The three of them were busy for a while, and the meal was finally finished. Looking at the table of sumptuous and meticulously prepared meals, Xie Shu also felt warm in his heart.

"Xie, try this pork ribs and see if we northerners are used to eating them." The old lady said while adding vegetables to Xie Shuyi's bowl.

Xie Shu also tasted it and said with a smile, "It's delicious."

The old lady said happily: "Eat more if it tastes good. I usually have a strong taste in my meals. I'm afraid you won't be used to it, so I specially put a little less salt."

"No, the taste is just right. You can eat it. You don't need to pinch it for me. I'll do it myself."

The old lady put a lot of vegetables in his and Jing Luo's bowls with a smile, and then she picked up her chopsticks and started eating with satisfaction.

It's just an ordinary home-cooked dish, and Xie Shuyi's satisfaction is almost overflowing.

After the meal, the two of them did not leave in a hurry, and chatted with the old lady for a while.

But most of them are Xie Shuyi who is chatting with the old lady, Boss Jing has already narrowed his eyes and dozed off.

The air was flowing slowly, mixed with a stream of warm air, which opened a ray of light to Xie Shuyi's lonely and closed heart.

Xie Shu also looked at this scene, and felt a little moved in his heart. He seemed to feel the word "family" again, this word that Xie Shuyi had sealed in his heart, now quietly blossomed in his heart.

This family chat lasted for a long time, and most of the time it was Xie Shuyi who was listening to the old lady, and he just listened patiently to see if she agreed with her.

As the sky gradually darkened, the last conversation between the two ended on "how to pick sandy oranges"

Jing Luo yawned, stood up and stretched: "The chat is over? Let's go."

"Then grandma, let's go back first, and come back to play when we have time."

"Hey! Well, I often come to play when I have time. I'm bored at home by myself."

Xie Shu also readily agreed to walk out the door with Jing Luo one after the other. When they were almost at the door, the old lady's loud voice came out again: "Hey! Wait, wait, wait." The old lady came out with a plastic bag, and hardened the bag. Give it to the letter of thanks.

Xie Shuyi opened the bag and said, "This is?"

"Oranges, I see that you like them very much, so take some back to eat."

Xie Shuyi still wanted to give in, but before he could open his mouth, the old lady blocked him back: "Take it, you can eat Xiaojing if you don't want it, take it quickly."

Xie Shu had no choice but to accept it, and said obediently: "Thank you grandma."

"Okay, go back quickly, it's quite cold, I'll see you off."

Jing Luo said from the side: "Okay, let's go in quickly, it's not that I don't know the way."

Xie Shu also echoed from the side: "Yes, you go in quickly, it's so cold outside, don't catch a cold."

"Okay, I see. I'll go in when you two go out."

The winter night was even more beautiful and freezing. The old lady turned around and entered the house after seeing the background of the two people disappear into the dark gray night.

Walking on the spacious and deserted road, Xie Shuyi returned to the appearance when he came here, tightly packed, only a pair of glasses frames were left exposed.

The two just walked side by side, and after a while, Xie Shu also said, "Thank you."

Jing Luo didn't react for a moment: "Thank you for what?"

"Thank you for inviting me to dinner."

"Then you thank the old lady, she invited me."

The letter of thanks was also hidden under the collar, and the corner of his mouth curled up. He said with a smile, "Anyway, thank you."

Jing Luo was a little embarrassed: "You're welcome." After finishing speaking, he paused for a while, and then continued: "I didn't expect that."

Xie Shu was also slightly taken aback: "What?"

Jing Luo looked Xie Shu up and down and said, "Not only do you attract Laifu's liking, but you also attract the old lady's liking."

Xie Shu also smiled, and subconsciously asked, "What about you?"

"What am I?"

"Do you like it?"

Jing Luo looked at him with bright eyes, and pretended to think for a moment, "I..." After he finished speaking, he patted Xie Shuyi on the shoulder, and continued, "Your little brother is not bad."

"Thank you, Brother, for your appreciation!" Xie Shu also made a gesture of clasping his fists.

It gets dark early in the winter in the north, and bare tree trunks stand blankly on both sides of the road. Two young people walk side by side on the road, shoulders touching each other from time to time, like two pieces of duckweed drifting on the sea and clinging to each other.

The two of them returned home against the cold wind. Before they even opened the door, they heard the sound of meowing. When they opened the door, Laifu glared at the two young people who entered the door. Same.

Xie Shu also walked over, gently stroking the cat's head, and he hugged the cat into his arms, "What's the matter, Laifu."

Laifu rubbed his head against Xie Shuyi's palm, as if acting like a spoiled child.

Xie Shu also smiled slightly, got up and took the canned cat food next to the cat litter, opened it and put it in front of Lai Fu.

Laifu rubbed Xie Shuyi's palm happily several times, and then walked on the catwalk to eat canned food.

Seeing that her own girl was about to be abducted, Jing Luo walked over and poked Lai Fu on the head, "Since when have you become so familiar with him, have you forgotten your old father?"

Laifu ignored him and ate the canned food wholeheartedly.

"good very good!"

Xie Shu was also laughed straight at the side by the two of them. There was a warm current in his heart, thinking that coldness is fake, poisonous tongue is real, and love in heart is also true...

In the blink of an eye, Xie Shuyi has been here for more than half a month, because it is the end of the year and the weather is cold, he hardly goes out.

During the period, I occasionally called Lin Mi to discuss the idea of ​​a new book. Zhang Zhou also came to have dinner a few times. In fact, people are warm-hearted.

Why did Xie Shu feel this way? It was all because of the episode after the meal that day.

That day, after dinner, Xie Shuyi was going to wash the dishes as usual, but before he entered the kitchen, he was stopped by Zhang Zhou.

"Brother, what are you doing?"

Xie Shu also looked up at him, raised the tableware in his hand, "Wash the dishes."

"No way," Zhang Zhou looked at him incredulously, "Jing Luo asked you to wash the dishes." After finishing speaking, he looked at Jing Luo who was sitting cross-legged on the sofa, "Boss Jing, you are inhumane, let Guests wash the dishes."

"He did it voluntarily." After speaking, he tilted his head and glanced at Xie Shuyi, "Isn't it?"

Xie Shu also pulled out a polite smile, gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, I voluntarily."

"No, no, no, I can't stand it anymore, give it to me," he snatched the tableware from Xie Shuyi's hand, and said righteously as he walked to the kitchen, "It's too inhuman, too deceitful, and too bullying."

Xie Shuyi didn't react for a while, and followed Zhang Zhou into the kitchen in a daze.

Zhang Zhou picked up the apron hanging on the side and put it on, and asked Xie Shuyi, "Where did you put the detergent?"

Xie Shu also watched the former big brother become today's dishwasher, wearing an apron that has nothing to do with his temperament. He suppressed a smile and pointed, "There."

"You go out, I'll wash it," he said, after thinking for a while, he said, "Take it easy, Jing Luo is only a child."

Xie Shu also smiled, "It's okay, I know."

Xie Shu was also kicked out of the kitchen by Zhang Zhou. He came to sit on the sofa, pointed to the kitchen, and signaled that Zhang Zhou was washing the dishes.

"Someone took over your shift?" Jing Luo picked up the knife and prepared to peel the apple indifferently, "It's okay, this was his job before you came."

Xie Shu also thought to himself, okay, it seems that you just swear to the death not to wash the dishes.

After Jing Luo finished peeling the apple and handed it to him, he turned around and went to get another one.

Xie Shu also took a bite of the apple, "Then what..."

Jing Luo raised her eyelids to look at him, "What?"

"Just... can you often ask him to eat in the future?"

Jing Luo didn't realize it for a while, "Huh?" After a long while, he thought about it, and suddenly smiled.

Xie Shuyi couldn't help laughing out loud, he couldn't hold the apple firmly in his hand.

Hearing the loud laughter of the two people outside, Zhang Zhou didn't know what happened for a while, so he rushed out with foam on his hands.

"What's wrong? What's so funny?"

Jing Luo's whole face turned red with a smile, "It's nothing, just this apple is delicious." After finishing speaking, he raised his hand and raised the apple in his hand, "Do you want one?"

"Keep it for me, I will come out to eat later." After finishing speaking, he turned around and went to do coolies again.

Xie Shuyi and Jing Luo looked at each other and smiled, and the laughter they could not hold back with great difficulty failed again.

At this moment, Zhang Zhou, who doesn't know anything, is still fighting willingly...

For the next few days, the two just occupied their own territories, and no one disturbed the other.The days are so ordinary, like a lake without waves, calm and comfortable.

Jing Luo's daily life is very simple, playing with cats, basking in the sun, drinking tea, and there is only one age difference between him and a middle-aged retired veteran cadre.

At lunch that day, Jing Luo said in a roundabout way that she was bored at home these days and wanted to read books, but there was nowhere to buy them.

Xie Shu also realized his little thoughts, and said straightforwardly: "You don't need to buy it, I will give you a copy."

In fact, he had long wanted to give Jing Luo a gift in return for a down jacket, and he never liked to owe others anything.It is also this way of getting along with others that draws a clear line of boundaries, he has no friends.For so many years, Lin Mi was the only friend.

After finishing speaking, he turned around and went upstairs, and came down quickly, holding a book in his hand: "I didn't bring any books with me this time because I thought about going out to play. This book was written a few years ago, and it might look childish now." , don’t be disgusted.” After finishing speaking, he handed the book to Jing Luo and said, “As a gift in return, this is my New Year’s gift for you.”

"I don't dislike it." Jing Luo opened the book and flipped through a few pages at random: "The writing is pretty good, and I like the New Year's gift very much."

Xie Shu also smiled helplessly: "You haven't read it yet."

"You don't need to look, I can feel it with my heart."

Jing Luo nestled on the sofa, reading a book with a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose.This book was written by Xie Shuyi when he went out to play in March a few years ago. The title of the book is "Dream March".

This book is a travelogue written by Xie Shuyi, which records the scenery and customs of a small city in the south.Jing Luo wasn't interested in these things, and his eyelids drooped involuntarily after not long looking at them.

Before he was about to fall asleep, Xie Shuyi's always smiling voice came from his ear,

He said, "Boss Jing, do you want to make a friend?"

Jing Luo was taken aback, his eyelashes trembled slightly, he didn't open his eyes, and his voice was sleepy, "Haven't we been friends a long time ago?"

"When?"

"Since the day you did the dishes."

Xie Shu was also taken aback, and then laughed, "It's so easy to be friends with you, Boss Jing, just wash the dishes?"

Jing Luo was silent for a while, Xie Shu also saw that he had not spoken for a long time, thought he had fallen asleep, and just thought of going upstairs.

Jing Luo's slightly hoarse voice said, "No, the key depends on the person."

"who?"

"Is it someone I like?"

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