In the silent place

Chapter 51

After dinner, Jiang Yewan and Liu Rong went downstairs for a walk.Jiang Ping sat in the living room chatting with Zhan Zhao while watching TV.

"After you bought the furniture, I haven't seen it yet. If you go to the bookstore some other day, write me a letter and I'll go and have a look."

"Okay." Zhan Zhao was very conflicted in his heart, and he really didn't know how to deal with Jiang Ping.

Jiang Ping bent down, picked up the briefcase from the sofa, took out a few business cards and handed them to Zhan Zhao. "Today, I asked a friend in the bookstore and recommended me a few booksellers. You can ask them to buy books in the future. If there are new books, you can call them and ask them to reserve them for you."

Zhan Zhao took the business card and gratefully didn't know what to say. "Fourth brother, thank you so much."

"Why are you being polite?" He used to hear Zhan Zhao say thank you, and he always felt that the other party was too polite, and he never listened to these two words seriously in his heart.But this time, it was obviously still these two words, but Jiang Ping felt how much deep emotion was contained in it.There was a touch in his heart, and there was an unknowingly real feeling in his tone. "If you really treat me as the fourth brother, don't say thank you to me again."

Hearing what the other party said, Zhan Zhao's heart suddenly surged with pride. "Okay! Fourth brother, if you need any help, don't be polite to me."

"Speaking of this, you have to think about the employee thing I told you last time." Jiang Ping said half jokingly and half seriously.

"Well, I remember."

"Isn't your store almost finished? If you want me to say, it's better to open the store first, and other things can be gradually improved in the future." Seeing him hesitant, Jiang Ping said softly, "Your store is in the Then let it hang out, and opening it one day later is a waste of resources for one more day."

Zhan Zhao also understands this truth in his heart, but his aunt is definitely worried about letting him open the shop at this time.He pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said, "Well, I'll think about it. Thank you..." Jiang Ping pointed at him and stared at him, Zhan Zhao immediately realized it, and closed his mouth with a smile.

"This issue of film and television entertainment report meets you again. Today our reporter made a special trip to the filming scene of the crew of "Worthy". Now, please follow the lens of our cameraman and witness the interview we are going to interview in this issue. The main character—Mr. Bai Yutang's demeanor." The hostess's sweet and soft voice came out from the TV, but it was extraordinary in their ears.

A trace of deep pain flashed across Zhan Zhao's eyes, although it was fleeting, it did not escape Jiang Ping's eyes.Ever since he found out about Zhan Zhao, he had made up his mind not to talk about his fifth brother, but in this situation, if he tried to avoid it, it would be unnatural.He leaned back in the chair, pretending to be relaxed and said: "This kid is playing around in front of us, and it looks like that when he is on camera."

"En." Zhan Zhao looked at the TV and responded in a low voice.

"By the way, he seems to be in a bad mood recently. Last time he called, he yelled at me too. I wonder if something went wrong during filming? Do you know what's going on? "Jiang Ping said, sneaking a glance at Zhan Zhao next to him.Looking at it from this angle, he could only see half of the other person's profile, but couldn't see his expression clearly.Zhan Zhao didn't answer for a long time, and he asked again tentatively. "Why don't you talk? Are you two having a fight?"

Zhan Zhao didn't even change his posture for a long time, but he lowered his head involuntarily when he heard this sentence. "Fourth brother, don't ask."

Looking at his thin and straight back, Jiang Ping suddenly felt sour.He didn't know if it was his subconscious mind or something, but he suddenly felt an emotion from the other person, an emotion that was so suppressed that it was hard to breathe.Maybe he shouldn't have asked.

"Yes. Both of you are grown up, and you still look like children." Jiang Ping said as if he was okay, but he couldn't sit down anymore.Picking up the briefcase next to the sofa, he got up and said goodbye: "It's getting late, I'll go back first. You can go to study some other day, and don't forget to send me a text message."

Zhan Zhao stood up and did not force him to stay. He said hello and walked to the door with Jiang Ping.

"Don't send me off." Jiang Ping took out the car key from his pocket and shook it at Zhan Zhao. "I bought a car." After speaking, he laughed first. "I'll take you for a ride another day, and let your fourth brother show off to me."

Zhan Zhao laughed at what he said, and said, "Okay."

"Go back, I'm leaving." Jiang Ping said, waved to him, turned and walked out the door.It wasn't until he got out of the big iron gate at the entrance of the building that he finally let out the breath that had been pent up in his heart.

The next day, Zhan Zhao truthfully told his aunt about the proposal of the fourth brother, but unexpectedly, his aunt did not object this time.

"What Xiao Jiang said makes sense." Liu Rong said with a smile. "Anyway, the bookstore is almost ready. We will open the store when you are in better health."

"Are you serious?" Zhan Zhao's eyes lit up, and he immediately turned around and asked.

"Can this still lie to you?" Liu Rong put down the wool work she was knitting, and said with a smile, "Tomorrow, I'll go over and decorate your little second floor first."

"Auntie, you are very kind."

Liu Rong glanced at him reproachfully, and said, "Don't flatter me yet. I've made an agreement, and you'll have to listen to me when the time comes. If you don't obey me, don't expect me to take you to the store. Do you hear me?"

"I heard it, I heard it." Zhan Zhao replied happily.As long as he can open the store first, he is already very content. "By the way, auntie, the fourth brother said he wanted to go to the store." He paused, smiled at his aunt, and asked, "I've been doing well these days, haven't I?"

"It's okay." Seeing him like that, Liu Rong guessed his little thoughts at once.Thinking about how my nephew has been bored in the hospital and at home for almost two months, I feel really distressed.His heart softened, and he said: "It's been windy for the past two days, when the weather gets better, I'll take you there to have a look, and then I'll call your fourth brother over."

"Okay. I'm going to send a text message to my fourth brother." Zhan Zhao said, standing up from the sofa.All of a sudden, his eyes went dark, and after a few shakes, he poured it over to the coffee table.Liu Rong was so frightened that she threw down the bamboo stick in her hand and got up quickly to support him.

"What's wrong? Is it uncomfortable?"

Zhan Zhao regained his composure for a while, and said apologetically, "No, I got up in a hurry. Don't worry."

"I just praised you for your good performance, and you got carried away? Why are you in such a hurry? What should you do when you turn around?"

Facing his aunt's scolding, Zhan Zhao hastily bowed his head and admitted his mistake. "I was wrong." He was afraid that his aunt would go back on his word. If that was the case, then everything he said just now would be in vain! "I really remembered this time."

"You, just change your mind quickly." Seeing that he was fine, Liu Rong slowly let go of her strained heart. "You've been sitting for a long time today. After sending text messages to your fourth brother, go to bed!"

"Well, good. Then I'll go back to the house first."

"Go."

Watching her nephew slowly walking back to the bedroom, Liu Rong sighed helplessly, sat back on the sofa, and continued to work on her knitting work.

When going out for dinner at night, Zhan Zhao found that the corners of the tables and chairs at home were tied with thick wool fabrics.It turns out that this is what my aunt has been knitting.Rubbing the woven fabric at the corner of the table, he lowered his head involuntarily, feeling his eyes burning and his vision blurred.

A week later, Jiang Ping received a call from Zhan Zhao.Ask him to read a book together on weekends.On the appointed day, he drove to the destination early in the newly bought black off-road vehicle.Unexpectedly, Liu Rong and Zhan Zhao were earlier than him, the door of the bookstore was ajar, and opened with a slight push.

When Jiang Ping came last time, the store had just been renovated, so it looked empty.This time around, it felt completely different.The mahogany bookshelves, wooden tables and chairs are perfectly matched with the decoration pattern, and the orange light beams sprinkled from the wooden frame ceiling are comfortable and soft.The milky white screens, red and black checkered tablecloths and cushions are warm and simple.The overall pattern reveals a deep and unique nostalgic feeling.Jiang Ping walked to the bookshelf, picked up a book on it and casually flipped through it.If you can stay here for a moment every day and read quietly, it is also a kind of enjoyment.He smiled and put the book back on the shelf.

Looking around and seeing no one around, he called out in a low voice, "Zhan Zhao?"

Liu Rong heard the movement and came out from behind the partition. "Xiao Jiang, you're here so early."

"I have nothing to do on the weekend, so I came early." Jiang Ping nodded in greeting. "Where's Zhan Zhao?"

"It's upstairs."

Jiang Ping was silent for a while, then lowered his voice and asked, "Is his leg better?"

"There is still some bleeding, so I dare not let him walk more." Liu Rong couldn't help feeling sad when she thought of the black bruise on her nephew's leg that hadn't faded after so long. "The doctor said it's good to be able to recover like this, take your time. You sit first, and I'll call him down."

"Don't call him, I just happened to go up and have a look."

Liu Rong smiled and said, "Okay then, you two can talk slowly."

Not long after Zhan Zhao came to the bookstore, he was sent upstairs to rest by his aunt.The small second floor has been properly arranged, as intimate and comfortable as at home.He lay on the bed, put the book on the pillow and flipped through the pages.It's just that this posture is really a bit unbearable, and I can't hold it after a few minutes.The pain under the ribs was unbearable, and the waist seemed to be broken.He put his face on the book, closed his eyes and slowly lay down on the bed, feeling like an old man in his seventies and eighties, and it was difficult to move.

The sound of knocking on the door suddenly reminded me of Jiang Ping's questioning voice from outside the room. "Zhan Zhao? It's me."

As soon as Zhan Zhao heard the movement, he hurriedly propped himself up and got up. "Fourth brother, come in quickly."

Jiang Ping pushed the door open and entered, only to feel his eyes light up.Walked a few steps quickly to the big rosewood bed, sat up heavily, bumped twice, and said with a smile: "You guys can enjoy it quite a bit. Apart from anything else, this bed is really well chosen. The estimated price is not too high." Not bad right?"

"Fortunately, I bought a lot of furniture at that time, and I got a lot of discounts."

"Just now I went around downstairs..." Jiang Ping said and gave a thumbs up. "It's great. Even I can't help being envious."

Zhan Zhao smiled slightly, and said, "Otherwise, fourth brother should open a family too."

"Me?" Jiang Ping laughed and said, "When you become famous here, I apply to open a chain store, how about it?"

Liu Rong walked up to the small second floor with milk tea, listening to the faint laughter in the room, she was full of gratitude to Jiang Ping. "Xiao Zhao, I'm coming in." She knocked lightly on the door a few times, pushed it open and walked in. "The milk tea I just learned to make, you two try it and see if it tastes right?"

Jiang Ping and Zhan Zhao each took a glass, Jiang Ping was more or less polite, drank a couple of sips, and praised: "It tastes good." Zhan Zhao drank most of the glass with a slurp of his neck.Jiang Ping was amused and said, "Do you drink milk tea like this?"

"Ah?" Zhan Zhao smiled a little embarrassedly. "Just thirsty."

Liu Rong glanced at him reproachfully. "Isn't there a newly bought water dispenser in the house? Don't tell me to pour some water when I'm thirsty."

Although his aunt's tone was harsh, Zhan Zhao knew that she was worried about him, so he sat by the bed and smiled without saying a word.

"Xiao Jiang, can you open the bookstore like this? What else do you need to put away?" Liu Rong put the plate on the wooden coffee table and set it down on the sofa bed against the wall.

"It mainly depends on what you and Zhan Zhao want. In my opinion, it can open at any time." Jiang Ping paused, and said, "You don't have to worry about drinks. The employee I told you before, she knows How to do it, find some time later, and I will bring her over to talk to you."

"Thank you so much."

"You are too kind."

Next, Jiang Ping and Zhan Zhao talked about many details about the operation of the book bar.For example, the exchange of old and new books, purchasing services and online bookstores and so on.Liu Rong sat with him for a while, then got up and went downstairs to continue putting things away.After an hour or so, I saw the two of them coming down the stairs, going to the bookshelf to look at each other, and even talking and making gestures.Although she didn't know what they were talking about, but seeing the two chat happily, she felt happy in her heart.

Before I knew it, it was almost noon.Jiang Ping didn't expect to chat for so long, if Liu Rong hadn't come to call them both, he would still have had a good chat.

"You two aren't hungry, are you? Just now your uncle called and said that all the meals are ready at home. What do you two have to talk about? Let's talk after dinner at home."

"I still have something to do in the afternoon, so I won't go over it today." Jiang Ping said, turning his head to look at Zhan Zhao and saying, "The computer thing is easy, so don't rush it for a while. Let's discuss it later."

"Okay." Zhan Zhao replied with a smile.Suddenly remembered something and said: "Fourth Brother, didn't you say you wanted to show me the car? Where did you park it?"

"Hey, if you don't remind me, I almost forgot. Just stop at the front corner. Come on, I'll show you around."

After closing the door of the book bar, the three of them came to the street together.When walking about fifty meters away, Jiang Ping pointed at the fork in front of the road and said, "Did you see it? It's the black one." He raised his eyebrows and boasted: "How is it? It's handsome enough Yes."

When Liu Rong and Zhan Zhao heard this, they both laughed together.

Jiang Ping chuckled and said, "Of course, it's Che Shuai, not your fourth brother."

When he added this, the two people beside him couldn't help laughing.When several people walked to the front of the car, Jiang Ping suddenly became interested, and he didn't allow the two of them to refuse, pushing his new car one by one.He didn't drive away until he sent the person to the gate of the community.

Looking at the car shadow gradually going away, Liu Rong turned her head to look at her nephew, and said with emotion: "Xiaobai and his fourth brother are good people, so we have to get along well with them in the future, huh?"

"Yeah." Zhan Zhao felt a pain in his heart, he took his aunt's arm and smiled. "Let's go, uncle is still waiting for us at home."

Liu Rong smiled, turned around and walked into the gate of the community with her nephew.

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