mountain sleep

Chen Siyi got off work early today, and at noon his son clamored that he must cook a big meal to entertain his good friends in the evening.

"Are you back?" Xu Xingqiang was cutting sausages when he heard the noise and poked his head out from the kitchen, "It's so early today."

"The house is in a mess and nothing has been cleaned up. I have to come back early." Chen Siyi put down his bag and poured a glass of water, and leaned over to see what her husband had prepared.The chopping board is full of plates of cut vegetables, marinated beef, golden corn kernels, shrimp with shrimp lines removed...

"Try it," Xu Xinqiang took a piece of sausage and handed it to Chen Siyi's mouth, "Is it okay?"

The skin of the fried sausage is crispy, and a little bit of oil splashes when you bite it down.Chen Siyi gave a thumbs up, and praised her husband with a smile on her face: "Professor Xu is amazing."

Xu Xingqiang was very useful. After being married for so many years, Chen Siyi was still in his heart the girl who followed him with starry eyes and said, Teacher Xu, you are really amazing.

"I'll go and pack up my clothes first, and then I'll come over to help."

Chen Siyi had just folded all the clothes and put them in the closet when the door was kicked.She yelled, "Come here, come here," and complained to Xu Xingqiang who poked his head out of the kitchen: "Look at him kicking the door all day long."

After opening the door, she was shocked by a high-pitched "Hello, Auntie." She patted Peng Dong's head: "Every time I shout so loudly, Auntie is not deaf."

Chen Siyi took out a few pairs of slippers and greeted them: "Come in."

Yao Ge followed at the end, at first he was embarrassed to make a sound, Xu Zihang pulled him in front of him and let him go first: "Mom, this is Yao Ge."

"Hello, Auntie." Yao Ge, who occasionally went out with his parents when he was a child, was a little reserved but not stage-frightened. He greeted his aunt politely. His eyes secretly stayed on Chen Siyi's face for a while, thinking that Xu Zihang and his mother looked really good. Like ah.

Chen Siyi only saw what his son's new best friend looks like today. The little boy with red lips and white teeth puts his shoes neatly as soon as he takes off his shoes when he enters the door.

"Hey, baby, Yao Ge, right? Are you hungry? Put the schoolbag for me." Chen Siyi helped them carry the schoolbag into Xu Zihang's room, "Go wash your hands and eat some fruit."

After Yao Ge entered the door, he followed Xu Zihang in a regular manner, and quietly looked at Xu Zihang's home with his eyes.The wall behind the TV was covered with Xu Zihang's certificates, and there were travel photos of the family of three on the coffee table and shoe cabinet.

"Hello, Uncle!" Yao Ge stood up immediately after seeing the man in the kitchen come out and said hello.

"Hello, hello," Xu Xingqiang was stirring the wonton filling in a large bowl, "Have you washed your hands yet? Do you want to come over and make wontons together?"

"Dad, why do you let the guests do the work!" Xu Zihang was the first to raise an objection, grabbing the strawberry brought out by his mother and putting it in front of Yao Ge.

"It's delicious to make it yourself." Xu Xingqiang opened his mouth and grabbed the strawberry that Chen Siyi handed to him, took out a newspaper with one hand and spread it on the dining table, then put down the fresh shrimp and pork stuffing that had been stirred, "You make it, I'll Let’s go cook and work together.”

"I will, I will!!" Peng Dong leaned forward eagerly, "I just washed my hands!" Yao Ge followed behind and raised his hands to show that he had washed them clean.Chen Siyi put a piece of wonton wrapper in his hand and showed them: "It's very simple, just roll it up casually, and it will fit together——Okay, you play, I'll help uncle."

Yao Ge opened his eyes wide, but he didn't see how "roll it casually" turned into a gold ingot.

Xu Zihang has done it quite a few times. Although the ones he made are not as good-looking as his mother's, they still look good.

He turned his head and saw that he didn't know what the lump in Yao Ge's hand was, and he laughed loudly: "What is this, I'll teach you. Look, you fold the square in half first, yes, but don't align it , and then you pinch it here," Xu Zihang squeezed Yao Ge's hand and put it in the center of the minced meat, "just like this, pinch the edge and turn it around, you see, it's done."

Yao Ge looked at the "completed" in his hand, and at the finished product they wrapped and placed, but he didn't see where the success of the one in his hand was, but at least it was in a circle.

"Hey, it's the same when you eat it in your mouth! What's the use of making it look so good!" Peng Dong didn't bother to care about it so much, he made a fool of it so that the skin would count.

"Hey, I've made it!" Yao Ge excitedly said to Xu Zihang holding up an ingot, "Look!"

"Excellent!" Xu Zihang touched his dimple with his flour-stained fingers, turned around and praised himself, "It's better if I teach you."

Yao Ge found a new interest, wiped his face with the back of his hand, and bowed his head to study.

"When did my son abduct a good boy to be his friend?" Xu Xingqiang was chopping coriander and putting it on a plate, glanced at the children at the dinner table, and joked with Chen Siyi in a low voice with a smile on his face.

"What do you mean?" Chen Siyi smiled and slapped him on the back, "Is the son very good too?"

Yao Ge raised his head inadvertently, but his eyes couldn't move away.

Xu Zihang followed his gaze and saw that his parents were laughing and making noise in the kitchen, and his mother grabbed his father's face reproachfully.Xu Zihang felt embarrassed for a moment, obviously he had been used to it for a long time, but he was still a little embarrassed to be seen by Yao Ge.

Xu Zihang raised the ingot in his hand and called Yao Ge's attention back: "Look!"

"Looks good!" Yao Ge turned to look at his hands, then raised his eyes and smiled at him, "Your parents are really good friends."

"The two of them are so disgusting!" Xu Zihang moved closer to Yao Ge's ear and said in a breathy voice, "They still kiss before going out every day, I've seen it all."

Yao Ge opened his eyes wide: "Really?" He had never seen his parents kiss.

"Come here, I'm ready to serve dinner. Let me see what you packed." Chen Siyi came out and interrupted Xu Zihang and Yao Ge's private conversation, "It's not bad, enough is enough. I'll put you away and go wash your hands. Then we can eat."

Yao Ge stood up and followed Xu Zihang and Peng Dong to the kitchen to wash their hands.Both Xu Zihang and Peng Dong rushed out with their fingertips, Xu Xingqiang turned his head and praised Yaoge: "You are still the most obedient."

Chen Siyi helped each of the three of them pick up a piece of pork ribs, and gave each of them a spoonful of corn-fried ham: "Your children's favorite food is sweet and sour pork ribs, full of gold and jade, no more rice, and there are wontons."

"Thank you auntie!"

"Thank you auntie."

"Thank you mom!"

After taking his seat, Xu Xingqiang also got a piece, and said to the three children, "Thank you wife."

Xu Zihang was gnawing on the ribs with his hands, when he heard this, he looked at Yao Ge sensitively, and the two secretly laughed.

The two adults didn't realize that their behavior was being laughed at by the two children, and they were telling them to eat quickly.

"Yao Ge, come on, don't be too polite, you can imitate them and eat big." Chen Siyi put another piece of Coca-Cola Chicken Wing into his bowl, "Eat it with your hands, it's fine, just wash your hands after eating. Blow it, be careful it's hot."

Yao Ge was too embarrassed to grab it with his hands, but the ribs always fell back into the bowl with a spoon.

Yao Ge glanced at Peng Dong, who was also a guest, and saw that he was engrossed in eating, so he relaxed a little, and carefully gnawed on the chicken wings with his hands.

"Have you signed up for tomorrow's sports meeting?" Xu Xingqiang put the freshly boiled wontons on the table, "Did Xu Zihang sign up for running?"

"Relay!" Xu Zihang half-kneeled on the armchair and reached for the spoon, "There's nothing else."

"I applied for the long jump!" Peng Dong raised his greasy hand, "I got No.1 last year."

"So powerful?" Xu Xingqiang boasted, reaching out to grab Yao Ge's bowl, "I'll help you warm it up. Did Yao Ge report it?"

Yao Ge shook his head, and before he could speak, Xu Zihang rushed to answer for him: "He published the blackboard newspaper, and he published the blackboard newspaper in our class. He still has to write an essay, and finally he is going to participate in the competition!"

"Wow, Yao Ge has a heavy task!" Xu Xingqiang looked at Yao Ge with a smile, "Then I'll give you an extra wonton."

"Thank you, Uncle." Yao Ge held the bowl and packed a wonton. He didn't know if he wrapped it himself, but as Peng Dong said, they all looked the same after cooking.

After eating and drinking enough, the three children consciously helped to collect the bowls.Chen Siyi wiped the table and said: "Just let it go, you guys go to the room and play for a while."

Peng Dong didn't see the outside world at all. He took out a comic book from Xu Zihang's bookcase and lay down on the bed.Xu Zihang patted his butt to make him stand up, and then asked Yao Ge to come and sit with him.

"Do you want to listen to songs?" Xu Zihang took out the precious MP3 in his drawer and asked Yao Ge, "I asked my dad to download Jay Chou's for me. What do you want to listen to?"

"Wang Leehom! I want to listen to Wang Leehom." Peng Dong squeezed over, "You are not here~ when I need love most~~you are not here~wo~"

"It's so ugly that you sang it." Xu Zihang pushed him away, "I can't play it outside, go read your comics." While speaking, he handed Yao Ge an earphone, and his tone turned 180 degrees, "You Do you want to read the lyrics? My dad printed out the lyrics for me, and it's in my drawer."

Yao Ge shook his head: "No need."

Xu Zihang didn't know what kind of books Yao Ge liked to read. He guessed that he didn't like reading comics, so he randomly picked out a collection of jokes and spread it out in front of the two of them to read together.Yao Ge imitated Xu Zihang and lay on the bed, each with an earphone, and read a book with him.

As soon as the prelude sounded in the earphones, Yao Ge knew it was "Seven Lixiang". His piano teacher liked Jay Chou very much, and would teach him to play Jay Chou's songs every time between classes.

"...It rained all night, my love overflowed like rain," Xu Zihang hummed and couldn't help singing along, "The fallen leaves in the yard are thick with my thoughts~ thump thump thump pedal..."

"Pfft." Yao Ge accidentally laughed.

"I only sing after reading the lyrics." Xu Zihang was not ashamed, "Can you?"

"No." Yao Ge giggled. In fact, he would, but he was too embarrassed to sing.

"Then I'll take the lyrics and sing them to you seriously." Xu Zihang got more energetic, turned over and went to the drawer to find the lyrics.

"Cut. He also said that I sing badly, and I don't think you are as good as me." Peng Dong didn't forget to say a few words to Xu Zihang while reading the comics.

Xu Zihang ignored him, and took Yao Ge to sit up with the lyrics: "It's not easy to sing while lying down." He played "Qilixiang" again, feeling a little nervous.

"The sparrow outside the window / Talking on the pole..."

The first sentence he uttered, Yao Ge wanted to laugh, but held back, Xu Zihang found the feeling after singing a few lines: "You said you couldn't bear to eat this feeling~~It rains all night~my love It's like overflowing rain~"

Chen Siyi heard it in the living room after washing the dishes, and said to Xu Xingqiang, "Your son's singing is inherited from you."

"What's the matter with me? It's not because I married such a beautiful wife as you." Xu Xingqiang joked.

"...you are the only one I want to understand~" Xu Zihang finished singing seriously, and was quite complacently intoxicated for a while, "How is it?"

"Ouch~~" Peng Dong said first, "Finally let go of destroying my ears!"

Xu Zihang ignored him directly and looked at Yao Ge eagerly.

Yao Ge pursed his lips, pretended to ponder for a while, and then said, "On tune."

As soon as he finished speaking, Peng Dong beside him burst out laughing.

After Xu Zihang came to his senses, he twitched the earphones: "Okay! Laugh at me for being out of tune!" As he spoke, he scratched Yao Ge's body. Yao Ge giggled and tried to grab his hand, but Peng Dong came to help him They dealt with Xu Zihang together, and finally turned into a melee of three people.

Listening to the movement in the room, Chen Siyi said: "It's a good thing we didn't have two boys. If there are two boys, no one can bear it."

Several people played until 08:30, when Peng Dong's mother came to pick him up.Chen Siyi asked Yao Ge where he lived.

"Jinshan Community, that's not far away. Xu Zihang, your dad and I just happened to go for a walk. Let's go see Yao Ge off together." Chen Siyi took the key as he spoke, "Xiaxiaoshi."

Anyway, at the sports meeting tomorrow, Xu Zihang, who doesn't have to be urged to do homework, will be the happiest, so he said yes excitedly.

No matter how late the summer night falls, it is still dark at this moment.There were people walking in twos and threes on the road, and Chen Siyi and Xu Xingqiang stopped from time to time to say hello to familiar neighbors.

Xu Zihang and Yao Ge lead the way, this feeling of going out with friends at night is so novel, the two seem to be getting closer again.Xu Zihang stood on the edge of the green road, and Yao Ge also followed him to stand on it.

"Look, snail."

"Really?"

The two of them seemed to have never seen anything along the way, and they had to stop and say a few words when they saw everything.What should have been a 10-minute journey took more than 20 minutes.

Several people bid farewell at the gate of the community, Chen Siyi looked inside: "I think there are quite a lot of people inside, this section of the road should be fine, right?"

"No problem, the security of their community is good, and several leaders of our school also live here. You see, there are quite a lot of people in the yard." Xu Xingqiang said so, and he still accompanied his wife to watch Yao Ge until he could no longer see him.