Chapter 395 Brother Xiaodong’s Home
"He Shu, this is my sister Dong Li, she is studying in Binhai University."
He Shu entered the house and nodded to Xiao Dong's sister and said hello: "Hello."
Dong Li glanced at He Shu quickly and smiled.
There is a large kang in the room, and there is a cabinet at the end of the kang, which should be used to store quilts and other things.
Opposite the kang is a very modern combination cabinet, which should have been purchased not long ago, and there is a large TV on it.
The floor is also paved with tiles, which looks very clean.
Nowadays, homes in rural areas are no worse than those in urban buildings, although they do not have collective heating.
But with the heating in my own home and the heat from the big kang, the room didn't feel cold at all.
Zhao Qishui and Xiao Dong's father were chatting animatedly in the kitchen. They knew each other very well.
Xiao Dong's mother asked He Shu to sit on the kang and brought him many snacks.
It was He Shu's first time to visit Brother Xiao Dong's house, and also his first time to visit a rural family.
He knew that this kang was where people slept, so how could he just go up there?
But few people know that the big kang in rural areas of the north is not only for sleeping. People usually play on it or sit and chat when they have nothing to do.
Xiao Dong forced He Shu to sit at the head of the kang, but the heat from the kang made it impossible for He Shu to sit still as his butt was too hot.
Xiao Dong's sister Dong Li sat on the edge of the kang, as reserved as if she were a guest.
"How's my family?"
Brother Dong nudged He Shu's leg with his foot. The house was rebuilt, and there were two more rooms in the front, which were decorated better than this one. They would be Brother Dong's future wedding room.
He Shu nodded seriously: "It's really nice. I like your yard the most. It's so big."
"That's right. That's how it is in the countryside. The houses are spacious, but there's nothing else good about them."
"It's pretty good." He Shu still said the same thing. He felt that there was a different atmosphere .
Xiao Dong's mother was busy preparing food in the kitchen. After a while, his godfather and Xiao Dong's father came in together.
Xiao Dong's father looks like a very honest man, always with a smile on his face.
He kept praising He Shu, saying that he was good-looking, a good student, and would have a bright future.
At the same time, he did not forget to belittle Brother Dong, saying that he was stupid and if he hadn't learned a skill, he would have been farming at home in the future.
Then he told Zhao Qishui that he didn't make much money from farming in the past two years, grain prices were low, the pork market was good one year and bad the next, and he didn't dare to catch too many piglets at once...
Xiao Dong took out some strange and eccentric things he had collected and showed them to He Shu, just like a little kid.
Dong Li said nothing, and occasionally stole a glance at He Shu.
He Shu felt it, but could only pretend not to know, because he had nothing to say to Xiao Dong's sister.
"Come on, I'll show you my new house."
Xiao Dong pulled He Shu down from the ground and dragged him out.
The two men came to the yard and heard a dog barking from the side. Only then did he realize that there was a puppy under the window.
Tied with an iron chain, a broken iron pot turned upside down, and a few bricks stuffed on both sides makes a doghouse.
There was a plastic shed on the other side of the yard wall, and there were noises coming from inside, as if ducks were being raised there.
Brother Xiao Dong pulled me to the houses on both sides of the front gate, pushed open the doors, and I saw that the interiors were indeed well decorated.
There are various home appliances, furniture, and carpets on the floor.
The whole house is just one big bedroom, spotless.
"The kitchen is opposite. My mom said that if I get married in the future and want to live in the main house, that's fine. She and my dad can live in the front."
He Shu took a look around and found that no one was living in the new house for the time being, so he didn't light a fire.
If there is no stove in this kind of bungalow, the house will be very cold.
Now that the new house is ready, the wedding is not far away.
The incident with Liu Ying last time left some psychological trauma on Brother Dong, but it was also a lesson and some experience.
He Shu asked him if he was still going on a blind date? Xiao Dong nodded.
"I don't know how to be with someone like me, so I'll just find someone to look after me."
"What if your parents like you and you don't feel anything?"
Xiao Dong laughed and said, "What's the point of that? Just don't be ugly, right? Women are all the same."
He Shu couldn't agree with what he said. It was totally different. How could people who didn't have any feelings for each other have any affection?
How can we live together without feelings?
But he knew that Xiao Dong’s thoughts were different from his own. Perhaps, the person he once had feelings for hurt him, so he no longer believed in love.
The lunch was very sumptuous, but I’m afraid the New Year’s Eve dinner would be just like that.
Lunch was placed on the big kang in the main room, a rectangular wooden table filled with dishes that looked very appetizing.
The kang under my butt was very warm, and the food in front of me was also hot.
Xiao Dong's mother kept asking He Shu to eat more, fearing that he would feel embarrassed since it was his first time, so she gave him a big bowl of vegetables.
The godfather drank with Xiaodong's father, and occasionally picked up a piece of food with chopsticks.
They talked from land to poultry, from poultry to car repair, and from car repair to the car repair shop that Xiao Dong was planning to open.
He Shu and Brother Xiao Dong just focused on eating. There were many dishes that he had never eaten before.
He thought he would go back after dinner, but his godfather said he wanted to take him to another village.
Godfather was drunk, so he let He Shu drive, and Uncle Dong sat in the passenger seat and gave He Shu directions.
Brother Xiao Dong also wanted to go. His father originally didn’t want to take him, but Brother Xiao Dong’s mother said that he had to go anyway and would also like to show Brother Xiao Dong his future development and marriage prospects.
Hearing this, Uncle Dong agreed.
The car drove out of the village and continued driving in along another narrow dirt road.
Fortunately, He Shu’s skills are good. Uncle Dong has been worried because many drivers couldn’t pass this road.
He Shu drove in carefully. After passing the narrow road, a section of cement road appeared. He drove about two miles and turned into a village entrance.
"Let's stop right here and go inside."
He Shu got out of the car and looked at the village, wondering who his godfather was coming to see.
The group entered the village, and Xiao Dong's father greeted everyone he met, as if he knew them all.
Soon, they arrived at a house with its own door and yard at the end of the village.
The mud house looks quite old and is not as grand as Xiaodong’s new house. The yard is surrounded by a fence.
There is a long pole in the middle of the yard, with some colorful strips of cloth hanging on it.
The room seemed very quiet. He Shu asked his godfather quietly, "Godfather, whose house is this?"
He smelled the scent of incense and felt that this family did not look like an ordinary family.
"Godfather asked your uncle Dong to help find the immortal. You don't have to say anything for a while."
Daxianer? He Shu was confused. Why did his godfather bring him here?
Uncle Dong entered the house first and then invited them in.
As soon as I entered the house, the light became dim, and there was a thin curtain hanging in the house even in broad daylight.
There was a strong smell in the house, the smoke from burning paper and incense.
There is a box covered with red cloth in the corner of the inner room, which should be the offering to the gods.
Sitting on the kang was an old woman who looked to be in her fifties or sixties, with her hair tied in a short bun at the back of her head.
He was wearing a black coat, was very thin, and was sitting cross-legged, smoking a pipe.
