Chapter 23 I'll Hold Your Hand
After Fu Jingyou finished speaking, he added:
"Next time, I can't do that either."
"I really don't want to talk to you anymore! I'm acting like a fool!" Lu Miao rolled his eyes at him. "Not everyone can get close to me if they want to."
For example, Xie Fei.
If the same situation happened today, but the character was changed to Xie Fei, she would definitely kick Xie Fei into the water.
Not only did you pull her, but you also dared to be mean to her and yell at her?
Give him face!
Lu Miao's words made Fu Jingyou slightly stunned, but it was only for a moment. His Adam's apple rolled, and he tried hard to suppress his eager heart that was eager to try and think deeply. He turned his head and looked forward, "We're here."
Lu Miao withdrew his attention and looked ahead. A few meters away was a stone bridge about two meters wide. Downstream of the stone bridge was a pool of water with splashing water, and about ten meters upstream was a very small dam.
The distance from the dam to the pool under the bridge was smoothed with cement.
The miniature dam seemed to be just for balancing the water level upstream. At present, the water level did not exceed the dam, so naturally no water flowed down from it.
The trickling water in the pool below is seeping in from under the dam. It should be that when the bridge was built, the bottom was deliberately raised, probably to ensure that there is always running water flowing in the ditch to meet the water needs of the downstream production team.
Of course, it is not the rainy season, so the water seeping out from under the stone bridge is not enough. In another corner of the pool, there is also an outlet extending from somewhere else. The water splashing out from there is even bigger and the water flow is faster.
After Fu Jingyou's explanation, Lu Miao learned that it was another outlet of the lake.
Lu Miao asked curiously: "Lake?"
"Yes, this is it." Fu Jingyou pointed to the other side of the dam, then bent down and walked down a few steps along the slope on one side of the dam.
Turning back, he used his hand to push down the overgrown weeds on one side, revealing the path below clearly. "Be careful, it's very narrow here."
Lu Miao nodded.
Fu Jingyou was worried about her, but he didn't have anything else to borrow. He hesitated for a moment, then slowly extended his hand to Lu Miao, "I'll hold your hand."
Lu Miao didn't think much about it and put his soft hand on it.
Once she was in the shade under the stone bridge, she rested her right hand on her left elbow and stretched back lazily, "It's so cool!"
The ground under the bridge is dry, and because of the bridge's shelter, it is always shady. It is also next to the water source, so when the breeze blows, it is extremely cool.
Faintly, Lu Miao could smell the fragrance of lotus leaves in the wind. She asked in surprise:
“Are there lotus leaves in the lake?”
"There are a lot of them. There are reeds growing here, so they are hidden and you can't see them."
Fu Jingyou was silent for a while, probably realizing that Lu Miao was a greedy person. He then added lightly:
"The lotus flowers will be in full bloom in May, and by early June at the earliest, we'll have lotus pods to eat."
Lu Miao's eyes lit up in an instant, "Lotus pod!"
Fu Jingyou's lips curled up teasingly, but quickly suppressed it, "I'll pick it for you when I'm not busy."
"Really? You're so kind!" Lu Miao smiled, but soon realized something. "But is it okay to pick lotus seeds?"
Gu Ying had told her before that everything around the production team belonged to the public, and even slightly coarser firewood was not allowed to be picked up. How could she pick lotus pods openly?
Considering Fu Jingyou's situation, Lu Miao suddenly felt a little worried. "Forget it! When your dates are ripe, just pick some for me."
Fu Jingyou said calmly, "The things in the lake are shared by Team 2 and Team 3. It's okay to pick some lotus leaves and lotus pods, but you don't have to catch any fish."
Lu Miao heard the clue. Aren’t they from the second production team?
"Is this place close to the production team?"
Fu Jingyou hummed, pushed the turtle to his side, and changed the subject: "How do you eat this? Do you want to eat it now?"
Lu Miao wasn't so easily fooled. She stamped her feet and asked in a delicate voice, "It's obviously not far from the cornfield to here. Why did you take me on a long detour this morning?"
Fu Jingyou looked at her silently for a while, then said coldly, "There are not many people."
Lu Miao was stunned for a moment, and the description of Fu Jingyou in the early part of the book suddenly emerged in his mind.
The Fu family was almost wiped out, and Fu Jingyou was saved by He Hongjin and his wife by concealing the truth.
People outside don’t know Fu Jingyou’s background, but the villagers know it.
Usually, due to the face of He Hongjin and his wife, the villagers dare not say anything, but they never take the initiative to approach Fu Jingyou.
Fu Jingyou also knew the reason, so he always kept to himself and never got close to those people...
Thinking about Fu Jingyou's experience, Lu Miao suddenly felt that he was very pitiful. "Okay, I accept your explanation."
She softened her voice, becoming delicate yet a bit arrogant. "It's okay to take a detour next time, but you have to finish knitting the hat for me quickly, or I'll really get a tan!"
After saying that, she added softly, "Fu Jingyou, you are always alone. Aren't you lonely and bored?"
"If you don't have any friends, then I'll be your friend! You can share your happy and sad things with me. As for me... well, it depends on the situation!"
Fu Jingyou's eyebrows were a little relieved, and Lu Miao clenched his fist again and asked firmly:
"You forgot my hat, didn't you? Did you knit it?"
"I haven't forgotten. I've always remembered it. I'll give it to you in the next two days." Fu Jingyou whispered, flipping over the turtle and picking at it, then asked Lu Miao, "How do you want to eat this?"
There is more turtle shell than meat, and it has a strong muddy smell. It really doesn't taste good. But if I tell her directly, the young lady may not believe it, so I have to let her try it herself.
Fu Jingyou turned the turtle over for fun, and it was spinning around.
Lu Miao frowned and looked at it for a while, then shook his head. "There's no way to do it now. I can't cook, but I know roughly how to do it."
Lu Miao looked at Fu Jingyou, and his meaning was obvious.
Fu Jingyou shook his head slightly hesitantly and said tentatively, "Then I'll do it?"
Lu Miao's eyes lit up and he looked at him expectantly, "Is it okay?"
"...I think so." Fu Jingyou was silent for a moment, "But not today."
Lu Miao puffed up his lips: "Why?"
"The work in the fields is not finished yet, and there is nothing to do outside, so I can only go home and do it..." Fu Jingyou thought for a moment, groaned, and said:
"Tomorrow, let's spend another morning there. We'll have almost finished cleaning up those two acres of land."
Lu Miao nodded. "Then it's settled? I'll go to your house tomorrow?"
There are many female educated youth at the educated youth point, so it is inconvenient for Fu Jingyou to go there.
The male educated youth did have a pot and a stove, but they were unfamiliar with it and it wasn't very suitable, and there was a high probability that the villagers would gossip about it.
Lu Miao didn't care about these things, but when she thought about the hardships Fu Jingyou had gone through over the years, she was afraid that Fu Jingyou would have a hard time.
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