My 26-year-old female tenant: Gufan on the Island

Although it was not easy to come to Suzhou, Mr. Ban did not have a long conversation with me. After he cooked the braised pork in the pot, he washed up and went to bed. Of course I didn't feel sleepy at all, so I sat alone in the living room, thinking about something over and over again. I feel that my plan has been disrupted again. It’s not that I really believe the fortune-telling, but I just don’t want to go back to Xuzhou against my boss’s and my mother’s wishes after they made it clear... But I always feel that, One day, I will still go back to Xuzhou, but a special event needs to happen to inspire my determination to go back, so that I can truly let go of some of my worries...

Because I firmly believe that one day I will go back, I also thought about my life after I go back. Suddenly I remembered something I talked about with Le Yao not long ago, saying that if I can’t get into a decent university, my boss will have to go back. Arrange me to sell pork at a stall in the vegetable market.

It's a coincidence that just last night, I saw a piece of news: It was reported that a top student who graduated from Tsinghua University was selling pork in his hometown...

This is very contradictory, because selling pork is obviously not a very successful career, but he has the aura of Tsinghua University, so is he a successful person?

……

With such doubts, I knocked on Dad’s door: “Daddy, are you asleep?”

"Just get ready to sleep."

I didn't go in, but said through the door: "You can go to bed later. I want to talk to you about something... Tell me, what kind of person can be defined as successful?"

The boss didn't think this was a problem, so as soon as I finished speaking, he replied: "If your ideal in this life is to find a stall to sell pork, you will be able to make sure the meat is fresh. , for decades, everyone says that it is safe to buy meat from you... That is a success for you and the people you serve."

I was silent and thinking for a moment, then smiled and said: "It seems that you still remember that when you were in high school, you wanted to rent a stall for me to sell pork..." After a moment of silence, I said again: "Actually, I really I really want to know...were you trying to scare me?"

"If you don't have the answer in your heart, you won't be admitted to a key university... Sometimes, you don't have to be too obsessed with the right or wrong of the answer. What you should see is the essence of the matter and the changes after it happens."

I was silent for a while and sighed: "Dad, I'm not flattering you...sometimes, I really think you are quite advanced!"

The boss didn't answer, but I didn't feel embarrassed, because I had long been accustomed to his way of expressing himself. He was not a person who liked to be long-winded. He only said useful things in his life. But even such a person actually believed in the fortune teller. , I couldn’t help but start to waver...

……

The next day, I got up early in the morning, but my father got up earlier than me and he was no longer in the house. I thought he was going to buy breakfast, so I called him and told me that he was already on his way back.

I complained that he was not afraid of the long journey, but he still ignored it and just said: "When you clean the house in the future, remember to clean the kitchen too..."

"I don't even cook much, and sometimes I really can't think of cleaning the kitchen."

"If you have time, cook and eat by yourself."

"One person can do whatever he wants."

"Does it still feel like home when the pot is cold and the stove is cold every day?"

I wanted to retort, saying that this was a house I rented, but suddenly I thought of my feelings for this house. It was even more intimate to me than my hometown in Xuzhou. So, I swallowed my rebuttal and then With an inexplicable emotion, he replied: "Yes, yes, I listen to you. From now on, as long as I have time, I will cook and eat by myself."

The boss just said "hmm" and then hung up the phone...

I subconsciously walked into the kitchen. My boss had already cleaned it up for me, even wiping away the accumulated oil smoke on the range hood. Not only that, he also bought me a lot of cooking ingredients. He seemed to really care about cooking. Eat this thing. I was not surprised by this because he has always asked me to do this. He likes cooking and taught me how to cook. He said that if I could calm down and think about how to make a dish in the kitchen, what would happen? The impetuous mood will disappear...

Cooking is equal to cultivating the mind. This has always been his view. I think he also wanted to remind me.

It's a pity that I'm not at that high level yet. I value this relationship with Jian Wei more than anything else... She can't be replaced, so the bad mood will always be there, and the impetuousness will always be there, and it won't Changed by cooking a few meals for myself.

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Funerals usually take three days of work. In line with the spirit of professionalism, Le Yao and I worked on the funeral for another day. It was not until late in the evening that we could take a breather.

Le Yao sat next to me and found that no one was paying attention to us, so he quietly took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket, stuffed it into my pocket, and then rested his chin on his hands, looking at the people coming and going at the funeral. people.

"Where did you get that cigarette?"

"It's fine on the dining table during lunch."

"There are so many smoking men sitting at the banquet, how dare you obey?"

"There are two packages on the table. Didn't I leave one package for them..." After a pause, Le Yao said again: "I have observed that on the table, usually only one package is opened, and someone always takes one package away in the end. …Then why can’t it be me?”

"The key is that you don't smoke!"

Le Yao turned to look at me and smiled "hehe": "When they were passing out cigarettes, they asked me if I smoked... I nodded... Later, when they were passing out cigarettes, I took one... You see, I took one. Are the movements of the cigarette very professional?"

After saying that, Le Yao stretched out two fingers and gestured in front of me...

I looked at her speechlessly and said for a long time: "How can anyone pick up a cigarette like this... You are holding a cigarette and smoking it..."

"Then how should I answer it?"

"For those who deserve it, if it's an elder who hands you a cigarette, you should spread your hands with your palms facing up and make a holding gesture... If it's a friend... just feel free... but it's not like you hold it... Looks cool, okay?”

Le Yao looked at me angrily, and then "hummed" again to show her dissatisfaction.

"You don't have to be too frustrated. Practice makes perfect in everything. When you become a habitual offender in the future, you won't have such flaws."

"...You have gone around in such a circle, you are actually encouraging me to become a habitual offender...How shameless!"

I smiled, because I was really embarrassed to smoke at the wine table, but I urgently needed cigarettes, so I gave Le Yao such encouragement; in fact, when we were eating, It is true that most people would not care about such behavior with a woman.

At this time, Le Yao put her hand on my leg again and said with a half-smile: "It's not impossible to want me to be a repeat offender for you... but you have to agree to a condition first."

"No problem, you will get something if you give up...you said..."

"Are you so full of words?"

"Judging from the fact that we are not very familiar with each other now... you are too embarrassed to make any excessive demands."

Le Yao looked up at the sky, and I subconsciously followed her...

I haven’t seen such a beautiful sunset for a long time. The wild geese accompanying the return looked like some magical painter who had painted a rich and colorful stroke on the sky...

At this time, Le Yao said: "Your name is Zhaoyang, Chaoyang, Chaoyang... Then should you go to a place called Luoyang... This way it looks like a complete life, a complete life... Don’t you want to stay in Suzhou anymore? By coincidence, I have an uncle who invested in a cultural industrial park in Luoyang. There is a children’s paradise planned in the industrial park. So we went to contract the children’s paradise. …How happy it is to see the smiling faces of the children every day!”