Picking mulberries

When Qiu Yang arrived at Ankang Hospital, Cui Dongxu had already arrived before him.Qiu Yang asked about his condition, Cui Dongxu said it was nothing serious, the doctor said it was caused by indigestion, he would be fine after a few days of intravenous drip and a few days in the hospital.Only then did Qiu Yang feel relieved, and babbled that he had reminded him a long time ago that the old man can't take supplements all at once, his body can't take it anymore.Su's mother hurriedly echoed yes yes, with a look of regret.

Cui Shicheng from out of town called to inquire about the situation. After knowing the cause of the disease, he was relieved and called the attending doctor. The old man was old and asked him to take more care.

Cui Shicheng thought that his sister had suffered a lot and her health was not very good, so she had to stay in the hospital for more than a week, had a whole body checkup, and asked the nutritionist in the hospital to formulate a recipe, listing the dietary taboos one by one. come out.

On the day when Cui Shiying was discharged from the hospital, Qiu Yang was delayed due to some company affairs. When he arrived at the hospital, Cui Shicheng and Cui Dongxu had already completed the discharge procedures.

As soon as the group walked out of the ward, a doctor in a white coat walked across the empty corridor. Seeing that he was about 50 years old, he saw Cui Shicheng from afar and greeted him: "President Cui, I will pick up my sister and leave the hospital."

"No, I've been here for a while, and my complexion has improved a lot. Tip, thank you for turning around." Cui Shicheng said.

When Cui Dongxu saw the doctor, he frowned, and hurriedly said to Qiu Yang, "Go down quickly and drive the car to the door. Auntie can be pushed by the nurse."

"Okay, I'll go out first." Qiu Yang took the things in Cui Dongxu's hand, nodded to the doctor who approached, and left first.

"Daughter-in-law, who is that handsome guy?" the doctor asked Cui Dongxu.Cui Dongxu ignored him with a cold face.

"You are also a half-old man, and you are still so unobtrusive when you speak." Cui Shicheng was speechless.

"Isn't this making jealous for that useless boy in my family?"

"Doctor Fei, don't talk nonsense, that's my student." Cui Dongxu finally replied through his nostrils.

"Student? Oh, good student, teacher-student relationship is both fashionable and romantic. Even if it is ten thousand taels of gold, it is hard to beat the fan wife Yu Ling."

"Fei Zhi'an, you old weirdo, believe it or not, I will set you on fire." Cui Shicheng still couldn't bear it.

"Hey," Fei Zhi'an said with a look of joy, "One life, one autumn. I don't know how to adjust and adjust my life. Is it tiring to live? It's easy to go, don't send it off!"

Because of the incident of Cui Shiying's illness and hospitalization, the food at home suddenly returned to the standard of meat, three vegetables and seven that Qiu Yang advocated before. It happened that Cui Shicheng brought a lot of green bamboo shoots, red mushrooms, tofu skin and other special products from Sanming. , the dinner table was much lighter.After dinner in the evening, Cui Dongxu stopped putting down his bowl and went to read a book. It was cold in the yard and it was not convenient to take a walk. The whole family would stay together to watch TV and chat.

Cui Shiying and Su Ma's two old ladies talked a lot, and they liked nostalgia, so they chatted endlessly.The three men also echoed a few words from time to time, expressing emotion.

From the bits and pieces in the mouths of the two old ladies, Qiu Yang probably spelled out the past lives of the two old ladies.Qiu Yang has seen Cui Shiying's hard life before, but what he didn't expect was that Su Ma's life was so hard before.I only knew from Cui Dongxu that she used to be the daughter of a landlord’s family, but she suffered repeated accidents in a series of campaigns, and became a cart puller in the vegetable market to collect garbage. It was Cui Dongxu’s mother who looked at her pitifully and took her in. The pain that my mother has suffered can actually write a history of suffering, which fully demonstrates a microcosm of China's turbulent era.

"Sister, how about our whole family go to Hainan this Chinese New Year? The temperature there is just right, not as cold as ours." On this day, after dinner, Cui Shicheng said on a whim.

"It's so far away? I won't go if it's so far away. You can go if you want. There is an air conditioner at home, so it won't be too cold." Cui Shiying felt sorry for her brother's money.

"If you want to go out for a walk, you should choose a nearby area. My aunt's body can't withstand a long journey." Cui Dongxu said.

"When the spring begins, you all go to my hometown to see the roses of various colors, they are very beautiful." Qiu Yang interjected.

"Let's talk about it at that time," Cui Dongxu asked his father again, "I went to Sanming some time ago and brought back some vegetarian ingredients. Didn't you go to eat game?"

"You've seen Wen Lijun before. He's extremely loyal. Didn't he borrow a sum of money last year to help him in an emergency? He kept expressing his gratitude in different ways. It's not that kindness is hard to turn down. I wouldn't go to Sanming," Cui Shicheng suddenly said with a smile. , "Is Ah Yang unhappy?"

Qiu Yang was startled: "Huh? No."

"Is something wrong with the company?" Cui Dongxu hurriedly looked at Qiu Yang when he heard what his father said.

"Ah Yang and I are both Buddhist believers. We said that we went so far to eat wild game, thinking that he was a little bit critical of me," Cui Shicheng explained, "Actually, I didn't eat it."

"It's true that we believe in Buddhist teachings, but we are not outsiders, and are not bound by the rules and regulations," Qiu Yang said with some embarrassment when Cui Shicheng explained to him seriously, "Unless it is a special fasting day, I usually Not vegan."

"It's not far away. If you don't eat game, why do you go so far?" Cui Dongxu felt that the two people in front of him were too hypocritical.

"Persuade Wen Lijun to release his life," Cui Shicheng felt a sense of accomplishment, especially in front of Qiu Yang, "I didn't go at first, but he said on the phone that he had made live pangolins and golden pheasants, and I had to watch him release them with my own eyes." Just rest assured."

"Hey, you're not from the Wildlife Conservation Association, so why bother?" Cui Shicheng took Qiu Yang seriously, and Cui Dongxu was very grateful.

"He didn't specifically ask me to go, so I can't take care of it. Since he invited me grandly, then of course I have to take care of it. Although I'm not a pure vegetarian, I can't let those wild animals suffer such bad luck because of me. They live freely in the mountains, and they are not the pigs, cattle and sheep raised by us humans." Cui Shicheng said to Qiu Yang, "Right, Ah Yang."

"Ashamed, ashamed," Qiu Yang said with a chuckle, "I originally wanted to say that all living beings, each with his own personality, belong to the market, and there is no need to force others to make things difficult. My cultivation is not enough, and I only pay attention to my own precepts. Uncle Cui has The good deeds of helping the weak and saving sentient beings are indeed a bodhisattva's heart. Buddhism cultivates wisdom and emphasizes sudden enlightenment. Although I have been close to Buddhism since I was a child, compared with Uncle Cui, my cultivation level is still far behind. "

"Fortunately, Xiao Wen listened to my persuasion." Cui Shicheng was even more elated, happier than earning millions.

"Hmph, virtue." Cui Dongxu gave Qiu Yang a fond look.

The day before the Laba Festival happened to be Saturday, and it coincided with the Laba Festival and New Year’s Day. Cui Dongxu, who was on vacation, thought that Qiu Yang would rest at home, but unexpectedly Qiu Yang went to the company with his father early in the morning, but he didn’t stay After an hour or so, I went home and busily prepared Laba porridge with the two old ladies at home.

Cui Dongxu thought to himself, isn’t Laba porridge just a pot of porridge, it’s very simple, it’s ready to cook tomorrow, why bother to prepare it today, when I saw the dazzling array of pots, pans and dishes on the kitchen table, I was dumbfounded, this is what I have to do Is it the rhythm of the banquet?Here are jujube paste, bean paste, yam paste, chestnut powder, flour, lotus seed powder, glutinous rice, japonica rice, black rice, brown sugar, honey, and there are peanuts, walnuts, longan, pine nuts, hazelnuts, dried water chestnut, almonds, tofu skin , ginseng, fritillary, cordyceps, golden silk □□, roselle, roses, lemons, grapes, Xinmei radish, celery leaves, leeks and so on. For the first time, Cui Dongxu felt that the kitchen of more than 50 square meters was cramped and not enough. When his mother was alive, the New Year dinner at home was not as big as this.

"No wonder I went to the supermarket and vegetable market after get off work these days. I used to prepare these." Cui Dongxu looked at the things in the kitchen and his scalp was a little numb. "The Chinese New Year is not so prosperous..."

"Stop, stop, don't talk nonsense today. We have different beliefs but seek common ground while reserving differences, and respect each other." Cui Shicheng, who handed Qiu Yang the ingredients, quickly stopped his son's words.

"Tomorrow is the Laba Festival, which is also the day when Sakyamuni Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, became enlightened. It is a very important festival for us." Qiu Yang turned around and explained.

"With so many ingredients, what kind of porridge do you want to make? Is this the porridge that our family will drink for a year next year?" Cui Dongxu still couldn't help it, ignoring his father's warning.

"This child," Su Ma said with a smile, "Your aunt and uncle will send some over there. Mr. Cui and A Yang will bring them to the temple tomorrow to make offerings and give alms. No matter how much you have, you won't be afraid."

"How long will you and Aunt Su's mother be so busy?" Although Cui Dongxu only had one side to watch, he felt tired and flustered, so he complained to Qiu Yang.

"I invited the pastry chef from Yinlou and the chef from Xianlai Vegetarian Restaurant, and they will come to help later." Cui Shicheng said.

"Ah?! No way, so grand?" Cui Dongxu was completely speechless.

"Although I can cook porridge, there are still many procedures that we cannot do, such as dough sculptures, fruit carvings, and landscape figures." Qiu Yang said cutely.

"It's the first time to celebrate the Buddha's enlightenment, of course it has to be grand, let's not talk about whether it costs money or not, the main thing is to see whether the heart is pious or not." Cui Shicheng said earnestly.

"Dongxu, I've only heard of this kind of Laba porridge offered to the Buddha before. I thought it was an anecdote made up by those wealthy people. Thanks to your father, I really saw it this time." Excited, his hands and feet are very nimble when he is busy.

"Are you going to make offerings in the temple or to participate in the culinary competition?" Cui Dongxu also figured it out with his toes. The idea of ​​making offerings in the temple must have come from Qiu Yang, and this way of burning money must be his father's fuss. up.

"Of course the main thing is to make a confession." Qiu Yang turned his head and smiled at Cui Dongxu, thinking that he was very attractive.However, when this guy bared his teeth, Cui Dongxu was indeed scratching his heart.

With all the tossing downstairs, Cui Dongxu didn't have the heart to read the book upstairs, so he just read the novels on the sidelines, helping Qiu Yang smooth his cuffs from time to time, and patting the powder on his body.

When the chef invited by Cui Shicheng came, Cui Dongxu really saw what is professional, what is expert, and what is specialization in art.A lump of flour will pop out of their hands in a short time, an old birthday star will pop out, a handful of bean paste can make a lion mount, a section of radish can carve a splendid peony, half a lemon peel and a few sheets of tofu peel can make a lion mount. A boat with a canopy and a sail...

Chinese food Cui Shicheng asked a hotel to deliver the food. Several people ate some and then got busy. They kept busy until the evening. The two invited masters explained the order of the ingredients for the porridge and finally went back.

Although the chef has gone back, Qiu Yang and the two old ladies are still busy, and Cui Shicheng is not idle either. Although he can't do the work at hand, it's okay to help with a kitchen knife and cutting board.

Cui Dongxu took a break from Qiu Yang's busy schedule and was served by him to have some snacks. He watched TV in the lobby and felt a little tired. Then he looked at the kitchen. They probably wouldn't finish their work in a while, so he got up and went upstairs to rest.Before going upstairs, he glanced at Qiu Yang, who was facing away from him, and sighed in his heart, it is good to be young and full of energy. Last night, he repeatedly tossed and tossed him several times, and he still couldn't regain his energy, but he still had inexhaustible strength. .There are several large pots of porridge to be boiled, and it will take until midnight. I can sleep peacefully tonight.

What made Cui Dongxu's old face blush was that his judgment was wrong.Obviously no one disturbed him, he was able to fall asleep peacefully, obviously he was not in good spirits and urgently needed to fall asleep, hey, he hid in bed and couldn't fall asleep for a long time.It turned out that before he knew it, he was used to falling asleep in Qiu Yang's arms, got used to Qiu Yang's thick chest, got used to breathing in Qiu Yang's pleasant smell, got used to using his hands to sway Qiu Yang's private-secret- of hair.Cui Dongxu tossed and turned, it was useless to count thousands of sheep, and it was useless to think about the thesis of the two disciples several times, but he couldn't fall asleep.Cui Dongxu sighed in his heart, it's over, it's over, I'm afraid I have insomnia and need to be cured.

Cui Dongxu, who was hiding on the bed, was thinking wildly, the more he thought about it, the more bored he became, and the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't fall asleep.Sleeping alone for so many years, safe and secure, at ease, even if the family atmosphere was weird because my father neglected my mother before, it didn't affect my sleep quality. Yes, the more you live, the more you go back.I'm dying, if this kid comes home for the Chinese New Year, then don't I need to sleep?It just doesn't make sense.No, I am suffering from a mental illness, and I have to heal slowly on my own.

Cui Dongxu slandered and blamed himself until one o'clock in the middle of the night, and finally heard the sound of the door being pushed gently, so he quickly closed his eyes and fell asleep.Probably because he was afraid of waking him up, Qiu Yang came in without turning on the light, and walked to the bed in the dark, trembling for a while, Cui Dongxu felt his side sink, and slipped into Qiu Yang's warm embrace, Qiu Yang was afraid of waking him up, He raised a hand to gently caress Cui Dongxu's back and circle him.Cui Dongxu's head arched around Qiu Yang's chest. After adjusting a comfortable sleeping position, he reached into Qiu Yang's armpit and stroked his armpit hair. Only then did he feel at ease, as if he had heard a requiem The song is like a song, and I fell into a dream after a while.