squirrel

Before the arrival of the squirrels, Gao Liyuan had never cooked anything other than instant noodles on the stove in this home.But after one week in a row, his cooking skills have more or less recovered—maybe even better than before.

Gao Liyuan also improved his vegetable shopping skills. He gradually realized that most of the vegetables he could buy at the vegetable market at night were leftover vegetables that had been picked all day. morning.

After a long time, it is inevitable to meet acquaintances in the vegetable market: neighbors who live in the family area, or teachers from the fifth middle school.Most people were shocked by his sudden start to buy vegetables, but Gao Liyuan had already prepared his speech, and explained the same way to the original landlord, with no flaws: a friend's cousin came here to work As a result, I injured my arm, so I stayed at home to recuperate. Of course, I had to eat nutritiously.

As for why he made up a lie, Gao Liyuan himself couldn't tell why.

Even though it was Saturday, he went out early this morning.The squirrel has delayed getting up a little bit every day, and no longer rushes to the living room to turn on the TV before [-] o'clock in the morning.It was the same today, the bedroom door of the hut was still tightly shut after eight o'clock.Gao Liyuan picked out several dishes in the vegetable market familiarly, thought for a while, and then walked to the nearby aquatic product street - he wanted to add fish soup to the squirrel for dinner.

The ground of the aquatic product street was wet all the year round and had a fishy smell. It was the first time for Gao Liyuan to buy fish. After thinking about it for a long time, he finally picked one and waited for the fishmonger to scrape the scales.The vegetable market in the morning was crowded with elderly people. An old woman limped past the stalls. Suddenly, someone was about to turn away from the fish stall in a hurry, and knocked the woman to the ground.

"Ouch!" The old woman yelled in fright, but a figure suddenly appeared beside her, and immediately supported her: "Auntie, are you alright?"

Of course Gao Liyuan was the one who helped them.He saw the old woman beating her chest and muttering "Thank God, Amitabha" several times, but she seemed just frightened.He was about to turn his head to see if the fish he bought had been packed, but he was suddenly grabbed by his sleeve: "Isn't this Xiao Gao?"

"Hey... My surname is Gao, Auntie and you?" Gao Liyuan stared at the smiling face for a long while, but he still didn't match up with anyone in his memory.Fortunately, the other party was not surprised by this, and quickly introduced himself enthusiastically: "Qian Xiangyang, you always know it! The one who looks after the gate in the fifth middle school. I am his aunt, surnamed Yu. Before his son got married, I will sit with you at the wedding banquet." The next table is coming."

"Oh, so, I'm sorry I was blind just now, hello Aunt Yu."

Qian Xiangyang is Lao Qian's name.Gao Liyuan remembered what Lao Qian had said to him before, and felt a little bad feeling in his heart, but he still smiled all over his face.The other party was obviously much happier than Gao Liyuan, first thanked him for a long time, and then invited Gao Liyuan to come to her house.

"This is not good." Gao Liyuan racked his brains for a long time, but he could only use squirrels as an excuse, "My friend's cousin has an arm injury and lives with me, and I have to go back and cook for him... "

"Whose children don't sleep in on weekends? And it's only past nine o'clock! Don't be in a hurry." Aunt Yu couldn't help but pay for Gao Liyuan to carry the fish in her hand. The old man is getting old, and just now Almost fell, Gao Liyuan didn't dare to argue with her, so he had to follow along.

Aunt Yu's house was in the community next to the vegetable market. When he entered the house, he was faced with a family portrait of three hanging on the wall in the living room. When Gao Liyuan saw the young woman surrounded by his parents, he said something bad in his heart.Aunt Yu also noticed his gaze, but she obviously misunderstood the meaning, and cheerfully introduced: "This is my wife and my daughter, which were only filmed during the Spring Festival this year—Xiao Gao, sit down, and Auntie will make you a cup of tea."

It was useless to refuse again and again, so Gao Liyuan had to sit honestly under the family portrait, watching Aunt Yu put the fish he bought into the refrigerator first, and then poured a cup of tea. "You are too kind."

"Where is it, if you didn't give me a hand in the vegetable market, my old bones would have suffered. You see, my daughter has also gone to work, and my wife ran out early in the morning to play cards with others. If I really fell, I might still find it. No one! By the way, Xiao Gao, you are a teacher in Fifth Middle School, right? You live in the teacher’s apartment?”

"I'm the only one who teaches physical education. How can I get a room?" The staring eyes from the other side really made him uncomfortable, so he had to take a few sips of hot tea, "A distant relative has a suite nearby, so it's cheaper Rented it to me."

The gossip went on for more than an hour. In the end, Gao Liyuan used his poor cooking skills and had to go back to cook earlier to get back the fish that was detained in the refrigerator.Thank you so much today, I will send you some home-raised eggs another day——Auntie Yu’s eager request finally left his phone number and address. After all, the other party is Lao Qian’s relative, and he is not easy to understand He refused, so he had no choice but to pretend to be a fool and leave the house in a daze. He didn't sigh long until he walked out of the community, and strode home.

The squirrel woke up from starvation.

Gao Liyuan had already figured out his picky eaters thoroughly. Last night on the dinner table, there was a plate of choy sum and a plate of fried minced meat with eggplant.Naturally, the squirrel was not happy, picked up a few chopsticks randomly, and left after eating a bowl of rice. He thought it was okay at the moment, but he slept until almost eight o'clock, and his stomach was rumbling.

The squirrel remembered to eat breakfast quickly, but Gao Liyuan hadn't gone out yet, and he ran out hungry, and he would definitely be brought up to the old account of last night and recited for a long time.He had no choice but to pretend that he hadn't woken up yet, and lay his dead body on the bed for half an hour. When the door finally sounded outside, he rushed out of the room and went straight to breakfast.

But breakfast was just a bowl of vegetable porridge - Gao Liyuan guessed that he would not get up until about ten o'clock, and he had to have lunch in less than two hours, so he intentionally prepared less. As a result, the squirrel had a bowl of porridge and it was only eleven o'clock Just hungry again.Gao Liyuan didn't know whether to go shopping or planting vegetables today, and no one came back after a long time.

The squirrel circled around the house a few times, and finally couldn't hold back anymore, and began to rummage through the box to find the box of instant noodles that Gao Liyuan had confiscated.The kitchen was full of rice noodle seasonings, and he went to the living room again, opening cabinet doors one by one, suddenly something rolled out of a certain cabinet, and smashed on the marble floor with a clatter.

The squirrel was taken aback, and quickly picked it up, only to find that it was a medal, with a gold medal written on it, and small words circled around it: The Ninth Municipal Middle School Sports Meeting.

"Could it be the sprint champion? No wonder this guy's speed is so terrifying." Squirrel curled his lips, and was about to put the medals back, but when he took a closer look, there were many medals and trophies in the cabinet, which made Squirrel look away.

These spoils of war seemed to have been forgotten by the owner long ago, and they lived in a small cabinet, but they were neatly arranged, and not even a speck of dust could be seen.The squirrel was curious for a moment, put down the medal, and took out another trophy for a closer look. It was a gold medal again, but it was from a provincial track and field competition.

He just squatted there and watched, until the sound of the door opening, he came back to his senses as if he had just woken up from a dream, and began to frantically stuff the trophies and medals around him back into the cabinet.

"Sorry, I'm late—"

The apologetic words came to an abrupt end, and Squirrel raised his head guiltily, and bumped into a pair of tightly furrowed eyebrows: "What are you rummaging about?!"