Going out
It was already morning when Jiang Tian got up. "I'm so hungry." She touched her stomach and said to Jiang Da.
"I must have been too tired from working yesterday!"
"I think so too. The goose is hungry too." Jiang Da echoed Jiang Tian's words and pushed her towards the kitchen with his wings.
I was too busy last night, so I just had a few bites and had to continue working, but I have time this morning.
Jiang Tian originally wanted to go to his grandparents' house early because they were the only two old people at home and his uncle's family were all out of town. If they suddenly encountered something like this, it would be inconvenient for them to do anything because they were old.
However, when he got up and opened the curtains, Jiang Tian changed his decision.
Because he lost his parents at a very early age, although he has the love of other relatives, Jiang Tian is still much more mature than his peers in some aspects and understands the evil side of human nature better.
Many people don't dare to lose their temper with people who are stronger than them, so they will subconsciously lose their temper with people who are weaker than them and bully them. Jiang Tian encountered these things a lot when he was a child.
Of course, she is not someone who allows others to bully her. She retaliates against everyone who bullies her. After a few times, no one dares to bully her anymore.
Jiang Tian became more cautious in doing things.
When he looked outside in the morning, Jiang Tian was stunned.
Once again, she was thankful that their home was not in the village, otherwise she wouldn't know what to do now. Many things couldn't be hidden from others. It was better now. She didn't know what the situation was like outside, and no one knew she was back.
There are no houses around her house, and there are woods all around. This is why her parents wanted to enclose the entire house, including the fields. Even the gate of the house is very sturdy.
The wall was also very high, with broken glass on it. Because the family originally had either elderly people or children, and they didn't live with other families, this still didn't reassure Mr. and Mrs. Jiang, so they hired someone to put an electric fence on top of the wall.
The outside is now a mess. The trees that should have sprouted again are all withered and lifeless. There is also someone else's land not far away, where the things that should have been planted some time ago are all dead.
There is no one outside now, and everyone should still be in a panic, but if someone finds out that something is wrong with Jiang Tian's house, it will be a big trouble. She has no way to explain why her own house is different.
Although she had initially thought about handing it over to the system, and even still had this idea, now was obviously not the right time, especially since she had lived in this village for so many years.
I know some people very well. There are good people, but there are also bad people. When there is a bad person among a group of good people, even a good thing will turn into a bad thing.
Bad people have no bottom line when they become bad. Jiang Tian remembered that just after his parents passed away, someone came to his house to steal things and even pushed his grandfather down. Although nothing serious happened in the end, it was not a reason to forgive him.
At that time, surveillance was not yet popular, and the house was a mess with people coming and going, so it was difficult to identify the candidate. But after counting, there were only a few people who were familiar with the house and could have visited the house at that time. After all, Grandpa Jiang and Grandma Jiang only had one child, Dad Jiang, who also came here to escape the war and had no relatives.
Using the process of elimination, they knew who it was with their eyes closed. Although there was no evidence, Jiang Tian and his grandparents never had any dealings with that family again.
Don’t think about what happened before anymore. Jiang Tian shook his head and came back to his senses.
She judged others by herself and knew that she herself knew to look outside secretly. The villagers would do the same, although they didn't dare to go out for the time being, but after a long time, when the food at home was finished, someone would always come out.
Under normal circumstances, rural areas can be self-sufficient, but now is not the normal situation.
Thinking about this, Jiang Tian went into the kitchen, planning to make something with a strong smell while everyone was still afraid to go out, to save for later, since there were several freezers at home anyway.
Speaking of this, Jiang Tian didn't know what to say. Ever since she was locked up at home due to the large-scale infectious disease, Grandma Jiang spent a huge amount of money to buy several large freezers and two large refrigerators for her home.
It was because the old lady had a pension, and it was quite a lot, that she could spend it lavishly. Thinking of this, the corners of Jiang Tian's smiling mouth suddenly fell, and tears were about to flow out.
The old lady who would buy her a big bag of snacks is no longer with her. Thinking of what her grandmother said to her before she died, "After I'm gone, you have to live well. Grandma has no other requirements. I just want you to be happy and healthy. That's enough."
"I don't think about how great you will be." Lying on the bed, knowing that this was her last time left in this world, she tried hard to say the last words to her granddaughter.
"Don't care too much about what others think. Only your own happiness is the most important thing. Grandma has turned into a star to protect you. Don't be afraid."
At the last moment, she told Jiang Tian not to be afraid. Before that, Grandma Jiang gave all her savings to Jiang Tian. The money in it was not enough to make him rich, but it could indeed allow Jiang Tian to have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life.
Thinking that his grandmother was still thinking about him at the last moment, Jiang Tian wiped away his tears with his hands and smiled, fearing that his grandmother would see him crying.
I want grandma to know that I am trying hard to make myself happy every day and will work hard to live.
I had never taken a close look at these refrigerators before. After Grandma Jiang passed away, Jiang Tian was taken to live with his grandparents for a while, and I had never taken a close look at them at home.
Now she sees that the refrigerator is full of her favorite foods, as well as the many dumplings that Grandma Jiang forced herself to make for her before she died.
Jiang Tian first cleaned up all the things and reorganized them. Finally, he emptied out a freezer and put the things in the two newly bought refrigerators into the old refrigerator in his house.
Now there is a 1,000-liter freezer and two large double-door refrigerators, which are empty.
After cleaning up the place, Jiang Tian finally laughed. He was really impressed by Grandma Jiang. While other elderly people bought health products, she bought all kinds of home appliances. Her kitchen was bigger than others, and there were all kinds of appliances in it. There was nothing that Grandma Jiang couldn't buy, only things you couldn't think of.
These freezers and refrigerators are all placed in a special house. I don’t know how many times I have been thankful that there are no other houses around. Otherwise, they would definitely know that Grandma Jiang was buying all kinds of things and would have come to my house to borrow food.
Yes, there is a food warehouse at home. It was built to avoid light and be ventilated. It contains all kinds of dry goods, rice, flour, grain and oil. As long as it can be stored at room temperature, we have it at home.
These were prepared for Jiang Tian by Grandma Jiang because she knew she didn't have much time left. She was afraid that she would be locked down at home in the future. Anyway, these things can be kept for a long time.
Thinking that all these things were bought bit by bit by Grandma Jiang despite her illness, Jiang Tian couldn't help wanting to cry, but she held it back and didn't cry. Instead, she tried to make herself laugh, because her grandma liked to see her laugh.
Jiang Da watched Jiang Tian crying and laughing, and didn't dare to say anything until everything was packed up and the man and the goose arrived in the kitchen. Only then did he dare to speak, and he didn't say anything about what had just happened.
"It's already noon, what are we going to eat?"
Hearing what Jiang Da said, Jiang Tian subconsciously looked out the window at the sky. The sun was already high in the sky.
"I didn't notice the time, and it's already here. Let's have a quick lunch first. After lunch, we can braise a pot of meat and a pot of vegetables. We can freeze them and thaw and heat them up whenever we want to eat them."
Although Jiang Da would listen to people talking in the wild and listen to the goose elders talk about things in human society, he was still very young and had not met many people, so he did not know what many things were.
"Reeds, reeds are not tasty. I've eaten them before."
When Jiang Tian heard what Jiang Da said, he didn't know what to say. He explained with a smile, "It's not reeds, it's braised food."
"Oh no." She slapped her head. How could she not explain it clearly? "Reed is a plant. I'm talking about braised food." She even emphasized the volume of the word "braised".
"Just put the meat and vegetables into the soup and cook them. It's very fragrant. You'll know when it's done in the afternoon." Seeing that Jiang Da still had a confused look on his face, Jiang Tian had given up explaining. She didn't want to argue with an illiterate goose.
Jiang Da, who didn't know he was being looked down upon, was still looking forward to the difference between the braised food and his own reeds.
Jiang Tian was preparing lunch. She was stunned when she saw so many noodles in the warehouse. If she had known about these things two days ago, she wouldn't have to go hungry.
But it's not too late to find out now. She also found the list written by Grandma Jiang in the warehouse. At the bottom, it was written in a familiar font: Tiantian must eat enough.
Jiang Tian wasn't so sad when Grandma Jiang just passed away. It was only a few months later that she realized that the person who had always been by her side was really gone.
Her departure was not like a downpour, but rather like a fine drizzle that penetrated into the bone marrow, causing pain from time to time.
Watching the water in front of him boil, Jiang Tian shook his head and suppressed the pain in his heart, "I'm going to cook noodles, how much can you eat?" Jiang Da looked at the handful of noodles in Jiang Tian's hand.
"I don't know how much I can eat, but what you have is definitely not enough for me."
Jiang Tian couldn't help laughing when he heard its arrogant tone, and then patiently explained to Jiang Da, "These noodles are dry, and they will become more when they are cooked. Otherwise, I will watch them first and cook more if there is not enough."
Jiang Da felt that Jiang Tian was right, but as he looked at the noodles in her hand, they became less and less. After struggling for a while, Jiang Tian became impatient and was ready to cook them directly without any care.
After all, it is impossible to waste food just to get angry with it in this situation. It will know the answer after it is cooked.
Fortunately, Jiang Da was not stupid. He knew that Jiang Tian had no reason to lie to him. Just before Jiang Tian was about to cook, he said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."
Isn't that enough? You know, listen to people's advice and have a full meal, Jiang Tian secretly complained in his heart.
The alkaline noodles need to be cooked for two more minutes. During this time, Jiang Tian started to prepare the sauce. She was going to make sesame paste noodles because she actually saw a lot of sesame paste in the warehouse.
Although she loves sesame paste, she doesn't need so much. This much should be enough for her to eat until she goes to see Grandma Jiang.
I can only eat a little more.
"Can you eat spicy food?" Jiang Tian asked Jiang Da. She didn't know whether geese could eat chili peppers or not. Is it like humans, some can eat it and some can't?
When Jiang Da heard the word spicy, he thought it was spicy strips. "I've eaten spicy strips before. A child bought them and was halfway through eating when she met her father. She then secretly threw the strips away."
"Then I picked it up and ate it. I can handle spicy food!" Jiang Da wanted to drool when he recalled the taste of the spicy strips. It was so delicious.
It came close to Jiang Tian and flapped its wings hard, wanting to fly up to see if Jiang Tian was preparing to make spicy strips. Unfortunately, its body was too small, and no matter how it flew up or even stood on tiptoe, it could not see what Jiang Tian was doing.
"Poor little thing, when you're back to normal, I'll take you to the supermarket to buy lots of spicy strips so you can eat as much as you want." Jiang Tian added water to the sesame paste while talking to Jiang Da.
She believes that the country will not ignore these things. It is hard to say how long it will last, but for the time being, things will gradually return to normal.
Since Grandma Jiang can eat spicy food, she put some chili oil in it. Yes, no doubt, Grandma Jiang also bought a lot of her favorite chili oil and chili sauce.
After the alkaline noodles were cooked, Jiang Tian took out the noodles, rinsed them with cold water, and then poured in the prepared sesame paste. He then worked hard to mix the noodles evenly so that each noodle was coated with sesame paste.
Jiang Tian gave the bowl he had mixed earlier to Jiang Da, "I wasn't lying to you, wasn't it more after cooking?"
Jiang Da had no time to answer Jiang Tian. His mind was now completely occupied by the bowl of fragrant noodles in front of him. It was the first time for the young goose, who had little experience, to eat noodles.
The little bit of chili oil that Jiang Tian added in it turned out to be the finishing touch, and it even had the effect of relieving greasiness.
Seeing Jiang Da eating voraciously, Jiang Tian quickly mixed another portion and started eating.
"As expected of me, my cooking skills are really good." After taking a big mouthful of noodles and swallowing it, Jiang Tian did not forget to praise himself.
Jiang Da had already finished half a bowl of noodles. Hearing Jiang Tian say this, he nodded and said, "You are really amazing. You can make such delicious food."
"Hehehehehe, it's okay." Jiang Tian, who was directly praised, buried his head in eating, trying to use the bowl of noodles to cover his face which turned red after being praised.
After dinner, Jiang Tian cleaned up the dishes and Jiang Da swept the floor with a broom. After everything was cleaned up, Jiang Tian started to braise the meat and vegetables.
She also has old broth at home, which is why she was so panicked when she learned that her house and things would also be affected by random rain.
If she lost her home, it would be like she would lose all her memories of the past twenty years. Everything would disappear, and she would be like a rootless duckweed.
It’s nowhere like now, where you can find whatever you want at home and there are traces of your grandparents’ presence.
At first, Jiang Dagang didn’t think this braised food was that delicious. He thought it tasted the same as the reeds he had eaten.
Until Jiang Tian processed everything and put them into the pot in order, as time passed, the kitchen became more and more fragrant. Although it was far away, Jiang Tian was afraid that someone would dare to come out at this time.
I closed the kitchen doors and windows tightly, for fear that any smell would leak out.
After it boiled, he turned to low heat and went out to clean up. Jiang Da sniffed. Although the smell of the kitchen was pleasant, he was afraid that his saliva would overflow if he smelled it for a while longer.
Jiang Tian took out a backpack and filled it with various things that his grandparents might need, as well as various small but hunger-relieving foods.
After cleaning up, Jiang Da and I inspected the garlic that was planted last night. We walked around the field several times to make sure there were no problems.
She went to the kitchen and saw that it was almost cooked. The next step was to soak it. She carefully opened the kitchen window a little, hoping to let the smell in the kitchen out little by little so that others would not smell it. However, the smell dissipated before it could drift away.
Jiang Da was so greedy that he couldn't bear it anymore. Seeing that Jiang Tian had no intention of giving him any food, he couldn't help but bite Jiang Tian's trouser leg to indicate to her that there was still a goose here.
Jiang Tian looked at it and knew what it wanted to do without saying anything. Although this was not the best time to eat it, it had never eaten this kind of thing before.
Jiang Tian picked a piece of meat, cut it for him, and placed it on a small plate. Then Jiang Da began to inhale it violently. "It's delicious. I've never eaten anything so delicious."
Looking at Jiang Da, who still had something stuffed in his mouth and was speaking unclearly, Jiang Tian manually closed his beak and said, "Talk after you finish eating."
As a goose with little experience, it says this sentence before every meal. It has never been tired of saying it, but Jiang Tian is tired of hearing it. From the initial excitement to now being able to close its mouth with an expressionless face.
After finishing the cleaning, Jiang Tian looked at the time. It was already past seven o'clock and it was getting dark.
She prepared to go by herself, and then began to remind Jiang Da that she was the only goose at home and must not run around or open the door for others.
After realizing that something was completely wrong today, Jiang Tian didn't turn on too many lights at this time. Fortunately, the wall of his house was very high, just slightly lower than the roof of the second floor, a full six meters high.
But when it was being built, there were a lot of people gossiping. Now the benefits are here. As long as you are careful in what you do, no one will know.
In addition, Jiang Tian had poor sleep quality for a period of time. She would wake up as soon as she saw a little light. The curtains in her room were replaced with thick three-layer curtains, which were drawn so that no light could get through.
At that time, because the price was lower after discounts when buying in large quantities, Grandma Jiang simply replaced all the windows in her house with this kind of curtains.
If Grandma Jiang hadn't passed away early, Jiang Tian would have suspected that Grandma Jiang had traveled through time and space. She had prepared so many useful things in advance.
"I will take good care of the house, don't worry." Jiang Da patted his chest and promised, "You must be careful on the road and pay attention to safety." The various things that happened in the past two days made it realize that the world has changed a lot.
"Don't worry, wait for me to come back." Jiang Tian put on her schoolbag, took various self-defense items, and went out carefully. Looking at Jiang Da's worried look, it seemed that no one had been waiting for her at home like this for a long time.
As soon as she walked out of the house and closed the door carefully, Jiang Tian walked forward carefully. She didn't dare to turn on the flashlight, so she used the moonlight to carefully walk towards her grandparents.
After walking only a few hundred meters, Jiang Tian felt that something was increasingly wrong. It wasn't that someone was following her, but that the vitality that used to be everywhere outside was gone, and everywhere was dead.
It's completely different from the home that has been restored to life.
It is April now, and everything should be coming back to life. But now, it seems that there is no life at all. Even the weeds that used to be annoying are gone.
Even though he had an estimate of the power of random rain, after all, he still hadn't forgotten what his home looked like before, so Jiang Tian couldn't have imagined that this rain would have such a big impact.
Walking on the dead grass, the whole land seemed lifeless. The insects that were active at this time of year in previous years were nowhere to be seen. I don’t know if they disappeared along with the activity of the land, or if they noticed something was wrong and hid away.
Under the cold moonlight, Jiang Tian suddenly saw the grass in front of him move. He looked up and saw that it was a bug. He used to feel disgusted when he saw bugs, but now he felt relieved after seeing it.
There's one bug alive here, and there must be many more somewhere else.
Then on the path, Jiang Tian saw various small creatures again, but all the plants growing in the soil had lost their vitality and left this world, without exception.
After walking a long way, we arrived at the door of my grandparents' house. Although my grandparents' house was not particularly far away, the road was very roundabout, and it took a long time to get there from Jiang Tian's house.
He glanced at the time on his watch in the moonlight. He had left home at 7:30 and it was already past 9:30, almost 10 o'clock. He usually took the bus, and he didn't expect it would take so long to walk. Jiang Tian felt like he was going to die of exhaustion.
Even when he arrived at his grandparents' house, Jiang Tian didn't even dare to breathe loudly, for fear of being discovered.
She looked carefully and found that her grandparents lived in a relatively remote place, but there were still a few houses not far away, and the lights were on at night.
After thinking about it, Jiang Tian did not shout for help at the gate. Instead, he went around to the back of the house, found the location of his grandparents' bedroom, found a few bricks, put them under his feet, and gently knocked on the window a few times.
Just as she was about to speak, she heard a cough from inside, "Cough cough cough, I'm out of food. If you don't believe me, come in and look for it yourself!"
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