to deceive

Of course, I want to help my son find a teacher he likes.

After all, it owes favors.

At this time, Hou Anchen, who had been sitting on the side without interrupting, suddenly said: "Teacher, why don't you have dinner with us at my house."

Hou Shujian and Jiang Xiaoran were taken aback when they heard this.

Hou Shujian felt that it would be too shabby to pay for money with meals. At the same time, he also felt that it seemed a bit abrupt to directly bring a stranger into his life circle. Moreover, Jiang Xiaoran's family would not be too happy if he ate out six days a week. .He looked at Jiang Xiaoran with a stunned expression, probably because he was too embarrassed to directly reject Hou Anchen's kindness, so he rubbed Hou Anchen's head and said, "The idea is okay, but what about Teacher Jiang's family? Would you like to have dinner out every day?"

Hou Anchen flattened his mouth: "Forget it."

Jiang Xiaoran said at this time: "I also think An Chen's idea is good."

Hou Shujian looked at Jiang Xiaoran with some surprise, and the other party smiled shyly: "I live alone, and I am too lazy to start a fire. I know me from the takeaway at my house, and I will eat all kinds of instant noodles soon." all over."

After Hou Shujian heard it, he felt the emotion of a person who had come here with sympathy, but he and Jiang Xiaoran were not familiar enough to talk eloquently, so he just said: "This living habit...it was the same when I was young." After thinking about it, he asked hesitantly, "Dinner from Monday to Friday, plus lunch on Saturday, is that the deal?"

"Will it be too troublesome? If it's troublesome..."

Hou Shujian waved his hand: "No trouble, no trouble, I'm just a house cook and I cook every day, but I'm afraid you don't like it." Hou Shujian looked at the time, "Why don't you miss the meeting today, Teacher Jiang?" Wait for me for a while, I'm going to cook now, you try it first?"

The smile on Jiang Xiaoran's face became brighter, and he nodded almost without thinking.

Hou Shujian thought: Oh, this look really looks like that big golden retriever in the community.After thinking about it, he spurned himself in his heart: Bah, how can you say that Mr. Jiang is like a dog.Hey, but that dog is also pretty good-looking?

Hou Shujian asked Hou Anchen to go to the study to do his homework first, find out the TV remote control and hand it to Jiang Xiaoran, so that he would not be bored waiting.Jiang Xiaoran took the remote control and put it aside, raised his head and asked Hou Shujian: "Do you mind if someone is by your side while cooking?"

Hou Shujian never thought about this question.There are only him and his son at home, and Hou Anchen rarely watches him cook, so Hou Shujian doesn't have much chance to experience the feeling of "someone is by your side while cooking".

Although this was the first time we met, Hou Shujian felt that Jiang Xiaoran was not the kind of nagging person, so he gave a negative answer: "I don't mind." Feeling that his answer was too short, Hou Shujian added another sentence : "But you don't need to help, just watch from the side."

Hou Shujian put on a dark blue apron and started to work quickly, first steaming the rice.

Jiang Xiaoran was leaning against the door of the kitchen, and Hou Shujian took the time to take a sneak peek. Although he was leaning against the door frame, Jiang Xiaoran still looked tall and straight like... a small sapling.

Hou Shujian felt that the metaphor he subconsciously used had degenerated to the fourth grade of elementary school. Yes, even his son in the fifth grade would not use this metaphor anymore.

After so many years of washing and cutting vegetables, Hou Shujian has become very proficient in knife skills.After Hou Shujian finished cutting the potatoes in his hand, he heard Jiang Xiaoran asking at the door: "Mr. Hou, will you be distracted while chatting with you?"

"Eh? No way."

"I'm the kind of person who talks a lot. Many of my friends think I'm talkative, alas."

"Well...it's good to talk a lot. I often talk coldly when I talk to others."

Jiang Xiaoran's voice was brisk with a smile: "Then you will definitely not be cold when you chat with me, just don't think I'm annoying."

"No, you don't need to call me 'you', I'm not much older than you." Hou Shujian cut up the shredded potatoes and remembered something, "Ah, Teacher Jiang, can you eat spicy food? ?”

"Yes, I like spicy food quite a bit." Jiang smiled and paused, "I'm 24 this year. In fact, when I first saw Mr. Hou, I thought you were about my age..."

After all the dishes that should be prepared were cut, Hou Shujian turned on the fire to heat up the oil in the pot, turned his back to Jiang and said with a smile, "I'm four years older than you, 28."

"Eh?"

After a brief silence, Hou Shujian held the pot in his hand and thought: Mr. Jiang, we won't stand in the cold as we agreed.

But basically people who ask his age will have this kind of reaction, and those who get the answer will basically push it in their hearts first: Hou Anchen is in fifth grade, even if he goes to school early, he will be ten years old, so if Hou Anchen is his own, Hou Shujian may have had this child in his early twenties or in his early twenties.

The answer I got after pushing it was a bit shocking. Those who are more reserved and embarrassed to ask will make up their minds in their hearts, and those who are particularly curious will ask the bottom line. Except for the question about the mother of the child, Hou Shujian did not answer other questions. They will answer truthfully.Basically, regardless of whether the other party asked or not, the final conclusion is that Hou Shujian's life is really full of ups and downs.

Hou Shujian put the shredded potatoes into the pot, and heard Jiang behind him laughingly said: "At the age of 24, Mr. Hou already had a son who just entered elementary school, but at the age of 24, I didn't even have a lover. This comparison is really sad... I envy you, Mr. Hou." The voice was sincere and sincere.

Hou Shujian has seen so many people, and this is the first time he has encountered such a strange brain circuit.

He shoveled the shredded potatoes, and said dryly: "Actually, raising a child is a hassle. When I was in my early twenties, I wanted to cry with my child every minute...It is more patient to take care of a child when I am older."

"Compared with children, I think it's more realistic for me to focus on falling in love." Jiang Xiaoran asked curiously, "How did Mr. Hou and Mrs. Hou get together?"

Hou Shujian's back froze for a moment, he thought about how to answer this question, and finally said a short sentence: "There has never been Mrs. Hou." Let Jiang Xiaoran make up the rest.

I don't know how Jiang Xiaoran made up his mind, anyway, he said "Sorry" in a low voice, and then moved on to other topics.

During the time when Hou Shujian cooked four dishes, Jiang Xiaoran and Hou Shujian had never heard the conversation. Most of them were Jiang Xiaoran asking and Hou Shujian answering. Jiang Xiaoran asked with a smile when helping Hou Shujian serve the dishes: "Mr. Do you think I'm a little annoying?"

Hou Shujian looked at Jiang Xiaoran's serious expression, and said with a smile: "No." After thinking about it, he added: "I'm afraid you think I'm too talkative."

Jiang Xiaoran showed that kind of energetic smile as if the flowers were blooming in spring again.Hou Shujian liked Jiang Xiaoran's smile very much, it was a bit exaggerated to say it, but just from Jiang Xiaoran's smile, Hou Shujian inexplicably felt that he was a pure and open-minded child.

Hou Anchen, who was doing homework, was called out, and the three of them sat at the table to eat.

The dining table in Hou Shujian's house is a rectangular table for four people. Usually Hou Shujian and Hou Anchen sit and eat face to face. This time there is one more person, Jiang Xiaoran sitting next to Hou Shujian.

Hou Anchen was sitting opposite the dining table, his small face was full of excitement, he neither held the bowl nor the chopsticks, his two big eyes were staring at Hou Shujian and Jiang Xiaoran, the corners of his mouth were pursed, but he still smiled, obviously Couldn't be happier.

Before eating, Hou Anchen asked Jiang Xiaoran with an unconscious smirk: "Teacher, shall we start class tomorrow?"

Jiang smiled and said, "It's okay if you want to start today."

Hou Anchen immediately faltered, and waved his little hands again and again: "Teacher, I'm not ready yet! It's just right to do it again tomorrow!"

Jiang Xiaoran smiled, and said again: "Mr. Hou, I get off work at 05:30 every day, what time do you have dinner at home?"

"Around six o'clock."

"Then I'll start teaching An Chen after dinner, no matter how long it takes, it will last until eight o'clock."

"Could it be a little longer...?" Hou Shujian saw the unbelievable gloomy expression on his son's face, and said for him what he dared not say in his heart.

"It doesn't matter. In fact, with such intensive lectures, it is impossible to teach him new knowledge every day. In fact, there is also time for An Chen to practice himself during these hours." Jiang Xiaoran smiled and blinked, "Don't think that I I'm being lazy."

"That's it, Mr. Jiang." During the conversation, the class time was confirmed. Hou Shujian saw Hou Anchen on the opposite side who wrote "you adults who are rebellious and promised to agree for an hour", and took out his face. Tried and tried a sentence pattern that never worked: "Son, Mr. Jiang is also doing it for your own good."

When Hou Anchen heard this sentence, he knew that the matter was a certainty, so he picked up the bowl sadly and prepared to eat.

Hou Shujian blinked helplessly. Fortunately, his son has always been an optimist and never kept a bad mood for more than half a day, so there were few conflicts between father and son.

Hou Shujian stretched out his hand and rubbed Hou Anchen's head: "Good boy~" Then he turned his head to Jiang Xiaoran and said, "Mr. Jiang, don't just talk about chopsticks, try it."

The incident happened suddenly, and Hou Shujian didn't have time to buy vegetables. The materials were limited, so he could only make four simple dishes: hot and sour potato shreds, minced meat eggplant, fried pork and cumin chicken tenders.Hou Shujian was not sure what Jiang Xiaoran liked to eat, so he could only watch.

Jiang Xiaoran said "delicious" almost every bite, and judging from the speed of his eating, it is very likely that this sentence came from the heart...Hou Shujian usually stays at home and does not exercise much, so the amount of food is also small, Hou Anchen Although the body is growing and the food intake is gradually increasing, it is definitely not as good as