The meal lasted until after nine o'clock in the evening, and everyone was drunk.Especially Song Daozhen——Tao Mu has known the old man for so many years, and he has never seen him drink more than two taels.I was also drunk today.When he was helped to lie down in the main room by everyone, he was still muttering something.Tao Mu heard the old man say "Xiao Wen'er" in a daze.

Dean Tao took off Mr. Song's clothes and shoes, helped him to lie on his side, and mixed warm water to wipe his face and hands.After everything was tidied up, he took the dirty clothes that old man Song had taken off, and dragged Tao Mu out of the main room.

The moonlight is like water, and the cool breeze is refreshing.The moonlight poured down from the old pagoda tree, like a thin layer of gauze, covering the quiet courtyard.The drunk people found their own rooms to lie down and sleep.

Dean Tao put the clothes that Mr. Song had taken off into a lacquered enamel washbasin and put it under the faucet.While washing, he said: "The little Wen'er that old man Song is talking about is his son who died early. His name is Song Yunwen. He never talks about the past. He is drunk today, probably because of the scene."

Tao Mu's heart softened, and he couldn't help asking: "The old man has not thought about starting a new family for so many years?"

Dean Tao was silent for a while, and the movements of his hands followed suit.After a long time, he said lightly: "No. Probably because the previous incident hurt too deeply. He always talked about it, saying that the fortune teller said that he was a lonely star, that he suppressed his wife and children, and said that if he married a wife To have a child is to harm others and yourself, and you should be alone forever."

"Can you take what a fortune teller says to be true?" Tao Mu relived his life, and he didn't believe in fate the most.Hearing these words, I was very disapproving: "I live my own life, I don't believe in fate. From now on, I will be the grandson of the old man, and I will accompany him for the rest of my life and provide for him until the end of his life."

After a pause, Tao Mu said to Dean Tao again: "Dean, you are my grandma in my heart. I will also take care of you in the future."

Tao Mu said these words from the bottom of his heart.Unexpectedly, Dean Tao suddenly became angry, glared at him, and reprimanded him in a low voice, "What nonsense are you talking about!"

Tao Mu was taken aback, watching Dean Tao holding the enamel washbasin and walking to the grape arbor to dry his clothes.The moonlight shone on half of her face like a filter, and Dean Tao's outline flickered under the moonlight, and there was a mixture of sadness and joy.

Tao Mu foolishly scratched his hair, his normally fast brain became more and more sluggish under the erosion of alcohol.Still can't figure out why Dean Tao lost his temper at him.

Unable to figure it out, Tao Mu went straight into the west ear room——the Song family's courtyard is an old-fashioned three-entry courtyard.The seat at the front was reversed, which was changed by Song Daozhen to open Songji restaurant.Further inside is the main courtyard. Old man Song lives in the main room by himself, and the side rooms on both sides are locked with big copper locks, and no one is usually allowed to enter.Further behind is the back room, which used to be used by two waiters from the restaurant.Later, the two guys got married and started a business, and both moved out.Old man Song used the back room as a storage utility room.

In the empty courtyard, Tao Mu has a room of his own, which is the west ear room.The inside has been redecorated according to Tao Mu's preferences, air-conditioning, TV and computer are all available, and even the thickness of the bed is Tao Mu's favorite.The quilt has been dried every day, and it still smells like the sun.Tao Mu felt drowsy as soon as he went up, and fell asleep after a while.

Then he dazedly dreamed about his own childhood——

When Tao Mu was five years old, he broke into Song Ji's back kitchen, hugged old man Song's leg and raised his head and called him grandpa.He has a good appearance, a sweet mouth, and a small person, begging old man Song in a childlike voice to let him do odd jobs in Song Ji for a meal.He said that the rice in the orphanage is not delicious, but Song Ji's rice smells delicious across the street: "Grandpa, you cook so deliciously, you must have the skills. I want to learn from you. I will work for you, but I don't want it." Money, just give me a bite to eat."

What can a five-year-old child do?Old man Song has a lonely personality, and he is usually the most impatient with the yelling and swarming brats in the alley.But Tao Mu made a small ball, soft and white. When he hugged Old Man Song's thigh, Old Man Song could clearly feel that the child's body temperature was higher than that of an adult.He looked down at Tao Mu, Tao Mu's dark eyes were full of him.

Old man Song's heart softened all of a sudden.He thought of his son.When he was sent to the lower levels, his wife couldn't bear it, so she left the old man and her children and remarried.His son has been wandering the streets since he was a child, hungry and full every day, probably just like Tao Mu.If someone was willing to stretch out his hand to control his son at that time, maybe his son would not learn bad things, and would not be shot during the crackdown.

Tao Mu just stayed in Song Ji.He is too young to do heavy work.Just in the back kitchen to help with the dishes and vegetables.Old man Song taught Tao Mu how to cook in his free time, from peeling and shredding potatoes to carving and thickening spoons.Tao Mu has studied with old man Song for seven or eight years.Practicing in winter and summer and practicing in summer, layers of calluses were worn out on the hands, and scars were left on the fingers. I have never complained of suffering or tiredness.

Old man Song then regarded Tao Mu as a closed disciple.In the era when Song Laotou was learning to cook, the emphasis was on being a teacher for one day and being a father for life.When the master recognizes his apprentice, he not only has to teach the apprentice skills, but also has to worry about the future for the apprentice, and even has to intervene in major marriage matters.There is nothing worse than father and son.

Old man Song also changed the west side of the main house, which was originally a study, to Tao Mu.It is convenient for Tao Mu to finish his homework and practice the basic knife skills every night, and go to sleep directly.No need to go back to the orphanage.Tao Mu lived in a courtyard house from the age of six until he went to junior high school at the age of 12.Some people began to make fun of Tao Mu for always having the oily smell of green onion, ginger and garlic on his body, which was very unfashionable.

There were too many people who laughed, and Tao Mu didn't want to be in Song Ji.Noisily went to work in a western food restaurant outside the alley.Because wearing a vest shirt looks more foreign than a coat shoe.Later, Tao Mu worked various "foreign style" odd jobs one after another.He is good-looking, sweet-talking, soliciting customers wherever he goes.So even if he is younger, everyone loves to use him.

Tao Mu went to school during the day and worked part-time at night, looking for a place with staff dormitories.After work, I just spend the night in the staff dormitory.He is a person with a particularly stubborn temper. Since he is not working in Songji, he will not touch the courtyard of the Song family.But he would still go to Songji every weekend, and take all kinds of western food and pastries from his part-time shop, which were delicious and fun, to see old man Song.

Every time old man Song saw him, he would scold him, despising him for being ignorant and not doing his job properly.So gradually, Tao Mu didn't even like Song Ji.After buying something, he threw it at Dean Tao and asked Dean Tao to forward it to him.

When it was the summer vacation of the third year of junior high school, Tao Mu went to work at night by accident.The staff dormitory in Ye Shi is a high-end apartment that Liu Yao bought as a package for investment.I am too lazy to rent out, so I simply let the employees live.The decoration is luxurious and the location is good, and there is a big floor-to-ceiling window in the living room.Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, I wish I could see most of Yanjing City.That was the best house Tao Mu had ever lived in since he was a child.And the people in the store are all very fashionable, whether it's a resident singer or a cowherd MB, each looks better than the other, and the other is richer than the other, and they wear famous brands.

These people are also good to Tao Mu.Knowing that Tao Mu is an orphan, he gave Tao Mu the brand-name clothes that he didn't like to wear out of date, taught Tao Mu to sing, taught Tao Mu to drink, taught Tao Mu to make up, and some even taught Tao Mu how to seduce rich women.But then he was beaten up by the boss when he found out.

But Nightshade has a bad reputation.Some people saw him working at night, and they would gossiping in front of old man Song when they turned around.Old man Song was angrily carrying a broomstick and making a fuss in the night.Tao Mu must be brought back.That day happened to be Tao Mu's birthday.Everyone in the night celebrates Tao Mu's birthday.The boss Liu Yao even opened a bottle of XO, most of which was drunk by Tao Mu.When old man Song came to find him, Tao Mu was already too drunk to be human.

Impatiently, he broke away from old man Song and told old man Song to go back where he came from, so as not to delay his making money.He also said that old man Song was nothing like him, and he had no right to control him.Tao Muyi is an orphan without parents, even his parents don't want him, no one cares what he likes to do.

That night old man Song slapped him severely, and walked away trembling.When he got home, he threw away the whole table of dishes that he had worked so hard for a day, and dumped them into the trash can together with Tao Mu's favorite birthday peach.

Tao Mu only found out afterwards.He had the cheek to apologize to old man Song.After talking a lot of good things, he finally coaxed old man Song well.Old man Song asked him to leave the night, but Tao Mu was not happy.The two quarreled again, and Tao Mu ran back into the night very unhappy.Go to apologize to Liu Yao again.Because old man Song almost smashed the night.

Tao Mu felt that the best for him in the night were the boss Liu Yao and his wife Meng Qi.In order to please everyone, Tao Mu always cooks for everyone.He was only fourteen or fifteen years old at that time, and because he was good-looking and could talk, he made more money selling wine than others.He sang on behalf of Brother Kevin, and he could charge seventy to eighty thousand yuan just for tips in one night. Standing at the bar to try out drinks for others, all the girls in the bar gathered around to see him.But sometimes bad things happen.For example, he was slapped wildly by drunken guests to vent his anger; he was forced to drink by throwing a wad of money in the face, and he was given 1000 yuan for a drink;

Later, Liu Yao put him in the back kitchen and asked him to help cook, and didn't let him go out.Tao Mu has worked part-time in Song Ji and Western restaurants, and can do everything.And customers especially recognize his craftsmanship, a bowl of egg fried rice Yaoge dare to sell for 78 yuan.But Tao Mu didn't like to stay in the back kitchen, so Liu Yao and Meng Qi coaxed him, willing to give him a share.A bowl of fried rice sells for 78, and he shares half of it.A bowl of wine rice balls sells for 66, and he gets [-] points.

Tao Mu's purse swelled up all of a sudden.But he learned from the people in the night to spend money lavishly and covet enjoyment, no matter how much money he earns, he can't keep it.And he also saved money to remodel the circuit of old man Song's courtyard.Replaced old man Song with a new LCD TV, refrigerator and air conditioner, and changed the toilet to a pump.Old man Song felt that he had two coins and made a fuss, so he fooled old man Song, saying that he would have to live in the house when he came back, and he didn't like to come back if the house was dilapidated.

Old man Song stopped talking.As a result, he never went back to live in the courtyard after it was remodeled.After all, the remodeling of a courtyard house is just such a big dilapidated courtyard, where there are high-end apartments where you can live comfortably.

Later in the night, he also met a few young models who often come to clubs.Those little models played well with him, so they encouraged him to become a model and dress those online merchants.Tao Mu looks good and is a natural hanger.You can wear your own style in whatever you wear.Those online merchants like to use him.It's a pity that Tao Mu went at the wrong time, he went in winter.In winter, in an unheated studio, people had to be shirtless to take pictures. After taking pictures for several hours, Tao Mu was so cold that he sneezed and had a fever when he returned home.The thousands of dollars I earned were all used to buy medicine.

When Meng Qi took care of him, he scolded him by the way, he would not enjoy the blessing if he was stupid.How nice it is to stay in the kitchen at night every day, and I can't cook a few dishes all night.Make so much money lightly and skillfully.It's not much better than going out in the winter to suffer from the cold.

At that time, Tao Mu was quite innocent, and Meng Qi and Liu Yao didn't hear that they were worried that the model circle would be too chaotic, and children would learn bad things if they didn't watch them.So I don't want him to get too involved with those models.

Tao Mu felt that being a model was really hard and not fun.So later those models called him again, and he stopped going.But Tao Mu became interested in taking pictures again.He went to the cameraman who took pictures of him and asked him to teach him to take pictures.After I finished my studies, I worked part-time in the cameraman's photo studio.The cameraman is quite well-known in the industry, and occasionally takes celebrity posters.He asked Tao Mu to be his assistant, and Tao Mu took advantage of the opportunity to get in touch with the film and television industry.

At that time, Tao Mu was in his third year of high school.He originally wanted to work directly after graduating from high school without going to college.Anyway, he felt that going to college might not earn as much as he does now.As a result, the photographer and the assistant of the advertising company suggested Tao Mu to apply for the film and television school.He also said that Tao Mu was so good-looking and so smart.As long as you read it from the class, you will definitely become a big star.

Tao Mu was fooled by these people to apply for the art test.Both Jing Ying and Yan Ying passed.In the end, he reported to Jingying in a flash of his brain - because old man Song didn't agree with him being an actor, he felt that it was very unreliable.Later, I inquired around and learned that after graduating from Beijing Film Academy, at worst, they can become drama actors, and they are also prepared to pay five social insurances and one housing fund.It's better than Yanying coming out and not being able to act in a TV series and having to change careers or go out of the way.

Tao Mu had a headache from arguing with old man Song, and finally saw old man Song finally relieved, and didn't bother to think whether Jing Ying was suitable for him.Immediately read Jingying.

Later, he went to H Town for a walk, as if after a lifetime, he returned to Yanjing.Recognized two fathers, recognized a grandfather.Then think of those old things back then, as if a layer of filter was added.I don't feel bitter at all.A heart that was always drifting like duckweed also fell to the ground steadily, like a big tree taking root.Slowly sprouting, wanton stretching.

The quiet moonlight quietly climbed into the west ear room through the window.

Tao Mu stretched his eyebrows in his sleep, and the corners of his lips curled up, like the last quarter moon hanging high in the sky.

A teardrop slipped quietly from the corner of the eye, and it was invisible on the pillow cover.

Tao Mu was sound asleep and dreaming.In the dream, there was Mr. Song, his father Yao and Xiao Qi, and Dean Tao...

They are all his relatives.

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