Pan Rui interrupted Xia Zhi's self-pity in time to say, "Mom, let's go upstairs and have a look." ”

"Oh, oh, go, go." The way Pan's mother spoke always reminded Xia Zhi of a flock of noisy geese.

Xia Zhi politely bowed slightly to the two of them before following Pan Rui to the third floor.

Although the second floor is equipped with a lot of windows, but the walls look gray, giving her a very dim feeling, the third floor is much better, the newly renovated white walls make her eyes open all at once.

The staircase is still a small hall, in addition to the sofa, coffee table, TV cabinet and other furniture, the wall is also full of inexplicable cardboard boxes like the second floor, I don't know what it is used for.

The room turned into the alley behind the living room, the outer one was Pan Yi's, and the inner one was Pan Rui's.

Pan Rui pulled Xia Zhi into the room, and before Xia Zhi could see the furnishings of the room, he pressed him to the wall and kissed him deeply.

She had no choice but to push him away: "What are you doing! In broad daylight, your parents are downstairs! ”

Pan Rui smiled and said, "What are you afraid of, they won't come up." ”

She slipped out from under his arm: "If you don't get serious, I'll leave." ”

This room was so big that she was surprised, and there was a small living room in the room with a screen, which was difficult to describe in terms of decoration style.

On the whitewashed ceiling, there are crystal lamps adorned with beads, a huge porcelain painting of a hundred children in ink on the wall, and a brown mahogany dresser in the corner of the room.

Opening the glass folding screen door printed with red peonies, there is a beige board double bed with a big red quilt cover printed with mandarin ducks - Xia Zhi has only seen this style of bedding in costume TV dramas.

A custom-made one-piece wardrobe to the top is equipped with a sliding door painted with a pleasant goat......

She couldn't help laughing: "You sleep in front of this pleasant goat every night?" ”

"Who sleeps on it! Don't turn off the lights? Pan Rui also looked disgusted, "My mother chose it, she thinks it looks good." ”

Xia Zhi took the opportunity to ask, "Your mother has the final say in your family, right?" ”

"Not really. My dad is the kind of hard-working type, listening to my mother for all the big things in the family, and listening to my dad for all the small things, deciding whether a thing is a big thing or a small thing, which is a big thing. Pan Rui sat down on the bed, he patted the mattress next to him, and motioned for Xia Solstice to sit down as well.

"And does your mom like me?" This is what Xia Zhi is most worried about, Pan's mother is enthusiastic about her, but Xia Zhi didn't understand her attitude.

"Of course I do! Does not like it make you live in? "Xia Solstice is not convinced, but now there is no way.

She thought that in the future, the two of them would definitely buy a house and move out to live, and they would have their own small home, but they could only borrow to live in Pan Rui's house at present.

The two said that they would go back to the hotel to get their luggage after lunch. The room had been withdrawn in the morning, and the hotel front desk talked about storing luggage, when Xia Solstice went to say, the front desk was not very happy, Pan Rui said a few words in dialect, and agreed.

For lunch, Pan's mother made a scallion oil chicken, and there was a big bowl of milky white crucian carp soup on the table, a plate of fried meatballs with celery, and a plate of green vegetables.

The chicken is a local free-range chicken, the meat is smooth and firm, and it is especially attractive with special scallion oil. The soup is made with ginger slices, and it tastes delicious without a fishy smell. The meatballs are also elastic and chewy.

In general, the summer solstice is still very happy, Taicheng and Cannes are nearly five hours away by car, but they are both in the same province, the difference in diet is not too big, Pan's mother is very good, but compared to He Yan's light style, it is a little heavy oil and salt.

Pan's mother also vigorously served her vegetables, which made her more convinced that Pan's mother really liked her. When she was eating chicken nuggets and wanted to find a bone plate, Pan Rui asked her to throw it directly on the table. She's not used to it, but she still follows the locals, and it's not a big problem anyway.

After the meal, Xia Zhi helped wash the dishes very obediently, and Pan's mother pulled her back to the living room to sit very strongly, and didn't let her do anything. But she thought about it, felt that it was not good, and followed up with the kitchen.

Compared to the gray living room on the second floor, the kitchen can be said to be pitch black, the walls are blackened by oil smoke, a small window only illuminates the gas stove on the stove, and the washbasin is backlit.

It took Xia Zhi several seconds to get used to this light, but Pan's mother was completely unaffected, the light was not turned on, and the bowl was flushed in two clicks, Xia Zhi suspected that she had not rinsed the residual dish soap at all.

"No, no, I'm done washing, you and Rui go shopping. Let him show you around. ”

Pan's mother wiped the bowl dry with a black grease rag and placed it in a cupboard nailed to the wall. Summer Solstice noticed that the covered screen on the cupboard was covered in dust.

Looking at the other utensils in the kitchen, as expected, Xia Zhi saw that everything was attached to a thick layer of oil smoke, and even the ground was soft and collapsed.

There is also the big cutting board that looks like a tree stump that has been used for 10,000 years, the sides are all cracked, and there are cracks on the surface, and the whole piece is rotten and black.

Thinking of the delicious scallion oil chicken that I just ate in my stomach was chopped out on this cutting board, Xia Zhi immediately lost his appetite. In order to prevent Pan's mother from seeing the clues, she hurriedly went out of the kitchen to find Pan Rui.

Pan's mother was right, she did ask Pan Rui to take her shopping, but not to play. She first asked Pan Rui to take her to the supermarket in the town, saying that she wanted to buy some daily necessities, and then asked him to return to the hotel to get her luggage, and made an appointment to meet later.

When Pan Rui arrived at the supermarket to pick her up, she just checked out. She bought a bucket with other miscellaneous items in her right hand and a cutting board in her left hand.

Pan Rui frowned and looked at the chopping board: "What are you buying this for?" ”

"Haven't you noticed your chopping board? It's time for a change. ”

Pan Rui said disappreciatively: "What to change, use it well, it hasn't rotten after decades of use, my mother likes that the cutting board is heavy enough to chop bones casually." ”

Xia Zhi was frightened: "That cutting board has been used for decades? ”

"Yes! Quality, okay? It's much better than the one you bought, my mom said, this kind of light and fluttery, it will be broken into two pieces with a knife. ”

Xia Zhi held his forehead and said, "Comrade Pan Rui, do you know that the cutting board in the kitchen is the easiest to breed bacteria?" Normally, the cutting board should be changed every three months. ”

Pan Rui's shoulder twitched: "What bacteria are not bacteria, I haven't eaten it for more than 20 years, haven't I come here like this?" I haven't seen anyone in our family get sick! And let me tell you, my mother will definitely not use it if you buy this cutting board, she would rather change a daughter-in-law than change the cutting board, believe it or not? ”

"I believe it!" Of course, Xia Zhi will not be stupid enough to change the cutting board in his own name, "So you have to say, this is what you bought, this cutting board is already the most expensive in the audience, you look at it, it is also very heavy, and it is guaranteed to be cut with a knife." ”

"Just spare me! Even if my mother can't chop this chopping board with one knife, it's more than enough to chop me up in two sections. ”

Xia Zhi showed a fierce face: "Then do you bring it back, or don't you bring it?" ”

"Belt, belt! I'll bring it, okay? But let me explain to you, even if I bring it back, it doesn't mean that my mother will change it, don't make trouble. Pan Rui said helplessly.

Of course, Xia Zhi won't make noise for a chopping board, she just feels that she can't get over this hurdle without making some efforts.

As Pan Rui predicted, the newly bought cutting board was put on the cardboard box in the corner by Pan's mother at night to prepare for dust, and when eating dinner, Xia Zhi could only try not to think about the old heirloom cutting board.