Chapter 530 Kong Haoran hurriedly came to me
After returning home and having dinner, I called Yu Fang and told her to go to work with me on the 12th. For now, she should have a good rest and not let anyone know.
After a busy ten days, I finally have a week off. Siping doesn't arrive until the 8th, and the mineral water won't be available until the 13th. I decided not to go anywhere and just stay home and read.
I called Taoist Master Chen and told him I wouldn't be at the temple for a week. Unless it was something extremely important, there was no need to inform me.
I feel particularly relaxed and want to be a leisurely guest.
The so-called Qingke means reading, organizing the notes that Mr. Dong and my master gave me, and adding my own thoughts to them. Then I find people I can talk to, and chat with them without any theme or topic.
When it comes to chatting, the most suitable person is Mr. Fang.
Mr. Fang was also in the shop at night. He said he couldn't get used to the pigeon-caged apartment life, so sitting in the shop, at least he could chat with the customers who came in.
I strolled towards the commercial street.
When I arrived at the door of his shop, I saw Mr. Fang was reading a book with his head down. He didn't even notice me coming to the door, so he clasped his fists and said:
"Excuse me, is Mr. Fang, the amazing master craftsman from Huaxi Lake, here?"
He looked up and said with a smile, "My surname is Fang. Could this person be the famous Master Wan, Mr. Wan Shanhong?"
They looked at each other and burst into laughter.
I sat opposite him, and he picked up the pot and poured water, saying, "It's still interesting to see the ancients meet."
I took a sip of hot tea and said, "We don't know what it was like for ancient people to meet each other. These are just things we learned from novels or movies and TV shows."
Mr. Fang said, "That's not true. Look at the ancient paintings. When two people say goodbye, they always clasp their fists."
"Yes, you reminded me."
The two chatted for a while.
Mr. Fang said: "Stones are selling well recently."
I nodded and said, "You announced the situation in the group. I know everything."
He said, "A buyer has come several times but hasn't made a final decision yet. I insist on 20,000 yuan. She said she would bring an expert to look at it again tonight."
"Which one do you want?"
"It's the piece you named 'Under the Wings of Vast Waves'. That title is so outrageous, I don't want to sell it."
I smiled and said, “There is a story here. Actually, I didn’t come up with this story. It was about a painting I saw at a friend’s house.
The painting shows a few sparrows flying over a lake. There's a caption on it: "
"You borrowed it very well, then. One year I went to the Yueyang Tower in Hunan. Standing on the top of the tower, I saw a fisherman's daughter rowing a small boat on the choppy lake. At that time, I was only in my twenties, young and ignorant, and I made a fool of myself."
"What's the joke?"
"I actually asked the people next to me, what if the fisherwoman suddenly needs to urinate and there is no toilet on this small boat? Everyone around me was stunned by my question.
Some people laughed at me and called me a hooligan. Others said I must have taken care of it before boarding the boat. Shanhong, what do you think I would do if I had to pee?
When I heard this, I felt that Mr. Fang was also an old playboy. However, this is indeed a problem. I smiled and said:
"I don't know. That shouldn't happen. If she really had to pee, she would have wet her pants and then take a bath in the lake before going ashore."
Mr. Fang said, "Yes, that's my analysis. All fishermen's daughters can swim."
I joked, "But this scene could be used to write a few lines of poetry."
"Write poetry?"
"yes."
"Then I'm all ears."
I said, "The title is 'Seeing a Fisherwoman Peeing While Crossing Dongting Lake.'" Then I imitated the ancients chanting verses, drawing out the words:
"On the vast Dongting Lake, a small boat drifts by, a fisherwoman stands in a valiant pose, her urine rising higher than a thousand waves, the boundless waves passing beneath her crotch."
Mr. Fang was drinking tea when he spat out a mouthful of tea with a "puff" sound. He quickly pulled out a tissue and wiped it everywhere.
"Shanhong, your writing is so interesting. Although it's not worthy of being published in a high-brow setting, it does capture the heroic spirit of the fisherman's daughter."
The two were chatting and laughing when Kong Haoran called me.
"Teacher Wan, are you home?"
"I'm chatting with Mr. Fang at Huaxi Arts."
"Oh, I have something urgent to talk to you about. You'd better come back..."
I had no choice but to get up, say goodbye, and hurry home.
When I got home, Kong Haoran was chatting with my mother.
My mother said, "Where have you been again? Let Mr. Kong wait here."
I smiled and said, "I'll definitely let you know where I am next time. I was chatting with an old man."
As I spoke, I led Kong Haoran into the study and closed the door.
We sat down and I listened to him while I made tea.
"My ex-wife and I have a 14-year-old daughter. She has been studying in a boarding school and only comes home once a month. This time, I found out that she is in a premature relationship. She is usually a good girl, and I can't accept it."
I poured him a cup of tea and asked, "What evidence do you have?"
He introduced: "This Thursday afternoon. She came back unexpectedly and said she wanted to ask for some clothes. After dinner, she went into her room and kept the door closed.
I knocked on the door and went in. She said she was looking up information on the computer. This was normal because I usually don't allow her to use her phone at home.
At two o'clock in the morning, I woke up and wanted to get a glass of water, and I heard noises in her room.
I stood there for a while, and then realized she was still awake. I felt unhappy and made some noise in the living room, but then there was no movement in her room.
The next morning, I rushed into her room right after she left. I found her computer was still on. QQ was still online, and I saw she was chatting with a man whose profile picture was a man.
I read a few clips, and while nothing out of the ordinary was particularly outrageous, some of the dialogue, like "I miss you, I miss you too," left me speechless with rage.
I nodded and asked, "Did you turn off the computer?"
"Shut it down immediately."
I said, "That's a good thing. If she logs in from her phone at school and finds QQ logged in on another machine, you're done."
"Why?"
"Because she discovered her family's QQ account was still offline. Her secret has been discovered by you."
"Can't parents know her secret? I'm planning to pick her up this week and check her phone."
I kept shaking my head.
Kong Haoran stared at me.
"If you check her phone, someone will die."
"Ah?" Kong Haoran leaned back, as if he wanted to get further away from me.
I took a slow sip of tea, then pulled out a cigarette and said, "Want one?"
He shook his head desperately.
I said, "She's a middle school student now, she's reached puberty, and she has a personal secret. You checked her QQ and her phone?! This is no less than stripping her clothes off, you know?"
Everyone wants to show their good side to others. But if you take someone else's privacy into your own hands, she will feel ashamed."
"But she is my daughter."
"She is indeed your daughter, but now, she is an independent person. A person with her own thoughts, love, hate and emotions. She has her own dignity."
"Then I can't take care of her? You know, one misstep can lead to eternal regret."
"You can control her, but you can't peek at her or force her to look at her phone. Even if you know it happened, you can't be too specific. You can only guide her slowly."
"What if she was deceived by that boy?"
I laughed out loud: "Mr. Kong, I really want to talk to you thoroughly about this issue of premature love."
"Very good."
"You really don't have to overreact. You just have to make the best of the situation. Times have changed, but you and most male parents haven't."
“Times have changed, but I haven’t changed?”
"Yes. I'll analyze it for you in detail."
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