I want to have a home

Lin Jiale turned around and walked back. When he got downstairs, he heard his phone ring. He picked it up: "Hello, Teacher Sheng. I forgot that today is not the weekend. You should be in class. I'm sorry to bother you. "

Sheng Mo said on the other end: "No, I'm still on summer vacation. I was just attending an industry exchange meeting, and my phone was turned to silent, so I didn't hear your call. I've been very busy recently. How are you? Are you done yet?" ?”

Lin Jiale blushed a little, then tapped his head again, he didn't study, he had forgotten about winter and summer vacation, isn't Sheng Mo on summer vacation now?Immediately, he said happily: "I just finished a list, so I can rest for a few days. When is the time convenient for Mr. Sheng, let me treat you to a meal."

Sheng Mo showed a smiling face on the other end of the phone, and his voice was full of smiles: "Okay, Xiao Lin invites you to dinner, any time is convenient."

Lin Jiale said, "What would Teacher Sheng want to eat?"

Sheng Mo paused: "I want to eat fried snails."

Lin Jiale was stunned for a moment, and then said: "That can only be eaten at home. That's it, I'll go to the market to buy snails today, raise them in clean water at home for two days, and then I can eat them the day after tomorrow. Teacher Sheng, come the day after tomorrow I'll eat here."

"Okay." Sheng Mo thought about it and asked again, "Apart from eating, do you have anything else to do with me?"

Lin Jiale smiled embarrassedly: "I have some questions I want to ask Teacher Sheng, but don't worry, I will ask you together when you come the day after tomorrow."

Sheng Mo said: "Since it's a study problem, you can come to my house today. It just so happens that Diu Diu hasn't seen you for a long time, and I miss you a little."

Thinking of the golden retriever, Lin Jiale couldn't help but smile: "Okay then, I'll go to the vegetable market to buy snails first, and then go to Teacher Sheng's house."

Lin Jiale didn't go upstairs, but went directly to the vegetable market.Escargot is not easy to buy. There are not many Cantonese people who like to eat fried snails. They are rarely sold in vegetable markets. Occasionally, you have to try your luck to buy them. If you go there later, they will be gone.Lin Jiale went around the vegetable market near the community, but couldn't find fresh snails, so he had to take a car to the farmer's market, and finally bought snails.It was getting late at this time, so I thought about going back to have lunch before going, but I had to tell Sheng Mo first.

Sheng Mo was on the way when the call was connected.Lin Jiale said apologetically, "Mr. Sheng, I just bought snails. I'll go to your place in the afternoon."

Sheng Mo asked while looking at the road conditions, "Where are you now?"

"I'm at the farmers market."

Sheng Mo said: "I happened to pass by nearby, I'll pick you up, and we'll have lunch together at noon."

Lin Jiale originally wanted to decline, but felt that this was too ostentatious. He is a dignified university professor who is willing to help him without mentioning it, and does not put on airs with himself. He sincerely regards himself as a friend. If he is too ostentatious, he will appear I don't know good from bad.So he said, "Okay, I'll wait for you at the gate of the market."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Jiale thought about it again, went to buy a piece of meat and bone, and prepared to take it to make soup for Diu Diu.Looking at the cheap and fresh fruits in the market, I couldn't help but buy some more.

Sheng Mo turned at the next intersection and drove towards the farmers' market.He said he was on the way, but in fact he was not in the opposite direction, and it was hard to say how much he was on the way.It's just that it's lunch time, and thinking about having to eat alone again, I feel quite lonely, so I called Lin Jiale.

Since Lin Jiale took the first order, they haven't met each other.Lin Jiale is busy with work, leaving early and returning late every day. No matter how much he wants to study, he has no time to read more, so he rarely asks Sheng Mo for advice. Lin Jiale is not familiar with Sheng Mo enough to chat, so he always makes phone calls very little.Sheng Mo even felt that if he didn't know that Lin Jiale really wanted to learn, he would have thought that he said learning design was just a whim.

Ten minutes later, Sheng Mo arrived at the entrance outside the farmer's market. Because he was about to leave, he didn't enter the parking lot.From a long distance, I saw Lin Jiale standing under a big banyan tree at the intersection. He was wearing a white T-shirt on his upper body, and a pair of loose trousers underneath. brown sandals, with a lot of things piled up at his feet.Sheng Mo parked the car on the side of the road, honked the horn, and then opened the car door to come out: "Xiao Lin!"

Lin Jiale looked up and looked around, found the target, showed a smiling face, and beckoned: "Mr. Sheng." Then he bent down to carry things.

Sheng Mo closed the car door and came over to pick him up. Lin Jiale was carrying a few plastic bags and a white cardboard box, and walked awkwardly towards the side of the road.Sheng Mo came over to pick up the cardboard box: "What did you buy? It's so heavy! A box of longan?"

Lin Jiale took a look at his white shirt and trousers: "Mr. Sheng, just help me carry the bag. I will carry the box. Don't stain your clothes."

Sheng Mo looked at his clothes, because he was going to attend an academic exchange meeting, and all the teachers and teachers were there, so he dressed more formally.He had no choice but to take a few bags from Lin Jiale's hand and take a look. They were red grapes, watermelon, and some meat dishes. "Why did you buy so much fruit?"

Lin Jiale grinned: "The fruit in the farmer's market is cheap, and it's very fresh. I rarely come here. You said you were going to drive here, so I bought some more. Take it home and eat it."

Sheng Mo shook his head, if it's cheap, don't spend money: "Who can eat so much all at once!"

Lin Jiale said: "Leave it alone and eat slowly. You save some, and I'll give Brother Liu some too, and we can finish eating."

Sheng Mo turned his head and looked at Lin Jiale twice more. This kid is not very old, but he is quite sophisticated.He didn't know, in fact, Lin Jiale didn't understand the world very well, but he just cared more about the people he cared about.

They put all the fruits and vegetables into the trunk, Sheng Mo opened the door, and Lin Jiale went to sit in the co-pilot.Sheng Mo started the car, turned on the air conditioner, handed Lin Jiale two tissues, and asked, "What do you want to eat?"

Lin Jiale wiped his sweat and said, "What would Teacher Sheng want to eat?"

Sheng Mo looked at Lin Jiale, he seemed to be thinner than before, but he was in good spirits, presumably because he was too busy with work and didn't eat well. "It's too hot, I don't have much appetite, shall we go eat something light?"

Lin Jiale nodded, just as he wanted: "Okay."

Sheng Mo said: "You invite me to dinner in two days, let me make the decision today."

Lin Jiale followed good advice: "Okay, let Teacher Sheng make the decision. But let's focus on affordable and delicious food, and don't need to go to any high-end restaurants."

Sheng Mo only nodded and didn't speak, but the corners of his mouth were raised high. This kid is really a real person and knows how to live.

Sheng Mo drove the car to a Cantonese restaurant with a modest appearance, and said while parking, "My colleagues and friends and I often come to this restaurant. The restaurant is not big, but the Cantonese cuisine is very authentic."

After Lin Jiale's renovation, he often eats boxed lunches. When he has time, he usually runs a business by himself, and rarely eats out.Even if I go to restaurants occasionally, I still go to very affordable Hunan and Sichuan restaurants. The portions are large and the taste is strong, so it is easy to drink and eat.My impression of Cantonese cuisine is still at the first annual dinner that year, probably with more seafood and lighter dishes.However, in this weather, it is still necessary to eat something light.

He followed Sheng Mo out of the car and entered the glass door. A gust of cold air blew over, making his whole body comfortable.There were quite a few people in the store, almost full.Sheng Mo wanted to find a table closer to the air conditioner, but there were no people sitting around.The shop owner came up to welcome the guests himself: "Teacher Sheng is coming to eat today, how many are you? Come and sit here."

Sheng Mo said, "Two. Boss, is there a seat near the air conditioner?"

The shop owner said apologetically, "Not for the time being. It's time for dinner and there are too many customers. It's a little farther away from the air conditioner, but it won't be very hot."

Only the seat by the window was still vacant, Sheng Mo frowned, in this weather, the wind from the cabinet air conditioner turned into hot air, it would be strange to be sweating profusely after eating hot rice and hot soup.Lin Jiale felt that it was much cooler here than outside. Even the seat by the window was cooler than eating at home. He didn't mind it, but he thought that Sheng Mo was dressed formally. Not very pretty.

The boss saw Sheng Mo frowning: "How about this, Teacher Sheng, there are only two of you, how about eating in my lounge, where there is air conditioning."

Sheng Mo nodded: "Then trouble the boss."

The boss took the two of them into the back lounge, which was not a big place, only a coffee table and a few wooden chairs, and a set of Kung Fu tea set was placed on the coffee table, presumably it was used by the boss to drink tea during his rest.The boss called a waiter to clean up the tea table and brought them a menu for them to order.

Sheng Mo turned it over and handed it to Lin Jiale: "Xiao Lin can order whatever he wants."

Lin Jiale took the menu and flipped through it. He was a little speechless. Each dish was at least dozens of dollars, and there were hundreds of expensive ones. He handed the menu to Sheng Mo: "Mr. Sheng, come here, just eat some homemade food Yes, I am not taboo, so don’t order too expensive ones.”

Sheng Mo said: "Okay." I ordered celery and lily shrimp balls, steamed stuffed pickled melon with meat floss, and fried lotus root slices. Lin Jiale quickly stopped him: "Mr. Sheng, that's enough. We agreed to eat as much as we wanted. wasted."

Sheng Mo laughed: "Then let's have cold melon soybean rib soup."

Seeing the waiter go out, Lin Jiale asked, "Teacher Sheng usually eats at home, or outside?"

Sheng Mo laughed at himself: "When I go to work, I usually eat in the cafeteria, and usually eat outside, or order takeaway. My mother said that I can burn the pot black even if I boil water."

Lin Jiale laughed: "It's not that exaggerated."

Sheng Mo shook his head: "Of course not. I usually boil water to eat instant noodles. Now it's not an electric kettle that trips automatically. When it boils, it automatically cuts off the power. It is impossible to burn the pot black. But I often burn it It’s true that the water forgot the instant noodles, and when I remembered it was already cold, I had to boil it again.”

Lin Jiale thought that if Sheng Mo had been repeatedly boiled like this to cool down, and then boiled again after cooling down, if the water was boiled dry, the pot would still be black, so he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Sheng Mo watched him laughing there alone: ​​"What are you secretly having fun with?"

Lin Jiale told him the reason why he thought of it, and Sheng Mo himself laughed: "What's the matter, I only burned it four times at most."

Lin Jiale laughed even harder. It turned out that such a mature and stable person like Sheng Mo would be so sloppy in such trivial matters of life.He smiled so much that his eyes curled up, like two small curved moons, very cute.Seeing this, Sheng Mo couldn't help but thump in his heart: This kid is quite cute.