Back to the Countryside

Chapter 2: Meeting (遇見) 

Two from the three people are veterans to this kind of work, and they are naturally very efficient. Only need an hour of kung fu (kung Fu here basically mean works of cleaning up, nothing related to martial arts at all) to finish all that need to be cleaned up. The rest of it are some small things for Qi Yue to tidy up by himself.

 “Thanks to Brother Lin and Sister-in-law for their help today, I'll make some good tea for you both! “There's not much that Qi Yue can do to help, he doesn't know how to do these things, and the couple did help him a lot.

“Hai...these are just small things, no need to make tea. The elder and children at home are still waiting, so we will return first!”Lin Sheng refused his good intention. It's too late today, and they should go back.

Speaking of this, naturally it's not good for Qi Yue to force them to stay anymore, so he sent the two out of the door.

He closed the door, turned around and took off all the firewood, rice, oil, salt, pots and pans from the carriage, put them one by one in the kitchen. Seeing that the place being filled, finally he had feeling of really living here.

When the door was knocked, Qi Yue felt strange, wondering if it is Lin Sheng have anything to say to him? He left the stove room and opened the door.

There was a six or seven-year-old kid standing outside the door. Seeing the door being open, he raised his face to look at him, “Hello Uncle Qi, my name is Lin Xiao hu, and my father is Lin Sheng!”

This kid looks like a little adult, the way he introduced himself, Qi Yue feel that a bit funny, “Is your father have something to tell me?”

“My father asked me to deliver you something!” The child brought a basket to him with his both hands.

Qi Yue reached out to take it, and opened the coarse cloth covering the basket to see that it was a few multigrain cakes and a bowl of cabbage and radish stewed. Is this delivering him dinner? He curled his lips and smiled.

“Xiao Hu, wait for me for a while!” Qi Yue touched the child's head and turned to enter the stove room.

He took out the pancakes and stew from the basket, put in several pears (雪梨) that he bought in the town today, bring the basket back to the door and handed it to Lin Xiao hu, and said, Go back, thank your parents for me!””

    Xiao hu nodded, took the basket and ran away.

Qi Yue turned his head back, looked at the quiet standing Mu Yan, bright smile on his face, With an honest people get along feels really good!”

    On the second day, Qi Yue took several bags of tea leaves to the village chief's home. As a newcomer, for first time so no matter what, he has to pay a visit, in the future if there is anything, it will be better not to be so passive.

When he came out from the village chief’s house, Qi Yue thought about looking for a carpenter in the village, to plowed the two acres of paddy fields and three acres of dry fields he owned, but he didn’t know where the carpenter lived. .

    Just as he was going to return to the village chief's home to ask, there was a man from far away carrying a bundle of firewood on his back come to his side. That person bowed his head, his stature is not tall, and he looks like a half-adult. 

Qi Yue hurriedly come to him and asked, “This little brother, May I ask where the carpenter's house...” 

His voice stuck in the throat when the man raised his head. The face he saw really surprised him, and he did not expect to see such a beautiful face in a small village.

The corners of his eyes and eyebrows are slightly raised, and when he looks at you, he always seems to have a kind of amorous feelings, which makes you want to indulge in his eyes. The nose is small and beautiful, and the lips are red, do not point vermilion's kind. 

 The most peculiar thing is that Ger' mark in the center of his eyebrows actually resembles a blooming red plum, which makes the whole face extraordinarily alluring. 

When the two saw each other, they were stunned, but that ger quickly reacted, quickly bowed his head, and reached out to adjust the fragment of his hair on the cheek, as if he was covering his face.

    Qi Yue also returned to his senses. He was a little puzzled when he saw his actions. With such a beautiful face, he should be confident and assertive. Why is the other party seem having such a low self-esteem? But this has nothing to do with him, and naturally it won't be troublesome. 

 He arched his hands (拱拱手) said: “I'm sorry, I was... just now, a little bold!”

The Ger turned sideways, as if avoiding his gaze. Hearing what he said, he shook his head and said softly: “It's okay, you are looking for the carpenter pa. His family lives in the west end of the village. There are a lot of wooden utensils piled in front of the door. It is very easy to recognize!”

    Having said this, the ger didn't wait for him to ask anymore, lifted the bundle of firewood on his back, and walked away quickly, bypassing him.

Qi Yue turned his head as he watched his fading back and raised an eyebrow, there were a lot of interesting people in this village! 

 The carpenter's house was not difficult to find, not only did it have some half-finished wooden tools at the door, but it was one of the few brick houses in the village, only not as big as the Wang family's yard that Qi Yue had bought.

    The carpenter's surname is Sun. Three generations of the family are carpenters. Naturally, the craftsmanship is good. In addition to the wooden plow, Qi Yue also ordered a rocking chair and a medicine cabinet.

 “The medicine cabinet? What are you doing with this thing? Boy Qi is a doctor?” When the carpenter heard his request, he inexplicably stopped grating the wood in his hand.

    “I'm not a doctor, but I know a little about medicine, I can take a look at wind-cold and fever, but I can't do much more than that!” 

 Qi Yue smiled, “I want to grow some ordinary herbs by myself. At home, there must be a place to put it.”

“That's also very incredible!” Carpenter Sun exclaimed as he continued the action in his hands: “There is only one doctor in this Gu Shui village, and he only treats minor illnesses. The doctor is getting older now. To have you as one more, it is a good thing. It’s better than need to run to town if you have a minor illness or fever!”

Qiyue humbly said “Where” and asked him when the stuff would be ready, but there was no hurry for anything else, the plough had to be done first, after all, planting season is not waiting for anyone.

    Carpenter Sun assured him that he was used to ploughing, and he could finish it in two days at most.

    After doing everything he needed to do, Qi Yue said goodbye to Carpenter Sun and returned home, it was almost noon.

He washed the bones he had bought yesterday and stewed them in a pot. He was not very good at other household chores, but he was very good at cooking, and had once cooked medicinal dishes that many people could not get enough of.

        While the soup was simmering, Qi Yue went to the backyard and carefully tidied up the vegetable patch, and when he returned he planned to put herbs in it.

    When he returned to the kitchen, the bone soup had already exuded a very rich flavor.He lifted the lid of the pot and look at it, smiling, very satisfied, then took out the flour and began to make the noodles. He intends to make bone soup noodles to eat.

Qi Yue never treats himself badly when it comes to food, like the meal Lin Sheng sent yesterday, he could occasionally eat it as a fresh meal once in a while. If this happens every day, he is absolutely unwilling.

After rolling and cutting the noodles, Qi Yue started another stove and boiled the water, and when the water was boiling, he put the noodles in, and in the meantime, he cut some green onions.

    After the noodles were done, he took a bowl to serve, added bone broth, and sprinkled some chopped green onions on top. A bowl of noodles looked very appetizing!