city ​​garden without flowers

This day Xia Yang went to see Zhang Rui. Zhang Rui helped the family look after the shop on weekends. In Huangjueya Old Street, bean curd rice is the signature.

It was past three o'clock in the afternoon, and there were no customers in the store. Zhang Rui was leaning behind the counter and playing games. When he saw Xia Yang coming, he still put his feet up, and said casually, "Here you are, just sit down."

"Where is sister-in-law?" Xia Yang put down the things in his hand and asked him.

"It's playing mahjong upstairs." Zhang Rui didn't look up, "You stay for dinner."

"What is Uncle Zhang Rui playing?" Tong Tong suddenly poked his head over.

Zhang Rui was so frightened that he quickly put his feet down and threw his phone aside, trying to save his image: "Why did Tongtong come together? Can you stay at Uncle's place for dinner later? Today we will eat crucian carp with bean curd."

"Brother Lu has something to do. I'm on vacation anyway, so I'll help take care of it." Xia Yang looked around the store and continued, "Is there anything to eat? I'm starving to death."

"Didn't eat lunch, you." Zhang Rui stood up, "Do you want tofu rice or jelly?"

"Jelly, add more spice. I slept late today." Xia Yang chuckled twice, "When I woke up, I received a WeChat message from Brother Lu asking me to pick up Tongtong, but I didn't have time to eat it."

"Is Lin Yi not free either?" Zhang Rui went inside to make jelly for Xia Yang, and he did not forget to boast, "You are lucky, our jelly is the best on this street."

"Grandma is sick, and Mom and Dad have gone to the hospital." Tongtong lay on the counter, looking a little depressed.

Xia Yang touched her head and comforted her, "It will be fine."

Zhang Rui put on the apron and said, "Tongtong go upstairs to play, my sister is here today."

Tongtong agreed, and ran up with ease, Zhang Rui asked: "Is it serious?"

"It seems that the lungs are not feeling well, so I took it for a checkup." Xia Yang was reading the message board in the store, "Sister Lin Yi is not free today, so Brother Lu will help."

Zhang Rui frowned when he heard that, but didn't say much.After the jelly was finished, it was brought to Xia Yang. Zhang Rui also sat down opposite, took two bottles of soy milk and put it on the table, and said, "Try it, our jelly is handmade from peas."

The bean jelly is made into long strips and arranged neatly in the bowl. It is green in color, reminiscent of jade wares. Zhang Rui’s chili is added generously, accompanied by chopped green onion and minced garlic, poured on the top, red and green. A set off, coupled with the fragrant chili smell, makes the mouth salivate.

Xia Yang mixed it with chopsticks, and the jelly rolled in the red oil. He was really hungry, and after two bites, he shoveled a big gap in the mountain made of jelly.

The taste of jelly is solid, and the chili does not hide the fragrance of peas.This chili has a strong aftertaste, and I don’t feel anything at first, but I feel burning when it slides into my throat. Xia Yang took a big mouthful of soy milk, calmed down, and gave Zhang Rui a thumbs up in satisfaction: "Delicious! Brother, you It is completely inherited from grandma's craftsmanship."

Zhang Rui laughed happily: "We made this pepper ourselves, and we will bring you two cans back soon. That's right, how are you doing recently? Are you still getting used to it?"

"It's good at work, and so is life. Brother Lu is a nice person, and he takes good care of me." Xia Yang smiled obediently.

"Brother Lu is very enthusiastic. Of course, some people will think that he is not easy to get along with when they first see him. In fact, he is very nice. I have been friends with him for many years." Zhang Rui said.

"In other words, Brother Lu got married very early. You and him are in the same class, but Tongtong is already that old." Xia Yang bit the tip of his chopsticks.

"Because the two of them got the certificate as soon as they graduated, um... because they couldn't bear to kill their children, so they got married directly, and they worked very hard." Zhang Rui frowned, took a sip of soy milk and sighed, " But it's still a pity, we still separated up to this day, brother Lu has always felt sorry for Lin Yi because of this."

Xia Yang's chopsticks stopped, and he looked at Zhang Rui with some puzzlement.

Zhang Rui knocked on the wall of the bottle very much for Lu Chuanhuan: "How should I put it, Chuanhuan is too soft-hearted. Don't look at him as if he is not easy to mess with, but he is actually very kind. Back then because of pregnancy, Lin Yi gave up. After getting a good project, after giving birth to Tongtong, she had to take care of the child, so she gave up her dream and found a lighter job. But Lin Yi is very strong, and she actually cares about it, especially watching The person who replaced her back then is developing so well now, so I must feel uncomfortable. I often complain about this. So..."

"Brother Lu feels very sorry for her." Xia Yang smiled helplessly. After getting along these days, he found that Lu Chuanhuan was the kind of person who seemed to care nothing, but would actually take care of him silently.

Zhang Rui flicked the straw helplessly: "That's why Brother Lu said that day that he was going to divorce Lin Yi. We were really upset. We had overcome so many difficulties together, so why..."

"And Tongtong..." Zhang Rui seemed to have finally found a reliable confidant, he sighed for a long time, and continued.

"He's fine on the surface, but in his heart, what can we say as brothers? We don't have to digest it ourselves. But sometimes I really feel that tired. Once Brother Lu was drunk, he said he suddenly regretted it. Yes. What are you regretting? He didn't say. But who doesn't understand? They were too anxious to get married, and they didn't even do the ceremony properly. In the end, they just invited some relatives and friends to have a meal. At that time, Lin Yi was six months pregnant No, she didn't wear the wedding dress because she didn't think it looked good."

"But this kind of thing became a thorn again later. When we quarreled, we had to bring it up and say that we didn't even have a good wedding. We just didn't care." Zhang Rui frowned.

"Does it sound trivial? But this kind of thing often happens. Luo Luo's girlfriend and Lin Yi have a good relationship. Sometimes Luo Luo will tell us a little bit, and we always feel uncomfortable, but Chuanhuan won't say anything. Always with a careless look. He has a strong sense of responsibility and sometimes doesn't care about himself."

Xia Yang stopped his chopsticks, feeling a bit sore in his nose for no reason.

"Sometimes we drink, you know, when we drink, we must brag. When we talk about the things we studied in the past, everyone is in high spirits. At that time, Brother Lu was in the limelight. It was the dream of thousands of girls. He would participate In the Campus Singer Contest, you can be entered into the finals without opening your mouth. But he didn't like to talk to people at that time." Zhang Rui laughed as he said that.

"Then why is he with Sister Lin Yi?" Xia Yang was a little curious.

"He and Lin Yi have known each other since high school. They were in the same class after they were divided into arts and sciences. Lin Yi has always liked him. We should be together in college." Zhang Rui recalled, "I have to ask myself about this. In fact, I I'm not sure, Brother Lu is still very dedicated, he had a lot of suitors at that time, but he only fell in love with Lin Yi, and the two of them would become famous at that time, very similar to the plot of a novel."

"So that's the case." Xia Yang nodded, lowered his head and continued to eat jelly.

The store fell silent, and then two tourists at the door looked at the sign at the door for a while, and asked, "Is there any ice powder?"

Zhang Rui stood up and said apologetically, "I didn't make ice powder today. I'm sorry. You can look at other ones. There are all of them."

The two tourists seemed to only want to eat ice powder, so they left.

It was only then that Zhang Rui was brought back to reality, and he felt a little emotional: "It's a pity, it's been too long. Brother Lu and I have known each other for more than ten years, and even Chongqing has been completely reborn. It's really been too long."

In Xia Yang's mind, the image of Lu Chuanhuan standing on the balcony smoking a cigarette appeared in his mind. His emotions were so heavy, and as the ash fell down, his thoughts flickered all over the place.

After dinner, Xia Yang held the bag Zhang Rui had stuffed for him in one hand, which contained two bottles of chili sauce, and a bag of Zhang Rui's special ice powder companion, while holding Tongtong in the other hand.

There are a lot of tourists on Huangjueya Old Street at this moment, Xia Yang stood on the side of the road to take a taxi and waited for a while, Tong Tong was unexpectedly quiet today, her thoughts were written all over her face, she seemed still worried.

Xia Yang received a WeChat message from Lu Chuanhuan, saying that he would be back later, so please trouble him today.

Xia Yang finished replying, squeezed Tongtong's hand, and put on a mysterious look on purpose: "Dad said he would be back later today, let's go back and make ice powder to eat, and don't let him know."

As soon as Tongtong heard that there was something delicious, her attention was immediately attracted. She nodded hurriedly, and looked up at Xia Yang: "Then I want to eat a lot!"

Xia Yang laughed and touched her head lightly.