The modern fortune-telling history of a small shopkeeper

Chapter 348, Small courtyard

It's just that the cousin didn't mention his classmate again these years, and there seemed to be no connection between the two of them. Qiao Mingshan couldn't help asking, "Do you still have contact with Ah Xing?" He remembered him The classmate who asked the cousin at the beginning, the cousin only said that he went abroad to study, and he didn't say anything else after that.

It was only after a long time that he found out that the Zhou Group that went bankrupt was actually Zhou Xing's company.

It was also after that year that Qiao Mingshan never saw his cousin's classmate again.

Qiao Mingshan actually remembered that in high school, the two children were always inseparable, and they went to college together later.

In the past, he thought that it was rare for the two children to have such a good relationship. The cousin could have such a good classmate, and he could take care of him.In fact, thinking about it now, the relationship between the two children should have started since they were in high school, but it was a pity that at that time he was blind and didn't see any problems between the two children.Otherwise, he could prevent the two children from getting deeper and deeper. Thinking of this, Qiao Mingshan sighed inwardly.

He hadn't heard that name mentioned by others for a long time. Hearing his cousin mention that name on the first day of junior high school, Qiao Minglang was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer the question asked by his cousin.

Qiao Mingshan didn't hear his cousin's answer, so he turned his head and glanced at his cousin. The light outside the window shone into the car and hit the young man's face, vaguely bright.

The young man didn't speak, so people didn't know what was going on in his heart.

The two sat close to each other, looking at his cousin's pretty face, Qiao Mingshan really knew that his little cousin was really good-looking, read a lot, and was doing a good job in business.Their company and factory have been able to start up smoothly in recent years, and his cousin's command behind them is indispensable.

Qiao Mingshan was somewhat worried about his cousin's personal affairs.

These years, they have never seen his cousin talk about a girlfriend, and they have brought any girls back to meet them.From the perspective of being an elder brother, Qiao Mingshan naturally hoped that the children in the family could walk on the right path, so he couldn't help but said, "At this age, if you have a good girl by your side, you can consider getting a girlfriend."

"We don't want you to get married now, you can first..." Talk about a girlfriend, you can get married after a few years...

"Big brother." Qiao Minglang interrupted his big brother, and turned to look at him. There was no panic on his face, but he calmly asked, "You already guessed right?" ?"

The two brothers glanced at each other, Qiao Mingshan turned his head, and continued to drive the car while looking at the road ahead, his jaw line was tense, and his hand holding the steering wheel was a little tight.

Qiao Minglang knew that his big cousin had already guessed it. He bought the yard and moved into it, so he guessed that his relatives might guess his relationship with that person.Now that his cousin mentioned it, he took this opportunity to confess that he likes men, "I've always wanted to find a chance to talk to you about this, but I don't know how to tell you."

"I may never marry a woman in my life. What I like is a man."

"Maybe, I'm going to let you down. I'm actually not as good as you think..." He knew that the elders and cousins ​​in the family had always praised him, but in fact Qiao Minglang felt that he was far from being as good as his family said. At least in terms of getting married and having children, he is destined to disappoint his family.

On the way back all the way back, the two brothers didn't speak again.

The car stopped at the gate of the small courtyard. Qiao Mingshan, who was still sitting in the driver's seat when he saw his cousin about to open the door to get out of the car, finally couldn't help it, and shouted, "Xiao Lang, wait a minute."

"Huh?" Qiao Minglang turned his head, looked at his cousin calmly, and waited for him to speak.

Facing his cousin's gaze, Qiao Mingshan asked what he had been holding back all the way, and asked, "Do you have to insist on him? You can see that he has been gone for so many years without seeing any of his people come back. - What if he really doesn't come back? Are you going to continue to wait for him?"

"Xiao Lang, if you really like men, then let's find someone else you like, someone who can live with you. No matter if it's a man or a woman, my elder brother won't stop you... I'll find another chance later, and talk to your sister-in-law, as long as it's someone you like, it's a good one, let's work hard to accept it, do you think it's okay?"

In fact, when Qiao Mingshan guessed the relationship between his cousin and Zhou Xing, it was difficult for Qiao Mingshan to accept this fact.But he hadn't seen Zhou Xing come back for so many years, and he didn't hear his cousin mention that classmate again, so he thought that they had lost contact and had no contact with each other.

But every time he saw his cousin bought this yard, and every time he came back to Jiangcheng, he lived in this place. Qiao Mingshan knew in his heart that his cousin never let go of that person, and had been waiting for him to come back.

They hadn't made it clear before that Qiao Mingshan had always hoped that his cousin would change his mind one day and find a woman to marry and have children with.But since my cousin said that he likes men and cannot marry a woman, isn't it still okay for us to like someone else and live with someone else?

After so many years, people will change, and things like feelings will also change.Who knows if the person who liked you at the beginning will still like you after so many years.

"Besides, this matter is not urgent." Qiao Minglang shook his head, opened the door, and got out of the car.He closed the car door behind his back, waved to his cousin sitting in the car, and said, "Cousin, go back and be careful on the road."

Looking at his cousin standing outside, Qiao Mingshan sighed in his heart, and said, "Okay, I'll go back first, and I'll come pick you up tomorrow afternoon, around two o'clock, pack your things, and wait for me to pick you up." you."

"it is good."

Qiao Mingshan turned the steering wheel, turned the car around, and drove away.

***

Seeing that the car was leaving, Qiao Minglang took out the key he was carrying and opened the gate of the courtyard, pushed the door open and entered.He closed the door behind his back, leaned his back against the door, and looked at the yard in front of him with no expression on his face.

After graduating from university three years ago, when he returned to Jiangcheng, he spent money to buy this yard.

After they moved out, there were many tenants living in this yard, and some of the flowers and plants he planted in the yard were damaged.After buying the yard, he spent a lot of time arranging the house inside and replanting the flowers and plants in the yard outside.

The vine and pear tree in the yard are still there, but the vines on the shelves are all withered.

Every year at this time, the flowers and plants in the yard are all withered, and in the coming year, the yard will have another scene.

In fact, he understood what his cousin said just now, but he knew it in his heart, and whether he was willing to accept the facts was another matter.Unable to help sighing, Qiao Minglang went into the room, opened the door, pressed the switch on the wall, and the lights in the room turned on.

After he bought the house, he hired people to redecorate the house inside and out, replaced the original floor with wooden floor, repainted the walls, and replaced all the lamps and furniture in the house. It's new.

There is a beaded door curtain between the outside living room and a small living room inside. The outside living room is mainly used for entertaining guests, and it is covered with sofas and benches.Even though he seldom has any guests here, and even he himself rarely comes back to live here, if he can come back and live here for a month or so a year, it is considered long.

The small living room inside is covered with a layer of soft carpet, and there is no furniture inside, just a rectangular solid wood table with some soft cushions. Sometimes he likes to read books and take a nap in it.

Even the sleeping bedrooms and the kitchen have been changed to make living here more comfortable.

In fact, this place is completely different from when they lived here, so Qiao Minglang sometimes doubts himself, maybe he is just a little nostalgic, and after getting used to one place, he doesn't really want to move to another new place. After all, they had lived in this place for more than two years.

He also bought another house in the community where his big cousin and sister-in-law lived, and the house there was for his younger brothers and younger sisters.

The two little girls in the family have grown up, and he doesn't really want to live in the same house with them.The other two younger brothers and younger sisters usually go to college, and they only come back here during the winter and summer vacations. Most of the houses there are under his feet. The second younger sister did not bring the two twins to live there.

Anyway, the house on their side is close, and it takes only about ten minutes to walk there. If he comes back here, the twins will run to his side, and sometimes they will live in his yard.

Compared with living in high-rise buildings, Qiao Minglang actually prefers this kind of small courtyard where the feet can be close to the ground and where flowers, plants and trees are planted.

It has been nearly three months since he came back to live in this house last time.

But when he saw that the house was cleaned and there was no dust left, he knew that the eldest girl must have come here to clean the house for him before going back to his hometown.Originally, I thought about cleaning the house myself, but now it seems that I don't need it.

Seeing that it was late at this time, the children in the family should have fallen asleep, and it was not easy for him to call home, so he thought about calling tomorrow.

After taking his clothes and taking a shower in the bathroom, he didn't feel sleepy for a while. Qiao Minglang lay down in the small living room and read a book. After flipping through a book, he felt a little sleepy, so he put down his hands. book, went back to the room to sleep.

The lights in the bedroom came on, then went off again after a while.

Tonight, the moon is bright, there are a few stars hanging, and the wind blows the clouds in the sky.It was a quiet night, not even the sound of insects...