1986: My Happy Life in Provence

Chapter 28 Me? Idol?

In February, students had winter vacation.

When Vieri saw Zoe coming back for lunch, he asked nervously:

"Ronan, do you have anything to do this afternoon?"

He planned to take the dog to Ronan's house to play in the afternoon.

But Zoe is back, is Ronan going out?

"I don't know." Zoe changed her shoes and went straight into her home studio with her things.

Vieri ran to the kitchen door and said to his mother Leah:

"Mom, I'm going out for a while!"

Vieri is 16 years old, an age when he is full of curiosity about society.

It is easy to develop a worshipping mentality in the process of quickly acquiring knowledge and fall in love with a certain idol or star. Recently, he has idolized Ronan, who makes more money than his father.

He didn't want to lose the chance to get in touch with his 'idol' and just wanted to go to Ronan's house to confirm the situation.

If Ronan wanted to go out, Vieri wanted him to take him with him.

"Wait until after dinner!" Leah came out of the kitchen and Eli had disappeared.

Leah shook her head.

"Each one is more troublesome than the other."

When Vieri was away and the mother and daughter were having lunch alone, Leah opened up a conversation among the women:

"Have you found another market?"

"No."

"I asked Louis to ask his friends as well."

Zoe said calmly:

"I'll take care of it myself, don't worry."

Leah pretended to be calm and said:

"Freddy wants to introduce his niece to Ronan. You know how popular a man who can make money is among women."

Zoe stopped chewing and looked at her mother with cold eyes.

Leah simply stopped pretending, and now she couldn't pretend:
"Ronan is like a drop of water thrown into a frying pan, making all the families in Lourmarin with girls of marriageable age excited. Accepting Ronan into your family means endless happiness. Zoe, can you tell mom if there is any possibility between you and Ronan?"

A Parisian who dared to buy a house without even seeing it, and who also had the ability to earn tens of thousands of francs a week, was handsome, kind and reliable. Ronan possessed almost all the qualities that a "good man" should have.

Lourmarin is a very small village. Good men are married and some die. At this moment, Ronan is undoubtedly at the top of the circle of men.

Leah and Louis discussed this matter privately. Zoe is already 24 years old and is old enough to get married. They are willing to fight for this marriage for their daughter.

But Zoe, the person involved, was not in a hurry at all. Leah wanted Louis to speak for Zoe.

Zoe forked a piece of beef stewed in red wine into her mouth and said calmly:

"Ronan and I are just friends."

"We've been alone together so many times, and nothing happened?" Leah asked in disbelief.

When you were lying together that day, you were obviously smiling so happily!
Zoe ate the food bite by bite, her expression calm:

"He and I both attach great importance to our careers and personal development. We have a lot of common topics and we never talk about anything else."

Leah patted the table lightly, and after adjusting her mood, she tried to force a smile:
"Okay dear, Louis and I respect your choice."

Leah was very sorry that due to her bad mood, she overlooked many details, many important details.

For example, Zoe was eating the pickled peppers in olive oil that she never dared to taste, and her light blue eyes were full of contradictions.

Ronan went home after closing the stall and started cooking dumplings. Not long after, there was a knock on the door. "What's that smell? It smells so good." Vieri started sniffing as soon as he entered the room.

"Have you eaten?" Ronan didn't treat Vieri as a outsider and asked as he walked towards the kitchen.

"I haven't eaten it yet. What is this?" Vieri followed Ronan into the kitchen and was curious about the white and plump things floating in the pot.

Ronan pointed to the refrigerator:
"Take out the rest."

You are in for a treat!
Vieri was deeply impressed by this Chinese delicacy. France also has dumplings, but they are filled with cheese in the middle and the outer dough does not taste as good as those made by Ronan.

In fact, both siblings are very picky eaters, which is due to Leah's excellent cooking skills, but Vieri ate more than 20 dumplings. If there was no stock in the refrigerator, he would definitely ask Ronan to cook some more.

Vieri's love for him made Ronan imagine a scene where he would invite his friends to his home for a dumpling feast.

There were fifteen people attending the party, and each person ate thirty dumplings. He had to make more than 400 dumplings. The deliciousness of the dumplings must not be discovered by these people.

"Are you going out this afternoon?" Vieri asked.

"No." Ronan pointed to the toolbox in the corner of the living room. "I'm going to replace a few more windows this afternoon."

A few days ago, he only replaced a few windows in the bedroom and living room that were severely damaged. He could still occasionally feel the cold wind at night, and the temperature in the house increased a little, but not much.

On his way back just now, he ordered a few more windows, which should be delivered soon.

Vieri rolled up his sleeves excitedly:

"me and you togather."

Ronan looked at him with a complicated expression:

"You can?"

He couldn't imagine Louis in a neat suit repairing the window. If your father can't do it, how can you?
"No, but I can learn." Vieri squatted next to the toolbox and looked for a handy tool.

"It's useless to learn this. Doesn't your father want you to be a farmer?" Ronan leaned on the edge of the table with his arms folded across his chest.

Vieri turned his head and made a face:
"I'll do anything that makes money."

Ronan shrugged.

Well, being a craftsman in Provence is indeed very profitable.

"Anyway, I will definitely make money by following you." Vieri put the wrench on his shoulder and a youthful smile appeared on his face.

"Me?" Ronan pointed at himself and laughed, "I can't even support myself."

Vieri said very seriously:
"My classmates are very envious of me when they know you. You are now the idol of many boys in the village. They hope to be able to go to the mountains to dig truffles like you in the future."

Ronan wanted to say something to dissuade Vieri from this idea, but then he thought of how he felt when he was Vieri's age. He also admired "successful people" who were a few years older than him. Those were the most beautiful parts of youth and should not be broken.

"Then you have to be able to endure hardship." Ronan said with a smile.

"Of course! There are many things I can do!" Vieri said excitedly.

With Vieri's help, all the windows on the second floor of Ronan's house were replaced with new ones.

The two of them worked until dark, and only when Leah came to call Vieri to go home did he leave reluctantly.

This time, Ronan lay down on the bed again and clearly felt the warmth.

Even Xiao Hei returned to his own nest to sleep after many days, instead of squeezing under Ronan's quilt.

As the temperature rose, Ronan felt the bed become soft, and the quilt felt very comfortable against his body. Soon he fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, he reached out to turn off the alarm clock in a daze.

[Waking up at home increases happiness by 2 points]

Ronan suddenly woke up.

System prompt content changed?

(End of this chapter)