I called Zhao Yue to express my feelings, but he thought it was too expensive to eat out, so he asked me to go to his house to eat after get off work.
I originally wanted to go to Zhang Xi’s restaurant, but after hearing what he said, I couldn’t help but joke:
"How come you are so prudent when you become a father! Why don't you think I'll treat you two to dinner?"
Zhao Yue was not annoyed and said angrily: "You will understand when you become a father."
I was immediately speechless. The future to me is like the sky outside that is dyed red by the bright clouds at this moment. The fiery clouds are layered and look magnificent, but they are just the afterglow before dusk.
After get off work, I rode my motorcycle to Zhao Yue's house. The humid air swept over me with waves of coolness, taking away all my fatigue.
The community they lived in was even older than the one I lived in. Outside the community door was an old street full of people.
There is a row of small shops crowded downstairs in the old residential area, and there is also a row of small vendors selling cooked food and barbecue on the roadside, giving it a market-like atmosphere.
I have been in office buildings for a long time, and I am used to seeing white-collar beauties holding star daddy, stepping on high heels, and wearing ol' attire. I always thought that was my life, but this scene in front of me is the most real appearance in the world. .
I bought some pig's trotters, roast chicken, duck necks and fried peanuts from a small deli shop before going upstairs.
Zhao Yue and his family lived on the third floor. I knocked on the door, and Zhao Yue came over and opened the door for me, shirtless.
Lu Jingjing was cooking in the kitchen at this time. She tilted her body and rolled her eyes at me, "Hey, I've made progress now. I know I can't go home empty-handed!"
I smiled bitterly. I used to come to them to eat and drink every month at the end of the month. Thinking back to that ridiculous period in my twenties, although I was a little poorer, at least I was really happy.
I raised my eyebrows, raised the deli bag in my hand, and said with a smile, "I brought you your favorite duck neck!"
Lu Jingjing smiled brightly, "You have a conscience, but you also know that I like to eat duck necks!"
Zhao Yue squeezed past me and walked into the kitchen in a hurry, "I'll do it! You have a big belly, don't stand for too long."
Lu Jingjing curled her lips, "I'm only three months old now! Don't be so nervous!"
Zhao Yue smirked at her and said with an accommodating look: "Can I not be nervous! You are the most important person in our family now!"
Lu Jingjing snorted, but she couldn't help but reveal a faint smile.
My emotions were infected by them. Looking at them, I couldn't help but start to long for the future with Lin Feifei.
Zhao Yue carefully helped Lu Jingjing out, and then he took the cooked food from my hand and shook his hand at me, "Why don't you come in and cook with me?"
"Damn it! I'm a guest!"
I protested loudly, but Zhao Yue rolled his eyes in return, "Why didn't you say you were a guest when you had no food to eat before?"
"..."
Knowing that I was in the wrong, I silently and Zhao Yue went into the kitchen to work, so we two grown men started to circle around the stove in the kitchen.
After living in Beijing for so many years, in order to save money, we usually cook at home. The pressure of life has made our cooking skills better and better. Basically, if you name a home-cooked dish, we can make it.
"Why didn't Feifei come?" Zhao Yue asked while cooking.
"She celebrated a best friend's birthday tonight. Besides, we have to have space for each other! We can't be tied together every day."
"How does it feel to live together?"
"We just moved in together, now is the time to get romantically involved! Let's wait until the love period is over!"
Zhao Yue glanced at me and said with a smile: "Hey, this time we fall in love, we are much more sensible than when we were with Kuang Li before! At that time, you wanted to be with her every day."
When Kuang Li was mentioned, Lu Jingjing couldn't stand it any longer. She leaned against the door of the kitchen and cracked melon seeds while scolding Zhao Yue: "Can you leave the pot and not open the pot? That's all in the past."
Zhao Yue chuckled, "It's okay, in his heart, it's over long ago! Binzi
,Am I right? "
I smiled disapprovingly, "She is a thing of the past."
Lu Jingjing stared at me with a smile, "Are you really not curious at all about Kuang Li's current situation?"
I shook my head and said calmly: "The best exes should be as if they were dead and not disturb each other."
Lu Jingjing opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Zhao Yue, "Okay! It's time to eat! Today I want you to try my specialty dish."
Zhao Yue's specialty dish is braised pork ribs and beans in rolls. I couldn't help but take a bite. The ribs were delicious and the beans were soft.
I nodded with satisfaction, "Well...I'll take some of this dish away later! Feifei hasn't eaten it yet!"
Zhao Yue couldn't help but complain: "Fuck you! You are so shameless!"
"That's right, it's all for you!"
"What the hell!"
While Zhao Yue and I were hurting each other, Lu Jingjing had thoughtfully taken out two lunch boxes from the kitchen and packed some of the dish I turned over and another dish of tomato beef brisket.
Zhao Yue and I looked at each other, and I was sincerely happy for him to find such a virtuous wife.
I was deeply moved, but I refused to give up and said, "Pack more! Don't be polite to me!"
Zhao Yue rolled his eyes and said angrily: "You really don't treat yourself as an outsider!"
"That's right, don't eat too much this time and get some! Next time I want to eat your cooking, I don't know what year or month it will be."
I said it casually, but I didn't expect that the atmosphere fell into silence. There seemed to be something called melancholy in the air.
I suddenly felt that the pork ribs in my mouth no longer tasted good.
Lu Jingjing rolled her eyes at me, took the initiative to break the oppressive atmosphere, and said, "Tsk! You'd better tell me why you came to our house today?"
I put down my chopsticks, stared at the table, and murmured: "Actually, it's nothing. I talked about the house problem with Feifei yesterday. She thought that if you can't afford a house, you can rent a house. I felt a little uncomfortable, so I wanted to find a house. You guys have a chat."
Zhao Yue and Lu Jingjing looked at each other. Zhao Yue pondered for a moment, patted my shoulder and sighed:
"I understand how you feel! The reason why I want to return to my hometown in the county is because I don't want to rent a house with my wife and children." Kanshu La
He paused and looked around the old house. He seemed a little moved by the scene and sighed:
"Actually, we can tolerate renting a house, but we don't want our children to live in a rented house as soon as they are born. When we think about renting a house, it seems endless. Let the children grow up in a rented house. Think about how they may take their wives and children with them in the future. Moving, living a wandering life, running around..."
As Zhao Yue was talking, he suddenly choked up and couldn't speak anymore. He quickly lowered his head, not wanting Lu Jingjing to see it.
Lu Jingjing's eyes were also red, she put her hand on Zhao Yue's shoulder, patted it gently, and said softly:
"Don't put so much pressure on yourself. You're not the only one in this family, there's me too!"
Zhao Yue wiped his eyes quickly, forced a smile and said to the two of us: "I'm sorry, I'm a little bit out of character. I just feel that as a man, I feel quite ashamed that I have been married for so long and still rent a house with my wife and children. .”
