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This time of year is the season for pickling sauerkraut.Sauerkraut is a must-have favorite on the winter table of Northeast people.Authentic Northeast sauerkraut is translucent and crispy, and its color is bright yellow. No matter it is fried, stewed, fried, mixed, stuffed or shabu-shabu, it is very delicious.

Tong Yuying pickles sauerkraut every time winter approaches, saying that the ones bought outside are not as clean and fresh as the ones she makes herself.

Lin Jinglei thought that he would not be able to eat the sauerkraut pickled by his aunt this winter, but he did not expect that his aunt would continue to keep the habit after moving here. The neighbors got it together.

Lin Jinglei remembers the process of turning cabbage into sauerkraut very clearly. In the early years when he and Lin Tai were young, he would help his aunt carry the bought cabbage upstairs. The cabbage would be piled up on the balcony, and his aunt would sit on a chair Use a kitchen knife to cut off the dead branches and rotten leaves of each cabbage. After cleaning, put them one by one into a brushed tank covered with a thick transparent plastic bag. Press all the cabbage firmly and pour in an appropriate amount of salt and water. Beer and then seal the plastic bag tightly and press it with a heavy object.

Lin Jinglei walked into the warehouse and saw the pile of rotten vegetable leaves that hadn't been cleaned up on the ground, so he guessed that his aunt had already finished it. Sure enough, the two vats against the wall were full of sealed cabbage waiting for natural fermentation.

The warehouse shared by the three families was full of things and messy. Yan Zizheng turned on the light with ease: "What do you want to move?"

Lin Jinglei fixed his eyes on the solid wooden chair that his aunt forgot to bring back, walked over to pick it up in a few strides and said, "Go back to the house and pick up the cat for me, I will go home after delivering the chair."

Yan Zizheng turned sideways in the narrow aisle to let the person with the chair go out first, and he walked behind to turn off the lights and close the door: "Wait until she falls asleep, otherwise she will definitely cry."

Lin Jinglei really wanted to say, it's none of my business to cry if I cry, and then thought of Yan Ziqing's big eyes that are so rare, why should he compete with a child, he sighed and stopped and asked: "Then what is she?" When can I sleep?"

Yan Zizheng looked at the time: "Hurry up, I'll bring the cat out for you when she falls asleep, just wait for my news."

Lin Jinglei carried the chair and continued walking without looking back: "Okay, I'll wait."

I don't know whether Yan Ziqing really didn't fall asleep or Yan Zizheng forgot what they had agreed upon. Lin Jinglei went back to the house and waited. He didn't hear from Yan Zizheng when Lin Tai finished his homework.

When Lin Tai came back from washing, he saw that the person lying on the opposite bed who was just playing with his mobile phone just fell asleep with his clothes on and the bed unmade. He was about to wake up when his brother's mobile phone rang One sound.

The sound woke up the half-asleep and half-awake person, Lin Jinglei sat up, checked his phone, got up and walked out of the room.

"Brother, why are you going? My mother said it's too late today and won't let you go back."

Lin Jinglei didn't answer Lin Tai, walked by his aunt's house lightly, then strode open the door and went out.

Yan Zizheng was standing in the yard with the cat in his arms, wearing only thin pajamas, with his shoulders hunched, he saw Lin Jinglei coming out and stepped forward two steps forward with his arms stretched forward to deliver the cat in his arms.

Lin Jinglei stretched out his hand to pick it up. Maisui was asleep and his body was as soft as a muddy beach. In order to prevent the cat from falling to the ground in the dark, he got as close as possible to Yan Zizheng, and stretched out his hands to pick up the cat steadily. .

Yan Zizheng had been in close contact with Lin Jinglei during the previous fights, but at this time Lin Jinglei did not raise eyebrows or speak harsh words, but approached him gently.

Knowing that the other party was afraid of falling into the cat, he behaved too softly and approached him seriously, but Yan Zizheng greedily wanted to prolong this feeling of provoking the heartstrings.He adjusted the angle of handing the cat many times, just to feel Lin Jinglei's breath.

In just a few seconds, his heart was trembling, the night was cool and the night was young, he had the urge to reach out and touch Lin Jinglei's handsome side face.

But it was just a brief impulse in my heart.

They were like some sort of passing ceremony, with no extra words, no eye contact, the two boys got closer and closer, until the ball of fur was completely in the arms of the other.

"Can you still go home?"

"What a fart to go back so late."

"Then take the cat away early tomorrow morning, and don't let Yan Ziqing see it."

Lin Jinglei stroked the ears of wheat in his arms twice, then glanced at Yan Zizheng: "Your sister is a real little overlord."

Yan Zizheng nodded: "Maybe I'm used to it."

Lin Jinglei chuckled: "I like younger sisters better. If I have a younger sister, I'll be used to it."

Yan Zizheng stared at Lin Jinglei's face and said, "If you have a younger sister, she must be pretty."

The eyes and words of the young man in front of him were so abnormal that Lin Jinglei didn't know what to say.If he was asked to fight Yan Zizheng, he would not be afraid at all, but when they talked face to face calmly in this quiet courtyard, he felt timid.

After Lin Jinglei went out, Lin Tai lay on the window of the living room and looked out curiously. From his perspective, the two standing outside the window in the darkness had been acting strangely since just now, like hugging, like kissing, and now they are whispering again. .He has lived for more than ten years and has never been so stunned. He leaned against the window in a daze, and then trotted back to the room when he saw his brother turn around and walk back.

As soon as Lin Jinglei entered the door, he saw Lin Tai's fast-moving figure. He touched his chest, wondering, he was sure he wasn't frightened by Lin Tai who was running around, but why was his heart beating so fast.

The next morning, Lin Jinglei got up early, didn't eat breakfast, and went out with his schoolbag amidst his aunt's complaints, planning to go home and deliver the cat.

He met Ma Liangli who came out to throw garbage in the compound. The girl's hair was loose, she was wearing slippers and a coat.

"morning."

It was rare for Lin Jinglei to say hello out of politeness, but she didn't expect Ma Liangli to brush her hair and tug at his clothes as if seeing a ghost, and then ran back after quickly throwing away the trash, leaving Lin Jinglei with a confused face.

He quickly turned on the front camera of the phone to check if he was out of shape. While holding the phone with one hand, his fingers accidentally touched the screen, and he took a photo directly, including the figure who opened the door not far behind him into the mirror.

Seeing Yan Zizheng's blurred face at the instant the frame was frozen, he couldn't help laughing out loud: "Damn it, I captured an alien!"

Yan Zizheng was in a hurry to go to the bathroom, and turned to look at the man who was standing there checking his phone like a mentally handicapped person.

When passing by, he only said a word and scared people away.

"Yan Ziqing is awake."

Lin Jinglei walked out of the gate as if he was running away immediately with the ears of wheat in his arms.

Out of laziness, he wanted to squeeze out directly through the gap of Ma Liangli's open iron door where he just took out the garbage, but he didn't want his schoolbag to hang on the doorknob, and the inertia brought him back, and with a bang, he bumped into the door. Door.

Yan Zizheng saw this scene clearly, he laughed and continued to walk towards the toilet.

Lin Jinglei got a taxi at the entrance of the alley, sat all the way home, went upstairs, opened the door, and entered the house.

The nanny was already busy in the kitchen, and Principal Lin and the others were out of his sight. Before changing his shoes, he kicked the high-heeled shoes on the ground at the door.

Then I put the wheat ears back in the room, took a food bowl and poured some cat food in it, and poured some water into the drinking fountain, and finally went into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator to find something to eat.

Lin Guodong, who had just woken up, saw his nephew haunting the kitchen, so he leaned against the door and asked, "Did you sleep at your aunt's again last night?"

Lin Jinglei slammed the refrigerator door: "If you know it, ask."

Lin Guodong frowned: "Didn't I tell you not to let you go?"

Lin Jinglei walked up to his uncle: "Have you paid Lin Tai's child support this month?"

"No, I'll drive there someday when I'm free."

"Farewell," Lin Jinglei continued, "Give it to me, I'll take it with me."

"I wanted to see him by the way."

"You also know that you have a son," Lin Jinglei said with a half-smile, "but if you want to see him, he doesn't necessarily want to see you, so don't bother him."

After Lin Guodong was silent, he turned and went to the briefcase in the living room to take out his wallet, took out a small wad of money and handed it to Lin Jinglei who followed him: "Don't lose it."

Lin Jinglei put the money into his trousers pocket after counting, and before his uncle put it back, he snatched the wallet and quickly pulled out a few hundred yuan bills from it, snorting: "Don't press it!" Give a fixed amount, there is no harm in giving more, and now only money can show your father's love."

Lin Guodong was so choked that he was speechless. When he took back his wallet, he glanced at Ming Miao who came down from upstairs, and quickly put the wallet away.

"Oh, by the way," Lin Jinglei said to Ming Miao with a smile while walking towards the TV cabinet, "Thank you Teacher Ming for buying me the computer, I will use it well."

What Ming Miao wanted to say was completely thrown back by Lin Jinglei's words.

The young man was clearly talking to Lin Guodong, but he was staring at her intently.

"My aunt hasn't got a job yet. Don't you want to think of a way? After all, that's what you once married from a media agency. It's different from some people who picked up halfway. One day husband and wife, one hundred days of grace, you can help her find a job. She helps you raise your son, it will be difficult if you have no income."

Lin Jinglei once heard Ming Miao tell his uncle not to have any contact with his ex-wife, but he refused to let her succeed.

After hearing this, Lin Guodong refused without thinking, "I don't have that ability."

"Why don't you?" Lin Jinglei continued, "Isn't the school cafeteria still recruiting aunts for cooking? It's not just a matter of your school's head saying something."

"Enough!" Lin Guodong scolded.

"Okay," Lin Jinglei walked into the room with a smile, "I won't talk about it now."

As soon as he closed the door of the room, there was a slight argument outside, listening to the sound of the quarrel that was suppressed, Lin Jinglei actually felt extremely refreshed.

Ming Miao seemed to be crying angrily, whimpering, Lin Jinglei couldn't hear what was being said clearly through the door panel, so he hummed a ditty and went to unpack the computer.

It was another sunny day, and the sound of cooking in the kitchen could even overwhelm the voices of two people talking in the living room.

Ming Miao sobbed: "This kid is really annoying. You saw this. He didn't stop talking to me when you were away. If this continues, I really can't stay in this house."

"Don't cry, what if you break your body from crying," Lin Guodong sighed, "I know you are wronged, if you bear it any longer, I will talk to him well."