noffsinger Chapter 88: There is also sacrifice
Chapter 88: There is also sacrifice
At home, Ji Mo was still teaching Ji Zhenzhen a lesson, but the latter looked dejected and absent-minded.
When he saw Anjiu appear, he immediately became happy, jumped up and ran over to ask, "Have you finished your work?"
Anjiu nodded.
"That's great. Come over and see. I'll teach you how to use this window."
Ji Zhenzhen operated it once and said with emotion: "It is actually very convenient, but it looks dangerous. Many people are worried that it will be damaged by strong winds and snow. It is better to use a one-piece type.
"I think this is good, especially in winter and the hottest time of summer, when the whole building stinks. It would be great if we could open the windows at home for ventilation."
At her urging, Anjiu started to operate it. In fact, it was no different from a conventional window. It was open horizontally and closed vertically. The only difference was that Ji Zhenzhen and the others had installed an extra layer of protection, which required manual unlocking of the lock core.
"Now that you know how to do it, let's go to the next customer. If you have any questions later, come to me. I will provide after-sales service~"
After seeing them off, Anjiu closed the iron gate and walked over to open the east window.
The breeze from outside blew in slowly, feeling a little dry.
At the far end of the wilderness, you can see with your naked eyes the dark clouds gathering on the horizon, which may blow here in a few days.
Fortunately, the glass was finally installed before the rainy season arrived.
As gusts of wind blew, several balls of hay rolled over the undulating slopes outside the building. They were round and looked a bit like tumbleweeds.
Anjiu's eyes lit up, it can be used to make fire!
After that, take some time to mix some mud to use as a stove. When heavy rain comes and your home is too humid, you can make a fire to remove the moisture!
"Grandma, I'm going out for a while."
Before leaving, she walked to her grandmother and touched her forehead.
"The temperature has dropped. If you continue to take the medicine, you will be better in a few days!"
Good news came one after another, and Anjiu felt relaxed.
She took out the cup and fed her grandma some water, and her grandma held her hand tightly.
"Small wine..."
Her palms were damp, but it didn't seem like she was sick.
Grandma's eyes were a little blunt.
She looked back at the bright and clean glass window, her voice was light, like a dandelion flying in the wind, unable to find a place to land.
"Is it really installed?"
"Ah."
"You spent a lot of contribution points, didn't you?"
"It's okay. I can afford it."
An Jiu patted the back of her hand to comfort her. "Just now I went to return the 300 contribution points I borrowed from Captain Pu. Now I still have some left, and -"
She bent down and whispered in her grandmother's ear: "I brought a lot of food from over there. The space is full. You don't have to worry about anything. Take good care of yourself. I'll take care of everything."
"Oh...oh." She fell back on the mattress.
next second.
"what?!"
Grandma An straightened her back suddenly.
"Xiaojiu, what did you just say?"
Anjiu repeated it again in a low voice.
Grandma An's eyes widened in surprise and her heart skipped a beat.
What do you mean, the space is full of food?!
What a niche description!
"We should take good care of ourselves during this period. We must not skimp on two meals a day! Don't worry, grandma. There will definitely be enough food."
As if afraid that grandma didn't understand fully, Anjiu added one more sentence.
Anjiu took out the chocolate that he had broken off earlier to buy water, cut it in half, put half into his own mouth and the other half into his grandmother's mouth.
"I'm going out."
Anjiu locked the iron door and left.
Grandma An sat alone on the bed, looking at her newly renovated home, savoring the sweet taste on her tongue. Her tense nerves finally relaxed completely at this moment.
She leaned on the mattress, facing the sunlight in the room, and suddenly burst into tears.
When Xiaojiu comes back, home comes back...
……
After leaving the Beehive Building and stepping onto the wasteland, Anjiu looked around.
With a gust of wind, round balls of dry grass rolled over from the slope not far away.
Anjiu rushed forward.
The dry grass rolled very fast down the hill, and Anjiu chased it for a long distance before he could stop it.
What she didn't expect was that the bunch of dead grass was covered with sharp thorns, just like the thorns on the stems of roses. She had to be very careful about where she touched to avoid getting pricked.
And Anjiu didn't know whether the plant was poisonous or not, so she put on gloves, picked up a sharp-edged stone, and prepared to smash down a stick and burn it to try.
"You're prone to getting stabbed like this."
A sudden sound came from the slope behind him.
An Jiu turned around and saw that the person who came was Gan Qi, his co-worker from the last time he went down to the mine.
When she ran down from above, a layer of dust and mist rolled up behind her feet. After she stopped, they both held their breath and turned their backs, and the dust and mist covered them from behind.
After waiting for more than ten seconds, the dust and mist subsided. The two men brushed their hair and faces and brushed off the fallen dust.
"Then what should we do?" Anjiu looked at her.
Gan Qi spat out the sand in his mouth, walked to the ball of dry grass, picked up a small tip with his thumb and index finger, and slowly moved it over and over.
Until she found a pod that was three centimeters in size and had not yet opened, her tone became somewhat happy.
"That's it. Take off your clothes and spread them on the ground."
Anjiu didn't understand why, but did as he was told.
"Get out of the way." Gan Qi dragged the sharp corners and moved the dry grass ball onto the clothes little by little. Then he looked at An Jiu and motioned her to cover her ears. "The sound is a bit loud."
She also covered one ear and rested the other on her shoulder, then poked the bulging bean pod with the sharp corner of the stone in Anjiu's hand.
boom!
It was like the sound of a balloon exploding.
Immediately afterwards, countless invisible black seeds were emitted from inside, densely falling on the clothes, making a rustling sound.
More seeds splashed around, leaving a light black layer on the yellow soil.
"The seed grass you picked up has so many seeds." Gan Qi said enviously, "If you collect enough, you can squeeze out a lot of oil, and you can get a lot of oil cakes."
After saying these words, she wrung her hands, her expression looking very conflicted. She glanced at An Jiu from time to time, as if she wanted to say something but didn't dare to open her mouth.
Moreover, this state of anxiety reached its peak when the seed grass no longer produced seeds.
"Well, that..." Her voice was so soft as a mosquito, she stammered and couldn't speak, and many beads of sweat seeped out of the tip of her nose.
An Jiu couldn't wait any longer, so he said, "What's wrong? Just tell me."
Gan Qi licked his dry lips, his nostrils flared, and he looked like he was about to cry.
"Can you please leave the seeds that fell on the ground to me, since I just helped you deal with the seed grass?"
She looked at Anjiu with hope and nervousness, her fingers clenched tightly together, and her intense heartbeat made her chest hurt.
She knew this idea was wrong, but, but she wasn't taking it for nothing. The thorns on the seed grass would make a bloody hole, and it would be easy to get hurt. And, and she only needed the seeds that fell on the ground...