Rebirth of the third-rate cook

I don't know if it's because I'm too tired after a busy day, or because I feel uncomfortable after hearing Qin Yan talk about the past, in short, Liu Guo didn't sleep well that night, and woke up before dawn, thinking about closing his eyes and going back to sleep After a while, I couldn't fall asleep until I got up.

Liu Guo and Qin Yan, each carrying a paper box of paper money and stacks of gold ingots, followed Qin's mother in the field and ran from east to west, starting from Qin Yan's grandfather's grave, according to seniority and relatives Far and near, one by one respected.

Qin Yan still needed to stop and kowtow or bow, while Liu Guo dutifully acted as a porter.

"Guozi, come, bow to Huo Huo's father."

Hearing Qin's mother's greeting, Liu Guo was obviously taken aback, why did he suddenly ask him to bow?It's just that doubts are doubts, but Liu Guo bowed three times seriously without any objection.

"His father, this is fruit. This child is celebrating the New Year at our house this year, and he will come to give you a gift." After speaking, Qin's mother went to the side to light some paper money, "I won't go to your sister's grave. You two go over there with pudding."

Liu Guo only thought that they had been like this for years, but Qin Yan understood his mother's meaning, squatted next to his mother, ordered a wad of paper money, and said in a low voice before getting up, "Thank you, mother!"

Mother Qin's eyes were red, and she turned her back, "Go, go..."

Seeing Qin Yan and Liu Guo walking away, he whispered, "His father, don't blame me, I couldn't close my eyes all night yesterday, and I don't want to, but I can't bear to speak." ...I still don't dare to ask where Huohuo has been and what he has done all these years... That child gave me such a large sum of money all of a sudden, and while kowtowing to me, he said that I had never given birth to his son , it’s definitely not something that can be said... When my daughter left, I thought, what crime did I do in my previous life, and I will end up in a broken family in this life..."

Qin's mother stood up and patted the ashes on her body, "Later, my son came back suddenly, and I felt that this son made money. Later, my son not only came back to live a stable life, but also brought it back to me. A grandson, although it is not his own, but what is the difference? I thought, after all, these days will get better and better... That child, Guozi, is also a hard-fated child, and life is not easy, but he is a real one. Good boy, I just thought, if they are willing, they will be willing, and they will be multiple sons. It’s not a loss if you say this, right? His father, if you are really unhappy, I don’t care Well, who told you to leave me early and go on your own, I don’t know how many years are left to live, if you really blame me, just wait until I go down to accompany you and then blame me slowly, these few years let me Let's watch over the little ones and live a peaceful life for a few years."

Liu Guo poked Qin Yan worriedly, "Brother Qin, I think Auntie seems to be wiping tears, did something happen? Do you want to go and have a look?"

Qin Yan squeezed Liu Guo's hand, "She's talking to my dad, don't bother her right now, I'll talk about it later when I go back."

However, after returning home, Qin's mother kept smiling and busy preparing dumpling stuffing.

"Dumplings with vegetarian fillings and dumplings with meat fillings, every household must prepare six kinds of fillings, one of which is indispensable."

Qin Yan put down the things in his hands, "Mom, there is still time to prepare tomorrow. There are so many of us, so we don't need to prepare so early."

"I didn't say to chop up the stuffing and mix it well, but I just cooked everything. If there is something missing, there is still room to buy it today, but tomorrow there will be no place to buy it if I want to buy it."

Thirty still couldn't sleep late, Qin Yan was called up early by Qin's mother to post couplets, and Liu Guo took the initiative to help make dumplings.

Liu Guo reconciled the dumpling stuffing and went back to the main hall to see that Qin Yan was holding a brush to write blessings one by one, while Pudding was also painting with a smaller brush.

"You can write brush characters? No wonder you are not allowed to buy blessing characters, but only a few couplets. If I knew it, I wouldn't even buy couplets. Anyway, you can write."

Qin Yan raised his head, "Don't embarrass me, I can write two characters in total, and one of them is the word "Fu."

"What about the other one?"

Qin Yan lowered his head and continued to write, but Pudding excitedly raised his brush, "I know, I know! There's another word for money!"

Liu Guo couldn't hold it back, and burst out laughing, "I can't tell, you're also quite a money fan."

"When I was young, I simply thought that the more money the better, in fact, I can write many words well..."

Liu Guo smiled and rolled his eyes, "What about now? Don't you think money is good?"

"Still feeling good, just not the best..."

"Oh?" Liu Guo raised his eyebrows and smiled back, while Qin Yan just looked back at him with a gentle smile, and seemed to feel a lot of things without saying them.

"Of course pudding is the best now!"

The two adults looked at the little man who didn't dare to be ignored. Liu Guo took out a piece of paper and wiped off the ink on Pudding's face. "Yes, yes, right now, of course, pudding is the best."

Qin Yan looked at Liu Guo, "Do you want to write two words?"

"Forget it, I can't even hold a pen."

"It's okay, I can teach you." As he spoke, he pulled Liu Guo over and put the brush into his hand, "In this way, the index finger and middle finger are outside, the ring finger is clasped inside, and the thumb is pinched..." While talking Correct Liu Guo's posture of holding the pen.

Liu Guo looked at the pen in his hand, and felt that the posture in which he was holding the pen was as stiff as if he was holding a scalpel.

Seeing him like that, Qin Yan chuckled and held his hand behind him, "Relax your hand, I will write for you."

Feeling Qin Yan's whole body sticking to his back, his big hands wrapped around him easily, Liu Guo felt a little uncomfortable, "It's not good to be seen by others."

"It's okay, my mother went to the field, and no one saw it."

It was good for Qin Yan not to speak, but when he spoke, the heat brushed against Liu Guo's ears and the side of his face from top to bottom, scorching hot.

Liu Guo became even more unnatural, so he could only try to divert his attention, "Who did you learn your characters from? How did you know these three characters?"

"My sister, but my sister's calligraphy was taught by my father. I heard from my mother and my sister that my father was also a pen in the village. Many people came to him to write couplets and blessing characters. My sister's characters are basically passed down by my father, but unfortunately, when I come here, there are only these three characters left."

Qin Yan spoke indifferently, but Liu Guo didn't know how to answer the words, and when he was stunned, he heard Qin Yan say, "Okay."

Looking down, a flying and free-spirited word "福" appeared on the paper. I really can't imagine that such a similar word can come out of my hand one day.

"In this way, this blessing was written by the two of us together."

Liu Guo looked up just in time to see Qin Yan smiling so much that the dimple on the left side of his face was exposed, and he looked at him with shining eyes, and suddenly understood why this person insisted on pulling himself to write such a blessing.

Perhaps, all people with a strong heart are trained in the despair of losing again and again. Their strength is not that they are not afraid of losing, but that they do not let them realize their fear in front of close people. And leave as much peace of mind to the other party as possible.

For a moment, Liu Guo really wanted to kiss Qin Yan, and he did.It was just a stepping stone and kissed Qin Yan's nose, which made Qin Yan's eyes full of surprise.

"Pudin wants to be kissed too, wants to be kissed."

Liu Guo couldn't help blushing, and hurriedly slipped out of Qin Yan's embrace at Pudding's yelling, hugged Pudding and kissed each cheek on the left and right.

In the evening, the four of them happily ate dumplings around the table. Qin's mother said with a smile that only one of today's dumplings had coins in it, and whoever could eat them would have extraordinary luck in the coming year.

Liu Guo just smiled but didn't care. Compared with the New Year's Eve when he was more than 20 years old, being able to eat hot dumplings with the most important people is already a blessing that he didn't dare to think about before. What could be more important? luck?

So, I didn't talk to each other, I just ate the dumplings on my own, but I didn't want to, my teeth were bitten by the first bite, and when I spit it out, I didn't know whether I should be happy or helpless when I saw a golden fifty cents coin. .

Sometimes it's really unintentional.

Qin's mother seemed very happy, and said that Liu Guo was a lucky person, and then took out a red envelope from her pocket, "Since Guozi ate coins, the biggest red envelope will be given to Guozi."

Liu Guo was in a daze and forgot to reach out to take it, but Qin Yan took it and stuffed it into his hand, Liu Guo panicked and wanted to hand it back, "Auntie, this can't be helped, coming to the New Year is enough to bother you, where is it?" I can accept your red envelope, if I want to give it, I should give it to you..."

Qin's mother patted Liu Guo's hand, "Accept it, I haven't had such a lively Chinese New Year in many years, I'm really happy." Seeing that Liu Guo still wanted to decline, she said honestly, "How about, if Guo Zi doesn't dislike it, you can accept it. I will be a godmother, and I will treat this place as my home in the future, no matter how far I go, I have a home, right?"

Liu Guo's nose was sore, but she still couldn't control the tears rolling in her eyes, so she called out hoarsely, "Mom."

Qin's mother smiled red-eyed, but Pudding was confused, but she knew that Liu Guo called her grandma, so she rolled her eyes a few times and asked with a smile, "Then will I be in the future?" You can also call Uncle Guoguo Papa?"

Qin's mother pinched Pudding's face, "If you want, it's not impossible." She said and gave Pudding the New Year's red envelope.

Pudding covered his mouth with the red envelope, "But, the two fathers can't tell the difference when they call each other. Then I will call Daddy Daddy and Uncle Guoguo Younger Daddy!"

This kid is quite good at climbing along poles, so you don't have to pay attention to the different names in different places.

The three grown-ups laughed seeing Pudding making a fuss by himself, while Pudding got down from the stool, walked between Qin Yan and Liu Guo, and stretched out his hands, "Happy New Year, Daddy and Little Daddy!"

This means, I can't understand it more clearly. Since there are two fathers, the red envelopes must be doubled.

Qin Yan pinched Pudding's nose, "You boy, the reaction is really fast at this time!"

Saying that, Liu Guo and Liu Guo took out a red envelope and handed it to Pudding. The little guy bounced back to his place, "Great, I can receive three red envelopes during the Chinese New Year."

The two of them stayed at home until the fifth day of the Lunar New Year before returning to the city. Because there was still some time before Pudding started school, only the two adults went back, because Meng Wanyang had already returned to China and told Liu Guo that work would start on the sixth day.

When the two came back from their hometown, they went to their own house first. Because of the Chinese New Year, the decoration master also went home to celebrate the New Year, and they agreed to start work on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year.

The two of them just looked at the progress of the decoration, and checked whether the brand of materials used was written in the contract. As for the rest, they didn't understand much, so they locked up and went back to Li Mingyue.

After the house was cleaned, the two of them lazily nestled on the sofa, neither of them wanted to move. Liu Guo just lay his head on Qin Yan's leg and played with his mobile phone. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Brother Qin, does godmother know what?"

Qin Yan stroked Liu Guo's hair, "Why do you think of asking this?"

"I just suddenly felt that many of the godmother's practices seem to have deep meaning..."

"Wouldn't it be better if I knew it? It means my mother accepts you."

Liu Guo paused and didn't speak. Although what Qin Yan said was true, Liu Guo always felt sorry for the old man.

"Don't think about it too much. My mother's happiness is not faked. As long as we are good and treat her well, that's enough." Seeing that Liu Guo still looked pensive, Qin Yan stood up and hugged her "If you think about it too much, you will grow old quickly. You will start work tomorrow. Shouldn't you wash up and rest earlier?"

After saying that, he carried Liu Guo to the bathroom, "You wash first, I'll steam the steamed buns I brought back, and I'll make do with dinner."

Looking at Qin Yan's back as he turned and left, Liu Guo felt that he really seemed to be thinking too much. He wondered if it was because he was so happy recently that he was always a little bit prepared for danger.

Shaking his head self-deprecatingly, he undressed and took a shower.

The days after that went by extremely fast. I don’t know if it was because Meng Wanyang had a happy year abroad. After Meng Wanyang came back, his inspiration gradually increased. Even Liu Guo was inspired by him, and his thoughts kept coming. It's the excitement of working overtime in the small kitchen, and there are always new dishes coming out under the collision of sparks between the two of them.

Liu Guo looked up at the clock. "Master, it's already eleven o'clock. It's time for us to pack up and go back. The few dishes we've developed recently are quite interesting. It's absolutely fine to continue thinking about them."

Meng Wanyang was probably in the excitement of his whole body. Hearing Liu Guo's words, he didn't raise his head, "Okay, okay, I'm babbling, I know you want to go back to see that kid early, so hurry up, so as not to hinder me."

Liu Guo sighed helplessly, "Master...that's not what I meant..."

"Okay, okay, let's go, I'll wait for the oven to come out to see the effect and go back. You go first."

Liu Guo looked at the oven, and it seemed that it only lasted 5 minutes. After thinking about it, Li Dongmo might come to pick up Master later, and he would be embarrassed by that time, so he didn't hold back, took off his apron and said , "Then I'll change clothes and go first."

Without saying a word, Meng Wanyang waved his hand as if chasing away flies, and Liu Guo left the small kitchen dumbfounded.

But from the moment he got into the elevator, Liu Guo felt an indescribable sense of unease in his heart. He always felt that he had left something in the store. However, after checking carefully, there was no shortage of wallets, keys or mobile phones.

So, I had to attribute my emotions to finding trouble for nothing.

He walked out of Dongyang Building unsteadily, and called Qin Yan while walking.

"get off work?"

"Well, I'm almost starving... Master definitely treats me like a mule, only working and not giving me food..."

"Hehe...don't complain, I'm almost at your place, pick you up and let's have a late-night snack..."

Liu Guo had already crossed the road and stood on the road cliff. Hearing Qin Yan's words, he let out a low laugh on the other end of the phone. Just as he was about to say yes, there was a roar behind him, causing Liu Guo to freeze in place. From the ear to the head, there are humming sounds, and no other sounds can be heard.

It seemed that even the heartbeat stopped at that moment, but he couldn't turn around to see what was going on, and his limbs couldn't move.

I don't know how long it took, as if I vaguely heard someone calling my name through many obstacles, but I couldn't respond anyway.

"Fruit! Fruit!" Qin Yan shook Liu Guo anxiously, but the person in front of him was dumbfounded and could not give any response. Qin Yan gritted his teeth, pulled Liu Guo's hand and bit it hard.

"hiss……"

Finally, there was a slight reaction from Liu Guo, but her eyes were still dull, her lips trembling, and she asked very gently, "What happened?"

Qin Yan frowned, "It should be that a room exploded."

Liu Guo's whole body began to tremble, "Which... which floor?"

Qin Yan raised his head to confirm, "The sixth floor."

Tears rolled down Liu Guo's eyes one by one, "Sixth floor...sixth floor...sixth floor..." murmured and suddenly turned around, it was the small kitchen where he and his master stayed every day, Liu Guo gasped for breath After a few breaths, his legs suddenly softened, and he knelt on the ground, letting out a heart-piercing scream.

Looking at Liu Guo like this, Qin Yan was also helpless. If Liu Guo didn't shout out, he would worry about getting hurt, but it's not a problem if he really lets him shout out.

He had to use all his strength to pull Liu Guo up, but he couldn't ease Liu Guo's mood.

Not long after, Li Dongmo and Li Mingyue also drove here. Li Dongmo got out of the car and rushed into the building, but was stopped by the building security, and Li Mingyue rushed over to the two of them.

"The fruit he..."

"Let him vent for a while, have you received the news?"

"Today's Lantern Festival, my dad and I planned to come over to pick up Uncle Meng to eat Lantern Festival, but halfway through the drive we received a call from the security guard..."

"The room that was blown up..."

Li Mingyue also had a bad expression, "It's Guozi's small kitchen, the firefighters are coming, now I only pray that Uncle Meng left the kitchen before the explosion, otherwise..."

Li Mingyue could not continue, but Qin Yan understood that if he left before the explosion and was not in the center of the explosion, at most he was trapped somewhere and failed to come down, and if he was still in the kitchen, it was really impossible to live up.

Knowing that Liu Guo was watched by Qin Yan, Li Mingyue hurried to Li Dongmo who was entangled with the security guard.

"Dad, calm down, what's the use of you going in?"

"Go away! Why is your Uncle Meng telling me to calm down inside?"

"Dad! If Uncle Meng is really trapped in it, would he want you to take the risk to go in?"

"I don't care if he wants to or not! Why didn't he ask if I would like to see him trapped inside?"

While the two were struggling, the fire engine came over with its siren, a team of well-trained firefighters got off the car and pulled the water guns, and a few others came over to get everyone who was entangled downstairs, including Li Dongmo, behind. push.

"Back back, everyone back up! Who else is in the building?"

Li Dongmo didn't have time to answer at all, Li Mingyue was able to stop Li Dongmo, and the security guard quickly replied, "Because it's already off work, there is basically no one in the building, except Chef Meng on the sixth floor."

The firefighter frowned and looked up, "We will try to enter the building to search and rescue, but with the current fire, we may not be able to get close to the center of the explosion. Are there any explosive or combustible materials around the explosion point?"

"The one that exploded was the small kitchen on the sixth floor, and the rest of the kitchens are on the first and second floors."

The man nodded his head to show his understanding, and then called two other people. They whispered a few words, returned to the fire truck, changed their equipment, and entered the building.

At this moment, Liu Guo, who was surrounded by Qin Yan in his arms, was not moving except for crying involuntarily. He just stared at the water jet of the water gun with red eyes.

In his mind, two scenes were constantly alternating, one was the scene after his death, and the other was the raging flames at this moment. If it wasn't for the different floors, he couldn't even tell which was the past and which was the present.

Obviously everything has started all over again, why are some things still unavoidable?

No, I avoided it, but I avoided it myself and harmed Master.

Why, why didn't I pay attention in advance?Obviously, I have already suffered this loss, so why didn't I pay attention?

Rebirth?Hehe, shit's rebirth!No matter how far you hide, some things and some people can't hide at all!

At this moment, Liu Guo hated God's will, and hated herself even more!If I hadn't been cowardly and dodged away, maybe Master was wandering around like in his previous life, and his life and death wouldn't be as uncertain as it is now. If it wasn't for me, a reborn person who fanned the butterfly's wings, what happened now would never have happened. If...

However, what is the use of saying more?

Liu Guo bit her lip tightly, but her short clipped nails made deep marks on her palms, even blood marks.