Return to the leisurely life on the island - Chapter 140: Heavy Snow

Chapter 140 Heavy Snow

Night, windowsill.

The moon is as cold as water.

Fang Wei leaned on the windowsill, gently flipping through the book in his hand.

His bent legs formed a bridge, and the cat lay underneath the bridge, curled up with its paws tucked under its body, sleeping soundly.

The silly girl next door was also sitting on the windowsill, her legs resting outside the windowsill, her feet hooked, swinging comfortably. She was not holding a book in her arms, but a handful of medals, looking at them carefully one by one, her little expression as happy as it could be.

Ding, ding——

She took two of the medals and tapped them against each other, then put them close to her ear to listen to the sound they made.

"These gold medals are made of copper!"

"Your ears are so sharp? You can hear it?"

"I tried using a magnet, but it wouldn't stick to me!"

Fang Wei was both angry and amused: "You've been studying it all night, and you haven't seen enough?"

"No, I was just taking a look."

Xu Cailing happily put away the medal in her hand, but did not end the topic. She smiled and said:

"Fang Wei, you know what? I just told my parents that I was on the honor roll, and my name was on several of them. They didn't believe it! Then I took out a bunch of medals and prizes. Hahahaha, they were all stunned! They even asked me if I robbed any classmates along the way."

In this school sports meet, the champions of each event will not only receive medals and prizes, but will also have the honor of being included in the honor roll.

Thanks to her outstanding performance in sports, Xu Cailing finally got her name on the honor roll as she wished.

When she saw that there were only Fang Wei and Zhiyi's names on the honor roll, she was naturally envious, but she was more melancholy, thinking that her childhood sweetheart and good sisters were so outstanding, but she didn't even have the qualifications to have her name appear on the same place with them...

Now this wish has finally come true. To Cai Ling, honor is secondary. The key is that she seems to have proved herself and is qualified to be mentioned together with Fang Weizhiyi.

Xu Cailing didn't know why she cared about this so much. Maybe she didn't want Fang Wei to think that she, his childhood sweetheart, was useless.

Fang Wei is very good, so she must also work hard to become even better!

That’s what Xu Cailing thought.

Fang Wei listened and smiled: "You didn't rob your classmates, you robbed the school."

"hey-hey."

Xu Cailing is actually not in a hurry to prove herself to her parents.

If it were the other way around, if Fang Wei didn't know that she was on the Honor Roll and didn't believe that she was on the Honor Roll, she would probably be so anxious that she would jump up and down, and would drag him to the Honor Roll on the spot to see it and prove herself to him, right?

The girl scratched her head, wondering what was wrong with her.

Since when did the desire to prove herself to Fang Wei become stronger than the desire to prove herself to her parents?

"Fang Wei!"

"what."

"Praise me!"

"... You are crazy, you have no clue what I am praising you for."

"I've won so many championships and even made it to the honor roll, so you have to praise me."

"Hasn't this already been praised?"

“Not formal enough!”

"..."

The girl was very stubborn, as if she would not give up on this topic unless Fang Wei praised her seriously once.

Fang Wei had no choice but to put down the book in his hand, gave her a thumbs up, and praised her:

"I never thought our Cai Ling is so amazing! Not only is she pretty, she studies hard, and she's also great at sports! She's won so many championships! No girl in the whole school can compare to our Cai Ling!"

"How can there be..."

"Cai Ling is so amazing!! How lucky must I be to have such a childhood sweetheart!!"

“Aiyah…!”

Xu Cailing enjoyed his praise very much. His words went into her ears and made her feel numb and itchy all over. She felt embarrassed and her face turned red.

"You, you are not allowed to say that anymore. How can you praise someone like that? I am embarrassed!"

"You asked me to brag about this, didn't you?"

"So are you telling the truth?"

"Of course."

"I believe you once!"

Xu Cailing didn't say anything to him. While she was in a good mood at the moment, she wanted to hurry up and have a good sleep and have a sweet dream.

"I'm going to bed. Bye!"

"Going to bed so early? Isn't tomorrow the weekend?"

"I need to catch up on some sleep!"

"Are you going to run tomorrow morning?"

"Catch up on some sleep!"

"..."

When Fang Wei looked back again, the girl had already jumped off the windowsill and returned to her room.

The windows were closed and the curtains were drawn. The light in the room shone through the glass, creating beautiful window grilles.

Xu Cailing did not hang the medals she won this time in a prominent place in the living room. Instead, she opened the drawer and put all her medals in her treasure storage box.

In addition to the beautiful conch that Fang Wei gave her last time, there were also a slingshot he made for her a long time ago, a paper crane, the beautiful glass beads he won, and other miscellaneous childish toys.

Even though she and Fang Wei no longer play with these things, she did not throw away any of the little gadgets he gave her, and she secretly hid them all.

There is also the photo that Teacher Wen took of her and Fang Wei last time.

Every time she opened the drawer, Xu Cailing would take out the photos and look at them, and this time was no exception.

The girl looked at the photo for a long time before carefully putting it back into the drawer.

By the way, there is also the sign that Teacher Wen gave out at the sports meeting.

The orange-yellow sign has [Class 1-2, Junior High School] printed on it. This sign has been with her as she has won so many championships and is also a symbol of her class identity.

In fact, it was just a sticker. After the school sports meet, many classmates threw it away, but Xu Cailing did not.

She used an empty mooncake box, put the medals and other things inside the mooncake box, closed the box, and finally stuck the brand on the lid of the mooncake box and locked them together in a drawer.

These are the things she cherishes most.

After turning off the lights, the girl lay on the bed and crawled into the warm quilt.

Have a good sleep.

……

After entering December, the temperature drops more and more obviously.

On the calendar, Heavy Snow is a solar term, but it never snows on Pineapple Island.

A cold wave arrived and it started raining on Pineapple Island.

The rain in winter is not as noisy as that in summer. The rain is not heavy, but it carries the chill of winter. It is blown by the oncoming sea breeze and seeps into the clothes bit by bit.

"It's cold, remember to wear two more layers of clothes when you go out!"

"understood--"

Fang Wei wore three layers of clothing, and his young body was indeed not afraid of the cold.

A long-sleeved undershirt, a sweater, and a blue and white school uniform jacket, this is probably his most common outfit in winter.

Even in such a cold day, Fang Wei still got up early.

Waking up early has almost become a habit for him. He doesn't need an alarm clock to wake him up. When it's almost time, he will wake up naturally. When he looks at the alarm clock at this time, he will find that there are only five minutes left.

I walked out of the house and into the yard. Pineapple Island was shrouded in white fog. I couldn't see far away. The distant mountains and trees were looming in the fog. If I looked at it from the dock at this time, the fog would be even thicker, and the ships sailing far away would turn on their fog lights.

It is also easy to explain using knowledge of physics. After all, water has a larger specific heat capacity, not to mention the ocean.

In winter, the sea often smokes, a phenomenon known as "Haihao" among the people.

This is actually a type of evaporative fog. When cold air that is much colder than the sea water temperature passes through the relatively warm sea surface, the water vapor near the sea surface will quickly condense into tiny water droplets after encountering the cold air. These droplets float on the sea surface to form fog, which looks like the sea is smoking.

Fortunately, the rain stopped in the second half of the night.

Fang Wei walked out of the yard and took a look. The road was a little muddy, so he had to put his running plan on hold for two days.

Back in the yard, he poured a spoonful of water into the well, shook the water, and used it to brush his teeth and wash his face.

The well water that had just been pumped up felt warm to the touch, and like the sea, it was also emitting wisps of steam.

In fact, well water does not become hot. The so-called warm in winter and cool in summer is just the perceived temperature. As for the temperature of the well water itself, it is relatively constant.

When Xu Cailing was little, she often asked Fang Wei this question. Now that she has grown up, she should understand the reasons Fang Wei explained to her...

"Aren't you going to run today? There's breakfast left in the pot. Eat it while it's hot when it gets cold. I'm going to the farm now."

"Okay, got it."

Fang Xianfeng and Tian Xilan both went out. Like most of the people on the island, they did not stay at home idle just because the weather was cold. Different seasons had different jobs.

After Fang Wei finished washing up, he was not in a hurry to eat breakfast. It was not convenient for him to run this morning, so he did some physical training at home.

Like push-ups, planks, sit-ups, squats and so on.

Compared to the summer, exercising is much more comfortable now. At least I won’t sweat profusely after just a little movement.

Soon, Fang Wei also felt his body getting hot, and he took off the clothes he had put on one by one.

After resting for a while, he went to the kitchen.

My mother made fried rice this morning.

The rice was leftover from yesterday. In order to make fried rice this morning, I added some more rice last night.

In cold winter like this, it becomes common to eat fried rice for breakfast. This is not so acceptable in summer, as the cooked rice will easily go bad if left overnight. In winter, this is no problem at all, unless you have a refrigerator, of course.

You can make fried rice with freshly cooked rice, but it is troublesome and it always seems not as delicious as fried rice made with leftover rice.

As soon as I opened the lid of the pot, the unique aroma of fried rice hit me.

My mother is very good at making fried rice. She only puts some chopped vegetables, eggs, some shrimps and chopped green onions in it, and the fried rice becomes very fragrant.

Fang Wei took a large enamel bowl and filled it up, leaving not a single grain of rice left in the pot.

Perhaps the sound of the spatula stirring the pot startled the cat, and a soft "meow" came into Fang Wei's ears.

Fang Wei was stunned for a moment, turned around to look at the door, but did not see July.

I squatted down and looked down with familiarity, and saw a big fat cat curled up lazily in the firewood hole under the stove!

“You really know how to pick a place!”

Fang Wei was both angry and amused, so he reached out and patted the cat's butt.

"Meow wow."

July looked up at him and felt so warm that she didn't want to move.

It wanted to get directly into the stove, but unfortunately the charcoal fire inside was still hot, so it couldn't get in.

As a second choice, the firewood cave under the stove is also a good option!

When the firewood cave is no longer warm, the charcoal fire in the stove will also cool down, and the cat will choose to crawl into the stove.

As the saying goes, dogs are afraid of heat and cats are afraid of cold.

July just prays that this cold winter will pass quickly.

When the weather is cold, it spends more time at home, as if it has changed its nature and no longer goes out at night.

Last time, Liu Zhiyi asked about Fang Wei, saying that he hadn’t seen July for several days and asked if it was sick.

Laziness!

Fang Weike knew that although this guy was so obedient now, after the spring of next year, it would be completely the opposite. It would not be at home all day, running outside to fight or harm other female cats.

Cats are all like this. If July were allowed to choose for herself, it would definitely prefer to stay on this land rather than in big cities with air conditioning in summer and heating in winter.

After picking two shrimps for Lazy Cat to eat, Fang Wei took a large enamel bowl and sat down on the doorstep. He ate the fragrant fried rice in the bowl while flipping through the book on his lap.

"Ah--gulp--gulp--poof!"

Fang Wei looked up when he heard the voice and saw Xu Cailing brushing her teeth in the yard.

The temperature has dropped recently, so Cailing, like him, put on an extra sweater.

He noticed the girl, and the girl noticed him.

"Why didn't you go jogging today?"

“The roads are so bad.”

"A lazy excuse!"

"Haha, you haven't gotten up early to run since the school sports meet. How dare you criticize me?"

"I, I exercise at home!"

"Bullshit, you just woke up, right? I also exercise at home."

"Why do you wear so little?"

"Didn't I tell you? I just finished working out and I'm hot now."

"What do you have for breakfast?"

"fried rice."

"I just had fried rice too. It's better to eat breakfast before brushing your teeth. Otherwise, you won't even know there are chopped green onions stuck to your teeth."

"..."

Xu Cailing put away the mouthwash cup and took a towel to collect well water.

"The well water is so warm today!" exclaimed the girl.

"It's cold."

"Fang Wei, why does the well water become warm in winter?"

"..."

Don't keep asking the same questions you asked when you were a kid! I just told you that you probably won't ask them now that you've grown up!

"What's your expression?"

"I was thinking, I've explained this to you a few times."

"...Actually, I know. I just asked you again on purpose!"

"Then what's the reason?"

“…Because it’s getting cold!”