Ch26 - Xiao Zhou

“Very good, I walked around the town today.” Xu ChengYan smiled, “There is also a temple here, I am going to visit tomorrow.”

Xu ChengYan added: “By the way, I am not sure when I will come back. Why don’t I send you the stamps tomorrow?” 

“It’s OK, I’m not in a hurry.” Jiang Lin said quickly, “If Sister-in-law is ready to come back, just let me know and I’ll pick you up!”

“Okay.”

 

After hanging up, Xu ChengYan put the stamps on the table and went to rest first.

The next morning, Xu ChengYan woke up early and sent a message to Qin Zhou, preparing to go to the temple. 

Before departure, Xu ChengYan prepared snacks and water, and went out with a backpack.

 

The two met at the pier. When Xu ChengYan arrived, Qin Zhou was already waiting there.

Qin Zhou also carried a bag, and when he saw Xu ChengYan, he quickly waved his hand.

Xu ChengYan came over, and the two walked towards the foot of the mountain together.

 

“Little boss, there is a shortcut here. You can go directly to the foot of the mountain.” Qin Zhou took Xu ChengYan to a shortcut and walked through various small alleys.

Not long after, the two arrived at the foot of the mountain.

And because there were fewer tourists in the town recently, there were even fewer people who came to climb the mountain in the morning.

 

Qin Zhou walked in front and warned: “Boss, be careful. This road is a bit steep.” 

It was already past nine in the morning, and the sun came out.

Xu ChengYan was a little hot from the sun, so he stopped first, took off his jacket, put it in his backpack, and continued to walk up.

But just as he passed a corner, Xu ChengYan accidentally stepped on the air and fell to the side.

“Little boss!” Qin Zhou on the side quickly reached out and grabbed Xu ChengYan’s arm, but it was too late to pull him back and instead, he too fell together. 

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Fortunately, the two fell on the grass. Qin Zhou quickly helped Xu ChengYan up and asked, “Is little boss okay?”

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Xu ChengYan also saw Qin Zhou’s actions and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Xu ChengYan leaned over and found that the dial was broken.

 

Qin Zhou fiddled with the watch for a while, and found that the pointer still didn’t move, so he replied, “It’s probably broken.”

Qin Zhou put the watch in his pocket at will, ready to continue walking. 

Xu ChengYan simply took off his watch and said to Qin Zhou: “You can use my watch first.”

Qin Zhou looked at it and quickly said: “Little boss, this is quite precious……”

Qin Zhou did not understand watches. However, the little boss looked better dressed and had fair skin. At first glance, he looked like a city person, and the workmanship of this mechanical watch was also very delicate, which was estimated to be quite expensive.

“It’s fine.” Xu ChengYan looked at the watch and said lightly, “It’s worthless.” 

This watch was a birthday present from XianSheng, but he later learned that Shen XiuZhu had an identical one.

It’s not worth anything anyway.

It was just a substitute.

Xu ChengYan: “You can wear it temporarily. I don’t look at my watch very much.” 

“Thank you, boss then!” Qin Zhou no longer refused. He took the watch and put it on.

The two continued to walk up the mountain, but the sun was getting brighter, so Xu ChengYan had to block the sun with his hands.

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When Qin Zhou saw it, he suddenly thought of something. He rummaged through his backpack, took out a black hat from the corner, and quickly gave it to Xu ChengYan: “Little boss, why don’t you wear this hat!”

Xu ChengYan asked: “Don’t you wear it?” 

“I’m resistant to the sun!” Qin Zhou squinted his eyes and smiled, “I’m used to the sun anyway.”

Xu ChengYan put on a hat with the brim blocking the sun, which made him feel better.

Not long after, the two had come to the temple.

The temple was a little deserted, and there was a wish tree in the yard. 

There was a lot of wishing wooden tags hanging on the wish tree. Xu ChengYan looked at the wooden tags and couldn’t help but stop and looked at them one by one.

Seeing that Xu ChengYan seemed to be interested in the blessing tree, Qin Zhou pointed to a place next to him and said, “Little boss, you can write blessings and wishes over there.”

 

Xu ChengYan went over and bought a wooden tag from the staff.

In addition to the wooden tag, there was a small table next to it, where there was a pen and ink. So that tourists could write their own blessings and wishes, or they could let the staff write them on their behalf. 

Xu ChengYan wanted to write by himself, so he sat on the chair next to him, holding a pen.

The nib of the pen was hanging above the wooden sign, and Xu ChengYan thought about it for a long time, but in the end, he only wrote seven words ——

【May XianSheng be safe year after year.】

After writing the blessing (or wish), Xu ChengYan looked at the wooden tag, and he was still a little lost. 

Visitors could hang the wooden tag on the tree or take it back with them.

However, Xu ChengYan didn’t hang it up in the end, just put the wooden tag in the bag as a souvenir.

The two stayed in the temple for a while and then went down the mountain.

Going down the mountain was from another road. When Xu ChengYan was going down, he saw a road outside. 

Looking down this road, one side was the town, and the other side was connected to the village.

“That’s the village.” Qin Zhou pointed to the distance, “The village is full of old people, and the younger ones go to work outside or come to the town.”

The tourism business in the ancient town here was good, but the village was small and still relatively backward, there were not many people in the village anymore.

And just when the two were about to return to town, Qin Zhou suddenly noticed a figure not far from the roadside, and quickly said: “Little boss, wait for me. I’ll have a few words with my grandma.” 

Xu ChengYan responded, and saw Qin Zhou running to the side.

On the side of the road, an elderly woman was dragging a sack, picking up plastic bottles on the ground and putting them into the sack one by one.

“Grandma! Why did you come out all of a sudden!” Qin Zhou said anxiously, “Grandma, go back first.”

The old woman ignored him, just hunched over and continued to pick up plastic bottles. 

“Grandma, go back!” Qin Zhou took the old woman’s arm and tried to bring her back.

The old woman still ignored Qin Zhou until she raised her head after picking up the bottle, and when she was about to leave, she suddenly saw a young man not far away.

 

The young man was tall and thin and wore a black hat.

The old woman quickly broke free from the person beside her and staggered towards the young man. 

“Xiao Zhou……” The old woman came to Xu ChengYan’s side, grabbed Xu ChengYan’s arm, and said excitedly, “Xiao Zhou is back……”

Xu ChengYan was stunned and looked at Qin Zhou subconsciously.

Qin Zhou hurried over and said to Xu ChengYan: “I’m sorry, little boss. My grandma has Alzheimer’s, and it’s easy to recognize the wrong person…….”

Qin Zhou supported the old woman and explained in a low voice: “Grandma, I’m Xiao Zhou!” 

But the old woman didn’t seem to hear Qin Zhou’s words. So, she just continued to pull Xu ChengYan, “Xiao Zhou…..”

Qin Zhou was a little anxious, afraid that the little boss would be angry, so he slightly increased his tone: “Grandma, go back!”

The old woman looked at Xu ChengYan, took out a small cloth bag from her coat pocket. She slowly opened the cloth bag, and took out a small portion of ginger candy, “Grandma bought it for you……”

“Candy……” The old woman gently and cautiously handed this ginger candy to Xu ChengYan, “Xiao Zhou, eat candy……” 

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