It was almost seven o'clock in the evening when Xu Wenbin came back.
The pork ribs were gurgling and stewed in the pot, and the room was full of fragrance. He was happy when he smelled it, and he was even happier when he saw Xu Qing sitting on the sofa.
"Come here to pay the rent?"
"No, I'm coming to eat."
"..."
Xu Wenbin's joy was gone.
"Hurry up and wash your hands and prepare to eat."
Zhou Suzhi urged, the meal was made according to the time when Xu Wenbin came back in the past few days, just came back to wash his hands, and then sat down and started eating.
"I looked at the water and electricity myself. It's a total of one hundred and thirty. I'll transfer it to you together." Xu Qing was no longer poor, took out his mobile phone and transferred the money to the old man.
"No, you used nearly 300 last month, so why is it less than half this month?" Xu Wenbin washed his hands and probed, looking suspiciously at Xu Qing in the living room.
"Didn't you cut it in half?" Xu Qing said confidently.
"The rent is reduced, what about shutting down the water and electricity..."
"Okay, let's cut it all down. A hundred yuan is deducted and shrunk. Are you two interested?" Zhou Suzhi came out with the dishes and set the result for this matter.
I don't know what evil I did, but the father and son didn't stop.
"For more than a hundred yuan, I can eat another rib..." Xu Wenbin was annoyed, wiped his hands and came to sit down, looking at Xu Qing who was holding a remote control to adjust the station, "It's almost the end of the year, where are you working?"
"My mother just asked."
"Oh."
Just ask, he and Zhou Suzhi are absolutely unified in this matter, so there is no need to talk nonsense.
When this kid can't afford to support his girlfriend, he obediently finds something to do.
"Eat, what else are you doing?"
"Here we come."
Xu Qing tuned the TV to the central one, Dian Dian went to wash his hands and then served the meal.
The pork ribs at home are always the most fragrant. As for why they are delicious, there is no special skill, just because they are used to eating them.
Just bring Jianghe over here and have a taste...
Sitting at the dining table and smelling the aroma, Xu Qing almost thought of packing, but changed his mind again.
That girl probably had already eaten, and was seriously working overtime and playing games.
Thinking of the scene of Jiang He sitting in front of the computer with a serious face and manipulating the characters flying around, the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously, making Xu Wenbin frown.
"What are you smirking at?"
"Huh?" Xu Qing was stunned, "Did I laugh?"
"..."
Xu Wenbin didn't bother to care, took the bowl and chopsticks handed over by Zhou Suzhi and buried himself in eating.
This kid is crazy.
"Cough... Dad, how is the development of your ruins going?" Xu Qing started chatting.
"That's called an ancient tomb, what ruins?"
"... What my mother said, I just learned it."
"What's the matter, you're going to steal it after it's developed?" Xu Wenbin glanced at him, "Or do you want to see it before making it yourself? Don't let me see you tinkering with those straw sandals from the Tang Dynasty again. Haozi will be arrested for you, not doing business."
Okay, Xu Qing doesn't want to chat anymore.
If he wanted to tell his father that there was a thousand-year-old man in his family, he would have to blow up his hair and send him to Nanshan No. 2 Hospital overnight.
"What straw sandals?" Zhou Suzhi was curious, and looked at the two of them with her chopsticks.
"The last time I went there, he took a broken shoe and told me it was from the Tang Dynasty." Xu Wenbin was still a little bit coke when he talked about it, and turned to Xu Qing and said, "Why don't you say it was made up by Liu Bei?"
"..."
Xu Qing gnawed on the ribs in his bowl seriously.
"Return to Kaiyuan, did your sword also have Kaiyuan? Oh, you don't sleep at night, just sit in a time machine like in the novel and go to the Tang Dynasty to get it, right? Brand new..."
"Isn't that tattered?"
"You broke it!" Xu Wenbin stared, "Is it the same as broken?"
"... I can't fit it in, it's too small." Xu Qing shrugged, "Just kidding when you eat and eat, there is no money, if there is any money, I will just send it and buy your house directly."
"I won't sell you."
"Then I'll buy someone else's. Your house is haunted. I don't want to buy it yet."
The friendly discussion lasted until the end of the meal. Xu Qing packed up the dishes and went to the kitchen to wash them. Zhou Suzhi took care of the other dishes.
When I grow up, I always feel a bit redundant when I stay at home. I have nothing to do. The family talk is finished at the dinner table. Although the scene of watching TV and chatting together on the sofa after eating is beautiful, but usually there are not so many. Don't worry, there's not much to talk about.
It would be better if the old couple get together by themselves, it will have more topics, and they can gossip about the parents in the community and their relationships.
Looking left and right, there was nothing to do. Seeing Xu Wenbin packing his briefcase and taking out a stack of materials into the study, Xu Qing followed to see a pile of incomprehensible papers.
"You can take a rest after get off work, and you will be tired after all this when you come back."
"I'm happy, it's better than you doing nothing all day long."
"No wonder my mother goes out to play mahjong every day."
"..."
Xu Wenbin looked sideways, "Is it itchy?"
"Okay, do your research, I'm going back."
Xu Qing turned around and went out, went to the kitchen to say hello to Zhou Suzhi, was about to leave, glanced at a plastic box next to the cabinet, and stopped in her tracks.
Inside the box is a layer of clear water, a large piece of ginger, and a puff of green leaves.
"Mom, is this ginger?" He looked at the leaf in surprise, and there was indeed a large piece of ginger at the bottom of the box.
This thing doesn't look much worse than the Lucky Bamboo, and it's pretty good-looking.
"Yeah, I heard that eating this kind of food is good for your health, so I planted one... Hey, what are you doing?" Zhou Suzhi opened his hand.
"Give me half of it, and I'll take it home and grow it myself."
"Buy it yourself, it's not expensive."
"No... Oh, give me half, anyway, it can grow out."
Xu Qing begged for nothing, divided half of the ginger out, and went out to the living room to find a box to put it in, "Can I just put some water in it?"
"You can buy a piece of fresh ginger at the supermarket, and it will germinate by itself in the water." Zhou Suzhi waved away, then took out a large piece of ginger from under the table, cut it up and threw it into a plastic box, "Just don't worry about it. "
"Learned!"
Xu Qing held ginger and looked left and right, Jiang Miao... Jiang He... Hey, she must be interested in raising and playing with this thing.
Go back to her in a while... see... Xu Qing froze suddenly.
"What are you doing? Why don't you go back so late?" Zhou Suzhi tidied up the kitchen, turned around and was about to turn off the lights, when she saw Xu Qingchu thinking there.
"..."
Xu Qing looked at his mother, then at the box in his hand, raised his head and thought for a while, and said unsurely, "Mom, I seem to be in love."
His lips were a little dry, and he pursed his lips, not quite sure about his discovery.
Feelings come out of nowhere
It's a bit sloppy...
"You two live together, what do you mean?" Zhou Suzhi looked like an old man on the subway, "You don't have a fever, do you?"
"...No, I'll go back first."
Xu Qing greeted, turned and walked out, "Go to bed early, don't let my dad go to bed too late."
Fascinated by a girl from more than a thousand years ago? Still greedy... oh, not greedy, dare not be greedy.
This has to be carefully considered.
Outside, the moon and stars are sparse.
He went downstairs all the way out of the gate of the community, and was blown by the cool night wind, and suddenly felt chills, he couldn't help shrunk his body, and his mind was much clearer.
Putting his hands in his pockets and looking up at the night sky, the crescent crescent hung on the edge of the sky exuding a cool light, Xu Qing took a deep breath, and then let it out slowly, the looming cold mist slipped away from his mouth.
My heart beats a little faster.