Chapter 452: Dumplings
It's just that she repeated an action repeatedly, letting people know that she was flustered in her heart, Lin Xie saw that she recognized herself, adhering to the consistent way of communication between mother and son, and her eyes were interspersed, not to mention that the sound of her stomach revealed his embarrassment, and quickly returned to the bench, and her mother also completed this vast world with others in order not to fall behind.
Lin Xie sat there and recalled the way the two lived together, in the one-bedroom room through the screen window did not interfere with each other, a certain period of time when the body was long Lin Xie was crazy in love with dumplings, so whenever his mother had time to cook a meal, it must be pork and green onions or fennel meat dumplings, wrapped tightly and roundly, meticulous, and cautious over, cooking is like a chef's spiritual abbreviation.
That's why Lin Xie went back to eat dumplings under the bridge when Wangjing was the most difficult.
After the song was finished, my mother walked over with a smooth step, and I didn't see anything strange, at least it wasn't obsession, Lin Xie always felt that he hadn't been in touch for so long, was he dead.
She literally sat next to Lin Xie and didn't make a sound.
As soon as she sat down, Lin Xie stood up, his eyes didn't know where to look, and his senses knew that his mother was sitting and looking at her, and even the beating of her pupils seemed to have a sound and an independent heartbeat.
There is no sense of scrutiny in his eyes, and he doesn't know what he is thinking, the suffering of each other over the years does not mean that he does not understand each other, even if his son is now dressed cleanly and revealing a slight luxury, life must be smooth, and he can know from the calluses between his fingers that everything is not as good as he imagined.
Her brain has been self-righteous and smart to come up with Lin Xie's experience over the years, she is not an ordinary woman, she is used to parting and meeting in this life, and she has her own set of ways to deal with emotional fluctuations, so as to be not surprised.
That is, another layer of cold-blooded ruthlessness.
She remembered that her son's stomach rumbled, so she got up and left her back to the 100-person dance troupe that was in full swing, and the two walked far away one after the other, and the noise of the crowd gradually blurred, even so, there was no voice to say goodbye to Lin Xie's mother, and there was no middle-aged person's lively demeanor at all.
It seems that Lin Xie miscalculated the meaning of square dancing, and there are really people who come to dance and exercise, and there is no complicated social significance.
I followed my mother to the two-story building and opened the door.
The small garden still has fresh branches and leaves, and the smell of green and fresh smell seems to isolate the small building from the dust outside and the vicious neighbor next door.
Lin Xie became more and more unable to recognize which one-bedroom apartment he had lived in, and he didn't know where to ask about this strange house, he sat on a chair like a guest, and the familiar feeling made him feel like he was back home, probably remembering a few pieces of furniture in the old house that had not been replaced.
The mother just changed into a pair of light slippers and walked out again, and said to Lin Xie before leaving: "I'm going to buy vegetables" and hurried out, I don't know if I can help her buy vegetables this night, but it can also be seen that this incompetent mother is also afraid that Lin Xie will suddenly appear and leave, otherwise how could she be such a word-loving person who said the final words after a long time, and explained that she went out.
With such an assertive opinion, Lin Xie began to look at the furnishings of the room, at this time, the moonlight from the floor-to-ceiling windows flowed mottled light between the scattered leaves and branches on the window edge, shining on the tile floor of the room, the moonlight was as warm as jade, like water, and was gently calling towards the tunnel of the dream.
Follow the light to find a photo next to the dresser, the photo is naturally the mother and herself, the yellowed photo is well preserved in the framed frame, it seems that it has been cherished in the last two years, the beautiful young woman in it is magnificent, looking at the camera seriously, as if following the instructions of the cameraman, the hand is placed on her son's shoulder at a strange angle, and people who don't know think that she is going to give her son an over-the-shoulder fall.
She was wearing a red and white floral cheongsam, which was the high-end clothes left by her mother, which shows how important it is for her to take this photo, Lin Xie in the photo is about one meter two, with cheap blush on her face, looking at the camera in high spirits, straightening her shoulders and raising her head, at most reaching her mother's waist.
He can't remember his exact age, and he has a vague memory of taking pictures.
So he looked at the picture motionlessly, whether it was the young mother or himself dressed like a rich kid.
The children who wore the uniforms of the Rising Navy, in those days, were a symbol of great pampering.
By the time he remembered this, he was already an adult of 1.8 meters.
The concept of time and space is so empty, and the things that are recorded on film do not exist in the memory, is it possible that some memories have been deleted at some moment?
Otherwise, it is impossible not to remember at all, but it is like a wisp of stinginess in the mind after triggering, memory, memory, should not be remembered in this form, but should always lie quietly in the brain, and can be taken out and licked at any time.
Mother really bought the ingredients to make dumplings, and carried a rich charcuterie and a bottle of dark beer with an unrecognizable brand, as if she considered that Lin Xie might become a man without alcohol after nearly ten years.
Just like Lin Xie's father and her after they got married, they only knew how to drink and nag all day long, but in fact Lin Xie never drank beer, if he could, he wanted to introduce the whiskey he liked to drink now, and he would not go crazy when he drank it, but would be more polite than usual.
He remembered his wife's instructions to him, and to show enthusiasm in front of his mother, at least not to distance themselves any more, so he ran over with a gentle smile to help carry the bag in her hand, put the dumpling wrappers and traps in the kitchen, and put the deli beer on the table.
He bent over to find that his mother was really thin, her shoulders were bent by the weight, and she approached like a half-grown girl.
The two met for more than an hour, and it still didn't constitute a conversation, and the only chance was Lin Xie didn't respond with a smooth "oh".
The room is sparsely filled with the sound of unwrapping plastic bags, and after turning on the white light in the living room, the moonlight scattered from the floor-to-ceiling windows disappears.
The sound of boiling in the pot sounded, San Bao looked at the back of his mother in the kitchen, his nose was full of the sticky fragrance of dumpling noodle soup, and the gluttonous insects were about to crawl to his throat, he didn't care about the embarrassing strangeness, he only cared about being hungry.
Lin Xie didn't notice her mother's slightly satisfied smile, she was proud of the taste of the dumplings in her hand, and said don't worry, put the dumplings on the table, and went to prepare soy sauce and vinegar.
Unlike when he was hungry under the bridge, Time taught Lin Xie to take his time, and he waited for the soy sauce and vinegar to come before he began to eat.