Chapter 31 Qing He
Chapter 31
Qiao Yue and Lin Yu were stunned when they heard this. They exchanged glances and confirmed again and again that this cold joke came from Chen Wan.
"Baby, what you said makes me feel guilty." Qiao Yue laughed after she reacted.
Yuan Ke also likes fishing, so he had already chosen a place to sit down and adjust the length of the fishing line.
Lin Yu was not willing to be outdone, so he pulled a small stool and sat down next to him, but was pushed away by Qiao Yue.
"If we are all fishing together, can we catch anything?" She glanced at Bai Linyu, then looked around.
Pointing to a rice field not far away, he said, "You and Wanzi go over there."
Lin Yu looked up and saw a lotus pond next to the green rice fields. All he could see was bright green.
"Sure, there's a lotus pond over there. I'm afraid if you lose, you'll regret giving me this precious place."
Lin Yu nodded with satisfaction, picked up two small stools, and called Chen Wan over.
Qiao Yue didn't care about his bold words. It was more like she let Lin Yu go there because she was attracted by the lotus pond.
After all, he is very competitive when it comes to food, and an injured hand will definitely affect the results of his fishing.
Give him some face and let him show off a little.
Chen Wan followed Lin Yu closely, carrying a fishing rod and an empty bucket.
The two walked through the green rice fields that were surging like waves, smelling a faint fragrance, and the chirping of cicadas and frogs filled the air.
When we arrived at the lotus pond, the light of the sky and the shadows of the clouds lingered on the sparse water surface.
The densely packed lotus leaves look like a layer of fallen gold, and occasionally you can see the graceful light pink lotus.
Green lotus hangs above the clouds, and the white sun adorns the pond.
"There must be a lot of fish in the pond, we will definitely win." Lin Yu raised his eyebrows confidently at Chen Wan, bent down and sat down.
Prepare the bait very carefully, set up the fishing rod, and be ready to go.
Chen Wan sat by the rice field, separated from Lin Yu by a locust tree.
In order not to disturb the fish, the two of them tacitly kept quiet.
Because Lin Yu's hand was injured, he could only place the fishing rod on his knees.
He was a man who could not sit still, and occasionally he would casually look down at the green and calm surface of the pond.
Or he would look back at Qiao Yue who was not far away, but he was not very focused on fishing.
While he was looking around, Chen Wan had already caught one.
In a blink of an eye, Lin Yu saw the blue-gray fish being taken off the hook by her and falling into the bucket smoothly.
Lin Yu wanted to give her a thumbs up, but when he stretched out his hand, it turned out to be a ball.
Chen Wan looked at him in confusion, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Lin Yu smiled awkwardly. Just then, the fishing rod on his knees moved, attracting his attention.
"I've got my fish hooked too!" He reeled in the line vigorously, and a fish drew an arc in the air. "It's quite big!"
Lin Yu turned the shaft with great satisfaction and adjusted the length of the reel.
As a result, the fish took the bait and fell back into the pond with a splash.
By the way, he did a beautiful tailspin, splashing water all over Lin Yu's face.
Looking at his stunned expression, Chen Wan couldn't help laughing.
Lin Yu wiped his face roughly with his sleeve, and saw Chen Wan's smiling face through the gap between his elbows.
A pair of eyes were as clear as water, and the long eyelashes trembled slightly, like ripples.
This scene was like a slow and quiet movie shot, but it stirred up silent waves in his heart.
"Wanzai." He suppressed his emotions and called her in a low voice.
"I didn't mean to laugh." Chen Wan bit his lower lip and held back his laughter.
"You look beautiful when you smile." Lin Yu suddenly said.
The two looked at each other for a moment, separated by the mottled shadow of the locust tree and the long time, and then both frowned.
"Hey, Junior Brother, how are the results here?" Qiao Yue waved at Lin Yu and shouted, "We have three!"
Lin Yu came back to his senses, looked at his empty bucket, thought about the bet, sighed, but was still as confident as ever, "We have five!"
"Really?" Qiao Yue called out to him, "Then let's see the final result!"
Chen Wan glanced at Lin Yu, "Five?"
Lin Yu threw out the hook again and pretended to be calm, "By then, there will definitely be far more than that."
Haikou was praised, and Chen Wan and Lin Yu were only focused on catching the fat fish.
The charming atmosphere just now disappeared in an instant.
The summer afternoon becomes particularly quiet and leisurely amid the endless rice fields and the layers of cicada chirping.
Around six o'clock in the evening, the townspeople who were returning from farm work passed by the lotus pond.
An old lady knew Chen Wan and asked her from a distance, "Have you had dinner?"
Lin Yu and Qiao Yue heard it, counted the performance of their own group, and called it a day with great satisfaction.
The four people carried buckets and fishing gear and walked leisurely on the way back to the old house.
Lin Yu lowered his eyes, looked down at the fish that Qiao Wan and the others had caught, and said, "Nothing special."
Not wanting to be outdone, Qiao Yue also counted the fish in Lin Yu's bucket and laughed, "The tadpoles you caught are so small!"
"This is the appetizer I caught. The highlight is what our Wanzi caught." Lin Yu showed him another bucket like he was presenting a treasure. There were four fat and fresh fish swimming in it.
"What's it to you?" Qiao Yue rolled her eyes at him.
"I am proud of it. Is there any difference between her and me?" After Lin Yu said this without thinking, the remaining three were stunned.
Especially Chen Wan, he felt that the gentle dusk before his eyes had all fallen into his heart.
Qiao Yue smiled meaningfully, "I support your idea."
Lin Yu was slow to react. He looked at Chen Wan and coughed awkwardly. "I meant to share the happiness."
"Yeah!" Qiao Yue smiled and answered Lin Yu perfunctorily, "Yeah!" no matter how he explained.
The group returned home jokingly.
The old lady who cooks said that her granddaughter was kept after kindergarten and couldn't make dinner in time.
Chen Wan took on the task of cooking dinner, Qiao Yue assisted him, and the two men were responsible for cutting the fish.
Yuan Ke and Lin Yu were at a loss as to what to do with the lively fish on the chopping board.
"Brother, can you?"
Yuan Ke shook his head. "Killing fish is so cruel. I've never done it."
While the two of them were chatting, Chen Wan found a rolling pin, pointed it at the fish head, and hit it hard.
The fish flapped its wings a few times and became dying.
Qiao Yue quickly grabbed it and removed the scales neatly and decisively.
"Gentlemen, you should go to the vegetable garden to pick vegetables." Qiao Yue rolled her eyes at them without any hesitation and ordered them to pick vegetables.
Chen Wan was slicing fish when Lin Yu came over and asked, "What are you having for dinner? I want to eat hot pot."
She paused the knife in her hand, and moved her gaze to Lin Yu's round bandage, raising her eyes slightly. "You can't eat spicy food with this wound."
Lin Yu stared at his injured hand angrily and continued to argue with Chen Wan. "But I really haven't eaten hot pot for a long time."
Chen Wan completely fixed his gaze on his face, and seeing the aggrieved childishness in Lin Yu's eyes, he was defeated.
She compromised, "Then let's have Cantonese hot pot, hot pot, which is perfect with sashimi."
Lin Yu pondered for a moment and searched for "hot pot" in his Lin's menu.
"Hotpot, that's fine. You can eat while cooking." Qiao Yue agreed.
She had just checked the ingredients in the refrigerator, and found a wide variety of them.
"And making chicken soup as the base is also very nourishing and will help you recover from your wounds." Chen Wan asked him, "Is that okay?"
Lin Yu raised his fangs and smiled frankly, "Okay, Wanzi has the final say!"
Qiao Yue snorted, "You're quite good at making arrangements."
Lin Yu and Yuan Ke carried baskets and planned to go to the vegetable garden to pick some fresh vegetables.
The two men looked back at their loved ones busy in the kitchen, and both sighed that they had no regrets in their lives.
Lin Yu was thinking about the dishes in his mind. After taking a few steps, he remembered a dish and quickly turned back.
"Wanzai, I want to eat hand-made fish balls." He ran into the kitchen to order.
"Making fish balls by hand is tiring. If you can do it, go ahead." Qiao Yue, who was washing ginger, glared at him. "If you keep nagging, I'll beat you into fish balls."
Lin Yu had no choice but to give up and planned to return to the vegetable garden in shame.
Then Chen Wan's laughter came from behind him, "Sure."
Seeing Lin Yu looking back with joy, Qiao Yue said, "Baby, you're the one who spoiled him. You're becoming more and more picky."
Chen Wan waved at Lin Yu, then continued Qiao Yue's words, "I don't think so."
In return, a sigh.
Lin Yu got the approval and returned to the vegetable garden with a smile on his face.
A rack was set up in the yard, and a small plastic shed was built, where even out-of-season vegetables were grown.
Yuan Ke and Lin Yu picked cucumbers, spinach and other vegetables that are essential for hot pot.
"I suddenly understand what Tao Yuanming said about straying into a web of dust and being gone for thirty years." Yuan Ke looked at the vegetable garden full of fruits and vegetables, feeling a mix of emotions.
After being in a cage for a long time, I can finally return to nature.
Lin Yu smiled and said, "This kind of life is indeed very leisurely."
After living in a city of steel and concrete for too long, my understanding of the word "life" has gradually become less pure.
As long as I have food and drink and am alive, I feel like I can survive another day.
When people pursue fame and fortune and stand in modern buildings, they will despise rural life.
I feel that such a slow lifestyle is incompatible with social development and is too unambitious.
But when you really fall into nature, you will find that what you yearn for is always the mundane world.
Chen Wan and Qiao Yue quickly marinated the sashimi and made chicken soup in a pressure cooker.
When Lin Yu and his friends returned with a full load, Qiao Yue was pouring the soup base into the copper pot.
Yuan Ke quickly stepped forward and took over the job. "Why don't you wait for us? What if you get burned?"
Qiao Yue pinched her earlobes with both hands, rubbed them twice, and felt the burning sensation on her fingertips subside a lot. She said nonchalantly, "I'm not a child."
"You will always be a child in my heart." After saying this, Yuan Ke took her hand and rinsed it under cold water.
Lin Yu, who had inexplicably eaten a meal of dog food, blinked and walked into the kitchen carrying a basket of vegetables.
Who doesn’t have a kid yet? Really.
Chen Wan was cutting corn. Seeing Lin Yu coming in with vegetables, he smiled and said, "Put them there. I'll wash them."
Seeing her holding the knife, Lin Yu imitated her and said, "Why don't you wait for me to cut it? What if you hurt your hand?"
After saying that, he decided to take on the job.
Chen Wan glanced at his injured hand calmly, the smile on his lips not reaching his eyes.
Lin Yu hid his hand awkwardly and said, "I'd better go shopping for vegetables."
He put the vegetables into a bamboo sieve, rinsed them carefully under the running water, and watched the green flow.
"It's great to have you." Lin Yu smelled the rich aroma of food in the kitchen and muttered softly.
Chen Wan didn't hear clearly, so he bent down slightly, moved closer to Lin Yu, and reached out to help him pick out the vegetables.
"What did you say?"
The hair beside her ears drew an arc in the air, making her look very lively, different from her usual aloof appearance.
Lin Yu looked at her, his mind boggling, and he could only think of a line: "The Tao is ruthless, yet it has feelings."
He couldn't deceive himself anymore, nor could he ignore this relationship.
"Chen Wan, I really do..."
Qiao Yue and Yuan Ke walked in, chatting and laughing, and shouted, "The soup base on the table has started to boil!"
These words instantly broke the close distance between Chen Wan and Lin Yu.
"The water is overflowing." Chen Wan suddenly looked away and turned on the faucet in a panic. "I'll go see what side dishes are available first."
After saying that, he left.
Lin Yu sat on the bench in a daze, holding a handful of spinach in his hand.
After leaving the kitchen, Chen Wan walked to the patio, turned the wooden shaft, and pumped up half a bucket of water.
The well water was cool, so she scooped up a handful and splashed it directly on her face.
"Calm down, Chen Wan!"
It's probably this feeling
My thoughts: "Green lotuses hang above the clouds, the sun shines brightly in the pond" is my original creation, so I haven't cited the source. Anyway, the small town chapter is what I used to practice blending scenes, and I hope you will like it.
I'm so grateful for Wei Yang's comment that "the ordinary, everyday air is the most soothing to the hearts of ordinary people." This is the greatest compliment I can give to my writing style!
Thanks to You Ran, Ming Ming Yue, and the cute little one who clicked
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