a certain Zheng Kexin

Now there is no alarm clock urging her, but Zheng Kexin got up earlier than usual. After washing, she stood at the window of the bathroom and watched the sunrise out of focus for a while, then went to the kitchen to make some breakfast for herself.

This is a good habit that Xu Niannian has cultivated for her. No matter what happens, she must eat well. People are like iron rice and steel, and only when they are full can they fight.

It's a pity that Su Yingyu hasn't been home for a long time. There are only expired milk and a box of eggs left in the refrigerator at home. Zheng Kexin was stumped in an instant without her usual slice of bread. She took two eggs and pondered for a while before remembering the There is also flour - Xu Niannian made egg pancakes when he ran out of bread slices a few times before.

Just after six o'clock after breakfast, Zheng Kexin started tidying up the kitchen.

Su Yingyu behaved properly, stored rice, noodles, grains and oil properly, and there was no such thing as turning over hairy fruits from under the cabinet.Zheng Kexin wiped off all the dusty places, checked all the things in the cabinet with expiration dates written on them, cleaned up the ground and rubbish, and went out.

Then it's my own room.

All the objects in her room, large and small, were covered by Su Yingyu with a cloth before. Zheng Kexin looked like she was when she left, and she looked like when she came back. She tore off the sheets and pillowcases together with the dustproof cloth and threw them into the washing machine, and then pushed the window open. Sew for a while.

After that is the parents' bedroom, balcony and living room. Before the new year, every household will have a big cleaning. Before these things were handled by Su Yingyu, and Zheng Kexin helped.

Su Yingyu said that the best thing to use for glass cleaning is Zheng Kexin's English newspaper, so every winter vacation, Zheng Kexin would save a stack of weekly newspapers he had made.

It's just that this year, the affairs of the family depend on Zheng Kexin.

After finishing a round of washing in the washing machine, she took it out and hung it up, and then hurriedly washed the next round, working non-stop until noon, the washing machine ran through three or four rounds before barely finishing what could be done at the moment, and then found time to sit on the sofa I took a short rest.

There are no ringtones for time outside of school. Zheng Kexin glanced at her phone, only to realize that it was already noon. She briefly thought about what she wanted to eat, and then chose to continue to get egg pancakes—she just developed a habit of eating three meals a day. I have the habit of eating every meal, and I haven't developed the ability to carry a knife and a pot.

What's more, her family doesn't have any ingredients at the moment, even if Zheng Kexin is a smart woman, she can't cook without rice, not to mention she is still a good-for-nothing who can only fry pots.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door. Zheng Kexin got up and opened the door. When the door opened, she saw Xu Niannian who was covered in cold air and was carrying two large plastic bags.

The days when the snow melted were extremely cold, and people would freeze if exposed to bare skin when walking outside. Xu Niannian didn't wear a hat and gloves, and his ears and hands were red from the cold.

Zheng Kexin didn't have time to talk, so she quickly led her into the door, casually took two plastic bags and threw them on the floor, kicked them towards the kitchen, without bothering to tidy up, pushed Xu Niannian to sit on the sofa, then fell down Let her hold a cup of hot water.

Then she warmed her hands, wrapped them around Xu Niannian's ears, and asked, "How did you come here in such a cold day?"

Xu Niannian: "The class ended early today, so I wanted to come over to see you. I heard from my aunt that you were home alone, so I stopped by and bought some food."

"Did you call my mother?" Zheng Kexin said, "Why didn't you call me?"

"I called, but you didn't answer."

It was only now that Zheng Kexin remembered that she had muted her phone before going to bed, woke up early today, and was busy all the time when she got up, so she didn't think about it.

As soon as Xu Niannian came, Zheng Kexin's stomach was like a little match girl who bumped into a billionaire. It was really warm like a family member. Xu Niannian himself had the taste of a full banquet, and his spoiled stomach instantly became fussy and grunted.

The kitchen of Zheng Kexin's house was neatly tidied up by Su Yingyu. It was much more spacious than the small space in the rental house. However, it was not easy to use, because Zheng Kexin knew very little about the structure of her house, and she didn't keep it in mind after cleaning it. She basically didn't know what to ask. .

When Xu Niannian wanted to use something, she turned around and asked Zheng Kexin, but Zheng Kexin couldn't answer any of them, and there were five big words on her face - "You asked the wrong person".

It's not good to call Su Yingyu again and again to ask Su Yingyu, Su Yingyu is already busy enough, so the two of them tossed around for noon, and they didn't have dinner until two o'clock in the afternoon.

The dishes Zheng Kexin ate were spicy, but she couldn't feel the taste in her heart. She had never thought about what it would be like for Xu Niannian to come to her house to cook. It seemed that only a while ago, she covered the place with a black cloth He didn't want to let Xu Niannian see it.

However, the taste buds still recognized the food, she stuffed a few mouthfuls indiscriminately, looked at the dishes on the table and then at Xu Niannian, feeling as if she had returned to their small rental house.

What happened in the past two days was as fast as a dream, and as slow as half a lifetime. Zheng Kexin had been angry and dazed, but now she calmed down and said that she wanted to live a good life. Everything happened so fast that she didn't even have time to cry for a while. .

She had forgotten that people should cry in the face of disasters, but time has passed, and the taste of expired feelings has changed after being repackaged and released. She only had a sore nose, but her eyes were not red.

Xu Niannian intended to ease the atmosphere and have a pleasant chat, so she pointed to the only plate of non-spicy crab roe and tofu on the table and said, "I was not a picky eater when I was young, but I never ate tofu. I eat all soy products, but I don’t eat tofu.”

Zheng Kexin slowly raised his head: "Huh? Then how do you eat now?"

Not only eat it, but also love it.

There is an old man downstairs in the rental house who buys tofu. The old man does not have a fixed stall, and he rides a small flatbed scooter through the streets and alleys. He usually arrives downstairs after nine in the morning. Sometimes there are too many customers in front of him. One or two o'clock.

The two of them were doing their homework upstairs on weekends, and Xu Niannian always kept his ears open to listen to the yelling downstairs. As soon as the uncle's voice lit up, he immediately rushed down with the change.

She said that the tofu in the supermarket is not fresh, and the tofu in the small shop is not the same.

What is it like, Zheng Kexin has never understood, anyway, in her eyes, everything Xu Niannian eats is delicious.The mapo tofu is delicious, and the pan-fried tofu is also delicious. The tofu beef pot is served with hot spring egg mixed with rice, and a little butter and soy sauce. The long meat becomes unimportant.

These and those, all "like things."

Tofu is really hard to hold, so Xu Niannian went into the kitchen and took out a small spoon with white floral background, scooped two pieces into Zheng Kexin's bowl, and said, "I didn't like it when I was young, but I read an article in a book later, It's called "Three Copper Plates of Tofu", and it's about a child visiting his grandmother's house and eating tofu for the first time."

"The author said that tofu is the best thing he has ever eaten—this is the original words in the book, and I haven't forgotten a single word." Xu Niannian seemed to want to say something, but swallowed the words back, She smiled and looked at Zheng Kexin, "Would you like to eat Bazhen tofu? I have time during the holidays. I'll make Bazhen tofu for you next time."

Zheng Kexin wanted to nod and say yes, but when she opened her mouth, she was choked by the chili pepper. She put down the bowl and coughed loudly, and swallowed several mouthfuls of rice before she calmed down. Xu Niannian smiled and asked her, "Why are you in such a hurry to eat?"

Zheng Kexin also smiled faintly: "Maybe I'm too hungry."

The ideal she had planned in her heart put aside the hostility and murderous urges in her body, isolated all her willfulness, and planned to support the dilapidated home with her mother.However, the pain in my heart will never go away. After returning from the hospital and spending the night alone at home, the place that should hurt still hurts, so I have to turn myself into a robot that cleans up the housework.

Robots only need to work, not emotions.

As soon as Xu Niannian came, she returned from the robot to the human state. Reflexively, she suddenly shook her hand and looked at Xu Niannian: "How do you say chopsticks in English?"

This is a little trick the two of them often play in their own home. Sometimes when the two of them are eating or doing their own things, Zheng Ke will annoy Xu Niannian, pointing to something and asking: "How do you say this in English?" .”

As soon as these words came out, both of them were stunned, and looked at each other stupidly, looked at each other, and finally laughed.

In the previous smiles, the corners of the mouth were raised, and the teeth could not be seen, but this time, it was a smile from the heart.

After eating, the two of them cleaned the dishes, took a short rest and started working again.Xu Niannian accompanied Zheng Kexin to sweep the ceiling at home, and then climbed up the ladder to remove the curtains.

These jobs don’t sound like heavy work, but it takes a lot of energy and effort to do it. It’s very hard to keep your arms up. The two people washed and dried the curtains in batches, and it was already dark.

In winter, the days are short and the road outside is difficult, Zheng Kexin saw the time and hurriedly sent Xu Niannian out. She wanted to send Xu Niannian back, but Xu Niannian held down the hand holding the clothes.

Xu Niannian said that she would not go home for a while, and would come to see Zheng Kexin at noon every morning after the remedial class. Zheng Kexin originally wanted to refuse, but the problem of not wanting to bother others began to show up again, thinking that she was too troublesome, but Xu Niannian suddenly turned around Give her a hug.

Both of them were wearing sweaters, and the temperature of hugging each other was higher than usual, the girl was in a soft ball, Xu Niannian's hair brushed against Zheng Kexin's ears, and the words that reached his mouth were all speechless.

She doesn't want to trouble anyone, but she will miss Xu Niannian.

I want to hold it all the time, never let go, put it in my pocket and watch it every day, just looking at it makes me happy.

"I'll cook for you at noon. It's not for nothing. In the afternoon, you will be responsible for checking my homework. This is considered a reward. Forget about these two days. You make me a list of the books you want to read, and I will come and bring them to you tomorrow."

Zheng Kexin is still evading: "But..."

"Don't worry, I'll go home and eat alone without anyone to accompany me, so just treat it as being with me."

Xu Niannian built a big step for her, coaxing Zheng Kexin to nod.

Before going to bed at night, Zheng Kexin went around the house, cleaned up all the corners, and was lying on the bed reading idle books, when Xu Niannian suddenly sent a link, which was the electronic version of the article they talked about at noon .

In the year when tofu can be regarded as a precious object, war and famine are still commonplace.The "rich" banquet prepared by the old man for the grandson who hasn't seen him for many years, the "eight big bowls" that he claims can't eat at the New Year's Eve, are just some moldy cabbage roots and moldy pickles, and the rare one is the bowl of snails.

These are still good days.

Then droughts in the mountains, floods outside the mountains, locust plagues broke out one after another, and wars broke out without stopping. It has been more than 20 years since the grandparents and grandchildren saw each other again. In more than 20 years, my parents passed away, my aunt and uncle passed away, and the little cousin who used to share tofu at the dinner table became a soldier, and his whereabouts are unknown...

The inside and outside of the words, every word and every line, are all sufferings that children of peaceful age can't imagine.

Zheng Kexin understood what Xu Niannian wanted to tell her.

This day was the best day I could have after the accident, but Zheng Kexin still couldn't fall asleep at night.

Breaking apart his thoughts, crushing them, vomited them over and over again, but they were still stuck in his chest, Zheng Kexin lay down in a trance, closed his eyes in a trance, and it was dawn again.

Xu Niannian came only at noon, Zheng Kexin sat on the bed for a while, got out of bed and drank a glass of water, then opened the door of Sheng Yunming's room.

Yesterday she cleaned up everything outside the house, except for this door.

Sheng Yunming doesn't remember anything, but protects money, and takes everything she sees to her room, but she can't remember to use it.Occasionally when the door is open, there will always be a musty smell of rotten fruit. The fruit is broken in boxes and boxes. When you pack it up and lift it up, the cardboard boxes are soaked and left "soup" tick-tock.

She has limited mobility, and she still has the habit of using a potty at night when she lives in a small courtyard in the suburbs. Now that she is old and her legs and feet are inconvenient, Su Yingyu bought her a potty chair, but she never remembers to take it to the bathroom, and rubs the excrement on the change of clothes He also hid from people and stuffed it into the dark place of the room.

She also sees everyone as a thief, the room is locked all year round, Su Yingyu can't find a chance to help her tidy up, occasionally finds a chance, the clothes are left for a long time, and the dirty things are solidified.

Later, the door of this room was open, and Zheng Kexin learned to hold his breath when passing by.

Sheng Yunming's crying, quarrelling, quarrelling, and madness can turn the living into the dead, but Zheng Kexin knows in her heart that no matter how hard she hates, it's just mental torture. The work was done by her parents, and she never used a single finger.

As soon as the door was opened, there was a disgusting sour smell coming from the door. In winter, the heater was fully burned, and the windows were not opened as frequently as in summer, and the fruits were fermented.

Zheng Kexin rushed in and opened the window, and accidentally cut off a plastic bag on the window sill. The unsealed bag contained roasted sweet potatoes that had been stored for more than two months. one place.

The things in the bedpan were not cleaned up, a few pieces of underwear were stuffed into the quilt, and there was a ball of wool in the corner that I don’t know why. Zheng Kexin took a few breaths and looked around the whole room. It was really messy , not even a clean place to step down.

She took the broom and entered the door, just after sweeping under the bed, a big bowl rolled out, the blood in the bowl had dried up, and an indescribable ball of minced meat came to Zheng Kexin's feet with a stench.

Zheng Kexin finally couldn't bear it anymore, stood up abruptly and rushed to the bathroom to vomit.

After tidying up Sheng Yunming's room, at noon that day, Zheng Kexin was unable to eat Xu Niannian's cooking for the first time.

Now she feels disgusted by the slightest smell, and the hyacinths that haven't bloomed and the innocent aloe have been moved from the living room to the small balcony of the master bedroom.

Zheng Kexin didn't want to say the reason, and Xu Niannian didn't force her to move her chopsticks. She just fried the steamed buns she bought and wrapped them in salt and pepper to make a bag of steamed buns, and boiled the chestnuts to make a plate of chestnut cakes with sweet-scented osmanthus sauce. One is salty and the other is sweet. The two kinds of snacks can be put away, so keep Zheng Kexin to eat when he is hungry.

After two days and three days, Zheng Kexin sorted out the things that could be sorted out, and life finally returned to calm.Lin Cheng has been snowing endlessly this year. That morning, she had just opened the math workbook, and was opening her schoolbag to find the wrong book, when the phone in her pocket rang.

Zheng Kexin took it out and took a look. It was a text message from the Meteorological Bureau. It will snow in Lincheng in the next twelve hours, with a depth of 5-15 centimeters.

She sent a message to Xu Niannian, reminding her to remember to bring an umbrella when going out, and just in the middle of sending the message, Xiao Xu's phone call came in suddenly.

Zheng Ke thought to herself, she is back again, picked up the phone and asked: "Are you coming back at this time, are you celebrating the New Year here this year, be careful to go home to catch up with the Spring Festival travel, it is not easy to buy a ticket."

Xiao Xu on the other end of the phone seemed to be smiling, and said lightly: "I already bought a ticket to go home, but my grandma passed away, so I came to attend the funeral."

Everyone took precautions and guarded everything, but in the end they couldn't take care of it. Xiao Xu's incapable lunatic father suddenly fell ill, sneaked out at night while Xiao Xu's grandma was asleep, and burned down other people's houses. .

Going around and around, old things repeat themselves.

Grandma Song rushed into the fire scene and was unable to rescue her in the end.

Then the lunatic disappeared for two days, and when he was found, he had already frozen to death in a deserted family courtyard.

In the winter, he was wearing a single suit, perhaps committing suicide.

Xiao Xu asked: "Do you want to come out? I'll wait for you at KFC, and eat French fries and mashed potatoes with me again."

The author has something to say: Mapo tofu is delicious, and pan-fried tofu is also delicious. The tofu beef pot is served with hot spring egg mixed with rice, and a little butter and soy sauce, and the long meat becomes unimportant. ——After editing the manuscript, I ordered a tofu for myself.

Later, I saw an article in a book called "Three Copper Plates of Tofu"-the book is still on my bookshelf, and the problem of not eating tofu when I was a child was indeed solved by him.