One big and one small are practicing love

Liu Xiaochen watched helplessly as several taxis with "empty seats" passed by. He lowered his head and looked at his watch. Another three minutes had passed. Taking a deep breath, Liu Xiaochen reached out to stop an empty car and got into the passenger seat.

"Master, how much does it cost to go to Longguan Tianxia Community?" Liu Xiaochen asked.

"It's more than 100 yuan. Just look at the watch for the exact amount." The master said, switching the red 'vacant seat' sign to the green 'occupied' sign and started the car.

"Please do it as soon as possible."

Liu Xiaochen made up his mind and took a taxi.

It only took Liu Xiaochen more than ten minutes to get out of Xidan Joy City. He couldn't get into the elevator at all. The location of the sightseeing elevator was different on each floor. He had to walk a long way around and the door was hard to find.

After finally coming out, I found that the surrounding buildings were different from when I went in. Looking blankly at the forked roads, traffic, and people walking in a hurry, not knowing where to go?

Ask passers-by, wave their hands and say they don't know, or speak vaguely. Two people gave completely different routes. Feeling anxious, with the word 'as soon as possible' echoing in his mind, a taxi stopped in front of Liu Xiaochen and asked, "Would you like to take a taxi?"

Liu Xiaochen waved his hands urgently.

Use your mobile phone to check. It only takes one hour to take a taxi from here to Zuo Kunmin's home, and the cost is about 1 yuan. It takes more than three hours by walking, subway, and bus, and costs 150 yuan.

Teacher Zuo didn't even bother to explain. There must be something urgent, so hurry up and go.

"Little girl, you don't have to look at the meter all the time. Don't worry, I won't take any detours." The master suddenly said.

Liu Xiaochen hurriedly looked away, shook his head and apologized: "I'm sorry, master. I didn't mean it like that, I..." Liu Xiaochen was speechless for a moment.

"Haha!" The master laughed heartily and said in Beijing dialect: "Don't be nervous, girl. I think you are still a student, a foreigner, and the living allowance provided by your family is limited. You must have taken a taxi now because of something urgent."

"Yeah!" Liu Xiaochen nodded and said, "I have more than [-] yuan left to save living expenses from working during the summer, and I want to last until the end of the month."

The master was silent for a while, and then suddenly said loudly: "Okay." Then he reached out and turned off the meter and said, "I'll keep my money. Just get out of the car and give me a hundred yuan."

"Thank you, Master!" Liu Xiaochen breathed a long sigh of relief, finally letting go of his worries.

The money I earned from working during the summer vacation was stored in a separate bank card. I withdrew the last 500 yuan from the card yesterday and spent nearly 200 yuan treating them to dinner. There is more than 300 left. If I spend more than half of it by taking a taxi, it will be difficult to make it through the month. If I still have 200 yuan left, plus the remaining money from my meal card, I can barely survive until the end of the month.

Liu Xiaochen secretly thought about it.

While waiting at the traffic light, the master drank from a thermos cup.

Liu Xiaochen saw that the stainless steel cup cover had many bumps and dents, and the pattern on the cup body was so worn that the original picture could not be seen. I felt a little guilty. The master's hair was half white and his back was stooped. He drove just because he worked hard to support his family.

Thinking of having a barbecue with my classmates just now, I spent [-] yuan on perfume a few days ago. I blame myself for spending money that I shouldn't have spent, and I say things to gain sympathy when I pay people money. I shouldn't be like this.

The car drove to the gate of the community. When getting off the car, Liu Xiaochen took out a 32 yuan note and the remaining [-] yuan in change from his wallet. He also took out the unopened bottle of mineral water from his bag and handed it to the master together.

When he went out in the morning, Liu Xiaochen was afraid that the drinks in the bustling area would be expensive and the water he brought with him would not be enough for a day, so he bought a bottle of mineral water from the school supermarket before he had time to drink it.

"Oh! Girl, you gave me too much." The master took out the change and gave it to Liu Xiaochen.

Liu Xiaochen had already opened the door and went out, smiling at the window: "I know it's not enough, thank you, master."

The master raised the mineral water in his hand and smiled lovingly: "Thank you, girl."

After bidding farewell to his master, Liu Xiaochen picked up his schoolbag and trotted all the way to Zuo Kunmin's house.

When I got to the door, I looked at the time. It was more than an hour since I made the call. I took two deep breaths and rang the doorbell. Soon I heard footsteps coming from inside the house.

"Xiaoxiao, you're here." Aunt Zhang let Liu Xiaochen in with a smile and said, "Mr. Zuo, Yanyan is in the living room."

Change your shoes and go in.

After just a few steps, he saw Zuo Kunmin, wearing light-colored casual clothes, sitting on the sofa, holding a black folder in his hand and looking down.

After walking two steps further, I saw Zuo Yan lying on the sofa next to Zuo Kunmin, her face turned yellow. If she looked closely, she saw a needle stuck on the back of her hand and a syringe hanging on the hanger next to her. Liu Xiaochen took a few hurried steps and came to them.

"Hello, Teacher Zuo!" Liu Xiaochen held his schoolbag strap with both hands and bowed to say hello.

Zuo Kunmin slowly closed the folder, placed it next to him, sat upright, looked at Liu Xiaochen, and said calmly: "You're here, Xiaoxiao."

"Yeah!" Liu Xiaochen nodded, looked at Zuo Yan, frowned and asked, "What's wrong with Yanyan?"

Zuo Kunmin looked at Zuo Yan tenderly and said, "I had diarrhea and couldn't eat. I fainted this morning. I just fell asleep and Yanyan said she wanted to eat the preserved egg and lean meat porridge you made."

"Then I'll do it now." Liu Xiaochen pointed to the kitchen.

Zuo Kunmin nodded and responded with one word: "Okay!"

Liu Xiaochen took off his schoolbag and put it on the dining chair. He took off his off-white knitted jacket and hung it on the back of the chair. He was only wearing a light blue round-neck sweatshirt. He rolled up his sleeves and started working.

Wash the rice, soak in sesame oil, cut the tenderloin into shreds and marinate, cut the green onions and ginger into thin strips, and cut the preserved eggs into small dices. Make preparations, put it in the casserole, and start cooking porridge.

While waiting for the porridge to be cooked, Liu Xiaochen was still busy in the kitchen, stir-frying, making cold dishes, and baking scallion pancakes based on the vegetables in the refrigerator...

Zuo Kunmin has been reading documents in the living room. He changes his position for a long time and looks at Zuo Yan who is sleeping next to him from time to time.

The aroma of the food was getting stronger and the sound of clinking pots and bowls was heard from time to time. Zuo Kunmin occasionally raised his eyes and looked towards the kitchen. She is always busy in an orderly manner.

When Sunshine completely left the room, Aunt Zhang came to the living room and said, "Mr. Zuo, the meal is ready."

When Zuo Kunmin heard the sound, he raised his head and looked towards the restaurant. Liu Xiaochen was setting dishes and chopsticks on the dining table and said to Aunt Zhang: "Aunt Zhang, go to Mrs. Li's house and ask Xiaoxu to come home for dinner. Tell him that Xiaoxiao made it."

"Okay!" Aunt Zhang left in response.

Zuo Kunmin gently pushed Zuo Yan beside him and called softly: "Yanyan, wake up, it's time to eat."

As soon as she finished speaking, Zuo Yan opened her eyes and said, "Is it the little lady?"

"Yeah! Yes, sit up and wake up." Zuo Kunmin helped Zuo Yan sit up, got up and walked to the restaurant.

When they arrived at the restaurant, Liu Xiaochen was serving porridge with a large porcelain spoon. He accidentally saw a piece of white gauze exposed on the forearm of her left arm, and her heart suddenly felt as if she had been hit by a pebble. Remembering that her arm was still injured, she had been working since she entered the house and she hadn't even said a word of greeting.

"Xiaoxiao, how is the injury on your arm recovering?"

Liu Xiaochen had just filled a bowl of hot porridge, put down the bowl, rolled down his sleeves naturally, and said with a smile: "It's all over now." After that, he took the bowl and filled the porridge.

Although Liu Xiaochen moved quickly to smooth down her sleeves, under the light, Zuo Kunmin could still clearly see several dark oil star burn marks on her arms.

"I bought the scar removal cream Gu Liya mentioned last time and will give it to you later."

Liu Xiaochen was serving porridge and said, "I have such a small injury, so there is no need for scar removal cream!"

As he spoke, he looked up at Zuo Kunmin with a smile and said naturally: "When I was a kid, my family owned a small restaurant. My parents fried dough sticks, cooked vegetables, and used knives every day. My arms were covered with large and small burns, and the old knife incisions on my hands didn't grow. Okay, just two more new injuries. It’s nothing to me.”

As soon as I finished speaking, I heard the excited shouts of children: "Little Miss! Little Miss!"