Fifty-third bowl of soup (1)

Early in the morning, the thin fog in the air had just dissipated. Xie Ze stood at the door of his mud house with a simple luggage. He hasn't come back for a long time, so it must be... it's been five or six years. He hasn't come back since he came to this world. Now he has finally gotten empty, so he thought about coming back and taking a look. After all, for the host, this is his home.

Just as Xie Ze was observing whether the roof was rotten, a question suddenly came from behind: "...Is it Xie San?"

Hearing the sound, Xie Ze turned his head and quickly found the face in his heart and the title to align with the other party, and nodded: "Aunt Wang, it's me."

"Are you back?" asked Aunt Wang in disbelief. "After leaving for so many years, we thought you were already-but it's good to come back, it's good to come back."

She looked at Xie Ze in amaze, which was completely different from five years ago. Xie Ze was thin and black, and had no strength at all. In the early years, both parents died and stopped studying. It was not good to farm alone. In short, it was a very useless existence. Few people in the village looked down on him. But now Xie Ze is tall and tall, and her skin is also healthy. The most important thing is that his temperament is completely different from before. Otherwise, it would be easier to recognize if he only looked at his face.

Xie Ze smiled at Aunt Wang: "Here I'm back."

"Then... I'm coming back, are you going to leave?" Aunt Wang asked curiously. Seeing that Xie Ze had no intention of answering, he saw that he was wearing clothes made of ordinary materials and his luggage was thin and small. He embarrassedly cleared his throat and felt that he had asked too much. If he was not doing well, wouldn't this hurt? He quickly said, "Hurry up, go in and rest. Your house has not been living in five years. It's been a while since it's cleaned. Auntie went back and called Uncle Wang to help."

"No need to worry." Xie Ze politely declined her kindness. "I can do it myself."

After saying that, he took a step forward, the wooden door was already mottled and the locks were rusted. He took the key when he left, but later he didn't know where to throw it away. Xie Ze casually stretched out his hand and pulled it off, then smiled at the stunned aunt Wang family and stepped into the yard.

Although the house is a mud house, the yard is dilapidated and there is nothing, and the whole house smells like musty... but it doesn't matter, he won't live here for too long anyway.

The keys to the door were gone, so no one could think about other rooms. Xie Ze rudely pulled down all the locks, and then went to the house, opening the doors and windows to dissipate the smell. Fortunately, the weather was good. Five years ago, Xie Ze was very poor and there were not many things in the house. When he left, he brought all the valuables. He moved out the tables, beds, benches, and first dredged well water to scrub them, and then put them in the sun. His clothes were no longer worn before, so Xie Ze cleaned up and threw them all into the garbage.

Of course, he had to wash pots, pans, and so on. After working for a while, he became hungry. Unfortunately, he had no food at home.

When the uncle of the Wang family came back from the field, he heard his wife say that Xie San was coming next door, so he hurriedly came to see him and warmly invited Xie Ze to their house for lunch, but Xie Ze refused.

He is not the host, he never knows what to refuse, and he is even more happy to be kind to others. He doesn't need anyone to enter his life. Besides, he is soft-hearted and does not want to bear the affection of anyone.

Seeing Xie Ze refuse, the uncle of the Wang family did not force him. He patted him on the shoulder and said that although he hadn't seen him for many years, his personality has become much angular. This is a good thing, and it is better than if he was bullied by others before and he would not talk back.

In the afternoon, the uncle of the Wang family came to Xie Ze's house with a shovel hoe and insisted on helping Xie Ze hoe. The vegetables that Xie Ze planted when he left in the yard were rotten long ago. He flipped through the ground and even if he didn't plant anything, it looked cleaner.

It was just a little bit broken, and Xie Ze could finish it alone in a quarter of an hour. He also realized that the uncle of the Wang family did not come to help him turn the ground, so he calmly waited for the other party to speak, and he would not speak first.

Not long after, the uncle of the Wang family finally couldn't help it: "Xie San, where have you been in the past five years?"

"Travel around the world and go anywhere."

The uncle of the Wang family nodded and did not ask anything else. The villagers basically knew that Xie San had come back, and they all knew that Xie San had not made a personal appearance, so they returned to the village and returned to their roots. Everyone didn't say anything on the surface, but they were quite sad in their hearts. So if you should farm, then plant the land for the rest of your life. Don't think too much.

After rummaging over, Xie Ze was about to enter the mountain. He didn't have much money on him. When he came back, he didn't bring anything except the thin bag. He came back lightly and simply, not as good as when he left. At least he still had hundreds of cents on him.

He was not close to anyone, even the Wang family who released goodwill to him. In fact, he didn't know why the host wanted to return to this village in his heart. What's the point? He had no relatives, no friends, and only a group of ignorant villagers.

In early spring, the mountains are full of wild game, so Xie Ze beat a wild boar. This winter just passed, and the wild boar was not fat, but the money sold was enough for Xie Ze to live for a few days.

Five years ago, Xie Ze did not have such skills and could only make a living by writing for others. He went to set up a stall in the town and made little money, and he was only enough to make a living. Fortunately, he was young, although he was not strong enough, but he was healthy, and he had no other expenses except food, clothing, housing and transportation.

After changing the money, Xie Ze bought some rice, flour and vegetables, and basically bought some of the things he needed. Not many people he knew before can recognize him now, because his temperament is very different from before. Although it is still the same height, his strong muscles are obviously not easy to mess with, and it is a world of difference from the weak chicken five years ago.

An old man selling roasted sweet potatoes thought he looked familiar. Once upon a time, Xie Ze set up a stall next to him. The old man was very kind and could talk to Xie Ze. Xie never charges money for helping him write.

But the old man didn't dare to admit it. Xie Ze glanced at him lightly, stood in front of him, and asked, "I want to buy some sweet potatoes."

The old man would not go home until he sold out the sweet potatoes every day, but now it is early spring and summer is coming soon. By then, the business of roasted sweet potatoes will not be able to continue. He has to save more money while it is good now. When the weather is cold, he will burn the stove again.

Seeing that the business came, the old man didn't think about why this person looked so familiar, so he quickly asked Xie Ze how many he wanted. Xie Ze said lightly: "Give it all to me."

The old man was stunned: "What are you doing for so many?"

"Go back and dry it." Xie Ze said, taking out the silver loan. He helped the old man take out all the sweet potatoes and pack them, and then gave all the money in the silver bag to the other party.

Anyway, he is young and strong, so he just goes to the mountains to hunt when he has no money.

The old man stood there and opened the silver bag and was startled. The money here was enough to buy so many sweet potatoes and wanted to catch up with them, but Xie Ze disappeared into the crowd in a few steps and disappeared again.

When I returned home with the things I bought, the sun had already set. Walking on the dirt road from afar, the whole village was shrouded in a layer of smoke, and from time to time, a few dog barking came from time to time. Every family was lit up the lights to cook supper. The children were laughing and playing around in the village, while the elderly and men were chatting in groups.

Xie Ze was undoubtedly strange and redundant. He was incompatible with the entire village - whether it was five years ago or now.

He walked forward without looking sideways. He could even hear the words of everyone talking about him. He just ran out and went back without success after so many years. In the end, he had to take root in the village. At such an old age, he couldn't even marry a wife.

Men seem to have a natural sense of superiority in front of Xie Ze. No matter how tall and strong Xie Ze is now, he cannot marry a wife, that is, he is incompetent. After returning from five years, he still has nothing, and even the land at home is deserted. Isn’t this enough to laugh at?

This kind of unconscious viciousness is the most terrifying because people often don’t realize how excessive their thoughts are. Xie Ze ignored everyone and carried things all the way home.

First, I lit the oil lamp and washed the bed and tables during the day. Now there is no moldy smell. The quilt at home has long been unable to be covered. Xie Ze planned to use water to wash it tomorrow, so he would sleep with his clothes tonight. Fortunately, it was not cold.

The old man's sweet potato was still hot, which made Xie Ze, who was originally planning to cook some porridge, give up his idea, sit on the threshold and eat a few sweet potatoes, and look up at the sky. He did not get any skills in the previous two worlds, so the little boy would help him complete the task extra. At this moment, the moon was round and big, as bright as water, and the trees planted in the yard were not dead, and they had sprouted tender buds. Xie Ze closed his eyes, waved the face that always appeared in his mind, got up and went to the yard, poured cold water down from his head, and then let out a long sigh.

Don't think about anything.

It was getting late. He planned to go to the field tomorrow morning. No matter what, he had to do some things that belong to the host. As for the others, it would be fine to talk about them in the future.

But he still couldn't sleep while lying on the bed, looking at the dark room with his eyes open. Over the years, he couldn't help but reach out to explore the position next to him, but it was always empty. He felt that he hadn't fallen in love with anyone, but if this was a habit, it would have lasted for too long.

Late at night, hunger and missing can only endure it.

However, Xie Ze thought about it again and again, how could she live such a hard life even if she was by her side? Even if she didn't care, as a husband and a man, he would never let his woman live such a life.

As I thought about it, I didn't know when I fell asleep in a daze.
Chapter completed!