stonecrandall Chapter 181, Closing the shop
Chapter 181, Closing the shop
When they went back to where they lived at night, Zhou Xing still pestered the young man, wanting to go home with the young man during the Chinese New Year.Qiao Minglang was packing his things, and he didn't care about the person beside him who kept talking non-stop, anyway, he just didn't nod.
"Life is gloomy, there is no sunshine, no rain, no light..." Young Master Zhou fell on the bed, looking up at the ceiling with a look of lovelessness.
"..." Qiao Minglang looked up at the person lying on the bed, and thought it was funny again.
While there is still some time, he still needs to calculate the accounts of the two shops this month, and then calculate the general ledger, and bring the accounts to his cousins tomorrow.
Holding two ledgers, he went outside.
Zhou Xing lay on the bed for a while, and when he heard the boy's footsteps going out, he thought that someone would come in soon, but after lying on the bed for a few minutes, he found that no one had come in yet.
This is strange, what are you doing outside?
At this moment, he couldn't lie down on the bed anymore, so he got up from the bed, put on his slippers, and went outside.As soon as he came out, he saw the young man sitting on the floor beside the table in the living room, with several notebooks in front of him doing calculations. Zhou Xing probed over to take a look, and asked, "Is it the account in the store?"
"En." Qiao Minglang replied without raising his head.
"Do you want me to help?" Zhou Xing sat down beside the young man and asked.
"Check it for me to see if my calculations are correct and if there are any mistakes or omissions." Qiao Minglang pushed the checked copy over to Zhou Xing, asking Zhou Xing to check it for him.
Zhou Xing did not refuse, and took over the account book to help him check the accounts.
He was quick and accurate in mental calculations, and he didn't even need draft paper. It didn't take long before he finished checking the ledger in his hand.Zhou Xing put aside the checked ledger and said there was no problem.
With one more person to help, the account checking is much faster than doing it by himself.
But after they checked the account books, Qiao Minglang registered and calculated the counted numbers, and these will be taken to the store tomorrow.Seeing the young man packing his things, Master Zhou who had been waiting for a while asked, "Should we go to bed?"
"You can go to bed first, don't wait for me." Qiao Minglang said.
"..." Zhou Xing, I can't sleep without you.
At this moment, he remembered that the boy was going home tomorrow, and he had to go back for four or five days to come back. How could he sleep alone these days? "How about you don't go back, stay here to celebrate the New Year with me, we will live here."
This time, Qiao Minglang didn't even give someone a look. He packed his things, got up, and went in the direction of the bedroom.
Zhou Xing followed behind, curling his lips. He also felt that it was impossible for the young man to stay here to celebrate the New Year with him...
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Early the next morning, Qiao Minglang saluted with his packed bag and asked Zhou Xing to send him to where his cousins lived.Seeing Zhou Xing sending his cousin over, Qiao Mingshan asked someone to enter the house, and asked, "Have you had breakfast? I just went out to buy steamed stuffed buns and soy milk, you guys have some."
"Not yet, we bought some sauce pancakes and biscuits on the way, and brought them over for everyone to eat together."
"Why do you still buy so much, we can't finish it."
"It's okay, if you can't finish eating, you can take it with you in the car, so that you don't get hungry in the car at noon." Zhou Xing opened the bag in his hand, put it on the table where the food was placed, and sat on the stool unceremoniously We sat down and had breakfast together.
Not long after they arrived, his uncle came over, and Qiao Minglang called "Uncle".
"Hey, you're all here." This time Zhang Huaiyuan came alone, no one followed him, and he didn't know where his friend went.
Seeing that everyone was waiting for him, Zhang Huaiyuan said with some embarrassment: "I just came here to buy some things. It took me a while. I'm sorry, I asked you all to wait for me alone."
"We're still packing up, and we didn't go out so soon. Uncle, come in and sit down. Have you had breakfast yet?" Qiao Mingyong invited him into the room, and moved him a stool to sit on.
Zhang Huaiyuan didn't make any salutes, and carried a big bag in his hand, which was full of food. He put the bag on the table and said, "I still have a lot of food here, including bread, biscuits, and fruits. If you get hungry in the car, you can eat something to fill your stomach."
"Uncle, you have bought so many things. There is no need to buy so much. We will be back in a while." Qiao Mingshan saw that uncle brought so much food over, and they hadn't eaten yet. over.
It only takes about two minutes for them to go back to the town, but it will take half an hour for them to go to the station by car. Calculated in this way, they will be able to return there at noon.
Usually when they go for a ride, they seldom prepare to eat in the car. If they are hungry when they return to their town, they can also eat something there.Moreover, food in the town is much cheaper than in the city, so Qiao Mingshan was reluctant to spend this money in the past.
But now everyone bought everything, and he couldn't ask people to return it.
Seeing that Zhou Xing was still here, Qiao Mingshan patted him on the shoulder and said, "Are you going home for the New Year too? See you next year."
"My home is right here, I can go back anytime." In fact, if possible, Zhou Xing didn't want to go back at all, and wanted to go back to their hometown with Qiao Minglang for the new year.
"Oh, that's good. It's the new year tomorrow. We're going home today. I'll give you some lucky money in advance." Qiao Mingshan gave Zhou Xing the lucky money he had prepared. Zhou Xing has been around for six months They helped them with the work, and they didn't count the wages to Zhou Xing.
So at this moment, he prepared a lucky money for Zhou Xing.Although they knew that the other party's family might not be short of money, it was their wish to have more money but less money.
"Brother Hall, this is really unnecessary." Zhou Xing stretched out his hand to push.
"Hold it, this is the New Year's money that my brother gave you. I wish you good health and progress in your studies." Qiao Mingshan stuffed the New Year's money into Zhou Xing's pocket without refusal, and said a few words of blessing.
Seeing that he couldn't refuse, Zhou Xing had no choice but to accept it.
"Bright, I'll give it to you tomorrow after the Chinese New Year. Remember to bring your younger brothers and sisters over to celebrate the New Year, haha..." Qiao Mingshan laughed when he saw his little cousin looking towards them.
"Everyone take good things, don't miss anything."
"Nothing is missing, brother, close the door."
The things in the house had already been packed, and when everyone arrived, they left the house with big and small bags of luggage, locked the door, and prepared to go to the station outside to catch a train.
Seeing that they were going to take a ride, Zhou Xing parked the car here and followed them out.
The two fell behind, Qiao Minglang pushed Zhou Xing's hand, and said, "Go back, don't send us, we'll be there in a few steps."
"I just want to see you off." Zhou Xing grabbed the boy's hand and wouldn't let go.
"open!"
"Don't let it go!"
"..."
The two walked behind and lowered their heads and murmured. Zhang Huaiyuan, who was walking in front, turned his head and saw the hands of the two teenagers behind him, his heart skipped a beat, and he shouted: "Xiao Lang, what are you doing behind, hurry up Walking up, I thought you were gone."
Qiao Minglang quickly withdrew his hand and glanced at Zhou Xing with a warning in his eyes.
Zhou Xing pouted in his heart, not daring to grab the boy's hand again, and said to his brother-in-law who was standing in front waiting for them: "I was just about to help Minglang get something, but he still refused to give it to me."
"..." If he hadn't suspected that there was something wrong between the two children, Zhang Huaiyuan would have believed the boy's words.When they reached the waiting bus stop, Zhang Huaiyuan said to Zhou Xing: "We can just wait here, and you can go back too."
"Oh, good." He said yes, but Zhou Xingxing was nowhere to be seen.
Waiting until the car came, Zhang Huaiyuan pulled his nephew into the car, and the brothers of the Qiao family all went up. Qiao Mingshan, who was walking behind, waved to Zhou Xing and said, "Go back, remember to drive the car back, we See you next year."
"See you next year."
Zhou Xing stood behind, following the car with his eyes, watching it go away.
There were not many people taking the bus today, and there were quite a few seats in the car, so a few people found seats and sat down.Zhang Huaiyuan pulled his nephew to sit at the back, lowered his voice and asked, "Are you..."
He didn't ask for the next words.
But Qiao Minglang knew what his uncle meant, just now his uncle grabbed his hand very hard, even with anger.He knew that his uncle must have seen Zhou Xing holding his hand just now, and he had doubts about the relationship between them, or even affirmed it.
"Yes." Qiao Minglang didn't avoid the persecution from his uncle's gaze, and said calmly, "I like men by nature, and it has nothing to do with him."
"It's not him, it will be another man."
"You..." Zhang Huaiyuan froze for a moment, this time he really didn't know what to say.He himself is a person who naturally likes men, and he knows what it means to be born to like men.
It's not that he didn't try to have a girlfriend before, but it really didn't work.He knew that there was something wrong with his sexuality, but he was always unwilling to admit it. It was not until he met Chen Feng that he was captured by that man.
"Uncle, you have that kind of relationship with the man who came to the shop that day." After going back and thinking about it, Qiao Minglang was sure that his uncle was in a relationship with the man he brought over that day.
This sentence is almost certain, there is no room for turning around.
Zhang Huaiyuan opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't even have the qualifications to deny it.Just nodded and turned to look outside the car, not knowing what to say, or what to say.
He wanted to tell his nephew that this road was too difficult, and he wanted to persuade his nephew to turn around.But he couldn't even convince himself, so how could he convince others to turn back on this road? ...