Chapter 97 Soul Singer

Chapter 97 soul singer

Today is the fifth day of the first month. Chu Xiaoman specially asked Auntie wu to prepare dinner early. Li Haitang arranged to call her at 7 pm. So today, the The jiang family finished dinner half an hour earlier, and now they are sitting on the sofa ready to watch the news broadcast.

"Exhort!" At seven o' clock sharp, the phone in the living room rang.

Chu Xiaoman looked at the time on his watch and smiled until his eyes curved, "Li Haitang is really punctual." She immediately picked up her notebook, which she had already prepared, and excitedly went over to answer the phone. "Hello, Li Haitang, is that you?"

Across the phone came the crisp voice of a oriole. Li Haitang smiled lightly. "Yes, elder sister Man, happy new year!"

"Happy new year! Have you had dinner yet?" Chu Xiaoman asked casually.

"Yes, what about you? I didn't interrupt your dinner, did I?" Li Haitang thought it was time for dinner, so it seemed that she should be more careful next time.

"We already ate. Tonight I made the braised pork trotters you taught me. Brother Four actually disliked my cooking. He just ate one piece and didn't eat it." Chu xiaoman glared at Jiang Chuheng, who was sitting on the sofa not far away. It was obviously better than the last time. He did it on purpose.

Jiang Chuqi glanced at each of them and looked at jiang chuheng with a teasing look in his eyes. He smiled and said, "Xiao man, speakerphone."

"Oh." Chu Xiaoman didn't think much about it. Thinking that elder sister third wanted to hear the conversation between the two pairs of articles, she pressed the speakerphone.

As soon as the speakerphone was turned on, Li Haitang's happy laughter came from the phone, "Haha, elder sister Man, if chu heng dislikes your cooking, just let him do it. I'll tell you in secret, the food he cooks is really super, super, horrible, and simply hard to swallow. If you let him cook it once, you'll have enough courage in front of him in the future."

Jiang Chuheng: ... "" do you have to say three "Super"

How bad is it to eat? The jiang family looked at Jiang Chuheng who was grinding his teeth in secret with a smile.

Chu Xiaoman gritted her teeth and tried not to laugh. She turned on the hands-free, and the whole family knew about it. Was that a secret? She tried to ask in a calmer voice, "Li Haitang, have you eaten Brother Four's cooking? How bad is it to eat?"

"I ate it once, and it was just a thought. I don't want to eat it again. Last summer at Ji Dongming's apartment, we played games together. Ji Dongming had a bad idea. Whoever lost went to cook, and Instructor jiang lost. God, earth, that meal was really dark. In the end, Ji Dongming's kitchen was almost destroyed by him. I'm telling you, even if you Brother Four can't tell salt from sugar, I can understand the difference between soy sauce and vinegar, but he doesn't know that cooking needs water. After washing the rice, he put it on the stove and cooked it. In the end, he wasted the rice and burned a pot."

Li Haitang exposed all the embarrassing things about Jiang Chuheng, and the smile on his face was bright enough to make the sun and the moon pale. Before he could forget to remind him, "Elder sister Man, don't say anything about this. This is definitely a big failure in the history of the wise and brilliant Instructor jiang. That day, his face was darker than the bottom of the pot. It was definitely a modern version of bao qingtian. Xu Yueyang, Ji Dongming, and Zhou Yunyang laughed at him for being beaten up. Maybe he spared my life because he thought I was a girl. Don't tell me this time, or I'll lose my life."

"Poof! Haha..." Chu Xiaoman couldn't hold it back any longer and covered her mouth with laughter.

The others in the living room also pursed their lips and smiled. Neither Jiang Chuyan nor Jiang Chuke came over today. Jiang Baichuan and Chu Hongmei were sitting on the sofa, and Jiang Chuqi and Jiang Chuheng were sitting on the sofa.

On the other side, wang li came out of the kitchen and sat down with a bowl to answer the phone. She also turned on her hands-free phone, wanting to hear what they were talking about.

As soon as the speakerphone was turned on, a deep, sweet, but slightly gritted voice came from the other end, "Li Haitang, you said it secretly. Are you done?"

"Uh, hehe, Instructor jiang, that's it." Li Haitang smiled awkwardly and wanted to slap herself. How could she forget that Chu Xiaoman might turn on the hands-free?

"What's the difference between a fool and a fool?" Another familiar voice came from the other end of the phone.

Li Haitang stifled a smile, "The word'silly' is not used well. I'll correct it next time."

Wang Li had never seen Li Haitang look so funny before, and his shoulders twitched with laughter.

"A modern version of bao qingtian?"

"Haha..." Before Li Haitang could say anything, Wang Li burst into an exaggerated laugh, while Chu Xiaoman on the other side burst into tears.

Li Haitang wanted to slap himself, and immediately exaggerated flattery: "Hehe, Instructor jiang is definitely the most handsome, white and powerful bao qingtian in modern times. Elder sister Man, I was just secretly saying, but now it's fair to say that Instructor jiang's egg fried rice is super delicious, full of grains, not sticky or greasy, not soft or hard, not fragrant. I have to eat three bowls at a time to be full. Xu Yueyang said that his ability to make egg fried rice is comparable to the top chef of jianguo restaurant. Oh, and he's going to make a special dish for us in Hunan province, minced fish head with chili peppers. It's so delicious that I drool at the thought of it."

"Are you done? No more?" Jiang Chuheng's voice came from the other side.

When Li Haitang heard this voice, her little life should be back for half of her life. She racked her brains and continued to brag, "Of course, there are many, many good qualities you still have. Let me borrow Zhou Yunyang's words to describe them."

She lowered her voice and imitated Zhou Yunyang's look, "Brother chu heng has been in the top of all the places since kindergarten. First in grades, first in looks, first in height, first in sports, first in eating, first in fighting, first in coughing, and last in singing."

"Haha... Haha..." Wang Li couldn't eat any more. It was so funny. Chu Xiaoman and the others, on the other hand, smiled more implicitly, and the twitching of their shoulders showed that they were very happy.

Jiang Chuheng secretly made a decision to go talk to Zhou Yunyang tomorrow.

After returning to his normal voice, Li Haitang did not forget to add, "Instructor jiang, I actually think he said it wrong. Although you can't sing a single word in tune, you are definitely the most handsome soul singer in the world."

Soul singer!

This title is really tall. Jiang Chuheng can't laugh or cry. She's really going to hurt him.

"Haha... Haha..." Except for Wang Li, the jiang family laughed out loud, and even Auntie wu, who was not far away, couldn't help laughing.

"Li Haitang, can you stop talking about business?" Jiang Chuheng felt that no matter how good the topic was, he would be exposed to more embarrassing things today.

This was what Li Haitang was waiting for, and he immediately straightened up his attitude, "Yes, let's get down to business right away." Before we talk, we still remember to congratulate you, "Instructor jiang, this is the first time I have talked to you in the new year. I wish you a happy new year and more handsome. I also wish uncle and aunt a happy new year, good work and good health."

"Well, thank you. I wish you a happy new year and everything that you wish for." Jiang Chuheng's eyes flashed with a doting smile that he had not even noticed.

After teasing him, Li Haitang and Chu Xiaoman began to talk about business. Wang Li was in the mood to eat and listen to chu xiaoman read the script.

Jiang Chuqi smiled at her brother sitting opposite her and teased, "Our The jiang family soul singer, when will you give us a taste of dark food?"

"Knowing it's dark food, you still have the guts to eat it?" Jiang Chuheng wanted to roll his eyes like Li Haitang, but he couldn't.

Jiang Chuqi smiled and said, "Li Haitang said the egg-fried rice is very good. It can be compared to the chef of jianguo restaurant. And the fish head with chili is also good. These two dishes will do."

Chu Hongmei never knew that his youngest son could cook, so he smiled and clapped his hands, "Let chu heng cook and entertain you tomorrow afternoon. Zitong and ziming will come over early in the morning to play and have lunch at home. Let them have a taste of your little uncle's cooking."

"I just found out today that I'm not the only one in my family who can't tell the difference between sugar, salt, sauce and vinegar. It seems that this is inherited." Jiang Chuqi looked at Jiang Baichuan, who was watching tv with his body in his hands.

Jiang Baichuan took a piece of his heart out of the news broadcast on tv and replied, "Chu Qi, this is definitely not inherited from me, it may be inherited from another generation. Although dad's cooking was mediocre, he could barely taste it, and he knew all the spices. It can't be inherited from your mother. She cooks very well. The rest of our family in the courtyard are not as good as her."

Chu Hongmei smiled helplessly, asked Auntie wu to add a cup of hot tea to everyone and continued watching tv.

Half an hour of "The news broadcast" had just finished, and Chu Xiaoman's business was also finished. Just as she was about to hang up, Jiang Chuheng came over and chatted with her." Haitang, you don't have a phone at home. Are you calling outside the store now?"

"No, I bought a house in town. It's my classmate wang li's house downstairs. I called at her house." Li Haitang glanced at Wang Li, who was standing by with gossipy eyes.

"Oh, I'm going to visit my relatives for the new year. You must be very busy these days, right?" Jiang Chuheng had been running around every day these days, so busy that he could not touch his feet. He could only rest at home at night every day.

Li Haitang shook his head and said, "No, I don't have any relatives to visit except my foster father's house. In addition, I will go to wang li's home and the middle school teacher's home."

Jiang Chuheng: ... "Oh, I remember you said that your biological mother is from the same village. She should be back for the new year. Don't you need to walk around?" He knew that she didn't want to talk about personal matters, but he couldn't help but ask about them.

Chu Xiaoman winked at him hard. Seeing that he didn't respond, he couldn't help but push his arm and lower his voice, "Brother Four, don't ask. She'll be upset."

Jiang Chuheng moved his arm and shook his head at her.

Li Haitang was silent, his voice a little lonely. "After she gave birth to me, she gave my foster father three hundred yuan and left. I came back when I was two years old and left with all her family. She never came back."

Jiang Chuheng was troubled.

She paused for a moment and continued, "I heard from my foster father that she's in the capital now, and then she gave birth to a pair of twins."

Jiang Chuheng frowned slightly and the atmosphere was a little heavy. He asked, "Haitang, do you want to find them? If you want, I can help you find two people in the capital. I still have a way to do it."

There was a faint smile on Li Haitang's face, but it was a little sour. "It's not hard to find them, but I don't want to."

"Why? You're not living with your foster father and brother right now. You're always a little lonely. It's just like the new year, when the family is crowded and warm, it won't be lonely." She had suffered so much since she was a child, and Jiang Chuheng felt that she really wanted to be cared for by her family.

Wang Li, who was sitting quietly beside her, thought the same thing. She thought that Li Haitang should be longing for family.

However, Li Haitang said something that made them even sadder. "I don't want to look for them because I know I'm redundant."

"Haitang..." Jiang Chuheng felt as if he had been gripped by a big hand, and was too uncomfortable to breathe.

I heard from some neighbors that the man she married has a very rich family. If he wants to adopt me and support me, it's enough to slip a little between his fingers. But I haven't shown up in 17 years, and no one here knows his name, so I'm just the result of their irresponsibility. It didn't matter if they abandoned me that year. Maybe they never remembered that I was still there. Why should I be bored? Besides, it's fun to have more family members, but there are more right and wrong. I don't really like the life of a big family. It's good to live a simple life alone." Li Haitang had lived in a big family for ten years in her previous life, and now she really cherished and loved the simple and fulfilling life that was a little lonely.

"Li Haitang, if they knew you were so good now, would they want to ask you back?" Chu Xiaoman thought it was highly possible.

Li Haitang shook his head decisively and said, "No. To be honest, I met my grandparents this summer. They clearly knew me, but they treated me like a stranger. On the first day of the first month of this year, I saw them again. I also saw two uncles who had been away from their hometown for fifteen years, as well as their aunt and their children. Everyone pretended not to know me, and stared at me with a very vigilant gaze. They heard that the original plan was to leave on the sixth day of junior high, but the third day of junior high left in a swarm. Hehe, no matter how stupid I am, I can see that they are worried, worried that I will go to find them to climb relatives. As for the reason, I don't know. But that's good. I don't want to look for them. They're also afraid that I'm going to meet them."

Chu Xiaoman didn't know what to say at the moment. She turned to see Brother Four looking down at the phone, not saying a word, not knowing how to change the subject.

Li Haitang took the initiative to change the subject. "Okay, let's not talk about this. By the way, chu heng, when will you send me a computer?"

"Lantern festival, were you in tan city that day?" Jiang Chuheng had already booked the train ticket.

Li Haitang smiled and said, "I'm going back to tan city on the ninth day of the seventh lunar month. I have to go to the provincial capital and Yangcheng after that. I'll be back to tan city before the lantern festival. You've come a long way to send me a computer. To express your gratitude, I'll prepare a table at home for you."

"Hehe, okay, not only do you need to eat at the scene, you have to prepare a bag for me to take away." Her cooking was really delicious, and Jiang Chuheng seized the opportunity to make a condition.

"No problem. I'll pack you five portions of plum, pork, and bacon. I made all the bacon this year. It's really delicious. I promise you like it." Li Haitang bought chicken, duck, pork, beef and so on this year. After marinating, he took them to the wang family to smoke. They were really delicious.

Hearing her relaxed and cheerful voice, Jiang Chuheng felt less upset and smiled, "Okay."

After hanging up the phone, Li Haitang and Wang Li said a few words, and the two of them fell into the sea of math problems.

Jiang Chuheng got up, poured two cups of hot tea, handed one to Chu Xiaoman, and sat back on the sofa to watch tv.

Chu Hongmei heard their conversation before, but he didn't say anything. He guessed in his heart that they were just friends who had a good time. There must be no other relationship between them.

When the two episodes were over, Jiang Chuqi stood up to wash up and said, "Chu heng, come with me to wangfujing bookstore tomorrow."

"Okay, I'm just going to buy some books." Jiang chuheng responded.