Chapter 320: The Taste of Home
Zhu Lihua carefully selected, put a few changes of clothes into an old black suitcase, poured the leftover meals into a garbage bag and packed them, closed the water and electricity, and after the doors and windows, she called Zheng Yichen and Lao Yang to leave together, without any nostalgia. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
When she saw Zheng Yichen's car parked downstairs, she couldn't help but praise Zheng Yichen, praising Zheng Yichen's talent, and when she sat in the car, she felt that everything was new.
The old man has lived for most of his life, and when he goes out on weekdays, the means of transportation are nothing more than bicycles and buses and subways, and he has never been willing to spend money to call a taxi for so many years in this metropolis.
It was her first taste of riding in a car.
When the car drove to the luxurious residential area of Wuyang New Town, Lao Yang, who was looking around, was not calm, and asked, "Boy, ...... you You're not going to let me work here, are you? ”
Zheng Yichen nodded and said, "Yes, look at it, the living environment here is okay, right?" ”
Lao Yang shouted: "Nonsense! Can an urban village compare with this place? One heaven, one hell! ”
He asked suspiciously, "The housing prices in this place are not cheap, how can you afford to buy a house here?" Could it be that you hit the two-color ball? ”
Zheng Yichenle said: "Then you have to hit the two-color ball several times to earn a house here, to tell you the truth, the house was given by others." ”
Lao Yang seemed disapproving: "Isn't it nonsense that someone gave you a house for no reason?" I'd rather believe that pie in the sky falls! ”
Zhu Lihua pressed the button to lower the window, looked at the sparkling artificial lake ten meters away, and said indifferently: "I believe what Yichen said, our old couple is not related to him, he has a chance, and he didn't forget to take us along, such a good person, someone gave him a house, what's so strange?" ”
Lao Yang's breath stagnated, and then he laughed a few times rudely: "That's right, that's right." ”
When they arrived at the Xu family's mansion, Lao Yang and his wife, from the moment they entered the door, their eyes were straight, and their mouths were wide open, Lao Yang trembled his hands, touched his body, and took out cigarettes and lighters for a long time, and after lighting them, he took a hard puff: "I'll smoke a cigarette first to suppress the shock." ”
After Zheng Yichen entered the door, he asked the person in the guard room to close the iron door again, handed him the car key, and asked the man to drive the car to the garage and park it, while he took Lao Yang and his family around to familiarize themselves with the environment.
Lao Yang and Zhu Lihua are like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, they are very curious about everything, looking left and right, touching here and patting there.
When passing by the botanical garden behind the house, Zhu Lihua was sighing in front of an open space without planting plants, thinking about using it to grow some vegetables, and two black shadows rushed out of the flowers, startling her.
"Meow."
It turned out to be Robin and Zoro.
Lao Yang's eyes lit up, and after coming for a while, he finally saw an acquaintance...... Ah no, it should be a familiar cat, and there is a feeling of "meeting old acquaintances in a foreign country" in my heart.
He and Robin are no strangers, when Zheng Yichen goes out to work, Robin will always sneak downstairs to the grass to play, facing the security booth opposite, Lao Yang sees Robin a day, but there is much more than Zheng Yichen, in his spare time, Lao Yang will also beckon Robin to rest under the security booth, and sometimes save a few dollars, not to buy cigarettes, but to buy Robin his favorite cat canned, this person and a cat, it can be said that he has received a deep revolutionary friendship, it can be said that Lao Yang is in addition to Li Xuan, Robin's second closest object, With the height of status, Zheng Yichen only has a red eye.
Sure enough, as soon as Robin saw Lao Yang, he immediately rubbed his head affectionately against his trouser legs, screaming very cheerfully, and Zoro also did the same, dominating Lao Yang's other leg, rubbing happily.
The two cats also joined the wandering procession, taking graceful steps, acting as pioneers in front, and by the fountain, they happened to meet Steward Cai who was walking with two sheepdogs.
Zheng Yichen hurriedly said hello, introduced Lao Yang and his wife to him, and finally said solemnly: "Steward Cai, this is the candidate I specially invited to be the doorman, what do you think?" ”
Steward Cai looked carefully, Lao Yang was upright and upright, and nodded with satisfaction: "This gentleman is very good, but he is much better than the doorman before us." ”
Zheng Yichen said with a smile: "Great, then let him start work tomorrow, Steward Cai, please tell him about the specific matters of work, talk about work treatment, and ...... For the couple, arrange a spacious staff room. Remember, be sure to choose a well-ventilated one, this old fellow, but an old smoking gun! ”
Zheng Yichen didn't bother Steward Cai to explain his work, and after he finished speaking, he took the two to the living room to meet each other, so he walked to the living room alone.
Li Xuan is lying on his side on a leather sofa, covered with a blanket, and on the forty-four-inch Sony LCD TV screen, a classic sci-fi disaster movie called "The Day After Tomorrow" is playing: frozen for thousands of miles, the cold is pressing, and the people who are attacked by the cold are still alive one second ago, and one by one they are stiffened into ice sculptures the next second, which looks quite weird.
As if in order to respond to the situation, the air conditioner in the living room was turned on very violently, the wind was whistling, and the cold air was rushing towards him, so cold that Zheng Yichen was excited, and goosebumps protruded on his bare skin.
The temperature difference between inside and outside is at least 10 degrees Celsius.
Li Xuan has always had a quirky habit, that is, he is used to turning on the air conditioner on a hot day, sleeping under a quilt, and living in Zheng Yichen's original home.
Zheng Yichen scolded secretly, walked to a position that would not be blown by the wind and sat down: "Do you want to freeze me to death?" ”
Li Xuan pressed the pause button of the remote control, stretched his waist, picked up the remote control of the air conditioner again, lowered the air conditioner by two degrees quite understandingly, wrapped the blanket tightly and said, "I have read today's news on the Internet." It turns out that not only you and Li Lishan had dinner together yesterday, but there was also a high heaven, and you went to be a light bulb after a long time. I have a question, are Li Lishan and Gao Tianci really rekindled their old relationship as the news report said? ”
Zheng Yichen rubbed his hands vigorously, sighed hot, and gave him a blank look: "A few days ago, when I was surfing the Internet, I also saw a few pieces of news, one said that Bruce Lee is actually not dead and has been living in seclusion overseas, and the other said that the international superstar Jackie Chan is actually a woman, believe it or not?" ”
Li Xuan frowned and said, "Nonsense, of course I don't believe it!" This kind of news is really outrageous, and it does not stand up to logical scrutiny. ”
Zheng Yichen said: "So, how can you believe things on the Internet casually? Ten out of ten are fake news, and if you are serious, you will lose. ”
Li Xuan turned over and stood up, his eyes burning: "Haha, since the two of them have no personal relationship, that is, I still have a chance." ”
Zheng Yichen fell into the well: "Pull it down!" I've seen Gao Tianci, in terms of appearance, people look much more attractive than you, in terms of family background, the Gao family, one of the four masters of Yanjing, has the absolute ability to suppress your Li family, and there is no comparison in terms of conversation, you will only spit and complain......"
Li Xuan's face was resentful, his muffled voice was silent, and he lowered the temperature of the air conditioner, the cold air was very strong, and the exhaled gas could be frozen into water vapor in an instant, and the glass window was condensed with crystal clear ice water.
Zheng Yichen sneezed twice in a row, trembling, his teeth trembled, and said, "You...... You're enough, wait a minute...... Lao Yang and Aunt Zhu are coming over, the two old people have a thin physique, and it is not good to get sick from the cold. ”
Li Xuan pouted and said, "What are you afraid of when you are sick?" Isn't there a doctor like you? ”
Having said that, Li Xuan obediently adjusted the temperature to twenty-six degrees, a relatively normal value, and Zheng Yichen felt that his body was much warmer.
Li Xuan asked, "What are the two of them doing here?" You're going to invite them over? ”
"No, I asked them to be servants, there happened to be a lack of security guards here, so I called Lao Yang over to fill the vacancy, the two of them live in an urban village, the security is not good, the traffic is inconvenient, and they are a lot older......"
Li Xuan waved his hand and said, "Stop, stop." I'm just a nominal guest, if you want to insert someone in, you should think about how not to cause a misunderstanding among Steward Cai. ”
Li Xuan boasted that his questions were very sharp, he was used to seeing the deceit between wealthy families, except for his own family and Zheng Yichen, he kept an eye on everyone, and never put his heart into his heart.
For Cai Yuanshan, Li Xuan also thought about it, he has been a servant in the Xu family for many years, and he has long been a confidant of the Xu family.
Since Ji Min said that Zheng Yichen should stay temporarily, Cai Yuanshan will definitely guard against Zheng Yichen and will not let Zheng Yichen play the trick of the magpie's nest dove. He will definitely keep Zheng Yichen on the spot, and he will not let this mansion change to the surname Zheng.
And firing the original employees and installing their acquaintances to settle in is the biggest taboo!
If Zheng Yichen doesn't handle it well, it will be equivalent to planting a time bomb.
How to resolve the misunderstanding is a big problem in front of Zheng Yichen.
When Zheng Yichen heard this, he laughed and blinked: "I can't see as thoroughly as you about the suspicion and game between people, but I didn't think about replacing it, and I also made it clear to Steward Cai that this house will always be surnamed Xu!" Since there is no conflict of interest, there is no way to talk about suspicion. ”
He cocked Erlang's legs and said proudly: "The husband is invincible, so he is invincible." Brother's realm, how can you understand it as an ordinary man? ”
Li Xuan slapped his head hard: "I can figure out Steward Cai's thoughts, but your thoughts, I really can't figure it out, it's not the structure of ordinary people's brains at all." ”
Zheng Yichen smiled: "What you say seems to be hurting me." ”
Li Xuan said viciously: "I don't have a 'like', I'm hurting you at all!" ”
Zheng Yichen frowned slightly, feeling that the conversation between the two was a little wrong, you must know that when he and Li Xuan quarreled, they had always been unrestrained, fighting with poisonous tongues, and discharging loneliness, which was called a hearty.
Today, I felt a little unhappy, Li Xuan was obviously not in a state, even if he pretended to have a fierce expression, it was still difficult to hide a trace of anxiety between his eyebrows.
He asked, confused, "What's wrong?" You look like you're annoyed. ”
Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Good eyesight, I didn't expect that you found out so well that I was hiding so well." ”
He looked anxious and scratched his head: "The 'Happiness Lane' project I am responsible for has been going very smoothly. Happiness in the community near a large piece of land, also engaged in a similar project, although the project started late, but day and night rush work, has caught up with us, my opponent has already spoken, ready to pick the same day with me to open the real estate, for people to buy, not to make money, just to see me lose money, I will be responsible for the first business independently, completely muddy! ”
Zheng Yichen frowned: "So ruthless!" Who is this man? ”
Li Xuan shook his head and said: "Don't mention it, this is the Liangzi I formed in high school, his family background is similar to mine, if I really want to do it, I may not lose to him, but ...... I didn't want to use the manpower and material resources of the family anymore, but he had a whole family behind him, which led to me being at an all-round disadvantage. ”
Zheng Yichen patted him on the shoulder and said seriously: "I believe that you don't need to rely on the power of your family to turn the tide." If there's anything you want me to help with, just ask. ”
Li Xuan got his encouragement, and he was arrogant, and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then I must make the ribbon-cutting ceremony of 'Happiness Lane' a month later beautiful, and when the time comes, you must remember to help me invite a few stars to support the scene." ”
Zheng Yichen knew that the 'several' celebrities he was talking about were actually referring to Li Lishan alone, so he said angrily: "Okay, when that day comes, I must know your long-cherished wish, okay?" ”
When the two were talking, Cai Yuanshan walked over with Lao Yang and his wife, and saw Lao Yang smiling, it seemed that Cai Yuanshan provided the salary and treatment that made him very satisfied.
Li Xuan got up and said hello to the three of them, Lao Yang has always looked at Li Xuan unpleasantly, but today, 'people are in good spirits on happy occasions', looking at Li Xuan, he also felt that this person didn't look too hateful, and smiled and exchanged a few words with him.
Li Xuan was surprised by the change in Lao Yang's attitude, and when he talked to him, his reaction was always half a beat slower, and he didn't have the usual cleverness, and he seemed a little overwhelmed by Lao Yang's excessive enthusiasm, so he could only respond with words such as "um, ah, yes".
On the other side, Zhu Lihua took Zheng Yichen's hand, with an excited face, gesturing with his hands, and told him about the size of the room where he stayed, the size of the bed, wardrobe, and dresser.
When the four of them were chatting, Cai Yuanshan had quietly retreated and instructed the kitchen to cook a pot of seafood porridge.
Half an hour later, the chef Lao Liang walked into the room with a fragrant casserole, and loudly beckoned everyone to stop talking and fill their stomachs first.
As soon as he said it, and then smelled the aroma coming from the casserole, the four of them subconsciously made a stomach rubbing action, and they all felt a little hungry.
The group moved to the dining table and enjoyed the delicious seafood porridge, Lao Yang ate his eyebrows and danced, and praised him repeatedly, so that Lao Liang, who was waiting on the side, his vanity was greatly satisfied, and when Lao Yang asked to pour another bowl, Lao Liang deliberately scooped him a few more prawns, which was a compliment.
Several people were eating happily, and Zhu Lihua suddenly put down the bowl in her hand with a twisted expression.
Zheng Yichen noticed her abnormality and asked with concern, "Aunt Zhu, what's wrong?" Is it because a late-night snack is not to your liking? If so, I can call the kitchen to cook something else. ”
Lao Liang looked complacent, patted his chest heavily, and had the arrogance of an ancient hero: "What do you want to eat, just say it, you're welcome." ”
Zhu Lihua said: "This porridge ...... It's delicious, I've never eaten such a delicious porridge in so long my life. ”
Zheng Yichen asked: "If it's delicious, you should eat more, why did you stop again?" ”
Zhu Lihua thought about it for a while, and finally mustered up the courage to say: "I hope to find something to do here." Yichen, don't get me wrong, I don't want a salary, I just don't want to be an idler. ”
She is a pure and simple person, absolutely unwilling to sit back and enjoy her success, she gets it for nothing, Zheng Yichen introduced Lao Yang to work, and also provided accommodation, and the treatment was so good that Zhu Lihua was uneasy.
Lao Yang is okay, at least he is a gatekeeper, or a regular job, living here is at ease, Zhu Lihua's position is more embarrassing, and he is a complete idler.
If she couldn't make a little contribution to this house, Zhu Lihua would definitely be unstable, so she offered to help do something to show her value.
Zheng Yichen didn't take this into account, looking at Zhu Lihua's guilty expression, knowing that if she didn't arrange a job, it was estimated that she would not sleep well tonight, frowned and thought for a moment, and said with a smile: "There is!" Aunt Zhu, you can do some cleaning work, didn't you say you want to reclaim the abandoned wasteland to grow vegetables when you visited the botanical garden just now? You can also grow vegetables and make soup for us in the evening! ”
Lao Liang didn't react at first, but when he heard the last sentence, he looked disapproving, and said, "Let her make soup?" Is there any soup I can't make, and what kind of soup is not as good as someone who hasn't been trained in professional cooking? ”
Zheng Yichen recalled that when he lived in the community, he and Lao Yang swallowed clouds and spit out fog, and when the world was full of nonsense, Zhu Lihua quietly served a bowl of hot soup on the side and handed it to herself, her eyes were loving, and she asked Zheng Yichen to drink more, and when young people were growing up, drink more soup to grow taller and stronger.
Her tone was courteous, so that Zheng Yichen, who was drinking the soup, could only nod yes, embarrassed to tell the old man that he had long passed adolescence, and the fact that he had been fixed at a low altitude in this life, and no matter how much soup he drank, he could not rejuvenate the second spring.
That bowl of thick soup, in the eyes of Zheng Yichen, who was alone and away from home, naturally had extraordinary significance.
He stood up, walked to Lao Liang's side, patted him on the shoulder, and said with emotion: "Aunt Zhu's soup, you really can't cook it, her soup has an extra taste, no matter how superb your cooking skills are, you can't make it." ”
Lao Liang was unconvinced: "What taste?" ”
Zheng Yichen laughed heartily: "Of course it's the taste of home!" ”