The last time Lu Mingfei saw his aunt was before she moved out. Now that she thinks about it carefully, it was almost more than half a year ago.
Auntie was the same as usual, no change.
Her hair was tied up as usual, she had a slightly fat figure, her round face was like a big round plate, her arms were thicker than Lu Mingfei's thighs, and she was wearing a red plaid scarf that she bought a few years ago. . .
The standard attire of a middle-aged Chinese woman is not as beautiful as the wedding photo on the bedroom wall.
This is also the aunt in Lu Mingfei's memory.
In half a year, for young people like Lu Mingze and Lu Mingfei, they finally experienced earth-shaking changes. Lu Mingfei could not be said to have a successful career, but he could be considered a respectable person. Lu Mingze also changed from a sarcastic little fat man. He became the reserve male star of Shilan Middle School.
But for middle-aged people like my uncle and aunt, half a year passed in the blink of an eye.
For middle-aged couples of their age, a stable life will not change because of small things, and it will be what it is.
The only thing that changed was probably her aunt's attitude towards Lu Mingfei.
"Oh, Mingfei, long time no see. How are you these days?" Auntie put the Sixi meatballs and pork belly on the dining table, then turned around and took out a few large packages from the cabinet, "Here, Eat sweets, melon seeds, oranges, etc. You can eat whatever you like."
The aunt enthusiastically grabbed a handful of melon seeds and stuffed them into Lu Mingfei's hand. Lu Mingfei didn't refuse. He took them and ate them: "It's been pretty good lately. Is everything okay at home?"
"Okay, everything is okay." Auntie smiled, "Your uncle has solved several big customers this year, and has received a lot of year-end bonuses this year. And Narusawa, his results this year are very good, and he also participated in that... …what match……"
"Math Olympiad." Lugucheng on the side prompted.
"Yes, Mathematical Olympiad!" Auntie's face smiled like a chrysanthemum blooming, "I won first place in that Mathematical Olympiad competition."
Auntie's enthusiasm is not without reason.
This is probably a common problem among middle-aged women all over the world. As long as their husbands and children have achieved something, they can't help but show it off to others and want the whole world to know about it.
As for Auntie, the person who should know about this most should be Lu Mingfei.
I don't know what the aunt's mentality was. Maybe she simply wanted Lu Mingfei to know the good news, or maybe she wanted to use this news to make Lu Mingze overpower Lu Mingfei.
In fact, Lu Mingfei doesn't care too much. After all, if he wants to, he can not only win the first place in the Mathematical Olympiad competition, but also the first place in the most powerful brain - the thinking ability of a mixed race is enough to crush ordinary people. genius.
Facts have proved that when a person can fly, he doesn't care how fast others run.
But then again, with Lu Mingze's ability, he was able to win first place in the Olympiad. Although I don't know whether it was the Provincial Olympics or the National Olympics, this achievement is worthy of recognition.
At this time, Lu Mingze came over with stewed pig's trotters and sweet and sour pork ribs, just in time to catch up with his aunt talking about this.
Lu Mingfei smiled and gave Lu Mingze a thumbs up.
Lu Mingze scratched his hair, changed the subject and said, "Mom, the food is almost ready, let's make the dumplings."
Huicheng's custom of eating dumplings on the New Year's Eve has spread to the north.
Auntie slapped her thigh: "Oh, I was busy chatting with Mingfei. Wait, I'm going to make the dumplings."
Auntie hurried back to the kitchen. As soon as she left, the three men in the room breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Gucheng comforted Lu Mingfei and said, "Don't take your aunt's words to heart."
In fact, Lu Mingfei didn't think much about it.
He probably understood his aunt's purpose, which was to use Lu Mingze's excellence to set off Lu Mingfei's incompetence. If it were the previous Lu Mingfei, he would probably feel inferior because of these two sentences, but now Lu Mingfei Don't just ignore it.
A person's position determines a person's thoughts. As the saying goes: if you throw a stone into a group of dogs, the one that is hit will most likely bark.
Lu Mingfei was not hit, so why should he be angry about it?
Moreover, Lu Mingze and Lu Mingfei now have a good relationship. Lu Mingze has achieved something, and in a sense, Lu Mingfei also owes part of it.
So Lu Mingfei only felt happy.
As for what his aunt said, he didn't care.
This is probably all the fun that my aunt has in her life.
"Lu Mingze, come here and help!" Auntie's loud voice rang out again. Lu Mingze looked bitter and ran to the kitchen.
Since Lu Mingfei moved out, all these chores have fallen on Lu Mingze. For the first time, Lu Mingze experienced what "Lu Mingfei's" treatment is, which also contributed to his affection for Lu Mingfei. important part of change.
Lu Gucheng and Lu Mingfei were sitting at the dining table, chatting for a while, but Lu Gucheng's eyes always glanced towards the bedroom unconsciously.
Lu Gucheng usually didn't have any hobbies, he just liked tinkering with things like mobile phones and watches. Lu Mingfei brought him a Montblanc. This middle-aged man was probably completely focused on it, and he was even absent-minded in chatting.
Lu Mingfei made an excuse that he wanted to see the bedroom. Lu Gucheng nodded quickly, and as soon as Lu Mingfei entered the bedroom, he rushed to the master bedroom.
Lu Mingfei watched his uncle enter the master bedroom through the crack in the door. He snickered and shook his head, then turned his head and looked at the environment in the room.
The layout is no different from before, with a cramped space and a tall desk, and a familiar computer placed on the desk.
What Lu Mingfei didn't expect was that Lu Mingze's bed was still the same bunk bed. The top bunk was neatly covered with bedding, which was exactly the one Lu Mingfei slept on before moving out.
When Lu Mingfei moved out, he took nothing except his own clothes. When he arrived at the apartment, he bought new ones. Unexpectedly, his aunt didn't remove the bed at home for him.
Lu Mingfei felt warm in his heart.
In fact, he didn't hate his aunt that much. One thing he figured out after moving out was that without his aunt, he would have probably starved to death.
He was fostered by his uncle and aunt when he was very young. Lu Mingze was still a little kid at that time. His uncle worked overtime day and night for milk powder money. In the end, the family relied on the money from Lu Mingfei's parents. Get through it.
But at that time, if there were no uncles, aunts and Lu Mingze, and only Lu Mingfei himself, a little kid of about ten years old, what could the money sent by his parents do?
Rent, tuition, daily life...
After such careful calculation, there was not much money left from Lu Mingfei's parents.
And Lu Mingfei could only grow up like an orphan.
If you think about it this way, it's actually quite scary.
After thinking about this, Lu Mingfei was no longer so repelled by his aunt's rejection. Of course, he didn't have much of a favorable impression, at most he was out of sight and out of mind.
Sometimes Lu Mingfei felt that his uncle was right.
The person who understands my aunt the most in the world is my uncle. The uncle said that this woman is aggressive and greedy for money, has high self-esteem and low self-esteem, but she is just an ordinary housewife with a soft heart.
Lu Mingfei sat at the desk and looked at the computer in front of him. The feeling was quite similar to those summer nights before the year before last year. He had no money in his pocket and had nothing to do. He pointed at the old computer to kill time.
But Lu Mingze always dominated the computer, and Lu Mingfei sat next to him and waited. It wasn't until Lu Mingze chatted with the girls on Penguin that they went to take a shower, then Lu Mingfei could touch the keyboard and play a few games of "StarCraft" 》.
And that kind of life has been two years since now.
Now think about it, if he hadn't accidentally bumped into Gu Bei hunting his slain servant, if he hadn't gone to Gu Bei to question him, if...
Then I am probably still like two years ago, squatting aside and waiting for Lu Mingze to free up the computer, and then play two games of "StarCraft" with Old Tang.
It's so unpredictable.
Lu Mingfei opened the desk drawer and found a pair of headphones, put it on his head, turned on the computer and played it randomly. The first song that came on was "Fool's Wharf" by Xiong Tianping:
"Where are you drifting/Who are you staying with/My world and dreams need you to save/I can't look back."
The lyrics rolled back and forth in his mind, and Lu Mingfei hummed them subconsciously. After just two sentences, he felt something was wrong. When he turned his head, he saw Lu Mingze standing at the door, suppressing a smile.
"Pfft...ahem, it's time to eat." Lu Mingze still held back his laughter in the end, greeted Lu Mingfei and disappeared from the door.
Lu Mingfei felt awkward for a long time, then turned off the music and left the bedroom.
At the dining table, everyone has already taken their seats.
The uncle sat in the main seat, the aunt sat on the uncle's side, and Lu Mingze sat on the aunt's side. The vacant seat was between the uncle and Lu Mingze.
Lu Mingfei stepped forward and took a seat.
The family has a meal.
In front of his aunt, the uncle finally put his thoughts back from the Montblanc in the small vault. While eating, he talked about his affairs in the company. It wasn't anything serious, just some interesting gossip, but the aunt liked to hear it. While interjecting into the discussion, Lu Mingze would occasionally say a few words, while Lu Mingfei was listening and eating.
Dumplings are his favorite three-fresh food stuffing, and his aunt's craftsmanship is unparalleled. Many of the three-fresh food dumplings Lu Mingfei eats in restaurants are not as delicious as those made by his aunt.
The elbows are tender and tasty, the ribs melt in your mouth, the meat is chewy and chewy, and the meatballs are fragrant.
Lu Mingfei had always felt that his aunt's skills were more than enough to serve as a chef in a big hotel.
As we were eating and chatting, the topic unknowingly turned to the news during this period. Lu Mingze remembered the news about Japan being flooded and said a few words. Then his aunt remembered: "I heard that Ming Fei was not mentioned some time ago. Are you traveling to Japan?"
Lu Mingfei nodded: "Yes, my classmates from the literary club went together."
"It's okay, it's okay," my aunt patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, you came back early. If there was a tsunami, it would be really bad luck."
Lu Gucheng smiled and said, "We are obviously not blessed with great fortune. God will wait for him to come back before sending a message. Everything will be fine."
Lu Mingfei's eyes twitched: Can I say that I was in Tokyo when the tsunami hit?
The aunt didn't answer, but instead said: "A lot of people will die in this scene, right?"
Lu Gucheng shook his head: "They are all Japanese. If they die, they will die."
Lu Mingfei raised his eyebrows: I didn't expect that my uncle was still an angry young man.
Before Lu Mingfei could finish his emotion, Lu Gucheng spoke again: "I heard that some time ago these devils planned to discharge sewage into the Pacific Ocean. This wave is not a natural disaster, it is retribution."
Lu Mingfei: Oh, the co-author Bai Wang was awakened by a box of sewage. If Herzog had known that this thing worked, would he have poured it into the sea with all his strength?
Later, the White King can be awakened by the sewage in the box. Then the White King's name should not be Heras, but Godzilla.
Of course, the above are just thoughts. As a person who has experienced it personally, Lu Mingfei is very clear about the causes and consequences of the tsunami.
But in the eyes of uninformed people, it would not be wrong to regard it as retribution.
So the family began to criticize a country that polluted the environment, and then extended the relationship between countries, the real person behind the random drainage incident, and so on.
After the emotions were vented, the topic returned to daily life. Auntie looked at Lu Mingfei: "How does it feel like Mingfei living outside? Are you still used to it?"
"It's okay, pretty good."
Lu Mingfei's answer was ambiguous.
He can't say that he doesn't live alone, can he?
Auntie didn't have any reaction to Lu Mingfei's words. She just said to herself: "This person lives alone, which is the best way to train people's independence. Auntie, I am thinking about letting Mingze go out to exercise. This person What are the difficulties in life? Tell my aunt about it and let her refer to it."
Hearing this, Lu Mingfei looked at Lu Mingze: "You want to go out and live?"
Lu Mingze was chewing ribs and nodded when he heard Lu Mingfei's words.
Lu Mingfei didn't understand, Lu Mingze probably saw
After living out by myself, I have more freedom than at home, so I also want to live out.
You know, when Lu Mingze was a little fat boy, he was strictly controlled by his aunt. Apart from studying and extracurricular interest classes, he basically had no time for anything else. He lived like a machine. Probably in Lu Mingze's eyesight, just move out. It's like a ticket to freedom.
I just don’t know how he convinced his aunt, but she was actually seriously considering this matter.
Lu Mingfei felt a little weird, but he didn't say anything more and started to talk to his aunt one by one about the problems of living alone.
Time passed like this little by little, the family had enough to eat and drink, the guests and hosts had a great time, Lu Mingfei did not go home, but stayed over.
Still sleeping in the same room as Lu Mingze, with bunk beds.
Lying on the bed, looking at the ceiling close at hand, Lu Mingze didn't know who he was chatting with, and the keyboard made a crackling sound.
Lu Mingfei felt very relaxed, then turned over and looked into a pair of big eyes in the dark.
"Minato!"
Lu Mingfei was startled, and after taking a closer look, he realized that it was Lu Mingze who had come to the window at some point: "What are you doing?"
"Don't sleep yet, I'll get you something."
After Lu Mingze finished speaking, he got under the bed. Lu Mingfei watched him fumble under the bed and took out a package.
"what is this?"
Lu Mingfei took the package from Lu Mingze and asked puzzledly.
"What was sent to you seems to be an admission notice from a foreign school." Lu Mingze patted the dust on his hand, "I got it back from the courier a few days ago. I have been hiding it since I got it back. I didn't dare to let it go." Mom saw it."
If her aunt saw that Lu Mingfei had received an admission notice from a foreign school, it would be a huge disaster.
Lu Mingfei smiled knowingly, but at the same time he was a little puzzled. He didn't seem to have sent an application for admission to any foreign school... Wait a minute!
An idea flashed in Lu Mingfei's mind, he took out his cell phone, turned on the flashlight, and looked at the shipping address.
Chicago, IL, USA…Cassell College! ?
