Watching the sea from the shore

Chapter 37 Want to find such a person to marry

In the last year of 2012, Ni Manhua was always woken up by Lu Guanhai's phone call on Saturday mornings.

"Hey, Lu Guanhai, we agreed on 08:30, but why do you always have to go a few minutes earlier? I haven't finished my dream yet." Ni Manhua muttered while lying on the bed, his voice muffled because of the quilt.

But no matter how Ni Manhua complained, Lu Guanhai's voice would not come from the other end of the phone. After about ten seconds of connection, Lu Guanhai would hang up the phone.

It is not convenient to make phone calls in the library. The signal there is not good. After you connect the phone, you must speak loudly and repeat a sentence many times. Only then can the person on the other end of the phone receive the information accurately. Lu Guanhai would not do anything so incompetent. .

Lu Guanhai just wanted to tell Ni Manhua to get up early and study. When he heard her voice become sober, he could hang up the phone and do the questions without any worries.

But at that time, Ni Manhua was not honest even in the library. She lowered her voice and said, "Hey, do you know what dream I had this morning?"

"do not know."

"Then do you want to hear it?"

"Just say what you want."

"I dreamed that x and y had a fight, x lost, and y was imprisoned by o who was hiding in the dark. Guess what?"

"Actually x is a spy?"

"There will be no more mathematics in the world."

Lu Guanhai was angry and funny: "I never imagined that you hate mathematics so much."

Ni Manhua yawned: "I hate English too. If it knew it, it might be able to have a better psychological balance."

Lu Guanhai shook his head and drew several circles on the pages of Ni Manhua's exercise book, asking him to finish all the circled pages.

Ni Manhua had no choice but to force himself to become a question-making machine for the college entrance examination like everyone else around him.

After staying for almost two hours, Ni Manhua felt that sitting for a long time made her whole body uncomfortable, but Lu Guanhai still had her back straight, like a wooden man.Ni Manhua said hello to him and said he wanted to go out for some air.

There is a park near the library, and there is a square in front of the park, where many adults and adults are active.There was a store selling braised tofu in the square. The smell was not authentic, and Ni Manhua had no interest in it.But there were still people playing tops in the square. Ni Manhua rarely watched people playing tops. He remembered that Lu Guanhai loved to watch, so he stopped and watched for a while.

A large wooden top was whipped continuously by a long whip as thick as a finger. At first, when the long whip fell, the loud sound scared Ni Manhua, but gradually he got used to it and stood aside. Watched intently.

Seeing her fascinated, an old man called out to her, "Little girl, do you want to play?"

"Think about it." Ni Manhua was not afraid of strangers and walked over eager to try it. However, when she received the top in her hand, she almost lost her grip.She didn't expect that a wooden top could look like this, and her hands felt tired just by holding it.

Ni Manhua put the top on the ground and whipped it so hard that the top couldn't spin at all.But Ni Manhua was not one to be easily convinced, so he tried again and again until Lu Guanhai came in a hurry.

In the cool early autumn, Lu Guanhai was sweating profusely: "You have made me worry enough with your relaxation. It has been almost half an hour, and I thought you had lost it."

Ni Manhua was a little embarrassed. She was so playful that she didn't pay attention to the time. Besides, she forgot to charge her phone, so she didn't pay attention at all.

Ni Manhua guiltily took out a napkin from his bag and wiped Lu Guanhai's sweat: "I just wanted to see how fun it is to play top, and you like it so much. I'm sorry..."

"Forget it, I'll go home and change, and go to my house for lunch."

"Is it okay...Auntie is at home?"

"My mother is guarding the store. I will put some in a lunch box for her and send it over."

On the way to Lu Guanhai's house, Ni Manhua was still puzzled. How could the aunt have time to cook when she visited the store? When she arrived at his house, she saw him rolling up his sleeves, and Ni Manhua started to be surprised. It turned out that he was the one who spent most of the time at Lu Guanhai's house. Cook.

Early in the morning, Lu Guanhai’s mother would go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables. At noon and evening, Lu Guanhai usually came back from school to cook, and when he was free, he would eat outside. After all, only Lu Guanhai’s mother watched over Hexing Supermarket. Easy to leave.

After Lu Guanhai returned home, he took a shower and changed out of his sweat-soaked clothes. Ni Manhua thought that he couldn't just wait and do nothing, so he consciously went to the kitchen to wash the vegetables.The kitchen of Lu Guanhai's house is very small. The white walls have been stained by oil smoke for a long time, and there are many yellow oil stains on them. Ni Manhua carefully twirled the dishes, for fear of staining his clothes.

Ni Manhua seldom enters the kitchen at home, and her aunt prepares the meals and fruits. She at most occasionally washes her hands and chooses vegetables. She has seen it on TV occasionally and wants to imitate it.

Until Lu Guanhai came over wiping his hair with a curious look on his face: "What are you doing?"

"Processing these leeks..."

"These are green onions. The green onions you picked off...are used to cook fish."

Ni Manhua stared at the pile of rubbish in the trash can with bulging eyes, and was embarrassed to pick it up again. When he saw them connected with mud just now, Ni Manhua wanted to choose more and throw them away.This would be a mistake, and Ni Manhua couldn't help but feel guilty.

Lu Guanhai looked at her and smiled helplessly: "Just leave the kitchen to me. You can watch some TV."

Ni Manhua nodded, walked to the sofa and sat down.Turning on the TV, there happened to be a food program playing on the TV. Looking at the chef's neat movements, Ni Manhua felt humiliated and hurriedly changed the channel.

Lu Guanhai cooks very quickly, probably because he has been trained since childhood. One meat and two vegetables, boiled fish, shredded potatoes, and stir-fried dried fragrant vegetables, are all home-cooked dishes. After the dishes are served, Lu Guanhai puts a little of each in a lunch box , said he would go to the supermarket to deliver food so that Ni Manhua could eat first.But Ni Manhua only used his chopsticks to pick up a little bit of fish meat and tasted it, then sat obediently and waited for Lu Guanhai to return.

After Lu Guanhai came back, he asked Ni Manhua: "What's wrong? Isn't there any dish you like? There is no other dish at home. If you don't like it, I will cook you a bowl of noodles?"

"No, no, I'll eat all these dishes. I'll wait for you."

Lu Guanhai smiled, walked over to her and sat down: "Eat it, this vegetable will cool down quickly."

Ni Manhua responded, eating in small bites.Lu Guanhai's cooking skills were good. Although he was not as good as the chefs in the hotel, the taste was not much different from what his aunt at home made. Ni Manhua was very satisfied with the food.

In order to keep in shape, Ni Manhua usually only eats one bowl of rice, but today at noon, in order to give Lu Guanhai face, Ni Manhua ate all the rice left in the pot after Lu Guanhai finished two bowls of rice.

"When did you learn to cook?" Ni Manhua asked curiously.

"In the fourth grade of elementary school, my dad used to cook at home. Then my dad passed away, and I started cooking."

"Oh... Do all the men in your family cook?"

"Yeah, my mom does it occasionally, but she rarely cooks when my dad is here."

Ni Manhua nodded thoughtfully. Seeing the strange smile on her lips, Lu Guanhai couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? What are you thinking about?"

Ni Manhua came back to his senses and said with some embarrassment: "I was thinking about how many families like yours are there in this world... I will definitely find someone who can cook to get married in the future, so that I don't have to ask an aunt to live with me. After all, If you don’t live as a family, you won’t have so much freedom.”

(End of this chapter)