"Dad, how did you get over there?"
Lin Yue said hello while thinking quickly.
Lao Lin said: "Your mother went to the vegetable market to buy groceries. I was bored staying there alone, so I wanted to come down and pick you up. It happened that your Uncle Wang was going to install fuses in the power distribution room, so he asked me to come over and help."
"oh."
This is normal. Everyone in the community knows that Lao Lin worked as an electrician for several years when he was young. When someone ran a line, fixed a light, etc., when the property manager was not around, he would come to the house and call his father for help.
"Uncle Wang, happy New Year."
"Hey, happy New Year, happy New Year." The little old man, who was only about 1.5 meters tall, greeted with a smile.
Lin Yue always felt that the property company asked Lao Wangtou to see that there might be some kind of relationship behind the scenes. What could a little old man who was about 1.5 meters tall do? Not to mention scaring people, even pets with a little bit of strength can't be frightened.
It's a county circle, a human society, this is normal.
"By the way, didn't you say you would go home with Su Han to celebrate the New Year? Where are you?" Lao Lin asked the key point.
Why does my wife still go to the vegetable market in her thirties? Just because I knew my son would bring his girlfriend home to celebrate the New Year, I felt that the ingredients at home for the New Year’s Eve dinner were not good enough and not high-end enough. I always wanted to go to the vegetable market to see if it was of high quality and had regional characteristics. Ingredients, so as not to make girls from big cities feel that they are not hospitable enough and be left out.
Lin Yue lowered his head and glanced at the co-pilot: "Did you hear what my dad said? It can take me a long time to straighten my clothes."
The girl pursed her lips and said three times in her mind, "I'll take care of myself as I come." After that, she opened the car door and got out of the passenger seat. She looked at the middle-aged man with a kind face opposite and called out respectfully, "Hello, uncle." "
Lao Lin was stunned for a moment when he saw her. His son had sent them photos of his girlfriend, and his wife said she was quite beautiful. She was just a little bit worse than those female anchors on Douyin who have tens of millions of fans. Now that they saw her , he found that the situation was reversed. Su Han looked much better in person than in the photos.
Old Wangtou heard from Old Lin that Lin Yue was going to bring his girlfriend home for the New Year, but he never thought that he would bring such a beautiful girlfriend home for the New Year. As the saying goes, one white face covers all ugliness. The girl opposite not only has white skin, but also has a pretty face. Like the host on the TV.
"Hey, hey, okay, okay." Old Lin grinned from ear to ear: "You must be tired after sitting in the car for seven or eight hours. Come upstairs quickly. It's warm at home. There's a heater at home."
The old man remembered that Lin Yue said that Jianghai City belongs to the south and has no heating.
Su Han hurriedly said that he was not tired.
At this time, Lin Yue had already walked over, opened the trunk, and took out the prepared gifts.
"Dad, take this, you should be able to carry it up in one go."
He handed over Maotai liquor, two cigarettes of Chinese cigarettes, and tea from Zhengshantang. He was carrying heavy items like Jinhua ham, salted salted duck, and drunken crab. Su Han was not idle and helped to share some.
Lao Wangtou looked at it with greed, and joked to Lao Lin from behind: "Look at these things, I want to go to your house for this year's New Year's Eve dinner."
"Okay, I'm waiting for you."
"Forget it, I'm afraid Yunxiu will kick me out, which will be unlucky during the New Year."
"How dare you say that when she goes out."
"That is."
Lao Lin and Lao Wang were chattering behind them. Su Han and Lin Yue entered the unit building. Seeing her inquiring eyes, they smiled and explained: "Zhang Yunxiu is my mother's name."
"oh."
"Don't listen to me. My mother is very easy to get along with."
She nodded and said "Yeah".
Arriving on the third floor, Lao Lin used the key to open the door to the west door. While taking the ingredients and putting them into the kitchen, he invited Su Han to sit on the sofa.
Lin Yue motioned for her to take off her coat and hang it on a hanger. She took the opportunity to look at her surroundings.
A multi-story building built in the 2000s, with two bedrooms and one living room. Although it is a bit old, the layout is quite good, with transparency from north to south and a fully bright design.
"Sit, sit, treat this place as your own home, don't let anyone outside."
Lao Lin came out of the kitchen and saw her still standing there, and greeted her warmly.
"Hey." She agreed and sat down in the middle of the three-person sofa.
"Lin Yue, quickly pour tea for Su Han. There is hot water in the water dispenser."
"Dad, you are too enthusiastic. She is not a guest, she is your future daughter-in-law."
Su Han rubbed his hands between his legs and blushed.
Before Lao Lin could say anything, the door opened, and a middle-aged woman with a mole between her eyebrows and a pair of gold earrings walked in carrying two bags of ingredients: "As the saying goes, as long as you haven't walked in, you are a guest."
"Mom, you came back just in time."
Lin Yue quickly took what was in her hand.
"Where's Su Han?"
The old lady was not very interested in the son she had not seen for a year, so she asked where her future daughter-in-law was when she entered the house.
At this moment, the girl who had just settled down on the sofa suddenly stood up.
"Auntie, I'm here."
"No wonder Old Wang has such a sore head. This person is much prettier in real life than in the photos. You said that our Su Han looks like this. When the beauty is turned on and the lights are turned on, it can't be compared to the female anchors on Douyin and Kuaishou. Come on down." Zhang Yunxiu walked over and looked left and right. She was satisfied, which embarrassed the girl.
"Okay, my feelings will be a supporting role."
Lin Yue was speechless. This old lady had just become her Su Han after meeting her. Besides, she had watched too many Douyin Kuaishou, female anchors who opened their mouths and kept silent. The market was sinking a bit.
"Just go if you are told to go, you are so poor. By the way, there is a box of strawberries in it. You wash it and give it to Su Han to eat. Also, ask your dad to take out the beef I braised the day before yesterday. Your aunt's birthday I brought you two pieces of bacon, remember to soak them in water, and the toon sprouts in the freezer, also put them in cold water to melt them."
"Yes, she is my mother."
Lin Yue complained and walked into the kitchen under Zhang Yunxiu's threatening gaze.
The father and son were busy for a while, thawing the dishes that needed to be prepared for the evening, marinating the dishes that needed to be marinated, and cleaning the dishes that needed to be cooked. After finishing everything, they returned to the living room. Over there, Zhang Yunxiu had already checked the household registration for more than ten minutes. How many people are there, what does dad do, what does mom do, are there any brothers and sisters, are grandma and grandpa alive...
To be honest, Lin Yue sympathized with Su Han, but there was nothing he could do about it. This was the procedure that ordinary families should have to deal with this kind of thing.
"Lin Yue, you are a good cook. Just the few times you cut tofu, you are much better than Hong Laosan at the gate of the community." Old Lin chatted with his son while taking off his apron. Although he thought Zhang Yunxiu's cooking was unpalatable, as long as people At home, if there is no work at hand, he will inevitably take over the kitchen work. However, Lin Yue did not inherit this advantage from him. He has not been in the kitchen a few times since he was a child. When he was in school, he would rather use boiling water to make instant noodles. He was willing to open fire and cook, but the skill he showed just now really impressed him. He felt that he was better than the chefs in the home-cooked restaurants along the street in the community.
Lin Yue joked: "Oh, I met a chef friend in Jianghai City. Customers said that it was a pleasure to watch him cook. I felt that both cooking and knife skills were very good, so I asked him to teach me. It took me a while.”
In sword skills, you can only teach the know-how, and long-term practice is the key.
Lao Lin often cooks, so he naturally understands this truth, but when his son said this, he could only choose to believe it, because Lin Yue had no need to lie, and talent does exist regardless of whether you admit it or not.
"By the way, when did you learn to drive?"
"Last year, I signed up for a class last year and passed it once. The coach praised me for learning quickly."
Lao Lin asked again: "Your uncle Wang said that the car you drove back was not cheap. Where did it come from?"
More than 200,000 yuan is certainly not a small number for an old worker living in a small county.
Lin Yue wanted to say that it was rented, but suddenly he thought of the Maotai liquor, Zhengsantang black tea, and the king crab that the old man had never seen before. If he said it was rented, he would definitely be charged to death. To save face and suffer the consequences.
"That car was lent to me by Su Han's father who knew I wanted to take her home."
The girl sitting diagonally across from him heard this explanation and cast a puzzled look at him.
