In August, the weather was boringly hot. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The leaves of the camphor tree are rolled into a tube, and a thick layer of ash is placed on them.

In K City, there has not been a drop of rain for half a month, and as long as there are cars passing by on the road, it will be a dusty and flying sky.

On the sidewalk, Zhisu held a sun umbrella and carried several plastic bags in her hand, so hot that she stopped in front of a store for a long time, unable to walk a single step.

"Girl, will you come here to rest?" In the alley not far away, an old man mending shoes greeted her.

She looked at the scorching sun, and felt that she could not go back, so she turned around and came to the old man's stall to mend shoes.

As soon as she walked in, she felt that the cool breeze was gusting, there was no sunlight in the alley, and it was in the tuyere area, which was completely different from the cement road that had to be cooked under the bright sun.

She gasped for air, pulled out a tissue and wiped the hot sweat from her forehead and neck.

The old man handed her a stool, which she took and thanked and sat down.

The cool breeze blew, and she felt that she had finally eased up, but her clothes were sticking to her body, which was strange and uncomfortable. It would be nice to have a shower, but she didn't have the courage to walk back against the poison day.

"Grandpa, why didn't you take a lunch break?"

She watched the old man mending his shoes knocking and tapping non-stop, and the pairs of broken shoes that had been reimbursed came to life under the rejuvenation of his wonderful hands.

The old man smiled, and Zhisu felt that that was the true meaning of life, ordinary but valuable.

"When people are old, they can't sleep, and they always get up at night. Hey, I guess it's useless......"

Rao is old man said this verbally, but his face did not show the slightest slack expression, still a positive face, as if he was very happy every moment.

"Girl, why did you come out to buy groceries on a hot day?"

"There's nothing to eat at home."

"The dog day sun is poisonous, it can heat people to death, the girl should get up early to buy vegetables, right?"

Zhisu nodded, her face flushed, and she was embarrassed. As soon as she woke up in the morning, she was pestered by Shen Xuyao to ask for it twice, but he went to work full of food and drink and refreshed. She was so tired that she fell asleep, and slept until ten o'clock.

Fall!

This summer, she didn't do anything, except for going to the mall to buy furniture and appliances, there were only two things left left: cooking and sleeping.

It's all Shen Xuyao's scourge, she has to let him change when she goes back, otherwise it will be too sinful to come out at noon to buy vegetables.

Besides, how do you feel more and more like a housewife these days?

Oh no, she doesn't want to be a parasite, she'll be abandoned sooner or later.

With some determination, she decided to negotiate with Shen Xuyao tonight.

When the sun was obscured by the clouds, she hurried home. When she waited for the traffic light, she saw a familiar face from a distance after more than ten years of absence, it was the face of a woman who had been trampled by time, to be precise, the worried face of a mother.

She was stunned under the traffic light, watching the familiar figure go away, and lost her mind for most of the day. By the time she came to her senses, the green light had turned red again, and she had to wait for another time.

Earlier, when she went back to Xuan's house to get the household registration book, her father reminded her that something had happened to the family after her mother remarried. Now that the man is in prison, is the mother going to take her little son back to take refuge?

But who can she turn to?

Father? It's impossible, with the shrewd and calculating personality of the little mother, the mother will definitely not take half of the advantage.

Take refuge in her? It seems even more unlikely, she has left herself for more than ten years, and she has not treated herself much since she was born, because she has brought her a lot of pain as a daughter.

In a traditional patriarchal family, the stubborn in-laws chattered about "incense", which almost drove this woman crazy. When she was angry, she naturally wanted to transfer the grievances in her heart, so Zhisu easily became a punching bag from the fuse.

Childhood, always leaving a faint shadow, lingering is her mother's coldness towards her.

She knew that it was a kind of anger and blame, blaming her for not being a son, blaming her daughter for putting her mother in an embarrassing situation.

Even though her mother's attitude towards her was cold, she still felt how happy it was to have the love of her parents, just like the old song goes, a child with a mother is like a treasure.

Her hands hurt from the plastic bag, as if a sharp knife was cut at her fingers, and it hurt to the bones, and her heart was trembling and trembling.

Holding on to the wall, she slowly walked back, opened the door and entered the house, and sat down on the ground with a bang, gasping for breath, which was relieved by the tinnitus caused by the elevator.

After taking a shower, she threw her clothes into the washing machine, and the person was so tired that she was exhausted, and walked lightly to the study. I turned on the air conditioner, picked up a copy of "One Hundred Years of Solitude", sat on the sofa and watched it, and fell asleep.

When she woke up, it was already sunset, she washed her face with cold water, washed rice and vegetables with her hands and feet, and half an hour later, the rice had been steamed, and three dishes and one soup were placed on the table.

The sound of unlocking sounded, she trotted to the door, looked at Shen Xuyao, who was sweating profusely, and hurriedly shook the fan for him.

"Ah, it's hot. The tallest building is not good at this, hot in summer and cold in winter. ”

Zhisu pouted, she had mentioned it at the beginning, but he had to buy it, and now he was slapped in the face.

"I cooked mung bean soup and put it in the refrigerator, do you want to relieve the heat?"

"Well, a bowl."

Watching him drink his chilled mung bean soup, she felt a burst of joy in her heart, at least she had done something meaningful.

At dinner, when she was washing the dishes, she mentioned that she had seen her mother during the day.

"I'll check it out, you don't care about it yet. If she really has something to ask for, she will come to you. ”

Shen Xuyao said, standing aside and watching her wash the dishes.

"What are you doing stupidly, go take a shower!"

"I don't, I'm going to wait for you to come along."

"Not allowed!"

"Wife, I'm so tired today, I've had an afternoon meeting, and my elbows are sore," he put his arm around her thin waist, "Let's wash together, help me rub my shoulders, and taking a bath will help relieve fatigue." ”

His fatigue is gone, so what about her? It will only be more tiring than before the shower.

"You wash, I'll help you rub your shoulders and rub your back, that's all!"

"Wife!"

It's useless to be coquettish, Zhisu has made up her mind and drives him into the bathroom.

By the time she dragged the kitchen floor and went into the bathroom, the man was already sitting naked in the bathtub, leaning against a nap.

She coughed lightly, put her little hand on his shoulder, and rubbed it slowly.

"Wife, you're here! Do you want to wash it together? ”

"No, you don't."

"Wife, it's not good to waste water, many people in Africa don't even have water to drink, and it's too luxurious for us to use so much water for a shower alone."

Shen Xuyao looked like "I am very moral", but it seemed that Zhisu had no sense of morality.

"It's okay, I'll just take a shower, no water."

"Wife, if you can save, you can save, don't you say?"

"I ......"

Although Zhisu agreed with his opinion, he didn't know the little abacus in his heart, shook his head, and almost fell for his trick.

Shen Xuyao saw that there was no drama, so he lay down in the bathtub and straightened his body, no matter what Zhi Su said, he didn't bother to move.

This bath made Zhisu sweat and tired. This guy didn't listen to the call and didn't cooperate with the whole process, so she had to do it herself, wrestling with him in the bathroom, and almost slipped several times.