(1)
This time, the two finally got along alone. Yang Ren asked Xu Yao a lot of questions, because he could no longer make up for the lack of hearing by relying on mouth shape, so this chat made him particularly difficult. As soon as Yang Ren opened his mouth, he subconsciously stretched his ears forward, but he still couldn't understand when Yang Ren said it for the first time.
Yang Ren didn't mention vision first, he couldn't get past this hurdle in his heart. He just asked why grandpa said Xu Aisu was called Xiao Ai, but not Aisu.
Xu Yao didn't hide it and told him that his ex-wife's surname was Su.
In fact, with just this sentence, Yang Ren understood roughly, and naturally also knew the attitude of the stubborn old man towards his ex-daughter-in-law.
Although Xu Yao's tone of voice became very strange, almost every sentence could be understood. Yang Ren asked a question, and Xu Yao answered. Through such a question like squeezing toothpaste, Yang Ren finally pieced together what happened to Xu Yao in the past ten years.
It should be said that Xu Yao's marriage failed very much, because first of all, he didn't like the woman surnamed Su. It was the family who worked hard to match him, and his age was getting older and older, and he finally got together. At first, the two were respectful to each other, but slowly, the woman began to quarrel with him. After Xiao Ai was born, they quarreled even more fiercely.
(2)
In the end, Xu Yao separated from that woman, and Yang Ren wondered to himself if the woman surnamed Su abandoned the father and son because she found out that there was something wrong with Xiao Ai. But he couldn't ask such a question.
Only later did Yang Ren know that Xiao Ai's ears really had no problem. He passed the newborn's audiometry when he was born, and because of Xu Yao's bad ears, Xu Yao's father paid great attention to this problem and took Xiao Ai many times. Went to the hospital for a checkup, no problem.
Finally, the Xu family and their son realized that Xiao Ai was probably stimulated.
Xu Yao and that woman always quarreled in front of Xiao Ai. Even though Xiao Ai was just a baby at that time, she was very sensitive. Whenever her parents quarreled, she would cry. This is also one of the reasons why Grandpa Xiaoai hates that woman.
Yang Ren didn't know how long the memories of her childhood would last, and she didn't know whether Xiao Ai could still remember how her parents quarreled at that time, but she became silent and slow, which must have something to do with the shadows left in her heart at that time.
Xiao Ai looks so cute. Although she doesn't speak, her big eyes are always bright. The owner with such godly eyes will not be unwise, so Xu Yao can only wait slowly until one day she feels safe enough. Sometimes, Xiao Ai can call her father.
(3)
The stubborn old man had a low-grade fever and fell into a drowsy sleep. Yang Ren stayed behind to make dinner. Although Xu Yao didn't want Yang Ren to help him, in the past few years, he has indeed become more and more powerless. Even if he can skip meals, the elderly and children at home can't starve.
Yang Ren opened the refrigerator door of Xu's house, and when he saw the familiar order of food, it was like a lifetime away, as if he had returned to the steaming doctor's dormitory at once.
And the row of red Coke cans on the refrigerator door made Yang Ren's heart stir again. The old man said that their whole family didn't drink this stuff, but Xu Yao still put them in the order they were before.
Xu Yao knew that they would definitely meet again, right? If Yang Ren never came to the door again, what would Xu Yao do
"Is it alright to eat hot pot?" Yang Ren asked him, there is nothing to choose from when others help to cook for his father and children, Xu Yao nodded and said yes.
Back then, Yang Ren couldn't cook at all. The hot pot he came to Xu Yao's house every weekend was prepared by Xu Yao alone, but now as a middle-aged man with no wife but children, Yang Ren's independence is getting stronger and stronger. Clothes and cooking are no longer a problem. While preparing the ingredients for the hot pot, he cooked a bowl of plain noodles over a low heat.
Yang Ren can't stand any food with a special taste, such as coriander, but Xu Yao likes it very much. When he used to eat hot pot in Xu Yao's small house, Yang Ren always asked Xu Yao to put the coriander away from him.
He saw coriander in the refrigerator, thinking that Xu Yao likes to eat it, he still endured the pungent taste and chopped it up and put it on a plate. This was the first time he had intimate contact with coriander.
Xu Yao's father was very tired to take care of his son and granddaughter every day. Yang Ren asked him to rest in bed for a while and brought him the cooked noodles.
(4)
From preparing the hot pot ingredients to opening the pot, Xu Yao didn't speak. He sat quietly in the living room, and when Yang Ren came to call him, he slowly walked to the table. When he was eating, his head was lowered abnormally, and his face almost touched the mouth of the bowl. Yang Ren wondered if it was because his eyes could not see clearly. He wanted to help, but he didn't know what to do.
Xu Yao took the chopsticks to scoop out the vegetables from the pot, but it was not smooth, and he often scooped up the dishes. This series of actions made Yang Ren uncomfortable. When he was a college student ten years ago, what Yang Ren looked forward to most every weekend was to have a small hot pot with Xu Yao, but now sitting at the table, Seeing Xu Yao's distressed appearance, he was particularly uncomfortable.
There are four sides of a table, Yang Ren, Xu Yao and the two children sit on each side. Just like playing mahjong, Yang Ren began to bring the colander over, waited for the soup in the pot to boil again, and began to put food into the bowls for the two children and Xu Yao one by one. He used a pot by himself. After the left side was finished, the right side had to be filled. Finally, he had to serve it to the person on the opposite side. Yang Ren was so busy that he didn't eat much at all. Maybe in the future, he doesn't want to eat hot pot anymore.
In the evening, Yang Ligai's son came home and bought two bottles of beer in the small supermarket downstairs.
As soon as he entered the house, Kang Xiaomeng came over and asked, "Where did you take your son to eat delicious food again?"
Yang Ren was changing his shoes. After hearing this, he looked at Kang Xiaomeng's face and thought for a while before saying, "I'm going to Xu Yao's house."
Hearing the name, another expression appeared on Kang Xiaomeng's face.
Yang Ren raised the beer bottle in his hand: "Would you like to have two drinks together?"
Kang Xiaomeng didn't speak, and let Yang Ren enter the bedroom. No one knew what they talked about that night.
The author has something to say:
It's embarrassing to accidentally spoil it. After writing so many chapters, Yang Ren's name is often labeled as Xiong Le. . . I'm so afraid to write the same paragraph, it's boring