Chapter 15

◎A few things about a young man◎

It was really stressful.

On the way to pick up Wen Xu, Du Minda was worried about how to start the conversation if he asked, and he almost ran a red light.

The harsh sound of the tires due to the sudden brakes at least brought back some of his rationality.

Forget it, just improvise. He parked the car at the entrance of the alley as usual, and watched Wen Xu's figure closely in the rearview mirror. When the pair of white sneakers that were cleaner than all the children around stepped around the corner, he pulled the door handle and got out of the car respectfully to help him open the door.

He has been living like this for almost a year. To be honest, he is quite used to it and quite satisfied with it. The two adults in the Wen family are indeed very picky and difficult to deal with, but the young master Wen is very polite, does not have the temper of a young master, and never embarrasses anyone.

It's just that today, ah. Du Minda sighed and opened the car door.

When the car drove to Huaicheng East Road, instead of going straight, it stopped in the left lane and turned on the turn signal. Wen Xu already knew that he would stay at his grandparents' house tonight.

"Young Master Wen," Du Minda said with great embarrassment, "something happened at home today, so it's inconvenient for you to go back. My wife asked me to take you to your grandmother's house."

Wen Xu asked in a light tone, very straightforwardly: "What happened?"

When talking about "home", he rarely used "home" to refer to it, and even did not add an adjective in front of it. Even in the eyes of outsiders, he had a very happy, extremely happy, and well-fed home.

Du Minda thought of the scene he saw at Wen's house in the afternoon, and couldn't help swallowing hard, not knowing whether he should tell him the truth - after all, he was the same age as Du Ningyang, and although Du Ningyang's material conditions were worse, he should have never suffered such a big shock mentally.

After nearly a minute of ideological struggle, Du Minda chose to lie to Wen Xu, "It's nothing serious, don't worry about it."

If it's not a big deal that a pregnant young woman came to make trouble, Han Ling slapped her in the face, pushed her to the ground, and the woman covered her belly and suddenly a large amount of blood flowed from her body, dyeing the expensive and snow-white fox fur carpet bright red -

if it's not a big deal that Wen Pinyan hurried home, protected the woman behind him, pointed at Han Ling and said "You bitch, you killed my son, I want your life" amid the deafening sirens of ambulances and police cars -

then even if nothing serious happened, the shocking red color was just a small episode in the peaceful afternoon, and the Wen family was still a happy family.

"Is someone here to make trouble again?" Wen Xu's voice was still very calm, and this calm word "again" made Du Minda's heart tremble.

Seeing that Du Minda didn't say anything, Wen Xu comforted him instead, "It's okay, I'm used to it, it's not the first time. They might have teamed up to act, the purpose is to spend some money to drive those sisters away. They are quite pitiful, they met the wrong person, and they thought they met true love."

Hearing his explanation, Du Minda felt a little distressed. If she were in Du Ningyang's shoes, she would definitely cry, make a fuss, and even commit suicide if she encountered such a thing. At worst, she would set fire to everyone and would never tolerate such things happening again and again at home.

It's very difficult to be the young master Wen.

Du Minda comforted him: "Young master Wen, there are some things wrong with the way the previous generation gets along. Don't let it affect your future love and marriage. Love and marriage still have a beautiful side. You will know when you grow up." "

Yes, Uncle Du, I know."

Du Minda glanced at the time. There was no traffic jam on the way to Wen Xu's grandmother's house, and it was half an hour easier than usual. He suddenly had an idea, "There's a barbecue restaurant in the alley on the right. Do you want to eat? I'll treat you."

He knew Wen Xu was upset. He said he was used to it, but which kid of his age could really ignore it? He would definitely be sad.

Wen Xu just followed Du Minda's ass and walked into the alley that was so wide that three people could walk side by side. The ground was bumpy and muddy. The sneakers worth seven thousand yuan were splashed with drops of mud of different sizes. Then he stepped onto the greasy floor tiles and stepped on the edge of the red plastic stool.

Du Minda recommended grilled lamb skewers, grilled butter, grilled steamed bread slices, and garlic vermicelli baby cabbage

to Wen Xu, saying that these were his daughter's favorites. He accepted them all. Du Minda didn't expect Wen Xu to be so polite. He wrote on the small menu and ordered three portions, two to eat here and one to take away.

Wen Xu looked at the white foam box wrapped in a plastic bag, and Du Minda explained: "I brought it for my daughter. She hasn't eaten it for a long time. She keeps shouting about losing weight. I'm going home to give her a surprise today."

"She's not fat," Wen Xu lowered his eyes, very naturally, as if Du Ningyang was a very close friend of his.

"She used to be a little bit - 'overweight', blame me, it's my way," Du Minda ate, one big mouthful after another, "Last summer vacation, I tried my best to lose weight, only eating cabbage and chicken breast every day, and I was so hungry that I saw stars, and then I lost weight, and then I transferred to Huaicheng."

Wen Xu asked curiously: "Why did she lose weight suddenly?"

"Her mother and I guessed that she must have fallen in love with a male classmate at that time," Du Minda smiled, "and then he didn't like her, because he thought she was a fat girl."

"Who dares not to like her?"

In fact, he and Wen Xu can chat quite well. Du Minda was so excited that he wanted to wave for a bottle of beer, but found that he was still working hours, so he asked for two more cans of Coke.

"Yeah, I don't understand either. She just has a bad temper, but everything else is really good. But she does look better when she loses weight. It's normal for girls to love beauty during puberty. Let her do it."

"Aren't you angry?"

Most parents would be angry, but it is not ruled out that Du Minda and Fang Fang cannot beat Du Ningyang.

Wen Xu couldn't help but think that when Han Ling found out that she had someone she liked, she would definitely dig up everything about the other person. It was scary to think about it.

Du Minda was very calm, "There's nothing to be angry about. There's nothing wrong with liking someone, and we told her at the time that we would transfer to Huaicheng. Even if she had the guts and the heart to steal, she couldn't fly back and be a thief."

"Yeah," Wen Xu raised the can and clinked glasses with Du Minda, "Thank you, Uncle Du."

Thank you Uncle Du for not letting Du Ningyang have the chance to be a thief.

Du Minda thought Wen Xu was thanking him for taking him out for barbecue, and raised his glass with a smile, "You're welcome, it's my honor to pick you up and drop you off every day." "

Why do you say that," Wen Xu frowned, "We are good friends, don't say that."

"Okay, okay, good friend, little good friend," Du Minda swallowed the last skewer of lamb, "It's getting late, we should go back, I'll take you out to eat and drink when I have the chance in the future - there are really a lot of delicious food in Huaicheng, of course, it can't compare with the delicacies you usually eat."

The Wen family's usual meals are very exquisite. There is a Huai cuisine master chef living in the house all year round. It is said that he was the head chef who was hired back from the Huaicheng Hotel with a high salary. Just cooking three meals for three people, the monthly salary is as high as 80,000 yuan.

That was 80,000 yuan ten years ago.

And this barbecue cost less than 100 yuan in total.

Du Minda and Wen Xu actually had many, many moments together alone, and during these moments, Wen Xu left a very, very good impression on him. From then on, no matter which boy she saw Du Ningyang getting close to, even if she brought congratulations to him and said, "This is my boyfriend," Du Minda would inevitably compare these boys with Wen Xu.

They are not as humble as Wen Xu, not as polite as Wen Xu, not as tall as Wen Xu, not as handsome as Wen Xu, not as white as Wen Xu... They are not as good as Wen Xu, not even a little bit.

Even when talking about Du Ningyang, they are not as natural and serious as Wen Xu.

Of course, how dare he covet Wen Xu, he is like the white snow in Huaicheng, and they are the grasses that grow hard closest to the land.

He worked diligently all his life, and finally took root in this foreign land, bought a small house, on the seventh floor of an old community; his daughter continued to work hard when she grew up, worked hard to get into a good university, worked hard to build a career in Shenzhen, and worked hard but blindly pursued her love.

Now her efforts have been turned into bubbles to some extent and returned to the starting point.

There was a sound of the door lock turning "click", and Fang Fang jumped up from the sofa and shouted towards the door: "Ningning is back! - Where did you go crazy last night? You didn't even call mom in advance, making us worry." "

I was busy a little late last night. I went to see a shop during the day today, signed a contract, and bought some things. I've been busy until now," Du Ningyang took off his coat and slumped into the sofa. "I'll move the things over tomorrow and open the business after a simple renovation."

Du Minda sat on a single chair and asked: "Is the money enough? The rent is expensive, right? We asked our acquaintances and found out that the shops have increased in price after the New Year."

"I've paid two years' rent," Du Ningyang didn't mention the congratulations. "I have enough money, you don't have to worry."

"How can there be enough money," Fang Fang took out a card from the drawer of the coffee table. "We went to the bank today to unfreeze our financial management. You take this money. Tell us if it's not enough."

"Didn't you say you saved it for ten years..." Du Ningyang knew about the money, two hundred thousand for ten years, with a very good interest rate, "It's not time yet."

"Your dad saw the news and said that inflation will come soon. Money will depreciate if it is saved, so it's better to spend it," Fang Fang explained, "Some handling fees have been deducted, but it's not too much of a loss. You can take it. When we become shareholders, you should treat us to a meal when we make money."

There is no inflation,

they are just afraid that she will work hard. She has been a worry in different periods. When she was in school, she was playful and beautiful and didn't study hard. When she was working, she chose a "wrong path" and her marriage was also messy and unreliable.

But the worry-free child is loved by one imperfect person after another.

"Well," Du Ningyang was not used to saying love directly, and laughed, "If you come to get a tattoo, I can do it for free."

"Bah!"

"Black-hearted!"

"Swindler!"

"Bad guy!"

"Elderly abuse!"