dognovel Chapter 341 Dumplings
Chapter 341 Dumplings
After a few days, the New Year in Haicheng finally arrived.
On New Year's Eve, Duan Hongji's wounds had almost recovered and he was able to walk around normally.
Duan Hongji slowly went downstairs to the third floor. When he passed the second floor, he suddenly heard the sound of his sons arguing.
"Third brother, where did you get these ugly clothes?" This was Duan Chengfang's voice.
"I guess he was cheated by his group of 'friends' again." This was Duan Jizhi's helpless voice.
"What do you know! This is the new fashion this year!" This was Duan Ye's stubborn voice.
Duan Hongji slowly walked to the source of the sound - Duan Ye's room. As expected, the three sons of the Duan family were all there.
Duan Ye's bed was cluttered with a bunch of strange clothes. From Zhao Ruoming's point of view, this pile of things can only be described in three words: Shamatte.
Duan Ye was wearing a bright red suit, and he hadn't had time to change his lower body, so he was still wearing the big flowered shorts he usually wears at home. He looked quite simple and natural, like a carrot standing upside down on the ground with its leaf stalks supporting it.
Luobo Duanye was unconvinced and said, "This is the advice Theodore gave me! If you don't believe in my aesthetics, do you also not believe in the Frenchman's aesthetics?"
Duan Jizhi said with a headache: "Even if it is the aesthetic taste of the king, your clothes are ugly. The ones on the bed are also very ugly. Duan Ye, you should be obedient. You can still be saved before the party starts."
Duan Chengfang sat on Duan Ye's bed, picked up Duan Ye's fashionable clothes one by one with two fingers, and threw them aside one by one in disgust.
"Brother, don't try to persuade him. Since he thinks this outfit looks good, take a picture of it and send it to Zhao Ruoming..."
Duan Ye jumped up and asked, "What does this have to do with Zhao Ruoming?"
"What are you arguing about?"
Duan Hongji's voice interrupted the argument in the room. The three brothers looked up and saw Duan Hongji standing at the door. He didn't know how long he had been listening.
Duan Chengfang rushed over and helped Duan Hongji to the bedside: "Dad, why did you come down?"
"I wanted to go out and get some sun, and I heard you three seemed to be arguing." Duan Hongji glanced at Duan Ye's room, which was comparable to the battlefield in Syria, and frowned, "Why is it so messy?"
Duan Ye rushed to Duan Hongji angrily and pointed at his flashy red suit: "Old man, what do you think of my outfit?"
Duan Hongji glanced at Duan Ye and said two words: "Not bad."
Duan Ye gave Duan Jizhi and Duan Chengfang a smug look, and the next second, he heard Duan Hongji say:
"I have specially approved you to endorse the clothing department of Duan's competitor. Go ahead. I have already thought of the slogan for you: 'Cool in winter, unknown intelligence'."
Duan Ye was stunned for a moment.
By the time he reacted, Duan Jizhi and Duan Chengfang had already burst into laughter!
"Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"
"The third brother... the third brother!"
Duan Ye was immediately furious, and said angrily: "How good is your taste? You wear a black suit, a black windbreaker, and a black T-shirt all year round, just like a black widow!"
"Alright, alright, alright." Duan Chengfang hurriedly tried to smooth things over. "Xiao Ye, listen to my advice. These and these are not suitable for you."
Duan Ye took off his carrot skin in annoyance and threw it to the ground.
Duan Hongji seemed to be a little interested: "What on earth is the Third Brother doing?"
Duan Chengfang explained: "This is a tradition of Haicheng University. Every year on New Year's Eve, a New Year's Eve dance is held. As long as you are a student of Haicheng University, you can participate."
"Isn't it tonight?" Duan Hongji looked at Duan Ye with amusement, "You're just preparing clothes today? What were you doing earlier?"
Duan Ye was unconvinced and said, "You were all on my mind the past few days. How could I have the heart to think about this? Now that you are almost recovered, can't I enjoy myself?"
Duan Hongji shuddered at Duan Ye's cheesy remarks.
Duan Chengfang saw this and stepped forward to insert himself between Duan Ye and Duan Hongji, explaining for Duan Ye: "Because time was tight, Duan Ye didn't have time to customize a dress, so he found a few family friends he knew and bought a few new items this year..."
Duan Hongji picked up a pink dress and looked at it. "Is it a new product this year?"
Duan Chengfang said with a stiff upper lip: "Yes."
Duan Chengfang didn't know how to explain fashion to Duan Hongji. But he knew very well that according to Duan Hongji's aesthetics, all these things on the bed were pagan cults and should be shot!
Duan Hongji put down the delicate pink suit and said calmly, "Duan Ye."
Duan Ye said unhappily, "What for?"
"I'll show you a way." Duan Hongji said, "You know the man who makes medicinal food downstairs, right?"
Duan Ye said "Oh" and said vigilantly: "What? You want me to take medicine to replenish my brain? Old man, you don't have to mock me like this!"
"No." Duan Hongji said, "Go to her for help and ask her how you should dress tonight. She will give you appropriate suggestions."
When Duan Hongji said this, Duan Ye didn't react at all, but Duan Jizhi felt nervous.
He knew that Jiang Huiyi's disguise could not be hidden from his father. But when Duan Hongji really said this, he still felt an uncontrollable palpitation.
"Is this true?" Dan Ye questioned, "Just because he can match medicine and food, doesn't mean he can match clothes with clothes, right?"
"Just listen to Dad." Duan Jizhi pretended to be calm and pulled Duan Ye, forcing a smile and saying, "I'll go with you."
Duan Hongji glanced at Duan Jizhi and said nothing.
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After everyone left, Zhao Ruoming went to visit Du Honggen.
Du Honggen and his grandmother finally settled down in Haicheng and had a small place to live. Zhao Ruoming was relieved that Duan Chengfang was doing a good job.
As soon as Zhao Ruoming walked in, he was shocked by the extreme cleanliness and warmth of the house.
Du Honggen stood beside her and said sheepishly: "My grandma said that this is someone else's house and we can't make it too dirty."
Zhao Ruoming looked around and whispered, "Where's grandma?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a powerful voice came from the direction of the kitchen: "I'm here!"
I heard the voice before I saw the person. After a while, a short old lady limped out of the kitchen.
Zhao Ruoming took a closer look and saw that the old lady was in good spirits and had a thin face - as the saying goes, slimness in old age is worth more than money, and judging from this point alone, Du Honggen's grandmother was in good health.
It’s just that the other person’s eyes didn’t seem to be in good condition, they were abnormally cloudy and he seemed unable to find the focus.
Du Honggen quickly pulled Zhao Ruoming to his grandmother and said, "Grandma, this is the classmate Zhao Ruoming I told you about."
The old lady looked at Zhao Ruoming with her cloudy eyes, took Zhao Ruoming's hand and praised: "This girl is so pretty!"
"Grandma, Zhao Ruoming is a boy." Du Honggen didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Then he apologized to Zhao Ruoming, "Sorry, my grandma's eyesight is not very good."
"It's nothing." Zhao Ruoming was slightly stunned, but didn't show anything on his face. He smiled and waved his hand.
The little old lady murmured, "A boy? Boys nowadays are as considerate as girls..."
"Okay, okay, grandma." Du Honggen was afraid that grandma would keep nagging, so he helped the old lady sit on the sofa.
The old lady said to Zhao Ruoming with a smile: "Xiao Ming'er, I heard that you were coming, so I made some shepherd's purse and pork dumplings for you... I picked this shepherd's purse in the mountains, it's all natural... I brought it from my hometown..."
The old lady talked on and on for a long time. Due to her poor eyesight, the number of Zhao Ruoming in her eyes turned into three and then five, just like a movie scene with dragging frames.
The old lady spoke to the air on Zhao Ruoming's left, then spoke to the air on Zhao Ruoming's right, which made Zhao Ruoming laugh.
Du Honggen used to be a mute girl, and her grandmother’s eyesight wasn’t very good. I really don’t know how these two people have communicated over the years.
After the old lady finished talking about her proud wild vegetable dumplings, she began to thank Zhao Ruoming for taking care of her on behalf of Du Honggen. But maybe because of her age, her mind was a little unclear, the old lady called Zhao Ruoming "girl" at one moment and "Xiao Ming'er" at another, but she just refused to call him "young man".
Seeing grandma talking to Zhao Ruoming, Du Honggen walked into the kitchen silently and started making dumplings. The dough and fillings were already prepared, so it didn't take much effort.
Soon, the aroma of shepherd's purse and pork dumplings wafted out from the kitchen and filled the small apartment. Du Honggen brought two plates of dumplings to the table and smiled as he rescued Zhao Ruoming from the old lady's chatter: "Grandma, classmate Ming, it's time to eat."
The dumplings Du Honggen made were cute and plump, with a big and round shape, which made people salivate. Zhao Ruoming helped the old lady to the table first, and just as she sat down, she heard the phone buzz.
Zhao Ruoming took out his cell phone and saw Duan Ye's profile picture flashing on the screen: [You should still be in the dormitory, right? I'll come find you with some clothes later! ]
???
Why is it Duan Ye's turn to look for her?
Zhao Ruoming scrolled up the chat history and saw Duan Ye's messages from half an hour ago filling the entire screen:
[Xiao Ming, will you attend this year's New Year's Eve party? ]
[Our school's New Year's Eve party is quite interesting. We have nothing to do anyway, why don't you come and have a look? ]
[Why don’t you reply to me? If you don’t reply to me, I will take it as your consent. ]
【Five—four—three—two—one! 】
[Okay, I'll take this as your agreement!]
[You should still be in the dormitory, right? I'll come find you with some clothes later! ]
Duan Sanshao performed a big drama by himself. Zhao Ruoming replied speechlessly, "Don't come looking for me, I'm not in the dormitory" and turned off the screen.
After putting away his phone, Zhao Ruoming pondered for a moment and said, "Xiaohong, do you know about our school's New Year's Eve dance?"
Du Honggen nodded: "I've heard about it before, what's the matter?"
Zhao Ruoming asked tentatively: "Are you interested in participating?"
Du Honggen hesitated for a long time, neither saying yes nor no. He just made a sign language:
【I don’t have anything to wear to the dance.】
Zhao Ruoming knew that Du Honggen didn't want his grandmother to hear his embarrassment.
This was the only thing that could not be forced, so Zhao Ruoming said nothing more. However, Du Honggen, fearing that his grandmother would become suspicious, asked again, "Are you going to participate?"
Zhao Ruoming nodded: "Yeah."
She would meet with Fyodor at the ball to finalize the details. Some things were better said in person.
"Okay, okay. Let's eat quickly. The dumplings will get cold soon." Du Honggen's grandmother interrupted.
Zhao Ruoming brought a plump dumpling to his mouth and took a bite. The hot and fragrant juice splashed out.
The little old lady asked eagerly, "How does it taste?"
In fact, the dumpling filling is a bit salty. My grandma is old and her taste buds are not as sensitive, so she can no longer taste it.
Zhao Ruoming looked up and said with a smile, "It's very delicious, Grandma."
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Time passed quickly at Du Honggen's house, and night came in the blink of an eye. Zhao Ruoming had to say goodbye to his grandmother who had repeatedly tried to keep him, and set off to attend the party.
Haicheng University was rich and powerful, so they held a very extravagant and corrupt New Year's Eve party. When Zhao Ruoming entered the ballroom, he was almost blinded by the brilliance of the hall.
Fyodor had been waiting for a long time. This guy was dressed very formally today, like a victorious king, and he looked mature and stable, and looked several years older than his actual age.
Zhao Ruoming came close to Fyodor and asked, "How is Ji Zhao?"
"As you ordered, it has been returned to Di Wanshu." Fyodor said coldly, "Di Wanshu and Gu Xichen checked him and found he was fine, so they took him away."
"When is the auction scheduled?"
"It will be held in ten days." Fyodor said, "It will be held on Di Hantian's cruise ship. The Dark Blood Banquet will also be held there."
"besides……"
Zhao Ruoming nodded. After asking the most concerned questions, she patted Fyodor's shoulder and was about to leave when she heard Duan Ye shout, "Great, Zhao Ruoming! So you're here!"
Zhao Ruoming turned around and couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
Duan Ye at this moment is the most handsome since Zhao Ruoming met him!
In order to live up to Duan Hongji's "expectations", Jiang Huiyi put in 100% effort to dress Duan Ye up as a handsome and refined little prince. Along the way, Duan Ye has won the hearts of countless boys and girls.
Even that angry bird-like expression, with the help of this outfit, seems to have a more youthful look.
Duan Ye said unhappily: "I've been looking for you for a long time..."
As he spoke, Duan Ye glanced at Fyodor, who was standing next to him with a strong build, and pulled Zhao Ruoming up, saying, "Let's go sit over there and talk."
Zhao Ruoming had nothing to say to his silly son, and was about to refuse when he suddenly heard Fyodor say in his deep and pleasant voice: "Master Duan, I'm sorry, Zhao Ruoming is my dance partner."
"?" Duan Ye's eyes widened, and he was almost laughing out of anger, "How can you two grown men be each other's dance partners?"
Fyodor said calmly: "She dances the male steps, and I dance the female steps."
Zhao Ruoming: “…”
Fyodor had done so many things, Zhao Ruoming didn't want to offend him. Therefore, although he was full of questions, he nodded and said calmly: "Yes, this is a new fashion."
"Oh?" Danye's eyes narrowed dangerously, "In that case, I want to dance with you too! You dance the male steps, and I'll dance the female steps!"
Zhao Ruoming imagined himself and his son spinning in circles under the lights, and shuddered with disgust: "Forget it. Duan Ye."
"If he can do it, why can't I?" Duan Ye took a step forward, his straight nose almost touching Zhao Ruoming's face, "What's the difference between him and me?"
Of course it's different! They are the free laborers who work hard for me, and you are a troublesome debt collector!
Zhao Ruoming took a step back and declined, "Fei Jia and I made an appointment first. Duan Ye, you can go find someone else."
"But I was clearly here first." Duan Ye said stubbornly.
I knew you before he did, and I arrived before him - why can he do it but I can't?
There are at least 8,000 such questions in the past and present, both in China and abroad. Zhao Ruoming could not give an answer.
The son had been in a good mood these past two days, so Zhao Ruoming didn't want to discourage him too much, so he just said, "There's no such thing as first come first served..."
Fyodor put his arm around Zhao Ruoming's shoulders and looked at Duan Ye with a purely masculine, slightly provocative, cold gaze.
When Duan Ye caught Fyodor's gaze, his forehead jumped.
Zhao Ruoming frowned. She didn't like being claimed by others in this way - it was disgusting.
Zhao Ruoming raised his hand and brushed Fyodor's arm down, then moved away a short distance.
Duan Ye's eyes lit up.
Zhao Ruoming cleared his throat and said, "How about this, I see that you two are very enthusiastic about dancing. Then how about I quit? You two play rock-paper-scissors, and the winner will decide whether to dance the male step or the female step."
Under Fyodor's astonished gaze and Duan Ye's eyes that were struck by lightning, Zhao Ruoming moved swiftly and slipped out from between the two of them!