Call Me Daddy

"Su Pengfei, are you in a bad mood today? Why, what happened?"

Zhang Yang studied Su Pengfei for a long time, and always felt that the deskmate today was a bit different... um... seemed very happy. Before, he was immersed in his studies and had a bitter face, but today he was beaming, as if he was a different person.

"What's the difference?"

Su Pengfei touched his face and couldn't help laughing again.

"Look, look, you laughed again, you didn't realize it yourself, your mouth was always raised when you were doing the questions."

Zhang Yang said with certainty.

"Well, maybe it's a little bit different."

Su Pengfei rubbed the sore corners of his mouth and relaxed his facial muscles.

"It's nothing special, it's just that my dad said he would take me to Happy Valley on Sunday."

Su Pengfei tried his best to restrain his joyful mood, and said in a flat tone as much as possible, as if for him, going to Happy Valley with his father was a very common thing.

"That's it?"

Zhang Yang was a little disappointed when he heard that, did he have to be so happy to go to Happy Valley? He was already tired of going there.

"Happy Valley is not fun at all. It is estimated that there are quite a lot of people on Sunday, and adults are too concerned about it. This game is dangerous and you are not allowed to play. You are not allowed to eat ice cream and drink. Let me tell you, if you really want to go to Happy Valley , It’s more fun to go with friends and classmates, don’t go with adults, it’s boring and annoying.”

Zhang Yang and Su Pengfei narrated their own experience, taking their parents to play, the happiness level was directly halved.

Su Pengfei just smiled and said nothing. He was thinking, how could it be boring to go to the amusement park with his father.

He felt that even if he just went in, took a photo with his father under the Ferris wheel, and then sat on a bench in the amusement park, watching the tourists coming and going, full of laughter, would be a very interesting thing.

Knowing that he couldn't convince Su Pengfei, Zhang Yang didn't care. He just sighed in his heart that Su Pengfei and his father had such a good relationship.

*****

Su Pengfei's good mood continued, so he ignored the strangeness he noticed before.

We have a family dinner on Saturday night, and we need to solve lunch by ourselves.

Normally, Su Pengfei can sleep half an hour longer than usual on weekend mornings, but early this morning, Su Aobai woke him up from his sleep.

"Go grocery shopping with Dad today."

Su Aobai urged him to get up and wash up.

Su Pengfei:? ? ?

He was full of question marks, it was normal for his dad to wake him up to do his homework, but waking him up and letting him go grocery shopping with him sounded a bit fanciful.

After all, Yuanshen is an extreme study freak who doesn't even want to let him waste a few minutes of commuting to and from school on walking.

Shopping for groceries takes far more time than commuting to and from school.

"Many of the ingredients in the supermarket are processed, and the prices are clearly marked, which is convenient, and you don't have to worry about bargaining for those who don't understand. You see, the prices of these chain supermarkets are relatively affordable. It is actually more suitable for young people who are not proficient in picking vegetables and are not familiar with the prices of seasonal vegetables. However, the prices are definitely not as cheap as those in large farmers’ markets, and some ingredients are not as fresh as those in vegetable markets. For example, box horses and the like, the price of vegetables is relatively high. , of course, the quality of the ingredients is slightly higher, and there are more inorganic vegetables, but for ordinary families, the price is too high and there is no need..."

Along the way, Su Aobai kept talking to his son about the differences in these markets.

"Today, I will take you to the farmer's market first. Next week, I will take you to the supermarket, buy vegetables, and teach you how to make a few simple meals at noon. From now on, every Saturday, we father and son will spend half a day. Think of it as a father-son cooking class. After so many years of teaching you to read and study, you forgot to teach you some of the most important life skills. You have to learn something. In the future, if your father is away from home, you can do it yourself .”

"Dad, are you okay?"

Su Pengfei looked at his father nervously, the other party had changed too much, and the last sentence...

"Why aren't you home?"

Many thoughts came to his mind, is it possible that his father is going to remarry and leave him alone? Or is his father finally deciding to give up his useless son?

"It's nothing, but the former boss came to me and asked me to help with the work. He was very sincere and asked for it. I thought that after all, the boss treated me well before, so I should help him this time, so In the next period of time, Dad may go on a business trip occasionally, and if I'm really away from home for a few days, I can't let you take out food, so I still have to teach you a few simple home-cooked dishes."

This reason is very reasonable. Su Pengfei knew that his father would occasionally do private work, many of which were introduced to him by his previous boss, so now that the boss suddenly needed his help urgently, it was reasonable for his father to temporarily put aside what he was doing.

It's not because of studying that he can stay with his father more, how could Su Pengfei not want to.

In fact, he also wants to help his father with housework, and he wants his father to go out occasionally and have no time to cook, so that he can eat the meals made by his son when he returns home. Unfortunately, his father has criticized him for not doing his job properly, just thinking about desertion. .

Early in the morning, Su Pengfei followed Su Aobai like a little bee, and walked around the entire vegetable market.

At this time, his character traits are revealed.

Dull, as the saying goes, three sticks can't make a fart, especially in front of strangers.

Su Pengfei was ashamed to bargain with the strange vegetable stall owner, that's fine, he could blushed when he asked someone for a price, Su Aobai tried it a few times, and felt that it was due to Su Pengfei's personality , not all because of the original postnatal education.

Ever since he was a child, Su Pengfei has always been a very shy character. When he was young, he didn't like to shout at others. When he saw the elders who were unfamiliar, he would directly retract his head into the arms of his parents and coaxed him for a long time before speaking. Shouting a greeting that no one could hear but himself.

He has never been keen on socializing. Except for his family members, he is only at the same table if he can talk a little. After changing shifts, I lost contact with these deskmates.

Because he doesn't like to socialize, and has a dull and shy personality, he also prefers to bury everything in his heart, and has endured a lot of grievances silently, so that the sad things pile up and he has no outlet to vent, and eventually crushes himself.

Such a character can be changed, but it is undoubtedly a long and painful process.

For a person with mild social phobia, it is a painful and tormenting thing for him to feel free to contact the society.

Su Aobai observed for a whole morning, and finally gave up the idea of ​​reforming him.

In fact, living in this society does not necessarily require an overly active social life. As long as he feels comfortable and lives within the range that he feels safe, it is fine.

There are all kinds of people in this society, not everyone has to be good at dancing with long sleeves, and a variety of poses is also a kind of beauty.

Su Aobai felt that with his personality, it was also a convenient life choice to take him to some cheap supermarkets to buy ingredients that had been processed and did not require bargaining.

Now he didn't expect that, in fact, the problem was still to come.

After buying vegetables and returning home, Su Aobai began to teach his son how to cook. It was at this time that he realized that a person's physical incoordination can reach this level.

Cutting a dish, almost cut my finger off.

Because it is the first time to cook, it is completely understandable that Su Aobai is not proficient in basic skills, but he can't understand that when a person holds a kitchen knife and cuts a white radish, he can cut the kitchen knife on the end of his nails and fingers. the middle of the first joint.

If it only cuts to the tip of the hand, this is normal. It is inevitable that the kitchen knife will be misaligned for the first time, but the distance is too big. I'm afraid the fingers are torn apart.

"I, I didn't react."

Su Pengfei also had lingering fears. He didn't think much about holding the knife at the time. When he was cutting, he realized that the hand holding the vegetables was too far forward, but his brain couldn't turn around. He didn't retract his fingers.

With this experience, he became even more restrained, and the hand that fixed the radish was pinched directly at the tail of the radish, as far as it was from the blade, so the radish slices were sliced ​​in different thicknesses, and the gap between the thinnest and thickest Exaggerated to more than one centimeter.

Su Aobai felt that even if he was cutting vegetables for the first time, it would be a great achievement to be able to cut them like this. Of course, this achievement is derogatory.

Not to mention the frying process, it was a disaster.

Afraid of the splashing oil stars, he stretched out his arms and stood far away, wanting to stick out the kitchen door, scratching the shovel randomly in the pot, keeping his mouth tightly shut, and followed Su Aobai's instructions with a serious face. Instructed to add various seasonings to the pot.

Because of the uneven frying, some vegetable leaves were burnt at the bottom of the pot, and some vegetable leaves were still green and crisp and looked a little raw.

Su Aobai can only comfort in his heart, this is his first time cooking after all, since he was a child, the original body has never let him touch these life skills, he is willing to do it anyway, and he has made a finished product, practice yourself more, at least It's not a problem to make some simple home cooking.

However, a person like him who has several generations of experience as a cooking **** can find at a glance that Su Pengfei has no talent in cooking.

The sense of taste is not good, and the coordination and arm strength of the limbs are difficult to achieve certain achievements even after long and arduous exercises.

Su Aobai's original idea of ​​training him to become a chef was dispelled.

But you still have to learn how to cook, at least to the extent that you can often fire yourself.

In the end, the kitchen was a mess, and Su Pengfei finally finished today's lunch.

A dish of chili fried pork, a poached egg and shredded radish soup, and the most homely tomato scrambled eggs.

Looking at the finished product, Su Pengfei frowned. Is this really edible?

"The fried eggs are a bit burnt. Next time, fry them until they are solidified and serve them out. Anyway, they will be fried together with tomatoes. Tomatoes are vegetables that are easy to produce juice. I told you when I fried them, there is no need to add extra Add water, and simmer for a while. The tomato juice will make the tomato scrambled eggs more sweet and sour. When you add water now, the taste will be diluted..."

Su Aobai served a bowl of rice for himself and his son, and then took the lead in picking up a chopstick of tomato scrambled eggs.

"Um."

Su Pengfei lowered his head, a little annoyed. At that time, his father did say that there was no need to add more water, but at that time, he saw that the tomato juice was boiled and evaporated by the hot pot body. Afraid that the pot would dry out, he hurriedly added half of the water. A bowl of water, the result of adding water is that tomato scrambled eggs almost turned into tomato scrambled egg soup.

"But as the result of your first cooking, it's not bad!"

With that said, Su Aobai simply took a spoonful and poured it on the rice.

Su Pengfei raised his head abruptly!

Dad... praised, praised him!

Afterwards, Su Aobai tasted the other two dishes and also gave advice, but this time he didn't continue to praise him, and words of encouragement were enough. Even if there were any factors that contributed to the change of his personality, it was impossible for him to change his personality all at once. Such a big change.

Su Pengfei was completely immersed in his father's compliment. As for the next two dishes, although his father didn't praise him, the pickling of dishes with one chopstick after another completely filled him with a sense of accomplishment.

This is the first time that Su Pengfei has never been affirmed or praised since he was a child.

"Usually your focus should still be on your studies, but every weekend and weekends you can spare a little time to learn some life skills, not necessarily limited to cooking."

Su Pengfei nodded after listening to his father's words.

He took a spoonful of tomato scrambled eggs, which was a bit salty and had a bitter taste of burnt eggs.

It wasn't very tasty, but Dad had already eaten half of the plate.

Dad said that this is his first time cooking, and it's not bad to be able to achieve this level. As long as he contacts him a few times in the future, he will definitely be able to do better.

The suppressed emotions in the past seemed to have found an outlet, and Su Pengfei began to look forward to every weekend after that.