Chapter Seventy-Eight: Hospitality
When they got off the subway, it was already noon, Nianhua and Han Xian had not eaten lunch yet, and they were already hungry.
On the way home, Han Hyeon's eyes were looking ahead, making it difficult to see the look in his eyes.
Nianhua peeked at him from time to time, and his hands unconsciously wrung on his clothes, do you want to let him go to his house for a meal......
Thinking about things more pretentiously, she didn't notice that there was a stone in the middle of the road ahead, and her feet were crooked, but fortunately, Han Xian pulled her arm, and it took a long time to pull the person up.
"What are you thinking?"
Nianhua avoided his gaze weakly, the two were very close, Nianhua had just reached his shoulder, and his face could rub against the fabric on his clothes.
"No, nothing."
Han Xian saw her stumbling, only to realize that the distance between the two was not right, and hurriedly let go of her hand, "I'm sorry." ”
"You helped me, why do you still say I'm sorry." Nianhua suddenly smiled.
Han Xian also smiled helplessly: "My house is almost here, do you want to ......" Just as he was about to ask the request in his heart, he was broken by a soft voice. "Ahyeon--"
Nianhua and Han Xian turned back at the same time, and the embarrassing atmosphere disappeared for a while.
Zhou Lan had just come back from selling newspapers, and saw her son and a little girl standing in the middle of the path, staring at each other and not knowing what they were doing, so she shouted. She walked up to the two of them, and when she saw Nianhua's face, a touch of joy was added to her pale face: "It's you, little girl." ”
"Auntie!" Nianhua also shouted in surprise.
The person in front of him was not the asthmatic aunt at the beginning, and Nianhua couldn't help but rejoice, "Auntie, do you also live here?" ”
I think of the "Ah Hyeon" just now, is it?
The aunt is Han Hyeon's mother??!
"yes." Zhou Lan took one of her hands: "Auntie just thought that the two of us were fated, but I didn't expect to meet again so soon." However, do you know Ah Hyeon? ”
Han Hyeon has been treated as air for a long time, and finally has a sense of existence. Looking at their appearance, he suddenly remembered that the girl his mother said yesterday that she saved her, is it Nianhua?
"Auntie, Ah Hyun is my senior." Nianhua said politely.
Zhou Lan waved her hand, the more she looked at Nianhua, the more she liked it, "Call Auntie to see more, if you don't dislike it, just call Aunt Lan." ”
Nianhua obediently shouted: "Aunt Lan." In fact, she hasn't come back to her senses yet, Zhou Lan suddenly changed from a stranger with only one side to Han Xian's mother, and she was a little overwhelmed.
"Since we are almost at the door, let's go to my aunt's house for dinner."
"Huh? This ......" Nianhua glanced at Han Xian embarrassedly, "Thank you Auntie for your kindness, but ......"
Obviously, she was going to invite Han Xian home for dinner, why did she put the cart before the horse?
"Let's have lunch." Han Xian said softly.
The minority obeys the majority.
Han Xian's house was only a few steps away from here, Zhou Lan took out the key and opened the door, went straight to the kitchen, and said to Han Xian: "Ah Xian, you bring ......"
"Mornian."
"You take Nianhua to sit down first, and I'll make lunch."
Han Xian led Nianhua into the hall and poured her a glass of water, "The house is too simple, you will just order it." ”
Nianhua looked at Han Xian's house, and when he entered the door, he saw that there was only the first floor, and the furnishings in the house were very simple, just like the furniture used in the countryside, not at all like the city.
"I think I like it." Nianhua smiled and pointed to the flowers and plants in the courtyard, which was very cute.
Han Xian looked at her serious expression, and his eyes moved slightly.
"I'm going to help."
Nianhua didn't give him a chance to think about it, and walked to the kitchen, Han Xian grabbed her in surprise: "You know how to cook?" ”
Feeling despised instantly, Nianhua said: "I used to help my grandmother cook when I was in the countryside. ”
When she arrived at the kitchen, Zhou Lan said that she didn't let Nianhua help, how could there be any reason to let the guests help? Although she is an uneducated person, she understands this truth, and besides, the guest is still a girl younger than her own son.
However, Nianhua talked endlessly, seriously: "Aunt Lan, don't underestimate me, I will really help." I've been helping my family since I was three years old, and you know, children in the countryside are cheap and capable! ”
"Nianhua is also rural?"
When Zhou Lan heard this, she was stunned, she couldn't imagine that she was from the countryside, she was white and clean, with good facial features, and she didn't look like a village person at all.
Nianhua crossed his waist and said: "Really! "It's a bit of a sturdy little look.
"We used to have a lot of chickens and ducks at home, and I helped feed them. So, Aunt Lan, let me help. ”
Yu Guang caught a glimpse of Han Xian standing at the door and laughing, his eyes were crooked with a smile, his face slowly turned red for a while, and he hurriedly took away the hand that was crossed on his waist, not knowing where to put it. Shame on you!
Fortunately, Zhou Lan allowed her to do it, and Nianhua found something to do.
Han Xian walked in slowly, also picked up the vegetables and washed them, the two of them pulled the vegetable leaves on both sides at the same time, he was very familiar with his movements, although he was only a twelve-year-old boy, but it was the first time for Nianhua to see a boy can do housework so elegantly, and he was speechless in shock.
Han Xian said: "Like you, I often help my mother. ”
Han Hyeon's mother looks very thin, which shows that Han Hyeon is very filial.
Nianhua lowered his head, and when he first saw him, in that subway station, he was still a glamorous boy; The second time she saw him, although the contrast was huge, he was still him, and the Han Xian she knew had not changed at all. That is, what really happened? He's going to come here, and Aunt Lan?
The small kitchen didn't seem crowded because of the three of them, everything was going on in an orderly manner.
After the fight, Nianhua and Han Xian went out to fiddle with the dishes and chopsticks, and sat and waited for the meal to be cooked.
Zhou Lan's cooking skills are very good, and it seems that the meals she has eaten feel very good at cooking. But this is true, Grandma's cooking, Aunt Li's cooking, and Aunt Lan's cooking all have a common taste, that is, warmth, which makes people happy and exciting.
"Nianhua, eat more." Zhou Lan remembered that she had helped herself that day, and she had nothing to repay others, only a simple meal.
"Aunt Lan, you eat too."
Han Xian was silent after a meal, he was obviously a person who didn't talk much, and he also received a good education, but he didn't say a word, and occasionally glanced at him.
It's Nianhua and Zhou Lan who can chat energetically, Nianhua doesn't care about what food is silent, in her opinion, eating is happy!
"So, you're going to pick herbs with Ah Hyeon this time?"
"Hmm. Ah Hyeon took me there. ”
Zhou Lan realized that something was wrong, Nianhua left a mouthful of Axian and another Axian screamed very naturally, and his son didn't seem to have any objections.
"Ah Hyeon has to help me go to the mountains every week to pick herbs, you two can try not to go, the mountains are dangerous."
Nianhua could hear that Aunt Lan cared about the two of them, and said with a smile: "Aunt Lan, don't worry, I will help you watch Ah Xian." ”