In the family courtyard, the smell of home-cooked meals is everywhere.

Most of the people in Ningyuan have noses that are as sensitive as dogs, especially those who have lived in the family homes of the old factory. Neighbors sometimes don't have to visit the door to tell from the air what kind of dishes are on the table at the other door's house today. Sometimes, when they smell strange aromas, neighbors come to their homes to take a look – not to see what the new dishes look like, but out of pure curiosity about the guests. I don't know if it was the daughter-in-law of the owner who came to the door, or the son-in-law of the west family who came to visit, the neighbors were willing to come to the door, and the host family was also happy to announce it to the neighbors with their own dishes. In the middle of the year, there are neighborhoods to walk around.

Shen Xi quietly walked through the streets where there were usually few people. Through the sunset and dust, before he knew it, he was standing at the gate of the small courtyard again.

The yellow light of the incandescent lamp crept through the window and shone on the bamboo shelves in the courtyard. The red tomatoes are plated with a beautiful golden layer.

A middle-aged man's voice came from the kitchen, and his voice seemed a little helpless, "Mom, you go and rest." I'll do it. ”

"My son is home, what is my cooking meal?" a confident voice came from the kitchen. "You're really, you haven't come back to see me for so long, this old lady, I thought I hadn't given birth to a son!"

The male voice smiled a little awkwardly, "Aren't I busy with work?" ”

"What's wrong with work? can you ignore your mother?" The old lady's voice revealed a sense of intimacy as if she had put her face up and rubbed it hard, "You or Xiao Wu don't come to see me." It's just me and Xi'er and my mother who are lonely and miserable......"

The old lady is naturally Shen Xi's grandmother. As soon as he heard this voice, Shen Xi's eyes were suddenly filled with liquid. He wiped his eyes with his hands in a panic, but he was a little surprised at the intensity of his reaction.

When the word "Xi'er" entered his ears, Shen Xi's eyes widened in disbelief, and he suddenly raised his head and looked into the small courtyard.

"Who is Xi'er?" the middle-aged man's voice looked confused, "Mom, you have a cat again?"

"Hey......" the old lady sighed, "I guess I'm confused." Then no matter how much the middle-aged man asked, he refused to continue to explain.

After a while, the door of the small courtyard was pushed open with a "creak". The middle-aged man wore a coat and a burning cigarette in his mouth. With the phone in his hand, he was explaining something to the person on the other end of the phone.

"I'm with my mom right now. The middle-aged man's voice was a little impatient, "I told you a long time ago, that kind of shockproof special test tube has a limited volume, and you can only put a passive chip in the lid." Even if the active chip is stuffed in, there is no power supply!What? Something is lost? What are you kidding! Aren't you a first-class laboratory?" He suddenly saw Shen Xi standing at the door, thinking that it might be a nearby neighbor who was walking, nodded and continued, "Then I can't help it." There is a negligence in the management of your laboratory, what can I do? We are only a test tube supplier, and your management negligence should be reported to the superior unit in time. If something is important, call the police!"

When the middle-aged man nodded at him, Shen Xi immediately turned around and left. His mind was a little confused. It was so chaotic that I could barely hear what the middle-aged man was saying. It's just that when he heard the words "special test tube", Shen Xi seemed to have been electrocuted, and suddenly turned his head to look at the man behind him.

There was not a hint of a messenger in him.

Shen Xi took three steps and made two steps back to the two-bedroom apartment. Along the way, many middle-aged women who were about to go home to cook looked at Shen Xi with curious eyes. They exchanged heads with each other, "This can't be that Xiao Ai's man, right?"

Walking to the door, Shen Xi looked at the door lock and unexpectedly found that he didn't have a key. I searched around the door, but I couldn't find the button for the doorbell. Shen Xi had to knock on the door. Unexpectedly, it didn't matter if I knocked on the door, the sound of the door opening suddenly sounded upstairs and downstairs. Curious faces emerged from the door.

"Who?" asked Agnes in the door, her voice a little small, as if she was cooking in the kitchen, and despite the shouting voice, she was still a little unintelligible.

"Me. Shen Xi's response was short and forceful, he really didn't dare to say hello to the neighbors who were gradually surrounding him—gods were not allowed to communicate directly with mortals other than the pope. Shen Xi was worried that if he accidentally nodded his head, he would have to be wiped out.

"Who?" Agnes opened the door a crack, and his blue eyes exclaimed as soon as he saw Shen Xi's figure, "Ah, are you back?"

"Xiao Ai, who is this? I haven't seen it before. An aunt who lived on the opposite side of the door looked up and down for a while and asked, "Introduce us to us?"

"Aunt Sun, this is, this is ......" Agnes hurriedly removed the chain door lock, opened the door and dragged Shen Xi in, and smiled at the aunt who was speaking outside, "This is my ......"

"This is Xiao Ai's lover. Ruan An's voice came out from behind the crowd, "I said, sisters. Can you give me a way? I can't even go home. ”

A group of women in their fifties and sixties who were about to retire or retired gave way to a passage with a smile on their faces, and they all said that Ruan An's mouth was so sweet. Then, as if to hide his embarrassment, he began to make fun of the woman standing next to him for being too slow to do so, and before he could abduct Agnes as his daughter-in-law, he was cut off.

Sending away the many female comrades outside the door, Ruan An closed the door, looked at Shen Xi who was in a cold sweat in front of him and said with a smile, "What are you doing here?"

Shen Xi shrugged his shoulders, "Go out for a walk." It turned out to be something very remarkable. ”

When Ruan An heard this, the smile on his face disappeared, and he said seriously, "Coincidentally, I also discovered some very remarkable things.

The master and servant were about to exchange information further, when Agnes suddenly came out of the kitchen wearing an apron, "Go wash your hands!

"The master mother has an order, and she doesn't dare to disobey. Ruan An shook the non-existent water sleeve upward, smiled and arched his hand at Agnes and sang, "Xiaosheng is polite." ”

Shen Xi forced a smile and sat down at the table. When he was about to take the chopsticks, he was gently patted on his hand by Agnes.

Turning her head to look, Agnes bit her lip and whispered, "Go wash your hands first, and then you go up and sit on the throne." This is my location!"

A smile and a smile, but it is all the taste of home.