Mu Chen

75. Dinner

As soon as he got in the car and closed the door, Yu Yong leaned over from the passenger seat and grabbed Mu Chen, first kissed him on the face, "Brother, do you miss me? I haven't been able to sleep for days!"

After speaking, he turned Mu Chen's face around, and kissed him on the other side.

Yu Yong appeared friendly and cheerful, but in fact he was extremely nervous.

Although every time he called, whenever he had the opportunity, he would ask Mu Chen to confirm and promise repeatedly, just like a restless little girl, which did not match his domineering appearance at all.

Although Mu Chen was always indulging, never making jokes, never refusing, I don't know how much he said softly.But the worst start, the four years of separation, and the difficulty of taking care of Lin Lan in the past two years...

He couldn't believe that he really had such good luck to get this person.

Muchen smiled and pushed away the big head in front of him, "Sit down, don't let anyone watch."

Although he said something to avoid suspicion, his hands gently stroked Yu Yong's face, with infinite cherishment, "I lost weight."

Yu Yong grabbed his hand, put it on his lips and kissed it, and the two looked at each other for a long time, with silly smiles on their faces.

Mu Chen turned around and drove the car. After thinking about it, he said, "Don't mess around when you get home. There are a lot of people in the house. Your aunt is doing well. Don't make any troubles. Just stay at home for a while." God, let's not make Aunt Lin unhappy."

Yu Yong felt a little relieved, but still pursed his mouth on purpose, "Brother, do you miss me or say you love me? Why are you so afraid of things? I'm in the car now. I'll pay attention when I get home. " As he spoke, he picked up Mu Chen's right hand and put it to his lips for a kiss.

Mu Chen's heart was very soft, and he held Yu Yong's hand with his backhand, "Silly boy."

The two returned home despite the growing snow, and Yu Yong yelled as soon as they entered the door, "Mom! I'm back!"

Muchen held Yu Yong back and didn't let him go in, "Change your shoes first, and then go in after the cool air on your body dissipates."

Lin Hong had already supported Lin Lan to stand up and walked over, and said with a smile, "Your mother has been watching from the window for a long time, why did you come back so late?"

Mu Chen didn't say that Yu Yong was doing good deeds, but only said that the snowy road was slippery and he was driving slowly.

Although Yu Yong didn't know why, he didn't expose it. He first greeted Lin Hong, and then said that he wanted to eat delicious food at home, and he was hungry for several meals in order to go home, which made Lin Lan laugh and wipe tears .

After a while, Yu Yong walked over and helped Lin Lan to sit on the sofa, but did not give her a hug.

Here, Mu Chen hung up his coat, changed his shoes and walked into the kitchen. After a while, he brought out a large bowl of clear chicken soup, "Drink a bowl of soup first to warm your stomach. I have tasted this soup and it is not fishy. If you can't drink it, don't drink it." point."

Seeing Yu Yong take the bowl, he explained, "I went to the market early today, and many shops haven't opened yet. The mutton shop I went to was not good. I told him that I will bring in some lamb tomorrow, and I will cook it for you then." Aunt Lin, have you eaten? If you’re hungry, drink some soup, and I’ll make some food right now.”

Yu Yong was holding the bowl. The short summer job four years ago made him no longer smell like chicken, but this was brought by his brother, and he must drink it. "Well, I want to eat lamb chops with cumin."

Lin Hong, "I gave you Aunt Lin a drink just now, and I'm not hungry right now. Let me help you with whatever you need."

Look at Lin Lan, the other party is watching Yu Yong drink soup, obviously not paying attention to what happened here.Mu Chen nodded, "Okay, Auntie, help me wash the vegetables."

After all, Yu Yong only drank half of the bowl before putting it down, and then helped Lin Lan walk around a few rooms, and then helped her walk back and forth between the living room and dining room more than a dozen times before settling her down. OK, let's go to the kitchen and deliver the bowl.

The range hood in the kitchen kept ringing, and several prepared dishes were already placed on the stove, and Mu Chen was putting the meatballs he brought from Dr. Xu's house today into the cabbage vermicelli pot.

"Auntie, you set the table, Xiaoyong, you find the key upstairs in my coat pocket, carry the luggage up, change your clothes first, and then take a beef tendon from the kitchen, here, use this plate. "

Yu Yong took the plate, took out the key in his pocket with the other hand, shook it, and smiled, "I brought it back."

Seeing his complacent and satisfied smile, Mu Chen also laughed.

Go up to the second floor and open the door. There are two pairs of cotton mops of the same style on the floor mat. The room has not changed much from when he left two years ago.

In Xiangyang’s large bedroom is still the assembled 2*2m big bed, and the newly added bedside tables are the two solid wood square chairs they used to sit on when they were young.

The bed is covered with gray sheets, light gray and white striped quilt cover, two pillows of the same color, with two soft pillows stacked on top of it, and dark gray curtains, simple and refreshing.

A table lamp with a metal cover is placed on each of the two chairs. The original sheepskin lamp is replaced with a simple metal edge ceiling lamp, which matches the table lamp very well and adds a bit of texture to the room.

A set of light gray checked cotton pajamas lay on the bed.Yu Yong didn't wear it, he just took out the training pants and sweater from his luggage bag and changed into it.

The wardrobe on one wall of the bedroom was originally composed of two double-door wardrobes put together. Yu Yong stretched out his hand and opened it. One was obviously his own, because there was only a transparent storage box in the cabinet, which contained his childhood treasure: stamp collection, Marbles, triangles folded from cigarette packs, piggy banks... and those metal machetes.

The other Mu Chen's didn't have many things. There were a few suits and five or six shirts hanging on the rail, and the clothes of the other four seasons were only stuffed into two grids.There are two layers of nine squares. One layer contains ties and socks, and the other layer is half underwear and half empty. All things are rolled into small rolls and placed neatly.Not a single ornament.

Yu Yong was a little stunned. Mu Chen was outstanding in appearance and well-off. There were not many girls who followed him since he was a child, and many of them were driven away by him.In the past two years, no matter how much Mu Chen promised, the uneasiness in his heart has never been gone, it's just that he can't express it.

But he didn't expect Muchen's life to be so simple, or monotonous.

He still remembered that Mu Chen was good at clothes since he was a child, and Jiang Chengai bought him clothes, and he always wore whatever was fashionable, and later when he went to university in N City, he was even more ahead of the times.

Moreover, Mu Chen's skin is fair, and most of his clothes are brightly colored. The last time he saw it, it was a white sweater with a royal blue down jacket, very eye-catching.Looking at the ones in the cabinet now, they are almost black, white and gray.

It took me a while to come back to my senses, I hung up my regular clothes, and put the luggage bag in the bottom of the closet, but I didn't take out the clothes inside.Then I went to the kitchen and took a tendon and went downstairs.

The door was ajar, and when I went in, I found that the dining table had been opened, and it was full of shredded chicken, braised shrimp in oil, steamed turbot, fried pork with chili, fried pork with celery, dried leeks and soybeans, stewed meatballs with cabbage, and stir-fried chicken feathers vegetable.

Mu Chen took the plate, and quickly put out a plate of sauced beef.

Mu Chen, "Aunt Lin, when Xiaoyong comes back today, you can also order some red wine. Auntie, where's your glass? Xiaoyong, can I have two glasses now? I still have a few bottles of Moutai here."

Yu Yong, "Brother, I don't drink, just make me a cup of your good tea."

Lin Lan, "Why isn't alcohol allowed in the army? It's Chinese New Year today, so you can drink if you want."

Yu Yong, "Well, the troops don't allow it. I'm hungry, so I want a bowl of rice first."

Lin Hong stood up and gave Yu Yong some rice, and persuaded, "I don't care about the army's regulations when I go home. Your leaders don't know how to call to check the guards. If you call, auntie will answer it for you, just say you are asleep, haha... ..."

Yu Yong just smiled and didn't answer, and Mu Chen didn't speak while making tea.Just as he could no longer eat ham and sausage after Yang Li left, Yu Yong no longer wanted to touch alcohol after Yu Jianguo died.

Yu Yong really hates alcohol. This is their injury when they were young. Even if the surface is healed and the sky is calm, the inside is still dripping with blood and cannot be touched.

Mu Chen brewed a cup of Pu'er, poured out a cup for Yu Yong after washing it, and poured half a cup for himself, the tea was too strong, if he drank a cup, he would not be able to sleep at night.

Seeing that Yu Yong had already poured two glasses of red wine for the two elder sisters, Mu Chen raised his glasses first, "Let's not embarrass Xiaoyong, come here, let's have a drink first, welcome Xiaoyong home."

After clinking glasses, Yu Yong first picked up chopsticks and shredded the chicken for Lin Lan, "Mom, you like chicken, eat it first."

Lin Lan ate the dish with a smile, "This dish is well mixed, even better than Xiao Guo's."

Yu Yong, "Guo Liang? Didn't he go to Shanghai?"

Mu Chen gave him a piece of beef, "Well, he left last winter, and I learned this dish from him. In fact, I was doing it blindly. The real shredded chicken needs three yellow chickens, and it can't be cooked for so long. This can only be regarded as not wasting things, but Aunt Lin really likes to eat."

Guo Liang left City Y for Shanghai half a year ago. On the one hand, it was because of his longing for a big city and his confidence in his own craftsmanship. On the other hand, Guo's father finally knew about his current situation and began to pester him constantly.

Guo Liang was very troubled, and he couldn't really do anything to his father. Fortunately, he lived in the dormitory all the time, and Guo's father didn't know that he bought the house. In desperation, Guo Liang decided to sell the house and run away.

He has already paid off the loan and the money he borrowed from Mu Chen, and because the house price has risen, there are nearly 1 left in the end.Before leaving, he said goodbye to Mu Chen, and Guo Liang brought [-] yuan, which he only said was the interest on all the loans he had borrowed in the past four years.In the end, Mu Chen patted his head and taught him a lesson.

After scolding him, he stared at him to collect the money, and Mu Chen said, "Xiao Guo, it doesn't matter if you live in Shanghai or other places in the future, after you settle down, you should buy a house first, even if it's a little smaller or older. Okay, take your time and buy a bigger one, and if you need money, just tell me."

In the past two years, even though Guo Liang had two or three jobs, he kept coming home once a week. When he came, he would cook, help take care of Lin Lan, and keep busy.

In Mu Chen's heart, although he is not as good as Yu Yong, he is still half a younger brother.He understands Guo Liang's longing for a family, and he understands his self-esteem even more.

The dinner was quite enjoyable, except for Lin Lan who cried a little.Mu Chen was helpless and indifferent to this.

Yu Yong used to be annoyed, annoyed, and indifferent, after all her crying was normal.

But now looking at this mother who can only move half of her body, in addition to being sick and old, she has just turned 40 years old, and her heart is sour, so I have to keep persuading her and coaxing her to drink half a bowl of soup. dinner.

Lin Hong cleaned up the dishes, and Mu Chen helped Lin Lan wash up.

It was still the same as in the morning, squeezing toothpaste, wringing hot towels, opening the lid of skin care products, until Lin Lan had taken care of everything before helping her to sit on the sofa, and then brought her footwashing water.Lin Lan took off her right sock by herself, Mu Chen lifted her immobile left foot, took off the sock, and put it into the basin.

Lin Lan soaked her feet, Mu Chen untied her hair after washing her hands, and combed her hair up and down with a double-toothed comb.

Seeing Yu Yong staring in a daze, he explained, "There are many acupuncture points on the head, massage the scalp."

Afterwards, she combed it sideways and loosely, "Aunt Lin's hair is long, and it is inconvenient to turn over. If the hair is loose, it is easy to be crushed, and it will fall a lot."

After finishing her hair, and seeing that Lin Lan's feet were soaking in the basin without moving, Mu Chen said, "Aunt Lin, rub your feet, and press the acupoints I told you."

Lin Lan slowly bent down, stretched one hand into the basin and rubbed her feet, every now and then.

Muchen was about to speak, when Lin Hong came over after washing the dishes, "Oh, why are you washing by yourself again, stop moving, I'll wash for you."

While talking, squatting down, first took out Lin Lan's hand, tore off two napkins nearby to wipe it clean, put his hands into the basin and rubbed it a few times, and then picked up a towel to dry.

Seeing that she was about to put Lin Lan's shoes on, Mu Chen stopped him, "Auntie, I haven't had a massage yet."

Lin Hong, "Oh, oh." She put the foot that was about to put on the shoe on her leg, and pressed it under the big toe.

The massage of this point is to prevent Alzheimer's disease.After Lin Lan got sick, Mu Chen was the one who washed her feet at first, and then massaged her after washing.

Later, Big Sister Chen took over, and when her mood stabilized, Mu Chen started to let her press it by herself. If she couldn't remember too many acupuncture points, she only pressed this one, which was also an exercise for her body and hands.

But Lin Lan didn't believe that pressing the feet could cure and prevent diseases.It's fine if someone else presses it and it's comfortable, but if she presses it herself, she has to twist her body. She finds it strenuous and doesn't like to do it. It's just that she is weak in nature and doesn't know how to resist.

After Lin Hong came here, if she could save it, she would save it. When Mu Chen returned to Y City, he found that Lin Hong was very perfunctory, and this step was often omitted.If Mu Chen is unhappy, Lin Lan will still find excuses for her sister, and cry if it is serious...

Muchen was very troubled, and in the end, as long as he was at home, this was his daily life.