() The sky gradually became brighter, and the morning crow of roosters began to sound in Yunzhai.
Lu Yang struggled in bed all night, not knowing when he finally fell asleep.
Lu Yang was sleeping too lightly, so he was woken up by the crow of roosters. He covered his ears but couldn't fall asleep again. He simply got up and planned to do some stretching exercises outside after brushing his teeth.
"Xiao Yang, you got up quite early!"
After lazily walking down the stairs, Lu Yang heard the greeting and raised his head listlessly. The pair of panda eyes were half-opened and half-closed, and he vaguely looked at the figure in front of him.
Xu Wei's face was covered with water. He was holding a towel in one hand and a toothbrush in the other. He must have just come back from washing up. Going to bed late seemed to have no effect on him. He was still dreaming and didn't sleep well. At this time, his voice was lazily saying hello.
Said: "It's early for you too..."
"Xiao Yang," Xu Wei wiped his face and asked casually: "Is your injury infected?"
Lu Yang was about to answer when footsteps were heard on the stairs, but it was Jiang Yuan who walked down.
Going to bed late didn't seem to have much effect on her. She put on a new set of sportswear, her steps were brisk, her face remained radiant, and she still looked extremely pretty.
Seeing the two of them, Jiang Yuan stopped. In fact, her head was still a little dizzy, but when she saw the funny look of Lu Yang looking at her stupidly, she smiled and felt much better.
"Uncle Xu, morning!" Jiang Yuan greeted Xu Wei.
"Well, morning! Morning!"
After Xu Wei wiped his face, he stepped forward to see Lu Yang's wound, but saw a brand new triangle bandage in his shirt, and asked in surprise: "Xiao Yang, did you change the bandage yourself at night?"
"Huh? Oh..." Lu Yang responded insincerely, feeling much better.
He looked at Jiang Yuan beside him, whose face was gradually turning red in the fresh morning air.
So cute!
"Ah, it's okay to change it, just don't get infected!"
Xu Wei was not stupid either. Looking at this scene, he nodded, ducked into his room, and closed the door.
After all, despite his age, Jiang Jingdong was still sleeping soundly. Seeing that appearance, Xu Wei gave a rare chuckle.
Lu Yang saw Jiang Yuan also holding a towel and toothbrush, so he took the initiative to break the stagnant atmosphere and said: "Go wash up!"
"Oh," Jiang Yuan didn't look at anyone, nodded slightly, and agreed: "Okay."
The two of them walked outside side by side. The eldest daughter-in-law of the Lao Shi family was really diligent. She had already gotten up and boiled hot water and was waiting in the kitchen.
When Lao Shi's wife saw the two of them smiling and saying hello, Lu Yang and Jiang Yuan responded quickly. She found two small basins for them and filled them with hot and cold water.
The kitchen was too small, and Lu Yang was about to pick up the small basin and go outside.
Jiang Yuan had already picked up two small washbasins and whispered: "You take the cups."
So Lu Yang took the two bamboo cups handed over by Lao Shi's wife, filled them with water, and followed Jiang Yuan outside.
There is usually a fenced porch on the front of the stilted building, and a long wooden back chair called a "daughter's chair" is installed inside. The owner can receive visitors here, and the daughter-in-law can also do needlework here in her spare time.
Lu Yang and Jiang Yuan walked along the fence corridor to the top, where the waste water from washing can be poured down directly, and there is a water pipe below that leads to the latrine.
Jiang Yuan put down the two small washbasins, put a towel around her neck, took out a tube of Crest toothpaste from her trouser pocket and applied it on her toothbrush. However, she found that Lu Yang next to her was holding a toothbrush in her right hand and just looked at her without moving.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Yuan asked strangely.
Lu Yang smiled and shook his head, holding the toothbrush in his mouth. He reached into his trouser pocket with his right hand and took out a tin tube of cold sour toothpaste. He was about to use his left hand to unscrew the cap.
"I'll do it."
Jiang Yuan didn't think twice, she took Lu Yang's cold sour spirit and applied it on the toothbrush he held in his mouth.
Lu Yang held a toothbrush in his right hand, endured the discomfort in his left shoulder, held a cup in his left hand, and began to brush his teeth silently.
When I'm with this girl, I can really feel the huge difference between the two of them.
I have to admit that Lu Yang's sensitive little heart was a little stimulated at this time.
Jiang Yuan was not slow either. The boy beside her suddenly became depressed, and she naturally felt it. Although she didn't understand why, she didn't ask any more questions.
After the two of them brushed their teeth, Jiang Yuan twisted the towel for Lu Yang, and then the two of them began to wash their faces silently.
After washing up, Lu Yang picked up the small washbasin first, and Jiang Yuan only picked up her own.
The two silently returned the things to the kitchen, then silently went upstairs to their respective attics.
Lu Yang opened the door and was about to go in to change a pair of shoes and prepare to go out for some activities.
Jiang Yuan suddenly asked: "Does your shoulder still hurt?"
Lu Yang turned around and looked at the beautiful face that became more beautiful after washing, and the concern hidden in the soft eyes, and he felt much better.
He smiled slightly and replied: "It doesn't hurt anymore."
"Oh..." Jiang Yuan nodded, looking at the ground, and said softly: "It's still early, do you want to go out for a walk?"
"Huh?" A trace of surprise appeared on Lu Yang's face, then he smiled, nodded and said, "Okay!"
So the two of them put down their towels and toothbrushes in a tacit understanding, changed their shoes, closed the door and went downstairs, then quietly left the stilted building.
The Miao family is used to working out day and night. It was already bright at this time, and many stilted buildings were bustling with activity. There were even people carrying hoes planning to work in the fields.
Lu Yang has been to Yunzhai before. Although he was a few years younger at that time and has changed a lot now, many people are still impressed by him and say hello one after another.
However, most people spoke with too strong accents, and Lu Yang could only partially understand them.
Some of them also smiled kindly at Jiang Yuan and said a few words, but unfortunately she didn't understand them.
When the two walked out of the village gate, Jiang Yuan asked, "What did they just say?"
"They said..." Lu Yang smiled and expressed his true feelings, "You are more beautiful than a fairy."
"..."
As if she had been trained, Jiang Yuan's face did not turn red. She glared at Lu Yang, then smiled and walked forward faster.
Seeing Bi Ren walking briskly, Lu Yang's mood became lighter and he quickened his pace to follow.
On the edge of the cliff facing down the mountain from Yunzhai, there is a big tree that looks to be hundreds of years old.
Under the shade of the big tree, a small wooden pavilion was built with wooden benches and wooden tables inside.
After walking for more than ten minutes, the two of them saw the pavilion and walked inside with a tacit understanding. They each found a stool and sat down.
The water vapor is quite heavy this morning and the sun is not visible, but the clouds and mist are lingering below the cliff, making this place quite a bit like a fairyland.
Jiang Yuan looked at the sea of clouds under the cliff and was in a good mood, so she didn't pay attention to the unrestrained gaze of someone beside her and just admired the sea of clouds quietly.
"Jiang Yuan." Seeing that the other party ignored him, Lu Yang could only speak.
"Huh?" Jiang Yuan turned around and looked at Lu Yang with questioning eyes.
"Jiang Yuan." Lu Yang laughed and called again.
"..." Jiang Yuan knew that the other party was teasing her, so she rolled her eyes and looked at Yunhai again.
"Jiang Yuan," Lu Yang called again. Seeing that the beauty ignored him, he had no choice but to continue asking questions: "Do you know where this is?"
"Where?" Jiang Yuan also learned to be smart and didn't look back. She just asked perfunctorily.
"This pavilion is called Youfangchang," Lu Yang seemed to have remembered something and said with a bad smile, "It's a place where boys and girls from the Miao family go on dates!"
"I don't believe it!" Jiang Yuan turned around as expected. It was not she who looked at Lu Yang suspiciously and said these words.
"..."
Lu Yang had no choice but to explain.
Youfangchang is a place where boys and girls from the Miao family meet together. Here they get to know each other through antiphonal songs, such as "meeting songs", "hymns", "love songs" and "escaping marriage songs". If there is something that both parties like
, they will find a place alone, talk about their hearts, and discuss life-long matters. When they finally determine that they are in love, they will exchange tokens and make a lifelong commitment to each other. The tokens exchanged are mostly bracelets and necklaces for women, and rings and headscarves for men.
Then both parties tell their relatives, and after they agree, the man will come to propose marriage. Of course, some people don't agree, and at this time they can only escape from the marriage.
"If you meet a boy you like very much, but your family doesn't agree." Lu Yang put away his smile and asked seriously: "Would you run away from marriage?"
Seeing the seriousness in Lu Yang's eyes, Jiang Yuan thought seriously for a while, shook her head and said, "No! That would be irresponsible to everyone."
Seeing Lu Yang's eyes darken, Jiang Yuan smiled slightly and added: "But I will help him so that he can make my family agree!"
Lu Yang's eyes suddenly lit up in the thin clouds.
Jiang Yuan felt a little shy. What did she say in front of Lu Yang?
With this thought in her mind, Jiang Yuan couldn't help the blush spreading on her cheeks. She stood up in a hurry and said nothing.
"Let's go, it's time to have breakfast!"
As soon as they entered the village, heavy raindrops began to fall from the sky. The two of them hurriedly ran back to Lao Shi's stilted building.
At this time, Lao Shi's daughter-in-law had prepared breakfast. Side by side, they entered the main room under the inquiring eyes of everyone in the room, and each sat down next to his father.
"Yuanyuan," Jiang Jingdong glanced at Lu Yang with a smile and asked, "Where did you and Lu Yang go?"
"Oh, the air is nice this morning. Let's go for a walk." Jiang Yuan couldn't resist Jiang Jingdong's inquiring gaze. Seeing that there were few people at the table, she changed the topic and asked, "Where are aunt and Jiang Yang? Why don't you come down? I'll go.
have a look!"
After speaking, Jiang Yuan got up and went to the attic. Lu Yang was the only one in the hall who faced everyone's gaze.
Fortunately, Jiang Jingdong didn't ask any more questions. He just waved his hand and said, "I don't know what happened to Jinghua mother and daughter. We won't wait any longer. Let's eat first!"
Lu Yang felt like he was being pardoned, so he quickly took an empty bowl and asked Lao Shi's daughter-in-law to help fill a bowl of rice porridge.
Under the inquiring eyes of Lu Jiangan and Zhang Shufen, Lu Yang picked up a piece of rice cake and took a bite, preparing to concentrate on eating.
Thump thump!
There was a series of rapid footsteps, and Jiang Yuan suddenly appeared and ran down the stairs, her tone a little panicked.
