When Cheng Xiaoyu went to the kitchen, the sun was not far from the sea level, and a red reflection was reflected in the blue waves, and there were steel boats and white sails between the sparkling waves.

Xia Shamo was chopping vegetables with an apron, two Eastern European maids in maid clothes were helping, the sun was shining on her side face, reflecting the fine fluff on the side of her sideburns, Cheng Xiaoyu didn't look up when she came in, and the kitchen echoed with the rhythmic sound of chopping vegetables, the pot was sizzling, and the oil was boiling the ingredients.

Cheng Xiaoyu watched Xia Shamo open the lid of the pot, shoveled the freshly chopped onions, garlic and chili peppers on the knife, and put them into the pot one by one, and then crackled and chopped condiments bounced in the oil pot to release the aroma, Xia Shamo poured some cooking wine into it, and suddenly a mouth-watering smell spread in the air, even the exhaust fan couldn't take it away.

When she was about to get out of the pot, Xia Shamo took a white porcelain plate, took a piece of tofu from the pot and said, "Try it and see how salty it is." ”

Cheng Xiaoyu smiled and said: "It's obviously to give benefits, and he said that he wanted me to try the dishes....."

Xia Shamo just smiled, fed the tofu to Cheng Xiaoyu's mouth and said, "Be careful of scalding." ”

Cheng Xiaoyu blew it twice, biting into the crispy skin, inside was a smooth tofu wrapped in meat foam, the tofu turned into juice mixed with minced meat, and immediately the minced meat was mixed with the fragrance of tofu, which made people not want to chew at all, so they swallowed it directly.

Xia Shamo looked at Cheng Xiaoyu's expression of enjoyment and said, "How is it?"

Cheng Xiaoyu wiped her tears and said, "It's so touching to be able to eat such a delicacy.....

Xia Shamo turned around and pulled out a tissue on the dining table, and said while wiping Cheng Xiaoyu's mouth: "Is there a reward?"

Cheng Xiaoyu looked at Xia Shamo's big eyes like autumn water and said, "What do you want?"

Xia Shamo threw the paper into the trash, and then put the tofu stuffed pork piece by piece from the pot on the plate, put the green peas and sliced shiitake mushrooms, so that the monotonous tofu stuffed meat became a timeless word, and finally covered it with a plexiglass lid and said: "I passed by Baijia yesterday and saw a bear as big as you in the window, so cute, can you buy it for me?"

Cheng Xiaoyu smiled and said, "Just want a little bear?" He remembered the beige fluffy puppy he gave to Pei Yanchen at Christmas, and when she left the neon, she still hugged it tightly.

Xia Shamo said a little shyly: "Actually, it's not a little bear, it should be said that it is a big bear, when you are free that day, you can ride a bicycle to drive me! If you find it troublesome, you can also go by car..... It's just that I haven't ridden a bike in a long time, and I miss high school a little bit!"

Cheng Xiaoyu stretched out his hand and stroked Xia Shamo's cheek, and said pityingly: "Then let's go by bicycle! No, Big Bear, bought by someone else. ”

Xia Shamo immediately smiled, and hurriedly pushed Cheng Xiaoyu out of the kitchen and said, "Go out! There are so many people outside to accompany you, it's not good for you to stay in the kitchen all the time, just wait, you'll eat immediately." ”

Cheng Xiaoyu kissed Xia Shamo's forehead, turned around and walked out of the kitchen, obviously very happy, but why did she still want to cry?

He remembered that when he was not in the United States, Xia Shamo sent him a message saying that as long as he saw his message, he would feel at ease, and that he had to say goodnight to him before going to bed and tell her where she was; he had to send him a video before every stage, saying that he was so nervous and needed a little encouragement from him; he would take pictures and send them to him after researching new dishes, and even once asked a human flesh to transport her carefully prepared box lunch.

When she encounters something interesting, she will tell him, and once again said that she met a homeless man with a dog, and when she saw that he was looking at herself, she went to McDonald's to buy him a package, but the homeless man didn't want a package, and only hoped that she would sign it, and then he not only signed for the homeless, but also gave him a lot of money, but he didn't expect the homeless man to ask for it, but just took a hundred dollars, saying that it was to bathe and shear his dog.

He knew that she was so sick that she vomited and diarrhea and was admitted to the hospital without letting Chen Haoran tell him; he knew that many people pursued her, and she refused without hesitation, except for work, she didn't even go out, even if she attended the banquet, she would definitely go home early, her mantra was: Go back late, Xiaoyu will be worried; he knows that she wants a little bear just to be able to hug him when she thinks about him.

But

But.

Cheng Xiaoyu stood outside the kitchen and looked back at Xia Shamo's back, as if no woman would count how many meals she cooked for her beloved, Cheng Xiaoyu didn't know how many meals she had eaten Xia Shamo's cooking, all in all, as long as he wanted to, as long as she was there.

This slender girl turned the kitchen into a temple dedicated to him, and she became a lifelong sacrifice, more devout than anyone else, Cheng Xiaoyu didn't know why Xia Shamo was so persistent, but he knew that this was the tenderness that could make him cry.

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February in Los Angeles is not too cold, the yard is hung with red lanterns, shrubs and palm trees are hung with colorful lights, full of the festive feeling of the Chinese New Year, when the food is served, the Eastern European maids who were originally dressed in maid costumes have changed into cheongsam, igniting the strong Chinese flavor in this corner.

Near six o'clock, Cheng Xiaoyu's family's grandest Chinese New Year's Eve dinner also began.

This Chinese New Year's Eve dinner really ate the feeling of a banquet, not only Wang Ou, Chen Haoran and their parents and relatives came to Cheng Xiaoyu's mansion, Justin Bieber, Catherine Blanchett and her cousin Leonardo Dane DeHaan also came, for them the New Year is not important, to Cheng Xiaoyu to rub a meal made by Xia Shamo is the most important.

The banquet was presided over by Chen Haoran's brother Chen Jinglong, Chen Jinglong used to be a barkeeper and was originally sociable, but now with Chen Haoran's funding, he has opened a large-scale music performance bar in Shanghai, and the business is not bad.

With the well-spoken chief presiding, the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was filled with a Chinese-style joyful atmosphere, and coaxing toasts became the norm, especially Wang Ou and Gu Manting, who were about to hold a wedding, became the focus of everyone's siege.

Xia Shamo's mother Xia Lan was also there, since so many people's parents were also there, she didn't refuse again and again, but it was Cheng Xiaoyu who personally invited her, so she agreed.

Duanmu Linsha's parents were also invited by Cheng Xiaoyu, and Duanmu Linsha was also transferred to the UCLA Medical Center, which has the best neurology department in the world.

Seeing Wang Ou and Gu Manting being forced to drink a glass of wine, Cheng Xiaoyu sat next to Su Yuxi and thought: How great would it be if Pei Yanchen could also be there? Even if they can't be lovers, friends can be! Why are you so decisive? Why don't you give me a chance to think of a proper way?

Cheng Xiaoyu's thoughts were messy, but he was soon interrupted by the constant toasts.

After three rounds of drinking, the atmosphere became more and more enthusiastic, Cheng Xiaoyu and Su Yuxi toasted Zhou Peipei together, and Xiao Zhiyan had to intervene together, which made everyone laugh, and the atmosphere was warm and peaceful.

After the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the adults opened a few tables to play cards, Los Angeles and China have a 16-hour time difference in winter, Cheng Xiaoyu and they naturally came to celebrate the New Year according to the time of the capital, at this time there were still seven hours before the Spring Festival Gala started, Xu Qinning prepared tents, fireworks and BBQ.

The young people left Cheng Xiaoyu's villa together and drove to a private beach that Xu Qinning had purchased to set off fireworks, watch the New Year, eat barbecue, and watch the sunrise.

Here the shadows of the coconut groves, the clear water and the sand are young, the sound of the waves of the Pacific Ocean is swaying, and the moon and stars weave a poetic background.

The seaside at night is still a little cold, the tent blown by the sea breeze is blowing the bonfire and flying, and the young people are playing a killing game around the bonfire, and as a result, they play three games, just because Su Yuxi is too powerful, they have to change from rotating judges to only Su Yuxi being a judge.

When you get tired of playing a killing game, you naturally have to play the guitar and sing.

At twelve o'clock in the evening, fireworks began to be set off, Xu Qinning was naturally generous, and the grand fireworks that lasted for more than an hour attracted countless onlookers.

Then entered the second half of the night, considering Cheng Xiaoyu's embarrassment, Xu Qinning prepared a big tent, a tent for boys, a tent for girls, and those who didn't want to sleep set up a grill to start BBQ, in fact, the villa was not far away, but since the tent was prepared, it was natural to think about the addiction of camping.

Su Yuxi slept alone at the earliest, and entered the tent after the fireworks, and then the girls also went back to the tent to sleep after eating something, leaving only the men around the bonfire and beer, eating barbecue, Xiao Zhiyan wanted to hold on until dawn, but in the second half of the night, he fell asleep in Cheng Xiaoyu's arms in a daze.

By four or five o'clock, there were only a few drunken men slumped on the beach by the campfire, and no one could really make it to sunrise, but no one rolled into the tent to sleep either.

At six o'clock, the sea and the sky were white, Su Yuxi was the first to get up, Cheng Xiaoyu had already hugged Xiao Zhiyan into the tent, at this moment he was curled up in a down jacket and fell asleep in the cold morning breeze, and the bonfire on the side gradually turned pale in the gradually brighter sunlight.

Su Yuxi quietly walked to Cheng Xiaoyu's side, looking at his hair being a little messy by the wind, and his fair cheeks were flushed with a trace of sorrow, although Su Yuxi was a little distressed, although she was the culprit of all this, but she couldn't comfort him, or even relieve his pain, she could only watch him sink deeper and deeper.

Su Yuxi squatted down and pulled out a pointed feather from the edge of Cheng Xiaoyu's down jacket, took the feather and began to scratch Cheng Xiaoyu's nose until Cheng Xiaoyu couldn't help itting, sneezed, and then opened his eyes.

So he saw Su Yuxi's golden face, like a holy light coming through time and space.

He rubbed his nose, sat up from the beach, looked around and smiled, "They all said they wanted to see the sunrise, but you were the only one who got up?"

Su Yuxi put the feather in the palm of her hand and blew it away, the white fluff was swept away by the cold wind in an instant, she held her knees with both hands, looked at Cheng Xiaoyu with a light feather and said, "And you are up!"

Cheng Xiaoyu's heartstrings trembled slightly, he turned his head to look at the whitish skyline, picked the sand from his hair and said, "Do you want to call them all up." ”

Su Yuxi said softly: "If you can, two people will be fine." ”

Cheng Xiaoyu let out an "oh", turned around and bent his knees side by side with Su Yuxi to face the morning light slowly rising in the distance, and in front of them was a magnificent and tranquil, boundless blue sea like smooth marble.

As the red arc of the sun appeared in view, the gray sky began to slowly turn blue, and the sea was connected to the city, and between the ripples were the flakes of flame dripping from the melting sun, and the lazy waves crawled kindly towards their feet, licking the golden sand of the shore with their white lips.

Su Yuxi said lightly in the sea breeze: "Outside the green mountains of Klook, in front of the green water." The tide is wide on both sides, and the wind is hanging. The sea is born in the night, and the spring of the river enters the old year. Where to reach the township book, return to the side of Yanluoyang. ”

Hearing this famous poem singing Chinese New Year's Eve, Cheng Xiaoyu couldn't help but feel a sense of longing, although it is an inspiring poem, showing the truth of life with universal significance, giving people an optimistic, positive and upward artistic inspiration.

But between the beautiful words, there is also a strong feeling of longing for relatives and hometown, in the context of this moment, Su Yuxi will naturally not be homesick, but thinking about people......

Remembering the departed.

(Wang Wan's "Under the Solid Mountain in the Second Bei" - the gist of the poem: The sea and the sun rise in the east, the spring sprouts, the poet puts the boat on the green water, and continues to sail to the Klook road beyond the green mountains.) At this time, a flock of geese returning from the north was skimming the clear sky. The poet remembered the story of "The Book of the Wild Goose's Feet", so let's ask the wild goose to carry a letter: Yan'er, when you fly through Luoyang, please greet my family for me. These two sentences come from the triptych, and they respond to the first couplet, and the whole article is shrouded in a faint layer of nostalgia. ）

(The update is relatively late, because this chapter is not only a big chapter, but also written for a long, long time)