Mu Chen

39. Holidays

It was a good time to go to Beijing.Among the children, Mu Chen is stable, Yu Yong is sensible, Yu Xiaochuan is smart, Liu Xiaogang has good physical strength, and Xu Rongrong is the only girl, although she is not as careful as Mu Chen, but Sheng knows how to follow orders when she is out, and Ding Bowen is really knowledgeable Remember, the allusions of various scenic spots come at your fingertips.

Coupled with the strategy written by Jiang Cheng - he often travels outside and goes to Beijing many times.They played very well planned, and basically realized the plan in advance: climbed the Great Wall, visited the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the Temple of Heaven, the zoo... and ate roast duck, noodles with fried sauce, and burnt rings in soy sauce.

Everyone likes roast duck very much, but Yu Yong thinks that fried noodles are not as good as Mu Chen's hand-rolled noodles, and no one can get used to the soy sauce, but Jiaoquan eats a lot.

In short, I had a lot of fun, and I didn't come back until I ran out of several rolls of film.

Mu Chen brought back vacuum-packed roast duck for Mu Wen, and the rest of them also brought a few copies as well.But when he got home, he opened it and ate it, only to find that it was completely different from what he ate on the spot. Seeing Mu Chen's frustrated expression, Mu Wen also laughed.

In addition to bringing a roast duck for Lin Lan, Yu Yong also bought a long silk scarf, which was actually a product from a small roadside shop that Xu Rongrong bought for 30 yuan.Xu Rongrong said it was good, so Mu Chen bought a pink one and asked Yu Yong to give it to Lin Xiaolan.

When going out this time, Lin Lan was reluctant to let Yu Yong go with her at first.Now she is the only one earning money in the family, which puts her under a lot of psychological pressure.Besides, she has been married for so many years and has only returned to her hometown once. It is not a trivial matter to go out once, but Yu Yong has absolutely no need for it.

But Mu Wen came to ask Yu Yong for leave in person, and he also explained that all the expenses would be paid by him. Mu Chen also kept persuading her, and she agreed.But she insisted that Yu Yong's expenses should be borne by her, otherwise she would not let him go.

Mu Wen smiled and agreed, and on the day Lin Lan asked Yu Yong to bring 1000 yuan, Mu Chen gave it to Mu Wen after changing hands.In fact, Mu Wen had already taken care of their travel expenses: Kari saved part, Mu Chen and Ding Bowen packed part separately, the rest of them only had one or two hundred pocket money, and Yu Yong also had a share.

It was impossible for Mu Wen to accept Lin Lan's money, not only because the conditions of the Yu family were worse, but also for him, after a few years of getting along, Yu Yong was almost his other son.

Yu Yong actually felt the same way.In Mu's house, when he was young, he would still feel that this was not his house, but he and Mu Chen slept in the same bed for several years, the stationery and toys were in duplicate, and Mu Wen specially bought a desk and a small bed for him, so that he could There is also a feeling of "this is my home too".

Moreover, the Mu family's financial situation has always been relatively good and Mu Wen's outlook on money made money a relaxed and insignificant topic in the Mu family, unlike his parents who often quarreled over money.This also made him not so concerned about the money spent by the Mu family. He just naturally thought that when he grows up, he will also earn money to spend for his Uncle Mu and Brother Chen.

So when Mu Chen came back from a trip, he took out the 1000 yuan and sent Yu Yong home with a roast duck and a silk scarf, Yu Yong also accepted it calmly.

But when Lin Lan saw it, she refused to take the money, and talked about how their family cared for Yu Yong, but Mu Chen couldn't intervene at all.Speaking of wiping away tears later, Mu Chen could only put down the money and run away.

More than a month after the holiday, Mu Chen took Yu Yong to work as a quality inspector in his own factory to earn extra money, thirty thirty a day.

In fact, this was originally Mu Wen's job. He would spend time every day to spot-check each process, even though the factory already had a special quality inspection department.But his approach can guarantee the quality of the product to the greatest extent.

Mu Chen is now very familiar with several production lines at home, and he is completely qualified for this job, so he discussed with Mu Wen that he and Yu Yong should do it to earn some pocket money.And he and Uncle Cheng can go to inspect a new raw material base, and there is a new shopping mall in a neighboring province that needs to be contacted. These are the few urgent things that Jiang Cheng has to do recently.

In the past year, in order to take care of Mu Chen, who is in the third year of high school, and the factory is inseparable from people, Jiang Cheng has been busy with the outside affairs all the time.

When asked the reason, Mu Chen said that the restaurant opened by Lin Lan, a fellow villager, wanted to hire a handyman, and she was going to let Yu Yong go.She felt that when she was younger than Yu Yong, she was going to work in the fields, and Yu Yong was not only a boy, but also went out to hang out during the holidays, and would fight and make trouble, so why not find something to do to subsidize household.

Although Yu Yong is only 11 and a half years old, but his height is nearly 1.6 meters, he feels that he is an adult, and he is going to work to support his family, making Mu Chen very depressed.

Mu Wen also laughed when he heard this, and because he felt sorry for the child, he agreed, and promised to find him some work during the holidays in the future, and by the way, put him under his nose.

Although Yu Yong was still an obedient child in their family, they all knew that this kid had learned some bad things now.

In this way, Yu Yong lived in Mu's house for a long time after leaving for a year and a half. This time, because he wanted to "work" with Mu Chen, Lin Lan did not stop him from staying there.But Mu Chen said that they don't have time during the day, and Xiaoyong still has to do his homework at night, and he also plans to add some lessons to the children, after all, it will be the sixth grade when school starts.

Lin Lan could still understand these things, so she let it go gratefully.

Mu Wen and Jiang Cheng are on a business trip, they have to travel to several cities, and it will take about a month to come back, the family is completely dominated by the children.

Mu Chen gets up early every day to cook, it's just simple egg noodles, Yu Yong also eats very deliciously, he needs two big bowls to put chopsticks in.Lin Lan doesn't cook breakfast at home. They usually eat steamed buns and pickles in the morning, and sometimes they cook some millet porridge, usually boiled water.

At noon, Mu Chen and the others ate in the cafeteria, and Jiang Cheng specially hired a country chef in the village - he used to do banquets, but his income was not stable, so he came here when he heard that Dr. Mu's family's factory was recruiting people.

Chef Zhang's specialty is braised pork. The meat is cut into large pieces and stewed for three hours. When the lid is removed, the aroma is wafting. Mu Wen said that he had to be instructed in cooking braised pork.

Now that the weather is hot, except for this hard dish, the rest are vegetarian cold dishes.Meals in the factory are free. Meat is [-] yuan per person, and vegetarian dishes are free to eat. The only requirement is that you eat as much as you eat and don’t waste it. You don’t charge for meals, but you will be fined if you find leftovers.

Of course, you can't take it home, because Chef Zhang's braised pork is too fragrant, and you have to pay extra if you want to take it away.

Muchen and the others went early, Chef Zhang asked them to make vegetarian dishes by themselves, and he made a bowl full of meat for them.The two and a half children were ready to eat, and they didn't feel that it was greasy to eat on a hot day. Instead, they thanked them with a smile on their faces and took them away. By the time the others came over one after another, Yu Yong had already added another meal.

Mu Chen saw how delicious his food was, "Master Zhang's braised chicken series are pretty good. I just asked. Tomorrow is braised chicken nuggets at noon. We should come early."

Yu Yong ate without raising his head, "Yeah." Why do you feel that eating a partial eclipse is so delicious?

As soon as he entered the house at night, Mu Chen asked Yu Yong to mop the floor first to cool down the room, and he brought the lasagna noodles he bought on the way back into the room.

Wash and blanch a handful of mung bean sprouts, take them out and put them in the bottom of three large bowls.Reboil the noodles, wait for the water to boil, mince the onion and garlic, add Chinese cabbage when the noodles are almost cooked, then scoop it into a bowl, put salt, chili noodles, minced onion and garlic on top, and pour a large spoonful of it Corn oil with peppercorns, add a little soy sauce and vinegar at the end, and three bowls of oil-splashed noodles are ready.

When Yu Yong was standing in the bathroom cleaning mops, he smelled a scent, and even though he ate a lot at noon, he swallowed unconsciously.After washing his hands and putting them on the table, Mu Chen pushed over a glass of boiled water that he left to dry in the morning, "Take a sip first, you are not allowed to drink water while eating later."

One and a half bowls per person, of course, Yu Yong's half should be more. After eating it with a snort, both of them were sweating profusely.Mu Chen went to clean up the kitchen, Yu Yong went to take a shower, after he came out, Mu Chen also cleaned up the outside, and went in to take a bath by himself.

When Mu Chen takes a shower, he will wash off his underwear in the time it takes to turn on the hot water. After washing this little underwear in winter, the water will heat up.Xia Muwen didn't let him take a cold bath, of course the requirement for the water temperature would be lowered, but he was used to washing his underwear like this.

Yu Yong was also educated in this way, and he has always obeyed it very well.

The summer clothes are thin, and Mu Chen washes the clothes he changed that day by hand. Their washing machine has been replaced with a semi-automatic one a few years ago. Not to mention that it takes time to change clothes. Not as neat as hand washing.

But today when he poured water into the big basin to wash their changed clothes, he found Yu Yong's underpants in the laundry basket. Mu Chen opened the bathroom door, "Yu Xiaoyong, why don't you wash your good things?" Fall, are you looking for a fight?"

Yu Yong didn't seem to hear it outside, but the music sounded as Tetris disappeared layer by layer on the TV.

When Mu Chen came out to get the small bench and washboard, he said it again, but Yu Yong still didn't move.

Muchen put the things into the bathroom, walked over to see Yu Yong's eyes were fixed on the screen, and he quickly pressed the buttons with both hands, with a serious face like I didn't hear anything and I didn't know anything, he couldn't help but smile.He hugged the wet head with both hands and rubbed it, "You're used to it! This is the last time."

Yu Yong was still expressionless, but Mu Chen knew that it was a child acting like a baby to him.

When Yu Yong first came to Mu's house, Mu Chen often washed his clothes, including underwear.At that time, I often said, "Xiaoyong, your brother Chen hasn't washed this good thing for others, and it's you."

Yu Xiaoyong asked, "Why do you say this is a good thing, you have to wash it yourself, my mother washes all the clothes in my house."

Mu Xiaochen... "Because this is everyone's little secret, so you can only wash it yourself, and you can't let others wash it. Well, because your father and your mother are married, your mother can wash it together."

Yu Xiaoyong, "Well, I see, Brother Chen, you should marry me in the future, so that you can wash together."

Mu Xiaochen...do I look like I want to wash together?

When Yu Yong grew up, he learned to take care of himself. He had a good look at him. In Mu's family, he never asked adults to assign any work, and he was very active in doing it.

But occasionally, when we are two of us, we still play tricks: ask my brother to bring the meal to him, he is busy playing games, let his brother clean his sneakers, he is lazy, let his brother tickle his itch, let his brother wash his underwear, Mu Chen understands This is the child's way of confirming his position in the heart of his elder brother, and he has always been conniving.

But these little thoughts haven't been played for a long time, and Mu Chen still feels very kind when it comes suddenly, and the estrangement that hasn't been together for more than a year is gone.