Reborn Tiger Poison Eater

Locals living in Melbourne like to say a word - melbourne is the best.

Unlike Lidao, the air here is clean and the four seasons are distinct. There are not so many people and vehicles on the streets.The whole city is surrounded by the sea, like a square chessboard, full of simple and elegant European flavor.

The house that Yan Yaoqin prepared for his son is a small independent building with a small courtyard. The front and rear gardens are full of snow-white calla lilies and various daisies. There are several lemon trees in excellent growth standing upright against the fence. Lemons adorn the branches.A patch of horsetail grass was carefully planted under the windows and steps to prevent wasps from nesting in the yard.

Zhuo Yang's temporary guardians are a middle-aged couple named Logan.Mr. Logan worked for Yan Yaoqin in his early years, and he is very trustworthy.He is bright and humorous, he is an electrical technician, his income is moderate, and his job is comfortable.As a full-time housewife, Mrs. Logan diligently takes care of everything at home. She has a gentle and easy-going personality, cooks well, and is responsible for Zhuo Yang's daily life.

On the day they just arrived in Melbourne, Mr. and Mrs. Logan went to the airport to pick him up. Seeing Zhuo Yang coming out of the passageway, Mr. Logan stepped forward to pick up the luggage, and Mrs. Logan embraced Zhuo Yang warmly with a smile on her face. Pat him on the back and say, "Son, welcome home."

Zhuo Yang has never seen his father since he was born, and this has always been his biggest regret from childhood to adolescence.When I finally met my father, my mother passed away again.He has never had the opportunity to experience the so-called family happiness of a family of three.The intention of this arrangement could not be more obvious. In that house, there is a strong man like father and a gentle woman like mother. With the addition of Zhuo Yang, they are more like a complete ordinary Australian family .

Welcome home—with just one sentence, Zhuo Yang fell in love with this strange couple and also fell in love with this strange city, yes, melbourneisthebest.

April is autumn in Melbourne, it is humid and rainy, and the temperature difference between day and night is huge.Although Zhuo Yang grew up in Australia, it was the first time for his body to come here, and he was somewhat uncomfortable. He suffered from gastroenteritis for several days, lost a lot of weight, and always had to pant for a long time before going to bed every night.

Mrs. Logan is from Lido. She immigrated to Australia after marrying Mr. Logan. She has developed local characteristics in her eating habits for more than ten years. No matter whether it is cold or hot, milk is always taken out of the refrigerator. Eat only medium-rare, with bloodshot eyes when cut with a knife.

But what surprised Zhuo Yang was that such Mrs. Logan could make a good soup, and would add different nourishing herbs to nourish his body according to the climate change.The taste was the same as when I was in Yan's house.

When Zhuo Yang was sitting at the table sipping soup, Mrs. Logan was busy with her hands and feet, occasionally looking back to check his reaction.Zhuo Yang had tasted Mrs. Logan's handicraft, and he always praised her for the stewed food to a high degree of heat, and the taste was pure and authentic, and asked her for her secrets.Mrs. Logan just pursed her lips and chuckled, not saying much.

What's the secret?In Mrs. Logan's cupboard, there are large and small packages of supplements such as bird's nest, caterpillar fungus, and fish maw, all from a familiar old seafood shop.In addition, there is a separate booklet, which details the various combinations and dosages that are most suitable for Zhuo Yang's physical condition. Mrs. Logan also takes it out to look through it from time to time.Zhuo Yang saw these things in his eyes, but he didn't point them out.

The school didn't start until July, and Zhuo Yang was almost running around throughout the winter.Mr Logan drove him all over Victoria.From the mountains with towering peaks in the northeast to the vast forests in the southeast, you can really appreciate the magnificent style of the "Garden State".

The temperature of four or five degrees Celsius is already extremely cold for Zhuo Yang.As a Melbourne native, Mr. Logan often went out on the street wearing only trousers and flip-flops, while Zhuo Yang shivered in his down jacket.However, this does not hinder his good mood. As long as his body allows, he will run out with great interest.

It takes 10 minutes to drive from home to the Williamstown seashore, where you can bask in the sun, watch the sunset, taste a variety of delicious snacks and coffee, and compete for food with the occasional seagulls.When the weather is bad, you can go to museums, art galleries, and take pictures of sculpture groups.What Zhuo Yang likes most is the farms and wine estates in the outer suburbs.Sometimes Mr. Logan took him to visit the farm where his friend worked. He could wear a mask and watch the workers trim the wool from a distance.

In their spare time, the Logans would invite their neighbors to their home for a barbecue party. The men would burn meat while drinking, arguing endlessly over the ruling ideas of several parties.The ladies talked about how many apricots and apples they harvested in the yard last year, and discussed how to make cherry sauce and chili sauce.Zhuo Yang sat among them, smiled and listened to everyone's talk, and didn't interrupt easily.

After getting along for this period of time, the Logan and his wife have a certain understanding of Zhuo Yang.He is different from those children of the same age who are in the rebellious period. He looks quiet and indifferent, but he is gentle and easy-going. He always considers other people's feelings before speaking and doing things. He will never appear strange and abrupt in any environment.It's like this kind of gathering full of strangers, full of topics that he can't touch, but as long as a small glass of cider is stuffed into his hand, the child can sit comfortably, drinking alone with relish, contented It's fun, as if he was the host of this party in the first place.

When he got up the next day, Zhuo Yang went to the market and bought many cherry seeds and planted them in small cultivation tanks.He took the farm tools and went to the backyard to reclaim the open space.He is not physically strong, and he has to rest for a long time after doing it for a while, but he does not ask Mr. Logan to help, as if it is such a happy thing to be sweating profusely.According to his speed, the grown cherry saplings can be transplanted in the spring.Wait for another three years, and big red cherries will grow on the tree. If you pick them and make cherry sauce by yourself, it must taste wonderful.

This process may be very long, but there are many good years to wait for a sapling to take root, emerge, grow up, bloom, and bear fruit. Isn't it a kind of ordinary happiness?

Mr. Logan is very strange. This thin, pale and sickly child always has a passion for life that is incompatible with himself. Those things that are lackluster in the eyes of others are full of attraction in Zhuo Yang's view.Of course he didn't know how precious life was to Zhuo Yang who had died once.

I don't know whether it's because of his cheerful mood, or Mrs. Logan's private tonics. In the past three months, Zhuo Yang has never had an asthma attack, and he almost never woke up from being depressed in his sleep.

Mrs. Logan usually rides a light bicycle when she goes shopping in the market in the neighborhood. Zhuo Yang also asks Mr. Logan to teach him how to ride a bicycle when he is free.Riding a bicycle was an easy task, but unfortunately, his limbs were extremely uncoordinated, and he fell over after he couldn't pedal very far, several times, and finally sprained his ankle.He didn't care about it, at worst, rest for a few days and try again.This is true of everything, and if you are eager for success and blindly chase the final result, you will often lose the fun of it.

According to Zhuo Yang, a small sprain can be healed with a hot compress, or go to Chinatown to buy some ointment to rub it on. Unexpectedly, the next day, Mr. Logan brought a bone-beating master to the door, carefully looked at it before and after, and confirmed After only a small problem, he still did massage with medicinal wine very seriously.

During the conversation, Zhuo Yang discovered that although the Chinese bone-beating master was invited by Mr. Logan, he only communicated with Mrs. Logan.It turned out that he could speak neither English nor Mandarin, but only the local dialect of Rishima.

When the master got up to say goodbye, Zhuo Yang pretended to inadvertently ask the other party what time the plane was, and the master Dieda blurted out: "It's nine o'clock tomorrow morning."

Zhuo Yang was taken aback for a moment, then smiled helplessly.

After several months, the Logans never mentioned the word "Yan Yaoqin" in front of him, but the man named Yan Yaoqin appeared in his world all the time.

Finding the Rogues as guardians is the one who wants him to feel at home.Find someone to plant horsetail grass in advance, because that person is afraid that he will suffer the bad luck of being stung by a wasp again.The tonic was somehow brought in by that person, the diet menu was carefully prepared by that person, and the secret of his preference for cider was also provided by that person in advance.What's more, it was just an inconspicuous sprain, and the man specially sent a seasoned Chinese bruise master from Lidao.It is very possible that every bit of what happened to him every day was sent to that person's ears through the mouth of the Logan couple.

Zhuo Yang shook his head secretly, Lao Yan, Lao Yan, why do you do this.If I were an ignorant girl, I might agree with you because I was moved, but I am neither a girl nor ignorant, and there is even a gap of father-son relationship between me and you.

It must be hard work if the effort never pays off.

At the beginning of school, a welcome dance was held as usual.Zhuo Yang's ankle was injured and he couldn't dance. He could not have participated, but he insisted on going with a limp.

Because the formal suit worn at the ball was shipped from Lidao a few weeks in advance.The length, width, and proportions are all precisely fitted.Zhuo Yang understands that in Melbourne, an international metropolis, you can find all kinds of fashion, and the reason why it was transported all the way from Lidao is because there are too few places where Yan Yaoqin can place his feelings, so he can only put his mind on it. Spend it in these seemingly superfluous little things.

When the clothes arrived, Zhuo Yang tried them on on the spot, stretching his arms into the sleeves, and he keenly smelled a faint smell of cologne mixed with the aroma of tobacco.That was the taste of Yan Yaoqin.It can be imagined that in the dead of night, Yan Yaoqin got out of the heavy work, looked at the little dress tailored for his son, and rubbed every detail and every inch of material over and over again, as if he was touching his son with his own hands.

Zhuo Yang knew that he couldn't respond to Yan Yaoqin's feelings, but he didn't want to disappoint the other party's little intention.

At the ball, Zhuo Yang sat quietly with a smile on his face, and when he met an enthusiastic girl who came to invite him, he always explained patiently.The dress was worn on him, elegant and chic, with a straight waist, and the man and the clothes complemented each other.

After the dance, Mr. Logan came to pick him up, and he asked the other party to take a photo of himself, with the colorful dance floor in the background, and he stood in the center of the picture, with a relaxed posture and high spirits.

The picture always ends up in front of that person.Old Yan, that's all I can do for you.