It was a quarter of an hour later that Lu Lingxi returned home from next door.
Wang Shuxiu sat on the sofa and glared at him, feeling guilty. Lu Lingxi moved closer to Wang Shuxiu to please her. He didn't know how to act like a spoiled child, but just hugged Wang Shuxiu's arm affectionately and called out in a soft voice, "Mom."
Every time he did this, Wang Shuxiu couldn't do anything to him. Resentfully poking Lu Lingxi with her finger, Wang Shuxiu said with a fierce face, "Eat."
Lu Lingxi followed behind Wang Shuxiu like a little tail. The mother and son sat next to each other. Xiao Feng looked at them with amusement, picked up a piece of pork ribs for each of them, and said to smooth things over: "Come, try my cooking."
"Thank you, Dad." Lu Lingxi said obediently.
Xiao Feng laughed, "If Xiaoxi likes it, we'll continue making it tomorrow."
The father and son changed the subject in a few words. Wang Shuxiu knew what was going on. She glanced at them, lowered her head to pick up the ribs, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.
After dinner, it was nine o'clock in the evening. Wang Shuxiu went back to her room to rest. Lu Lingxi also went back to her room in a casual manner, but she sat at the door and listened to the noise outside. Dahei lay quietly beside Lu Lingxi, with his ears erected high.
Lu Lingxi guessed what Dahei was thinking, smiled and touched Dahei's head, and whispered: "Dahei, are you also listening to your mother fall asleep?"
Dahei let out a low cry in a low voice.
Lu Lingxi felt a little embarrassed, and he didn't say anything while touching Dahei. But to be honest, Dahei's hearing was much more sensitive than his. If Dahei was there last time, Mom wouldn't have caught Big Brother Yan with him. After waiting for a while, there was still no movement outside, and Lu Lingxi guessed that Wang Shuxiu must have fallen asleep. Yan Yue originally said that he would come to find him, but Lu Lingxi thought it would be more convenient for him to go find Yan Yue. It would be fine if Wang Shuxiu caught him not at home, but if Yan Yue was blocked by Wang Shuxiu at home, the consequences would be serious.
"Let's go." Lu Lingxi first sent a text message to Yan Yue, and then greeted Dahei in a low voice.
Dahei immediately ran to the front and stepped on the ground with his four paws silently.
As soon as Lu Lingxi went out, he saw Yan Yue standing outside waiting for him like last time. His eyes suddenly lit up and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curve up.
In the room, Xiao Feng keenly heard the noise outside and smiled silently. He carefully tucked the corner of the quilt for the sleeping Wang Shuxiu, thinking it would be better for Xiaohua to know nothing.
A good night's sleep.
Lu Lingxi returned to his room early the next day. Xiao Feng pretended not to know that he had not returned home all night. When he saw him, he just asked him how he slept as usual. Lu Lingxi felt guilty and almost buried his head in the bowl while eating.
Xiao Feng couldn't help laughing, shook his head and said nothing more.
The day after Xiao Feng came back, Ye Kang also came to Fengcheng. Just like Xiao Hong's reaction when he first came to the city, Ye Kang was also shocked by the changes in Fengcheng. Across the highway toll station, the inside and outside of Fengcheng city seemed like two different seasons. One side was still as dark as winter, while the other side was already full of spring flowers.
Ye Kang was very surprised. When he saw Yan Yue, he asked Yan Yue if he knew what was going on. He remembered that the climate of Fengcheng and Zhongjing was similar, and he didn't think the difference between the two was so big. Besides, the change in Fengcheng was only limited to the urban area. The temperature outside still felt similar to that of Zhongjing. It was really weird.
As it was about the white panel, Yan Yue couldn't say anything to Ye Kang, he just said vaguely: "Fengcheng is close to the sea, and the weather is warm this year, so it may be affected."
Ye Kang rolled his eyes at him, "The experts said so, and you believe it!"
Yan Yue laughed when he heard this.
Ye Kang parked the car at the entrance of Micro Gardening and greeted Lu Lingxi who came out. Yan Yue followed closely beside him. The first thing he was concerned about was that Lu Lingxi didn't wear a coat, but just a thin sweater when he came out.
"Be careful not to catch a cold." Yan Yue stepped forward and pushed Lu Lingxi back.
Lu Lingxi smiled at Ye Kang sheepishly and called him, "Brother Ye."
Ye Kang smiled and nodded, and followed the two into Micro Garden. The environment of Micro Garden was as good as ever, and Ye Kang took a deep breath in ecstasy. The last time he left Fengcheng, what he missed most was the air in Micro Garden. Although Zhongjing has less smog in winter, the moderately polluted air all year round still makes him feel short of breath. "The environment here in Xiaoxi is still good." Ye Kang sighed from the bottom of his heart.
This is basically the feeling that everyone who comes to micro gardening will have, and Lu Lingxi has become accustomed to it.
Ye Kang thought of something, "The air outside is not bad, and it's rare to see the blue sky."
His words were not meant to be sarcastic, but because Fengcheng was seriously polluted. If Zhongjing was moderately polluted all year round, Fengcheng was severely polluted all year round. Of the 365 days in a year, there were 300 days when you couldn't see the blue sky. Every time China selected the city with the worst environment, Fengcheng basically topped the list. Ye Kang compared what he saw and heard in Fengcheng last year, and he couldn't help but express his feelings.
After he finished speaking, Lu Lingxi nodded and said seriously, "We can see the blue sky these days. It has been more than a week in a row. It is especially blue."
The three of them started chatting about this topic. Ye Kang didn't know about plant evolution, and only thought that the improvement in Fengcheng's air was the result of the new environmental protection policy. However, he was not optimistic about Fengcheng's long-term future. For Fengcheng, a heavy industrial city, the main economic pillars are coal and steel. And these two items are the two items that cause the most serious environmental pollution. Although the new mayor of Fengcheng focuses on environmental protection, it is impossible for him to leave economic development alone. He planted trees everywhere in Fengcheng and closed a number of small steel mills with incomplete procedures. This was only a temporary solution for the entire environment of Fengcheng. No matter how many trees are planted, as long as Fengcheng does not adjust its industrial structure, it is impossible to completely avoid pollution. Besides, the mayor's term of office is five years. After this mayor leaves, who knows whether the next mayor will focus on the economy or environmental protection?
Ye Kang said it bluntly. Yan Yue frowned slightly and subconsciously looked at Lu Lingxi. Although Xiaoxi didn't say it, he attached great importance to the improvement of the environment. He didn't want what Ye Kang said to dampen Lu Lingxi's enthusiasm. Besides, Ye Kang didn't know that plants can evolve. If the speed of plant evolution exceeds the speed of pollution in Fengcheng, even if Fengcheng can't completely avoid pollution, it can absorb all the pollution and try to maintain the current situation of blue sky and clear water.
Lu Lingxi didn't know Yan Yue's worries. After thinking for a while, he said, "It would be great if there were plants that could replace steel or other energy sources. This would not affect the economy, but also protect the environment, and there would be no need to worry about pollution." He said it seriously. Yan Yue thought about the existence of the white panel, raised his hand and rubbed Lu Lingxi's hair, and said softly, "If we work hard, we may really be able to find similar plants."
Lu Lingxi glanced at Yan Yue and nodded vigorously.
Ye Kang originally thought Lu Lingxi's idea was interesting, but when he looked at the expressions of the two people, his heart was moved. Yan Yue's attitude did not seem to be a casual remark to coax Lu Lingxi, but rather a kind of affirmative seriousness. He swept his eyes across the faces of the two people, and his expression became a little thoughtful.
The three chatted for a long time. In the afternoon, Lu Lingxi accompanied Ye Kang to the pet shop across the street. Yan Yue had already told Ye Kang about adopting a husky, and Ye Kang agreed immediately. As soon as the three entered the store, the silver-gray husky pounced towards Lu Lingxi like an arrow. Lu Lingxi stepped back and caught it, smiling and stroking the husky's furry head, motioning to Ye Kang, "Brother Ye, look, it's very obedient."
Just as Lu Lingxi finished speaking, Dong Zhi's girlfriend rushed out from behind with a pair of jeans in her hand, and angrily said to the Husky: "Stinky Erha, these are the new pants I bought."
As soon as the Husky saw her, he immediately lay down on the ground with his belly facing the sky, pretending to be dead.
Dong Zhi knew that Ye Kang was going to adopt Erha, and was afraid that he would have a bad impression of Erha, so he quickly came up and asked, "What's wrong? Erha has always been very well behaved."
"How can you be good?" Dong Zhi's girlfriend said angrily. She didn't know Ye Kang, but she was familiar with Lu Lingxi and Yan Yue, so she didn't treat them as outsiders. She turned the pants in her hand around angrily to expose the back, and saw that the two pockets at the back of the pants were torn to pieces, and strips of denim fluttered in the wind. She was so angry that she almost died, "I just put a bar of chocolate in my pants pocket, and the stinky Husky saw it. I told it not to eat chocolate, but it still sneaked in and tore my pants."
The Husky on the ground seemed to know that Dong Zhi’s girlfriend was talking about it. It raised its two front paws and covered its eyes, looking as if it was too embarrassed to face people.
Lu Lingxi: “…”
He just praised the Husky for being obedient.
Ye Kang laughed at the husky. Unexpectedly, he liked the husky very much. Although he could tell from the pants that the husky was not as obedient as Lu Lingxi described, it might be the rapport that the old man often talked about. He fell in love with the husky at first sight. "What's its name?" Ye Kang asked.
Dong Zhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and replied: "Its previous owner was too lazy, so he called it Erha, and it didn't have a formal name."
Ye Kang thought that Erha was a name that Dong Zhi's girlfriend called him for fun, but he didn't expect that it was actually the dog's name. He thought Erha was a good name, so he turned around and asked Lu Lingxi what he thought. Lu Lingxi always kept names simple, such as Dahei, Xiaohei, Xiaohui, etc. He stared at the Husky and suggested Xiaoyin, Xiaohui and Erha for Ye Kang to choose from, or Xiaoqi would also be fine.
Ye Kang & Yan Yue: "..."
“Okay, let’s just call it Erha. Don’t bother changing the name.” Ye Kang made the final decision.
By now Dong Zhi's girlfriend finally understood that Ye Kang was Erha's new owner. She looked at the pants in her hand and regretted that she should have given Erha some face. As soon as she put away the pants, Erha, who was lying on the ground pretending to be dead, immediately got up and continued to circle around Lu Lingxi.
Ye Kang smiled, squatted on the ground and touched Erha's head. Erha squinted at him, then suddenly pounced on him and licked Ye Kang's face enthusiastically.
Dong Zhi was happy. Although Erha usually behaved silly and mean, and had been lively and noisy since being sent to the pet store by its original owner, as if it was not affected by abandonment at all, Erha actually understood everything, otherwise he would not be so enthusiastic and try hard to please Ye Kang. Fortunately, Ye Kang was a friend introduced by Xiaoxi, and Dong Zhi felt relieved to leave Erha to him, without worrying that Erha would have to adapt to another home after just adapting to one home.
Seeing Ye Kang and Erha having fun, Lu Lingxi and Yan Yue returned to Micro Gardening. An afternoon passed, and before 6 o'clock, Ye Kang walked across the road and returned to the store alone.
"Hey, where's Erha?" Lu Lingxi was talking to Yan Yue. He turned his head and looked but didn't find Erha, so he felt a little strange.
Ye Kang said: "The Husky is reluctant to leave the pet shop. Let it stay for one more day and I will take it away tomorrow." What he didn't elaborate on was that just when he was about to take the Husky away, the Husky, who had been acting so naughty, suddenly became depressed and looked at Dong Zhi with a look of reluctance to leave.
Dong Zhi smiled naively and whispered to Ye Kang: "Although they can't talk, they actually understand everything. They know who is good to them and are grateful for the kindness they receive."
Dong Zhi was talking about the pets in the store. Ye Kang immediately thought of Dahei and nodded with emotion. For this reason, Ye Kang specially asked Erha to stay in the pet store for one more day and say goodbye to Dong Zhi and the others.
After 6 o'clock, the three of them packed up and left Micro Gardening together. Yan Yue suggested going to a small restaurant for dinner, which was also a welcome for Ye Kang. Lu Lingxi just wanted to see if Bai Wei was used to staying in the small restaurant, so he nodded in agreement immediately. Ye Kang followed the host's wishes and was full of curiosity about the small restaurant, so he agreed with great interest.
The three of them arrived at the restaurant and saw from a distance that the entrance of the restaurant was full of people waiting for a table. It was still early spring, and these people's noses were red from the cold. No one knew how long they had been waiting outside. This was because most of the residents near the restaurant chose to take their food home, otherwise there would be more people lining up in the restaurant than now. Because Wang Shuxiu was pregnant, the restaurant's plans to expand or open a new store were stopped, which directly led to the restaurant being too small. No matter when you come to eat, it is always full and you have to wait in line for a long time. Fortunately, Lu Lingxi had already told Yi Hang in advance that they didn't need to fight with other guests for seats downstairs and could eat directly upstairs.
Ye Kang was a little surprised at the scene in front of him. He had returned to Zhongjing when the restaurant opened and had never eaten here. However, he had heard Yan Yue mention it several times that the ingredients in the restaurant were pure natural and pollution-free, very fresh, no wonder it attracted so many people.
"Shall we go in directly?" Ye Kang glanced at the people queuing around him, and felt that if he stood up and said that he didn't want to queue, someone inside would immediately rush out and teach him a lesson.
Lu Lingxi was amused by Ye Kang's expression. He smiled and nodded, and whispered, "It's okay. The regular guests know me."
When the restaurant first opened, Lu Lingxi often came to help after work. At that time, all the residents nearby knew Lu Lingxi. Later, more and more customers came to the restaurant, and more and more people knew Lu Lingxi. They all knew that he was the son of the boss's wife and was considered a small boss here.
After he finished speaking, Ye Kang exaggeratedly made a relieved expression, and Yan Yue and Lu Lingxi laughed at him. Under the eager gazes of the crowd, the three of them entered the small restaurant, and Dahei was left in the car outside. The small restaurant had more and more customers, and Lu Lingxi began to consciously stop bringing Dahei in and out of the small restaurant. Although he knew that Dahei was very healthy, had no bacteria and was clean, it was inevitable that some customers would mind this, so he had to let Dahei down.
Dahei stayed in the car obediently and didn't make any noise. Ye Kang was somewhat thankful, "Fortunately I didn't bring Erha with me, otherwise it would be a headache."
Lu Lingxi and Yan Yue looked at each other and nodded in agreement.
The three of them went upstairs directly, and Yi Hang took the time to come over and say hello. Lu Lingxi grabbed him and asked how Bai Wei was doing.
"Don't worry, Lao Si can't stand being bullied." Yi Hang patted his chest and assured: "It's good for him to stay here. He doesn't have to peel carrots every day. Occasionally, when the chef is too busy, he can help cook a dish. It's much better than studying to become a gold medal chef."
Yi Hang said this and Lu Lingxi was relieved. There were many people outside, so he couldn't keep Yi Hang. He said a few words and watched Yi Hang run away in a hurry. While the two were talking, Yan Yue had already asked Ye Kang to sit down and poured him a cup of tea.
Yan Yue was holding a set of bamboo tea sets, and there were many bamboo handicrafts on the upper floor. These were all bought by Wang Shuxiu and Zhou Xiaoman when they went shopping these days. They looked elegant and interesting.
Lu Lingxi sent Yi Hang away and sat next to Yan Yue. Next to him was a small bamboo building. Lu Lingxi found it interesting and started playing with it.
Yan Yue looked at him lovingly, "Like?"
Lu Lingxi nodded, stroked the bamboo house, and asked curiously: "Are there really many bamboo houses like this in Kunnan? Won't it collapse if people live in it?"
Yan Yue chuckled, "How could that be? Bamboo has good elasticity and toughness, low density, and its specific strength is several times that of steel..."
He suddenly stopped here and looked at Lu Lingxi thoughtfully.
The author has something to say: If you are interested, you can search for news about bamboo. Nowadays, bamboo is used in a way beyond imagination. There is a kind of bamboo called Phyllostachys viridiflora, which has a tensile strength of 2833 kg per square meter along the grain and is known as "plant steel". People really use bamboo to replace steel bars and cast bamboo reinforced concrete buildings. There are many other uses, and the whole body is a treasure. Of course, this article will be a little exaggerated O(∩_∩)O~
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