Chapter Twenty-Three: Under the Same Roof
Concubine Tao followed Zhou Cangnan to a small restaurant not far from the right of the hospital, with five or six tables, gaudy printed tablecloths, plastic white menus on them, and two kinds of written records.
After Zhou Cangnan sat down, he saw that Concubine Tao's hair was a little messy, and the blood stains on her hands were only simply washed, and he pointed to the back and said, "You go and ask the boss for some hot water, wash your hands well, and eat some hot soup and rice for a while, otherwise it will be easy to catch a cold this day." ”
Concubine Tao obediently went to the small courtyard behind to wash her hands.
Zhou Cangnan looked at the menu and asked for two bowls of sauerkraut powder soup and ten thin-skinned buns.
Concubine Tao washed her hands and came out, Zhou Cangnan was holding a rag and carefully wiping the table, and after sitting down opposite him, she whispered: "You said that you put on a beautiful thing, is it over like this?" ”
Zhou Cangnan stopped and looked at Concubine Tao: "Maybe your starting point is good, but it is not necessarily what her family wants, they will feel that the immediate benefits are more real!" Have you ever thought about it, if you really go to court. This compensation may be a little more, but it will take a while to get it, and will the child still be treated by the teacher at school? ”
Concubine Tao was stunned, Zhou Cangnan was right, many things are far more complicated than she thought. There are many intricate relationships in it, if you really let the parents sue and win a batch of school leaders, the children may still be able to study with peace of mind. What about losing?
It's not like her world, where the Internet is developed, and these behaviors are exposed by the power of the Internet alone.
Taking a step back, even if this lawsuit is won, how long will this relationship between officials and officials be torn off? I can't afford to wait.
Zhou Cangnan looked at Concubine Tao stunned and continued: "The most disliked thing for people here is to get into a lawsuit, and everything that can be solved privately is solved privately, so many things don't have to be black or white, and gray." ”
Concubine Tao figured it out and smiled: "Gray is quite neutral." ”
When the noodle soup was served, Concubine Tao saw that it was a little fresh, and she had never eaten this kind of rice before.
Sauerkraut noodle soup is a local hospitality dish that is made during the Chinese New Year and is cut into mahjong-sized pieces. Cut the lamb into thin slices, stir-fry it with its own pickled sauerkraut, add tomato sauce and water to boil, pour in the flour cubes and simmer over low heat, put spinach leaves when it comes out of the pot, and finally sprinkle with coriander leaves.
The sour fragrance flushes the nose, making people open their index fingers when they smell it, and the red color is bright with tender green coriander leaves, which makes people feel drooling when they look at it.
"You can put some chili peppers, it's cold at this time, and eat some sour and spicy to warm your body." Zhou Cangnan added a spoonful of chili oil to his bowl, and pushed the chili bowl in front of Concubine Tao.
Concubine Tao also dug a spoonful, a bowl of red and bright hot and sour noodle soup went down, Concubine Tao's nose was sweating, and she felt a lot more comfortable on her body, so she put down the bowl and asked Zhou Cangnan: "Are we going back in a while?" Or are you waiting here? ”
"Go and talk to them, let's go back, it's okay for you to stay, they can discuss the things in the middle." Zhou Cangnan suggested.
The two went upstairs to the ward to say goodbye to Principal Li.
Principal Li was relieved to see that Concubine Tao didn't say anything more, he was really afraid that Concubine Tao would instigate the parents of the students to sue.
On the way, Concubine Tao looked at the dark shadows of the trees outside the car window and was stunned, feeling confused about her future. When she chose to be a lawyer, her mother and Uncle Guan said that her personality was not suitable for being a lawyer, she was too upright, she didn't know how to take a roundabout, and it was easy to offend people.
An industry has a circle, and the circle is so big, and many people are unwilling to deal with her overly upright character.
There were no street lights on the way back to town, and it was dark.
Zhou Cangnan was a little bored, took out a cigarette and glanced at Concubine Tao, but did not light it in his mouth.
Concubine Tao came back to her senses when she heard the movement, and glanced at Zhou Cangnan without squeaking.
The two of them went to the car company to return the truck first, and when they walked to the family home, they remembered that the two of them were going to live under the same roof tonight!
Concubine Tao slowly followed Zhou Cangnan upstairs, both horizontally and vertically, and she couldn't hide.
After entering the house, Zhou Cangnan pointed to the bathroom: "I'll go downstairs to smoke a cigarette, you can wash up first." ”
Concubine Tao wanted to say that it was too cold outside, and when she thought about such a small place, the sound of the water in her bath inside was also very embarrassing, so she could only reciprocate: "Then you wear thicker." ”
Waiting for Zhou Cangnan to go out wrapped in a military coat, Concubine Tao said again: "It will take me about forty minutes to take a bath." ”
Zhou Cangnan paused, and went downstairs to play chess with Zhang Hao, if he stood downstairs for too long and was seen by the political commissar, it would be time to make a new bad move.
Concubine Tao is usually a very abrasive person who can take a bath, more than an hour is less to say, forty minutes is already short for her, now thinking about such a cold day, Zhou Cangnan is still downstairs, a little unbearable.
I didn't wash my hair, I washed my body in half an hour and hurried out, wrapped in cotton clothes and went to the balcony to see that Zhou Cangnan was not downstairs, and went to wash and dry my clothes again, and I didn't see anyone come back, so I went into the bedroom and carefully locked the door and prepared to sleep.
Zhou Cangnan came out of Zhang Hao, it was already more than twelve o'clock, after blowing the lights out, the street lights on the road were also extinguished, and there was only the howl of night owls quietly.
Seeing that the living room on the fourth floor of her house was lit, the clothes were hanging on the balcony, and the balcony door was opened, it was estimated that Concubine Tao forgot to close the clothes after drying. I simply climbed up the wall.
There was still the fragrance of shower gel in the house, Zhou Cangnan frowned, closed the balcony door lightly, and went to the bathroom to take a bath with toiletries.
The residual fragrance in the bathroom was even stronger, and this fragrance filled every cell in Zhou Cangnan's body, and he almost took a shower in a panic and ran out of the bathroom.
Lying on the sofa for a long time can not be calm, such a long-term stay, I am afraid that it will kill people.
The heating in the new province was provided on October 15, and the heating in the army was around October 10, and the heating temperature was higher in the second half of the night.
Concubine Tao slept very soundly in the house with the quilt in her arms, and dreamed of her mother and Uncle Guan, as well as her father and aunt, and a large group of people were singing happy birthday songs around another Concubine Tao.
The Tao Concubine smirked, clapped her hands and looked around......
Concubine Tao couldn't help crying and shouted: "Mom, that's not me...... It's not me! Suddenly, the dream vanished, and the picture became eerie, and she was chased by a group of strange-looking people, ran to the edge of the cliff, and jumped when there was no way back......
Concubine Tao, who was asleep, couldn't help but stretch her legs, woke up from the nightmare, sat up and wiped the sweat on her head, and took a deep breath, only to remember that her birthday seemed to be coming soon!
I feel a little unsure, what does this dream mean? Could it be that Mom and Dad have already accepted that Concubine Tao?
Still happy to live together?
If so, will she be able to go back?