Strive for Science

After hanging up the phone, Dao Nian looked out of the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, and slowly turned his head to look at his subordinates who were hunched over and mopping the floor: "Clean up, there are guests coming."

Hearing the words, the subordinates quickly stood up straight, threw the mop in their hands, and the mop fell into the bucket without splashing any sewage: "Sir, what is the standard of reception?"

"Human beings." Dao Nian lazily leaned against the soft, and added, "Human beings who can remember my name."

"I understand." The subordinate looked serious, "We'll get ready right away."

Shen Changan had no experience in visiting friends' houses, so he was a little excited for a while.In the past, in order to avoid causing trouble to his friends, he would try not to visit his friends' houses as much as possible.Maybe it was because this peaceful city gave him a sense of security, or maybe it was because he didn't want to be alone now, so after Dao Nian invited him to eat hot pot, he agreed without thinking.

Maybe, maybe Dao Nian, who doesn't like to be in contact with people, also hopes to eat with someone.

He bought a bag of fresh fruits at the fruit shop, and a bouquet of sunflowers at the nearby flower shop. Shen Changan had just taken a taxi to the gate of the community where Dao Nian lived, and saw Liu Mao waiting there with another young man whom he had never seen before.

"Mr. Shen." Liu Mao saw him with a very enthusiastic attitude, "Warmly welcome you, please go this way."

The fruit in his hand was taken away by the other party, and Shen Changan was a little taken aback by the other party's overly enthusiastic attitude: "Mr. Liu, you don't have to be so polite, I can carry this little fruit."

"You are Mr.'s honored guest, how can you do this kind of rough work." Liu Mao handed the fruit to the young man beside him, and personally led Shen Chang'an.

Entering the community, Shen Changan found that this community was very different. Although it looked similar to other communities from the outside, in fact, the green area was very large, and the buildings could hardly see each other. The lush trees were arranged neatly, and the rockery pool was inlaid in it. , Unknown flowers bloom, blooming a quiet fragrance.

In this era when one more house can be built, there is absolutely no more grassland. The developer of this community can be called "the best conscience developer".

After following Liu Mao for an unknown how long, Shen Changan only felt that there was a bluestone road on the left and a small forest on the right, and he came to an antique-like mansion in a daze.

There are no fences around the mansion, and the lush flowers form a natural barrier, which makes the house a bit more inexplicable charm and mystery.

Glancing at the fruit in someone's hand and the handful of small sunflowers in his arms, Shen Chang'an thought silently, isn't the gift he brought to the door a bit shabby?

Just as he was thinking, the gate of the house was fully opened, several people enthusiastically surrounded him, surrounded Shen Changan and walked in the gate.In this scene, Shen Chang'an was a little at a loss by everyone's enthusiasm, and suddenly thought of the lively and joyous scene when the little monsters drove Tang Seng into the monster cave in Journey to the West.

But the moment he stepped into the gate, all the commotion quieted down. The few people who were full of smiles just now stood at the bottom of the gate steps in order, as if they would be thundered if they stepped up. Like hacked to death.

"Mr. Daonian, excuse me." Shen Changan walked into the room, and stepped on the soft carpet, making him feel as if he was stepping on a cloud.

"Chang'an." Dao Nian, who was sitting on the sofa, raised his head, "Please sit down."

"Thank you." Shen Changan walked to a place a few steps away from him and stood still, "I don't know if Mr. Daonian is allergic to pollen. If not, I want to put these flowers in a vase."

"Okay." Daonian glanced upstairs.

Half a minute later, someone came down from upstairs, holding a jade-like vase and cut flowers in his hand.

Shen Changan didn't know how to arrange flowers, so he cut a small sunflower and stuffed it into a bottle, and asked Nian cheekily: "Mr. Daonian, where is the vase suitable?"

Dao Nian pointed to the carved wooden platform by the floor-to-ceiling windows.

After putting the vase away, Shen Changan turned his head and saw Dao Nian staring at him, thinking that he was embarrassed by his flower arrangement skills, he laughed dryly, and changed the subject: "Do you usually have so many people in your family helping?"

"It's not like this usually." Dao Nian lowered his eyelids, staring at the hot tea on the table in a daze.

Shen Changan was a little embarrassed, it was so troublesome to come to be a guest by himself.

"Hot pot, it's almost ready." As soon as Dao Nian finished speaking, someone came over to push the table, set up the pot, and prepare the dishes. In just a few minutes, the tea table between the two of them turned into an exquisite carved wooden table , There is a copper hot pot on the wooden table, which is exuding fragrance.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that he was not here to eat hot pot, but to experience "how to eat hot pot elegantly". There is an urge to swallow it alive.

The bottom of the pot was rolling, and Shen Changan was boiling the dishes for himself, while watching Dao Nian slowly pick up a chopstick dish from the pot from time to time, and smiled: "Mr. Dao Nian, don't you usually eat hot pot?"

"Trouble." Dao Nian put down his chopsticks, his lips were bright red, but his eyes were indifferent without any emotion.

"Then what do you usually like to eat?" Shen Changan scooped up the blanched beef with a spoon, and then scooped it up with clean chopsticks into the bowl in front of Dao Nian.

Dao Nian looked at the steaming fat cow, and was silent for a few seconds: "Food."

He really cherishes words like gold, but they are simple and easy to understand. What's even more amazing is that in this kind of atmosphere, he doesn't feel embarrassed at all.Maybe it's because Dao Nian has a very contradictory aura about him. Although he looks indifferent and alienated, he gives people a mysterious sense of tolerance.

The soup base of the hot pot was bubbling hot and bubbling. Shen Changan, who used to think that eating hot pot alone was meaningless, accidentally ate two plates of hairy tripe, two plates of fat beef, one plate of duck intestines, and a basket of vegetable platters. , Poured another plate of duck blood into the pot, looked up and saw Dao Nian looking at him, and retracted his chopsticks a little embarrassedly.

He seems to have eaten too much.

"Don't stop." Dao Nian seemed to know what Shen Changan was thinking, "I like it, continue."

Shen Changan smiled embarrassedly, and poured a plate of Flammulina velutipes into the white pot: "Mr. Daonian, are all your ingredients airlifted from a specific place? Why are they so delicious?"

Dao Nian turned his head slightly, raised his eyelids to look at Liu Mao standing in the corner.

"These vegetables are all grown by us, and the meat is also raised by us. If Mr. Shen likes it, he can take some back when he leaves." Liu Mao said with a smile, "The things we make at home are worthless, but there are no additives. There are no pesticides, so you can eat with confidence.”

Shen Chang'an hastily declined, he and Dao Nian were not too close friends, it was considered thick-skinned for him to come to eat hot pot this time, and he couldn't do such a thing like eating and taking.

"Take it." Daonian said, "If you don't eat it, it will be bad."

Shen Changan smiled dryly, and changed the subject again with an innocent face: "Mr. Daonian, have you been living here?"

"No." Daonian lowered his eyes, as if no topic could arouse his great interest.

Shen Changan looked at his lower body, wondering if the legs covered by the blanket would start to hurt in the rainy day?

"Has Mr. Daonian visited the nearby scenic spots? I heard from my colleagues that the local folk houses nearby are very interesting." Shen Changan worried that if he stayed in this deserted house, Dao Nian would become less and less fond of him. Talk, "Let's find a day with better weather, we can go over there and have a look."

"If you are not interested in these, we can go to other places." Shen Changan thought for a while, then turned to look at Liu Mao, "Mr. Liu, is there anything interesting here?"

"Please wait a moment." Liu Mao turned and went upstairs, and came down a minute later with a brochure, "Mr. Shen, here are all the tourist attractions and gourmet restaurants in Wuming City."

Opening it and looking at it, Shen Changan asked with a smile: "Mr. Liu's annual salary must be very high."

Liu Mao looked at him blankly.

"Because you are too powerful."

"You're too much." Liu Mao peeked at Daonian out of the corner of his eye.

"Hmm." Dao Nian seemed not to notice Liu Mao's gaze, and nodded, "It's useful."

"Thank you, sir. I, I will definitely continue to work hard and not let you down." Liu Mao's eyes brightened, as if a poor person had suddenly won 2000 million and fell into the ecstasy of being hit by a trap.

Shen Chang'an looked at him, and then at Dao Nian. As an assistant, being praised by his employer for being useful can move him like this. Is the job of an assistant so difficult now?

"Go down." Dao Nian's eyebrows moved slightly.

"Okay." Hearing these two words, Liu Mao disappeared outside the gate without any hesitation, and the whole room fell silent.

I always feel that...something is not quite right.

Shen Changan secretly glanced at the closed door, then at Daonian whose face was so white and transparent: "Mr. Daonian, thank you for your hospitality today."

Dao Nian looked at him: "In a good mood?"

Hearing this, Shen Changan was stunned: "How do you know?"

"Feeling." Dao Nian pointed to the Flammulina velutipes in the pot, "It's cooked."

"Thank you." Shen Changan blankly scooped up the enoki mushrooms into the bowl. This kind of enoki mushrooms was different from the usual ones. It was not only delicate and tender, but also easy to chew. After entering the esophagus, his body had the illusion of being nourished.

"I just remembered something from the past. I'm sorry, I came here with emotions as a guest, and the host noticed it." The heat from the Flammulina velutipes made his eyes itchy. He blinked and stopped The astringency in his eyes said, "But after eating so much food, I'm fine."

"There are no worries that can't be solved with one delicious meal. If one meal doesn't work, then two." Shen Changan smiled, "So, thank you and your delicious food."

"You are easy to be satisfied." Dao Nian stretched out his white hand, bent down to take a piece of fruit from the fruit plate, and handed it to Shen Changan, "Very good."

Shen Changan took the fruit flattered, it was not an ordinary piece of fruit, but a fruit that was offered to him by someone who didn't like to talk to others.

After eating fruit and hot pot, Shen Changan sat with Dao Nian in front of the French window watching the rain. After a while, he saw Dao Nian fell asleep leaning on the recliner, so he got up and said goodbye to Liu Mao.

Seeing him, Liu Mao's attitude was more enthusiastic than before. Not only did he desperately stuff Shen Changan with a bag full of vegetables and fruits, but he also personally sent him to the car.

"Mr. Shen, you are welcome to come back next time." After speaking, he put away the smile on his face and said to the driver, "Send Mr. Shen back properly, this is Mr.'s distinguished guest."

Looking at the nodding driver, Shen Chang'an felt like a poor boy hugging the thigh of a wealthy family, receiving warm compliments from the wealthy housekeeper.

It's embarrassing.

whee.

The author has something to say: Changan: Hee hee, so shy