A table lamp, a table, a small bed, and a window, there are only a few simple things in the small room, and this is the room that belongs to Zhong Ting.

Zhong Ting sat in front of the desk, with a wide school uniform on her thigh, and her other hand was leaning on the desk dragging her cheeks, her beautiful eyes were full of sorrow, she had maintained this position for a long time since she returned home from school. She didn't even go to Zhong Dahai's stall to help today.

"What should I do..."

Zhong Ting didn't know how many times she had spit this sentence out of her mouth.

I saw her pick up the school uniform on her thigh, put it under her eyes and looked at it for a long time, when she saw the small handful of red marks on the school uniform, her brows suddenly tightened, and for a long time she hugged her head and lay on the desk with a crying voice, muttering to herself: "It's over now, make Lu Xiu's clothes like this, how can I return it..."

"Tingting, what are you doing in there?"

Xu Lixin's voice came into the room in a timely manner, making Zhong Ting, who was originally in a state of sorrow, suddenly clever, put away Lu Xiu's clothes and hid them under her, and shouted outside at the same time: "Oh, Mom, I'm fine, I'm doing my homework." ”

Zhong Ting realized that her movement just now was too big, no wonder Xu Lixin came to knock on the door.

"Do your homework?Hey, it's rare to see you doing your homework at home today, are you hungry?" Xu Lixin's surprised voice.

"Not hungry. ”

"Okay, you can do it, Mom has cooked. ”

Hearing Xu Lixin's voice disappear, Zhong Ting breathed a sigh of relief and stuck out her tongue.

Zhong Ting began to use her mobile phone to search for how to get rid of blood stains on the Internet, and several suggestions popped up, some said to use gasoline, some said to go to a dry cleaner or something, dry cleaners are definitely not good, ashamed to death, it is better to use gasoline?

Forget it, try it with laundry detergent first!

Zhong Ting sneaked into the bathroom while Xu Lixin was not paying attention in the kitchen... A few minutes later, Zhong Ting came out of the bathroom in a gloomy manner and found that the laundry detergent had no effect at all, not to mention that the blood stains were not washed off, but the color on Lu Xiu's school uniform was washed off a little, which looked strange, so Zhong Ting didn't dare to rub it hard.

After half an hour of tossing, whether it was laundry detergent, dish soap, or bleach, she tried it all again, and in the end it all ended in failure. Zhong Ting finally gave up the struggle, she was already planning to lie to Lu Xiu, just say that her clothes were lost by her.

At dinner, Zhong Dahai came back from the stall, still carrying two bottles of liquor in his hand. At the dinner table, the family discussed the matter of inviting Lu Xiu to dinner tomorrow, and the final result of the discussion was that it was better to go out to eat, and eating at home seemed casual in Zhong Dahai's words, and twenty-one was not in line with other people's tastes.

Zhong Ting ate early and sat in place, Zhong Dahai was drinking, and Xu Lixin was drinking with her husband, but she was drinking wine from the supermarket, and her hand shook badly when she occasionally picked up vegetables.

Zhong Ting looked at Xu Lixin's constantly shaking hands, and said with some distress: "Mom, is that medicine a little useful?"

Xu Lixin has suffered from Parkinson's for more than a day or two, not to mention how sad she was when she was diagnosed, for which she even suffered from depression for a period of time, if it weren't for Zhong Dahai and Zhong Ting's father and daughter's enlightenment and care for her, she might not be able to get out of depression.

"Hey, it's useless. Xu Lixin shook her head and said: "But I'm used to it, this disease is like this, it can't be cured, it can't be taken without medicine, and it's a waste of money to eat." ”

Hearing her say this, Zhong Dahai, who poured a sip of liquor, immediately reluctantly said: "How can you say that, what is a waste of money by taking medicine, can you do it without taking medicine for this disease? This is a lifelong medication, you have to take this medicine! No matter how much money you spend, you have to take it, and besides, can't this medicine be reimbursed a little bit by medical insurance..."

"How much can I report, I have to take this medicine every day, can the medical insurance be brushed every day without a limit?" Xu Lixin's tone was full of helplessness. First, she is helpless that this medicine costs a lot, and secondly, she is helpless If she lets the unit know about this Parkinson's on her body, I am afraid that she will be fired. Another thing that bothers her is that when she is nervous, her hands will tremble, and as Parkinson's time lasts for a long time, she does things more and more slowly, which makes her work very problematic, and the leaders of the unit often blame her when they see her, which causes her to tremble more when she is nervous, and she can't be relieved by taking medicine.

Of course, she would definitely not tell Zhong Ting about this, she was afraid that Zhong Ting would be distracted by her study.

Now Zhong Ting is still beside her, although Xu Lixin has a lot of helplessness in her heart, she still can't bear to continue, shakes her head, changes the topic with a smile: "Don't talk about this, by the way, Tingting, did you bring the words? Don't tomorrow my parents finally rest at home, but Lu Xiu doesn't know that it's fun." ”

"Oh, I'm sure I brought it, he knows. ”

"That's good, do you think there is any better restaurant downstairs?" asked Xu Lixin.

After hearing her question, a family of three, you look at me, I look at you, they are all a little stunned---- they rarely go out to eat, and they basically cook at home every day, because of the savings, even Zhong Ting occasionally eats out in a small shop like Shaxian, so they are really not very clear about this problem.

"Why don't you go to the biggest chef family downstairs?" Zhong Ting suggested. Although she hadn't been there before, she saw that there were often a lot of cars parked in front of the restaurant, and there were many people coming and going, so it wouldn't be too bad to come, and it should be the largest restaurant in the neighborhood.

Zhong Dahai and Xu Lixin naturally have no objections, after all, compared to their daughter, they are even more bad at eating outside, as soon as their daughter made a suggestion, they directly adopted it, but what they didn't know was that it was because of listening to Zhong Ting's proposal that there were a lot of foreign appearances on the day they invited Lu Xiu to dinner, and the couple almost regretted why they chose this restaurant...

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On Sunday, Lu Xiu cleaned up early and walked out of the room. He did a lot of work in the morning, first cultivating, then washing, then squeezing out the extra pimples on his face, shaving his beard, and repairing his messy hair, and then went downstairs satisfied.

No, it's mainly because Zhong Ting is going to invite him to dinner today, if it is said that Zhong Ting is alone, it will be forgotten, but listening to her, it seems that her parents are also going over, this time Lu Xiu's mood has become a little weird, in fact, there is no need to be so grand, but Zhong Ting's parents are so insistent, which makes Lu Xiu a little embarrassed, if people who don't know see this scene, they think that Lu Xiu ran over to see the woman's parents.

When Lu Xiu took a taxi to the designated ground, he found that this was a small restaurant, mainly engaged in Hunan cuisine. Hunan cuisine is mainly salty and spicy, and the taste is on the heavy side, and there are many people who eat at this celebrity chef, especially when it comes to meals now.

From a distance, Lu Xiu saw Zhong Ting looking for him in the distance.

Zhong Ting looks completely different today than usual, because she doesn't have to be at school or have morning exercises today, so Zhong Ting changed into a beige knitted sweater, and her lower body is slim light blue jeans, and her hair is not tied into a ponytail as usual, but is draped behind her ears. Judging by the faint wetness on the ends of her loose hair, this Nizi should have just washed her hair. Lu Xiu saw a girl's scolding on the Internet, and he felt that it made sense: You are not worthy of me washing your hair---- which means that a girl washes her hair when she goes out, which shows that she is still very attentive to the boy she is going to meet.

Lu Xiu couldn't help but think, it seems that his status in Zhong Ting's mind is still good? Otherwise, who would go out of his way to wash his hair at noon? Thinking of this, Lu Xiu couldn't help but feel a little happy in his heart. After tidying up her hairstyle, Lu Xiu walked over to her.

Zhong Ting's eyes were very good, Lu Xiu hadn't greeted her yet, she had already seen Lu Xiu from the crowd, and greeted him with a sweet smile: "Lu Xiu, I'm here!"

Lu Xiu walked over quickly to meet her, and said, "Where are your parents? Are they here?"

"They're inside. ”

Hearing her say this, Lu Xiu was a little surprised: "This restaurant looks very popular, is there a seat in it? If not, let's change the restaurant to eat." ”

In fact, Lu Xiu didn't expect Zhong Ting to choose this restaurant, this restaurant doesn't look small, and it doesn't seem that the dishes are very affordable, Lu Xiu originally wanted to go to a down-to-earth restaurant and eat a little casually, after all, he wouldn't care.

"Oh, of course, I booked my seat a day in advance and last night. Zhong Ting muttered. If it was herself, she would definitely pick a random restaurant, but she didn't know why she brought Lu Xiu to eat, she thought that she had to go to a better place, for fear that Lu Xiu would think that eating that kind of small restaurant was too unpopular, and even she didn't know where she came from.

Lu Xiu nodded and said, "Okay, then let's go in." ”

The waitress took Zhong Ting and Lu Xiu to the second floor quickly, and finally the four of them chose to eat in a small corner on the second floor, this seat is quite good, next to the floor-to-ceiling window can see the outside scenery, not very far from the stairs, and the environment is relatively better.

Before the people had passed, Lu Xiu had already seen a man and a woman sitting there. The man is in his forties, and the wrinkles on his face are very obvious, but the gentleness revealed in his eyebrows can be seen by anyone. The woman looked about the same age as him, slightly chubby, with a somewhat dull yellow skin, and sat there looking a little short. One thing in common is that the sideburns of the two are already a little gray, compared with those people in their forties who often maintain them in film and television dramas, there is no doubt that their aging is too obvious.

Needless to say, Lu Xiu could also guess that these two were Zhong Ting's parents. Without waiting for Zhong Ting to speak, Lu Xiu had already walked over and greeted the two of them with a smile one by one, and said, "Uncle, aunt, hello, I'm Lu Xiu." ”

"Eh, hello. ”

Zhong Dahai and Xu Lixin obviously didn't expect Lu Xiu to suddenly appear in front of them, just now the two of them were still looking at the scenery outside the window, after all, it was rare for the two of them to come to such an environment to eat, and it was inevitable that they would be a little distracted.

"Lu Xiu, sit down. ”

Xu Lixin hurriedly pulled a chair, compared it with her hands, and motioned for Lu Xiu to sit down. She took advantage of Lu Xiu's sitting down, and kept staring at Lu Xiu's side face, always feeling that this face seemed to be seen somewhere. After a long time, she suddenly remembered that it seemed that the man who sent Zhong Ting back one night was him, right?

Zhong Ting seemed to notice Xu Lixin's excessive scrutiny, and immediately pushed Xu Lixin's arm anxiously and whispered, "Mom, why do you look at Lu Xiu like this." ”

"I just think this young man, is it the one who sent you back last time..."Xu Lixin's memory is still very good, and she remembered it at once.

Zhong Dahai spoke at this time, he frowned and looked at the mother and daughter, and said, "What are you two whispering, Lu Xiu has already arrived, why don't you order food quickly?"

"Oh yes, yes, hurry up my head, I haven't ordered the food yet. Xu Lixin patted her head and glanced at Lu Xiu with some embarrassment.

Lu Xiu smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm not very hungry." ”

"Oh, you won't have eaten, have you?" Zhong Dahai asked.

"No, no, no. ”

"Haha, that's good, I also said I'm going to order more food. Zhong Dahai said with a smile.

It's rare to have a meal for a treat, and it's also a male classmate who has helped his daughter, Zhong Dahai doesn't know where he suddenly came from, and he just wants to eat better.

"Waiter, here's a menu. ”

Zhong Dahai shouted, his voice was a little loud, and the people at the next table looked at him, but he didn't know it. Zhong Ting glanced at Lu Xiu very embarrassed, and after seeing that Lu Xiu didn't have any special reaction, she breathed a sigh of relief.

The waiter was a short man, wearing a black costume with the words of a famous chef family, and when he walked all the way, he didn't say a word, took a copy of the menu and handed it to Zhong Dahai: "Hello, this is the menu here, you can take a look at it, just report it to me directly if you want something." ”

He speaks very fluently and quickly, speaking Mandarin, so Zhong Dahai, who is used to hearing the Xiangcheng dialect, couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. Although Lu Xiu also speaks Mandarin, Lu Xiu's speed of speech is far from that fast, so Zhong Dahai is easy to understand.

"Dad, order. ”

Zhong Ting reminded in a low voice.

"Okay..."Zhong Dahai agreed, and then he knew that he had opened the heavy menu.

Before he could completely open the menu, Zhong Dahai asked Lu Xiu with a smile: "Lu Xiu, do you have any favorite dishes?" ”

"It's okay, I'll eat everything. Lu Xiu said politely.

As soon as Zhong Dahai opened the menu, his smile immediately stiffened, and the first dish Buddha that caught his eye jumped over the wall, the price was two hundred and ninety-eight, which immediately startled him, Zhong Dahai's first thought was ----What kind of restaurant, so expensive?"

No, it must just be this dish, so he looked down twice, it doesn't matter if he doesn't look at it, he was shocked when he saw it!

Boiled cabbage heart – 120.

Raptors cross the river - 150.

Yellow girl - 166.

What kind of ghost restaurant is this, I don't know the names of the dishes, and the prices are so exaggerated, Zhong Dahai took the menu book, and suddenly felt a little empty. Seeing that her husband's expression was a little strange, Xu Lixin also grabbed the menu and took a look, and her expression suddenly became very exciting.

"Dad, Mom, what's wrong with the two of you, what are you doing in a daze, hurry up and order food, people are still waiting here." Zhong Ting urged.

"Uh... Good right away. ”

Zhong Dahai gritted his teeth, he came here, it was impossible to turn back halfway now, it was a big deal to pick a cheaper and more affordable one. So he began to flip through the pages and browse through the names of the dishes he didn't even know what the hell they were.

"Uh, this, waiter, how about the amount of fried yellow beef here?" Zhong Dahai called the waiter and asked in a low voice.

The waiter's face was a little strange, and he pointed to a dish on the table next to him and said, "The portion is about the same as that, not much beef." ”

This dish is a relatively cheap dish, and there is meat in it, so Zhong Dahai chose him.

"What about this hometown tofu, is there only tofu in it, and how is the amount?" Zhong Dahai asked again.

"It's... Tofu is tofu, and it's similar to beef. The waiter said impatiently.

"Oh. ”

Zhong Dahai's face was a little ugly, he originally wanted to drink some wine, but now that he thinks about it, forget it.

Zhong Ting glanced at Lu Xiu, then at Zhong Dahai, and suddenly chopped her feet under the table in a hurry, and said hurriedly: "Dad, what strange question are you asking?" ”

Zhong Dahai felt bitter in his heart, how could Zhong Ting understand the embarrassment in his heart, he didn't have so much money on him at all! When business is bad, it may not be able to earn it back.

There's no way, it's all here, and the dishes still have to be ordered. Zhong Dahai pointed to the fried beef and hometown tofu and said, "Let's order these two things first, there are chestnut roast chicken and sour and hot potato shreds, and then a yam pork rib soup." ”

Zhong Dahai looked at the menu tangledly, glanced at Lu Xiu with some embarrassment, and muttered: "Lu Xiu, this weather is strange, why is it so hot here, and I don't have any appetite, let's order these five dishes first, it's not enough for us to add more." ”

"Good. Lu Xiu's answer was very neat.

At this time, the waiter glanced at Zhong Dahai with disdain and said: "There is a central air conditioner above our restaurant, which is warm in winter and cool in summer, where will it be hot." ”

“----”

The flesh on Zhong Dahai's face suddenly twitched, a little embarrassed. Xu Lixin was the same, Zhong Ting was even more embarrassed, and she was embarrassed to see Lu Xiu. She didn't expect to eat a meal but make it like this, she really wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into, she almost hated Zhong Dahai to death.

The waiter remembered the dishes he ordered, and muttered when he left: "It's really everyone's own, don't come to eat if it's too expensive, or just order five hometown tofu." ”

“----”

Zhong Dahai's old face turned red, the waiter's voice was not very small, don't talk about him, I'm afraid Zhong Ting and Lu Xiu have also heard it.

However, at this time, Lu Xiu finally couldn't hold back any longer, stood up and directly grabbed the waiter and said, "You wait." ”