Volume 7: Frost Chapter 33 Cause and Effect
Jiang Mo stuffed the entire omelet into his mouth, his cheeks puffed up. He turned around, jumped off the chair, and walked towards the yard, staggering.
Jiang You was peeling an egg and said, "When he goes to school, his parents will definitely be called every day."
"Why do you seem so excited?" Lin Yu asked.
"Yes, I'll tell the teacher then. Okay, okay, yes, yes, I'll teach him a lesson when I get back," Jiang You took a bite of the egg, "When I get home, I'll have a meal of barbecued meat on a bamboo board, and the whole room will be filled with fragrance."
"You must have been called the parents all the time when you were a kid."
"I was very naughty when I was a kid. I even made a female teacher cry," Jiang You admitted. "My dad hated me at that time. He tied me up and beat me with a belt, but it didn't work. Later, I had a younger brother who was like other children. My parents didn't care about me much."
"You have a younger brother?" Lin Yu was a little surprised.
Jiang You said: "Not here, it happened in the last life."
"How can I know about my past life?" Lin Yu asked.
"You want to know?"
"Be curious, be curious about what you were like before."
"Now that I remember , maybe you have to inherit the karma of your previous life. It's meaningless." Jiang You finished eating, he covered the lunch box again and put it in the bag. He looked up at Lin Yu, "Jiang Mo, come with me to Luo Town."
"Beyond Luo Town is the desert, right? I just checked."
"I took him to climb the snow-capped mountains last year, and this year we went to the desert, which is great. Let's go see the poplar forest." Jiang You stood up with the bag in his hand, walked to the kitchen, threw the bag into the trash can, washed his hands and walked out again. He walked to the door, and Jiang Mo was squatting by the pond, paddling in the water with a camphor tree branch in his hand.
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Sunday.
Jiang You and Guan Qingtong arrived at Meng Xianyang's residence at half past ten.
After asking them to sit down and pouring them tea in disposable cups, Meng Xianyang handed the ruler to Jiang You. After taking a few glances at it, Jiang You handed it to Guan Qingtong.
"How are you doing recently?" Jiang You asked Meng Xianyang.
Meng Xianyang pulled out a chair and sat down. "It's about the same as before."
"Where is Xiao Zou?" Jiang You asked.
"He went to work overtime at the company yesterday and came back very late," Meng Xianyang smiled. "Now we are used to it. If we have to work overtime or have any problems, we will tell each other. We don't have any relatives in Tangjiang. If something happens, the police may end up notifying our families. We still have to rely on friends when we are outside."
"Can I take a picture?" Guan Qingtong asked.
Meng Xianyang said: "Sure, go ahead and take the photo."
Guan Qingtong took out a camera from her bag and started taking pictures of the ruler.
The posture is very professional.
Meng Xianyang looked at it for a while, then he asked Jiang You tentatively: "Is there any problem with this ruler?"
"How could that be? If there was a problem, why would you point a camera at it?" Jiang You turned his head to look at him. "You should point the entire solar-powered Buddhist chanting machine at it."
Meng Xianyang laughed and said, "That's true."
"If there's a problem, I'll be panicking too," Jiang You picked up the cup and took a sip of tea. "I used to have a house in this community, and Xiao Zou lived there at first."
"I know that."
"Something happened later. Fortunately, a kind-hearted person helped to buy it. Otherwise, I don't know how long it would have been available." Jiang You saw Guan Qingtong finished taking the photo. He reached out and took the ruler. "Your grandfather was a very powerful Taoist priest. The magic weapon he used is very precious."
At this time, the door of Zou Zhichao's room opened and he walked out with a somewhat confused expression. After seeing Jiang You, he greeted him and said, "Landlord, you're here." Then he walked towards the bathroom.
Jiang You glanced at the time and said, "Let's go eat after Xiao Zou comes out?"
"No need to numb..."
Before Meng Xianyang finished speaking, Guan Qingtong spoke up. She said, "Yes, the pattern on this ruler can confirm some of my speculations in research, which is very important to me."
"As long as it's useful." said Meng Xianyang.
After Zou Zhichao washed up, the four of them went out to eat.
It’s still Fatty Hu’s house.
Jiang You ordered dishes as he was familiar with the place. He said, "Fatty's is still affordable. Recently, when I ordered takeout, a random set meal cost more than 30 yuan."
Fatty Hu happened to be walking by and said, "Takeout is bound to be expensive. The platform takes a cut, and the red envelope merchants also have to pay. How can it not be expensive?"
"Really? My store doesn't have this, so I didn't even know about it." Jiang You said.
"How's your business lately?" asked Fatty Hu.
"I found a very capable clerk, and gradually I got on the rise."
"That's not easy. It's hard to find a job now."
"Yeah, I'm relieved. I'm planning to go on a trip. By the way, don't put carrots in the fried rice."
"Okay, got yours."
As he spoke, Fatty Hu walked towards the counter with the order paper.
Zou Zhichao asked Jiang You: "Where are you going?"
"Let's go to the desert and see the poplar forest," Jiang You unpacked the disposable tableware. "Now you can charter a car to go through it. You can stop whenever you want and leave whenever you want. There seems to be some kind of festival there, with lots of sand sculptures."
"Really?" Zou Zhichao was a little unconvinced.
"I saw it in the travel notes."
"I'm so envious. I also want to take a vacation and go out for a walk," Zou Zhichao said with emotion, "but when I really have a vacation, I just want to lie in bed."
"I went to the desert when I was a child." Meng Xianyang said suddenly.
"Which side?" Jiang You asked.
"I can't remember. I was very young. My grandfather took me there. I only remember that we took a very long train ride. At night, my grandfather didn't want to sit and let me sleep," Meng Xianyang recalled. "We also changed many trains and walked a long way to get there."
"Are you going to visit relatives?" Jiang You asked.
"No, I don't know. I can't remember clearly. I just remember that there was a kind of candy there at that time. It was delicious. I always asked my grandfather to buy it. And the sand was very soft." Meng Xianyang sighed, "After my grandfather died, I realized that I knew too little about him. I wish I could go back to see him more often and accompany him."
"What does it smell like?" Jiang You asked.
"It's not easy to describe," Meng Xianyang thought for a while, "It's not very sweet, and it seems to have nuts or something in it..."
As he was talking, Fatty Hu brought the sliced roast duck and a plate of scrambled eggs to the table.
"Another big bottle of Coke." Jiang You said.
"Wait a moment." Fatty Hu took a bottle of Coke and put it on the table.
Meng Xianyang watched Jiang You pour Coke into everyone's cups. He asked, "Does anyone in the Taoist circle know about my grandfather? Or is there any record of him?"
"Maybe," Jiang You picked up a piece of roast duck and put it in the bowl. He said, "Your grandfather may not want you to investigate his past."
"Why?" Meng Xianyang was a little puzzled.
Jiang You swallowed the duck meat. He looked into Meng Xianyang's eyes and said, "He chose to be an ordinary village Taoist priest, marry and have children, and die of old age. This is a very good result."
Meng Bianxian's expression was blank for a moment.
Jiang You said, "Everyone, eat. I can't be the only one eating."
"Yes, yes, eat some vegetables." Zou Zhichao responded while picking up a piece of leek with chopsticks.
