Eternal Burning

You look like this yourself. Do you still have a dog? Father frowned and said with a stern face, do you have the courage to work and take care of pets?

I thought that the calm on the face could be maintained at least until the second half of the birthday banquet, before I told them about Shang Muxiao.

It turns out that I underestimated my parents too much.

They are really good at how to mess up the atmosphere.

Chapter 73 Take You Home For Dinner

It's very difficult to ask someone my parents' age to change their minds and the way they speak. I could argue with them, too, but in the end it just turned into a tiring quarrel that didn't make any sense.

So I fell silent and said no more.

My father seemed to want to say something, but my aunt pulled me into the kitchen first.

I'll talk about it later, go see your mother first, she's been busy all afternoon and knows you'll be back to cook a lot of dishes.

On the dinner table, as my aunt said, there were a lot of cooked dishes, steamed, fried and stewed, which looked quite rich.

The kitchen was overflowing with soot, and the cooker hood still felt choking when turned on at full capacity. My mother was wearing an apron and was pouring a basket of washed green leafy vegetables into the frying pan. The water and oil come into contact, causing a violent explosion, making the kitchen even louder.

Manjuan, look who is here! The aunt said loudly.

Mother heard the sound, turned her head and saw that it was me. She turned the fire on the stove down, wiped the apron with her palm twice, and looked me up and down carefully.

mom. I stood straight in front of her and let her look.

Her eyes were mostly on my legs, and a few times she seemed to want to touch the black exoskeleton, raising her hands and dropping them halfway through.

It must be... I haven't seen you stand up in 12 or 3 years.

Well, almost thirteen years.

She pointed to the crutch I was holding in my right hand and asked: Do you want to keep leaning on this?

No, this crutch is mainly to allow me to get used to standing more quickly. In another ten or twenty days, I will be able to get off the crutches completely. I lowered my head and tightened my grip, said.

She nodded, oh, turned around, turned the fire up, and continued cooking.

There are still two dishes left, you should prepare the tableware first, and the meal will be ready when Luo Yu arrives.

My aunt took out a pair of chopsticks from the chopstick rest and handed it to me: I have just taken out the bowl and spoon, you can put it on first.

As soon as I came out of the kitchen, my aunt pulled the sliding glass door, and I could only hear Yixing's voice slipping out of the gap.

Children have their own children's blessings, I also think about it now...

Father is sitting on the rocking chair on the balcony, holding his big tea jar, watching the news on his cell phone. There were noisy cartoons on the TV, but Bei Yan didn't have the heart to watch it anymore, all his attention was on Egg Huáng, he hugged and kissed it, and occasionally whispered a few words in a whisper.

This is obviously an ordinary family, I don't know what the problem is, making my heart so difficult.

I once told Shang Muxiao that resentment doesn't matter, it's okay to not reconcile, and this sentence may apply to me now. There are many things that are destined to be regrets, too entangled, and become a disease in my heart after a long time. It is better to look at it and do what it is, and the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge.

A pair of bowls and chopsticks were set up, and my aunt came out of the kitchen with the dishes.

Luo Yu was temporarily working overtime at the company today, saying that he would be able to leave at five o'clock. She glanced at the clock on the wall and said, brother, Xiaoyan, come over and sit down first, and wait while you eat.

Father stood up with the tea jug in his hand, passed by the TV, saw Beiyan still teasing the dog, and scolded with cross eyes, I didn't hear your aunt talking, why don't you wash your hands and eat? All eleven years old, can you understand something?

Bei Yan's face collapsed, he quickly put the dog aside, jumped off the sofa and ran into the bathroom quickly.

Staring at the closed bathroom door, I lost my appetite before I even touched the food.

Brother, Xiaoyan is also grown up, don't always scold him in front of everyone, it will hurt his self-esteem. My aunt couldn't stand it any longer and spoke out for Bei Yan.

The father muttered: they are all from their own family, and there are no outsiders.

Aunt shook her head and poured drinks for everyone. After a while, mother also came out with a big pot of jī soup in her hand.

Drink the soup first, it won't taste good when it's cold. Carefully placed the soup in the center, then she took off her apron and threw it aside.

Staying with my parents, whether it's eating or doing other things, always feels like a string in my heart that is stretched to the extreme, so that I have to think twice about every word and deed, for fear that the string will break at some point. .

Beiyan came out of the bathroom and sat directly beside me.

How do you wash your hands and your clothes get wet? Mother frowned at the water marks on his sleeves.

Bei Yan just picked up the spoon and put it down again, murmured: It got wet accidentally.

My mother couldn't stand being sloppy since she was a child, and being neat and tidy is a person's upbringing for her. Wearing dirty clothes, no matter how high the education level is, in her eyes, it is still uneducated.

Just roll it up, it's hot now, it'll be gone in a while

. Speaking of which, I rolled up the sleeves for Beiyan, and rolled up the water marks on the cuffs so that they would not be exposed.