Chapter 003: Strange
Within half an hour, his father, Halimin, had come back from shopping. Mother He Limei had also heated up the rice cooker for a long time, and the room was filled with the aroma of rice.
In the kitchen, the rest of the ingredients are ready to stop. The sliced potato cubes are submerged in a basin of water, and the sliced tomatoes are neatly stacked on a cutting board. Her mother, He Limei, was using chopsticks to quickly stir the egg liquid that had been beaten into the bowl.
Father Halimin quickly took off his coat and rushed to the kitchen to rinse the ribs. In this way, Mr. and Mrs. Halimin worked in the kitchen for nearly an hour. By the time it was time to eat, it was already half past one in the afternoon.
"It smells so good!" Looking at his favorite dish on the table, the joy and excitement of Hetale were overflowing. He habitually put one hand on the back of the chair next to the dining table, and just as he wanted to sit down, he suddenly felt dizzy again. "Oh no, this is the rhythm of soul transformation again!" Heithar thought.
After a brief pause in expression, Hattale's body suddenly trembled, and a faint light flashed in his eyes. Sure enough, his body was once again taken over by Xiao Yanzhen's remnant soul.
"Sit down and eat! Son. He Limei said to the stunned Hetale.
"Ah, good. It smells so good! The soul-shifting Hattar replied as he sat down in his seat.
"You ordered it, you need to eat more." He Limei smiled and looked at Hetale.
"Mom, Dad, you guys come first. You've been busy since you got home, and you've been working hard! The soul conversion of the black tower said politely.
"Yo! When you grow up, you know how grateful you are? Black dad Hailimin quipped.
"You real person, yes, don't always tease children." Black mother He Limei glanced at black father. "Eat quickly, it'll be cold in a while." He Limei urged.
Xiao Yanzhen looked at the dishes on the table, tomatoes and beans were foods he had never eaten, and he didn't dare to eat them for a while.
"Come on, eat fast ribs." Black mother He Limei picked a large rib and sandwiched it into Hetale's bowl.
The soul-changing Black Tale bites the ribs while paying attention to the gaze and expression of the black father and black mother. In order not to arouse suspicion, he immediately put some of each dish into the bowl, regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, and went out to eat it.
All kinds of flavors stimulated his taste buds, making Xiao Yanzhen recall many moments before his death, such as the garlic he had to eat at every meal. "Mom, do you have garlic?" He couldn't help but ask.
"What? Garlic? Oh, there is, there is. He Limei was stunned for a moment, then got up and walked to the kitchen. He Limei knew that her son Hetale never ate garlic. Her heart stirred.
He Limei put the peeled garlic on the side of Hetale's bowl and looked at her son with a complicated expression.
Xiao Yanzhen also seemed to have realized that her abrupt behavior just now made Hei Ma suspicious. So he hurriedly explained while laughing, "Mom, I don't know why lately, but I love garlic very much." Have my tastes changed? ”
Hearing her son say this, He Limei's complicated expression softened a little.
Suddenly, she noticed something strange again, the soul-changing Black Tale was picking up vegetables with his left hand. And his son, Hetale, is not a left-hander. He Limei was full of doubts.
Feeling where Hei Ma's gaze was, Xiao Yanzhen said smartly, "I heard the doctor say that using my left hand more is helpful for the recovery of concussion, so I have been trying to eat and brush my teeth with my left hand recently, and it is not very difficult." ”
This explanation temporarily dispelled the doubts in the heart of Hei Ma He Limei.
Xiao Yanzhen was really uncomfortable eating this meal, for fear of making Hei Ma and Hei Dad notice something different. After the meal, Xiao Yanzhen excused himself that he had eaten too much, was a little sleepy, and wanted to sleep for a while, so he hurried back to Hetale's room and closed the door.
Xiao Yanzhen lay on his side on the bed, with his back to the direction of the door, pricking up his ears to eavesdrop on the whispers between his black father and mother.
Hei Dad Hei Limin said to Hei Ma He Limei while cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, "This kid seems to be really sensible." ”
Black mother He Limei lowered her voice and said, "I still think that Tale is not completely good. It's a woman's intuition. I felt an indescribable sense of alienation and strangeness. ”
"I think you're just thinking too much. You see, this time, whether the child is in the hospital or at home, he is not going crazy or talking nonsense, and everything seems to be normal! Black dad Hailimin has the opposite opinion.
Black mother He Limei said, "I don't know why, I always feel that something is wrong." ”
"So what are we going to do next? The children have already been picked up. Black Daddy Hailimin asked.
"We all have to go to work. Good to talk about in the evenings and on weekends. What do you do during the day? Do you want to hire a babysitter to take care of him? Black mother He Limei asked.
"I'm still not worried about our son's state. It's best to install video surveillance at home, so that we can see what he is doing at home at any time. Black mother He Limei continued.
"If you hire a nanny, I think you should ask for the child's opinion." After all, there have never been outsiders in our family, and children may not be able to accept and adapt. You tell me? ”
"Then you can find a chance to ask your son in the next two days." Black mother He Limei said.
Mr. and Mrs. Halimin then said something else. The more Xiao Yanzhen listened, the more sleepy she became, and she really fell asleep.
Hearing the snoring of the black tower music, the black mother He Limei quietly walked to the side of the bed and draped the quilt on the side of her son. Her eyes were full of pity and sorrow. Her son's misfortune made her suddenly age a lot, and her gray hair became more and more.
After covering her son with the quilt, He Limei sighed deeply, got up and quietly walked out of Hetale's room, and closed the door casually.
I don't know how long I slept, but with a tremor in my body, I returned to normal again. When he woke up, he felt the smell of garlic in his mouth, which made him gag again and again. He guessed that when the soul was transformed just now, Xiao Yan's really remnant soul must have done something that made his parents feel strange.
He immediately closed his eyes again, trying to enter a meditative state, trying to connect with Xiao Yanzhen's remnant soul and ask what had just happened.
"Brother Xiao, Brother Xiao, what happened at lunch just now? Why did you still eat garlic? I can't stand the smell of garlic the most. Green onions, ginger, garlic and coriander, I don't like them all. I don't like spicy stuff either. Hattale said.
Xiao Yanzhen's remnant soul was like someone who had been woken up in his sleep, and replied intermittently, "Oh...... I fell asleep just now...... Well...... I love garlic...... I'm sorry...... I didn't know you hated eating garlic ....... ”
Hei Tale seemed to feel the weakness of Xiao Yanzhen's remnant soul, so he didn't say anything more to complain.
"My parents didn't see anything unusual, did they? Just when our souls were transformed. Hetale asked cautiously.
"Probably not, I've been very careful. Just after eating, I lay in bed and eavesdropped on the two of them chatting under the pretext of being sleepy. I heard your parents say that it is not very safe to leave you alone at home, and they want to hire someone to accompany you. The rest was not heard again. Xiao Yanzhen said.
"Are you going to hire a babysitter?" Hetale asked.
"Yes, it's the term 'nanny.'" Xiao Yanzhen replied.
"Who is the babysitter?" Xiao Yanzhen then asked.
"A nanny is someone who cooks, cleans up, and takes care of us." Hettal explained.
"It's so inconvenient to be watched by strangers. We have to find a way not to get my parents to hire a babysitter. Hattale continued.
"That's really a problem. You have to think about what you can do. Xiao Yanzhen agreed.
"Before we can do that, though, there's something very important that we need to agree on. It's that the present world is completely different from the Great Liao you are in. You have to learn to adapt to the state of life in this world. Hattale said.
"Brother Xiao, it's been a few months since you came to this world. There is a difference of more than 1,000 years between this world and the Great Liao you were in before! A lot of things have changed dramatically. This includes the clothes you wear, the meals you eat, the car you sit in, the books you read, and so on. We all have to get to know and get used to it. Otherwise, it is easy to be regarded as a madman and a person with abnormal thinking by the present world, and be locked up. Hetale reminded again.
"Now, we've escaped the hospital. You have to find a way to adapt to the real life environment and try to fit in. Otherwise, you will have to be sent back, and it will be even more difficult to come out again. Hattale continued.
"Yes, yes. Le, please tell me more about the many rules of this world! Xiao Yanzhen said.
"Let's start with my house!" Hettal said.
"The location of my house is Room 601, Unit 1, Building 3, Jinyi Huijing Community, Shuangtai District, Taizihe City, Bohai Province. Shuangtai District, Taizihe City, Bohai Province is the place name of the current administrative division, just like a small city-state in the Great Liao period; Jinyi Huijing is the name of the residential area where we live, which is equivalent to a residential gathering area in the Great Liao period; Room 601, Unit 1, Building 3 is the exact location of the house we live in in this high-rise building, just like the relative position of the southeast and northwest in the residential streets. Haithar whispered.
"Brother Xiao, now you are not familiar with many of the rules of this world. Once we exchange souls, you'd better not rush out of this room! Hetale reminded.
"Okay, Le, I'll listen. You go on, is there anything else that needs special attention in this house? Xiao Yanzhen asked eagerly.
"You should already know. My mom is the most decision-making person in the family. My dad listened to my mom too. Therefore, no matter what happens, my mother's opinion is always the most important, and you must not have a verbal conflict with her, otherwise there will be no good fruit to eat. Haithar smirked.
"In the tradition of our Da Liao people, we respect Ye Ye and Niangniang very much. Yes is the name of the father, and Niang Niang is the name of the mother. Although in our tradition we tend to respect Yaye first, Niangniang is secondary, but Niangniang's status in the family is equally noble. Every child must listen to the admonition of Yaye and his mother. Xiao Yanzhen said.
"Then I'll be relieved." Hatale said with satisfaction.