Chapter 623 [Meatballs in the Green Years]
Text] Chapter 623 [Meatballs in the Green Years]
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623
Located in the northern outskirts of Zhonghai, along the river bank, it is a relatively tidy building with a relatively old age. Among the greenery, these houses are quiet and elegant.
This was once the center of education in Zhonghai, but with the growth of the population, some schools have moved to other places, and the few schools here, most of which are the oldest schools in Zhonghai, are nostalgic for this land, have not moved, and have not moved much. Build a new school building.
At the entrance of one of the high schools named "Yù Lei", creeper vines are wrapped around the walls on both sides of the gate, and concrete paths lead to several four- and five-story yellowed teaching buildings. An area that is exceptionally unobtrusive.
At this time, when the sun was setting in the evening, Yang Chen walked from a winding path paved with cobblestones, through a grape trellis, and slowly walked outside the school gate.
An old security guard in the reception room at the entrance of the gate has gray temples, squinted his eyes and asked with a smile: "Young man, have you found the teacher Tong you are looking for?"
Yang Chen nodded with a smile, walked forward, took out a cigarette and handed it to the old security guard, who took it politely.
Yang Chen took out a lighter, lit it for this old man, and then lit it for himself, before saying: "Ms. Tong just finished class, I'll go to the office you mentioned, brother, she is grading homework."
"That's good, so you don't have to come here for nothing." The old security guard was also very bored on weekdays. It was rare that someone came to the school, chatted with him and handed him a cigarette politely. Naturally, he was very enthusiastic.
"I still have to thank my brother for his help, otherwise I would have to find a lot of people, and I might not be able to find them right away," Yang Chen said quite emotionally.
The old security guard said smugly: "Not to mention, I have been working in this school for almost thirty years, so I don't know anything, hehe, it's of course no problem to ask me about more than ten years ago."
Then, Yang Chen chatted with the old security guard about some major events in the school in the past, and some anecdotes. The old security guard talked about it, but Yang Chen listened to everything verbatim with relish—because, here It was the high school that Lin Ruoxi once attended.
After Yang Chen learned from Wang Ma which schools Lin Ruoxi attended in the past, he searched carefully. Unfortunately, the primary and junior high schools that Lin Ruoxi attended had been merged into some big schools, so he naturally searched for them. It's no longer where Lin Ruoxi was at the beginning, and the teachers who taught Lin Ruoxi.
Fortunately, the "Yù Lei" high school, which was personally funded by the old president Yu Lei, has always existed silently. Although it is not very famous in Zhonghai, the quality of teaching has always been good, because it is too old and few people care about it.
Yu Lei's international family has a big business, such a small investment is nothing unusual.
Through the old security guard, Yang Chen found Lin Ruoxi's head teacher back then, a female teacher named Tong.
This teacher is getting older now, and he no longer teaches high-intensity grades like the third year of high school, and has begun to retreat to the second line, teaching freshmen in high school. Therefore, it is not too busy on weekdays.
When Yang Chen approached her, Teacher Tong was extremely surprised, especially when she knew that Yang Chen was Lin Ruoxi's husband, Teacher Tong looked at Yang Chen with an expression of astonishment for a while.
Although they didn't say it, Yang Chen also clearly felt that Teacher Tong was puzzled - just this man, would be Lin Ruoxi's favorite husband! ?
Obviously, even after seven or eight years, in this teacher's mind, the memory of Lin Ruoxi as a student is indelible.
Yang Chen has also been prepared for a long time. If you have nothing to do, run to others and say, "I am Lin Ruoxi's husband, and I want to know something about her student days." It's empty talk, who will believe it? What's more, there are many "rich women" like Lin Ruoxi who want to get in touch.
Ever since, Yang Chen took out the marriage certificate between himself and Lin Ruoxi under the suspicious eyes of Teacher Tong.
Whether this certificate is true or not, Teacher Tong can't tell the difference, but when Yang Chen talked about Lin Ruoxi's background, and said that Wang Ma introduced him, Teacher Tong basically believed it.
There was still some time before school ended, so Yang Chen wandered around the school with Teacher Tong, listening to the teacher talk about the past time.
This is the first time Yang Chen has spent such a long time listening to a person's past. It took nearly two hours. Yang Chen seemed to be watching the past on a horse, seeing pictures of the past happening in and outside the school. The picture, in the picture, is a different Lin Ruoxi, or... a Lin Ruoxi that I don't know.
Yang Chen was a little bit reluctant, but Teacher Tong was about to get off work and had other things to do, so he said goodbye to her.
Before leaving, Yang Chen asked the old gardener: "If Ruoxi hasn't come back to school for so many years, will the teacher feel sad?"
Teacher Tong smiled gently, "I have thousands of students. If everyone comes back to see me, I will only see customers all day long, and I don't have to go to work. I now know that the child Ruoxi is Yu Lei's president, compared to many students, who has no news at all, I feel very satisfied. Her character, if I come back to see her, I will be surprised."
Yang Chen was quite touched, and regretted that he never had a student life. Maybe this teacher was a tough and strict woman back then, but at this moment, when talking about the students in the past, she was loving like a mother.
With these vicissitudes of thought in mind, Yang Chen chatted with the old security guard in the reception room for a while, and when he heard the school bell ringing, he said goodbye to the security guard.
The old security guard even enthusiastically shook hands with Yang Chen, expecting Yang Chen to come again next time, Yang Chen smiled wryly in his heart, this old man really has nothing to do.
Walking to the parking place, Yang Chen took out the key, and was about to get in the car and drive home, but unexpectedly, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure.
I saw a pretty figure in a white dress and light-colored denim with a tight fit, riding a female bicycle with a basket, slowly passing by on the sidewalk by the side of the road.
With fluttering black hair, looking from the side, with a faint and pleasant smile, it was actually Zhao Hongyan whom I hadn't seen for a long time! ?
"Hong Yan?"
Yang Chen shouted aloud, feeling a little pleasantly surprised, he appeared with his friend whom he hadn't seen for many years, and couldn't hide his joy.
Zhao Hongyan was riding a bicycle. Hearing this voice, she hurriedly braked. Looking back, she opened her mouth in astonishment, and then said with a sweet smile, "Yang Chen, why are you here?"
Yang Chen stepped forward, and Zhao Hongyan also got off the bicycle. The two had known each other for almost a year, and their relationship was quite good when they were in the company. Not to mention those intimate contacts that seemed real or fake, they just helped Zhao Hongyan get away from that perverted in-law's house The incident also made the relationship between the two of them much closer.
It is precisely because of those things that they have experienced that when they meet again, they feel a little unclear about each other.
Yang Chen looked at Zhao Hongyan's bicycle basket, which was full of vegetables and meat, and asked, "Go shopping?"
"En", Zhao Hongyan nodded with a smile: "You don't know yet, my family lives near here, but you, why did you come out of Yulei High School?"
Then, Zhao Hongyan suddenly thought of something, and said: "By the way, in Mr. Lin's office that day, he even talked about my family. Could it be that you accompanied Mr. Lin back to her alma mater?"
That day, Lin Ruoxi invited Zhao Hongyan into the office to help her pay for her father's medical expenses. The condition was that she would work in the company for ten years and offset half of her salary. It didn't take too long, and Yang Chen remembered it clearly.
At this moment when Zhao Hongyan mentioned it, Yang Chen remembered the previous question, "I have something to do, so I came here by myself. But you, didn't you say that you signed a ten-year contract with the company, why did you come home suddenly? What's the matter?"
Zhao Hongyan shook her head, "No, my father got a kidney source back then, and with the medical expenses lent to our family by Mr. Lin, he has almost recovered and can now move about normally. It's just that my father's health is not as good as before. Besides, our meatball shop can operate normally if my father is there. I can help out at home and earn more money than I did at the company. It is also easier to repay the debts to the company. These things have been compared with Sister Mingyu and President Lin both reported it, and they agreed to my approach."
Hearing what Zhao Hongyan said, Yang Chen also felt relieved, although the medical expenses cost millions, but the money can always be earned back, as long as people are fine.
But then, I didn't know what to say to Zhao Hongyan, the two hadn't seen each other for a long time, and suddenly they bumped into each other alone, and after talking about their relationship, it was a bit awkward.
Zhao Hongyan was silent for a while, then pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Well, since you are here, let me take you to my meatball shop to have a look. Our family's glutinous rice balls are an ancestral recipe, and the taste is not so good."
Yang Chen laughed, that's right, how could he forget that Lin Ruoxi likes to make god-made glutinous rice balls? And as I said at the beginning, she likes the meatballs from Zhao Hongyan's house very much, and this time I bring some home, it will definitely have some effect!
Hence, Yang Chen was not polite, let Zhao Hongyan lead the way, drove the car by himself, and followed slowly to her meatball shop.
The meatball shop of Zhao Hongyan’s family has a relatively simple decoration. It says “Zhao’s glutinous rice balls” and there are some words about the history of this old shop next to it. It's unobtrusive, but there are many customers lined up outside the door, and the business is surprisingly good!
"Looking in line to buy glutinous rice balls?" Yang Chen saw this situation for the first time, but he didn't see this scene at the place where he went to buy meatballs for Lin Ruoxi.
Zhao Hongyan said proudly: "Now the children are not out of school, and when they are over, they can queue across the road. Our family always runs out of materials in the end."
Yang Chen was speechless inwardly, no wonder Lin Ruoxi couldn't forget it, it seemed that he was really good.
There were a lot of people outside, so Zhao Hongyan went directly to the shop, greeted her busy father and younger brother, and said that she brought a friend and needed to be entertained. The two men, one old and one young, smiled politely at Yang Chen, but it was a pity I don't have time to take care of Yang Chen, business is busy, so I can only invite Yang Chen to have a cup of tea at the back first.
Yang Chen followed Zhao Hongyan to the back of the meatball shop, the living room of the two-story building where the family lived. After Zhao Hongyan made a pot of tea for Yang Chen, she brought a small plate of exquisitely crafted meatballs from the shop in front and put them on the coffee table superior.
"Try these flavors, they are the most classic meatballs in our family. If you like to make gods, bring some back later, especially remember to bring some to Mr. Lin." Zhao Hongyan seemed in a good mood and enthusiastically recommended it.
Yang Chen looked at the white, yellow, and green glutinous rice balls in front of him, before he ate them, he smelled the natural fragrance, and immediately started to taste them.
After eating in the mouth, the glutinous rice aroma of the meatball spreads, but it is not sticky to the teeth. The bean paste filling and soybean filling inside are also sweet but not greasy.
Yang Chen once again affirmed that sister Lin is definitely a "foodie"! This glutinous rice ball, I also like to make gods as soon as I eat it!
"How is it?" Zhao Hongyan asked expectantly.
Yang Chen finished eating all the meatballs, and then gave a thumbs up while chewing, "It's really good, I believe the business outside is really hot, it's not the extras your family hired."
"Fuck you! Is there anyone who praises you so much!?" Zhao Hongyan spat, and said with a smile: "Since I like to make gods, I will bring some back later. Although there are not enough materials, I have to keep them for my friends."
Yang Chen pursed his lips, lù showed a flattering smile, and said, "Hongyan, I want to ask you something."
"you say."
"Your meatballs...can you customize them?"
"What do you mean?" Zhao Hongyan was puzzled.
Yang Chen moved the back of his head, and said: "I want your father and your brother to help me make some representative glutinous rice balls. In fact, there is nothing special. I just want to make some small changes on your glutinous rice balls. I it works."
Zhao Hongyan was puzzled, but still nodded, "It's not difficult, it's just some balls decorated with huā. My dad's craftsmanship is definitely not a problem, but why do you want to play with huā when you eat meatballs?"
"Hey..." Yang Chen sighed for a while, and didn't hide it. Although Zhao Hongyan is not his wife, she is still half a confidante, and said: "I want to take the meatballs to redeem my wife, of course I have to do it Something special."
"Your wife?" Zhao Hongyan frowned. Although she knew that Yang Chen had a wife, she only knew about this. When she thought about it now, a trace of shock flashed in her eyes, and she asked hesitantly, "Shouldn't you say...your wife, actually Yes……"
"So you don't know?" Yang Chen thought about it carefully, Zhao Hongyan really didn't know that he and Lin Ruoxi were husband and wife, the whole company probably only Mo Qianni and Liu Mingyu knew, and said in relief: "You didn't think about it Wrong, in fact, Ruoxi and I were married a long time ago, it's just that we didn't make it public."
Zhao Hongyan was stunned for a long while, and then gave Yang Chen a strange look, and many things that she didn't think to understand in the past, all became logical.
"Fortunately... I didn't feel sorry for Mr. Lin..." Zhao Hongyan murmured subconsciously.
But Yang Chen listened carefully, and asked with a smile: "What are you 'lucky' for? Why are you sorry for Fa?"
Zhao Hongyan blushed pretty, she gritted her teeth, and glared at Yang Chen. Back then, she said that there was no relationship between men and women with Yang Chen. That was a lie. Now that she thought about it, if she really had something to do with Yang Chen , isn't it ungrateful to Lin Ruoxi, a great benefactor! ?
"Since you have married such a good woman as Boss Lin, you should be content. In the past, in the company, you still spent three days with women like us. It's really abominable!" Zhao Hongyan said angrily, but her heart felt a little sour.
I knew that this man was unusual, and I was very curious about what kind of woman he would marry. If I had known that it was Lin Ruoxi, I might not have even had the slightest hope.
Yang Chen was actually just easing each other's embarrassment. When he first came into contact with Zhao Hongyan, his marriage with Lin Ruoxi was still in a contractual relationship, so getting close to a beautiful woman became a pleasure.
I and Zhao Hongyan had sex and kissed each other, in fact, logically speaking, something should have happened a long time ago, but after I went to Yulei Entertainment, Zhao Hongyan resigned and left, it became like this.
Yang Chen didn't dare to say that he didn't have the slightest feeling for Zhao Hongyan, but he definitely wasn't enough to fall in love with this woman, plus the emotional lines on his body were already in a mess, it's better to keep a safe distance.
Because the store happened to be a busy period, so Yang Chen wanted to order some meatballs, so he could only wait until the peak period passed.
In this way, it is impossible to end before dinner time, Zhao Hongyan left Yang Chen to eat at home, Yang Chen was not polite, he readily agreed, and called home, telling Wang Ma to visit her old friend and not go home Have a meal.
It wasn't until more than an hour later that the students retreated, and Zhao Hongyan's father, Mr. Zhao, was free to make some special meatballs for Yang Chen, a guest.
When Yang Chen said his request, Mr. Zhao obviously couldn't react, and stayed where he thought he had heard wrong.
However, Zhao Hongyan laughed tremblingly without any image of a lady, as if she felt that Yang Chen's idea was too weird.
With a serious face, Yang Chen clasped Mr. Zhao's wrinkled hands tightly with both hands, and said sincerely: "Uncle Zhao, you can save the life of this junior, my family's happiness in the future depends on your meatballs! "
Although these words sounded weird, Mr. Zhao still agreed.
When Zhao Lao just made the meatballs, Yang Chen found that his phone vibrated, took it out and looked, and it showed that it was Qiangwei.
Remembering that she asked Qiangwei to take care of Zhenxiu, and checked the background of that girl Jiao yànyàn, there must be something wrong, so she hurriedly answered the phone.