Chapter 265 Dinner with big friends
Xue Shaoheng's friends are also patients with savant syndrome.
There are 4 friends in total, 3 men and 1 woman, all of different ages. They all met during treatment in the hospital and are both friends and fellow patients.
The only woman among the four, a young girl in her 20s named Huang Yiting, like Xue Shaoheng, suffered from acquired savant syndrome caused by an accidental impact on the left side of the brain. The others were all congenital savant syndrome patients.
It is difficult for most patients with savant syndrome to receive proper care and education. This is mainly because most parents lack the most basic understanding of the disease and directly equate savant syndrome with fools.
Because Xue Hua has taken good care of him this year, Xue Shaoheng can be regarded as one of the patients with savant syndrome who has very normal communication with the outside world. He can at least express what he wants to say through one word or a few words. Although communication is very difficult, at least he can still communicate.
Among his four friends, except Huang Yiting, who was diagnosed with acquired savant syndrome after being hit in the brain, her parents and family members also provided her with the correct care and education under the correct guidance of doctors. They can say like Xue Shaoheng They can express their thoughts and meanings in a few words or words. The remaining three people have lost even the last ability to express their language because they were kept in a closed room by their parents for many years before they were diagnosed with savant syndrome.
Xue Hua would help Xue Shaoheng hold a gathering like this for friends every month.
Most people with savant syndrome have difficulty finding a job that suits them throughout their lives. They have no ability to survive independently and need careful care from others throughout their lives. They cannot communicate with others correctly, even if the knowledge in their brains shines like stars in the sky and is huge and cannot be expressed.
Each of them is like the simplest child, who can only feel the most superficial and simple emotions, and cannot understand the complexity of human nature. Their world only has a few simple colors, and their joy, anger, sorrow, and joy are all superficial.
At this dinner, except for the five "big friends" with special circumstances, Huang Yiting's mother and Xue Hua were the only ones to accompany them. The other three family members of savant syndrome patients were only willing to contribute money, not money.
Xue Hua originally wanted to book a private room, but Xue Shaoheng was not willing. He is a person who likes to be lively, especially when gathering with friends. He likes to be in crowded places.
The five big friends have their own way of communicating. Together, the five of them muttered words that only they knew. The two parents were exchanging caregiving experiences.
"My family, Shao Heng, likes to come to this restaurant to eat recently. Every time he eats the caramelized yam, I'm a little worried that he will get cavities on his teeth," Xue Hua said.
"It's a good thing that Shao Heng likes to eat. My Tingting used to like mutton so much. Ever since she fell down the stairs, you see, she hasn't eaten a few chopsticks of mutton in so many years." Huang Yiting's mother said , "By the way, I heard that Shao Heng is going to hold an art exhibition next month?"
"This has not happened yet. Where did you hear about it?"
"In the group, I heard what Mother Xu said." Huang Yiting's mother said, with an envious look on her face, "Among the dozen of us, only your Shao Heng is the most reassuring. Not only can you draw, but you can also be a bookkeeper. The administrator of the museum.”
"I heard that Tingting is working on sculptures recently?" Xue Hua asked.
Speaking of this, Huang Yiting's mother immediately became happy: "Yeah, her father and I took her to try so many things before, whether it was mathematics, physics, painting, piano or anything else, she didn't like it. I didn't expect that she would Suddenly I fell in love with sculpture.”
"She is not like your Shao Heng who can be a librarian and work with other people. I don't expect her to become a famous sculptor. I just hope that she has a skill and can support herself. Between me and her I can still live well in this world after dad is gone," Huang Yiting's mother said, with tears in her eyes.
Huang Yiting silently pulled on her mother's clothes.
"Okay, okay, I won't say anything anymore. Haven't you long wanted to hang out with Shao Heng? Mom is chatting with sister Shao Heng, and you are chatting with Shao Heng." Huang Yiting's mother said with a smile.
Huang Yiting turned her attention to Xue Shaoheng.
"Yam, Si~" Xue Shaoheng made good gestures with his hands to hide the process of eating the yam.
"Si~" Huang Yiting agreed, imitating Xue Shaoheng's hand movements.
"Si~" The other three people also began to imitate Xue Shaoheng's movements.
While the five of them were having a great time together, the waiter began to serve the food.
"Hello, pulled yam, please use it slowly."
Shredded yam was served on the table.
Xue Shaoheng took his chopsticks and wanted to pick up the shredded yam, but he was not good at using chopsticks at all. He couldn't hold the chopsticks steadily, let alone pick up vegetables.
"Here, Shaoheng, give me the chopsticks and I'll help you with them." Xue Hua took the chopsticks and knew what Xue Shaoheng wanted to show everyone. She picked up a piece of drawn yam and pulled out the long silk.
"Ah!" The four older friends all stared at the silk pulled out from the yam.
"Si~" Huang Yiting became happy.
"Si~" The other three people also became happy.
"Si~" Xue Shaoheng reacted slowly, and he seemed to be happy too.
Xue Hua and Huang Yiting's mother gave them sliced yam. Because she was afraid that they would not be able to eat it and it would burn their mouths, Xue Hua also specially warned them.
"Be sure to bite small when eating, otherwise you will burn your tongue!"
The five older friends nodded solemnly.
Everyone started eating the shredded yam with a spoon happily.
Within two minutes, the waiter served the food again.
"Hello, please use Li Hongzhang's chowder, chicken wrapped in vegetables, and fish head with chopped pepper."
Since Xue Hua had talked to Jiang Feng at noon, the dishes for their table could be considered to have been reserved in advance and prepared early.
"This store serves food very quickly!" Huang Yiting's mother exclaimed. Seeing Huang Yiting staring intently at Li Hongzhang's chowder, she smiled and said, "Tingting just likes these good-looking things, let me scoop a bowl for you. ”
Huang Yiting shook her head.
"Don't eat?"
Huang Yiting nodded.
"It seems that Tingting may not like this dish." Xue Hua said, reaching out to pick up Xue Shaoheng's bowl and scoop him a bowl of Li Hongzhang chowder.
Xue Shaoheng picked up the bowl and hid it behind his back and refused to give it to Xue Hua. It seemed that he didn't want to eat Li Hongzhang's chowder either.
"Shao Heng, this is the dish you ordered. You haven't even eaten the meal yet." Xue Hua was a little helpless. Looking at the fish head with chopped peppers on the table, she thought it was quite tempting. She stretched out her chopsticks to pick up a chopstick.
Before the chopsticks could be stretched out, Xue Shaoheng grabbed him, apparently refusing to let her eat.
Huang Yiting's mother wanted to scoop a bowl of Li Hongzhang's chowder for herself, but Huang Yiting snatched the bowl away and refused to let her eat.
"What happened to these two children today?" Huang Yiting's mother was a little confused.
Xue Shaoheng and Huang Yiting had been looking around. Suddenly Huang Yiting pulled Xue Shaoheng's arm and pointed at an office worker sitting alone in the corner.
Xue Shaoheng suddenly became excited and picked up the spoon to scoop Li Hongzhang's chowder into the bowl.
Xue Hua didn't dare to let him scoop vegetables by himself. Getting vegetables on his body was a trivial matter, but burning himself would be serious. She quickly took the bowl and helped him scoop out half of the bowl of Li Hongzhang's chowder.
Xue Shaoheng picked up the bowl and ran away.
Xue Hua immediately panicked and hurried to catch up.
Huang Yiting's mother sat in her original position and did not dare to move. After all, there were four other big friends sitting at the table. If she ran over to chase Xue Shaoheng, no one would care about these four big friends.
Xue Shaoheng ran to the office worker with the bowl in hand and put the bowl on his table.
The office worker was playing with his cell phone with his head down when he was startled by the sudden appearance of a bowl of food in front of him. He looked up at Xue Shaoheng, who was smiling at him.
"Sorry, sorry." Xue Hua quickly followed and apologized.
Xue Hua wanted to take the bowl away, but Xue Shaoheng stopped her from taking it.
Xue Shaoheng pointed at the bowl, then at the office worker, then at the bowl, then at the office worker, pointing back and forth between the two people.
The meaning is self-evident, he wanted to give this bowl of Li Hongzhang's chowder to the office worker in front of him.
The office worker also noticed that Xue Shaoheng might be a little abnormal in some aspects. Xue Shaoheng didn't mean any harm, so he turned to Xue Hua and said, "It's okay. If he wants to put it here, he can put it here."
"I'm so sorry, my brother...he, he probably just wanted to give you this bowl of food. This dish is the Li Hongzhang chowder we just ordered and it was just brought to the table. He didn't mean any harm." Xue Hua explained to Xue Shaoheng.
Xue Shaoheng looked at the office worker with big eyes.
"It's okay. Just remember to take good care of him and don't let him run around. It's dangerous for him to run around like this." The office worker expressed understanding.
Xue Shaoheng was pulled back to his original position by Xue Hua. The office worker looked at the bowl of Li Hongzhang's chowder in front of him and felt a little emotional for a moment.
He was unlucky for the eighth time today. He didn't get on the subway to go to work in the morning and was late. He was scolded by his boss. At work, I fell into a pit dug by my colleagues, and was scolded by my boss. It seemed that my upcoming promotion was hopeless. I originally wanted to ask my girlfriend out for dinner in the evening, but in the afternoon I received a breakup text message.
Throughout the whole day today, he felt the world's strong malice towards him, but he had no place to vent it because he had to go back to the company to work overtime in the evening.
The only kindness he felt today was actually given to him by someone who didn't seem normal.
The office worker looked at the bowl of Li Hongzhang chowder in front of him and thought it looked quite delicious.
It's steaming and still warm.
He had seen this dish on the menu, and even though it was now on sale for 488 yuan a serving, he couldn't afford it.
The office worker sighed in his mind why he was so unlucky, while moving the bowl of Li Hongzhang's chowder in front of him.
Pick up a piece of pork belly with chopsticks.
Entrance.
Depend on.
I really want to cry. (End of chapter)