Volume 6: Summer Chapter 49 Tremella
"Wait a moment." Taoist Qingyang called out to Jiang You.
"you say."
Taoist Qingyang also stood up. He walked past Jiang You and went to the original location of the small building. He raised his head, and the dazzling white light of the sun blurred the boundary between the sky and the mountain.
Jiang You also took a few steps forward.
Taoist Qingyang turned around, threw back his loose sleeves, and asked, "What do you think Xiao Tang thinks?"
"I don't know what she's thinking. After spending these days together," Jiang You looked into Taoist Qingyang's eyes, "you've known her longer than I have. She has a firm heart and will not be tainted by the mundane world."
After saying that, Jiang You turned around and walked down the mountain.
Taoist Qingyang watched Jiang You walk across the steep slope and the wooden bridge...
Jiang Mo followed behind him on his short legs.
Jiang You stopped in front of the wooden bridge and picked up Jiang Mo. Under the white sunlight, they walked farther and farther away, and soon became a small black dot, disappearing in the woods in front of the mountain.
Taoist Qingyang withdrew his gaze.
…
After coming down from Laojin Mountain, Jiang You felt severe pain in his knees. Every time he took a step, his joints creaked. So he put Jiang Mo on the ground and discussed with him, "Can you walk by yourself?"
Jiang Mo turned around and faced away from him.
Jiang You half-knelt down and straightened Jiang Mo's face, "You are almost seven years old. Look at other children. How can you be carried everywhere like you?"
Jiang Mo's eyes squinted.
"Forget it, forget it. Just remember this," Jiang You picked him up again, "Raising a son is a way to support you in your old age. When I'm old, it'll be your turn to carry me on your back." He paused, " Let's get two cranes too? How majestic."
…
After going to Laojin Mountain, Jiang You used the excuse of a sprained waist and knee pain to skip three days of exercise, and left all matters related to the monastery gate to Lin Yu. Every day after waking up, he would either go to Chen Nan's bookstore to read or go to the teahouse to play chess, watching the numbers on the scale jump up.
Nothing happened this week.
On Friday evening, Jiang You took Jiang Mo and Chen Nan to pick up Yunyun from school, and then the four of them went to Xu's house together.
Press the doorbell.
Zhang Qiu smiled when she saw them when she opened the door. She took four pairs of slippers from the shoe cabinet and placed them in front of them. "You are finally here. Old Xu has been talking about you all afternoon."
Chen Nan taught Yunyun to call Grandpa Xu and Grandma Zhang.
Jiang You looked at Jiang Mo expectantly. Zhang Qiu spoke first: "Xiao Mo, how were the cookies last time? Which flavor do you like? Chocolate or peanut?"
Jiang Mo turned his head and looked at Jiang You.
"I like them all." Jiang You helped Jiang Mo change his shoes.
"Then bring some back this time."
After watching them change their shoes and come in, Zhang Qiu asked them to sit down on the sofa, "Jia Qi is still on the way, why don't you drink some sweet soup to fill your stomach first?"
Zhang Qiu walked into the kitchen, followed by Chen Nan. Soon, they were chatting and laughing, and each of them brought two bowls of Tremella soup and placed them on the coffee table.
Mr. Xu was talking to Jiang You, "This foundation was established last year. Individuals can apply. I saw last year that many projects were about writing a script or making a comic strip."
Jiang You picked up the bowl and drank a sip of Tremella soup. "Did anyone apply for Cultural Street last year?"
"No, last year few people knew about it, and this year's review is stricter than last year." Old Xu checked the time and asked Jiang You, "Let's play a game of chess and then have dinner?"
"Okay."
Jiang You stood up and followed Mr. Xu into the study.
Yunyun finished the Tremella soup in her bowl and started to feed her minced ginger with a spoon.
"They get along very well." said Zhang Qiu.
"Yeah," Chen Nan smiled, then she stood up and walked to the kitchen, saying, "Let me wash the vegetables."
"No, no, the food is almost ready, let's wait for Jiaqi to come back..."
"He always says that your cooking is delicious, so I just want to learn a few tricks from him."
…
Old Xu and Jiang You sat down facing each other.
"Look at my chess box." Old Xu picked up the chess box and handed it to Jiang You.
Jiang You took it and looked at it. He asked, "Is it new?"
"Guess how much?"
"What wood is it made of?"
"Flower forest trees."
"Hua Linmu, that's probably," Jiang You thought for a moment, "eight hundred?"
"That's about right, sixteen hundred." Old Xu put down the chess box and collected the chess pieces on the board one by one.
Jiang You helped collect the chess pieces, "They are so expensive. If I want another five or six hundred, I will get a pair too."
"This was given to Jiaqi by her current boyfriend. It seems like she hired a purchasing agent to buy it in Japan."
"That's expensive. A chess fan over there costs two hundred yuan. I might as well make one myself out of white paper." Jiang You watched Mr. Xu place a piece on the chessboard. He asked, "Are you satisfied with this one?"
"Not really." Old Xu looked calm.
"You've even used up all your chess boxes." Jiang You exposed him.
"He's a good person," said Mr. Xu, expressing his concerns . "But he's married for the second time. I'm not discriminating against second marriages, and Jiaqi is at her age, so it's hard to say who is discriminating against whom. But I'm worried that she won't be able to handle the relationship with his ex-wife and children in the future. Now an only child is very weak in handling these relationships and relatives."
Mr. Xu heard the sound of a door opening and closing in the living room. It was Xu Jiaqi who came back.
After a while, the door of the study was pushed open, and Xu Jiaqi came in with two cups of tea. After putting down the cups, she said, "Dad, Jiang You, Mom said we'll have dinner in half an hour."
"I know, I know." Old Xu waved at her.
After hearing the study door close, Mr. Xu asked, "Have you and Chen Nan decided?"
"I visited her home to pay New Year's greetings during the Chinese New Year last year," Jiang You said.
Mr. Xu nodded, "When do you plan to get the certificate?"
"Let's talk about it later."
The two people quickly placed their pieces on the chessboard.
"Why did he divorce his ex-wife?" Jiang You asked.
"I asked a lot of people. Because he is also from Tangjiang, and I actually know his parents. From what I heard, it was a personality problem."
"Do you often quarrel?"
"Not really," Mr. Xu denied. "He studied all the way to get his bachelor's, master's, and doctorate. He studied for his doctorate abroad, and when he came back he was an associate professor. He was promoted to full professor smoothly. But his ex-wife was even more capable than him. She was a full professor in her early thirties. Moreover, she was very ambitious and disliked him because he was not enterprising and could not keep up with her, so they broke up."
"A strong woman."
"Yes, but actually, Xiao Pan is my daughter's boyfriend. He is able to calm down and study, and has a very peaceful mentality," Old Xu looked at Jiang You and mentioned two black spots, "I just regret that he and Jiaqi, it would have been better if they could have met earlier."
"It's not our destiny yet."
At this time, the door was pushed open again, and Zhang Qiu leaned half of his body in, "It's time to eat, come down after you finish eating."
