novelaction Chapter 110: One More Group
Chapter 110: One More Group
Gradually, the aroma of pasta wafted out.
It's not that thick, only covering an area of two or three meters. Plus, no one lives in the house opposite, so the risk of being discovered is even smaller.
Pour the boiled water into the bowl, Anjiu takes out the thermos from the space, scoops a few spoonfuls of thick porridge into it, stirs it evenly, and then sits on the mattress next to grandma.
Each of them held a bowl and ate the hot buns with golden brown bottoms.
The outer shell of the bun is crispy and crunchy, and the meat filling inside is piping hot, juicy and full of aroma. When you take a bite, you can taste the rich layers of flavor.
Take a sip of hot porridge with it. The cooked rice grains are soft and rotten, and the shredded meat is salty and fragrant. When it slides into your stomach, all the pores on your body open up with comfort.
It was as if all the coldness in my body was forced out, and my whole body felt warm.
In such cold weather, listening to the sound of falling rain, eating a bite of this, I feel so happy that bubbles are popping out of my eyes.
There was no conversation. My eyes were watching the blazing flames, my ears were listening to the crackling sounds of burning dry wood, and my heart was extremely calm.
Anjiu nudged grandma and handed her a small plastic box.
"Try it, it tastes good."
Grandma had never seen anything like this before. It was small, round, and blue. She picked one up, and when she touched the soft flesh, she immediately relaxed her grip for fear of breaking it.
"what is this?"
An Jiu also picked up one and threw it into his mouth. When he bit it open with his teeth, a sour and sweet taste came out. "Blueberry, a kind of fruit, has high nutritional value."
"Fruit..." Grandma looked at it against the firelight. It was indeed something she had never seen before. "Can we just eat it directly?"
"Yeah." Anjiu nodded.
Grandma took a bite of it, then held it up to the fire to examine it. She felt the taste on her tongue and asked curiously, "It's so sweet, it's so small. What's inside? Are there seeds? Can they be eaten?"
"They're all edible." Anjiu remembered that there were canned peaches in the space, so he took them out and put a piece of peach petal in each of their bowls.
"Isn't this something you eat when you are sick?" Grandma still remembered what happened last time and sighed in her heart that such a delicious thing was actually medicine.
An Jiu smiled and said, "It's true that many people eat it when they are sick, but it's just a can. It has no medicinal value and can be eaten on weekdays."
Mainly because the atmosphere is good now and eating some sweets can make you feel better.
Life is hard, and if you don’t seize every happy moment, you will lose the will to live over time.
After the last piece of dry firewood was burned, the clothes were almost roasted.
Anjiu asked his grandmother to turn around on the ground and not lie there for long, while he started to clean up the debris.
The space that served as a chimney was not affected by the temperature at all. It was still icy cool, and it did not affect her from taking things from it.
After cleaning up, it was time for Anjiu to go out.
When I walked to Pu Huai's house and pushed the door, I found that it was locked and he was not there.
When her grandmother saw her coming back, she asked, "Why are you back again?"
"He's not here, I'll practice at home first."
Anjiu took off his coat and started training according to the training process of the past few days.
About an hour later, the sound of someone slowly approaching the door was heard.
A tall figure stopped outside the door.
He seemed to be unable to stand steadily, and leaned against the wall next to him, raised his hand to pinch the bridge of his nose, and spoke in a low and hoarse voice.
"Anjiu."
As soon as he heard the first footsteps, An Jiu recognized it was Pu Huai.
She did three more sit-ups, exhaled a breath, and responded, "Captain Pu, you're back."
Pu Huai hummed, and a faint smell of alcohol filled the air.
"Something happened and I came back late. Training tonight is cancelled."
"Ok."
Anjiu lay down again, tightened his abdomen, bent his body, and counted silently in his heart.
Grandma watched Pu Huai leave, turned back to look at her short hair swaying with Anjiu's movements, and sighed deeply in her heart.
After finishing this set, she reached out and touched Anjiu's hair.
Anjiu thought that something had stained him, so he didn't move.
She said worriedly, "I cut your hair so badly that I can only trim it when it grows longer."
"It's okay, I don't mind."
Anjiu rubbed her hair casually. She felt that the length was just right.
"Grandma, help me press my legs again, I need another set."
……
Anjiu arrived at the oil press an hour and a half earlier than yesterday.
When she arrived, the aisle was already filled with customers occupying seats.
Maybe they were queuing here last night. Many of them were sleeping in a crooked position with bags of grass seeds in their arms.
He walked between them to the front of the block and knocked on the door. A middle-aged woman standing next to the door opened her eyes in surprise.
There was no response from the oil press. Knowing that he had arrived too early, Anjiu decided to sit at the door and take a nap.
"Go to the back." The middle-aged woman stretched out her arms to block her, her tired eyes showing annoyance, "I'm the first one here, don't try to snatch it from me."
An Jiu didn't want to get entangled and prepared to find another place, but as she looked, those people moved in clusters, filling the small gaps between each other.
She paused and showed her work badge.
"I'm an employee inside, waiting for the door to open, you guys——"
"Come, come, come and sit here!"
The person who had been on guard just now changed his expression the moment he saw the sign. He became very kind and enthusiastic, and pushed others to make room.
"Sit down, this is the door!"
She even wiped the ground with her sleeve.
Anjiu sat down expressionlessly, and before she could get close to him, he closed his eyes and dozed off.
But this completely indifferent attitude made them relax because of familiarity, and even felt a little excited - Anjiu heard the urgent breathing of the woman next to him before she closed her mouth.
I'm afraid she was wrong. I'm just a temporary worker who's working for a few days.
Anjiu got up too early today and just caught the end of his nap. He closed his eyes for a while and felt sleepy.
In a daze, she seemed to hear someone calling her name.
If I hear someone calling my name in a dream, I must never respond, she thought, continuing to rise and fall in the chaos.
Until, she felt her hair being pulled.
I opened my eyes suddenly and saw Brother Wang right next to me.
"Sleeping so soundly?" He loosened his fingers, moved down, and rubbed the collar of Anjiu's clothes. "Although I felt yesterday that your yellow hair should be dealt with, this haircut is too ugly. Who did you get it cut at? I need to avoid it."
Anjiu stood up and followed him without saying anything - he was talking to himself and didn't need a response because he knew there was no way he would spend contribution points just to get a haircut.
But what Anjiu didn't expect was that Brother Wang was actually dressed up today. In a place like an oil press, he was actually wearing a pair of white pants?
He was also wearing white socks and clean sneakers.