The next day, Yan Yue and Lu Lingxi had breakfast at Uncle Li's house.
While the two were still asleep, Grandpa Li came to the flower garden and started watering the plants. Lu Lingxi got up a little embarrassedly and looked at the time. It was only six o'clock. Grandpa Li looked at Lu Lingxi with a smile on his face, "Go to sleep. I don't sleep well when I'm old, and you're still growing, little kid."
Lu Lingxi was still sleepy after sleeping a little late last night. But in front of Uncle Li, he was too embarrassed to go back to sleep. Yan Yue came over soon after, and the two of them simply helped Uncle Li with the work.
At around seven o'clock, Aunt Li came over to invite them to eat. Yesterday, knowing that Lu Lingxi and Yan Yue were coming, Aunt Li specially found the oat noodles. She got up early in the morning and poured water to mix the noodles, and pushed a basket of oat noodle rolls. While steaming the oat noodle rolls, Aunt Li soaked some dried mushrooms, chopped them up and fried them with diced meat, and made a mushroom and diced meat stew. While steaming the oat noodle rolls, Aunt Li also steamed some potatoes separately, let them cool, peeled and mashed them, and mixed them with chili peppers, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar to make a cold dish. Now all these are ready, just waiting for them to eat.
Yan Yue and Lu Lingxi did not refuse and followed Uncle Li back home. As soon as they sat down at the table, Aunt Li brought up the steaming steamer. As Aunt Li opened the steamer, a strange aroma filled the air. Lu Lingxi had never heard of oatmeal rolls before. He looked into the steamer with some curiosity and saw rows of small rolls squeezed together, a bit like the honeycomb coal he had seen in books.
The oat noodle rolls recommended by Aunt Li were very beautiful, each one was as long as a finger, as thin as the willow leaves at the entrance of the village, and light yellow in color. They were topped with a spoonful of mushroom and diced meat sauce and mixed together. One bite was simply endless aftertaste. Lu Lingxi couldn't help but eat two bowls and almost couldn't put the bowl down.
Uncle Li was very happy to see that he could eat, and he kept persuading him, "Eat more, little kid. Your aunt has been in good health recently, her arms are strong, and the dough she kneaded is chewy and tastes better than what she usually makes."
Lu Lingxi smiled and nodded, but he didn't move his chopsticks. He really couldn't eat anymore. But Lu Lingxi listened to what Uncle Li said and asked with concern: "Auntie, your legs haven't hurt recently, have they?"
"No pain." Uncle Li was even happier when he talked about this. "It's been almost a month, and your aunt hasn't had any pain at all, even when it rained last time, nothing happened at all."
Aunt Li heard this and interjected, "It's all the tree god's blessing."
Uncle Li looked at her helplessly, "What does this have to do with that big willow tree?"
"Of course it's related." The old couple started arguing in front of the guests. Lu Lingxi and Yan Yue looked at each other and laughed at the same time. Even though Uncle Li and Aunt Li were arguing, Lu Lingxi could feel the strong affection between them. Will he and Brother Yan be like this when they grow old?
Uncle Li couldn't win the argument with Aunt Li, so he had no choice but to give up and change the topic, mentioning the meeting in the village yesterday. It was still related to the big willow tree at the entrance of the village. In the past period of time, as the news of the big willow tree coming back to life spread in the surrounding villages, more and more old men and women came to the big willow tree to burn some paper and kowtow. I don't know what the village chief was thinking, but on the surface he had to say that this was feudal superstition and asked the villagers to stop spreading this. After talking about the big willow tree, the village chief focused on the river behind the village.
There is a river behind Lingshui Village, called Lingshui River. Speaking of which, the name of Lingshui Village comes from this river. There is a reservoir upstream of Lingshui River, where Fengcheng's water plant is built. Because of this, the water quality of Lingshui River used to be quite good, and you could often find river snails and small fish in the river. But since a plastic processing plant was built in Songjiazhuang upstream of Lingshui Village, the water quality of Lingshui River has become worse and worse. Now the flowing water is dark brown and smells bad.
The village chief saw some children playing in the river last time. After giving them a lesson, he made it a point to point out during the meeting that children were strictly prohibited from playing in the river and that adults at home should keep an eye on them. Children are ignorant and if something happens to them after drinking some river water, who would be held responsible?
Uncle Li sighed and said with some sadness, "The water of that river used to be so clear. Your aunt often went to the river to wash clothes. After washing, she would spread them on the rocks by the river and they would be dry in half an hour. Now, let alone washing clothes, I can't even stand the smell when I get close to it."
In the past, the villagers did not feel it very clearly, but as the environment in the village improved, taking a breath was really refreshing. In contrast, the villagers could no longer tolerate the smell of Lingshui River. As far as Uncle Li knew, the village chief had gone to Songjiazhuang twice to look for it, but it was completely useless.
"They are all making money with a guilty conscience." Uncle Li said angrily.
Lu Lingxi had never seen what the Lingshui River looked like before, but when he thought about what he saw last time he went there, he seemed to empathize with Uncle Li's anger.
On the way back, Lu Lingxi opened the white panel, and the entire Lingshui Village was displayed on the panel. His attention was focused on the Lingshui River. Sure enough, the expansion of the purified soil was hindered there. It seemed that there was an invisible barrier blocking it, and the expansion of the soil stopped. Lu Lingxi could see clearly that the expansion of the soil did not really stop, but the Lingshui River flowed through it every day, and toxic substances were deposited at the bottom of the river. The speed of soil purification was not as fast as the speed of pollution. Under the tug of war between the two, it seemed as if it had stopped.
Lu Lingxi frowned and told Yan Yue about this phenomenon. The joy of coming to the village yesterday also disappeared with the pollution of Lingshui River. Yan Yue saw it, rubbed Lu Lingxi's hair, and said nothing. But a day later, Yan Yue took the initiative to suggest that the two of them go back to the flower garden at night.
"Go back to the flower garden? Didn't they go back the day before yesterday?" Lu Lingxi was puzzled. While packing up and preparing to close the door, he was thinking about the Victoria amazonica he kept at home. Victoria amazonica seeds generally need to be warmed at room temperature of 25-28 degrees to germinate, and they can germinate in about a week. Lu Lingxi has successfully germinated the Victoria amazonica seeds given to him by Xue Yongtong, and the second young leaf has grown. At this time, clean water is not enough for Victoria amazonica, and it needs to be moved to a culture dish filled with silt. He plans to go back and transplant it in the evening.
Yan Yue noticed his absent-mindedness, but didn't care. He just said mysteriously, "You'll know when Xiaoxi goes there."
Lu Lingxi tried to read something on Yan Yue's face, but gave up after a while. He said goodbye to Wang Shuxiu, asked her to help him change the water for the Victoria amazonica in the evening, and followed Yan Yue to the flower garden.
When they arrived, Grandpa Li and Yu Xiaojuan were still in the flower garden. Seeing Lu Lingxi coming over, Grandpa Li laughed. "Little kid, are you going to the pond? This is the first time I've seen such a big leaf at my age. I heard it's called Victoria amazonica. It's really rare."
Wang Lian... Lu Lingxi suddenly looked at Yan Yue with a look of surprise. Yan Yue looked at him lovingly, smiling without saying anything.
Lu Lingxi couldn't help but ask, "Brother Yan, have you asked Uncle Xue for that Victoria amazonica plant?"
Yan Yue nodded, deliberately spread his hands, and said with regret: "I wanted to give Xiaoxi a surprise, but after what Mr. Li said, there is no surprise anymore."
Uncle Li listened and laughed.
Lu Lingxi looked at Yan Yue with curved eyebrows and couldn't stop smiling. He thought of something again and asked again and again, "Brother Yan, what did you tell Uncle Xue about this? Is it that Victoria amazonica? But how did you recognize which Victoria amazonica it was?"
Yan Yue was extremely happy when he saw Lu Lingxi's joyful expression. He pulled the boy to the pond while explaining the whole story in a roundabout way. "Xue Yongtong owed me a favor, and this Victoria amazonica is the favor he paid back. As for whether it is that Victoria amazonica, you have to see for yourself, Xiaoxi. But didn't you talk about vitality last time? The Victoria amazonica you picked is the best among all the Victoria amazonicas, so there shouldn't be any problem." Of course, the premise is that Xue Yongtong did not make a mistake or deliberately lied to him.
Lu Lingxi nodded and said quickly: "It doesn't matter if it's not the first-level peak Victoria regia. As long as we take good care of it, it will definitely evolve." He was very confident about this. With the help of the panel, evolution would not be a problem at all.
Because he was too excited, Lu Lingxi jogged all the way for the 10-minute journey, and he ran over in just a few minutes. Yan Yue saw him panting and felt a little distressed, "The Victoria amazonica is in the pond and can't run away, why are you in such a hurry!"
Lu Lingxi didn't bother to pay attention to Yan Yue, his attention was all on the huge green jade plate in the middle of the pond. The mental scan spread out, and the state of the Victoria amazonica emerged in his mind. The name of the first-level Victoria amazonica made Lu Lingxi's eyes light up, and he turned around and tiptoed to quickly kiss Yan Yue on the lips, and said excitedly: "Thank you, Brother Yan."
His rare initiative made Yan Yue's eyes darken, and he pulled Lu Lingxi to whisper something. Lu Lingxi immediately thought of what happened the afternoon before yesterday, his eyes wandered, and he nodded hesitantly and embarrassedly. Seeing that he agreed, Yan Yue raised the corners of his mouth in satisfaction. From Lu Lingxi's reaction, it can be judged that this Victoria amazonica should be the peak level one Victoria amazonica. "Do you want to choose to evolve?"
Lu Lingxi forced himself to withdraw his attention from what he had promised Yan Yue and nodded. "If we want to evolve, let's come over tonight."
"good."
Because of this matter in his mind, Lu Lingxi couldn't even eat dinner. He didn't want to eat after two bites. Yan Yue pinched his face and said sternly: "You are too thin. You must finish two buns." On the way to the flower garden, Yan Yue deliberately went to a well-known bun shop in Fengcheng and packed two baskets of buns with various flavors, enough for two people and a dog to eat until tomorrow morning.
Yan Yue had a stern face like this, giving off the feeling of a strict parent. Lu Lingxi actually lacked this kind of parental image during his growth process. He subconsciously sat up straight, secretly glanced at Yan Yue, and obediently pinched the bun and started eating. Yan Yue softened his expression, turned around and heated up a pack of milk for Lu Lingxi. Lu Lingxi blinked, and while Yan Yue was not paying attention, he quickly broke off a small half of the bun and threw it to Dahei. Dahei reacted very quickly and swallowed it in one gulp, tacitly helping Lu Lingxi to destroy the body and eliminate the tail.
Yan Yue listened to the noise behind him and glanced at Lu Lingxi and Dahei suspiciously. Lu Lingxi smiled at him flatteringly, and Yan Yue could do nothing about the boy, so he could only turn a blind eye.
It was not until it was dark that Yan Yue led Lu Lingxi to the pond. Dahei trotted beside them, burping from time to time. At noon, Grandma Wang sent four chicken legs to the store, and Dahei ate three by himself, which was a bit too much. As a result, in addition to the normal amount of food, he helped Lu Lingxi finish a bun at night, which was obviously full.
Yan Yue glanced at it coldly. You deserve it! You helped Xiaoxi to fool around!
Dahei whimpered softly, and in the middle of his whimper he burped. He immediately ran away with a shamefaced look on his face, too embarrassed to stay with the two of them.
Lu Lingxi: “…”
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