Chapter 63 Highlights
The person who was happiest about Tang Xueli’s winter vacation was Wang Dadao.
"Master, am I quite proficient in Ba Duan Jin now? Can you teach me something else? I will come here every day to learn from you."
"You should continue to practice Ba Duan Jin." Tang Xueli thought for a moment and said, "Let's go jogging every morning! In the woods."
"Running..." Wang Dadao doesn't like running very much.
"If you beat me in running one day, I will teach you boxing." Tang Xueli painted a big promise for him.
Whether he can get this cake depends entirely on his personal efforts and talent.
"Okay! No problem." Wang Dadao was delighted. "Master, we have a deal now. You can't cheat when the time comes."
Tang Xueli: "What if I really cheat?"
"Then..." Wang Dadao scratched his head, "Then there's nothing I can do."
Tang Xueli chuckled quietly, not intending to tease him anymore, and started talking about business.
After hearing this, Wang Dadao's eyes lit up. He finally had a new mission.
That night, an unidentified "object" appeared on the old tree outside the gate of the slum.
Upon closer inspection, it was a sack that had been discarded casually.
Looking more closely, you can see two holes in the sack.
If you get closer, you can see a pair of sparkling eyes through the two holes.
The temperature was very low at night, and Wang Dadao wrapped himself in two thick cotton jackets.
A sack was worn over the cotton jacket to conceal the figure.
He would stand guard from 11pm to 7am to see which wicked person would throw shit into the slum.
The front door of Lin Tiecheng's home is the focus of observation.
Tang Xueli gets up at six o'clock to go out for a run. After coming back around seven o'clock, Wang Dadao can go home to catch up on his sleep.
Before going back, the two would find a deserted place to simply hand over the work.
On the fourth day of observation, Wang Dadao shook his head and said, "I didn't find anything wrong."
Tang Xueli nodded to show that she understood.
She stuffed two big meat buns into his hands and said, "You've worked hard. Eat your fill and go back to sleep!"
"Thank you, Master. You are so kind." Wang Dadao opened the oil paper, took a bite of half the bun, and ate it voraciously.
Tang Xueli turned around and took two steps, then remembered something and turned back.
"Did you find anything else?"
"What do you mean?" Wang Dadao said vaguely with a mouth full of food: "Do you want to ask about gossip?"
Tang Xueli: "Say what you see."
"Oh..." Wang Dadao chewed his food quickly and swallowed it in a hurry, saying, "Lin Tiecheng is addicted to smoking. He goes to the yard to smoke seven or eight times a night, sometimes he can smoke three cigarettes at a time. He probably spends all his salary on cigarettes. I feel like he is burning money when I see the sparks on his cigarette butts. It makes me feel bad! There are so many things he can do with that money, why smoke cigarettes?"
Tang Xueli leaned lazily against the tree trunk, ready to listen.
Based on her understanding of Wang Dadao, he would have to speak for at least half an hour.
The weather is very good, and the rising sun shines on our bodies, bringing a touch of warmth in the cold winter.
The surroundings are illuminated by the golden sunlight. It is quite pleasant at this moment, so let's listen to some gossip!
Maybe it’s not very nutritious, but maybe there will be some unexpected gains!
Tang Xueli pointed at the meat bun in his hand and said, "Eat while you talk. Don't be in a hurry."
Wang Dadao was still eating very quickly. He finished the bun in one gulp after saying a few words.
Tang Xueli had introduced him to the residents of the compound before, so he now knew everyone there, could accurately say their names, and even recognize their silhouettes as they flashed by.
"That stuttering little brother Liu Guanglei is very clean. He cleans the yard every day. If there is any dirt or mess, he will pick it up. He doesn't like to talk much and seems a little afraid of people. He never joins in the fun and seems to be avoiding people all the time. But——"
Wang Dadao paused and smiled at Tang Xueli.
Tang Xueli: "What are you laughing at?"
Like a little fool.
"Master, does Liu Guanglei like you?" Wang Dadao noticed this man's abnormality early on. "I found that he often secretly looks at you. He rarely smiles, and only smiles when talking to you."
Tang Xueli: "Do you like me?"
"I like it!" Wang Dadao said excitedly: "Of course I like it, is there any need to ask?"
Tang Xueli raised her eyebrows: "Then what are you gossiping about?"
There is more than one way people like each other.
Wang Dadao understood what Tang Xueli meant, but he still felt different.
"I am your apprentice! He is not, he..."
Tang Xueli interrupted: "Next!"
"Oh..." Wang Dadao wiped the oil from the corner of his mouth, "Who should I talk about next... Can I talk about your mother?"
Tang Xueli paused for a moment, "Go ahead!"
"Your mother is so beautiful! You look a lot like your mother." There was no vulgarity in Wang Dadao's tone; it was a very sincere compliment.
He hesitated for a moment, then continued, "This morning when she went to the kitchen to cook, she fell down, and I saw that she seemed to be crying secretly for a while."
Tang Xueli frowned: "Crying?"
"Well, she probably cried. I checked it out, and it wasn't like she was blinded or something like that. She just cried, and she cried quite sadly. Then your aunt came out to wash her face, and your mother pretended nothing happened and started cooking."
Tang Xueli couldn't understand why her mother was crying.
Nothing special seems to have happened recently.
Wang Dadao noticed Tang Xueli's expression and asked her, "Do you still want to listen to others?"
"Well." Tang Xueli said, "Continue."
"Your second sister is very happy all day long. She often walks around in a skipping manner. She seems to be the happiest person in your courtyard."
Wang Dadao said mysteriously, "I saw a man who was much older than her send him back. I don't know if he was a bad guy, but the man didn't do anything to her. He was quite well behaved and good-looking."
Tang Xueli: "He is my second sister's master, and he is a good man."
"That's fine." Wang Dadao smiled, and there was a hint of shyness in his smile. "Your second sister is also very pretty. Although she doesn't look much like you and your mother, she is beautiful in a different way."
Tang Xueli raised her eyes and looked at Wang Dadao.
Wang Dadao immediately explained: "I'm not thinking about it randomly, I just think she's pretty, I know myself, your second sister is a chef in a state-owned restaurant, she's so amazing, I can't afford her."
It would have been fine if he didn't explain, because once he explained his true feelings were exposed.
Tang Xueli did not comment.
Wang Dadao felt a little guilty and quickly moved on to the next person. "Zhao Hongye really loves to join in the fun and gossip. She's everywhere. I see her the most and for the longest time. I'm so annoyed by her. She has a loud voice. I can hardly hear other people talking, but I can hear her howling."
This was not new news to Tang Xueli, but there was an unexpected discovery afterwards.
Wang Dadao said, "Zhao Hongye is very close to your uncle! They even held hands secretly, in a very affectionate way."
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