Chapter 89 Go see him
Since taking on Baoshan, Xia Wu has never slept in. After developing a biological clock, he automatically wakes up at that time every morning.
She opened her eyes and felt that the room was darker than usual today. Suddenly, she heard a rumbling thunder. She opened the curtains and saw lightning and thunder outside, and it was raining heavily.
No need to get up and go up the mountain to work.
Xia Wu created a group for the working villagers, and she sent a message in the group asking everyone not to come to work today.
After finishing the work, I put down my phone, yawned, and decided to take a nap.
It was already 7:30 when I woke up from my nap. There was no more thunder outside, but the rain had not stopped.
She opened the curtains and saw Yang Guojun wearing a raincoat and rain boots, holding a shovel, who had just returned from outside. He knocked on the window and waited for Yang Guojun to look over. She pushed open the window and asked, "Dad, you went up the mountain in such heavy rain?"
"I didn't go up the mountain. The rain was so heavy that the water in the ditch was about to overflow. I went to dig the drainage ditch."
"Oh, where's Mom?"
"Your mother is watching TV in the house. It's raining heavily. Are you not going out today?"
"I don't want to go out. I'll tell my friends later that I won't be shipping today. It's just a good day off."
"Okay, I'm usually exhausted, so I'll just stay home and sleep well today."
Liu Guizhen heard the father and daughter chatting and ran out of the house. Her eyes were still a little red. She hurriedly said, "Don't just sleep. You have to eat. I'll go bring you food."
The Yang family's kitchen and the back room were close to each other, but there was no shelter in between. Yang Guojun helped hold the umbrella, and Liu Guizhen brought the still warm breakfast to Xia Wu and sent it to the room.
The room was too dark, so Xia Wu put on his shoes and ran to turn on the light, then opened the door and waited for the meal to be served.
"Mom, what TV show are you watching? Your eyes are red from crying."
"I wasn't crying, I was laughing. Oh my God, you have no idea how funny the show I watched was. A group of celebrities went to the countryside to farm and make a living, and it was a mess. I laughed so hard that tears came out," Liu Guizhen told Xia Wu with an unsatisfied look.
Although Xia Wu didn't think there was anything funny, he couldn't help laughing when he saw how interested she was.
"Then I'll come to your room later and watch it with you?"
It was a rare opportunity to rest, so Xia Wu also wanted to spend more time with his parents.
She is in charge of the crops, and her family members are also busy with the work, so they can finally have a little leisure time.
"Where's my brother?"
"He's still asleep. He's usually hard to wake up, and he sleeps even longer when it rains."
After breakfast, Yang Guojun cleared the dishes and went to check on the rice fields. Xia Wu went to her parents' room and curled up in a big plastic chair to watch TV with Liu Guizhen.
The program Liu Guizhen was watching was a new program launched by Blue Channel, called "Tomorrow is the End of the World, What Should We Do Today?"
As the name suggests, the theme is how to survive if the doomsday comes tomorrow.
The show is set in rural areas, and of course, it focuses on the farming and management theme that Chinese people love. The show is lighthearted and entertaining, and it invites a group of controversial celebrity actors to guest on the show, which is very contrasting.
There are four permanent guests, but Xia Wu only recognizes the more famous host, Xiao Bai, who has hosted many entertainment programs and is very famous.
Xia Wu was watching and searching for information online before he recognized the other three people, three men and one woman. In addition to Xiao Bai, there was also a has-been actor. He was quite handsome when he was young and even won awards. He lost his handsomeness in middle age, but had a bit more of a fatherly look. His name was Lu Chen.
There is also a young boy who has appeared in several movies. He is a little famous, but not very popular. He has a baby face that looks very youthful. He is well-behaved and cute. He is the comedy actor among the four. His name is He Zhuo.
The only female among the four is not very old. She won the award and became a movie queen before she reached adulthood. She became famous at a young age, but has no successors. Her appearance is not the best in the entertainment industry, but she has a sense of dry humor when she speaks. Her name is Huang Ning.
Xia Wu watched a few minutes of the show while checking out the information. How should I put it? Shouldn't this show be called the "Outdated Actor Resurrection Plan"? It didn't have much sponsorship, and it wasn't airing during prime time. Besides the host, the whereabouts of the other actors were probably only known to die-hard fans and rivals.
The entertainment industry is so cruel. Even if you are popular, if you don’t have enough follow-up resources, you won’t be able to stay in the center of the stage forever.
Hoping to return to the public eye through a variety show, the three resident guests are very bold. They go to the fields to work and cultivate the land themselves. They grit their teeth and persevere even when leeches crawl on their legs. They work during the day and go back at night to reinforce and repair the dilapidated hut to prepare for the impossible "doomsday". It's like playing house, but they take it very seriously.
Whether they were regular guests or celebrity actors, they were all so far removed from rural life that they were flustered when they first arrived, leading to a lot of hilarious moments. Plus, these people were good-looking and had a knack for making jokes. At first, Xia Wu didn't find it funny, but as she watched, she started laughing along.
This is only the first episode, and the second episode will be at 10 o'clock tonight. Xia Wu checked online and found out that the program was officially broadcast yesterday. The whole program will last for three months. During the three months, the resident guests will have to stay in the rural business base, and the resident guests will remain unchanged.
Each episode lasts more than an hour. Blue Channel has strong editing skills, a fast pace, clear themes, and full of personality of the characters.
Even people like Xia Wu who were not interested in variety shows remembered the faces and began to look forward to the next episode.
After watching the variety show, Liu Guizhen waited for more than ten minutes for the commercials. Then the TV series started. She was still a little bit in disbelief: "It's over?"
Xia Wu told her: "There's another episode tonight at 10 o'clock."
"Ten o'clock? Too late, eh."
"It's okay. You can watch it on the computer, and it will be available at 7 o'clock. I'll get it for you when the time comes, and we can watch it together."
"Okay, this is good, and it's quite interesting."
This program is really interesting. With the goal of dealing with the end of the world, a group of people are moved to the countryside and given rather dilapidated houses. They also need to repair their houses to prevent possible "monsters" from appearing in the future.
There is a shortage of food after the apocalypse, so they need to farm and raise livestock; others also need to cook, get along with others, and pass the time. There are many things to do, and it is quite interesting to watch.
The rain outside was getting lighter. Liu Guizhen went to the kitchen to see what to cook today. Xia Wu went to her brother's room, but Yang Hongwen was already awake.
The window of his room was open, and raindrops could be heard outside the corridor. He was so engrossed in watching the sound that he seemed not to notice Xia Wu coming in.
Xia Wu didn't disturb him and quietly left. She stood in the corridor looking at the gloomy rain, wondering how Ji Yunzhou was doing at the moment.
Last time, Ji Yunzhou told her that his legs would ache and be extremely painful whenever it was cloudy and rainy.
Since that day, Ji Yunzhou never contacted her again. It was not wrong for Xia Wu to take the initiative, but she forgot about it when she was busy. Now that several days had passed and there was nothing else to do, it would seem too deliberate to contact her again.
Now I have an excuse.
"Does your leg hurt?"
Ji Yunzhou was curled up in the goose down quilt, his face was as pale as paper, his hair was wet with sweat and stuck to his face. He was as thin as a sharp bamboo, his breathing was weak, and he had his eyes closed as if he was asleep.
The special notification sound of his cell phone rang out, and he rolled his eyes before slowly coming back to life.
I grabbed my phone, opened it, and Xia Wu's message popped up.
"It doesn't hurt."
"It rained heavily today and there were thunders. I couldn't go to the mountain. I gave everyone a day off and then slept in bed until eight o'clock. It was so comfortable~"
Ji Yunzhou looked at the message that popped up, and seemed to be able to imagine the girl on the other end of the phone subconsciously squinting her eyes when she said she felt comfortable. He unconsciously curled up the corners of his mouth, and the pain in his legs seemed not so severe.
"Do you like the rain?"
"It's okay, but it can't rain every day. It would be too humid and annoying."
Ji Yunzhou deleted and retyped the words he had typed, and he didn't know what to say.
He doesn't like rainy days because there was a thunderstorm on the day his plane crashed. Since then, every day of his life has been like a rainy day.
It's really annoying.
"The weather forecast says it will be sunny tomorrow."
"The apricots on the mountain are ripe now. They're called sun apricots. They ripen quickly when exposed to the sun, and they're very sweet. Do you like them?"
"like."
"Would you like to come out and play tomorrow? I'll pick apricots for you to eat."
Ji Yunzhou breathed rapidly, the pain in his legs felt like a burn, making him feel powerless and impatient. He wanted to destroy everything he could, wanted to scream and shout, but in the end he just put down his phone, grabbed the quilt tightly, closed his eyes tightly, held his breath, and used the pain of suffocation to fight against the feeling of powerlessness.
The invitation he sent out seemed to have fallen on deaf ears. Xia Wu frowned, "Tsk, this guy is really hard to deal with. Should he come or not? At least give me a reply."
She looked up at the gloomy sky and always felt that Ji Yunzhou was lying to her.
After returning to the house to get a cup of water, Xia Wu hurried out with an umbrella. Hearing the sound of a car starting outside, Old Man Yang came out. Seeing Xia Wu looking like she was about to go out, he asked, "Where are you going?"
Xia Wu: "Grandpa, I'm going to the White House. I may not be back for lunch. If I'm not back, I'll call Mom and let her know."
Old Man Yang said "Oh". Go to Ji Yunzhou's place. He didn't ask any more questions. Thinking that it was rainy today, he called Xia Wu and said, "Wait a minute, take this hot compress bag with you. It contains Chinese medicinal herbs. Heat it in the microwave and apply it to his legs. It might help."
Xia Wu took the heat pack and asked, "Master, will Ji Yunzhou's legs hurt?"
"That's for sure. In someone like him, rainy weather is bound to cause him pain."
Well, Ji Yunzhou was lying to her.
Xia Wu stepped on the accelerator in a hurry. The bad thing about fighting trucks is that they make a lot of noise.
Raindrops fell on the green rice fields, and the whole countryside looked like a painting. There were many villagers like Yang Guojun in the fields, wearing hats and raincoats, digging drainage ditches.
Hearing the sound of a car starting, Yang Guojun looked up and recognized Xia Wu's car. Unfortunately, it was too far away, and his daughter couldn't hear him even when he called out. He could only mutter, "Why are you still going out in such heavy rain?"
Then he lowered his head and continued working.
I don't know how long it took, it felt like a century. It felt like ants were crawling in my bones, but it was much better than the feeling of powerlessness. The first time I could breathe, Ji Yunzhou picked up his phone and replied to Xia Wu:
"good."
He continued to stare at his phone, looking forward to Xia Wu's reply.
After one or two minutes, my eyes were sore and I couldn't bear it, but I still didn't get a reply.
Ji Yunzhou put his hand down weakly and the phone slipped from his hand.
There was a knock on the door, "Mr. Ji..."
Before he could finish his words, he threw his phone against the door with a loud bang.
"Ji Yunzhou, it's me. I'm here to see you. Can I come in?"
The voice outside the door sounded like salvation, which made Ji Yunzhou unable to believe it.
"I'm coming in."
The door opened and Xia Wu walked in.
Ji Yunzhou never really closed the door of his room because he was a patient and disabled. In order to prevent him from committing suicide or having an attack without anyone noticing in time, he couldn't even close his own door on his own initiative.
When others wanted to come in, he would at most protest by smashing things, and never said a single excessive word.
People with too high quality always live a very tiring life.
Xia Wu came in. Ji Yunzhou huddled in the quilt, with only his eyes exposed. His warm eyes seemed to be wet by rain, and he looked at her wetly, like an abandoned puppy, which made people feel soft in their hearts.
"Ji Yunzhou, you didn't reply to my message."
"So I'm asking you face to face: Does your leg hurt? Can you go pick apricots with me tomorrow?"
Ji Yunzhou thought she would lose her temper and ignore him, but Xia Wu didn't.
She accepted everything bad calmly and firmly.
Ji Yunzhou's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he revealed his face, allowing Xia Wu to see his lip, which had been bitten to endure the pain. The bright red blood had not yet dried. He replied in a hoarse voice, "It hurts, yes."
Xia Wu smiled.
This answer barely satisfied her.
She took out her thermos cup, opened it, and inside was honey water that she had hurriedly brewed with spiritual spring water. She handed it to Ji Yunzhou's mouth and said, "Drink some honey water, maybe it will not hurt so much."
The nurse brought a heated hot compress bag. Xia Wu asked her to go out to make sure that the temperature of the hot compress bag on the skin would not burn people. Xia Wu lifted a corner of the quilt, and Ji Yunzhou subconsciously pressed her hand.
"Don't move. This is a hot pack my grandpa gave me. Maybe it will be helpful to you."
Ji Yunzhou silently let go of his hand and said, "Please lift the quilt."
He was wearing thin clothes, and Xia Wu couldn't see clearly, so she might mind.
Xia Wu raised an eyebrow and lifted the quilt as he instructed.
Ji Yunzhou's injured leg has degenerated a lot and is thinner than a normal person's leg.
His skin was very white, so the scars on it were particularly obvious, fragmented and sewn together, just like the bones inside.
Xia Wu put his legs together and placed the hot compress bag on his knees.
I confirmed again that the hot compress bag would not burn his skin before covering him with the quilt again.
"How do you feel now?"
"It's a little warm."
"Does it still hurt?"
Xia Wu lay on the edge of the bed, propped up her chin, stared at him and asked.
Maybe it was the temperature of the hot compress bag or the temperature in her eyes, but Ji Yunzhou seemed to not feel as much pain anymore.
There were subtle movements coming from the ends of his limbs, like new sprouts of plants, quietly growing inside his body.
"It doesn't hurt," Ji Yunzhou lowered his eyes, his eyelashes trembling slightly, hiding the attachment in his eyes.
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