Chapter 85 Night Watch
The small jar was filled with carbon powder and moxa, with some faint sparks scattered around and a light green smoke wafting out of it. There was also a matching bamboo lid covering the mouth of the jar.
The smell of mugwort can repel mosquitoes. With the lid, you don’t have to worry about it catching fire even if you put the jar in a pile of straw.
“Indeed, he is careful.”
Gu Ying followed suit with emotion.
No one in the production team said anything about Fu Jingyou openly, but in fact, many people talked about him secretly. Gu Ying had arrived earlier and knew more about him than Geng Xiaoyun.
In the past, Gu Ying didn't dare to get too close to Fu Jingyou, but after all these trivial things tonight, she suddenly had a slight change of heart towards Fu Jingyou.
Others called Fu Jingyou a bad guy, saying that he had a bad luck and had brought misfortune upon his entire family.
But what did he do wrong to have been isolated all this time?
Gu Ying helped smooth out a corner of the bed sheet. "The facts prove that rumors cannot be fully believed, and background does not represent everything. A good person will always be a good person."
Lu Miao brought the bed sheet, and the best position in the middle was naturally reserved for her. Gu Ying patted the bed sheet and said:
"Okay, let's go to bed!"
Lu Miao ate pomegranates and a lot of dates. Not only did his stomach feel a little bloated, but his mouth also felt a little tired.
Putting the gourd ladle filled with dates aside, she rolled onto the bed sheet like a lazy snake, lying straight in the middle with her hands behind her head.
"Burp—" Lu Miao burped, "Gu Ying, I think you are absolutely right."
Lu Miao crossed his legs leisurely, looking at the starry sky through the door of the simple "straw house", thinking:
This is the right direction.
If not for special reasons, few people in the world would be willing to be alone, and Fu Jingyou is the same.
Although it was a bit noisy tonight, overall, Gu Ying and the others had a changed impression of Fu Jingyou, which was an unexpected gain.
When sleeping at night, He Laosi leaned against the haystack and guarded the other half of the field.
The Fu family's bamboo bed was carried by two aunts to the side of the grain pile, and they rested next to it.
Lu Miao and the other three slept in a straw hut that Fu Jingyou had temporarily built.
The straw house was not big, and it was actually quite crowded for four people to sleep in it. However, since it was their first time experiencing this kind of environment, the girls all felt a sense of novelty. After getting used to it, they soon lay down together with laughter, all of them crossing their legs.
To suit the night environment, the girls whispered the most taboo stories of the time, including those about monsters, ghosts, and strange things.
The darkness intensified the mystery and horror of the story. When Lu Miao felt scared, he would scream softly and then stick to Gu Ying or Ren Bingxin beside him.
The atmosphere is created psychologically. Gu Ying was not afraid at first, but she couldn't stand Lu Miao's constant approach to her. She felt inexplicably creepy and a little scared, as if something was really watching her in the darkness.
Gu Ying was horrified, screamed softly and pushed Lu Miao.
Lu Miao stuck to her because he was afraid. The more she pushed, the more afraid Lu Miao became, and the tighter he stuck to her.
As they came back and forth, they accidentally bumped into Ren Bingxin's arm, and Ren Bingxin screamed too. Screams echoed in the small straw house, and Geng Xiaoyun's heart began to pound wildly:
"Oh, what's the big fuss? Stop making such a fuss. It's really scary!"
…
Fu Jingyou went home and quickly washed up before returning to the threshing ground. He sat down two meters away from He Laosi. He Laosi took out his pipe and shook it, asking him if he wanted one.
He shook his head, "Uncle, I don't smoke."
After blowing out the last lantern and putting a piece of straw in his mouth, Fu Jingyou leaned on the straw.
Not far away, the girls' noises of fighting and playing could be heard one after another. Fu Jingyou looked at the starry sky through the strands of hair on his forehead.
There seem to be a lot of stars tonight, and they are especially bright...
It will probably be nice weather tomorrow.
Unknown insects chirped in the cool night breeze. Fu Jingyou leaned back with his hands behind his head, adjusted himself to a more comfortable position, crossed his legs, and slowly closed his eyes to rest.
…
The night watch job was somewhat inconvenient for female comrades, but for Lu Miao, this night was the most relaxing and comfortable night she had had since the busy farming season began.
Although I slept outdoors, I was not afraid because there were many people around me.
After the commotion, Lu Miao slept straight through the night. In the early morning, she was awakened by the chirping of birds. When she opened her eyes, she was the only one left in the straw hut.
Geng Xiaoyun and Ren Bingxin should hurry back to pack up and prepare to go to the fields to work.
As for Gu Ying...
Rubbing his sleepy eyes, Lu Miao tilted his head and listened carefully. Sure enough, he heard the voice of Gu Ying busying herself outside, giggling and chatting.
Once again impressed by Gu Ying's simple personality of being of good family background, hardworking, capable and restless, Lu Miao stood up to tidy up the bed sheets, and did not forget to take the gourd ladle filled with dates with him when he left.
The small jar was missing, probably having been returned, so Lu Miao didn't care.
She yawned, and with her things in her arms, she emerged from the shabby straw house. Seeing her get up, Gu Ying, who was busy on the other side, took a break from her busy schedule and shouted:
"Lu Miao, go back and pack up first, I'll be back soon."
"I understand." Lu Miao replied lazily.
Walking back, I saw that half of the threshing ground was covered with date pits and pomegranate seeds, which they had vomited out when they were making a fuss last night.
Lu Miao glanced around, worried that when the uncles and aunts from the team came to work, the date pits and pomegranate seeds would be mixed into the millet. She put the things aside and picked up a large broom made of bamboo branches to sweep.
The broom was large and heavy, and the handle was uneven and uncomfortable. Lu Miao was not used to it, and with extremely clumsy movements, he gently touched the ground twice. Suddenly, it became dark in front of him, and the broom in his hand had been taken away by someone.
"I'll do it."
Fu Jingyou suddenly appeared. Lu Miao looked at him with his messy hair. Seeing that he was leading the team's big black bull behind him, he immediately understood where he came from.
Everyone was busy on the threshing floor, and no one paid attention to this side. Fu Jingyou glanced around and said slowly:
"You just kept watch last night, so you can rest for half a day this morning. Go back and clean up, eat something, and then lie down and get some sleep."
Lu Miao blinked, "What about you? You don't sleep? Or you can't sleep?"
"You can take a break for a while. Isn't the team busy? Uncle has no one on his side."
"Hmph, look at what you can do." Lu Miao snorted softly and rolled his eyes at him. "I treat you like a human being, but you insist on treating yourself like a cow. I don't care about you. Anyway, I'm not the one who's tired!"
Without looking at Fu Jingyou again, Lu Miao picked up something beside him, raised his chin like a proud peacock, and walked away step by step, leaving only a slim back to Fu Jingyou.
Fu Jingyou rubbed his hair from forehead to back of head with his big hand. Lu Miao said that he was not angry.
Not only was he not annoyed, but he occasionally revealed his deep peach blossom eyes and an unusually handsome face, with a faint hint of a silly smile.
(End of this chapter)
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