Chapter 22: Birthday, Love
"Huh?" Ruan Yu was directly stunned, looked at Meng Jiayue in disbelief, and then blinked her eyes and said coquettishly: "Aren't I practicing pen calligraphy?" Can you not practice calligraphy? I don't need it on a daily basis anyway. Meng Jiayue, okay? ”
"Nope." Meng Jiayue rejected her coldly, and then smiled and said, "This is the birthday gift I want, don't you want to give it?" ”
Ruan Yu was speechless for an instant, hummed and chirped for a long time, and picked up the brush resignedly, but before she could write, she first found that there was no ink in the inkstone, and immediately asked curiously: "Why is there no ink?" ”
"You can write it with water, you try." Meng Jiayue held Ruan Yu's hand, dipped the tip of the pen in water, and lightly scratched it on the water writing cloth, and sure enough, with the pen down, the cloth showed a black color like ink, as if it was written in ink.
"That's amazing!" Ruan Yu deliberately rubbed his fingers a few times, and then saw that the fingertips were really stained with water.
"Write it!" Meng Jiayue let go of his hand, pulled over the bench and sat down on the side, while saying, "You write, I watch." ”
Ruan Yu instantly lowered his head, glanced at Meng Jiayue sadly, and was glanced back by him lightly, and immediately coaxed.
After practicing horizontal and vertical skimming for more than an hour, Ruan Yu felt that her hands were about to be wasted, and it was not until Aunt Chen entered the house and asked them to eat that she was let go by Meng Jiayue, rubbing her wrists and just going out, she smelled the sweetness of pumpkin.
The pumpkin porridge made by Aunt Chen, she boiled it for a long time, the rice grains exploded, wrapped in yellow and clear pumpkin pulps, and the porridge was cooked viscous, and she felt sweet just by smelling it.
Taking advantage of the school holiday on Friday, Ruan's mother took Ruan Kangming and Ruan Yue to her grandfather's house this afternoon, Ruan Yu didn't go because tomorrow was Meng Jiayue's birthday, and Ruan's father had a meal outside and didn't come back, so Ruan Yu was called to Aunt Chen's house for dinner again.
"Xiao Yu come and try it, how does it taste?" Aunt Chen first took a bowl of porridge and handed it to Ruan Yu, and then vigorously grabbed a few chopsticks and put the cola chicken wings she made into Ruan Yu's bowl.
"That's enough, Auntie." Ruan Yu's bowl was almost full, and she hurriedly covered the bowl to prevent Aunt Chen from clamping it again.
Aunt Chen waved her hand and said, "Oops! Children are growing up, just to eat more, don't believe you ask your Uncle Meng, husband, you said yes? ”
Uncle Meng nodded in agreement, and Aunt Chen took a few more chopsticks before stopping.
Every time she came here to eat, Aunt Chen was very enthusiastic, but like this, Ruan Yu generally didn't know how to answer, so she smiled, first drank a few sips of porridge to warm her stomach, and then lowered her head and nibbled on chicken wings.
The Coke chicken wings made by Aunt Chen are very delicious, Ruan Yu can eat a plate alone, but it is inconvenient to use chopsticks to gnaw the chicken wings, and she is not good at getting started directly in front of Aunt Chen and Uncle Meng, so it took half a day to nibble on a piece, and her mouth was full of sauce.
Meng Jiayue couldn't stand it anymore, took out a piece of toilet paper from the carton and said, "Look up." ”
Ruan Yu immediately put down her chopsticks and raised her head obediently, asking Meng Jiayue to wipe her mouth, and just as she was about to continue to nibble on chicken wings, the bowl in front of her was taken away by Meng Jiayue.
Ruan Yu didn't know what he was going to do, so he was stunned when he heard Aunt Chen ask first: "Jiayue, what are you doing with Xiaoyu's bowl?" ”
"Shave." After speaking, Meng Jiayue poked the chopsticks into the boneless position in the middle of the chicken wings, and then used force to split the chicken wings in half, and picked out the meat along the bones.
He was very skillful, and it didn't take long for him to clean a bowl of chicken wings, but there was not much meat on the chicken wings, and when he removed the bones and handed them to Ruan Yu, there was only a small half left in the bowl.
"You eat first."
Meng Jiayue said that he had sandwiched a piece of chicken wings into the bowl, continued to remove the bones, and then gave the meat clip to Ruan Yu when he was finished, he didn't eat much back and forth, patronizing Ruan Yu, and waited until Aunt Chen was about to brush the pot, and then he finally swept the tail.
On Saturday, because Ruan's mother was not at home, Ruan Yu and her father ate breakfast in a breakfast shop outside the community, and Ruan's father did not stay at home much after eating, and went out to find friends, and did not come back in the morning.
As soon as Ruan's father left, Ruan Yu immediately went to find Meng Jiayue, today is his birthday, and yesterday Aunt Chen told Ruan Yu that she would come to the house in the morning to celebrate Meng Jiayue's birthday. When Ruan Yu went, Aunt Chen was about to go out to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, and after enthusiastically pulling her into the house, she went out with Uncle Meng.
Ruan Yu entered the house and found that Meng Jiayue was still lying on the bed, and immediately smiled: "Why are you still sleeping?" So lazy! ”
"Huh?" Meng Jiayue opened his eyes and turned to look at Ruan Yu, he didn't rest well last night, and now his eyes are still a little bloodshot, he hasn't eaten breakfast, and he has been lying in bed until now. Seeing Ruan Yu coming, he beckoned to Ruan Yu: "Come here." ”
Ruan Yu obediently went over and sat down on the edge of the bed, Meng Jiayue sat up, leaned over to help her take off her shoes, patted the position next to her and motioned for Ruan Yu to lie down.
"Do you want to sleep?" Ruan Yu took off her coat, turned over and lay on the bed and hugged Meng Jiayue and asked.
"If you can't sleep, just lie down for a while." Meng Jiayue closed his eyes and muttered, and pressed Ruan Yu's head into his arms.
Aunt Chen didn't come back until eleven o'clock, and she was still carrying a lot of vegetables in her hand, so she couldn't take it anymore, so as soon as she came back, she went to the kitchen to get busy, and Uncle Meng was not with her, and it took about fifteen minutes before she came back from outside with the cake.
When Uncle Meng entered the door, he first lifted the cake box and said, "The cake your mother chose, let's see if you like it or not." ”
Meng Jiayue shrugged his shoulders, not holding out any hope for his mother's aesthetics, but seeing Ruan Yu's expectant face, he asked her while going over to catch the cake, "Ruan Yu, do you see it?" ”
"I want to see it." Ruan Yu nodded vigorously.
Meng Jiayue put the cake on the coffee table and motioned Ruan Yu to dismantle it by herself.
The purple cake box was tied from all sides with a ribbon and tied into a bow shape at the top, Ruan Yu untied the ribbon, held the lid with both hands and carefully lifted it up. The sweet fragrance came to his nose, and the true face of the cake was slowly revealed, Ruan Yu let out a "wow" and looked amazed, while Meng Jiayue immediately turned his head.
The cake in the shape of a light pink heart is dotted with a few pink chocolate flowers with a slightly heavier color on the top side, and Meng Jiayue's name is written in red jam at the lower level, the cream pattern is painted on both sides of the cake, and the bottom is a circle of almond-shaped lace, the overall shape of the cake is very simple, but it looks very beautiful.
Ruan Yu took a closer look at the cake, and the more she looked at it, the more she liked it, and turned her head to Meng Jiayue and said, "The cake is so beautiful, Meng Jiayue, you see." ”
"No need." Meng Jiayue was speechless.
Uncle Meng made a cup of tea and held it in his hand, turned around a few times leisurely, and said to Ruan Yu with a smile: "If you think it looks good, you can eat more later, anyway, Jia Yue doesn't like to eat cakes, it's too sweet." ”
"Xiao Yu also likes the cake I chose, right?" Aunt Chen poked her head out of the kitchen and shouted, looking very happy with her expression.
After saying this, Aunt Chen went back to the kitchen to continue cooking, and after nearly two hours of work, it was past one o'clock when it was time to eat, and Aunt Chen called someone to help bring the dishes out, and a table was full.
Ruan Yu counted it, not counting the white fungus lotus seed soup, there were a total of eight dishes, what sweet and sour fish, sweet and sour loin, garlic pork ribs, braised pork, stir-fried bacon, vinegared cabbage, fish-flavored eggplant, preserved egg tofu, Ruan Yu was dazzled, and never knew that Aunt Chen would cook so many dishes.
"Little birthday boy, come, put it on." Aunt Chen took out the birthday hat given by the cake shop and put it on Meng Jiayue's head.
Uncle Meng took a bottle of large bottles of Coke orange juice and asked Ruan Yu, "Which one to drink?" ”
"Orange juice."
Uncle Meng poured Ruan Yu a glass first, and then poured juice or Coke into the other cups, while Aunt Chen was busy inserting candles on the cake, a total of 12, and after lighting it with a lighter, Aunt Chen raised her glass and said:
"Come, let's raise a glass."
"Happy birthday to Jiayue."
Aunt Chen raised her head and said this, Ruan Yu shouted out together, and her excited little face turned red.
Meng Jiayue saw that she was so happy, helped her birthday hat that was a little crooked, and took her hand under the table.
"Hurry up, Jiayue, make a wish and blow out the candles." The birthday candle was not burned, and it was almost burned out after a while, and Aunt Chen was busy asking Meng Jiayue to make a wish.
However, the wish was said in his heart, Meng Jiayue stared at the cake for a while, and he didn't know if he made a wish, so he said, "I made a promise." Ruan Yu, blow out the candles. ”
Ruan Yu was stunned, and reacted that Meng Jiayue was calling her, so she immediately happily came over, puffed up her breath and blew out the candle with Meng Jiayue, and then the cake was put aside, and she had to cut the cake after eating.
This meal, Aunt Chen took out all the craftsmanship of her body, there was nothing to say about the deliciousness, Ruan Yu ate until the end of the belly was round, and when it was time to divide the cake, Meng Jiayue also deliberately cut a large piece for her, but unfortunately Ruan Yu couldn't eat it without a few bites, so she could only watch the cake being taken away by Meng Jiayue.
I couldn't finish Meng Jiayue's birthday, and a week later it was November.
As we enter November, the weather in City A changes drastically, and the temperature is getting colder and colder. Although there are many people in the classroom, it is warmer than outside, but Ruan Yu usually does not dare to open the window casually, and there will still be cold wind coming in through the gap when sitting by the window.
Moreover, the autumn in City A is very short, and the winter has arrived before I can react, and when I come to school in the morning, I can always see my classmates with red cheeks from the cold, and it is not easy to speak.
The temperature by the window is much lower than in other places, Ruan Yu is basically half of her body warm every day, half of her body is cold, she blows too much cold wind and her stomach hurts, and later Meng Jiayue used tape to glue all the air leaks on the window, so that it is better.
Next Tuesday, the school will have a poetry recitation competition, today is the last day to submit the registration form to the school, after the second class in the morning, Meng Jiayue went to the office to find the class teacher to submit the list of students who participated in the competition.
There are few teachers in the office on the fifth floor, except for the head teacher of the first class, only the head teacher of the second class and the Chinese teacher of the third class are there, and the two teachers are not there when Meng Jiayue goes, as for the reason, Meng Jiayue knows. The teacher of the second class used to move a bench to the corridor outside the classroom to bask in the sun and chat with the students in the second period, while the Chinese teacher of the third class had the least class in the morning and went home early.
Meng Jiayue was about to leave after handing in the registration form, but as soon as he turned around, the head teacher suddenly stopped him: "Meng Jiayue, wait a minute." ”
"Is there anything else going on, teacher?" Meng Jiayue turned around and smiled slightly.
The head teacher was a little difficult to speak, and hesitated for a moment before organizing the language: "Have you been in a relationship recently?" I've heard some rumors, can you tell me about them? ”
"Teacher." Meng Jiayue immediately frowned, with a puzzled expression on his face, and asked rhetorically: "I'm still a primary school student, what kind of love are I talking about?" ”
As soon as the head teacher saw Meng Jiayue's expression, she immediately believed seven points in her heart, not to mention anything else, as far as Meng Jiayue communicated with her a lot when she was the class leader, she thought that she had some understanding of Meng Jiayue. Good academic performance, stable personality, strong work ability, and not as naughty as other boys in the class, the key is that the head teacher and Aunt Chen know each other, and he knows from his mother that Meng Jiayue is usually very honest.
It's just that the head teacher is still a little uneasy, and asks again: "You really haven't been in love?" ”
Meng Jiayue's face sank and looked a little unhappy, but he still answered the head teacher seriously: "What kind of love am I talking about?" Teacher, think about it, my mother is at school, if I fall in love, can she not know? Besides, what does elementary school students' early love look like? Teacher, where did you hear that? How did I not know? ”
"But I heard that you and Ruan Yu have a good relationship, aren't you two at the same table, and you sit together." The head teacher said tentatively.
Meng Jiayue smiled first when she heard this, and said helplessly: "Ruan Yu and I are neighbors, my mother likes her very much, and knows that I am in the same class as her, so she asked me to take good care of her, how can I be said to be like this?" Teacher: If you don't believe me, you can ask my mother. ”
The head teacher was relieved at this time, and then said: "That is probably spread by others, but Meng Jiayue, will the two of you sit together disturb your study?" ”
This is what the head teacher is most worried about, Meng Jiayue and Ruan Yu are studying well, especially Meng Jiayue, who is the first in the grade in the back exam, if the results are affected because of some trivial things, it is really worth the loss.
So her idea is to transfer the two of them away first, although the matter of falling in love is nothing, but she is afraid that there will be rumors somewhere, and they will be rumored, or there will be no future now, and it will affect learning when the time comes.
Meng Jiayue shook his head, pretending to be puzzled: "Ruan Yu is also very good at studying, she is better at mathematics than me, didn't she score 100 points in the exam before, usually we both study from each other, there is no disturbance!" ”
The head teacher couldn't help but ask again: "You really don't need to change seats?" ”
"I really don't need to, teacher, if she and I really change to other positions, I'm afraid the classmates in the class will take it more seriously, it's too troublesome, and if my mother knows, she's afraid she'll criticize me first, teacher, you're good, don't tell my mother."
The head teacher was amused by what he said, and replied repeatedly: "Okay, okay, I won't tell Teacher Chen, I promise not to let you be criticized." ”
"Thank you, teacher." Meng Jia said with a grateful face.
"Alright, it's almost class, you can go back first!"
Meng Jiayue responded, turned around and walked out of the office, and the class bell rang just a few steps, and the students entered the classroom one after another, and there was no one in the corridor for a long time.
Meng Jiayue still walked unhurriedly to the class, the expression on his face gradually emptied, and the corners of his mouth slowly rose, smiling happily.