The icing on the cake

Hua Pinsu and Zhuang Jinyan packed up properly. Zhuang Jinyan dragged the suitcase. Hua Pinsu carried a black backpack to the hotel counter to check out. The black backpack Hua Pinsu carried was given to him by Zhuang Jinyan. In the bag were the women's clothes he wore yesterday. , wig, red wine and two wine glasses.

When Zhuang Jinyan was checking out at the counter, Hua Pinsu looked around, wondering if Wu Ran's girlfriend's arrest of rape had any impact on the hotel last night, but to Hua Pinsu's disappointment, the whole hotel was orderly and no one was there. Whispering, as if nothing happened in the hotel yesterday, Hua Pinsu's hope of Wu Ran's fame in the hotel fell through.

The two took a taxi and went back to the apartment in the South District. It was Xiao Zhao's wife Xiaoxue who opened the door for them.

"Pinsu, have you had breakfast?" Xiaoxue first asked Hua Pinsu with concern, and then nodded to Zhuang Jinyan who entered the door.She was originally a delicate and slender woman. After she got married and gave birth to a daughter, her body became plump. She persisted until she was 28 years old and finally married her husband. Xiaoxue, who is financially relaxed and feels that everything in life is going well, is brimming with happiness.After the year, the aquatic product business entered the off-season, and the aquatic product shop had free manpower. Xiaoxue often brought her daughter to Huapinpu's apartment in the South District of Huajia.

"No, Jin Yan and I didn't have breakfast." Today is not Sunday, Fang Tong should have gone to school, it turned out that as long as Fang Tong lives in Hua's house, he will take the initiative to cook, today's breakfast should be made by Fang Tong.

"That's just right. I brought Aunt Xu to work today. She made fried leek pancakes today. It tastes very good. Go and try it."

"Aunt Xu? Is that the retired textile worker?" Hua Pinsu led Zhuang Jinyan into the hall.

"Yes, I'll bring her here today to identify the door." The aunt Xu that Xiaoxue mentioned is her neighbor to Xiao Zhao's new home. She is 47 years old this year and used to be a car operator in a textile factory. She retired at the age of 45. Aunt Xu, who retired at home, couldn't stay idle, and her family's financial situation was not very well-off, so she wanted to find a job to supplement the family.

"Oh, that's good. Let's do it first. If you like Pinpu, you can hire me." In 2003, the college entrance examination was reformed, and the exam date was moved forward by one month. Now it is the end of February, and it will be the college entrance examination in three months. He has already suspended his studies for one semester, and he can't take another semester off in the second half of the semester. He has to go to school to review. Hua Pinsu will go to school in March. He is worried that his sister will be alone at home, so he wants to hire a housekeeper to take care of the housework. By the way Accompanying Huapinpu, Xiaoxue recommended Aunt Xu after she knew about it.

Huapinpu and Xiaoxue's two-year-old daughter Qianqian were sitting at the dining table facing each other, eating leek pancakes made by Aunt Xu. When she saw her younger brother bringing Zhuang Jinyan in, she froze slightly.

"Sister, I met Jinyan yesterday and saw that he didn't have a fixed residence, so I invited him to live in our house." Hua Pinsu paid attention to her sister's expression, if Hua Pinpu had any feelings of resistance to outsiders living in the house, then he had no choice but to let Zhuang Jinyan go to Qingxiangzi up.

"Oh, hello! Senior Zhuang!" Hua Pinpu and Zhuang Jinyan spoke a little nervously.

"Hello! Pinpu! Call me Jinyan like Pinsu. Pinsu and I often talk about you on Yimeier." Zhuang Jinyan didn't seem to notice Hua Pinpu's nervousness, and chatted casually with Hua Pinpu people they know together.

"Oh, is that so?" Hua Pinpu is very familiar with Zhuang Jinyan. When she first entered Ren'ai High School, her ears were full of how outstanding and handsome Senior Zhuang was. At that time, Zhuang Jinyan existed in her mind like a prince from afar. Because of family changes, Zhuang Jinyan fell from the altar and picked it up for her younger brother. Huapinpu looked at the drunken prince of the past, and felt only pity and sympathy in his heart. Later, Zhuang Jinyan went to the United States to study, and learned about Zhuang Jinyan from his younger brother. He studied hard in the United States, achieved excellent grades, and admired Zhuang Jinyan in his heart. Now seeing the handsome Zhuang Jinyan, Hua Pinsu is nervous and a little shy at the same time.

"Pinsu loves you very much, and always talks about you." In fact, Hua Pinsu didn't talk much about her sister with Zhuang Jinyan, and the person who talked about Hua Pinpu the most was in the hotel room last night.

"My brother is very good." Talking about the people who care about together, Hua Pinpu began to relax.

"Susu! This is for you to eat! It's delicious!" When Zhuang Jinyan was talking to Hua Pinpu, Xiaoxue's daughter Qianxi was by her side, unwilling to be lonely, and handed Hua Pinsu half a leek pancake.Xiao Qianqian should have called Hua Pinsu her uncle, but she thought that uncle was the same as her Sissi, a duplication of the name, so uncle became Susu, and so on, and Pinpu's aunt also became Pupu .

"Um, Sissy eats by herself, uncle has it here." Hua Pinsu hastily rejected Xiao Qianqian's kindness, there was still Xiao Qianqian's saliva on the half piece of leek pancake.Little Sissy always gives the people she likes half of what she eats.

"Cissy eat it by yourself, grandma has made a lot." Aunt Xu smiled and brought a large bowl of fried leek pancakes, and a bowl of white porridge for Zhuang Jinyan and Hua Pinsu.Aunt Xu is of medium height, very thin, but very energetic, and looks very kind from the face.

"Aunt Xu, thank you!" Hua Pinsu looked at Aunt Xu who coaxed Xiao Qianqian to eat pancakes, and felt that she was very smart, and the leek pancakes she made were also very delicious. Look at it and you will have an appetite.

"It's so delicious!" Zhuang Jinyan ate his breakfast today as if he was reincarnated like a ghost. After a while, after eating five pieces of leek pancakes, Hua Pinsu stretched out his hand to get the second one.

"Hehe, the coarse grains made by ordinary people are not so good." Aunt Xu was praised by the sea turtle for her craftsmanship, she was happy in her heart, but her mouth was modest.

"It's really good. I really want to eat what we ordinary people eat in the United States." Zhuang Jinyan didn't say this out of politeness. After nearly five years in the United States, his taste has not changed, and he still can't get used to American food. food.

"If you like to eat, you can eat more in the future. Aunt Xu will cook at my house from now on." Looking at the wolf-eating sea turtle elite, Hua Pinpu smiled rarely.

Seeing that her elder sister seems to like Aunt Xu, Hua Pinsu thought to tell Xiaoxue later that she would hire Aunt Xu.

After breakfast, Hua Pinsu arranged Zhuang Jinyan in the unused guest room, ordered Aunt Xu to tidy up Zhuang Jinyan's room, put new bedding on the bed, and then went upstairs to catch up on sleep, and Zhuang Jinyan also caught up on sleep in the guest room .

Zhuang Jinyan and Hua Pinsu slept until lunch time, only to be woken up by Xiao Qianqian knocking on the door one by one. Aunt Xu made lunch, and it was still a home-cooked meal.Zhuang Jinyan still eats the most delicious food, saying that this kind of food will last a lifetime, as if he has been eating pig food in the capitalist countries of the United States.Zhuang Jinyan's admiration for home-cooked food made Hua Pinsu murmur to herself, could it be that Zhuang Jinyan ran back to China because he couldn't stand the American pig food?

Early the next morning, Hua Pinsu accompanied Zhuang Jinyan to visit his parents' grave.The tomb of Zhuang Jinyan's parents is in a cemetery in the southern suburbs of Shen City. The cemetery has mountains and water, and the scenery is beautiful.Not long after they entered the cemetery, they arrived at the grave of Zhuang Jinyan's parents. They saw flowers and sacrifices piled up in front of the grave. Judging from the color of the flowers, it should have been a few days ago.

Hua Pinsu is a bit strange. Zhuang Jinyan left Shenshi for the United States in 98. Logically, the tomb of Zhuang's father and mother should be deserted, and the tombstone should be covered with dust. But judging from the cleanliness of the tombstone, it is obvious that someone often comes to take care of it. .Zhuang's father was the only son. Zhuang Jinyan's grandfather joined the revolution after his family broke up when he was young. Zhuang's father had no relatives except Zhuang Jinyan's grandmother. Later, because Zhuang Jinyan's grandparents died early, and Zhuang's father was adopted by Zhuang Jinyan's grandfather's comrades-in-arms, the relatives and friends of the Zhuang family basically stopped walking, so the relatives of Zhuang's father did not know where Zhuang's father's cemetery was, so they would not come. Sweeping sacrifices in front of the tomb.And Zhuang Jinyan's blood relatives in this world are only two uncles who are far away in the capital, and the journey is far away, so he will not come to Shenshi to pay homage to his brother-in-law who was abandoned by them.So who cares about Zhuang Jinyan's parents so much?

Zhuang Jinyan lit candles in front of the tomb, placed sacrifices and flowers under the tombstone, touched the photos printed on the tombstone and wept silently.The posthumous photo on Zhuang's father's tombstone is very handsome. Zhuang Jinyan's facial features more than half resemble his father's, while the portrait of Zhuang's mother looks very serious. Zhuang Jinyan's lips resemble his mother's.In Hua Pinsu's eyes, Zhuang's father and Zhuang's mother are very husband and wife.

When Zhuang Jinyan was worshiping in front of his parents' cemetery, Hua Pinsu walked away and wandered around, leaving Zhuang Jinyan alone to talk in front of his parents' cemetery.The cemetery here is very close to Shenshi, the location is very good, the scenery is very beautiful, and the cemetery has been saturated for a long time. After the tragedy of Hua’s parents, they couldn’t buy the cemetery here, so they had to buy it a little farther away from Shenshi. buried in the cemetery.

Hua Pinsu wandered around Zhuang Jinyan's parents' cemetery for nearly an hour, feeling that Zhuang Jinyan and his parents should have finished talking about their divorce, and then slowly walked to Zhuang Jinyan who was kneeling in front of his parents' tomb.

"Jinyan, let's go home. The cemetery is very close to the city, so we can come to worship often in the future."

"Well, yes, I can come here often in the future." Zhuang Jinyan's eyes were red, but when he saw Hua Pinsu's concerned face, there was a slight warmth on his face. Just now he told the portraits of his parents about his past few years , more than half of them talked about huapinsu.

Zhuang Jinyan held Hua Pinsu's hand all the time on the way out of the cemetery from his parents' grave, and told Hua Pinsu as he walked, how he used to get along with his parents.Hua Pinsu's brow was sweating when she heard this. Zhuang's father and mother's strict training of their son, and Hua's father and mother's doting on him are simply two extremes. No wonder Zhuang Jinyan's self-discipline is unusually strong. This is the result of strict education since childhood Yes, and Hua Pinsu himself, with an adult mentality, devoted himself to being the son of the Hua family. Except for spending a little time on his studies, he did whatever he wanted.Hua Pinsu sighed, is this the difference between Zhuang Jinyan becoming an elite and his mentality still running in the direction of dick?