Grandma Qin's tone was more like giving instructions, so the two brothers naturally agreed. The next day, Qingming Festival, Xu Zhaoyue and the Qin family tacitly avoided mentioning her inclusion in the family genealogy, and simply kowtowed with everyone.
After Qingming Festival, people start going on spring outings, and the mountains to the west are crowded with people every day.
"Xiao Jin, aren't you coming over? The fish here are so fresh, I haven't caught many." Qin Jixiang called out to Xu Zhaoyue, who was sitting under a tree. They had taken off their shoes and were playing in the stream.
Xu Zhaoyue sat comfortably under the shade of the tree. "I'm not going over there. Can you stand the cold sleeping there?"
"It's alright, I'm in good health," Qin Jixiang waved to her. Xu Zhaoyue saw that she was having a good time below, so she didn't say anything. Just as she was about to take some food from the basket, she heard someone call her Miss Xu.
"Hey, Miss Xu, what are you doing here?" Liu Xuan was so surprised. He thought he would only meet her on a ship, but he didn't expect to see her here when he went home.
When Liu Xuan saw Xu Zhaoyue sitting there, he felt that Yue Lanxing was also nearby, but he looked around and did not find her, so he turned his attention to Xu Zhaoyue.
“No wonder I felt that Miss Xu exuded an artistic aura. Even when she came out for a spring outing, she was reading a book. Is it Russian?” Liu Xuan seemed to have found a topic to talk about.
Xu Zhaoyue glanced at the book she was using to cover her skirt on her lap and picked it up casually. "You've read this kind of famous book, haven't you?"
"Of course I've read it, but my understanding of Russian is very limited. I read a translation back then, and many details from the original work weren't conveyed." Liu Xuan spread his hands.
Xu Zhaoyue glanced at the book's title and had a general impression of the story inside. "The translation of this book is quite interesting. The translator felt that it should be faithful, expressive, and elegant, but the original text used very plain language, so it took a year to translate."
"Really? There's such a story? Do you know the translator?" Liu Xuan asked curiously, as he had only read the book and didn't know the story behind it.
Xu Zhaoyue nodded. "She is my Russian teacher. She has lived in Shanghai for many years and often goes out to collect folk songs. Even I don't know much about her whereabouts."
"Russian teacher? You've learned so many languages! I'm only really good at English, so I can communicate well when I'm out in the world." Liu Xuan remembered that Xu Zhaoyue's English was good, and she also knew Russian. He really envied her language skills.
Based on their experience meeting, Xu Zhaoyue was sure Liu Xuan was being modest. "Isn't it enough to be able to communicate? When you go out to collect folk songs, the scenery is the most important thing. By the way, what kind of research have you been doing lately?"
"Oh, after I came back today, I mainly went to the countryside to collect folk songs." Liu Xuan began to tell his story, following Xu Zhaoyue's question.
Qin Jixiang saw Xu Zhaoyue chatting with a man on the other side of the river, so he came up with a bucket.
"Oh, my friend is here, I have something to do, let's talk another time." Xu Zhaoyue had forgotten that she was now Qin Jijin, and didn't want Liu Xuan to know about this for the time being. "If fate allows," she added.
Liu Xuan tactfully understood that she didn't want him to stay there, so he got up to say goodbye. Qin Jixiang was uncomfortable wearing wet shoes, and the road ahead was quite long.
"Hey, where's that person?" Qin Jixiang looked up and realized the person was gone, so he put down the bucket and sat down.
Xu Zhaoyue glanced back and saw Liu Xuan moving away from her. "How come you know that person?"
"I don't know her, of course I don't know her. I'm just afraid you'll be fooled. Don't easily believe people who try to strike up a conversation with you." Qin Jixiang looked at Xu Zhaoyue with a nervous expression.
Xu Zhaoyue smiled in response to her concern, "I understand, so don't worry."
"Sis, I just saw Kim Bok-joo over there. Do you want to go find her?" Qin Jiming ran up from the right. "You should go find her. Don't you two always hang out together?" Qin Jixiang didn't want to go.
"Okay, then I won't go either. She keeps bullying me when you're not around," Qin Jiming said.
Xu Zhaoyue couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Bullying you? And you want us to go with you so she won't bully you anymore? Or I'll go with you."
After Xu Zhaoyue regained her memory, she also remembered that she and the Jin family's sisters had met in this way.
However, every time she goes to the Jin family, there are always various problems that prevent her from going, so she has not been to the Jin family yet, but she can go shopping or have a meal together.
However, Liu Xuan's appearance just now made her realize that the deadline had arrived, but she needed to explain to Grandma Qin first before returning to Shanghai.
"No need, no need. Every time you go over, they chat with you, and I get bored standing there," Qin Jiming refused.
Xu Zhaoyue didn't say anything more, but she could deduce that there were more than just Jin Fuyuan and Jin Fuzhu there. But this time they were stopped. Had the deadline actually passed? With this question in mind, she returned to the Qin family and went to find Grandma Qin first.
"Grandma." Xu Zhaoyue smelled medicine when she came in. She hesitated before speaking. In fact, Grandma Qin's health was failing and she wouldn't last until next year.
When Grandma Qin saw her coming, she got up and took her hand. "Come sit here. You should drink more of the jujube tea I made. Did you have fun going on the spring outing today?"
"It was fun, and I even ran into some old friends." Xu Zhaoyue took the teacup and casually mentioned meeting Liu Xuan. Only after she finished speaking did she realize that she had let something slip and quickly tilted her head to see if Grandma Qin had noticed.
Fortunately, Grandma Qin was still fiddling with the teapot, seemingly unaware of what was happening. Just as Xu Zhaoyue breathed a sigh of relief, Grandma Qin spoke up, "When are you planning to go back to Shanghai?"
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