Rebirth and daily cultivation

Winter, river dam.

Today's sun is particularly bright, with soft and bright rays penetrating the cold air, landing on the bungalow and the earth.

In the past, Xue Chuchu would always stay at the door with Tongtong. Even if they just sat quietly and basked in the sun, they could feel the rare comfort and peace.

Now, although the weather is warm, Xue Chuchu tightened her cotton jacket.

The slight chill seemed to penetrate her body, making her face even paler.

She walked home without saying a word.

'It's good. After Tongtong has Jiang Ning, she won't stay at home all day like before. She used to be a lively person.' Xue Chuchu thought so.

As a close friend in her youth, she came from the poorest years together. Of course, she hopes that Tongtong will be happier and happier.

As for herself? Her expression was as cold as ever, and no one could see any emotion.

She walked very slowly on the way home.

Just like many years ago, she played hide-and-seek with Tongtong in the village. Because Tongtong was very short and smart, he could always hide very well, and Xue Chuchu couldn't find him at all.

Xue Chuchu was certainly not a soft persimmon that could be squeezed by anyone. After counting down every time, she pretended to look for a while.

She couldn't find it, so she turned around and went home to eat. After eating, she slowly came back to admit defeat.

Tongtong came out from the secret place, with a face full of joy, and announced foolishly: "I am the master of hide-and-seek!"

Xue Chuchu always cooperated with frustration.

Little did she know that Tongtong, who thought she had won, stayed in the firewood pile for a long time, got a lot of crumbs, and was scolded by Aunt Gu when she went home.

'Just think she was hiding and playing hide-and-seek with me. ' Xue Chuchu told herself.

Zhang Ruyun, who was wiping the car at the door, had been spying on Xue Chuchu.

Seeing this, he raised his voice and turned into a caller: "You didn't find them, right? Jiang Ning just took Xue Yuantong out on a bike. I heard they went to the flower and bird market on the street. They didn't take you?"

Xue Chuchu's breath was choked. She was silent for two seconds and said, "Thank you."

Zhang Ruyun was surprised, as if he had done something amazing. For a moment, he even forgot that his girlfriend was dating another man.

Xue Chuchu ignored him. She walked to the door of her house and wanted to go directly into the main room. As a result, the door in front of her was tightly closed.

She reached out and pushed gently, but the door didn't move at all, as if it was closed from the back.

Well, now not only can't find Tongtong and Jiang Ning, but now she can't even enter her own house...bad luck has come together...

When she was suspicious, she suddenly heard a crisp cry from inside the door: "Huh, just like when we were kids, you can go home if you can't find them, right?"

The door opened.

Tongtong was seen with her hands folded in front of her chest, with an attitude of looking down on the world.

Beside her, Jiang Ning stood calmly, like a peerless thug.

Tongtong was obviously scolding her, but at this moment, Xue Chuchu looked at the two people, one big and one small, and her heart was filled with flowers.

……

Downtown.

Jiang Ning parked his precious electric car, Chuchu got off, and Tongtong jumped off.

Tongtong stood at the street corner, looking up at the huge plaque, and read: "Yuzhou Flower and Bird World, what a domineering name!"

Jiang Ning glanced at the arrogant Tongtong, he didn't say anything, and stepped into the flower and bird market.

Today is the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. The flower and bird market is more lively than Tongtong imagined. There are a wide variety of goods, and the crowd is shouting and bargaining. This is a lively place that you can't experience when shopping in a mall, and it is much more human.

In the front are colorful flowers, green radish, lily, phalaenopsis, tulips... It seems that the air is sweet.

Xue Yuantong took a photo and shared it with Chen Siyu, then ran to a pile of succulents. Succulents have unique shapes, are cheap and easy to grow.

"Siyu, I bought two pots of succulents."

Chen Siyu replied in seconds: "Can you finish all the succulents you bought?"

"..." Xue Yuantong: "Not enough."

Chen Siyu transferred 50 yuan and said generously: "I'll treat you, eat more."

Xue Yuantong showed the chat records to Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning commented: "It doesn't matter, she's just a little stupid and a little blind, but she's still very good to you."

Tongtong and Chuchu strolled along the flower and bird market. Tongtong saw someone selling glutinous rice sticks. She wanted to eat them, but she had no money.

So she pointed to an old couple buying glutinous rice sticks and said: "Jiang Ning Jiang Ning, look at them, they are so old, and grandpa still buys glutinous rice sticks for grandma to eat!"

Jiang Ning took a quick look and saw that the old couple were dressed quite fashionably, probably highly educated elderly people. The two behaved intimately, just like what love should look like.

Grandpa and grandma also heard Tongtong's cry. The old lady looked proud and leaned towards the old man. The old man hugged the old lady and was proud of it.

The young couples around were envious and exclaimed.

Jiang Ning disagreed: "Why eat glutinous rice sticks? They are too plain. We young people should eat something exciting."

As he said, he bought two balls of super large cotton candy, which were bigger than Tongtong's face.

Tongtong took a big bite and felt sweet, and his heart was also sweet.

The old man who was very proud just now was suddenly confused.

The old lady was not convinced and wanted to buy cotton candy.

The old man hurriedly said: "No, you have high blood sugar. Don't learn to eat such sweet things like young people at your age!"

The old lady was so angry.

Jiang Ning took Tong and Chu and patrolled proudly like a winner.

...

Tongtong strolled to the fish, insect and bird area.

The goldfish swam around in the fish tank, which was very healing, and the little turtle crawled in the basin.

Tongtong squatted beside the plate and shouted, "Jiang Ning, Jiang Ning, look, your good brother is trapped!"

Jiang Ning was angry and snatched her cotton candy.

Tongtong pouted and continued to look at the cats and dogs.

After a while, she stood in front of a few parrots and said, "Chu Chu, look, they still have melon seeds to eat. Do they look like Mr. Qian who eats melon seeds every day?"

As she said that, she reached out and touched the parrot.

The parrot despised her and quickly stepped away.

Xue Yuantong was furious. She said to the parrot, "I admire your rebelliousness now!"

Then, she turned her little face and asked the boss very stubbornly, "How much is this one?"

The boss immediately said, "This is a yellow cockatiel, one hundred and fifty yuan each!"

Xue Yuantong was silent.

One hundred and fifty, worth a day's worth of stuff.

A city beauty who was also watching the parrot next to her saw the little girl's embarrassment and deliberately chatted with her companion: "Parrots are very smart birds, with an IQ equivalent to that of human children aged 3 to 5. Why are my parrots good? That's because I can sense their behaviors and emotions, and then respond to them." As she spoke, she stretched out a pair of fingers with burgundy nails. The parrot, which was eating melon seeds, actually jumped onto her hand and was very intimate. The boss couldn't help but praise: "Beauty, this parrot is usually very afraid of people, and it is destined to be with you!" The city beauty smiled very beautifully, and her charm was fully displayed at this moment. In contrast, Tongtong was jealous in the dark. The city beauty glanced at the little girl with her peripheral vision and thought to herself: 'You are still young! ' She stroked the yellow cockatiel with her fingers, but the next second, the parrot jumped out of her hand. Her eyes moved with the parrot, and finally saw a handsome profile. The parrot stood on Jiang Ning's shoulder and kept pecking at his shoulder with its head.

Tongtong: "What is it doing?"

Xue Chuchu observed for two seconds and said uncertainly: "Maybe it's kowtowing?"

The urban beauty who is a bird-raising expert exclaimed: "What a joke, kowtowing?"

Xue Chuchu was speechless.

On the contrary, Tongtong saw the panic of the urban beauty now, and she emphasized: "It really looks like kowtowing!"

Jiang Ning said lightly: "Okay, don't kowtowing."

The parrot was as if pardoned, and hurried back to the nest, pecked two melon seeds, and presented them to Jiang Ning.

The urban beauty was confused. She had raised birds for many years and had seen countless kinds of bird behaviors, but she had never seen such a weird behavior today, kowtowing for mercy, what the hell?

Jiang Ning left lightly with two followers.

...

After visiting the flower and bird area, they came to the more interesting antique area.

Modern people have heard more or less about the stories of accidentally picking up antiques, finding them to be genuine after identification, and becoming rich overnight.

There are so many stories like this in the market that more people want to get rich overnight.

As soon as Tongtong entered the antique area, her eyes seemed to shine, hoping to find valuable antiques, sell them at a good price, and become the head of the family from then on.

She squatted in front of a stall and pointed at a green translucent jade pendant: "This jade looks very simple and rustic, what is its origin?"

The stall owner was a middle-aged man with a bit of Jianghu style. He immediately started to brag: "This, this has a long history. It is said that Nuwa used red, green, yellow, white and black to mend the sky..."

The stall owner boasted for a while.

Jiang Ning said: "Don't believe it, this is made from a beer bottle."

The stall owner: ...

Xue Yuantong pointed to a crystal clear stone again.

The stall owner boasted: "This is amber, the resin secreted by pine and cypress trees tens of millions of years ago..."

Jiang Ning said: "Polished plastic."

"What about this?" Tongtong pointed to a yellow gold bar again.

Jiang Ning: "A block of tin wrapped in brass."

The stall owner glared at Jiang Ning, how could he do business?

Xue Chuchu looked at Jiang Ning in surprise. She knew nothing about these antiques. Why did Jiang Ning know so much?

Tongtong was a little disappointed. She asked: "Are they all fake? Isn't there any history?"

Jiang Ning pointed to the thermos bottle used by the stall owner to drink water and said: "This thing is probably ten years old. It is the oldest on the stall."

The stall owner was furious. He was going to ruin the place!

Jiang Ning continued to stroll leisurely. After a few steps, a slick old man sitting on a small stool shouted: "Look, it's definitely an antique. We have a certificate of expert appraisal!"

Xue Yuantong walked to the stall, and the old man immediately unfolded the certificate: "Look, this antique is exactly the same as the certificate. It is definitely authentic!"

Jiang Ning said: "The antique is fake, and the certificate is also fake."

The old man's face turned black.

A middle-aged man with a rather imposing manner came over and exclaimed: "It looks like it, it really looks like it, isn't it Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain? How much is it, boss? I want it!"

The old man: "Eight hundred."

The middle-aged man pretended to pay for it.

Jiang Ning glanced at it and said, "Trust."

After visiting several more stalls, Xue Yuantong found a blue and white porcelain vase, and the stall owner offered a price of fifty thousand.

Tongtong considered it for a while and asked: "Will you sell it for five yuan?"

The stall owner hesitated for a few seconds: "Add five more yuan."

In the end, Tongtong bought a blue and white porcelain vase for eight yuan.

……

After visiting the whole street, the three of them returned on the way back, took the succulents they had bought before, and went to find Jiang Ning's precious electric car.

Jiang Ning picked up the two girls and prepared to drive.

Suddenly, a "ding ding" sound came from nearby. Xue Yuantong had excellent eyesight.

An old man was carrying a basket on his back, holding a small hammer in his hand, and kept hitting the shovel.

"Ding ding candy, I haven't eaten it for a long time!" Xue Yuantong patted Jiang Ning and signaled him to call the old man.

Jiang Ning drove closer and asked: "How much is it?"

As soon as he asked the question, a girl in a pink down jacket five or six meters to the right opened her mouth to shout: "Don't..."

The old man turned his head and stared at the girl coldly, holding the hammer tightly in his hand.

The girl in the pink down jacket was so scared that she quickly shut up.

Tongtong: "Grandpa, how much is Dingding Candy?"

The old man didn't answer. He bent down to unload the basket behind him and put it on the ground, then pointed to a large piece of white solid sugar: "Maltose, very delicious."

Tongtong: "How much is it?"

The old man said vaguely: "Weighed."

Xue Chuchu was used to being poor. Poor people like them must ask the price before buying things: "How much is a pound?"

The old man seemed not to hear. He picked up the shovel and fixed it on the sugar block, then knocked the hammer in his hand with a ding, and a large piece of sugar was knocked off.

As he knocked, he said: "Maltose is good to eat, it clears away heat, is easy to digest, and also beautifies!"

The old man was very quick. After breaking the maltose, he picked up the bottle of powder and sprinkled the powder on the maltose.

Finally, he picked up the scale and weighed it quickly, "A total of eighty-two!"

Tongtong almost thought he had heard it wrong: "What, eight yuan and two?"

The old man stretched out his finger and emphasized: "Eighty-two yuan!"

The little girl in the distance was extremely anxious. She knew that this was a scam, similar to the cake scam.

She had been cheated by this old man before. When she asked him the price before buying, she kept pretending not to understand.

Tongtong was almost dumbfounded when she heard the price. Eighty-two yuan? She used to buy a bag on the street for only a few yuan!

Xue Chuchu: "How much is a pound?"

The old man was holding maltose: "Twelve yuan and one tael."

Jiang Ning smiled: "Why don't you rob it?"

As soon as the voice fell, the old man was angry at the time, and he instantly changed his face. He held the hammer and his tone became very stern: "You asked for it yourself. If you dare not pay, I will call the police to arrest you!"

He was a legitimate transaction, and the police couldn't do anything!

As soon as this was said, Tongtong and Chuchu began to think about how to get out.

The old man continued to threaten: "Pay the money quickly, or I will report..."

When faced with such a thing, most people can only swallow their anger and pay the money.

Jiang Ning didn't care at all: "Report your mother's head!"

He raised his foot and kicked the old man in the chest. With great force, he knocked him over with the basket and the hammer, and the Ding Ding candies were scattered all over the floor.

The little girl with a desperate look on her face was stunned on the spot.

Will anyone really dare to resist violently?

Jiang Ning turned the ignition switch, and the battery car rode away.