time to come.
But she was very calm and pretended not to see anything and knew nothing. She put the basket on her own: "Xiao Qiang, mom has brought you food. Lin Yi is your classmate. She just promised to bring your schoolbag for you. I think she came here just after school and must have not eaten yet. She made two lunch boxes and just happened to eat together."
"No, no, I'm going back." Lin Yi hurriedly pushed him away.
"How can that be! It's hard for you to come to see Xiao Qiang, and you are helping with things. How can you leave with an empty stomach? Xiao Qiang used to be the same deskmate with you. He is stupid and knows how to play all day long. I don't know how much trouble I have caused you. I don't know how to say thank you, so I'm here to have a simple meal. I just stewed a chicken today to try my skills!"
"That's right, didn't you promise to help me tutor my homework? We'll get the formal tutoring after eating something." Xiao Qiang didn't want her to leave, so he was naturally helping him. He unbuttoned the lid of the thermos cup, and a fragrance came to his face, "Wow, what a fragrant chicken soup!"
His throat trembled up and down sharply. He hurriedly took a bowl, scooped a bowl of chicken soup, and handed it to Lin Yi: "Come on, drink a bowl of chicken soup first."
Xiao Qiang and Lin Yi were growing up. In addition, Lin Yi had been waiting for him for so long and was really hungry. Seeing that Wenrong and Xiao Qiang were so enthusiastic, their movements were natural, just like everyone was a family, without any pretentiousness, so they were no longer polite.
"So fresh!" Xiao Qiang also scooped a bowl for himself, smelled the aroma in the bowl, drank it all in one go, and after drinking it, he still smacked his lips and savored it endlessly. Lin Yi, who was drinking the soup in a small sip, pursed her lips and smiled slightly.
Xiao Qiang smiled self-deprecatingly, then picked up another chicken thigh, put it in Lin Yi's bowl without saying a word, then grabbed a chicken wing and started eating it voraciously.
The flavor of this chicken is really unspeakable. It is not a taste artificially processed by seasonings such as MSG, but the real aroma of the local chicken itself. In his memory of his previous life, the chicken, duck and vegetables were much bigger than this, but the taste was gone. I didn’t expect that I could still eat such delicious food back in 1987.
"Auntie, why don't you eat?" Lin Yi asked carefully.
"When you finish eating, I will pack up my food and go home to eat with his dad. You can eat it yourself, don't worry about me."
Wenrong looked at her son with a smile and took the initiative to help Lin Yi pick up food from time to time. The sweet expressions of the two of them made her happy than any praise.
My son has grown up and knows to please the little girl. I don’t know when he will leave his mother and form his own family.
She was happy and reluctant to let go. When she heard Xiao Qiang say something in Lin Yi's ear, the two of them laughed and felt mixed emotions.
Xiao Qiang took the opportunity to have a meal and used the little joke as an introduction to chatting with Lin Yi very happily.
He remembered many jokes in his mind, and took them out one by one, which made Lin Yi laugh so hard that he leaned back and forth. The two of them said more than the ones they had in the ward for a light meal in the ward.
Lin Yi never knew that Xiao Qiang was so good at speaking, her language was witty and fluent, and her topic was extremely wide, and she looked at the problem very deeply. Before she knew it, the conversation between the two gradually became Xiao Qiang's words, and she listened quietly.
She looked at Xiao Qiang who was flirting with joy. Is this the one Xiao Qiang who used to be just playing and skipping classes?
From elementary school to high school, more people have found opportunities to talk to her, either to make her smile with her, to give advice, to learn, or to hand over notes. However, like Xiao Qiang, she can follow any topic and speak well. This is the first time she has seen her, except for a few adults with rich knowledge.
It turns out that he is such an excellent person, and a strange feeling arose in Lin Yi's heart.
Wenrong listened and was gradually surprised.
My son's personality is carefree, lively and active, and he can't keep things at home. Others don't know what his level is, but if he is a mother, there are still people who don't understand it.
But today it sounds like it is completely different from before. Putting aside the extensive knowledge system, you cannot know whether it is correct due to the level of Wenling. However, the son speaks clearly, has clear logic, and has a proper grasp of the topic. This is completely the level of an adult, and it is higher than that of ordinary people. When has his son reached this level!
Wenrong sighed again that his years had passed. His son had grown up and became an adult, and he was no longer the little hair that he had only known before, Chenghuan's knees.
After Xiao Qiang and the other two had dinner, Lin Yi helped Wen Rong clean up and sent Wen Rong away. Xiao Qiang and Lin Yi stood shoulder to shoulder and wandered in the small garden behind the hospital. Xiao Qiang explained to Lin Yi the real thing every plant, flowers, plants and trees here, their names, growth and flowering seasons, characteristics, suitable planting conditions, fragrance and shape, ornamental or medicinal use, etc.
Lin Yi enjoyed this atmosphere very much. Today, Xiao Qiang was like a learned scholar, talking and talking, which surprised her again.
If only this would be the case.
Insects in late autumn make a faint sound in the corner. In the dark garden, in the faint fragrance of osmanthus, the two figures are gradually approaching and blending with the night.
When they came to the lawn that Xiao Qiang used to come, the two of them sat on the ground, feeling the softness of the grass below, Xiao Qiang also stopped talking.
"Xiao Qiang..."
"Hmm?" Xiao Qiang closed his eyes, and a faint fragrance rippled in the air. He hoped that time would stop.
"Today..." Lin Yi was slow, "Teacher Li used you as a typical example and warned the poor students in the class that if he didn't study hard and listened to the teacher, he would be kicked out of school like you. Although I tried my best to argue, it was useless..."
"What?" Xiao Qiang stretched out his elbow and suddenly stood up.
Chapter completed!