MTL - The Gold is Yours, You Are Mine-Chapter 20 go home

Xie Shi'an's home is located in an old residential area. In the early years, it was considered a prime location in the city. With the planning and development of the city, the city center moved, and the land was worthless.

It was supposed to be demolished, but everyone waited five or six years for it to be demolished, so everyone moved and moved, and sold houses. Most of the shops downstairs in the community were closed, and the few open shops were also posted with "" There are only a few households in the residential buildings with lights on.

Xie Shi'an walked to the only food stall at the entrance of the community and stopped: "Take two bowls of rice noodles, one with more spicy and one with less spicy."

The owner of the stall was an aunt in her fifties. She heard the voice familiar and looked up to see that it was Xie Shi'an.

The aunt smiled and grabbed half a bowl of noodles for them.

"Isn't this Xiaoan? I haven't been back for a long time."

Xiaoan.

It was the first time I heard someone call her that.

Jian Changnian looked around curiously, only to see that Xie Shi'an had no expression on his face, but there was a hint of a smile in his eyes.

"Well, I've been training recently, are you still driving?"

The last time she came back to pick up things was half a year ago, the surroundings were deserted, even the supermarket was closed, and the auntie didn't open the stall at that time, she always thought she had moved away.

While the noodles in the pot were still cooking, the aunt swiftly added various seasonings to the disposable lunch box.

"Hey, it's closed for a while but I can't stay idle, and it's better to have a job than nothing. Besides, although it's not as lively as before, there are occasional old residents who come to buy it, and they're all used to it."

That's true, Xie Shi'an grew up eating spicy noodles, rice noodles, glutinous rice balls, dumplings, wontons, fried noodles, and fried noodles from this restaurant since he was a child.

Although my aunt is getting older, her energy is limited, and she has fewer tricks. Now she only sells spicy rice noodles, but the taste is still exactly the same as before.

Jian Changnian smelled the smell, and she was also very hungry. She didn't have dinner, and her stomach grumbled inappropriately.

"Are you hungry? It will be ready soon."

The aunt smiled, put the cooked noodles into a bowl, poured the soup, sprinkled with chopped green onion and coriander, and took a marinated egg from the sauce pot for each of them and packed them in a plastic bag.

"Here, this is the first time I've seen Xiao An bring other friends home. I'll give you an egg. It's time to grow your body. It's not okay to be hungry at night."

Xie Shi'an insisted on giving her the money, but the aunt said she would only charge for the rice noodles. The two of them pushed back and forth, but in the end they couldn't persuade her, so they only put ten yuan in the box.

"No, oh, really no need, go back quickly."

Jian Changnian saw that she was holding two lunch boxes in her left hand, and hurriedly trot to follow them to take them.

"Let me do it."

Xie Shi'an didn't refuse either, and the two walked one after the other.

The only few street lights in the community were flickering, but fortunately the moon was bright enough to see the road clearly, so Jian Changnian followed her step by step.

"Do you have a good relationship with the aunt who sells spicy noodles?"

Xie Shi'an gave a faint "hmm".

"I used to eat there often."

"Do you live alone?" Jian Changnian asked curiously.

Xie Shi'an silently pushed open the door of the unit building. The anti-theft door that had been in disrepair for a long time made a dull creaking sound, and the voice-activated light came on in response, which shocked Jian Changnian. All the lights on the floor turned on.

She couldn't help sighing: "Wow, so advanced!"

Xie Shi'an walked in front: "Voice-activated lights, haven't you seen it?"

Jian Changnian shook her head: "In the countryside, there are only yellow light bulbs with very low wattage, not too bright."

Xie Shi'an didn't say anything else, walked in silence, climbed a flight of stairs, turned off one of the voice-activated lights, and climbed to the sixth floor. The moment he opened the door, the lights of the whole building were quietly turned off.

It wasn't until a long time later that Jian Changnian found out that the voice-activated lights in the corridor of Xie Shi'an's house were specially installed for her by her grandfather. Xie Shi'an was afraid of the dark when he was a child, and he didn't dare to go upstairs when he went out to play and came home late. .

At that time, the lights in the corridor were touch switches, and she couldn't reach them, and even if she managed to reach them by jumping up, they often went out halfway.

The little Xie Shi'an could only stand downstairs and shout loudly for his grandpa to come and pick her up. Sometimes his grandpa couldn't hear her when he was too old, so he would make her wait for a long time below, so his grandpa asked the neighbors for their opinions and asked someone to come and pick her up. Come to install voice-activated lights for the whole building. After all, this is something that benefits everyone and no one objects.

From then on, when Xie Shi'an came home, when she was afraid of the dark, as long as she called Grandpa, the light of the whole world would come to her.

Later, when Xie Shi'an grew up, he was not afraid of the dark, and the lights were still on, but his grandfather was gone.

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He hadn't been home for more than half a year, and the air was filled with a musty smell. Xie Shi'an pushed open the window to ventilate.

Jian Changnian looked around, her house was quite big, with four bedrooms and two living rooms on a large flat floor, the decoration was very simple, there was a portrait of an old man in the center of the living room, and the fruits on the altar table were rotten and covered with dust .

"this is?"

"My grandpa." Xie Shi'an walked over and swept all the fruits on it into the trash can, picked up the ashes-covered lighter and lit the joss stick.

Jian Changnian felt that he was an idiot for the question just now, so he slightly lowered his head at the portrait to express his grief, then looked at Xie Shi'an, and said cautiously.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to ask you..."

Xie Shi'an came back and opened the newspaper on the dining table: "Put it here, let's eat first."

Jian Changnian nodded, just as she was about to sit down, she lightly touched the chair with her fingers, and it was covered with dust.

Xie Shi'an pointed to the paper towel on the table, motioning for her to wipe it herself.

Jian Changnian also wiped the back of the chair clean.

"You don't seem to come home very much."

Xie Shi'an used his left hand and teeth to bite open the disposable chopsticks because his right hand was inconvenient to use force.

"My dad will come over when I'm home."

"what?"

From what she said, it seemed that she really didn't want to see her father.

Jian Changnian was at a loss and wanted to say something, Xie Shi'an put two chopsticks together and ate the rice noodles without even looking at her.

"Don't talk when you eat, don't talk when you sleep."

…

Jian Changnian understood this sentence, which meant telling her to shut up.

This person is really as unpredictable as ever.

When Jian Changnian was immersed in the struggle with the rice noodles, Xiaoxiao grinned at her, and when Xie Shi'an's sharp eyes looked over, she returned to her usual harmless and friendly smile.

"Do you want me to feed you because your hands are inconvenient?"

Xie Shi'an silently pulled the bowl closer to him.

"No need to."

"Then look at you, it's all over the place." Jian Chang pointed to the rice noodles, vegetable leaves, and soup splashed on the table.

"What a waste."

Xie Shi'an's face darkened by an octave, and he suddenly stood up and went to the kitchen to rummage through the boxes.

When Jian Changnian followed, she was washing a fork with one hand.

"I'm coming, I'm coming."

Jian Changnian pushed people aside to see that there was dish soap next to the sink, and she pointed: "This one, can it still be used?"

Xie Shi'an snorted through his nostrils: "I bought it last time."

Jian Changnian washed the fork clean, shook the water, saw that she was about to put it in the bowl when she took it, and quickly snatched it back.

"Hey, wait a minute, wipe the tableware with water before using it."

Xie Shi'an watched her wipe the paper towel and snorted coldly, "Trouble."

That being said, eating noodles with a fork is much easier than rolling two chopsticks together.

After dinner, Xie Shi'an went back to his room to pack up his things and prepare to take a shower, while Jian Changnian walked around the room.

She picked up the cactus on the balcony, and it was already withered. She picked up the watering can that had fallen on the ground and shook it, but it was also empty.

After thinking about it for a while, Jian Chang ran back to the kitchen to fetch water.

It happened that Xie Shi'an came out with his clothes in his arms: "What are you doing?"

"Water, there are so many green plants on your balcony, it's a pity to die, some drought-resistant plants such as cactus and tiger piranha can be watered once a month, and they will definitely be full of vitality in the spring of next year. "

Those green plants were planted by my grandpa. I used to water them frequently when I was at home. Later, I went to play golf and practiced outside for many years, so I didn’t take care of them. Every autumn, the leaves fell everywhere. She wanted to throw them several times. reluctant.

Xie Shi'an wanted her to stay out of her mind, but for some reason, looking into her bright eyes, she couldn't say anything.

"…whatever."

So Jian Changnian happily took the broom and dustpan from the kitchen and ran to tidy up the balcony.

Xie Shi'an shook his head, a little helpless, and carried his clothes into the bathroom.

When she came out of the shower, she was a little dumbfounded. Not only was the dining table cleaned up, but the floor was also swept.

At a glance, the flower pots on the balcony were neatly placed, and the fallen leaves on the ground were cleaned up. Jian Chang Nian was trimming dead branches with scissors. She didn't raise her head, and her tone was quite Such a tinge of complacency.

"Look, if you cut off the dead branches, the remaining parts will not rot, and if you water them again, will they come back to life?"

The potted fortune tree in her hand had most of its branches cut off, leaving only the intact rhizome. A little green bud appeared on the rhizome near the bottom. It was the only thing that looked alive in the house.

Xie Shi'an pursed his lips, and threw clean towels and pajamas to her.

"To take a bath."

The pajamas are a bit old but they were washed very clean. It was Xie Shi'an's at first glance.

Jian Changnian held her clothes and blinked.

"Then where do I sleep?"

Xie Shi'an also had some headaches about this problem. She didn't have the habit of sharing the same bed with others. Even Qiao Yuchu had never slept in the same bed with her. She didn't like to get too close to people.

"My grandfather's bedroom and study are connected together, and he has converted them into a work room, so there is no way to live in them."

Jian Changnian looked curiously at the door in the middle of the living room. The door was made of iron and was closed tightly without leaving a single gap. There was also a big lock hanging on the door. It is very common in rural areas and is the simplest, most primitive but also the most effective way to prevent theft.

Xie Shi'an saw that she had been watching and thought she had misunderstood.

"My dad sometimes goes into my grandpa's room to get stuff, so I just lock it up."

Anything valuable should be locked with this kind of lock.

Jian Changnian asked curiously, "Who is your grandfather?"

"He is a sculptor, and most of his works are in the study, as well as some collections he collected from everywhere."

Jian Changnian was immediately in awe: "It's amazing! Then...these furniture, this bookshelf, tables and chairs, and this lamp, were all made by your grandfather himself?"

Jian Changnian gently touched a lotus wooden lamp on the bookshelf, and the petals could open and close freely, lifelike.

The lotus lantern was still a plastic toy that she would go out to play with her father during the Lantern Festival when she was a child. She saw other children mentioning it.

She wanted it too, and cried and begged her father for a long time, but her father thought it was too expensive and refused to buy it for her. Grandpa, who knew about it, hand-carved one for her overnight.

That New Year, Xie Shi'an became the most popular child in the entire community with this unique lotus lantern.

Xie Shi'an recalled the past and looked away.

"Death is like a lamp going out," she said after a short pause, "I haven't heard anyone praise him for a long time since he passed away."

Jian Changnian carefully put the lotus lantern back in place.

"If I had such a grandpa, I would talk about it every day to show off."

Xie Shi'an bent his lips indiscriminately, turned around the corridor next to the restaurant, and pushed open the innermost door.

"This is my parents' room, and there is no way to live in it, so..."

As soon as the door of the room was pushed open, a musty smell rushed straight into the nostrils. The curtains in the room were all drawn, and the room was dim. The chandeliers on the ceiling fell to the ground and fell apart. Only one rusted lampshade was still alive.

The closet door in the room was crooked and skewed to one side, and the bedside table was covered with deep and shallow marks left by kitchen knives.

The springs supporting the mattress had long since broken, and the middle was deeply sunken. The bed was empty, not even a pillow.

It can be seen that Xie Shi'an has never cleaned up this room.

Jian Changnian noticed that the half-torn photos were in the photo frames that fell on the ground, so she pulled Xie Shi'an's sleeve.

"I'll just sleep on the sofa."

Xie Shi'an breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay."

Fortunately, Xie Shi'an covered the sofa cover before leaving last time, and the inside of the sofa was still clean.

Taking advantage of Jian Changnian's time to take a shower, she went back to her room and hugged a quilt, took a pillow and put it on the sofa.

Just as I was about to go back to sleep, I heard someone calling in the bathroom.

"Thank you... Xie Shi'an..."

"What's wrong?" Xie Shi'an frowned and walked over, asking through a door.

Jian Changnian was holding the shower, a little at a loss: "Uh...how do I use this?"

Because of the cold, she folded her arms, curled up her toes, and her voice trembled a little.

"When you lift it up, the water will come out."

Jian Changnian lifted it up a bit, water came out of the shower, and a scream came from the bathroom.

"Hiss...so hot!"

The corner of Xie Shi'an's mouth twitched.

"The left side is cold water, and the right side is hot water. Just adjust it to the right angle."

"Oh, oh, done!"

Hearing the sound of rushing water coming from inside, Xie Shi'an shook his head again, walked to his room, and lay down to sleep.

Early the next morning, Xie Shi'an woke up and saw that it was past seven o'clock on her mobile phone. She lifted the quilt and got out of bed, yawned and opened the door of the room.

Jian Changnian was putting the bowls and chopsticks on the table: "Good morning."

Two bowls of soy milk porridge, two steamed buns, and a side dish were placed on the table.

Xie Shi'an rubbed his eyes: "You did it?"

Jian Changnian nodded: "That's right, I only have four dollars on me, and I just bought soy milk with one dollar, and I had rice in the kitchen, so I cooked porridge, bought two steamed buns for one dollar, and bought two more I ordered two cucumbers, both of which are vegetarian dishes, so you can make do with it."

She is making soy milk and shopping for vegetables, and she has to cook when she comes back. What time does she get up?

"If I remember correctly, the vegetable market is far from here."

"I'm used to getting up early, and it's just for morning exercise. Come and eat quickly, or you'll get cold in a while."

Jian Chang laughed heartlessly, and didn't take this matter to heart at all.

In her cognition, most of the friendship between girls starts from "going to the bathroom together after class", and one of the important nodes that gradually deepens is to invite the other party to play at her home. If you can stay overnight, then Definitely a very good friend.

Xie Shi'an helped her many times, and took him in when she had nowhere to go. Jian Changnian really wanted to do something for her, even if it was just some trivial things.

"I'm going to wash up first."

After washing, Xie Shi'an returned to the dining table. His half-length hair was untied and scattered on his shoulders. He wore loose home clothes and slippers with bunny ears on his feet. He yawned lazily. The appearance of the girl has faded away from the usual coldness and indifference, and there is still a touch of cuteness.

Jian Changnian stared at her for a while.

Xie Shi'an was a little puzzled: "Is there a flower on my face?"

Jian Changnian shook her head: "No."

Sure enough, she broke the impression of being cute as soon as she opened her mouth.

Jian Changnian felt a chill in his heart, oh my god, how could he think this person is cute, it must be because he didn't sleep well last night.

Xie Shi'an took a sip of soy milk: "Is there no sugar?"

"Huh? I see that you always add spicy food to your rice noodles. I thought you didn't like sweet ones."

Xie Shi'an got up and went to the kitchen to rummage through the boxes: "Where is the sugar?"

Jian Changnian turned around and pointed out the location for her.

"It's in the cupboard on the right, I saw it when I was cooking."

When Xie Shi'an found the sugar bowl, he was still thinking: How did this person know so well about her kitchen?

Too many things happened last night, and it was too late to come back, and now the two of them have time to sit down and have a good meal.

Jian Changnian also has a lot of things she wants to ask her.

for example.

"Do you go to the club often?"

It looks like she is very familiar with the boss.

"Well, I've been training there since junior high school."

At that time, the owner of Chenxing Club was not Cao Rui.

"Then you and Qin Yang..."

Xie Shi'an scooped up the rice grains in the bowl with a spoon: "He provoked me, which was similar to what the man in the park said that day. It was all foul language."

But she really didn't expect that Qin Yang, a former player of the national team, could play so dirty and have such a strong desire for revenge, no wonder he would be expelled from the national team.

Having said that, Xie Shi'an looked up at Jian Changnian. She seemed to have some trouble with Qin Yang, otherwise there was no need to play a match with her that seemed to have no chance of winning at the time.

"Then how did you and Qin Yang..."

"Before I went to the training team, I worked part-time in a KTV, and he treated me on the first day at work..." Jian Changnian paused for a while with the spoon in his hand, and remained silent for a while, his eyes turned red.

She tried her best to restrain herself, forced a smile, and then continued.

"Later they threw me at the door of the KTV, beat me and kicked me, and took a lot of photos. At that time, I only knew that others called him Mr. Qin, but I didn't know his real name. I didn't recognize him until I saw him in the club yesterday. "

KTV door, punching and kicking.

The fragments of that day flashed through Xie Shi'an's mind.

"Which KTV?"

Jian Changnian will never forget this name for the rest of her life.

"Yuanju KTV, fortunately, there were kind-hearted people who helped me call the police, otherwise I don't know what would have happened."

Jian Changnian smiled wryly, and then saw something wrong with Xie Shi'an's eyes, as if he was struggling, but also seemed to be holding back. When she wanted to explore more, Xie Shi'an's face returned to the usual calm.

"What's wrong?"

"nothing."

Xie Shi'an didn't say anything at the time, so he kept the matter in his stomach, and didn't intend to tell her.

It was the first time that Jian Changnian learned from others that she was one of the callers at that time after many years.

It turned out that when they knew nothing about each other, their destinies had intersected, and if it was going back to the farther past, even Xie Shi'an later had to sigh.

For things like fate, the magic lies in the magic. When you are ignorant and ignorant, the ending has already been arranged.

Xie Shi'an changed the subject if she pressed the question further.

"Then what are you doing at Chenxing?"

"One of Zhou Mu's seniors is also friends with Chen Xing's boss. I want to go and apply for a training partner or something."

In the end, he didn't even have time to say a few words to the boss, so he started fighting with Qin Yang.

Xie Shi'an ate all the rice in the bowl.

"It's easy to say, I just talk to Cao Rui."

Jian Changnian's eyes lit up immediately. Seeing that she was about to wash the dishes, she hurriedly stood up and took the dishes into the kitchen.

"Really?! That's great! Hey, don't move, I'll wash it, I'll wash it."

"okay then."

Since she is so enthusiastic, and her hands are really inconvenient, it hurts even to move them.

Taking advantage of her washing time, Xie Shi'an went back to the room to change clothes.

After she finished tidying up, Jian Changnian also washed up.

Before leaving, Jian Changnian watered the plants on the balcony again, and packed up all the garbage by the way, ready to go downstairs before throwing it away.

Xie Shi'an blew out the candles on the altar, and put the uneaten steamed bun on the table.

Jian Changnian looked at her, deliberated, and said, "Well, I don't know if I should say something, but I think grandpa should be very happy to see you back."

The boy's back was as straight as a pine, and there was a slight slack at that moment. She pursed her lips, turned around and left in silence, closing the door of the house.

While walking on the road, Qiao Yuchu's call came.

"Coach Yan urged us to go back."

"Have you asked him for leave?"

"Please, but I guess I will have to be punished when I go back."

Xie Shi'an rubbed his eyebrows: "Got it, see you at the station."