Chapter 15 Don't Call Me Mom
After breakfast, Cheng Xuyuan returned to his residence with a fruit box in his hand.
The price of Daoxiangcun’s fruit box is 2.2 yuan.
However, because Cheng Xuyuan didn't have a ticket, he wandered around outside the Daoxiangcun dim sum shop for a while and spent another dollar to buy a dim sum ticket.
One dollar for a ticket is really not cheap.
But there was no other way. Since I was going to Shen Yumo's house for dinner, I couldn't go there empty-handed.
Other things are not easy to bring, but the snacks from Daoxiangcun are just right.
A little snack, a little thought.
Not too much, not too little, just right, just right!
Before I had time to sit down and drink a sip of water, the honking of a jeep was heard in the yard.
The dark green Jeep 212 was parked majestically at the gate.
Cheng Xuyuan looked at Shen Yulin standing next to the car and thought to himself, this is a little too early.
It's only nine o'clock, brother. You took me to your house. Where should I put my hands and feet? How embarrassing! "Brother Yulin, come in and sit for a while and have a drink of water." Cheng Xuyuan waved at Shen Yulin.
Shen Yulin hesitated for a moment and came to Cheng Xuyuan's room.
The two rooms are not big, but they are quite clean.
A room filled with all kinds of props. Although it looks a little messy, there is order in the chaos.
The other room is where Cheng Xuyuan lives.
The plank bed was made very cleanly, and old newspapers were pasted on the peeling walls.
There was a table, a chair, and a burning tin stove.
Compared to my own home, this place is quite simple.
"Brother Yulin, drink some water." Cheng Xuyuan picked up the enamel pot on the coal stove and handed it to Shen Yulin.
Shen Yulin did not refuse, he picked up the enamel pot and drank a sip of water and said: "How are you going to eat if you live here?"
Cheng Xuyuan smiled and said, "We'll eat out for now. I'm going to buy a small pot later so I can cook for myself when I want."
Although he said it without hesitation, cooking was another matter for Cheng Xuyuan.
As long as the royalties from the two manuscripts continued to come in, he would insist on eating out.
Shen Yulin opened his mouth, wanting to say something like if there was nothing to eat, he could just go home to eat, but he swallowed it in the end.
After all, Cheng Xuyuan would no longer be his brother-in-law.
Their family's attitude towards Cheng Xuyuan is as warm as that towards a relative, but they also maintain an appropriate distance.
"That's fine. If you want to buy something and don't have a ticket, come to me." Shen Yulin said, "I don't have any other special abilities, but I know a lot of people."
"Thank you, Brother Yulin."
After sitting on Cheng Xuyuan's bench for a minute, Shen Yulin's eyes fell on a stack of manuscript papers on the shabby table.
There was beautiful running script written on the manuscript paper with a fountain pen. Although Shen Yulin's appreciation of calligraphy was average, he thought the writing was particularly beautiful.
The heart is like a floating cloud, always at ease...
Looking at the enviable words, Shen Yulin couldn't help but ask: "Xiao Cheng, did you write this?"
"I'll practice calligraphy at night if I have nothing to do." Cheng Xuyuan said casually, "After all, I work at the Cultural Center. If my handwriting is bad, people will laugh at me."
Shen Yulin said: "That's what you said."
"I seem to have seen this word somewhere before."
Shen Yulin was not talking nonsense. When he suddenly saw Cheng Xuyuan's words, he really felt that he had seen them somewhere.
But I can't remember.
Cheng Xuyuan smiled and said, "Second brother, you should have seen the handwriting I write in."
Although Shen Yulin couldn't think of when he had seen it before, he felt that these words were familiar, so he could only scratch his head and say, "It should be."
The two sat and chatted for more than ten minutes, and then Shen Yulin urged Cheng Xuyuan to get into the jeep.
Shen Yulin didn't say anything about the Daoxiangcun snacks that Cheng Xuyuan took.
After all, this snack is for his parents.
Even though Cheng Xuyuan went there without taking anything, he wouldn't say anything.
But bringing a box of snacks as a guest showed Cheng Xuyuan's respect for his family.
With just one step on the gas, the car arrived from the South City District to a semi-old residential compound in the west of the city.
Although he had been in Beijing for three or four days, Cheng Xuyuan still couldn't tell where this place was.
However, compared with the slums, this community is not only much cleaner, but also has some rare green trees in the yard.
Although the north wind is bleak and everything is withering, this little bit of green still silently sets off the difference of the people living in this yard.
Shen Yumo's home is on the third floor. When Shen Yulin knocked on the door, the first thing that caught Cheng Xuyuan's eye was a living room of about 15 square meters.
The most eye-catching thing in the living room is a TV covered with white gauze.
On the other side of the living room, there is a group of plaid sofas.
It was Ma Xiaoli who opened the door for Cheng Xuyuan and the others. She simply looked at Cheng Xuyuan and said with a smile: "This is Xiao Cheng, hello, Xiao Cheng, I am Shen Yulin's wife, you can just call me sister-in-law."
Before Cheng Xuyuan could say anything, she shouted towards the kitchen, "Mom, Yulin brought Xiao Cheng here."
As she said this, Li Xueling came out wearing an apron.
Although Cheng Xuyuan was destined to be her ex-son-in-law, when she first saw the young man who got married to her second daughter, she couldn't help but look at him with a critical eye.
He is over 1.7 meters tall, not bad.
The clothes are ordinary, but they look clean!
She doesn't look ugly! When facing herself, she looks generous, neither humble nor overbearing, without the slightest bit of squeamishness, which is not bad!
As the ratings flashed through Li Xueling's mind, she suddenly felt that this young man who had no love for her daughter was not so annoying after all.
It’s a pity that his cultural level is not good enough.
I can’t live in harmony with my own daughter!
This also means that the two of them cannot become husband and wife!
In that instant, Li Xueling, whose mind was full of many thoughts, smiled instantly: "Xiao Cheng is here, come and sit down!"
"I've heard Yu Mo mention your family many times in the past two days. If it weren't for you, I really don't know how this child would live!"
While Li Xueling was looking at herself, Cheng Xuyuan also looked at Li Xueling.
He felt that his mother-in-law did not look like the mother of five adult children in any way based on her figure.
Although she has a lot of white hair, Li Xueling gives people the impression that she is still very energetic.
"Auntie, you are so polite!"
As soon as Cheng Xuyuan said this, both Shen Yulin and Ma Xiaoli breathed a sigh of relief.
The couple looked at each other quickly.
At this moment, they both understood each other's thoughts.
They were really afraid of this young man, because he called out to his mother right away.
In that case, the meal would be a bit awkward.
In fact, Li Xueling also breathed a sigh of relief.
She was also afraid that this country boy named Cheng Xuyuan would call her by the most standard name.
After all, he had a marriage certificate! Fortunately, he called her aunt.
"Yu Mo's life in the village mainly depends on herself."
Cheng Xuyuan smiled and said, "Actually, the help I gave Yu Mo was very limited."
After listening to Cheng Xuyuan's words, Li Xueling felt much better.
She smiled and said, "Son, please sit with Xiao Cheng for a while. I still have meat stewing in the pot."
"Xiao Cheng, don't be polite here, just treat it as your own home."
As she spoke, Li Xueling walked towards the kitchen with a spatula.
Just at this moment, the door was pushed open, and Shen Yumo, with a little swollen eyes, slowly walked out.
Thanks to Mr. Hongluye for the reward. I am very grateful for your support.
(End of this chapter)
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