Volume 4: Beginning of Spring Chapter 4: Meeting People
"Very good." Jiang You also picked up some peanuts.
"Did you rent out your house again later?" Yuan Shu asked.
"Then something happened again, so I sold it and moved to Qingshui Bay near Wenhua Street. Now I rent it to two female office workers."
"I think I've seen them in the neighborhood," Chen Nan thought for a moment, "one with tan skin and the other with big eyes."
"That's them," Jiang You nodded, "They're pretty worry-free."
"They get off work quite late. There were a few times when Xiao Liu was not there, and I closed the store at around 9 o'clock and went back to see that they had just got off work."
"It's a gaming company, so there's definitely a lot of overtime."
After the first dish was served, the speed of serving the other dishes quickened.
Boiled beef, Maoxuewang, camphor tea duck, baby cabbage in soup...soon, the table was filled.
"Where is your son? Why don't you bring him here?" Yuan Shu asked as he picked up a piece of chicken wing from the spicy chicken and put it in Shen Wei's bowl.
"It's too cold, he doesn't want to go out, he plays with the cat at home every day," Jiang You chewed on tripe, "I thought he would go to school in a year or two, and there would be teachers to supervise him, so forget it, let him play for another two years."
"I also have a cat," said Shen Wei.
"What kind?" Chen Nan asked with great interest.
"A British shorthair."
Shen Wei and Chen Nan started chatting about cats.
"Nowadays, if children want to go to school, they not only need a house in the school district, but parents also need to go through an interview," Yuan Shu said while eating duck. "I understand how difficult it was for Zhao Shiqi back then. You are better off. You have everything. You are a winner in life."
"It's annoying, all annoying." Jiang You saw that the tea in Chen Nan's cup was almost gone, so he reached out and picked up the kettle to fill the four people's cups.
"Would you like some beer?" Yuan Shu asked.
"No, just some tea is fine. What would you like to drink, sister-in-law?"
"I'll just have some tea too." Shen Wei said.
The meal lasted about an hour and we had a great time chatting.
When they were leaving the hotel, Yuan Shu and Jiang You were walking in front. Yuan Shu asked, "How are you going back? Weiwei drove here. Do you want me to take you home?"
"I'm a little full after eating. I want to walk around the street and then take a taxi back."
Yuan Shu glanced back and saw Shen Wei and Chen were still a few steps away from them, so he whispered, "Your son is older and can take care of people..."
Shen Wei walked up to him and took his arm.
"Okay, then Weiwei and I will leave first," Yuan Shu's voice became louder. "No more words to say. Let's get together again next year. The four of us will get together again."
"Got it. The red envelope is ready."
Chen Nan also walked to Jiang You.
After watching Yuan Shu and Shen Wei get into the car, Jiang You turned to look at Chen Nan, "My classmate is a nice guy, right?"
"It's pretty good. His girlfriend seems to have a cheerful personality."
They walked slowly along the street.
"A year has passed." Jiang You sighed.
The white air exhaled from the mouth evaporates in the air.
"Yeah." Chen Nan agreed .
"When will you take me to meet your parents?"
Chen Nan stopped and looked at Jiang You.
"Everyone on the street knows that you and I have a good relationship. Your parents must have heard some of those rumors."
Chen Nan didn't say anything.
"It's not that I can't meet people, it's just that you think I'm too fat."
"No, I..." Chen Nan's voice suddenly choked up. She took a breath and suppressed the emotions in her chest. "I just want to raise Yunyun well..."
"I know, I know," Jiang You put his arm around Chen Nan's shoulders and walked with her forward. "I often come to your house, and Yunyun has grown up. If someone asks her what the relationship between Uncle Jiang and your mother is, how do you want her to answer?"
"Boyfriend." Chen Nan said.
"Okay, okay, it's settled then. I'll bring Jiang Mo to your house on the second day of the new year to wish you a happy new year."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? Otherwise, this New Year's Eve..."
"I have plans."
"Which little girl is coming to spend the holiday with you?" Chen Nan's voice suddenly became cheerful. "I know that there are always little girls running to your store, that little idol, and..."
"The one who is the best at fighting." Jiang You said with certainty.
In a blink of an eye, it’s New Year’s Eve.
When it was getting dark, Tang Butian walked into the insect house with a bag in his hand.
Jiang You was hiding behind the counter, with Zhaocai lying on his lap. He was touching Zhaocai while reading a novel on his phone. Seeing Tang Butian coming in, he said, "You're here. Please sit for a while. I'll go cook in half an hour. At 11:30, I'll make dumplings. There are two kinds of fillings, leek and pork and three fresh."
"Pork with leeks." Tang Butian made a choice quickly .
Jiang You saw the wooden sword in her hand and asked, "How is the injury?"
"Almost ready. Can you cook?" Tang Butian pulled out a chair and sat down.
"I originally thought that Shanhelou's New Year's Eve dinner semi-finished gift package would be fine if I just heated it up in the microwave, but when I bought it and brought it home, I found that I had to heat up a frying pan or something," Jiang You shook his head. He put his phone on the counter, stood up holding Zhaocai, and sat down opposite Tang Butian. "I discussed it with my son, but he didn't want to. Then I talked to Zhaocai for a long time, but he still didn't agree, so I had to do it myself."
Tang Butian looked at Jiang You with some suspicion.
"Why don't you give it a try? There are instructions."
Tang Butian shook his head.
"There are a few dishes that can be heated in the microwave, so I'll prepare them this way. I'll put those dishes at the end and cook as many of the dishes that are ready as possible. If anything goes wrong, we still have frozen dumplings. What do you think?"
"good."
"After that meeting, Secretary Ji didn't contact you again, right?" Jiang You asked.
"No, I told Sun Yu to just do your normal work and don't worry about anything else ," Tang Butian took out a pair of Spring Festival couplets from the bag and handed them to Jiang You. "The couplets are ready."
Jiang You took it and unfolded the couplet, "It's really well written. I'll put it up now."
He found a roll of double-sided tape and stuck it on the back of the Spring Festival couplets.
Then I walked to the door, compared it first, and then tore off the other side of the double-sided tape.
Tang Butian watched his movements quietly. She said, "Director Ying attended the meeting that day."
"What's his attitude?" Jiang You squatted down, flattened the paper, and glued the bottom end.
He stood up, took a few steps back, looked around and made sure there was no problem, then started to stick it on the other side.
"Before the meeting, I was prepared to be sidelined."
“Is it just to stuff people in now?”
"right."
"How is your relationship with Director Ying?"
As he spoke, Jiang You finished pasting the Spring Festival couplets on the other side and walked back to the store.
"I asked him to handle your previous matters, such as the certificate application and the adoption of Jiang Mo."
Jiang You walked into the kitchen and soon brought out two cups of black tea. "If I were him, I would definitely not like a special operation team that is difficult to command."
