Chapter 352 Cai Kuan Comes Home to Stay Temporarily
The blessed are no longer busy, this is what people like He Ning are like.
Fortunately, after a busy day, Cai Kuan's matter was finally settled.
Dai Qing returned home, took a hot bath, had a simple meal, and fell into a deep sleep on the bed.
This was the first time she had been so busy since she came to the capital.
The next morning, when Dai Qing got up and washed up, breakfast was already on the table, along with a note left by He Ning.
It’s no wonder that after taking on the renovation task, this guy was quite diligent. He went out early and came back late every day, and never forgot to buy breakfast for her. He was becoming more and more like a qualified brother.
After breakfast, Dai Qing walked around in the yard, then sat on the sofa with a book in her hand and read it carefully until her eyes became sore. Then she put it down and took a rest.
At noon, Dai Qing looked through the refrigerator to prepare lunch. Thinking of He Ning, Dai Qing thought for a moment and prepared to make a pot of臊子面.
The eggplant, tofu, egg and tomato are brined together and the taste is still very good.
After she had eaten, Dai Qing found two lunch boxes, one for noodles and one for salt. She then filled a bowl of noodle soup and carried it to Huaishu Hutong.
When she arrived, He Ning was moving wooden boards with the workers.
"Be careful, handle it gently, don't knock it. And you guys, don't hit your feet again."
Seeing He Ning constantly giving instructions, Dai Qing walked under the parasol and put the lunch box aside. She watched them move all the wooden planks into the yard before He Ning dusted himself off and walked over.
"Sister Dai, why are you here in such hot weather?"
Although it is autumn now, it is still very hot at noon. The capital is relatively dry and it feels like a hot autumn.
"I made some sauerkraut noodles. I'll bring some to you."
"Oh, it's Sister Dai again. I've been working all morning and I'm hungry."
He Ning went to the water pipe next to him to wash his hands and face, and while wiping, he greeted the workers in the yard.
"It's noon now, you should go eat quickly. We'll come back to work in the afternoon."
Watching the workers leave one after another, He Ning sat down under the parasol, let out a long breath, with a tired look on his face.
"Tired?"
"It's okay. I can accept it."
When he thought about the final result of decorating his own house, he was willing to be a little tired.
He Ning chuckled, opened the lunch box and smelled it.
"It smells so good." People are shaped by the land and water they live in, and hometown food is the most appetizing.
After finishing a lunch box of臊子面 and drinking half a bowl of noodle soup, He Ning patted his stomach with satisfaction.
"I don't work on weekdays, so I don't use up much energy. But since I started helping the workers with the lifting and unloading, my appetite has been increasing."
Now he finally understood why those people on the construction site could eat three or four steamed buns in one meal. People who do physical work do get hungry easily.
After he finished eating, Dai Qing packed up her things and looked at him.
"Do you want to go back and take a nap before coming back?" She remembered that the workers seemed to come to work at 2:30 in the afternoon.
"I won't go back. Isn't there a recliner here? I can just close my eyes and take a nap."
Instead of going back and forth, it would be better to let him sleep here for a while.
Dai Qing didn't force herself to do this and went home with her lunch box.
Cai Kuan is about to be discharged from the hospital, and I don’t know if he will come to live here. Since he has proposed it, we have to prepare it in advance. There is already a bunk bed in the east room, which is made of solid wood, but without a mattress.
Dai Qing thought about it, then went straight to the furniture market, bought a palm mattress and had it delivered to her. After spreading the bedding, it was still very comfortable to live in.
In a blink of an eye, three days passed.
That morning, Dai Qing was planning to plant a few bamboos by the wall in the yard. She seemed to have heard that the best seasons for transplanting bamboos are spring and autumn, which are suitable for bamboos to take root, sprout and survive.
At this moment, the pager rang a few times. Dai Qing opened it and saw that it was a message from Xing Zhou, saying that Cai Kuan agreed to stay with her temporarily and would be discharged from the hospital in three days, and would come directly then.
After getting the exact information, Dai Qing went to the grocery store and bought some daily necessities for him and put them in the room.
Once she had an idea in her mind, she would always feel uncomfortable if she didn't put it into practice.
Finally, I went to the flower market and brought back ten bamboos, which I planted at the southwest corner of the wall. I also brought back a few pots of small chrysanthemums, which are the most brilliant flowers in autumn.
The red and yellow flower buds are quite beautiful.
On the morning when Cai Kuan was discharged from the hospital, Dai Qing cleaned the house inside and out early in the morning and made a cup of wolfberry and red date tea for Cai Kuan alone.
Just as she was sitting there resting for a while, a whistle sounded at the door. Dai Qing went to open the door and saw Cai Kuan standing at the door with a smile on his face, followed by Xing Zhou carrying a bag.
"Xiaoqing, I'm sorry to trouble you."
"What's the problem? It was me who suggested you come here. It won't be too late to move in after your house is renovated."
"I still think it's too much trouble for you."
He didn't want to go back to the old house. Xing Zhou did have a house, but he didn't want to trouble Xing Zhou to worry about him every day. He had no objection to coming to Dai Qing's place.
Following Dai Qing into the yard, Cai Kuan looked around. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that the place was different from the last time he came.
Xing Zhou looked at the changes in the yard, raised his eyebrows, but said nothing.
After they entered the house, Dai Qing poured a cup of jasmine tea for Xing Zhou and handed the red date and wolfberry tea that she had prepared in advance to Cai Kuan.
"You are still a patient, so I specially prepared red date and wolfberry tea for you. It nourishes the liver and improves eyesight, so it should be good for you."
Listening to Dai Qing's explanation, Cai Kuan held the cup, looked at the wolfberries that had settled, and twitched his lips.
"I'll be fine once I'm discharged from the hospital. No need to supplement me like this."
This makes it seem like he is a disabled person, and I always feel like something is weird.
Xing Zhou glanced at the wolfberry tea that Cai Kuan was holding, lowered his head and took a sip of the tea, taking the opportunity to hide the smile on his lips.
Dai Qing was oblivious to this. She drank some tea and took a break before showing Cai Kuan his room.
"The mattress and quilt are all new, so you can rest assured."
"Thank you," Cai Kuan felt happy as he looked at the daily necessities on the table and the slippers on the bedside.
When he was little, his grandfather prepared these things for him. Later, when he grew up, his uncle prepared them for him.
I didn't expect that someone would prepare these for him today. It would be a lie to say that he was not touched.
"Why are you being so polite? There's no need to be so polite between friends."
Dai Qing looked at him and waved her hand nonchalantly, "You just got out of the hospital, and you don't have enough energy and strength. Do you want to rest for a while?"
"I think it's okay. When I was discharged from the hospital, the doctor specifically told me that I should rest more in order to fully recover." Before Cai Kuan could refuse, Xing Zhou spoke directly and gave the doctor's instructions.
Dai Qing agreed with this. "You are a talented person. You can't make any mistakes. Go to sleep quickly. I'll call you at lunch."