Chapter 4 (4)

"Yesterday, Mrs. Lu said she would make salty rice for her son to eat today, saying that eating black rice would not be afraid of mosquito bites, and eating would also be a little better." Yesterday Co Quan Dao just finished a big work, his body is a bit tired, he rarely has time to talk comfortably with his sister like that.

"Eating better?" Co Quan Da's eyes lit up as he stroked Leshy's fur and asked, "Are there any herbs in there?" "I don't know if black rice leaves are herbs." Even though it's an herbal medicine, can eating just a little like that be effective all summer? Co Quan Dao doesn't want to talk about these things with her sister. She naturally believes in such customs and traditions. I don't know if she doesn't have a brain or if she's too worried about the dog and doesn't pay attention anymore." Of course, Co Quan Da didn't know what his brother was thinking, so the awkwardness dawned on him and he said: "Brother, yesterday people came to visit us, should we also pay a visit today? Besides, find something for the children to play with, it's best to ask for some black rice from Mrs. Lo, I see our Leshy is also feverish." Co Quan Dao glanced at her funny. Co Quan Da was angry, thought for a moment and then decided to go to the flower garden to try his luck. Yesterday when she returned home, she saw the backs of that mother and child. She met the woman two or three times, each time away from the low wall separating the flower garden. She just smiled gently, looking as youthful as a graduate student, she didn't expect her son to be so grown up. There was no one in the flower garden on the other side, Co Quan Da was a bit disappointed, it seemed her baby Leshy couldn't eat black rice. She pushed open the flower garden door and walked out, but there was not a single person on the path. Only half of this townhouse area is actually inhabited, and the other half is mostly speculative resale. There are many completed houses that don't see their owners all year round. The greening level of the sub-area is very good, the roadside is full of flowers and grass, around some houses there are bamboo clumps, and daffodils in lotus ponds have begun to bud. This second round of Kim Do houses sold was designed by a design office of her friend. At first, because that friend introduced her, she bought this house for her brother. She went to the main gate of the subdivision. There was a supermarket there. She wanted to buy some vegetables. Co Quan Da's cooking skills are often laughed at by A Thich, but sometimes she still can't help but want to cook for her brother, of course the taste is often very bad. Since her mother passed away, because her father followed Buddhism as a lay disciple and traveled outside all year round, it was only in that way that she helped her brother gain a little sense of home. Even though Co Quan Dao was much older than her, Co Quan Da always felt like he was no different from a child. Cold on the outside, sensitive and weak on the inside, if his mother hadn't passed away, he wouldn't have suffered from depression. The boys were afraid that he would follow in their mother's footsteps, so they insisted on sending him abroad for treatment. The treatment process had very good results, more than a year after stabilization, he returned home. Before he got sick, there were countless suitors around his brother, but he didn't want to play around, and after getting sick, he wasn't even interested in anyone. Even though Ah Thich had assured her that there was no need to worry about her brother's mental state anymore, as long as he was not willing to be close to a woman, that day Co Quan Da still felt that he had not escaped. away from the darkness left by her mother's suicide. Sensitive, Co Quan Da gently sighed. If he wasn't sensitive, he wouldn't have been able to become a painter. Like her, every day she looks at paintings for sale but can't draw a single painting, not at all like her father's daughter. "Mom, look, there's a frog here." A clear child's voice rang out from the bridge above the lotus pond. excellent story Co Quan Da immediately walked through the shade of the trees towards it, only to see a boy sitting on the bridge with his head bowed looking down at the lake. The boy wore a blue and white long-sleeved T-shirt, strap jeans, a baseball cap turned to the back of his head, his little arm excitedly pointing towards the lake, "Mom, pick it up for me." Is that Okay?" "Dau Dau, frogs eat harmful insects, so why catch them? What if harmful insects in the lake eat all the flowers in the future? Just leave it here to protect these flowers." Is that Okay?" The woman sitting next to the boy gently educated her son, "The things we like cannot all become ours. Dau Dau thinks this frog likes to live in your tank or in the lake." This water has flowers and fish?" The boy thought for a long time and then said: "I like this lake, this lake is bigger than my tank. Mom, leave it here, I can come visit it when I remember." Co Quan Da thought to himself, this boy is so adorable, just as adorable as Leshy. She stood behind the shade of a tree waiting for the boy to raise his head to see what he looked like, but for a long time she did not see him raise his head. She couldn't help but feel strange, what exactly did he see in the corner of the lake that made him so attentive, only to see the boy say again: "Mom, why doesn't the frog move? Doesn't it eat insects?" His mother laughed and said: "Maybe he has eaten too much and can't dance anymore." "That's not right, he's hungry, he wants to eat black rice." The boy raised his head to look at his mother: "Mom, I'm hungry too." "You ate so much this morning, but why are you already hungry?" His mother smiled and pulled the boy up. Finally, Co Quan Da also saw the boy's extremely beautiful face, as if carved from jade, his eyes were large, bright, and extremely alert. She was admiring in her heart as she slowly walked home. Sure enough, just a moment later, footsteps sounded behind her. She turned her head to look, the mother and daughter were walking hand in hand. Hoai Nguyet realized that the person in front of her was the girl driving the red racing car. She smiled and nodded to Co Quan Da, her smile was very clear but very warm. Co Quan Da was a bit envious, her personality was still very rude, she liked to laugh and scolded and scolded, only Co Quan Dao could smile so elegantly and politely. But Co Quan Dao rarely smiles with strangers. Even when he smiles, it never makes people feel intimate. "Hello ma'am". When Dau Dau saw his mother greeting others, he also obediently greeted her. Co Quan Da happily held Dau Dau's other hand and said: "Little friend, you can eat the beans I peeled yesterday for your uncle. It's delicious, thank you!" Dau Dau smiled widely and said: "It's nothing. If you like to eat, you can come to my house to eat. Today my mother picked peas to make black rice, it's delicious!" Co Quan Da knew this but still asked: "What is black rice?" So little Lo Dau Dau told the story again: "The Venerable Muc Lien gave rice to his mother". Two young women walked on a deserted trail, one gentle and the other bright, leading a beautiful boy. The boy's cheerful voice wafted through the beautiful flowers like in a painting. Co Quan Da waved at Co Quan Dao, who was standing in the flower garden looking at the ornamental basin, and said: "Why are you going out to bask in the sun? It's a sunny day today!" Hoai Nguyet looked at Co Quan Dao standing in the sunlight, her face was much better than yesterday, her expression was also much happier, no longer revealing that cold, cold, empty look anymore, her heart was truly happy. looks for him. She immediately smiled and nodded at him. Co Quan Dao still called Hoai Nguyet Mrs. Lo, greeted Dau Dau again and then said to Co Quan Da: "I was going to ask what you had for lunch today, it's time to order dinner." Co Quan Da proudly said: "I'm afraid you will have to eat me, Dau Dau invited me to the boy's house to eat black rice." Co Quan Dao made a somewhat helpless sound. It was clear that Co Quan Da had become acquainted with this person because of Leshy's black rice. Dau Dau ran to pull Co Quan Dao's hand and said: "Uncle Co should also come to my house to eat, my mother cooks very well." Hoai Nguyet saw Co Quan Dao's awkward expression and quickly said to Co Quan Da: "Invite your husband to come over to my house to eat. There's no food, but there's still black rice." She had already prepared it for Dau Dau's grandfather and grandmother. For several years after getting married, Professor Tan ate black rice cooked by her every year. Now that she thinks about it, it's really a waste of time. On holidays, people have daughters-in-law in the kitchen, who needs a wife who has been sent out onto the street to cause trouble? Hearing that, Co Quan Da laughed loudly: "It seems that our looks are really different. This is not my husband but my brother. He lives alone and doesn't know how to take care of himself, so Every week I come to urge him to eat and sleep on time." Hoai Nguyet really didn't see that these two people were brothers. Co Quan Da has a very wild face, big eyes and wide mouth, seductively sexy, while Co Quan Dao is elegant and elegant, if one had to describe it, one is a diamond, one is a beautiful jade, one is sparkling. a gentleness withdrawn, with absolutely no similarities. She immediately smiled and apologized to the two of them, "Mr. Co is very lucky to have such a good sister who cares about you. Today, you two should come to my house to taste black rice." That house was so neat and clean, it really didn't look like a house with a female owner. Co Quan Dao is not good at being polite, he just thought for a moment then carried Dau Dau and followed Hoai Nguyet into her flower garden. Co Quan Da ran back to prepare lunch for Leshy and happily hugged Leshy, almost in tears. This was the first time Co Quan Dao proactively interacted with a stranger since getting sick. Even though the other person was a baby, it was enough to double her trust. This boy is truly a treasure, she thought, yesterday her brother broke the rules for him, not only letting strangers into the house but also peeling beans together. Today, I once again broke the rule because of it. At that time, although I also silently waited, hoping to be able to slowly force him out of his self-imprisonment, I didn't expect it to be so smooth. It seems that my brother's condition has improved a lot since he returned home. She quickly ran upstairs and pulled out all the drawers, wanting to find some toy for Dau Dau, but couldn't find anything. Thinking back, it was true, since she and her brother grew up, no baby had ever entered this house. Co Quan Da was confused, now she felt that people's free food didn't seem right. After all, the two families had just met each other, so it seemed like they could only go to the supermarket to buy some snacks later. so for children. Suddenly, he was afraid that Co Quan Dao wouldn't feel comfortable in someone else's house, so he quickly ran to the neighbor's house.