He Chusan also knew that Xia Liuyi's "hum" at that time couldn't be taken as a promise - not to mention that the two of them had a big fight that night, and they are still arguing to this day. Two days before the Spring Festival, he made a confirmation call to Xia Liuyi's eldest brother, and he didn't ask if you were coming or not, but he asked very skillfully, "Brother Liuyi, besides barbecued pork dumplings, do you want to eat New Year's Eve dinner? What? Do you like Hainan Wenchang Chicken?"
Xia Liuyi was directing Ayong to beat people in the basement, and yawned with a cigarette in between, "It's all right."
"Would you like to steam another fish?"
"Well."
After hanging up the phone, He Chusan silently smiled at his eldest brother. Big Brother Xia sneezed out here, "Ah!"
Ayong paused and looked up at him together with the unlucky guy who was beaten.
"What are you looking at! Keep fighting!" Xia Liu rolled his eyes, took the napkin from A Biao's hand, blew his nose, and threw it away.
He stepped into the elevator with his drowsy head, and then he remembered it later - grass! Who called just now? He Asan? When did I promise him!
The slander returned to the slander, and the hesitation returned to the hesitation. On the afternoon of the 30th day of the new year, he drove himself to the Tanglou where He Chusan lived, and found an alley and parked the car.
The neighbors here are all the old residents of Jiaolong Fortress. He didn't want to be recognized, so he put on a pair of sunglasses, straightened the collar of his coat, and sneaked upstairs like a killer. Fortunately, at this time, every family was preparing for the reunion dinner at home. Occasionally, a few happy children squeezed past him, laughing and playing, because the corridor was dark and they didn't care about him.
Before he knocked on the door, He Chusan opened the door from the inside, with an uncontrollable smile on his face, "Brother Liuyi, good luck in the new year."
Xia Liuyi hadn't seen anyone so happy from the bottom of his heart for a long time. He froze behind the collar of his coat for a moment before answering, "Well, good luck in the new year." He handed him a fruit basket he was carrying.
He Chusan invited him into the house. The house is not big, and it is only one main room of a wealthy family, but it is subtly separated into two rooms and one living room, which is much more spacious and brighter than the two-story shabby room in Jiaolong Fortress. Dentist He had nothing to do. He cut a lot of delicate window grilles and posted them all over the place. There was also a picture of a fat white lucky boy on the TV, which gave a festive atmosphere.
In the center of the hall was a small square table with three sets of bowls and chopsticks lined up. In the middle was a plate of steamed dace with green onions and ginger, and the fragrance of white smoke was exuding.
Xia Liuyi had never experienced such a simple and warm New Year's battle in his life. When he was a child, during the New Year, Dad drank more wine and beat him and Xiaoman harder. Later, he lived in a luxury villa, and his life was grand and deserted. Qinglong was busy with business, and he usually went back very late. He and Xiaoman faced a table of delicacies from mountains and seas, and they were full. At this moment, he was standing in this small room full of spring, and he was a little dazed for a while.
"Brother Liuyi, you sit first, and the other dishes will be ready soon," He Chusan greeted, "Dad! Brother Liuyi is here!"
As soon as Xia Liuyi heard this call, the roots of his teeth hurt in a conditioned reflex. Father He came out of the house with a jar of glutinous rice wine, and looked him up and down with narrowed eyes, "Tsk tsk tsk, Mr. Xia is already a leader, and he is willing to come to the humble house. Shine bright."
Xia Liu faced this father, and he had no choice but to face his son, and said with a stiff face, "Mr. He, please sit down."
"Don't dare, the visitor is a guest, please invite first." Dentist He was very polite.
"You sit."
"Please please."
The two were humble to each other for a long time in the living room, and neither of them would sit down first. Seeing that Xia Liuyi couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to fry his hair, He Chusan came out with a plate of Hainanese chicken, "What are you all standing for? Hurry up. Sit down. Dad, Brother Liuyi brought fruit."
"Don't dare, Mr. Xia is very polite," said Dentist He, "Mr. Xia, I heard that you drove us to the hospital last time I was sick, and I am so grateful. I didn't expect Mr. Xia to be out 'doing business'. People are so kind-hearted..."
He Chusan brought another plate of dumplings out of the kitchen, and said with a smile, "Dad, don't drop your book bag."
Dentist He glared, "What book bag did you drop? Dad, this is a courtesy! You have no culture, do you think others have no culture? They are bosses!"
Xia Liuyi's teeth were sore, and she said with a stiff face, "Mr. He is polite, it's nothing to send you a gift. I was in the city before, and I asked you to help."
"It's nothing, it's nothing, Mr. Xia's teeth are okay recently? Wait for you to take a look after dinner?"
"Cough! No need."
"Mr. Xia, don't be so polite, watch it for free! No money!"
"Need not… "
"Mr. Xia, this tooth is a very important part of our human body, you can't ignore it..."
"No... Ahh!"
Before Mr. Xia, who was snot-snoring, couldn't bear to fry his hair, He Chusan came out with a large bowl of vegetables, "Abba, don't talk about your teeth after eating. Watch TV."
Dentist He hasn't opened the clinic for a long time, and he's mad. He gets excited when he sees strangers, and he wants to explain the importance of teeth to Mr. Xia. He Chusan stuffed a bowl of soup in his hand and kept his mouth shut. , tasting soup.
He Chusan also served a bowl of soup for Xia Liuyi. Chuanbei Tremella stewed Sydney pear, which was the most effective for sneezing and nasal discharge. He didn't mention the function at all, just turned his head and watched the TV with his father. When Xia Liuyi put down the bowl, he pretended to be casual and got up to serve him another bowl.
Xia Liuyi came prepared this time and was always on guard against He Chusan's petty moves. Unexpectedly, He Chusan was calm and calm, and occasionally asked him if he was busy recently, and how well the little brother Dongdong is in good health. Such gossip, without the slightest words and deeds, and no matter how you look at it, he looks honest and sincere and has no second thoughts.
There was a stove in the room, and the warmth was strong. As soon as Xia Liuyi was scorched by the heat, he slowly loosened his guard and began to turn his attention to the food. Other dishes tasted average, but the fish was steamed well. Big Brother Xia couldn't help moving his chopsticks there several times, even pulling his tail.
He Chusan calmly turned the fish over to him.
Xia Liuyi ate the fish with a blank face and said nothing. Compared to when he went out to eat with He Chusan in the past, the two faced each other, and you came and went. Today, on the one hand, it is not easy for him to have a seizure in front of He Chusan, and on the other hand, he wants to distance himself from He Chusan, so Keeping the conversation tight, except after being questioned, he hardly speaks, his face is cold, and he looks very unapproachable. The He family's father and son didn't mind his indifferent attitude at all, and they broke each other's mouths and pulled home things on their own.
Dad He didn't eat much, so he put down his chopsticks and poured glutinous rice wine into the empty bowl, "He Asan, He Asan! It's not Dad, I told you! As soon as you have money, you will grow your future! Not even on weekends. After reading, I stopped working, and I went out to chase girls as soon as I got a chance! It’s okay to chase girls, and I don’t know how to bring them home to have a look! —Mr. Xia, would you like a sip of the homemade glutinous rice wine?”
"No, I'll drive," Xia Liuyi said, tugging at the fish's stomach with chopsticks.
"Hey, glutinous rice wine, it's not intoxicating, Mr. Xia, you're welcome, come and I'll pour you a bowl... He Asan, what are you talking about! Say something! I haven't finished speaking yet, you, your father, I'm so indifferent An enlightened person?! You asked Mr. Xia to judge, should you find a daughter-in-law and bring it back to Dad to have a look?"
"Dad!" He Chusan's face was still a little red when he looked at it, "I haven't even said a word to others."
"Drink! I didn't say a word! I heard Aunt Ohua said, and I took her to the store! I even cooked for others myself! The stinky boy looked at it without saying a word, and chased after the girl. ,what?"
Xia Liuyi didn't know why his teeth were sore to death, he swallowed the last piece of fish belly without changing his face, he got up and went to the toilet.
The He family's father and son were still scratching at each other. He Chusan reached out and poured the glutinous rice wine that his father had poured into Xia Liuyi's bowl back into his own bowl, and whispered, "He has a cold, drink this to get angry."
Abba He stared, "Dad, I am welcoming you!" Then he lowered his voice, "You stinky boy, did you accept money from others? Even if you have a cold, you serve so diligently? After all, it's a triad, don't do it. We can't take dirty money!"
"No, Dad," He Chusan said, adding half a bowl of soup to Xia Liuyi's bowl.
Xia Liuyi rinsed his mouth in the toilet and rubbed his cheeks when he came out, Abba He was hitting his son's head with a cigarette stick, "Abba, I can spend some money, not all to save you a wife's book. !"
[Note: The wife is the money for marrying a daughter-in-law.]
"Don't work hard at your age," He Chusan said, "I have a salary."
"What age?! Am I old?! I am in my prime! Brat!"
Xia Liu glanced at the cigarette stick and kept knocking it on He Chusan's forehead, and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
"Father wants to open a grocery store after the new year," He Chusan covered his red forehead, "Brother Liuyi, please help and persuade him."
Xia Liu had a headache and a toothache when he went to Dad He, and even persuaded him, took a sip of soup and coughed, "Mr. He wants to open a store, let him open it, what are you stopping me?"
Abba He suddenly felt that Big Brother Xia looked much more pleasing to the eye, and was very reasonable, "See? The big brothers said OK! OK!
A meal was eaten in such a way that the He family's father and son murmured. Xia Liuyi was so fascinated by listening to homework that he didn't notice that he drank three bowls of soup, most of the fish, a dozen dumplings, half a chicken, half a bowl of mixed vegetables and two bowls of rice. In order to suppress the urge to hiccups, so as not to affect their image as a boss.
After the meal, several old neighbors who lived alone downstairs came to invite the He family and his son to go to the flower market together. Abba He happily went with them, and let several neighbors wait downstairs, and went back to the house to put on a coat. He Chusan pushed to read and stay at home with Mr. Xia.
"I went shopping last year, and it was nothing," He Chusan said while packing up the tableware, "Let's go to the roof to watch the fireworks later, Brother Liuyi."
"Go to the flower market with your dad, I'm back," Xia Liu said.
He Chusan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and persuaded, "It's still early, Brother Liuyi. There are not many people on the roof, so it's clean."
Xia Liuyi clutched her slightly bulging belly, and only felt that she couldn't stay in this warmer and warmer room. If she stayed any longer, it seemed that something was wrong—yes, it was this kind of "home" feeling, Make him hot!
"I have something to do when I go back," he said with a nonchalant expression, getting up to get his coat. He Chusan took a step ahead of him, took off his coat hanging behind the door, and didn't give it to him, "Just eat, sit down for a while."
Xia Liuyi pulled the coat over, "No need."
He Chusan blinked, but didn't insist, "Okay, don't delay your business. I'll take you down, Brother Liuyi."
Xia Liuyi waved his hand casually, "No, don't be seen." He took a step forward to pull the door, but He Chusan suddenly grabbed his arm tightly.
Xia Liuyi played a string in his head, and subconsciously pulled his hand! Turning his head and staring at He Chusan.
He Chusan looked innocent and said calmly, "Wait a minute, I have something for you."
Xia Liuyi resisted and stood at the door, He Chusan hurried into the kitchen, and came out with a small iron pot, which was the pot that was used to hold the preserved egg and lean meat porridge last time, "Today's soup is made in a big pot. , My dad and I can't drink it. You can take it back and put it in the refrigerator. When you want to drink it, let the bodyguard help you warm it up. You can't drink it the day after tomorrow. "
He had a calm and upright expression on his face. Before Xia Liuyi could open his mouth to refuse, he shoved the soup into his hand, took the initiative to open the door for him, took a step back, and said with a smile, "Then I won't send you off. Brother Liuyi, walk slowly."
Xia Liuyi wrapped his coat and went downstairs with the silly iron kettle. He was walking in the dark corridor, and the fine cold wind hit his face, which slightly relieved the warmth on his head and face. Even so, he was still very unaccustomed, and opened the collar of his coat a little, trying to make himself a little colder, a little colder, as usual.
He threw the iron pot on the passenger seat at random, and then reached out to straighten it before it fell and leaked. Weakly beat the steering wheel, he leaned his head back on the seat, and slowly exhaled a white breath.
…
He Chusan stood in front of the window, looking at the figure under the street lights of Xia Liuyi, and hurriedly walked into the alley wearing sunglasses, but after a while, the black Pingzhi car drove out of the alley.
For a while, it was time for a cigarette.
He leaned down, pressed his face against the cold windowpane, pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled silently. Now he knew how much he held in the other person's heart—at least worth the annoying smoking of a cigarette in the car.
The fireworks of the Victoria Harbor in the distance burst into bloom, and a colorful starlight faintly leaked from the buildings that were blocked by layers. He Chusan was lying on the window sill, his fingers digging at the red window grilles, recalling how the underworld gangster frowned not long ago and was sitting at the table concentrating on picking fishbone, he couldn't help laughing again, feeling very heartbroken. Peace and joy.