Zhou Buwen smiled wryly, "It's okay, I'm welcome." He immediately called Zhou Buyan, and after saying a few words, he hung up, "Buyan is already eating, she said she won't come over for dinner, But thank you, she will come to see you later."
Zhou Buyan has always given me an indescribably strange feeling. Even though she is the relative of Datou, I can't get close to her. I don't care if she comes or not.
I turned my head and said to Jiang Yisheng: "Go and tell Wu Julan, just make meals for four people."
Jiang Yisheng said: "I originally thought that my mother would come over and cook you a meal every day. Cousin Wu can cook so I don't have to worry about it. Xiao Luo, you sit with Datou, and I will go to the kitchen to help Cousin Wu. "After finishing speaking, he blinked at me, with a look of "you see how knowledgeable and interesting I am".
As soon as Jiang Yisheng left, the living room became quiet, only Zhou Buwen and I sat side by side on the sofa, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward. I was busy finding a topic, "When will you leave?"
Zhou Buwen said: "I planned to go tomorrow, but you are injured now, why don't I stay and wait for your injury to recover before leaving?"
I said, "Thank you very much, but I just hurt one hand and I don't need personal care. It's a little inconvenient, but Jiang Yisheng is nearby, and my cousin is there. You should go back to work as planned."
Zhou Buwen said: "Then I will come to see you after a while."
"A good job comes first. When you have time, you are welcome to visit me and Jiang Yisheng at any time."
Zhou Buwen said: "Have you lost so much money, has your plan to open an inn been affected?"
"No, it's business as usual. Don't worry, if there is any difficulty, I will speak up."
Zhou Buwen's gloomy expression finally lightened a bit, "Just remember this sentence."
I smiled and turned on the TV. With the sound of the TV, even if you don't talk, it won't look weird. While watching TV, the two chatted one after another and without one.
Half an hour later, Jiang Yisheng's voice came, "It's time to eat!"
Jiang Yisheng placed the tables and chairs in the courtyard without asking for my opinion. After Zhou Buwen washed his hands, he also went to the kitchen to help serve the dishes.
I sat on the rattan chair, waiting leisurely for the food to be served.
Four dishes and one soup, cold kelp shreds, stir-fried small tang vegetables, dry-roasted small yellow croaker, braised pork ribs, seaweed egg drop soup.
Although the color looks better than the average person, every dish is home-cooked. Zhou Buwen didn't think too much about it. After taking a bite of the small yellow croaker, his expression immediately changed, and he couldn't help but marvel: "It's the first time I eat such Delicious and tender small yellow croaker."
He ate another spare rib and praised: "It's so sweet, glutinous and sweet, I just can't bear to swallow it."
I asked flatteredly, "How is it better than going to a big hotel to eat?"
Zhou Buwen said to Wu Julan: "Cousin Wu, tell the truth, it is definitely not a compliment. I have eaten many dishes made by famous chefs, and your dishes are by no means inferior to theirs."
Jiang Yisheng guessed that he had already eaten secretly in the kitchen, and there were no surprises or surprises that Zhou Buwen heard. He just buried his head while eating, and said, "Xiao Luo, I will apply for a long-term meal in the future."
Hearing that they praised Wu Julan, You Rongyan and I smiled and said, "Eat more if you like it."
Zhou Buwen laughed and said, "Don't just watch us eat, you eat too."
I held the chopsticks in my left hand to pick up the vegetables, and after a long time of picking a small tang vegetable, I finally picked it up, but it fell on the clothes as soon as it was brought to my mouth. I hurriedly put down my chopsticks, picked up the dishes and put them on the corner of the table, and said embarrassingly: "No wonder foreigners find our chopsticks difficult to learn."
Zhou Buwen stood up and wanted to help, but Wu Julan had already taken a tissue, wiped my hands first, then handed me a clean tissue to wipe my clothes.
Wu Julan brought me an empty bowl and a spoon, picked out the well-shaped spare ribs and put them in the bowl, "Eat them with a spoon."
I scooped a piece of spare ribs into my mouth, and found that although it was a bit like a child eating, it was no problem to eat it by myself. I smiled and said, "Everyone go ahead and eat, don't stare at me, or I will be very nervous."
Zhou Buwen and Jiang Yisheng hurriedly looked away and continued eating.
Wu Julan happened to be sitting on my left. He ate with his chopsticks in his left hand and the serving chopsticks in his right hand. He put a chopstick of kelp shreds on my spoon for a while, and put a chopstick of tangcai on my spoon for a while. He also tore off the fish maw without spines and put it in my spoon.
Wu Julan used both hands, but he didn't appear flustered at all, he ate very calmly, even very elegantly, and I, who was taken care of by him, was also unhurried and relaxed.
Zhou Buwen and Jiang Yisheng couldn't care less about being polite, and just stared at it. I was also dumbfounded. While staring blankly at Wu Julan, I mechanically put the vegetables into my mouth one by one. Only Wu Julan didn't seem to feel how miraculous he was at all, and kept eating peacefully.
Jiang Yisheng couldn't help asking: "Cousin Wu, you can use chopsticks with both hands."
Without raising her eyes, Wu Julan said very flatly, "My left hand is exactly the same as my right hand."
The parties involved didn't take it seriously at all, and we shouldn't keep making a fuss. I exchanged glances with Jiang Yisheng, hypnotized myself "it's not a big deal, it's very ordinary", and continued to eat.
After dinner, Zhou Buwen and Jiang Yisheng helped Wu Julan clean up the dishes, and the four of them sat in the yard, enjoying the shade and chatting.
Last night was the first time we had been apart for many years. The tension and excitement made people want to talk all the time. Everyone relaxed tonight, holding a can of beer, talking and not talking, and not leaning seriously. Jiang Yisheng even put his feet high on the back of another chair.
The moonlight is clear, the evening wind is cool, insects are singing, and falling flowers are rustling.
Zhou Buwen looked at the familiar courtyard, then at Jiang Yisheng and me, with a dazed expression, "I feel like I'm back in my childhood, and everything hasn't changed."
Jiang Yisheng shook the beer can with a smile, and shook his index finger in denial, "At least one thing has changed. When we were young, we never had the courage to drink so blatantly. We always drank secretly on the reefs by the sea."
Zhou Buwen and I couldn't help laughing, and I said: "I really didn't expect that we could still eat and chat together, as if we were together
Walking through the maze, I thought I was separated, but I didn't expect that there was only one exit, and everyone was reunited at the exit. "
Jiang Yisheng shoved me and laughed: "Cousin Wu, do you know that your cousin is so artistic?"
Wu Julan smiled lightly and didn't speak, probably he knew very well that the mood of the people in the courtyard tonight had nothing to do with him.
"Dong Dong" knocked on the door suddenly.
Wu Julan opened the door, and Zhou Buyan walked in with two boxes of gifts, "Sister Shen, I heard from my cousin that you were injured, so I bought some supplements for you."
I think it's two packs of bird's nest, and I think it's too expensive, but refusing it in public hurts both face and feelings, so I can only keep it in my heart and return it later, "Thank you."
Zhou Buyan sat for a while, Zhou Buwen said: "It's getting late, we have to catch the boat tomorrow morning, and we have to go back to the inn to rest."
Anyway, there will be many opportunities to meet in the future, so I didn't stay as a guest.
When they left, I had already locked the courtyard door and was watching Wu Julan tidy up the courtyard when the door knocked again.
I opened the door strangely, and seeing Zhou Buyan standing outside, I hurriedly asked, "What's wrong, did you leave something behind?"
Zhou Buyan smiled and said, "I told my cousin to pick up the phone that I left behind. In fact, I didn't leave anything behind. I just wanted to have a few words with you alone."
I looked at Zhou Buyan and waited for the next article.
Zhou Buyan said: "I heard that you were robbed of more than 60,000 yuan. Your savings should be very limited. It must be very difficult to open an inn. Since you are a good friend of my cousin, let me tell you the truth. I am not optimistic about your inn. When tourists choose inns, they either like unique scenery or convenient transportation. You have nothing here.”
I interrupted her, "What exactly did Miss Zhou want to say?"
Zhou Buyan smiled confidently, "I just want to say, I really like this old house, please sell it to me, I don't care if I have a real estate certificate or not, the price is up to you. If you really don't want to sell, It’s okay to rent it to me, I only rent it for two years, and the annual rent is 200,000 yuan, paid in one lump sum. After two years, the house will be returned to you intact.”
Is she trying to knock me down with money? I was stunned for a while and said: "You are very generous, I am really tempted. If it was an ordinary house, I would definitely agree immediately. However, this is what my grandfather left me Shelter is not just a house, I really can't sell it to you, and I can't rent it to you."
Zhou Buyan said anxiously: "But, you have so little money"
"There is a way to live with more money, and there is a way to live with less money. Even if you don't have a penny, this inn can still be opened. Ms. Zhou, I have made my words very clear." I still had a polite face. laughed, but his voice was a bit cold.
Zhou Buyan stared at me deeply for a moment, then said with a blunt smile: "I hope sister Shen will not regret it in the future. When she regrets, I won't be as talkative as I am now. Four hundred thousand is nothing to me, but it is nothing to my sister." Not a small sum”
"You, talk too much nonsense." Wu Julan's voice came from beside me, abruptly interrupting Zhou Buyan's words.
I looked at him sideways, all my depression turned into a smile in an instant, Zhou Buyan blushed with anger, stared at Wu Julan and said: "You, what are you talking about?"
Wu Julan acted as if she hadn't seen her at all, half supported me and took two steps back, and gently closed the door with a "snap".
I looked at him in surprise, and he acted like nothing happened, "You go upstairs first, I'll clean up the trash and go up."
Listening to the exasperated cry from outside the door, and looking at Wu Julan who was concentrating on his work, I deeply understood: the greatest humiliation is to ignore a person.
Back in the bedroom, I checked that it was past nine o'clock, and decided to follow the doctor's advice, go to bed early, and strive to recover from the injury as soon as possible.
Slowly and clumsily, I brushed my teeth and washed my face with one hand. When I staggered out of the bathroom, I saw Wu Julan standing at the door of my room.
"Is there a problem"
He took out the medicine bottle and cotton ball, and put on disposable medical gloves. I realized that he was going to give me medicine. The doctor specifically told me to take medicine for the leg injury once in the morning and evening for five consecutive days.
I hurriedly said, "Don't bother you, I can do it myself."
He looked at me and said, "Bend down."
I hesitated and didn't move. I knew my injury best. I could sit, lie down, or stand. As long as I didn't move, it would be fine. But once you move, not to mention sitting down, standing up, bending over and other large movements, even a slight twist will involve the wound and cause a heartache. Putting medicine on the leg, and another hand, it will definitely hurt.
I gritted my teeth and was about to bend down when Wu Julan had already walked to the bedside and said, "Lie down."
I glanced at his expressionless face, decided not to challenge his IQ, and lay obediently on the bed.
Wu Julan first pressed the wound with a cotton ball soaked in brown disinfectant, and then applied the ointment prescribed by the doctor on the wound.
Although he was wearing disposable medical gloves, the thin layer of transparent plastic can isolate germs, but it cannot isolate the touch and body temperature. His fingers looked fair and slender, but they were not soft at all, they were hard and full of strength. I began to believe that he really sold his strength for a living, but when he applied the ointment lightly, I didn't feel any pain at all, and even because of his cold fingers, I felt a little cool and comfortable.
I don’t know if it’s the embarrassment because of the silence, or the silence because of the embarrassment. Neither of them said a word. My heart felt like countless ants got into my heart. I was panicked and flustered, and I suddenly made a sound, breaking the silence, " Your hands are so cold, it must be due to insufficient energy and blood, you should pay more attention to your body in the future, and don't work too hard."
Wu Julan glanced at me, didn't make a sound, and continued to take the medicine.
I no longer have the courage to talk nonsense, so I can only continue to be embarrassed in silence, silent in embarrassment.
After finally treating the wound, I felt amnesty and immediately said: "Thank you for resting earlier." I almost added: Please leave as soon as possible.
Wu Julan put away the potion and ointment, and said calmly, "Good night."
After watching Wu Julan walk out of my room, I fell limply on the bed as if my bones had been taken out, the panic and confusion of not knowing what to do still lingered in my heart.