Chapter 70 Parasitism
Seeing that he really couldn't eat crabs, Lu Miao didn't force him and happily ate several big crabs by himself.
"belch--"
Lu Miao burped. Not only was his stomach full, but his mouth was also tired.
After eating and drinking, Lu Miao leaned back on the recliner, as lazy as a snake in winter, and refused to move.
There isn't much crab roe in June crabs, but there is some. Lu Miao's hands and the corners of his mouth are covered with the bright orange crab oil.
Fu Jingyou was afraid that she would get the dirt all over her clothes, so he got her some water and asked her to wash her face and hands.
She responded very well, but when Fu Jingyou finished cleaning the table and turned around, she was still lying there quietly, not moving at all.
Fu Jingyou sighed helplessly, stood aside and hesitated for a long time, finally went to the front room, got a towel and threw it into the basin, then fetched some water before coming over.
He moved the small table next to the lounge chair and put a basin full of water on the table. He moved the small stool and sat on the side of the lounge chair. After curling up his big hand, he gently held Lu Miao's wrist and pressed it into the water, then took a towel to wash and clean it.
The scorching weather and the gentle breeze in the house collide with each other, bringing a slight warmth when it hits people's faces.
The rustling shadows of the bamboos and the chirping of cicadas, a must-have in summer, seem to have become the best sleep-inducing songs after lunch.
Lu Miao curled up in the recliner and yawned sleepily. In a daze, she struggled slightly, "No, I don't want a rag... It's so dirty."
Fu Jingyou softened his voice and coaxed her softly: "It's not a rag, it's my towel."
Lu Miao groaned, his eyes already closed, "Your towel won't work either, I...I want my own..."
The words were spoken in a halting manner, and the man was already fast asleep.
Fu Jingyou's movements became increasingly gentle. He washed Lu Miao's hands and carefully wiped the corners of her mouth. He then took the water out to pour it.
When washing the dishes later, she was afraid of disturbing Lu Miao, so she put everything in the basin and went to wash under the eaves outside the door.
The weather is hot and the afternoon sun is the hottest time of the day. The land by the lake, which had provided shade in the morning, is now gone.
Fu Jingyou thought of letting Lu Miao sleep a little longer. When the sun came back and the ground became cooler, he would call Lu Miao to get up.
But until the whistle sounded in the team to start work, Lu Miao was still sleeping soundly, and Fu Jingyou couldn't bear to wake her up.
After silently watching the sleeping Lu Miao for a while, Fu Jingyou carefully took off the chain on the backyard door and placed it on the small table beside the recliner, so that he could lock the door conveniently when Lu Miao woke up and wanted to leave the yard.
After that, he put on his straw hat, picked up his sickle, tidied up, closed the backyard door, and went to the field first, leading the old cow tied in the shade of the bamboo forest.
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Lu Miao slept very deeply and comfortably for a long time, but he was finally woken up by the heat.
The sun was surrounding the roof. The shade that had been in the yard earlier had moved to the top of the roof, and large patches of hot sunlight poured into the house from the door.
Lu Miao was sleeping at the door, with half of his body exposed to the sun and being scorched. Not only was his little face red from the heat, but his forehead and back were also covered in sweat.
Lu Miao was a little grumpy when he woke up. When he opened his eyes and looked at the environment in front of him, he couldn't tell which was a dream and which was reality.
I was sweating all over again, feeling restless and hot both physically and mentally. I got off the recliner with a soft hum, squatted in the shade of the room, and when I saw the chain on the small table, I gradually came back to my senses.
She seemed to realize something, and quickly stood up and shouted, "Fu Jingyou!?"
No one answered.
There was no clock or watch on his hand, so Lu Miao didn't know what time it was. He stood in the kitchen and shouted towards the front room twice, but got no response.
She walked to the back door of the yard, stood on the threshold and looked at the place where she had tied the cow at noon, but the cow was gone.
Fu Jingyou was nowhere to be found, and the cow was gone too. Lu Miao thought that Fu Jingyou must have taken the cow to the field first.
She hurriedly ran into the kitchen to get the chain, and then went to the yard to pass the chain through the door knocker. She was about to lock it when she suddenly thought of something. She pushed the door open again and ran into the kitchen again. When she came out, she had a coarse porcelain bowl in her hand.
Lu Miao locked the gate, walked around the Fu family with the bowl in his hand, and walked along the bamboo path towards the rice fields by the lake.
That area is low in elevation and can be seen through the shadows of the trees while standing on the bamboo path.
Lu Miao looked around as he walked, and sure enough, he saw a little white dot wearing a straw hat busying himself over there. He looked closely to the side and saw the cow there too.
It’s Fu Jingyou and the big black bull in the team.
After leaving the bamboo forest, even the wind was hot. Lu Miao hurried as fast as she could, and when she reached the rice fields by the lake, she was already covered in sweat.
Going down to the top of the mountain, the sun was so bright that it was hard to open one's eyes. Lu Miao squinted his eyes and asked with a sweaty face:
"Why didn't you call me when you got to work? And you let me fall asleep there."
"You don't need to harvest the grain." Fu Jingyou bent down and concentrated on his work, and answered as a matter of course: "The work of herding cattle is also easy. I look up from time to time after I tie them up. Why do I need you to come and dry them?"
Lu Miao puffed out his lips. To be honest, he felt a little touched.
The weather was hot, so Lu Miao scooped a bowl of water when he came out.
As soon as Fu Jingyou finished speaking, Lu Miao called him to the edge of the field in a gentle voice and handed him the bowl:
"I couldn't find a suitable jar in the kitchen, so I used a bowl. This water is raw..."
Then he hesitantly explained: "I checked the pot, there is no water."
Fu Jingyou was feeling thirsty, so he took the bowl and drank it all in one gulp. After finishing it, he sighed with relief and said, "It's okay, just plain water will do."
Lu Miao frowned slightly, pursed his rosy lips, and said euphemistically:
"When I'm too busy to take care of it, I drink raw water, but when I have some free time, I still boil the water before drinking."
Fu Jingyou didn't take it seriously. "People in the countryside don't have that many fuss. Sometimes when we're really busy and don't have any water with us, we can use the water in the lake or the puddles in the ground."
Lu Miao frowned even tighter and said in shock, "How can that be possible!"
At that time, the environment had not been polluted, and the content of heavy metals and harmful substances in groundwater was far less than that in later generations. If you are really in a hurry, drinking well water is okay, but how can you drink lake water?
What if you swallow leeches or insect eggs?
With the current medical conditions, there is no cure for this kind of problem.
Fu Jingyou wanted to say, "This is a common thing, nothing out of the ordinary," but he saw Lu Miao's pale face become serious, and the words on his tongue turned into another sentence when he said it:
"Okay, I'll be more careful next time. I'll wait until the water boils before drinking it... Let's go find a cool place to sit."
Lu Miao breathed a sigh of relief and took the empty bowl from Fu Jingyou. As she walked along the wooden bridge to the shade on the other side, she seriously explained to Fu Jingyou the potential dangers of drinking raw water:
"Don't take it lightly. There are many invisible bacteria and insect eggs in raw water. It may cause gastrointestinal problems, but if the insects parasitize in the body, it will be a serious problem."
(End of this chapter)
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