Chapter 29:
Jiang Xiao closed the door of the van, counted the money in his pocket, and checked the time.
It was too late to take the bus. Lin Chengyu saw what he seemed to be going to do, and the Lin family car stopped there.
"Xiaoxiao, I'll take you off," he grabbed the person, "where are you going?"
Jiang Xiao didn't listen. He passed by him. After he was busy with his business, when he saw what he suddenly thought of, he turned his head and asked, "Is the air conditioner in my house related to you?"
Lin Chengyu wanted to play stupid: "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 admitted it, Jiang Xiao would definitely not need it, and he even started to ramble, "You mentioned it last time, 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 bags and small bags.
Jiang Xiao: "...take it back by yourself, I don't want it."
Having said that, Jiang Xiao didn't ask any more questions. Lin Chengyu didn't dare to accept these things. Now he was in a hurry, so he walked to the intersection and took a taxi.
Lin Chengyu also wondered what he was going to do at this time, the Lin family car had been following the 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 by nearby small factories. There are many small manufacturing industries in Liujiang, which is cheap because it is close to the production area. However, some imported goods and some rare things still need to go to the city center. department store.
The new year has a new look, Jiang Xiao plans to bring gifts for everyone.
Some of Ye Yingying's paints cannot be bought in Houlin, and there are also some special sketch pencils. He did some homework and found them in Liujiang. It's a little more expensive, but learning to draw is burning money. It should be better to use something better.
Jiang Xiao picked out a good pack of cigarettes for Ye Bing. The ones he wanted to buy for Lin Heyuan were also for study. A little different.
Lin Heyuan's class notes are all neat and tidy, only the physics class notes are different.
Not only things in class but also exam questions, he always adds a lot of comments, many of which are obviously extracurricular knowledge.
He should be particularly fond of physics, but he can't be the first in the grade. Lin Heyuan scored very well in every exam. If Jiang Xiao had not read his notes and noticed it carefully, no one else would have noticed.
He chose a lot of physics books for Lin Heyuan, some of which were enlightenment and some of which were about competitions. If there was a chance in high school, maybe Lin Heyuan could go in this direction, but it was up to him.
When checking out in the bookstore, he also saw a physical creative ornament called Newton's billiard ball on the small shelf next to him. The small ball was very interesting to shake. Jiang Xiao looked at the price, it was a bit expensive, but he still bought it. down.
It was getting late, and Jiang Xiao's last trip in the city center was to a cake shop.
That cake shop is also very famous in Liujiang. It has been in operation for decades. Apart from being expensive, there are no other drawbacks. 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 pack and put the cake into the prepared boxy thermal bag, hoping that the cake would not change when he returned to Houlin, and then he took these prepared gifts in both hands and prepared to go back.
After he took a taxi back, he really still had a steel shovel left for himself. It happened that Ye Bing also received a call, and the snow was cleared in front of the intersection and the intersection was opened, and he could leave.
Jiang Xiao carefully got into the car with his own gift in his hand. 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 2,000 yuan, and he prepared to return it around the Spring Festival.
Seeing that it was only a few days before the Chinese New Year, many shops outside hung up red lanterns. After Ye Bing started the car, he saw Jiang Xiao playing with the one-dollar coin in his hand.
"Is there no money on me again?" Ye Bing asked him.
"It's okay, I will earn it back," Jiang Xiao said. He smiled at his last dollar, and then said in a voice that he could only hear, "This is my own New Year's gift."
He put the last dollar in the chest pocket of his coat, and when the car drove away, he saw Lin Chengyu who was standing at the intersection flashing past.
When he went out to buy things, Lin Chengyu followed him all the time, Jiang Xiao also knew that he could just look at it, buying gifts was not a shame.
Just because he has been following, what exactly Jiang Xiao bought, Lin Chengyu is also very clear, there are only a limited number of people who have a good relationship after Jiang Xiao's rebirth, and he can match them one by one.
Paint pencils are for Ye Yingying, who is learning to draw. Ye Bing smokes a lot, so the cigarettes are definitely for him. Jiang Xiao's physics grades are not good or bad in his homework. She seemed to be particularly attentive to her homework. Those physical books were probably given to Lin Heyuan. The cake was meant to be brought back to eat with her mother. Xia Wanwan's taste was very similar to Jiang Xiao's, after all, she was 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, when he has a little spare energy, he will bring gifts to others. Lin Chengyu receives too many, He couldn't even count it himself.
It can be as small as a pen that he thinks looks good, or a snack that he thinks is delicious, or as big as a home and a brand new life for him. But those who didn't care about it before, now feel precious and useless.
Jiang Xiao is still the same Jiang Xiao, his generosity towards the person in his heart has not changed, and only Lin Chengyu feels regretful.
After Jiang Xiao's truck back to Houlin drove away, Lin Chengyu didn't want to go home so quickly. He felt uncomfortable. He walked in the industrial park and wholesale market for a long time. As the New Year was approaching, the shop closed early, and all the lights were dimmed. He could only leave, and when he returned home, he asked the driver to drive the car to the city center and go to the cake shop that Jiang Xiao liked.
He doesn't like sweets that much, but Jiang Xiao likes it, and he still wants to try it.
It seems that Jiang Xiao has often bought and eaten in this shop in his previous life. Lin Chengyu still remembers the look of the small cake that 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 already cheered up at that time, and was talking to the university about going back to school. When he came back, it was already late at night, and Jiang Xiao had already eaten more than half of his cake. 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 that day. He happily pulled Lin Chengyu to sit at the dining table and showed him the little cake he prepared like a treasure.
"You usually eat glutinous rice dumplings at home on New Year's Eve. It is best to make them yourself. It pays attention to sweet and sweet reunion, but I still don't know how to make glutinous rice balls," Jiang Xiao said. The business of the owner's shop is good, and they sent us red envelopes at the end of the year. After thinking about it, I still bought what I wanted to eat. The meaning of sweetness is still the same.
Half of his small cake had been eaten, and the other complete piece was naturally reserved for Lin Chengyu.
Lin Chengyu still remembers the look of the cake. It was a bit complicated and delicate in appearance. It should not be cheap. He often bought cakes, but after all, there was no time when two people huddled together and felt cherished.
Probably bought it from this store.
Lin Chengyu came late, and the shop was already closed. This cake shop does not sell overnight pastries. The last few small cakes at the counter are sold at a 50% discount. He saw the one that Jiang Xiao was eating inside. It was the most common one. 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 store's picture book, pointed to the top one and asked him.
is that.
"This is a custom-made one, it's more complicated to make and uses the best materials, but it's really delicious, and many of our customers like it," the clerk told him, "if you want, you can pay in advance, Pick it up tomorrow afternoon, and if you live in the city, we can also deliver it to your door."
Lin Chengyu was stunned for a long time, until the clerk called him a few times before he came back to his senses.
The price in the picture book is very expensive. The customized ones are different from the ordinary ones on the counter. The discounted small cakes that Jiang Xiao bought for him are more than five or six times the price for him. When he came home at that time, seeing Jiang Xiao ate half of his cake, he naturally gave the other to him, thinking that he was just greedy.
Lin Chengyu ordered a cake, but he couldn't get it today, so he had to wait for tomorrow no matter how early it was. The cake shop was closed, he held the discounted small cake in his arms and stood for a long time in the cold wind of Liujiang.
It was very late, and he didn't go home for a long time. Uncle Yue drove to look for him, and saw him standing alone under the street light, his head lowered, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
He stepped forward, but found Lin Chengyu crying.
This person seldom cried, except when he was young and did not remember anything, and he seldom saw it later. The most recent one was about half a year ago. Lin Chengyu had a small car accident and fainted for a few days. When he woke up, he said he was crazy, collapsed and cried a lot, and then it was normal. After Jiang Xiao spoke, her eyes were red and swollen for a long time, but today is different. She lowered her head and shed tears, silently, if he hadn't approached, she wouldn't have felt it.
Uncle Yue also watched him grow up, and he was not an employment relationship after all, but more like a close junior.
"At this age, I'm not a child, why are you crying?" Uncle Yue gave him a tissue, "Jiang Xiao ignored you again, or did he beat you and scold you?"
Lin Chengyu shook his head.
He was used to Ai answering and ignoring him. He felt happy when he saw real people. It would be fine if Jiang Xiao was willing to beat him and scold him.
He shook his head all the time, Uncle Yue couldn't understand it, but when he talked about it, it was definitely because of Jiang Xiao.
"Tell me, why did he treat you badly?"
"No, it's not that he treats me badly," Lin Chengyu couldn't stop tears, he shook one hand while wiping, while the other kept the little cake in his hand, "I thought, if he's wrong I'll be fine."
Jiang Xiao always treats him differently, always leaving the best things to him, more than the cake in front of him. In the past, Lin Chengyu either didn't discover it, or he was used to it, but now, looking at it again, every time he felt more things, some small details that he himself hadn't discovered, he felt distressed and guilty.
He didn't know how many things he had done wrong, it hurt him deeply and lost such Jiang Xiao.
Yuecheng: ? ? ?
He didn't know the past, so naturally he didn'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, and quietly took out a key in his arms.
He and Jiang Xiao have lived in many places in Liujiang. For example, the small villa that he lived in for a long time has not been built yet, but the rental house where he lived in the beginning is there.
The rental house was a standard group rental house after the original owner's renovation. After Lin Chengyu found it, it was renovated as it was, but he never dared to go back and have a look.