In the afternoon, Yang Ke temporarily changed his hexagram and refused to go out at all, so he asked Xia Zhi to take Mi Yang out for a walk. Because after a few days in Beijing, except for the two points and one line of the hospital hotel, Miyang has never been anywhere.

Sitting in the car, Xia Zhi said his arrangement: "Miyang, it's still early, it's better ... Come to me first? Then we go to the supermarket to buy ingredients and we make our own dinner, how about it? ”

Miyang couldn't ask for it.

In a high-end community in Dongcheng District, a delicate two-bedroom apartment on the fifteenth floor is Xia Zhi's residence. Cream-colored wallpaper, light-brown curtains, sofas, and milky white bookshelves between the living room and dining room are full of books. A pot of greenery taller than Miyang stands between the sofa and the bookshelf. It's actually a decoration that Miyang likes at a glance.

Diagonally opposite the master bedroom is a study with a wall full of books and a sofa bed on the other. A desk is placed in front of the book wall, which is Xia Zhi's studio.

Mi Yang couldn't help but tease: "Cousin Zhi, the most in your house is books!" ”

The kitchen is clean and fresh, and it seems that there has never been a fire. Mi Yang asked, "Brother, look at your kitchen... I don't think I fired anything, did I? ”

Xia Zhi smiled awkwardly: "I really haven't fired it, and I usually solve food and clothing in the company or restaurant." But don't worry, the rice will still be cooked, but if the taste is not satisfactory, you can take care of it. ”

"To be honest, I'm already looking forward to your cooking."

Less than a kilometer away from the community is a shopping mall. In the supermarket on the first floor, seafood, fish, vegetables, melons and fruits, dairy products, cakes and ...... The whole nine yards.

Miyang is a child who has never seen the world, and is attracted by the colorful and different forms of aquatic products in the glass water tank, which he has only seen in books.

Xia Zhi pushed the shopping cart and followed behind, like a young couple.

Coming out of the supermarket, Mi Yang had an extra bouquet of flowers in his hand and explained: "I saw a vase on the bookshelf, and I picked a bouquet when I passed by the flower stall. Cousin Chi, is it good-looking? ”

"Beautiful! After all these years, your interest hasn't changed at all. When I was in school, every time the azaleas bloomed, you would find out all the bottles and cans in the house, and you couldn't wait to put every corner of the house. ”

Mi Yang smiled: "As long as I see these flowers and plants, I don't seem to have any worries." Spring is coming... The azaleas in my hometown should be about to bloom as well. ”

Xia Zhi smiled: "This is probably... The noblest and most affordable way to heal. ”

Mi Yang turned his head to look at Xia Zhi: "This way... Especially for me! ”

Xia Zhi is the head chef, and the process of handling ingredients is clumsy and almost out of condition; Miyang is responsible for washing vegetables, cutting fruits, and arranging flowers. When the lights were lit up outside the window, a sumptuous dinner was successfully set on the table.

Xia Zhi took out a bottle of red wine from the wine cabinet and took out a glass of blue-purple candle wax: "These wines were given by my classmates when I moved last year, and I finally had the opportunity to open and drink them." Flowers, wine, and candlelight, the ritual sense of life is immediately there! ”

"Well, it's a bit of a candlelight dinner...... Mi Yang stopped abruptly, and the conversation changed, "I haven't eaten such a hearty meal for several days, Cousin Zhi, you're amazing!" ”

Looking at the slightly ambiguous scene unintentionally arranged in front of him, Xia Zhi rubbed his hands, picked up the wine glass, poured a glass, turned it around a few times, and handed it to Mi Yang: "Mi Yang, the wine will wake up for a while before drinking, taste my craftsmanship first, and point out and criticize the deficiencies." ”

"How can I be qualified to criticize and criticize, I can't even cook noodles well, my mother often says that I'm useless, I can't even ...... rice"

Mi Yang stopped it in time, and the scene in front of him didn't seem to have any other topics.

Mi Yang drank red wine for the first time, first took a sip gently, a sweet and sour accompanied by a slight astringency and spiciness, slid across the tongue coating, and when it flowed to the stomach, the taste was stimulated, and she subconsciously frowned.

"How? Are you used to drinking? ”

Mi Yang put down the wine glass and smoothed the choked breath in his chest: "I rarely drink, how do I know if it's good or not." ”

"Actually, I rarely drink, and the ones in the wine cabinet are all moved by my classmate Lin Shaodong, who has a lot of them at home. I have the opportunity to meet him, he is a very interesting person. ”

The red wine slowly went down, and the topic gradually opened. Mi Yang, who was overwhelmed by alcohol, blushed on his face, and was already a little drunk. She shook her head and smiled, "This wine... It's pretty good! ”

Xia Zhi picked up a piece of fish meat and put it in Miyang's bowl: "Miyang, actually... If you don't come to Beijing this time, I want to ask you if you'd like to come, but... Now I'm leaving......"

Mi Yang asked in surprise, "Brother, where are you going?" ”

"Last year, the head office gave me two places to go abroad for about two years, and... I'm going to leave in a few days. ”

"Going abroad... That's a good thing! You don't have to worry about me, Yang Ke's father has already helped me find an internship unit. ”

"Lin Shaodong's family has a pharmaceutical company, I told him a long time ago, you come over and go to work with him. Even if I'm not in Beijing for the time being, you shouldn't have a problem with him, or... Think about it? ”

Mi Yang hesitated a little, but after thinking for a moment, he still refused: "Brother, before the internship unit came to Beijing, I asked Yang Ke to ask her father to help find it, if I gave them some kindness... It's not so good either. I'll go back for an internship first, you can go abroad with peace of mind, I'll wait for you to come back! ”

After thinking for a while, Xia Zhi also agreed: "You classmates intern together, it's good to take care of each other, after she is sick and hospitalized, I believe that she should also take good care of you." ”

Candlelight, wine, flowers, drunk night. The two talked about their childhood.

When I was young, the most carefree happiness was probably spent at my grandfather's house.

In spring, the flowers all over the mountains and fields are folded and inserted in the ponytail, and Miyang can be happy all spring; Watermelons with dew, green vegetables in the garden, cicadas in the yard and by the pond, playing music that belongs to summer; In autumn, the two trees in the yard that are more than 100 years old are full of golden orange fruits; In the cold winter when the north wind was howling and the snow was falling, my grandfather burned the charcoal brazier early, and the cousins sat around and listened to my grandfather's never-ending folk commentary.

"Miyang, do you remember the scene of your grandfather's fishing?"

"Well, my grandfather always carried the bamboo fishing pole about the height of the roof, and the bamboo lou hung from the fishing rod, as well as his own Maza, and sat by the pond in front of the village for most of the day. Sometimes he would go further afield, or even go fishing on the shore of Pohu Lake, and he would go all day! ”

"What impressed me the most was the summer, and the torrential rain couldn't stop my grandfather's enthusiasm for fishing. Dressed in a robe, wearing a hat, sitting in the rain and fog, the picture... It's like a scene in a martial arts novel. ”

"Really! And my grandfather's old house. The old house was very large, and at that time, my grandfather and his younger brother lived in the old house, and there was a ditch in the middle of the hall, and there were many fish caught by my grandfather in the ditch. Wait until weekends or holidays to cook and eat. ”

"My grandfather said that the old house was left over from the last years of the Qing Dynasty, and it was as old as the two orange trees in the yard! Carved beams and painted buildings, painted birds and inlaid animals, if not demolished, maybe they will become protected cultural relics. ”

Unconsciously, the night was dark, Xia Zhi took a big sip of the wine glass, and asked: "Miyang, these years... Second aunt, is she okay? ”

Mi Yang lowered his head: "My mother... In my memory, my mom and I never seem to be able to say three words calmly, I don't know why, we don't have the closeness that mother and daughter should have, but I know... She has a deep-seated patriarchal mentality, presumably me... It's not good! ”

Xia Zhi choked, and didn't know how to answer for a while: "Second aunt... She is a strong person, very capable, and sometimes she may not know that her personality will bring a kind of harm to the people around her. I know that you have not been happy for so many years, you have grown up, you can choose your own life, I believe, everything will slowly get better! ”

"At home for the New Year... We argued a few more times, and that feeling... It's really suffocating. I sometimes think that graduating from college might be the first step for me to leave home and go out. ”

"It's because... Did my dad ask my second uncle to propose? ”

Mi Yang looked at Xia Zhi in astonishment: "Cousin Zhi, you also know?" ”

Xia Zhi nodded: "My mother told me, this... What do you think? ”

Mi Yang lowered her head, and Xia Zhi seemed to see her thoughts: "I think... You shouldn't force yourself to do this, let alone have a psychological burden. ”

"It's because I rejected this matter that my mother was not happy, and I was in my twenties, eating and drinking at home, and spending the family's money. I know that the conditions at home are not good, my brother has just entered college, and the financial pressure can be imagined, but ......" Mi Yang paused: "My refusal is not that cousin Xianbin is bad, we are cousins, I treat him... I don't feel that way at all. ”

"I understand, that's why I said don't push yourself. Third brother... Although I have always liked you, this matter is a matter of two people, and the marriage that should belong to him will come sooner or later. ”

"To be honest, thinking of my eldest uncle's expectant eyes, as well as my parents' bitter words, I still can't go, as if it was my fault for refusing such a good family affair, but after listening to your words today, my heart is much better."

"It's not your fault, it's a lifelong event, you can't barely come, and you can't be sloppy. You're only twenty-one, and great times are waiting for you! ”