from my heart [last days]

Nearly a year has passed since the outbreak of the virus, and research teams from all over the world and even abroad, like Professor Wen and his party, are gradually gathering in Beijing.

With a large number of people and great strength, many wise minds are working in turn, the research and development of vaccines is progressing smoothly, and the rest of the post-disaster reconstruction work is also proceeding rapidly.Xie Congxin was finally freed from working overtime day and night, and was able to resume an ordinary person's work and rest schedule, and even had a four-day vacation for a month.

Communications across the country have been fully restored in mid-August, which is the hottest time of the year.

It wasn't much cooler in the evening. When Xie Congxin and Su Shiqing came out from the Institute of Physics responsible for testing the signal, Pei Ze's car was already waiting outside to pick him up for dinner in the Peng's compound.

On an ordinary day, neither someone's birthday nor Mid-Autumn Festival, which is supposed to be a family reunion festival, the reason for the appointment was that the dried plums and vegetables that Peng's mother had dried were ripe, and Xie Congxin was asked to go over and taste them.

This reason sounds a little too casual, but Xie Congxin seldom encountered such a kind of non-specific, but warm and relaxed in his life, which is only casual among family members, so he happily went to the appointment.

When they came out of the glass door, Pei Ze also got out of the car. Su Shiqing had already heard about this in the morning, so he patted Xie Congxin on the back and said with a smile, "Go."

Xie Congxin said: "Send you back to the research institute first?"

Su Shiqing waved his hand, "Don't bother, the car from the research institute will be here soon."

Xie Congxin didn't move, when Pei Ze walked up to them and took the words: "We'll leave when the car arrives."

After being with Xie Congxin, his personality has also improved a lot, and he can speak a lot of things naturally, Su Shiqing smiled at him, and then said to Xie Congxin: "You haven't used your vacation this month yet, have you? It’s rare to go there, don’t come to the institute tomorrow.”

Xie Congxin raised his eyebrows, it was just a meal, why would he need to ask for leave?

Pei Ze said, "Thank you teacher."

Su Shiqing nodded: "By the way, I asked Xie Lin to bring the gift."

Xie Congxin only regarded it as a gift for Peng's father and mother, and didn't think too much about it.

Accompany him until the car arrives, the two say goodbye to him, get in the car, and head to the military sanatorium.

It was already past six o'clock, the summer sky was still dark, the burning clouds were brilliant, and the orange sun gradually disappeared behind the tall buildings in the capital. Xie Congxin insisted on bringing the gift to Peng's parents and Pei Ze for him. He opened the trunk and glanced at the distant sky.

Xie Congxin asked: "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Pei Ze curled his lips, looked down at him and said, "I just think today is good."

He didn't often say such purely expressive emotions, so that when he said it, a short sentence also had realistic meaning.Xie Congxin looked up at him for a moment, until Pei Ze asked him, "What's wrong?"

Xie Congxin squinted his eyes, and pointedly said: "It's very good."

Meals are already cooked in the yard.

There is a bamboo cage on the charcoal stove, inside which is steaming the main character, preserved vegetables and braised pork. In the casserole of the gas stove, there is pork belly and chicken soup, which is said to be Peng’s mother’s best. The rice cooker has entered the heat preservation mode.Xie Lin came out of the restaurant with a khaki wine jar in his arms, and greeted the two people standing at the door: "Are you here?"

Xie Congxin glanced at him and asked, "What kind of wine is it?"

Xie Lin was waiting for him to ask, shook the wine jar and said, "23 Years Naughty Red."

Xie Congxin: "..." What?

"Pei Lan liked spicy food when she was pregnant, so she thought she was a daughter," Xie Lin, the old god, continued, "I asked a friend to bring a jar from Shaoxing and buried it in the flower bed behind the research institute."

From time to time, Xie Lin would bring up the subject of Su Peilan in front of him, mostly talking about trivial things like this, but he could always taste the motherhood in Su Peilan's details in his unclear words.

He did it on purpose, Xie Congxin knew, Xie Lin was afraid that he still had resentment towards Su Peilan, so he wanted him to know that his mother loved him.

Xie Congxin can understand his feelings, but he doesn't actually hate Su Peilan either.

No one in the world can choose his own origin, be it poor or poor, rich or noble, happy or broken, Xie Lin and Su Peilan have given him a lot, those who cannot be given, or cannot be given due to many irresistible forces, cannot be perfect The experience and wealth given by his life.

"Which flower bed?" He took the conversation and asked, "Parking lot? Why wasn't it dug up during the renovation two years ago?"

Xie Lin smiled: "Just under the evening cherry tree, Shi Qing has been watching for us."

He raised his chin at Pei Ze, motioned for Pei Ze to come over and continue, and said, "It's just right for you."

Xie Congxin looked at him with strange eyes, not knowing what was right.

Sitting around the table at night, everyone is there, like a meeting between two families, or a family dinner.

Pei Ze's culinary master inherited Peng's mother, but only learned [-]% of it, and lost [-]% of the accumulation of practice, which is still worse than Peng's mother who washes her hands and makes soup every day.The altar has been buried for more than [-] years and contains an unknown number of microorganisms. The red bayberry soup made by Peng's mother is sour and sweet after being chilled. It is very thirst-quenching with a table of dishes.

Braised pork with pickled vegetables lived up to the burden of the protagonist, the saltiness and sweetness were just right, and the meat was neither greasy nor dry. Even Xie Congxin, who was not very interested in food, ate a lot.

"If you like it, come here often," Peng's mother was very enthusiastic, "I will make it for you anytime."

Xie Cong agreed, saying that he would come with Pei Ze more often in the future.

Mother Peng was even happier and couldn't stop laughing.

Xie Congxin didn't know what the gift from Su Shiqing was until after the meal. A total of twenty books related to biology, together with boxes of snacks made by Peng's mother and the altar of daughter red, were carried into Pei Ze's trunk .

"It's all frozen in the refrigerator," Peng's mother held Xie Congxin's hand, "If you want to eat, ask Xiao Ze to warm it up for you."

Xie Congxin let out a 'huh', and finally realized something was wrong - Su Shiqing's gift was for Pei Ze, and there was no refrigerator in the hotel room.

Pei Ze closed the trunk door, came over and put his arms around Xie Congxin's shoulders, "Then let's go back first."

Everyone smiled and said goodbye to them.

Xie Congxin sat in the co-pilot, watched Pei Ze lean over to buckle his seat belt, and asked, "Where are you going?"

Pei Ze kissed him on the forehead: "Go home."

When he said he was going home, he really went home. It was Xie Congxin's house in the capital, near the University of Science and Technology, where he lived for less than a year.

After the outbreak of the virus, the layout of the capital city was reorganized. The survivors were protected by the military in several large communities, and all housing supplies were distributed uniformly. Xie Congxin's community was not selected because it was not large enough.

It has been more than four months since I accompanied Xie Lin back to pick up things. The dusty interior should be clean, and even the ceiling lamp in the restaurant that was broken before Xie Congxin went to Chongcheng has been repaired.

Xie Congxin touched the rich bamboo leaves in the vase in the porch. The leaves were still very new, obviously they had just been inserted.

The things that Pei Ze brought up were put down, the food and the like were put into the freezer, the yellow pottery pots and daughters were red as decorations on the cabinet, and the books that Su Shiqing sent were put into the bookcase of the study.

Xie Congxin followed him into the study room, looked at Pei Ze's back, and felt no displeasure at being stepped on his territory.

He raised his hand, and the shoulder muscles under Xia Ri's thin clothes rolled. Xie Congxin admired it for a moment, then walked over and stood beside him, "Where did the key come from? The teacher gave it to you?"

"Well," Pei Ze turned around and wrapped him in his arms, and put the key into his pocket. "The approval has been completed, and you can come back to live here at any time."

It was a small movement, but Xie Congxin instantly understood what Pei Ze meant - although he came here to clean for him on his own initiative, he had no intention of entering the room, or in other words, he was waiting for Xie Congxin's permission.

Xie Congxin lowered her head against his chin and said deliberately: "It's too far away, it's inconvenient."

Pei Ze said, "I'm in charge of picking up and dropping off."

Xie Congxin narrowed his eyes: "It's too troublesome, why don't you stay in a hotel?"

Pei Ze touched the hair on the back of his head, "There are many people in the hotel, you don't like it."

Xie Congxin paused unexpectedly, then raised his head to meet Pei Ze's gaze.

Many things do not need to be said, or even if they deliberately cover up, it is difficult to hide from the observation and concern of those around them.

And Pei Ze is the "person next to him" who is careful enough.

Xie Congxin laughed first, and said in a low voice: "It's not safe to live alone, isn't Captain Pei here to protect me?"

Pei Ze said, "If you need."

"Need," Xie Congxin took out the bunch of keys and put them back into Pei Ze's pocket, "You said..."

"As I said," Pei Ze held his face in his hands, looked into Xie Cong's eyes with deep eyes, and said in a low and slow voice, "until I die."

Four words are all the vows, Xie Congxin hooked his neck and kissed him.

"—so you have to live longer."