Volume 1 Beginning of Summer Chapter 73 Reading

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"Are you going to have a wedding banquet?" Yuan Shu was a little surprised.

"Well, I'll send the invitation to you guys when I get back."

"I will definitely go," Jiang You handed a bottle of iced Coke to Yuan Shu, "You have to work hard too."

"What about you?"

"I already have a child, and he's taking a nap upstairs." Jiang You said half-truthfully.

"Ah?" Yuan Shu was shocked.

"If you don't believe me, ask Zhao Shiqi."

Yuan Shu looked towards Zhao Shiqi.

"Really? He went to the park with us this morning. He was so naughty." Zhao Shiqi said seriously.

"How old are you?"

"Almost six."

"That's not..." Yuan Shu pointed at Jiang You, "Counting the ten months of pregnancy... then..."

"It's my friend's child. I'll leave him here for now," Jiang You said, smiling as he drank a sip of Coke. "Has your girlfriend been to Tangjiang before?"

Zhao Shiqi shook his head, "No, she is from Zhuzhou."

"Then her friend..." Jiang You asked tentatively.

"It's online. It seems to be a book club."

"Book club? That's awesome! I only read online novels, the kind that involve fighting and killing."

"What a great thing," Zhao Shiqi sighed. He pushed Yuan Shu's arm and said, "Give me a cigarette."

"If your girlfriend finds out, don't say it was given by me." Yuan Shu took out the cigarette box and lighter and placed them on the table.

"I can't control her anymore," Zhao Shiqi lit a cigarette. "We have to check in and share our thoughts every day in the reading club. It's fine if she just wants to have fun, but she also forces me to read and talk about making progress together, as if I'm holding her back. I'm so tired after a day and just want to watch some short videos to relax when I get home, but then she says I'm not motivated and have no aspirations. She doesn't even think about what she does at work every day and what I do every day . Every time I want to talk to her nicely, she uses words she learned from somewhere to pressure me."

Zhao Shiqi exhaled a puff of smoke. "She said her friends were very powerful and had a wide network of contacts, and she wanted me to do this and that. But you saw the result. She invited some weird monk and 30,000 yuan was gone. One square meter."

"Calm down, calm down, you've been together for so many years, and you're going to have a wedding..."

"I can only complain to you. If it weren't for the urgent situation at home, I wouldn't have the energy to do it again. That's it."

"After getting married and having kids, she'll just be around them ," Jiang You took a cigarette from the cigarette box, "What does she do?"

"Elementary school music teacher."

"It's pretty good. I have time to take care of my family."

"As for the Gu family, I'll be satisfied if she doesn't cause any trouble. Really, I now think what the ancients said is right, a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent."

Jiang You put out his cigarette and said, "I'll go up and see if he's awake. You guys can chat first."

Jiang You walked into the master bedroom and Jiang Mo woke up.

A spider had woven a transparent web between the back of the bed and the bedside table. Jiang Mo curiously stretched out his fingers and poked at the spider web.

Jiang You squatted down, pulled the spider silk with his hand, and then let go.

Jiang Mo turned his head and looked at him.

"Want some milk?"

The spider crawled into Jiang Mo's hair.

"You are satisfied."

Jiang You helped Jiang Mo put on his clothes, then carried him downstairs. Zhao Shiqi and Yuan Shu both put out their cigarettes.

Jiang You held Jiang Mo in front of Yuan Shu and said, "How is it? Cute, right?"

Yuan Shu quickly noticed that something was wrong with Jiang Mo, and asked, "What's wrong with him?"

"The brain function is damaged, it will be healed in a few years."

After Jiang Mo sat down, Jiang You took a cup from the kitchen, and found a few bags of melon seeds, peanuts, and pine nuts. After placing the table, he poured half a cup of Coke into the cup and put it in Jiang Mo's hand. Jiang Mo looked at the cup, then looked at Jiang You, picked up the cup and drank.

Jiang You reached out to help him hold the cup steady.

"Don't give Coke to children."

"It's okay to drink a little. Children are cute when they are a little fat."

After finishing half a cup of Coke, Jiang You took the cup from Jiang Mo's hand and put it on the table.

At this time, a woman wearing black wedge-heeled flip-flops and a navy blue bat-sleeved waist-length skirt walked in.

It’s Lei Yao.

Seeing so many people in the store, Lei Yao was a little surprised. She asked, "Is it open now?"

Jiang You looked at her: "Look at whatever you want, look at whatever you want."

Lei Yao walked around the store and picked out two landscape postcards. "These two will do."

"There is a pen on the table." Jiang You pushed the storage box outward.

"No, I'll just take it."

"Okay," Jiang You stood up and walked behind the counter, "36, cash or Alipay?"

“WeChat.”

Jiang You pointed to the QR code for payment posted on the counter and said, "Scan it and I'll give you two stamps."

Jiang You took out a small bag, put the stamps and postcards in it, and handed it to Lei Yao.

"Thank you." Lei Yao took it.

“This yard outside is quite beautiful.”

"It took a lot of thought."

Lei Yao smiled, turned around and walked out of the insect house.

The slender legs swayed back and forth in the sunlight.

Zhao Shiqi said, "Your store is not doing well. After half a day, you only made one order."

"You're all right lately, take your time," Jiang You took two candies from the candy bowl, ate one himself, and peeled off the candy wrapper for the other and put it in Jiang Min's mouth, "Hold it in your mouth, don't swallow it, okay?"

"Does he understand?" Yuan Shu couldn't help but ask.

"Yes."

After chatting for a while, Zhang Qingsu sent another message.

"Go ahead," Jiang You persuaded Zhao Shiqi, "Next time I go to Zhuzhou, please treat me well again."

Yuan Shu also helped to persuade: "She is going to marry you, so be more accommodating to her."

"Okay," Zhao Shiqi stood up, "When you come to Zhuzhou, I'll take you guys out for a few days."

After Zhao Shiqi left, Yuan Shu sat in the store for a while and then left.

Jiang You pulled out a piece of paper from the storage box, picked up a pen, and drew the green pattern he saw on Zhang Qingsu's forehead.

The pattern is made up of five twisted petals, forming a pentagon in the middle.

After finishing the painting, he took a picture with his mobile phone and sent it to Tang Butian.

Tang Butian: What is this?

Jiang You: It seems to be related to some kind of reading club. I think it has similarities with the tattoo pattern.