"I, forgot."
Xie Mingchi scratched the back of his head and looked at her seriously with his black eyes.
Hua Shi was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say.
Can you forget this?
"I roasted some sweet potatoes, come and eat them."
Only then did Hua Shi see the sweet potato with a charred skin in his hand. She stood up and walked over.
Xie Mingchi had already skillfully peeled off the skin of the sweet potato, revealing the tender yellow flesh inside, and stuffed it into Hua Shi's hand.
Hua Shi pinched her palms, feeling the maliciousness coming from the sweet potato skin. She took a bite, then reacted and asked somewhat dully, "Why are there sweet potatoes at this time?"
Sweet potatoes don’t mature around November. Where can you find sweet potatoes this big in February or March... ?
Xie Mingchi looked at her red face and lips from the cold, his eyes fixed on her, and as he listened, he said casually, "I brought her out from home."
They were originally left to sprout and planted in the ground around April. When he went out, he took a few with him. The sweet potatoes can be eaten after being roasted, and it is just convenient to take them with you to eat on the road.
"So this is to be kept for planting in April this year, right?"
When the flowers bloom, you will smack your lips and your mouth will be filled with the sweet and sticky aroma of sweet potatoes.
As soon as Xie Mingchi said that, she realized that this was probably what their family had reserved for farming, and he just took it out and... ate it?
Xie Mingchi said: "It's still at home."
The two of them sat around the almost burnt-out campfire, eating sweet potatoes without hesitation. They finished four or five sweet potatoes between them in a short while.
The black cat lay at Hua Shi's feet, meowing, trying to attract Hua Shi's attention.
Hua Shi took out some fried dried fish from her bag and fed it to the cat, and only then did it stop meowing.
"Everything is packed, time to go!"
As soon as I ate the sweet potato, I heard the driver's rough shouting in the distance.
Hua Shi turned around and saw that the driver had already pulled the ox cart to the side of the road and was ready to go.
Except for her and Xie Mingchi, the other two groups had already packed up their things, stood up and walked towards the ox cart.
Hua Shi rested for a night and felt much more refreshed. Her eyes fell on the backs of the old lady and her family of three who had sat opposite her yesterday.
She didn't know if it was her illusion, but the three members of the family walked hurriedly, and their movements seemed to be in a hurry.
In addition to the aunt's family of three, there was another group of people, including the fat woman sitting on her right. The fat woman was holding two boys, one in each hand, about seven or eight years old, who should be her sons.
Just looking at the one with skinny arms and legs, being impatiently pulled forward by the fat woman, both of them staggered a little, kicked the uneven stones on the ground after a few steps, and almost fell down, but were pulled back by the fat woman with such force that the two children let out muffled cries of pain.
"Let's go."
Hua Shi withdrew her gaze. Xie Mingchi had already packed up the scattered things and was looking at her.
"Um."
Hua Shi felt that the postures of the two groups were a little strange, but she couldn't figure out what was strange about it for the time being, so she calmed down, hugged the black cat in her arms, put on a hat and raincoat, followed Xie Mingchi, and got back on the ox cart.
Throughout the rest of the journey, the lady and her family of three sitting opposite her no longer tried to talk to her, and their calculating eyes no longer looked at her, as if they had lost interest in her.
The fat woman sitting on her right, just like at the beginning, had no intention of paying any attention to the crowd.
Hua Shi tried to talk to her along the way, but she just turned her nose up at him, snorted a few times, and was very impatient.
The atmosphere on the ox cart was very strange. Hua Shi was sandwiched in the middle and had to suppress the messy thoughts in his mind.
"are you hungry?"
At noon, the ox cart swayed forward. Xie Mingchi turned his head to look at her and asked in a low voice.
"Not hungry yet." Hua Shi shook his head.
Maybe it was because the space on the oxcart was too narrow, but it made her breath difficult and her head felt dizzy.
Along the way, there were almost no people, and the road was empty on both sides, with endless yellow sand mixed with a few bare trees.
The surrounding scenery is like two different worlds compared to Shoushan Village. The area within a hundred miles of Shoushan Village is still covered with lush trees, but after leaving that place, the scene suddenly changed to the one in front of us.
It was so desolate. Looking around, it was empty, with nothing in sight. The chirping of insects and birds was barely audible, with only the whistling of the wind...
"…Why is it so empty here? There's no one here."
Hua Shi made a strange sound, but because she was squeezed on the ox cart, she deliberately lowered her voice.
Xie Mingchi said: "Yes, this place is not suitable for people to live here. There is no river, no trees, and it is too empty. So a long time ago, everyone who lived nearby moved away."
Hua Shi asked again: "So there are people living here?"
Xie Mingchi thought for a moment, "There was one a long time ago. Taohua Village is not far away. It's the only village on the road. After Taohua Village, Taohua Town is not far away. However, many villagers in Taohua Village have gradually moved to the town."
Hua Shi cast a puzzled look at him.
Xie Mingchi explained, "I heard that the river near the village dried up, making it uninhabitable. Plus, it's closer to Taohua Town, making it more convenient for living and traveling, so everyone moved to the town."
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