Upon entering, I saw Xie Yan sprawled out on the kang (a heated brick bed) without any regard for his image. I burst out laughing. When I first met him, he seemed like a gentle and refined person, but the more I got to know him, the more I realized that he was a weirdo. All that gentleness and refinement was just an act.
It's just a facade in front of strangers!
Just like now, this guy is definitely the one who has integrated into this place the fastest among the group of people who just arrived. None of the people who came this time had ever seen a kang (heated brick bed).
Most people have some dislike for earthen beds. When they go to bed at night, they wish they could sweep the bed several times. Wang Hongmei, who is quite fussy, simply lays layer upon layer of cloth on the bed, and still feels that the dirt is unclean.
But Xie Yan didn't notice at all that this guy was averse to the earthen bed!
She accepted it very quickly; she laid it out, lay down, and fell asleep immediately!
Just like now, covered in sweat, he immediately collapsed onto the kang (heated brick bed) to rest, just like people in the countryside.
Gu Bin would never sleep in his own bunk without first washing up and changing his clothes.
He couldn't accept sleeping on the kang (a heated brick bed) all dirty.
If Xie Yan knew about Gu Bin's complaints, he would definitely jump up and down. Do you think he wanted that?
It's just that the situation didn't allow it! Yesterday, he was practically half dead. At that moment, who would care about anything else!
Yesterday he was so tired and dirty, he just lay down and slept. The sheets are already dirty, and Xie Yan needs to change them. So today his legs hurt from walking, shouldn't he just lie down and rest? The sheets are going to be washed anyway, what's the difference between them being dirty once or twice?
As for accepting a traditional heated brick bed? Forget about the thank-you banquet!
He bet these people have absolutely no idea what the benefits of a heated earthen bed are! Do you think winter in the Northwest is any better than in the Northeast?
That's so cold that water freezes instantly. Under such conditions, if it weren't for the earthen kang (heated brick bed), who could live here! If you put a bed there, a lot of people would freeze to death in winter!
Xie Yan had lived in the Northwest in his previous life. Without an electric blanket, people could freeze to death in the winter. He also occasionally visited his colleague's hometown and knew about the wonderful thing called a kang (heated brick bed). Lying on a kang in winter was a real treat!
Therefore, everything that exists has meaning; they are the crystallization of the wisdom of human ancestors generation after generation! In the era before electric blankets, the kang (heated brick bed) became a winter essential for people in Northwest China.
When Liu Yihong returned from outside, he saw the two people as soon as he entered the room. One was lying leisurely on the kang (a heated brick bed), while the other was standing on the ground looking at him with disdain.
He glanced at the two of them with suspicion, and only after confirming that they were alright did he ask, "Do you want to take a shower?"
It's not that he's overthinking things; there's just a lot of trouble at the educated youth settlement lately! It's the busy farming season, everyone's exhausted, and with the hot weather, everyone's tempers are pretty bad. A single inappropriate word can lead to a fight.
He was also scared by what he had been through, fearing that these two newcomers would cause trouble too!
Gu Bin, who had been wanting to take a bath for a long time, was immediately excited. Wow, Liu Yihong's words meant that there was a special place to take a bath here! This was much better than he had expected!
Xie Yan also sprang up from the kang (heated brick bed) with a quick movement, "Go! Of course I'll go, where are we going to wash?"
Liu Yihong smiled mysteriously, "Do you know why this village is called Stream Village?"
Xie Yan smiled and said, "Is it related to our bathing? There's a stream in this village?"
"No way! Are we going to bathe in the river?"
Liu Yihong shook his head. "You're only half right. There is a stream in this village, but it's more like a small river now. With the current weather and a lot of rain, the river has widened quite a bit. The villagers here have built a pool over there, a pool with running water. We and the men in the village go there to bathe and swim. Swimming in the water in this weather is absolutely wonderful."
Upon hearing that they were going to bathe in the river, Xie Yan became a little scared, mainly because in his previous life, many bloggers had shown scenes of being bitten by leeches, which looked terrifying.
Just as he was about to back out and say he wouldn't go, Gu Bin grabbed him and pulled him outside, his hurried movements causing Xie Yan to stumble.
As Gu Bin pulled Xie Yan along, he said, "Come on, Xie Yan, let's go take a shower. You've sweated so much today, won't you feel uncomfortable if you don't shower?"
"Even though we've gone to the countryside, we still need to pay attention to hygiene. We can't give up on ourselves just because the environment isn't good!"
Actually, Gu Bin felt that if Xie Yan didn't wash, she would smell bad. He was living next to Xie Yan, so how could he stand the smell coming from across the street?
Xie Yan was furious! Listen to what he's saying! Does he seem like such an unclean person? He said speechlessly, "What the hell! Which eye of yours saw that I didn't want to go? Can't you even give me a change of clothes? Going like this is no different from not washing at all!"
Hearing that Xie Yan was leaving, Gu Bin awkwardly let go and said, "Oh! Then hurry up and get it! Liu Yihong and I will wait for you here! Be quick, don't dawdle, it's almost dark!"
Xie Yan said impatiently, "I know! Stop rushing me. Also, shouldn't we get a flashlight?"
Liu Yihong thought that these two people had just arrived and didn't know the way, so they should bring a flashlight. "Sure, take it!"
And so, Xie Yan and Gu Bin followed Liu Yihong to the bathing area. There were many rocks here, and a rocky mountain on one side. The water flowed through this area. People blocked one end of the water, creating a small outlet that formed a pool. There were already many people in the pool, and their voices could be heard from afar!
Seeing this, Xie Yan wondered to himself, "There shouldn't be any leeches here, right?"
Looking at the naked people swimming in the water, he nodded to himself. So many people were washing and nothing happened, which meant there were no leeches here!
When they got to the water's edge and it was time to actually go in, Xie Yan couldn't quite accept it—showering with so many people!
Oops! Is this bath absolutely necessary?
He felt he could hold on a little longer and wash tomorrow! He would find a less crowded time then!
Xie Yan, still quite naive, had no idea what they were going to experience tomorrow and was thinking of coming over to take a shower sometime tomorrow.
Gu Bin, who had already gone into the water, saw Xie Yan still on the shore and a wicked idea came to him. He quietly moved next to Xie Yan, propped Xie Yan up while he was in a daze, and suddenly pulled Xie Yan into the water!
"ah!"
Startled, Xie Yan let out a scream.
When she realized it was Gu Bin's prank, she flew into a rage and chased after Gu Bin to beat him.
He was so angry! Gu Bin was such a detestable guy!
When Xie Yan got angry, he became quite formidable. Gu Bin, who had been pampered since childhood, was no match for him and soon begged for mercy.
After a few playful moments, it was quite late when they finished washing up and went back; the other educated youth at the settlement had already gone to sleep.
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