Chapter 29 Fragrant

Xu Hexiao didn't know how embarrassed he was. He could feel the green liquid flowing down his face from his head, mixed with something that he didn't know whether it was tears or sweat.

He must be very dirty at this moment!

It’s so dirty!

vomit!

Xu Hexiao supported himself on his knees and vomited violently at the edge of the field.

He kept vomiting until he couldn't vomit anything anymore, then he continued running towards the river.

The young man staggered forward. Although Lin Qi didn't see his expression, she felt a strong sense of self-loathing when she looked at his back.

Her heart felt like it was pricked by a needle and it hurt a little.

Lin Qi watched Xu Hexiao leave. In the end, he turned into a black dot in her eyes and was blocked by the grass and trees. Only then did she withdrew her gaze.

"These kids are so ignorant. Cow dung is fertilizer. How can they use it to play and waste it!" Luo Feng frowned and used a shovel to shovel the messy cow dung on the ground back into the bamboo basket.

child?

play?

He just handled it so lightly without even mentioning Xu Hexiao!

Lin Qi knew that Xu Hexiao's situation was difficult, but at this moment, she realized how difficult it was.

Being bullied, beaten, insulted...all kinds of unfair treatment, and not getting a fair trial afterwards.

No one will stand on his side, no one will speak for him, no one will care about him, his existence is a mistake to the people of Anliang Brigade!

At this moment, Lin Qi felt like a person drowning in the water. The feeling of suffocation surged from all directions, drowning her.

Her chest felt like an inflating balloon that was about to burst.

Luo Feng was still scolding those kids for being ignorant, and the buzzing sound was extremely harsh.

"Bad guy!" Lin Qi said suddenly, her voice was crisp and penetrating.

Luo Feng paused and looked at her in surprise, "What did you say?"

"Your children are bad people, scoundrels, robbers, and hooligans!" Lin Qi said every word very seriously, "They are termites!"

In Anliang Brigade, Luo was a common surname, and everyone was related to each other, so it was not an exaggeration to say that they were a family. So Luo Feng always spoke of his children, and although he was not happy with their actions, his love was genuine.

The past few years were years of great disasters, with almost no children born and even those who were born having a hard time surviving, so the elders couldn't help but pamper these younger generations a little.

But now, this little fool actually commented on their younger generation like this. Why? Just because the kids bullied a member of the five black categories?

"They are the five black categories, people with bad backgrounds." Luo Feng reminded Lin Qi.

"He has a bad background, but he is a good person." Lin Qi looked directly into Luo Feng's eyes. "He works hard and never slacks off. He is also brave and saved Luo Wei."

Luo Feng couldn't refute what Lin Qi said. If Xu Hexiao was not one of the five black categories, he would definitely be a good boy praised by everyone in the Anliang Brigade.

But his composition is determined when he is born and cannot be changed!

Seeing Luo Feng lost in thought, Lin Qi continued, "Your child bullies the weak, loves leisure and hates work, does nothing, and even wastes the brigade's property!"

"Aren't you exaggerating a bit?" Of course, his own children are good. Luo Feng was dissatisfied with Lin Qi's evaluation.

"When you are young, you do small evils. When you are old, you do big evils."

After saying that, Lin Qi walked towards the mountain without looking back.

Perhaps because she was holding back some anger, Lin Qi forgot about her tiredness and walked very fast, even leaving an afterimage. Soon, she arrived at the cave.

She took out the things in the backpack one by one: a kitchen knife, two pairs of shoes for Xu Hexiao, two plates, two sets of bowls and chopsticks, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and a bed sheet.

She planned to get a bed here so that if she stayed overnight here in the future, she would have a place to lie down.

After taking out the things that needed to be left in the cave, Lin Qi started to return with the backpack on her back.

When she reached the foot of the mountain, it was already dark. She did not return to the educated youth camp, but went to the straw hut first.

On the other side, Xu Hexiao had been soaking in the river for three hours. He scrubbed himself inside and out countless times. Every tiny corner of his body was rubbed red and his skin was about to peel off.

But he still felt it was not enough, and he continued to rub it hard over and over again.

"He hasn't come back yet." Old Man Xu said, sighing. Today's incident caused quite a stir, and it was told to him by another person who usually herded cattle with him.

Old man Xu coughed twice, looked at the thin girl in front of him, and pleaded, "Can you help me find him?"

Lin Qi hummed but did not move. "Find me a set of his clothes."

"Okay, okay, I'll go find it right away." Old Man Xu went to another thatched hut.

Lin Qi put down the backpack, took out the buns from the basket, took out three and put them on the plate on the table.

The meat buns were large and filled with real ingredients, 80% meat and 20% vegetables. Lin Qi was full after eating three. She left three for Old Man Xu based on her own appetite.

Old Man Xu brought the clothes over and was stunned when he saw the three plump white buns.

"The buns are cold but still edible. They're for Xu Hexiao. I'll send them to him." Lin Qi was afraid that old man Xu would be reluctant to eat them, so she gave clear instructions.

Old man Xu nodded, his eyes moist, "Thank you."

Thank you for bringing food to us grandparents.

Thank you for not dislike Xu Hexiao and being willing to be friends with him.

When there was malice all around, Lin Qi's kindness became extremely precious to Old Man Xu.

Tonight is a full moon, the sky is full of stars, although it is dark, but the sky is not dark. Under the moonlight, everything in the world is coated with a layer of brilliance.

Lin Qi didn't know where Xu Hexiao had gone, or whether he was still in the river, so she went to the section of the river where she often went swimming.

The sound of insects continued in the ears, and Lin Qi just felt noisy and irritated.

"Xu Hexiao?"

Lin Qi shouted towards the river.

No response.

But she clearly saw it, just like when he secretly followed her before, even though she couldn't see it, she could feel it.

Who else would look at her like that, except Xu Hexiao?

Xu Hexiao did not respond, and Lin Qi was not in a hurry. She put down the backpack, took off her straw sandals, and jumped into the river with a splash.

After a whole day's journey, her clothes were wet and dry, dry and wet again, sticking to her body, making her feel very uncomfortable.

It was better that Xu Hexiao didn't come up, as she happened to need a wash as well.

Lin Qi dived into the water and went straight to the deepest place.

This time, she didn't find Xu Hexiao, but saw a few big guys first.

Is this another fish from the mountains?

It must be about eight or nine kilograms.

Lin Qi chased after him without any hesitation.

Not far away, Xu Hexiao, who was standing quietly in the water, looked worried. Lin Qi had been in the water for three minutes, why hadn't she come out yet?

Xu Hexiao gritted his teeth and swam hard towards Lin Qi.

Crash——

Lin Qi broke out of the water, holding the two ends of a water plant in her hands, and a big fish was passing through the middle of the water plant, struggling violently, causing waves in the water.

She tied the heads and tails of the water plants together to form a circle, and put the circle on her hands.

However, the ring was a bit too big and fell off. She quickly grabbed it and looked up at Xu Hexiao, "Come here, take it."

All emotions collapsed and dissipated at this moment.

Xu Hexiao swam over and obediently grabbed the ring.

"There are two more. I'll go catch them. You stay here and wait!" After Lin Qi finished giving the instructions, he dived back into the water and disappeared.

Xu Hexiao stared at the ripples in the water, then looked down at the huge fish in his hand that weighed at least eight or nine pounds. At this moment, he had only one thought in his mind: How did she catch such a big fish?

Lin Qi said three, and there were three, each one bigger than the last. We caught them all, and the whole process took less than twenty minutes.

She tied the other two with water grass and handed them to Xu Hexiao, then began to scrub her body and her clothes at the same time.

"Can we bring them ashore?" Lin Qi asked.

The three fish weighed a total of more than 30 kilograms, and were extremely powerful.

Xu Hexiao used both hands at this time, and they almost broke free several times, so he smiled bitterly, "It's still a hundred meters from here to the shore, I'm afraid it won't work."

Lin Qi nodded. "I guess so. Then I'll have one and you'll have two?"

"Okay." Xu Hexiao replied.

The two walked towards the shore together, tacitly not mentioning what happened in the afternoon.

When they got to the shore, Lin Qi took out the clothes and gave them to Xu Hexiao, "Go change."

Xu Hexiao held the clothes with mixed feelings, but he didn't refuse in the end.

While Xu Hexiao was changing his clothes, Lin Qi started eating the buns. She hadn't had dinner yet and was hungry.

Seeing her lower her head and eat happily, Xu Hexiao, who had originally planned to change only his outer clothes, simply stripped himself naked and put on clean clothes from head to toe.

Anyway, this little fool of hers has no concept of gender.

During the whole process, Lin Qi never raised her head.

"Didn't you buy it for me? Why did you eat it first?" Xu Hexiao said depressedly.

"There are more. A lot." Lin Qi handed him a large bag of meat buns wrapped in oil paper and reminded him, "Eat more. You are too skinny and short!"

Xu Hexiao choked and couldn't refute. He picked up a bun, bit it hard, and said angrily, "I will grow taller."

Lin Qi didn't comment, she also wanted to grow taller.

Based on the belief of growing taller, when Lin Qi gave the two fish to Xu Hexiao, Xu Hexiao did not refuse.

Xu Hexiao carried a backpack with two fish in it, while Lin Qi carried one herself. The two of them walked one in front of the other through the golden rice fields towards the educated youth site.

After returning to the educated youth camp, Xu Hexiao returned the backpack to Lin Qi and asked, "Are we going to the cave tomorrow?"

Lin Qi shook her head, "No."

Ming Kangjian and his friends made an appointment with her to go hunting tomorrow.

After receiving this reply, Xu Hexiao was somewhat disappointed. "What about the day after tomorrow?"

"Go." Lin Qi said.

Xu Hexiao was satisfied, "Then we'll see you the day after tomorrow."

People at the educated youth site were used to Lin Qi coming home late, so this time, they were very calm.

"You haven't been at the educated youth point for the whole day." Jian Tongyi seemed to be waiting for Lin Qi on purpose. As soon as Lin Qi entered the door, he spoke.

Lin Qi hummed and threw the big fish in her hand to him, "Eat a midnight snack?"

"Wow! What a big fish! I must eat it!" Jian Tongyi narrowed his eyes and smiled.

Lin Qi ignored him and walked towards the room.

She had to change her clothes, rinse them and hang them out to dry.

"Damn, damn, damn, how did you get such a big fish?" Zhao Yi was so excited that he cursed.

"This must be about ten kilograms. It's so unexpected that there is such a big fish in the river!" Mo Mingyang's eyes lit up.

"Stop looking, go make a fire. Didn't we borrow some pickled cabbage from Aunt Tao today? Let's have some pickled fish."

"Sauerkraut fish is great. Our newly bought enamel basin comes in handy."

"I'll go wash the ginger and garlic."

"It would be nice if there was some wine, so we could all have a drink."

“........”

The educated youth's point was busy, but the straw hut was very quiet.

Xu Hexiao burped and walked into the shabby thatched house carrying two fish.

"Are you back?" Old Man Xu sat in front of the stone stove. "I'm making ginger soup. Put some jujube honey in it and drink two bowls before going to sleep."

Xu Hexiao hummed, "I'm afraid I can't fall asleep so soon."

Old man Xu turned his head and asked, "Why——"

His words came to an abrupt end when he saw the two big fish in Xu Hexiao's hands.

"Lin Qi caught them in the river. She caught three and gave me two." Xu Hexiao spoke without waiting for his grandfather to ask.

"Such a big fish! Your grandpa and I haven't seen such a big fish in a long time." I haven't eaten it for a long time either.

"I'll chop them into pieces and fry them later, and save them for later." Xu Hexiao said. They lived some distance away from other houses in the village, and the wind was blowing from the direction of the village, so the smell of his fried fish could not drift into the village, so he didn't have to worry.

"Add a little more salt so it can be stored longer." said Old Man Xu.

Xu Hexiao nodded and said that more oil and salt could be added. Lin Qi fried a full clay pot of oil and gave him half of it, so he didn't need any.

Xu Hexiao uses a thin stone slab to fry fish, which he learned from Lin Qi.

Two fish, weighing more than 20 kilograms, were cut into pieces and fried until golden and crispy. Old Man Xu smelled the aroma and his brows relaxed. "Your cooking skills are getting better and better."

"You haven't tasted them yet, but you've already concluded that they're delicious?" Xu Hexiao picked up a piece and asked, "Would you like to try it?"

"No, I ate three meat buns last night and I'm full." Old Man Xu savored the taste of white flour and pork. "I haven't eaten buns for a long time. Next time you see Lin Qi, please thank her for me."

Xu Hexiao hummed, "Okay."

The fish pieces were put into a clay jar, filling the entire jar.

That night, Xu Hexiao's nose was filled with the strong aroma of fried fish, and even his dreams were fragrant.