At noon, deep in the reeds, several wild ducks narrowly escaped.
"Wow, there's a nest of duck eggs!" Qian Lailai exclaimed as he stepped forward, "It's just right for an extra dish!"
"Let's go here. It's noon now and there shouldn't be anyone here." Li Mengxue was walking breathlessly with a backpack on her back. The apples and melons she brought were hidden under the thick thatch.
Zheng Xiaolong and Chen Zhihe had flour hidden under their backpacks and firewood on top.
Yun Guyuan had already caught the fish and was holding it in his hand. He was also carrying a basket of stones.
Yi Qingqing took the fish and started to process it. Yun Guyuan was responsible for leading Zheng Xiaolong and Chen Zhihe to build two simple stoves with stones. Qian Lailai and Li Mengxue washed the vegetables and fruits respectively.
When the fish was put into the pot, the aroma wafted out, and slowly, everyone squatted beside the pot without any prior arrangement.
"Qingqing, I always feel that your cooking skills have improved again," Qian Lailai said after sucking his saliva.
Li Mengxue nodded, "Come on, I have the same feeling. I suddenly want more scum like Cai Chunshan. If only I were a man, I would do my best to marry Qingqing home!"
She had an entire supermarket's worth of supplies, but they were all raw. Her cooking skills were pretty good, and she was quite satisfied. Until she tasted Yi Qingqing's cooking, she suddenly felt that her own cooking was not delicious.
"Will I marry you and cook for you every day?" Yi Qingqing said unhappily, "You wish!"
Li Mengxue covered her chest, "Wow~ My confession was rejected, I'm so sad!"
"I can cook too, and I'll cook for you every day," Zheng Xiaolong comforted her.
Li Mengxue gave him a look of disdain, "How can what you cook be the same as what the chef cooks? You're not even as good as me!"
"Hahahaha", Qian Lai looked at the two of them and laughed so hard that she lost her balance and her whole body tilted to the side. Chen Zhihe quickly grabbed her.
The dishes were ready, and Yi Qingqing said, "To celebrate our successful rat-catching operation, let's eat!"
"We are destined to meet each other. We went to the countryside together and experienced all these things together. We can be considered to be friends who have shared weal and woe. Why don't we become siblings today? From now on, we will have someone we can trust in Xiangshui Village..." Chen Zhihe said suddenly with great interest.
Before he could finish his words, Zheng Xiaolong covered his mouth and said, "What brothers and sisters? Don't you have enough brothers and sisters?"
Chen Zhihe finally got the right to speak again, "I just feel that we have done such a big thing together, we should commemorate it. Besides, I really don't have a younger sister at home."
Qian Lailai thought, Chen Zhihe is really stupid. Everyone knows how Zheng Xiaolong feels about Li Mengxue, and he dares to talk about brother and sister. However, seeing that he is honest and cute, she said, "Comrade Chen has a point, but let's not talk about brother and sister. We don't know how long we will stay in this country. If we encounter difficulties in the future, we can just help each other."
"Yes, that's what I meant," Chen Zhihe smiled gratefully at Qian Lailai.
Li Mengxue suddenly became interested and wanted to play. "Then let's set up a secret organization, one that doesn't show its true colors at ordinary times, but supports everyone when one side is in trouble. Catching rats is the first mission of our organization. We planned this in Luwei** and held a celebration party in Luwei**. How about calling it Luwei** Squad?"
"Good!" Zheng Xiaolong was the first to show his support, followed closely by Chen Zhihe.
Qian Lailai also found it very interesting and clapped his hands loudly, "Reed ** Squad!"
"Hey, where are you two?" Li Mengxue saw that Yi Qingqing and Yun Guyuan were silent, one was obsessed with eating fish, and the other was obsessed with picking up food for the one eating fish, so she asked them.
Others also looked over.
Yun Guyuan didn't say anything and looked at Yi Qingqing.
Yi Qingqing: "..."
I didn't mess with any of you, so why should I be forced to join such a weird organization, and a secret organization at that? What do they have to keep secret?
"Qingqing, don't you want to join our Reed ** team? But you heard the secret, what should we do with you?" Qian Lai said as he put down his bowl and chopsticks, ready to stretch out his evil hand.
Yi Qingqing: I’m scared!
"I agree! I'm a member of the Luwei** squad from now on!" Yi Qingqing said righteously, "Eat the food, eat the food!"
"Where is Comrade Yun?" Li Mengxue asked meaningfully.
Yun Guyuan picked up a piece of the best meat from the fish belly for Yi Qingqing, "I have no objection."
"Oh~" Li Mengxue smiled.
Yi Qingqing is not a fool. After being troubled by Li Mengxue's strange tone, she also sensed something and wondered if Yun Guyuan was being a little abnormal towards her.
She looked at Yun Guyuan suspiciously several times.
Thinking carefully about Yun Guyuan's behavior, it seemed that he had very little communication with other female educated youth or even male educated youth so far, and she seemed to be the exception.
Why else could a man be special to a woman?
Although Yi Qingqing had no personal experience in love in her previous life, she had watched a lot of TV dramas and novels. She was an expert in love in words! However, due to her physical condition, she was not able to put it into practice.
Thinking of this, she felt a little excited.
What she hated most in her previous life was that the protagonist had to guess and go around in circles, as if the eyes and mouth were all on the audience. When it was her turn, she was also very decisive.
After the group had finished their meal and went back, Yi Qingqing took out a pen and paper and began to list her impressions of Yun Guyuan.
The points of favorability are on one side, and the points of disfavor are on the other side.
On the favorable side, there are more than a dozen items listed, such as "handsome", "high IQ", "good physical strength", "smells good", "can do everything", "can sign in", "diligent and will consciously help wash dishes", "good at comforting people", etc. On the unfavorable side, there is only one item: "too little talking".
In fact, this doesn't seem to be a bad feeling, it just makes people feel distant. This is why she didn't realize that Yun Guyuan treated her differently before.
After all, she didn't think she was special enough to be noticed by such a reserved person.
"I have such a good impression of him?" Yi Qingqing was shocked when she saw the paper. Finally, she reluctantly added a sentence to save face under her bad impression: "I don't know whether he has a good figure or not."
It's not good to fall in love so early! If her mother knew that I'm in love after just a few months in the countryside, she would have to bring her back to the city immediately. Besides, she herself doesn't want to fall in love now. It's better to take more classes and sign in.
However, she did have a good impression of Yun Guyuan.
It would be a pity to let go of such a good and excellent man, but it is not good to pretend that I don't know and keep him hanging.
Yi Qingqing hid the paper and decided to go out to find him.