"We're leaving tomorrow. I'll go back and pack my things." Yu Zhou still looked gentle as he turned and left.

Xu Qingzhi looked at his back.

In a trance, it coincided with the scene of graduation that year when he took her button, said, "Thank you," and then left.

The overlapping feeling of time and space dislocation was completely cleared up after Xu Qingzhi took a deep breath of cold air.

"Zhizhi, what does this button mean?" Huo Fengyan asked.

Xu Qingzhi put the button back into his pocket, and for no reason he felt a little embarrassed as if his toes were tapping the ground.

No less than the last time she was in a good mood, she found a status on QQ space that she had posted six or seven years ago.

——“Don’t be obsessed with me, I’m just a legend.”

Well, I don’t want to talk about it, I don’t want to mention it, and it’s best if no one asks.

"Nothing." She was perfunctory and continued walking forward.

Now that the environment in the village is better, the weeds on the roadside have a bit of spiritual energy. Although it is still thinner than that on the back hill of the farm, staying in such an environment for a long time will make people more comfortable.

This is also why, after staying in a big city for a long time, people feel relaxed after going to the mountains.

The essence of the sun and the moon is all in nature, which cannot be compared to steel and concrete.

The next day, the team led by Zhou Zheng left after having lunch at Xu's house.

Before leaving, Zhou Zheng remembered his friend's request and shamelessly asked the boss if he could buy a duck to take back to Kyoto.

Xu Qingzhi hasn't said anything yet.

Wang Yanmei immediately waved her hand and said, there is nothing wrong with this.

Xu Fuqiang was asked to go to the back mountain to pick up a fat duck, kill the duck, pluck its feathers, clean it thoroughly, and then use a vacuum machine to clean it before having someone take it away.

It was not until the moment of leaving that Tian Li suddenly realized that he had really been relying on the wrong person these days! He also wanted to buy chickens and ducks!

Unfortunately, planes wait for no one, and there is no time for another one.

Mr. Zhou had already asked for one, so the young man felt too embarrassed to ask for another.

As soon as the team left, the Xu family returned to their former tranquility.

Wang Yanmei pulled her daughter aside and asked secretly, "When is Xiao Huo leaving? Then ask your father to kill a few chickens and ducks in advance and let him take them back to Kyoto. Every time he comes, he will bring gifts to our family. Although we don't have sea cucumbers or bird's nests, we can still give a few chickens and ducks."

Xu Qingzhi shook her head. "I don't know either, Mom. Go ask him yourself."

"Hey, how can I ask that? It feels like I'm urging people to leave." Wang Yanmei winked and said, "Go ask. There are too many chili peppers at home. When the time comes, make some chili sauce. Then see if you want people to take some too? And ah..."

Xu Qingzhi listened and realized that her mother meant that she wanted someone to take a copy of everything at home to Kyoto.

After listening to her mother's mumbling, she walked out of the house.

Huo Fengyan was talking on the phone under the tree. A few words he heard were carried by the wind into Xu Qingzhi's ears. It sounded like it was about work.

She decided not to bother him because he was really busy with work.

Xu Qingzhi looked at the dried corn hanging on the beam at home, walked back a few steps, and muttered that he wanted to eat popcorn.

Wang Yanmei, who had just thought about going out to play typing cards in the afternoon, snorted and pointed her index finger upwards, saying, "I think you are too idle. It's only been a short time since lunch, and you can't stop talking."

Although he said so much disgust, he still turned around and got some dried corn to shell.

Xu Fuqiang passed by and casually said, "My dear girl, do you want to plant some new vegetables on the empty land in the back mountain?"

"Yes, I'll go take a look this afternoon." Xu Qingzhi said.

She had planted some snowberry in the vacant land in advance.

The family has been selling vegetables recently, so the land is empty again.

The Chinese cabbage seedlings, red cabbage moss, broad beans and peas grown in the space can be moved out. Of course, you can also plant some Chinese cabbage, celery, lettuce, white radish, and lettuce.

It doesn’t matter if you grow more peppers. Even if you can’t sell them, you can make chili sauce and wine flask peppers at home.

Meicheng has always had a tradition of making these, and every household adds some when cooking. Her mother thinks the chili sauce bought outside doesn't taste as good as the one made at home.

Wang Yanmei had never made popcorn before, so she opened the Yunqi Live app and searched for popcorn tutorials, treating the Yunqi Live app as a universal treasure box.

It's pretty easy watching the tutorial in the video.

Pour some oil into the pan.

For this kind of snack, don’t use tea oil as it is too expensive. Use rapeseed oil instead.

When the oil is hot, pour in the dry corn kernels.

Before Wang Yanmei could react, she heard a crackling sound and quickly closed the stainless steel pot lid.

Then I heard crackling sounds inside.

Wang Yanmei picked up the pot and shook it gently, following the tutorial. She joked, "During the Chinese New Year, when guests come, you don't need to set off firecrackers. Just fry some popcorn and listen to the sound."

Huo Fengyan walked in from outside, standing tall at the kitchen door, almost touching his head, and asked, "Auntie, what delicious food are you making?"

"It's popcorn, Xiao Huo, you can try it later." Wang Yanmei replied with a smile.

After a while, the noise from the pot was not as intense as before.

She opened the lid and the aroma of popcorn was already in the air. She then poured in white sugar and mixed it gently and stir-fried it. The simple popcorn was ready.

Xu Qingzhi couldn't wait to taste one, it was still a little hot, "It's delicious!"

He handed another one to Huo Fengyan, "Here's your wages. After you eat it, you have to accompany me to work in the fields."

Huo Fengyan leaned over, took it in his mouth and bit it. It made a crisp crunching sound and tasted really good. It was the first time he had eaten this.

Wang Yanmei poured the popcorn into the stainless steel bowl, grabbed a handful in her hand, handed the bowl to Qingzhi, and said with a smile, "You two can eat slowly upstairs. Mom is going to play cards."

Xu Qingzhi: “…”

There is not much difference between hiding this relationship and not hiding it.

Wang Yanmei just went out and came back, "Oh, it's raining, Qingzhi, you don't have to go out to the fields today, go tomorrow."

She took an umbrella, opened it and walked out while saying, "Mom is out playing cards, you stay home and watch over her. If someone you don't know comes to our house, don't bother them."

"good."

Xu Qingzhi responded and heard the heavy rain outside hitting the stainless steel security windows.

Holding popcorn, she asked Huo Fengyan: "Do you want to watch a movie?"

Huo Fengyan had been in this world for so long that he naturally knew what a movie was. "Let's go to the cinema in the county?"

"No, that's too much trouble. Let's go upstairs and look at it on the computer."

Huo Fengyan responded: "Okay."

The two went upstairs, and Xu Qingzhi looked for a disaster movie that he had always wanted to watch but hadn't.

The movie begins.

Two people sat on wooden chairs, eating popcorn and watching.

One hand is enough to eat popcorn, so Huo Fengyan naturally took Qingzhi's other hand into his palm.

The rain outside was getting heavier.

Inside, there was a faint smell of popcorn and the sound of movies.

(End of this chapter)