If June is just a prelude to the heat, then when July arrives, the temperature will rush to thirty-seven or eight.
When Lu Qingjiu woke up, he saw Bai Yuehu, who always liked to sleep with him, lying beside him, half rolled up in his sleeping T-shirt, revealing Bai Shengsheng's belly. Bai Yuehu's belly wasn't soft to the touch, and it didn't have any fat. It felt just average, not as good as Lu Qingjiu's own.
Hearing Lu Qingjiu getting up, Bai Yuehu yawned and got up from the bed in a daze, kissing Lu Qingjiu's chin naturally, and then the two went to wash up.
It was too early, and the animals in the yard became more active. Bai Yuehu took advantage of the sun to get up, went to the field, cleaned up the vegetables that should be cleaned, and poured enough water. Lu Qingjiu made a hearty breakfast, the weather became hot, and the food he ate became more refreshing. He cut the stalk of the lettuce into thin shreds, then washed it with hot water, then added chili sesame oil and other condiments, and mixed it with cold. The dough fermented last night is ready to use today, and the stuffing is prepared last night. It is pork cabbage stuffing, and some lotus root cubes are added to increase the taste.
Then wrap the filling into the fermented noodles, bake them with an electric baking pan, and the hot biscuits come out of the oven. Lu Qingjiu also boiled a large pot of mung bean porridge, and cooked five salted duck eggs. He originally planned to make some tea eggs, but it was too late, so he thought of making it at noon.
Bai Yuehu waited for the vegetables in the field, and brought a basket of vegetables back to the yard by the way. This year, there was less rain, and the vegetables did not grow as well as last year, but they looked good. The eggplant and tomato are both ripe, not to mention the tomato. It tastes just as delicious as last year, moist and juicy, and can be eaten as a fruit. The eggplant is also a big one. Lu Qingjiu specially instructed Bai Yuehu to pick it. He intends to Use the leftover filling from the pie to make some eggplant boxes to eat.
When Yin Xun arrived, breakfast had just been prepared, and a few people sat down in front of the table and began to feast on it.
Pies and porridge are enough, as well as oily salted duck eggs, which not only relieves the heat, but also relieves tiredness. This time the pie tastes very good, and the diced lotus root is the key. The thin skin is scalding hot gravy. When you bite down, the skin is crispy, the filling is soft, and the diced lotus root is inside. Perfectly neutralized the greasy feel of the pork. There are also cold lettuce shreds, which are spicy and crisp, especially appetizing. Lu Qingjiu ate two biscuits and two bowls of porridge. In the end, they were all exhausted. Yin Xun and Bai Yuehu were also full of contentment.
After breakfast, Yin Xun said that the hawthorns in the west of the village were ripe and they could go pick some.
"Isn't the hawthorn grown by Aunt Liu's family?" Lu Qingjiu remembered this.
"Yeah." Yin Xun said, "But isn't Aunt Liu dead..."
Lu Qingjiu: "...But you're dead too."
Yin Xun: "..." Seems to be right.
Lu Qingjiu looked at Bai Yuehu and said, "What is the situation of the people in the village?"
Bai Yuehu took a sip of tea to moisten his mouth: "They don't know that they are dead, but they still live like ordinary people."
Lu Qingjiu said, "In the eyes of outsiders, they are still alive?"
Bai Yuehu said: "Well."
Lu Qingjiu thought about it and thought it was right, because at least in the eyes of Hu Shu and Pang Ziqi, Shuifu Village is a living person in a village, and sometimes the villagers of Shuifu Village will communicate with the outside world to buy and sell commodities. The outside world did not find anything unusual in Shuifu Village.
Xiaohua, who was lying beside her, asked, "Will Li Xiaoyu go to junior high school?"
Bai Yuehu glanced at Xiaohua: "It depends on whether he can pass the test."
As soon as he finished his words, Lu Qingjiu saw a raging flame in Xiaohua's eyes. He said, "I know, I will definitely try my best to get Li Xiaoyu to go to university. Although he is dead, he has a dream!"
Lu Qingjiu: "..." Okay.
Yin Xun didn't care about the future and education of the villagers at all. He blinked and asked, "Then let's go pick hawthorn?"
Lu Qingjiu said, "Go!" The hawthorns at home are almost finished. This sweet and sour thing is a holy product for relieving the summer heat. It's better to have fresh. But you can't just pick it like this, you have to change it...
So after lunch, Lu Qingjiu went to find Yin Xun's neighbor, Aunt Liu, and discussed with her, saying that he would buy hawthorn at the market price.
Aunt Liu originally wanted to refuse, saying that it was for Lu Qingjiu to eat, but after hearing that the amount he wanted was quite large, she finally agreed.
After getting permission from Aunt Liu, Lu Qingjiu's family happily went to pick hawthorn.
This hawthorn tree is not bad. There are clusters of red and bright fruits hanging on the lush branches and leaves. It is different from the sun-dried hawthorn. The fresh hawthorn has a particularly sour taste. Lu Qingjiu tasted one, and his whole face was wrinkled together. He also shoved it into Bai Yuehu's mouth, and Bai Yuehu's face did not change.
"Isn't it sour?" Lu Qingjiu asked.
"It's okay." Bai Yuehu replied.
Hearing this, Lu Qingjiu didn't want to continue picking the fruit, while Bai Yuehu silently put down his hand holding the tree trunk. A few obvious finger prints were left on the originally clean trunk. Humph, Dragon is not afraid of sour, no matter it is sour orange or sour hawthorn, it can't defeat him.
Yin Xun ran up and down the tree, like a monkey. He picked a full basket and sent it to Lu Qingjiu, while Lu Qingjiu handed an empty one up.
Most of these hawthorn Lu Qingjiu are intended to be marinated and used to soak in water, and the rest can be made into hawthorn cakes and rock candied haws. Speaking of rock candy haws, have Bai Yuehu and Yin Xun ever eaten this kind of snack? Lu Qingjiu remembers that there are indeed no such snacks in town. Sell, and even if there is a sale, the two of them have no money to buy...
Thinking of this, Lu Qingjiu decided to buy some other fruits to make together.
After picking up a few baskets full of hawthorn and paying Aunt Liu for the hawthorn, the three of them went home happily. After returning home, Lu Qingjiu asked them to wash the hawthorn out first, and then put the core inside. This is a big project, but it's still early, so I'm not in a hurry.
Lu Qingjiu fed Niuniu a little chocolate, and then squeezed half a bucket of milk. He planned to make some popsicles to cool off the heat. After he boiled the milk, he added sugar and honey to it, and then poured the milk into a mold specially designed for popsicles. Frozen in freezer.
The weather was terribly hot, even Lu Qingjiu was sweating all over doing these things. He went to wash his face and planned to make dinner.
I had braised beef for lunch, and Lu Qingjiu decided to make it simpler for dinner, so I fried a few plates of eggplant boxes, made garlic white meat and cold chicken, and fried bitter gourd. The main food was dried noodles with tomato soup. Also put fresh lettuce leaves and poached eggs, very cool.
Everyone was a little hungry after a busy afternoon, Lu Qingjiu said that he was going to the city tomorrow and asked if they had anything to bring.
"What are you doing in the city when it's so hot?" Yin Xun chewed the tender chicken.
"Go buy some fruit." Lu Qingjiu said, "I'll make sugar candied haws for you, have you tried it?"
"No." Yin Xun gave a sad answer.
Bai Yuehu shook his head, paused for a moment and then added, "But I saw others eat it."
Hearing this, Lu Qingjiu almost wanted to cover his face, thinking that you might as well not add it, this addition sounds even more sad.
After dinner in the evening, Bai Yuehu and Yin Xun washed the dishes, while Lu Qingjiu went to put the hawthorn peeled in the afternoon into a pot and boil it with white sugar to make a sweet and sour hawthorn sauce. This hawthorn sauce is perfect for summer, or it's delicious in water and then frozen in the freezer to make popsicles.
After doing this, it was getting late, Lu Qingjiu took a shower and hid in the air-conditioned room. Because of Zhu Rong's previous advice, Lu Qingjiu didn't dare to turn on the air conditioner all day long, and even drink beer at room temperature when he is making skewers. For people with body heat, not being able to eat ice in summer is simply the most terrifying torture. Fortunately, Lu Qingjiu has a cold body, so it won't be affected much if he doesn't eat it. Of course, he still misses it occasionally.
In the sufficient air-conditioning, Lu Qingjiu, who had been tired all day, fell asleep on Bai Yuehu's arm. He had completely adapted to the slow-paced rural life, and he had no idea of returning to the city. Besides, there was still a need here. His people just don't know why his grandfather has repeatedly reiterated that he wants him to leave here.
The next day, Lu Qingjiu went to the city as planned, intending to buy some unplanted fruit to make rock candied haws. The most primitive candied haws are made of hawthorn, but in recent years, the living standard has improved, and the types have become more diverse, such as strawberries, grapes, kiwi fruit and other fruits are delicious. Lu Qingjiu's favorite is the candied haws made of strawberries. The strawberries are originally a bit sour, but after being coated with a layer of crunchy icing, they become sour and sweet. One bite is the most suitable for amusing children.
Bai Yuehu and Yin Xun didn't follow today. Lu Qingjiu gave them a task to get rid of the grass in the yard. The weather is getting hotter, and the weeds in the yard are getting more and more lush, especially near the ancient well. The location nearby is almost overgrown with weeds.
In the supermarket, he bought fruits such as strawberries and grapes, and Lu Qingjiu also brought a box of mangoes and various snacks, thinking of adding childhood memories to Bai Yuehu and Yin Xun. It's just that when he was shopping, he felt that the surrounding atmosphere was a bit wrong. He looked around carefully and couldn't find anything wrong.
Lu Qingjiu felt a little vigilant in his heart, and quickly left the supermarket to get out of here, but who knew that when he was three or four meters away from the truck, he noticed a strangely dressed man standing beside the truck. woman. It was supposed to be a hot summer day, but she was wearing a thick down jacket, her long hair was tied up with silver ornaments on the top of her head, and she wore exaggerated earrings on her ears. Her eyes fell on Lu Qingjiu, as if she was estimating something.
This person is obviously not an ordinary person. If it is a normal person wearing this down jacket, it is estimated that he will faint from heat stroke within half an hour, but looking at her appearance, there is not a drop of sweat, and there is a strange smile on the corner of her mouth.
Lu Qingjiu stopped, and did not walk in the direction of the truck, but turned around immediately, intending to leave the sparsely populated parking lot, but who knew that just as he turned around, there were hurried footsteps behind him.
"Wait." The woman cried, "Don't go."
How could Lu Qingjiu listen to her? Hearing this, not only did he not stop, but he started to run, but he didn't take two steps before a strong force came from behind him and pushed him directly. All the things in Lu Qingjiu's hands were scattered on the ground. He held on to the wall next to him, barely holding himself back from falling.
He turned his head and saw the woman standing not far from him, she said, "Don't go..."
Knowing that he was not her opponent, Lu Qingjiu could only stagger back a few steps, and he said, "What do you want?"
The woman said, "How do I get to the underworld?"
Lu Qingjiu: "..." He knew.
Seeing that Lu Qingjiu didn't answer, the woman became impatient and asked again in a calm voice, "I asked you how to get to the underworld?"
Lu Qingjiu gritted his teeth and said, "I don't know."
The woman said, "You don't know? Are you not from the underworld?"
While talking to her, Lu Qingjiu observed the surrounding situation. There was no one in the garage just now. There was a ding-dong sound from the elevator, and it seemed that someone had come down. Lu Qingjiu said, "Go up from there. , just turn the corner." He casually pointed to the escape route.
The woman's face sank when she heard the words, she said, "You lied to me."
Lu Qingjiu: "Huh?" Was it dismantled like that
The woman said, "That's where I came down."
Lu Qingjiu had a look of embarrassment on his face, but at this moment, a human figure appeared around the corner. He seemed to be driving from the supermarket. Seeing this, Lu Qingjiu turned around and ran away. He didn't even dare to turn his head back.
He rushed directly to the vicinity of the elevator in one breath, Lu Qingjiu slapped the elevator up button before he could react, but he was unlucky, just one step short, the elevator door closed in front of him. When Lu Qingjiu heard the footsteps coming from behind, he broke out in a cold sweat. Just as he was about to run towards the stairs, a pair of hands pressed heavily on his shoulders.
Lu Qingjiu turned his head stiffly and saw the person behind him. This person seemed to have come down from the elevator, with a look of surprise on his face. He said, "Brother, what's the matter?"
Lu Qingjiu said, "Run!"
"What?" Before the man could finish speaking, a hand came directly through his chest and pressed it on Lu Qingjiu's arm.
Lu Qingjiu looked dumbfounded. He wanted to run, but was caught by both hands and couldn't move. It's just that he quickly noticed that the person in front of him was obviously not a human, because after he was put through his chest by a hand, he neither bleed nor fell down, and there was no reaction except for frowning.
"What are you doing?" The man in front of him turned his head and complained to the woman behind him with dissatisfaction, "Didn't I tell you to stay in the car obediently."
The woman snorted coldly: "How long have you been gone?"
The man said, "Didn't I just buy something." He lifted the plastic bag in his handle, and pointed at the stunned Lu Qingjiu, "What are you doing to scare people."
"I just wanted to ask for directions," the woman said.
The man said, "How did you ask?"
The woman said, "I asked how to get to the underworld."
The man's face was in pain. He took a few deep breaths and managed to control his emotions, and then his tone was full of helplessness: "Okay... Can you take your hand from my chest first?"
The woman snorted again: "I'll take it back, don't let people run away."
The man said: "Even if you let go, don't scare ordinary people."
The woman let go of her hand. After she took it back, Lu Qingjiu saw a big empty hole through the man's torn t-shirt. This man actually had no chest, and the entire chest was filled with empty holes.
Lu Qingjiu widened his eyes and blurted out, "You don't have a chest?!"
The man said, "Yeah, she didn't either."
The woman said angrily: "Who said I don't have breasts, I'm not Fangfeng."
The man said, "Anyway, I didn't see that you had breasts."
It was only then that the woman realized that she was being molested, her brows and eyes were raised in anger, and she had to say that when she got closer, she still looked pretty, and if it wasn't for the strange dress, I'm afraid it wouldn't be difficult to ask for directions.
When Lu Qingjiu heard the name Fangfeng, he immediately thought of something, and he said, "You are from... Guanxiongguo?" Guanxiongguo is a race in the Shanhaijing, and its biggest feature is a big hole in its chest.
The man was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Lu Qingjiu to recognize his identity. In addition to being surprised, he was also a little surprised: "You also went to the meeting?"
Lu Qingjiu: "Huh?" What meeting
The man frowned at Lu Qingjiu: "Are you human?"
Just as Lu Qingjiu was about to say that of course he is human, the woman behind the man answered, "Of course he is not."
The man said, "Aren't you?"
Lu Qingjiu said, "Brother, can you let go first? I think my shoulder will be snapped off by you."
He originally thought that the man would refuse, but who knew that he politely said sorry, and let go of Lu Qingjiu, it really didn't look like he was malicious. Lu Qingjiu rubbed his aching shoulder, and carefully observed the man and woman. The man was dressed like a human being. If it weren't for the big empty hole in his chest, I'm afraid no one would think that he was not a human being, a woman. It is completely out of tune with the surrounding, especially the thick down jacket.
"I'm just passing by, and I don't know where you are going." Lu Qingjiu said, "Can I go now?"
The man said: "Oh... so that's the case, so you didn't go to the meeting?"
Lu Qingjiu shook his head, saying that he didn't know what the man was talking about. Hearing this, the man pondered for a moment and said, "Then do you know how to get to the underworld?"
When Lu Qingjiu heard him mention the underworld again, he immediately became vigilant: "What underworld, I am a human, I can only live in the human world, and I definitely cannot go to the underworld."
The man was silent for a moment, then helplessly said: "It's not the underworld, it's whether there is a place called Yinjian nearby..."
He also explained how to write the word Yinjian.
Lu Qingjiu immediately understood: "You mean Yinjian Building? It's near here... What are you doing there?" Yinjian is an office building built by the government. It is quite famous in the local area. Many governments Organizations have set up offices there, and he didn't expect the woman to ask about this place.
"Oh, we have something to do there." The man said, "My surname is Wang, and my name is Wang Rumeng. She... you can call her a girl."
The woman frowned when she heard the words, as if she wanted to say something, but stopped when she saw Wang Rumeng's expression.
Lu Qingjiu kept his mind and didn't dare to say his name. He said, "Where are you going? Let me tell you." He was about to describe in detail, but Wang Rumeng held Lu Qingjiu's shoulder again. , he said, "Brother, I'm sorry, can I trouble you to send us there? Did you drive here?"
Lu Qingjiu deliberately looked embarrassed.
Wang Rumeng said: "Look at my clothes are also torn, and others should not be frightened when they see it. She can't see people like this, so please trouble you." Although his words were very gentle, his tone was not negotiable. He didn't intend to relax the hand that grabbed Lu Qingjiu at all. It seemed that he didn't intend to let Lu Qingjiu go.
Seeing this, the woman said, "He has the breath of a dragon on him."
Wang Rumeng's expression changed slightly when he heard the words: "Is he a dragon?"
The woman shook her head: "Have you ever seen a dragon with such a weak combat power? He should not be a dragon, but has lived with the dragon for a long time."
This time, Wang Rumeng looked at Lu Qingjiu even more strangely. Lu Qingjiu couldn't run away even if he grabbed him, so he could only say: "Have you read it yet?"
"It's over." Wang Rumeng said, "Do you know Dragon?"
Lu Qingjiu said, "What does it matter if you know each other or not?"
Wang Rumeng smiled: "If you know me, be polite to you, after all, I don't want to mess with them..."
Lu Qingjiu said, "Okay, I know you, can you let me go?"
Wang Rumeng shook his head: "No, we won't be able to find our way if we let you go, brother, help people to the end, send us there first."
Lu Qingjiu knew that he would not let go, so he could only agree, so the three of them walked towards Lu Qingjiu's minivan, but before they took two steps, a strong stench of burnt stench emanated from the surroundings, as if something was burnt. have to. Before Lu Qingjiu smelled the smell, he didn't ask any questions. Standing beside him, Wang Rumeng's expression changed greatly, and he said, "Not good!" Then he rushed to the side and began to rummage through the black pocket he was carrying. This bag was in his hand when he got off the elevator. It seemed to contain a lot of things, and it was a big bag. Lu Qingjiu quickly found the source of the fire. He stared in amazement as black smoke began to rise from the girl standing on his left, and red flames began to dash around. She rolled on the ground, but this girl looked at Lu Qingjiu with a calm expression. The two looked at each other for a moment, and the girl threatened, "What are you looking at? I have never seen someone on fire."
Lu Qingjiu: "..." I'm sorry, he really didn't read it.
The girl's hair and skin were still unscathed under the scorching flames, but the down jacket on her body began to carbonize rapidly, and it gave off a pungent burnt odor, and black smoke came out. Lu Qingjiu stood beside him at a loss, just thinking about it. Asking whether to help her put out the fire, Wang Rumeng rushed back again in a hurry, threw two pieces of clothing to the ground, then grabbed Lu Qingjiu by the shoulders, and twisted him to the side abruptly: "Don't look anymore, don't look anymore. Look at her clothes are all burnt out."
Lu Qingjiu thought that he should take Bai Yuehu out in the future. This world is really too dangerous. If he meets anyone, he will be burned without saying a word.
Fortunately, the girl burned very quickly, it only seemed like a minute later, there was a word from behind, Lu Qingjiu turned around together with Wang Rumeng, and saw the girl standing on the wreckage, like a nirvana. Phoenix.
Speaking of... Lu Qingjiu suddenly remembered that he didn't seem to have seen Phoenix at Shaohao's house. Could it be... the person in front of him is...
The author has something to say: Lu Qingjiu rolled up his sleeves: Who lied to my poor fox with lollipops
Bai Yuehu rolled up his sleeves: Who used force to suppress my weak Jiu'er
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