1987 My Era

Chapter 190: One Big King and Three Little Kings

"You came."

"Ah."

When she saw Li Heng, Chen Siya immediately shook off Fu Yanjie, stood up and poured him a cup of tea.

Fu Yanjie stared at the tea in his hand, and after a long while he managed to utter: "I've been here no less than 50 times, and I've never been treated like this."

Oh, look how sour these words are!

Li Heng took a sip and found the tea very sweet. "You can also learn from me and sign up for piano lessons."

Fu Yanjie's eyes lit up.

Chen Siya said ruthlessly, "You are so old, I won't accept you."

Fu Yanjie was disappointed and asked Li Heng: "I heard that you were on a business trip with Mr. Yu next door?"

Chen Siya is a good friend of Yu Shuheng, and she also has shares in the piano training center. She immediately became interested: "You went to Changsha with Shuheng? Why didn't I hear her mention it?"

Li Heng asked: "Teacher Fu, who told you that?"

"Hey, just a blind guess! That day I saw her holding a plane ticket and going to Building 26 to find you, but you were not at home after she knocked on the door for a long time. Then you two disappeared one after another." Fu Yanjie adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses and spoke very politely.

Judging that these two people should be familiar with Teacher Yu, Li Heng did not lie: "Teacher Yu's best friend is my high school teacher. We are not together, we just happened to meet."

Chen Siya asked: "I heard that Teacher Wang was sick and hospitalized. Did the operation go well?"

Li Heng nodded: "Not bad."

They chatted for a while over a cup of tea, and later Li Heng started learning the piano.

This lesson lasted for two hours. The fake Taoist priest did not leave and just listened in.

Two hours later, Fu Yanjie couldn't help but ask, "Li Heng, have you ever learned piano before? How did you improve so quickly? I think you're too scary."

Li Heng said modestly: "No, it's all because of Teacher Chen's good teaching."

"Calling me teacher and sister again." Upon learning about his relationship with Yu Shuheng, Chen Siya took it to heart and, for the first time ever, poured him two glasses of red wine.

"Hey, thank you Sister Chen." Li Heng was very polite.

"Siya, you really treat me differently. Not only do you pour tea, but you also give me wine. Such good wine at that. No, my teeth are getting sour." Fu Yanjie grinned, looking envious.

"If you want to drink, pour it yourself."

Chen Siya leaned back against the piano, glanced at it, and then said to Li Heng: "Your progress is indeed beyond my expectations. Come more often when you have time. Let me see where your limit is."

Li Heng joked, "Money is tight lately, so we have to take it easy."

Chen Siya said generously: "It's okay, you can owe me the money first, and then you can make it up to me when you have money."

Li Heng said casually: "Aren't you afraid that I will run away?"

Chen Siya turned the red wine glass in her hand, not panicking at all: "I don't believe that a powerful person who can live in the small building No. 40 in Lushan Village with a monthly rent of 26 yuan can do such a thing."

Grandma is a bear!

Being both at Fudan University, the other party really knew my background.

Just as he was complaining in his heart, Fu Yanjie stretched his neck and asked, "By the way, how did you manage to snatch Building 26 from all those great professors?"

Li Heng asked tentatively: "Didn't Teacher Yu tell you?"

They both shook their heads.

Seeing this, Li Heng, who had figured it out, said half-truthfully, "What can I do at my age? Of course I have someone to help me."

Chen Siya claimed to be the host and dragged Li Heng to a high-end restaurant, where she ordered a lot of food. After the meal, she drove him away in her Jeep 212, leaving Fu Yanjie confused in the restaurant.

Sitting in the car, Li Heng looked around and said, "Are we being too cruel?"

Chen Siya laughed out loud: "It's okay, one meal won't make him poor."

Am I talking about eating?

I clearly feel that I have the potential to be a gigolo, don't turn around, Comrade Fu Yanjie will pick up an axe and chop me down.

Damn it, eating is risky! You have to be more careful when eating with women.

It was already late when we got back to Fudan University, it was 5:35 in the afternoon.

Chen Siya asked: "Where are you going? The dormitory? Or Lushan Village?"

Li Heng pondered and said, "Please take me to Lushan Village. I'll go back."

The road was not far, and the car arrived at the entrance of Lushan Village in a short while.

Li Heng got out of the car and thanked: "Thank you, Sister Chen."

Chen Siya nodded and said, "You have a talent for piano. Come and practice more when you have time."

"Hey, okay!"

After watching the car turn around and leave, Li Heng hummed a little tune and walked all the way to the end of the alley.

Eh? The door is open, is the wheat ear there?
Not even bothering to take out the key, Li Heng walked quickly into the small building.

When he saw the newly decorated room, he was a little dumbfounded. He looked left, right, and vertically, thinking he had entered the wrong door.

After confirming at the door that it was number 26, Li Heng entered the room again and shouted:
"Wheat Ear? Comrade Wheat Ear?"

Hearing the sound, Mai Sui came out of the kitchen with a handful of celery in his hand.

"Did you do this?" Li Heng pointed at the layout of the room.

Wheat Ear looked around and replied, "You thought the walls were too old, so I bought some wallpaper and put it up. I also made some changes to the furnishings and decorations in the room and added some things."

"It's more than just a moment, it's a major operation, okay? I just like it so much! Mai Sui, I just love you to death! How do you know I like this style?" Li Heng stretched out his hands and touched everywhere, chattering non-stop.

I went out and didn't expect to have such a surprise when I came back. I was really happy.

Mai Sui wanted to open his mouth, but when he heard his fierce words, he smiled tenderly and stood there watching him toss around.

After running up and down the stairs, Li Heng asked with satisfaction, "I noticed that there are a lot of new furniture and decorations. They cost a lot, right? Tell me the amount and I'll reimburse you."

Mai Sui poured him a cup of warm water: "You must be thirsty after yelling for so long. Drink some water."

Li Heng was indeed a little thirsty, so he took it and drank it all in one breath: "How much?"

Mai Sui tilted her head, smiled softly and asked, "Really?"

Li Heng waved his hand and said loudly: "Tell me! I am not short of money."

Mai Sui said, "1159 yuan. We are acquaintances. I will round it off for you and make it 4."

“What??? So many? 1159?” Li Heng almost jumped up.

Mai Sui blinked and reached out to him.

Li Heng took a step back and waved his hands fiercely: "Just treat what I just said as bullshit, forget it! Forget it now!

This amount of money is too much. My family's budget for building a new red brick house is only more than 2000 yuan.

Besides, how can someone be so stingy as to round off the amount and only give 4 cents? "

Hearing this, Mai Sui withdrew his hand and asked with concern: "How is the English teacher?"

Li Heng said: "The operation went smoothly and everything is going well so far."

After a pause, he said, "I bought the flowers and fruits for you. The teacher asked me to say thank you to you."

"Yeah." Mai Sui hummed and walked towards the kitchen, saying, "You haven't eaten yet, I'll go cook."

Li Heng was surprised and followed him into the kitchen. "Didn't you say you only know how to fry eggs? Why are you cooking vegetables now?"

Mai Sui pointed to the book on the stove and said, "I went to the bookstore and bought a recipe. I'll follow it."

Li Heng walked over, picked up the recipe and flipped through it. It seemed to be the case.

He said, "I've already eaten, so you can cook less and just make what you want to eat."

Mai Sui looked at him and continued to pick celery: "Manning went to buy some wine. Come over later. You can drink with us."

Li Heng squatted down to help, "What good day is today? Cooking and buying wine?"

Mai Sui told the story: "I was a little tired after putting up wallpaper for several days in a row. Today I just finished the work and Manning said we should celebrate."

So that's what happened. Li Heng quickly said in a flattering manner: "Of course! Of course! Today I will risk my life to accompany you gentlemen and drink with you."

When cutting the beef, Li Heng noticed that she was clumsy, so he asked, "Do you want me to cut it?"

Mai Sui put down the knife and offered to give up his position.

Li Heng was speechless. He picked up the knife and said, "You moved so quickly. Why do I feel like you are waiting for me to speak and fall into the trap?"

The wheat ears stood by, saying nothing, just smiling.

Li Heng taught her: "There are some tricks to cutting beef. Cutting along the grain will make it look nice and not easy to break, but it will have a hard texture. Cutting against the grain will make it soft and tender.

If you can't tell the difference, cut it in half and pull it apart to tell the difference."

He taught very carefully and served as a model student himself.

After a long time, he asked, "Have you learned it?"

"Ah."

Mai Sui didn't expect that there were so many tricks to cutting beef, so he immediately took two steps closer and watched carefully.

When cooking, the girl's clumsiness made his blood pressure soar. "You really have never touched the kitchen at home. God! Whoever marries you in the future will have to eat out every day."

Mai Sui smiled embarrassedly and lowered his head to continue frying.

After a while, Li Heng's obsessive-compulsive disorder kicked in and he grabbed the spatula and said, "I dare not let you stir-fry it. If you do, the beef will be too tough to eat."

Mai Sui was squeezed so hard that he staggered back two steps, then he took off his apron and helped him tie it on.

Smelling her faint feminine scent up close, looking down at her charming red lips so close, Li Heng was stunned for a moment, then said, "I'll do it myself."

Mai Sui raised her head and looked at him for two seconds, then she loosened the thin ribbon in her hand and left without making a sound.

Wearing an apron, Li Heng explained as he fried the beef: "When frying this thin slice of beef, pay attention to the heat. Fry over high heat for no more than 20 seconds, otherwise it will become dry and not tasty..."

Seeing his skilled cooking skills, Mai Sui suddenly asked, "How old were you when you started cooking?"

Li Heng recalled: "I think it was during the third grade. The scene that I remember most vividly was cooking on a low stool."

Her eyes moved away from the pot and lingered on his profile for a moment before Mai Sui asked, "Is rural life so hard?"

"It was hard! How could life not be hard in the countryside? But now when I think about it, it was happy. There were a few wooden houses, a winding dirt road, and vegetable fields on both sides. My parents worked in the fields, and I and a group of friends chased each other in the fields. That was childhood." Li Heng said with emotion.

Whenever people get old, what they miss most is their hometown, and what they can never forget the most is their childhood, those innocent laughters, and those simple little friends.

The wheat ears brought back memories, "I feel like time has passed so quickly."

"That's right. Time is ruthless. Remember how I taught you how to cook. When you look back, you will have graduated from college." Li Heng joked.

Mai Sui learned for a while and asked, "I know Song Yu and Chen Zijin can't cook, can Xiao Han cook?"

Li Heng said: "It's about the same as you. I can boil an egg."

It's so sad to talk about it. These three women had hardly any experience in cooking, and the dishes they cooked were worse than the other.

Mai Sui smiled, "What do you want? Take them to eat out every day?"

Li Heng's face twitched: "Stop holding grudges, okay?"

Then he asked, "Do all beautiful women never touch menstrual fluids?"

Mai Sui thought for a while but couldn't find anyone to refute.

When the dishes were finished, Li Heng said, "I don't have that much money right now. I'll give it to you tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

Mai Sui said yes.

Li Heng took off his apron and threw it to her, "I'll leave cleaning the kitchen to you. I hate this."

Mai Sui took the apron, watched him walk out, and finally picked up the rag to clean the house.

Sun Manning came back, and after dropping her bicycle, she came into the house carrying four bottles of beer. But when she saw Li Heng, she started yelling that she didn't buy enough beer, and was about to go back to buy more.

Li Heng stopped her and said, "Alright, alright, I've already eaten. Just give me a bottle of beer."

Sun Manning circled around him, then put her nose close to him and sniffed, "Oh, I don't smell Song Yu's scent, but I smell Chen Zijin's body fragrance."

Li Heng pushed her away and thought to himself, are you born in the year of the dog? You can even smell that.

After serving three dishes and a soup to the table, Sun Manning asked, "Li Heng, have you seen Song Yu?"

"of course."

"I guess you must have seen Chen Zijin, didn't she make trouble with you?"

"Children should not ask about adult matters."

Sun Manning held Mai Sui's arm and said with a smile, "We have been very busy these past few days. How are you going to reward us?"

Li Heng said, "How about we invite you to the Chinese Department to watch a movie tonight?"

"Tsk, who cares? You're so insincere." Sun Manning wrinkled her nose.

Seeing him looking over, Mai Sui explained, "After dinner, we are going to the Student Union for a meeting."

"Oh, I forgot, you have a student union meeting every Sunday." Li Heng remembered and asked, "How is your practice as the host of the evening party going?"

Mai Sui said, “It’s OK.”

Li Heng was full, so he put down his chopsticks after drinking a bottle of beer and chatted with the two women.

After dinner, the two girls rode their bicycles to the Student Union, and Li Heng had no choice but to walk alone.

By some coincidence, I met Zhang Bing in Xiyuan. He pushed Bai Wanying in a wheelchair slowly forward. The two of them were talking and laughing, and they looked very harmonious under the setting sun.

Li Heng wanted to say hello, but after shouting twice and getting no response, he gave up the idea.

When passing by the School of Management, he looked up at the teaching building, and finally walked in, intending to take a walk around the counselor's office to make his presence felt.

Just as I got to the second floor, I heard Liu Wei and a group of boys from the next class leaning over the railings and looking down, muttering: "As expected of the king, his temperament is amazing."

Seeing Li Heng appear, Liu Wei waved to him repeatedly, pointing at the brown figure going away: "Li Heng, come and see the beauty."

Li Heng was speechless: "Be careful Xia Wei sees it."

Liu Wei put a cigarette in his hand and took out a lighter to light it. "Damn! Of course you have to be sneaky when looking at beauties. How can you let Xia Wei know?"

Li Heng looked in the direction he pointed, "Who is that? Is it worth making such a fuss?"

A boy next to him stared at him as if he were an alien, "Li Heng, are you from Mars? You can't even recognize Zhou Shihe, right?"

Zhou Shihe?
I’m so tired of hearing this name. Li Heng looked at the figure for a while, but the figure was getting farther and farther away.

(End of this chapter)