Life in a quiet village in Xianshan

Luo Yugang saw Gu Siwei rolling up his trousers and stepping on his clothes in the wooden basin. It was very strange and he kept looking at him.

"What's wrong?" Gu Siwei felt a little uncomfortable when he looked at him.

Luo Yugang said: "You are such a big CEO, but you still wash your clothes yourself?"

"As I said, what should I do if I don't wash the clothes? There is no electricity here. I want to buy a washing machine but there is no way to use it when I come back," Gu Siwei said with a smile.

Luo Yugang asked again: "I want to ask you a question in particular, why do you want to come back here after you created such a big business in Hong Kong?"

"Is there anything wrong here?" Gu Siwei asked him.

Luo Yugang was a little stunned by this question. He had never thought that Gu Siwei would ask this question. After thinking about it for a while, he said: "There is nothing wrong with it, but the development in Hong Kong is indeed better than here." , life is happy, this is a fact."

"Well, you're right, but is there no happiness here? We live a very happy life. My wife is the principal here and takes care of a bunch of children every day. Although she is busy, she is happy every day.

If I take her to Hong Kong City, she may not be happy. And what can our family do in Hong Kong City? Thinking about it, it would be better to be in the village. Everyone here is familiar with me. Although there are some minor conflicts sometimes, it is generally good."

Luo Yugang couldn't understand it, because he knew that it was okay for him to have enough food, but it was still very difficult for ordinary farmers to have enough food at this time. At this time, if you want to say that farmers live a good life without conscience, then It's just a matter of character.

According to his intuition, no one dislikes big cities. Those who say they don't like them actually don't like them. Who doesn't want to be a city dweller if given the chance.

But today his thoughts were shaken.

After hearing this, Xiao Shuping said to Luo Yugang: "Don't try to figure it out. You are not in his position. There are some things that you will definitely not have the same feelings as him."

"I'm just weird!" Luo Yugang said with a smile.

By this time, Gu Siwei had already trampled all the clothes, pulled his feet back from the basin, and then picked up a piece of clothing and wringed out the water.

Seeing Gu Siwei like this, Luo Yugang and Xiao Shuping also came over to help. They didn't mind Gu Siwei stepping on his clothes with his feet. People at this time were not so particular, including people like Luo Yugang and Xiao Shuping.

After squeezing the water from the clothes, Gu Siwei took the clothes to the small channel at the door and poured them twice with clean water from the mountain.

After wringing out the water for the last time, I hung the clothes one by one on hangers and hung them on the clothes drying pole.

The poles were made by a few old men back in the day. The wooden shelves are a bit silly and thick. A bamboo pole is placed on top of the shelf to serve as a clothes drying rack. Even if it gets damaged due to exposure to the sun or rain, you only need to replace it with a new bamboo pole. , as for the base bracket below, it has been greased with oil, and it has been used for more than ten years without any problems.

After washing the clothes, Gu Siwei washed his hands carefully and prepared to cook.

"Which of you can cook a stove?"

Gu Siwei took care of the previous work, washed the rice, prepared it for steaming in a small pot, and started cooking while steaming the rice. When I was about to put on a show, I realized that there was a fireman missing, so I casually asked the two of them.

If no one knows how to cook, he will have to cook and stir-fry at the same time, which will make him a little confused.

At this time, Gu Siwei began to miss the time when his sister was around, but just thinking about it, he couldn't call his sister back to light the fire for him. Why did he stop reading?

Xiao Shuping said: "I'll do it, I've done this job before."

Gu Siwei was a little doubtful: "Can you do it? I told you that this earthen stove does not burn. If you haven't burned it before, you may not light it."

Xiao Shuping smiled and said: "Don't worry, I have been burning this kind of earthen stove for almost a year."

"Okay! There is fire-kindling grass behind you, and the firewood has been chopped...".

Hearing this, Luo Yugang raised his hand: "I can do the job of holding firewood."

Without waiting for anything to say, Gu Siwei ran to grab the firewood.

Seeing that everyone here was busy, Gu Siwei put one shovel and the other into the pot from time to time, testing the heat, and waited for the temperature in the pot to come up, which proved that Xiao Shuping's pot was cooking quite well.

"all right"

Gu Siwei smiled at him and said.

Xiao Shuping said: "I used to burn a stove bigger than this, and I could cook meals for a hundred people."

"You must be in the army, right?" Gu Siwei asked.

Xiao Shuping nodded: "Well, yes."

"Oops, a thorn stuck in my hand."

Luo Yugang suddenly said something here.

When Gu Siwei turned his head, he found that the boy was pinching his fingers and plucking the thorns with his other hand.

"How big is the thorn?" Gu Siwei asked.

Luo Yugang said: "With or without a needle, it's not easy to remove it with your hands."

After hearing this, Gu Siwei went from the house to get him a needle. After getting the needle, Luo Yugang began to deal with the thorn quietly, while Gu Siwei concentrated on cooking. As for Xiao Shuping, he naturally took it seriously. Really light the fire.

"Oh, it smells so good! What is this fried in?"

Smelling the aroma in the pot, Luo Yugang also plucked the thorns from his fingers, put down the needle and came to the edge of Gu Siwei's pot.

"Boiled bacon with dried bamboo shoots is a common dish, but the bacon at our house is different," Gu Siwei said.

After saying that, Gu Siwei put the lid on the pot.

"You raise pigs and sheep here, can you come?" Xiao Shuping asked.

Gu Siwei replied: "If there's nothing that can't come, there's no need to chase or put it away. It's almost free-range. To be honest, I don't even know how many pigs and sheep there are in my family. It's easier to handle the pigs. Count them." That's it. But sheep can't do that. Sheep can run, and this cliff can't trap them.

That's not all, you will see ducks and geese flying back at night. They go out to look for food during the day, and come back to spend the night at night."

Anyway, there was nothing wrong, so Gu Siwei chatted with Liang about the poultry at home.

"No wonder Uncle Zhou said that your place is a sacred place to hide from the world. It turns out that you really don't have to worry about eating and drinking," Luo Yugang said.

"Don't worry about eating and drinking? That's because you have never seen how good they are at eating. Let's not talk about others, just old man Zhou Guangxian, who has such a big bowl."

Gu Siwei was good at making gestures: "One and a half bowls of rice, plus half a bowl of vegetables, enough for one meal! It's strange if you think about it, I don't have to worry about it. Fortunately, my family has a lot of land, so when I share it with other people's families, They end up starving to death..."

Xiao Shuping didn't laugh this time. He had wanted to come, but he held it back. Luo Yugang also held it back for half a life, and almost couldn't hold it back.

He really couldn't imagine how Zhou Guangxian, such a serious master, could hold such a big bowl and squat on the ground to cook vigorously.

Fortunately, Gu Siwei didn't go on. He just mentioned casually. As for the big appetite of a few old men, it was almost no secret. In the village, it was more than the school. If a few people can eat, then it's okay. Can you escape everyone's sharp eyes?

Just like that, the three of them chatted while working, and easily prepared a table of meals.

It was a very simple home-cooked meal with no complicated steps, but when the meal was served, Luo Yugang and Xiao Shuping couldn't help but move their index fingers because it tasted so good.

"Have you ever been a cook before?"

Luo Yugang asked Gu Siwei, who had just entered the room and brought out the wine.

"No, what makes you think of asking this?"

Gu Siwei sat down and handed the red wine to Luo Yugang. He opened the lid of the white wine and poured it into Xiao Shuping and his own jar.

"Hey, that's enough, that's enough. I only have three ounces of wine at most. Drinking too much will cause trouble," Xiao Shuping said quickly.

Hearing what Xiao Shuping said, Gu Siwei immediately stopped his hand: "I won't persuade you anymore. I actually hate persuading you to drink. I can drink as much or as little as I want."

Gu Siwei poured about four taels into his own jar. Just as he was about to put down the bottle, Luo Yugang stretched out his hand.

"Aren't you drinking red?" Although Gu Siwei was curious, he still handed the bottle of wine to Luo Yugang.

Luo Yugang took the wine bottle, unscrewed the cap and said: "It's boring for me to drink too much. I'll drink it white. I'll drink it later when I finish it. Also, you have to wake up from this wine first." , I’ll wake up after drinking the white wine. Will you also have a drink with me then?”

"It stands to reason that I should accompany you, but as I said just now, I don't have the habit of persuading people to drink. It's up to you to decide how much you can drink," Gu Siwei said.

Luo Yugang didn't say much and directly raised the jar in his hand.

"Come!" Gu Siwei raised the cup in his hand, said a few auspicious words, and took a sip.

The fragrant wine went down the throat, and his stomach felt warm instantly. When he took another bite of food, Gu Siwei had to give a thumbs up to his craftsmanship.

"This... you have really never been a cook? I don't believe it." Luo Yugang took a bite of the bacon in front of him, and then quickly tasted the other dishes on the table, and the doubts in his heart became more intense.

Gu Siwei said: "I have never been a cook, but I am a little interested in cooking. I just try to do it normally."

"You really don't look like you haven't learned anything. Let's put it this way, even our kitchen can't make this dish," Luo Yugang said.

"Oh, then your master's craftsmanship is really not that good," Gu Siwei said with a smile.

Luo Yugang said: "Maybe so. Anyway, after eating these dishes of yours, I suddenly felt that his cooking skills are not that good."

Everyone chatted while eating. We ate the meal for an hour. We didn’t talk about work, we just talked about the mountains and rivers here, and the local customs and so on nearby.

In fact, it's just nonsense.

The three of them must have crossed paths, but it was not considered a friendship. If they could eat for an hour, they were quite close.

After eating, the two of them helped clean up, and then Gu Siwei took him back to the village. As for the boatman who followed the two of them, he naturally had a place to eat. If there is a boat nearby, whose home is where? Zhuangzi has no relatives yet.