hold on

How about it? "

"The one from last night?" Li Ci raised his head to look at him, "Did I laugh that stupidly then?"

"...not stupid." Le Wenze thought for a while, "Let me see."

Li Ci took out the painting and gave it to him.

Le Wenze looked at it, "I'm not stupid...you're laughing...the moon has become the sun."

"...the moon? The sun?" Li Ci thought about it and laughed, "You are the sunshine who wants to joke, full of vigor."

"...Probably so." Le Wenze handed the painting back, "It's not stupid anyway."

"Oh." Li Ci glanced at it again... still feeling stupid, and put it back in the drawer, probably looking at himself, how awkward he looked.

In the afternoon, Li resigned from class and took Uncle Wang's books with him, and went to school to ask Aunt Wang to pass them on.I really can't see it, either he is timid, or...

It turns out that the saying "people can't know too much" is such a truth.

The students who had just started school hadn't calmed down yet, and every week, each of them didn't know which black hole they were being sucked into. No matter how they pulled it, they only felt farther and farther away.

In the second period, the mind was flying back, but it was really noisy. Even the monitor took the lead in shouting slogans, "Keep homework! Keep homework! Keep..."

Li Ci was so noisy that he couldn't help it, so he called for a discussion, and finally finished the content of the plan in a hurry, and I don't know if they listened to it.

There is still some time left, so leave the homework first and let them do it first.

When the bell rang for the end of get out of class, and there was a sound of closing books and pens, no one cared whether Li Ci had announced the dismissal of class. He was still worried, and finally rushed to them before they left, and shouted at the top of his voice, "If anyone has anything Problem, find me on Sunday! I'm not here on Saturday."

Everyone took time out of their busy schedules to answer, said goodbye to him, and then ran away again. He waited for everyone to leave before he reluctantly packed his things and went back.

☆, up the mountain

When Li Ci went back, Le Wenze was still painting all the way, sitting under the tree in front of the house and facing the house, "Where are you painting the house?"

"Yeah." Le Wenze turned around and smiled at him, "I'm back."

"I'm back, let me go into a scene." Li Ci raised the book in his hand.

"En." Le Wenze nodded and continued to draw.

Li Ci went into the house, put away his books, moved a stool, and went out, sat next to him and watched him draw. There is always a sense of vicissitudes when the house is painted in black and white. It is alone in this valley and there is no one, especially when the door is stretched by the sun. The unoccupied chairs with their shadows look pitiful... and very lonely.

Fortunately, the room with the door open was clean and tidy. It looked as if someone lived there and just walked out, without any more bleak feeling.

Li Ci felt uncomfortable looking at it, and felt that an old man basking in the sun should be added to the chair to eliminate all the negative feelings and add a lazy and lazy atmosphere, but unfortunately there is no model.

He has always disliked things with a tragic color, and he would have a feeling of being swallowed and suffocated.

There is still a chance to buy colored pencils.

He didn't look at Le Wenze's painting anymore, and turned to stare at the forest. The color of the new leaves in early spring was very beautiful.

"Let's play a song." Le Wenze said suddenly.

"What song? Princess Mononoke?" Li Ci took out his phone and asked after thinking about it.

"Okay." Le Wenze continued to write without stopping.

Li Ci played the song and put his phone on his lap to look at the sky. He found that he needed to wear glasses less and less. It may be because of good genetics. His eyes were originally much lower than those of his peers. When he was in school Generally, you only wear it when looking at the blackboard from a long distance, and you will get tired if you use your eyes too much.Now he hardly needs to wear it, and occasionally he can feel that his eyesight is getting better and better, and he no longer feels tired.

He felt more and more that his choice of coming here was right, and almost everything made him feel comfortable...except for the variable Le Wenze...it's not that he was uncomfortable...he couldn't figure out what it was like ...Surprised, confused, puzzled...An... Xin, yes, sometimes I feel at ease.

But the peace of mind that came out of nowhere made him a little at a loss.

If he was a person... maybe it would be different, maybe when he said "I like you", Li Ci might follow up and ask, "What kind of like?"

Like is a very general word, it could be this kind of like... or that kind of like... Li Ci didn't dare to define it by himself, besides, he is a god... So, he didn't even ask... he didn't dare to ask. Put this topic aside.

And Le Wenze never said any words that could lead to misunderstanding... Even if Li Ci decided to forget that sentence that day, he still couldn't help thinking of it occasionally... For example, now, he wondered if he had made a mistake. Confounding reality... Listening to wrong words...

Sigh...how did he remember it again? He gathered himself together and tried hard to get those four words out of his mind again.

As the sun set, the shadows grew longer and faster, and Le Wenze accelerated his hand speed.

Li Ci collected his thoughts and looked at the sun that had shrunk half of his body from the top of the mountain, put his phone on the stool and got up.

"Where are you going?" Le Wenze suddenly turned to ask him.

"Cooking." Li Ci walked back into the kitchen while returning to him.

The water in the tank is always full, and every time Le Wenze finishes washing the bowls, he will fill up the water conveniently, helping Li Ci with the most strenuous work since he came here.

Li Ci rubbed his stomach, and felt that he was still so bulging after eating, he must be fat. Unfortunately, he didn't weigh himself. Even if he didn't gain weight now, it would be a matter of time, so he made up his mind!running!

...However, I'm going to go up the mountain tomorrow, let's start from the day after tomorrow...

Le Wenze had finished drawing, moved back the stools of both of them and arranged them, put the mobile phone on the table in the living room, and came to Li Ci, "Is the meal ready?"

"Immediately, you bring the food into the house first." Li Ci flipped through the dishes with one hand and pointed to the food with the other.

Le Wenze listened to the command to serve the rice and take the bowls and chopsticks, and went back and forth to get them into the house.

Li Ci finally turned off the fire and served the dishes, and took the plate into the house, "Scrambled eggs with tomatoes, fried cabbage, let's eat."

"I'm planning to go up the mountain tomorrow and dig some wild vegetables to improve my food. Are you going?" Li Ci asked him.

"Which seat?" Le Wenze asked after taking a sip of porridge.

"The one on the east side is just... the one next to the cabinet mountain, the one with the mountain spring." Li Ci stirred the porridge, and the heat rose up, why did he start drinking, "Don't you think it's hot?"

"Fortunately, it's not hot." Le Wenze smacked his lips and said, "I'll go too."

"Okay, let's leave at eight o'clock tomorrow morning." Li Ci thought for a while and said, "I may not be able to come back at noon, so I need to bring some dry food then."

After a burst of "hahaha...", Li Ci woke up with a start, rolled over and stretched his hands under the pillow to touch it, closed his eyes and swipe on the screen to turn off the alarm clock, sighed and got up and opened his eyes a little, he didn't get enough sleep , Seeing that Le Wenze also got up, "You don't need to get up, it's still early, I have to cook first."

"Oh." Le Wenze lay down again.

Li Ci squinted his eyes and went out, first filled a large pot of water and boiled it, then took the basin to wash up, dipped his head in cold water, and shivered before waking up.

Le Wenze lay in the room for a while and felt that he couldn't fall asleep, so he got dressed and got up.

"Why did you get up?" Li Ci asked him just as he was going to set the basin.

"I can't sleep anymore." Le Wenze stretched his waist and sat on the chair outside the door. The messy bushes in the woods in front of him were newly green, which looked much more pleasing to the eye than before.

"It's really extravagant. I didn't sleep well." Li Ci took the kettle he dug out last night and went into the kitchen. .

The water boiled.

"Come here and help me." Li Ci called Le Wenze from the kitchen.

"Oh." Le Wenze responded and entered the kitchen, "What's the matter?"

"Hold the kettle." Li Ci took the pot down, and gestured to the kettle on the chopping board with his eyes, "Hey, tilt it a little bit, don't touch the bottom with your hands, I'm afraid it will burn your hands when it's poured out."

Le Wenze did as Li Ci said, but Li Ci gesticulated for a long time and dared not pour it, "Hey, forget it, you can put it down first, the spout is too small to pour it."

"Oh." Le Wenze said, "I'll do it."

"Can you pour it in?" Li Ci put the pot on the ground and shook his arms, turned sideways to let Le Wenze in, the aisle was only big enough for one person to walk sideways.

"I don't need to go in, I can bring in." Le Wenze used two fingers to lift up the water from the pot, and picked up the kettle with one hand to follow the water column, "Both of them?"

"Ah? Hmm." Li Ci was no longer frightened, and was happy to see this as a magic trick. He was still debating whether to clap his hands and say hello, when he heard Le Wenze ask.

Le Wenze filled it and handed it to Li Ci, who took it and screwed it on the table, "Okay, it's all right."

Le Wenze turned around and went out the door. The kitchen is really small.

Li Ci cooked porridge with the rest of the water. It was already 07:30 after the two of them had breakfast. Le Wenze went to wash the dishes. He went to find a bag and put the dry food, kettle bag, small shovel into it.

Starting from home to the foot of the mountain, some wild chrysanthemum seedlings could be seen sparsely, but because they were too sparse, Li Ci didn't have the heart to kill them. The two of them didn't stop all the way to the foot of the mountain, but it was almost ten years before Li Ci took out his phone. Clicked.

There is a small road on the mountain, Li Ci went up it once before, but it has been a long time and he can't remember where the road is, the two of them walked along the foot of the mountain for a while before finding the road.

While walking, Le Wenze took the bag off Li Ci's shoulder.

"Are you hungry?" Li Ci was puzzled.

"I'll recite it for a while." Le Wenze explained and threw the bag on his shoulder, and there was a ding ding dong dong inside.

"Doesn't it hurt? There's a shovel in it, it's iron." Li Ci heard a toothache and didn't give in to him.

"...It's okay." Le Wenze remained expressionless.

Li Ci smiled and led the way, and Le Wenze followed behind while Li Ci was looking for food, shrugged and rubbed his shoulder blades with a grin.

As soon as we went up the mountain, there were densely packed wild chrysanthemum seedlings and artemisia annua seedlings everywhere on the roadside.

Li Ci took out his shovel and dug in this area for a while, and in that area for a while, leaving some for each area.

"What are these?" Le Wenze asked from behind.

"Artemisia seedlings." Li Ci raised the one in his hand, then pointed to the one next to him, "Wild chrysanthemum seedlings are all good things."

"Can they all be eaten?" Le Wenze put down the bag and took out the bag.

"That must be dripped!" Li Ci said with a smile.

Le Wenze followed behind to pick up the bag, and asked him, "Isn't there any more here? Why did it go there?"

"This is called sustainable development. If you save some for the next year, it will grow there, otherwise what will you eat next year." Li Cishou kept leaving a big hole here, "How much have you packed?"

"There are two bags." Le Wenze picked them up and showed him.

"It's so fast, stop digging, let's eat first." Li Ci glanced at it and stopped, and walked over to put the thing he had just dug into his bag, looked at the mud in his hand, thought for a while and said, "There should be water nearby, Get your stuff and go find water first."

Le Wenze tied up the bag, and Li Ci packed it up in front and groped his way based on his impressions.

Fortunately, after walking for a while, I heard the sound of water. Li Ci followed the sound of the water and left the path and walked into the bushes. Most of them were dry grass from the previous year, but they didn't hurt people. He raised his feet and stepped on them to make his own way. That's fine.

When we got to the water's edge, the water was really big. Li Ci put down his bag and squatted on the edge to wash his hands. After working for a long time, even if it was not hot, he broke out a thin layer of sweat. Don't come and wash it too."

"Here we come." Le Wenze also put down his bag and swiped the water twice.

Li Ci glanced at his hands, and picked up two full bags behind him, but he didn't find his hands dirty.

It can be seen that Le Wenze lived a primitive life before. He didn't wash his hands before meals, he didn't wash up when he got up, and he didn't take a bath when he went to bed... But he was really clean, as can be seen from his clothes and exposed skin, so It is very obvious when the white is slightly stained with gray.But he never found any ash on Le Wenze's face...anywhere that was exposed, so Li Ci didn't say anything.

But recently, Le Wenze also followed him to add water to him as if enjoying himself, and washed his hands after he finished washing. Li Ci also prepared a set of toiletries for him that he just bought. He really insisted on it. I use it every day, and sometimes when Li Ci boils too much bath water, he will apply for a bath by himself.

Li Ci washed his hands and took out the dry food. In fact, it was steamed buns with hot sauce, but the hot sauce was delicious. It was given when she bought steamed buns at Grandma Cai’s house. Grandma Cai.

Le Wenze also loves this chili sauce, but he is a bit afraid of spicy food, so he has to suck it several times before drinking a few mouthfuls of water.

Li Ci listened to Coke and laughed.

"Why aren't you afraid of spicy food?" Le Wenze asked after swallowing a few sips.

"If you eat too much, you won't be afraid." Li Ci replied with a smile.

Le Wenze sucked his lips a few more times, "Oh, stop laughing."

"Oh." Li Ci smiled a few more times before holding back his silence, the corners of his mouth still raised, "Drink more water, or only eat places that are not spicy."

"...No, it's delicious spicy." Le Wenze took another sip of water.

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-----------Small episode -----------

It is summer……

Le Wenze: It's so hot, it's cool on the mountain, let's go to sleep on the mountain.

Li Ci: Where to sleep on the mountain?

Le Wenze: My cave.

Li Ci: OK.

The two went up the mountain, and it was quite cool. In the middle of the night, Li Ci was bitten awake...

Li Ci got up and looked at the moonlight, okay, the bitten wrapped around his legs two or three times, and he was still bitten next to each other.

He stood still and heard the sound to distinguish his position, ready to kill the mosquitoes he had just fed.

Feeling empty around him, Le Wenze got up suddenly, and saw Li Ci looking like he was going into battle to kill the enemy.

Le Wenze: What's wrong with you?

Li Ci: There are mosquitoes, have you never been bitten before?

Le Wenze waved his hand: Go to sleep.

Li Ci: Are you sure they are all dead?

Le Wenze embraced him: If you are not dead, you dare not come again, good boy, go to sleep.

The next morning, when Li Ci got up, he saw several mosquito corpses lying on the opposite wall, and his blood soaked the wall...

☆, steamed vegetables

After Li Ci finished eating, he leaned his head on the tree and raised his head halfway, cool!

Suddenly I saw a branch hanging in front of my eyes, it was a locust tree.

"Come back later, there's still something to eat." Li Ci said with a smile.

"...what to eat?" Le Wenze said, still drinking from the water bottle, sticking out his tongue.

"Acacia flower, this tree should bloom in May, and the white one is very delicious." Li Ci pointed to the tree above his head, and turned his head to see if there were any other pagoda trees beside him.

"Oh, good." Le Wenze was very happy. He was always happy to hear that there was something delicious.

The two chatted for a while.

"Let's go, let's shovel some more." Li Ci stood up and prepared to pack his bags. He had almost eaten and drank, and he was much lighter.

"Okay." Le Wenze picked up the bag.

The two of them returned to the small road along the original road, and shoveled up all the way, until they filled four bags.

"Put the bag here, go to the top of the mountain to play for a while, and get it when you come back." Li Ci found a big tree that was more obvious and threw the shovel there, fearing that he might not be able to find it when he came back.

Le Wenze put the bag there, wondering, "Mountain top?"

"Well, how can you go up the mountain without reaching the top." Li Ci threw the bag containing only water on his shoulder.

"Why do you have to climb to the top?" Le Wenze didn't understand, he had always lived in a cave halfway up the mountain, but rarely went to the top of the mountain.

"..." Li Ci choked for a moment, he didn't know, and he didn't know how to explain it, so he sighed, "It's probably something wrong."

"...What's wrong?" Le Wenze was puzzled.

"Psychological problems." Li Ci muttered in his heart, but don't ask me what is a psychological problem.

Le Wenze didn't ask, didn't even say a word, he didn't know what he was thinking, "Li Ci."

"Huh?" Li Ci didn't understand, so he looked back at him.

"Let me take a look and let you know." Le Wenze said and put his hand on Li Cixin's back.

...Even if there was a notice before Le Wenze reached out, Li Ci was shocked at the moment he posted it. He didn't know what Le Wenze was going to do, but he didn't rush to avoid it, and he didn't react as much as before. Come here...he's looking at the heart.

"There's nothing wrong with it." Le Wenze stuck his hand on Li Ci's back after reaching out, and for some reason let it go reluctantly.

Li Ci sighed and felt that his back was itchy when his hands were pressed against him. The invisible and intangible, the psychology is not the heart, sad, happy, longing, the kind of feeling, when I go up the mountain, I feel that I must climb to the top, otherwise I will feel uncomfortable."

"Oh." Le Wenze's hand slipped away as soon as Li Ci left, and he withdrew his hand regretfully, feeling that he probably understood a little bit.

This mountain has many trees and grass, but it is not really high, and it didn't take much effort to get to the top of the mountain.Li Ci stood on the top of the mountain and looked down the mountain, but he couldn't see very far. He was blocked by the trees on the mountain and couldn't see the foot of the mountain.

He sat up and looked up, it was good to look up, the mountains next to him were taller than it, and all he looked up were mountains.

For some reason, he suddenly remembered a previous text. The author asked, what is on the other side of the mountain?His mother said it was the sea.He wanted to see the sea, so he turned over the mountain, and found that there was still a mountain on the other side of the mountain. In the end, he had to comfort himself, isn't that mountain the sea.

When he was a student, he was really suffering, his imagination was extremely lacking, and he couldn’t connect the mountains and the sea at all. When he scolded the publisher with his classmates, he knew he was making things difficult. .

"Are all the mountains here your territory?" Li Ci asked.

"Not all." Le Wenze sat next to him and pointed around, "These are."

"Is it all under your control?" Li Ci made a rough calculation, and it was quite a lot.

"Also... don't worry about it, just be able to move freely." Le Wenze thought for a while and said.

"Can't you move around freely in other places?" Li Ci was a little surprised.

"Well, those outside this circle can't." Le Wenze nodded.

Li Ci suddenly felt sympathetic to him, "Is this in prison?"

"It doesn't count, it's okay. You can't go to those mountains before, but now you can. There should be more and more places to go in the future." Le Wenze pointed.

"Why?" Li Ci asked.

"Maybe I knew it before." Le Wenze didn't think of a reason.

Li Ci recalled, oh, he had lost his memory, so he felt more sympathetic.

"Actually, it's nothing. I don't go out much." Le Wenze added.

Li Ci was stunned for a moment, these words sounded a bit like comforting him... Maybe he was thinking too much... Le Wenze said he was okay, why did he feel comforted...

"Then what will happen if you leave your territory?" Li Ci threw out his weird thoughts and asked.

"The spiritual power in the body will be taken away," Le Wenze said.

"Then... become an ordinary person?" Li Ci grabbed the grass next to him and played with it in his hand.

"I don't know, I haven't tried it before and they were all taken away, but I feel like I'm going to die, maybe I'm going to die." Le Wenze said.

"This... is really no different from going to jail." Li Ci looked at him and said.

"It's okay." Le Wenze smiled at him.

"Oh." Li Ci turned his head and grabbed another handful of grass, feeling a little hot in his ears.

He took out his mobile phone and started singing. The wind on the mountain blew away the sound, but still frightened a group of sparrows into the air.

Li Ci put his phone in his pocket, walked around the top of the mountain and came back, checked the time and said, "It's time to go."

"Okay." Le Wenze put his bag on his back and walked in front.

Li Ci followed behind and didn't turn off the song, so many sparrows were startled flying along the way.

Back at the bag, Le Wenze put the shovel into the bag, carried two bags and waited for Li Ci to come over.

Li Ci was a little bit emotional in the back, as expected he lived in the mountains, but he just walked away, took the remaining two bags and didn't treat him politely, the two just walked one after the other.

But when they got home, Li Ci opened the door and collapsed on the stool, and Le Wenze followed behind to pack the bags and bags.

"You can also take a break." Li Ci patted the stool next to him.

Le Wenze responded, put the things away and sat down.

"I'll teach you how to choose vegetables later. I don't know when I'll be able to choose so many dishes by myself." Li Ci felt that he was getting bolder and lawless now, and his words for asking for help became smoother and smoother. I don't know if it's Le Wenze who washes the dishes every day, or whether his living habits have been consistent with him for the past two days... or after hearing him say "I like it", I am so proud of... Doting, Li Ci recalled "I like it" The word "proud" once again stirred up a layer of goosebumps...

Alas...why did I remember it again, forgot those two words...forgot!

"Okay." Le Wenze still had a good temper.

Li Ci drank a few more sips of water to calm himself down, sat on a chair outside the door and took out the dishes and threw them on the ground.

"Come on, I'll teach you." Li Ci shouted.

Le Wenze walked over and sat on the chair opposite him and drew closer.

"Just divide the leaves and put them in bags, remove the roots and throw them on the ground, and throw away the yellow leaves." Li Ci said while demonstrating, "Yes?"

"Yeah." Le Wenze has always been a quick learner.

The sun has gone down.

"That's it, it should be enough for several meals." Li Ci estimated that there were about three bags, "Clean up the land, I'll cook, I'm going to starve to death."

Le Wenze threw the vegetable roots into the woods and turned them into spring mud to protect the flowers.

Li Ci took the bag and went to the kitchen to wash the Artemisia annua seedlings. He was going to eat the Artemisia annua seedlings first. After soaking in a pot and pressing it twice, he felt that he could not wash it, so he took half of it out and washed it separately.

The pots here are also considered complete, Li Ci turned out the steamer, washed it, and boiled water.Put the washed vegetables in the washbasin, sprinkle the noodles and water and mix well, wait for the water to boil and put them in the steamer to steam.

He felt a little nervous, and didn't even dare to add salt, fearing that if he put in too much, such a big pot would be ruined, so it would be more reliable to adjust the sauce later.

"Do you still need help?" Le Wenze had nothing to do, so he came to join in the fun.

"Peel some garlic, peel off the garlic skin." Li Cikong came out and pointed to a bag on the ground, "Do you know how?"

"Yes, I saw you peeled it." Le Wenze pulled out one squatting at the door to peel it.

As soon as Li Ci washed the rice and put it in the pot, Le Wenze handed over the garlic. He took it and washed it and put it in a bowl to find a garlic pestle. He searched the table and cabinet but couldn't find it, so he took a small rolling pin instead. , the alarm clock rang halfway through the pestle, and the dishes were steamed.

"Let me do it." Le Wenze took the bowl.

Li resigned from the steamer, "This is the first time I've made it, and I've done it before. I've seen it twice, and the steps should be correct. I don't know how it tastes."

"Fish is delicious, and this one must be delicious too." Le Wenze encouraged him with a stick of garlic.

"Really?" Li Ci gained some confidence after hearing this. He lifted the lid of the pot and picked it up twice with chopsticks. No problem, "Are you ready?"

"Is that all right?" Le Wenze showed him the bowl.

"It's almost there, let me come." Li Ci took the bowl, "Put the dishes on a big plate and bring them to the house."

Le Wenze was very happy to listen to Li Ci directing him to do this and that, and he felt like they were very close.Although he has been staying here, even if he sometimes sits next to Li Ci, seeing his inadvertent expression makes him feel that the two of them are far away, which feels very helpless, but he doesn't know how to change it, maybe As Sister Hong said, you have to wait, acceptance is a very long process...

"The meal is ready!" Li Ci entered the room with the meal.

Le Wenze took the set meal and handed the chopsticks to Li Ci.

"No hurry, let me adjust the dishes first." Li Ci pulled the dish over, poured the prepared garlic juice and stirred, "Okay, you can try it first."

Le Wenze took a sip and was pleasantly surprised that it was even more delicious than expected. He gave him a thumbs up, "Delicious!"

"Really?" Li Ci also took a bite, um, it's not bad, it seems that he has the talent to be a chef.

After eating, the two of them packed up and sat in the yard to rest. The weather was getting warmer and warmer, and the wind was no longer as sharp as a shaving knife. It was very comfortable to blow through the pores and blow into the body.

Li Ci took out half a pack of cigarettes. He smoked the rest on the way to the village. He planned to quit. Today, he was a bit addicted. After staring at it for a while, he took out one with shaking hands and stuffed it in again. After a few times, I finally made up my mind to put it back in my pocket again, so let's bear with it.

"Someone may come tomorrow, what do you do?" He remembered the words he yelled after school on Friday.

"What are you here for?" Le Wenze asked.

"Ask me a question." Li Ci said.

"Oh, then I'll hide, don't worry." Le Wenze said.

"Then you stay in the back room. I'll close the door to prevent them from entering. There will probably be people at mealtime. I'll bring you the meal through the window." Li Ci thought for a while and said.

Le Wenze responded and said he knew.