I heard my daughter's voice and my hair was almost done. I hurriedly straightened my clothes, then opened the bathroom door and walked out.
I saw my daughter standing in the entrance hall, looking around at my brand-new cabin, while Ye Xing was waving a big spoon in the kitchen to stir-fry.
Today, Tongtong is wearing a small light pink bud skirt. Coupled with her snow-white skin, she looks like a lotus flower in bud in early summer.
"Mom is here!" I smiled at my daughter and walked towards her.
"Mom!" Tongtong shouted happily when she saw me, threw herself into my arms, looked at the whole room again with some uncertainty, and murmured to me: "Mom, is this really our original home?
Why do you clean it up so beautifully?"
I smiled and gently hugged my daughter's body. She had grown taller again and was no longer much shorter than me. I explained softly to my daughter: "Actually, I just painted it and changed some curtains. It's not too big."
Change."
"But it's different!" her daughter jumped with joy, her eyes wide open. "It's as clean as a fairy tale world!" she praised sincerely.
I think it may be that the colors I chose for the curtains and sofa covers are relatively fresh, and the emerald green plants are in sharp contrast to the white walls, which is why it gives people such a big visual impact.
At this time, Ye Xing came out with a plate of fried vegetables.
I had already set the dining table and tableware. When I saw Ye Xing bringing out the dishes, I quickly went to help him. I took out the chicken stewed with wild mushrooms and ribs stewed with beans in a large bowl, and at the same time softly told my daughter to go.
Wash your hands and come over to eat.
My daughter happily agreed and ran to the bathroom.
Ye Xing made three stir-fried dishes according to the vegetables and meat I had cut. There were stir-fried pork slices with fresh bamboo shoots, stir-fried meat segments with green peppers, and one stir-fried egg with garlic sprouts. I mixed it with a simple cold dish, and mixed it with the two.
The stew consists of six dishes, which is quite rich.
I opened a bottle of locally produced champagne, and my daughter happily handed me crystal clear glasses. I filled everyone's glasses with the bubbling champagne, and the three of us were all filled with sweet smiles.
Smiling, they sat down opposite each other at the round dining table.
The daughter picked up the chopsticks and quickly took a bite of Ye Xing's stir-fried vegetables. She put it in her mouth and tasted it slowly. Ye Xing looked at her expression intently. For a moment, a satisfied smile appeared on Tongtong's face and she said sweetly to Ye Xing.
Said: "Brother Ye Xing's cooking tastes pretty good!"
Hearing Tongtong's praise, Ye Xing smiled happily. Tongtong turned to me again and added, "Of course, it's a little worse than what my mother said, huh?"
Ye Xing and I looked at each other and both laughed, thinking that this little girl really knows how to talk. While praising the guests' cooking skills, she also didn't forget to praise her own mother.
The meal ended in this happy atmosphere.
After dinner, I arranged for my daughter to go back to her room to do her homework. I had tidied up my daughter's bedroom, replaced the bedding on the bed with new ones, and also replaced the curtains with new ones, and bought her new ones.
A small desk.
Ye Xing and I sat in the living room and watched TV for a while. I glanced at Ye Xing, thinking about it, and asked him casually: "Ye Xing, I remember you said that your hometown is Sanye City, right?" Sanye
This city is a small city more than 700 miles away from this city. I remember Ye Xing once told me that he grew up in that city.
"Yeah, what's wrong?" Ye Xing turned his gaze from the TV and asked me puzzledly.
"Oh, it's nothing." I smiled faintly at him, put a piece of cut fruit in his hand, and then continued to ask casually, "Did you always live in Sanye City when you were a child?"
Ye Xing nodded affirmatively at me and responded: "Yes, I have been in that city since I was a child."
I nodded lightly and didn't ask any more questions, but the suspicion in my heart became more and more serious.
Ye Xing grew up in Sanye City, while Du Fanghua has been living in Linhai City since returning to China. The two cities are at least a few hundred kilometers apart. So how did Du Fanghua become Ye Xing's first teacher? Logically speaking, there is no reason for the Ye family to
Hiring a music teacher for the child from such a far away place, and Du Fanghua had already passed away when Ye Xing became an adult, and the two of them had no chance to become teachers and students, so this issue has always been a question mark in my mind.
It was getting late, so Ye Xing stood up and said goodbye. Before leaving, he said to me: "Oh, you are not going to open a store in the village in the city, and I am going to move away too."
Hearing this, I was surprised and immediately asked him: "Where are you going to move to?"
Ye Xing smiled and said to me: "I moved back to my roommate's place. After I moved out, his room had been vacant, so I found a roommate temporarily. That person moved out not long after living there, so now I
It’s a good time to move back.”
Seeing his calm and calm expression when he said this, I was startled for a moment, and then I murmured to him: "Is it purely for me that you moved to the village in the city?"
Ye Xing lowered his head, smiled awkwardly, and said nothing.
Seeing his silence, I hesitated to speak.
Thinking about my daughter doing her homework next door, it might not be very convenient for us to talk in the living room, so I whispered to Ye Xing: "Anyway, I want to go to the supermarket to buy something. It's cool outside at night. Can I accompany you downstairs for a walk?"
"
Ye Xing looked at me and had no objection. I walked to the door of my daughter's room, opened the door gently, and said softly to her: "Tongtong, mommy went to the small supermarket outside the community to buy something, and by the way, I sent brother Ye Xing downstairs.
You'll be back soon, huh?"
My daughter nodded to me obediently, so I put on some clothes and walked downstairs with Ye Xing.
The lanterns were already starting to come on outside, and in the early autumn, the evening breeze had already brought a bit of chill. Fortunately, I had some clothes on.
Seeing me slightly hugging my shoulders, Ye Xing asked with concern: "Is it cold? How about you go back?"
I smiled faintly at him and whispered: "It's okay, it won't be too cold at this time." Then I looked ahead and said to him, "Let's walk forward."
So, we walked forward silently along the street of the community.
Ye Xing took the bus at a platform in front of him. When he was about to get there, I stopped and said to Ye Xing: "Ye Xing, don't come to me again in the future."
Hearing my words, Ye Xing was slightly startled, and then asked softly: "Oh, is there any inconvenience?"
I smiled bitterly, thought about it, and then solemnly said to Ye Xing: "Look, now that I have moved back to my own house, the next step in the urban village will be demolished, and I will not open that store."
, and then I will find a better store in the city to open a fast food restaurant, and I will hire someone to operate it. I will only be responsible for the overall management, and I will not work overtime from dawn to dusk like before, so you don’t have to...
You were so worried about me before."
Ye Xing listened to what I said silently, with his head slightly lowered, and after a long time when I finished speaking, he said softly "Oh."
Seeing his reaction, I said to him again: "Ye Xing, although I... can't completely forget what happened in the past, but you have been kind to me during this time... I also see it, how should I put it, I
Thank you for accompanying me through the lowest period. Now that I have gradually passed that period, I also hope that both of us can return to our original life trajectories. You should have your own life, and
I will also have my future plans."
I think what I said above has been made very clear. After hearing this, Ye Xing raised his head and looked at me. After a moment, he asked softly: "Do you have someone you like?"
I smiled and denied: "Not yet," and then explained to him, "Right now, I just want to open the fast food restaurant I envisioned as soon as possible, and I will put aside other things for the time being and not think about it."
Ye Xing put his hands in his pockets, lowered his head, and was silent for a long time. Then he raised his head and said slowly to me: "You don't want me to get involved in your life, I understand, but I think that before you meet the person you like, we
We can still...be friends, right?"
His eyes were shining brightly under the street lights. I knew he was serious, but I didn't want to drag on like this anymore, so I said to him lightly: "Isn't it better?"
Ye Xing stared at me blankly and didn't speak for a long time. Later, he nodded helplessly and replied hoarsely: "Okay."
At this time, the bus that Ye Xing was taking arrived, and I quickly reminded him: "The bus is here, you should leave quickly!"
Ye Xing nodded at me, walked backwards, waved at me, and finally turned around and ran towards the slowly stopping bus.
I watched him get on the bus. He was sitting at the very back of the bus. He was still waving to me while sitting in the bus. I waved to him too, then turned around and walked towards my home without hesitation.
go.
***
In the following days, my small shop in the urban village was basically semi-closed.
Because demolition is already a certainty, in those days, people from the demolition office came every day to mobilize landlords to accept the resettlement conditions and move as soon as possible. Many outside merchants were panicked and were making early plans. The number of tenants in urban villages was also getting smaller and smaller.
Of course, the sales of Malatang are no longer as popular as in the past, with only a few individual customers visiting every day.
Therefore, I only left Xiaomei to help look after the store and greet the few individual customers, while I walked around the main commercial streets in the city to find a suitable store location.
I still dare not consider the shops in the central section of the city. Although there are a lot of people there, the high rent also puts me off. In the end, I chose a shop location that is for rent in the suburbs of the city.
It is relatively remote, but it is surrounded by a newly built science and technology park with a large number of office buildings and office workers. I have a feeling that opening a fast food restaurant here will have a very good effect.