you are with the light

When Chen Ke entered the room, he saw Gu Jinbei without any surprise. The child was sitting in the living room of his house, watching TV.Hearing the sound, Gu Jinbei looked over and smiled when he saw Chen Ke: "You are back."

Chen Ke nodded, closed the door, and heard Gu Jinbei say, "Eat fish again today?"

"Yeah." Chen Ke walked towards the kitchen, and Gu Jinbei followed, watching him at the kitchen door.

Chen Ke took out the fish pieces that had been killed in the bag, and put them in the sink to wash. Gu Jinbei came over, and Chen Ke said, "Go watch TV."

Gu Jinbei responded, but he still dug out the garlic and ginger from the ground to peel and wash. His technique was skillful, and he could peel a white and fat garlic with a few strokes.

Chen Ke cooked a sweet and sour fish, which is a big dish, and cooked two small dishes. Gu Jinbei served the dish and two bowls of rice. He still hesitated: "Auntie, are you coming back tonight?"

"Come back." Chen Ke said, "But I have to come back later, so I don't need to take her share."

In recent years, Mrs. Chen suddenly fell ill, and she was quite seriously ill. Chen Ke didn't even want to remember the name of the illness that the doctor said. He only knew that the old lady probably wouldn't live this year. Although he was a bit unfilial, he was really happy. .

Even if the old lady is lying in the hospital every day, spending money like running water, it is strange and distressing.Now Chen Wanran's business is getting worse and worse. She is so old that no matter how good her face is, she can't stand the wear and tear of time. There are only so many men in this town, and their interest in her is gradually fading away. Chen Wanran In the past few years, in order to make money, I have even done jobs that I didn't want to take before.

There's nothing decent about it.

Chen Ke was able to drop out of school to become a restaurant apprentice, mostly because Chen Wanran was not as profitable as before.High school tuition is not like junior high school. Junior high school is compulsory education and the tuition is not expensive. In high school, the money is astronomical for the Chen family.

Although Chen Wanran was unwilling, she had to compromise.

After dinner, Gu Jinbei took the initiative to clean up the dishes, and Chen Ke was happy to sit on the sofa and watch TV.The channel that Gu Jinbei watched before was still playing on the TV, and there was a TV series in it.

Chen Ke watched for a while, then Gu Jinbei washed the dishes and came out.They seemed to have known each other for five years, and they lived near each other, so it was a matter of course for them to get acquainted.Now it's more and more natural for Gu Jinbei to go to his house for a meal. Since he got the key to his house, it's even easier to come in than to enter his own house.

The weather in summer is still sweltering even at night. Chen Ke turned on the fan, and the fan made an overwhelming sound. The wind blowing also carried the unique heat of summer, but it was better than nothing.

Gu Jinbei sat down next to Chen Ke after washing the dishes, his exposed hot skin exuded heat, and told Chen Ke to move aside.

Gu Jinbei turned his head sensitively, his eyes full of injuries.

Chen Ke sometimes felt that he was really blind. When he first saw Gu Jinbei, he thought this child was weak, pitiful, and helpless. After waiting for a long time, he found that this child was stubborn and stubborn, and he liked to play tricks and act like a baby. The wolf's heart is hidden in the skin, and the outside is not the same as the inside.

Gu Jinbei moved a little closer to Chen Ke's side, insisting on staying next to him.The sofa at home is not big, but it is not small enough for two and a half children to sit next to each other.Chen Ke's sweat dripped down in strands, and he could feel the sweat running down his back: "It's too close, don't you feel hot?"

"It's okay." Gu Jinbei's forehead was covered with sweat, but he insisted on opening his eyes and talking nonsense, "I don't feel particularly hot."

Chen Ke said, "I'm hot."

Gu Jinbei turned his head to look at him, pointed to the fan and said, "The area it can blow is too small, if we don't sit next to each other, there will always be someone who can't blow it."

Chen Ke said: "You move it to your place, I don't need it."

Gu Jinbei said, "No."

In the end, Chen Ke didn't hold back against Gu Jinbei.It wasn't that he was incapable, but that he was too lazy to argue with a child who was younger than him. He had eaten four years more than Gu Jinbei, so he should be allowed to do so.

The two sat together and watched TV while chatting with each other. They were all trivial things in life. Chen Ke told Gu Jinbei what he saw and heard in the kitchen. The two of them just chatted casually about their school experience, but at the end of the chat, they even forgot to watch TV.

When it was getting dark, Gu Jinbei finally remembered that he wanted to go home. He had become more arrogant recently, probably because Xia Yin's desire to control him was not as strong as in previous years.After he got his freedom, he didn't let himself go immediately, but ran to the Chen family when he had some free time. Those who didn't know thought he was adopted.

After Gu Jinbei left, Chen Ke watched TV for a while.The TV is not interesting to watch, but Chen Ke doesn't want to turn it off. He doesn't like a quiet home very much. If there is no human voice, he will feel a little restless.

He went to take a shower, and when he came out, he was steamed by the heat, and the shower was like a waste of time.Chen Ke sat back on the sofa and watched TV, and fell asleep after watching him.

When he woke up again, Chen Wanran's face was shaking in front of his eyes: "Wake up, go to sleep in the room."

"En." Chen Ke responded, his voice still nasal. He blinked and sat on the sofa for a while before slowly getting up.

"Have you been killing fish recently? Did you do nothing else?" Chen Wanran asked behind him.

"Ah, it's still carved." Chen Ke replied, "How do you know?"

"You smell fishy all over your body." Chen Wanran said, "Don't go to sleep, just take a bath."

"I washed it." Chen Ke was so wronged, "Does it smell? Why didn't I smell it?" If it smelled, how could Gu Jinbei stay so close to him and stay for so long without making a sound.

"You've been in this smell for a long time, so you definitely won't be able to smell it." Chen Wanran said, "It's the same smell at home. Open the windows and let the air in. It's too fishy."

Chen Ke opened the windows one by one, but he didn't want to take a shower anymore.He went back to the room, fell asleep on the bed after a while.

When Gu Jinbei came home, Xia Yin was sitting with her stepfather on the sofa in the living room, not knowing what to talk about, Xia Yin smiled happily.

Gu Jinbei put on his shoes at the entrance and shouted, "I'm back."

Only now did Xia Yin and her stepfather look over.The stepfather smiled when he saw him: "Xiao Bei is back."

Xia Yin was a little unhappy to be disturbed, and her unhappiness was clearly written on her face: "I'm back, I'm going to do my homework in the room."

"Okay." Gu Jinbei quickly went back to the room and closed the door, and then opened the book to read.

After seeing sleepiness, Gu Jinbei went out to take a bath.Xia Yin and her stepfather had already returned to their room, and the door of their room was closed.The sound insulation effect of this house is not very good, Gu Jinbei can hear ambiguous voices coming from inside.He had heard this voice too much, and Xia Yin's sweet panting had been chiseled into his mind a long time ago.

That was several years ago. At that time, his stepfather's family was not rich, and there was only one room for the three of them to live in. Gu Jinbei's bed was placed next to their bed. When Gu Jinbei woke up from the heat at night, he heard Xia Yin's sweet panting was different from usual, and there was also the man's low growl. It was the first time he heard the sound of "crack, bang, bang" physical collision, so he was still a little timid in his heart.

He timidly turned his head to look, and by the moonlight, he saw the unforgettable scene in his life. His proud and crazy mother was pressed down by the thick man, crying out in pain and joy.Gu Jinbei saw her distorted and ugly face, which made his stomach queasy.The men and women on the opposite side didn't notice him, they were mingling with each other without emotion, but after Gu Jinbei witnessed the whole process, he became incontinent.

Perhaps it was the fear of seeing new things for the first time, or knowing that he had glimpsed a forbidden secret that did not belong to his age. In short, he lost control in a very embarrassing situation, and was beaten by Xia Yin the next day because of this incident. pause.

Gu Jinbei went to bed after taking a shower.

Being an apprentice is extremely boring at first.

Chen Ke used to practice knife skills and had to cut a lot of vegetables every day. Now he practiced cutting fish, and he had to cut a lot of fish every day.Master Song who took him was a good person, but he was strict with him, and he didn't allow any sand in his eyes. If Chen Ke did something that made him feel unsatisfactory, he would yell at him.

Chen Ke was scolded again this morning because he accidentally shook his hands and broke the gall of a fish.This kind of fact is unavoidable, because after cutting too many fish, there will always be a mistake in one of them.But Master Song couldn't tolerate this. He said: "The process of cooking is one link after another, and there should be no mistakes in the middle! If you make a small mistake, add a spoonful of salt or a spoonful of oil. , the taste of the dish will change drastically! Fortunately, you can’t even handle the ingredients well, and the gall can be broken. Look at the rice cooked by every household who can’t handle it carefully! You can’t just pay attention to processing ingredients, fast is very fast. It's important, but you have to be quick on the basis of precision, you know! Don't make such low-level mistakes again, or spread the word and throw me away!"

Chen Ke got used to being scolded and scolded by him. After receiving his education, he continued to cut fish.He had listened to it, and no longer blindly pursued the speed of cutting fish, but became more careful. When Master Song took the time to look at it, his eyes finally showed a gratified expression.

There was not much work today, and Chen Ke returned earlier than usual. He brought a fish home as usual, thinking about what to cook today.His life now is even more monotonous than before. He used to be able to get along with dozens or hundreds of people at school, but now he is in the small place in the back kitchen, and he knows Master Song and several other chefs, but the relationship is different. Better than how he got along with others at school.

When he got home, he unexpectedly saw Sun Jiani who hadn't seen him for a long time.Sun Jiani was squatting at the door of his house in her school uniform, with her head down, and Chen Ke called her, "Sun Jiani."

Sun Jiani looked up and cried when she saw him, and said while crying, "Chen Ke, I'm pregnant."

Gu Jinbei, who was on the second floor, was just about to lift his feet up the stairs, but he was stunned when he heard this.

His first reaction was how could it be possible, he stayed with Chen Ke every evening to night, how could Chen Ke have the energy to fall in love with others and make them belly bigger?But he thought again, although Chen Ke went to work during the day, it is not impossible for him to find a girlfriend and have sex with him in his spare time. In this town, this kind of fact is common, and Gu Jinbei is no stranger to it.

After all, Liu Man just told him triumphantly a few days ago that she had another boyfriend.

Chen Ke was also stunned when he heard this. He subconsciously wanted to say that I am not me, and that your pregnancy has nothing to do with me, but his brain quickly realized: "What's wrong?"

"It's... that's Liu Wu," Sun Jiani cried until his voice crumbled, "He said he can't get in, I... I believed his nonsense, what should I do... my mother will kill me... "

Chen Ke was silent for a while and said, "Why don't you go find him?"

Sun Jiani immediately glared at him, as if his words insulted/humiliated her: "What do you mean? If he would care about me, would he come to you?"

Chen Ke became irritated by her words: "Then why do you want me?"

Their relationship was estranged a few years ago, and now they can be regarded as strangers. Now that Sun Jiani came to see her, he could still ask him a few words calmly, all because she took him to the city to work part-time back then. face.

But what she said made him feel strange, as if he had made her belly bigger, and from her tone, he seemed a betrayer.

"Just..." Sun Jiani remembered that he was here to beg for help, and his tone softened instantly, "Just, abortion... ask for money, I don't have so much now..."

"I want to borrow some money..."

Chen Ke looked at her for a while, and finally sighed: "Wait a minute, I'll give you the money."

He is now an apprentice, and he can get some money every month, not much, but he usually doesn't spend much money, so he still saves some.He counted and counted the crumpled money, and handed it to Sun Jiani.

Sun Jiani took the money, her eyes suddenly lit up with hope, her dejected voice just now became brighter, and she smiled at Chen Ke: "Thank you."

She went downstairs and passed Gu Jinbei. Gu Jinbei turned his head and glanced at her. The girl had long hair and heavy makeup. He looked familiar to him, but he couldn't remember it.

He entered Chen's house, and Chen Ke was cooking fish in the kitchen.Gu Jinbei really wanted to say that he really didn't want to eat fish anymore, but he also knew that this fish didn't cost any money as an incidental ingredient from the restaurant.He didn't understand that Chen Ke's life was not rich, so why did he borrow money from others?

He couldn't figure it out, and felt depressed in his heart. Chen Ke noticed it when he was eating, and Chen Ke asked him: "What's wrong?"

Gu Jinbei was embarrassed to say that you made me feel unhappy by lending money to others, but he was really unhappy in his heart, so he blurted out: "Can I not eat fish tomorrow? I want to change the dish."

Chen Ke was stunned for a moment: "What do you want to eat?"

When Gu Jinbei said that just now, he regretted it himself. He wished he could take out the time machine like Doraemon and go back to the place where he just strangled that sentence in his throat. He said, "Just eat fish."

Chen Ke looked at him: "What do you want to eat?"

At this moment, Gu Jinbei's scalp was going numb, he thought for a while and said, "Empty... water spinach?"