On Saturday morning, Yang Fan drove Aunt Thirteen, Liu Qianqian and Guo Guo to visit the district.
"After entering junior high school, I lived in a boarding school and only went home on weekends. Every time I went home, I had to walk more than ten miles back to the mountains."
"On Sunday afternoons, my dad would take me to school on his motorcycle if he had time. If he was busy with work, I would have to go down the mountain and return to school by myself, filling my lunch box with meat that my mom had cooked."
"For the meat dishes in the school cafeteria, if you can get two pieces of meat for one portion, it's good enough."
“I walked through this tunnel for six years.”
Before you know it, you've grown up.
Those people who watched "Tom and Jerry" when they were young are now middle-aged.
Tom the cat is old, and the new cat in his owner's house bullies him every day, steals his food and occupies his nest.
But it never shed tears.
When it saw the hole covered with spider webs, it shed tears.
How I wish the mouse that has been causing trouble for it for most of its life could come out.
Children think that growing up can solve all problems, but later they find that growing up is just the beginning of the problems.
The district of Qianjiang is very small, with no skyscrapers, and it doesn't look as oppressive or overwhelming as a big city.
Before entering the area, there was a free car wash on the side of the road. Yang Fan closed the car window, got off the road and drove in.
It was a real free car wash. Two older ladies stood on each side, wearing rain boots and waterproof clothing, and holding water guns to clean the exterior of vehicles heading into the city.
Walking on the street, it is rare to see young people of their prime.
They are either old people or young boys and girls who look like students.
"What did you see?" After parking the car and going to the school where Yang Fan had attended, Yang Fan asked Liu Qianqian.
"What can I see?" Liu Qianqian asked curiously, glancing at the poorly planned streets and the pedestrians on the road.
Guoguo was wearing a fairy dress and a flying saucer-shaped dome sun hat. She walked beside her mother who was wearing the same sun hat, her eyes fixed on the roadside snack stalls.
If her mother hadn't been holding her hand, she might have stopped, or even run over and stood on tiptoe to look.
"To be more specific, what feeling do you get from this place?" Yang Fan asked Liu Qianqian in a different way.
Liu Qianqian thought for a moment and said, "Be comfortable and relax."
Yang Fan nodded: "Do you feel a lack of energy?"
Liu Qianqian observed carefully for a while, and then said: "Indeed, if I were asked to work and settle down here, I would not be able to stay."
"Yes." Yang Fan said, "I used to like the hustle and bustle here very much. I thought it had everything I wanted and was a hundred times better than the mountains. But since I left, it's hard for me to come back here, work hard, get married and start a family."
"Aren't you happy to meet me?" Liu Qianqian took Yang Fan's arm.
"I'm not unhappy." Yang Fan stood in front of the gate of a school: "There is a saying that goes, don't drown yourself in a puddle before you see the sea. I saw the sea, and I'm very lucky."
Although it is the weekend, the school is not open to the public.
Yang Fan was unable to bring Liu Qianqian and the others into the school. He just walked around the school, looking inside through the fence railings.
The management of schools in rural areas is not so strict.
This shows that the city is full of tricks. Behind the glamorous appearance, there are all kinds of dangers, fraud, distrust, indifference, violence...
The sunlight was not strong in the morning, but after noon, the sun was scorching and Guoguo felt drowsy, so Yang Fan and his group drove back to the mountain.
Mr. and Mrs. Yang are not at home. They went to the orchard.
The orchard is on another hill and is not very large. The two old people are typical small fruit farmers.
The orchard is planted with crisp red plums. Before noon, Yang's father and mother came back and placed a basket of their own crisp red plums in a prominent position in the living room.
Crisp red plum is the "li" in returning a favor.
The phrase "return a peach to me, and I will return a plum to you" comes from the line "If you give me a peach, I will return it with a plum" in the Book of Songs.
Plums were very popular in the past, probably more popular than peaches, and people who were grateful would use them to repay others.
There are many kinds of plums, and quite a few of them are either so sour that you'll salivate, or so astringent that you'll shiver all over.
The crisp red plum is a hero among plums. One plum can be as big as half a fist, with frost all around, reddish-purple in color, crisp and juicy.
To put it simply: crisp, red and sweet.
"Wow, Yang Fan, are they grown at home?" After entering the house and turning on the electric fan, Liu Qianqian immediately went to turn over the plums in the fruit basket.
Looking at it, the first impression is that it is too red, so red that it is almost purple, and it is hard to find any green.
"Yes, they are grown on the mountain diagonally opposite." Yang Fan took a plate to catch some of the crisp red plums and took them to the corridor to wash.
"Dad, is there anything delicious?" Guoguo opened his eyes wide when he returned to the corridor after going to the bathroom with his mother.
When they went out to play today, as soon as they got to a place with food, either her mother or sister Qianqian pulled her over quickly, not giving her a chance to see clearly.
When she wanted to discuss with her mother whether she could eat something, her mother and sister Qianqian lied to her and said there was something more delicious ahead.
In the end, I didn't get to eat anything, just had lunch.
After washing the crisp red plums, the fruit cream looked thick and fresh. Yang Fan handed one to Guoguo first.
Guoguo, who had quietly swallowed his saliva several times, quickly took it and took a bite. With a "crunch" sound, it was crisp and refreshing, and the green flesh was full of juice.
"Is it sour?" Aunt Thirteen really wanted to see the little girl frowning and having distorted facial features because of the sourness.
Unfortunately, she couldn't see it and was a little disappointed.
Guoguo didn’t answer her mother, but her expression showed it was delicious and not sour!
Aunt Thirteen also picked up a plum from the fruit plate.
After taking a bite, Aunt Thirteen was pleasantly surprised. It was not astringent at all. Even the skin could be eaten, blending seamlessly with the thick flesh.
When the juice burst into her mouth after biting the peel, she wondered, how could there be such sweet plums
How can one capture this sweetness so well
It has a unique sour taste in addition to the sweetness, as if it is still hanging in the orchard, still fresh.
Liu Qianqian also ate one and praised it: "It's so beautiful and delicious, it's crunchy, sweet and juicy, with a thin skin and thick meat, and it's very tender and crumbly."
Sitting on the corridor, Yang Fan said while eating: "In addition to eating the crisp red plums directly, you can also make crisp red plum sauce and spread it on bread for breakfast, or choose some fruits you like, squeeze them with the crisp red plums, and then add iced Sprite. There is also a seemingly dark but delicious way to eat it, dip it in chili noodles, which is sour, sweet and spicy. The taste is beyond your imagination."
"The crisp red plums changed my impression of plums." Aunt Thirteen no longer has the sour feeling she had when she ate plums as a child.
Yang Fan smiled and said, "As people's requirements for quality are getting higher and higher, plums with sour and bitter taste, hard skin and rough flesh are gradually eliminated, and the ones left are crisp, sweet, juicy, delicate and rich in taste. Modern technology and botany have changed our lives. It is hard to say whether we can achieve immortality, but physical immortality in the future is definitely achievable."
After hesitating for a moment, Aunt Thirteen said, "Twelve... She studied the Turritopsis immortalus and was about to achieve a breakthrough when she suddenly gave up."
Yang Fan was surprised. Had the godly girl Twelve studied "eternal life"
The Turritopsis dohrnii jellyfish is known as the immortal species.
"Twelve?" Liu Qianqian was confused: "Aunt Thirteen, who is Twelve?"
"A code name for a scientist." Aunt Thirteen was unwilling to tell Liu Qianqian about Twelve.
Yang Fan asked curiously: "Why did you give up suddenly?"
Thirteenth Aunt said: "Twelve felt that if she continued the research, something serious would happen, so she announced the termination of the research. However, privately, she continued the research and achieved substantial results."
Yang Fan is not very concerned about any substantial results.
Aunt Thirteen didn't say much.
The cells of the Turritopsis dohrnii can divide countless times, and individual aging and death almost never occur in them.
But the Turritopsis immortalus will not die of old age. Is it the darling of fate
In fact, the Turritopsis dohrnii is very pitiful. It is only 5mm in size and preys on plankton smaller than itself. Its fighting value is zero against slightly larger creatures.
As a result, most of the immortal jellyfish are eaten by other creatures. Immortality does not mean that one will not die.
What's even more sad is that the Turritopsis dohrnii already existed in the Mesozoic Cretaceous period, but over billions of years, it has hardly evolved. This meaningless cycle is the saddest thing.
"The future is promising." Yang Fan sometimes wants to live longer to see how far human beings can develop.
If we consider intelligence, humans can be considered the strongest on earth.
In terms of survival ability, the strongest creature on earth is an extremely tiny animal - the tardigrade.
This eight-legged invertebrate animal has a wide distribution range, from humid swamps to arid deserts, from freshwater lakes on land to the deep ocean.
They are nearly everywhere, yet the vast majority of people have never seen one.
The reason is that their bodies are so small that it is difficult to see them with the naked eye: most tardigrades are only 3 to 5 microns in size, and the largest tardigrade is only about 1 millimeter!
The reason why tardigrades are the strongest on earth is due to their powerful ability to hibernate.
When tardigrades are in a dormant state, their metabolism can drop to 0.01% of normal levels!
And as long as they are provided with a suitable living environment, they can quickly return to normal and continue their normal life activities.
What’s even more amazing is that it has four extreme dormancy states: low-humidity dormancy, oxygen-deficient dormancy, low-temperature dormancy, and osmotic dormancy.
Tardigrades are also the first creatures that can survive in outer space. Humans have sent about three thousand tardigrades into space, allowing these small creatures to take a "space trip" on a satellite.
However, what the researchers did not expect was that although these tardigrades were exposed to the space environment for twelve days, most of them survived tenaciously.
"Dad, I want to take a nap." After eating two plums, Guoguo began to feel sleepy and wanted to take a nap when he saw that there was no more food.
Aunt Thirteen took her upstairs.
Liu Qianqian didn’t sleep well last night and said she wanted to take a nap, so she followed me.
It wasn't Yang Fan who tormented her last night and made her sleep poorly.
It was her own fault that she was overthinking and didn't sleep well.
Yang Fan slept obediently in his room last night. He didn't let Aunt Thirteen sneak over to see him, nor did he let Liu Qianqian go to see him openly. The night went by peacefully.
After feeding the three treasures, Yang Fan also went upstairs.
After going upstairs, he found that Liu Qianqian and Aunt Thirteen were taking a shower.
Yang Fan was not surprised. Everyone had sweated a lot after going out in the morning, so it would be more comfortable to take a shower and then take a nap.
Guoguo was not so particular. She didn’t take a shower and went straight to bed.
"Yang Fan, one hour or two hours? Wake me up when the time comes. I don't set the alarm." After taking a shower, Liu Qianqian did not go into Yang Fan's room, but shouted to him in the living room.
"After sleeping for so long, can you still sleep at night?" Yang Fan came out of the room and walked to the door of Aunt Thirteen and the others' room.
"I didn't sleep well last night, so I'll make up for it." Liu Qianqian was already lying on the bed, feeling soft and fluffy with the electric fan on.
Aunt Thirteen didn't lie down, but was combing her hair in front of a small mirror.
"Okay." Yang Fan turned and went back to the house. He slept very well last night and didn't want to take a nap, so he took out his sketchbook and started drawing.
After a while, Aunt Thirteen came into Yang Fan's room and asked, "Xiao Fan, aren't you going to take a nap?"
"No need to sleep." Yang Fan got up and walked to the door.
The door of the room opposite was not closed, and half of the bed could be seen, with Liu Qianqian's naked legs lying across it.
Yang Fan turned around and went back to the house.
Aunt Thirteen was not wearing pajamas, but a dress, which was relatively conservative and exposed very little.
Although she didn't wash her hair, she still smelled as good as ever.
As soon as Yang Fan hugged her, his whole body swelled up quickly.
Since leaving Shisanxiang yesterday, he no longer had the chance to be intimate with Aunt Shisan.
Ever since they entered the stage of kissing without restraint, they have never been together for such a long time without being intimate.
When Yang Fan caught her and asked for it, Thirteenth Aunt naturally would not refuse.
But about two minutes later, Yang Fan obediently let go of Aunt Thirteen.
It has a headache. I haven’t done anything yet and you’ve already made a sound. I don’t even dare to take off your clothes.
Houses in the countryside are different from those in the city, they are leaky everywhere.
Besides, the door of the room over there was not closed.
"Since you're not taking a nap, let's go to the back mountain to see the pond and see if we can go swimming there in the afternoon." Yang Fan was neatly dressed.
"Can the pond still fly away?" Aunt Thirteen adjusted her skirt.
"There is a lot of rain in the summer, and the water in the pond sometimes overflows into the woods, making it inconvenient to go into the water," Yang Fan explained.
Aunt Thirteen also wanted to see the legendary pond in the back mountain and did not refuse Yang Fan's request.
Aunt Thirteen was not surprised that Yang Fan could brake.
After all, he is a good boyfriend and he is afraid that his girlfriend will be sad if they see him.
Men who care about their girlfriends' feelings are rare good men.
Unlike a certain richest man, his wife is very generous and says that you can have fun outside but you can't bring women home.
In the end, the richest man took the woman home.
That night, his wife died.
After going downstairs, Yang Fan opened an umbrella and went out with Aunt Thirteen.
The three treasures who were lazily resting saw this and knew that Aunt Thirteen and Yang Fan were not going far away, so they followed them immediately.
A few minutes later, Yang Fan and Aunt Thirteen entered the empty and quiet back mountain.
"Xiao Fan, it seems there is no road ahead?"
"The view here is wide, and you can enjoy the view and feel the view from a high place. Do you like it?"
"Yeah, I'm very happy... Xiaofan, what are you doing... um..."