Volume 4: Beginning of Spring Chapter 59: Statue
The air in the early morning is a little humid.
Zhaocai walked out of the store with his tail erect. After walking around the yard, he stopped by the pond, stretched out his paw to splash some water, and then quickly retracted it.
A thin man walked in through the half-open door carrying an insulated box.
Zhaocai stood up suddenly.
The tail drooped.
The man noticed it and raised the thermal box in his hand towards Zhao Cai.
After turning around in place, Zhaocai walked towards the greenhouse. He walked into the greenhouse, jumped onto the bed, assumed a comfortable position, and began to lick his fur.
The man withdrew his gaze from Zhaocai.
He continued walking forward. After entering the store and placing the insulated box on the long table, he looked around the store. On the left were two rows of shelves with postcards arranged by category. He raised his head slightly and saw a pair of eyes looking at him.
It's a little boy.
pretty.
She was wearing powder blue pajamas and looking at him expressionlessly.
The man recognized Jiang Mo.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
"Jiang Mo, do you remember me? We've met before."
"Where's your dad? Is he up yet?"
He felt a little embarrassed.
"Amo has something to do today, so I'll come for him..."
Jiang Mo walked down the stairs.
The man watched Jiang Mo stagger past him and out of the store...
He turned and took a few steps forward.
He saw Jiang Mo walk into the greenhouse, and after a while, Jiang Mo came out holding Zhao Cai.
The man breathed a sigh of relief.
He went into the kitchen and found rice and a pot.
Boil the water and put the washed rice in.
…
More than half an hour later, Jiang You walked downstairs.
The aroma of rice porridge wafted from the kitchen. He walked to the kitchen door and looked at the man standing in front of the stove with his back to him.
"I thought you were coming back in a few days."
"After a few days, the risk is a little less, and the sincerity is a little less."
Sun Xiu opened the lid of the pot, put a little oil in it, and stirred it gently with a spoon.
"Master Hu wants to eliminate the traitors, so he threw me to Tangjiang and asked Shu Xing and the others to watch over me," Sun Xiu put the pot lid back. "Sang Xu's death is closely related to me. I can't possibly join Zhuang Zekun. I'm in Tangjiang, so I can only fight him to the death. No matter if I win or lose, after ten days or half a month, when I return to Yanjing, I think most of my people in the organization will be eliminated."
“You have to keep on keeping on.”
"I also want to see how many people can stick with me."
Sun Xiu turned off the fire and scooped the porridge into a bowl.
"Have you had breakfast?"
"have eaten."
"Let's eat some more together."
"OK."
Sun Xiu picked up the three bowls of porridge together, turned around, and walked past Jiang You.
After placing the bowl on the long table, he opened the thermal box and took out a plate of fermented bean curd, a plate of pickled vegetables and edamame, a bag of meat buns, and two cups of soy milk.
Jiang You walked out of the store. Jiang Mo sat on the edge of the flower bed, looking at the sky, while Zhao Cai nestled beside him obediently.
"Jiang Mo, it's time for breakfast. Have you brushed your teeth?" Jiang You shouted.
Jiang Mo turned and looked at him.
Jiang You took a few quick steps, walked over to Jiang Mo, and picked him up.
Sun Xiu watched Jiang You holding Jiang Mo as they walked back to the insect house and went upstairs.
…
A few minutes later, when Jiang You came down again with chopped ginger in his arms, there was another plate of fried eggs on the long table.
Sun Xiu sat there with a calm expression.
After Jiang You placed Jiang Mo on the chair, he sat down opposite Sun Xiu.
I took a mouthful of porridge, picked up a small piece of fermented bean curd, and ate a few more mouthfuls. I picked up a piece of edamame, chewed it a few times, and swallowed it.
He picked up the plate, used chopsticks to pick some pickled edamame and put it into the bowl of minced ginger, then opened the lid of one of the cups of soy milk and placed it next to him.
He said, "At least eat half a bowl."
He picked up a piece of fried egg and covered it with the minced ginger. "Eat the egg and drink the soy milk as well."
Sun Xiu lowered his eyes, picked up the bowl and took a sip of porridge.
After giving Jiang Mo instructions, Jiang You started to eat his breakfast seriously. After more than ten minutes, all the porridge, side dishes and meat buns were eaten up.
Jiang You put down his chopsticks and drank the soy milk contentedly, "It would be nice if I could do this every day."
“It’s not difficult.”
"It's difficult," Jiang You looked outside the store, where a few tufts of green grass sprouted from the corners of the bluestone road. "After I adopted him, a friend suggested that I hire a part-time worker to cook lunch every day, but I didn't like it very much."
"There are plenty of women who would love to take care of you."
"I went on a blind date with a girl who had just graduated from college last year, and she looked down on me from head to toe," Jiang You retracted his gaze, "Sun Mo, let him go back. I've been using him for a few days, and I can't get over it anymore."
"good."
"I'll treat you to tea this time. Do you know how to play chess?"
"A little."
"Then let's go upstairs. I just bought a chess board and chess pieces recently." Jiang You turned his head and looked at Jiang Mo. "My uncle and I have something to discuss. Can you play games in your room?"
Jiang Mo blinked.
Jiang You stood up, walked to the counter, took out the tissue box, took out a few sheets, then walked back to Jiang Mo, wiped the corners of his mouth and picked him up.
Sun Xiu hesitated for a moment, then stood up and followed Jiang You up the stairs.
After Jiang You settled Jiang Mo, he went downstairs to make tea.
Sun Xiu looked at his studio.
There were chessboards and chess pieces on the workbench. He opened the lid of the chess jar, reached out and picked up a chess piece, looked at it, and put it down.
He looked up at the shelf.
There are some books on the shelf, all very new.
There is also a white spider statue.
After hearing the footsteps, he turned sideways and looked towards the stairs. Jiang You came up with two cups of black tea.
"Sit, sit, sit..." He put the cup on the workbench and sat down on the chair in front of the shelf.
Sun Xiu pulled out a chair and sat down.
He looked down at the leaves slowly unfolding in the cup.
"Tang Butian will be back in the mountains in two years or so. The Special Operations Department will be back in Zhuang Zekun's hands, or Guan Nuo will take over. It doesn't make much difference to me. I can't get rid of my relationship with Sang Xu's death. They won't let me go."
"But you are even less optimistic about Hu Yuefeng, otherwise you wouldn't come to me."
Sun Xiu raised his head. "Although I am not from the inner courtyard, what I have done and sacrificed for him is no less than any other person in the inner courtyard. I have followed him for so many years. I can say that most of the reason why Jinghu Club has reached its current size is because of me. But now, he wants to leave me behind."
"If Zhuang Zekun takes the initiative to persuade you to cooperate with the Special Operations Department and promises you something, such as getting out of this unscathed."
Sun Xiu looked at Jiang You.
"It's not impossible. Sang Xu has been dead for seventeen years. People change. You should understand this better than me."
Sun Xiu was in deep thought.
Jiang You pulled out a book called "Zi Weng Talks about Gardens" from the bookshelf and started flipping through it. After reading more than ten pages, he heard Sun Xiu's voice.
He put the book down.
"Will Zhuang Zekun listen to you?" Sun Xiu asked.
"You have probably guessed something about the existence I serve." Jiang You grabbed a handful of white chess pieces from the chess pot, placed them on the chessboard, and then covered them with his hand.
Sun Xiu took out a black piece and placed it on the chessboard.
Jiang You counted the white pieces, 7 in total.
Sun Xiuzhi is black.
The first piece is placed on the small eye in the upper right corner.
