There were a lot of things to do in kindergarten, including, but not limited to, handicrafts, looking for broken lanterns, and taking Little Fish to observe …
When looking for fish, Jiang He wanted to go fishing in the river after work, but was stopped by Xu Qing. He went to the market to buy two goldfish and put them in a bottle of mineral water for the siblings to take. Every day, they ran around with their school bags. After less than a week, the two goldfish died one after another. The siblings always thought that Little Fish was scared to death by White Gourd.
Half of spring had passed. After finding twenty different kinds of leaves, they had to bring flowers. Fortunately, this was a piece of cake for Jiang He — he just needed to pluck one leaf from each bunch of flowers. After all, it was just leaves. Needless to say, the flowers were even more so. Jiang He had already prepared two beautiful bunches of flowers for the siblings to bring to the kindergarten.
Xu Qing was still like a middle-aged unemployed vagrant. Every day, he would sit at home with his tablet, stroll outside, and rest for a while at the flower shop. In short, he seemed very busy, but at the same time, he did not seem to be very busy. In fact, he always had something to do.
In his words, he was learning. As he grew older, his learning ability would gradually decline. This could not go on. He relied on the Internet for a living. If he was abandoned by the Internet, he would really be useless.
Anyway, with the flower shop business, he could still start a husband and wife business if he was useless. Jiang He was like a diligent little bee, tinkering with a bunch of flowers and plants every day. Occasionally, he would peek at Xu Qing's platform updates.
From time to time, Xu Qing would miss Wang Zijun's wheelchair. It was so compatible with him. However, due to the perception of the world, he still walked on his feet.
At home, he was making tea and analyzing yesterday's news broadcast. There was a knock on the door. Xu Qing thought it was a delivery, but when he opened the door, it was Xu Wenbin.
"Xiao Jin and the others have gone to school."
"I know. It's not the weekend." Xu Wenbin entered the house and looked around. The annoying cat was also not there.
Xu Wenbin had always disliked cats and dogs. Firstly, it was troublesome to keep them in the city. Secondly, they would shed their fur. Thirdly, their lifespan was not long, and they would die one day. It was better not to keep them.
Xu Qing turned around and poured himself a cup of tea. He scratched his head, not knowing what the old man wanted to do. He clearly didn't go out to cause trouble, and he didn't spend money recklessly … Bah, it was not like when he was young. He already had two children. If someone wanted to take care of him, it should be Jiang He.
The South had left the North Ridge, and the North Ridge had taken care of things. The universe had grown old, and it had retreated to the Southwest, Northwest, and Northwest. Generally, it did not care about anything. This was the way of nature, and one had to follow the laws of nature. There was no reason for him to bicker with him and do some UP work — not to mention that he did not have much to do now.
"Where's my mom?" Xu Qing asked casually as he wrote and drew on the tablet with the electronic pen, continuing to organize his thoughts.
"They went to play mahjong."
"You … didn't go to work?"
"I'm on a day off." Xu Wenbin glanced at him, but did not sit down. He turned around in the room and looked at the built-in wall cabinet. The study had been transformed into a bedroom. A pile of books had been moved out and placed in the living room. It looked natural and scholarly.
"I'll be going on a business trip in a few days. I'm organizing these things now, so I don't have to go to work."
Xu Wenbin added an additional explanation, which made Xu Qing move his gaze away from the tablet and raise his head to look at the old man.
Did he come over because he was too free? That didn't make sense …
He watched as Xu Wenbin walked over to the shoe cabinet and picked up the straw sandals on it to examine them. Xu Qing simply put down the pen.
"This thing … is it the original one?" Xu Wenbin asked.
"The original one?"
"It was a long time ago … You said something about Liu Bei, no, which dynasty?"
"I was just joking," Xu Qing said.
The father and son looked at each other.
"Wait a minute, let me count."
Xu Wenbin put the sandals aside and lowered his head to count with his fingers. "It was … one, two, three … It's been more than ten years, right? Ten years … "
"…"
Xu Qing rubbed his nose and did not say a word.
"A broken thing, you kept it for more than ten years and maintained it so well —" Xu Wenbin tilted his head and did not continue.
This was f * cking outrageous!
No matter how one looked at it, it was not something a normal person would do. That day when he went back, he remembered that this broken thing had been kept by Xu Qing from the old house to the new house and was reluctant to throw it away.
Unless it was really an antique.
But this was even more outrageous. Who would take an antique so lightly? Besides, no one knew where it came from.
Everything had a reason, and every action had its logic — if there was no reason, it was just undiscovered or beyond understanding. For example, the thoughts of a mental patient were difficult to understand.
The more Xu Wenbin thought about it, the more he felt that his brain was not enough. There were contradictions everywhere, and the only reasonable guess was the most outrageous one … He even suspected that he was the one with the problem.
This was because Xu Qing seemed to do things casually, but every time he did it, he had a clear purpose. It was just that his purpose was often hidden. When his real purpose was discovered, it was usually when he had already achieved it or the result was already set.
"A broken straw sandal. You even brought it with you when you moved. It hasn't been thrown away for more than ten years. This thing … is a little strange." Xu Wenbin took the straw sandal and looked at it again. There was a hole in it. Judging from the size, it was a woman's wear. If it was worn, the big toe should be exposed …
He overlapped the image of Jiang He with the straw sandal and replaced it with the previous dull look, rough palms, three bowls of food, and the way Xu Qing walked downstairs …
It did not seem strange at all.
When he first met Jiang He, he always felt a trace of incompatibility, but he could not find what was wrong. This was also one of the reasons why he persuaded Xu Qing to break up with him.
Now that he was holding the straw sandals and carefully recalling the past, he suddenly found a trace of incongruity. Although he was wearing an apron and looked like a virtuous girlfriend at that time, his every movement inadvertently revealed fierceness and boldness without the slightest bit of sloppiness … He was commonly known as a martial artist. No matter how hard he tried to conceal it, he would always be a little different from ordinary people.
At that time, she was just a girl. Everything was automatically corrected by the halo of being Xu Qing's girlfriend. The same rice feeds all kinds of people … It was not until a series of troubles about her not having an ID card that Xu Wenbin faced this problem seriously. He persuaded Xu Qing to break up, but Xu Qing threatened him with running away from home. Then he got the ID card, and the two got married at lightning speed.
After a series of events, Xu Wenbin felt a little headache.
Xu Qing's expression did not change. Looking at Xu Wenbin's puzzled look, he muttered, "Dad, I'm a man, it's normal for me to have some strange hobbies, right?"
“？？”
Xu Wenbin looked at him expressionlessly.
"Oh yes, where's the sword? I remember there was a broken sword. "Xu Wenbin turned his head to look for it.
"It was broken by Jiang He. He threw it into the Lan River when he was fishing. I don't think … it can be found." Xu Qing scratched the top of his head with his little finger and continued, "It was rusty to begin with. I reckon it will completely disappear after a while."
Xu Wenbin's eyelids twitched. He couldn't help but hold his breath for a moment.
"… Broken?" He repeated this word.
"Yes. Just pinch the sword and shatter it." Xu Qing gestured.
Jiang He threw the broken pieces into the river. They couldn't even pick them up. If a huge magnet and a very long rope were used, they might be able to pick up a piece or two. But most of them might be carried far away by the river.
Even if they were picked up, what did it have to do with an ordinary couple like them?
"…"
"…"
"She taught you that Tiger Fool Fist." Xu Wenbin suddenly said.
He had been thinking about it for the past few days, and now he finally started to talk to Xu Qing seriously.
"Yes."
"That sword and this shoe were both given to you … or should I say, she gave them to you."
"That's right."
"I don't know where she came from." Xu Wenbin looked at him.
"Her background is very clear. She was abandoned when she was young. Later, she was brought along by an old lady to pick up garbage. After the old lady died, she wandered to Jiangcheng. She worked in an illegal factory and sold alcohol. Then …" Xu Qing smiled and said, "Now she's a florist."
"Also, she's very good at games. She played Hearthstone and became a legend of the universe. The poisonous milk powder's winning streak in the duel arena can still be found on the internet. There's a video of us on a small website. Jian Sanli took over as a substitute leveler. Someone said that she's an expert in gardening. She answered hundreds of questions, and there's also a terrible ghost story."
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