In Lanshan Village during the 1970s, the Zhang family had always been honest and hardworking. The eldest son had served in the army for many years, but there had been no news from him. The second s...
Erbao is taken care of by Xu Qiu.
However, Xu Qiu herself was also unmarried and had never had children, and the child in front of her was only one month old.
The Zhang family elders and Zhang Zhi had not returned yet. Xu Qiu was at Zhang Zhi's place. She didn't know how to look at the one-month-old baby, nor did she dare to hold him. She could only squat there and stare at him.
The child is crying. The soft little baby's face is red and his neck is thick from crying. It looks so pitiful, especially for babies who are just one month old. They are not fat, but thin and small, but their crying voices are not small at all.
When Tianjiao and the others came over, she was like seeing a savior: "You are finally back. How do I take care of this child? I have no experience."
Zhang Yanran took a step back silently: "I can't."
Zhang Dong remained silent, he wouldn’t know either.
Zhang Rui was even more at a loss: "I've never raised such a small one."
Tianjiao is different. She was five years old when she appeared and has been sensible since childhood.
Xu Qiu's hope was shattered, and he said anxiously: "This child has been crying for three minutes, and I dare not touch him..."
Tianjiao walked forward silently and held the child carefully.
Erbao was very small and light, so it wasn't difficult to hold him. She had come into contact with such a small child in her previous life. Especially now it was winter, and he was wrapped in a thick quilt. There was no need to worry at all. She just had to make sure to support his head.
The child was also very sensitive. When he felt the scent emanating from her, he immediately felt at ease and his crying became softer and then stopped.
Tianjiao leaned against him, felt it for a while, and looked at Zhang Rui: "Dad, make a cup of malted milk."
"Okay!" Zhang Rui woke up from his daze and ran out immediately.
The others all looked at Tianjiao with a hint of admiration. Zhang Dong sighed, "You can actually take care of a child."
Zhang Zhi's house is very small, so he can hear what is said here. He said quickly, "That's right. Dabao was very attached to her when he was young. He doesn't cling to her anymore now that he's grown up."
The child was comforted. Since there was no pacifier, he was fed milk little by little with a spoon. Tianjiao sat on the bed and fed him slowly. When he felt the milk was cold, he asked Zhang Rui to heat it up, and continued feeding him until he felt he was almost full.
After eating and changing his diaper, the baby fell asleep.
They looked at each other and decided to take the child back.
This Ding Yushu is too unreliable. It seems that it would be of no use even if she came back.
What's more, we have been running for more than a day. Who knows if we can come back?
Ding Yushu's escape was different from Zhong's. Zhong's escape was when Erbao was half a year old. At that time, many educated youth in the village returned, and some of them sent her letters. With the changes of the times, the increasingly developed and prosperous big cities attracted her, so she left without a care in the world.
But now...
The entire Zhang family was at a loss.
In those days, you couldn't really go far without a letter of introduction. That night, they came back until it was dark, very late, when Tianjiao couldn't help dozing off.
Everyone had a gloomy face, and those who came back with them included the villagers from Lanshan Village who had helped to look for people.
Li Mizhen looked at Zhang Zhi, who was extremely depressed and low-spirited, and said in a deep voice: "Oer, sleep in the third room tonight. I'll go boil some water."
Zhang Zhi nodded indifferently, lowered his head and said nothing.
Xu Qiu said: "The food is still hot, you guys eat first, I'll boil some hot water."
Li Mizhen was tired after a day of running around, so she didn't delay. However, when she turned around and saw the two maids sitting, she quickly sent them back to sleep.
Children don’t need to interfere in adult matters. They just need to eat and drink as they please, just like Dabao.
The next day, Zhang Zhi tried to look for her again, but was scolded by Li Mizhen.
After all, Erbao still needs someone to take care of him. Can he pull back and break the legs of a wife who has made up her mind to run away?
How is that possible when the laws are so strict nowadays.
"But what about the eldest and second babies? They will be without a mother like this?" Zhang Zhi was unwilling to accept this. He clenched his hands tightly at his sides, and the veins on his neck were exposed.
Li Mizhen said coldly: "You found her and then what? You stare at her, but you don't want to go?"
Zhang Zhi was speechless. How could this be possible? He is a man and he has to support his family.
Seeing that he remained silent, Li Mizhen snorted coldly, "She has never thought about living a good life with you. Be more careful. You are acting like a fool. Listen, you are not allowed to look for her, or I will throw your son out for you."
Zhang Zhi's face turned pale. He knew that his mother said that out of anger, but he was also in the wrong. It was not good for him to ask his mother to raise his eldest son, let alone his younger son.
His shoulders slumped, and he seemed to have lost all his strength: "I won't look for it anymore."
****
Zhang Zhi was depressed for a while. He had been working with Zhang Rui and made a lot of money in the second half of last year. However, most of it was taken away by Ding Yushu. He only had a small amount of money left to invest in Zhang Rui.
Zhang Rui gave it all to him.
Then let him stay at home for half a year to raise the child.
During the winter vacation, Erbao was taken care of by Tianjiao. She could accurately understand Erbao's needs, whether he was hungry, had urinated or defecated. However, her task was only to look after the child and feed him, and Li Mizhen would do the rest.
Little girls, don't touch water often in winter.
Li Mizhen is very careful in this regard, so even though Tianjiao is so old, she has never thought of letting her learn to cook.
After the winter vacation, Li Mizhen and Xu Qiu took care of Zhang Zhi. However, there were many things to do at home, so Zhang Zhi could not go out for the time being. He went to work in the village. After spring, he would start planting rice. He worked hard every day. After working for a while, Zhang Zhi had no time to think about his wife.
As for the school, the second year of high school had already learned all the high school knowledge and was eligible to take the college entrance examination. Therefore, the two did not skip a grade and directly registered for the college entrance examination in the second semester of the second year of high school.
Although they were a little young, their grades were good enough, so the teacher signed them up at their strong request.
So everyone in the village was shocked.
"Oh my, the two girls from the Zhang family are really amazing!"
"Is there smoke coming out of the Zhang family's ancestral tomb?"
"I guess they're just kids fooling around. They haven't taken the college entrance exams yet, so who knows what their results will be?" This statement was made by an outsider who didn't know much about the two's situation.
As soon as he finished speaking, he was immediately despised by the villagers of Lanshan Village: "I can see that you don't know the situation of these two children. The eldest daughter skipped a grade when she came to our county high school, and she didn't use any connections, and she passed the exam with almost full marks. The third daughter is even more amazing, she has always been the top student since she was a child. My daughter is two years older than her, and they were originally in the same class and were in the same grade, but it turned out that they are already taking the college entrance examination, while she is still in elementary school! Isn't it infuriating!"
"I forgot it." Someone added: "The third child's daughter skipped grades at the beginning of her schooling, and she skipped several grades. Otherwise, she would have taken the college entrance examination a long time ago."
"Is it really that amazing? Then the number one scholar must be in this village by then?"
"No way!"
"Boasting!" The man didn't believe it. "Can a small rural village have better education than a city? At most, we can get one top scholar in the county."
But soon, they were slapped in the face.
The top two candidates in the imperial examination are both from their village, namely Tianjiao and Zhang Yanran.
There is really smoke coming out of the Zhang family’s ancestral grave!
Tianjiao happily enrolled in Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
She likes painting, but since she already has such a good teacher like Song Zhen, she naturally doesn't want to study this in school, so she enrolled in medical school.
She felt that her ability would not be wasted on medical treatment.
Especially when she was attending classes in the school that had been out of her reach in her previous life, that feeling was absolutely amazing.
When she was a child in her previous life, she had the same worry: which of the two top universities should she go to?
Later Tianjiao realized that none of them had anything to do with her.
Although she has transmigrated into a book and the world in the book is fictional, there are still two famous and powerful universities. She has made up for her wish back then.
Zhang Yanran happened to have applied to the same university as her.
Just different majors.
Several days after the application was closed, someone came to report the good news and send the news.
There are some who are close to doing well in the exam, including Zhang Yanran and Tianjiao, but the latter has a little more.
From the village head to the county head, everyone was extremely happy.
The village was bustling for a long time.
The Zhang family held a grand banquet, and people from the entire village could come. Each family just had to give a small gift, such as two cabbages. There were quite a few dishes on the table, and the pork was served with different side dishes. There were three plates on the table, and everyone left with a greasy mouth.
However, there were really a lot of things that everyone sent, plus there were some things that were quietly given by Tiandao father. They were the rewards for their spending on their daughter. After the banquet, the Zhang family was stunned to find that they actually made a profit?
***
Kyoto
After getting off the train, Tianjiao, carrying a small bag, got off first with Zhang Yanran, who was dressed in the same outfit. They looked at the people coming and going at the train station. There were a lot of people shouting and selling things at the place where they got off.
The attitude is completely different from that in Arashiyama.
I can really feel the difference.
Although this place is still very old and old-fashioned and you can see its age, it already has the outline and look of the future.
Over in Arashiyama, even though there are policies to encourage vendors, few people dare to do it and the business is still depressed. But it is different here, the brave ones have already taken the lead.
Behind them, Zhang Rui came down panting with his luggage on his back: "Let's go, didn't your Grandpa Song say he would come to pick us up? Have you seen anyone?"
The two shook their heads. As soon as they got off the car, their eyes were focused on the vendors. How could they pay attention to these things?
"It's there!" Tianjiao was reminded and started looking immediately.
She had good eyesight and immediately spotted the person holding the sign, pointing excitedly: "Look!"
Zhang Rui and Zhang Yanran looked over immediately and felt relieved: "Let's go."
Tianjiao nodded, and suddenly Zhang Yanran screamed.
The bag on her back was snatched away. She had just got off the train and there were many people around. The man rushed into the crowd and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Tianjiao was getting anxious when he saw a young man appear. He pounced on the man and subdued him as quickly as lightning. However, the robber also had accomplices, and everyone around him retreated, except for the two accomplices who came over with knives in their hands.
The young man looked grim and kicked the robber's leg.
"Ah!" the robber screamed.
The other two accomplices rushed over. The young man ducked to avoid the knife attack. Then they kicked and punched him hard. The two accomplices held their stomachs and dared not move.
Tianjiao and Zhang Yanran were watching on the sidelines in amazement.
Zhang Rui couldn't help but exclaimed: "This guy is amazing."
After the young man, who was said to be so powerful, taught the two men a lesson, staff and police came over, and he calmly walked towards them with his bag.
Zhang Rui then realized that it was not good for him to just stand there with his luggage even though others had helped him.
He put down his luggage and thanked: "Thank you very much, comrade, you are very skilled."
The young man smiled and said politely, "Hello, uncle."
Zhang Rui was stunned and thought to himself, I'm not old, why am I calling you uncle?
The next second, the young man looked at Zhang Yanran: "Yanran, long time no see."
The calm and quiet little girl blushed with excitement. She happily jumped in front of the young man and said in surprise, "Brother Jiang Luan, why are you here?"
The young man smiled gently: "I happened to be free today, so I came to take a look."
Zhang Yanran muttered, "You're lying. It's obviously not our holiday yet."
The young man just looked at her. Zhang Yanran didn't know what to say. She took his hand and came over to introduce him to Zhang Rui and the others.
Tianjiao understood, and looking at Zhang Rui who was hesitating whether to separate the two children, he immediately pulled him over and said, "Let's not disturb them."
Zhang Rui clicked his tongue and said, "Brother will cry to death if he sees this."
"puff."
…
The young man who helped them at the train station was Zhang Yanran's childhood sweetheart Jiang Luan, but this childhood sweetheart was already 19 years old and was studying in a military academy, but in the capital. He knew from the letter he wrote to Zhang Yanran that she would arrive at this time today, and he had been waiting here for a long time.
I just saw her and was about to come over, but I noticed the robbers and passed by immediately.
With Jiang Luan joining the team, Zhang Rui felt particularly uncomfortable. He always felt that his eldest brother would beat him up when he returned, blaming him for losing his daughter. But looking at the two children, he was embarrassed to be the bad guy and separate them, so he had to pull Tianjiao and walk in front.
When they arrived at the place where the person who picked them up was, the young man's eyes immediately lit up: "I've heard from Mr. Song that the most beautiful one is his apprentice. Now I see that it's true. All of them are good-looking. The water over at Lanshan is really nourishing."
Jiang Luan raised his eyebrows, and his gaze finally fell on the others, with a hint of appreciation in his eyes.
Zhang Yanran had already told him everything about the Zhang family in the letter. She also said that there was a younger sister in this generation who was even more capable than her. Now looking back, it seems quite good. Is the Zhang family's feng shui so good?
I just wonder if Zhang Yanran, who has always been the best, will feel a gap now?
He lowered his head and saw the little girl smiling without any gloom on her face.
Tianjiao smiled shyly: "Thank you, how are you now, Grandpa?"
"Mr. Song is doing very well. He has taken back his house and now lives alone in a large courtyard. The few times I visited him before, he said that he missed his friends and disciples in Lanshan and hoped that you would come over soon."
"That's good." Material satisfaction is enough, and spiritually, she is here.
The one who came to pick them up was an outer disciple of Song Zhen. The older generation paid more attention to this. Without formally becoming a disciple, one cannot call him master. Tianjiao was his youngest disciple. Some of his previous disciples betrayed the sect, and he took the initiative to sever ties with the others because he didn't want his situation to affect them.
It had actually only been two months since Song Zhen returned to Kyoto. He came back with Li Mu. Xiao He was also taken away by Li Mu. Since Xiao He had no parents, Li Mu was worried about him being alone there, so he forcibly took him away.
Although he knew that Tianjiao would take care of him if he stayed in Lanshan Village, the Zhang family had a lot of things to do and the child was still a little fool and said nothing.
When he arrived at Song's house, his little mouth shaped like an O.
Because Song Zhen’s house will become a courtyard house worth sky-high prices in the future!
This is a courtyard house.
And it was really big, no wonder the person who picked them up said Song Zhen felt lonely.
When you push open the door, you can see the land divided into four equal parts by marble slabs, which just extend to four directions. Opposite the door is a very beautiful house that looks like an ancient building. The same is true on both sides. It covers a large area, so there is no need to worry about not having enough space or not enough houses.
On the far left is a vegetable garden with tender green cabbages already growing on it. Near the door is a grape trellis, and on the other side looks like a kitchen.
Tianjiao just took a look and was hugged by Song Zhen.
Song Zhen's eyes were slightly red: "Oh, if you're not around, I really don't want to talk all day."
"Grandpa, it's okay. I'm with you now." Tianjiao quickly comforted him: "You are teaching at our university anyway, we can go to school together in the future."
"Haha, yes." Song Zhen was immediately happy. He felt happy when he thought about going to school with Tianjiao in the future.
Only then did he wipe his tears and see clearly Zhang Rui, who was carrying large and small bags, Zhang Yanran, who was also standing, and a strange young man in front of him.
"Come in quickly." Song Zhen hurriedly made way and led them into the house.
"Put the gifts here. This is your house, this is Yanran's, and this is Tianjiao's. Put them all in place. Let's go to the restaurant today."
"Uncle Song, let's not go to the restaurant. We've been on the train for such a long time, let's take a rest first." Zhang Rui stopped him.
They have been together for so many years that they no longer have to be polite to each other. He really has a sore back.
Even if it's a sleeper, it's still painful, especially because the carriage is so noisy.
Tianjiao nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, let's rest first, and we'll talk about everything after we wake up."
Song Zhen nodded regretfully, looked at the only stranger Jiang Luan, and asked: "Then this one..."
Zhang Yanran said softly: "This is my friend Jiang Luan, he doesn't live here."
Jiang Luan nodded: "I live in the school, and I asked for leave today."
Song Zhen looked him up and down and asked, "Are you a soldier?"
Jiang Luan nodded, and Song Zhen smiled, becoming much friendlier.
There were no servants here, so they had to do everything themselves. Zhang Yanran cooked, Tianjiao helped, and Zhang Rui made the fire. After they had a simple meal of noodles, Zhang Rui immediately helped his niece and daughter tidy up the room. When everything was done, he yawned and said vaguely, "You guys take a rest too. I'm going to sleep first."
"Well, good afternoon, Dad." Tianjiao waved his hand, fell on the bed and fell asleep.
In the next room, Zhang Yanran and Jiang Luan were chatting, and they seemed to be in high spirits.
****
After waking up, Tianjiao opened the door and was about to step out when he was stunned by the scene in front of him.
There was a young man sitting on the steps, and he seemed to be asleep. After the door was opened from the inside, he fell backwards and landed right on Tianjiao's feet.
Tianjiao exclaimed: "Xiao He, why are you here?"
Isn’t he with Grandpa Li Mu?
Xiao He was awakened and opened his eyes blankly. There were obvious bloodshot in his eye sockets and dark circles under his eyelids. But after opening his eyes and finding Tianjiao, he immediately stood up and smiled: "Jiaojiao~~~"
"Well, I'm here. Why are you here?" Tianjiao smiled and asked gently.
There are always some privileges when treating beautiful boys. If it were Dabao, she would definitely not be so gentle.
Xiao He pursed his lips: "Looking for you."
Tianjiao blinked, and saw Song Zhen, Li Mu and Zhang Rui who had heard the noise coming over. They were happy to see what happened.
Li Mu was the first to complain: "This child has been with me for two months. He was fine at first, but after a few days he became more and more silent, just like he disappeared. In the past half month, he has refused to talk or study almost every day, and he is getting more and more haggard. He is just thinking about you. I can't do anything about it. As soon as I heard you were coming, I immediately brought him here. Tianjiao, forget it, I don't want this child anymore, I'll leave it to you."
Tianjiao's face flushed red, and he glared at Li Mu: "Grandpa Li, stop talking nonsense!"
Xiao He pulled her sleeve and said, "Don't leave!"
Tianjiao softened subconsciously and held his hand: "Well, don't leave."
A satisfied smile appeared on Xiao He's lips.
Tianjiao felt a pang of sadness at the sight, but it was also a bit sweet. Such a handsome boy actually lost his appetite for her.
Of course, they were all so young, and Tianjiao didn’t have any idea of earth-shattering love. She just felt that he was dependent on her. She had been in his life since he was six years old.
The villain has become very paranoid because of his childhood experiences and only targets one person.
At first, Tianjiao thought that the plot on his side was irreversible and was sad for a while, but then he found out that he didn't care about Zhang Yanran, so it could only be that his focus shifted to her.
Tianjiao knew that this mentality was not right, but he was still very happy. However, he also began to think that he had to take him to meet more people. As for making money, that was not important.
…
A few adults saw the two children being so close, laughed and teased them, and then avoided them.
Seeing this, Tianjiao pulled Xiao He back to the room and let him take a nap first.
She herself took the brushes, paints and paper and started painting.
There was a slight sound of paper rubbing against each other, and Xiao He, who had been looking at Tianjiao without blinking, slowly closed his eyes.
I slept until night and it was dark.
This time, Jiang Luan packed up the meal from the restaurant, which was also very sumptuous.
Several people sat around the table and ate.
Eat and chat.
Song Zhen tasted it and praised: "This tastes good. When did the cooking skills of state-owned restaurants become so good?"
Jiang Luan shook his head: "It's not from a state-owned restaurant."
Song Zhen was stunned: "No?"
Jiang Luan nodded affirmatively: "I bought it at the one on the left side of the alley. It looks like a small restaurant, but the food is good, there are many customers, and it is quite clean. It is also cheaper than the state-owned restaurants."
Song Zhen sighed and said nothing more.
Zhang Yanran, after tasting two mouthfuls, looked at Zhang Rui hesitantly: "Uncle, do you want to open a restaurant? Open it near the university, I will provide the technology, and you will provide the money and labor, how about it?"
Zhang Rui thought he was hallucinating.
Why are you suddenly talking about this? Or the always well-behaved niece?
Zhang Yanran's eyes were filled with longing, this was a great opportunity, all economies were in their starting stages, and the advanced technologies in her mind were enough for her to do many things. She was an orphan in her previous life, and had little to eat in the first half of her life, which led to her second half of her life being particularly fond of thinking about food.
Although her life was quite short, after leaving school, eating was her biggest wish.
It is thanks to the accumulation of so many years that she dares to say such things. After all, she is poor now.
Zhang Rui was a little hesitant. Isn't it a bad idea to do business with his niece? Will it affect her studies? Will the eldest brother beat him then?
He hadn't decided yet, but Tianjiao, who was particularly uneasy because Butterfly had ruined the heroine's career in Lanshan, spoke first: "Okay, okay, I agree on behalf of my father. When the time comes, you can open a restaurant in front of the school. I can go there directly when I want to eat, without having to go out to buy food. It's not always clean outside, so it's better for us to cook it ourselves."
Zhang Rui was both angry and amused. He pinched his daughter's face hard and said unhappily, "Is that the decision? Do you know if I, your father, can do it?"
“Of course I can.” Tianjiao nodded hurriedly, his eyes shining as he looked at Zhang Rui: “Dad is the best!”
After he finished speaking, the face that Zhang Rui had just released was pinched again by a pair of invisible hands.
Oh my god, why is it that every time I say this, Tiandao Tiandao dad can hear it?
Zhang Rui was shocked when he saw his daughter's face deform automatically again. He rubbed his eyes in a daze, and then looked again. It was normal with only the red marks caused by his pinching.
He quickly made himself forget the previous scene, looked at Zhang Yanran, and said, "Of course, I can, but in case it affects your studies..."
Zhang Yanran immediately relaxed and said confidently: "No, uncle, I like these very much."
"Okay, that's it. I'll go choose a shop later. Anyway, we came early and there is still more than a month left." Zhang Rui nodded, indicating that he was also looking forward to it. When he came here and saw so many vendors, he couldn't help but be excited.
He came so early because he wanted to do some things here in advance. He originally planned to start a clothing business, but it seemed that Kyoto was well developed and there were department stores with beautiful things inside. It would be a bit difficult to do the clothing business, not to mention that he was a grown man and his aesthetic taste was different.
Now is the perfect time, so let’s do it.
Tianjiao looked at this, then looked at that, and suddenly there was a chicken wing in the bowl. She looked at Xiao He and also picked up a chicken wing for him. It was only right to reciprocate!
****
Tianjiao and his friends came to school still early, with more than a month left before school started. Almost as soon as they received their notification letters, they asked the team leader for a letter of introduction and came here directly.
So there is plenty of time.
They did not start working on the store right away, but instead rested here for two days.
Although Song Zhen doesn't have a nanny, it is very convenient for him to buy anything on weekdays. There are many vegetable vendors on the streets and alleys. They can stop by just by shouting and buy the vegetables they need. They will be there for two days.
Of course, he was alone before, but now there are more people, so Zhang Yanran took the initiative to take charge of the cooking. She has been eager to study food. In Lanshan, the ingredients are not rich enough and it is troublesome to cook. There is no gas stove and no small pot, so she is not motivated.
In addition, Li Mizhen is very hardworking and is never asked to do anything.
Now is the perfect time.
Although the weather was hot, they were not short of money, so they bought a lot of ice and kept it cool in the house. Tianjiao watched them and hoped that they would make money quickly so that they could buy air conditioners. Air conditioners should have appeared by now, right?
She was full of expectations.
During the break, Zhang Rui went out to survey the surrounding environment and what the surrounding vendors were selling. He was accompanied by Zhang Yanran. Tianjiao didn't understand these things, so he took Xiao He to play with him.
There are many famous buildings in Kyoto, which are places rarely seen in later generations. It is not particularly crowded now, so Tianjiao naturally has to go and see them while there is still time.
She even bought a camera for this purpose.
The person who paid for it was Zhang Rui.
When he gave her the camera, Zhang Rui said sourly: "I spent money to buy the camera, and you went to play. Fate is unfair."
"Daddy is the best." Tianjiao went over to hug him coquettishly.
Zhang Rui immediately smiled.
…
Going out for fun is not an easy thing, especially when neither of you knows the way.
Originally they wanted to find someone to take them out to play, but Tianjiao refused: "I want Xiao He to communicate with more people. This is just the right time. We don't know the way, but we have a mouth and can ask questions."
As the head of the family, Song Zhen had to repeatedly warn them: "Don't go to remote places, be careful, and find the police immediately if you encounter any problems."
"Okay, got it." Tianjiao nodded and pulled Xiao He out.
Just walk out like that.
As soon as they went out, they looked at the alley, left and right, not knowing which way to go. Tianjiao pushed Xiao He and said, "Go ask the uncle selling newspapers over there. That's the bus stop. We can take the bus."
Xiao He looked at her hesitantly.
Tianjiao pouted and glared at him unhappily: "Do you want me to go?"
Xiao He quickly shook his head and walked over slowly.
It’s not that he never communicates with strangers, but he does so very rarely.
So little that he is now particularly uncomfortable.
When he reached the pavilion, his face had turned red and he began to move his hands and feet subconsciously.
He turned around and saw Tianjiao looking at him expectantly with a smile. Their eyes met and the little girl mouthed, "Come on!"
Xiao He pursed his lips, took a deep breath, and walked to the pavilion: "Boss, which way is the bus stop?"
Xiao He was taught to speak by Tianjiao, who had spoken Mandarin since childhood. She also learned the local dialect later on, but when she was teaching Xiao He to speak, she always used Mandarin subconsciously, and her speech was quite standard.
Therefore, Xiao He was also speaking Mandarin at this time. Although it did not have the accent of Kyoto, it was very authentic.
The boss was squinting his eyes while reading the newspaper. When he saw a beautiful boy appear in front of him, he smiled subconsciously and replied, "Go straight this way. It's about 200 meters ahead. It's hidden by the trees. You can see it if you look carefully."
"Thank you." Xiao He remembered what Tianjiao said and must say thank you after receiving help.
The boss shook his head cheerfully: "No thanks, no thanks, young man, you just arrived here, go out and have fun, but don't take the bus at those tourist attractions, otherwise you will be ripped off, it's more convenient to take the bus, and you look a little thin, so it's good for you to walk more."
Xiao He pursed his lips, nodded seriously, wrote down what he said, thanked him, and then left.
Tianjiao said that he would be in charge of this trip, and she should not worry about anything and just follow him.
He didn't have to mess things up, otherwise Jiaojiao wouldn't want to hang out with him anymore.
Arriving in front of Tianjiao, Xiao He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Uncle said just walk 200 meters this way, let's go."
Tianjiao nodded happily and gave him a thumbs up: "Xiao He is really amazing!"
Xiao He suddenly felt relieved, as if he wasn't so uncomfortable asking for directions just now.
The two got on the bus smoothly, but to get to the designated location, how to transfer buses was a problem, so Xiao He had to ask the bus driver.
Good-looking people are always favored. The bus driver was actually quite impatient, but when he saw that the person asking the question was Xiao He, he smiled kindly and said, "Get off at xx Road, and then take another bus. The food there is more expensive, so buy some more food before you take the bus..."
Xiao He wrote it down carefully again: "Thank you."
It was rare for someone to thank him so solemnly. The bus driver became even happier and couldn't help but tell him some other things to note, including which place had better food and was more authentic, and which was flashy. It was not very nice to talk while driving, but seeing that the driver was speaking so seriously, Tianjiao didn't want to interrupt him.
Until the bus stopped at the next stop, people got on the bus one after another, and Xiao He and Tian Jiao were squeezed to the back, away from the driver.
The rest of the journey went smoothly. Although there were some people who were impatient with their questions, most people were kind enough to help answer the questions. On the way, they met a young lady. Seeing that they were just two young boys, she enthusiastically took them to eat and drink for a while, and they only parted ways when they were called back by their families.
Throughout the whole day, Xiao He went from being nervous when talking to people at the beginning to being much calmer now. Although he doesn't talk much, he is not that silent either.
Even when Tianjiao wanted to go to the toilet, he took the initiative to ask for directions.
They had a lot of fun on the trip and Tianjiao took a lot of photos, most of them were hers, a small number were Xiaohe's, and she also asked kind people to take photos of the two of them.
Although the photos at that time were still in black and white, color cameras were too expensive to afford.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the two satisfied people went back and asked for the place to develop photos in the car. They developed the photos, carried the bag back home and shared them with them.
The next day, Tianjiao brought Song Zhen with him.
He didn't bring him on the first day because he was worried that Xiao He wouldn't do well and the old man would be tired following them. After a day of testing, Tianjiao immediately and happily invited Song Zhen.
The uncle and nephew, who are still busy with their store business, are no longer under their leadership.
It was not until the fourth day that Zhang Rui and Zhang Yanran made a plan to take a day off. Tianjiao then took Xiao He, who had also just taken a day off, out again: "Let's go, let Xiao He be your tour guide and take you all around Kyoto!"
Zhang Rui and Zhang Yanran both looked at Xiao He expectantly.
Xiao He, who seldom spoke, nodded willingly: "I can do it! You just need to bring the money and people!"
Tianjiao: The talking Xiao He seems to have become cuter.