Chapter 11 Food stalls that share hearts

"Oops! Although we are old friends who get along day and night, you can't always call me in the middle of the night! Looking at Zheng Yucheng, who was gobbling up, Zhou Mingyao giggled.

"How long has it been since you've eaten a full meal? Eat slowly, and be careful not to choke again. Seeing that he drank even the last drop of soup into his mouth, Zhou Mingyao handed him a wet wipe.

"As I said beforehand, counting the meal just now, I only have 20 minutes left for you. I told my wife to buy a bag of snacks for the children before I let them go. Just like when he defeated temptation in an instant, Zhou Mingyao breathed a sigh of relief.

"But Brother Yucheng, why are you always sullen! What happened? As the third best friend and food stall owner in college, Pei Kemian's eyes changed from surprise to sympathy, and then naturally winked at Zhou Mingyao.

"It's because I can't wipe my face and take the work outside the authority, and I bring the newcomer who the whole bank knows the most can't bring by the temper, and then the money is flying all over the sky like waste paper, in order to pick up money on the way to the airport, I hit my head into a slight concussion, but when it comes to our director Shen Zhenghuan, there is no such luck, the brand new Accord body hit the scoop, the window cracked, and even the insurance policy I just bought I don't know when it floated out of the window! How can I say it, Brother Yu Cheng's bad luck today is so bad that even a super-first-class disaster playwright would not dare to write like this! ”

In Zhou Mingyao's babbling, Pei Kemian slapped twice sarcastically. This is really a wave of unsettled, wave after wave. Zheng Yucheng, who was still sitting there just now and kept sighing, indiscriminately pushed down the piece of beer in front of him and wanted to leave.

"Compared with begging for a living everywhere, it's more comfortable to be self-employed like me." Pei Kemian's voice was filled with loneliness and enthusiasm, Zheng Yucheng, who was dragged back in a daze and sat opposite the two friends absentmindedly, his calm heart was disturbed again, and he pursed his lips in frustration while opening the menu.

"Ke Mian, who opened the store, has a prosperous business like himself, which is really the common wish of our workplace!" Zhou Mingyao whistled like a child, and he got carried away.

"What are you kidding? Can I still sit here if it's really prosperous? I have long since taken a back seat and hired someone else to be the store manager. You all eat ready-made, so you don't know how hard it is to revolve around firewood, rice, oil, and salt all day long. Especially in recent years, indoor food stalls like me have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, but the macro environment is depressed. Listening to Pei Kemian's nervous chatter, Zheng Yucheng and Zhou Mingyao silently clinked glasses. immediately shifted his mind to the unlucky Zheng Yucheng again.

"I hope to get rid of the title of loan agent as soon as possible, when can I play the role of core value in the company like the No. 4 bowler!" Looking at the turbulent beer bubbles, Zheng Yucheng thought secretly in his heart, and said the same thing on his lips.

"Hey! Can a baseball team win all with just one central role? Pei Kemian asked as if arguing. You need a catcher who can see the whole thing, right? ”

"How can it be? Desperate shortstops, outfielders are also important. They are like chips on the scales, but whenever the power is tilted to one side, the whole will fall apart. Zhou Mingyao laughed and patted Pei Kemian on the shoulder. Do you remember what I told you before, my brother Zhang Junyu, who is my best friend in college? Their dream team can be called a legendary dream team, from the bottom to the top three in this year's Asian Games, I tell you that this is all ability, indicating that the head coach Xu Zhiyuan is a cow! By the way, that head coach Xu seems to be 39 years old this year, which is the same age as our brother Yucheng. Zhou Mingyao slowly squirmed his fingers and said frankly.

The red and white fingers really looked like the crab's claws, and then as if they had entered a no-man's land, Zheng Yucheng began to quietly recall the wonderful moment when Li Chengmei had just aimed at a long distance.

"Ahem" After coughing violently twice, Zheng Yucheng put down his chopsticks, and the soy sauce bibimbap in front of him was more than half.

"Why don't you eat it? Does it taste weird? Pei Ke asked with a reluctantly observant look. Seeing that Zheng Yucheng lit a cigarette and didn't answer, he racked his brains and asked, "Do you want to play music?" To drink or not to drink? Grilling two skewers? Or what else do you want? ”

"Isn't it because of that little at Anjo Bank! Forget to forget, and as long as the parachute is willing to cover you, your sky will not fall! Zhou Mingyao slammed Yucheng on the shoulders with his warm fists.

"That me, I really want a divorce." Zheng Yucheng, who was still pale just now, looked like a sculpture without saying a word, and his gritted teeth made people shudder.

"Why? cough, for..."Zhou Mingyao was almost choked, and hurriedly stopped drinking soy milk.

"Is my sister-in-law having an affair? Aren't both kids yours?! Pei Ke reluctantly swallowed a mouthful of piping hot soy milk that had already been in his mouth, and deliberately tentatively said.

"No, it's because I'm so scared of her, we've been married for 9 years, especially her changes in the last six months, I can't believe my eyes. I don't know what day it started, the lively and cheerful girl I knew was gone, and more often than not, I felt as if I was sharing a home with a monster that had fallen from an unknown planet. Zheng Yucheng felt that he had lost his energy, and muttered to himself sullenly.

"Hey! Be optimistic, brother! Women are like this after they become aunts. Didn't you know when I pursued your brother and sister? She was a gentle and weak little woman like a Hakka woman, but now she holds a child in each hand and kicks the mop head to wipe the floor everywhere. Since she has added three more children to the family, she can still play with the boss with blocks and puzzles on her own foot! In my opinion, she and Spider-Man are like the product of the same mother's womb! Ha ha! ”

Pei Kemian's words were expected by Zhou Mingyao, and he nodded.

"My wife is actually not as exaggerated as you, but fixing the lights, unclogging the sewer pipes, and putting the children to sleep are all fine." Pei Kemian and Zhou Mingyao were like you fighting for a basketball, and they didn't turn back at the same time until they heard a sigh.

"It's not as you described, Li Chengmei's personality is completely split into another personality carrier."

The gears of memory were constantly turning forward, and with a heavy loud bang, Lee Seung-mi's bulky body flew straight into the bathroom. Lying in the bathtub, Zheng Yucheng, who suddenly felt that his face was pale, turned around and saw a woman squatting there with a gloomy face, looking as terrifying as a yaksha, such a scene was still like yesterday even after a long time.

"Brother Yucheng, I can completely understand my sister-in-law's situation, there are such young children to take care of, how can she still have the energy for makeup and maintenance!"

Seeing Zheng Yucheng's bewildered appearance, Zhou Mingyao, who was sitting silently on the side, dissuaded. Unconsciously, Pei Kemian had also walked to his side and put his arm on his shoulder. Zheng Yucheng lowered his head, muttered his mouth and rubbed his fingers, and under the backlight, his face was suddenly covered with a shadow.

"In the past six months, I have no memory of eating at all, working overtime until I came home hungry late at night, and she didn't even leave me food. When I asked her, she always asked me in a harsh voice, are you a person without hands and feet? Why are you embarrassed to let me get up and cook for you?! Actually, I just asked casually, I don't know why she was so angry. The thrilling image quickly passed through his mind, and recalling that experience, Zheng Yucheng's voice suddenly became fragile.

"Wild cats and dogs on the streets can eat hot rice, but since I brought it up, my dinner has become steamed buns of various colors." Zheng Yucheng tried to express what he wanted to say.

"I don't expect to eat a full banquet of the Han Dynasty at once, and even mentioning a homely meal with my wife has become a luxury that cannot be fulfilled? And it also imposes a strong sense of guilt on me towards my child. Zheng Yucheng pointed to the tip of his nose in confusion.

"Oops! 95% of the men in the entire Anseong are like this! I run a food stall in a busy street, and the same is true of the diners who come and go! Otherwise, how could there be women like Lu Pheasant and Wu Zetian in this world! It can be seen that Pei Kemian is clearly pretending to be garlic. The originally sad topic was interpreted with wit and humor, and even Zheng Yucheng couldn't help but laugh. The laughter was also mixed with Zhou Mingyao's laughter, which gradually spread along the hidden door to the seaside at the intersection.

"When you have to pick up and drop off your children from school, help with homework, and occasionally attend boring parent-teacher conferences, you don't have time to cook decent home-cooked meals. Taking care of the second child in a meticulous way will often consume a lot of mother's energy, which saves the time of rushing to the market and supermarket. In addition, she has to raise money to support her family by her own ability, not to mention that her sister-in-law still works in a beauty salon, and she has to be called and drunk by customers and bosses every day. Brother Yucheng, your request is indeed too much! If I were my sister-in-law, I was afraid that I would chase after you with a pan. Pei Kemian's words were as reckless as ever, but they tightly restrained Zheng Yucheng's face like a torture instrument.

"She has put all her energy into the whole family over the years, and I know that. That's why I've been silently suffering from her convulsions. After all, it was my lack of ability that made her suffer so much. But today, I really can't bear it, no wonder I accidentally turned to the diagnosis slip when sorting garbage, it turned out that she had already developed anger regulation disorder two years ago. ”

In the past, Li Chengmei was as beautiful as the seaside scenery was changing, and his demeanor was in all directions. But I don't know when that memory became a breakpoint. Zheng Yucheng lowered his head and pondered for a while, but his will became more firm.

The two brothers were so surprised that they didn't know what to say.

"What? What kind of obstacle, you just said that..."Pei Kemian, who knew that he was poor in words, hurriedly urged Zhou Mingyao, who was stunned on the side.

"It was a disease, and she was fine all day, but suddenly her whole body was like a dormant volcano, spewing and splashing all the time."

Zheng Yucheng looked at his friends with a fluttering nose, and the next moment he heard the sound of an ox cart walking through the gravel field (his wife rolling her eyes) again.

"What? It's not a weekend today, why are there so many people in line! Aren't there so many idle windows over there? Why do you want customers to crowd on a single-plank bridge! It's disgusting! The price of the baby's food has risen again, if your salary has not been paid, hurry up and call your mother to urge! ”

"Ahh I just forgot to buy shoe polish, I'll go and I'll be back shortly. ”

Li Chengmei was just about to vent to her husband, but her complaint was immediately interrupted by Zheng Yucheng.

"Have you listened to me or not? Shoe polish is not a necessity of life, let's buy it next time, it will be our turn soon. And we have to hurry home to take the kids! ”

"Please, my profession requires me to wear leather shoes every day, do I have to brush them with water every day?"

"Then you can come back again tomorrow after work!"

"Look at my shoes, they've been ruined."

Although he was still resisting, in the face of his wife's angry gaze, Zheng Yucheng had to trot backwards in a gray manner.

"237 yuan, scan the code or swipe the card?"

In Chengmei's eyes, the goods spread out on the cash register by customers in front of her became more and more like weeds in the torrent, especially after hearing the last code scanning sound, Li Chengmei felt that her endurance was on the verge of collapse under many tests.

"What the hell is going on? I never thought you would be holding me back, you traitor! Li Chengmei suddenly muttered, no big or small.

"Why don't you let the customer settle the bill first?" When the cashier asked, Seungmi began to look panicked, and timidly pushed the cart to the back of all the customers. Then, her face gradually began to rise and fall like a drum with a drumstick, red and purple blood vessels undulated, and her mouth slowly emitted a "dong dong" sound similar to that of her heart.

"Wife, look at buy one get one free, isn't it amazing!" Jung's voice and movements were as lively as when he pushed the cup and changed the lamp, and Lee Seung-mi also waved his fist to hit the man who was about to pounce on his shopping cart.

"Didn't I already say it, it's our turn soon! You pig and dog are inferior to the bastard, bastard! At this moment, Li Chengmei could no longer care about the dignity she needed to maintain in public, and after announcing her husband's death sentence in the forbidden area, she sat on the ground and cried bitterly. People began to gather around, whispering. That scene suddenly became a pot of Pudu porridge that couldn't be shaken off.

"Really? Sister-in-law, she really has an intermittent illness in a crowded setting?! Pei Kemian looked at Zheng Yucheng helplessly, while Zhou Mingyao looked at him like an angry deserter who had abandoned his armor and returned.

"The swear words and complaining words in her mouth have basically become the daily language of our family. And just scolding doesn't relieve her hatred at all, and her fists and feet have also begun to take a professional route. ”

The psychological comfort I get from my friends is like an inexplicably captured backer, and the impatient complaints are even more justified.

"Remember my roommate, Little A? He is now going to be beaten by a mixed double of his wife and children at every turn, and last month because of a broken finger, I passively followed..."

"My mother always said that thirty-six strategies and forbearance are the best measures. Even if everything is for the sake of the children, I often feel aggrieved because I always obey the demands of the ignorant woman without any bottom line. And this is the price I silently beared. After pointing to the wound on his face, Zheng Yucheng put on a bitter gourd face that was more twisted than drinking Chinese medicine.

"Oh my God! Were the colors on your face all the masterpieces of your sister-in-law? Pei Kemian's concern became Yucheng's Achilles' heel, and the dignity and the most sensitive part he wanted to protect the most were ruthlessly dissected by Li Chengmei. His brain was already swelling violently, and his body seemed to be filled with a burst of fire that could not be extinguished.

Of course, but it's all a common way of greeting her in her daily life! It's like hello and goodbye! Zheng Yucheng laughed "sneering". "In this world, men are the most face-conscious high-level creatures, and the reason why I can pull down my face and spit out my bitterness with my two friends is because... I don't feel like my life is threatened once or twice, a month, or two months. Even if the hot war on the surface has been avoided, the crises of the Cold War have continued one after another. Fear is actually only part of it, do I have to stay with such a woman for the rest of my life? Living with helpless and painful thoughts, life is really long. Pouring beer over his head, the nearly forty-year-old man cried like a girl who had been robbed of her beloved doll, crying and begging for fate to let him go.

"Life is going to go on after all, but the idea is to take it yourself. After all, we can't get involved in your housework, and we can't bear it for you. ”

"Brother, I'll toast you again, you won't go home if you're drunk tonight!" Looking at Zheng Yucheng with a muddy face, Pei Kemian and Zhou Mingyao were moved by compassion.