That one summer, 22

Night fell, and the little dim lights came on. The slender shadows of the two pulled out from the hut.

Li Jingjing on the bed was counting the number of beads on the more than 20 necklaces on the bed, tying knots one by one and putting them away. Xiao Nan was lying on the bed, chewing the toffee restlessly and trying to get rid of the smell of the medicine that she had swallowed in her mouth, turning over from time to time and fiddling with the bear doll that she had unsealed with interest.

As soon as the bed was made, Li Jingjing screwed on a few changes of clothes and went to the shared bathroom. He didn't bring Xiao Nan with him, the main reason was that he was worried that Xiao Nan was not well with a cold, and the shower head in the bathroom was turned on only cold water, so he gave up the idea of bathing her at night when it gradually cooled down.

I got off work early tonight, and it was not yet 7:30 after tidying up everything, taking a shower, and drying clothes. Li Jingjing was not in a hurry to string beads, but put on her shoes, turned off the fan, and told Xiao Nan to wait for her at home obediently, and then came to the entrance of Lao Zhang Ji Hotel.

"Brother Lu, why did you close the store so early?"

At this time, the restaurant, which should still have many customers, closed the door half-closed, opened the door and went in, and the man surnamed Lu was sitting at a table and eating dinner. It seems that business is good today, and I have been busy all afternoon, otherwise I wouldn't have delayed until now to fill my stomach.

"Ah, sit, sit first, haven't you eaten yet?" The man surnamed Lu saw Li Jingjing enter the door, and immediately wanted to get the dishes and chopsticks, but was quickly stopped by Li Jingjing, so he had to sit back and said, "There is something wrong with the gas stove today, and it is broken, and I can't find the reason." This is bad, the vegetable soup can't be hot, so it can only be stopped..."The man surnamed Lu said, shaking his head helplessly. ”

Li quietly looked sideways.

I didn't pay much attention when I came in, and one side of the gas stove over there was demolished and a hole was removed, and it seems that the man surnamed Lu has tried to repair it, but it is ineffective. Looking at the surface covered in oil and rust, it was clear that it was getting old and that it was almost time to retire.

"That's it..."Li Jing nodded, looked around a few times, and then asked, "Where is Sister Zhang?"

"Are you looking for her? she went to buy a gas stove, and she will come back later..."The man surnamed Lu pouted and muttered dissatisfiedly, "You see I'm not eating, and I have to move back by myself, those furniture stores sell things so expensive, and they don't deliver them at night... Alas, I'll have to get some breakfast to sell tomorrow morning..."

It's a black face of 'If it weren't for this, I would have to make those black-hearted shops pay for their strength'.

"I want to borrow paper and pen from her, but I'm not in a hurry, just wait for Sister Zhang to come back. Li Jingjing smiled, "That's right, Brother Lu, I don't have anything to do at night, wait for you to move back." ”

Hearing this, the man surnamed Lu immediately shook his head, "It's not a big thing, I can move it alone." Immediately rejected Li Jingjing's request for help, swallowed a few mouthfuls of food, and got up, "You wait, I'll get you paper and pen..."

Li Jingjing wanted to tell him to finish eating first, but the man surnamed Lu also thought that it was not good for him to eat while staring at him there, so he hesitated and didn't stop him.

Soon the man surnamed Lu took out the pen and paper, and he naturally asked Li Jingjing what he was for, and Li Jingjing replied truthfully, "I want to write down my living expenses and income, so as not to have some things to remember." The man surnamed Lu nodded, approving, "That's good", and said no more.

And just as Li Jingjing was getting up to leave, the woman surnamed Zhang came back. There were a lot of beads of sweat on her forehead, and it seemed that she had run a lot of roads, and when she saw Li Jingjing, she showed a smiling face, "Xiaolin is here." He said to the man surnamed Lu, "Move that one down, let's wait to pick up the goods." I'll go get the money. Then he said to Li Jingjing again, "Not long after work, don't be in a hurry to leave, stay and have a meal together." There are still some meals left, and it is wasted if you don't eat them. ”

The delicate mind of the woman surnamed Zhang and the roughness of the man surnamed Lu match very well. Li Jing felt that she was a woman who was very suitable for the type of good daughter-in-law. Although it is not beautiful and good-looking, what is the use of a woman being beautiful and good-looking? Like Sister Zhang, who is kind and considerate and helps with work, how simple is it?

Naturally, her euphemistic words were more direct than the man surnamed Lu, and it was really difficult to tell Li Jing to say what to refuse. He agreed, and despite the husband's objections, he helped to remove the oil-stained stove, and then had some delicious dinner, well, the shop was expensive, but the food was much better than the factory cafeteria.

"Sister Zhang, do you want to throw this away?"

After eating, a few people were about to leave the restaurant. Li Jing is about to go home, and the man surnamed Lu and his wife are going to move the new stove and come back. Seeing that the husband and wife wanted to dispose of the old garbage heap at the door, Li Jing spoke unexpectedly.

"If it's broken, keep it and occupy the land, wait for a few days to collect the scrap, and sell it for a few dollars." The man surnamed Lu said.

"Isn't it still usable...."Li Jing said, suddenly he remembered something, and asked, "Brother Lu, can you give me this unwanted?" Li Jing saw the puzzled eyes of the two, and explained, "Xiao Nan and I can't eat out all the time, don't we?" I want to try to learn how to cook and cook..."

"Haha, it's easy to say, you don't know how to cook and ask me. The man surnamed Lu smiled and said, "We'll move you over." ”

Li Jinglian wanted to refuse, but the man surnamed Lu couldn't help but say, he moved to the door of Li Jingjing's house, and muttered a few words that I would have to change my clothes later, what is there when I walk a few steps? Put the things into Li Jingning's hut, and before leaving, I didn't forget to tell him to buy some gas canisters to buy and fill him, he can introduce the store, and at the same time, he can borrow these pots and pans, and left.

He is so enthusiastic, how dare Li Jing directly refute his meaning on the surface? The gas canisters are sure to look for him, but the pots and pans must not.

....

"Dad, what is this?"

Bidding farewell to the couple surnamed Lu, Xiao Nan came to the stove barefoot.

"Put on your shoes, what should I do if I get cold? Don't touch this, it's dirty." Li quietly and solemnly shouted Xiao Nan, who was about to reach out and touch it.

"Oh..."

"This one is for cooking. Li Jingjing explained.

"Cooking. Xiao Nan's eyes were full of curiosity.

Li Jingjing was not in the mood to introduce cooking with this little bit, so he immediately carried him back to the bed, washed his hands, stuffed the borrowed paper and pen into the small wardrobe, and sat on the stool and stared at the stove and thought. After a long time, he made a decision, took off his clothes and put them on the bed, picked up the dirty stove naked, went to the laundry sink outside, lit the dim little lamp in the corridor, grabbed a rag, dipped it in soap, and began to clean.

Li Jingjing has always had the idea of cooking at home and saving some money. Although I am still busy with work now, I can't spare time, but I also have to prepare for the future... Even if you can't save Xiaonan's food money, you can always save yourself, right? And this thing is so dirty, even if it can't be completely cleaned, you can't just throw it at home... Xiaonan touched it randomly, how difficult is it to wash his clothes after being stained with oil?

Li Jingjing has seen it in the supermarket, this kind of stove is almost dozens of yuan larger, and some of the better ones have to be hundreds, hundreds, and very expensive. How much money did I save by taking this? Now it's a rice cooker, pot, shovel, chopsticks, these are all that.

Take it easy.

These are not expensive anymore.... At least it's much cheaper than the stove.

Li Jingjing has ideas. He thought that this hut was small, but the activity space between him and Xiao Nan was not very large, and they basically roamed around the bed and the small wardrobe. It's not hard to get out of the small area. When the time comes, make a high wooden table and put it on the window, and put the stove and kitchen utensils and furniture. The gas stove is placed under the table, and at most the whole curtain is blocked from the smoke, and the small kitchen is not become?

Thinking of this, Li Jing was full of joy, and he didn't care about the discomfort on his body and hands caused by the oil stains - wouldn't it be enough to take a shower later, nothing.

In this way, put the cleaned stove on the small table that had not been used much, Li Jing sat on the bed, and continued to make bead necklaces with Xiao Nan at night...

"Do you still have a headache now?" Li Jingjing asked Xiao Nan, he felt that after taking the medicine, there should be no major problems.

Xiao Nan shook his head, "It doesn't hurt." Asked Li Jing to send a sigh, but added, "It's just.... It was a little uncomfortable to go to Uncle Lu in the morning, and then it was fine again. ”

added a sentence that made Li Jingxin mention it again.

"Tomorrow Dad will take you to the doctor. ”

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