The funeral is over.
Obviously, he only stayed in Jianghuang for two or three days, but to Jiang Jinjin, it seemed like a century.
With the burial, the relatives who came to mourn were relieved. According to the custom, Jiang Jinjin and Zhou Yan are not suitable for getting too close, she can only stand on the steps and look at Zhou Mingfeng who is silent in front of the tomb. Although she also knew that it would not be long before Zhou Mingfeng would return to work, but seeing all kinds of things he showed by accident in the past few days made her feel closer and closer to him.
The family of three boarded the plane back to Yanjing again.
All three were extremely tired.
Once back in Yanjing, even Zhou Mingfeng didn't have time to be sentimental and nostalgic. In the past few days he was away, Assistant Liu had already piled up a lot of work that needed to be handled by him personally, and Zhou Mingfeng disappeared as soon as he returned home. Jiang Jinjin's situation is not much better than his. Although he is not as big as his family, things are also very trivial.
In the convenience store alone, there are many things that require her to make up her mind.
The first thing is that Qixi Festival is coming. Convenience stores have to launch limited new products, and at the same time, they must also organize activities. When it comes to such a festival, no matter what kind of store it is, it is eager to catch a wave of enthusiasm, and Jiang Jinjin will naturally not miss this opportunity. She also wanted to take this opportunity to try the water. The glutinous rice cakes that Xu Congjian's mother gave her before was really unforgettable for her. She likes to eat this kind of soft and glutinous food, but she doesn't like too sweet and greasy. The control was just right, but she was not sure about the taste of the public, so the contract she signed with Xu Congjian also included Nuomi Ci.
Xu's mother was so happy, Jiang Jinjin found several manufacturers, and finally finalized the packaging and taste, and also passed the layers of procedures.
If this glutinous rice cake is well-received, it may be put on the shelves for sale every day.
A lot of people came to visit the Oden in the convenience store before, so she also added a review blogger who doesn’t have many fans. The blogger is a soft girl. I heard that the convenience store may launch new products, and said that I will come to join in when the time comes. If it tastes good, I will send her a Weibo to promote it.
Jiang Jinjin had thought about it, if the new product was launched smoothly and the turnover was increasing day by day, then she would consider opening a branch in a slightly better location next.
Convenience stores Convenience stores naturally want convenience. It just so happens that she will go to school frequently next semester. It would be the best if the branch can be opened near the school. She has inspected it before, and besides Zhou Yan's school, there are also hospitals and office buildings nearby. customer source.
The second thing is that it is only ten days and a half months before the start of the third year of high school. Jiang Jinjin had to find an employee who would take over from Xu Congjian. Maybe the store was on the right track. When she released the recruitment information, she actually attracted a few people to interview.
After two or three days, Jiang Jinjin finally finalized the candidate. It was a young girl in her early twenties named Deng Qin, who had relevant work experience and was enthusiastic and cheerful. Deng Qin happened to also live in the forest villa, so he wanted to find a job nearby. Deng Qin's mother was a caregiver who came here to take care of an elderly person. The job was relatively stable. In order to keep Deng Qin's mother, the employer gave a good job Deng Qin can also stay here to live with her mother.
Deng Qin is also very easy to learn. Xu Congjian taught her very seriously, and she learned it within two days.
Before the Qixi Festival came, Mother Xu asked Xu Congjian to invite Jiang Jinjin to eat at home, as a thank you.
This summer vacation, because Xu Congjian met Jiang Jinjin in this job, the financial situation of Xu's family improved a little.
When Xu Congjian told Jiang Jinjin about this, his face was a little embarrassed, and his tone was not as clear and calm as usual, "It's what my mother meant, she is very grateful for your care, and wants to ask when you are free, she will A table of dishes treats you to a meal."
It was the first time for Jiang Jinjin to see Xu Congjian showing such an expression, and he felt it was funny. He wanted to make a joke with him, but in time, he realized that he was neither Yan Zhengfei nor Zhou Yan, and said, "Then I will definitely go, but Do you mind if I bring my family?"
Xu Congjian was stunned.
With his hands behind his back, Jiang Jinjin said in a helpless tone: "Take Zhou Yan to see Xueba's home, so that he can also be influenced. He wants to study hard recently."
"Zhou Yan?" Xu Congjian relaxed, "Okay."
He met that Mr. Zhou several times.
That Mr. Zhou gave people an oppressive aura, he was not used to it, and he was not comfortable.
At first, when Jiang Jinjin said that he would bring his family, his first reaction was that she wanted to bring Mr. Zhou there.
She thought for a while, then pursed her lips and smiled: "Maybe your family has good Fengshui, and your mother's cooking is different. If he goes there, maybe he will open Ren Du's second channel just like the one written in martial arts novels." .”
Xu Congjian couldn't help laughing, with a smile in his eyes.
Of course Jiang Jinjin also knew that Zhou Mingfeng's aura was not ordinary. Taking him to Xu Congjian's house was really inappropriate, it would make Xu Congjian and Xu's mother uncomfortable. Of course, Zhou Mingfeng didn't have time either. He was so busy these two days that she couldn't see him. Every day he came back At that time, she had already fallen asleep, and when she woke up, he had already gone to work.
Zhou Yan is still at an age that likes to join in the fun.
Sure enough, as soon as Jiang Jinjin said that he would take him to Xu Congjian's house for dinner, he immediately agreed.
Recently, he is really too well-behaved, which makes people very uncomfortable.
On Thursday, Jiang Jinjin did not go to the company to work part-time. After going through the formalities with the relevant departments, he drove to the vicinity of Weimei Company. Zhou Yan, like an underground joint, sneaked into the car and relaxed after fastening his seat belt. tone.
Jiang Jinjin took Zhou Yan to drive and navigate to stop near Xu Congjian's house.
Zhou Yan is also very tired these days. He has to go to the company during the day. He has now changed from a porter to a field worker of the company.
The manager saw that he was good-looking and young, and it happened that there were not many goods recently, so he asked him to go out to deliver materials, which was much easier than before. Work has become easier, but recently he wants to pick up his homework again. Every day when he gets home from get off work, he goes into his room to read a book, feeling that there is not enough time in a day.
As soon as he got in the car, he lowered the passenger seat and put on the blindfold that Jiang Jinjin had given him.
As soon as the car stopped and turned off, he woke up, took off the blindfold, and asked sleepily, "Are you there?"
"Not yet, let's go, go shopping."
Zhou Yan had no choice but to get out of the car and followed Jiang Jinjin into the supermarket in a daze.
"buy what?"
Jiang Jinjin took a can of female nutritional milk powder to study, and glanced up at Zhou Yan, "How can you go to someone else's house to eat empty-handed?"
Zhou Yan muttered, "I don't know."
He added: "Don't you have a lot of bird's nest and cordyceps at home?"
"Hey." Jiang Jinjin put the can of milk powder in the shopping cart, crossed his arms and looked at Zhou Yan lovingly, "Young man, you still have a lot to learn."
Zhou Yan didn't understand what she meant at first, until he queued up to check out and saw that the things she bought were not very expensive, then he vaguely understood.
That's right, Xu Congjian and his mother would feel uncomfortable if the nutritional products at home were sent to Xu Congjian's home.
Jiang Jinjin bought a can of nutritional milk powder, a box of yogurt and a bunch of bananas.
Zhou Yan winked very much. He was so strong that he carried all the things. He even looked at Jiang Jinjin's satchel and said, "Do you want me to take the bag for you?"
Jiang Jinjin sighed, "Time flies like an arrow."
Zhou Yan: "What the hell."
"Do you still remember?" Jiang Jinjin said, "We met in the fruit shop that day. You bought fruit baskets, and I bought durians."
Zhou Yan recalled the scene that day, and coughed uncomfortably, "Oh, I don't remember."
"Back then you were so cool, you didn't even say hello when you looked at me." Jiang Jinjin was very pleased, "Now you actually offered to bring me the bag, I suddenly have a kind of..."
"what?"
"Have you ever seen a public service advertisement in which a child brings water to wash his mother's feet?"
Zhou Yan was speechless: "I won't wash your feet, give up."
"Now I can understand the feelings of that child's mother." Jiang Jinjin said exaggeratedly, "The child has grown up! He is sensible!"
Zhou Yan: "..."
He threw Jiang Jinjin's bag to him, and then threw it to her again.
Jiang Jinjin looked at him, "?"
Zhou Yan looked serious: "It suddenly occurred to me that if you want to get the bag, it should be my dad who gets it for you. I can't take his job."
Jiang Jinjin: She withdraws her idea that Zhou Yan is cute.
The two taunted each other all the way, and finally came downstairs to Xu Congjian's house.
Jiang Jinjin parked the car, and saw Xu Congjian outside the car. He was standing by the electric pole, wearing a loose white T-shirt, and carrying a transparent plastic bag in his hand, which contained several bottles of sparkling water. It was Jiang Jinjin. The brand that Jinjin likes to drink.
Zhou Yan got out of the car first. During this time, the relationship between him and Xu Congjian also developed by leaps and bounds.
From being completely unfamiliar to being able to say hello and chat a few words, it is not impossible for the two to become friends after school starts.
The Xu family is located in the old city, where the houses are densely packed and the streets are narrow and chaotic. Zhou Yan knew that Xu Congjian's family was poor. Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but fell into silence.
Zhou Yan’s life has always been materialistically excellent, and his friends’ family backgrounds are also very good, such as Yun Xin, Yan Zhengfei, and those buddies. It can be said that the parents of the friend who ranked last are high-level white-collar workers .
Seeing Xu Congjian living in such an environment now, he doesn't know what to say. Also worried that his expression and behavior would make Xu Congjian uncomfortable, he simply lowered his head and pretended to look at the hanging bananas.
Jiang Jinjin's reaction was unusual, and he looked around with great interest, and asked Xu Congjian, "How does Fatty Wang's Hot and Sour Rice Noodles taste?"
Xu Congjian is calm on the surface, but his heart is also obscure.
He is already very sensible, and he has tasted the taste of poverty early. He thought he was used to the strange eyes of others, but when he was waiting for her to come, he looked at the dirty and narrow street, and still regretted it.
Hearing Jiang Jinjin's question now, he was taken aback for a moment, and then replied honestly: "I... don't know very well."
He added: "It should be okay. His business is very good. It is said that it has been open for many years."
Jiang Jinjin was gearing up, "I'm going to buy a bowl and try it."
Needless to say, the cooking skills at home, but she still felt that something was missing.
Now that I saw a hot and sour powder stall, I had to give it a try.
In fact, many unremarkable stalls often hide unforgettable delicacies. There is a street behind the single apartment she rented, which is narrower than this, but there are many luxury cars parked at the intersection every day, just for that. Home beef stew.
"I'll go buy it." Xu Congjian said.
"Together?"
Jiang Jinjin followed Xu Congjian to Fatty Wang's stall.
Fatty Wang grinned, "Xiao Xu? You have lived here for three years, is this the first time you have come to my stall? Eh, this is it?"
Jiang Jinjin also said with a smile: "Boss, I'm Xiao Xu's relative, can you add some more peanuts for me?"
Fatty Wang is also a straightforward person, "Of course, I treat you to eat. Last time, Xiao Xu also guided my Niuniu to do homework. Please please!"
Jiang Jinjin could tell at a glance whether this hot and sour powder was authentic or not, but the taste was definitely excellent.
…
Xu's house has two bedrooms and one living room, and the walls are already peeling, but Xu's mother kept the house very clean, and the floor was mopped so shiny. Xu's mother's craftsmanship is very good, and she cooked a large table of rice. Originally, Zhou Yan still couldn't let it go. After tasting Xu's mother's ribs, she stopped carrying them and ate two or three bowls of rice in one go. .
Zhou Yan came today to borrow notes from Xu Congjian.
Xu Congjian didn't hide his secrets, and borrowed all the notebooks he could borrow from the past two years.
As night fell, Jiang Jinjin and Zhou Yan were also about to leave, but just as the door opened, the tenant opposite Xu's came back. When the tenant saw Jiang Jinjin, his eyes widened and he shouted in surprise: "Jiang Jinjin? It's really you! I almost didn't recognize it!"
Jiang Jinjin didn't expect to meet someone who knew the original owner here.
She tried to find news of the original owner's past. But it is very strange, the original owner has almost no social contact, and the numbers stored in the address book are all colleagues who are not familiar with her. Around her are also people who don't know the original owner. It's hard to get started.
The tenant exchanged pleasantries, and Jiang Jinjin also put forward effective information from her words.
This girl was a colleague of the original owner a long time ago, but the two had only worked together for two months. At that time, the company was in charge of the accommodation, and the two happened to live in the same room.
"Jinjin, why did you change your number?" the girl said, "I've been wanting to contact you before, but when I called you and said it was an empty number, I guessed that you changed your number, but we didn't add WeChat, A few days ago, I asked my former colleagues to help you contact me."
Jiang Jinjin secretly suppressed his curiosity, and said with a faint smile, "Is there something wrong?"
"Yeah! Didn't we all resign before? When you moved, you asked me if I saw your notebook. I said no, but when I was packing my luggage a while ago, I found that your notebook happened to be in one of my folders. Yes. At that time, I saw that you were very anxious, and I thought that since I found it, I would return it to you, so I didn’t know that I didn’t contact you.”
…
The colleague hurried back to the room, took a notebook and returned it to Jiang Jinjin.
The cover of this notebook is yellowed.
Zhou Yan leaned over to look curiously, "What is it?"
Jiang Jinjin's heart was beating violently, and he immediately put the notebook back into the bag, "I have received a collection of love letters since I was a child. Is it something that minors like you can read?"
Zhou Yan rolled his eyes.
Who cares.
After Jiang Jinjin returned home, he locked the bedroom door to be on the safe side. Then he took a deep breath and opened the notebook with a solemn heart.
It can be heard that this is a notebook that is very important to the original owner.
Is it a diary
As soon as she opened it, she was stunned for a moment, the first page turned out to be the home page similar to a classmate record.
The original owner wrote down his basic information with that pink pen, including blood type, height, motto and favorite color star.
It can be deduced that this should be written by the original master in high school.
What worried Jiang Jinjin the most was the bottom line——
[Best friend: Jiang Jinjin.]
What's the meaning? Are you saying you are your best friend
She turned back with doubts. This is not a classmate record, there are no other people's comments, but the things behind it are all drawn by the original owner.
There are bunnies, the sea, and trees.
Until she turned to a page, it was a portrait.
The girls in the painting are wearing ponytails and school uniforms.
The more Jiang Jinjin looked at it, the more she felt that the girl in the portrait looked familiar. Suddenly, a thought came into her mind: This... seems to be what she looked like when she was in high school, right?
She shivered.
No, she looks exactly like the original owner, and the original owner should have painted herself.
She flipped through it again, and there were several self-portraits of the original owner.
Although it looked weird, she also knew that some people would draw pictures for themselves.
The last painting in this album made Jiang Jinjin stunned as if struck by lightning. In this painting, there are beautiful fireworks and a romantic castle. The girl in the painting is wearing a white fluffy sweater dress with a cute headband on her head, smiling brightly under the fireworks.
This...is her?
She remembered very clearly that a few months before wearing the book, she made an appointment with her best friend to an amusement park.
That's what she was wearing at the time, and she was also wearing this headband.
Is all this a coincidence
Is it a coincidence
If it wasn't a coincidence, how could she be pictured in the original owner's album? Aren't they people from two different worlds
She slammed the album shut, her heart beating so fast that it almost burst into her chest.
When Zhou Mingfeng came back, Jiang Jinjin had already sorted out her mood. At least, outsiders couldn't see that something was wrong with her.
Zhou Mingfeng came out of the bathroom, glanced at the time, and saw that Jiang Jinjin was still awake, so he asked, "Why aren't you asleep? Do you have something on your mind?"
Jiang Jinjin had already thought up his rhetoric, "Well, I was thinking about the Qixi Festival event at the convenience store, and then drank coffee in the afternoon. Maybe the coffee there is too pure, and I can't sleep right now."
Zhou Mingfeng was very sleepy. He had to take a plane to a meeting in a neighboring city early tomorrow morning.
"Since you can't sleep, let's watch a movie together." He suggested while sitting by the bed.
Jiang Jinjin looked at him in surprise, "It's almost twelve o'clock, now go to the midnight movie?"
Zhou Mingfeng paused, "No. There is a private cinema at home."
Jiang Jinjin said, "Okay."
Couldn't sleep anyway.
There are some things that she can't come up with just by thinking about them.
In order to distract her attention, she also wanted to watch this movie.
The Zhou family has a small gym and a private cinema, but they are rarely used.
When the two came to this room, Zhou Mingfeng was actually not very good at operating these devices, so Jiang Jinjin leaned over, and the two of them studied and discussed together head to head. After a lot of effort, they finally knew how to operate it. up. Jiang Jinjin chose a fast-paced comedy romance.
The story begins.
Jiang Jinjin pulled Zhou Mingfeng to sit on the sofa, probably to seek a sense of security, Jiang Jinjin was next to Zhou Mingfeng, Zhou Mingfeng wanted to get closer to her, and while she was watching a movie, he stretched out his hand without a trace On her shoulders, holding her in his arms.
Zhou Mingfeng's breath gave Jiang Jinjin the greatest sense of security.
It is also a sense of reality.
The melody of the romance film was brisk, and Jiang Jinjin slowly, bit by bit leaned against Zhou Mingfeng and fell into a light sleep.
Her even breathing sound could be heard next to her ear, Zhou Mingfeng hooked the remote control and turned down the volume a bit.
In the dimly lit room, Zhou Mingfeng's thoughts were no longer on that nonsensical romance movie. It was her in his arms, and her warm breath was next to his ears.
On the screen, the actor is bowing his head and secretly kissing the sleeping heroine.
The light and sweet melody also lingers in this room.
Zhou Mingfeng also wanted to imitate the actor.
But he turned his head to look at her, and this slightly uncomfortable thought was suppressed by him again.
She trusts him very much.
For a woman to trust a man, Zhou Mingfeng occasionally felt that Jiang Jinjin was too naive. She probably didn't quite know how attractive she was to him.
He didn't touch the invisible line on the bed, he was calm and self-possessed at first, he was polite, more just, he hadn't paid attention to her yet. Because I don't care, I can be a gentleman and a gentleman.
Later, she took care of her, but she didn't want to disappoint her innocence.
Zhou Mingfeng took her hand and put it in his palm.
Her hands are beautiful.
I don't know how long it took, maybe twenty minutes, maybe half an hour, she finally fell asleep, probably because she felt uncomfortable in this position, she lay down, lying on the pillow, Zhou Mingfeng wanted to carry her back to the room, just now He tried a little hard to turn her around, but Jiang Jinjin, who was in his sleep, got too angry, snorted softly, and turned over again with a frown.
Zhou Mingfeng thought about how hard it was for her to fall asleep, so he really didn't want to disturb her, so he stared at her for a long time before getting up and walking out of the room.
He went back to the bedroom on the third floor, hugging the quilt and pillows.
Since she wants to sleep in another place today, let her do so.
Thinking this way, he just walked to the corridor on the second floor, and the door of Zhou Yan's room opened.
Father and son, you look at me, and I look at you.
Zhou Yan really didn't mean to stay up so late. He took Xu Congjian's notes today and started to do the questions on a whim, but he didn't know that the pen was out of oil. He remembered that the pen he bought today was placed on the coffee table on the first floor, so he was going to go downstairs to get it. To his father.
Zhou Yan thought of this period of time. He had encountered embarrassing situations when he walked out of the room at night because of such or other things, so he immediately decided that he would never leave the room after 8 o'clock in the future, and treat it as if the room was sealed , Even if you kill him, he won't come out!
Obviously, Zhou Mingfeng didn't want to explain too much, he just told his son to go to bed early, and went downstairs with the quilt in his arms.
Zhou Yan didn't bother to look for any pens anymore, so he went back to his room and closed the door, laying on the bed, and couldn't help thinking: So did the two quarrel? Judging by his father's posture, could it be that he was kicked out of the room?