Volume 3 Winter Solstice Chapter 30: Sweet
Jiang You took Yang Xuan to Shanhe Tower next to Wenfeng Park.
"The squirrel mandarin fish here seems to have been on the top 10 Tangjiang delicacies list before," Jiang You introduced to Yang Xuan, "I'm not sure if this place has steamed pork with rice flour on its menu. If not, we can go to another restaurant in a few days."
"All is fine." Yang Xuan said.
They arrived early and the restaurant was quite empty.
The waiter took them to a seat by the window on the second floor and served them tea.
From the window you can see the scenery of Wenfeng Park.
Jiang You flipped through the menu. "Let's order a large portion. The chicken, rice and sweet beans here are pretty good. Let's have the crab roe and tofu soup. There's also the bamboo tube steamed pork with rice flour. That's it."
After calling the waiter and ordering the dishes, Jiang You took a sip of tea and said, "When the weather gets wet, I feel pain all over my body. After the New Year, I plan to take my son to the beach and sunbathe on the beach for a while?"
"Where are you going?"
"I haven't decided yet. I want to go to the sea to see the big turtles and corals."
"I don't think I saw Jiang Mo today?"
"He's cultivating immortality upstairs."
The waiter placed the squirrel fish on the table. Jiang You picked up a piece of fish with his chopsticks. "It's fried well, with ketchup. I don't think you have many sweet and sour dishes in your hometown, right?"
Yang Xuan took a bite of the fish and said, "I don't really like it. My dad made stir-fried cabbage and tofu very well. When I was a kid..." She shook her head, "He was also very nice to me sometimes."
The dishes were served one after another.
"Are you going back for the New Year?"
"Maybe I'll go to my mom's place, and then pick a day to go to my dad's place with my brother. I think I should thank Panjin for bringing my parents here," Yang Xuan scooped a spoonful of chicken rice and sweet beans, "The taste of this place is sweeter."
"Have you forgiven them in your heart?"
"It's not a matter of forgiveness or not. It's just that I thought a lot of things were one way and they thought they were another way. I don't want to figure it out too well, because I've been alone for so many years, and suddenly, I have a father, a mother, and a brother again. Although we can't be very close, but..."
"I understand."
Yang Xuan looked out the window. "My brother told me that he would help me pay back the debt, a little bit every month, and it would be paid off slowly. I didn't take his money. With his salary, he could only afford to rent a house and eat in Zhuzhou. How much would he have left? He couldn't even afford a girlfriend."
"Several of my college classmates are also in Zhuzhou."
"How's it going over there?"
"The entrepreneurial atmosphere is better," Jiang You picked up a piece of steamed pork with rice flour, swallowed it and said, "Take this, it 's not sweet."
Yang Xuan ate a piece and said, "It's pretty good . If you want to eat meat, you have to eat pork belly. The bottom of the steamed pork with rice flour is filled with potatoes. If I make it myself, I will put sweet potatoes and sometimes pumpkin."
"I should have bought some food for you to cook."
"I'm wearing a white dress today, so I can't cook."
"I'll give you a coat and an apron, and you can just come and cook for me every day. I'll take some photos of you with my phone and make a food video."
“That requires a cat.”
"There are cats and scenery, how about that? If you come to do the business, I won't have to eat takeout every day." Jiang You took out his phone and found a photo for the job recruitment, "It's this cat. If you come to do the business, I'll bring it back and keep it."
Yang Xuan glanced at the photo of the talent recruitment, and she thought for a while, "Okay, I'm free anyway. By the way, Sister Chen, who helped you cook on Jiang Mo's birthday last time, is she your friend?"
"A friend."
"girlfriend?"
"Really?" Jiang You did not deny it.
"The braised pork last time was really good, different from what I had in the store. I've been wanting to find a chance to ask her how she made it."
"Let me ask for you," Jiang You scooped a bowl of crab paste tofu, "Her daughter is on winter vacation now, and she ranked third in the grade in the final exam."
“That’s amazing.”
“So they went to the concert.”
"Concert? Who?"
"I don't know either. He seems to be a male celebrity who looks rather feminine..."
"Liu Zeyan?"
"Maybe. Do you know him?"
"I met him in the elevator of a TV station before. At that time, all our group members were in the elevator. When the elevator opened, he hesitated whether to come in, but he came in anyway. It was very embarrassing at that time..."
Jiang You's cell phone vibrated. He took it out and saw it was a call from Tang Butian.
"Guan Nuo met a female ghost." Tang Butian said.
"Then let's just meet him. It can't be his first time seeing a ghost, right?" Jiang You scooped a spoonful of sweet beans and put them on the tofu. The yellow and green color looked very nice.
When Yang Xuan heard the word "ghost", her hand holding the chopsticks trembled.
"That female ghost is looking for someone."
"I'm having dinner with my idol."
"Yang Xuan?"
"yes."
"I see."
Tang Butian ended the call.
"We recently hired an intern," Jiang You took a bite of tofu with green beans in it, "a little older than you, maybe a junior, do you want to go and catch ghosts?"
Yang Xuan shook her head vigorously.
"I don't want it."
“Supernatural live broadcasts also attract a lot of fans.”
"I am a beautiful idol full of youthful positive energy!"
"Go ahead, it's not dangerous."
"No."
"You'll be immune if you look at it more often."
"You're lying."
"Really? When have I ever lied to you?"
"Well, okay then..." Yang Xuan said reluctantly.
Jiang You sent a WeChat message to Tang Butian: Give me the address.
Tang Butian sent Guan Nuo's cell phone location to Jiang You.
At the entrance of the Hexing Road Theater, the female ghost repeated her words over and over again, "She doesn't want me anymore. I look for her but can't find her. I can't find my daughter..."
Guan Nuo asked patiently, "When did your daughter disappear?"
"She left. She doesn't want me anymore. I raised her..."
Guan Nuo sighed and took a step forward. "Grandma, let's go step by step. Your daughter's name is Zeng Lu, right?"
"right……"
"What's your name?"
"What's my name?" The ghost girl raised her head and looked at Guan Nuo, her eyes bloodshot. "My daughter doesn't want me anymore."
"Do you remember your daughter's date of birth?"
"I remember. How could I not remember? I lay there for a long time. I was in so much pain. When she was born, I quickly asked the nurse what time it was. I was in so much pain. I gave birth to her..."
There was a little rain mixed in the cold wind.
The cold rain wet my hair and flowed down my forehead.
Guan Nuo wiped his face.
The cold fingers grabbed his wrist again, and the nails pierced into it. He tried to continue making seals, but found that his body could not move.
"My daughter, give my daughter back to me."
cold.
My body felt like it had fallen into an icy cave.
Gray hair tangled around his body.
The ghost girl's mouth opened and closed, "It's you, it's you, right? You took my daughter away..."
"Give it back to me, give it back to me..."
