The Life of 'Core' in Korean Dramas

Chapter 23,

"Mom, I'm back--"

"Bring me a pot of soy sauce when you get back!"

Shun Ren's loud voice came from the kitchen through the thick smell of oily smoke and the noise of the restaurant. Cui Xin'ai didn't stop walking up the stairs, and unbuttoned her shoulder bag while responding.

Once entering the second floor, the noise below was isolated as if it had encountered a transparent barrier.Cui Xinai threw the bag on the tatami, looked around, the hall was very clean, and the cushions placed on the tatami were still as neat as in the morning.

That guy Choi Jong Chul went to 'school club activities' again?

Cui Xinai sneered, turned around and rushed upstairs into the kitchen, the smell of pickled spices and white vinegar immediately penetrated into the respiratory tract, and could not help coughing a few times under the stimulation.She rubbed her nose and searched for a bottle of soy sauce in the kitchen, but the table was full of cabbage, mushrooms, various boxes, spoons, bowls of different sizes, and so on, so dazzled that she couldn't tell them apart.

Shun Ren inside was pouring salt water into the kimchi. The frying pan behind her was still burning, and wisps of white smoke rose and dissipated in the air.After hearing the sound, she turned sideways and looked over, her eyes immediately widened.

"Are you running again?!"

"Where is it?"

"Not yet, didn't I tell you not to run when going downstairs? What if you fall or get hit? You are a girl, how bad is it to be seen?!" Shun Ren waved his hand with only half of it left. The spoon yelled loudly, and the fuss was really funny.Cui Xinai pursed her lips and turned her face away with a smile. Shun Ren wanted to say something, but because she didn't pay attention, the funnel in her hand tilted, and there was a puddle of water on the table. She had to put down her things and find a rag. .

Cui Xinai blinked innocently, and couldn't help covering her mouth and smiling again.It's not that she doesn't have a conscience, it's that Shun Ren has been stimulated by someone recently and has convulsions. She follows her all day and night, muttering about gentlemanly and ladylike demeanor, and even drinks water. Can read a scripture!

Maybe that guy Cui Zhongzhe started to "disappear" frequently recently to avoid this incident, what about club activities, why don't you see him so active in normal times?While secretly despising his brother's unkind escape behavior, he went over to take the rag to help her wipe off the water stains, and at the same time flattered him: "Mom, don't be angry, I'm just in a hurry to make soy sauce for you. Where is the soy sauce pot?" ?”

Just in time, she heard the sound of water boiling in the frying pan behind her, she put down the rag, turned around and lifted the lid of the pot, and the hot and sour air rushed to her face immediately, and the white mist made the kitchen foggy. I can't see clearly.

Shun Ren was still muttering, Wen Yan quickly wiped his hands in the coarse cloth apron, and took out a large cyan plastic bottle from underneath, with half of the label still left on the bottle.She handed the bottle to Cui Xin'ai, and took the pot lid and shovel herself, "You are not needed here, go and make soy sauce! Remember, if you go to the one at the end of Liuye Lane, tell the boss that you want something sweeter." kind!"

Cui Xinai held the bottle, looked at Shun Ren's busy back in the hazy oily smoke, frowned, but said nothing.

The old street where Cui’s family lives belongs to the scope of the village in the city, and most of the residents near the old street were relocated from the nearby villages, and they still retain the old habits in life—although there are supermarkets, grocery stores, etc. However, I am used to going to grain and oil stores when buying kitchen materials such as vegetable oil, salt, and soy sauce.

Of course, apart from the habit, the grain and oil stores here are all time-honored, cheaper than supermarkets in terms of price, with sufficient portions and more flavor.

"Hello boss, I want a pot of sweet soy sauce, fill it up."

"Sweet sauce? Oh, sweet sauce, oh... wait."

The innermost right turn of the old street is Liuye Lane, which is only the distance of Baibu Road, but the scenes of the two streets are completely different.The houses in this alley are almost all mud and tile houses, and the road surface is still a cement road paved more than ten years ago. pay.

Looking at the deserted alleys and those half-closed shops, Cui Xinai suddenly thought of the vegetable market in Shangyun Village where Cui's family used to live.Compared with the quiet Liuye Lane, the vegetable market, which is bustling with people every day and filled with quarrels and bargaining, is naturally more lively, but the depression behind them is the same.

The smell of soy sauce in the air was getting stronger and stronger, and soon the smell of rancidity floating in the alley was overwhelmed. Cui Xinai was about to turn around and praise a few good words, but she caught a glimpse of a familiar figure with her sharp eyes, and was about to find out. The boss has come out.

"All right, kid, all right."

The owner of the grain and oil store is an old woman who is nearly eighty years old. Her hair and teeth have almost fallen out.Cui Xin'ai saw her coming with a bottle full of soy sauce, and couldn't help feeling a little frightened, so she hurried forward to take it.

When she paid the money and remembered what happened just now, was there anyone else in the alley?She guessed that she was wrong and let go of it.

The way home is not far away, but on this short road today, we met Lonely Miner, Yin Yaliying and Yazhenying successively.The homes of the three of them are actually in the same direction, but Cui's house is in the middle of the old street leading inward from the avenue, Lonely Min'er's house is on the fruit road next to the old street entrance, and Yin's house is at the next alley.The chances of meeting each other when going out are so great that we can see each other every time, but we rarely meet together.

"Are you here to look for me?" Cui Xinai asked casually and moved in front of Ya Zhenying.Although the little guy doesn't have much flesh, and he likes to keep a straight face all day long, but he can't stand his good looks, and people can't help but want to tease him when they see him. "Do you want to love sister Xin?"

Ya Zhenying stared at Cui Xin'ai for a long time, and turned her face away in silence.

Yin Ya Liying was taken aback, she hurriedly explained something but was stopped by Cui Xinai immediately. "Zhenying, Zhenying, sister Xinai has to go to school and can't go to see you every day, but my sister made a lot of toys for Zhenying. Do you want to see it? My sister made it specially for Zhenying. "

"Sister Xinai has made those things for a long time, and they are only for Zhenying. Does Zhenying really not want them?"

"Sister Xinai hopes that Zhenying can get well soon, and even folded the paper cranes for Zhenying! If Zhenying is willing to ask for them and hang them all over the room, sister Xinai will be very happy every day, and then every day Bake something fun for Jinying, okay?"

There was obvious flattery in Ruan Ruan's words, Ya Zhenying moved and resisted not looking back, but after waiting for a while, there was no sound, so she couldn't help turning her head, but happened to meet the smiling face of Cui Xinai who came over.He looked back in surprise and then moved forward, staring straight at Cui Xin'ai, with obvious anger and displeasure flashing in his big dark eyes.

That childish appearance made Cui Xin feel a little pity from the bottom of her heart. She reached out and stroked Fuya Zhenying's hair and said, "Does Ya Zhenying really not want sister Xinai? But sister Xinai wants to miss Ya Zhenying so much." Hey, hey, let my sister hug me, okay?"

In exchange for Ya Zhenying with the soy sauce in her hand, Cui Xinai rubbed her small body contentedly.Ya Zhenying didn't have much of the milky scent that should belong to a child. Taking a deep breath, her nasal cavity was full of bitter medicinal smell. "Zhenying ~ Zhenying ~ Zhenying, hahaha, Zhenying, I miss you so much. My sister scared me when I saw you lying motionless in the hospital. Don't be so bad in the future. Do you know! If Zhenying is fine, let Ya Liying bring you to my house to play, okay? My sister’s mother is very hard, and my sister has to help her mother with work every day after school. There is not much time. If Zhenying is willing to come and play If so, sister can see Zhenying every day!"

"You can't lift it, so change this." After explaining in a simple sentence, Lonely Min'er exchanged her bag with the soy sauce in Yin Yaliying's hand.Compared with Lonely Min'er who has been exercising all year round, Yin Ya Liying is really frail. She only walked a few steps with soy sauce and changed hands twice.

Carrying a few homework books and a small bottle of pickles is much easier than a large bottle of soy sauce. Yin Ya Liying thanked her with a smile and saw Cui Xinai in front of her nagging and teasing Ya Zhenying. , and Ya Zhenying not only did not resist Cui Xin'ai like she resisted others, but also rubbed the other's palm intimately.Her eyes flushed instantly.

Ya Zhenying's hospitalization this time can be said to have almost emptied the entire Yin family. However, although his body gradually improved after treatment and medicine, his heart became more and more resistant to the outside world.He can't stay in the crowd for a long time, and he will lose consciousness if it is serious, but if he is at home, he will maintain a posture all day long, as if he doesn't feel hungry, thirsty or tired; he often doesn't speak for a few days. In a daze -- if it wasn't for Ya Zhenying's eyeballs to roll and her mouth to chew, she would really be a puppet!

"That's great..." Yin Yaliying held back her sobs and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, with a look of joy and sadness on her face--such complex emotions appearing on such an immature face, it looks so weird but even more impressive feel sad.

Obviously, he's only 13 years old, isn't he...

"Zhenying likes Xinai very much! I took him for a walk just now, and he didn't want to go halfway through the walk, but I said I came to play with sister Xinai, and he immediately became happy."

Cui Xinai held Ya Zhenying in her arms, but she couldn't help but increase the speed of reciting Buddhist scriptures in her heart.This may be just a way to treat the symptoms but not the root cause, but she hopes that the ability can support Ya Zhenying until she finds a way to treat Ya Zhenying.