It’s Colder Today

When Shi Yun dragged his suitcase in, his grandfather happened to come out of the house with a broom. When he saw Shi Yun at the door, he was stunned. His wrinkled face changed from surprise to surprise very quickly: "Nanny is back?"

Shi Yun smiled at his grandfather: "Grandpa."

Grandpa put down the broom and walked towards Shiyun, calling to grandma who was cooking inside: "Nanny is back."

Grandma thought she was hallucinating, but when she looked out of the kitchen, she saw her granddaughter, who had not been back for a long time.

The house is still much the same as when Shi Yun came back, and the cloth covering the water dispenser has not changed.

Grandpa looked at the rice in the rice cooker. Shi Yun did not say hello before he came back, and they only cooked the rice for the two of them. Since the death of his daughter-in-law, his granddaughter has not come back often, and his son has also moved out.

Putting the lid back on the pot, grandpa looked for a clean bowl in the cupboard: "The rice may not be enough. I'll go next door to get a bowl."

We have been neighbors for decades, so it is not surprising that there is not enough rice to fill a bowl.

Grandma took Shi Yun's quilt out. There was no sun outside, and the quilt had been kept in the cupboard. It smelled of mothballs. Although there was no sun anymore, the night breeze could reduce the smell by hanging it under the verandah.

"Why didn't you tell me in advance when you came back today? The sun was so good the past two days, I can still give you a blanket."

Shi Yun watched her grandma holding the quilt and stepped forward to help.

Grandma is a person who loves to clean herself, so she wiped the clothesline first. She is already older, and the job of drying the quilt is not as strong as Shi Yun's hands, which can easily swing the quilt up.

Shi Yun aired out the quilts on both beds to let the wind blow, and the grandfather on the other side also came back with a bowl of rice from He Sui's house across the way.

Not only was there rice, but a bowl of vegetables was also brought over.

The dish is braised chicken claws.

Shi Yun knew that He Sui's family had a unique secret recipe, which made the braised braised pork very delicious. It is very delicious whether eaten with a meal or as a snack. I heard that Chinese medicine is added to it. Their family knows the specific recipe.

Therefore, every time his family passed by the braised vegetable restaurant at the entrance of the alley, they would do so secretly. After all, the owner of the braised vegetable restaurant would always stop his family members and ask for prescriptions when he saw them.

The three of them had dinner together and talked about how many days Shiyun could stay at home during the Chinese New Year.

It's hard to say how many days to stay.

It all depends on how much she and her dad can tolerate each other.

This is true, but saying it hurts the hearts of the two elderly people. Shi Yun chewed his claws and said, "I'm not sure yet. Maybe our teacher will notify us to go back to school at any time."

"Why are you so busy studying as a graduate student?" Grandpa served Shi Yun with food, "I see He Sui opposite is quite relaxed."

Shi Yun knew her grandfather but forgot: "Grandpa, he and I are the same age, but he is two terms younger than me."

Grandpa patted his head: "I always get confused. I always think that the two He brothers across from me are the same age. Yes, yes, yes, He Sui is the same age as you, and He Yun is three years older than you two."

At this point, grandma coughed: "Why are these scrambled eggs so salty? Did you add salt to them when they were taken out of the pan?"

Grandpa defended: "I didn't."

Shi Yun was eating the chicken claws that he had found particularly delicious since he was a child. After many years, he suddenly felt that the taste was different from what he remembered.

She didn't take two bites of food before she said she couldn't eat any more.

Put the bowls and chopsticks on the table and stood up: "I'll go get the quilt in."

Watching her granddaughter walk to the corridor outside, grandma held the top of her chopsticks, pretending to hit someone. She wanted to get angry but was afraid of being heard by Shi Yun outside, so she lowered her voice and said, "What are you doing to lift the other side?"

"I forgot." Elders always look down upon children who eat too little. Grandpa felt distressed when he saw that Shi Yun had barely touched his rice bowl.

First, I feel sorry for my granddaughter who doesn’t eat enough.

Second, I feel sorry for the food being wasted.

"You forget everything, but you don't forget the cricket that teases you every morning, and playing chess with Lao Sun in the afternoon." When grandma put away her chopsticks and wanted to talk more, Shi Yun had already entered the house and went upstairs with two quilts in her arms. .

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Shiyun's bedroom is still the same.

It has been the same since childhood, except for some worn out furniture that has been replaced.

You can also find evidence of her growth on every piece of furniture, including her favorite things from each time period. But many of them are imitations that are childish now.

Celebrity postcards and animation stickers were bought from the stationery store in front of the school for five yuan and ten yuan.

On the bookshelf are the required reading books for each grade from childhood to adulthood as well as several photo albums. Her bookshelf is far less impressive than the bookshelf in Wei Songying's apartment.

Shi Yun put the quilt on the bed and spread it casually.

She reached for the photo album on the bookshelf. From her birth to high school, her mother did not miss any stage of her growth and took photos of "black history" for Shiyun.

On the first day of school every year and at the end of every semester, she takes a photo in front of her home.

Taking a photo together were He Sui and He Yun across from each other. Later, the group photo of He Yun stopped after he went to college.

In many dark histories of Shi Yun, He Sui was always the one who arrived late but arrived.

Looking at those familiar faces but 'today is different from the past', Shi Yun's smile became less and less visible the more he looked at his full-moon photo.