Boiling point

When Li Yanxi settled the wages, He Xin and Li An sat on the opposite "yo-yo" and waited. The rollable chair surrounded by a semi-circle was too new for Li An. He still couldn't move it after playing for a long time. Open his ass, until Li Yanqi came out with 500 yuan, he poked his head out, shook his legs, and came down reluctantly.

"500 yuan!" Li An clapped his hands, his eyes sparkling.

Li Yanqi was in a good mood, rubbed his hair and said, "Brother, go buy you a birthday present."

He Xin tightened Li An's arm and turned him around, "Today is your birthday?"

Li An said with a smile, "Didn't I tell you this morning?"

He Xin scratched her hair, "I didn't listen, why don't you say it again, I wish you a happy birthday?"

Li An tugged on his peaked cap, "You gave me a birthday present."

He Xin stepped forward to grab everyone, snapped his fingers and said, "Where is this enough? Let's go, go to the mall or want to have a big meal?"

Li Yanqi coughed, "I am his real brother."

It took He Xin two seconds to realize that there was something in his words, "I just made a fortune of 500 yuan and want to contribute to the economic prosperity of the motherland. I will definitely not stop it."

Li Yanqi smiled, lowered his head and asked Li An, "You can't eat seafood, but steak, do you want to eat?"

Li An was actually a bit reluctant to spend his brother's hard-earned money, just celebrating his birthday.

"Same as last year, can't we eat chicken noodles?"

Li Yanqi said, "Is that what you pursue, baby."

Li An sighed maturely, touched his stomach and said, "But my stomach has been thinking about it for a day, and it wants to eat chicken shredded noodles."

The birthday star is the biggest, and Li Yanqi has nothing to do with him. Although he knows that Li An wants to save him money, he still can't help but feel distressed. Last night, the little guy wanted him to return the birthday cake too.

"Chicken shredded noodles are chicken shredded noodles, so let's eat them at home." He Xin added next to her, squeezed Li An's hand and said, "Your birthday is up to you."

Li Yanqi looked at him, "Our family?"

He Xin tilted her head and said, "Is there a problem? Why don't you talk to Uncle Zhao?"

The two fought each other without thinking, which scared Li An enough. He pulled one at the other and said anxiously, "Don't quarrel."

Li Yanqi led him forward, and comforted him, "It's not noisy, I'm just blind and poor with him."

He Xin took advantage of the situation and made a "roll over here" gesture.

Li Yanqi and Li An laughed together.

Taking the bus to the supermarket to buy ingredients, Li Yanqi and He Xin wore those two eye-catching and shiny trousers, and they were tall and handsome, which attracted much attention. Many aunts asked them if this was the latest fashion style , so they can buy one for their grandson.

Li Yanqi pulled Li An and stretched his arms towards He Xin. When he was discovered, he turned his head and leaned against the handrail, trying to cover up the crime of stabbing him in the waist by shaking the bus.

There are many people everywhere on weekends, and even the supermarkets that are not in the city center are densely packed.

"Nanxi is just a large supermarket?" He Xin pushed the cart and carried Li An onto it.

Li Yanqi said, "The food here is relatively fresh, and there are discounts on weekends, which is cheaper than the vegetable market."

He Xin was not very interested in grabbing ingredients with his aunt. He looked at the distribution map of the mall and said to Li Yanqi, "I'll go shopping there, and I'll come to the supermarket to find you later."

Li Yanqi took the cart, asked Li An to sit still, nodded and left.

He Xin took the elevator up to the third floor. The third floor was the children's play area. Many parents took their children to make puzzles and draw masks in the rest area. There was an archery club next to it, and there were many boys queuing up.

He Xin stood there thinking for a while, he seldom gave gifts to others, he would give red envelopes directly on Wu Rui's birthday, and for a special child like Li An, he couldn't be sure what he liked, with his sensitive mind, he would give gifts to everyone. If it was too expensive, he must have been thinking about it in his mind. He might not be sure that Li Yanqi would come to return the gift the next day, so it would be boring.

Walking around in front of the game console counter, He Xin finally returned to the children's play area.

A small round table was set up at the entrance of the archery club, and a teacher was teaching how to make darts.

He Xin thought it was quite interesting. After looking at the price, it was not expensive. If the chatterbox gets bored in the hospital, you can use it to pass the time.

After Li Yanqi and Li An finished buying vegetables, they called Liao Mei back and stayed in the milk tea shop to wait for someone.

Li An sat down with a box of yogurt and looked around. He Xin came out of the elevator on the other side, stood quietly behind him for a long time, and then slapped him on the forehead when he turned around.

Li An pretended to be shocked, and stretched out his hand to straighten the brim of his hat. When he saw the wrapped gift box in He Xin's hand, his eyes flashed with surprise.

"For you." He Xin knelt down and looked at him at the same level, "Happy birthday, little milk foam."

Li An slid down from the chair, held the box in his arms and couldn't put it down, and kept asking, "What is what?"

Seeing his blushing excitement, He Xin stepped forward and smiled, "Go back and take it apart to see for yourself. It's not a surprise if you tell me the surprise."

Li An's eyes were gone from laughing, and he rushed over to hug He Xin and said, "Thank you brother Lemon Jing."

He Xin tapped his clothes, "The yogurt is stained."

After Li Yanqi answered the phone, he saw He Xin coming. Li An beside him was happily circling around with a gift. He was actually a little surprised. He originally thought that He Xin just didn't like to stay in crowded places before going up to the second floor. Unexpectedly I bought a gift for Li An specially.

"Brother!" Li An held the gift box and showed off to Li Yanqi, "I have received a gift, Brother Lemon Jing gave me a gift!"

"Understood." Li Yanqi walked up to He Xin and looked at him and said, "Thank you, the gift..."

He Xin seemed to know what he was going to say, and waved her hand indifferently, "It's very cheap."

Li Yanqi paused, smiled lightly, and did not speak.

"Do you want to continue shopping?" He Xin lowered her head and asked Li An.

Li Yanqi glanced at the phone and said, "Grandma Liao Mei is missing, he is looking for him, and I have to rush there now, can you help me send my brother back?"

He Xin raised her voice and asked, "Lost?"

Li Yanqi didn't have much time to explain to him, Liao Mei sent three voices at once, he hurriedly packed up the dishes, turned his head and heard He Xin say, "I'll go with you."

Li An raised his hand and said, "Brother, I'm going too. Sister Liao brought me pickled mustard made by his grandma."

Grandma Liao Mei has dementia. She is usually a brave old lady. When she is sick, her mind is confused and she basically does not recognize anyone. Liao Mei was brought up by her grandma. When He Xin and the others arrived, he was on the verge of crying.

"It's okay." Li Yanqi patted him on the shoulder and comforted him, "We'll look around, you'd better stay at home, in case something happens, you can deal with it, my brother will stay with you and accompany you."

Li An shook Liao Mei's hand very intimately, "Don't worry about sister Liao, I will accompany you."

Liao Mei showed He Xin the photo of his grandma, and her eyes wandered to their pants

He still couldn't help laughing in the depressing atmosphere, "Did you go farming just now?"

"Get lost." He Xin kicked him.

After Li Yanqi and He Xin ran for a few blocks together, they began to search separately. Generally speaking, the old lady would either watch people playing mahjong in the elderly activity room, or wander around in the farmer's market, but today these two places are not there. After searching for more than an hour, Li Yanqi and He Xin met at the old place. Just about to call Liao Mei to report the situation, he looked left and right and found that there was a park next to him. He Xin threw a bottle of water at him and said, "Look here, there is no other place."

There were not many people in the park, and the sightline was very clear, so they ran around along the path, and soon saw the old lady squatting by a tree.

He Xin glanced at Li Yanqi, who let out a long breath.

Grandma Liao Mei also had a big shovel in hand, digging a pile of soil, talking to herself, stuffing children's clothes and toys into the tree hole.

It seems that those things should have witnessed Liao Mei's "growth trajectory". The old lady buried her while laughing, stroking gently. Li Yanqi walked in front of her, and thoughtfully reached out to help her up.

The old lady looked at them seriously, and then hugged them from left to right.

"Xiao Fei and Xiao Yuan, you are here."

He Xin couldn't help but asked, "What?"

Li Yanqi pointed his eyes at him, tilted his head close to his ear and whispered, "Grandma has identified the wrong person, just promise."

He Xin said, "Who are Xiao Fei and Xiao Yuan?"

Li Yanqi said, "Liao Mei's uncles are grandma's two sons. Now only Liao Mei's father is taking care of her. The two uncles have gone to work in other places."

He Xin took a few steps, and changed into a comfortable position to support her grandma, "Hey, we are separated from Liao Mei."

Li Yanqi smiled, "The last time grandma recognized me as Liao Mei's father, she caught Liao Mei and asked him to call me father."

"Awesome." He Xin applauded him.

On the way back, they didn't talk anymore. He Xin found out that Li Yanqi was a very careful person. He was very good at coaxing the old man, and his tone was much gentler than usual. He made the old lady smile and walked home happily.

After Liao Mei was reunited with her grandma, she put her arms around the man's neck and didn't let go, and waited for a while before waiting for his parents.

The scene of a happy family made He Xin a little touched. Li An, who was next to him, leaned against Li Yanqi and turned to smile at him.

It was a warm feeling, a bit unreal to him.

He Xin sighed softly, feeling a little out of place and lonely.

Li Yanqi glanced at him, stepped forward and hooked his foot on his chair and turned around, "Let's go?"

He Xin stood up and leaned to the side, "Young man is good at kung fu."

Li Yanqi smiled and said nothing.

Seeing that they were about to leave, Liao Mei slapped her thigh and said loudly, "You two uncles, please stay! Let's have a barbecue together! I'll ask a few classmates to come over to celebrate Li An's birthday!"

Usually when there is Liao Mei’s birthday, the scene is crazy. Li Yanqi, as his friend for several years, knows how well this person can stir things up. If he doesn’t stop him as soon as possible, he may call the neighbors who are making mud. Come.

In the end, he only called the classmates who were close to Li Yanqi's house in the class, and Liao Mei even called Xue Wen over selfishly.

Everyone brought their own ingredients. Li Yanqi moved the barbecue grill to the small open-air garden. Li An kept jumping up and down excitedly, asking for help everywhere. Guy picks up.

He Xin walked to the kitchen with a cigarette in her mouth, and saw Li Yanqi wearing an apron, bending over to cut fish.

He smelled the lemon and glanced at the table, "What dish?"

"Your favorite—lemon salmon." Li Yanqi made several cuts on the belly of the fish, and pointed to Li An, "Hurry up and get him away, or dinner will be a supper."

He Xin couldn't walk when he saw the lemon salmon, and he was more obedient than anyone else at the moment. Hearing this, he picked up Li An by the waist, carried him all the way to the pond, moved two stools to sit on, and started the duck counting meeting.

Soon everyone arrived, Xue Wen and another classmate bought some wine, and Liao Mei went to buy a lot of pork belly and chicken wings, and brought back the ordered cake by the way.

He Xin has never grilled before, but he is very good at putting things on display.

When Li Yan came out with the dishes, He Xin had already lit a fire and put the ingredients on top.

"Wait." Li Yanqi took down a bunch of squid and shrimp from his hand, "Grill the meat first, and then roast the hard-to-cook ones, otherwise the heat will not be well controlled."

"Wow, it smells so good." Xue Wen fanned the smell with her hands.

"Grill a bunch of eggplants for you, you girls should lose weight." Chen Feifei said.

"Fuck off, can I eat meat?" Xue Wen rolled his eyes at him, and Liao Mei ran over, holding up the banner of "whatever the goddess says is right", and put a bunch of meat on the grill.

He Xin stepped aside, "You guys bake it, I can't."

Xue Wen stopped him, "It's very pleasing for you to just stand there and put on a show. In our class, you and Li Yanqi's barbecue can make a fashionable blockbuster mood."

He Xin smiled and said, "Sister Liao shed tears of jealousy."

Xue Wen clicked her tongue, "Who cares about him."

Li Yanqi put two pieces of charcoal into the grill, and then deliberately walked in front of He Xin with the fish in his hand.

He Xin, who was still chatting with someone, instantly moved to the big round table.

Li Yanqi put the fish down and glanced at him, "Are you a dog? You jump up when you smell it."

He Xin picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks and chewed a couple of mouthfuls contentedly.

"What are you doing?"

Li Yanqi said, "I'm making pies, stuffed with sesame seeds and shredded radish, and they're steaming now. I'll go and grill some meat skewers."

Li An was having a good time with chicken noodles, and there were gifts around him. Li Yanqi rubbed his hair when he walked by him.

He Xin watched as Li Yanqi skillfully rolled the skewers, added some oil to the tinfoil, and sprinkled cumin on the skewers after roasting a large skewer.

Special chef style.

After a while, the fragrance wafted across the entire terrace along the wind.

He Xin stopped her chopsticks, stared at the back of Li Yanqi's barbecue, and was taken aback for a while.

In the smoke and fire, the temperature was slowly rising, and the surrounding scene was blurred. He Xin squinted her eyes, but felt very comfortable.

With Liao Mei at the place, he won’t stand in the cold. He doesn’t have a good temper, but he is willing to talk nonsense with others. When he is joking, he can flip the middle finger to turn the page. A group of people gossip and gossip. While eating the skewers, he bragged and burst into cheerful laughter from time to time.

The interest here is already high, Liao Mei took out a bottle of wine from under the table, "Let's go one by one!"

Li Yanqi said, "Don't get too excited."

After Liao Mei poured it for him, she turned her head and poured another cup into He Xin's cup, "Uncle, do you want to drink?"

"My good nephew, I have to sell my face." He Xin raised her head and said, "Is uncle handsome?"

"Handsome!" Liao Mei filled up all of them one by one, and finally poured a cup of hot milk for Li An, and everyone stood up and clinked glasses.

"Happy birthday to baby Li An!"

"Happy birthday!"

The cups collided with each other and made a crisp sound. After He Xin finished drinking, his throat was slightly itchy. He stuffed a bunch of pork belly into his mouth. The spicy aroma mixed with the residual wine aroma filled the entire taste buds. This feeling Very cool.

"Thank you brothers and sisters." Li An was very proud and drank the milk in one gulp.

Xue Wen pinched his face, "Why are you so cute?"

Liao Mei leaned over and said, "Our future son must be so cute."

Xue Wen said, "I really want to pour some water on your head and see what flowers can bloom."

"One heart to the goddess flower." Liao Mei said, "Virgin flower with strong bones."

Chen Feifei said, "Pay attention to the scale, our little one is still here." Looking back at Li An, "I didn't hear anything, good boy."

Li An ate the pie and said very honestly, "I heard you, virgin girl."

"Fuck!" Liao Mei coughed, and the people next to her laughed so hard that they couldn't breathe.

"Li An, can't your brother be a virgin?" A classmate who was drunk explained appropriately, "Virgin means that you have never been in a relationship."

A group of people started booing, Li Yanqi covered Li An's head in his arms, and stuffed a bunch of meat into their bowls, "Hurry up and eat, this won't stop your mouths."

After messing around for a while, but still didn't find a single bit of information, He Xin's mouth became tighter, but his temper was not very good, Chen Feifei and the others dared not attack him.

Li Yanqi drank in silence, looking at the sky quietly.

He Xin played games with them for a while, got a little back, lost several rounds, was fined a few bottles of wine, and was not drunk, but felt a little dizzy when he leaned back in the chair again.

Li Yanqi looked up at him, "Are you drunk?"

He Xin put her arm next to him, stared at him with her head tilted, closed her eyes and smiled after a long time, "Did you just change the subject because you felt ashamed that you have never been in a relationship?"

Li Yanqi said, "How do you know I haven't talked about it?"

He Xin pointed to his face, "Just like you, you look like a virgin."

Li Yanqi felt underestimated, and looked at He Xin unhappily, but didn't know what to say.

After holding back for a long time, I finally managed to say, "Well, you are amazing. Last time my girlfriend came to Nanxi to look for you, and she slept in a hotel together."

He Xin laughed, and raised her eyelids to look at him, "Ah, the so-called girlfriend."

Li Yanqi listened to the commotion over there, turned his head and took a sip of wine without saying a word.

After drinking for three rounds, everyone was a little bit drunk, but they kept laughing and shouting. Li Yanqi took out the prepared cake from the house, put a candle on it, and said to Li An, "Hurry up, baby!" Come and make a wish."

The happy birthday song was sung by them with shouts and roars, and a few lines sang the heroic momentum of the Yellow River March.

Li Yanqi leaned against the wall and smiled, Li An was hugged by He Xin, with a smile that couldn't be concealed on his face, he lowered his head and blew out the candle.

"Wow!" There was applause from around.

Li Yanqi felt a little emotional. This birthday is the happiest birthday Li An has had in so many years. Not only did he receive birthday gifts and blessings from so many people, but he also played for a whole day. He might wake up tomorrow with a hoarse voice.

He has always felt that he is not a qualified brother, and he cannot let Li An have things that other children can easily get, and he cannot even celebrate his birthday recklessly.

He remembered very clearly that last year Li An's birthday was spent in the emergency room. For two whole days, the first thing he said when he woke up was, brother, did I oversleep.

Li Yanqi was shaking all the time at that time, he was very afraid that Li An would just fall asleep like this, it doesn't matter if he overslept, as long as he can wake up again, whatever he does is worth it.

He is not afraid of hard work.

Li Yanqi lowered his head and took a sip of his wine, seeming to be laughing, but also sighing.

Since Li An made his wish, a new topic has been opened on the wine table. Everyone has sublimated from gossip to philosophy of life and talked about dreams.

Liao Mei's dream is to make a lot of money so that grandma can live a good life.

Xue Wen's dream is to be an English translator.

Chen Feifei's dream is to be the captain.

They asked He Xin, what do you want to be when you grow up?

He Xin stroked the cigarette with his fingertips, he thought for a while, but found that he had no clue, his mind was empty.

I used to think that the "future" was so far away, but in their mouths, it seemed that one or two years would arrive soon.

"Filming? Being a model? Your English is so good, why don't you also take the road of translation?"

He Xin was silent for a while, then finally shrugged and said, "I want to find myself."

After finding himself, Li Yanqi smiled, and it really was He Xin's answer.

"Brother Ta, what about you?" Liao Mei asked him lying on his stomach, "What do you want to do?"

Li Yanqi leaned on the back of the chair, and after a while, his Adam's apple moved, and he said with a smile, "I don't have any great wishes or dreams, I just want to live an ordinary life, but I hope that I won't be an ordinary person."

"Fuck, why are you two talking so profoundly?" Chen Feifei said, "I want to repeat it again!"

He Xin suddenly came back to his senses, and looked back at Li Yanqi, with a trace of complicated emotions in his slightly drunken eyes.

"Cheers to the dream!" Liao Mei wobbled and raised his glass again.

It was after eleven o'clock in the evening that everyone dispersed. Li An was so sleepy that he was carried into the house by Li Yanqi to sleep. Before going to bed, he put his arms around his neck and said, "Brother, I am so happy, really Very happy."

Li Yanqi lowered his head and kissed his forehead, "Happy birthday, let's be happy tomorrow."

"Good night."

"Good night."

It was already twelve o'clock after washing the pots and pans outside, and Li Yanqi picked up a giant mourning dog at the door of his house.

Half of He Xin's face was black, and he didn't know where he had rubbed it.

Li Yanqi squatted down to take a look, and couldn't help smiling.

"drunk?"

"No." He Xin replied quickly, "Sit down and think about life."

Li Yanqi pointed to his face, "It's rubbed to the ground."

He Xin stretched out her hand to wipe it, and the smudge became even wider. Li Yanqi took out a tissue from inside and handed it to him. He Xin wiped it carelessly, then leaned against the door rail and closed her eyes.

Li Yanqi sighed and pushed for a long time without any movement, guessing that he must be drunk.

Having a cleanliness obsession, he hesitated for a minute, then took a tissue and wiped He Xin's face.

This person's appearance is sharp and angular, full of aggression and aggressiveness. When he opened his eyes, he gave off a kind of stubbornness. Now that he closed his eyes, he was inexplicably childish.

Li Yanqi brushed the bridge of his nose and eyelashes, and then rubbed his right cheek. He Xin suddenly grabbed his wrist. Because of drinking, his body was very warm and his palms were also hot.

"You want to hit me again?" He Xin said.

Li Yanqi was stunned, then withdrew his hand, "Crazy, wipe your face, or you can do it yourself."

He Xin said, "You fucking beat me up yesterday."

Li Yanqi returned to him, "You don't seem to have hit me."

He Xin raised her eyelids and stared at him, the time suddenly froze, neither of them spoke.

Li Yanqi's legs were numb from squatting, and he wanted to stand up and throw a tissue, when He Xin said in a deep voice, "I'm sorry."

Li Yanqi was shocked, not that He Xin would say sorry to him, but that at this point in time, he didn't know how to respond by saying sorry.

Li Yanqi stood stupidly for a long time before replying, "Thank you."

"The 5000 yuan you gave me earlier solved my urgent need." Li Yanqi explained, "So I want to thank you."

He Xin narrowed her eyes slightly, and heard that she took out her wallet from her pocket, "5000 yuan, I have it."

Li Yanqi looked at him helplessly, "Besides, if you're not drunk, I'll whip you."

He Xin paused, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Why didn't you wipe it off?" He pointed to his face, "It's still dirty."

Li Yanqi was in a trance for a moment, then stood up, went to the back room and wanted to throw him a bucket of tissues.

But he saw the gift that Li An opened on the table.

It was from He Xin, a box of darts and a target.

He tied the darts himself with feathers. It's not very delicate, but it can be seen that he has tried his best.

Each area above the target has a line written.

The ten rings are: Brother is happy every day.

The nine rings are: Goodbye to illness.

The eighth ring is: make a lot of money.

The seven rings are: I love my brother, and my brother loves me.

........

Each ring is Li An's wish to be realized, or a beautiful expectation.

Li Yanqi held the target and looked at it for a long time. He was surprised that in some respects, He Xin was such a delicate person.

Deviant, restless and lonely, very gentle with children.

Li Yanqi put the things back in place, and when he turned around, he found He Xin opened his eyes and looked at him.

"cough."

He Xin crossed her long legs and said drunkenly, "When you smile, the dimple on the left side is deeper than the one on the right."