The Great Central Plains of Troubled Youth 5

After sending off the two seniors, my father and mother saw that the floor of our dormitory was too dirty, so my father found a broom and a cloth head from the aisle and began to sweep the floor. My mother washed an old towel that had been used by my seniors with clean water and began to wipe the glass on my bed and balcony doors and windows. Seeing that my father and mother were so busy, I picked up the cloth head and went to the water room to clean it, and wiped the room and balcony clean.

My mother looked at her phone and said, "It's eleven forty-five, wash your hands and let's eat." The father said, "Yes." I said, "Where are we going to eat today?" The mother said, "I have discussed with your father, and I will have lunch with you in the cafeteria today to see if the food in your canteen is delicious." I said, "Okay." "The washbasin and kettle were not prepared yet, so I had to wash my hands in the water room next door for the time being. The three of them washed their hands and faces, and I put the towels and soap box back in the dormitory. My mother said at the door: "Bring the room card and meal card." I said, "Got it." "With my room card and meal card in hand, I walked down the west stairs with my father and mother. Mother said: "After dinner, I will first go to get the camouflage uniform, then go and buy you a washbasin, a kettle, a mosquito shed, a mat and slippers, and then buy a pair of clothes to dry, and in the afternoon I will put away the bed and things in your room, and you will stay here in the evening." I said, "Okay." ”

The dining room is on the north side of our dormitory building, covering a large area, with three or two thousand square meters, with doors in three directions: east, west and south, and a row of restaurants on the north side, with more than 40 meals. The whole restaurant has flowing water seats, and lunch is open from 10:30 in the morning to 2:30 in the afternoon. The special snacks of various cities in the Central Plains Province, all kinds of pasta are available, even Sichuan cuisine, Shandong cuisine, Cantonese cuisine, Hunan cuisine and other major cuisines of vegetables and snacks are also available, seeing that there are so many varieties of meals in the canteen, my mother said: "This is more than when you were in high school, you eat a flavor of food every day, and you can't finish it once a month." My father said happily, "Don't worry if you can't eat well." ”

I said, "Dad, what do you want to eat at noon?" The father said, "There is too much water today, and I want to have a beer." The mother glanced at her father and said, "Just say you want to drink beer." "For as long as I can remember, I haven't seen my father drink liquor, only when he visits relatives and friends or when there are guests at home. I heard my mother say that my father used to drink liquor, and he often drank too much liquor, so he was angry with his father when he was young. When my father was in his forties, because the physical examination said that after the father's cerebrovascular blood flow accelerated, the doctor advised my father to quit drinking, and my father's liquor said that he would quit if he quit, and he just drank beer or red wine occasionally, but he didn't drink much, which was a matter of catering to the scene. For this reason, my mother often praised my father for his perseverance in doing things, and asked me to learn from him. The mother said: "On a hot day, son, you can also drink a bottle of beer, today I will accompany your father to drink, and don't drink beer with others when you go to school in the future." I said, "Don't worry, mother." ”

As soon as you inquire about the meal, you can not only buy food with a meal card, but also settle it with cash. My mother asked my father and I for two meat and two vegetarian dishes and a portion of rice, and I asked for a stewed noodle for myself. I wanted to settle with a meal card, but my mother took out 50 yuan in cash and settled it on the spot. The mother said, "You can use the meal card after I and your father are gone." "Dad didn't know when he was standing behind us, and I handed the tray of food to my father, who walked over to a table where there was no one sitting. I carried another tray of food, and my mother walked towards the table where my father was sitting with a large bowl of braised noodles.

Seeing that my father was already seated at the table, I put down the tray and said to the table, "I'll go south to buy beer." The father said, "By the way, I want two paper cups." I said, "Okay." ”

I bought two bottles of beer, asked the beer seller for two plastic cups, the salesperson opened the two bottles of beer, and I walked quickly to the table where my parents were with two bottles of foam. Place two bottles of beer and plastic mug on the table. I put a plastic cup in front of my father and poured him a glass of beer. The father said, "Give me the bottle, and pour yours yourself." I poured my own beer, and I picked it up and said, "Dad, it's been a hard two days." My father picked up the beer and said, "Today is your new beginning, Dad doesn't say anything else, as long as you study hard and grow your skills, Dad and your mother will not work hard in vain." Dad picked up his glass, drank all the beers, and poured them himself. I watched my father drink a beer, drink it to myself, and pour it full as my father did. My father doesn't talk much if he doesn't drink, but he talks a lot when he drinks. The mother said on the side: "You two, don't just drink, eat quickly." ”

There are five LCD wall-mounted large-screen TVs in the canteen, which are playing the noon news, and the noise in the canteen is not heard at all, and the general content can only be analyzed through guò images. A bottle of beer, after drinking, the two vegetarian and two meat dishes are basically eaten, and my mother has finished eating the stewed noodles at this time, waiting for our grandfather. My father and I ate the rice with an iron spoon in two bites, and my father said, "Son, you bring the plate over, and I will go to the door of the restaurant to smoke a cigarette first." ”