Volume 3 Winter Solstice Chapter 20 Home
On January 18, Jiang You slept until half past eleven, and got up as soon as the alarm rang.
He went to the Xiaofangzhai next door to eat a bowl of pickled mustard greens and shredded pork noodles. After returning, he carefully inspected his yard.
After coaxing Jiang Mo that day, he transplanted all the flower seedlings.
After the flower bed was full, he planted the remaining seedlings in pots and grew them in the greenhouse together with succulents.
They were poured with the goddess' bath water and sprinkled with spiritual soil, and they seemed to have strong vitality.
He stood in the middle of the yard and performed a set of watermelon-cutting punches. When he felt his body moving, he found a broom and swept up the fallen leaves and dust. He then took out a watering can and watered the pomegranate tree, camphor tree, and the flowers and plants .
Under the afternoon sunshine, the whole yard looks brand new and full of vitality.
Jiang You nodded with satisfaction, turned around, and saw Zhao Cai slipping out from the store door.
When Zhao Cai realized that Jiang You was looking at him, he shrank back a little. He raised his head and looked up at Jiang You innocently.
"Just don't run out of the yard." Jiang You said.
Zhao Cai quickly rushed under the camphor tree.
Jiang You looked at the time. In more than an hour, Xu Lao and the others would be here. He found a dried fruit plate from the kitchen, opened a bag of pistachios, a bag of macadamia nuts and a bag of salted cashews from the dried fruit gift box that Tao Tao gave him and poured them into the plate. Then he took out his cell phone, bought some fruits and two cups of milk tea.
The delivery guy came very quickly.
"Milk tea, yes, the fruit is mine too." Jiang You took the two bags from the delivery boy.
"Give me a five-star rating."
"Okay, okay."
The delivery guy left on his electric scooter.
"Hey, landlord?"
Jiang You turned around and saw Dong You and Dai Qi walking towards him.
After walking up to him, Dai Qi said, "Is it really you?"
"Yes , this is my shop," Jiang You pointed at the Bug House, "I sell postcards."
Dong You and Dai Qi leaned inside and saw Zhao Cai squatting on the swing basking in the sun.
"Come in and take a look. The door has not been open much recently," Jiang You walked in, "You can look around as you like."
He walked into the kitchen, washed the fruit, and then took out two large soup bowls, one for grapes and the other for pears. After he placed the soup bowls on the table, he walked into the yard again with a cup of milk tea. Dong You and Dai Qi were squatting and playing with the cat.
Seeing Jiang You coming out, Dai Qi stood up and said, "This cat is not afraid of people at all. It's so well behaved."
"Is everything ok? Are you guys out shopping?"
"Yes, I want to get familiar with the surroundings. I want to go to Wenfeng Park for a walk later."
"It's a nice day today, do you want to go inside and look at the postcards?"
"OK."
Dong You also stood up. They walked into the store and looked at the scattered postcards on the shelves. "It's been a while since you've had any new stock, right?"
"We had a promotion a while ago, and we've almost cleared out the items. We'll get new items after the New Year. If you like anything, buy one get one free now, and you can ship it at any time without charging any extra money."
"That's good." Dong You held a postcard in his hand.
"Are you used to living here?"
"It's pretty good, except that the subway is too crowded in the morning when I go to work. Sometimes I have to wait for a train to get on. If I work overtime at night, I may miss the last train and have to take a taxi back," Dai Qi walked around the store. "But it's not bad. The taxi fare for overtime work can be reimbursed."
"Would you like a pear?" Jiang You took two pears and handed them to the two of them.
Dong You took a bite and said, "It's delicious. Where did you buy it?"
"There's a fruit store nearby. It's on Ele.me. I'll share it with you." Jiang You took out his phone and shared the store with Dong You. He asked, "Do you often have to work overtime?"
"It's quite frequent recently. The new game is about to be launched and has been undergoing testing. Even though we don't have anything to do, we still have to stay with it. There's nothing we can do." Dai Qi bent over and waved at Zhao Cai, "Meow, come here, meow meow..."
"What game?"
"A martial arts mobile game," Dai Qi glanced at Jiang You, "Do you play games?"
"I played Candy Crush. There was a skiing game before, and I was pretty good at it. I could step over ," Jiang You said, drinking his milk tea. "My son is really good at the game."
"How old is your son?" Dai Qi asked.
"Six years old."
"I'll send you a link invitation code," Dai Qi didn't recruit any talent, she stood up straight, "I think it's quite fun."
"Okay, I'll give it a try. Maybe my son will like it."
As they were talking, Xu Lao, Liu Jun and Zhao Lijun walked into the yard.
Liu Jun was holding a chessboard and Xu Lao was holding two chess pots.
"Mr. Xu, you are here! Come in, come in quickly." Jiang You took the chessboard from Mr. Xu, put it on the long table, and then asked them to sit down.
"Who are they?" Old Xu asked Dong You and Dai Qi.
"My tenant just happened to meet him."
"I want these two." said Dong You.
"Twenty-four, do you want to take it away now or send it out at a specified time?" Jiang You asked.
"Take it away now."
"Okay, there's a payment code on the counter."
After Dong You paid the money, he and Dai Qi left the insect house.
"Sit down for a while. I'll go make some tea." Jiang You walked into the kitchen. When he came out with four cups of tea, Old Xu said to him, "Your yard is much more beautiful than the last time I came."
"I cleaned it specially today. I originally wanted to put it in the greenhouse, but I've put a lot of flower pots in it recently, so it's a bit crowded. There's wind on the terrace, so it'll be cold, so I'd better put it inside the store."
"It's nice in the store," Liu Jun said, "Do you have a cat?"
"I have foster children here. They will be returned after a few days. You can have some fruit. These grapes are good. I'll go upstairs to check on my son."
"Go ahead, go ahead."
Jiang You went upstairs with the milk tea. He pushed open the door of the side bedroom. Jiang Mo was sitting on the bed holding the handle, his eyes fixed on the screen.
Jiang You put the milk tea on the bedside table.
"Don't always play violent games like this, full of fighting and killing..."
Jiang Mo paused the game and looked at Jiang You.
"Just play, play, play. Listen carefully. If I lose the third set, you will come down. You understand, right?"
"Then you continue playing, I'm going downstairs."
Jiang You walked downstairs and saw Mr. Xu sitting in front of the chessboard with a serious expression, so he said, "I'll go close the door to the yard to prevent anyone from coming in, and then we'll start?"
"Let's get started. Look at Mr. Xu's expression," Liu Jun teased him. "He is holding back. He must beat you today."
Jiang You closed the door to the yard and walked into the store. "That's not necessarily true. Last time at Mr. Xu's house, Mr. Xu was at home, so Mr. Xu won three games and I won two. Today in my store, it's my home court, so the situation is going to be reversed."
