Chapter 29 It’s so fragrant, this fresh cucumber smell
Xu Zijun didn’t want to pay attention and walked back to the dormitory.
There are four bunk beds in the dormitory, which can accommodate eight people. Each dormitory has a room manager.
Lin Kai, the director of Xu Zijun's dormitory, had a good relationship with Xu Zijun. Lin Kai patted him on the shoulder and said, "Zijun, don't pay attention to him. The more you pay attention to him, the more energetic he will be."
"Well, I'm fine." Xu Zijun placed the cherries and cucumbers on his desk in the middle of the dormitory.
Other roommates came back one after another. Some had finished their lunch, and some brought fried noodles. When they saw the cherries on the table, they asked whose they were and if they could eat them.
Xu Zijun was reading a book and said: "You guys should wash up and eat."
Boys are not overly polite to each other. When Xu Zijun said this, one of the boys directly picked up a bag of cherries and washed it.
After washing, I put it on the table, and several people started eating it.
“Delicious.”
"It's not unreasonable for cherries to be so expensive. They taste so good."
Xu Zijun also tasted a few. They were quite delicious, but they were expensive.
One of the roommates said while eating:
"I remember that cherries just entered the market this year, and they are the most expensive. This small one only costs five yuan. Zijun, why did your mother buy such an expensive fruit?"
Everyone also knows that the conditions of Xu Zijun’s family are not good.
Lin Kai patted the man on the shoulder and said, "Mother Zijun, buy some good fruit and let everyone try it. You can eat it."
The boy later realized that what he said was a bit hurtful. He wanted to make up for it, but when he saw there was another bag over there, he stood up and said, "Hey, what's another bag here? Zijun, your mother is so kind to you."
The bag is a transparent white bag, but it is not clearly visible when placed on the table.
He opened the bag and took a look, "Ah, it's a cucumber."
This tone is a bit surprising.
Xu Zijun said calmly: "I have liked eating cucumbers since I was a child. The cucumbers at home were ripe, so my sister brought some for me."
Other roommates are soft-spoken.
Someone said: "Cucumbers are delicious. I like to eat mixed cucumbers the most when I am at home. Add some sugar and white vinegar, mix them in a basin, and put them in the refrigerator to chill for a while. They are so delicious." p>
"Me too. I went to my grandma's house and picked cucumbers myself. There weren't many snacks at my grandma's house, so we all ate cucumbers as snacks."
Lin Kai also said: "I also like to eat cucumbers."
The boys talked and talked, easing Cucumber's embarrassment.
Xu Zijun didn't lie, he really liked eating cucumbers. The lunch he had eaten at noon was a little digested now, so he got up and took a cucumber to wash.
There are faucets and toilets in the dormitory, so washing is very convenient.
He came back from washing a cucumber.
Lin Kai said: "Zijun, it's so long that you can't finish it by yourself, let's take half of it each."
Xu Zijun wanted to say that he had finished eating.
However, he also knew that Lin Kai was trying to save himself and was afraid that he would be embarrassed to eat cucumbers alone.
So, he broke off half of it and gave it to Lin Kai.
Lin Kai took a bite and started chewing.
"This cucumber... seems different from what I usually eat. It's so delicious."
After saying that, he took another bite. Lin Kai had a big mouth and ate quickly. He finished half of the cucumber in four or five mouthfuls. He still said, "Zijun, did you grow this cucumber yourself?" p>
"Yeah." Xu Zijun nodded, sat in the previous position, and took a bite.
Some fresh cucumber juice flows in, and it tastes crunchy but not hard, tender and delicious, just like cucumber.
I don’t know if I haven’t eaten raw cucumber for a long time, but the taste is even better than I remembered.
Cheerilee has already finished eating, and the other roommates smelled the cucumber smell, and felt a little anxious inside.
Logically speaking, it's just a cucumber.
But when Xu Zijun and Lin Kai ate it, the cucumber seemed to be particularly fragrant. The whole dormitory was filled with the light fragrance of cucumber, which made people feel that it was a bit cooler in the dormitory without air conditioning.
Cucumbers and summer are a perfect match.
But everyone just finished eating cherries and went to eat cucumbers, which was a bit too much.
One of the roommates took out a box of chocolates from the box. He had given them to his roommates when he came to school, but he still had a box. He walked over with the chocolates and said, "Zijun, I can exchange this box for one."
Cucumber?"
Xu Zijun looked at his box of chocolates. He remembered that his roommate's mother had brought them back from abroad. They were quite expensive, so after he had opened a box and distributed it to everyone, even though it was delicious, no one was too embarrassed to ask for it.<
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Xu Zijun waved his hand: "Everyone can take what they want and exchange it for me. No need. If you usually have something to eat, wouldn't you share it with me?"
When everyone heard this, they became rude.
Several people took a cucumber and washed it. After washing, they broke it into several pieces and each of them tasted a little.
"This cucumber has a great cucumber flavor and doesn't taste astringent at all. Hey, Zijun, is this cucumber different from the dark green cucumbers used for cooking?"
Seeing that his roommate thought it was delicious, Xu Zijun smiled and said, "This is a local cucumber, so the skin is green with a bit of white. When mature, it tastes crisp but not astringent, and has fewer thorns on the outside. It is not the same variety as the dark green cucumber.
, but I don’t know what kind of cucumber it is specifically. This kind of cucumber is grown at home anyway.”
"No wonder, it tastes completely different from that kind of cucumber. This cucumber is so crispy, has a lot of water, and has a bit of fragrance and sweetness. It's so delicious."
"Yes, I think it tastes good too. It tastes even better than that cherry."
"Zijun, I finally understand why you have liked eating cucumbers since you were a child. If my cucumbers were so delicious, I would have liked them too since I was a child."
"Well, it smells really good, with this fresh cucumber flavor. I just ate Malatang, and my stomach that was originally burning felt like it was gone after eating this cucumber."
In the past, everyone always felt that Xu Zijun's family conditions were not good, and sometimes he would be careful when speaking, for fear of hurting the other person's self-esteem.
Now, because of a cucumber, the relationship between several boys is closer.
A few days later, Lin Kai stared at Xu Zijun's face and said, "Hey, the pimples on your face now only have a little red mark. I remember that you seemed to have more and more pimples before, and it felt like your face was almost ruined."
"Really?" Xu Zijun didn't pay attention to this. There was no mirror in the boys' dormitory, so he touched it with his hand and found that it was no longer swollen.
Lin Kai looked at the only cucumber left on the table and said firmly: "It must be because you eat one cucumber every day."
"No way." Xu Zijun smiled.
"It must be! After all, your cucumbers are so delicious and must have high nutritional content." Lin Kai is now a loyal fan of cucumbers. "You had trouble getting rid of your acne before, so you ate cucumbers and it got better. Wait.
This week during the monthly holiday, I’m going to my grandma’s house to pick some cucumbers and bring them to school to eat. I’ve already begun to fall in love with cucumbers.”
Xu Zijun didn't think too much, as long as his face didn't continue to be bad. The anxiety about his appearance due to acne before was now gone, and he was more focused on studying.