Yesterday is not today

07

"Where's Xiaoyuan?" Ajiu couldn't help asking.

"In the nursing home, Cheng Ming is with him." Yan Chengli replied looking at the company report sent by his assistant.

"Why doesn't he go home?"

"Probably don't want to see me," Yan Chengli raised his head from the report: "I don't dare to see you."

"Maybe we are the two worst brothers in the world." Ajiu picked up a grape on the table and stuffed it into his mouth: "It's pretty sweet, do you want to eat it?"

"It's said that heartless people also have strong resilience. I really saw it in you." Yan Chengli couldn't help being sarcastic when he saw that he stuffed another grape into his mouth.

Ajiu had half a grape stuck in her throat, coughing violently.

"Let me say, Young Master Yan, is it okay for you not to talk like that sometimes? I really think that dead people can cheer you up."

"No." Yan Chengli said: "Especially until Xiaoyuan is willing to see me, there will be only you and me in the house except for the servants. Wouldn't it make me dumb if we don't talk like this?"

"Your double standard is a bit strong, where is Er Shao Yan?" Ajiu continued to reach out to eat grapes.

"He went to accompany Xiao Yuan." Yan Chengli said.

"Well, if I don't go to hell, whoever goes to hell."

In the following time, Yan Chengli was very clear about what he had to do.Every morning, I go to Yan's Group to handle official business, and in the afternoon, I go to Xiaoyuan's place to stay. Although Gu Yuan won't come out to see him, he will be with him when he goes to wait. With Xiaoyuan's temperament, as long as he thinks it through , will always forgive him, and go home to rest at night.

Ah Jiu's life is more relaxed, and she sleeps until noon.No one cooks at noon, and the servants are very good at reading faces. After these few months, they have realized that they are an insignificant role, but they are just here to borrow.So if Ajiu doesn't want to wait until evening hungry for dinner, she must cook something by herself at noon.

It's worse than being in the store, where at least you don't have to worry about going hungry.Ah Jiu is not unfamiliar with the kitchen. Before going to the store, he often helped in the kitchen, washing, cutting and washing rice. He is very skilled in laying the hands, but he hasn't practiced for many years, so he is still very unfamiliar at the moment.So he chooses to eat things that don't require fire. There are plenty of fruits, chocolates, and expensive and exquisitely packaged biscuits, which are piled up in the refrigerator and kitchen cabinets.

He unwrapped the exquisite packages one by one, all of which were snacks he had never eaten before, and it was easy to fill his stomach after tasting each one.

These snacks have a shelf life, but unfortunately no one cares about them, people like Yan Chengli and Yan Chengming who can eat them don't eat them, and Gu Yuan can't eat these junk foods, Ajiu is speechless, so why buy these again?

After eating and drinking enough, I go to the wicker chairs in the garden to bask in the sun. Sometimes I fall asleep, but when the sun sets, I will be woken up by freezing. Unlike late autumn, the temperature difference between day and night in early winter is even greater.

It was late at night, Yan Chengli came back, the servants prepared carefully cooked food, they sat facing each other, enjoying the meal.

This is Ajiu's favorite time, with company and delicious food.He has always liked to eat, especially hot food. Eating that kind of food will make him feel happy, the happy time of a meal.

He doesn't like to be lonely, the store is always lively, and here is always quiet, without Gu Yuan, this place is like a forgotten secret garden, everyone is unwilling to come again, but he can only stay here, one person.

Yan Chengli came back very late today, so it was rare for Ah Jiu to take the initiative to open the topic: "Mr. Yan has a dinner party today?"

"I'm not going to the dinner party." Yan Chengli seemed to be in a good mood today: "It's a waste of time."

"Does this mean that Mr. Yan's business is doing so well that he can maintain the company's operations without attending dinner parties to win over his peers?"

"You are very smart," Yan Chengli nodded with a smile, "The Yan family's status in City X is enough to protect me from all kinds of banquets and spirits."

He saw that Ajiu ate so much and quickly today, he couldn't help being a little surprised. He has always liked Chinese food, and he also likes to eat with everyone. Since Ajiu was discharged from the hospital, the two of them ate a plate of meals together on the dining table almost every day.

Today, before he even put down his chopsticks, he found that the plate of sweet and sour pork ribs was missing half, and after a second thought, the plate of steamed sea bass was also missing half.

He put down his chopsticks and looked at Ah Jiu.

Ah Jiu didn't notice anything wrong: "Mr. Yan, eat, today's food is really good." After speaking, he took another bite of corn with pine nuts.

"You have a good appetite today." Yan Chengli said.

"Ah, today's dishes are all my favorite." Ajiu said with a smile: "My favorite is pork ribs."

"Do you like sweets?"

"Yeah, the sweet ones are so delicious, they won't let me eat them in the store." Ajiu said a little bit aggrieved, "Only let me eat some green vegetables, not even rice."

Yan Chengli raised his eyebrows: "Why?"

"I'm afraid of getting fat." Ajiu took away the last piece of ribs again: "It will not look good if you are fat, and it will affect the business of the store."

"You're not fat."

"That's right, I already told Laobai, ah, Laobai is my foreman." Ajiu spit out his bones: "I said that a hardworking employee like me receives at least two customers every night, and is very busy. There’s no time to eat, and I’m so tired that I can’t get out of bed, how can I gain weight? But he doesn’t believe me at all, and he won’t give me meat until the holidays.”

"Stop talking." Yan Chengli didn't know why, but after hearing him say this, he felt an inexplicable anger mixed with inexplicable sadness: "Stop talking about your dirty places."

He was too lazy to pursue himself, so he could only shut up the person who talked to himself.

"Uh," Ah Jiu seemed to feel that he had said something wrong, but he didn't know much, and the only thing he could tell was his own experience, but Yan Chengli was obviously not willing to listen.Ajiu smiled apologetically, and said, "I'm sorry, I just don't want to be too quiet while eating. You know, I have nothing to say, all I can say is my own experiences..."

"I thought we should be quieter when eating." Yan Chengli interrupted him, picking out etiquette that Ajiu didn't understand, and he resisted from the bottom of his heart to listen to his "life experience".

"Then it's not called eating." Ajiu complained: "It's so boring when I'm eating, but I can't talk. Did you say that to Xiao Yuan?"

Xiao Yuan?Yan Chengming was stunned for a moment, Xiaoyuan hated eating since he was a child, and was very picky about eating, so when he was eating, he and Cheng Ming always tried to persuade him to eat, and he was already very happy if he could eat two more bites. He doesn't speak.

"Xiaoyuan is Xiaoyuan, why, do you think you are comparable to him?" Yan Chengli would not admit his mistake.

"..." Ajiu suddenly felt that these favorite dishes had lost their proper taste, and it would become extremely difficult to swallow, so he replied in a low voice: "I didn't want to compare with him, I Just to give an example, isn't it normal to eat and talk?"

The meal was quite enjoyable at first, but now the two of them have no desire to eat anymore.

Yan Chengli felt that he had gone too far this time, and it was rare for him to have such an idea, so he coughed and said, "Have you thought about what you will do in the future?"

"Ah?" Ajiu didn't expect Yan Chengli to be willing to talk to him, so she replied in a daze, "What are you doing?"

"You don't want to stay here for the rest of your life, do you?" Seeing his expression of never thinking about the future, Yan Chengli looked in disbelief: "Do you really think that you will live on Xiaoyuan from now on?"

"Ah? No...no." Ajiu reacted, and quickly explained: "I didn't think so."

"You can think about what you want to do," Yan Chengli said, "You saved Xiaoyuan's life, and you are my benefactor. If you want to go to school, I can send you to study."

"Ah? No need, it's too late for me to learn now." Ajiu quickly refused: "And I don't want to be laughed at."

"A joke?" Yan Chengli didn't understand what Ajiu meant.

"City X is so big, paper can't cover the fire, if everyone knows..." Ajiu smiled wryly: "I'm afraid it will embarrass everyone."

"..." Yan Chengli was silent for a while: "Going abroad is also possible."

"No need," Ajiu said, "I don't even know Chinese characters, let alone foreign characters? Don't embarrass the motherland."

"Then you want to mess around like this?" Yan Chengli became a little serious, he never liked people who would give themselves up.

"If I can, I want to learn to sing. If there is a chance in the future, I want to go to the bar to sing and sing, and I will become a wandering singer when I have saved a certain amount." Ah Jiu is a little shy. No one has ever asked him about his dream. I never thought that I could leave that place alive. Everything seems possible now. Yan Chengli asked him, and he said: "Walk around, I haven't had a good look at the world until today. Mr. Yan I want to save the money you gave me, and when I get old and can’t walk or sing, I will go to a far away place to buy a small house, slowly.”

He didn't finish his sentence, Yan Chengli knew what he meant, and died slowly.