Chapter 180 Fetching Water from Bamboo Basket
Chapter 180 Fetching Water from Bamboo Basket
Walking side by side with the girl holding an umbrella on the wet street, the fine rain blurred the bright lights of the roadside shops.
Ning Zhe walked into a small supermarket to buy something. Before he even entered the store, he heard the lady boss behind the cashier greet him with a smile: "Azhe, are you bringing your girlfriend out to buy something?"
Ning Zhe nodded and took out a bottle of Coco Tree from the freezer. Then he turned to look at Chen Yaming who was hanging an umbrella at the door: "What do you want to drink?"
"Just like you."
"Oh."
Ning Zhe didn't buy much, just two bottles of drinks, a handful of kale and cilantro, and a bag of frozen chicken wings, but the proprietress still seemed very enthusiastic. She kept chatting with him while he was weighing and scanning the code, saying some meaningless things.
Recently, Ning Zhe always feels like this whenever he goes back to Gubei Town, because this year's college entrance examination results have come out, and his results can be said to be very good, just 30 points higher than the admission score of Yundu University. Such results are ranked top even in Qinzhou, a province with a large number of college entrance examinations.
A top student who could study at Yundu University emerged in the village. Such news might not have caused too much of a stir in the city, but it was enough to make this unknown rural town rejoice.
Recently even the dogs at the east end of the town have been spreading the word about his deeds.
In addition, Boss Chen recently sent out invitations to everyone to attend his and Chen Yaming's engagement party, which was even more incredible. This guy encountered two of the four major happy events in life at once, so it was impossible for him not to be recognized.
After returning home, Ning Zhe placed the groceries on the kitchen counter, took down the apron that his grandmother usually wore from the nail on the wall, and tied it around himself.
Grandpa and grandma have been transferred to the city hospital. The house they rented in the town is now unoccupied, and probably no one will come to live there in the future. Ning Zhe came to cancel the lease and ask someone to move all the family's belongings to their residence in the city.
The old man was reluctant to live in the large flat he bought in the city, but Ning Zhe didn't have this concern.
Ning Zhe is a pragmatist. For him, there is basically no difference between the White House and the bridge arch except for their windproof and warm keeping performance.
"It's raining, and the people from the moving company said they will be late." After reading the message, Chen Yaming locked her phone and put it in her pocket, then went into the kitchen with Ning Zhe: "What are you going to do? Let me help you."
"No, I'm used to cooking by myself." Ning Zhe shook his head, took out the beef tenderloin that the old man had not finished eating from the freezer compartment of the refrigerator, and put it into warm water to thaw.
The beef tenderloin is sliced and seasoned with kale, and the chicken wings are marinated and fried to make a garlic flavor. These two dishes are very simple, taste good and not labor-intensive. They can be prepared in less than an hour. Ning Zhe likes such convenient dishes.
Then, just as he put the chicken wings into the plate, he suddenly remembered that he seemed to have forgotten to press the 'Start Cooking' button on the rice cooker.
Fortunately, Chen Yaming helped him press it, so now the girl is sitting at the dining table with a smug look on her face, as if a line of words is written on her face: "Just say you can't do it without me, right?"
"Okay, you've got enough to show off." Ning Zhe brought the dish to the table, took off his apron and sat down.
After dinner, Ning Zhe cleaned up the table and took the dishes to the kitchen sink to wash them. At this time, Chen Yaming came up to him again, asking hesitantly, "Do you want my help?"
"..." Ning Zhe turned his head and looked at her, a little speechless: "Don't beat around the bush, just tell me directly, what's the matter?"
"Is it that obvious?"
"It's almost written on your face that 'I have something to tell you'."
"Oh..." Chen Yaming pulled his arm in frustration: "That's right, Ning Zhe, your first choice was Yundu University. Now that it's summer vacation, I want to go to Yundu with you to play for a while, just to familiarize myself with the environment in advance."
She hadn't finished her sentence yet - if they missed this summer vacation, they would have to wait until much later to have time to spend together like they did now.
Chen Yaming has just finished her second year of high school and will be entering her third year in the second half of this year. It can be said that third-year high school students have almost no time for entertainment, especially those who want to apply to prestigious universities like Yundu University.
"Your father is quite confident that you can go on a long journey alone..." Ning Zhe thought about it and agreed: "Okay, I'll book the plane ticket after I move."
It just so happened that he also had some things to deal with in Yundu, so he just happened to be on his way.
Chen Yaming suddenly became happy, and her beautiful smile bloomed like a flower: "No, no, my dad has already booked the tickets, we just need to pack our things and wait for the flight." Okay, so that's how it is.
Ning Zhe didn't say anything more. The rain stopped for a while. The moving company sent a message saying that their car had entered Gubei Town and asked him where he was now.
On the way to Zhennan Gate to meet with the moving company, Ning Zhe suddenly received several messages on his mobile phone.
After unlocking the screen, I saw several text messages and a long voice message. The sender was: Zhang Hanying.
Looking at the content of the message, Ning Zhe's eyes gradually became sharper.
When he entrusted Yin Lishang to the twin sisters and left Yundu, he made an agreement with Zhang Hanying and Zhang Yunwen that he would make video calls to them at a fixed time every day, and asked them to try not to contact him unless it was important and urgent, as that would cause trouble for him.
The two obedient sisters have been keeping this agreement honestly. They have not sent him any messages or called him in all these days until today.
The contents of several messages sent by Zhang Hanying are:
[Zi Qian, can you come to Yundu? ]
[I don’t want to disturb you, but during this period of time, some very strange things really happened here]
【Voice message (32 seconds)】
[Can you come over soon? I, I don’t know what to do…]
Ning Zhe put on the Bluetooth headset and was about to click on the voice message to listen to the details. At this time, a phone call came in.
The caller is: Lan Shiwen.
"It seems like something really happened to Yundu..." Ning Zhe has realized something.
Turning around and saying to Chen Yaming who was following behind him, "Go meet the moving company first," Ning Zhe hurried away, found a deserted place, and answered the phone.
"Yeyao, where are you now?"
"In Qinzhou, what happened?" Ning Zhe had already changed into Yu Ziqian's voice: "What's the matter?"
"I have two pieces of news for you..."
"Let's hear the good news first." Ning Zhe said immediately.
Lan Shiwen's laughter suddenly came from the loudspeaker: "Unfortunately, both are bad news."
"Then let's listen to the less bad one first." Ning Zhe didn't feel embarrassed at all.
"Okay, no more jokes. During the time you were away from Yunzhou, I led people back into Juxian Garden and dragged the coffin from the bottom of the pond out and opened it." Lan Shiwen's tone became serious, and he said, "The black coffin with the word longevity on it is empty. There is nothing in it."
The ghost in the coffin disappeared.
"Is there another bad news?" Ning Zhe asked.
"The red coffin with the word 'Fu' on it is also empty."
(End of this chapter)