ushernet Chapter 245 Let’s have a meal together
Chapter 245 Let’s have a meal together
Chapter 245 Let’s have a meal together
"I have to go back. My mother has urged me several times. She's afraid that I won't go back for the New Year..."
Xu Lang smiled and said, "Parents in this world are so pitiful. When do you plan to go back?"
"The meeting in Shenhai will not end until January 1th. I will go back on the 18th. The journey will only take two days, and I will be home on the 19st." Qiu Huoming said after calculating the date.
"Shenhai is holding a meeting?" Xu Lang asked in surprise, "Why would a student like you hold a meeting?"
Zhao Jiamin stood up and explained, "Uncle Xu, you may not know this yet, Ah Huo published a paper in Science magazine. It's a topic that foreigners have spent decades trying to figure out. So, this time he is eligible to participate in the seminar they are holding..."
Old Jin glanced at his niece. When did she call Qiu Huoming so intimately? It sounded irritating.
"Wow, this magazine is really something." Lao Pan said with a smile, "Tell us what's written in it?"
Teacher Zhang snorted coldly, "Do you understand if I tell you?"
Lao Pan leisurely poured a cup of tea, "Because I'm a regular college student..."
When they reached the path, Pan Jincheng walked through the grass with familiarity. Only then did Qiu Huoming realize that he had already trampled out an obscure path near the wall.
It seemed that Pan Jincheng really liked these little guys, and the slight unhappiness in his heart towards him instantly disappeared.
The few of them got so excited talking that they immediately forgot about the topic they had asked Qiu Huoming at the beginning...
Open the lunch box and pour all the fish soup into it.
Zhao Jiamin asked in a low voice: "If they touch it like this, will Sanhua not recognize them?"
"So, do you think I like to show off?" Old Pan's hand holding the tea paused slightly.
"You're so proud of yourself... Just your university? Old Jin didn't even say anything."
Upon hearing this, Pan Jincheng excitedly opened the lunch box in his hand, and a fishy smell hit him. "Fish soup, I picked out all the bones, it's okay for the little ones to eat it."
"Uncle Jin, which university are you attending?" Qiu Huoming asked curiously.
Several people burst into laughter.
Lao Pan said, "I was careless for a moment. I'll pay more attention later. What food did you bring today?"
The tones of these two addresses were completely different, and Qiu Huoming frowned slightly when he heard them.
"Tsk~" Qiu Huoming's face full of envy could only turn into a disdainful response.
"Sanhua, Xiaobai, I'm here..." Pan Jincheng's voice rang out, and he called a few more times. Suddenly, a few responses from kittens were heard in the triangular shed.
"Uncle, why didn't you close the gate to the yard? There are a lot of people in the park today, and many of them are hanging around the gate. It's too unsafe. I just locked the door."
Lao Zhang said disdainfully: "Just talk about yourself, don't involve me, I graduated from high school after all..."
Pan Jincheng replied proudly: "I am different, Sanhua recognizes my smell..."
The kittens smelled the scent and stumbled out one after another. Pan Jincheng reached out and touched them.
He opened his schoolbag, took out a bottle of water, cleaned the cat bowl first, drove away the ants, then spread a layer of newspaper on the ground and put the cat bowl back on it.
Xu Lang reached out and patted Lao Jin on the shoulder. "What's the point of reading too much? You still need to take good care of your body. Look at me and Lao Zhang. We don't have good academic qualifications, but we have great health."
Before he finished speaking, Pan Jincheng poked his head out of the door and said, "Qiu Huoming, why are you here too..."
"Hey, Sister Jiamin, you are here too..."
Qiu Huoming glanced at the crowd. These people were not simple. You have to know that in the 5s and 60s, illiteracy was the mainstream. These people were definitely the pillars of the country.
"My mother won't support me. She said I can do whatever I want when I start my own business." Pan Jincheng said helplessly, "I have to wait until I graduate from college to start my own business. How can these little guys wait that long..."
"Okay, take it and feed it to him..." Old Pan was almost choked by the smell.
Pan Jincheng complained: "My mother is a germaphobe. Why do you think my sister went to live in the school dormitory? Her bed is the messiest..."
"That's just an excuse. Big cities are too troublesome. In our county, you can raise whatever you want." Qiu Huoming thought of the reed chicken and 'Hei Nu' he raised at home.
Lao Jin shook the sleeves of his long robe, and a trace of melancholy appeared on his thin face. "If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten it long ago..."
Lao Zhang immediately joked: "Look, this is what we call walking in fine clothes at night, keeping a low profile..."
When talking about this topic, he forgot to show his displeasure to Qiu Huoming. As they were chatting, Sanhua's figure appeared in the bushes.
Zhao Jiamin smiled and said, “My uncle is a low-key person and doesn’t like to show off.”
Qiu Huoming suddenly turned his head to look at Lao Jin in surprise.
Lao Zhang laughed, "I didn't say that, you said it yourself."
He walked to the front of the triangular shed and squatted down. The dried fish in the cat bowl had been eaten, and the crumbs attracted a group of ants.
Along the way, Qiu Huoming watched Pan Jincheng and Zhao Jiamin, who were walking in front of him and chatting enthusiastically, and he felt a sense of being left out.
He closed the lunch box lid, turned his head to look at Zhao Jiamin, and his tone immediately softened, "Okay, let's go."
Qiu Huoming was enjoying his free time and was drinking tea with Zhao Jiamin in silence. After a while, he heard some noise coming from the corridor.
"Since you like them so much, why don't you adopt them?" Qiu Huoming asked.
"Hey, I'll go with you." Qiu Huoming stood up.
Pan Jincheng was about to refuse, but Zhao Jiamin also stood up and said, "I want to go too."
"Who else could it be? Of course it's National Tsing Hua University. His Cantonese accent was well known among the freshmen. He also liked to show off. He could quote the Book of Changes and other things. Several young girls were charmed by him..." Old Pan suddenly paused and looked at Old Jin apologetically. "I am really old now. I won't say more. I have to forget the past..."
Pan Jincheng smiled and waved, "Come and eat..."
Sanhua seemed to understand and waited there for a while. Xiaobai then popped out from somewhere. The two cats walked to the cat bowl together and gathered together to eat.
A few kittens failed to squeeze in and somersaulted outside. They looked so cute that Qiu Huoming wanted to touch them all.
Zhao Jiamin said softly: "So cute, I suddenly don't want to separate them..."
Upon hearing this, Pan Jincheng immediately turned around and asked, "Sister Jiamin, do you want to keep a cat?"
Zhao Jiamin pointed at Qiu Huoming and said, "Ahuo needs to be taken care of."
Pan Jincheng glanced at Qiu Huoming, "You? How do you raise your children if you live in a dormitory?"
"The dormitory has screens on the windows, so it's safe. Chen Xi and his friends also like cats."
"Once you raise a child, you can't abandon it. Can you do that?" Pan Jincheng asked suspiciously.
"Of course. When I'm not in Yangcheng, I'll leave it to your sister Jiamin to take care of for a few days..."
Pan Jincheng finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the little guys reluctantly, "Okay, choose one, and I'll send it to you when it's weaned."
Qiu Huoming was overjoyed. He pointed at the black cat and said, "This is it."
"Xiao Hei, many people don't like black cats, but you have good taste..." Pan Jincheng reached out and picked up Xiao Hei in his palm. The little cat didn't struggle, but stared at him with its round eyes.
It is still impossible to tell the color of its eyes. Its fur is slightly longer than that of ordinary cats, and when you look closely, it looks quite sloppy.
"How cute." Pan Jincheng gently rubbed its head with his fingertips.
"I'll bring it to you around January 10th. Kittens grow very fast. If they get any bigger, I won't be able to catch them..."
Qiu Huoming responded: "Okay, then I'll go to the flower and bird market this afternoon to buy some cat supplies."
"It's very particular." Pan Jincheng finally felt relieved.
Qiu Huoming is a cat owner after all, so he understands cats' needs very well.
The three people surrounded the cats and were reluctant to leave.
I don't know how long it took, but Old Pan came to look for someone. Seeing that his nephew hadn't left yet, he smiled and said, "Jincheng, you're still here."
Pan Jincheng picked up the lunch box and stood up. "I'll leave now."
"I'm not trying to chase you away. Let's have lunch together at noon." Old Pan looked at his nephew who had grown into an adult. He felt a little strange, but also a little relieved.
Pan Jincheng was flattered and immediately agreed to stay.
Old Pan then turned his gaze to Qiu Huoming, "As usual, you ride your bike to buy groceries, and I'll give you the list..."
Qiu Huoming scratched the back of his head, wondering when buying vegetables by himself became the norm. He took the note, inside which was a piece of Big Unity. He unfolded the note and took a look. It listed the vegetables he wanted to buy, even the weight and quantity were written down.
"The car keys are in the car, so go early and come back early." Lao Pan made all the arrangements, breathed a sigh of relief, and walked back with his hands behind his back.
Pan Jincheng looked at the big unity in Qiu Huoming's hand with envy, "My uncle is a lazy person. When I was a child, he often asked me to run errands. He never took back the extra money. You don't need these to buy vegetables... You can save a lot of money."
Qiu Huoming raised the note in his hand and said, "Or we can go together. If your uncle doesn't want change later, I'll split the extra money with you in half."
"Okay!" Pan Jincheng immediately closed the lid of the empty lunch box excitedly and stuffed it back into his schoolbag. "Let's go. I'm very familiar with the market. These days, I often go there to collect catfish..."
Zhao Jiamin put his hands in his pockets and leaned over, "Those who listen will have a share."
Pan Jincheng turned his head and smiled bitterly: "Sister Jiamin, why are you joining in the fun?"
Qiu Huoming nodded, "You'll be included. The three of us will share it equally. This is the car. Is it okay for you to sit on the horizontal bar in the front row?"
Zhao Jiamin glanced at him and said, "Of course not. I'll sit in the back and carry the basket for you. Jincheng will sit in the front..."
Pan Jincheng immediately shook his head, "How can a grown man like me sit in the front?"
Qiu Huoming walked out regretfully, saying as he walked: "Then I can only miss you, Amin, let's go."
Pan Jincheng struggled with his thoughts for a moment, but finally gritted his teeth, made up his mind, and followed.
"Okay, I'll sit in the front. I can bend and stretch..."
Qiu Huoming and Zhao Jiamin looked at each other and felt like they were trying to trick their child.
The 28-ton bicycle was placed at the entrance of the utility room. Qiu Huoming inflated the tires as he knew the way, and then pushed the bicycle out the door. Zhao Jiamin carried the bamboo basket, and the three of them arrived at the entrance of the park. Qiu Huoming straddled the bicycle, supported himself with one foot, and ordered, "Get in."
Pan Jincheng had a gloomy face and sat sideways on the horizontal bar. He was thin and didn't take up much space, so he fit in well.
Zhao Jiamin sat in the back seat, and Qiu Huoming then ordered: "Sit tight..."
With a strong push of his feet, the bike moved forward. Qiu Huoming rode very fast. When he got off the bike, Pan Jincheng almost lost his legs.
Qiu Huoming had come here twice with Lao Pan. He looked at the slogans outside the gate. Some of them had faded...
At the entrance of the vegetable market, Pan Jincheng slowed down and then led them inside.
Pan Jincheng was a good talker and could even ask the stall owner to give him some green onions after buying vegetables. After going around for a while, he had bought all the vegetables in less than 20 minutes.
"There is nothing I can't handle." Pan Jincheng boasted at the door while holding a basket.
Qiu Huoming passed by him and gave him a thumbs up.
Several people walked to the side of the car. Pan Jincheng looked towards the front bar with lingering fear. He was holding a basket of vegetables and begged Zhao Jiamin in a low voice, "Sister Jiamin, you see the basket is so heavy, why don't you let me hold it? You sit in the front, my butt hurts..."
Zhao Jiamin hesitated for a moment, and Qiu Huoming had already pushed the car out.
She nodded at Pan Jincheng, who was overjoyed and quickly went around to the back of the car to wait there.
"This is my first time sitting in the front, so please be careful."
"No problem." Qiu Huoming supported himself on the ground with one foot, feeling overjoyed.
After Zhao Jiamin sat firmly, he turned his head and looked at Pan Jincheng, his eyes softened a little.
"You get in the car too."
"Okay!" Pan Jincheng happily sat down in the back seat.
Qiu Huoming pushed hard and the car slowly drove away from the open space in front of the vegetable market.
The car was going very slowly. "Amin, relax a little and just hold the middle of the handlebars..." Qiu Huoming only rode on flat roads, so Zhao Jiamin hardly felt the bumps that Pan Jincheng had experienced before.
Pan Jincheng was angry but dared not say anything. If this kid had ridden a little slower just now, would his butt have been so painful?
His eyes were empty, and he was silently plotting against the other person in his mind.
The wind blew past her ears, and Zhao Jiamin could clearly hear Qiu Huoming's breathing. Her right hand was gripped on the middle of the handlebars, her fingertips clenched until white. As far as she could see, Qiu Huoming's wrist was exposed, and it was not thick, but slightly thin, with a physique between a teenager and a young man.
Thinking of this, she quickly looked away.
"Look ahead and don't look at things close up, then you won't be afraid." Qiu Huoming's voice sounded above her head.
"Ah."
This experience was very strange. Zhao Jiamin looked into the distance. Occasionally, people on both sides looked at them with curiosity. She did not feel embarrassed. The atmosphere was not as embarrassing as she had thought at first.
Maybe Qiu Huoming was too calm.
Instead, it made her think less.
Qiu Huoming heard his own heartbeat. Zhao Jiamin had a very special scent. It should be the soap she made herself. The scent she left behind was like spring left on her body and in her hair...
Qiu Huoming looked ahead. He tried his best to ride steadily and slowly every step of the way so that time could be extended infinitely and the scenery could stay for a little longer.
"Hey, Qiu Huoming, do you want to speed up a bit?" Pan Jincheng's unpleasant voice came from behind.
"Of course not, comfort comes first."
Pan Jincheng listened to Qiu Huoming's response, his fingers suddenly tightened, and the basket of vegetables shook in his hands. Damn it, he didn't say that when he was leaving. He clearly said that he was afraid that Uncle Pan would wait for too long at home, so he had to hurry up...
He continued to stare blankly at the streets on both sides. It was already early winter, but the temperature was still over 20 degrees Celsius. There were many evergreen trees in Lingnan, and although there were fallen leaves on the ground, it was not like what was described in the books. It would be nice to have a chance to go to the north to see their winter.