Some things couldn't be explained clearly over the phone, so they made an appointment to talk in detail at a familiar cold drink shop. This place was owned by the government, and both Su Xiangli and Zheng Qilu felt at home.
Relatively speaking, Lu Zhengkang and Zheng Qilu were more familiar with each other. They even called them Mr. Zheng, while Su Xiangli and Mr. Zheng were just acquaintances.
There is green stubble on Zheng Qilu's face, his hair is still as greasy, and his expression does not look middle-aged and wretched, but he is also very vicissitudes of life. In the past six months, the more people he knew, the greater the psychological pressure.
.Now he has the intention of surviving the disaster.
The funeral arrangements for his old friend Lu Xuefeng had just been arranged not long ago. Zheng Qilu's heart has always been clouded. Seeing Su Xiangli, this child, matured like an adult, especially her eyes.
It's also uncomfortable.
"When did great-grandpa leave?"
"It was around the third day of this month. I received the news in the early morning of the fourth day. He didn't let others know."
"Did Master leave anything behind?"
"Yes, he left something in the account of the Diyi Reading Company for you and Xiaolu. It turned out to be..." Zheng Qilu choked up a little when he thought of the boy's smile, "It turned out that the content was different.
What I left for you is different from what I left for him. Now, I will give you both keys."
Memory archiving is an emerging technology industry. It does not actually extract memories, but leaves a recorded holographic image for others to view.
Su Xiangli took the two electronic certificates and said goodbye to Zheng Qilu.
Riding the hovercar all the way to the service office of Ciyi Reading Company, Su Xiangli first read the content left for her by her grandfather.
Walking into an empty white room, the walls and ceiling are covered with sound-absorbing materials. The silence here can make people have auditory hallucinations. The staff brought an iron tray, and the white VR glasses placed on it also looked cold.
"Are you medical staff?"
"Yes."
"Okay, thank you."
Su Xiangli put on his glasses and the staff left silently.
The lights in the room dimmed, and then, a sea of turbid waves appeared in front of Su Xiangli's eyes.
The grandfather stood on the gray and thin beach, staring at the round moon on the sea level. The sky was covered by sparse gray-blue twilight. The sun had already fallen below the horizon. The stars loomed in the clean and clear sky. The wind continued.
Blowing toward the sea from behind, Su Xiangli still sat on the chair without moving.
Lu Xuefeng looked at it for a while, then slowly turned around, revealing his old and decayed face. Today he was wearing a Chinese tunic suit, looking very formal.
"Little classmate Su Xiangli, how are you doing recently?" The master slowly walked up to Su Xiangli. His weakened torso made people suspicious that he would fall down if he walked faster.
"Grandpa, I'm doing very well recently." Su Xiangli smiled.
"Well, from now on, you will be the wife of my Lu family." Lu Xuefeng said with a straight face, "I can see that you can go all the way. Although that kid Lu Zhengkang is smart, he is a man after all. Many
Sometimes it will be rough. If he feels sorry for you in any way, don't spoil him. It's okay to hit him twice. He won't fight back."
Su Xiangli pursed her lips, narrowed her eyes, shook her head, but nodded hard.
Lu Xuefeng's memory grinned, "Wait a moment." He went to pick up some dry branches, dug a small fire pit not far from Su Xiangli, arranged the branches, and lit a bonfire.
From nowhere, he took out a small clay pot and shook it. There was a rustling sound inside. He pointed the mouth of the pot towards Su Xiangli and said, "No, pork belly, potatoes, dried chilies, star anise leaves, I'll teach you how to make potatoes."
Stewed pork. Lu Zhengkang likes to eat this the most. As long as you learn this, he will definitely obey you."
Cut the pork into large cubes. Choose potatoes with sufficient starch content. Cut them into hob cubes. You can use any spices without adding water. Use Shaoxing rice wine instead to cover the pork. Add an appropriate amount of soy sauce, dark soy sauce and yellow rock sugar, and put it on a small fire.
Cook slowly.
Taking advantage of this period of time, Lu Xuefeng babbled, "Xiao Su, girls still have to learn to cook. Don't think that you have old ideas. Cooking is not to satisfy other people's appetites. People who can cook, even if
No matter how hard it is, there are ways to comfort yourself. As long as you learn to cook and stay organized, life will not be a problem for you.
"My great-grandpa is a dying person and has never taught you anything seriously. But Lu Zhengkang said that your mother is very good at cooking. I guess I won't be able to see you get married, so I won't have the chance to say hello to your family.
.Xiao Su, you are more sensible than Lu Zhengkang. If he made a mistake, you should ask him the reason first. My wife and I are like this. Every time she is dissatisfied with me, she will first ask me what I think.
At first, I was clumsy and could not speak clearly. Gradually, my eloquence improved.
"Grandpa, I don't know what you like now. I have deposited all the rags I have left behind in the bank. If you go and take a look, go to the counter and ask Lu Xuefeng, give me my ID card, and the password is you
The pinyin abbreviation of your name plus the date of birth, you can take whatever you want. Thanks to you, I have temporary social credit, otherwise the bank will not let me open an account."
A can of potato stewed with pork was almost ready. Lu Xuefeng served it in a chicken bowl. It was full and red in color. Under the bonfire on a moonlit night, the wind blew the aroma to the sea. Su Xiangli took a piece and put it on the table.
In his mouth, the scene before his eyes suddenly collapsed.
Back to the empty white room.
Between my lips and teeth, I seem to really taste the sweet, salty and slightly spicy braised pork.
Su Xiangli sighed, took off his VR glasses, covered his face with his hands, and rested for a long time.
The staff came in and asked, "Want to watch the next video?"
"……good."
The scene Lu Xuefeng prepared for his great-grandson to meet was a small boat on an artificial lake in the winter in a farming area.
Grandpa wore simple and old work clothes, lit up a charcoal stove, laid out the grilling net, sliced the marinated beef and mutton, placed it on the iron net, and roasted it slowly, with oily flowers coming out sizzlingly.
A strong and pleasant smelling smoke.
"You kid, you have to study hard. No matter whether you become a scientist or not in the future, your standard of living must be guaranteed at least. You especially can't make your partner suffer, you know? Girls need to be rich." Lu Xuefeng also babbled.
, but his tone towards his great-grandson was a lot more scolding. This unabashed familiarity made Su Xiangli quite happy.
Envy, "This is not a bad idea of consumerism. Even if you are poor and cannot survive your life, you still have to find ways to dress yourself and your partner up. People rely on clothes, and being decent does not necessarily require money. You
You can spend time and thought on it, don't be sloppy all day long, and clean up the room more, don't look like a pig's nest.
"When your great-grandmother was here, the room was always clean. Not to mention the garbage, you just couldn't find the dust. Now there are robots doing it for you, but I still suggest that you do more by yourself and clean the house yourself.
.If you don’t sweep one house, why sweep the world? It makes so much sense. Listen to it.
"I left something for you in the bank. The password is your date of birth plus your initials. If you have time, go and get it."
Lu Xuefeng put the roasted meat on the plate and handed it over, "Nuo, eat it."