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Chapter 68 It's lucky to be able to pay back (2)
Although Ju Nian was uneasy, but the old man finally saw a pretty girl hiding in the house of his nephew who didn't like to socialize with others, his joy was naturally out of the question. It was noon.The aunt proposed that she would cook at Tang Ye's house and chat with the "young couple" while eating, and insisted on rejecting the proposal of the two young helpers.

Tang Ye had no choice but to watch his aunt slump into the kitchen, and Ju Nian did not miss the way of looking at the time on the antique clock on the wall from time to time.

"Please...can you..." There was an implied request in his words.But not long ago, Ju Nian was still a humble and cunning "prostitute" in front of him, so it was really not easy for him to change his posture suddenly.Besides, in the semi-open kitchen, if the sound is a little louder, it will inevitably startle the aunt who is happily busy inside.

There are still jobs in the store waiting for Ju Nian, but this is the end... She let out a sigh of relief, and smiled at Tang Ye and replied, "Isn't my part-time job always a lot?"

She guessed the reason why Tang Ye did this, maybe it was because of her status as a "prostitute". For money, why not pretend to be?That's why it's easier for him to tell lies.She got up and called the store in a low voice, saying that she had something to do at home and went back temporarily.

At this time, my aunt still leaned out from the kitchen to say hello, "Ah Ye, you too, you don't even pour a glass of water for Ju Nian, and you can't lose the etiquette."

Tang Ye got up in embarrassment to make tea for Ju Nian, and Ju Nian quickly took it. The white porcelain cup with a thin body was transparent in tea color.The person who makes the tea looks introverted, sensitive, and arrogant, but he is also a kind man who knows how to live. These advantages must be appreciated by another man.It's also what Zhu Xiaobei said. Affected by the greenhouse effect and the earth's magnetic field changes, good men cherish each other with the same sex and repel the opposite sex.

Ju Nian and Tang Ye were not familiar, not to mention the unhappiness in the middle, the aunt was still in the kitchen, their scene still had to be played out, but the two introverted people sat in a daze, it was a bit weird and stiff.

"Do you watch TV?" Tang Ye said sullenly.

"Uh, whatever." As Ju Nian said, he stood up in the posture of putting a teacup, and when he sat down, he picked up the only large book on the side bookshelf of the coffee table, chatting to pass the time.

It was a paperback version of "Journey to the West", and the pages were a little curled up.Ju Nian is the most picky in reading, not to mention being obsessed with martial arts in high school. In the three years in prison, as a librarian, although she had access to more books than other prisoners, the books in it were not rich. Books, comic strips and sweater knitting books, she never refuses.

Ju Nian sat down and didn't look up again. Tang Ye still looked at her warily at first, fearing that she would take the opportunity to do something, but she just turned the pages of the book from time to time, her short shoulder-length hair half-covering her side face .

Tang Ye moved his stiff legs, she gradually calmed down and relieved his tension to a certain extent, took a sip of the cooled tea, this woman is now as calm as a pool of clear water, seemingly transparent, but Can't see the bottom.

"It's ready to eat." The aunt brought out the first dish from the kitchen, Ju Nian hurriedly closed the book, put it back where it was, and stood up to help with the dishes.Tang Ye also got up, and when his aunt returned to serve another dish, he glanced at the returned "Journey to the West".

"It fascinated you so much?"

Ju Nian bit his lip and said, "Reading is useful for any industry."

"Then what did you gain from this book? Xin Yuankong used all kinds of tricks, but water and fire are useless to refine demons?"

Ju Nian didn't answer, went forward to pick up the soup bowl from his aunt, placed it in the middle of the dining table, and then turned around and smiled, "Not this time, what I saw was that after counting ninety-nine, the demons will be wiped out, and the success will be accomplished." Seeing the truth."

There are still some simple reserves in Tang Ye's refrigerator. My aunt seems to be a person who is used to housework. After an hour of tinkering, there are three dishes and one soup on the table. The combination of meat and vegetables looks rich.The three of them sat around the table, and the old man continued to add vegetables to the bowl of Ju Nian while continuing to inquire about the family history of Ju Nian.Ju Nian only said that his father is a transporter, his mother is a housewife, and there is a younger brother in the family, which is also true.As for the fact that she has had little contact with her parents for 11 years, there is no need to mention these in front of the elderly.

While eating, my aunt had finished asking all the questions she should ask. After adding another bowl of rice to Tang Ye, she suddenly asked: "By the way, Ye, my memory is getting worse and worse. Your aunt asked me a while ago. Is your birthday coming soon? I am half-senile with dementia, and I can't even remember if I was born in May or September?"

Although the aunt's words seemed to be asking Tang Ye, her eyes were on Ju Nian.Tang Ye held up the bowl without putting down his chopsticks, and held the chopsticks tightly.

Ju Nian's heart is also like a bright mirror. The old man has lived for so many years, and he has more experience in seeing people and things than them. A future nephew and granddaughter-in-law fell from the sky out of thin air. After all, it came too abruptly, and the old man was somewhat suspicious.It was inconvenient for her to ask in person, maybe she knew that if the two of them really lied to her, there would be no result if they asked her, so she turned a corner to try.If Ju Nian was really Tang Ye's girlfriend who was so close that he took him home and hid in his room, he should at least know Tang Ye's birthday.

Ju Nian swallowed the food slowly, this question really stumped her, not only did she not know when Tang Ye was born, but she knew nothing about this man except his name and address.

"Auntie, I've never celebrated my birthday, and it's not like you don't know about it." If Tang Ye told his birth date directly, it would be tantamount to making his aunt believe that he really didn't know about the year of orange. too strange.He had to smooth things over vaguely.

The aunt was about to speak, and Ju Nian turned to Tang Ye with a slight smile, "Aye, I remember you told me that you were born in Xia Tian, ​​it seems that it was July 23rd or 24th, I kind of forgot."

Tang Ye was stunned, the astonishment in his eyes was clear, but his aunt didn't look at him, and said to Ju Nian with a smile on her face: "That's right, it's July 24th, look, Ju Nian remembers it."

Ju Nian smiled and lowered her head to eat, and then she let go of her hanging heart. She also gave it a try, and the winning rate was less than [-]%. Thank God, she was lucky, but even if she made a mistake, she could find a topic to cover it up.

After lunch, after cleaning up, my aunt and Ju Nian went back to the sofa to watch TV.

"Aye, sit down too." The aunt seemed to have no more questions about the "young couple". Although Ju Nian looked a little shy, she answered all the questions she asked fluently.

Although the girl's family background is ordinary, she looks rare and clean, and her aunt is very satisfied.

Tang Ye didn't sit down, "I don't really like watching old Cantonese opera movies, let's chat."

That's what he said. He entered the study and unpacked the package that his aunt brought to him today, but quietly looked at the woman in the living room through the gap in the door.

The aunt said: "Orange year, you feel bored too, you young people don't like to watch this anymore."

The woman named Xie Ju Nian said: "No, I heard some of them when I was young, and I still remember some of them now."

"Really?" Auntie was obviously surprised.

"The one I remember most is "The Bell of the Chanyuan"..."

"Oh, I know that, I know!" The aunt patted her thigh.

... The barren hills quietly faintly heard the midnight bell, and the sound of the bell shattered dreams, making it even more difficult to come true. Who made me feel so sad, so sad...

Tang Ye quietly listened to the woman humming softly with her aunt, that was the most bleak and bleak tone, and in her not sweet voice, there was a kind of calmness after a thousand sails had passed.

... Love is like a bubble, a dream of mandarin ducks, a promise for three lives, how can I ratify it...

Tang Ye pressed his hands on the opened package.

Who is she.

After dinner, my aunt planned to go back to the old house to rest, Tang Ye insisted on sending the old man back, Ju Nian said that he had to go to another place to do business, and if he didn't go on the way, he would send his aunt downstairs and say goodbye.

The aunt got into Tang Ye's black Poussin, and Ju Nian said goodbye to them.

"Orange year, let's have dinner together next time. Ah Ye said he didn't like Cantonese opera, but he liked it when he was a child, and he sang a few passages well. I'll ask him to sing for you then." Auntie seemed to hit it off with her very much.

"Okay, next time." Ju Nian leaned over outside the car and nodded with a smile.

Tang Ye stared at her for a while, then turned his head and said to his aunt: "Grandma, wait for me for a while, I will say a few words to her."

The aunt smiled and said, "Young man, they are so sticky before they are separated."

Tang Ye got out of the car and dragged Ju Nian a few steps away. Ju Nian seemed very docile and didn't respond any more.

"The money in the package that my aunt brought over is yours?" He was afraid that the two women would get entangled, so he left the address of his father's old house as he did when negotiating with the traffic police.His father has passed away for many years, only his aunt lives there, and he just goes back to visit it from time to time.In the kraft paper package my aunt brought over today, there was no more, no less, exactly 5000 yuan.

"The money isn't mine, it's yours. It was helpless that day, but I'm really sorry for you." Ju Nian said sincerely.

Tang Ye paused, then asked again: "Then how much should I pay you today, tell me." He is also a person who doesn't like to owe money.

Ju Nian seemed to think about it seriously for a while, and said, "You should give me 450 yuan."

Tang Ye was taken aback, but still lowered his head to search his wallet.

Ju Nian held 450 yuan in his hand, and said with a smile, "The money for the sofa cover is cleared, and the goods will not be returned or exchanged once they are out."

They also cleared up.Ju Nian thanked Tang Ye for giving him a chance to repay. If you don't have this chance, no matter what you owe, the so-called compensation can only be the other party's burden.She was lucky to be able to pay back.

"Goodbye." Ju Nian said to Tang Ye.

Goodbye, goodbye, that is, we will meet indefinitely, and we will never meet again.

"Wait." Tang Ye stopped her and asked the doubts that had troubled him for a long time, "How do you know my birthday?"

Ju Nian smiled, "Guess."

Seeing that Tang Ye didn't believe it, she added the most crucial point.

"Wangfeng Pavilion Great Heat is against Fengmian."

Great Heat is July 23 or 24, the hottest day of the year.

Although she doesn't know what memories this man had on a certain birthday, she remembers herself carved with tears under the pomegranate tree.Maybe she has the same hobby as this man, they like to carve precious things deeply.If one day, when they are so old that their memories are blurred, there will still be wood grains to remember them on their behalf.

(End of this chapter)