Volume 2 Cold Dew Chapter 24 Driver
After coming out of Jinguang Temple, Jiang You strolled in the park for a while. After coming out, he went to Xiaofangzhai to eat a bowl of wontons, and then took Jiujiu to the teahouse.
Lin Zhihai got the news from Zhao Lijun, and as soon as the teahouse opened, he sat at the door waiting for Jiang You.
Jiang You carried the birdcage and stepped into the tea room, then he saw Old Lin sitting there staring at him.
Jiang You smiled and walked over to sit opposite Lin Lao. He put the bird cage on the table and asked, " What do you think of my coal tit?"
Lin Zhihai pulled the cage towards himself. "It's a pretty little bird , a coal tit. This is its species, right?"
"Yes, it's called Jiujiu."
"Chirp..." After Lin Zhihai played with the bird for a while, he looked up at Jiang You, "Last time you said you were coming, I told my wife, August, September, October," Lin Zhihai counted the time, "Now it's November, what do you think?"
"Something happened," Jiang You rolled up his sleeves and showed his forearm to Lin Zhihai, "I took a month to recover in September, and in October my college classmate got married, so I went to Jinrong."
"Are you going to Jinrong to play?"
"Yes, I went to see the giant pandas and had several hot pot meals."
Lin Zhihai took a sip of tea and said, "Give me a definite answer. Come to my house on a certain date and I will talk to Mr. Zhao and Liu Jun."
Jiang You thought for a moment and said, " I have some things to do this week or next week. Let's do it the week after next. Which day do you think is suitable?"
"Liu Jun has to go to work, so let's go on Saturday."
"OK."
"You have to remember to come."
"I'll set an alarm now and I won't forget." Jiang You took out his mobile phone and set the alarm date and time.
After playing two games of chess and drinking a cup of tea, more and more people came into the tea room.
After Jiang You showed off to a group of people, he left the teahouse under Lin Zhihai's reluctant gaze.
When he walked back to the insect house, he saw a person standing outside the yard door of the insect house from afar. He pushed his glasses and saw clearly that it was Liu Boyang.
Seeing Jiang You walking towards him carrying a birdcage, Liu Boyang hesitated for a moment and then walked over.
Jiang You glanced at him and said, "Didn't I tell you to come next week?"
Jiujiu looked at Liu Boyang. It jumped a few times in the cage and flapped its wings. Liu Boyang's eyes suddenly turned red.
"I, I, Jiujiu is my personal property. You, you..." He held it in for a while and finally uttered the sentence, "You don't, you have no right to take it away."
Jiang You ignored him and walked straight into the yard.
After opening the door and placing the bird cage on the long table, he turned around and looked at Liu Boyang who followed him in. "You only met me. If your parents had called a Taoist priest, they would have pointed a peach wood sword at the beast, shouted loudly, and hacked it to pieces. How could it be so alive and kicking now?"
"It's not a monster."
"You have no say, the Taoist has the final say."
"I, this is feudal superstition. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, we can't..."
"Liu Boyang," Jiang You looked into Liu Boyang's eyes, "You saw the scratches on the wall. If your parents were really scratched, they would be in their sixties or seventies. What would you do then?"
Liu Boyang's eyes flashed with regret, "I, I will take good care of it..."
"If you could take good care of me, I wouldn't have had to go to Ning'an District yesterday. I ran to four places in one day and was exhausted."
Liu Boyang was blocked by Jiang You's words, and his face still showed dissatisfaction, "Then what are you going to do?"
"What do you want to do?" Jiang You asked back.
"Are you going to keep it?"
"I'm not that free, I can only take care of it for a few days."
"I, I can ask my friends..."
"Friend? Which friend of yours is so unlucky? I'd better go to Baihe Temple and ask a Taoist priest to come..."
"No, no, don't, no, I won't..." Liu Boyang waved his hands in panic, "You, you told me before, what do you mean by seeing it for the last time?"
"Literally."
"Then," Liu Boyang gritted his teeth, "can you let it go free?"
"Freedom? What if someone picks me up again?"
"I..." Liu Boyang didn't know what to say.
Jiang You took out a pack of cigarettes from his bag. After taking out a cigarette, he pushed the opening of the pack towards Liu Boyang, who shook his head to refuse.
Jiang You lit up the fire himself. He pulled out a chair and sat down, then took out his cell phone and started checking Weibo.
Liu Boyang looked at Jiang You, then at Jiujiu in the cage.
The air was filled with smoke.
Jiujiu jumped onto the perch.
When Jiang You was about to finish a cigarette, he asked hoarsely, "Is there no other way?"
Jiang You raised his head and said, "Method..."
"Is there?"
"I didn't. You can imagine that I like it very much..." He inserted his finger into the birdcage and pecked him lightly, "He didn't meet a good owner."
"Just help me this once."
Liu Boyang saw a look of embarrassment on Jiang You’s face.
He said, “I can pay for it.”
"No need for money," Jiang You hesitated for a moment, "You have a car, right?"
"Yes, what's wrong?"
"Do you remember the way? The place where you planned to commit suicide."
"Know."
"I'll go look for it with you next week."
"Send Jiujiu back?"
“All I can say is give it a try.”
Liu Boyang gritted his teeth and said, "Yeah, that's fine."
"Then it's settled. Next Wednesday, you come early in the morning so we can go early and come back early."
"Okay," Liu Boyang paused and then said, "Thank you."
Jiang You glanced at him and asked, "What do you think of my yard?"
"What?" Liu Boyang looked up at Jiang You blankly.
"Come and take a look."
Jiang You stood up and walked to the steps in front of the door. Liu Boyang followed him out and said, "You are a design student. What do you think is the best way to decorate my yard?"
"How do we fix it..." Liu Boyang walked down the steps and walked around the yard. "It's rather rough, has no sense of design, and wastes space. There's no hierarchy."
"Then please design it for me."
"I?"
"We'll calculate the price for you based on the market price. Do you have a familiar team for construction?"
"You need to contact Wenjun about this."
"Okay, show me the map when it's ready. Don't move this pond. It took a long time to dig. And I want to plant a bigger tree on the west side. Please save some space for me."
"Okay, what's your budget?"
"Let me think about it, maybe about 100,000."
"Let me try and measure first..."
"Okay, thank you for your help. I'll go upstairs and take a nap. You can play with Jiujiu for a while."
"good."
Jiang You went upstairs and Liu Boyang listened to the sound.
He heard the door close. After waiting for more than ten minutes and hearing no other sound, he reached out and picked up the birdcage.
There was a chirp.
Liu Boyang turned his head and saw a little boy standing on the stairs, holding a switch in his hand and looking at him impatiently.
