food protection

After the whole meal, as a guest, Chaoci diligently helped the little sister pick up vegetables, cut meat, and scoop soup... he was busy non-stop.

Although Chaoci had already said that she had really eaten it, it was just because Xiaoniao couldn't eat much in her stomach, so she was here to help them.

But in this way, not to mention Lu Jin who hasn't seen her eat and drink with his own eyes so far, even Lu Mian is wondering if she didn't eat half a mouthful at all.

Lu Mian felt a little sad, wondering if it was because the dishes she made didn't meet Chao Ci's appetite, so she made excuses for not eating.

Bringing the dinner plate to the kitchen, Lu Jin said to Lu Mian while washing the dishes: "Don't think about it, it's not that the food you cook is not good. Miss Chao really doesn't seem to be interested in food. During this time, I Lived with her and never saw her eat anything."

Lu Jin was in a hurry to comfort his sister, and as soon as he said it, he stunned himself for a moment, and immediately regretted it.

It's a pity that the words spoken are like water poured out, which can't be taken back.

Sure enough, Lu Mian would not miss any of her sister's mistakes, and immediately discovered something terrible: "It turns out that you have been living at her house during this time, it's really good, Lu Jin, I'm worried that when you can't sleep at night, you But you're fooling around outside! I'm so mad, I don't think I will care about you in the future!"

"Fucking..." Lu Jin was shocked by this word and fell into deep thought again.

"Okay, okay, just leave the dishes to me to wash, you go out to accompany your Miss Chao, don't let a guest stay in the living room, it's embarrassing."

As Lu Mian said, she was going to chase her away, and Lu Jin felt like a daughter who brought her lover home for the first time, and was teased by her mother to hurry up and have a romantic relationship outside.

Lu Jin finished washing the dishes in a hurry: "How can we let the cook do the dishes again? Our old Lu family didn't have this rule. I think we should buy a dishwasher, it will save trouble for both of us."

Lu Mian really couldn't stand her: "Just these few bowls, why don't you buy a dishwasher, let alone our small kitchen has no place to put it, and you don't usually come back, so how can I use it when I'm alone at home? Hurry up and get out, I'm so in the way here, I can't even turn around. By the way, wash the cherries and give them to Miss Chao."

Lu Mian thought for a while, and said unnaturally: "I still have an appointment with my classmate, so I won't be at home to hinder you two...You guys, what should you do, don't be restrained."

Hearing what she said, Lu Jin almost tore the cherries' plastic box into two pieces with a "snap": "No... what should we do, what can we do!"

However, the younger sister said that she had an appointment with a classmate, which made Lu Jin a little happy. She really hoped that her younger sister could make friends and not live so alone like her.

"What classmate?" Lu Jin poured the cherries into the special basin for washing fruits, "When will you bring them back for your sister to see?"

"Why did you come to gossip about me? There are other classmates, aren't they just classmates? Just study together. It's different from you and Miss Chao. You don't need to take it home."

"..."

Lu Jin has been forced by his own sister to the point where everything he says doesn't make sense.

But at this moment, she had no position to refute.

I didn't think much of it before, but after I came back today, Lu Mian dismantled it like this, as if she and Chaoci had really crossed the moral boundary and entered the forbidden zone of love.

It can't be said that the younger sister is outspoken. In fact, Lu Jin himself understands very well that her heart and mind have been occupied by the court speech these few days. This is a fact.

While washing the car now, Lu Jin was still thinking about Chao Ci.

If Miss Chao's real body is a bird, what kind of bird would it be? See if she doesn't eat or drink. Could it be that the food is not suitable? Is she a vegetarian species, maybe she really doesn't like to eat human food? When her parents took her and Lu Mian to feed the sparrows, Lu Jin wondered if he should cook a bowl of millet porridge for Chaoci for her to feast on.

When Lu Jin washed the cherries and brought them out, Chaoci was standing at the table by the window, watching an old-fashioned radio.

"I haven't seen this kind of radio for a long time, can I listen to it?" Chao Ci was a little interested in it, and he didn't do anything after watching it for a long time. He politely waited for the owner to come out and get permission in person.

Lu Jin was a little embarrassed: "Of course you can listen to it if you want to, but this radio was left by my parents, and it was still usable a few years ago, but it may have aged for too long and broke down for a while. Want to get it repaired, but where else can I get a radio like this repaired these days."

"So it was left by your parents." Chaoci seemed to want to know the information hidden in this sentence, but he was too embarrassed to ask directly, for fear of touching Lu Jin's pain.

Compared to Chaoci's cautiousness, Lu Jin was very generous and said directly to her: "My parents have passed away for many years, um, because of a car accident. They sent my sister to dance class that day. On the way Got hit by a drunk driving car, and...never came back. My sister lost her right leg at that time too."

She seldom mentions this matter to others. In her opinion, the suffering in her family has nothing to do with others. Talking about these things is suspected of asking for mercy, and it also makes the listener feel embarrassed about how to comfort them. Why bother.

But facing Chaoci, she felt very relieved, as if everything she said to her would be treated sincerely, and there would be no embarrassing scenes.

Sure enough, after Chaoci's eyes flickered slightly, his fingertips lightly passed over the radio, as if to appease this little artifact that followed Lu Jin and recalled the previous owner, and even Lu Jin was swayed by her gentle actions slightly wider.

"It has been with you for many years, and now it is broken..." Chao Ci lowered his eyebrows and said sincerely, "It's a pity."

Lu Jin whispered "um", his eyes straightened a little: "I bought it when my parents got married, and witnessed the whole process of this family from scratch. It's been decades, it's too old... It’s understandable if it’s broken. Nothing in this world can last forever. Everything in the world is doomed to decay and perish from the moment it is born.”

Both of her parents died since she was a child, even if Lu Jin forced herself to be strong, her character background is still gray and pessimistic.

Nothing in this world can last forever

will everything die

These words fell into Chaoci's ears, causing ripples of memory to ripple in her heart.

"Miss Lu, I don't think so." Zhao Ci rarely refuted Lu Jin's words, "Everything is relative, and 'change' exists precisely because of 'eternity'. Things that disappear and never move."

When she said these words, she looked directly at Lu Jin, as if what these words were referring to was related to both of them.

Lu Jin's heart was lifted high into the sky by her focused gaze, and he was so confused that he didn't know where to land.

Seeing the affection in her eyes, Chao Ci flickered, quickly looked away, and turned his attention back to the radio.

"I'll try and see if I can fix it."

"Miss Chao wants to..." Lu Jin looked back in the middle of speaking, and seeing that Lu Mian hadn't come out, he lowered his voice and asked, "Do you use magic to repair it?"

"No." Chaoci smiled, "Do you have a toolbox at home?"

From what she meant, it seemed that she wanted to fix it herself.

Chaoci can still do manual work

Chaoci put on the gloves Lu Jin gave her, carefully disassembled the radio and checked it.

The two sisters, Lu Jin and Lu Mian, moved to the pony and sat at the table, with their two little heads together, staring at each other intently, like two little pets who are wholeheartedly waiting for their master to give them food.

"Can our radio still be repaired?" Lu Mian looked forward to it, but also worried.

Chaoci carefully observed the inside of the radio: "It should be that the tuning cable is frayed. Fortunately, it may be repaired."

Lu Jin's eyes lit up at Chaoci's words, and he said in surprise, "Really, Miss Chao really knows how to fix radios?"

Chaoci raised his eyes and looked at Lu Jin tenderly: "Please let me try it. Do you have fishing line and black tape at home?"

Lu Mian immediately said: "There is black tape at home! I'll ask my neighbor Uncle Zhang for fishing line, he has a lot of it!"

"Trouble, these two things might be able to replace the frayed tuning cables."

Lu Mian happily found the black tape out of the drawer on crutches, and threw it to Lu Jin. When Lu Jin caught it firmly, she had already gone out like a gust of wind.

"Slow down!" Lu Jin couldn't stand her younger sister, so he walked to the door and looked at her, worried that she would fall down again.

"Don't worry." Chaoci took a cotton swab and dipped it in alcohol, and slowly wiped off the dust in the radio, "With me here, Miss Xiao Lu won't fall."

Chaoci's tone of voice has always been steady but somewhat sly. Before Lu Jin's ears, he only felt it was ridiculed with ease, but now it is more calm and reliable.

It was as if everything she said would come true.

It seemed that as long as she was here, everything, big and small, could be calmed down.

When Lu Mian came back in a hurry, Chao Ci had wiped off all the ashes, took out the worn tuning cable, and replaced it with fishing line.Her slender fingertips wound the fishing line extremely dexterously, and then pulled it out meticulously, wrapping it in a circle of black tape, and turning it again, the fishing line was tightly entangled.

"Try it and see if it works."

Chaoci reinstalled the radio, and at the same time as he pressed the switch, the long-lost radio sound immediately rang.

Surprised and relieved expressions appeared on the faces of Lu Jin and Lu Mian at the same time. They both realized that the radio station playing at this moment was the music station that their parents would listen to every night when they were still alive.

At that time, there were few entertainment equipments in their family, and the usage rate of the radio was very high. My mother liked to listen to music, and my father often tuned to this station to play songs. When the two of them worked overtime together at home to earn some extra money, music was their most simple life. way to relax.

Lu Jin and Lu Mian would come over to listen together after finishing their homework, get into their parents' bed and chat and read together head to head, and sometimes fell asleep accompanied by the host's voice and music while chatting .

The opening song of this radio station is the good night song of the sisters. It is very meaningful as they grow up little by little.

They haven't heard the familiar voice in their memory for many years. The moment Dai Chaoci turned on the radio, the melody engraved in the soul instantly evokes countless warm memories.

Lu Mian's eyes were red, she quickly looked away, stood up, and said in a panic, "I, I'll go get you some water to drink."

Chaoci accosted: "I'm sorry to trouble you."

After all, Lu Jin is three years older than Lu Mian. All these years, she has forced herself to suppress her emotions in any situation, not to let go, not to cry, not to be cowardly, and she has seen some results. At this moment, her nose is also sore, after all? I endured it.

She quietly listened to the familiar opening song of the radio station. She did not expect that after so many years, this program still exists, as if to confirm what Chaoci said earlier, "There are still things in this world that will never disappear and never change." talk.

Even the hostess hasn't changed yet, even though her voice and memory must have aged a little, she's still her.

Lu Jin listened quietly, without blinking his eyes.

After the show was over, she took a deep breath and thanked Chao Ci: "Thank you, Miss Chao."

"You're welcome, it's just a little effort."

"It may be a piece of cake for you, but for me and my sister, it's very, very important..." Lu Jin pursed his lips tightly, trying to control the tears in his bright eyes from falling.

Seeing her cute and brave appearance, Chaoci both likes and feels distressed.

The setting sun passed through the cold wind and fell on Lu Jin's young face. Chaoci cherished this close-up realism, and couldn't help but want to say something to Lu Jin and get some emotional response from her.

She caressed this bulky radio that was eliminated in the ever-changing technological revolution: "I like these old objects with stories very much. If Miss Lu needs any repairs in the future, you can come to me. I am very happy to help."

Lu Jin laughed, wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes secretly, and said with a smile, "Is this also because I am your partner? How dare I ask you to fix these things, you are so busy..."

Chao Ciming knew that she should maintain an appropriate distance, but every time he faced Lu Jin, he couldn't hold back his desire to be nice to her:

"I have time for you...anytime."