Out of curiosity, I put down the rag in my hand, picked up the newspaper and read it carefully.
It was an entertainment newspaper. That page mainly reported anecdotes about celebrities in society, including the posthumous affairs of some deceased celebrities. It reported the current status of the children of these celebrities in the form of posthumous records to recall the past of those celebrities.
The scenery of the past.
Through this report, I learned that the woman in this black and white photo is a descendant of a famous figure from the Republic of China period.
Her real name is Du Fanghua. Her family was a very famous family in the early years of the Republic of China. This family had produced some famous officials in the late Qing Dynasty. However, after experiencing some glory, in the late Republic of China, the fate of this family began to change.
Facing its demise, many descendants, including Du Fanghua, traveled across the ocean to foreign lands.
Du Fanghua studied art and received higher education in music abroad. Later, she married an overseas Chinese with a similar background to her. However, the couple had no children for many years after their marriage.
In the late 1980s, Du Fanghua's husband passed away overseas. Already over fifty years old, she returned to China with the inheritance left by her husband and settled in Linhai City. She purchased a property here and a house in Linhai City.
She serves as a visiting teacher at the Conservatory of Music. At the same time, she has also engaged in a large number of charity activities over the years, so she has been respected and praised by people from all walks of life.
This report is full of praise for the descendants of these celebrities, which means that the traditions of some outstanding families are passed down from generation to generation. But this is not what I care about. What I care about is that in my memory
, Ye Xing said that his hometown is not in Linhai City. Linhai City is a distance from this city.
A medium-sized city five to six hundred miles away. According to this report, this woman named Du Fanghua has been living in Linhai City since she returned to China, and the college where she teaches is an adult college. So what Ye Xing said is,
Du Fanghua was his early music teacher. Where did this statement come from?
This question has left a question mark in my heart, and I think I will definitely find an answer one day.
I carefully put the newspaper away and continued my work.
It turns out that the tenants were very careless and rented someone else's house. Some unscrupulous people would not cherish the rented house as much as they cherish their own house, so they left some signs in the bathroom, kitchen, and even some corners of the bedroom and living room.
There are some stains that are difficult to remove, especially in the bathroom and kitchen.
After I cleaned up all the household garbage left by the couple of tenants, I hired a construction team that specialized in painting and painted all the rooms inside and outside the small house. In this way, the house gave people a pleasant impression.
A brand new feeling.
After the walls were painted, I opened all the windows and ventilated it for a few days to remove the mold in the house. Then, I hired a specialist to clean the range hood and the toilet in the bathroom. I simply replaced it with a brand new one.
It's very frugal, but I'm more willing to spend money on something that is used for direct contact with the human body. What's more, the flush toilet has caused great harm to the tenants, so I took this opportunity to replace it with a new one.
Then, on a Saturday, Ye Xing and I cleaned my small house inside and out, because the process of painting the walls will inevitably leave some marks on the ground, and the painters will not
In order to clean it so clean for you, there are also some corners of the kitchen that were dirty by the tenants, as well as scrubbing the surfaces of all appliances and furniture. All these must be done carefully by my own family.
Ye Xing spared no effort in helping me work, and he worked very methodically, cleanly and neatly. I once wondered if he had ever been a soldier? Otherwise, how could he be so neat with his hands and feet?
After the room was cleaned, Ye Xing helped me wipe all the glass windows again. After doing this, my small house finally looked like a brand new house!
Although Ye Xing and I were exhausted, seeing the house so clean and tidy by us, the joy in our hearts was indescribable.
After finishing all the above-mentioned chores, it was already afternoon. Regardless of my fatigue, I grabbed Ye Xing and went straight to the nearby decoration market.
I ordered a new set of curtains and sofa covers from a fabric store there, because the sofa in my small house was made of cloth, but the original covers had been stained by the tenants, and they had to be washed.
I couldn't wash it out. In order to feel like saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, I simply asked someone to make a new one. It didn't cost much anyway.
The same goes for the curtains. The curtains in that small house were bought casually when Deng Wenliang and I first moved in ten years ago. Now the color has almost faded, and it’s time to get a new set. I made this one again.
The curtains are not expensive, but the colors and materials are quite satisfactory to me.
After taking the curtains and sofa covers, I took Ye Xing to the nearby flower and bird market to buy a few pots of green plants, so that the room would have some life.
With these big and small bags in hand, Ye Xing and I took a taxi back. When we got home, we wiped off our sweat and quickly put these things in their place.
Ye Xing first worked with me to put the brand new sofa cover on the sofa, and then he helped me hang up the beautiful curtains, while I placed the lovely green plants in appropriate locations in each room.
I took out the new bedspreads, pillowcases and various curtains that I had collected but never wanted to use, and used them to add luster to my room.
In this way, my old house has been transformed into a new house that can be used for wedding!
Seeing how beautiful and tidy the house became, Ye Xing was also surprised. While admiring the new house decorated by himself, the two of us breathed softly. At this time, we felt sore all over. It was really...
Exhausted.
Ye Xing gradually moved his eyes to my face. He stared straight at my face, and then started to laugh.
He laughed so hard that my heart went crazy. I hit him angrily and asked him, "Why are you laughing?"
Seeing that I was angry, Ye Xing smiled even more heartily, and even leaned forward and back a little. While laughing, he told me out of breath: "You...you have a black patch on your face...you just look like this."
Mian Mian went to the decoration market, and then to the flower and bird market, hahahaha!"
I was so angry that I went up to pinch him and complained to him: "Then why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Ye Xing laughed so hard that tears almost overflowed. He breathed heavily and smiled at me: "I'm almost exhausted, how can I care about you?"
I ran to the mirror and took a look. Anyway, the gray patch was not particularly obvious. The decoration market and flower and bird market were crowded with people. Who would stare at me? Who cares?
So I turned around and shouted to Ye Xing: "Don't laugh there, go take a shower, then I'll cook, and when you finish washing, I'll go in and wash too."
Ye Xing agreed and walked into the bathroom, but immediately he seemed to remember something, turned around, looked at his dirty clothes, and murmured to me: "But I don't have any change of clothes?"
I frowned at him and urged him: "Go in quickly. I have prepared it for you. It is in the basket above the washing machine. You can see it at a glance."
Looking at my suggestive eyes, Ye Xing smiled knowingly, sweetly, and responded softly: "Okay."
While he was taking a shower, I went to the kitchen to cook. I simmered the rice first, and then started washing, chopping vegetables, and cutting meat. I first put all the vegetables for stew in a small pot and simmered them over a slow fire, and then started cooking again.
Place the vegetables to be fried and the sliced meat on a plate and set them aside. Everything is ready.
I looked at the time and estimated that my daughter would be here in half an hour. I made an appointment with her to meet here today.
At this time, Ye Xing also finished taking a shower and walked out wiping his wet hair.
He was wearing a brand new summer sweatshirt I bought for him. The light gray color matched his skin tone very well and made him look bright.
He saw me staring at him, then looked at himself with a grin, raised his head and said to me: "That's right, you are really good at buying."
I smiled lightly and stared at him without saying a word. In fact, I had bought this suit a long time ago, but I never found a chance to give it to him. I just took this opportunity to give it to him today.
I warned myself in my heart that I won't show my true feelings this time.
But despite this, I still want to be nice to him, and I won’t give any reasons.
I said to him calmly: "The meat is stewing. You keep an eye on it and help me turn over the pot from time to time. I'll go take a shower. When I come out, I'll fry some other vegetables." As I said that, I passed by Ye Xing.
And passed.
He hurriedly reached out his hand and pulled the tips of my fingers, but he happily agreed: "Okay, don't worry."
I turned around and glared at him before he smiled and let go of my finger. I walked into the bathroom and locked the door.
Standing under the shower head, I took off all the clothes on my body. Only then did I feel exhausted from the inside out. I turned on the shower head and let the fine water flow down my smooth body.
After I took a shower, when I was standing in front of the mirror and drying my hair, I heard the sound of "thorn, thorn, thorn" cooking coming from the kitchen. I was slightly startled, and then I understood what dishes Ye Xing was cooking, and I couldn't help but smile.
With a faint smile, Ye Xing can cook, I have known this for a long time, but today he is still willing to cook for me even though he is so tired, which still makes me a little touched.
At this time, I heard the doorbell ring, and then Ye Xing's high-pitched voice came: "The door is unlocked, come in!"
Ye Xing should know that Tongtong has arrived, because I just told him that Tongtong will come here to have dinner with us today.
Sure enough, the next step was the sound of the door opening, and then my daughter Tongtong's tender voice came: "Brother Ye Xing, where is my mother?"
The sound of cooking did not stop, but Ye Xing still replied to Tongtong while cooking: "Your mother is taking a shower in the bathroom, she will be out in a moment."