雅思在没来这里还有些控制身材,来到这之后反倒是心宽体胖,要是回家,又得被嘲笑肥思了,但驯鹿肉真的是不可多得的美食,再佐以土豆泥和甜甜的红莓酱,雅思常常控制不住嘴就多吃了点,鳕鱼浓汤味道鲜美,雅思一边喝一边和房东打趣,“Sans, After I met you, I became fatter and fatter。”
“Oh, Jessica, You\'re not fat at all。”Sans说着又给雅思递来一块面包奶酪,“Eat more. I always think you\'re too thin.”
“You know, I can\'t eat that much.”雅思看着递到面前的面包有些无奈地说,但盛情难却,不得不接下来,放在一旁的碟子上。
“Jessica, I have a present for you。”热情的领居看雅思吃的开心,搞怪地说,雅思无奈配合他,“What gift?”
然后就看到领居打开壁炉从里面掏出一个黑漆漆的东西,雅思微微皱眉,调侃道,“Kemal, You\'re not giving me a grenade.”
Kemal没有理会雅思的调侃,献宝似把黑漆漆东西递到她面前,“This thing is called 地瓜 in your Chinese。”
他奇怪的发音,硬是让雅思愣上半天才反应过来他给她的是烤地瓜,就是他烤成这样,能吃?
Kemal接受到雅思质疑的目光,不好意思地挠了下头发,带着笑意说:“This is the first time I have baked this thing, I think you can understand.”
“Sure, I think the hospital is more understandable.”雅思眼神嫌弃地看着那个地瓜,她总是给这位热情的领居当小白鼠,他爱研究中国食物,自己又不去中国试试,非要自己尝试,而她因他的实验,进了医院挂急诊科。
“Jessica, believe me.”Kemal讪笑地将扒好皮的地瓜推给雅思,脸上满是祈求,“Just take a little bite. If it\'s not delicious, don\'t eat it.”
“Trust you once.”雅思摇了摇头,妥协地吃了一小口,地瓜的甘甜绵实在口腔弥漫,雅思吞了下去,就将地瓜放回桌上,微仰了下头,轻笑地对Kemal说:“It\'s delicious. I think you\'re successful.”
“Jessica......”Kemal有些担忧地看着一瞬间红了眼眶的女人,雅思看到他眼里的担忧,不在意地笑了笑,“I\'m fine. I just haven\'t eaten it for a long time.”
“It\'s just that simple.”Kemal不大相信地问,他在那一瞬间明显感受到这个一向平静的女人身上产生的巨大情绪波动,见雅思很快恢复了情绪,Kemal只好打消询问的念头,转移话题地说:“If you like it, you can eat it all. This is a gift for you.”
“Thank you. I like this gift very much.”雅思带着完美的笑容回到,用纸巾捏着地瓜,动作优雅慢条斯理地吃。
就是一向爱聊天的两人都保持沉默看着她,雅思有些奇怪地抬头看着他们,他们就收回视线,眼神不自然地向外瞥,雅思更加莫名其妙,“Why don\'t you talk and watch me do something?”
“Are you not thinking about the man in the south?”两人异口同声小心翼翼地问,眼神担忧地看着雅思。
“Is that obvious?”雅思呆愣了下问,眼神不自觉复杂起来。
两人眼里的担忧不减反增,Sans点了点头,Kemal考虑了下,看着雅思低声说:“Every time you miss people in the south, it\'s obvious.”
雅思不知道怎么说,只是保持沉默,看着一屋子压抑因自己而起的压抑气氛,打趣地说:“I didn\'t expect that I have such a great ability to quiet the two most talkative people.”
见两人表情松了下来,雅思才边吃地瓜边开玩笑,“I just think of him. You don\'t have to worry about me.”
“He makes you sad, Jessica.”Sans眼神慈爱怜惜地看着雅思,“I don\'t want my daughter to be unhappy.”
Sans坐到她身边,将她抱在怀里,一边手带着温和的力量轻轻地拍打雅思的后背,低声安抚雅思,“Child, it\'s all over.”
“Yes, I can\'t go back with him
.”雅思情绪恢复很快地说,眼神变为平静空洞,Sans动作轻揉地抚摸她脑袋,拿纸巾替她擦眼泪,“Jessica, If you miss him, go back to him.”
“Sans, I may never see him again.”雅思摇头拒绝,看着一直把她当女儿关心的老妇人平静地说。
“OK, Christmas is coming.”Sans眼神温和地包容她,语气征询地问,“I think you\'re still socializing, Jessica.”
“Sans, Why do you always want me to find a boyfriend.”雅思无奈地说,她不再年轻了,为什么Sans总是和姆妈一样认为她的行情很好,看着Sans不容置疑的眼神,雅思无奈轻扶着额头,再重复一遍老生常谈的话题,“I am thirty-four years old, not a girl in my twenties.”
“The best way to forget the past is to start a new life.”在一旁的Kemal直接替Sans回答,并且语重心长地说:“Jessica, You should make that southerner a thing of the past.”
“OK, I am afraid of the love nagging of my father and mother.”雅思看着两位老人眼里善意地劝慰摇头失笑,他们的温暖陪她度过了芬兰的严寒,所以她心里也很尊重他们,如果去一趟就能打消他们的担忧,那她就当去旅游好了。
“Shall I go to the Christmas party?”雅思在他们的眼神下保证道,“Can you rest assured?”
“Of course, forget the one who made you sad, starting with the Christmas party.”Kemal语气搞怪地说,看着雅思的眼神带着小辈的宠爱。
“OK, I went to the sauna.”雅思分别和两人贴脸吻后去桑拿室蒸桑拿,在芬兰住了这么久,雅思也习惯了当地蒸桑拿的风俗,并且在这种温热的环境里,周身的冰冷都被化解,整个人都温暖舒适。
当Sans的眼神在两人身上打转时,雅思才想起她还没介绍贺峰,贺峰先她一步,笑容温和地问好,“I\'m her husband.”
Sans侧了身让两人进去,声音在他身后震耳发聩,“That\'s how the husband left his wife in a foreign country.”
“I know it\'s my fault. I came here to pick her up.”贺峰转身看着Sans,语气诚恳,“I know everything is my fault, but I know better that I have to see her.”
“Then you should know that you were the only one who made her sad.”Sans镇定地和贺峰对视,“You have made her suffer so much, you shouldn\'t disturb her life.”
“I know, but I can\'t give her up. She\'s waiting for me. I can\'t hurt her anymore.”贺峰点点头,眼底闪过伤痛,又很快恢复情绪看着Sans,“For the rest of my life, I will make atonement for her alone.”