Wu Wanyi was a little confused as to whether the rain had anything to do with Chang Xing. Suddenly, she suddenly thought about it. It seemed that it didn't matter whether there was a relationship or not. Some things were not beautiful if we got to the bottom of it.
"They say the food you cook is very delicious. I'm eating at your place today. You won't mind it, right?" Wu Wanyi said with a smile.
Chang Xing smiled and said: "I have a simple meal here. As long as Teacher Wu doesn't dislike it, you can come and eat whenever you want."
Wu Wanyi moved a stool and sat down in Changxing's kitchen. Changxing's kitchen was a little different from other kitchens in Xianjiqiao. It was very clean, and the stove was also very clean. It was paved with stone slabs and polished very smooth, like a side.
It's like a mirror, which can illuminate your face clearly. The fire in the stove is red, but there is no smoke at all in the kitchen. There is no chimney in the kitchen, so I don't know where the smoke goes.
"Your kitchen is so clean!" Wu Wanyi admired. In rural areas, firewood is now burned, and it is normal for the kitchen to be filled with smoke and dust. Even the canteen of the Youth Farm has a specially built chimney, but in the canteen
The oil fume was still very heavy. At the beginning, I was very concerned about it and cleaned it frequently. Later, I gradually got used to it and just cleaned a few important places.
"I haven't lived in this house for long," Chang Xing said.
"The canteen of our farm seems to be so clean with Aka. Later, I didn't bother to clean it. The farm work was still very tiring. When I came back from work, I lay on the bed and didn't want to move a finger." Wu Wanyi looked at her palms and said,
It turns out that my fair and supple hands have grown many calluses.
"It's really not easy for you city dwellers to come to our hometown," Chang Xing said.
"Actually, it's nothing. People in Xianjiqiao have lived like this all their lives, shouldn't they be able to get used to it? I feel that people have lived a very solid life during these days in Xianjiqiao. I used to feel like a parasite. Now
I finally felt the meaning of my existence." Wu Wanyi said sincerely.
"Actually, a cultured person like you should do more meaningful things. Maybe you will be able to return to the city in a few years." Chang Xing said.
"Maybe it's not that easy for me." Wu Wanyi looked a little sad.
"Why?" Chang Xing asked.
"My family background is not very good. I may not be able to go back in the short term." Wu Wanyi said.
"Heroes don't ask where they come from. I think you're a very nice person, Teacher Wu," Chang Xing said.
Wu Wanyi smiled and said no more. She stood up and walked around Chang Xing's room: "Do you mind if I look around in your room?"
"It's okay, you can just look at it." Chang Xing said.
Wu Wanyi looked around casually in Changxing's house. The house in Changxing was very clean and new, with no dust at all. The floor was very smooth, just like the cement floors in the city, but it seemed to be better than the cement floors.
It is more comfortable. The furniture is new and beautifully made. Unfortunately, it is not painted, but the wood surface is polished very smooth, which fully shows the original color of the wood. The Changxing Hall is similar to other homes in Xianjiqiao
, it’s just the location of the shrine. Other people’s houses have shrines, which are the shrines of their ancestors. There is also a shrine in Changxing Hall, but it’s not an ordinary shrine. There are strange characters written on it, even if Wu Wanyi’s research on ancient Chinese
Even though he was quite accomplished, he couldn't recognize some of the words on the characters. They looked like runes.
Wu Wanyi had long heard that Chang Xing was an orphan raised by an old Taoist priest, so it was not surprising to see this strange thing in Chang Xing's hall.
Pushing open the back door of the hall, the fruit saplings in the orchard behind are growing well. The various saplings, when combined together, have an indescribable rhythm. Wu Wanyi can't explain the beauty of it, but she just feels comfortable looking at it.
The air here seems to be particularly fresher than elsewhere, and the air inhaled seems to have a sweet smell. It is completely different from other farmers' homes in Xianjiqiao, where the air always has a faint smell of livestock manure. Even if
It seems to be more comfortable than in the mountains.
"Actually, it's not bad to live in a place like this all your life." Wu Wanyi muttered inexplicably in her heart.
"Teacher Wu, it's time to eat." Chang Xingzai walked out of the kitchen and wiped his hands with a towel.
Wu Wanyi just walked out of the orchard: "The air in your orchard is so sweet!"
"It's none of my business. No matter how much sugar I have, I can't put it into the air." Chang Xing smiled. In fact, he knew that the reason why Wu Wanyi felt the air was sweet was because the aura in the air was stronger than in other places.
It is more intense. A large group of various birds are attracted here every day. Chang Xing has long been used to it. The Feng Shui bureau arranged by Chang Xing has begun to work.
Wu Wanyi was so amused by Chang Xing that she couldn't stop giggling.
The dishes Chang Xing makes are very simple, including stir-fried bacon with dried bamboo shoots, stir-fried beans, and loofah soup.
"You eat so richly every day? Then I will come to your place more often." Wu Wanyi said with a smile.
"Welcome!" Chang Xing said with a smile, "Actually, these are some home-cooked dishes. My dog often goes to the mountains to catch some prey and comes back. These bacon are all wild animals. So I owe it to rhubarb."
"That's true. Our farm only focuses on growing food, and we grow a little less vegetables. I will go back and tell them later that we can't just grow food, but also need to grow more types of vegetables to improve our lives." Wu Wanyi said.
"Actually, this is very easy. There are some open spaces around your farm. Just plant some vegetables and the vegetables will be enough to eat. Didn't you see that we in Xianji Bridge even plant crops on the field ridges?" Chang Xing said.
"Yes. Soybeans are planted on many field ridges. They grow quite well. In fact, soybeans add fertilizer and can improve the soil. Planting soybeans on field ridges is very smart." Wu Wanyi has seen the effect of nitrogen fixation on trees.
, know that soybean is a nitrogen-fixing plant.
No matter how advanced Chang Xing's Taoism is, he still can't understand how soybeans can improve the soil. However, he understands the five elements of plants. If they are well matched, they can build a Feng Shui situation and prosper each other. But what substances are produced? Tao Master
Need to know?
Wu Wanyi ate without ceremony. She ate one more bowl of rice than usual. After finishing the meal, she even patted her bulging belly regardless of appearance.
Chang Xing couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Am I a little embarrassed? It's been a long time since I've had such a delicious meal." Wu Wanyi suddenly thought of the steaming meals her mother had cooked. She felt sour and tears suddenly fell down.
"No, no, I didn't laugh at you." Chang Xing panicked.
Wu Wanyi saw Chang Xing's bewildered look and smiled: "I don't blame you, it's just that the meals you cooked made me a little homesick. In the past, when the family was together, they lived a happy life and went home from school every day.
, we can all eat the delicious food cooked by our mother.”
"Then you should come to my place to eat more often in the future. Anyway, the master hasn't come back, so I have been eating alone." Chang Xing didn't know what kind of happiness the family felt when they ate together. He only remembered being with the master.
The joy of eating together. Even if the craftsmanship is not good, he often cooks rice with uncooked rice and often burns the dishes, but Chang Xing always feels that there will always be crispy rice crackers under the uncooked rice and there will always be crispy rice in the burnt dishes.
A delicious piece of fatty meat.
"Okay, it's settled." Wu Wanyi smiled.
When Wu Wanyi returned to Youth Farm, the meal at Youth Farm was already over. Pan Xiaoling specially left food for Wu Wanyi.
"You haven't eaten yet? I specially left some food for you. Eat it while it's hot." Pan Xiaoling handed the food to Wu Wanyi.
"Hiccup! I've eaten." Wu Wanyi patted her bulging belly and burped.
"Whose house did you go to eat at? There are still oil stains on your mouth." Pan Xiaoling said.
"I went to Chang Xing's house. I wanted to ask him something, but ended up having a meal at his house. Chang Xing's craftsmanship is really good. The fried bacon with dried bamboo shoots was really delicious. All the greasyness of the cured wild boar was absorbed by the dried bamboo shoots.
It is absorbed cleanly, making the wild boar meat oily but not greasy. The dried bamboo shoots are completely revived in the hot water, and the aroma of bamboo shoots and meat are perfectly blended. The taste is really good." Wu Wanyi was full of praise.
"Wanyi, you eat alone and show off in front of me, are you worthy of me?" Pan Xiaoling said resentfully.
"Really, the food at Chang Xing's house is really good. One day, the two of us will have an excuse to go to his house for a meal?" Wu Wanyi said.
"Wanyi, you have changed and you have been corrupted by Chang Xing's food. I have to save you. What excuse are you looking for? Just marry Chang Xing and eat big fish and meat every day from now on." Pan Xiaoling
smiled.
"Nonsense." Wu Wanyi rolled her eyes at Pan Xiaoling, and the two of them chuckled.
Zhang Xilai, who was in high school, ran back home and announced excitedly that he would officially return to Xianjiqiao to attend Agricultural University: "In school, I either go to work or do nothing."
The real reason Zhang Xilai dropped out of school was because he saw with his own eyes some rebels in the school beating up an old man.
"Then what are you going to do in the future? Aren't you afraid that your father will beat you?" Chang Xing asked.
"My father has already agreed." Zhang Xilai said with a smile, "I said we are going to build a citrus orchard."
"Really starting an orchard?" Chang Xing said.
"Yes. You are already the director of the tea farm now. I will be the director of the gardening farm in the future. It just so happens that the four of us can play together more often. But, Chang Xing, I really want to do something great this time.
Come on. Why can these educated young people run a farm? Why can't we run a prosperous gardening farm?" Zhang Xilai said.
"Okay, then we will build a garden garden and an orchard from now on, and let you be the head of the field." Chang Xing said with a smile.
Although it is no longer possible to transplant saplings at this time, and there is no time to propagate fruit seedlings, but reclamation of barren hills can be done. There are several barren hills next to the tea farm, and Zhang Xilai plans to reclaim one to plant fruit trees.
Zhang Xilai told Zhou Maolin about his plan, and Zhou Maolin approved it without hesitation: "You young people are bold enough to do it. The whole village will help you with the reclamation work. You just want to clear all these barren mountains."
I also strongly support planting fruit trees!”
"Then use all the mountains to grow fruit trees. If you want to do it, just do it big." Zhang Xilai said.
"You kid, you are really brave." Zhou Maolin laughed.
