In the afternoon.
Wang Zijun did not come, and the two of them could not play Fight the Landlord. Bored, they played with the carriage for a while …
It was to divide the cards directly into two piles, with each person holding half. Then, they would play one card after another blindly and put them in a row. Whoever played a card that overlapped with the previous card could collect all the cards in the middle. Until one of them played all the cards in his hand, the winner would be decided.
It was very boring.
"You said you were practicing swordsmanship?"
"Yes, it's like the swoosh swoosh swoosh you see on TV … When the spirit aura recovers, I can directly fly on a sword."
"Well, you can go to heaven."
Qin Hao responded casually. When they got together and laughed, they could not learn to be steady.
At this time, the hospital was not popular. It was a single room, and there was no one to talk to. When he was tired of playing, he threw the cards aside. Xu Qing ate a tangerine and swiped his phone.
At about two o 'clock in the afternoon, Qin Maocai came by bus again. He carried a box with dinner in it. He would stay here until the evening.
With Qin Maocai, Fight the Landlord took shape. It was a father and son game. Xu Qing and Qin Maocai moved a small stool and sat by the bed. Qin Maocai rubbed his fingers after he touched the cards. After playing for less than half an hour, someone knocked on the door.
"It must be Wang Zijun."
Xu Qing was a farmer. He was not afraid that the father and son would secretly change the cards. He muttered and got up to open the door. It was the girl they saved standing at the door.
"Uh …"
"…"
"Come in, come in." Xu Qing only froze for a moment and quickly opened the door. The ward suddenly felt a little crowded with four people.
Qin Hao was not surprised at all. He felt that this lady was quite sincere. She should have just thanked him once and done with it. Here she comes again …
"Well … I still have something to do. Let's go out for a walk?" Xu Qing consciously put away the cards and prepared to leave.
They couldn't let others watch the three of them play Landlord.
"Well, okay, I have to take a walk with Xiongba. Let's go, I'll go with you." Qin Maocai's head twitched and he went out with Xu Qing.
"You can walk, but can you not pull my arm? You make me sound like Xiongba. "
Xu Qing complained. He took the garbage out of the ward and threw it outside. Seeing that Qin Maocai had nowhere to go, he laughed. "Aren't you going to walk Xiongba?"
"I'll just make room."
"What are you doing? I'm just here to thank you. Aren't you thinking too much?" Xu Qing asked.
"No, no, I'm not thinking about anything. It's just that … it feels weird."
"Alright, I finally know who Mouse got its name from."
The two of them went downstairs together. Qin Maocai lit a Hongtashan cigarette and sat on the bench next to him. He shook the cigarette box and shook one out for Xu Qing.
The greenery next to them was done well. The lush trees just blocked the sunlight. Xu Qing also sat down and accompanied him to smoke. The old man looked up and sighed.
"I was almost scared to death the day before yesterday. Everything was fine, and he suddenly went to the hospital. How can a small area police officer like him be so troublesome?"
"This is called being hot-blooded and sticking to his duty. It's a good thing."
"Good my ass!"
"Okay, okay my ass." Xu Qing nodded. The old man was similar to Xu Wenbin.
"He told me every day that it's not dangerous and that he's just looking for a cat or dog to deal with the dispute. In the blink of an eye, he's in the hospital. Why did he have to be a police officer …"
"Everyone has their own aspirations … You know that he's liked this since he was a child. When we played the game of cops catching thieves, everyone wanted to be a thief. He was the only one who was happy to be a police officer every day." Xu Qing puffed out a big mouthful of smoke.
He had quit smoking for a long time. He was still a little dizzy from the sudden puff. He threw the remaining half of the cigarette under his feet and then threw it into the trash can.
"Now that his dream has come true, can you still force him to change his profession?"
"Sigh …"
"Don't sigh, Uncle. It's good to have a sense of justice. It's much better than me … Besides, it's just an accident. How can you meet him every day? How chaotic would Jiangcheng be? I guess. "
"He's just an accident." Qin Maocai took out his phone and tapped on it. "I see you practicing martial arts on this?"
"… Yes."
"Teach Mouse when you're free. Let him be more powerful."
"He doesn't want to learn. They have their ways. He doesn't want to learn this."
…
In the next few days, Xu Qing went back and forth between the hospital and home. June was coming to an end without him noticing. After being reminded by Zhou Suzhi, he realized that it was time for his birthday.
In the past, when he was too lazy to do anything about his birthday, he would go out for a meal of noodles and two eggs. Then, he would tell Zhou Suzhi that he would have a big meal. Then, he would go back to bed and sleep. Or, he would go out with a group of friends, eat, drink, and sing karaoke.
On the 27th of June, Qin Hao was able to get out of bed. Xu Qing didn't go to the hospital to play cards with him to relieve his boredom.
Jiang He was traveling with a teddy bear bag. She didn't know if she was on the bus or in the subway. As she became more and more familiar with modern society, she became more and more courageous. If she wasn't careful and was found out, she could solve the problem of her identity.
When she came back, she was choking on the smoke. She didn't know what Xu Qing was doing in the kitchen. A big cake on the table attracted her attention.
"Is it your birthday today?" Jiang He was a little surprised as she went to the kitchen door and asked.
"Yes."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? I was going to make something delicious! "
She put the teddy bear bag on the sofa, rolled up her sleeves, and replaced Xu Qing. Then, she stood in front of the stove to prepare the meal.
"Life needs a sense of ceremony," Xu Qing said.
"Is that why you wasted the ingredients?" Jiang He was very dissatisfied with the messy kitchen. It had always been her territory, and she had maintained it very well. However, it was messed up by Xu Qing.
She only knew how to cook noodles.
"That big cake is so big." She couldn't help but lick her lips.
"No, it's about the same size as the one you had last time."
Xu Qing felt that the one from last year was good, so he bought it from the same store. It was the same size, but the pattern was different.
Jiang He thought hard and still felt that the cake this time was big. "Really? I didn't even eat the one I had last time. "
"Because you have a big mouth."
"My mouth is not big."
Now, Jiang He was no longer the country bumpkin who had never seen anything. A big cake could be eaten as dinner, and she could eat it very happily.
She cooked a few side dishes to go with the cake. Xu Qing only lit a candle and went through the motions to blow it out. Then, he took the plastic knife and prepared to cut the cake.
"When is my birthday?" Jiang He suddenly asked.
"It's …"
Xu Qing was stuck. He also forgot what month and date it was.
At first, he wanted to treat the day he came as his birthday. Later, he saw that she liked it very much, so he made up for it. Jiang He ate it on two days, and she still looked like she was not satisfied.
"Why don't I also put it on today? It's easier to remember that way." Jiang He proposed a very smart idea.
"What do you think a birthday is? You can put it on any day you want. It's very meaningful."
"Anyway, we don't know when it is. Isn't it just a random arrangement?"
Xu Qing held the plastic knife and looked at her for a moment. He nodded and said, "That seems to make sense. It's good to arrange it on the same day."
Without waiting for Jiang He to open the candle again, he added, "But in this case, we can only celebrate our birthday on one day and eat cake every year."
"…"
Jiang He hesitated when she heard this.
Yes, if both of them were born on the same day, then they could only eat it once.
"Once it is." She licked her lips and reluctantly gave up on the other cake.
She lit another candle, made a wish, and blew it out. Jiang He took over the task of cutting the cake.
"From now on, we will celebrate our birthdays on the same day."
After she finished speaking, she cut the cake in half, one for each of them.
The cream was still so fragrant and sweet. Jiang He took a small sip and closed her eyes in satisfaction.
"If the live-action version of Cooking Master Boy is going to be filmed, there will definitely be a role for you." Xu Qing picked the cake at the bottom and ate, leaving a layer of cream on the surface.
"Don't you think eating this makes you feel very happy?"
"Do you know what happiness is?"
"I do. Eating sweets can make people feel happy and happy."
Jiang He opened her mouth wide and ate a big mouthful. The cream stained the corner of her mouth. After she swallowed, the tip of her tongue curled up, and the cream at the corner of her mouth disappeared.
"There is also the fan, the air conditioner, and eating ice cream. All of these can make people happy."
Sure enough, Jiang He's definition of happiness was so simple. Xu Qing scraped the cream from his half of the cake and gave it to her, so that she could continue to be happy.
On this summer evening, Jiang He was enjoying the fan and eating the cake, feeling double happiness.
"I went out to play with the beautiful girl with the yogurt today. She lives not far from us, in another building. We also agreed to let her be the housekeeper."
"Another building?"
"Yes."
"This neighborhood?"
"Yes."
"What a coincidence." Xu Qing looked out the window and thought for a moment. "Show me her photo."
"You can see it when you click on your WeChat Moments."
Jiang He's hands were stained with cream. She was too busy eating the cake to wash her hands. She gestured to show him her mobile phone.
Xu Qing casually took it from him. Jiang He's phone did not have a lock screen because it was very troublesome to use. It could be unlocked with a swipe of his finger. On the screen was a photo of the two of them beside the flowers in the amusement park.
"Good disguise." Xu Qing praised. If the current Jiang He suddenly appeared from the sky, even if she showed some martial arts, it would be hard to believe that she came from a thousand years ago by accident.
From top to bottom, from head to toe, she had integrated into the modern society.
He clicked on his WeChat Moments. Jiang He did not have many friends. It was easy to find a woman's photo. She had long black hair behind her. She was shorter than Jiang He, so her hair looked longer. Her arms were meaty, and her face was more mature. At first glance, a woman's age was always difficult to guess.
He did not know if she was 30 years old, but Xu Qing was sure that she could not be called a girl anymore. She was more like an old woman.
"I have never seen this person before. Is she a tenant?"
"She just moved here this year. I think she bought the house herself."
"She bought it herself?"
Xu Qing was surprised. Although this was an old neighborhood, there was a school nearby. So the price was not low in Jiangcheng.
After thinking about it, Jiang He did not seem to have anything that could be plotted against. Xu Qing felt that he was too sensitive. He shook his head and smiled. He stood up and looked out the window.
"Is it the one in the corner?" He suddenly pointed to the distance.
"How did you know?!" This time, it was Jiang He's turn to be surprised.
"Hmm … I guessed."
"How did you guess?"
Jiang He felt that it was very magical. She came over with the cake and asked. She had long realized that Xu Qing seemed to have some special ability. He knew a lot of things inexplicably.
"It was just a random guess. Who knew that I guessed correctly … the third floor?"
"I don't know which floor. Let me ask."
Jiang He asked Xu Qing to press the speak button. She opened her mouth and asked which floor the friend with the name "Gong Ping" lived on.
[The third floor. ]
"…"
"…"
There was something wrong with Jiang He's gaze.
She even stopped eating the cake.
"It was really just a guess … Okay, it's not a random guess without any basis. It's just … it's hard to explain to you." Xu Qing shrugged. Seeing that Jiang He did not believe him, he thought about it and explained, "There used to be a very familiar neighbor named Old Liang. That's his house. He moved away at the beginning of this year. He sold the house."
"Just based on this?" Jiang He obviously did not believe him. "How did you know who he sold it to?"
"Hmm … his house is the cheapest. Because of the degree lock, the average price of his house is much lower than here. Speaking of which, this woman has to thank you. After the haunting last year, he couldn't help but lower the price a little. He was in a hurry to buy a new house for his youngest son."
"Also, this girl often watches you play games. From her appearance and appearance, the probability of her having a husband and children is not high. So the house should not be too big. It should be small and cheap …"
None of the points were connected. It was purely based on intuition. Xu Qing made a random guess. Now it was very difficult to explain to Jiang He.
"How do you know so much? That someone is selling the house … "Jiang He felt that it was more and more mysterious. The two of them were clearly together often, but she was like an idiot who did not know anything.
"You will know when you talk to the uncles and aunties more." Xu Qing put down the phone and turned to stroke her hair. "Do you feel stupid now? Hurry and eat. "
"I don't think it's right. That Liang … he's not selling the house alone."
"So I was just guessing. If I guessed wrong, then I was wrong. Didn't I guess correctly? Also, do you remember the signboard at the entrance? It's for rent and for sale. "
"Hmm, do you look at it every day?"
"No, I just occasionally pay attention to it. I rarely sell small houses, and the total price of large houses is very high. I usually guess from the low price, and I get it right." Xu Qing stretched out his finger and made two circles on top of his head. "This is called the ability to integrate information. There will always be a clue. It doesn't matter if I guess correctly or not. What's important is whether the brain can form the clue."
"If you were in my place, you would definitely be a county magistrate." Jiang He's eyes flashed.
"And then you cut off my dog head?"
"Why would I cut you off?"
"That's how it is on TV. The heroine of the Salt Gang punishes the evil and kills the corrupt officials … Or I fall in love with your beauty and want to marry you as a concubine. You swear to die and kill me on the night of the wedding and then start to wander the world."
"In your dreams. Wedding night?"
Jiang He slurped the cake. After hearing Xu Qing's explanation, she felt that it was not so magical anymore.
She just knew more. She could also learn.
"Did you skip the questions today and go out to play the whole day?"
Xu Qing's words made Jiang He's head hurt. The cake was not as fragrant as before.
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