Episode 27 Egg yolk crab legs, grilled tiger prawns and elderflower raspberry smoothie
"You two sit down first, and I'll take care of the ingredients." Tie your hair with a rubber band and quickly change into an apron for cooking.
"Halu, I'll show you something fun!" Ruby Lin beckoned Halu into my study.
"Hey! Don't flip around! โ
"Stingy~" The two of them came out and made the same grimace.
When did the two of you develop such a deep understanding?
I vaguely heard Lin Xinru laughing: "It's okay, I know where his unhealthy and non-green things are hidden." โ
Feed!
Put the snow crab in the steamer; Fried bacon boiled corn and chicken broth in a casserole; Stir the tiger prawns with butter, sea salt, pepper, paprika, cinnamon powder with thyme, lemon slices and red pepper in the oven; Then put the bacon and corn heels peeled shrimp into the chicken broth, pour in the cream, and continue to simmer; Chop cherry tomatoes, chop celery, sprinkle with salt and pepper, pour olive oil and balsamic vinegar, squeeze lemon juice and pour in, add herb leaves and arugula and mix well to make a salad.
"Deng Deng~"
"Huh?" As he was about to remove the frozen ice cubes from the fridge, Halu walked out, holding a picture frame framed with a movie autograph poster.
"Deng Deng, this is the signature of Master Xing?"
I nodded, secretly complaining to Ruby Lin in my heart.
"When you look back at this film, you must read the end credits carefully, and look for your name Deng Deng." Ruby Lin took out another of my treasures in the back and put it in front of her eyes.
Halu gasped. "This is the Doraemon's storyboard?" โ
"Well, the customer in charge of your family Deng Deng at that time was related to Fujiko ยท It is said that his script touched the staff in Japan at that time, and the studio drew the storyboard directly and sent it to Beijing. โ
Halu had a hard time taking his eyes off the drawing.
"By the way, Deng Deng, how old were you at that time?"
I thought about it for a moment: "A year or two older than you are now, right?" Almost. โ
- That's how I gained a fan named Halu.
"In this way, I'm a little embarrassed to let Deng Deng cook tonight." Halu stuck out his tongue.
I raised my eyebrows: "You two clean up the living room and start eating soon." โ
"Oops! I'm a pig's head! Lin Xinru slapped her head.
I looked at him quizzically.
"The beer is off the back seat! I'll pick it up! โ
"Oh, good work, the car keys are in the storage tray on the shoe cabinet in the entryway."
Pour out the ice cubes and place them in the wall breaker with the mint leaves. Turn on the switch and add elderflower soda and washed raspberries one after the other, occasionally pouring in a little soda.
Caught off guard, a pair of hands reached out from behind and hugged me tightly. I gently stroked Halu's chilly hand and turned to take her into my arms.
A huge machine called time suddenly stopped working, not because of a lack of energy, not a malfunction, not at all, but because it had lost its working principle at all. Halu and I were once again in a space lost in time, hungry for each other's names.
"Why are you hugging me?" Halu whispered in my ear.
I sniffed the scent of basil leaves and oranges coming from the ends of her hair: "There is a place in my chest that hurts too much, and my appetite is too warm, so I can only relieve this symptom by holding it like this." โ
"Then hold a little longer."
"Good ......"
Not long after the smoothie was beaten, Ruby Lin rang the doorbell, and Halu ran out to open the door. I fill the smoothie into a glass and pour in most of the soda.
The steamed snow crab leg meat is taken out, mixed and sprinkled on the yolk liquid of raw eggs as an appetizer, and the crab roe is put on the soda biscuits as the main dish, the main dish is grilled tiger prawns, and the shrimp and corn cream soup are drunk, the vegetables are vanilla salad, and the elderflower raspberry smoothie dessert is served after the meal, and Lin Xinru and I drink cold beer.
"Do you have a good idea about watching a movie?"
The two of them glanced at each other, smiled and said that they wanted to watch Xing Ye's film again.
It's too perfect to be true.
When the subtitles appeared, Ruby Lin pointed out the location where my name appeared to Halu, and she took out her mobile phone and took a picture in a dignified manner.
"What is there to do with this?" I asked her.
"You don't understand, this is the closest I've ever been to Master Xing, have you ever seen him in person?"
I nodded: "At the celebration banquet with a box office of more than 3 billion, I looked up to him from a long distance." โ
Ruby Lin gasped with Halu. Lin Xinru muttered, "I didn't even know there was such a thing. โ
"Tell me how he looks?"
In fact, I didn't dare to say that because of Lao Zhang, I sat at the same table with Xing Ye that day.
"Halu, do you think I'm handsome?" I asked her seriously.
"Not only handsome, but also the more you look at it, the more handsome you are."
"Well, especially when I tie my hair up lately, I look so handsome!" Lin Xinru echoed casually.
"Then multiply my handsomeness by a hundred times and it's what Master Xing looks like."
Halu was fascinated by the appearance of Xing Ye, and said to me with a happy face: "Today's rounding is also my acquaintance with Xing Ye." โ
I drank my beer and patted her on the forehead.
After a moment of silence that was not embarrassed at all, Halu tilted his head and asked me while touching my braids, "Deng Deng, the first time I saw you, I actually wanted to ask, where did your hair get permed?" โ
It was as if I had lost my center of gravity and an irresistible gravitational pull was surging from front of me, sucking me towards the center of memories of my first encounter with Halu in Attendere. That day, a watermelon-smelling girl with a small mole on the corner of her mouth asked me where I could buy the traditional vertical version of The English Patient in my hand.
This time, Lin Xinru and I looked at each other and smiled, and I held up my beer and motioned for Lin Xinru to tell this story.
"When Ziche was still in his mother's stomach, his mother accidentally took a sip of hot water." Lin Xinru learned the way I usually spoke.
Halu looked at the two of us, puzzled.
"That's when my head burned." After speaking, Lin Xinru laughed alone.
"It's cold!" Halu rolled his eyes in an instant.
"But seriously, you're the only one who's asked this question in recent years without off Toru Tzu."
"Why be angry?"
"Just like someone jokes about Ruby Lin's name, he actually scolds the other party for being stupid in his heart, since he was a child, there have always been people who talk about this, and I am not very happy in my heart."
"That's right." Ruby Lin raised a glass to salute, and so did I.
"So Deng Deng's hair is naturally curly?"
"Hmm, can't you see it?"
"Huh? No wonder people ask, I've never seen anyone with their hair curled like this, the barbershop must hate you. โ
I pouted, "Huh? No wonder~"
"You two don't really feel believable when you two say it."
Ruby Lin pulled out a photo of the annual meeting 2 years ago from her mobile phone, when Ruby Lin, Xiao Hei, me and Wang Zhe temporarily formed a small band, and I was the lead guitarist.
"Huh? That short-haired Deng Deng? Halu picked up his phone and looked at it repeatedly.
"It's so short that it's not too hot to be hot, is it? If you look closely, he is the only one whose hair is free of gravity. โ
Halu was disgusted and delighted and asked me why I never told her I would do it again.
As she spoke, Ruby Lin walked into my study, and just as Halu complained that she had never heard me sing, she walked out with a wicked smile on my hidden classical guitar.
"Just sing that!" After Lin Xinru finished speaking, she gulped down her beer, and Halu applauded and whistled in a matter-of-fact manner.
The weight of the guitar became a bit heavy, and all 6 strings were slack, and a serious runaway could be heard with a sweep. I sighed and adjusted the strings, beating the chord with my feet, plucking the chords, and my voice gradually relaxed.
"What's the name of this song?" Halu's eyes were red.
"The original singer of "The Other Side of the Night Sky" is SMAP, which has been disbanded."
Halu sniffed and looked up at the chandelier in the living room.
"How's that, doesn't there a special sense of clarity in Listening to Zi Che's version?"
Halu didn't squeak for a while, and after a long time she said slowly, "I think I heard this song a long, long, long time ago." โ
"On the other side of the night sky, tomorrow is already waiting for us" is the last line of the whole song.