Open book is beneficial + special episode

"I'm back." Cheng Ma said flatly, her voice hoarse.

"Um……"

"Have you had breakfast? Did you squeeze in when you fell asleep at Yazhen's place yesterday?"

Cheng Zhou blinked guiltyly: "Eat something casually... go to the senior sister's place to make a floor shop, it's not crowded at all."

Mama Cheng nodded, then sighed.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Cheng Zhou didn't know why, but there was always an unspeakable guilt in his heart.

"It's nothing." Cheng Ma shook her head, got up and went to the kitchen to choose vegetables.

Cheng Zhou also got up quickly and followed behind to help without saying a word.The food in the kitchen is fragrant, but the air is silent and depressing.

"I chatted with your dad last night, saying that the child has grown up, we as parents really can't control so much." Cheng's mother stared at the braised pork in the pot, and finally broke the silence.

Cheng Zhou's heart tightened, and the green beans in his hand flew out and hit the window glass in front of him.Frantically picking up Aomame, she raised her hand to brush the hair on her forehead, pretending to be indifferent.

"Hey, now that you've made money and have your own mind, you can't listen to what I, an old woman, say. It's for your own good that Mom asked you to find a partner."

Cheng Zhou disagreed, but he didn't say anything.

"Zhouzhou, no one will take care of me when I'm old. Are you ignoring my mother?"

Cheng Zhou: "...how could I ignore you?" Mom, what kind of brain circuit is this.

"Then why don't you find a partner?" Cheng Ma changed the topic and returned to the original starting point, "I will have a child in the future, and someone will take care of you when you get old and sick."

Cheng Zhou: "..." Can she answer the question just now?

"Mom, can you stop talking about this? I have my own plans." Cheng Zhou replied unhappily, "Is it the meaning of life to just find a man to marry and have children?"

"I gave birth to you, isn't it good now?"

"Then Gu Yazhen's mother was in a hurry and found a random man to marry. How was she doing, and how was the child?" Cheng Zhou retorted.

After Cheng Zhou finished speaking in one breath, he suddenly regretted it.I was too impulsive, I shouldn't lose my temper like this with my mother.She lowered her head silently, waiting for a scathing accusation.

Unexpectedly, Cheng's mother just looked at her in a daze, and remained silent abnormally.

The air condenses into ice again.Cheng Zhou stood there restlessly, thinking about how to break the deadlock.

"Mom, I'm sorry... I was wrong, I shouldn't have contradicted you." She bit the bullet and apologized, her voice as thin as a gnat.

Cheng's mother turned her face away from her, and picked up the spatula to fry the sugar in the pot.Seeing that the soup was getting darker and darker, Cheng Ma didn't know it, and continued to repeat the stir-frying gesture mechanically.

"Mom, stop collecting the juice, it's time to serve it..."

"Do you have any prejudice against boys?" Cheng Ma asked casually.

The movements in Cheng Zhou's hands froze, and his mind went blank.Mom, are you still starting to doubt her?

Thousands of threads in my mind are mixed together, and I keep cutting and making things messy.The painstakingly concealed, after all, can't resist the impulse of the moment.Cheng Zhou held his breath, gritted his teeth and said, "Mom, there is something I have to tell you."

"You put the braised pork out, I'll drag it all over the floor. I'm so busy, and there's no one to help." Cheng Ma turned a blind eye, handed the spatula to Cheng Zhou, turned and left in a hurry.

Cheng Zhou stood in the kitchen blankly, unable to turn his mind for a while.With complicated emotions, she put the braised pork on a plate and brought it to the table. She called her mother to come over for dinner. The two of them swallowed what should have been a delicious lunch without saying a word, but there was still more than half of it left.

"Mom, let me wash the dishes." Cheng Zhou took the initiative to take the dishes and left the table as if nothing had happened.

Chapter 69

Before the turmoil at home had time to make small waves, it inexplicably disappeared without a trace.Cheng Maquan pretended nothing happened, and in the next few days, she should complain or complain, and even sent Cheng Zhou a lot of male business cards introduced by relatives and friends on WeChat.Cheng Zhou vaguely mentioned it all, and didn't add WeChat. Cheng's mother urged her several times but she couldn't do it. She was about to get angry, so Cheng Zhou fled back to Canada with his tail between his tails after his annual leave.

The sky is high and the emperor is far away. Cheng Ma and Cheng Zhou's communication method has changed from face-to-face questioning to weekly WeChat videos. Even if she wants to control it, there is nothing she can do.Across the screen, Cheng Zhou can use his trump card from time to time - the hang up function, which is not conducive to quarrels.So, the matter about the blind date finally came to nothing.

A year later, Gu Yazhen graduated with a Ph.D., packed her luggage and went to Canada as scheduled.Cheng Zhou moved out of his small detached house, and lived with Gu Yazhen in a high-rise apartment building across the road from the school.

The small apartment with one bedroom and one living room is nearly [-] square meters, spacious and bright, and has a large south-facing balcony.Cheng Zhou moved here from a small shabby house that creaked when he stepped on it, and he was accompanied by his girlfriend. He immediately felt a sense of happiness after suffering.

The kitchen of the new house is connected to the living room. Cheng Zhou watched TV while cooking dinner. Gu Yazhen followed her instructions, chopped radishes and washed vegetables, and occasionally sneaked up to Cheng Zhou's side to kiss her or wipe some oil.

"What are you doing, do you still want to eat?" After being kissed secretly again, Cheng Zhou raised his head and took the initiative to strike out, standing on tiptoe to send an affectionate kiss.

"Eat." Gu Yazhen smiled contentedly, turned around and picked up the kitchen knife, and obediently lowered her head to cut onions.She can actually cook, so she is skilled at cutting vegetables.But because the cooking was not delicious enough, when she was with Cheng Zhou, she basically didn't cook by herself.

"Dinner is ready." Cheng Zhou took off his apron, picked up the plate and put it on the small dining table in the corner of the living room.As soon as Gu Yazhen filled two bowls of rice and put them on the table, Cheng Zhou immediately turned her down: "Why do you eat so little?"

To grow taller and eat less than her, do you want to be skinny?Cheng Zhou gave her half of the rice in his bowl. Gu Yazhen wanted to refuse, but seeing Cheng Zhou's expression of not being able to refuse, he had to reluctantly accept it.

The extremely boring local news was broadcast on TV, a deer appeared in someone's backyard, the live interview of the art exhibition in the shopping mall on weekends, the notice of rising utility bills... these trivial and ordinary village things, Cheng Zhou has long been used to them, and they are purely for practicing English listening up.

After dinner, Gu Yazhen threw the dishes into the dishwasher to wash.The two then sat on the balcony with cold drinks to enjoy the wind and chat.

Canada's summer temperature is moderate, neither hot nor cold, and there are no mosquitoes.Cheng Zhou slumped in the recliner, leaning on Gu Yazhen's shoulder, leisurely and comfortably watching the scattered lights of thousands of houses in the village and the few or two pedestrians passing by on the road.It was the beginning of the school season, and there were many young figures staying near the restaurant and bus station in front of the school, wearing sportswear, canvas bags and sneakers, all dressed in a uniform style, which looked very Canadian at first glance.

"I feel so relaxed, I don't want to do scientific research anymore." Cheng Zhou stretched his waist, and put his arm freely on Gu Yazhen's neck.

Gu Yazhen caught her slender arm and clamped it under her chin, and cast a glance at her: "Who was crying with me a while ago, saying that he wants to study hard to earn money?"

"That's Cheng Zhou from a while ago, it's not me or me." Cheng Zhou stuck out his tongue.

Before living together with Gu Yazhen, Cheng Zhou was a typical moonlight family.A salary of 300 a month, [-] knives for rent, water and electricity, [-] knives for groceries and daily necessities, [-] knives for phone calls and broadband, and the rest of the dinner fees, bus fares, gifts, etc., add up to [-] knives without.As for the three hundred knives that should be saved, ahem, if you get sick or buy clothes, it's pretty good not to overdraw.

The high consumption of studying abroad is not because she is crying poor, but because she is really poor.

"Didn't you say that you won't charge my rent? I'm not poor now." Cheng Zhou suddenly remembered something, and he became unreasonable for a moment.

She originally planned to continue living in the original place, the rent was low, and Wang Xinlu was willing to let Gu Yazhen live in, but Gu Yazhen refused, saying that the sound insulation effect was not good, and she didn't feel like home.The place where he lives now really feels like home, but the rent is more than double the original one, which Cheng Zhou thinks is not a good deal.But Gu Yazhen didn't think so, relying on the high postdoctoral salary and using free accommodation as a bait, she encouraged Cheng Zhou to follow her decision.

After a few days of grievances by Cheng Zhou, who was determined to die, his dignity was immediately bought by the sudden financial freedom.After all, she won't have to pay rent in the future, and someone will share the cost of grocery shopping. She will finally become Cheng Zhou with $[-] a month in savings!

"Yes, you won't be charged rent, just buy whatever you want to eat." Gu Yazhen patted Cheng Zhou's head, "But you still have to study, didn't you say you wanted to take care of me?"

That's right, her life goal has not been achieved yet, how can she let it go.However, Gu Yazhen's current salary is more than twice that of hers, which makes her realize that she is far away from her lofty goal.