After leaving the yokan shop, Gu Ning'an went to the market to buy some tiles and green bricks and returned to the hospital.
The walls and roofs in the yard are damaged to varying degrees, and they always need to be repaired.
Since Gu Ning'an bought a lot of materials, the shopkeeper who sold the tiles specially sent the materials to his door for free for shipment, which saved Gu Ning'an a lot of effort.
After bidding farewell to the boy who was transporting bricks, Gu Ningan looked at the devastated courtyard wall and the pile of stones that formed a hill, but couldn't help but look at the crescent moon hanging in the sky.
"It's late at night. If we continue to work, I'm afraid it will disturb the neighbors' sleep." With that, Gu Ning'an strode towards the kitchen.
Today's shopping, he didn't just buy some stones, vegetables and meat, he also bought a lot.
When I return to the small courtyard, I have to open a "fire stove". It's lively and lively, isn't it?
It took half an hour to heat the oil in the pot and cook, but Gu Ning'an prepared four dishes and one soup for himself.
Pouring a pot of rice wine that had just been brewed today, Gu Ningan ate and drank, which was considered a long-lost family dinner.
Just as he stood up to clear away the dishes, there was a slight knocking sound on the old wooden door.
"Who is it?" Gu Ning'an responded, then walked towards the courtyard door and pulled it open.
Outside the door, a round-headed child stood dumbly, his right hand still clenched tightly, as if holding something.
Gu Ning'an asked in surprise: "Hu Shi, how did you find this place?"
The child outside the door is the child who was trapped on the Bazhang River that day - Hu Chi'er.
Hu Shi opened his mouth, but couldn't speak for a long time.
Gu Ning'an stepped aside and said with a smile, "Don't worry, come in and talk."
Hearing this, Hu Shi nodded, crossed the threshold and walked into the courtyard.
After Gu Ning'an asked him to sit down at the stone table in the courtyard, he asked again: "Tell me slowly, how did you find him this late at night?"
Hu Shi paused for a while and then said: "Sir, I want to become your teacher!"
Gu Ning'an smiled and shook his head and said: "Didn't I tell you last time that I will not accept a disciple... You just have slow reactions. As long as you practice your reactions more, sooner or later you will be as good as or even faster than ordinary people." A lot of."
Seeing that Hu Shi was "stuck" again, Gu Ning'an was not in a hurry. After putting the dishes on the table together, he turned around and said, "I'm going to wash the dishes now. If I come out, how will you find me?" If you explain the process clearly, then although I won’t accept a disciple, I can teach you something.”
Hearing this, Hu Shi blushed immediately: "Hey... ok!"
"Believe in yourself." With a few words of encouragement, Gu Ning'an picked up the dishes and walked towards the kitchen.
After entering the kitchen, he just immersed the dishes in a wooden bucket filled with water, poured out a pot of rice wine from the wine jar on the floor, and drank it slowly...
About half an hour later, Gu Ning'an poured the last sip of rice wine down his throat, put down the wine bottle, stood up and walked out of the kitchen.
Seeing Gu Ning'an coming out, Hu Shi, who seemed to have held his breath, immediately ran forward and said, "I heard my grandpa chatting with someone and said that there was a small courtyard in the village where five people lived for more than 20 years. There is a man... There is a Mr. Qingshan living in the small courtyard, he is handsome..."
"Some people say that your husband is an immortal who lives forever and lives in seclusion in the world... Others say that your husband is a ghost who comes back to this house at night..."
"As soon as I heard it, I felt that the man must be the husband who saved me, so I came here..."
With almost no interruptions, Hu Shi explained clearly how he came here.
Seeing this, Gu Ning'an clapped her hands and said with a smile: "Very good... Look, you can actually explain things clearly and finish them in one breath, but you just need more time to think about it."
"So you are not an idiot, there is no need to pursue me as a disciple."
Hearing this, Hu Shi was stunned for a while, and then said: "Sir, I will help you wash the dishes. You just waited for my reaction, but the dishes were not washed."
"Oh?" Gu Ning'an said with interest, "How do you know this?"
Hu adapted: "The night is very quiet, there is no sound of water."
Looking at Hu Shi's determined but confused eyes, Gu Ning'an pointed to the kitchen: "Go and get it, just don't drop the bowl."
"Yes!" Hu Shi nodded vigorously and trotted into the kitchen.
Gu Ning'an turned and walked towards the open door of the courtyard: "Old man, come in."
Along with a rustling sound, an old man with gray hair walked out from the corner.
The old man was thin, and his pair of cloudy eyes showed fatigue.
"Mr. Gu, thank you for saving my grandson the day before yesterday." As he said this, Mr. Hu bowed his hand towards Gu Ning'an.
Gu Ning'an made a gesture of invitation: "This is a trivial matter, but Mr. Hu also invites me to come into the courtyard for a talk. I'm afraid it will take some time for Hu Shi to wash the dishes."
Hearing this, Mr. Hu said "Hey" and thanked him again and again before walking into the yard...
In the kitchen, Hu Shi carefully held a vegetable plate and used a soaked rag to wash off the oil stains on it bit by bit.
Hu Shi, who is thin and slim, sits in front of a bucket that is not much shorter than me and washes dishes. He looks very "pathetic".
But while Hu Shi was washing dishes, he always had a focused smile on his face...
Outside the courtyard, Mr. Hu also explained why he was hiding outside the courtyard and watching instead of coming in.
It turned out that what Hu Shi talked about the most since he got lost that day was that he met a magical gentleman... He became even more excited after hearing his grandfather chatting with others.
Mr. Hu knows his grandson well. This child "should be left alone and not blocked."
No, after he pretended to fall asleep, Hu Shi sneaked out again.
And Mr. Hu also followed up in a hurry.
He hid outside the hospital, firstly because he was afraid of disturbing Gu Ning'an, and secondly because he was afraid that his grandson would see him following him, which would make his heart even more depressed.
"Mr. Gu, I came in a hurry today and didn't bring any gifts of thanks." Mr. Hu touched various parts of his body awkwardly and continued: "I will come to give you a gift of thanks tomorrow morning."
Gu Ning'an waved her hands repeatedly: "I didn't save people because of your gratitude."
Hu Laozhang scratched his head and said with a smile: "That's natural, but if I don't give you something, I always feel a little guilty, old man."
"What's there to be ashamed of?" Gu Ning'an pointed to the kitchen and smiled: "I asked your grandson, a child, to wash dishes, but there is nothing to be ashamed of."
Mr. Hu was stunned: "Hey! That's different!"
"It's nothing different..." Gu Ning'an stood up with a smile and said, "You and your grandson are also my first guests after I moved back. I'm going to make some tea... Mr. Hu is a little bit wait."
Without waiting for Mr. Hu to say anything, Gu Ningan left quickly. Mr. Hu thought for a while and sat down on the stone bench again...
