Dip in fire

Chapter 104

As soon as Zhong Pei entered the kitchen, Zhong Ning followed him after a short while.

Zhong Pei stood opposite the refrigerator, the refrigerator door was opened, she was holding a food bag in her hand, and was throwing crystal pears into the bag one by one.

The cold air from the refrigerator rushed towards Zhong Pei's face, and the air sucked into his nose was also cold, which could well suppress the unbearable sour smell in his nasal cavity.

Zhong Ning hugged Zhong Pei from behind.He is much taller than Zhong Pei, and his spine has to be bent to hug his mother.

"Mom, thank you." Zhong Ning rested his chin on Zhong Pei's shoulder, "Thank you for willing to help us."

Zhong Pei was silent for a while, then picked up another crystal pear and put it in the bag: "You don't come here."

There are six or seven pears, which is enough.Zhong Pei closed the refrigerator door, still turning his back to Zhong Ning: "I'm not helping you, I'm not agreeing, I have nothing to do."

Zhong Pei said: "As a mother, I just want you to be happy. Do you understand?"

"The path you take is destined to experience some different difficulties. I don't care whether foreign countries are open or not, as far as your living environment is concerned, it is hostile and not free." Zhong Pei lowered his eyes and saw Zhong Ning's hand gently patted her lower abdomen.

"I've been gossiping for 20 years. I know that feeling, and I don't want you to do the same. It's not happy, I know." Zhong Pei put her hand on the back of Zhong Ning's hand, and she felt Zhong Ning's tenderness. The body temperature is a little hotter than hers.

Zhong Ning is already a man.A gentle man.He could wrap her in his strong arms and hold her warm in his arms.

"But I understand now. Compared to the unhappiness I thought, you will be even more unhappy if you don't get along with Zhang Weilan." Zhong Pei pushed Zhong Ning's hand away, turned around and smashed a bag of crystal pears into Zhong Ning's arms.

She looked at her son's face and held back her tears: "It's been so many years, I can't help you. Live the life you want. When you grow up, a mother can no longer protect you, let alone stop you." way."

"You guys have a good time." Zhong Pei finally said.

This sentence is more important than a thousand pieces of gold.

This is not a compromise.Perhaps Zhong Pei's rigidity and stubbornness never changed.She would be willing to say that, maybe it was just because Zhong Ning was too unrepentant.

This result was obtained by Zhong Ning's ten years of sincerity.There are ups and downs, hoarseness, tears, lonely and silent watching, his maturity and all his innocence...there are too many.

Zhong Ningkong spent a lot of time, always for Zhang Weilan, for a hopeless person in his heart.

This persistence over the years has been so deep that a knife pierces the bone.How could Zhong Pei bear it?

This was accumulated by Zhong Ning bit by bit.

Zhong Pei is worried about Zhong Ning and Zhang Weilan.It's no wonder that no one is worried about changing anyone.

Zhong Ning is a habitual offender, and Zhang Weilan has not seen much better in the past few years, making himself unhealthy inside and out, and full of scars.

So Zhong Pei cleaned up as soon as he picked it up, and in the end he almost emptied the kitchen of his own house, made two big bags of food, and stuffed them all in Zhong Ning's arms.

Zhong Ning held her hands full, smiled and said softly to Zhong Pei: "Mom, you don't need to take so much, we..."

"Shut up." Zhong Pei gave Zhong Ning a stern look, "Just take it if you tell me, don't talk nonsense with me."

Zhong Pei sighed softly again: "I'm just getting bored."

"Okay." Zhong Ning quickly obeyed, "I'll listen to you."

Zhong Pei looked at Zhong Ning's smiling face, and found that the expression on his brows and eyes was exactly the same as when he was a child.

This asshole.It's her bastard thing.

The mother and son came out of the kitchen together and saw Zhang Weilan sitting alone on the sofa in the living room.

Not alone, but two dogs.

Daduozi is completely tired of Zhang Weilan.You don't know if you don't look at it, but after looking at it, you realize that Da Duozi is a bastard who values ​​affection.I haven't seen him in [-], but his stomach is full of missing Zhang Weilan.

Zhong Ning saw Da Duozi lying on the sofa, next to Zhang Weilan, resting his old head on Zhang Weilan's lap, and purring from time to time.If Zhang Weilan reached out to touch its head, it would immediately squint its eyes comfortably.

People are good-looking, and even dogs can catch them to lick them.Zhang Weilan's love for dogs is really good. Da Duozi has always liked Zhang Weilan from a green puppy to a droopy old dog.Even Erduozi, who had bitten Zhang Weilan just after entering the door, was already sleeping at Zhang Weilan's feet.

Zhong Ning put the foodie in his arms aside, walked up to Zhang Weilan, and said with a smile, "It seems that Erduozi has also been subdued by you."

Zhang Weilan is not in the mood to chat with Zhong Ning now, his mind is still on Zhong Pei.He just took a deep look at Zhong Ning and didn't stop.

Zhong Ning sighed, and had no choice but to push Erduozi aside who was soundly asleep, leaning next to Zhang Weilan, and whispered, "It's okay."

Erduozi was woken up by the kick, hating Zhong Ning so much that her teeth itch, but she didn't dare to blow her hair, so she could only lean in front of Zhong Pei, and paw Zhong Pei's leg for comfort.

Zhong Pei bent down to hug Er Duozi, and walked towards Zhang Weilan and Zhong Ning: "Okay, you guys go back quickly. It's quite cold today, Wei Lan..."

Zhong Pei paused, her eyes fixed on the plaster cast on Zhang Weilan's right arm: "Weilan is still injured and needs more rest."

Zhang Weilan's lips were dry, she stood up after a while, and said dryly, "Aunt Zhong."

"Don't say I'm sorry." Zhong Pei interrupted Zhang Weilan, and she threw Erduozi on the sofa, telling him to act like a baby to Daduozi, "Don't say thank you either."

Zhong Ning gave Zhong Pei a seat with great insight.

Zhong Pei took two steps and stopped in front of Zhang Weilan.She stared at Zhang Weilan's face in a daze for a while, and unconsciously stretched out her hand, vaguely brushing the broken hair on Zhang Weilan's ears and temples.

Zhang Weilan's eyes moved, she looked at Zhong Pei silently, and carefully studied the wrinkles on her face - how many more wrinkles than in the impression, and how each one grew.

Zhang Weilan found that the wrinkles on Zhong Pei's face are very beautiful, like the lines of leaf veins, like the stretched posture of flower petals, they are actually very beautiful things.

"Actually, I've been thinking about you all these years." Zhong Pei said, "I always feel sorry for you. I'm sorry for your mother. I didn't take good care of you."

"Don't say such things." Zhang Weilan lowered her eyes and didn't look at Zhong Pei again.

"Really." Zhong Pei smiled briefly, "I'm worried that you will have a bad life outside, suffer hardships alone, and have no family to support you."

Not to mention Zhang Weilan, Zhong Ning couldn't stand it.Zhong Ning rubbed his nose, as if bewitched, Zhang Weilan always had something wrong with his nose when he came back from Zhang Weilan.

"Now that you're back, Aunt Zhong is happy." Zhong Pei exhaled, patted Zhang Weilan's shoulder, tears welled up in her eyes, "I used to be confused, and it didn't matter who was right or who was wrong."

"In the future," she said, "in the future, our family will have a good time."

"Hmm." Zhang Weilan said softly, keeping her head down and unable to lift it up.

Zhong Ning and Zhang Weilan walked out of Zhong Pei's house one after the other, while Zhong Pei stood at the door with Da Duozi and Er Duozi watching.She looked at the two children, two older boys, and two men.Watching their backs as they leave.

Finally the door closes and they walk away, into their own lives.

Mothers always focus on their children.For the meat that fell from his body.Maybe it's too hard, maybe it's self-defeating, but one day, she can no longer be that safe haven, she wants to let go, give up all her persistence, swallow all the truths of this life, and can only watch from behind, looking at the child Go away and see them live out their own appearance in the chaotic world.

This is mom.Great and mediocre mother.

During this period of time, Zhang Weilan was idle and had a very happy life. Master Zhong had never served anyone like this before, but this time he became a nanny, feeding Zhang Weilan all day long, treating people like treasures.

Because of Zhong Ning's careful feeding, Zhang Weilan gained a little weight when removing the plaster cast, and her complexion looked much better.Zhong Ning felt very comfortable looking at it.

After the cast was removed, the two came out of the hospital. Zhang Weilan moved her forearm, feeling extremely light.

"Are you comfortable?" Zhong Ning asked Zhang Weilan, smiling with squinted eyes.

"En." Zhang Weilan put his right hand on Zhong Ning's shoulder.

Although on the street, this posture is not ambiguous, and Zhong Ning is also embraced by Zhang Weilan.

They walked for a while and took a taxi to two cemeteries.

One is the grave of old man Zhang, and the other is the grave of Yan Huiwan.

Old man Zhang's tomb sits on a hill. In winter, Zhong Ning and Zhang Weilan each carried a hoe and walked up while chopping branches of wild trees.

Zhang Weilan hasn't been here for many years.But he didn't say much when he came.This unworthy descendant brought Zhong Ning together and kowtowed three times in front of his grandfather's grave.

In the future, Old Man Zhang will probably not scold Zhang Weilan in his dreams again.

In the middle of the afternoon, they arrived at Yan Huiwan's grave.Zhang Weilan came here for the first time and presented Yan Huiwan with a bouquet of gorgeous flowers - he didn't follow the custom and bought those bleak bouquets, Yan Huiwan didn't like it, the old lady Yan loved big red and purple all her life, and he knew it .

Zhang Weilan pressed her forehead to the ground, and said in her heart: "Grandma, wait until decades pass and we meet underground, you can beat me and scold me again. In this life, let Zhong Ning and I have a good time."

After watching the two elders, it is almost time for dinner.Zhong Ning rubbed his belly, and walked back with Zhang Weilan's arms close to each other: "What's for dinner?"

"What do you want to eat?" Zhang Weilan asked Zhong Ning back.

"Hmm..." Zhong Ning glanced at the time, "Can you cook two dishes in half an hour?"

Zhang Weilan smiled: "Want to eat what I made?"

"Yeah. Your arm is fine. The fire happened at home." Zhong Ning frowned thinking, "You used to know how to cook. But you haven't done it for so many years..."

Zhong Ning squinted at Zhang Weilan: "Is the technique okay? You can't eat it."

The smile on the corner of Zhang Weilan's mouth widened, facing the winter sunset: "You will know if you eat it?"

"That's fine, let's go back and do it. There are still vegetables in the refrigerator." Zhong Ning nudged Zhang Weilan lightly with his elbow, "By the way, buy something to drink at the supermarket downstairs."

"Okay." Zhang Weilan paused, and also gave Zhong Ning a slap.

Zhong Ning couldn't help laughing out loud: "Aren't you childish?"

"You hate me first." Zhang Weilan said with a serious face.

"Oh." Zhong Ning watched the people coming and going around, and quickly pinched Zhang Weilan's newly recovered arm.

After pinching, the two of them stared at each other for a while, and they both laughed out loud like two idiots on the avenue.

Zhang Weilan can't remember how long, he must have not smiled like this for many years, maybe he has never smiled like this.so happy.

When Zhong Ning went into the supermarket to pick up drinks, he said casually, "By the way, my house is rented, and the contract expires at the end of this month."

With a shopping basket on his arm, Zhong Ning looked at Zhang Weilan's side face: "Why don't we renew the lease, let's buy our own house?"

Zhang Weilan was holding a small bottle of canned Sprite in his hand, and there was no reaction on his face when he heard this, but his fingers trembled, and a small dent was pinched by the iron sheet in his hand.

"Buying with a loan, it doesn't need to be too big, just two bedrooms and one living room. One bedroom and one study." Zhong Ning took the drink can from Zhang Weilan's hand and threw it into the shopping basket.Then asked: "You just bought a car, do you still have money for the down payment?"

"No." Zhang Weilan said.The voice is neither low nor light, neither high nor heavy.

"Then I'll pay the down payment." Zhong Ning moved his eyes to scan the shopping shelf, and picked up another bottle of Fanta, "Are you repaying the loan?"

"Okay." Zhang Weilan said, without moving for a while.

"Hey, look up at me." Zhong Ning kicked Zhang Weilan lightly, and deliberately turned his head to look at Zhang Weilan, "You didn't cry secretly."

Zhong Ning smeared Zhang Weilan with a playful smile: "I found that you are getting more and more useless, and you can cry more than when you were a child. Are you infected by Xiao Huan? Or the crying gene has awakened?"

——The last time the two of them went to Zhong Pei's house for dinner together, Zhang Weilan's eyes were so red when they came out after the meal, his whole body was like a wilted rabbit, which was so soft and sore by Zhong Ning's heart .

Zhang Weilan was silent, and obediently raised her head to look at Zhong Ning.Zhong Ning looked at it carefully and nodded: "Well, it's okay, I didn't cry this time."

Zhang Weilan suddenly laughed, leaned over and kissed Zhong Ning quickly on the face.

Fortunately, no one was around.But there are eyes on the top of the head.Zhong Ning stared, raised his eyebrows and said, "Hey, the supermarket has surveillance."

Zhang Weilan didn't care, and turned to pick yogurt from the freezer.

Zhong Ning's mind suddenly turned crooked.He had developed a certain indescribable shade of yogurt—the kind that made his body crunchy and itchy.

Seeing that Zhang Weilan picked two big stabs at random, Zhong Ning quickly walked over, taking advantage of his body to block, he was domineering under the surveillance, and pinched Zhang Weilan's side waist.

Zhang Weilan froze, holding two buckets of yogurt and turned to look at Zhong Ning.

Zhong Ning cleared his throat: "Let's go home and cook."

Two cats passed by the entrance of the supermarket together. They walked lightly and swung their beautiful tails. The tip of the tail was upward, catching the warm light in the cold.

We chase and burn all our lives, always wanting to find something beyond the ashes, which is indestructible and eternal.

It will overcome the momentary and long life, it will overcome the weak and stubborn nature, it will temper and grow in the ordinary turmoil of the world, and it will flourish and live forever.

Until we learn to stay together and start staying together.

Be grateful for life, thank you for having you.

I hope that the spirit will always overcome obstacles and not be tired by pain and hard work.

He never parted from that fire.

——Only with my clumsy words, dedicated to that ugly and cute coward struggling in a mess.

Your destination is hot in all seasons.

May the years be long, we come back from the wind, frost, rain and snow, holding aspirations in our hands, and we are still young.

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