Chapter 24
The osmanthus is actually next to the happiness, but the gate of the happiness is far away from here, so you have to circle around.
Lu Jiayi said: "I don't come here often and I don't recognize the way."
Fortunately, Qi Yang was also very straightforward. He came out of the house without asking much questions, closed the door, took an umbrella from his hand, and said, "Let's go."
Lu Jiayi herself was a little embarrassed and said, "I'm sorry."
He originally came to see Qi Yang off, but in turn he had to let Qi Yang off to see him off.
Qi Yang didn't know what path he had taken, but it was much closer than he came last weekend. In less than ten minutes, he sent him to the door.
"Thank you." Lu Jiayi said: "Please take the umbrella back, just take it with you when you go to school tomorrow."
Qi Yang put one hand in his pocket, and he said coolly, "Let's go."
"Jia Jia, I came back a little late today." Lin Xiuying opened the door and said.
Qi Yang probably heard Lin Xiuying's voice, but he didn't even look back, and didn't say hello, and walked into the rain with an umbrella. Lin Xiuying glanced at him and said, "Classmate?"
Lu Jiayi nodded and said, "It's just my new deskmate, Qi Yang."
Lin Xiuying looked at Qi Yang's back again after hearing this: "It's really tall."
"He plays basketball very well," said Lu Jiayi.
Lin Xiuying smiled and said, "Come in, it's so cold."
Lu Jiayi entered the house, took off her schoolbag and went to take a shower, and Lin Xiuying went to warm him up with milk.
When Lu Jiayi was washing, she suddenly remembered the name, so she came out and asked her the origin of the name "Lu Jiayi".
Lin Xiuying handed him the hot milk: "Your dad took it for you. You are from the Jia generation."
Lu Jiayi talked about Qi Yang's invitation to visit him on weekends. Lin Xiuying said: "What I mean is not going to play, but to go to have a meal?"
Lu Jiayi nodded.
"That's quite formal," said Lin Xiuying.
"Do you have to bring something when I go?" Lu Jiayi asked. He actually didn't know much about human nature. Whenever he went to other people's houses, he would definitely bring gifts, and the in charge of the business would help him prepare. He just didn't know what the rules are now.
"Then I'd better bring some, and I'll buy you some fruits with you when the time comes." Lin Xiuying said.
The wind blew in from the window, and the plastic box containing laundry detergent on the windowsill was blown off. Lin Xiuying quickly got up and closed the window, saying: "Today's weather forecast says that the rain may take four or five days, and the temperature will definitely drop tomorrow. I'll put all the clothes you're going to wear tomorrow on your bed. Wear it thicker and don't catch a cold."
Lu Jiayi said "yes".
It was cold, and the elderly usually slept earlier. They were over nine o'clock after evening self-study. In the past, Mrs. Qi had gone to bed early, but today she kept waiting for Qi Yang to come back, watching TV in the bedroom while sleepy. She realized that it was already past school time, so she came out to watch and saw that the lights were on in Qi Yang's room.
Qi Yang had just finished taking a shower and was sitting on the bench smoking. When he heard the knock on the door, he threw the cigarette butt out of the open window and then opened the door.
When the old lady Qi Yang saw that the smoke was shrouded in the room, she didn't know how many times he smoked, and her face looked a little ugly, and said, "Tuit, suck again!"
After she said that, she came into the room and looked around: "Where is the cigarette?!"
Qi Yang took out a box of cigarettes from the quilt and handed them to her. The old lady held them in her hand and said, "Let me see you look like an old cigarette ghost at a young age. Let me see how I deal with you. Come out!"
Qi Yang followed her out of the room and went to the west of the living room. There was an Eight Immortals table against the wall, a portrait on top of her head, and a fragrant jar. The fragrance on her head had burned out, leaving only black ashes, but the incense ash did not dissipate, maintaining a black hideous posture.
"I have no heart. I forgot that today is your father's death day, right?" The old lady said, then smoked three incense sticks, lit them with a lighter, and then threw them out. A string of green smoke came out, she stuffed them into Qi Yang's hand and said, "Kowtow your father and toast the incense."
Qi Yang didn't say anything coldly, but just knelt down quietly, kowtowed, and inserted the incense.
After inserting the incense, it was silent for a long time. The old lady narrowed her eyes and leaned over, wiped the little dust on the corner of the photo with her cuff, and said, "I don't know if I say something to your father, it's like a wood."
Qi Yang didn't say anything, and there was no sadness on his face, it was a bit muted.
But this has been the case over the years, and the old lady has gotten used to it and said, "From the future, I will die with your grandfather. I will see that you will not shed tears when burning incense."
Qi Yang finally spoke and called out "Grandma".
Obviously I don't want to hear her say this.
The old lady said angrily: "Are you hungry? I have left you with rice in the kitchen, cooked sweet potatoes and yams, and I have added honey to you the yam."
Qi Yang said "hmm" and went to the kitchen to hold it.
The old lady sat at the dining table and watched him eat. Maybe today's day was special, and the old man was prone to sadness. After watching for a while, he wiped his tears and said, "You remember to bring your friends to play on Sunday. I have prepared a lot of food."
Qi Yang said "yes" again.
"...You should get along with others more. It's not worth it to be with me and your grandfather. We are not young anymore and can't be with you for the rest of our lives... Oh, what can you do with this kind of personality?"
She talked about these clichés again, and Qi Yang said, "I invited him, he said he would come."
The old lady nodded with satisfaction and said, "It's not that grandma forced you, that person is going to come step by step. I know you don't like these, but take it slowly. People who live in this world always have to have a few friends and a few relatives who know coldness and heat. You are not a child anymore. Then stand up, it's higher than me and your grandfather combined."
"It's like I'm sick." Qi Yang sneered.
The old lady was stunned for a moment: "Who is sick? Who is sick? Who is talking about you again? Who is it? Look at me, don't tear her mouth apart!"
Qi Yang said: "No one said it."
"Then you didn't have it. If you don't like talking and have a more remote personality, you're sick? People nowadays are like this. They all think that children are sweet-mouthed. I don't like that! You are not the one with the calves of your past. Why do you do this when you are so tall? Who said you just beat him up? It's a man or a woman who cares about his old and young, and his speech is ugly, and he just needs repairs!"
Qi Yang seemed to laugh, but it didn't seem to be there, and the corners of his mouth moved. The old lady stood up and said, "Okay, OK, I'm going to sleep. I'm going to have a good time. I'll just take him over after school on Saturday."
The old lady went back to the house to sleep. After entering the house, she vaguely heard her talking to Old Man Qi. Old Man Qi said, "What are you doing? If he forgets, he will forget it. It's not a happy thing."
"He doesn't remember who you said..."
The old man and the old lady lowered their voices and said a few words, and the lights in the room went out. Qi Yang cleaned up the table and went to the bathroom to brush his teeth again. He stood at the door of the bathroom, leaning against the door frame, and looking at the sky with a toothbrush in his mouth.
It was raining so hard outside.
Chapter completed!