Mu Chen

46. Accompany

Having been busy for so long, Mu Chen thought that he had accepted the departure of his father and grandfather, but now that Jiang Cheng had also left, the energy he had put up was exhausted in an instant.

Some time ago, Gu Ning and Ding Bowen came back and sent Mu Wen away. They only said that he had settled down his next semester's class, and sent over all the books for this semester.

Ding Bowen invited him to go back to N City together when he saw his distraught appearance, so he could go to school to attend lectures. Gu Ning bought a house after working, and it is very convenient to live with him if he doesn't want to live in school.

Mu Chen rejected the kindness of his friends, and only said that he would study hard at home, and that he would have some follow-up after he left, and that he would burn paper every seventh day, and he couldn't live without people at home.

I sent Jiang Cheng to the plane in the morning, and I promised him that he would be fine, but when I came back, I sat at the desk, but I couldn't turn a page of the book that was open for a long time.

At noon, he received a call from Jiang Cheng who had arrived in City N, and he prevaricated that he had already had lunch and was reading a book.Jiang Cheng also stopped nagging and told him to rest before hanging up.

Muchen stood up and went to the kitchen.This is the house he has lived in for 20 years. The kitchen facilities have been changed several times, but every place is imprinted by Muwen, and the smell makes him feel warm and sad.

Feeling that he still had no appetite, he walked out and sat at the desk again.

After sitting for an unknown amount of time, the sky darkened, completely dark, and he was still sitting in meditation, shrouded in boundless darkness and loneliness.The sound of people walking and talking could be heard in the corridor, and the doors of another house were opened and closed.

He was not afraid when his mother left, because he had a father, the best father in the world, but now that his father is gone, what else does he have?

Except for him to open the door of the house, no one will come in in a hurry, no one will cook for him in different ways, and no one can always easily see his helplessness and hesitation, listen to him, Soothe him, encourage him, tell him the truth of the world...

He seemed to think a lot, and seemed to think of nothing, but suddenly heard the sound of his own door lock turning, followed by the dazzling fluorescent light suddenly turned on.Muchen couldn't help closing his eyes, and then heard Yu Yong's anxious voice, "Brother Chen! Brother Chen!"

Muchen wanted to get up, but after sitting for a long time, his body was still a little stiff and unable to react. Before he could turn around, Yu Yong rushed over from behind with a burst of cold air from outside, and put him together with the chair. Hug, "Brother Chen! Are you okay, why don't you turn on the light?"

Mu Chen was pressed on the chair again by him, so he could only turn his face and rub his head, "It's okay, I just fell asleep reading a book. What time will it be, have you finished school?"

Seeing that Yu Yong was still carrying his schoolbag, he patted his hand, "Go do your homework first, and I'll cook. What do you want to eat tonight?"

Yu Yong was still hanging on his body, not speaking in a sullen manner, but he didn't let go of his hands.

Mu Chen, "Did I scare you? It's okay. Xiaoyong, it's okay. Let me go and cook. Let's eat noodles. You see your hands are so cold. It's cold outside today. Would you like to give Lin a hand first?" Auntie say something?"

Yu Yong was still hanging behind him, listening to his ramblings, his beating heart slowly returned to its original position.

For the past two days, he has been with Muchen, knowing that he should be at home, but he can only see the dark window from downstairs, and he has countless associations at once.

Mu Wen left too suddenly, just like Yu Jianguo, who didn't even give them any time to prepare. This made him not only feel the impermanence of the world, but also deeply fear the perishability of life.

Yu Yong calmed down, didn't speak, let Mu Chen go to change his shoes and wash his hands, but instead of doing his homework, he connected his game console to the TV and started playing Tetris.

Mu Chen has a computer at home and is connected to the Internet, but Yu Yong is not obsessed with games, this is Mu Chen's request.So what they often play now is still the ones they used to play when they were young.

Seeing him like that, Mu Chen also felt that the child was unhappy, thinking that sometimes Yu Yong would sniff him in the middle of the night, his heart softened, and the sadness of Jiang Cheng's departure began to subside.

Walking into the kitchen to prepare dinner, only the lights in the room were turned on, and the familiar music sounded from the TV, but the whole room seemed to come alive suddenly.

Muchen thought, maybe this is the warmth of companionship.

Mu Chen's hands and feet are nimble, and he kneads the noodles first. When cooking the noodles, cut the mutton into small cubes, put the fatter ones in the pan and fry the oil over low heat, and wash the vegetables when the oil comes out.

The time is a bit tight, cut the onion into sections and slice the ginger without cutting into pieces, and put the diced potatoes in a bowl of cold water, so that the starch can be soaked to make the soup clear and not mushy.Then put the diced mutton into the pot, turn on the fire, stir fry quickly, and take the time to cut the tofu and radish in the middle.

Wait until the soup stains on the bottom of the pot become clear, indicating that the water vapor has been fried.At this time, put in the ginger slices, scallions, chili noodles, and a little five-spice powder that have been prepared before frying, then add tofu, radish and diced potatoes in turn, add boiling water when frying is a bit sticky, turn off the heat and cover Put the lid on and simmer.

I took the time to knead the noodles that had been cooked for a while, then washed out a handful of coriander and a garlic sprout, and put them aside to control the water.

Look at the pot, turn down the heat a bit, and start washing the fungus soaked just now. Originally, the fungus should be fried, but it didn’t wash out. It will be washed and torn into small flowers and put into an empty bowl. Cut the cilantro into small pieces, mince the garlic sprouts and put them in another bowl.

Cleaned up the stove, removed the cutting board for cutting vegetables, took out a larger noodle board, and kneaded the noodles in the basin again.

Roll it out for a while and cut it into thick strips, then add hot water into the pot, turn on the fire, put in the torn fungus first, then stretch out the thick noodles, put them on your wrists and start pulling them into the pot piece.

This is the mutton noodle that Mu Wen often made for them, and it is also their favorite noodle dish, its status is equal to that of dumplings.Usually, a pot of saozi is fried on weekends, and even a pot of noodles is eaten on the same day, and it is very fragrant.

Put the extra in the refrigerator. When you want to eat, buy some noodles and boil them, or add water and boil them into soup, but after entering the refrigerator, they will not taste as delicious as when they are fried.

Because there are many programs, no matter how fast the speed is, it will take more than an hour. Usually, I seldom do it immediately after work.But today he wants to cook something more troublesome.

Usually, Yu Yong would come to help when he was pulling noodles, but now he has been playing games.

Mu Chen didn't say anything. When the noodles were finished, he cooked for another minute. He put salt, turned off the heat, put in the chopped coriander and garlic sprouts, and then poured out two big bowls and served them to the dining table. "Xiaoyong, come and eat, the noodles are ready."

Yu Yong turned a deaf ear and didn't stop his hands.

Muchen was helpless, knowing that the child was being frightened and acted like a baby.Without further ado, he walked over and rubbed his head, "Okay, don't be angry, come over and eat quickly, the mutton noodles will smell bad when they get cold."

Seeing that Yu Yong hadn't stopped, he went up and turned off the TV, pulled him up and pushed him onto the dining table, "Our Xiaoyong is the best, don't be angry for the sake of brother making you noodles, good."

Yu Yong didn't speak, but took a spoon and started to eat big mouthfuls as soon as he sat down.He didn't eat at noon when he was making up his homework at school, and he would be starving early.

He also knew that his brother was in a bad mood, and he also knew that he was making trouble for no reason, but he just couldn't express his grievances.This will see my brother coaxing him like a child, feeling guilty and sweet at the same time, and the noodles have become more fragrant.

After eating two bowls and wanting to add more, Mu Chen advised, "Don't eat the idiot, be careful of food accumulation if you eat too much at night, there are noodles and glutinous rice, I will make it for you tomorrow morning."

Yu Yong hummed, "I haven't eaten at noon, I can have another bowl."

Muchen, "Didn't eat at noon? Isn't Aunt Lin here? You don't know how to come here to eat, by the way, why didn't you come here at noon?"

During this period of time, Yu Yong greeted Lin Lan, and he was always here to accompany Mu Chen, so everyone would come at noon and evening.Today, when Jiang Cheng left, Mu Chen was in a state of turmoil. He didn't realize that the child didn't come home at noon, so he realized it later.

Yu Yong insisted on adding another big spoonful, and buried his head in eating without speaking.

Muchen, "Have you been detained in school? Got into a fight or made up your homework?"

Yu Yong...

Muchen, "Huh? Asking you."

Yu Yong, "Make up homework, I forgot to write the paper for the weekend, and it is due in the afternoon."

Muchen, "Go to do your homework after dinner, check if there is anything left to write, and make up for it today. There won't be a next time."

Yu Yong, "Oh."

After eating, Mu Chen went to wash the dishes, tidied up the kitchen and cleaned the house again.

Jiang Cheng had just left, and the things he brought back from his hometown hadn't been packed yet, so Mu Chen started clearing out the cabinets and placing things.

After Mu Wen left, most of the clothes he used to wear were burned, and the closet was much empty. Mu Chen will tidy it up carefully now, and when everything is put away, it will be almost twelve o'clock.

Look at Yu Yong still doing his homework.It was already late for dinner today, so he came back and played games in anger. In addition, he had a lot of homework in the third year of junior high school, so he probably still had homework to make up.

Mu Chen sighed unknowingly, and walked over, "How much is left, don't write the ones that won't be handed in tomorrow, go to bed, I don't sleep at noon."

Yu Yong frantically wrote, "It's all due."

Muchen was angry, "Did you not do your homework recently, and the teacher didn't clean you up?"

Yu Yong didn't look up, "It's not much, there are still two Chinese papers, and I have finished the rest."

Mu Chen sighed, Yu Yong was partial to subjects, Chinese was his most troublesome subject, and he had to write these two papers for at least two hours.

He took the pen and paper, and wrote a few lines, "I'll give this to Teacher Liu tomorrow, and I'll go to bed now, if you don't do your homework, be careful of your ass!"

Yu Yong looked at the note, the teacher Liu who taught Chinese had also brought Mu Chen, and Mu Chen promised the teacher that he would urge him to complete the homework within this week.Yu Yong breathed a sigh of relief, closed the paper, and packed his schoolbag.

Jiang Cheng also lived here these two days, they still slept in their own small beds, and Jiang Cheng slept in Muwen's bed in the back room.

After Yu Yong washed up and came out of the bathroom, he saw Mu Chen half lying down, reading a book, and his bed on the other side was also made.Yu Yong took his pillow and did not move the quilt again, "I want to sleep here."

Mu Chen raised his eyes, "What time is it, don't make trouble, you will fall off such a small bed."

Yu Yong didn't speak, he put the pillow on the bed by himself, squeezed himself into the bed, turned sideways and turned off the light.

Muchen...was about to drive this poor kid away, but he found that Yu Yong's hand was on his waist, and his head was buried in his arms.

In the past few years, Yu Yong felt that he had grown up, and he was about the same size as Mu Chen. He usually put his hands on his brother's shoulders most of the time. Such a weak gesture has never happened since Yu Jianguo passed away.

Mu Chen unconsciously stretched out his hands to embrace the child, and was speechless for a moment.

Yu Yong is not as cold as Mu Chen, his body is always warm, after a while, Mu Chen felt too warm, "Uncle Cheng left today, I was a little messed up, did I scare you? It's actually fine, I It'll be fine."

Yu Yong didn't make a sound. After a long time, Mu Chen thought he was asleep before he heard a low response, "En."

Muchen was worried that Yu Yong would fall out of bed all night, so he couldn't sleep well. Of course, Yu Yong used his hands and feet to strangle him like a pillow, and he couldn't sleep well.

The next day, he slipped out of the bed gently from the end of the bed, and went to the edge of the bed barefoot to put on slippers. Yu Yong still didn't wake up with the quilt rolled up. If he rolled over and got out of bed, he would definitely wake this kid up.

He dressed and washed, then went to the kitchen under the hot soup, and woke up the child when the noodles were almost ready.

Yu Yong has been living here with Muchen.Mu Chen had to cook three meals a day, was watched to eat well, and had to get up early and go to bed early. His life was suddenly forced to become more regular. His insomnia healed without medicine, his spirit improved a lot, and his reading became easier. efficiency.