"Because I live alone, it's a bit messy at home, don't you mind." Although he had cleaned up just now in the morning, Yang Chen kept reminding him along the way.

"Well, I see, I won't dislike you." Giggling followed him.

It wasn't until he reached the iron gate in front of a courtyard that Yang Chen stopped and began to take out the key.

"Is this your home?" Liang Lei is really a curious baby, the walls of the yard are made of cement, and the walls are crawling with the rhizomes and rotten leaves of dried plants, revealing a kind of atmosphere exclusive to an old house. You can imagine how green this wall must be in the summer.

"Well, come in." I opened the door first, walked in quickly, and put my things on a small cement table in the courtyard.

Liang Lei cautiously walked into the courtyard. The world is not big, there is a small cement round table in the middle of the courtyard, and there are two old wooden chairs next to it, and from the dust on them, it is obvious that no one has sat on them for a while. In the corner is an open-air laundry pool, which is also cement poured without any decoration, unpretentious, and I can't help but think of an old man half-bent over, rubbing his clothes with his head down. In the other corner is a blackboard, the most common kind of chalk writing in the classroom. It looks very old and old, but it is wiped clean.

"In the past, when my grandmother was still alive, there were a lot of flowers and plants in the yard, as well as vegetables. But then she was gone, and I had to go to school, and the plants withered. Yang Chen shrugged his shoulders and introduced briefly.

Although the door to the living room had been opened, Liang Lei did not go in, the breath in the old house made her a little unconscious fear, and she still stood in the courtyard, under the sun, more down-to-earth. "Are you scared if you live here alone?" Can't help but ask.

"Why be afraid? This is my home, I grew up here, and I have all my good or not-so-good memories. Yang Chen raised his head as he cleaned up the vegetables and fruits he bought.

"Well, too." Standing in the courtyard and looking at the house, the most ordinary two-bedroom and one-living room layout, the most ordinary old-fashioned decoration style, everything looks very old, but it is quite clean.

Suddenly, I saw the portrait of an old man standing on a small square table in the corner of the wall, and there were sacrificial items and incense burners in front of the statue, no need to guess, it must be Yang Chen's deceased grandmother. After hesitating for a moment, he still asked, "Yang Chen, that's your grandmother, right?" Can I go to the pillar incense? It's the first time I've come here, so I'm going to pay a visit. ”

Yang Chen was stunned in place, looking at the sincere girl in front of him, without the slightest disrespect, not like he was joking.

"You're a medical student, aren't you an atheist?"

"What does Chinese have to do with studying medicine when they worship their ancestors every New Year?" Asked rhetorically.

"Yes. It would be nice for you to come and pay my respects, and I'm sure she'd be very happy. ”

The two walked respectfully to the table, Yang Chen lit three incense sticks and handed them to Liang Lei, and then stood aside.

Liang Lei took the incense, stood in front of the portrait very seriously, and held the incense hands in front of her chest: "Grandma, hello!" My name is Liang Lei, and I am Yang Chen's classmate. The first time I came to your house, it happened to coincide with today's New Year, and I am here to greet you for the New Year. Then he bent down reverently, bowed three times respectfully, and inserted three sticks of incense into the censer. When he turned around, he saw Yang Chen in a daze with red eyes and tears.

Without asking him what was wrong, and knowing why he had wet eyes, he slowly walked over to him and hugged him gently. Today, this boy who has been taking care of himself also makes her feel distressed.

Originally, I was moved by the girl's behavior, after all, even my father rarely came back. I still insist on coming back here every Chinese New Year, that is, because of my grandmother.

But before she could react, she actually took the initiative to come up and hug herself. The soft body, the familiar milky fragrance and the slight fragrance of her hair, hit her heart like an electric current, and even her pupils contracted unconsciously. She was holding her very lightly, but he felt that it was difficult to breathe.

"Don't be sad, your grandmother in heaven certainly doesn't want to see you sad. What do we eat at noon for the Chinese New Year today? ”

This is the first time Liang Lei has gone to the kitchen, or with a boy. Standing in the small kitchen, I didn't know where to start or what to do.

It's all to blame my parents for raising themselves too well, and they have always stretched out their hands for clothes and opened their mouths for food. When I was a child, I also went to the kitchen out of curiosity, but my parents kicked me out, for fear that I would be burned.

Yang Chen looked back and saw the girl with a blank face, and smiled happily again. "If you don't wait in the yard, I'll make it, and the meal for the two of us will be fast."

"No, I'm going to do it." Very ambitious fork waist.

"Huh...... Okay, then do you want to take off your coat first, I'm afraid your white clothes will get dirty. It's almost noon now, and it's hot. ”

"Hmm~~ Okay." Take off the white down jacket and put it on the sofa in the living room, today I am wearing a pink long sweatshirt inside, and there are thermal underwear inside, at noon, it will not be cold.

"So what can I do?" As soon as the coat was put down, the spirit was full of energy, like a cheerful little dragon man shaking his head and tail.

"That'...... Go and wash the vegetables for me, in the sink in the yard. He handed her a basket of greens.

"Okay." happily went out with greens.

After a while......

"Yang Chen." There was a sound coming into the kitchen.

"What's wrong?" The boy hurried out.

I saw the girl roll up her sleeves, her two snow-white arms were exposed in the sun, shining brightly, but her expression was solemn, and her brows were tightly locked.

"You haven't told me how to wash it, how do you wash it?" Tilting his head to look at him

“…… Okay, I'll teach you. "I walked over, turned on the faucet, a small column of water flowed out, broke off the cabbage piece by piece, put it under the faucet, rubbed it gently, the soil on it was quickly washed away, and then put the washed leaves in the basin next to it.

"Oh, I see, I'll come." Seeing that he washed two tablets, he reacted. No way, it's just so smart and clever. It's called having never eaten pork, but you've seen a pig run.

Yang Chen didn't leave immediately, just stood aside, watching the girl's spirit highly focused on each leaf, scrubbing repeatedly. A few strands of hair hung down the side of her cheeks, swaying in the warm sun, swaying with her movements.

"How? Is it very clean when I wash? Ten minutes later, it was finally completed, and he brought the vegetable pot to Yang Chen and proudly invited the credit.

But he only saw her frozen red hands, quickly took the basin and put it on the table behind him, handed her a dry towel to wipe her hands, and didn't forget to praise: "Girls wash vegetables carefully, you are the most willing to take time I have ever met, you should not be a Virgo." ”

"Hahaha, I'm a split Gemini." Triumphantly wiping his hands, while admiring his washed masterpiece, the more he looked, the happier he became, although his fingers were soaked in cold water a little numb, but his heart was warm, as if the hero had a place to use, proud.

"Cold, huh?" Looking at her jade-like hands, he knew that he usually didn't touch the sun and water with his fingers, and he just wanted to protect it.

"Well, it's cold." It's good that he doesn't mention it, as soon as he is said to be cold, it is true that the cold water in winter is still bitterly cold, even if he is standing in the sun.

"Wait a minute." Quickly turned and ran into the house, took out her down jacket, and draped it over her. ran back into the house, and when Liang Lei put on his coat, he was like magic, holding a can of hot milk in his hand. "Cover up."

took the bottle of milk, which was a little hot, and held it in his arms, and the whole person unconsciously relaxed.

"When did you soak it?" When you have milk to drink, you are happy, and you are even happier when you have hot milk in this winter.

"I was soaked when I first walked in the door." Gently tug at her arm. "You're a guest, take a break on the side. I'll do the rest of the work, soon. ”

Holding the hot milk, he really didn't want to put his hands back in the cold water, so he cooperated and stood aside and said, "Okay, I'll see you do it, learn from you." ”

“…… Good. ”

In the end, Yang Chen is fast, and he doesn't need to spend energy on Liang Lei, and in less than forty minutes, there are already four dishes and one soup on the table.

The table in the courtyard was wiped clean, the two chairs were polished, and the two of them sat in the sun in the courtyard for lunch. It's just that Liang Lei is allergic to ultraviolet rays, and Yang Chen also deliberately held up a sun umbrella with a drying rack above her, so that Liang Lei could feel the warmth of the sun without being directly exposed.

Today's green vegetables are particularly delicious, Yang Chen's craftsmanship has always been very good, and the key is that he washed it himself today.

Although after coming back, her parents fed her all kinds of delicacies and delicacies every day, but Liang Lei still had a very happy meal, a very ordinary home-cooked meal, while eating, listening to Yang Chen tell her story, and with warm milk, she was really satisfied.

Another boy who was telling a story, with a sense of satisfaction on his face that he had never felt before, this year, after the departure of the most important woman in his life, was the happiest and happiest......