Volume 5: Qingming Chapter 15: Lighter
In the evening, Tang Butian left the insect house.
Jiang You leaned against the door of the yard and watched the girl's back as she walked away. The afterglow of the setting sun brushed her hair and she disappeared around the corner. Jiang You walked back to the yard, walked under the parasol, drank the remaining half bottle of Coke on the table, tidied up a little, felt sleepy, and went back to the room to get on the bed.
He originally planned to take a nap for two or three hours to digest the ice cream and fried chicken in his stomach, then get up to eat dinner and do some entertainment. But when he woke up, it was already the next morning. He took out his phone and checked the time. It was 8 o'clock, still early. When he turned over and was about to continue sleeping, his stomach started to churn. He had to get up and jog to the bathroom.
After emptying his body, he weighed himself naked, 86 kg. This was 2.8 kg less than his peak. He immediately took a photo of the number on the scale and posted it on WeChat Moments. Then he washed up, dressed, and went to the Xiaofangzhai restaurant next door to order a bowl of noodles with saury sauce and a plate of steamed saury.
While sitting and waiting for noodles, he checked his circle of friends and saw many people liked his posts. A red envelope message popped up. It was sent to him by Chen Nan, with the note "keep up the good work". After clicking on it, he found out that the message was 6.66 yuan, which was very auspicious.
Jiang You: Thank you Sister Nan, I will definitely keep exercising.
Chen Nan: Have you exercised today ?
Jiang You: I just got up and am having breakfast.
Chen Nan: I came to see you exercising today.
Jiang You: Okay, I’ll go to the park at half past ten.
Lao You brought the noodles to Jiang You, "You have to wait for the fish, it's freshly steamed."
"Okay, okay."
First I took a sip of soup, then ate a handful of noodles, and then I opened a novel that I had been raising for half a year and started reading.
After eating half a bowl of noodles, Lao You brought the fish.
A long and thin one.
I picked up a piece of fish, which was loose but not loose, and very delicious.
"Is this a Hu Dao?" Jiang You asked.
"How can Jiangdao be this expensive? If you go somewhere else and eat it, it will cost tens of thousands of yuan, and you might even get Hudao." Old You thought for a moment, "I ate Jiangdao when I was a kid, and it was really fresh. You could tell the difference the moment you ate it."
"That's true."
After finishing breakfast, Jiang You returned to the Bug House and continued reading the novel behind the counter. After catching up, he looked at the time and it was already past ten o'clock.
Lin Yu hasn't appeared yet.
Jiang You put down his phone and took a marshmallow from the candy bowl. He saw the beads in the bowl.
Tear open the wrapper and eat the candy.
Jiang Mo walked down the stairs.
Jiang You turned and looked at him, "How is he now?"
Jiang Mo saw that there were only three steps left, so he jumped to the ground.
"Research Institute, it sounds like artificial food with lots of additives, go catch some river knives for me," Jiang You thought for a moment, "I didn't think of it. If I had known, I would have told Sister Nan that I would take a rest today and not exercise."
He looked at the bright sunshine outside the door and asked, "Why isn't it raining today? Xiaoya, how's the weather today?"
Xiaoya: "It was drizzling today, and the lowest temperature was..."
"Where's the rain?!"
Xiaoya had just finished reporting the weather and started playing the noon radio program when Chen Nan walked in from outside.
"Sister Nan, it looks like it's going to rain soon."
Chen Nan looked at him and said, "Then let's go to the park quickly."
…
After finishing the last squat, Jiang You lay down on the lawn. The clouds blocked the sun and a few drops of rain fell on Jiang You's face.
Chen Nan squatted down beside Jiang You. She took out a tissue and wiped the sweat off Jiang You's face. "Fortunately, we came early."
Jiang Yousheng said helplessly: "Yes."
"Drink some water." Chen Nan took out a bottle of mineral water, unscrewed it and handed it to Jiang You. Jiang You did not take it, but opened his mouth.
"You'll choke," Chen Nan said, carefully pouring some water into Jiang You's mouth. After watching him swallow it, she said, "Get up. It's easy . Xiaomo is watching you."
"I can't move, you pull me." Jiang You looked at Chen Nan.
Chen Nan grabbed one of his hands and pulled hard, but Jiang You lay there motionless.
"Can't you get up?"
"I can't get up."
"Hurry up and get up." Chen Nan grabbed Jiang You's hands with both hands, took a step back, and finally pulled his upper body up a little. Jiang You also stood up with the force.
Chen Nan buttoned up Jiang Mo's coat and put on his hat.
Jiang You picked up the shoulder bag that had been placed aside. He took out his mobile phone and took a look. Fang Wensong had sent him a WeChat message half an hour ago, asking him if he was free today and wanted to treat him to a meal.
Jiang You replied him: Okay, lunch or dinner?
Fang Wensong: You didn’t have lunch either?
Jiang You: I’m still in the park, let’s have lunch.
Fang Wensong: Okay, I’ll come over. Do you have any restaurant recommendations?
Jiang You: There is a Cantonese restaurant that’s okay.
Fang Wensong: This one is good.
Jiang You replied as he walked to Chen Nan. He picked up Jiang Mo, and quickly walked out of the park with Chen Nan. When they walked into Guanghe Bookstore, the rain suddenly became heavier.
"How about ordering takeout for lunch?" Chen Nan said.
"I have food to eat, and I'd like you to look after my son."
"Okay."
Jiang You first went back to the insect house to change his clothes, took the beads out of the sugar bowl and put them in his bag. He took a look outside, opened the drawer, took out a dark blue folding umbrella, and then walked out.
Fang Wensong had already arrived. He told Jiang You the table number on WeChat, and Jiang You found his seat with the help of the waiter.
After Jiang You sat down, Fang Wensong pushed the menu in front of him and said, "This is where you are. Take a look at what to eat."
"Do you have any dietary restrictions?"
"I eat them all."
Jiang You quickly ordered the dishes and handed the menu to the waiter. He then asked Fang Wensong, "Where's your daughter? Didn't you bring her with you?"
"She has dance class this afternoon, ballet, and my mom will pick her up."
"My son is very good at drawing," Jiang You said, taking out his phone, opening the photo album, and facing Fang Wensong. "This is what he drew recently."
“Abstract?”
“It’s very contagious, isn’t it?”
"You have a good sense of color. Are your parents helping you take care of it?"
"He's at my girlfriend's."
"Girlfriend?" Fang Wensong was a little unconvinced. "She's happy with it?"
"She cares more about it than I do."
"That's great. I went on a blind date in the park yesterday. You knew that girl, right?"
"Yes, Wuping District is a bit far from here. Why are you here?"
"The little girl asked for it. I came here today to meet her."
As they were talking, the waiter brought the special soup, today's was crucian carp and pork bone soup.
Fang Wensong looked at Jiang You and said, "She lives nearby. We had a good conversation yesterday and I told her about my situation. But when we met today, she made a request."
"What do you want?"
"She said she would not help me raise my daughter. So I asked her what to do with Xiaohui. She said her grandparents should raise her. That's definitely not possible. I originally wanted to find someone who could take care of Xiaohui."
