Jiang Xiao closed the door of the truck, counted the money in his pocket, and then checked the time.
It was too late to take the bus, and Lin Chengyu saw that he seemed to be going to do something, and the Lin family's car was parked there.
"Xiaoxiao, let me see you off," he stopped him, "Where are you going?"
Jiang Xiao didn't even listen, and walked past him. He was busy with his business, and when he saw him suddenly thought of something, he turned his head and asked, "Is the air conditioner in my house related to you?"
Lin Chengyu wanted to play dumb: "What air conditioner? I don't know."
Jiang Xiao stared at him: "Tell me honestly, Lin Chengyu, don't lie."
"I really don't know," Lin Chengyu gritted his teeth and refused to admit it. If he really admits it, Jiang Xiao will definitely not need it. He even started to babble, "You mentioned it last time, so I bought a dishwasher. There are other things that I want you to bring back today."
He opened the trunk of the car, and it turned out to be a pile of big and small bags.
Jiang Xiao: "...take it back yourself, I don't want it."
After talking to this level, Jiang Xiao didn't ask any more questions. He didn't dare to accept Lin Chengyu's things, and now he was in a hurry, so he walked to the intersection and took a taxi.
Lin Chengyu was also wondering what he was going to do at this time, and the Lin family's car had been following that taxi.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Xiao took a taxi to the city center, where there are things that cannot be bought in the wholesale market.
The wholesale market next to the industrial park sells products produced in nearby small factories. There are many small manufacturing industries in Liujiang River. It is cheap because it is close to the production place. However, some imported goods and some rare things still have to go to the city center. Department store to buy.
New year and new weather, Jiang Xiao planned to bring gifts for everyone.
Some of the paints Ye Yingying used for painting are not available in Houlin, and there are some special pencils for sketching. He did some homework and found them for him in Liujiang. It should be better to use something better.
Jiang Xiao picked out a pack of good cigarettes for Ye Bing, and the ones he wanted to buy for Lin Heyuan were also related to studies. It's a little different.
Lin Heyuan's course notes are all in order, only the physics class notes are different.
Not only the things in class but also the exam questions, he will always add a lot of comments, many of which are obviously extracurricular knowledge.
He should like physics very much, but the first grader can't be biased. Lin Heyuan's grades in every test are very good. If Jiang Xiao hadn't read his notes and noticed carefully, others would not have noticed.
He selected a lot of physics books for Lin Heyuan, some of them were about enlightenment, and some were about competitions. If there is an opportunity in high school, maybe Lin Heyuan can go in this direction, but he will follow him.
When he was checking out at the bookstore, he saw a physical creative decoration in the small shelf next to it, called Newton’s pendulum billiard ball. The swaying of the ball was very interesting. Jiang Xiao looked at the price and found it was a bit expensive, but he still bought it. down.
It was getting late, Jiang Xiao's last trip in the city center was to go to the cake shop.
That cake shop is also very famous in Liujiang. It has been open for decades. It has no other disadvantages except being expensive. Jiang Xiao's remaining money minus the taxi ride back is enough to buy a round mousse cake.
He asked the clerk for an ice bag, and put the cake into the prepared boxy thermal insulation bag, hoping that the taste of the cake would not change when he returned to Houlin, and then he took the prepared gifts with both hands and prepared to go back.
After he took a taxi back, he really had a steel coin left for himself, just as Ye Bing also received a call, the snow in front of him had been cleared and the intersection opened, so he could leave.
Jiang Xiao took his gift and carefully got into the car. He hid the gift for Ye Bing and planned to give it to him during the Chinese New Year. He also remembered Ye Bing's two thousand yuan and planned to return it around the Spring Festival.
Seeing that the Chinese New Year was only a few days away, many shops outside hung red lanterns. After Ye Bing started the car, he saw Jiang Xiao playing with the one-dollar coin in his hand.
"Have you run out of money again?" Ye Bing asked him.
"It's okay, I will earn it back," Jiang Xiao said, he looked at his last dollar and smiled, and then said in a voice that he could only hear, "Take this as my own New Year's gift."
He put the last dollar in the breast pocket of his coat. When the car drove away, he saw Lin Chengyu who was standing at the intersection flash past.
When he went out to buy things, Lin Chengyu followed him all the time, Jiang Xiao also knew, let him see, buying gifts is not shameful.
Just because he has been following, Lin Chengyu is also very clear about what Jiang Xiao bought. After Jiang Xiao was reborn, there were only a few people who had a particularly good relationship with him, and he could match them one by one.
The paint pencils are for Ye Yingying, who is learning to paint. Ye Bing likes to smoke, so the cigarettes must be for him. Jiang Xiao's physics grades in his homework are of the kind that can't go up or down. He didn't show his enthusiasm for this subject He seemed to be very attentive to his homework. Those physical book decorations were probably given to Lin Heyuan, and the cake was for taking home to eat with his mother. Xia Wanwan's taste is very similar to Jiang Xiao's, after all, they are mother and son.
Jiang Xiao likes to prepare gifts for others. In other words, he is a person who likes to share and share his happiness. When he is happy and has a little spare time, he will bring gifts to others. Lin Chengyu has received too many. He couldn't even count them himself.
It's as small as a pen that he thinks looks good, or a snack that he thinks is delicious, or as big as he gives himself a home and a brand new life. But those who didn't care about it before, it's useless to think it's precious now.
Jiang Xiao is still the same Jiang Xiao, his generosity towards the person he loves has not changed, and the only one who feels regretful is Lin Chengyu.
After Jiang Xiao's truck back to Houlin drove away, Lin Chengyu didn't want to go home so soon. He felt uncomfortable, and walked for a long time in the industrial park and wholesale market. It was almost the end of the year, and the shops closed early, and all the lights were dimmed. He had no choice but to leave, and when he returned home, he asked the driver to drive the car to the city center, and went to the cake shop that Jiang Xiao liked.
He doesn't like sweets that much, but Jiang Xiao likes them, so he still wants to try them.
It seems that Jiang Xiao often bought and eaten in this shop in his previous life. Lin Chengyu still remembered the small cake Jiang Xiao bought for himself for the first time at that time. It was small. Jiang Xiao bought two for the first time, just for them Two people.
Lin Chengyu had cheered up at that time, and talked to the university about going back to school. He came back late, it was already late at night, and Jiang Xiao had already eaten more than half of the small cake. He must be sleepy. Waiting for him to come back on the table, the lights in the house were still on, looking warm yellow.
As soon as the door opened and closed, Jiang Xiao woke up. It was New Year's Eve, and he happily dragged Lin Chengyu to sit by the dining table, showing him the cake he had prepared like a treasure.
"On New Year's Eve, the family usually eats glutinous rice balls. It is best to wrap them by hand. They pay attention to the sweet and sweet reunion, but I still don't know how to make glutinous rice balls," Jiang Xiao said, "And I don't like glutinous rice balls, but I have been working recently. The business in the shop of the boss is good, and he gave us red envelopes at the end of the year. After thinking about it, I still bought what I wanted to eat.
Half of his small cake has been eaten, and the other whole piece is naturally reserved for Lin Chengyu.
Lin Chengyu still remembered the appearance of that piece of cake, it was a bit complicated and exquisite in appearance, it should not be cheap, it was really delicious, and later their life was getting better and better as they wished, Jiang Xiao had money in his hand, the family’s He often buys cakes, but after all, there is no time when the two of them squeezed together and felt cherished.
Probably bought it from this store.
Lin Chengyu came late, and the shop was about to close. This cake shop does not sell overnight pastries, and the last few small cakes in the counter are sold at a 50% discount. He saw the one that Jiang Xiao ate, which is the most common. Yes, Lin Chengyu bought the last one, and described to the teller what his cake looked like in his memory.
"Is this the one you're talking about?"
After listening to the clerk, he opened the album in the store, pointed to the top one and asked him.
is that one.
"This is a customized one. It's more complicated to make. It uses the best materials, but it's really delicious. Many guests in our family like it very much," the clerk told him, "If you want it, you can pay in advance. Come pick it up tomorrow afternoon, if your family lives in the city, we can also deliver it to your door.”
Lin Chengyu was stunned for a long time, and he didn't come back to himself until the clerk called him several times.
The price in the album is very expensive, and the custom-made ones are different from the ordinary ones on the counter. The discounted cakes that Jiang Xiao bought for herself are more than five or six times the price for him. When he came home at that time, he saw Jiang Xiao ate half of his cake, and naturally gave the other to himself, thinking that he was just greedy.
Lin Chengyu ordered a cake, but he couldn't get it today, no matter how early he would have to wait until tomorrow. The cake shop was already closed, and he stood there for a long time in the cold windy day of Liujiang with the discounted cake in his arms.
It was already very late, and he didn't come home for a long time, so Uncle Yue drove to look for him, and saw him standing alone under the streetlight, with his head down, wondering what he was thinking.
He stepped forward, only to find that Lin Chengyu was crying.
This person seldom cried, except when he was young and didn't remember anything, and he was rarely seen afterwards. The more recent one was about half a year ago. Lin Chengyu was in a small car accident and fainted for a few days. After waking up, he said he was insane. He broke down and cried a lot, and then he became normal again. After Jiang Xiao said something, his eyes were red and swollen for a long time, but today was different, he just lowered his head and shed tears, silently, if he didn't get close, he wouldn't be able to feel it.
Uncle Yue also regarded him as growing up, and treated him not as an employment relationship, but more like treating him as a close junior.
"At this age, and you're not a child, why are you crying?" Uncle Yue gave him a tissue, "Jiang Xiao is ignoring you again, or is he beating and scolding you?"
Lin Chengyu shook his head.
He is also used to ignoring love and answering, he is happy to see real people, Jiang Xiao is willing to beat him and scold him, as long as he is willing to vent his temper for himself, it is too late for Lin Chengyu to be happy.
He shook his head all the time, Uncle Yue couldn't understand, but after all, it must be because of Jiang Xiao.
"Tell me, why did he treat you so badly?"
"No, it's not that he treats me badly," Lin Chengyu couldn't stop crying, he was wiping with one hand shaking, and the other hand was still guarding the little cake in his hand, "I thought, if, he is wrong I'm fine with that."
Jiang Xiao always treats him differently, always leaving him the best things, not just the cake in front of him. In the past, Lin Chengyu either didn't notice it, or he was used to it when he found out, but looking at it now, every time he felt more things, some small details that he didn't notice, he felt distressed and guilty.
He didn't know how many things he did wrong, hurt him deeply, and lost Jiang Xiao like this.
Yue Cheng:? ?
He didn't know the past, so naturally he couldn't understand this sentence, and he was full of doubts when he heard it.
crazy? When did Jiang Xiao treat him well
Forget it, let him go.
Lin Chengyu looked really sad. He didn't go home tonight, so he quietly took out a key in his arms.
He and Jiang Xiao have lived in many places in Liujiang. For example, the small villa where they lived for a long time has not yet started construction, but the rental house that they lived in at the beginning is still there.
The rented house was a standard group rented house with well-spaced rooms after renovation by the original owner. After Lin Chengyu found it, he renovated it according to the original appearance, but he never dared to go back and take a look.