This is normal, they were all teenagers when they first met, how many kids at that age can cook? When Xia Wanwan was around, Jiang Xiao opened his mouth to eat, and basically never entered the kitchen. Later, life forced him to go out to work, and there were many small restaurants outside for him to choose from. At that time, Jiang Xiao ate enough for one person and the whole family was not hungry, earning a month’s money Even if you spend a month's money, you don't have any personality, but after meeting Lin Chengyu, it's different.
He began to plan for the future, life needs to increase revenue and cut expenditure carefully, cooking food by oneself is much more economical than eating out, so Jiang Xiao began to think about it.
As an entry-level popular food, egg fried rice is the first dish Jiang Xiao learned.
When he made it for the first time, the eggs he scrambled were a little burnt, and occasionally he could eat the eggshells inside, and the shredded cabbage in it was not too cooked, it was a bit raw, and the salt and soy sauce were a bit too much, making the taste salty , all in all, it's edible, but it's really not very tasty.
He was a little embarrassed when he came out of the kitchen with the plate of fried rice. He ate two spoonfuls of it by himself and felt that he couldn't explain it. He scratched his head and said to Lin Chengyu, "Why don't we go out to eat?"
Lin Chengyu's family was rich when he was young, and Yong Jiang was in the high-end hotel industry. He had eaten all kinds of delicacies from mountains and seas. He didn't like fried rice. At first, he wanted to say that he was not hungry today. When he looked up and saw Jiang Xiao's face, he suddenly didn't say anything.
Jiang Xiao was still wearing an apron, and the apron was stained with new oil stains. The Liujiang River was sweltering that day, and he had been working in the kitchen for a long time. When he came out, his forehead was covered with beads of sweat. , I stretched out my hand to wipe it, looking at him with pitiful eyes, he just ate two spoonfuls of fried rice by himself, and it didn't taste good, and he was obviously disappointed.
He has worked very hard.
Just like this, Lin Chengyu didn't say any words of rejection. He even picked up a spoon and took a sip, then stuffed it into his mouth under Jiang Xiao's bright eyes.
"It's delicious," he said, "If you don't go out, just eat this."
The two of them ate the plate of fried rice one by one.
The food was really not good, but Jiang Xiao looked at himself like that and then laughed, he was silly and very flattering, so it didn’t matter so much whether the food was good or not. The old saying goes that if you drink enough water, it’s probably the same reason.
It was at that time that Jiang Xiao started his culinary career. His persistence is there. As long as he is serious enough and spends time, the improvement of his skills is remarkable.
Later, he was even able to cook a full banquet in the small kitchen. He could cook both Chinese and Western food. Every year he would carefully prepare a candlelight dinner on what he thought was anniversaries, but on many anniversaries, he didn’t wait for that one to share with him. People who can't eat fried rice with eggs are gone.
After all, it has changed.
Jiang Xiao picked up the lunch box, and when he turned around, he saw Lin Chengyu standing there in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.
Jiang Xiao will not recall those things like him again, he is not looking for abuse.
"Let's go," Jiang Xiao reminded him, "Do you still want to stay at our house?"
Because of this sentence, Lin Chengyu pulled out of his memory and saw the real person in front of him.
He suddenly couldn't restrain himself, and stepped forward to hold Jiang Xiao in his arms.
In Jiang's small kitchen, the smell of egg fried rice, the mellow smell of chicken soup that has been stewed for a long time, and the lemon smell of the detergent just washed away, all these smells are intertwined, and they are all made up of trivial life in ordinary life. What he didn't care about before, but now he looks forward to returning to the past where he and Jiang Xiao depended on each other for life.
In the cold weather, this person is like a treasure box, as long as Lin Chengyu touches him, or even looks at him, he can feel a sweet warmth from him to himself.
But Jiang Xiao didn't feel warm at all, he was a little impatient, moving back and forth in his arms, ready to stretch his legs and blunt him: "Go away, do you hear me? If this thermos is poured again, I will definitely kill you. "
You don't know, you've already killed me once.
Lin Chengyu didn't dare to say this, he hugged the person, as if he had been charging for a while. He also didn't dare to tell Jiang Xiao what he missed, because Lin Chengyu knew that as long as the memories he cherished were extended a little bit, it would not be good for Jiang Xiao and himself.
But being able to hold him for a while is also profitable, Lin Chengyu let go before Jiang Xiao loses his temper.
In the heavy snow all over the sky, he accompanied Jiang Xiao to deliver meals, following every step, that person no longer looked back at him, but as long as he saw Jiang Xiao's back, he was already satisfied.
It's good that he's still there.
Jiang Xiao seems to be all his fireworks, a part of his entanglement in his life, the source of all his courage, and the heart that has regrown from his body and stripped away, so that now he is willing to be led by Jiang Xiao. Walking, hoping that he can look back at himself.
I missed so much that I don't know what to do now.
Before entering Xia Wanwan's company, he stopped in order not to embarrass Jiang Xiao, he knew that Jiang Xiao didn't want him to see his family.
It's a bit self-aware at the moment.
Jiang Xiao entered the company with a lunch box. Her mother and the others had urgent work in the company recently, and almost all of them were working overtime.
But many people lived far away, and had no time to brave the heavy snow to deliver meals. When Jiang Xiao came over with a lunch box, many colleagues in the company were very envious.
"Your son?"
"He's so obedient and well-behaved, and he can cook for his mother himself. Oh, that debt collector in our family, don't talk about cooking, if you tell him to eat well, he will die."
"Accountant Xia is very lucky."
While Xia Wanwan said yes, she was overjoyed at the same time.
"Is it cold?" She touched Jiang Xiao's hand, "The unit has lunch boxes, why do you come here?"
Xia Wanwan and the others are rather stingy in their work unit, and the boxed lunches they ordered for overtime work are the cheapest ones. The meals are hard as hell, and there is no oil or water in the dishes. To put it bluntly, even a dog can’t eat them, and it’s half cold when it’s delivered in heavy snow. , it is even more difficult to enter.
"Let's eat first," Jiang Xiao took out the fried rice and chicken soup, smiled at Xia Wanwan, and said in a low voice, "I don't know how bad your company's food is?"
There was a packet of gingerbread on the top of the thermos. Jiang Xiao wrapped it in a bag, so it was not dirty. He went back and put it in the pot to heat it again. It is still warm to the touch.
Jiang Xiao found a fruit plate from Xia Wanwan's table, and put ginger sugar cakes one by one. This thing was improved on the basis of brown sugar cakes. The glutinous rice cakes are soft and sweet with brown sugar, and a little ginger juice is added. , eating in cold weather can warm the body.
He shared this little pastry with the people in the office, and Jiang Xiao was sweet and good at talking, making everyone very happy.
When Xia Wanwan is in a bad mood, her work will naturally be affected as well. Her colleagues may have some opinions but they will not say them out. When living outside, one must always be kind to others, and it will be more comfortable to communicate and get along with each other.
Maybe it's because the food at the work unit is too bad. Xia Wanwan's egg fried rice smells very delicious. A colleague who has a good relationship with her came to eat a spoonful. After eating, I realized that Jiang Xiao made it. I was surprised.
"It's very delicious," the other party praised sincerely, "Your son is amazing!"
Jiang Xiao stayed in the office for a while, and just after Xia Wanwan finished eating, he packed up the dishes and went back. Only when he went downstairs did he remember that Lin Chengyu was still waiting there.
Lin Chengyu was standing there talking on the phone. Although mobile phones are not so popular these days, it is not difficult for a family like Lin Chengyu to get one. Yes, it's probably something about the company, and he doesn't need to understand it.
It was only in his life that he knew that the Yong Jiang hotel chain, which was full of negative news and then collapsed, was owned by Lin Chengyu's family. However, since this person was reborn at this point in time, he probably wouldn't let this happen again.
When Jiang Xiao came down, Lin Chengyu's phone calls were almost finished. He didn't know where to get a hot water bottle, and his eyes lit up when he saw him.
"Xiaoxiao Nuan warms your hands," he said, "Let me lift it for you."
He conveniently took the empty thermos from Jiang Xiao's hand, and, like a magic trick, he took out a cup of hot cocoa from behind and handed it to Jiang Xiao, and he could smell the rich sweet aroma of chocolate through the bag.
"It's for you," he said, "I remember you enjoying this."
It's not that Lin Chengyu doesn't know what Jiang Xiao likes at all, after all, he's not really wooden after living for so long.
Jiang Xiao likes to drink hot cocoa in winter. Lin Chengyu remembers the sweetness of cocoa he tasted from his lips when they were kissing. Jiang Xiao likes to eat sweet when he is stressed. Later, when he had a toothache, the doctor told him to eat less , He said that he didn't eat it, he didn't eat it, he really didn't eat it, he knew he was lying when he kissed, and he could taste the sweetness after brushing his teeth and rinsing his mouth.
"...Are you free?" Jiang Xiao looked at him, then looked at the hot drink in his hand, "You are also allowed to run around at home and school?"
The final exam will be in two days, and Lin Chengyu doesn't look like a junior high school student at all.
"The teachers hired by my family set goals for me every week. Grandpa said that I will come to you when I finish," Lin Chengyu explained, "The final exams in Huayang private schools are different from those in public schools. The paper exam was finished a month ago, and the last month is a practical class, and the whole class went to Australia for an exchange, where the weather is warmer."
Lin Chengyu asked for leave and couldn't go. It's not that he hasn't been to Australia before. His grades in school are good, and Lin's grandfather also acquiesced. But he didn't go abroad with the school's arrangement, and the homework arranged by the family was even heavier. When he didn't see Jiang Xiao, he devoted himself to studying, and only slept four or five hours a day to achieve his goal.
Now that I have gone through all this, I don't feel tired, because I have thoughts in my heart.
It only takes 24 hours for him to see Jiang Xiao once, and it takes 10 hours by car, and 1.9 hours in a hurry. He comes back and forth, and the time he can stay in Houlin is only five or six hours at most. And this is not the time to get along, Jiang Xiao doesn't want to see him, sometimes he stays downstairs at his house, sometimes he waits at school, he doesn't dare to disturb Jiang Xiao when he is in class, occasionally there are outdoor PE classes, He could take a look at the person he was thinking of from afar across the playground.
Today is considered lucky, and we have been together for a long time.
"Drink it, it will get cold if you leave it there," Lin Chengyu pointed to the cup of hot cocoa, "There's no need for Xiaoxiao to reject even a drink, right?"
Jiang Xiao looked down, Houlin didn't sell such mellow hot cocoa this year, and he didn't know where Lin Chengyu got it just now.
But he still didn't move.
"...I'll leave right away," Lin Chengyu said helplessly, "I'll leave as soon as you drink, really."
It's almost time.
He put down the thermos under Jiang Xiao's gaze, then took a few steps back, Lin's car stopped at the intersection, and Jiang Xiao saw it too.
But Lin Chengyu was still staring at him, as if he really wouldn't leave if he didn't drink.
"Xiaoxiao, just try it." Lin Chengyu took a few steps back and stood in the snowy sky, "Take a sip, and I won't bother you today."
Jiang Xiao thought for a while, glanced at him, and took a sip from the straw.
Seeing that he drank, Lin Chengyu obeyed what he said before and didn't stay longer. The Lin family's car drove past the unit, and Jiang Xiao turned around and threw the steaming cup of cocoa into the trash can.
Lin Chengyu opened the car window to see him more, and happened to see this scene clearly.
The smile on his face froze for a while, the car drove by quickly, and he couldn't see Jiang Xiao's appearance.