This psychologist is weird

Chapter 268 The Metaphor of the Vegetable Market
Professor Zhu came out of the kitchen with a plate of fried dishes, smiling.

On the sofa, Rao Chang, who was sitting with his head raised, and Shu Rou, who had been looking at the kitchen, all looked at Professor Zhu.
Chen Lun didn't answer, his eyes naturally turned a little, and fell on Professor Zhu.
Professor Zhu moved his feet, walked to the coffee table, and put the last dish in front of the coffee table.

"Sit down. Let's eat something together today."

He took off the kitchen apron he was wearing and put it aside,
Professor Zhu greeted again with a smile, and sat down on a low stool that had been set up beside the coffee table.

Chen Lun's eyes fell on Professor Zhu, his eyes were calm, he got up, moved his feet, and sat down on a stool beside the tea table.

Shu Rou followed Chen Lun, sat beside Chen Lun, and looked at Professor Zhu.

Rao Chang slid down from the sofa and sat on the low stool in front of the sofa, on the other side of Chen Lun.

"Give."

Professor Zhu picked up the washed bowls and chopsticks on the coffee table, poured out the water in the bowls, and handed several sets of bowls and chopsticks to Chen Lun and the other three.

Chen Lun took it, put the bowl in front of him, and took the chopsticks in his hand.

"Old Zhu, today's dishes are quite rich."

Rao Chang held the chopsticks, put them in the bowl, looked at the steaming dishes on the table, and said aloud.

"It's still quite rich. I can't eat so much by myself on weekdays. When you come, there are two more dishes."

Professor Zhu laughed, looked at the three of Chen Lun and said aloud,

"Often you should like meat, and you need more salty and spicy. This braised chicken nugget is just for you."

"Shu Rou, you should like sweet and sour dishes. This hot and sour potato shreds is fried for you."

The professors looked at Rao Chang, Shu Rou said a few words respectively, and then looked at Chen Lun, but didn't say what Chen Lun liked to eat.

"Old Zhu, observe carefully. I, Master, like to eat fried meat with lettuce."

Rao Chang said with a proper expression on his face but no emotion in his eyes.

Chen Lun's eyes were calm, without any change, and his eyes fell on Professor Zhu.

After listening to Rao Chang's words, the professors just looked at Chen Lun and smiled again, but didn't answer any more.

Lowering his eyes, he looked at the dishes cooked on the table,

"This chicken, I bought it from the vegetable market not far from the school. In the corner next to the vegetable market, there is a narrow and small front room, which sells some chickens, ducks and poultry. The price of chickens and ducks is about the same as It’s the same as other places, except that when you ask him to slaughter for you, he always has to be more serious. The store is opened by a couple, the woman greets customers and collects money, and the man helps slaughter. There is also a child here who is studying at the Capital University and always mentions it to others."

Professor Zhu looked at the dishes on the table and spoke again.

Chen Lun didn't speak, Shu Rou and Rao Chang didn't say anything,

In the room, there are only the voices of Professor Zhu's narration, and some small and trivial news broadcasts on the TV behind.
"This potato is also bought in the vegetable market. The owner of the vegetable stall has an old man with limited mobility in his house. His wife takes care of the old man in the house. He rented a stall in this vegetable market to sell. vegetable,

When you go to the vegetable market early in winter, you can always see him wearing a raincoat, which is used to block the morning dew when buying goods from the suburbs. "

"And the pork and vegetables are also bought there. There is a girl in the pork house who is still in elementary school. The vegetable seller is a woman. Her husband drives a taxi in the city."

Professor Zhu looked at the hot dishes on the table, said aloud, then paused,
He raised his eyes again, turned his head, and looked outside the house.

Outside the house, it is the evening scene in the city,
The sunset fell on the people who were going home on the road, and some of the crowded vehicles turned on their lights,
The lights are on in the houses of the people in the tall buildings in the distance. It is not known whether they are busy with dinner or waiting for the people on the road to go home.

"In the past few years, I have been talking about demolishing the vegetable market, but there has been no actual movement."

Looking outside the room, Professor Zhu said aloud again,

"It's just that at the beginning of the year, it sounds like it's really a guess, but the businessmen there objected to living in this way, and the nearby residents also objected to living in this way.

When I went grocery shopping before, they were writing a joint proposal letter. I thought about it and left a name. "

"Although it's a bit messy there sometimes, it's always better to exist."

While talking, Professor Zhu stopped talking again.

"Old Zhu, don't talk nonsense. When we came over, we saw that the vegetable market was still in good condition."

Rao Chang said aloud.

"That may be the result of some people's efforts."

Professor Zhu laughed and said aloud, then looked outside the room and turned his head back.

"Old Zhu, I feel like you are metaphorically speaking..."

Rao Chang's face showed just the right thoughtfulness, but there was no emotion in his eyes, and he said aloud,

Immediately afterwards, he lowered his head again and asked again,
"Old Zhu, can we eat this dish?"

"It's just for you, eat it, it will be cold if you don't eat it."

Professor Zhu responded with a smile, greeted him again, moved his chopsticks first, picked up a vegetable and ate it.

Rao Chang moved his chopsticks,

Shu Rou looked at Professor Zhu and paused for a moment, then also stretched out her chopsticks.

eyes calm,

Chen Lu fell on Professor Zhu, on the several dishes placed on the tea table,
Stretch out the chopsticks, pick up the chopsticks, put them in your mouth, chew and swallow.

For a while, beside the tea table,

No one spoke, it was a little quiet.

Professor Zhu also lowered his eyes a little, and landed on the dishes on the plate, a little lost in thought, holding chopsticks, and eating with chopsticks.

On the TV behind him, there are some trivial local news.

Outside the house, there are still some children's playing noises from time to time,
"...Grandpa, spinning top, please give me a spinning top..."

"...You are lying!"

"...Old Liu, where did you go for a stroll..."

"...Go to my son's house and have a meal."

Some loud sounds of children playing and the voices of passers-by downstairs came into the house from outside through the open windows,
Professor Zhu, who was eating the dishes, paused for chopsticks and smiled,
"...It's the children from the houses downstairs. The one with the loudest voice must be the grandson of Old Yu's family."

With a smile, Professor Zhu said aloud,

"His son, daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law are all working outside, so they put the child in Lao Yu's care."

"Old Zhu, you know a lot. It is said that you have a lot of things to worry about. What are you really desperate for?"

Rao Chang asked with the vegetables in his hands without raising his head, but his eyes were calm.

"...It's because I miss a lot, I miss the vegetables bought in the vegetable market, I miss the bowl of noodles and the steamed buns in the store at the gate of the community."

"Missing Professor Qiu, he said his son got married, and asked me to be a witness at that time."

"I miss a few familiar students in the school, and a few bastards who have just joined me as graduate students."

"I'm thinking about the classes I'm going to have at school, I'm thinking about thinking about it when I have nothing to do, doing research..."

Professor Zhu responded with a smile, then slowly turned his head and looked out the window,

Outside the window, there were still some sounds from downstairs from time to time.

"...It is because of worrying too much that people will despair."

Professor Zhu paused for a while, the smile on his face gradually faded, he paused for a while, and then said something like this, looking out of the window and not knowing where he was, a little lost in thought.

Chen Lun's eyes were calm, he picked up the food with chopsticks, chewed and swallowed it in his mouth, put down the chopsticks, turned his gaze, and landed on Professor Zhu.

(End of this chapter)