Grandma Ye was reluctant to accept the 3,000 yuan, but only praised Xiao Ye for doing a good job. said that there was a person watching in the house, and he was much more relieved. Chu Li still forced it to Grandma Ye, and said that if he didn't accept it, he wouldn't move in. Grandma Ye said with a smile that in the future, the roasted rice will be provided for free and the pretty boy will leave.

Grandma Ye asked Chu Li and Xiao Ye to accompany her to eat something else. Today's business is not very busy, after half past 12 o'clock after lunch, she brought a pot of keel soup, a plate of steamed fish, a roast goose, a plate of boiled cabbage, and another pot of sweet soup. Chu Li was a little embarrassed and said that I would just eat roast rice. But Grandma Ye insisted, and he was not good at spoiling the fun.

"Pretty boy, where are you a girl?"

"Grandma, to be exact, doesn't have a girlfriend yet."

"Oh, what about those two beautiful girls last time?" Grandma Ye looked at Chu Li gossipingly, "Don't you like it when you're so beautiful?" ”

"Grandma, Brother Chu has a crush on that sister." Xiao Ye looked at Chu Li and grinned.

Chu Li was also embarrassed to answer.

"Sister's name?"

"Chen Si. Ingenious, and can also make rock sugar pears. "The leaves are painted with sound and color.

"Pretty boy, let me tell you, I also think that sister is good, dignified and steady, my sister is too young, you have to seize the opportunity."

Chu Li nodded, not knowing what to say. However, when others talk about Chen Si, there is always a little sweetness in their hearts, as if they always wish someone would mention this name next to him.

"Sister Chen Si, I don't know." Xiao Ye gloated.

"You stinky girl, you don't have a boyfriend, and the pretty boy has been robbed."

Xiao Ye grimaced after hearing this, and lowered his head to drink the sweet soup.

Grandma's soup is fragrant and delicious, but in fact, many outsiders are not used to the custom of serving soup first in Cantonese cuisine. The habit of "preferring to eat without vegetables rather than without soup" makes many outsiders drink soup and are full, and they don't want to eat. Although outsiders do not understand, it does not mean that such a diet is lacking, on the contrary, there is soup to warm the stomach and cushion hunger, but to raise slender and restrained Cantonese people. Traditional Cantonese women don't like to go shopping, and they don't like Jiangnan women, who apply yellow to the mirror all day long, and dress up. They guard a pot of soup and cook soup every day in the cloud and fog cover, with infinite reverie and all kinds of warmth, and send affection to their lovers in the soup. Even if Guangdong is at the forefront of reform today, Cantonese women still dress casually, even if they are busy strong women, they also have the preference of "washing hands and making soup for you". If a Cantonese family invites you as a guest, and the housewife cooks delicious soup for you, then from the simmering time and the choice of ingredients, you can see how much the family respects you as a guest.

"I just want to have a good man one day and take this stinky girl away. Go a little farther, the farther the better. Grandma watched Xiao Ye go to the kitchen, and at first she didn't know whether to talk to herself or put her heart in Chu Li.

"Xiao Ye is still young now, and she is gone, grandma, what should you do?"

"I have a son who is not angry, my old bones, even if they are all given to him, but this girl can't be broken in his hands."

Chu Li remembered the emaciated man in the photo in Xiao Ye's room.

"I've never met my uncle, where is he now?"

"Don't mention him, he doesn't see anyone all day long. Sooner or later, he will die in that place, and if he doesn't die and come back, no one will be able to find him. ”

"Is there anything I can do to help?"

"I can't help it, no one can help him, it's powdered, it's over. If you don't come, it's good, but if you come, you want money. ”

"Xiao Ye didn't finish high school, do you want to let her continue to go to school?"

"She's been out of school for several years, and now it's all a problem with schooling. And she didn't want to, so she was worried about me. He is a sensible child. “

Chu Li nodded.

"Liang Zili, I'm just worried about my declining boy, which will affect Xiaoye."

"Grandma, don't worry, Xiao Ye is kind-hearted, and Jiren has his own nature." Will the Jiren really have to be sheltered? Chu Li asked himself.

"Xiao Ye is not young anymore, he is 22 years old this year."

"Grandma, if you have something to ask you, you don't mind it."

"Just ask."

"The two people who came last time, one is called Duan Wen, and the other is chubby." Chu Li observed his grandmother's expression, and then said, "What are their identities?" “

"Not a good person!" Grandma's eyes suddenly became frightened, "Alas-" sighed again, "They are all people in society, Xiao Ye's father owed a lot of money for gambling before, and these people borrowed usury." I sold the two houses, in fact, they were almost repaid, but my decrepit boy was addicted to drugs again, and I don't know how much I owed later, but I couldn't afford to pay back the IOUs I took every time. Last time, I took a sum of more than 50,000 yuan. Duan Wen is just a horse boy, and I haven't seen the boss either. “

"What about the fat man? Is he the boss? “

"What kind of boss is he, he has a crush on Xiao Ye, this person is a beast. He said that Xiao Ye accompanied him. Just cross out the money you owe. “

"That little leaf ......"

"Nope!" Grandma waved her hand vigorously, "How can I allow it!" Even if it costs my life, I won't allow it. Duan Wen has a nightclub that has been short of manpower, but Xiao Ye has helped in the past, and he can only pay off a small fraction. I sold a house last year, which is a small house on this side of Houjie, and I have paid it all off. Duan Wen said that there is still more than 100,000 interest, and it should be almost paid off by the end of this year. ”

"Is Duan Wen a loan shark?"

"Don't ask about this person. He has done all the bad things, and sooner or later he will be punished! When you see him later, you don't come in when he's in the store. You are young and impulsive, and I am afraid that you will do something wrong. How will I explain to your parents then? ”

"Grandma, don't say it's so serious, I can take care of myself......"

"Pretty boy!" Grandma interrupted Chu Li, "Don't be ignorant of the sky!" At the very least, he had a knife on him. And you helped for a day, but you can't help for a lifetime. This bad debt will be paid off. “

"I know, grandma, don't worry. I remembered. “

"Is that fat man from Dongguan?"

"Hong Kong, doing business here, I don't know what kind of business to do. It's probably not big business either. Mixed with Duan Wen all day long. It's called Huang Hongli. “

"What did Xiao Ye's father do before?"

"I used to go to Nanyang with my husband to sell tea and food. began to make a lot of money, the house in Houjie was also bought by him, and there was a house in Nancheng, life was very good at that time, and Xiao Ye's grades in Yulan Middle School were also good. Later, Xiaoye's mother's health began to deteriorate, and it was useless to treat it, so she tried all over Chinese medicine and Western medicine. He was only in his early thirties and died. My son also couldn't stand the blow, and he didn't do business, drinking and gambling every day. I know he's uncomfortable, but why didn't he hold on? I hope he can get rid of his addiction and then support his family...... A family without a decent man is not good. “

"Where is Uncle now?"

"All day long people don't look like people, and ghosts don't look like ghosts. I don't know. Maybe I'm hiding somewhere to gamble again. You can't see him, because he basically doesn't go home anymore, and occasionally comes to see me and Xiaoye when it's closed. Xiao Ye usually sleeps, but he asks me for money and leaves again. “

Chu Li was very uncomfortable after hearing this, Xiao Ye really had to suffer a lot at a young age. Grandma looks like she is seventy, and if she dies in the future, Xiao Ye may not be married yet.

"Grandma, if there's anything you need my help with, just tell me." At this time, Xiao Ye walked out of the back room wearing an apron, and her hands were wet. Chu Li didn't continue.

"Pretty boy, you go to work hard, you still have parents to take care of at home, right? I'm in such good health, it's okay, and it's okay if I get better. When the time comes, help me introduce Xiao Ye to a person with the same duty as you, then I will be the happiest. “

"Grandma wants me to marry again?" Xiao Ye made a shooting gesture at her grandmother, and blew on the side of her mouth. And then laughed.

"Grandma, I'm going back to my hometown next week."

"Solution? Returning to the house? “

"Well, go back for the Spring Festival. I came back on the sixth day of the new year. “

"Say hello to your parents for me."

Chu Li smiled bitterly and nodded. After a while, he said, "My father has been dead for several years. My mom is still in Wuhan, I'll see her when I go back. “

Grandma's eyes changed from surprise to tenderness, "It's okay, do you have any brothers and sisters from you?" “

"No, I'm an only child."

It was almost dusk when I came out of my grandmother's place, and I couldn't go to read a book today, so I took the 120 bus back to Shangsha. Sitting on a chair in the living room, next door didn't know who was playing music, he looked at the closed door of Xiao Ye's room.