Chapter 21 Chapter 21 Relatives brought homegrown watermelons...
After He Wanqian and Fu Yan left one after another,
Su Tianli and Cheng Yu were the only ones left in the box.
After Cheng Yu drove Fu Yan away, he sat down again and ate slowly.
Su Tianli sat next to him, with her elbows on the table and her chin supported by her hands, watching Cheng Yu eat.
Cheng Yu eats very slowly and seriously.
He must have taken a big mouthful of rice first, then a small mouthful of the dish, alternating between them.
When food is put into the mouth, it must be chewed slowly and carefully without making any sound.
When you use chopsticks to pick up food or rice, the chopsticks will not touch the rice wall or the plate.
The whole process was quiet and very pleasing to the eye.
The way he eats with big mouthfuls really smells delicious.
When Su Tianli was at Farm 109 in Northwest China,
I once met Director Wang Xuezhao’s mother, Chief Tan Lu.
Tan Lu, a leader who was already over 60 years old, was a real lady from a well-known family who had been raised in wealth since childhood, and she herself held a high position. At that time, she came to the 109 Farm to visit her daughter Wang Xuezhao, and brought along the two children of Wang Xuezhao's brother.
Su Tianli was fortunate enough to see how Tan Lu raised her grandchildren.
——Their manners while eating were almost the same as Cheng Yu’s.
so?
Who taught Cheng Yu dining etiquette?
It is said that his adoptive parents were not kind to him.
He grew up with his aunt.
But his aunt only took care of him for about ten years before she died.
It can't be that he is just... born like this?
Su Tianli couldn't help but ask, "Cheng Yu, who taught you to eat like this?" Half a minute later, Cheng Yu stopped.
He turned his head and faced Su Tianli, as if trying to see her clearly, but his eyes could not focus.
This time he remained silent for a long time, and a rare look of hesitation appeared on his face, as if he didn't know how to answer the question raised by Su Tianli.
Su Tianli, "It's okay, just continue eating."
After a moment, Cheng Yu lowered his head and continued eating.
Look at how delicious he eats.
Su Tianli couldn't help but eat a piece of braised pork.
Then he frowned and muttered, "How disgusting! What a waste of food!"
He put down his chopsticks again.
Su Tianli continued to admire Cheng Yu's meal.
But in her heart, she remembered Fu Yan’s previous hint - in her previous life, she fell in love with Cheng Yu?
In other words, Cheng Yu's current confused state will get better later.
So, what will Cheng Yu be like in the future?
Thinking of this, Su Tianli looked at Cheng Yu again and thought that he must have been very outstanding in his previous life.
Otherwise she wouldn't have taken a fancy to him.
According to Fu Yan, she and Fu Yan had been in a relationship for ten years, and they broke up when she became a company boss in her thirties...
By this calculation, she was at least thirty-five or thirty-six years old when she was with Cheng Yu.
Wow, that is to say, in her previous life, when she was with Cheng Yu, she was already a big boss with a broad vision and a mature woman. She must have known clearly what she wanted and what she didn't want.
He even retired to the second line in his forties, took the college entrance examination and became a doctor!
Su Tianli's eyes lit up and she thought to herself how great she was in her previous life.
After becoming financially independent at the age of 40, I can still pursue my dreams!
So in her previous life, she was also a brave... and shining person!
Su Tianli couldn't help laughing.
"The meat is delicious." Cheng Yu said.
Su Tianli was stunned.
What?
It took her a moment to realize that Cheng Yu was responding to her criticism of the braised pork being unpalatable.
"Today's braised pork is really not tasty," Su Tianli said seriously, "If there is a chance, I will make braised pork for you! It is not delicious just because it is meat, but it must be cooked in the right way to be delicious."
As she spoke, Su Tianli began to miss Farm 109 again.
There is a tradition in Farm 109 that all farm workers have to take turns to help out in the canteen.
It is said that when Farm 109 was built, supplies were scarce and the only food available was various aged beans. The work was so arduous and tiring, and the food was not enough or good, so Wang Xuezhao, the team leader at the time, insisted that everyone take turns to be the chef.
At that time, there were more than one hundred educated youth at Farm 109, coming from more than thirty provinces across the country. Each of them had his or her own understanding of food and unique cooking methods.
The same ingredients, cooked to perfection by educated youth from different hometowns, helped them overcome the initial difficulties.
This has led to the obsession of the employees at Farm 109 with delicious food.
Su Tianli has been on the farm for four years and has developed the same inclusive attitude towards food and rigorous attitude towards cooking.
It is no exaggeration to say that everyone in Farm 109 is a gourmet.
She, Su Tianli, is no exception!
"Okay." Cheng Yu said.
Su Tianli: ???
What's good about it?
After a while, she realized that Cheng Yu was answering her words "If I have a chance, I will make braised pork for you"...
Su Tianli laughed out loud.
She looked at the food on the table.
Apart from what Cheng Yu was eating,
They didn't eat a single bite of the steamed meat patties and pork rib soup that He Wanqian bought for Fu Yan!
What a pity to throw it away!
But Cheng Yu probably couldn't finish it all by himself.
"It would be nice to have a refrigerator." Su Tianli sighed.
Unfortunately not.
So she took a look at the food on the table and moved the steamed egg, pork rib soup, and stir-fried cabbage in front of Cheng Yu.
He also moved aside the braised pork and winter melon with dried shrimps that Cheng Yu had not finished eating.
Finally, Su Tianli used chopsticks to put all the meat from the braised pork into Cheng Yu's bowl, leaving only the sauerkraut side dish in the vegetable bowl, and then told Cheng Yu, "You can't finish so much food by yourself!"
"These soups, steamed eggs, and vegetables are hard to pack, so you should eat them all. I'm afraid the braised pork... will go bad, so you should eat it all, that's the safest way..."
"You can keep the pickled cabbage and dried shrimp and winter melon from the braised pork. And the rice will be packed up and taken away later. You can eat it tomorrow."
"But, make sure to smell it carefully before eating it tomorrow. If it goes bad, you can't eat it."
Su Tianli explained word by word.
Mainly because I’m afraid he’ll get sick from eating it.
"Yes." Cheng Yu said.
Su Tianli: ...
have?
What is it?
Shouldn't he say yes?
moment--
Su Tianli suddenly realized that the word "have" that Cheng Yu said was referring to her previous sentence "It would be nice to have a refrigerator"...
Su Tianli looked at Cheng Yu with wide eyes, her mind a little confused.
have……
Is Cheng Yu saying that he has a refrigerator?
How is this possible!
Farm 109 has a refrigerator because it is a large group with more than a thousand employees, including their families, totaling more than 3,000 people. In addition, the unit is rich, so there is a refrigerator in the canteen.
It’s the late seventies now!
Most families above the level of director or mayor will have refrigerators.
Cheng Yu is an orphan with both parents and is now a homeless person. Where did he get a refrigerator?
Su Tianli subconsciously wanted to ask,
But then I thought about his current state and I probably wouldn't be able to ask him anything.
"Okay." Cheng Yu answered her seriously again.
By now, Su Tianli had begun to accept his way of speaking.
He was responding to her instructions to pack.
Su Tianli didn't want to go home and face that family, so she stayed with Cheng Yu for dinner.
He eats really slowly. It took him more than an hour to finish his meal.
Two pounds of rice was placed in an enamel bowl that was as big as a washbasin, and it was piled up like a mountain...
Su Tianli had asked for so much rice for Cheng Yu before.
It was because she saw that when Cheng Yu was having breakfast at her house in the morning, Yao Meiyu brought so much food, and it all ended up in Cheng Yu's stomach, and even then, he still looked like he was not full.
Now, Cheng Yu has eaten more than half of the two kilograms of rice, plus various dishes...
Su Tianli couldn't help but glance at his belly.
——He had broad shoulders and was wearing a clean, half-worn white shirt with two buttons open at the collar, half covering and half revealing his two delicate and deep collarbones, and his chest which was even whiter and more delicate than the white shirt.
Further down, there is his thin and narrow waist, two slender legs, and a flat belly...
Su Tianli: Where did all that food go?!
After Cheng Yu finished his meal, he sat quietly without saying a word.
Su Tianli went to the first floor and asked for two dried lotus leaves. She packed the food and tied it up, put it in a net bag, and handed it to Cheng Yu, "Let's go!"
So Cheng Yu carried the bag of food and followed her in silence. The two of them walked together under the starlight that sprinkled through the leaves and arrived at the gate of the family compound.
"I'm going home now, Cheng Yu, you should hurry back too." Su Tianli told him, "Come here and wait for me tomorrow at noon, remember?"
It's too late now.
Tomorrow, she wants to go and see Cheng Yu's injuries with Yao Meiyu.
Su Tianli waited patiently.
Until Cheng Yu said yes,
She then said to him, "See you tomorrow" and turned to leave.
Cheng Yu stood there for a long time, looking in the direction where Su Tianli left for a long time, then he slowly walked away with the food she had packed for him.
He lived under a bridge and had to walk for half an hour on a rugged mountain road in the dark night.
Ever since the fall, his eyesight has not been very good, but it’s okay now that he’s used to walking this route. As long as he walks slower, he won’t be afraid of falling.
finally--
He returned to the home he had built.
Before entering the tiny home, he went to the refrigerator.
Yes, he has a refrigerator.
Although the bridge arch where he lived was the arch of a long-abandoned dry canal, the reason why this dry canal was abandoned was because there was a new canal nearby.
The reason why Cheng Yu chose to settle down here was because it was convenient to get water.
He used cement, lime and other materials to connect a long and narrow canal from the new canal, which circled around his home and then returned to the canal.
In this way, he doesn't have to walk too far, as there is water available in the vegetable garden at the door!
And water will not be wasted.
His refrigerator, which is located in the vegetable garden, is a natural stone trough.
Sometimes he would let the leftover food cool down, wrap it up and put it in a stone trough, then cover it with a stone slab, and it would not go bad overnight.
After cleaning up the meal, Cheng Yu went back to his room to sleep.
Lying on the bed, he tried hard to speak:
"He, they... were reborn..."
"They... bullied... Litchi,"
"He Wanqian was jealous of Lizhi. In her last life, she stole Lizhi's boyfriend..."
"Fu...Yan, betrayed...Lizhi."
"So I am also Litchi's...boyfriend."
He repeatedly practiced the phrase "I am also Litchi's boyfriend".
Finally, he practiced again and again for a long time before he could practice another sentence fluently and skillfully, "I won't be fooled by He Wanqian..."
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But when Su Tianli returned home, she was stunned.
The small house was packed with people.
And as soon as she entered the room, she heard someone excitedly shouting "Lychee" with a trembling voice...
Su Tianli stared at the people in surprise for a long time, and finally recognized that one of the old ladies with white hair, shriveled skin and a sickly face was her step-grandmother Liu Fang!
"Grandma?" Su Tianli called the old lady.
A-ma is the local dialect, meaning grandma.
Old Mrs. Su hugged Su Tianli excitedly, looked her up and down, and asked, "Didn't you go to the countryside? I haven't heard from you for several years, I thought you were lost... Oh my, you've grown up, I can't recognize you!"
Su Tianli was so happy that tears came out of her eyes.
She boasted that her kinship was shallow,
But it is true that he was blessed by his step-grandmother and his second uncle's family when he was young, which enabled him to grow up safely.
Especially, she has no blood relationship with her step-grandmother and second uncle's family!
In Su Tianli's eyes, her step-grandmother and her second uncle's family are much closer to her than her biological parents and her third uncle's family!
She talked to Grandma for a while.
Grandma asked Su Tianli to call for help.
Su Tianli looked at the person who came.
There were four or five of them, excluding Su Tianli's step-grandmother.
The middle-aged couple is Su Tianli's second uncle Sun Shaohua and second aunt.
The young couple were the children of my second uncle. The older one was my cousin Sun Fujuan, 17 years old, and the younger one was my cousin Sun Fujun, 14 years old.
Su Tianli greeted her relatives in her hometown one by one.
And she found that her parents were not in the living room, and Su Youzi was not there either.
Su Tiancai was working in the kitchen. After a while he came out carrying a washbasin.
The basin is filled with freshly cut red watermelon.
Su Tianli asked her brother, "Where did the watermelon come from?"
Su Tiancai replied: "Grandma and the others brought it!"
Su Tianli complained to Mrs. Su, "You come to your own son's house and you still have to spend money to buy watermelon?"
Second Aunt immediately explained: "It's not expensive, it's not expensive, we grew it ourselves."
Su Tianli said incredulously: "It's such a long way, and you still carry a watermelon?"
Second Aunt pointed at the large sacks placed by the door in an awkward manner, "It's not in vain... I brought some mountain products."
When Su Tianli heard this, she knew what was going on.
She asked Su Tiancai again, "Where are my parents?"
Su Tiancai pouted towards the inner room, meaning that they were both hiding in the room!
Su Tianli understood.
So she started chatting with her grandmother, uncle and aunt.
She first briefly told her recent situation, and did not hide it from people in her hometown. She said directly that her volunteering to go to the countryside was changed by Su Youzi, so she went to the northwest. She sent money and letters home, but there was no response. She thought her parents were transferred, so she stopped writing letters...
Now she has been transferred back to Guangzhou from the Northwest. Tomorrow she will go to handle the personnel affiliation procedures, submit the transfer order and wait for work arrangements.
After saying that, Su Tianli took a bite of the sweet, crispy and red watermelon.
The relatives listened attentively and were very shocked.
First of all, they were frightened by Su Youzi's behavior.
Secondly, I felt sorry for Su Tianli for having to go to the Northwest, where the environment is so harsh. She must have suffered a lot, right?
Finally, he blamed Su Tianli:
"You wrote to your parents but got no response, why don't you write to Juanjuan?"
"That's right, if your parents don't send you medicine, we can do it!"
"Sister Lizhi, why didn't you tell me earlier? If you had told me earlier, I would have sent you the shoes I made myself. The shoes I make are very comfortable to wear..."
Su Tianli was too embarrassed to say that she had actually written a letter to her second uncle, but she remembered the wrong address and the letter was returned.
So she just laughed it off.
Let's talk further.
Su Tianli only then found out that her second uncle and his family had rushed to Guangzhou today to take Old Mrs. Su to see a doctor.
I heard that grandma is sick?
Su Tianli quickly asked a few more questions.
Wiping away tears, Second Aunt said, "We went to all the hospitals in Shaoguan and they all said it might be stomach cancer. They also said there was no cure locally and asked us to go to a big hospital in Guangzhou."
Gastric cancer?
Su Tianli's heart sank and she looked at Old Lady Su.
Old Mrs. Su said quickly, "When people get old, they must have some problems. They said I had stomach cancer, but I didn't believe it. They refused and said they still wanted to come and see me."
"I'll say it again, you want me to see a doctor, I'll listen to you and go see a doctor, don't make a fuss."
"But no matter what disease it is, or whether there is a disease or not... it's just like this! I'm old and I've lived enough. When the time comes, I'll take some medicine home and try to live one more day..."
Sun Fujuan said angrily: "Grandma! You are not even sixty years old yet. If you can cure your disease, you can live a long time!"
Old Mrs. Su's eyes turned red, and she said sadly, "Okay! Grandma will listen to you. Grandma will cure the disease and live a long life..."
Su Tianli asked: "Have you done any tests?"
The second uncle took out a thick stack of test reports and said, "We changed two hospitals, one is our county hospital, and the other is our city hospital. The doctors all said the same thing."
Su Tianli took the test report and looked at it carefully.
The more she looked, the heavier her heart became.
The second uncle was a little uneasy. He reached out to touch the bulging inner pocket of his chest and said, "Lizhi, how much does it cost to treat your grandma's illness? We brought..."
After Su Tianli noticed her second uncle's actions, she realized something.
She suddenly glared at her second uncle fiercely.
The second uncle was stunned and didn't dare to say the rest of the words.
Su Tianli glanced at her second aunt quickly again and pouted towards the inner room.
Second uncle and second aunt looked at each other.
In this regard, women are more sensitive.
Second Aunt immediately understood Su Tianli's concerns.
So, the second aunt spoke on behalf of the second uncle, "We brought some vegetables that we grew ourselves... We would like to stay at your house for a few days and take your grandma to the hospital for a checkup."
Su Tianli asked again, "Then after seeing the doctor, you have to get treatment, right?"
Second Aunt carefully looked at Su Tianli's face and said, "She must be treated."
Su Tianli continued to ask: "Then treatment costs money."
Hearing this, Second Aunt and Second Uncle looked at each other again.
The second uncle thought for a moment and said, "Let's divide the money for grandma's treatment equally among the three of us brothers!"
Su Tianli showed an expression of approval.
Second uncle and second aunt just breathed a sigh of relief——
The door to the inner room opened, and Tian Xiu walked out of the room to the living room with a sullen look on his face.
Su Dejun also followed Tian Xiu out.
Second Aunt stood up immediately and said, "Brother and sister-in-law, come and eat watermelon!"
Tian Xiu was originally quite angry about the "three brothers splitting the medical expenses equally", but the fresh and sweet smell of watermelon was too tempting.
So she nodded, took the watermelon handed to her by her second aunt, and started eating.
Su Dejun also took the watermelon and started eating it.
I have to say, this watermelon is really delicious!
It's juicy and sweet.
Su Tianli praised the watermelon for being delicious.
Second Aunt said quickly: "The plums from my hometown are really delicious. We also brought a sack here!"
Sun Fujuan also said: "When we came, we saw someone selling plums at the gate. Their plums were not as good as ours and they were selling for ten cents a pound! So it seems that the sack of plums we carried is worth at least five dollars!"
Tian Xiu's expression brightened when he heard this. "Then I'll bring some to work tomorrow and share with my colleagues."
Su Dejun also said: "Give me some too, I'll give it to Xiao Yu... and give the rest to my colleagues in the department."
Su Tianli glanced at her father but smiled without saying anything.
Tian Xiu thought for a moment and said to Sun Shaohua: "Second brother, I want to say something fair. You just said that the three brothers..."
"mom--"
Su Tianli interrupted Tian Xiu's spellcasting, "Grandma and my second uncle and aunt just got home today, please let them have a good rest, and we can talk about it tomorrow if there is anything."
Tian Xiu, "No, even brothers have to settle accounts..."
Su Tianli called Su Tiancai, "Brother, you, Juanjuan, and Junjun, move all the things that Uncle and Aunt brought to the balcony. Take out all the vegetables, fruits, and make sure they don't get bored."
The younger brothers and sisters were all smart people. They understood what Su Tianli meant, so they responded and carried large and small sacks to the balcony.
Tian Xiu was still unwilling to give up.
I even wish I could sever all ties with him right now.
But Su Tianli's clever brothers and sisters started to clamor:
"Mom, what should I do with these dishes?"
"Auntie, where do you put these dried mountain mushrooms?"
"Aunt, how are we going to clean up all this bacon and fish?"
Tian Xiu became busy passively.
Yes, she was upset.
But the various mountain products and bacon brought by the relatives... there were so many of them, and the portions were really sufficient!
Before he knew it, a satisfied smile appeared on Tian Xiu's face.
While Tian Xiu and his brothers and sisters were packing their things,
In front of Su Dejun, Su Tianli said to her second uncle and second aunt: "Uncle and aunt, don't worry. I happen to be free recently. I will go with you tomorrow to accompany grandma to see the doctor."
Su Dejun was unhappy when he heard this, "Sister, aren't you going to the Youth Educator Station to do some work tomorrow?"
Su Tianli explained: "Don't worry, it will be quick over there and won't delay anything."
Then Su Tianli continued to say to her uncle and aunt: "As for my grandma's medical expenses, you don't have to worry about it... My dad is the eldest in the family. When grandma and grandpa got married, my dad was still a child and was raised by grandma. Although grandma is not my dad's biological mother, she is no different from her biological mother... Now that grandma is sick, my dad will not ignore it."
When Su Dejun heard this, his eyes widened with anger, "Sister!"
Su Tianli suddenly shouted, "Brother, take a basin now and pick some beautiful plums. Dad will give them to Xiao Yu tomorrow..."
Then, Su Tianli smiled and said to Su Dejun, "Dad, does Xiaoyu like the yellow peel I gave her last time?"
Su Dejun was suddenly panicked and confused, "Ah, ah..."
Su Tianli smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay if you don't like it! But Xiaoyu will definitely like the plums that grandma brought from her hometown this time... What do you think, Dad?"
Su Dejun wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Ah, ah... yes, yes, hahahaha."
Su Tianli forced out a cold smile.
She turned her head and looked worriedly at Old Mrs. Su, who was lowering her head and crying silently.
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