Chapter Twenty-Five: Seeing the Parents and Touching the Truth
Finding that Zhao Siqi cast an uncomfortable look at him, He Lan smiled and said, "Zhao Siqi, you don't have to worry, the place where I lived when I was a child was even more dilapidated!" ”
"Okay, please!" Zhao Siqi pushed open the door and led He Lan in.
He Lan was carrying a large bag of fruits, and when she saw the white-haired old man lying peacefully on a recliner in the living room, she sighed in her heart.
She heard Zhao Siqi say that her father was only fifty years old, but the image of Zhao's father in front of her was seventy or eighty, and it seemed that he was plagued by illness to make him look like that.
Putting the fruit bag on the table, He Lan looked around, the furniture in the room was quite dilapidated, and the walls had peeled off one after another potholes, revealing the red bricks inside, the red bricks were dark in color, which showed that they had been exposed to the air for a long time.
The living room is well organized, hygienic and clean, giving a comfortable feeling.
Even during the day, the lights in the house should be turned on because the lighting is not good.
A medicinal smell permeated the room, coming from the Chinese herbal soup in the corner bowl on the square table.
The sound of ping-pong in the kitchen with the lights on came, and a fragrance overshadowed the smell of medicine in the room, which suddenly made He Lan feel hungry, and her stomach rumbled at the right time, which made her not embarrassed.
Zhao Siqi smiled and said, "He Lan, my mother's craftsmanship is very good, wait a minute, you can eat more!" ”
He Lan nodded lightly, "Hmm! I'm going to help my aunt. ”
Zhao Siqi didn't wake up his father first, and took He Lan to the kitchen.
"Mom, I'm back!" Zhao Siqi spoke outside the kitchen, and his voice was moderate.
"Si Qi, tell your dad to drink medicine first, I'll cook here quickly." Mother Zhao replied directly in the kitchen.
Seeing that Zhao Siqi didn't listen to his words or went into the kitchen, he was about to say a few words to him, when he saw a little princess-like figure flashing behind Zhao Siqi, he couldn't help but widen his eyes, "Siqi? Which girl is this? It's beautiful! ”
"Mom, this is my classmate He Lan, He Lan, this is my mother." Zhao Siqi quickly introduced the two.
"Hello Auntie, I've always heard Zhao Siqi say that your cooking skills are good, so today I pestered him to come here to eat, I hope it won't cause you trouble!" He Lan had a smile on her face and spoke very decently.
"He Lan, you are the first girl Si Qi to bring home, when you come to our house, you are your own people, many people have more pairs of chopsticks, tell me, what do you want to eat? I'll do it for you right away. ”
Zhao's mother's enthusiasm made He Lan feel strange in her heart, her parents divorced very early, she followed her father since she was a child, and rarely felt maternal love.
So she was a little envious of Zhao Siqi at this time.
"Auntie, I'm not a picky eater! Come on, I'll help you! ”
He Lan said and immediately started to help wash the vegetables.
"How can this work, He Lan, you better go to the living room and sit for a while, I'll just come by myself." Mother Zhao hurriedly stopped.
"Auntie, don't worry, I will do things, or you go out to rest, and leave it to me here." He Lan volunteered.
"Then let's come together!" How could Mother Zhao let He Lan, who had just arrived at her house as a guest, do it herself, so the two began to get busy together.
"Zhao Siqi, the kitchen is a woman's business, go and ask your uncle to take medicine!" He Lan looked at Zhao Siqi and hinted at him.
Zhao Siqi smiled knowingly, and then withdrew from the kitchen, so that his mother and He Lan could be alone and whisper.
He hadn't taken two steps when his mother's laughter rang out from the kitchen.
This He Lan is quite good at making people happy.
After touching the medicine bowl and feeling that the temperature was moderate, Zhao Siqi woke up his father and asked his father to drink the medicine.
"Si Qi, who's coming? It's so nice to talk to you/mom, so good I haven't heard you/mom laugh so happily. Father Zhao listened to the movement in the kitchen while drinking the medicine, and couldn't help but ask in surprise.
"It's my classmate, her name is He Lan, and she came to our house as a guest today." Zhao Siqi replied with a smile.
"Oh? Isn't it your girlfriend? Father Zhao put down the medicine bowl and asked with a narrow look.
"Dad, we're just classmates." Zhao Siqi emphasized.
"Son, you have to seize the opportunity, I think back then, when I chased you/mom, it was a lot of effort, do you think it will be easy for two people to be together?" Zhao's father thinks about it again.
"Dad, how old am I? You don't have to be in such a hurry, do you? Zhao Siqi couldn't help but feel helpless.
"Can I not rush me? Now you also know my situation, Lord Yama will call me to report at any time, if I can see you start a family, then I can also die blind. Father Zhao was not shy about talking about his illness at all.
Zhao Siqi hadn't answered yet, He Lan had already helped Zhao's mother bring out a prepared braised eggplant, and just heard Zhao's father's words, he couldn't help but say: "Uncle Zhao, don't be so pessimistic, your current medical skills are so clever, I think your illness can definitely be cured." ”
With a gentle voice like water and a face like a carving, He Lan gave Zhao's father a very good impression, and she was quite comforting.
"He Lan, hello, don't laugh at my old man's complaints. My Zhao Siqi is an honest man, how can he meet such an excellent girl as you, rest assured, I will definitely educate him, and when I am with you in the future, I will definitely take good care of you and make you a happy woman. ”
Zhao's father sat up on the recliner and looked directly at He Lan with his eyes, a little like a salesman selling his son, almost giving a guarantee for after-sales service.
He Lan couldn't help but sneer, "Uncle Zhao, our affairs, we will solve it ourselves, now the most important thing for you is to maintain a good mood, so that the disease can be helpless against you, I have heard that many people have cancer, and the doctors have concluded that they will not live for a year, but in the end, because of the good mentality, they live happily, and they have been living well until now!" ”
Originally, Zhao Siqi thought that what his father said would make He Lan angry, but he didn't expect that He Lan not only didn't get angry, but also comforted his father like this, so he was a little happy in his heart.
"You little girl, you can talk a lot, I will be relieved to have you in charge of my family's chess in the future, can you agree to my request as a dying man?" Father Zhao showed an expectant expression.
"Dad, what are you talking nonsense?" Zhao Siqi couldn't imagine that his father would say such a thing, so he couldn't help but remind.
Father Zhao winked at Zhao Siqi, and then looked at He Lan with some pity.
Mother Zhao happened to come out of the kitchen, and the conversation in the living room just now happened to fall into her ears, and at this time, she also looked at He Lan with hopeful eyes like Zhao's father.
He Lanqiao's face flushed, "Uncle Zhao, Aunt Ou, Zhao Siqi and I have just started to get in touch, and I don't know what will happen in the future, but I can guarantee that if we are really together, I will treat him with my heart." ”
"Great, He Lan, don't worry, if you treat Si Qi well, but he treats you badly, I won't let him go, a woman, there are too many things to bear, if you don't feel sorry for her as a man, it will be too miserable!" Mother Zhao felt something in her heart, and her voice was full of emotion.
Father Zhao coughed dryly: "Okay, don't be sensational, okay?" He Lan should also be hungry, hurry up and start eating! ”