Volume 4: Beginning of Spring Chapter 51 Anxiety
Chen Nan smiled and asked, "When will your store open?"
"It's been a few days. We opened for trial operation yesterday. A few of my friends came over and I bought a grill to do some barbecue in the yard. It tasted pretty good," Jiang You crossed his right leg over his left leg, "but it was very fumy and hard to clean up. Next time you and Yunyun come over, I'll grill for you."
"Next time I'll take Yunyun with me. If you don't bake it, we'll block the door and won't leave."
"Block it as you like."
The door of the bookstore was pushed open, and a couple walked in. The girl looked at Chen Nan with questioning eyes.
Jiang You and Chen Nan said, "Go ahead and do your work. I'll find a book to read."
Chen Nan stood up and walked towards the couple.
Jiang You found a book from the bookshelf. When he returned to his chair, there was a glass of freshly made pear juice on the small table beside him.
Sweet.
Fall down the esophagus into the stomach.
Customers come and go one after another.
The music in the bookstore
He yawned.
Fall into a dream.
Black dots of varying sizes floated in the blue-gray mist. A gust of wind blew and the black dots were blown away.
The wind is still blowing.
Countless green leaves emerged from the soil, stretched out, and welcomed the falling rain.
A wisp of sweet fragrance wafted past his nose.
A little itchy.
He opened his eyes and saw Chen Nan standing in front of him, holding the book he had taken from the bookshelf earlier.
She said, "The book fell to the floor."
"I fell asleep again. Maybe I'm too tired recently." Jiang You sat up straight. There was only one customer in the bookstore, standing by the bookshelf and flipping through a book.
Jiang You reached out and picked up the cup, tilted his head back and drank the remaining pear juice, "What time is it now?"
"It's almost twelve o'clock. When Xiao Liu comes, can we go to my place and have something to eat?" Chen Nan asked.
"Great, I was just wondering what to have for lunch."
More than half an hour later, Jiang You and Jiang Mo sat at the dining table in Chen Nan's house, waiting for dinner to be served.
Chen Nan scooped a bowl of fish soup and placed it in front of Jiang Minced. There was also fish meat in the soup. "The longspine fish doesn't have many bones, so you don't have to worry about getting stuck."
Jiang You scooped a bowl of soup for himself. After taking a sip, he commented: "Fortunately, I didn't bring my talent with me, otherwise..."
Chen Nan sat down opposite him and said, "Today's dishes are all light, so I'll save you some oil."
Jiang You picked up a piece of cucumber and chicken shreds with chopsticks and said, "This is a fitness dish, right?"
"Yes, it's very simple to make. Boil the chicken breast, let it cool and tear it into shreds. Cut the cucumber into shreds. Add a little seasoning and mix it and you can eat it."
"It's delicious. I 'll try it myself next time. I think it can be eaten as a snack." Jiang You took two bites of rice. "I saw a lot of people coming in your place this morning."
"Xiao Liu organized an event and posted it on the Cultural Street official account. What I am worried about now is Yunyun."
"What's wrong with Yunyun?" Jiang You asked.
"In last week's weekly test, she fell out of the top ten."
"It's just a small test. Winter vacation just ended, so I can't be sure about it."
After Jiang Mo drank the soup in the bowl and finished eating the meat, he got down from the chair and walked towards the living room.
"Would you like to have some more food?" Chen Nan asked Jiang You.
Jiang Mo lay down on the sofa, took out his mobile phone and started watching short videos.
"He probably ate too much yesterday and has no appetite today. Go on talking about Yunyun."
"I ran into her class teacher on the road that day. She told me that there was a girl a few years older than Yunyun. Because she was a fan, her mind was full of celebrities. She couldn't concentrate in class and her grades plummeted. Later, she even stole money from her family to skip classes to chase stars. She could have been admitted to Jingming High School, but ended up going to a regular high school. Her future undergraduate studies may be in jeopardy. She asked me to pay attention to Yunyun."
"Which student went to the teacher to tell tales?"
"this……"
"She must be jealous that Yunyun went to the concert."
"The teacher reminded me with good intentions." Chen Nan looked up and saw Jiang You's eyes. She asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"I think you're too easy to fool. I'm thinking about swindling some money and becoming a gigolo." Jiang You put a bowl of stir-fried pork and green pepper in his bowl with his chopsticks. "Besides being a fan, does that female student have anything else in common with Yunyun?"
Chen Nan shook his head and said, "I don't know."
"That's it. Mayor Tangjiang and I are both shortsighted. Why can he be the mayor while I can only work hard to run a small shop and pay tribute to the various officials in charge of industry and commerce, taxation, fire protection and sanitation every year?"
"How are they the same?" Chen Nan couldn't help laughing. "You're also a fan, so you say that."
"After the weekly test results came out, how was Yunyun feeling?"
"It's sad. She's strong-willed. I'm not against her chasing stars, nor am I forcing her to study and achieve good results," Chen Nan sighed. "Going to university and getting a diploma is like a stepping stone to enter a better company or take the civil service exam. Also, men are picky when it comes to finding a partner."
Jiang You took the bowl to the kitchen and got a second bowl of rice. After returning to his seat, he scooped a few spoonfuls of fish soup into the rice and stirred it with chopsticks. "Yunyun will find a partner ten years later."
"She's my daughter, how can I miss her?"
"You can't pass on your anxiety to her."
"Did I still influence her?"
"My neighbor Mr. Yin is also very anxious because there is a classmate in his son's class who plays the piano very well."
“All this…”
"Don't put pressure on Yunyun. Wait until the monthly exam comes out and see. If her grades go up, encourage her and let her keep going. If they continue to drop, ask her if she doesn't understand or if she is nearsighted and can't see the blackboard clearly. Then she can go to a cram school and get glasses if she needs them."
"Let me think about it, how come it's nothing in your mouth?"
"It's not a big deal in the first place, but the one who told tales needs to be found out and Yunyun should stop playing with her."
After finishing his second bowl of rice , Jiang You put down his chopsticks and said, "I've been feeling annoyed lately, too."
"what happens?"
"I mentioned to you before that I have a part-time job."
"Yes."
"This part-time job has something to do with the government. In one office, there are old employees, some who were parachuted in from other places, and some second-generation people. There are not many people, but they are divided into several factions. Sister Nan, you know me. I am particularly impatient with these things, but there is someone who helped me a lot. It was because of her connections and she spent a lot of effort that I was able to successfully adopt my son."
Chen Nan looked at Jiang Mo and said, "That's a big favor."
"That's right. I have no choice but to keep on being annoying. Are you going to the bookstore this afternoon?"
"Yes, what about you?"
"I plan to go to the teahouse to find Lao Xu and play a few games of chess with him, then spend some money and buy a chessboard and chess pieces to put upstairs."
