Chapter 28 12. A pot of porridge at godfather’s house

I don't know what time I fell asleep, but I was woken up by the ringing of the phone, rubbing my eyes, feeling the dampness under my body.Strange, why did the air conditioner stop? The room was extremely dark, and I searched for a phone for a long time. "Hey, who is it?" I asked lazily. "Me, your dad." Who is this who learned from me, why don't you say it's my uncle?After a moment of stunned, I realized that it was really my father's voice.I woke up suddenly, and sat up from the bed like a corpse: "Ah, dad, what's the matter?" "What time is it, are you still sleeping?" There was some unhappiness in his words.

"I can't help it. It's not easy to do the consulting job. What's the matter? What's the matter?" "What day is today, do you remember?" "August 10th, August 10th...don't remember." "Your godfather's birthday! You forgot about it!" "I'm sorry!" I'm used to apologizing to my father.Before, I learned a very cruel saying - "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have been born", which can be said to anyone, except to my parents, so I had to say sincerely: "I'm sorry, dad .Okay, I see, I'll get up in a while! Let's go visit my godfather."

"No, I won't go. A few days ago, because I took care of your grandma, I twisted my foot when I went downstairs. I won't bother you. You go there for me and say hello." "Okay, got it." "Oh, I still have a set of cups brought back from France, you can take it with you." "Is it appropriate to give someone a cup?" "Life is like a coffee table full of cups (tragedies)" - this is a buzzword nowadays, but it didn't exist in 2007. I just instinctively feel that giving cups is not very nice.Now, I am willing to say this: "I am the crock for brushing my teeth, both a cup (tragedy) and a wash (comedy)!"

"Why, do you have any opinions?" Dad heard my questioning tone. "No, no, what are you talking about!" "Okay, then hurry up and get it." "Of order." After hanging up the phone, I muttered, "Someone has to take a bath! This is heaven!" Pressing the switch of the electric water heater, I sat on the sofa in a daze, praying that the water would heat up quickly so that I could take a shower. I was in a daze for ten minutes, and suddenly wondered why the surroundings were so quiet?I looked up suddenly - fuck!The water heater switch didn't come on at all.

It turned out that the electric card was out of power.I scratched my head, it seems that I can only go out dirty!I said goodbye to "Xue Gao": "I have already gone out to play in the afternoon, and I will take you for a walk in the evening." It hummed and watched me lock the door.I never thought at the time that I would be wandering the streets with it this night... The French "cups" don't look very good.I took a shower at my parents' house and talked to my godfather on the phone. "Let's eat at home instead of going outside." It seems that no one can bear the sweltering heat in Beijing in August.Since godfather said so, I will lead the way.

Godfather's house is in a one-story compound near Jiaodaokou, just across from Ju'er Hutong in Dongcheng District.This house may have been a courtyard house in the past, although it has not been preserved completely, but the high steps and the large courtyard of hundreds of square meters still exude a grandeur. Outside of gold and jade, it is often ruined inside—although the houses are high, beams and broad tiles, they are somewhat dilapidated due to disrepair. My godfather used to be my father's colleague, and he was a very shrewd kind of person.To this day, my father has not figured out how much money his godfather earns. He can always deftly bypass inconvenient questions. This aspect of him is always worthy of my study.

Godfather's personality aside, he was pretty good to me, too good for no reason. "Why is there no reason?" Lao Wei once expressed disdain for this, "Doesn't your godfather have a daughter? I remember that she is about the same age as you. Maybe he and you will marry each other! You What does Elm Pimple know? Li Zi doesn't conspire with each other, so go, get lost!" Regardless of whether there is such a thing as finger pulp marriage.Godfather does have a daughter, who is half a year younger than me, so she is commensurate with my brother and sister.When we were in school, we really had a close friendship, and it is not an exaggeration to be called "childhood sweethearts".

It's a pity that later, I rode a bamboo horse to the east, and she played with green plums and went west.After high school, she was the top student in the eyes of the teacher, and I almost degenerated into a gangster; as time passed, there was no common language, and we finally parted ways.After graduating from university, the two of us basically stopped seeing each other except for visiting each other on special days such as birthdays and Spring Festival every year.According to her godfather, she went to work in a foreign company after her undergraduate and master studies, and her income was quite considerable.

I am a person who has no nostalgia for the past, so my heart is light and happy.I arrived at my godfather's house with a gift, but as soon as I entered the hospital, I felt something was wrong. The words "things are people and people are not" are enough to describe my feelings at this time: the bricks and tiles in the yard are still shelled; the big jujube tree in the middle is still full of branches and leaves, if it is not sprayed, it will be covered with nasty My "Yang Lazi"; the environment has not changed, but the expressions my godfather and godmother look at me are unpleasant.

It’s okay to be a godmother, she has always been lukewarm to me; my godfather is like this, which I don’t understand; the most exaggerated thing is my sister, she didn’t even lift her eyelids when she saw me coming.What's the meaning?I don't work hard, so I am cast aside like this? It's not that they didn't smile at all, but the smile was clearly faked.It's even more annoying to laugh at the skin without laughing at the flesh. The godfather probably sensed the embarrassment of the atmosphere, he pulled me kindly and said, "Xiao Ai, you won't come to see me for a while, what are you up to lately?"

"What can I be busy with? Let's do some consulting and eat a living." I put down the gift box and said, "My father broke his leg and couldn't come to see you. He asked me to bring you something." "Oh, old Ai, why are you two always so polite!" My godfather asked me to sit down, and my godmother moved away very rudely.I pretended not to see it: "Godfather, this thing was brought from France, let's take it apart and have a look according to foreign rules." In the past, when it comes to French products, the godmother's eyes must be bright, Interesting, after all, French products are different from the usual Japanese and American products.But the strange thing is that she didn't respond at all today. "Okay, thank you both." But the godfather agreed, tearing open the package, holding cups and plates to look at, while full of praise, "Look, the things made by foreigners are really exquisite." Anyway, I don't think these "cups" are similar to domestic ones, but the French logo is stamped on the bottom of the cups, showing off its dignity very conspicuously. The cups and plates were placed on the table, and after another round of pleasantries, the godfather got up and went to work on dinner.The godmother didn't bother to talk to me, and quickly chased me out. In the room, it was just me and my sister who was depressed.She curled up in a corner of the sofa, holding a doll in her hand, neither looking at me nor at the doll, her eyes staring straight ahead, making people puzzled. "Qianqian?" My sister's name is Wang Qianqian, and I tentatively called her, "Why don't you like to answer people today?" She squinted at me, but said nothing. "What's the matter? Are you unhappy at work recently?" I continued to be mean.She stood up in a daze and walked away without looking back. What kind of play is this? Unwillingly, my eldest nestled deep in the sofa, took out the PSP and fiddled with it.It's really like Jian Xinlan said, I'm not happy, so I count on it.Humph, no one cares about me, I'll smoke a cigarette. The family of three came out in a single file, and they didn't know what they were muttering in other rooms. It didn't take long for my godfather to think of leaving me alone, so he ran back quickly and said with a smile on his face: "Oh, look at me!" , Really, today is unfortunate, your godmother is arguing with me! She knows you are kissing me, so she is a little bit tempered, you sit first, I will make you some tea!" "No need, it's hot and I can't drink tea. Godfather, what's going on? Why are you arguing?" "Hey, it's because of the boyfriend Qianqian made! It's hard to say, let's put it this way, your godmother doesn't like her." Oh, the godmother is a bit of a snob, so it's not surprising. "Is Qianqian willing to do it herself?" I asked. "Yeah, that young man is okay, at least I don't object, but your godmother disagrees with life and death. Last month, when he came to visit her, she drooped her face. No, he came again a few days ago, She didn't let up either." "Understood, I said why my sister is so unhappy today. It turned out to be because of this. Do you want me to persuade her?" "Don't go, she thinks you're helping me when you're gone, what should I do at night when you're gone?" Godfather smiled wryly, he talked to me very casually, and sometimes he seemed like a peer, "That's it, it's natural when I look back There will be results, so what, I'm too busy talking, let's have dinner right away. Come on, wash your hands." Godfather is a person who knows how to eat and cook, but because of this awkwardness in the family, he doesn't want to cook today. He just made a hot pot hastily and planned to treat me to mutton. According to the rules of his family, except in winter, meals should be eaten in the big yard at other times, which is said to be grounded. There are four people sitting around a big table, and the distance between people seems to be very far.The dishes are quite rich, probably because I heard that I will come here to buy them specially: lamb, beef, shrimp balls, crab sticks, cabbage, vermicelli, and of course my favorite fresh hairy tripe. It was steaming hot in front of the golden copper pot. Fortunately, God loved us and sent us a cool breeze, otherwise it would really heat us to death.Even so, everyone was still sweating profusely. As usual, the godmother didn't give face, and she didn't know what to mutter. I only heard her say: "I don't know what to eat when I eat hot-boiled mutton!" I understand the truth, probably because I love to eat, but she is afraid to talk to her godfather right now. Qianqian's appearance is also very bad.It stands to reason that she was angry with her mother, how did she drag us into the water? Only my godfather was joking and laughing there, and even I couldn't lift my spirits. There is no way, let's eat something.Tasted it, it was too salty!I mixed it with clear soup and even ate sesame seed cakes. After taking a few mouthfuls without any fun, I started drinking with my godfather.Drinking into sorrow, his old man quickly put on his face.I was afraid that he would get angry after drinking, so I poured myself some more and drank it all first. The meal ended in a very boring and unfriendly atmosphere. The godfather and godmother went to the kitchen and were busy tidying up. In my opinion, the tidying up was small, and then the quarrel was big.There are more than half a hundred people, what else is there to make trouble about?I leaned against a tree and smoked. After a while, the sound of arguing came from the kitchen. It was fairly small at first, and gradually became louder.Now that I'm here, I have to fulfill some obligations, otherwise my father's face will not look good in the future.I pinched my cigarette and went into the kitchen. The godmother screamed happily: "In the future, you will buy a house for your children? Ah? Are you an old man? He can still make money when he is old. Do you think you have done anything for a few years after retirement? Ah, you... "She saw me walking in, and immediately shut up. I understand her temper, even if she thinks highly of you, she won't take you seriously unless you are a golden branch and jade leaf. Godfather was a little drunk, seeing me coming in, he was so angry that he didn't make a sound. "What's the matter, godmother, what's the matter? You lost your temper so much." "Did he tell you?" No matter how unreasonable, since a junior like me knows, she won't be easy to get angry, "Our family Qianqian found a boyfriend and brought it to me, so I'll just look at him dislike; despise." "What's the matter? What's not satisfactory?" "I don't like anywhere! You want to look good, you want size, you want a house, you want money, you don't want money! How can you marry a girl to him!" I guess the last one is the most critical, so I smiled: "Look at you, are you talking about me?" "No, no, Xiao Ai, I don't mean that." Seeing me say that, she couldn't hold back anymore, "I really don't think they are suitable, this old Dong... you are a good godfather, and you can be with your daughter Exhale through the nostrils. Don't blame me if my daughter suffers in the future!" "Okay, stop yelling!" Godfather got angry. "Okay, godfather, godmother, listen to me, I understand what I mean, everything else is secondary, I see, this house is the most important thing. No house, how much money you earn, not everything It's nonsense. If we are like this, arguing can't solve the problem, and it will make Qianqian anxious, isn't it even worse? In my opinion, turning around..." I wanted to say, let's discuss it later, and take it easy for a while, it really doesn't work, just let him retreat when he is in trouble.The words came to my lips, but before I could say them, I suddenly heard the sound of glass shattering behind me.I reacted very quickly, and immediately jumped out, across the yard, and rushed into the main house. As soon as I entered the room, I was stunned, and there was a strange scene in front of my eyes: the French glasses my father entrusted to me were already broken, and Wang Qianqian was wearing her pink pajamas, with a ferocious face, half a smile.She took a piece of glass and scratched it vigorously on her wrist... My ears seem to be filled with the sound of "creaking", which is the sound of glass pulling flesh! damn it!The damn hallucination is here again!For a moment, I only felt that the sky was dim, and I quickly reached out to hold the door frame...