The light in the kitchen was on, and Zhou Qi stood at the door of the kitchen, looking at Jian Yi, who was carefully cutting green onions. The dumplings are already boiling in the pot with a slight popping sound.

Maybe it was because he was too quiet, and he actually gave birth to some trance. It was as if the scene presented at this moment was just a dream.

In the past, he had thought about her busy kitchen countless times. At that time, he remembered the small details that were inadvertent. He used to rarely go into the kitchen, but in the years that followed, he would stand in the kitchen and smoke many late nights. Sometimes he would cook a meal by himself, but when he sat alone at the table, he had no appetite.

The dumplings didn't take long to cook, and Jane Yi put them in a bowl and sprinkled with white and green green onions. The edge of the bowl was a little hot, and Zhou Qi, who was in a daze when she was about to pick it up, took two steps forward and said in a low voice, "I'll come." ”

He quickly picked up the dumplings and went to the restaurant, Jian Yi took out a small plate and sandwiched some pickles made by the old lady, and put them in front of Zhou Qi.

He ate quickly, perhaps a little hot, and a fine sweat broke out on his forehead. Jian Yi went to the refrigerator and took out a can of drink and put it in front of him.

She didn't stay here, she wanted to stand on the balcony for a while, but it was still very hot outside, and she only stood for a moment before she went back to the living room and watched TV.

Zhou Qi finished eating the dumplings in a short time, and consciously packed up the dishes and chopsticks and went to the kitchen to wash. Jian Yi just didn't see it and let him go.

It didn't take long for Zhou Qi to wash the dishes and come out, his mobile phone kept vibrating on the dining table, he picked it up and looked at it, and picked up the phone over there.

He was on the phone all the time, more patient than ever. Jian Yi waited left and right and didn't see him go, and saw that the time was not early, so he had to take a bath first.

When he came out, Zhou Qi was still there, spitting clouds and fog in the living room. Seeing Jian Yi come out, he pinched out the cigarette butt, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything. Just stood up, "It's not early, I'm leaving, let's rest early." ”

The time has become more and more since the week, sometimes it is to send a new dessert from a restaurant, sometimes it is a specialty brought back from a business trip, and once I even sent a pair of painted cups, I don't know which flea market to pick it up. He didn't look like a person who would go to those places, and Jian Yi couldn't figure out what he wanted to do.

In August, the landlord's daughter of the house she rented was about to return to China, and the landlord informed her in advance to ask her to find a new rental office, and her daughter came back to live here.

Jian Yi's house is almost open, and now he plans to move back in. After she came to live here, she bought a lot of things piecemeal, and during this time she was busy, she took advantage of the evening to go home and slowly clean up.

When Zhou Qi came over again, he happened to meet Jian Yi packing, and there were a lot of things in the living room, which looked messy.

After learning that Jian Yi was going to move back to the new house, he groaned for a while and said, "It's only been renovated over there, so it's best to put it back in there." Let's move back to our old house. ”

Although he didn't live there anymore, it was cleaned regularly and kept clean and tidy. It's just that the houses that no one lives in are aging fast and deserted to the point where they are unpopular.

The house over there was originally bought by the old man, and he was going to give it to Jian Yi at that time, but she refused to take it, so it fell into his name. But the old man's original intention was to give it to her. He and Old Man Song are good friends, and they don't want to see Jian Yi and the old lady displaced and homeless. Of course, there is no lack of factors that he has long regarded Jian Yi as his granddaughter-in-law.

But he didn't expect that Jian Yi was unwilling to accept his favor, nor did he refuse to take advantage, insisting on paying the rent, and moving out as soon as he had a house, refusing to continue to live. As a result, the house was so empty.

After he finished speaking, he didn't wait for Jian Yi to answer, and continued: "The old house has always been empty, grandma is used to living in the old house, and she won't get used to living in a new house." She is old, and medical care in the countryside is not good, so she can't let her old man live in the countryside all the time. ”

Jian Yi didn't know what she was thinking and didn't speak.

Zhou Qi stared at her and said, "There are too many memories over there in the old mansion, and grandma must miss them." When a person gets old, no one knows when she will leave, so don't let her old man have regrets. ”

He has always been very good at attacking the heart, knows where Jian Yi's weakness is, and knows what will shake her. After the death of her grandfather, the old lady seems to have been in exile, first living in the temple for a long time, and now living in Aunt Qing's side and refusing to come back, Jian Yi has always been apologetic. I felt that it was because of my limited ability that the old lady stayed outside and refused to come back.

Now that she heard Zhou Qi's proposal, how could she not be moved at all. She pursed her lips slightly, which was a small gesture she often did in her hesitation.

Zhou Qi struck while the iron was hot and said: "There is no one to take care of it over there and it is becoming deserted, moss and grass have grown in the yard, you and grandma live there, even if you help me maintain the house." ”

Jian Yi was silent, still not speaking.

Zhou Qi's eyes were gloomy, and he didn't speak again. The two of them were silent for a moment, and finally ended the topic by saying that they had considered it.

She was actually shaken, but only for a moment. She knew very well that the reason why she and Zhou Qi had a close relationship was because she owed him for her father's affairs. Even if they were at peace now, the relationship between her and him was just two straight lines that would go farther and farther apart after crossing. She didn't want to owe him anything more, and not bothering each other was the best ending between them.

Zhou Qi's arrival made Jian Yi have to stop what he was doing and tidy up the living room with messy things first. Zhou Qi looked at it, frowned, and said, "You can find a professional housekeeper to do these things." ”

Moving is a very troublesome thing, and it feels like a headache to look at the trivial things.

Jian Yi didn't want others to touch his things, so he sighed and said, "Time is not tight, I can clean up slowly by myself." It was just exercised as exercise. ”

Zhou Qi was also good to help, but she stopped him and said that she could just come by herself.

Zhou Qi will have a business trip tomorrow, and he will be on a business trip for about half a month, so this time I will stay here for a long time. I even ordered takeout for supper, it rained a few days, the temperature dropped a lot, and it was cool to sit on the balcony.

He ordered skewers and casserole powder, etc., and the supper naturally had to be accompanied by wine. After drinking the cold beer, the whole person felt a lot more comfortable, and the two chatted with each other.