rebirth of cataclysm

The old house of Hao Yang's family was not particularly spacious. Hu Mingchen and Hao Yang slept in the west room at night. In order to allow Hu Mingchen to have a good sleep, Hao Yang gave Hu Mingchen his single bed, and he built it with a bench and a door panel.

A simple bed.

Because Hao Yang had to build a simple bed, the mattress on the small bed was separated into another bed, so the small bed was harder to sleep on.

Hu Mingchen had not slept on such a hard bed for many years, so in the first half of the night, Hu Mingchen tossed and turned, feeling that he could not sleep no matter how hard he slept. It was not until the second half of the night that he felt really sleepy, and Hu Mingchen fell asleep deeply.

Perhaps Hao Yang felt a natural sense of comfort when he came to his own home. Although his makeshift bed made of door panels was harder, he could lie down on it and fall asleep.

The next day, Hu Mingchen didn't get up until daybreak. He turned over and saw that Hao Yang had gotten up at an unknown time. Hao Yang was no longer on the bed with the door panel.

Hu Mingchen opened the quilt, got dressed, got up, and opened the door with a creak. Hao Shu stood up from the stool sitting outside the room: "You're awake."

"Hao Shu, where is your brother? Why didn't you see anyone else?" Hu Mingchen asked.

"My brother and my father went to catch fish and should be back soon. My brother asked me to wait for you to get up and then give you water to wash your face." Hao Shu changed her attitude towards Hu Mingchen yesterday and said kindly.

"Thank you then. By the way, where's aunt? I didn't look at the boss." Hu Mingchen asked casually without seeing Hao Yang's mother.

"My mother is grinding tofu in the back. Just wait, I'll get you some hot water." Hao Shu responded and went to get Hu Mingchen's face wash.

When Hao Shu came back from fetching hot water, Hu Mingchen washed his face, changed his shoes, and was about to go out to walk around the house when Hao Yang came back with his father.

"Hu Mingchen, you're up, why don't you sleep more, are you not used to sleeping?" As soon as he entered the yard and saw Hu Mingchen, Hao Yang greeted him with a smile.

"There's nothing I'm not used to. I get up when I can't sleep. I was planning to go out for a walk. I heard that you went to catch fish?"

"Haha, hard work pays off." Hao Yang said, raising the bamboo basket in his hand, "Three pieces, enough for lunch."

"It's winter now. If it's summer and autumn, it would be easier to catch fish. Hao Yang said you wanted to eat wild river fish, so we went to try our luck. It was okay and we caught three." Hao Yang's father pulled a draped shawl over his body.

The Chinese tunic suit echoed Hao Yangdao.

"Uncle, that's what I said. In this season, it's quite cold in the morning. There's no need for you to be like this. Hao Yang, uncle's body has just recovered from an illness. How could you be like this?" Hu Mingchen looked at their wet trousers and said,

Guilty way.

In fact, Hu Mingchen did not take the initiative to say that he wanted to eat wild river fish. Instead, Hao Yang himself said that when Hu Mingchen came to his house, he would entertain Hu Mingchen with this wild river fish.

"It's okay, it's okay. If I don't go, he can't do it alone." Hao Yang's father said with a smile, and then shouted into the house: "My dear, my dear, come and take these three fishes to the kitchen."

Let’s make tofu and fish soup for Hao Yang’s classmates at noon.”

Hearing the shout, Hao Yang's mother walked out of the back room wearing an apron. Without saying anything, she took three wild fish from Hao Yang's hand and turned around, still not saying much.

"Hao Yang, did you and your uncle go to the river to catch this fish?" Hu Mingchen asked when they were changing into rain boots.

"No, it's just by the river. It's the fishing moratorium now, and if you go to the river, you need a boat. I don't have this at home. I just use fishing nets to catch it by the river." Hao Yang replied.

"You are making a mistake by going fishing during the fishing moratorium." Hu Mingchen reminded, he did not want to have a bad impact on Hao Yang by eating fish. The key is that he is still in college.

"It's okay. We are all like this here. As long as we don't go fishing on a large scale on the river, it will be okay. Even if something happens, I will take it. It has nothing to do with Hao Yang." Hao Yang's father stood up and said.

As a father, he is willing to take on any responsibility for his son.

At eleven o'clock at noon, Hao Yang's mother, with the help of Hao Shu, made a pot of tofu and fish soup with the three fishes. Considering that both sides can enjoy spicy food, some small peppers were sprinkled in the fish soup. This way

The processing not only does not take away the freshness of the fish, but also gives the fish meat and fish soup a special taste.

At noon, Hu Mingchen only had one bowl of rice, but he drank four bowls of fish soup. Of course, of the three fish, Hu Mingchen ate almost one and a half under the pressure of Hao Yang and his son.

During dinner last night, Hao Yang's father said that Hao Yang would take Hu Mingchen to play in the city today. Hu Mingchen had no objection to this proposal, so after dinner, the two went out.

"Do you know why my father asked me to take you to play in the county?" Hao Yang asked Hu Mingchen abruptly while walking on the path.

"I can guess the general reason, so I didn't refuse." Hu Mingchen nodded.

"Can you guess it?" Hao Yang felt a little surprised by Hu Mingchen's answer.

"Maybe I think I would be bored staying at your house. There is no TV to watch and no Internet to access. That's about it, right?" Hu Mingchen didn't mince words and spoke out what was on his mind.

Since we are good friends, there is nothing to be taboo or concealed. Being open and honest is the way you should treat your friends.

"That's pretty much what I mean. You've seen the environment of my home. The yard is so big, the house is so narrow, and there's not even a TV in the house. You won't have any fun if you stay at home. My dad sometimes

He is also a very face-conscious person." Hao Yang said as he walked.

"Speaking of it, the conditions of my family were similar to yours. For a period of time, my whole family was living under someone else's roof. A heavy rain caused the house to be washed away. Because of similar experiences, I can understand and guess.

Your father's idea. In fact, to a certain extent, you think so too, right, so you don't have any objection." Hu Mingchen raised his left hand and put it on Hu Mingchen's shoulder.

"Haha, so I also have an inferiority complex." Hao Yang said with a bitter smile.

"There is nothing to feel inferior to. We can't choose our destiny, but we can change it through our own efforts. The bad things in the past will pass day by day." Hu Mingchen patted Hao Yang and encouraged him.

The two of them walked along the path, and when they reached the highway, they stopped the car and headed to Rowan City.

The main reason is that Hao Yang's family doesn't even have bicycles. If there were bicycles, the two of them would just go there without taking a car.

The area of ​​Luowen County is not that big, but the population is still quite dense. With a population of more than one million, there are hundreds of thousands of people living in the county. From the perspective of the urban construction of the county, Luowen is pretty good for being inland.

, the main roads in the center of the city look quite prosperous, and there are quite a lot of people on the streets. Of course, this may have something to do with the upcoming Chinese New Year.

"Hu Mingchen, this is the CBD of our county. Look, the best shops and shopping malls are around here, including banks, post offices and other institutions." Standing next to the turntable in the center of the city, Hao Yang pointed

People around him introduced Hu Mingchen, “The school where I study is here.

It's not far over there. When I was in high school, we lived on campus. After school, many people in the class would come around to play and spend money. But...I'm afraid I came here more often than we did.

The one with the lowest score in the class." When he said the last sentence, Hao Yang's tone seemed a little low.

You can imagine why Hao Yang comes here the least often, just because he doesn’t have any money. Shopping here basically costs money, whether it’s food, clothing, or entertainment. In order not to spend money, and not to be ignored by his classmates.

Contempt, Hao Yang simply won't come.

Even if he had to come here to buy things sometimes, Hao Yang was alone and basically would not be with his classmates.

"Then we're here today, let's go shopping. There are some good clothing stores over there. Let's go check them out." Hu Mingchen knew that Hao Yang's state of mind was very different from that time, otherwise he wouldn't have

He jokingly called this place CBD, so he said it in a half-joking tone.

"Clothing store, do you want to buy clothes?"

"I'm out on the street today, why don't you buy some New Year's goods? I think Hao Shu's clothes are a bit old, so go pick out a couple of New Year's clothes for her, and your parents." Seeing that Hao Yang was about to speak, Hu Mingchen hurriedly

He raised his hand and said, "Stop being so nagging, I'll pay the bill today. I'm telling you, just take whatever you want to buy, otherwise there won't be a shop like this in this village."

"...You really make me feel ashamed!" Hao Yang was silent for a moment and shook his head.

"Just think of it as something I borrowed from you, and you can return it to me when you get rich later. How about? Let's go and buy clothes first, and then go to the supermarket and market later. I can only stay at your house for two or three days, and I want to go back.

We are celebrating the New Year at home." Hu Mingchen shrugged.

The two went to a women's clothing store first, intending to choose two outfits for Hao Shu, but when Hu Mingchen brought up a down jacket and asked Hao Yang what the style was like, a man and a woman came behind Hao Yang.

"Hao Yang, oh, it's really you. It's rare. I didn't expect to meet you by such a coincidence." The girl looked at Hao Yang from the side and exclaimed.

When he heard someone calling him, Hao Yang turned around quickly. When he saw the girl, he was happy at first, but when he saw the boy next to him, his expression became a little gloomy.

"Haha, Hao Yang, I haven't seen you for half a year. You have changed a lot. We can hardly recognize you." The boy looked at Hao Yang with a smile but not a smile.

"Liu Juan...Cai Xiaolong, it's you guys, long time no see." Hao Yang saw an acquaintance, but he didn't look very excited. Instead, his expression was not so natural.