Chapter 22 Feeding Water Zhou Ye licked his lips soaked in mountain spring water...
There was no food to serve the guests, but fortunately there was plenty of cool and thirst-quenching mountain spring water.
"Mother, let me pour some water for the uncles and aunts." Lin Shu said this without deliberately lowering her voice. One man heard this and teased her kindly, "Dashan, you are so lucky. When one person passed away, God gave us a better one."
Lin Shu carried a few bowls of freshly poured mountain spring water over and handed one to the uncle, "Uncle, what you said is wrong. What do you mean by better? Sister Yao and I each have our own strengths. No matter who honors my parents, my parents will be blessed."
The man took the bowl, scratched his head and smiled, "Yes, yes, Shu is right."
"Uncles, you have been busy for so long, drink some mountain spring water to moisten your mouths first. I will make some tea later and treat you uncles to some tea." Lin Shu drank the water and handed the last bowl to Zhou Ye.
He was the only one doing the work of cutting up the pork. One hand held the kitchen knife, the other was stained with blood and grease. Lin Shu knew it was inconvenient for him, so she handed the bowl directly to his lips. Because he was tall, she raised her arm. "Brother Aye, drink some water quickly. You look sweaty."
The bowl was already handed to his mouth, and Zhou Ye had no choice but to refuse. He bent down slightly, cooperated with Lin Shu's actions, held the edge of the bowl, and drank the water in a few big gulps.
He glanced at Lin Shu and moved his lips as if he wanted to say thank you, but he couldn't utter the word. Lin Shu's eyes curved immediately, "Brother Aye, you're welcome."
The villagers looked at the two people standing together. One was strong and muscular with dark skin, while the other was petite and delicate with fair skin like jade. There was an indescribable sense of contrast.
In the past, Lin Yao and Zhou Ye looked a perfect match when standing together, but it always felt like something was missing. When they walked together, they looked more like a pair of siblings. Now Lin Yao has been replaced by Lin Shu. Wow, these two don’t seem to be a good match at first glance, but the more you look at them, the more you think, hey, this picture is quite pleasing to the eyes!
"Aye is so lucky!" someone joked.
Others echoed.
Zhou Ye frowned, knowing that the villagers had misunderstood him. He wanted to explain that he only regarded Lin Shu as his sister, but he didn't know how to start.
Lin Shu pretended not to understand. It was good that Zhou Ye was there to block her, so that the enthusiastic aunts and sisters in the village wouldn't try to matchmake for her and disturb her peace.
She had a very difficult time during the apocalypse. People kept advising her to seek shelter from a powerful psychic, and they said it was for her own good. Lin Shu had had enough.
Even if she wants to find a man, it must be someone she likes, not someone she wants to depend on or live an easy life.
"Brother Aye, thank you for your hard work." Lin Shu smiled at the uncles and walked away with the empty bowl.
Zhou Ye licked his lips that were soaked in mountain spring water and continued to divide the pork.
After the food in their stomachs was divided, the rest was much easier to deal with. They simply divided it in half, keeping half for themselves and giving the other half to the villagers who came to help.
Of course, it is not free, but pork that can only be bought with money outside can be exchanged for rice, coarse grains and other food in the village. Moreover, Zhou Ye said yesterday that it doesn’t matter what food, anything that is short of the family can be exchanged.
The villagers had already brought rice and other items to exchange for pork.
Some brought oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and coarse tea.
Grandpa Gao's family was a bamboo craftsman, so Uncle Gao brought bamboo tools such as a bamboo backpack.
The village headman wanted to keep the pigs for the New Year, but now he was craving for some, so he exchanged them for some fine rice.
There are also those who directly exchange the wooden basins they brought for meat.
Zhou Ye ignored the task of exchanging the meat and handed it to Lin Dashan. He went to the back of the house to wash his hands with mountain spring water, then packed the processed pig heart, pig lungs, pig liver and other internal organs, two ribs, four hooves, and leg bones and put them into the backpack, covered it with a thick layer of straw to prevent them from being crushed, and then tied up the live rabbits and pheasants brought back yesterday and put them in. Now the backpack was almost full.
A small amount of the half-side of pork was cut off and left because the whole side of pork was easier to sell. The remaining whole side of wild boar meat was directly supported by the backpack and all placed on top of it.
Zhou Ye didn't stay long and just carried it on his back and left.
Seeing this, Lin Shu quickly took the bread that He Guixiang had packed in advance, and did not forget to cover it with her sleeves. She trotted after him and whispered, "Brother Aye, you forgot to bring your dry food."
Zhou Ye paused, looked back at her, took the pancake from her hand and stuffed it into his arms.
Seeing that she didn't leave, he asked, "Do you have anything else to say?"
Lin Shu said with regret, "I originally wanted to go to the town with Brother Aye, but I'm slow and I'm afraid of delaying your work. Next time, if Brother Aye is not busy, can I go to the town with you?"
Zhou Ye hummed vaguely, but thought in his heart: You clearly said last night that you had something to do.
"I got up late today and couldn't cook for you. I'll make you something delicious when you come back from town."
Zhou Ye was silent for a while, then took the initiative to ask, "Do you want to buy anything?"
Lin Shu shook her head, then smiled and said, "Next time I go to town with you, if I see something I like, can you buy it for me?"
Zhou Ye said: "Anything that's not expensive is fine."
The smile on Lin Shu's face immediately faded.
Brother, you are so wise. You make me feel safe for some reason.
Zhou Ye didn't delay any longer and walked away at a brisk pace. His backpack was full of things and half a wild boar, and it looked heavy, but his back didn't bend at all, and he walked away in a short while.
Lin Shu stared at the back for a while, her eyes sweeping over the muscles bulging as the arms swung.
His figure suits her aesthetic taste, his facial features are strong and resolute, and his character can stand scrutiny. If she wants to fall in love, Zhou Ye is someone who fits the bill.
But this guy already has a heroine in his heart, and she is probably like his white moonlight.
No matter how good her current partner is, he can't match Bai Yueguang's charm. She falls in love to make herself happy and can't stand any bit of frustration. This is the most important point, but Zhou Ye doesn't meet it.
If Zhou Ye didn't have any such feelings for the heroine, and the villagers of Tianshui Village all tacitly agreed that she would marry Zhou Ye in the future, then she could just let things take their course and have a relationship.
Thinking about her previous life, she was busy killing zombies and getting food, and had no time to think about anything else. She was single until her death, which might be a bit regretful.
Survival in the apocalypse is difficult. Order has collapsed, human ethics have deteriorated, and people live for the moment. Some immediately become dependent on other men after their boyfriends die, some openly stay with their brothers-in-law after their sisters die, and some have harems full of women. After a thrilling zombie siege, there's a man who drags a woman into the woods, and some who are so reckless that they...
Lin Shu hated those dark days of order, but she didn't hate relationships. She'd seen lovers, bound together by life and death, die together in a zombie apocalypse, one awakening superpowers while the other didn't, yet they remained together forever.
In order to drag her into the quagmire, her mortal enemy in the previous life kept telling her about the advantages of having a man and said a lot of dirty words. Lin Shu finally listened to some of it and became curious about the relationship between men and women.
Lin Shu collected her thoughts and returned to the yard, where her father was still happily distributing pork.
Wild boars are more expensive than domestic pigs on the market, but Lin Dashan sells them at the same price as domestic pigs. A single cut often adds an extra two or three taels, but Lin Dashan doesn't take that into account. The villagers who came today were all helping out, so any extra two or three taels is free. This is the main reason why villagers prefer to trade for pork in the village. When they go to town to buy meat, every pound and ounce is carefully calculated, leaving no room for bargains.
After the pork was distributed, there was still some left, so they kept it for themselves.
"Mom, just eat something for breakfast, and save the pork for dinner with A-ye." Lin Dashan said to He Guixiang.
He Guixiang agreed and went to make breakfast.
The villagers who had been helping out in the courtyard also returned one after another, their faces filled with joy. Especially the two women who had been helping to process the pig intestines and other offal. They had come empty-handed, but both returned with a good supply. Even though it smelled bad, it was still good, and it was free!
After everyone had left, Lin Dashan looked at Lin Dashui, who was still hesitating, and asked knowingly, "Third brother, you're not going to exchange for pork, so why are you still here for so long? Do you want me to stay for breakfast?"
Lin Dashui lowered his head and said nothing.
"Come into the house with me." Lin Dashan snorted and invited him into the inner room.
A quarter of an hour later, the two brothers came out again. Both of their eyes were red, and Lin Dashui's eyes were still wet.
Lin Xiaopu whispered to Lin Shu secretly, "Sister, I saw Third Uncle wiping away tears."
Lin Shu gestured towards her, "Shh, adults have to save face, don't say it out loud."
Lin Xiaopu stuck out her tongue, then asked mysteriously, "Sister, do you like Brother Aye?"
"Cough, cough, cough!" Lin Shu was choked by her own saliva.
What exactly made Xiao Pu feel that she liked Zhou Ye?
Lin Xiaopu whispered, "The way Sister looks at Brother Aye is similar to the way I look at pork."
Lin Shu burst out laughing, "Pfft! You mean your brother A'ye is just pork in my eyes? If I eat a living person, wouldn't I be a demon?"
Lin Xiaopu pouted. "Even though I didn't say it exactly, it's very similar. Sister smiled especially beautifully when she spoke to Brother Aye, and sometimes she would secretly look at his exposed arms."
Lin Shu was not convinced, "My smile to you, to my father and mother is not nice?"
Lin Xiaopu shook his head. "It looks good too, but it's not the same."
"So what if I looked at his arms? I just thought they were strong and sturdy, so I looked at them with admiration."
In the end times, everyone likes this kind of people with tendon meat, regardless of gender, and she is no exception.
Lin Xiaopu questioned: "Our father's arms are also strong, why don't you see him looking at him?"
Lin Shu: ...
She finally understood why Zhou Ye hid his secret so well, but Xiao Pu was able to discover it.
What could be hidden from such a petty villain?
Lin Shu was about to explain that she only liked Zhou Ye's type, not him, and that she smiled at him only because she had some ulterior motive, wanting him to work for her. They'd only known each other for a few days, so why would she talk about liking him? It wasn't love at first sight.
Then Lin Xiaopu suddenly laughed and said, "I also found out that Brother Aye likes you too."
Lin Shu was confused when she heard this.
Huh? What the hell?
Who does Zhou Ye like? Who likes her?
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