Dear Chen Jiu

Chapter 17

So fast, Chen Jiu is leaving tomorrow.

But Chen Jiu is gone, who will take care of grandma when she is alone at home?

"Grandma, I happen to be on summer vacation, and I can come to accompany you from tomorrow on."

"Oh, good boy, no need, it's boring to stay with an old woman like me! You should go out with your friends during the holidays."

"Is Chen Jiu going to the training camp tomorrow?"

"Hey, this kid is stubborn and refuses to go. Then you say that other art students have gone. If you don't go, how will you compete with others in the exam? You can't delay the school you want to take the exam, so don't delay it on me, an old woman. Young people, you still have to go out more, don't always worry so much, just do it when you think about it, if you are not presumptuous at this age, you will have fewer opportunities in the future, and it's not the time for you to be filial."

Grandma's thinking is quite avant-garde. I feel that if my grandma was like Grandma Chen Jiu, the conflicts and differences between me and my mother might be much less.

"Grandma, then I'll go to the supermarket to find Chen Jiu."

"Go, go, just go and see if there is any dish you want to eat, and ask him to buy it."

When I just walked out of the alley, I saw Chen Jiu walking out of the supermarket with a bag full of vegetables.

He wore a simple white T-shirt today, and he looked very clean and fresh. The hot day calmed down my mood.

He also saw me, and now Chen Jiu is no stranger to my appearance in this alley.

After all, with my perseverance, I also forcibly went to school with him for more than half a month.

"Grandma said you are going to Jiangzhou tomorrow?

He nodded almost invisibly beside him.

Chen Jiu and I walked side by side in the alley, the scorching sun was hanging high outside, the red light shone on the ground like a burning flame, but Chen Jiu walked beside me, and my heart was inexplicably quiet.

"How long will it be?"

Chen Jiu himself should be very entangled in this matter. He doesn't necessarily want to go to such a far away place for training, and it will take at least two months to go.

Grandma would definitely not let him stay in the local area and find a small studio to study at random. After all, there is still a big gap in educational resources between our place and the province.

But for art candidates, art training is an important stage to quickly improve their professional performance.

In other words, the college entrance examination is not just a competition with the art students in the city. Even if Chen Jiu's professional grades are among the best in our city, there is still a gap between them and those in the province.

Besides, everyone else has gone to the big studio for training. If Chen Jiu doesn't go, what if he can't keep up?

No matter how talented you are, you still need to learn test-taking skills.

Thinking of this, I subconsciously grabbed Chen Jiu's arm, and the moment I touched it, my fingertips felt numb, and then I broke his shoulder so that he had to face me and look directly into my eyes.

When I came here, I was not prepared to say these words, but it is related to Chen Jiu's future, I think people like him should go to a wider place.

"Chen Jiu, take part in the training camp, I will visit grandma often, if there is anything we can call, you don't have to feel burdened.

Anyway, you know how much I think about you. If you don’t want to be my boyfriend, you still don’t want to make me an ordinary friend?It's not good to be so withdrawn all the time. Besides, you know that I have a thick skin and my feet are on my body. You can't stop me. If I say it, I will definitely come.

Let go and do what you want to do, test the school you want to test.

You should still remember that you paid me an extra 500 yuan last time, so let's treat it as vacation remuneration. "

Yuan Minmin told me that Chen Jiu's grades are very good, so he must have his reasons for choosing art. Since Chen Jiu has such a clear goal, he should not be fettered by anything.

I seldom speak to Chen Jiu in such a tough manner, most of the time I am smiling and shameless.

But there is nothing I cannot do if I am determined to do it.

Chen Jiu's long and curled eyelashes trembled like butterfly feathers by the draft in the alley, his black and bright eyes were as clear as water, but he remained silent.

In a trance, the end of his eyes seemed to be slightly curved downwards, with his back facing the glare of the sun, as if it was just my own hallucination.

I quickly looked away, shook off him and strode forward.

It's really dangerous. When I was facing Chen Jiu just now, I actually had an irrepressible desire to kiss his clear and clear eyes.

I walked in front of him and took a deep breath, calming my mind.

I stayed at Chen Jiu's house for a meal that day.

Like when Lao Xiao was here, I helped move the tables and chairs, and Chen Jiu was in charge of cooking.

The three of us sat down and prepared to eat, and I was very used to Chen Jiu sitting opposite me when I was eating.

"Xiao Jiu, go get a bottle of wine, let's drink some with grandma at noon."

"You can't drink."

"Hey, just drink a little, does Xiao Zong know how to drink?" Grandma turned her head and asked me.

"I will, I will."

I nodded obediently at her.

"Ms. Yuan!" Chen Jiu became serious, and his face was still so good-looking.

"Just one boob."

As grandma spoke, she stretched out her thumb and index finger together to make a gesture in front of her eyes, and narrowed one eye.

Chen Jiu finally compromised, went into the room and took out a bottle of wine, holding three glasses between his slender fingers.

They were placed on the table and poured wine one by one, and only one layer was poured into the last glass.

"Hey, grandson is so strict."

Grandma said so, but still picked up the glass with the least amount of red wine.

It can be seen that the daily relationship between grandma and Chen Jiu is like friends, not like my grandma and I have strict rules and etiquette.

Grandma is in better condition than when I saw it last time. When we ate together last time, she didn't look very appetizing, and basically didn't move her chopsticks much.

At that time, I thought it was because Lao Xiao and I were there, so grandma was uncomfortable, and finally left after eating in a hurry.

But since I found out that Chen Jiu went to the hospital to deliver meals to grandma, I reckoned that grandma's physical condition might not be what it seemed on the surface.

This is also the reason why Chen Jiu can't rest assured that he will go to other places for training.

I don't know if it's because the grandson is leaving, but grandma seems to have a lot of appetite for this meal and even added another bowl of rice.

It was a prelude to rain, and when Chen Jiu got up to clean up the dishes, I stopped him.

"Let me come, I'm too embarrassed to eat free food."

Chen Jiu didn't refuse either. He was leaving tomorrow, so he must have some time to pack his luggage today.

I took the bowl to the sink to wash. I didn’t do this at home, but I would consciously do these things when I went to my grandma’s house, even though my grandma would not buy it.

No matter what my grandson and my mother, my daughter-in-law, my grandma is always dissatisfied with us, that's why Grandma Chen Jiu made me feel very kind.

I said that I want to take care of grandma is not a whim, sometimes it is like this between people, maybe I haven’t met a few times, but it seems that there is a sense of intimacy for no reason, when I stay with Grandma Chen Jiu , I always feel that it made up for the concern from the elders that was missing during my growing up.

After washing the dishes, I washed some grapes, cut a kiwi fruit and served it in a fruit bowl.

Grandma was pushing the wheelchair and getting ready to go into the house to rest, when she saw me, she stopped again, "Xiao Zong, stay and have dinner before leaving, there might be a heavy rain in a while, wait until the rain is over before going home."

"Okay, grandma, would you like to bring some fruit into the house?"

"I'll take a few grapes, and you can eat them too. It's boring outside, so go sit in Xiaojiu's room."

Before the rainstorm in summer, it is always extremely hot. I followed grandma into the house with the cut fruit. Grandma pointed to the room on the east side, "Go to Xiaojiu's house and sit down. I'm going to sleep in the house."

"Okay, good afternoon, grandma."

Chen Jiu's door was half open, and there was an empty black suitcase on the ground.

The door to this room was closed the last time I came in.

Unlike the deserted living room, although this room also has simple white walls and concrete floors, the entire bedroom has a strong characteristic that belongs to Chen Jiu.