Jean Love

"Yes, I know." Zhao Xin raised his head slightly and asked, "Shall I help you serve the meal?"

"Just a little more." I handed the bowl to her and asked again, "Does he know our actual situation?"

"Yes, everyone in his family knows."

"That's good, sincerity, it's best not to hide it, you can't hide it." I paused for a while, thinking of something, and asked Zhao Xin: "Actually, who else knows about the situation between us? Does the family know?" At this time, I stared into her eyes, and every time I asked a question I was particularly concerned about, I would stare into her eyes to see the authenticity of the answer, although I knew that Zhao Xin didn't like to lie .

"The family here doesn't know, but the family over there knows, my biological parents know, my sister and brother know, and my classmate Xiaohua knows." She lowered her head again.

"Oh, I'm beginning to think my mother knows too."

"No."

"Don't tell her for the time being. With her personality, if she finds out too early, the consequences will be serious." I reminded.

"Yes, I know, but she will know sooner or later." Zhao Xin was a little terrified.

"It's what I told you before, you are just dating now, you don't know what that person is like, we don't know even more, if you think it's ok, we will issue a divorce certificate, you get married, and when you get married Sometimes, even if the mother knows, the pain is short-lived, because you are happy, because every parent wants their children to be happy. In addition, after dating, if you feel that it is not enough, the home here will always be open to you, Chen Quan Always be your child, no matter when, this will not change, I promise. So, the key question now is whether you can find the happiness you want, everything else is secondary, small problems, small problems will Because big problems are solved and easy to solve, the reason we keep it secret is not for fear of others knowing, but for fear of accidents, understand?"

"oh, I know."

The above words are my point of view and my attitude. This should be the second time I have explained it in front of her. She should already be very clear. In fact, we seldom have serious and in-depth communication like tonight, very rarely.

Afterwards, we were all silent. After we finished eating, she washed the dishes and cleaned them up. I watched TV for a while. On the table top were embroidered with five big black characters of "Home and Everything Prosperous", and there were some embellishments on the side, up, down, left, and right. Zhao Xin took out a needle and thread and prepared to embroider.I put the TV remote control on the corner of the table: "Look, I'm going to take a shower."

"Hey, he said he would come over tomorrow." Seeing me turn around, Zhao Xin said.

"Okay, then come here. Then you go buy some food and see what he likes to eat. I have to go to work tomorrow." After I finished speaking, I turned to the door, walked out of the yard, and turned around: "What's his name?"

"They all call him Hongchang."

NO.20, the sky is under the patter of winter rain, it is cold and gloomy, there are not many people on the street, and it looks peaceful everywhere. The day after tomorrow is New Year’s Eve, and the company will officially have a holiday tomorrow afternoon, so I will go to work as usual today. I got busy with piles of chores, and I was busy until after eleven o'clock. I made a few calls and answered a few calls, but the person hadn't arrived yet.

Zhao Xin told me that it was already one o'clock in the afternoon when he arrived, and I happened to be not free, so I said, "He is here, you can ask him to cook, I am quite busy today."

When I was called to eat, the dining table was already open, and Zhao Xin was setting the bowls and chopsticks. On the table was a plate of sausages and a piece of fried pork with celery. The basin, carefully, looked very hot, put it on the table, flicked the wrist a few times, rubbed the middle finger and index finger on the thumb back and forth a few times, raised his head, looked at me, opened his mouth, and smiled: "It's time to eat .”

He didn't call me anything, quickly took out a cigarette from his pocket, and handed me a classic red hard case.I raised the palm of my right hand as a gesture of rejection: "Thank you, I quit."

He put the cigarette case on the table, opened the stool, motioned for me to sit down, and said, "I don't know how to cook. The sausage is from your place. Just steam it. I don't know if this crucian carp and vegetable soup suits your taste. Let’s make do with it, it’s already almost two o’clock, I kept you guys waiting for a long time, I took the wrong car, ha ha.” His behavior was a bit coy and cautious, similar to mine, but I was cautious in my heart and didn’t show it on my face, pretending Serious, like an old father-in-law examining his prospective son-in-law who just arrived, without showing any signs of expression.

"Does he drink?" I asked Zhao Xin.

"Yes, very good." Zhao Xin replied.

"Pour some of that for him. It's been soaking for more than a year." I pointed to the high-quality wine soaked in the jar in the corner, and spoke to Zhao Xin in my native dialect.Zhao Xin scooped up some for him, and he kept saying no to drink. He was about to take the car to Dongguan later, seeing that I was trying to convince Zhao Xin that the scoop was finished, he got up, took a sip, and frowned: "Wow, Too strong, this wine."

"Sixty degrees, Codonopsis ginseng, red dates, wolfberry, walnuts and rock sugar, it's good to drink." I said.

I began to pay attention to him. He was taller than me and shorter than Chen Wu. He had three to seven cents of hair, round head and big ears, bright eyes, a high nose, regular facial features, dark complexion, jeans, a black jacket, and a A plaid shirt looks like a whole body of strength.

He picked up the bowl and took a sip, frowned, blinked a few times, as if it was hard to swallow, he stretched out, turned his back on the customer, and called me: "Eat vegetables, eat vegetables, isn't it delicious?"

"It's okay. This soup is quite sweet. It would be better if the crucian carp was fried first."

I was lukewarm, and kept an eye on his words and deeds. When I saw that he had finished his drink, I told him to eat. Since I was working, I didn’t wait for him. I ate first. After eating, I went back to the factory to have a look. Nothing happened. Need to arrange, came back, they also finished eating, Hongchang was washing the dishes, Zhao Xin was cleaning the tables and chairs.

Sit down and chat for a while, there is nothing to talk about, I am clumsy, he stood up and said: "Then I'm leaving?" He glanced at Zhao Xin.

"Leave in such a hurry, why don't you sit down for a while." I said.

"No, I'm going to Dongguan. My mother works in Dongguan. I'm going to spend the New Year with her there. It's too late and I'm afraid there will be no car." He stretched his waist and made an expression that he was about to leave.

"In that case, let's go." I was still tense, lukewarm, like acting, and there were some miscellaneous things in my heart that were all suppressed. Seeing such a person, whether it was about friendship or family affection, then It feels a little weird.

"Bring him something. Look in the refrigerator. There is a box of biscuits, egg rolls, longan meat and flower mushrooms. You can bring him some things. It is right to respect the elderly." I told Zhao Xin in my hometown dialect. .

"No, no, I don't want these." Seeing that Zhao Xin took them out, Hongchang firmly refused, saying, "You bought these, and I can buy them when I go to Dongguan, so I won't take them with me."

"Then bring some rice cakes. My mother made them for us before going home. You can't buy them."

"That's okay. This is a special product. Bring a little, not so much." He told Zhao Xin.

I didn't wait for him to leave, I left first, went back to the factory, sat in the office, thinking about his expression when drinking, thinking about his posture of cooking and washing dishes, thinking about what he said just now, this is okay, this is a special product, I think this The first impression one makes is not bad.But this is too little, try again.

Suddenly remembered that Chen Wu called in the morning, saying that he was issued a ticket by the traffic police in Guangzhou in [-], and he had not paid the money. As a result, he failed the annual inspection in Nanxiong today and had to pay twice. And I have to go to Guangzhou to handle it. I asked if I was free and went to Guangzhou to help him deal with it.I am not free, indeed I am, and I have to go to work tomorrow. Chen Wu was very anxious, and said that Zhao Xin should be able to go there. Sven, she usually blush when strangers speak, so why don't you rest assured that she will handle it.Later, Chen Wu called and said there was no need for it. Nanxiong had a private agency. If you pay more, they can handle it.So don't ask for help from me.Thinking of this, I sat up straight, took out my cell phone, and called Zhao Xin: "Has he left yet?"

"Not long ago, about five or six stops, what's the matter?" Zhao Xin asked.

"Chen Wu was fined by the traffic police in Guangzhou last year. He has to pay the toll. It will be two days later at the latest. Otherwise, it will be a holiday for the Chinese New Year. I thought he hadn't left yet. If he didn't leave, I would ask him to go with you to help with it. I have to go to work tomorrow." I said seriously.

"Oh, then I'll call him and see where he is?"

"Well, let's ask, see where he is? See if he is free, and would like to accompany you to help Chen Wu with it tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll call him right away." Zhao Xin said anxiously.