Pandora's Box

I followed Cheng Yichen to a big supermarket, and I said it was really big, as soon as I entered the door, there was a wide cold chain area, a large area of ​​fresh-keeping shelves and refrigerators, filled with all kinds of fresh vegetables, fruits, meat and seafood, I was amazed to see it dazzled.

Cheng Yichen took some rosemary, then skillfully selected the mutton, and said to me: "Today there is a special price, it's fresh, and it's a good deal."

I helped him push the shopping cart, looking around curiously.

This is also a strange place for me, after all, I don't cook at all.As a big eater, I have visited countless restaurants, and it is really the first time in my life to buy vegetables.

Shuttle between the dazzling array of shelves, the feeling is actually very soothing.Unlike shopping in the mall, without the warm service and greetings from the shop assistants, there is more freedom.

Cheng Yichen asked, "Do you want Dungeness crab or bread crab?"

"Bread crab!" I said, "there are more yellow ones."

"Buy a few little green dragons, what do you like to do," he asked me again, "Steam with garlic vermicelli, or stir-fry in a typhoon shelter, or salt and pepper?"

I salivated immediately reflexively: "Garlic vermicelli steamed is the best!"

In this large and spacious space, the two of them walked slowly together, looking at everything in a relaxed manner. He chose seriously and I didn't seriously, and occasionally talked softly, and the feeling of being undisturbed was surprisingly good.

Cheng Yichen bought another yellow croaker and half a chicken, and put some beer in the shopping cart.

"Buy so much?"

He smiled and said, "Yes, Wen Yang will also come to the house for dinner at night. Make his favorite braised yellow croaker, which is very good for dinner, and buy some mushrooms to stew in chicken soup. He also likes to drink it."

Cheng Yichen looked really happy.

"Two days in a row," he said. "It's a good sign. Thanks to you."

I was taken aback for a moment: "Huh? Me?"

He picked another box of enoki mushrooms at a special price: "Wen Yang is willing to come because of you."

I was speechless, surprised, flattered, overjoyed, and ashamed.For a moment, the expression on his face was very crowded and difficult to control.

"Where is it?" I stammered, "he came here for you."

Cheng Yichen smiled and shook his head.

I hurriedly said again: "Really. You are his father. He has such deep feelings for you. How could it be for me?"

What's the matter with this kind of desire to live with one's tail tucked up and not daring to compete with parents?

Cheng Yichen said: "Of course he has a good relationship with me, but he hates Lu Feng as much as he loves me. This love and hate together almost cancel each other out, like a pair of balancing forces. So he has nothing to do. Motivation at home. But now that there is you in the family, there is one more person he wants to see, and one more motivation, he will naturally become willing to come."

I was still thinking about it, Cheng Yichen picked up a few more ice creams, shook them in his hands, and asked me: "Do you want ice cream? What flavor do you like?"

Immediately I responded, "Vanilla!"

Zhuo Wenyang came early in the evening and brought two boxes of Qingwang grapes.

On the contrary, Lu Feng had a temporary social occasion, so he couldn't come back for dinner as usual.There was one missing monster occupying the exclusive position of the kitchen helper, so Zhuo Wenyang and I helped the chef clean up the ingredients in the kitchen.

Cheng Yichen cut the mutton into small pieces and patted it with flour. Zhuo Wenyang was beside him peeling and dicing the potatoes and dicing the carrots. As for me, I washed the vegetables and peeled the garlic symbolically. It's great.

Watching Cheng Yichen wrap rosemary into a spice bag with gauze, I asked, "Why put rosemary?" This thing smells weird by itself.

"Because it can neutralize the greasyness of mutton," Cheng Yichen said gently, "and it can eliminate flatulence, and it is also good for helping to digest mutton."

Zhuo Wenyang also interjected: "It can also refresh your mind and enhance your memory. People who are not good at homework should eat more."

"==Really?" It felt like he was teasing me.

He said with a smile: "There is such a sentence in "Hamlet": 'Rosemary, it is to help memory; my dear, please keep it in your heart.'"

I said casually, "So this thing can help me restore my memory?"

They both fell silent suddenly.

I was a little confused: "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Cheng Yichen forced a smile, and said softly, "Maybe. Wen Yang, get me a soy sauce."

After the mutton was stewed in the pot, Cheng Yichen also began to concentrate on handling the lobster.Zhuo Wenyang stuffed me with a bag of edamame: "You take it to the living room and peel it slowly. I will accompany my dad to cook these two dishes."

"Okay."

I took the lead and sat on the couch watching TV while peeling beans.

Occasionally, he peeked at the two people who were busy in the kitchen, the harmonious backs of the father and son, Zhuo Wenyang skillfully helping his father cook, and he seemed to tell a joke, which made Cheng Yichen laugh.

I suddenly felt that I was really happy to be a positive force driving Zhuo Wenyang to come here.

The food is on the table, there are soft, rotten and crispy roast lamb with potatoes, steamed green dragon with garlic vermicelli, fried breaded crab with green onion and ginger, braised yellow croaker, stewed chicken soup with mushrooms, and stir-fried garlic sprouts.

It was so fragrant that I couldn't even care about my image in front of Zhuo Wenyang. I scooped up a spoonful of mutton and put it on the rice, and then I started digging.

Zhuo Wenyang and I started to eat consciously, while Cheng Yichen took a big plate, put a part of each dish out, and explained, "It's for Lu Feng."

"Huh? But he must have eaten outside before he came back." Is he a pig?

Cheng Yichen said with a smile: "He still needs to eat some home food to be comfortable."

=_=Look, I'm used to that stuff.

At the end of the meal, because Lu Feng, the dish sweeper, was not around, Cheng Yichen distributed the leftover food on the table among us, and everyone sat down and finished eating obediently, never wasting it.

Because of him at home, everything is in order.

After tidying up, Zhuo Wenyang asked, "Dad, where is the remote control of the projector?"

"Want to put a projection?" Cheng Yichen said, "Then I'll go and put down the curtain."

"Well," Zhuo Wenyang opened the laptop he brought, "Xiao actually wants to learn about the universe, so I prepared some materials for him."

Me: "==???"

Zhuo Wenyang said: "It's a bit too abstract to talk like last time. I think the effect is not good enough just by verbal description, so I made a PPT."

I:"????!!!"

Would this be too strict?

So Cheng Yichen and I sat in a row, holding ice cream bowls, and listened to Mr. Zhuo's lecture in front of the projection screen.

"Let's pick the one you like to hear first," he said. "The planet that humans are most likely to migrate to is also the closest planet to the earth, Mars. Although it is called Mars, it is actually very cold..."

He showed a huge panorama of Mars, and the high-definition level left me dumbfounded.

"This is a panorama of the Glentoridon region of Mars in Gale Crater. Of course, it can have such an effect because it is stitched together from more than a thousand high-resolution photos."

"This is a high mountain in the center of Gale Crater - Mount Sharp with a height of 5000 meters. The highest mountain on Mars is also the highest mountain in the solar system, called Olympus Mons, which is 7000 meters high. If you I have no idea about this height, just think about it is about three times as high as Mount Everest." His voice can make people involuntarily focus and get rid of all distracting thoughts, "Why is there such a high mountain? Some people speculate that this It is formed by the accumulation of magma, and the gravity on Mars is very small..."

He talked about the Mariner project, Viking [-], Pathfinder, Insight... He talked about the public's doubts about NASA's photos, he talked about the Mars immigration plan, and he talked about the Jezero Crater. He showed us The "Allen Chaos" in the southern highlands of Mars, the craters on the plains of Elysium, and the "North Pole" of Mars surrounded by sand dunes covered by seasonal dry ice covers...

I held the melted ice cream with my mouth open.

He is so good at telling, so simple, eloquent, and clear.Everything about this planet, everything about this universe seems to him to be completely unnecessary to remember, and it is naturally in his mind.

I am fascinated by his voice, his rhythm, his ease of use, and his calmness.

I finally understand what "smart is the new sexy" is.

Even if he is short, fat, bald and ugly, the charm he radiates from the inside out at this moment is enough to make him shine like a star.

This night, I fell asleep in the aftertaste of being shrouded in the light of the stars, with endless aftertaste.

When I was half asleep and half awake, I suddenly remembered, hey, where is the big bowl of beans I peeled? ? ?Didn't cook at night, peeled for nothing?