On the second day of October, it is the birthday of Si Xingfu. Every year on his birthday, when the old lady asked him to go back to dinner, he would refuse, or even be in a bad mood.
"That day my mother gave birth to me..." he always said.
He can't recall.
He couldn't accept half of what he had to do with his mother.
The world didn't know the truth about his mother's death, and Si Xingfu didn't care to pour out bitter water. He carried all the people's affairs on his own.
This is what sister Zhu wants to tell Gu Qingzhou.
For birthday, it's Zhu's belief to eat longevity noodles.
Sister Zhu wants to bother to cook noodles for Si Xingfu in a boat.
"How can you do without a little luck when you are fighting outside? Longevity area blessing, I cooked him and refused to eat. He listens to miss you most, you cook a bowl of longevity noodles for him Sister Zhu asked to take care of the light boat road.
Gu Qingzhou was embarrassed. "But I can't."
She didn't expect that it was Si Xingfu's birthday.
"I'll teach you something." Zhu Saodao.
Sister Zhu reconciles the noodles and tells Gu how to knead them.
Gu Qingzhou has recovered from the injury, but she is not strong enough. Zhu Sao kneads her strength and lets Gu Qingzhou knead it symbolically.
When she woke up, sister-in-law Zhu chatted with Gu Qingzhou and talked about his mother.
"My wife was hanged, not died of illness. The stranger didn't know about it, and young commander didn't allow me to talk about it. I only told you." In a low voice, sister Zhu told Gu the secret.
She probably thought that Gu Qingzhou would not leave Si Xingfu. She was her own person.
Mrs. Zhu paused and continued, "when my wife left, young commander was only three years old. Just a year later, the governor married a new wife. "
Gu Qingzhou is silent.
Speaking of this, Gu Qingzhou felt a little guilty. There's something she knows, but she can't say for the moment.
"... his wife threw herself in, there was no one in the room, only the commander-in-chief was at home. He held his wife's leg and cried for most of the day." Zhu Saodao.
A chill extended from the back of Gu's boat.
She bit her lips lightly.
"What a pity!" Sister Zhu began to wipe tears. Some things, no matter how long they have been, are still heartbreaking.
Then sister-in-law Zhu said, "I worked in my wife's home when I was eight years old, and grew up with my wife. Later, my wife married and took me to the Secretary's house. On the day of my wife's death, she set me aside.
When I came back to the Secretary's house, my wife was put on the board. I don't know why the seven orifices began to bleed. I was afraid that I would not give up the commander. We said that when his wife left, the young commander said, "mummy is still bleeding, the dead are not bleeding." at that time, the young commander was three years old! "
Gu Qingzhou listened, still silent, but the heart is sad.
Did he think that bleeding was the sign of life from that day on?
Did his bloodthirsty illness fall from that time?
Maybe that was just the beginning, let him understand: bleeding is good, bleeding means that he did not lose his mother.
"... alas, poor." Sister Zhu sighed deeply, tears could not help.
She didn't want to cry today, so she tried to hold back and interrupted to teach Gu to knead noodles in the light boat.
Gu Qingzhou also slightly touched and said, "I.. I'll come myself!"
She kneaded a dough into the hard way, exerting a little force, resulting in a fine sweat on her forehead.
It's hard for Si Xingfu to come back early in the afternoon. He didn't think it was his birthday, but the weather turned cold. He bought a shawl for Gu Qingzhou.
This is a pure white snow silk shawl, decorated with a long white thick tassel. Wearing it on her, it looks like a blooming white rose, cascading open.
He thought it was very beautiful. He came back early just after the military affairs were finished.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw a busy boat in the kitchen.
Gu Qingzhou was dressed in a homely lotus colored blouse with half rolled sleeves, long green hair in a low bun and a low pink neck, which made him look like a wife.
Si Xingfu's heart is fretting.
Putting down the present, he went to the kitchen and saw Gu Qingzhou kneading his face. The Secretary frowned: "you are not well injured. What do you do with such great strength?"
Gu Qingzhou raised Yi's smile and revealed his tiny white teeth.
"It's Marshal's birthday, Miss Gu wants to make a long life noodles for him," explained sister Zhu
The manager was stunned.
He wanted to get angry, and his face sank slightly. At the same time, he saw Gu Qingzhou rubbing his face hard. His heart was soft again, and the fire went down.
"I'm not a birthday." Si Xingfu said, and then went up to take care of the boat's hand. "Wash your hands, let's go out to eat!"
Sister Zhu is standing by, not very dare to advise deeply.
Because sister Zhu grew up beside his mother, she looks more like his aunt and elder. He respects her very much and doesn't take her as a servant.
Everything Zhu said, the Secretary will listen to the line, only his birthday violated his taboo.
When it comes to birthdays, he will think of his mother...
he can't!
"I've been rubbing it for a long time." Gu Qingzhou hesitated. "My sister-in-law Zhu and I have been preparing for the whole morning, and are getting better soon. Longevity noodles are blessed. You often have something to do all year round. What if you run out of luck? "
She slightly worried about the eyes light, soft fell on the Si Xingfu face.
The secretary was a little shaken.
Gu Qingzhou took advantage of the heat to strike the iron: "I cooked for the first time..."
this sentence finally moved Si Xingfu.
"Well, try your craft." He said.
Gu Qingzhou's face was almost rubbed. After a few more rubs, sister-in-law Zhu thoroughly rubbed it.
Roll the surface thin, then cut the thin strip, take care of the light boat slowly, the workmanship is rough but the attitude is serious, the half wisp of green silk is low, the face of yingbai Shengyu is a little red tide, especially delicate.
She is so beautiful, like the wife of Si Xingfu!
Si Xingfu is sitting on the sofa in the living room, with a message in one hand and a cigar in the other. He looks after the beautiful image of the kitchen from time to time, and has a warm heart.
Gu Qingzhou made noodles, and sister-in-law Zhu boiled the water.
When the noodles are in the pot, Gu Qingzhou begins to make a cover.
After the eggs are ready to fry, Gu Qingzhou cuts the radish, beans, fungus, dried sauce and diced meat. According to Mrs. Zhu's instructions, prepare all kinds of ingredients, put the hot oil into the pot, and then put the sweet sauce.
After the noodles are cooked, pour half a bowl of chicken soup over it and cover it. Gu Qingzhou carefully serves it to Si Xingfu.
"It's a little hot. It may not taste as good as Mrs. Zhu's." Gu Qingzhou said, "if you taste it, you should have eaten it."
She handed the chopsticks to him and said, "I wish you a long life."
Si Xing chuckles.
He took the chopsticks and took a taste.
The taste is very delicious. It's not salty but not light. The chicken soup is rich. The cover is sweet and salty. The noodles are a bit thick. They're cooked at least. They're very strong. It can be seen that Gu has made great efforts when he kneaded the noodles in the light boat.
He didn't speak, and he buried his head and ate the whole bowl of longevity noodles.
Put down his chopsticks, and he gave the bowl to Gu Qingzhou: "another bowl."
Then watching sister-in-law Zhu standing beside, crying with joy, she said, "you eat too. You are all blessed."
"Ah!" Zhu said happily.
Mrs. Zhu is better than Si Xingfu in praising people. She eats and cares about the noodles of the light boat at the same time.
Gu Qingzhou is a little embarrassed. She also buried herself in half a bowl.
After eating three bowls, Si Xingfu finally filled his appetite.
After dinner, they took a walk in the courtyard, and then, while sitting in the pavilion, Si Xingfu held Gu to his leg.
"You will live here and cook for me every day." Si Xingfu gently stroked her cheek, and her heart was calm and warm.
This is his best birthday in more than 20 years.
"I don't want to. It's too complicated to cook!" Gu Qingzhou said, "what's more, I'm not as good as sister-in-law Zhu. I don't want to rob her of her work."
Sikongchu raised her face and kissed her.
"Make it for me. I like to eat it made by canoe." He said.
Gu Qingzhou droops her eyes. Her eyes are covered with thick bangs, and she can't see her emotions.
He hugged her and put his head on her shoulder, but he no longer forced her to promise anything.
This birthday is the best.
He gave the Cape he brought back to Gu Qingzhou and put it on for her.
The night wind is beautiful, two people walk alone, there is a kind of illusion of dependency to the old.
"I'm almost OK. It's time to go to school." Gu Qingzhou road.
She was reluctant to go to school.
After she left, if she wanted to see her again, she had to go to her house to fish.
Last time, she was almost caught by her stepmother. She was scared to death, and Si Xingfu was also distressed.
Si Xingfu never wanted to sneak around with her, but she didn't want to do anything.
"In a few days." Si Xingfu road.
"In a few days, the school will have annual leave." Gu said, "I'm going to graduate next year. I can't do my homework badly."
Gu Qingzhou is very progressive. He is a little relieved.
"Yes, I will go on the fifth day of that day. Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow are weekends. You will accompany me for another two days." Si Xingfu road.
He has few free days. The so-called company is just like a cat when he comes back at night and can sleep with someone holding him.
Gu Qingzhou didn't contradict him, so he agreed meekly.
At night, when he went to bed, he leaned over the canoe and kissed her. Later, he couldn't control it.
When she finished, Gu's hands were swollen. He gently rubbed them for her.
Take care of the boat and ignore him.
No matter how long it took, she still felt disgusted that he asked her to do such a thing.
Gu Qingzhou fell asleep in a daze.
At 4:30 in the morning, Gu Qingzhou woke up, and the sky was hazy. The manager was changing clothes.
He put on his uniform.
"I'm a little thirsty." Gu Qingzhou Road, sleepy in slippers, went downstairs to drink water.
When Si Xingfu came downstairs, the adjutant came in and said, "young commander, there is a pot of soup at the door in the morning, which is said to be the birthday gift for young commander."
When the adjutant brought in, the soup had been checked again and again. There were no bombs or hidden weapons.
"Soup?" The Secretary frowned.
Gu Qingzhou is also a little confused.
The deputy said yes.
After opening the pot, Gu Qingzhou smelt the strong meat smell, which was not bad.
She took a look at the soup, which was milky white, rather delicious and steaming.
It's from outside. The fool will drink it. Gu Qingzhou looks at it. When he is going to throw it away later, he goes to the kitchen and takes a scoop.
He fished the bones out of the soup.
"Ah!" Gu took a look at it and couldn't help exclaiming. His stomach rolled and he vomited.