Tender trapping

It's been a long time since the last time I went home, and when I set foot on this land again, Ran Xu felt a sense of unreality.

Xue Xiaoxia has moved to the town because of Ran Tantai's schooling, but even so, the traffic in the town is still inconvenient.Zhuo Wenlang contacted the driver at the local area and drove the two of them along the way.

The scenery on the side of the road was the same as when Ran Xu left, but the road was wider and flat, and the whole town looked much brighter.

The glossy black-painted Volkswagen sedan drove into the town, attracting the attention of many people. Ran Xu sat in the car a little nervous, knowing that this car was already a low-grade car for Zhuo Wenlang, but for half his life, except for bread, For locals who have hardly seen a luxury sedan, the pickup is already quite ostentatious.

He didn't quite understand what Zhuo Wenlang was trying to do. Could it be that he really wanted his son-in-law to visit his mother-in-law, how could he do it properly?

"Sir, do you want to stop directly in front of the address you gave me?" The driver was an honest local, speaking Mandarin with an accent, respectfully, "It's time for dinner, why don't you go have a meal first?"

"Let's eat first." Zhuo Wenlang nodded, "It's hard work, just park in the open space next to it, and we will come to find you later."

Ran Xu hesitated step by step and followed Zhuo Wenlang to get off the car, thinking about where to go for dinner, he rarely came to the town, and he was afraid that Zhuo Wenlang would dislike all the oily stalls.

Unexpectedly, this man was quite at ease, seeing that Ran Xu couldn't give any advice, he leisurely went shopping with him, and asked Ran Xu what he thought of any small shop he saw.

"This place is not very clean."

"This restaurant has few dishes."

"This taste is too spicy, I'm afraid you won't be used to it."

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Ran Xu really felt embarrassed in front of him, he just said a few shortcomings of every small shop.

In fact, he knew in his heart that since Zhuo Wenlang had accompanied him here, he naturally wouldn't have any opinions on his hometown, but this unnatural feeling was still there, and if he couldn't pick out suitable food, he would always I think it's bad hospitality.

Seeing that the two of them were coming to an end, Zhuo Wenlang had no choice but to stop.

"Xiao Xu, I'm going to walk through the town." He pointed to the noodle shop next to him, "Let's just go here."

The signboard outside is a bit dirty, but the space inside is quite bright. The proprietress is a rich middle-aged woman, wearing a red apron, lying on the table and wiping the table. , look at the menu on the wall and order whatever you want.”

It's already past the meal time, and there is no one else in the restaurant of more than [-] square meters except them. Ran Xu stared at the various dishes above, and finally ordered two bowls of signature Yangchun noodles under the kind introduction of the proprietress. I ordered some mixed vegetables.

While sitting and waiting for the food, the proprietress was very enthusiastic and sat next to them and talked to them. Seeing that their clothes were clean and fashionable, she asked if they were from the city.

Ran Xu shook his head, saying that he is a local here and just goes to school outside.

"Yo, so you're a college student, you're so promising." The proprietress coaxed the diners to be happy, praised Ran Xu loudly, and then glanced at Ran Xu, seeing that he was good-looking, she quickly asked, "Which family are you from? Are you a child?" Do you have a girlfriend? Do you want to find it in the city or at home?"

When Ran Xu was asked such a question, she immediately blushed, stared at Zhuo Wenlang, afraid that he would be unhappy, and kept waving his hands: "No, I don't plan to fall in love."

"That's it..." The proprietress was not without regrets, "It's okay, it's okay, college students, learn more and make progress."

The originally dull atmosphere was interrupted by the proprietress, and it passed away. The hot Yangchun noodles, green onion and fragrant soup really aroused Ran Xu's appetite. He stared at the bowl in front of him. While eating noodles, I almost forgot to ask Zhuo Wenlang for his opinion.

"Are you used to eating?" He hesitated, "If you're not used to eating, I'll make some later when I get home." The premise is that Xue Xiaoxia didn't kick him out, Ran Xu silently added the latter sentence in his heart.

Zhuo Wenlang laughed immediately. He put down the bowl and looked at Ran Xu with great interest: "Okay, I thought you were trying to quarrel with me all the way, but I didn't think you were worried about it."

"No trouble."

"Don't worry." Zhuo Wenlang lowered his head, and continued to put his face in his mouth, "Don't be poisoned by TV dramas, I also often go to the factory site, I don't care so much... Besides, what's the situation in your family, I don't care. It's a parental problem, you're a good boy, I know that."

Holding the bowl, he ate all the noodles and looked at Ran Xu with a smile, which inexplicably calmed Ran Xu's mood.

Ran Xu took Zhuo Wenlang to knock on the door of Xue Xiaoxia's house with the mentality of breaking the pot.

I knocked it several times, but no one opened it.

Xue Xiaoxia took Ran Cantai to live in the tube building, and the corridor was quite lively this afternoon. Someone took the opportunity of drying the clothes to secretly look at the two of them, with gossip and suspicion in their eyes, which made Ran Xu conditioned reflexively. feel sick.

He slapped the door vigorously a few more times before he got Xue Xiaoxia's response.

"Oh, oh, here we come, don't be like that ghost..."

A woman's sharp voice came from the room, and the door was suddenly opened. Xue Xiaoxia's half-spoken complaint was stuck in her throat, and her gaze stayed on Zhuo Wenlang for a long time before she closed the door again, yelling Asking them to wait a while, she changed her clothes.

Ran Xu didn't expect Xue Xiaoxia to be so disheveled and open the door in her pajamas, and she didn't realize it for a long time.

In fact, in his childhood impression, this woman still liked to dress up very much.I remember one time, my father bought her a bright yellow floral dress from the market in the town. Xue Xiaoxia drew her eyebrows and put on lipstick on purpose. She walked around in front of Ran Xu and asked him with a smile, "Xiao Xu?" , Mom is not very beautiful.

It was beautiful, indeed beautiful.

Ran Xu would think that Xue Xiaoxia should be the most beautiful woman in the world, beautiful and bright, like a daisy emerging from a crack in a rock, even wind and sand can't erase her freshness.

But it's a pity, time can.

Like her spirit, her hair is getting withered day by day, and her life has become so monotonous and barren, except for the mahjong pieces, and those small change, wandering in the hands beside the square table, full of decaying stench... Her face For her sons, with expectations and complaints, nagging has become the only spice in her life.

Ran Xu pitied her, loved her, and blamed her.

All kinds of emotions converge here, and he is silent to the closed door.

Zhuo Wenlang's hand touched the back of his neck, stroking slowly, as if he were stroking a cat: "It's okay, your mother will probably not trouble you again in the future."

Ran Xu didn't understand where he came from, but saw that when he faced Xue Xiaoxia, he assumed a dignified and arrogant posture. He was like the second son of a profiteer who committed all kinds of evil in the impression of every poor public. Generation, young and full of vigor.

Xue Xiaoxia looked at Ran Xu with complicated eyes, but rarely she restrained her voice and talked to Zhuo Wenlang in a soft voice. She didn't forget to take out the tea bought at home and make him a cup of good tea.

"Thanks for your hard work." Zhuo Wenlang sat on the low sofa, he couldn't stretch his legs. He said this, but he didn't intend to help. Instead, he took out a contract and put it in front of Xue Xiaoxia.

"This is...?" Xue Xiaoxia was taken aback by his behavior, and immediately froze.

"This is the alimony that Ran Xu will give you every month in the future. 2 yuan is already enough. You can use it to educate your youngest son, so you don't have to get involved in mahjong and the like."

Ran Xu never expected that Zhuo Wenlang would take out such a thing today, he was startled, and turned to look at him in surprise.