Paradise

Liu Changwang ate two pieces of watermelon, sat there for a while, then got up and left.

It was almost noon now, the big sun was hanging in the air, emitting scorching light, scorching the earth, the surrounding temperature was getting higher and higher, and the hottest time of the day was coming.

Seeing that it was getting late, Lin Yu lit the fire to cook. First, he cooked a pot of mung bean soup in one pot and heated up the steamed buns. After that, he cut the fat part of the meat he bought into diced meat and boiled it in another pot. As the oil was refined, the diced meat gradually became smaller and smaller, turning into hot oil, and a unique burnt smell wafted across the yard.

Lin Bao and Huang Mao both smelled the scent of the oily residue and surrounded Lin Yu. Their two pairs of dark eyes stared eagerly at the pot, salivating. They didn't notice that besides the two of them, there was another The little thing slipped in smelling the fragrance.

Lin Yu smiled at Lin Bao and Huang Mao's same gluttonous appearance. Seeing that the lard was almost boiled, he used a strainer to scoop up the fried golden and burnt oil residue into a large bowl, and then took out a small one. The bowl, picked up some, sprinkled a few grains of salt, and handed it to Lin Bao, "Here, take it and eat it, Xiaobao, be careful, don't burn your mouth."

"I see, brother." Lin Bao nodded hurriedly, took the bowl of oily residue, couldn't wait to grab a piece of oily residue and threw it into his mouth, chewed it twice, "Well, it's really fragrant and delicious."

Lin Bao ate a few mouthfuls, and went to look for Zhou Ze with the bowl in his hand, "Brother Zhou, this is the oil residue just out of the pan. It's delicious. Would you like to try it?"

Seeing the young boy's face offering treasures, Zhou Ze couldn't bear to refuse, reached out and took one into his mouth, and said, "Well, it's really delicious."

The vegetables at home were ready-made, and while Lin Yu was cooking oil, Zhou Ze went to the vegetable garden and picked an eggplant, a handful of beans, and two gherkins.

Two cold cucumbers, cut the eggplant into cubes, cut the beans into sections, washed them and served them to Lin Yu. Lin Yu had already put the boiled lard into the oil tank, and there was still some hot oil in the pot at the moment , Sprinkle chopped green onion to sauté, stir-fry the sliced ​​meat before, Lin Yu took the dish Zhou Ze handed over, put it into the pot, stir-fried, and added some water to stew.

Lin Yu was busy in the cooking pot, Zhou Ze was in charge of lighting the fire, the two of them cooperated very well, after a meal, both of their heads were covered with sweat, Zhou Ze looked at Lin Yure's flushed little face, feeling a little distressed.

Zhou Ze fetched a basin of cold water, soaked the cloth towel, walked up to Lin Yu, raised his hand and wiped his forehead and face with the wet cloth to wipe off the sweat from his face.

Lin Yu's face was already hot and red, but now he felt even hotter, and he dared not look into Zhou Ze's eyes, "Brother Zhou, give me the cloth towel, I can do it myself."

Zhou Ze didn't move, and insisted on wiping Lin Yu's face clean, "Don't move, wipe it off right away."

Lin Yu raised his eyes to look at Zhou Ze, opened his mouth, didn't say anything after all, and let Zhou Ze wipe it obediently.

At this time, Lin Bao's voice came from the room, "Brother, come quickly!"

Lin Yu: "What's the matter, Xiaobao?"

Lin Bao: "Rats have entered our house, and they even snatched away the oil residue of the yellow hair."

It turned out that Lin Bao brought Huangmao into the house with a bowl in his hand. Lin Bao ate the oily residue in mouthfuls. The Huangmao smelled the fragrance and screamed and rubbed at its feet. He took out two oil residues from the bowl and put them on the ground. Unexpectedly, before Huangmao could eat them, a white figure rushed over and snatched the two oil residues away.

Lin Bao took a closer look and found that it was a little mouse with a strange appearance. He immediately picked up the broom and beat it. Farmers hate mice the most. The most precious thing is food, so naturally they are extremely disgusted with this mouse.

Lin Bao chased around the house several times with a broom, but failed to hit the little mouse, so he called out for Lin Yu to come over.

"The rat is so courageous that it dares to snatch food in front of people during the day." Lin Yu entered the room in surprise, and saw Lin Bao holding a broom, confronting a little mouse on the kang. The little mouse looked quite strange, it was not at all the same as the little mice they usually saw, it was white, squatting on the kang, eating something in its mouth, its cheeks were bulging, and it was staring. A pair of small black eyes, and a long tail flicking behind her, looks quite cute.

Zhou Ze followed in, and naturally saw the greedy little mouse, and smiled, "You little bastard has come to my house."

"Brother Zhou, do you know it?" Lin Yu asked doubtfully.

Zhou Ze nodded, "I met this little mouse in the mountains. At that time, I roasted a snake in the cave. It came out of the smell. It's a greedy little guy. I gave it back to eat." It took two pieces of snake meat, but it did not eat my snake meat in vain, do you still remember the fruit I brought back, it was given to me."

"It can still give fruit? Is it so smart?" Lin Bao asked curiously, and his hostility towards the little mouse was not so great. After all, he also ate the fruit brought back by Zhou Ze, "Then will it be like others? How about the rats stealing food like that?"

Zhou Ze: "Probably not, it's more greedy than you imagined, otherwise it wouldn't come out to grab something to eat when it smells of oil residue."

Lin Bao's eyes widened, "Then what should we do? Drive it away, or keep it, can we afford it?"

"You don't need to raise it deliberately, it can live well in the mountains, and it naturally has its own way of survival." Zhou Ze said, he went to the bowl to get some oil residue, spread his hands, and faced the little mouse Said, "Come here, I'll give you something to eat when you come here."

The little mouse moved its ears, sniffed its nose, probed its brain, and bravely crawled up to Zhou Ze's hand. It took a look at Zhou Ze, lowered its head, picked up a piece of oil residue and stuffed it into its mouth. The oil residue was eaten clean.

After eating, he yelled at Zhou Ze twice, Zhou Ze reached out and touched it twice, the little mouse didn't hide, let him touch it twice, then swished out again, I don't know Where did you go.

"That's it." Lin Bao said.

"Don't worry about it, let's go, let's go to eat."

In the afternoon, Zhou Ze woke up from a nap and took Lin Bao out. They were going to the neighboring village to fix the bricks and tiles.

Lin Yu stayed at home alone, took out the clothes replaced by the family, and sat in the shade of a tree to wash clothes.

"Ayu, you're at home." A younger brother who was about the same age as Lin Yu poked his head into the yard.

Lin Yu looked up and was quite surprised, it turned out to be his childhood friend Liu Sheng. Since his parents passed away, he was busy with making a living, so he seldom played with his friends.

"It's Ah Sheng, come in and sit down."

Liu Sheng stood at the gate of the courtyard, looked around the courtyard, and said, "Is your family not here?"

Lin Yu was taken aback for a moment, then understood who he was talking about, and shook his head, "Brother Zhou took Xiaobao to the neighboring village, and they just left."

"Oh, that's it." Liu Sheng was a little disappointed, but he walked into the yard. Lin Yu brought him a bench, poured him a bowl of water, and the two of them sat under the shade of a tree and said nothing. A word of small talk.

Liu Sheng saw Lin Yu's blue headband tied his hair, and the bamboo leaves embroidered with silver thread stood out in the sunlight, "Ayu, where did you buy this headband? It looks pretty."

Lin Yu wiped the headband with his hand, smiling, "Brother Zhou bought it for me in the county."

"It should be expensive,"

Lin Yu didn't want to show off, but said, "It's okay."

"Ayu, I didn't expect you to get engaged so soon."

"I didn't even think about it myself."

"I heard from people in the village that he dared to enter the mountain alone. Is this true?"

"Well, Brother Zhou is very powerful."

"Ayu, your life is so good that you can marry such a capable person." Liu Sheng smiled bitterly, "I don't have such a good life. My mother wants to marry me to the widower Wang in our village because The king widower gave her two taels of silver and sold me, our little brother’s life is a low life, no woman can give birth, and he is not as strong as a man, and he will not be welcomed wherever he goes.”

Lin Yu was taken aback. He didn't expect Liu Sheng to be betrothed to someone else. He was also the famous widower Wang in the village. He knew that this man was already in his thirties and had never married a wife. Married Liu Sheng.

Looking at Liu Sheng's sad face, Lin Yu didn't know how to comfort him. Thinking of himself, if he hadn't happened to save Zhou Ze and Zhou Ze was willing to marry him, his future fate would probably be the same as Liu Sheng's. Well, with his wealth, he can only find a poor man, or worse, he can't even get married.

Liu Sheng glanced at Lin Yu, and said, "Ayu, you have to watch your man closely, you don't know how many boys in the village are staring at him, not only the boys but also many girls. He is so capable and able to earn money, if you can't tie him down in the future and give him a son and a half daughter, maybe he will still take a concubine."

Lin Yuxin was a little flustered, her face changed, and she subconsciously blurted out, "No, Brother Zhou wouldn't do that."

"There is no man who doesn't want to have a son. You know, our little brother is not easy to conceive a child. What will he do when he wants a son? Liu Xi's family in our village, you know, his family was poor in the early years, so he married his son. I got a little brother, who would have thought that the little brother didn't have a child for four or five years after entering the house, and what happened in the end, life was better, so he married a girl for his son, and now the little brother's life is miserable , not to mention working every day, but also serving their big family, just like the servants of the big family in the county town."

Liu Sheng pulled Lin Yu and said something else, most of which were about the poor life of the little brother in the village. Hearing this, Lin Yu's heart was disturbed. Seeing that Lin Yu's face became more and more ugly, Liu Sheng For some unknown reason, the depression in my heart before was much better.