The water boiled, and Qiuhua added five dried noodles into the water.
Put chopsticks into the pot and stir clockwise. Slowly the noodles will break up. When the noodles are almost cooked, beat in three eggs.
The person behind the stove was watching the fire and adding a ball of straw at the right time.
As the saying goes, women cook in the kitchen and men cook behind the stove, so cooking is not tiring!
There are lard, salt and soy sauce in the bowl. Pour a spoonful of noodle soup into it and this is the soup base.
Wu Xin helped bring the noodles to the table. His younger brother felt a little reserved when looking at this strange brother.
"Eat quickly, didn't you say you wanted to eat lard noodles?" Qiuhua urged.
He stared at Wu Xin, scooped a chopstick of noodles from the bowl and put it into his mouth, but he didn't notice that it almost went into his nose.
Wu Xin ignored the little thing. He flipped the noodles in his bowl and gave the egg to Qiuhua.
"One for each person." Qiuhua put it back into his bowl.
"Really? You're so busy with schoolwork right now, why did you come here without saying a word?"
"I asked the moon to inform you, but you didn't hear it."
"..." Qiuhua was choked by a mouthful of food, and after catching her breath, she said, "You're talking nonsense. I'm serious. Why are you here instead of staying in school?"
"Of course I came to see you."
She knew that he had ridden his bike for three hours here probably because he was worried about her, and she regretted telling Wu Xin what had happened recently.
"Are you regretting telling me what happened recently?"
Well, Wu Xin, you are neither a wolf nor a fox, you are just a roundworm!
Qiuhua didn't say anything. Wu Xin swallowed the noodles in his mouth before speaking, "I'm worried about you, so I came to see you. I also want to take you out to talk and relax. If I can't see you, my heart will be uneasy and I won't be able to study well.
Don't worry, it's just one day, and school encourages us to relax on Sundays. No one can catch up with me if I don't study for a day."
She nodded and stopped being pretentious. She was actually happy that Wu Xin came.
After eating noodles, Wu Xin said he wanted to take Qiuhua for a walk on the street. The three of them shared a bicycle, with his younger brother sitting on the front crossbar and Qiuhua sitting on the back seat.
With two more people on the bike, the handlebars of the bicycle were twisted a lot, as if they hadn't been refueled for a long time. However, Wu Xin's riding style was very similar to his work style, in one word: steady.
The weather was cold and it was afternoon, so there were not many people on the street. There were however a few aunties walking in groups of three or four with baskets on their shoulders, buying groceries.
The road along the street was paved with cobblestones. When walking on it in cloth shoes, you could feel the unevenness on the soles of your feet. Riding a bicycle was even more bumpy as it went up and down. The three of them got off the bike and walked.
"The hall master has already given me some pointers this morning. Don't worry, I'm feeling really good right now!"
Qiuhua had a bright smile on her face, and her big, sparkling eyes were attractive. The sunlight shone through her distinct hair, making her black hair and eyes look extremely beautiful!
No, in Wu Xin's opinion, she is brighter and more dazzling than today's sunshine!
"Then even if you accompany me to relax today, okay?"
Wu Xin looked at her with a faint smile, his thin lips slightly curled up. He was facing away from the light, and the tip of his upright nose was so bright in the sunlight that one could see the fine hairs on it.
Qiu Hua couldn't help but say, "Your nose is really beautiful."
"Only the nose is pretty?" Wu Xin's face became thicker and thicker in front of Qiuhua.
She was amused and said perfunctorily: "It looks good, it looks good all over. It looks good everywhere."
The younger brother was walking beside Qiuhua, holding her hand. He looked at his elder sister and elder brother. Their conversation was incomprehensible, and their laughter was even more incomprehensible.
"I suddenly remembered a question I've been wanting to ask you recently."
"Ask me, I won't hide anything from you."
The shops along the street are built on the bank of a small river. There is a bridge halfway across the street, and you can walk across the bridge to the other side.
There are no houses here, only farmland. It is autumn now, and the tender rapeseed seedlings have just been planted. They look very fragile and need care.
"Well, you only told me that you wanted to go to college, but I didn't hear you tell me what you wanted to do after college."
Wu Xin looked at the river and thought for a while before saying, "I want to study medicine in college and become a doctor in the future."
Upon hearing this, Qiuhua stared at him in a daze, her heart surging with emotion, her admiration about to burst out.
Before she could speak, her brother's voice came from beside her: "Doctor? Are you going to give me an injection next time?"
The little guy shrank behind Qiuhua. His words were ridiculous. Wu Xin and Qiuhua laughed, but the younger brother didn't understand what was so funny. He looked at the strange brother. His skin was pale, his expression was serious, and even his slender fingers were very similar to the doctor who treated him in the hospital.
He had a very bad, nightmarish impression of hospitals.
"I won't give you the injection, but I have a condition." Wu Xin bent down and came in front of him.
"What, what conditions?" The little guy's voice began to tremble slightly.
"It's simple. All you have to do is keep an eye on your sister Qiuhua."
"You're just talking nonsense to a kid. How can a kid like him look at me?"
Qiuhua was speechless about the conversation between the two.
"Sister, I can!" the little guy said bravely, "We agreed that when you become a doctor, you can't give me injections!"
"Okay, it's a deal." Wu Xin stretched out his hand and shook hands with the little guy, and a vow that shocked the world and made ghosts cry was born.
The water in the river is very clear. The Metasequoia trees on both sides are dropping their leaves continuously. The withered, yellow and pointed Metasequoia leaves are floating all over the river.
The two stood side by side, with the needle-shy little one in the middle. With no one around and a good cover, the two eager hands gradually drew closer, finally clasping each other tightly.
Wu Xin's hands are always a little cold, while Qiuhua's are like a small stove.
He held the warm and soft hand tightly, and his heart suddenly softened.
"I've witnessed so many separations since I was little—yes, separations of life and death. The most painful thing was watching my mother, who was the soft, bright moon in the sky, become a tattered petal in the mud.
I always wondered, if I were a doctor, could I pull her out of this mess?"
Qiuhua knew that his heart was full of holes and broken, so she held his hand tightly, hoping that the little warmth in her palm could flow slowly through his hand to his heart.
Qiuhua gently brought down a withered yellow Metasequoia leaf, which spun and jumped in the air and landed right on Qiuhua's rosy lips.
Wu Xin's fingers came to her mouth with full justification, and he lightly removed the yellow leaves on it, and gently scraped her smooth lips with his fingertips.
The little guy didn’t understand one more thing: why didn’t his sister shake off the yellow leaves on her mouth herself?
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