Soon, Kan Tao came back with an apple cut into two and handed me half of it. After I picked it up, I chose to put it on the table.

"You really don't want to eat it?"

"It's not good to eat fruit before meals." Kan Tao pursed his lips and did not speak.

"Eh, I forgot to ask you, Cao Cancan, how have you been doing lately?" Kan Tao lowered his voice and asked quietly.

"Who? Cao Cancan? Isn't that good? Why do you ask? "I was a little confused by Kan Tao's sudden words.

"Ah, nothing, just ask." As soon as he finished speaking, his mother came in with an apron. As soon as I entered the door, I saw half of the apple on the table that I had not moved, so I wiped my hands, picked it up and stuffed it for me: "Eat, eat." I took it, put it back on the table, and whispered, "I'll wait for the buns in a moment." Mother smiled knowingly, not thinking much about it, but being very happy.

The mother stood up again and tried to fill the cup, but when she came over with the kettle, she found that Kan Tao's cup was barely moving. Kan Tao saw his mother's surprise, so he rushed ahead of his mother and said, "Auntie, don't be busy, I don't usually like to drink water, and I'm the same at home." My mom always talks about me. The mother smiled and did not speak.

In fact, the impression of my mother, especially when playing cards, is still very talkative, not the reason for the recent estrangement, but from the time I began to appreciate my mother, I found that my mother is like dealing with strangers with obstacles, and the root of this obstacle is inferiority, out of money, out of incompetent inferiority.

Even if there was only a schoolboy sitting across from him.

The atmosphere in the room instantly became awkward, only Kan Tao was chewing the apple in his mouth, and the sound reflected to the four walls in the small space and transmitted back to the ears. This surprisingly quiet sound made Kan Tao suddenly embarrassed, and after he ate the apple quickly, he got up to find the trash can. As soon as my mother took the kernel of the apple, she went to the kitchen and said to see how the dough was doing.

Kan Tao held his cheeks and looked east and west, I said I was going to the toilet, so I got up and opened the door and walked out. At the corner of the stairs, I glanced at my mother in the kitchen, only to find that she had carefully bitten the apple core that Kan Tao had gnawed and had still some remaining meat, before hurriedly throwing it into the trash. This scene made me speed up the pace of going downstairs. Passing by the empty room on the first floor, I suddenly felt a little panicked, this dilapidated place, like a huge black hole, which hides unknown secrets, it sees that you are interested in wanting to spy on privacy, and it is in the middle of it. I didn't dare to linger too long, for there was so much to dig up in the darkness, but I was afraid, scared and curious.

When I came out of the toilet, my heart was still beating wildly. At the door of the room back to the plane, I suddenly ran upstairs with a puff of smoke. The old and decayed staircase made a loud noise from the trampling of the ground, and the sound was all the more perfect in this miserable eye. My panic disturbed my mother and Kan Tao, so the two of us came together to see what had happened to me. I shook my head, and Kan Tao pushed me: "I'll go, you won't see ghosts, will you?" Don't scare me, I'm cowardly! After saying that, he craned his neck and looked downstairs.

I glared at him, turned and went inside.

My mother looked at me behind her, and when she found that I was fine, she said to Kan Tao, who was standing at the door: "You go into the house, enter the house, I'll go make buns, quickly, just for a while." With that, he went back to the kitchen.

Kan Tao came in and sat next to me: "Cao Muxi, I didn't think it before, but recently I found out that you are quite strange." ”

"What's weird?" "How do I know? It's not surprising that I know. I ignored him, and my heart was still completely dark. After a short pause, Kan Tao suddenly looked up and asked me, "In the past two days, why haven't I heard Cao Cancan complain about her aunt?" Gone? ”

I was stunned for a moment, and replied lightly: "No." "Why didn't you stop doing this? According to Cao Cancan, the days when her aunt was there were simply not peaceful. But I think she's been in a good mood for the last two days. ”

"Okay." I replied simply with two words. Kan Tao looked at me and didn't care about it, so he didn't speak again. After a moment of silence, my mother pushed the door in, took three pairs of chopsticks, and told us with a smile that the buns were ready. Kan Tao said happily that he was going to serve steamed buns, and before leaving, he didn't forget to tease me if this was his house or mine, and let the guests serve the meal.

Since leaving this place, the number of times I have come back is limited, but every time I come back, I always feel like there are no masters. Words can't describe this complex emotion. I looked at the familiar surroundings, and it was the same as when I left, the only difference was that I was still there, but people didn't have a sense of sadness. My mother has indeed lost weight recently, and she has approved a single coat, and the bone lines of her shoulders can clearly be hidden from the clothes. Kan Tao has been there, and I can't ask why I left the hospital last night. Seeing that my mother is in good shape, I am temporarily at ease.

Kan Tao carried a plate of steamed buns and trotted excitedly into the house. The moment I turned around, the steaming round roll happened to block Kan Tao's face, and the dough that came out in vain made people feel rich and beautiful.

"I'll go, Auntie, I haven't eaten this bun yet, I have an appetite just by looking at it. It's amazing. Kan Tao's eyes were shining, and the feeling was no different from that of a hungry wolf. When her mother saw that Kan Tao liked her craft very much, she smiled happily. Smiling and smiling, my mother turned her eyes to me, and when she saw me staring at the bun in a daze, she took one and put it in my bowl: "Are you uncomfortable?" Mu Xi? I came back to my senses, shook my head, and lowered my head to take a bite of the bun.

"Auntie, she's fine, she's afraid that I'll eat too much of your family's food, so she's nervous. It's delicious, Auntie, you're so good at it. Kan Tao stuffed it into his mouth as he spoke, regardless of the hot mouth, after three or four bites, a big bun entered his stomach.

My mother knew that Kan Tao was joking, so she smiled, but she looked at me with unease.

When he ate the second bun, Kan Tao suddenly put down his chopsticks, then looked at his mother, and said very formally: "Auntie, I think, I want to apologize to you." I'm sorry, but last time, I really didn't expect things to be so big, and I didn't expect my mother to ask for money. Kan Tao's apology came too suddenly, and my mother couldn't help but be so shocked that she couldn't speak, and even I was stunned for a long time. Besides, it was Kan Tao who I scratched, and I haven't said sorry until now, which makes me embarrassed.

The mother also put down the dishes and chopsticks, and replied to Kan Tao obviously nervously: "It should be, after all, after all, it was Mu Xi who scratched you, and the compensation should be, it should be." ”

"Auntie, actually, I don't blame Cao Muxi, I also mentioned her father too much that day." Kan Tao said it naturally, but the word "father" was not so easy for me and my mother. After hearing this, the mother lowered her head. This obvious move made Kan Tao somewhat aware that he might have said something that he shouldn't have said, so he picked up another bun and praised his mother's cooking skills while eating, trying to end the topic.

After a few seconds, the mother picked up the chopsticks again. She glanced at me, and it met mine, and I hurriedly and reflexively chose to run away.

"Eh, Auntie, have you moved downstairs?" Kan Tao's question also happened to arouse my interest.

"Hey, this place is too old, the government has expropriated it, and it is ready to be demolished. I heard everyone say that they couldn't tear it down here, but as a result, there really is. Mother said, serving Kan Tao a bowl of soup.

"Demolition? So, where are you going? ”

"I don't know. No, among the neighbors, those who have relatives in Nanjing have all moved away, and there are those who are moving. Mother said it lightly.

"Auntie, what about you?"

Mother was stunned for a moment: "I, I haven't thought about it yet." Eat it quickly, it's not delicious when it's cold. ”