I'm afraid I'm not interested in love

Chapter 489 "A Little Blessing"

"Tao begets one, two lives, two begets three, three begets all things.

All things carry the yin and embrace the yang, and the collision of qi makes them harmonious. "

Su Chengyi leaned against the shade of the bus stop, silently reciting passages from the Tao Te Ching word by word.

Tao is unique. Tao creates Yin and Yang. The interaction of Yin and Yang produces tangible things, which in turn generate all things. All things face the sun and back the shade. The combination of Yin and Yang creates a harmonious state.

Therefore, all things in the world are born from the harmony of Yin and Yang. Yin and Yang are in unity of opposites and complement each other.

All in all, the key is balance.

so.
"Su Chengyi!"

Chu Qingmian stood in front of a small stall not far away, waving at him with a smile on his face.

The sunlight today was exceptionally gentle, falling on her curled eyelashes, making her bright eyes glow with star-like brilliance, and the tiny particles in the air rose and fell around her with the breeze.

The place they agreed to meet was actually this bus stop, but apparently, a certain young lady was easily stopped by a roadside stall.

Su Chengyi leaned against the limited shade under the bus stop sign, somewhat bothered by the temperature of the direct sunlight outside.

Chu Qingmian looked at his reluctant expression and knew that this person hated sunbathing the most, but she wanted him to come and see this stall, so she immediately started to act pitifully and coquettishly.

"Su Chengyi~"

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Su Chengyi had never been able to do anything with her, so he could only sigh and stand up lazily.

Chu Qingmian was about to smile with success when she saw him raise the bouquet of flowers hidden behind him to block the sunlight above his head.

This is a bouquet of very beautiful white roses, but now it has become a prop for this person to block the light.

But Chu Qingmian clearly felt her heart skip a few beats, and for a moment she probably even forgot to blink.

Su Chengyi took big steps, stopped in front of her, and tapped her head with the bouquet of flowers.

"Why are you dazed?"

Chu Qingmian's eyes are standard watery almond eyes. When they are a little empty, they appear even clearer and more innocent, with a sense of "eyes that look like mountains and rivers."

How should I put it, it just looks good.

"oops--"

Chu Qingmian felt pain, covered his head and complained, but then he couldn't help laughing happily.

"Give it to me!"

She took the white rose from Su Chengyi's hand with both hands, and her first reaction was to lower her head and sniff it, like a curious little orange cat.

"Hehe~ When did you go buy it?"

“I saw them for sale on the way here.”

In fact, he went out of his way to buy it, but Su Chengyi obviously would not admit such a thing.

While she was taking the flowers, Su Chengyi reached out and pinched her cheek, which felt as good as always.

Chu Qingmian really didn't care about such a small matter as having her face pinched at this moment, she just happily turned around holding the flowers.

She is really the easiest young lady to please in the world, Su Chengyi couldn't help but think.

He folded his arms and took a step back, then turned to see what the stall next to him was that attracted Miss Chu.

It turned out to be the kind of handmade sugar painting shop that often appeared in childhood memories. There was a turntable next to it with the twelve Chinese zodiac animals on it, and the price of each one was marked on it.

Except for the extremely difficult "Dragon" which costs 15 yuan, the others are 10 yuan, which can be considered good value for money.

The boss is doing good business. There is a small queue in front of the stall, mostly parents with their children waiting.

Of course, there was also Chu Qingmian, a little kid over 200 months old, who was happily standing at the back.

Although I was standing far away, the aroma of maltose was still in the air.

Su Chengyi was watching the boss's skilled craftsmanship and thinking, the weather was too hot a few days ago, so it was obviously impossible to sell things like sugar paintings. Because it couldn't solidify at all, it would become sticky and drip all over the customers' hands after a while, so most people would be willing to buy such a troublesome thing.

Fortunately, it rained a little last night and the temperature dropped slightly today. This is probably the coolest weather in Tang'an since the beginning of summer.

The small vendors who usually only come out at night also took advantage of the rare good weather and went out to work early, allowing Chu Qingmian, the greedy cat, to successfully meet a dead mouse.

"You didn't eat anything else when you came here?"

Su Chengyi glanced at the long line of stall vendors and looked at her with some suspicion.

Chu Qingmian opened her eyes wide and shouted “Hey, hey, hey”, crying out that she was wronged.

"Don't slander me! Uncle Gao just sent me here, but when we got to the street corner, the car couldn't drive in, so I got out and walked over by myself.

There were so many delicious foods along the way, but I didn’t buy any of them! ”

It looked like Chu Qingmian had indeed not lied. He looked righteous and even a little proud.

Su Chengyi really wanted to laugh. It was just like she had finally finished her homework and happened to run into the student that the teacher was checking one by one.

It was clearly written on his face that "Come and check mine, come and check mine!"

“Why not?”

Su Chengyi looked to the side curiously, and immediately saw Chu Qingmian's favorite fried rice cakes, glutinous rice balls, old popsicles and other street snacks.

I have to say, the first one is still tolerable, but it’s hard not to buy one of these old popsicles when you pass by.

"That's because I wanted to see you first."

Chu Qingmian was standing on tiptoe and looking intently at the child in front of him who was holding up a sugar painting. Hearing this, he answered with confidence.

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Su Chengyi coughed.

Buy, buy, buy everything, buy everything on this street!
"Uncle, is the sugar painting you made the same as the pattern on this one?"

Chu Qingmian looked at the shapes on the turntable and asked curiously.

"It has to be the same, girl. If it's different, I won't charge you!"

The boss's fighting spirit was obviously aroused by the pretty girl's questioning. Su Chengyi saw that his movements of rolling up his sleeves were becoming more heroic.

"Hey, then I'll turn~"

Chu Qingmian carefully fiddled with the wooden turntable that looked like it had been used for several years.

Su Chengyi watched the show from the side with his arms folded, and could see that there was nothing strange about the speed of the pointer.

Some roulette game owners would do some tricks to make the pointer fall to an area that is easier to make a profit, but this sugar painting shop is a typical honest guy.

The pointer moved back and forth between "tiger" and "rabbit", and finally the rabbit won.

"Great!!!"

Chu Qingmian happily raised his arms and cheered.

The boss laughed, thinking that a little girl like this would probably like rabbits more, and turned around to scoop out the maltose with a spoon.

At this time, Su Chengyi felt a little strange, so he couldn't help but ask:

"Aren't you born in the year of the tiger? Do you prefer rabbits?"

Chu Qingmian shook his head and replied:
"Be happy no matter where you are."

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Su Chengyi couldn't help but reach out and rub the top of her head.

This girl is really full of emotional value. Whoever meets her will be infected by her and become happy.

The boss first uses a spoon to scoop up syrup to outline the basic shape on the iron plate, and then proceeds to the next step of careful carving.

Strands of sugar shreds floated in the air, and soon the image of an auspicious rabbit turning over and jumping up appeared. Finally, brown sugar was used to embellish the eyes, making them look lifelike.

"Wow~~~"

Chu Qingmian carefully took the sugar painting, smiled and held it up to show Su Chengyi.

Su Chengyi followed her gaze and saw that the sugar rabbit was crystal clear and lifelike in the sunlight.

It truly deserves the title of intangible cultural heritage.

"Uncle, you draw so beautifully!"

Chu Qingmian held the sugar painting but was not in a hurry to eat it. Instead, he put his hand back on the turntable.

"I'll transfer another one." Having business is certainly a good thing, especially business from such a sweet-talking and lovely girl.

This time the pointer stopped smoothly on "Tiger".

The tiger roars in the mountains and forests, its power is so great that it can be feared in all directions. Compared to the rabbit just now, the process of drawing a tiger is obviously more complicated, and the finished product is also more spectacular.

Chu Qingmian held the flowers in one hand and the rabbit in the other, and nodded to signal Su Chengyi to get the tiger.

Although it looked good and she appreciated it, Su Chengyi had no interest in the malt sugar. However, she had already ordered it, so she had to pick up the sugar tiger reluctantly.

"I'll turn it again!"

Unexpectedly, Miss Chu was not done yet. After noticing that there was no one queuing behind her, she started spinning the turntable again.

This time, the pointer finally luckily fell on the "Dragon" with a unique price.

Su Chengyi sighed and watched his boss painting on the iron plate with great ease and pride.

After a while, a flying dragon leaped out of the clouds, majestic and magnificent. At first glance, even the scales on the dragon's tail were so delicate that you could count them.

No wonder it’s five bucks more expensive, it’s quite a bargain.

Chu Qingmian finally had enough of the feast for the eyes and paid happily.

"Didn't you eat it when you were a kid?"

Su Chengyi looked at her so happy and couldn't help asking.

"Well, I just watched other kids eat."

Chu Qingmian carefully pursed the ears of the sugar rabbit and nodded.

Why do you sound so pathetic?

Those who know her know that she is the eldest daughter of the Chu family, while those who don’t think she is a child from a poor family who can’t afford to buy candy.

"Oh, my mother won't let me eat it."

Chu Qingmian looked at the rabbit that had only one ear left after he bit it, and there was a hint of pity in his eyes.

Maltose is sweet, but the lines of the sugar painting are very thin, so it is not sweet enough to be greasy. For a sugar lover like Chu Qingmian, the taste is just right.

"Then you can eat these two too."

"No, no, no."

Chu Qingmian shook his head like a rattle.

"Huh? But I don't want to eat."

Su Chengyi felt so sweet that he was about to pass out just by smelling it.

"Then choose one from the Little Brain Axe and the Little Golden Dragon."

Chu Qingmian poked his arm as a gesture.

Su Chengyi followed her words and looked at the two sugar paintings in his hands again.

The roars of dragons and tigers, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem like a cute creature that can be called "Little Brain Axe" or "Little Golden Dragon".

Su Chengyi thought for a while and replied:

"Choose Tiger."

The tiger uses less maltose, the dragon uses too much and it is difficult to eat.

"Okay!"

Chu Qingmian dropped the bouquet of roses and the sugar dragon in his hand, then turned around and ran to the side of the road.

"Uncle Su!"

Su Chengyi looked up and saw that a familiar Lincoln Navigator had appeared on the side of the road.

Su Zelang was wearing sunglasses, grinning, and waving at the two of them in a very exaggerated manner.

Chu Qingmian ran to the car and handed the sugar dragon in his hand to Su Zelang in the driver's seat through the car window.

"How do you know that uncle likes to eat this sweet thing?!
Thank you, thank you! Thank you very much! "

Su Zelang pretended to put his hands together and expressed his gratitude.

Seeing this, Chu Qingmian began to shake his head in a funny way, like a beautiful porcelain doll, and said with a smile:

"Guess, guess! Just a random guess!"

Su Chengyi sighed, feeling that these two people seemed to really get along well.

The two of them are so childish together.

He tucked the rose under his arm and freed one hand to open the back door.

Chu Qingmian looked like he was greeting Su Zelang, but in fact he was very sharp-eyed and immediately took advantage of the opportunity to get into the car first.

Su Chengyi looked at her like a little rabbit trying to escape back into its hole, and laughed to himself.

He moved aside to make room for her and put his hand on the top of the car door to prevent her from hitting her head carelessly.

Su Chengyi waited until she sat properly in the back seat before getting in the car and closing the door.

The air conditioning in the car was turned on very high, and the ventilation was also on. Su Chengyi guessed that Su Zelang was not paying attention on the way here just now and smoked in the car, and he was now making emergency repairs.

Today, I asked Chu Qingmian to come out for a "meet the parents" session.

After all, we've returned to Tang'an, and it would be a bit unreasonable not to see each other.

Although Chu Qingmian did not encounter any "big event" like what happened to Chen Jinzhi, Su Zelang was always thinking about eating, drinking and having fun. When he occasionally thought of his adopted son, his first thought was to worry about Su Chengyi's lifelong affairs.

When Su Chengyi celebrated his birthday last year, the greeting card he wrote specifically emphasized this point.

I accomplished the most important thing in my life during college and had two children in three years of graduate school.

My son now has a partner who is extremely suitable for marriage, so it is necessary to keep in touch with him from time to time.

Besides, Su Zelang was very confident about everything about Su Chengyi, except the matter of "love".

It's not that he thinks there is anything about his son that is not worthy of girls' love, he is just worried that his taciturn personality will not make girls happy, and if any problems arise in the relationship, he will not take the initiative to speak up and solve them.

When it comes to love, the most taboo thing is "misunderstanding".

This is what Su Zelang experienced personally, and the experience he gained was heart-wrenching.

Thinking of this, he subconsciously wanted to reach into his pocket for a cigarette, but the candy dragon in his hand stopped him.

Su Zelang took a breath, looked at the flying dragon in his hand, and said with a smile:

“What a great craft!”

As he said that, he opened his mouth and took a bite, biting the dragon shape into pieces.

Su Chengyi did not respond to his exaggerated sigh, but just put the candy tiger in his hand to Chu Qingmian's mouth.

"I do not want to eat."

"Then you try a little bit and give me the rest, okay?"

Chu Qingmian didn't force him, but just blinked and said expectantly.

It is difficult for anyone to say no to a pair of eyes like this. Su Chengyi nodded and bit off the word "王" from the tiger's name.

It's not as sweet as I imagined, just a little sticky.

Chu Qingmian seemed very happy that he could cooperate. Su Chengyi was chewing the candy crumbs, feeling a little puzzled by this.

Su Chengyi didn't know that in Chu Xiaomian's understanding, these traditional and distinctive ethnic arts all contain "little blessings" that belong only to the Chinese people.

When she was a child, the place where she saw the most sugar paintings was when she attended temple fairs and markets. Almost every child would hold a sugar painting in his or her hand.

Some are lifelike animals of the Chinese zodiac, some are floral reliefs, and others are patterns that represent auspiciousness.

It is crystal clear under the sunlight, filled with golden light, and is very beautiful.

As a cub, Chu Qingmian could only watch helplessly. Although she wanted it very much, after being harshly rejected once, she was sensible and would not bring it up again.

Now that she has grown up and is a little free from personal constraints, she has the opportunity to make up for some of the things she missed in her childhood.

Although late candy always has a bit of a stale and bitter taste, there is also a good thing that comes with it.

That is, Chu Qingmian can share this "little blessing" hidden in her memory with the person she loves most in the world.

I hope that the smiling Maitreya Buddha at the temple fair can bless him with joy and happiness.

(End of this chapter)