Chapter 308 Chapter 74: Grandma's Tea

He walked halfway, there was a rumbling thunder from the sky, and then it began to rain heavily.He hurried forward, trying to find a good shelter from the rain to rest for a while. He really got what he wanted, so he only ran about ten steps and found a small thatched hut by the side of the road.One-eyed felt strange, when I looked in this direction just now, I didn't find a small thatched cottage here?Besides, he had been to this place several times before, and he didn't know that there was another family living halfway. The heavy rain on his head forced him to stop thinking so much, he jumped and ran to the eaves of the small thatched hut in three steps and two steps.The sky sneered again, and the rain became heavier.The raindrops were too big, and a white mist appeared on the ground, creating a dreamlike feeling.Cyclops felt a bit regretful at this moment, why did he come to see a friend he didn't know well after hearing what a stranger said?If that stranger is playing tricks on him, wouldn't it be a big loss?

The rain didn't mean to stop for a while, it was still pouring non-stop.One-eyed stomped and cursed the ghost weather. Perhaps it was the sound of his stomping that alarmed the people in the thatched cottage.There was only a creak, and the wooden fence door of the thatched cottage slowly opened.An old woman came out with small steps. She looked at the heavy rain outside, then at the one-eyed person hiding from the rain, and then asked in an old and hoarse voice: "It's raining heavily outside, don't splash your pants, how about?" Why don't you come in and sit down?"

One-eyed ran faster, his coat was still not very wet, and white mist was steaming on his head.Although the eaves of the thatched house can keep out the rain, the rainwater flowing from the eaves can still splash and fall on his trouser legs.One Eye looked down at his trousers, hesitating whether to go in or not.He glanced at the old woman and felt that her face was a little strange.This place is not very far from the village where he lives, even if he doesn't come and go very often, at least he can get acquainted with each other.But Cyclops couldn't remember that there was such an old woman around.

One-eyed smiled honestly, and refused: "Thank you for your kindness, I will leave when the rain subsides." The old woman's mouth moved, but because of the heavy rain, the one-eyed man couldn't hear what the old woman said clearly. The old woman hunched over and closed the wooden fence door with another squeak.Then there was the sound of two people talking in the room, and it turned out that the old woman was not the only one in the room.The other voice seemed to be from a woman too, only younger.The young voice seemed to be asking why the outsiders didn't come in to take shelter from the rain, the old voice muttered something, and then the thatched cottage fell silent.

At this time, the one-eyed man outside the thatched hut regretted not following the old woman into the house, because his trousers were already stuck to his calves, and it was cool and refreshing.One-eyed couldn't help sniffing, shaking his body and humming a little tune. There was no sound in the thatched cottage for a while, not even the sound of individual footsteps.One-eyed hoped that there would be someone nagging, or coughing.But the room was so deserted that it was hard to believe that there was an old woman and another person inside. A gust of wind blew over, bringing fine drops of water directly to the face of the one-eyed.One-eyed's nose itched for a while, and then he finally couldn't help but sneezed loudly, and a string of clear snot came out.One-eyed consciously sneezed louder.There is some kind of unknown hope in his heart.

Sure enough, there was movement in the thatched cottage.A pair of footsteps came from far to near, until they reached the door, and then heard the sound of the wooden fence door rubbing logically. The old woman held on to the wooden fence door, poked her head and asked Cyclops: "Hey, do you want to come in to shelter from the rain? It's windy outside, don't catch a cold. Neighbors, don't be too polite." One-eyed no longer pretended to be polite, and nodded quickly: "Okay, okay. Thank you for your kindness, old man. I will leave when the rain calms down. I will go to a friend's house surnamed Fang later."

The old woman squeezed a walnut-like smile on her face, and nodded joyfully, as if she knew which friend surnamed Fang that One-eyed was looking for. One-eyed asked tentatively when he stepped through the door: "Grandma, do you live here, or do you visit relatives from other places? What's your relative's name? Maybe I know him." The old woman didn't seem to have heard what Cyclops said, so she just said dryly, "Come in quickly. I'll make you some tea to warm you up. The wind outside is more piercing than a needle." After finishing speaking, the old woman burrowed into the dark He went into another painted room, leaving Cyclops aside.

Cyclops took a look at the inside of the thatched cottage by the way.More than ten years ago, thatched cottages could be seen everywhere in this village. Later, life got better, and many people built mud-brick or blue-brick houses.At that time, red brick houses were still relatively rare, but thatched houses have almost disappeared. Another exception is that some people plant watermelons or contract fruit forests, they will build a simple thatched shed beside the watermelon field or in the fruit forest, and live in it at night to guard the hard-planted fruits. One-eyed looked inside the thatched hut, and felt that this was not a thatched hut that was built casually.The furniture and furnishings inside are all available, and it is simply a residence for long-term living.This thatched house is divided into several rooms, and the thatched shed that is usually used for guarding at night is a large room as a whole.

When the old lady came out of the dark corner with a bowl of steaming tea, he was even more sure of this.If it was a temporary thatched hut, the people who built the hut would never bring in tools for making a fire, and they would definitely return to the house with mud walls or blue brick walls to boil water for meals. The old woman smiled all over her face, and handed a large bowl of tea to Cyclops: "Drink it, it will make you feel warmer." One-eyed was embarrassed to refuse her kindness, and picked up the bowl to drink.But when he put his mouth on the rim of the bowl, an unpleasant smell wafted into his nose.Then look at the tea in the dim light, there is not a whole piece of tea in the bowl, it is full of unknown things like broken leaves.