Chapter 158: Speaking Too Directly

"The rice and dishes seem to be especially fragrant today," said Uncle Li.

"In addition to being more fragrant, the rice is also stickier, more glutinous, and more chewy. As for the meat, all meat is delicious, but the meat that Qiqi brought is more fragrant than the meat we buy ourselves or the meat raised on the farm," said Aunt Li.

"Maybe it's because the land and water quality of our brigade are better, so the food we grow and the livestock we raise taste better." Lin Qi said half-truthfully.

Uncle Li nodded, "Perhaps this is the only explanation that makes sense."

After the meal, both the host and the guests were very happy. Grandma Li and her family also got to see Lin Qi's appetite, which was almost the same as that of an adult man.

After the meal, Lin Qi took out another bag of dried vegetables from the sack. "I dried these vegetables myself. They are not expensive. It's best to stew them with bacon."

The dried vegetables she dried herself were not valuable, so Grandma Li did not refuse. She took them and looked at them. She was surprised and asked, "How did you get such a beautiful color of dried vegetables?"

"I just dried them randomly. This is my first time." Actually, she didn't dry them. The raw vegetables were directly dried to extract moisture and became like this. She has tried it before and it tastes very good.

"I'll use it to stew meat tomorrow," said Grandma Li.

"Here is also a bag of black fungus and a bag of dried mushrooms." Lin Qi continued to take things out.

"That's enough. Leave some for you, Grandpa Lu." Grandma Li said helplessly.

"I prepared two copies of these things. Grandpa Lu also has some." Lin Qi was telling the truth. In order to successfully develop a relative here, she prepared two copies of the food.

Upon hearing this, Grandma Li stopped trying to persuade her, but she secretly made up her mind that if there were any of these things left when Lin Qi left, she would cook them into cooked food and bring them to the gentleman.

After dark, Grandma Li packed Lin Qi's porridge in a lunch box and asked her, "Have you prepared everything?"

Lin Qi hummed. She was carrying her big backpack and a large sack. "Everything is ready."

"Okay, let's go now." Grandma Li took the flashlight and walked ahead.

After they went out, the two of them kept silent. Lin Qi could see at night, so she secretly found her way down.

After walking for about ten minutes, they saw a row of even shorter and more dilapidated houses in front of them. They were adobe houses, but the roofs were covered with green tiles.

Lin Qi raised her eyebrows in surprise. The living conditions here are better than those of most people in Anliang Brigade.

Grandma Li walked to one of the rooms and knocked on the door. "Old man, your granddaughter is here to visit you."

“Ahem—”

There was a violent coughing sound from inside. "The door is not locked, it's just blocked with stones. Just push it hard. Cough cough..."

Grandma Li pushed harder on the door and it opened.

A damp and musty smell wafted out of the room. Lin Qi frowned. How could the disease be cured living in such an environment?

"You go and take care of your grandfather. I'll go back first and come back to pick you up later." Grandma Li said.

"No need to answer it. I already know the way." Lin Qi said.

"We have to come. It's so dark and you can't see the road without a flashlight." Grandma Li insisted.

"Really. I can see in the dark." It was windy and cold at night, and she didn't want to trouble Grandma Li to make an extra trip.

Grandma Li was a little surprised, "You can see it even in the dark."

"Sure. Just leave the door open for me." Lin Qi said.

After Grandma Li left, Lin Qi walked into the room. The floor of the room was bumpy and there was water in some places. No wonder it was damp.

But where does this water come from?

Lin Qi avoided the water and walked towards the low bed in the corner.

It was called a bed, but in fact it was a few boards placed on top of stones, with straw spread on the boards. The old man lay on the straw, and was covered with a hard and moldy quilt.

The biggest musty smell comes from this bed.

The straw was moldy and the quilt was moldy too.

Fortunately, she brought two rabbit fur blankets and two wolf skins. In addition, she also brought two sets of clothes from Xu Hexiao, one thin and one thick. She left one rabbit fur blanket at Grandma Li's house and brought the other rabbit fur blanket and the two wolf skins.

Lin Qi glanced around the room. Apart from the bed, there was only a table and three chairs.

"I'll make a new bed for you, please give me some space first." Lin Qi said, wrapping the old man with the moldy quilt, picked him up, and put him and the quilt on the table.

"Who are you?" the old man asked in a hoarse voice.

"My name is Lin Qi, and I'm your distant granddaughter. I'm an educated youth who went to the countryside. I live in the same commune as your grandson Lu Huazhang, but he is in Jiuan Brigade and I am in Anliang Brigade. The reason I came here is that your grandson came to me." Lin Qi said concisely.

"Hua Zhang..." the old man sighed, "Is he doing well in Jiu'an Brigade?"

"Not very good. On New Year's Eve, he and his two friends came to Anliang Brigade, just like poor relatives who came to beg for money. They ate and took things away. One of them carried away a full basket of food from me, and also took away more than 20 rabbit skins." Lin Qi's tone was light, without a trace of ups and downs.

Listening to her tone, Mr. Lu felt inexplicably comfortable. "My grandson has nothing. How did he convince you to come here?"

"My partner is a member of the five black categories." Lin Qi said.

Mr. Lu coughed twice and said, "I can't protect myself now. I'm afraid there's nothing I can do."

"Then wait until you are able to do it." Lin Qi said seriously. She swept all the moldy straw out of the room, and then spread a wolf skin on the wooden board. "I will weave a mat for you tomorrow. You can't do without a mat."

Mr. Lu did not comment. In the darkness, he could not see the woman's appearance clearly, but judging from her voice, she should be young, around twenty years old.

A 20-year-old girl was able to lift up a 1.8-meter-tall old man, which shows that this girl is extremely strong.

What ability did she have that could make his son make such a big promise and ask her to take care of him?

"You smell too bad. Please change into this set of clean clothes first." Lin Qi said, and explained, "Because we came in a hurry, I didn't have time to make you new clothes. But don't worry, my partner doesn't have any infectious diseases, and these clothes are also clean."

Lin Qi put a set of autumn clothes on the bed and took the old man down from the table.

"Has anyone ever told you that you speak too directly?" asked Mr. Lu.

"No." Lin Qi answered, and asked him, "Can you change your clothes by yourself? Do you want me to help you?"

"No need." Mr. Lu was a little helpless. What kind of family would raise such a shy girl?

While Mr. Lu changed his clothes, Lin Qi threw the moldy quilt out of the room. At this point, the smell in the room finally became a little lighter.

"Don't throw away my dirty clothes. I'll wear them again after washing them." said Mr. Lu.

"Well, I'll take it back to Grandma Li later, wash it, dry it, and then bring it to you." Lin Qi said.

Mr. Lu changed into clean clothes and lay on the clean bed, covered with a plush rabbit fur blanket and a wolf skin on top of it, feeling very warm.

He felt as if his body was getting better.

"This is the mushroom and meat porridge I cooked. Please sit up and drink some." Lin Qi brought the lunch box over. The temperature was just right.

Mr. Lu wanted to say that he had no appetite, but when he smelled the fragrance of the porridge, he couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and it seemed that he could drink a little.

As a result, the old man drank up the whole lunch box of porridge.

His stomach felt warm, and his body also became warm. The old man yawned and actually felt a little sleepy.

With a full stomach and a warm bed, he hadn't felt so comfortable in a long time.

"I'm sleepy and want to take a nap." Mr. Lu said, with an intention of chasing him away.

Lin Qi seemed not to understand, "You go to sleep. I'll leave after you're asleep."

On normal days, the extremely vigilant Mr. Lu would definitely not be able to sleep if he knew there was someone beside his bed. But now he was sick and weak, and he couldn't care less.

Anyway, no matter what Lin Qi wanted to do, he couldn't resist.

Mr. Lu fell asleep quickly, breathing regularly.

In the darkness, Lin Qi accurately grasped Mr. Lu's hand and transferred the supernatural power into his body.

Mr. Lu had no dreams that night and slept through the night for the first time. When he woke up in the morning, it was already bright.

"Hey, I seem to feel much more comfortable today, and my whole body feels lighter." Old Master Lu murmured. Could it be because he changed into clean clothes and bed?

It could also be because you slept too warmly.

I thought my life would end here, but unexpectedly there was a turning point.

And this turning point was brought about by a young girl.

Mr. Lu was in mixed mood.

Boom boom boom——

"Grandpa Lu, I'm coming in." Lin Qi announced and pushed open the door.

The door opened, the room lit up, and when their eyes met, there was a flash of surprise in Mr. Lu's eyes. He didn't expect that Lin Qi was such a beautiful girl!

Lin Qi carried a basket and placed it on the table. "Would you like to have breakfast in bed or at the table?"

"On the table, I feel better." said the old man.

Lin Qi looked at the old man's face and said, "It is indeed better now. Then you should get up and eat. It is not good to lie in bed all day. There is a set of clean clothes at the end of the bed. It is also my partner's. You can put them on. Where are your dirty clothes? Find them later. I will wash them for you today."

"Your partner's shirt and pants are really long. How tall is he?"

"One meter nine."

"Wow, it's not common to see people this tall."

"It's rare. I'm worried that he will continue to grow."

"Still longer? How old is he?"

"Twenty-one."

"Twenty-one, not much longer."

"But he ate so well that he was twenty last year, and he still grew a little."

"............"

Mr. Lu didn't want to talk. What did it mean to eat too well? Before he was sent down to the countryside, he didn't dare to say that he ate too well.

Mr. Lu looked at the table and saw that it was mushroom and meat porridge again. He swallowed and said, "This porridge is well cooked. Who cooked it?"

"Me!"