Winter nights, cold and silent. On the sparsely populated streets, there are occasional dog barks. Gradually, the lights went out, and the whole street was plunged into darkness.

There are still lights on in the backyard kitchen of the big restaurant. A pair of eyes hid in the dark, looking at the busy figures of the kitchen manager Zhou and his son Xiao Zhou reflected in the window from a distance.

Everyone else left. Steward Zhou's father and son take advantage of this time every day to prepare the raw materials for the dishes to be made the next day.

There were mistakes one after another on the kitchen side, which made Steward Zhou very annoyed. After preparing the ingredients, he simply set up a small bed in the kitchen and lived in it. Stay here in person and see who dares to come and make trouble. Only my son came home.

"Xiao Zhou, it's so late, are you leaving?" Aunt Su walked out of the side room next to her and greeted her warmly. Everyone has become accustomed to calling their son Xiao Zhou's steward. Glancing in the direction of the kitchen, he saw that the light was still on there, so he asked with concern, "What about Steward Zhou?"

"Yo, Aunt Su, you haven't left so late?" Xiao Turnaround looked at the person who came and greeted him with a smile. As she looked in the direction of the kitchen, she smiled and said, "The specials we have launched during this period of time always collide with the restaurant opposite. Listening to her father, the girl was a little unhappy.

No, tomorrow is the eighth day of the new year. Daddy is ready to launch a special dish on the 10th day of the new year. In addition to coming out to give the girl an explanation, he also wanted to catch the other party off guard. Daddy was worried about the crowd, so he thought about preparing tomorrow's ingredients now. I was worried that my mother was waiting at home alone, so I asked me to go back and have a look first. ”

"Oh, that's right!" Aunt Su said with a smile, "It's really hard for you father and son." ”

"I don't dare to say it's hard. Steward Xiao Zhou was happy in his heart, the smile on his face became stronger, but he said politely, "Aunt Su's words must not be heard, otherwise, someone will chew the root of the tongue in front of the girl and say that our father and son are not." As he spoke, he subconsciously looked around.

"Hey, Xiao Zhou is thinking too much. How could I casually leak what we just said?" Aunt Su said with a smile, "Okay, it's so late, you can go back quickly." I'm going home too. I don't know who put things in a mess today, but I've been tidying up until now. ”

Aunt Su muttered as she spoke, as if she was afraid that Bill would not know the reason why she was leaving now.

The corner of Xiao Zhou's steward was cocked, his hands behind his back, and he slowly paced towards home.

A lantern suddenly appeared in front of it, and as the lantern swayed, the halo on the ground kept spinning. The man carrying the lantern walked towards Xiao Zhou's steward without hurrying. Because of the backlight, Xiao Zhou's steward didn't see who was coming for a while.

"Xiao Zhou is in charge, why did you leave so late today?" said softly after the person who came to see Xiao Zhou clearly. Looking at his empty hands, he said angrily, "You don't want to take a lantern either?"

"Yo, is it Sister-in-law Huang?" Xiao Zhou greeted with a smile after seeing the person coming clearly, "You're so late, where are you from?"

"Oh, after working today, I'll go to see Brother Heng in the school. Because I haven't seen you for a long time, I said a few more words. In the blink of an eye, it was dark like this. Sister-in-law Huang said with a smile.

Xiao Zhou said with a smile: "It's winter now, it's getting dark early, and before you know it, it's already late. ”

"Who said it wasn't?" said Sister-in-law Huang with a smile, "By the way, why didn't you bring a lantern? ”

"Oh, no, no, thank you sister-in-law Huang. Xiao Zhou refused with a smile, "Tomorrow is the eighth day of the first month, but some ingredients are insufficient." So Daddy is ready to launch the recipe for the ninth day of the first month. So to go back later, I left the lantern to him. ”

"That's right!" Sister-in-law Huang said with a smile, "Okay, it's quite cold, so don't stay outside for too long." Let's go back. ”

"Well, sister-in-law Huang should go back early. Steward Xiao Zhou nodded and said. The two passed by, and each walked in their own direction.

"Oh, by the way, Sister-in-law Huang. After walking a few steps, Steward Xiao Zhou called Sister-in-law Huang in a low voice. After walking a few quick steps, he came to her side and whispered, "During this time, the recipes of our restaurant often collided with the opposite one. I heard that the girl was furious about this!

Therefore, apart from Aunt Su, only you know about what happened just now. Don't tell anyone about it. Otherwise·······" After Xiao Zhou's steward paused for a moment, he said with a weak look in his eyes, "I will definitely be scolded when I go back." ”

Sister-in-law Huang pursed her lips and smiled, and asked in a low voice: "You are already so old, will your father still whip you?" Feeling that Xiao Zhou's steward subconsciously shrank for a moment, Sister-in-law Huang secretly smiled in her heart, but said with a kind smile on her face: "Tonight, we just said hello when we met." But nothing was said. ”

"Thank you, sister-in-law Huang. Xiao Zhou's steward smiled with relief, "I knew that Sister-in-law Huang was a good talker." Feeling that he was too nervous, he blushed and said, "Then I won't delay my sister-in-law, so don't leave it at that." ”

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The moonlight is like water, pulling the shadows of the trees on the side of the road for a long time, and the whole street looks even colder.

I don't know how long it took for a figure to separate from the shadow of the tree. Judging by the makeup of the shadow head, it should be a woman. It didn't move right away, but waited there quietly. After a while, I cautiously walked through the corner. Come to a door,

It looked around, and then knocked softly, rhythmically.

"Squeak!" the door was opened, looking out at the emptiness. The person who opened the door was not surprised, he stooped down and picked up the boxy stack of notes on the steps, turned and left.

The next morning, the sun poured its first rays on the earth, and the whole earth awoke from its slumber. Gradually, the sun rose higher and higher, and the streets became more and more lively.

Lan Xin sat in the warm hall of the school, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, he held the tea cup in his hand, looked at the tea soup inside, and ignored Aunt Su and Sister-in-law Huang who were sitting opposite.

Aunt Su and Sister-in-law Huang glanced at each other, and they didn't understand why they called the two of them out in the middle of the morning, when the kitchen was in need of manpower. It's just a matter of coming here, why do you want to hang the two of them here without saying a word for a long time?

I wonder if there was movement in the next room.