two-way love

There was a torrential rain from midnight last night, and I thought it would cool down a bit, but the clouds became thinner the next day instead.It was still a bit cool in the morning, but as time went by, the whole city was gradually shrouded in water vapor, making it hot and humid, very annoying.

Lin An rolled up most of the car windows to reduce the hot and humid air pouring into the car, looked sideways at the high-rise buildings passing by outside the car window, and calculated the distance to Changqing Community.

What a shame...

He actually overslept during a small nap last weekend. He was shaken awake by Wu Chenfang after 7:[-] p.m. He was so dazed that he forgot everything. He perfectly missed the time to communicate with Wu Chenfang. What he remembered was next Tuesday— ——It was Xingshuang who came to ask how the situation was handled, and he realized it.

It's no wonder that Xingshuang scolded, "If you lose the chain at the critical moment, you can't do enough to make things worse." Lin An himself felt that, looking at this matter from a third perspective, his whole behavior was like a mentally retarded person who didn't understand.

Everything that can be negotiated has expired, so Lin An can only pretend to be a fool and accept Wu Chenfang's kindness with peace of mind.

"Lin An, have you called Mom and the others to confirm the time?" Wu Chenfang asked him, but his eyes were focused on the road conditions.

Lin An turned to answer him: "It was confirmed last night, and Aunt Qin also called me early this morning."

"Well, good." Wu Chenfang nodded, turned the steering wheel, and drove the car from the main road to the small road, and then lowered his voice after a while and said, "Also, I will see my mother later, remember to change my words."

"..." Lin An recalled the title he just said, paused, and answered honestly, "Well, definitely."

The first time he saw Mama Wu, Lin An called her "Aunt Qin", and once he overheard a conversation between Mama Wu and Wu Chenfang——

"Ah Fang, Mom urges you to calm down as soon as possible, have you told others?"

"..."

"A Fang!"

"... Cough, I've already proposed."

"Ah... that's good, that's good."

↑After that, he always felt that the word was too heavy, and sometimes he couldn't change his mouth until now, and couldn't skillfully call out "Mom" to Mama Wu.

There is no underground parking lot in Changqing Community. Most middle-aged and elderly residents put their manpower or electric two-wheeled and three-wheeled vehicles in the downstairs parking space. Wu Chenfang drove around the community from the east gate to the west gate before finding one. Full parking space.

As soon as the two got out of the car, they heard a loud shout: "Pingping!——"

Lin An looked in the direction of the voice, and saw an old lady in a white exercise suit trotting towards them and waving the Tai Chi sword at them at the same time.

Lin An was so frightened that his expression changed, and he exclaimed at her: "Mom! Slow down! Put down the sword!"

The two rushed forward in a panic. Before they even said hello, Lin An snatched the Tai Chi sword from Mama Lin's hand, handed it to Wu Chenfang, and said seriously to her: "Confiscated! You old lady is really serious!" ! You don’t play like this if you don’t have a blade!”

Mother Lin couldn't get the sword back from her son-in-law's hand, so she raised her hand and grabbed Lin An's ear: "You bastard! Who are you calling the old lady?"

"Ah!" Lin An cried out in pain, "You got it wrong!"

Mother Lin feigned anger: "I haven't seen you for so long, you just scold me when you open your mouth, you're so courageous, right? Huh?"

Wu Chenfang interjected with a smile in real time: "Mom is in such a good spirit."

When Mama Lin heard Wu Chenfang speak, she immediately let go of her son and chatted with her son-in-law happily: "Hey! That's right! Let me tell you, Ah Fang, your Mama Wen was still in the building opposite the park today. Sister Wang is fighting swords! Two wins in three rounds hahahahaha... (whispered) But that shrew who bullied others has been dealt with! Hahahaha! Let's go! Go home! Domperidone, you two remember to take one first when you enter the door, so as not to feel uncomfortable..."

Mother Lin has been enthusiastic about handling various trivial matters in the community all year round, participating in cultural performances on behalf of the community, and organizing various entertainment activities for the elderly and children. All the old and young in the community love this cheerful old lady.

The neighbors I met along the way, regardless of adults or children, all said "Morning, Sister Wen!" Like her follower.

Mama Lin and Mama Wu lived on the first floor, opposite each other, not counting the two iron gates at the entrance, even living under the same roof.

Standing at the door of her house, Mother Lin stretched out her hand and pushed the half-closed door open: "Here we are! Come, come, change your shoes!"

Lin An held back for a while, and couldn't help it anymore: "Mom! You don't close the door when you go out like this! You really think you don't have any valuables at home and you're not afraid of thieves, right? If someone in the community doesn't like you, throw some stolen goods at home and then Go report it, I see how you can make it clear?"

Mother Lin changed her slippers and waved her hand: "What are you worrying about!"

Lin An laughed angrily at her heartless appearance, and said as he entered the door: "Why am I worrying about it? I..."

"Pingping, Ah Fang, you are here!"

Lin An's voice stopped abruptly, and when she turned her head, she saw Mama Wu standing in the kitchen with a large porcelain plate in her hands.

Wu Chenfang nodded to her: "Mom."

"Hello, Mother Qin!" Lin An also greeted politely.

Lin's mother raised her chin provocatively at Lin An: "Do you really think your mother is a fool like you?"

Lin An: "..."

Mother Wu brought out the plate and put it on the dining table with a smile: "It's all good, you should sit and rest first, I still have two dishes to cook!"

"Don't be busy alone," Lin's mother poured a glass of water, and directed, "Pingping, go to the kitchen and help your mother-in-law. Ah Fang, come here, let's play a game of chess."

Lin An had no choice but to respond readily. When passing by Mama Lin, she stared and asked silently with her mouth, "Why didn't you say that Auntie Qin was here?"

Mother Lin was leisurely, and only returned him a look: on purpose!

Lin An: "..."

Mother Lin is just a stinky chess player, she wants to win at the same time, but at the same time she doesn't allow Wu Chenfang to let her go.Of course, Wu Chenfang couldn't make her mother-in-law lose ugly. The president of a college chess club would hold his hand every time, show hesitation on his face, and then deliberately play one or two wrong places to guide her to win.

Lin An had watched the battle twice, and he was extremely aggrieved. Although he felt sorry for Wu Chenfang, but in comparison, he still felt that it was better to go to the kitchen—out of sight, out of mind.

Mama Wu is quite good at all four major cuisines, and she can take care of the different tastes of the family every time she cooks.Also, considering that Lin An loves spicy food but suffers from stomach problems, he would make slight adjustments to the flavor of the condiments.

As soon as Lin An stepped into the kitchen, the rich aroma of dried chili, onion, ginger and garlic being fried in the wok directly filled every pore of Lin An's body!

This taste is... Lin An secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Mama Wu didn't notice his little gesture, she stretched out her hand to turn down the heat and said, "Pingping, can you help Mama Qin guard the pot? Mama Qin still has the last tomato mixed with sugar to make."

"Okay." Lin An and Wu's mother exchanged places, and took a look into the pot: the oily and red shell!Brown roiling soup!Rich and tangy spicy aroma!The Myth of Species Invasion! ——Spicy crayfish!

Mama Wu took out the frozen tomatoes soaked in salt water and rinsed them with clean water. When she looked up, she saw her daughter-in-law looking eagerly at the crayfish in the pot which was collecting juice. She put the tomatoes on the cutting board and said with a smile: If you like it, let Ah Fang cook it for you at home!"

Lin An came back to his senses the moment he heard her speak. He was taken aback when he heard the words, and turned to look at Mama Wu.

Mama Wu had just cut open a tomato, and when she noticed the gaze from the side, she stopped her hands and looked over: "Huh?"

Lin An asked her cautiously: "Brother Fang...can you cook?"

The corners of Mama Wu's slightly curved mouth froze, as if those words reminded her of some terrifying taboo, her complexion instantly became very ugly, which really frightened Lin An.

Lin An's mind was running quickly and nimbly, and he immediately understood that there was something wrong with his sentence, and he rounded up the words without leaving any trace: "Ah... I mean, can Brother Fang also cook crayfish?" After finishing speaking, he pointed his index finger Pointing to the pot.

Mother Wu came back to her senses, smiled awkwardly, lowered her head and continued cutting tomatoes, and said softly, "Ah, he will..."

"Ah, hahaha, next time I'll do it together with him," Lin An enlivened the atmosphere with a brisk tone, "But it's definitely not as good as Qin's mother! I'm afraid my mother will say that we waste food hahaha... "

"Ah Wen wouldn't say that..." Mama Wu put the tomatoes on a plate with a smile, and sprinkled a layer of white sugar on the surface.

"Ah, who knows," Lin Anxin said: It's over, the atmosphere is completely frozen.Turning his eyes back to the pot, he realized that there was not much soup left in the pot, so he asked, "Mom Qin, is it almost there?"

Mother Wu came over to take a look, nodded and said, "You can turn off the fire."

Lin An stretched out his hand to turn off the fire, and the "cuckoo" sound in the pot suddenly subsided.

Let's end this bad atmosphere! ! !Lin An was slandering in his heart, but at the same time, he showed great interest, and opened the cupboard to get the plate: "Okay! Then I'll put it out!"

Unexpectedly, Mother Wu suddenly reached out to hold his shoulder with very little force, but Lin An still stopped.

"Pingping, tell mom honestly," Wu's mother lowered her face and asked nervously in a low voice, "Ah Fang...does he treat you well?"

Lin Anmeng was taken aback, he never expected that Madam Wu would ask suddenly.This sentence... er, what does it mean?

Seeing that Lin An didn't speak, she panicked: "Ah Fang used to beat me up a lot, good boy, tell me frankly, did Ah Fang do it on purpose..."

Lin An felt the fingers trembling slightly on her shoulders, her heart palpitated, and she reacted immediately, and put the other hand on the back of her hand with a smile: "Mom, brother Fang is very good to me, really, there is no relationship between us." Something happened, I won’t lie to you. Usually he is busy with work and has little time to cook, but basically we eat lunch and dinner together every day, don’t worry!”

There was a gentle smile on his face, but a cold sadness filled his heart.

The shadow brought by marriage to this woman has been integrated into her bone marrow, and any word that is different from what she expected may induce her uneasiness.

When this fragile soul made a request to Wu Chenfang, how could Wu Chenfang not fulfill her wish? ——As long as the other party is what she is satisfied with, it's just marriage, and it's not something worth considering.

……

Lin An secretly sighed, trying to comfort himself with the spirit of Ah Q—at least my luck is good, right?

Lin An took the crayfish out, just in time to see his old mother changed into clean clothes, happily put the eaten white pieces on the chessboard into the black box.It's hard for Wu Chenfang to still face this old urchin with a smile on his face...

Lin An put down the plate and shouted at them: "It's almost time to eat!"

The two raised their heads and said "oh", then Mama Lin stood up and ordered: "I'll go wash my hands, and I'll ask Ah Fang to clean up the chess pieces! Take the medicine first, Pingping!"

Wu Chenfang lowered his head to tidy up the chessboard and messed up chess boxes, Lin An ate the morphine on the coffee table with warm water, and immediately leaned over to help Wu Chenfang.

After tidying up the chessboard, the two of them washed their hands and came out. The two mothers had just set the dishes and chopsticks.

Mama Wu made a total of five hot dishes with three meat dishes and two vegetarian dishes, plus two cold dishes and one soup, and put them on the table, full of them, with a festive atmosphere.

After Lin An served the table, he was not in a hurry. No one in the family liked spicy food except himself. He was basically sure to enjoy the crayfish all by himself. Peeling the shells made his hands full of oil, so it was better to wait for the last to eat.

Lin's mother has accumulated a few months of parental complaints, and finally has the opportunity to take it out for a walk.I don't know how many times she rehearsed in her own mind, every little thing can be told like a cross talk, and the dining table is full of fun and the atmosphere is lively and cheerful.

When Lin's mother finally said that she was happy, she scooped up a bowl of soup to drink and rested her mouth, Lin An had already started to attack the crayfish.

Peeling lobster shells is a technical job. Originally, there is not much meat in this thing. If the technique of peeling is not good, it will be a waste of delicious food.

Lin An started very steadily, and chatted with Mama Wu while stripping leisurely, and caught a glimpse of something appearing from the side out of the corner of her eye.

"Lin An."

He turned his head, and a peeled shrimp was just in his mouth.

Wu Chenfang pinched the shrimp tail and said to him: "Open your mouth."

Lin An subconsciously opened his mouth to bite the shrimp, Wu Chenfang let go of his fingers, and took the second one from the plate—he didn't eat it, but it didn't mean he couldn't peel it.

On the surface, Lin An was not affected at all, he swallowed the food in his mouth two or three times, and continued to chat with the elders with a smile, but there was a villain in his heart who flew directly to Mount Everest and faced down the mountain, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh "Ah!" screamed wildly: "My husband peeled the shrimp for me!!! My husband fed me!!! I have never eaten such a delicious thing!!! This must be the world's number one shrimp !!!”

Mother Lin drank the soup and looked at the young couple opposite, and suddenly thought of something: "Hey! That's right."

She put the bowl on the table: "I want to ask you something, Ah Fang, you should listen too."

Wu Chenfang put down the half-peeled shrimp: "Say it."

Mother Lin looked at them with interest: "Have you been married for almost five years?"

Lin An nodded and added: "It will be five years since the beginning of spring next year." Ah! ~ Time flies so fast! ~

Mother Lin sat upright, looked at them, and asked with a smile, "Have you considered adopting a child?"

Ok?

Um! ! ! ——

Lin An felt that the blood in his whole body was boiling: he almost forgot about this policy!Yes, it is stated in the national policy that same-sex couples who have been married for more than five years can go to the designated orphanage to go through the formalities and adopt a child.

This……

Lin An's heart beat faster.

The picture of a family of three is so attractive!Whether it is from the aspect of "triangle has stability" or other aspects.

"I'm thinking that your living standards are quite good now. Ah Fang's job is stable, and Pingping can take care of her at home conveniently. One child is not a problem. I think you two can consider this matter. What do you think?" Mother Lin listed the reasons she had thought up, raised her chin at Lin An, and asked, "Mediocre?"

Lin An's heart was pounding, his blood pressure was high, he hesitated for a while before lowering his head and trying to stabilize his voice, pretending to be calm: "Uh... well, I, I can actually do anything..."

"Look at your hesitation!" Mother Lin rolled her eyes, and then asked Wu Chenfang, "Ah Fang, what about you?"

Lin An's mind could no longer restrain the divergent thinking: Wu Chenfang likes boys or girls?It's probably a girl, who babbles and calls her daddy, and even links arms and acts like a spoiled child!How cute is the little padded jacket!How old is that appropriate?Which room is better to be her bedroom? ...

Lin An couldn't control her brain at all, and felt as if she could see her wearing a wedding dress offering tea to him in the blink of an eye and saying, "Thank you, Dad!".

Thinking about it this way, Lin An almost cried out of anger: What a good girl!How sad I should be when I get married in the future... Or just adopt a boy...

At this moment, Wu Chenfang's steady and angular voice pulled him out of his fantasy:

"Thank you, Mom, for your concern. I don't have any plans yet."