silent garden

Probably every decent city will have an ancient street with local characteristics.This street in Pinggang faces the river, and it used to be a dilapidated old street that everyone hated.Later, it was renovated and decorated, and became a famous tourist attraction "One River on Both Sides".There are many old houses and shops on both sides of the strait, and the most famous one is Jiangxinyuebai.

Make moon cakes.

Made all year round, pure handmade, limited supply every day.There is no additional order for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

"Come in." Lu Zhao raised Jiang Xinyuebai's door curtain, turned around and introduced to Xia Qi with a smile, "This store has been open for more than [-] years, and it was very famous before the scenic spot was built. The owner's surname is Jiang, and I'm kind of friendly."

Xia Qi and Xia Weijun entered the door one after another.

There are wooden cabinets on three sides of the store, and there are mooncake samples on them.There are also some handicraft products related to the Mid-Autumn Festival and the moon.But the shopkeeper was nowhere to be seen.

Lu Zhao called out "Sister Bai", only to see a petite woman come out from behind the shelf facing the door.With a kitchen apron hanging on his body and flour on his hands, he asked with a smile, "Little Lu, why come here when you have time?"

"Bring a friend to buy your mooncakes." Lu Zhao looked behind the shelf, "I sent a message to Brother Jiang before I came here, saying that I want to get two boxes of pure lotus moons. I don't know if he saw it."

"So you wanted it. I made two boxes of pure lotus today. He didn't let me put them on the shelves, so I guess they were all for you." The woman said, nodding to Xia Qi and Xia Weijun, "Wait a moment .”

After speaking, he went inside again.

"Lu Gong..." Xia Weijun finally found a chance to get close to Lu Zhaotao, and stepped forward holding a cigarette.The latter took the cigarette without lighting it.The two exchanged pleasantries.

This is the old father worrying about his son's future in the workplace again, Xia Qi glanced at him lightly and remained silent.

After several minutes, the proprietress surnamed Bai came out again, carrying two exquisite and elegant gift boxes.

Just as Lu Zhao was about to go up to pick up the goods, at this moment, a girl rushed in wrapped in a gust of wind, panting and said, "Miss Boss, I'm here to pick up... the mooncakes our boss ordered."

Hearing this, the proprietress showed a bit of embarrassment: "Your boss ordered a lot of stuffing, and the other fillings are all ready, which is pure lotus. Both boxes were ordered by this gentleman. He is one step ahead of you."

When the girl heard this, her eyes widened: "Huh? But our boss specified that this must be done."

The proprietress was carrying the two boxes of pure lotus, she lifted them up and weighed them, and asked Lu Zhao, "Xiao Lu, why don't you give her a box?"

Lu Zhao looked back at Xia Qi, and before Xia Qi could answer, the girl shook her head hastily: "Miss Boss, one box is not enough." Then she turned to face Xia Qi and Lu Zhao, with apology in her eyes, and said sincerely, "It's true. I'm sorry, my boss ordered two boxes of pure lotus, which he uses to chase after his wife. If he can't catch up with his wife, I will be laid off!"

"Is there such a boss these days?" Lu Zhao smiled, took the box from the proprietress in his hand, and didn't mean to back down, "But you heard me, let's go first. Why don't you call your boss, Ask him if one box is okay? If not, there will be no box at all.”

The girl gasped and was speechless.I had no choice but to make a phone call: "Hi, Mr. Fei, I'm Kang Jiani..."

Xia Qi discovered for the first time that the center of eyebrows can really dance.

That jump went straight to the bottom of my heart.Like a splash of hot oil.My heart was burning hot and aching.

Kang Jiani's voice on the phone was still filling his ears, and he didn't need to distinguish it anymore.Turning around, he snatched the two gift boxes from Lu Zhao involuntarily, and stomped them on the shelf in front of Kang Jiani.

"Give it to you."

"Huh?" Kang Jiani was stunned.

Xia Qi didn't look at her, didn't explain, and said to Xia Weijun, "You can pick whatever you want, you don't need that."

After that, he went out.

Autumn is really here, the autumn wind is cool, the sun is thin, and the vegetation on the roadside is withered.Looking at the river facing the street in the thin sunlight, Xia Qi felt a bit bleak.The hot and painful part of my heart slowly cooled down, melting into a thick and lingering sadness.

It turned out that he didn't have to say that he didn't obey Fei Tianlan, so he didn't have to.

When people are moved by emotion, they can't help themselves.

Fei Tianlan went to the countryside this day and didn't come back at night.But for the first time ever, he called home, and Xia Weijun answered.I don't know what kind words Fei Tianlan said on the phone, coaxing Xia Weijun to answer the phone and laugh so hard that his teeth can't see his eyes.After hanging up, I praised again and again.

Xia Qi was very interested.After listening for a while, I became a little irritable, interrupted Xia Weijun, and said: "I still have a report to write, which must be handed in after the festival, so I'm in the first room."

"Xiao Qi..." Xia Weijun stopped him, his eyes became worried, and he stared at him.

Xia Qi lowered his eyes, not looking at Xia Weijun.The atmosphere was deadlocked.Fei's house is too big, and the silence is particularly prominent when there is no human voice. It is especially difficult to be in such a huge space.

"I……"

"Don't follow your father's old path."

The two spoke one after another. Xia Weijun seemed to have expected what Xia Qi would say, his brows were tightly frowned, and his expression was serious: "I already know. Last night, I woke up when I heard Tianlan came back. I thought of calling the master's house." Hello, I accidentally saw it."

"See?" Xia Qi was puzzled, "What?"

"Fei Tianlan has entered your room."

"..."

Xia Weijun's lips trembled slightly, as if he was saying something unspeakable.Maybe it was really hard for him to say.

Xia Qi wanted to defend "it's not what you think", but he swallowed the words and held back.On the contrary, Fei Tianlan had been in his room, but he didn't know it, so it was worth playing with.

"I know, Tianlan is very good, and you are a good boy. If you are a girl, I wish you could be better." After a stalemate for a while, Xia Weijun spoke earnestly and advised, "But you are all men, so you can't do it. I I came here after seeing your father's tragedy, and I must not let you go back to the same detour."

Xia Qi said nothing, but sat down.No longer avoiding the eyes of her adoptive father, she raised her head and looked directly at him quietly.

Xia Weijun met his gaze and sighed: "You have been criticized by me since you were a child, and you just look at me like this. It seems that you are waiting for my trial. In fact, how could I have that attitude? I just hope to use my life experience to give You pointed the way."

After hearing this, Xia Qi blinked, his eyes seemed to soften a little.

Xia Weijun also softened and said, "I have a suggestion."

really.

Xia Qi lowered his head as if resigned to fate, stopped looking at Xia Weijun, and listened to him numbly: "Tomorrow is the holiday, and I will go back the day after tomorrow. I will go and talk to the professor at your school and ask him to transfer you back as soon as possible." Lu Gong told me today that there are not many things in your school, and most of them are in the company recently. The work in the company is not really your job, and you can’t be forced to go. Let me make sense, you Professor Ye Don’t even have to say anything.”

I don't know if Professor Ye has anything to say, but Xia Qi really has nothing to say.

After listening to Xia Weijun's words, his shoulders seemed to be a little tired, and he was really tired.Regarding Xia Weijun's "suggestion", he was noncommittal, left a sentence "I'm going to write the report", and went back to the room.

He knew that now Xia Weijun would say that he was difficult to understand and difficult to teach.

As an adoptive father, Xia Weijun treated him very well and conscientiously.He understands and appreciates it.But Xia Weijun never understood him, and they never really reached a consensus on the issue of educating him.

However, this cannot be demanded.After all, even if they are biological father and son, they will not be in love with each other.

Therefore, he has always been smooth.

Early in the morning of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Fei Tianlan came back.The buggy was loaded with a bunch of mess.There are gifts he has not finished giving, and there are gifts given to him by others.At noon, when Uncle Wang came over, he sent half of them to Uncle Wang's car.

Have dinner with Uncle Wang's family at Fei Tianlan's place.

Xia Weijun and Uncle Wang haven't seen each other for many years, and they chatted and drank until night.Fei Tianlan also drank a few drinks with them, listening to them chatting about the past, occasionally interjecting a few words.In the blink of an eye, Xia Qi was gone.

He glanced at the box, but there was no one there.

"Going out." Uncle Wang's daughter Wang Xin suddenly said next to her.

Fei Tianlan was surprised.He just searched a little bit, and she found it.

Seeing his embarrassing silence, Wang Xin smiled brightly, with a mischievous look in his eyes.As if he knew what he was thinking, he said again: "That little brother doesn't seem very happy, he went out after eating sullenly."

"..." Fei Tianlan felt a little weird, it was the feeling of being seen through.He had never met anyone who saw through him so unabashedly.He is not used to it.After pondering for a moment, he replied bluntly, "Oh, thank you."

"Aren't you going to find him?" Wang Xin didn't stop at all.

"No..." Fei Tianlan paused, "Well, I'll go."

After saying that, he got up and left.

Compared to admitting that she wanted to go out to find Xia Qi right away, it was obviously more terrifying to continue to stay at the dining table and be watched by Wang Xin as if she was watching a play—oh my god, how long has this little girl been watching?He couldn't help but recall all his performance today.

Xia Qi was on the square outside the restaurant, squatting alone in front of a flower bed, not knowing what he was doing.Fei Tianlan looked at it from a distance for a while, thought about it, and went to the car to get mooncakes.

"Here, here you are." He handed the mooncake to the child and squatted down himself.

Xia Qi stared at the moon cake that suddenly appeared in front of him, looked at it, then turned his head, his eyes slightly startled: "For me?"

"Yes." Fei Tianlan nodded.

"Give it all to me?"

"If you can finish eating, I will give you all."

"Do you have both boxes?"

"As much as you want... How do you know I have two boxes? Did you see it?" Fei Tianlan was not really puzzled, he asked casually, and peeled off the mooncake in his hand.

"Although many people can't stand pure lotus, they think it is very monotonous and too sweet. But I think pure lotus is the best. What's wrong with being sweet? What's wrong with using a single ingredient? How pure—come, eat mine Amway."

Xia Qi stared at him with good eyesight, and only slightly tilted his head even when he connected the moon cake.

"How is it? Does it taste good?" Fei Tianlan is in a good mood today, with a sincere look on his face, "This restaurant is the best in Hong Kong, and they are more delicate than Hong Kong Ronghua Meixin. So, before Sanjiang When building the One River on both banks, they gave their home the best location and publicity."

Xia Qi chewed that piece of mooncake carefully, with mixed feelings in his heart.Unfortunately, Fei Tianlan didn't know.

But it doesn't matter if he doesn't know, it's fine for him to hide himself.

"Yeah." He swallowed and said, "It's delicious."

Fei Tianlan was affirmed, and raised his eyebrows proudly: "That's right! This is a product that has been tested and approved by me!"

"Give it all to me?" Xia Qi stared at him.

"Take it if you like it, and you can give it to your classmates in the laboratory." Fei Tianlan broke off another piece and ate it by himself.

Xia Qi replied decisively: "No."

Hearing this, Fei Tianlan was slightly startled, and rubbed his face with a smile: "What's the matter? You are so strange today, like an angry kitten."

cat you uncle.Xia Qi slandered angrily.But the lotus seed paste in the mouth makes it sweet.He is very happy with what Fei Tianlan says now.

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