Wintering

"The hospital sent me to be in charge of the business here," Chen Yue said as he secretly observed Mo Dong's expression, and saw that he was calm and didn't react too much before continuing, "In the future, maybe, I will live here for a while. For a while."

Mo Dong listened quietly, without interjecting or asking questions.

Chen Yue had no choice but to find something to say by himself, "By the way, I also raised a puppy, which is the little gray dog ​​that was abandoned by the owner in the hospital mentioned to you before. After it fell ill, the hospital I don't want it anymore, I'll take him home."

"This little guy is very honest, he is bullied by that naughty Dudu all day long and he doesn't fight back." He paused, and said in a casual tone, "If you have a chance to go back to City A, you can also take a look at the small town." guys."

"What's its name?" Mo Dong asked.

"Jelly." Chen Yue added, "Jelly's jelly. It likes to eat jelly."

"Next week."

Chen Yue was looking down at Dongdong's photos, when he heard Mo Dong's words, he immediately raised his head, "Really?"

Mo Dong lowered his eyelids, "I haven't seen Dudu for a long time."

Obviously he just said to see Dudu, but Chen Yue's heart still couldn't help jumping up.He was indeed terrified by what Mo Dong said three years ago. Even though he saw that Mo Dong still kept his clothes from three years ago, he didn't dare to act and express too much all at once, he could only do little by little. Carefully test the boundaries between the two.

The branch has not yet been completed, and Chen Yue is still working with his colleagues in City A.

When Mo Dong came, he was having a video call with his subordinate to explain the task. After receiving Mo Dong's call, he immediately apologized to his subordinate and would send him an email later.

Chen Yue said to the person on the phone, "Come here." He got up and walked quickly to the entrance, and opened the door.

Mo Dong was standing at the door, holding a paper bag in his hand.

Chen Yue smiled: "The password to open the door at home has not changed, it is still the same one, you can just enter it directly next time."

Mo Dong didn't say anything. After changing his shoes, he put the paper bag on the coffee table, "I bought cat food and dog food for them." As he said, he suddenly felt itchy under his feet. Looking down, he saw a big gray fur The dog was circling around his feet, its fluffy tail brushing against his feet.

Chen Yue took the cat out of the kennel, and when he turned around to see this scene, he hissed Dong Dong a few times. The big gray dog ​​was very smart, and immediately sat up straight after hearing the sound, with its big fluffy tail gently behind him. Swaying, looking up at Chen Yue with his head up and his tongue sticking out.

"Dong Dong likes you very much," Chen Yue sat down and said to the nervous Mo Dong, "When other people come, it hides in the room and refuses to come out."

Greyhound seemed to know that Chen Yue was talking about it, barked excitedly, turned around on the spot, and then lay down on all fours, exposing its soft belly, twisting and twisting like a jelly candy.

Mo Dong was also amused by its cute and naive posture, the corners of its mouth slightly curved into a small arc.

Chen Yue scratched the cat's chin in his arms, "Dudu, look who's here?"

Dudu tilted his neck and looked at Mo Dong for a while, stepped on Chen Yue's thigh and approached Mo Dong, poked his neck and sniffed, his tail stood upright, he meowed at him, and lightly jumped onto Mo Dong's shoulder.

Mo Dong hurriedly supported it, then turned his head and asked Chen Yue: "Its legs..."

"I had a minor operation on it last year, and it's almost fine now."

Mo Dong took the cat down, and Dudu stuffed his head into Mo Dong's palm, squinting and rubbing.

The big dog got up from the ground, and the man stood up, resting his paws on the sofa, looking at the cat for a while, and Mo Dong for a while, obviously wanting to pet him too.

Mo Dong could only touch this one's head for a while, and that one's back for a while, he was very busy.

It was almost dinner time, Chen Yue went into the kitchen to prepare dinner for them, and Mo Dong followed subconsciously.

"You're a guest today, so I'll just come here, and I'll let you try my craft later." Chen Yue refused to let him help.

Mo Dong didn't insist anymore, and went back to the living room to suck cats and dogs.

Chen Yuezao went to the supermarket to buy the ingredients, and washed the oysters and mutton in the sink. The mutton was used for stewing soup and the oysters were used for cooking.

Boil the quail eggs in water for 8 minutes, take them out, and put them in ice water to cool quickly, so that the shells are easy to remove; wash and dry leeks, cut into small pieces, shred ginger, and set aside for later use.

Add cooking wine and oil to the pot, pour in oysters, eggs, and side dishes, and the oil pan sizzles.Chen Yue turned on the range hood, wiped the sweat off his forehead casually, and accidentally saw Mo Dong standing at the door looking at him, turned his head and said with a smile, "Go and play with Dong Dongdudu, it will be fine soon."

Mo Dong looked at Chen Yue skillfully turned the pot and spoon, the heat rose in front of him, and the wet sweat condensed on his head.He looked at it for a while and then left to smoke on the balcony.

There are several pots of rose green plants on the balcony, all of which have formed more than a dozen pink buds, and two of them are so plump that they are about to burst.

Mo Dong took a few glances and felt a little upset, so he extinguished his cigarette and went back to the living room to sit.

When Chen Yue put out the cooked dishes, Mo Dong was squatting on the ground pouring cat and dog food for the cats and dogs, with his two round heads bobbing up and down, eating happily.

Chen Yue scooped up a bowl of mutton and winter melon soup for Mo Dong, "Try it, be careful it's hot." Taking advantage of this moment, he sneaked a close look at Mo Dong, although his face didn't grow much flesh, but his chin looked like Not so sharp, with a softer curvature.

The two ate quietly, with only the occasional sound of bowls and spoons colliding, as if it was an ordinary night three years ago.

But Chen Yue knew that some very precious things had quietly changed.

***

After eating, just after Chen Yue finished washing the dishes, he found that his trousers were torn.The big dog breathed at him with the leash in its mouth, its big eyes sparkling.

Yes, it's dog-walking time again.

Mo Dong was sitting on the sofa watching TV, when he saw Chen Yue coming out of the kitchen with the dog, he asked him with a smile, "Do you want to walk the dog together?"

In the community where Chen Yue lives, many people have dogs, and in the evening, people in twos and threes come out to walk their dogs.

Mo Dong followed him, and only ten minutes after he went out, he saw Chen Yue greet five people and five dogs.

Chen Yue first exchanged greetings with the pet owner, then knelt down and patted the dog's head, called its name softly, and then stood up after shaking its paws. This is Chen Yue's fixed pattern of greeting.

"A few puppies even came to the hospital to see me. These little guys are very cute." Chen Yue said to Mo Dong.

They went for a walk in the lakeside park, slipped around the lake and sat down on a bench.

Mo Dong couldn't help asking him, "What's in the bag in your hand?"

Chen Yue lifted it up, "Oh, this one is dog biscuit."

He whistled, and after a while, several dogs emerged from the surrounding grass, wagging their tails familiarly and sitting around him, their fur looked a bit dirty, not like domestic dogs.After a while, two more cats sprang out.Chen Yue fed them biscuits and said to Mo Dong: "They are all stray cats and dogs nearby. You see, this white cat was caught by me a week ago for neutering, and I was angry with me for a few days. I don't want to talk to me. That black cat is new here."

Mo Dong looked at them, "Much thinner than Dudu."

"Stray cats and dogs are like this. They can't get enough to eat almost every day." Chen Yue grabbed another handful of biscuits and sprinkled them on the ground. Go shopping for a dog instead of going to a shelter to adopt one."

He was quiet for a while, and then whispered, "Some people in the community hate dogs very much. A few days ago, I saw someone beating a dog with a stick. Although I stopped him, the dog was seriously injured. , It didn’t take long before he died.”

Mo Dong sensed his depression, so he could only comfort him clumsily, "It's okay, it won't be a dog or a cat in its next life."

Chen Yueqiang smiled and poured out all the biscuits in the bag.

After they finished eating the biscuits, Chen Yue stood up, "Let's go."

Mo Dong glanced back, the black cat squatted behind and looked at them, he hesitated, "I'll adopt one too."

Chen Yue looked at the cat and said, "Is that one? When I get to know it better, I'll catch it for you and send it to you after vaccination."