Four Seasons Three Meals

They walked to the subway station, bought two tickets, and got on the subway.

It was the rush hour for commuting, and the subway was crowded. Jiang Huai stood in the corner, surrounded by the smell of sweat, and he was uncomfortable being squeezed.

When the subway arrives at the station, a group of people walk down and replace with another group of passengers.

Jiang Huai was pushed and shoved by the crowd, and suddenly heard Cong Shan calling him.

"Huaibao."

Jiang Huai turned his head: "What's wrong?"

Cong Shan waved to him: "Come here."

Taking advantage of the gap in the flow of people, Jiang Huai squeezed to Cong Shan's side, barely standing still.

The next moment, a broad hand supported his waist.

Cong Shan hugged him with one arm, turned slightly sideways, covered Jiang Huai in front of him, turned his back to the crowd on the subway, and used his body to circle a safe zone that belonged exclusively to Jiang Huai.

The sour smell of sweat dissipated in an instant, Jiang Huai sniffled, and smelled the saponin on Cong Shan's body, which was clean and refreshing.

His body relaxed, and Cong Shan firmly supported him.

Jiang Huai whispered, "Thank you."

Cong Shan said: "It should."

They sat for two more stops and got off with the crowd.

There is a convenience store outside the subway station, with transparent floor-to-ceiling windows and long tables and benches, where people eat instant noodles and oden.

Jiang Huai smelled the aroma of instant noodles and felt very hungry, and thought of the scene when he saw Cong Shan for the first time.

He went on a blind date, hid in a convenience store because of the heavy rain, ran into a blind date, and even grabbed an umbrella from the other party.

Cong Shan also thought about this, and said, "What was Huai Bao thinking when he saw me for the first time?"

Jiang Huai tilted his head and thought about it, and said honestly: "This person eats instant noodles with two fried eggs, which is very tasteful."

Cong Shan really laughed, Jiang Huai was a little ashamed.

Cong Shan laughed enough and said, "As expected of Huai Bao."

Jiang Huai asked him: "What about you? The first time you saw me, what were you thinking?"

Cong Shan said, "This man snatched my umbrella, and he didn't see anything wrong."

Jiang Huai was a little disappointed: "That's it?"

Cong Shan said: "Later you invited me to drink Cherry Yakult, and I thought again, this man has good taste and is suitable to be a boyfriend, so I won't bother with him about the umbrella."

Jiang Huai knew that Cong Shan was coaxing him on purpose, but he liked it very much, with two deep dimples from his smile.

He said angrily, "You have remembered an umbrella for so long?"

Cong Shan smiled, turning over old accounts one by one: "Mung bean cake, lily noodles, spiked potatoes, pumpkin cup, orange jade... Huaibao, if you keep working hard, you will eat me up one day."

Jiang Huai was ashamed and reached out to cover Cong Shan's mouth.

Cong Shan took his hand, spread it out, lowered his head and kissed the palm lightly.

"At first it was because of an umbrella, and then there were night markets, theaters, flower and bird markets. When I thought of something fun and delicious, I always wanted to take you there... In the end, I just wanted to meet Jiang Huai."

Jiang Huai was very moved, his eyes turned red.

He cleared his throat and changed the subject: "It's a pity, the weather forecast said it will rain today... If it rains, we can 'revisit the old place'."

Cong Shan comforted him: "It's okay, we still have many rainy days."

Cong Shan sent him to the door of his house, but Jiang Huai was reluctant to part with him.

Cong Shan said, "Huaibao, rest early."

Jiang Huai said, "Okay."

Cong Shan said, "Huaibao, see you next time."

Jiang Huai said, "Yes."

Cong Shan said, "Huaibao, I'm leaving."

Jiang Huai said, "Be careful."

Cong Shan smiled: "Huaibao, you are pulling my clothes."

Jiang Huai reluctantly let go of his hand.

Jiang Huai said: "You go first, I'll stand at the door and blow the air."

He is clingy, and his careful thoughts are trying to cover up, and Cong Shan can easily see through.

Cong Shan looked at his watch and said, "It's still early, Huai Bao thinks, where should I pass the time?"

Jiang Huai's eyes lit up: "Then would you like to come in and have a cup of Yakult? I learned a new dish, which is better than tofu."

Cong Shan Yinghao, Jiang Huai happily fetched him slippers and hummed happily.

Jiang Huai intends to make eggplants for Cong Shan.

He watched "A Dream of Red Mansions" not long ago, and saw Grandma Liu enter the Grand View Garden. Sister Feng took her as a husband and asked her to taste eggplant.

Grandma Liu said: "Don't lie to me, the eggplant has come out of this smell, we don't need to grow food, we only grow eggplant."

Sister Feng said with a smile: "It's not difficult. You sign the eggplant that just came down. You only need to clean the meat, cut it into small nails, and fry it in chicken oil. Then use chicken breast meat and fragrant mushrooms, new bamboo shoots, and mushrooms. , five-spice rotten, dried fruits of various colors, all cut into cubes, simmered in chicken broth to dry, collected sesame oil, mixed with bad oil, put in a porcelain jar and sealed tightly, when you want to eat, take it out, and use fried chicken melon Just mix it."

This is the wealth and luxury of everyone over the years, Jiang Huai is not envious, but feels greedy.

Jiang Huai simplified the recipe a bit. After all, Grandma Liu said that ten chickens were needed to make this eggplant, and Jiang Huai was reluctant.

The ingredients are available at home. He took them out from the refrigerator and arranged them one by one. Soak the dried mushrooms in water, wash the chicken breast, beat both sides evenly with the back of a knife, cut into small cubes, add salt, white wine, egg white and starch, and mix well. Let stand to taste.

During the marinating process, Jiang Huai prepared the rest of the side dishes.He cut the tender bamboo shoots and tofu into cubes, poured oil into a hot pan, fried the side dishes until golden, took them out, and added chicken pieces to fry until cooked.

Now it’s past the season of eating eggplant. The eggplant is thick and hard. Jiang Huai cut it in half, peeled off the thick layer of skin, and soaked the cubes in salt water to remove the bitterness.

He was busy in the kitchen, Cong Shan was sitting in the living room, someone knocked on the door, Jiang Huai didn't hear it, Cong Shan opened the door, took a long box, closed the door and walked into the room.

After Jiang Huai finished cooking, he came out with the bowls and chopsticks, and saw Cong Shan sitting in the living room, reading a book, with Yakult on the coffee table, the TV turned on as the background sound, listening to the gentle Suzhou Pingtan on the Qinhuai River, the small bridge and the flowing water. rhyme.

Looking at the title of the book, Jiang Huai found that Cong Shan was reading his bedtime reading, a children's picture book, and continued with the page he read last night, watching the big bear and the little rabbit make friends.

Big Bear asked Little Rabbit, "Can you set an alarm clock for me? It's so complicated, I can't do it."

The little rabbit said, "Okay, when are you going to wake up?"

Big Bear said, "Spring."

Cong Shan watched with great interest, Jiang Huai was ashamed.

He deliberately showed his maturity and said, "I'm actually reading "The Trial of Socrates" recently. It's a very interesting book. Do you want to read it?"

Cong Shan didn't show mercy: "That's the book Mr. Jiang read, I only read Huai Bao's children's picture books."

Jiang Huai took away the book in his hand, pretending to be fierce: "Eat!"

Cong Shan said, "Huaibao, where is your pen? I want to sign a document."

Jiang Huai said, "It's in the study."

Cong Shan said: "I didn't see it just now, you can look for it for me."

Jiang Huai thought that his pen holder was on the desk, and he could see it as soon as he entered the desk, but Cong Shan didn't see it.

Jiang Huai felt tricky: "I'll help you find it after dinner."

Cong Shan walked over, put his arms around his waist from behind, and talked into his ear.

"I'm in a hurry, Huaibao will look for it for me, okay?"

Jiang Huai was stunned, turned his head three times at every step, and walked into the study half-believingly.

The desk is in the middle of the study, and Jiang Huai tidied it up neatly, and the items are placed in categories, which is clear at a glance.

He stepped forward and saw an exquisite long box on the desk.

Open it, inside is a pure black tortoiseshell pen, engraved with "Gift from Congshan" in thin gold body.Jiang Huai weighed it, it was a bit heavy and expensive.

He was puzzled, and looked at the pen holder again, and the pen inside had disappeared.

Cong Shan came in and put his arms around his waist: "Huai Bao, do you like it?"

Jiang Huai opened the long box again and looked at it, gently rubbing the lettering with his fingertips.

He had other things on his mind.

He asked Cong Shan: "Where is my original pen?"

Cong Shan said, "I confiscated it."

Jiang Huai understood that Cong Shan was still jealous.

The pen was a gift from Qin Shi, with Qin Shi's name printed on it, and it was very expensive. Jiang Huai used it very easily, so he didn't throw it away after breaking up.

Cong Shan came in to look for books, saw it, bought a new one at some point, and put it on his desk.

Jiang Huai thought, he had never seen Cong Shan get angry, he was polite even when he was jealous, he didn't embarrass himself or others.

Cong Shan said: "This pen is more useful, Huai Bao, you will use this pen in the future."

Jiang Huai said yes.

Cong Shan asked him, "Do you like it?"

Jiang Huai said he liked it.

Cong Shan asked again: "Do you like pens, or do you like people who give pens?"

Jiang Huai stopped talking.

Cong Shan whispered "Huaibao" softly against his ear, spraying hot air on the base of his ear, persuasively asking: "Do you like people more?"

Jiang Huai couldn't stand it anymore, and nodded in recognition.

Cong Shan smiled lightly, bowed his head and kissed the top of his hair.

A red cloud froze on Jiang Huai's face and stayed there for a long time.

Cong Shan took him out for dinner, his happiness infected Jiang Huai, adding to his existing happiness, he now has double the happiness.

After eating, they sat in the living room watching TV and chatting casually.

Jiang Huai likes to chat with Cong Shan very much, without using his brain.His work deals with words, and he is able to relax in Congshan.

"Dream of Red Mansions" was playing on TV, and everyone was drinking in the Grand View Garden.

Jia Baoyu said: "My daughter is sad, and her youth has been kept in her empty boudoir. My daughter is sad, and she regrets teaching her husband to seek a title. My daughter is happy, and the makeup is beautiful in the morning mirror. My daughter is happy, and I have a thin spring shirt on the swing."

Jiang Huai said with emotion: "Jia Baoyu is a feminist fighter in the Grand View Garden."

Cong Shan waited for him to continue.

Jiang Huai said: "He is a strange stone, the original heart of Buddhism and Zen, and because he entered the world by mistake, he has feelings."

Cong Shan said: "Buddhists call it 'dust-covered'. He has a heart of stone and is also a kind of sentimental."

They talked as if they were practicing Zen, and they were free in the mountains. Jiang Huai felt that his realm was not enough, so he was embarrassed and changed the subject.

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He asked Cong Shan: "Who do you like?"

Before Cong Shan could say anything, Jiang Huai snapped it up: "Don't say it yet, I'll take a guess."

Cong Shan smiled and said nothing.

Jiang Huai said, "Lin Daiyu?"

"No."

Jiang Huai tilted his head and thought for a while, then said, "Then...Xue Baochai?"

"No."

"Shi Xiangyun?"

Cong Shan smiled: "Huaibao, why do you think I like them?"

"Because they are the most universal type of lover in the eyes of men."

Cong Shan said: "I like exploring spring."

Jiang Huai thought to himself that Tanchun has a clear-cut banner and is not tolerated by the patriarchal society.

He asked, "Why?"

Cong Shan explained: "Although she has a strong temperament, she is a person with a great interest in life."

Jiang Huai was puzzled, Cong Shan went to the study to get "Dream of Red Mansions", turned to the page number, and let Jiang Huai read it.

Xue Baochai and Tanchun discussed to eat fried goji berries with oil and salt. This is a dish that can only be eaten in spring. It takes time and effort, and it can only be eaten fresh and tender in season.

Jiang Huai understood: "She has a tough wrist, but she also knows what to do, and she comes and goes naturally."

Cong Shan nodded and said, "In spring, I'll take you to a farmhouse and eat stir-fried seasonal vegetables. Stir-fried wolfberry buds, toon eggs, crispy fried chrysanthemum petals, fried spring rolls, the eyes are full of emerald green, bright red, golden and snow-white. Eye-catching and fragrant. "

Jiang Huai smiled, he found that every time he was with Cong Shan, he always cared about daily necessities, but it was not too trivial.

When it was time, Cong Shan should go, Jiang Huai hesitated for a while, and sent him downstairs.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I walked downstairs, it suddenly rained heavily, and the rain curtain covered the sky and the sun, blocking my sight.

Jiang Huai remembered that the weather forecast said that there would be showers today.

They stood quietly in the building for a while, and the rain did not decrease.

Cong Shan looked at Jiang Huai, smiled and said, "Huaibao, you owe me an umbrella, do you want to pay it back today?"

He didn't drive, and walked back with an umbrella, so he wouldn't get wet.

There are many umbrellas at home, but Jiang Huai doesn't want to give them to him.

There are voice-activated lights in the corridor, Jiang Huai's voice is soft, the surroundings are pitch black, Cong Shan can't see his blushing, but he can hear the shyness in his tone and his hot cheeks.

Jiang Huai said, "Then, do you want to stay tonight?"

Cong Shan froze for a moment, then laughed.

"it is good."

Jiang Huai "hmm", held Cong Shan's hand in the dark, and walked upstairs.