Chapter 363 There are two trees in front of my house, one is a hawthorn tree, and the other is also

Chapter 363 There are two trees in front of my house, one is a hawthorn tree, and the other is also

Chapter 363 There are two trees in front of my house, one is a hawthorn tree and the other is also a hawthorn tree
By this calculation, it seems that there is a high probability that the number of working days for those who have one day off a week is indeed less than that for those who have two days off a week, and the number of days less can be more than ten years or even decades.

Zeng Ziang felt a little uncomfortable.

Grass.

Lin Li’s perspective seemed too clear and unique, but also too sharp.

"Lin Li, who taught you to think from this perspective?" Zeng Ziang was silent for a while, but couldn't help but comment: "This is too hellish."

Lin Li: "Hawking."

Zeng Ziang: “?”

Your mother.

Even more hellish.

No wonder Hawking is so smart. It seems that this has something to do with the fact that "when faced with a problem, he never runs away or kicks it away as if it doesn't exist, but instead looks for a solution to the problem from a different angle."

Buhao, what are you thinking about!
After dispelling all the weird thoughts in his mind, Zeng Ziang looked frightened and quickly returned to the topic that humans should talk about:
"Hawking and the like are not important. Anyway, I am very satisfied with this job. The salary is a bit low during the internship period, and it is not that high after becoming a regular employee. But what else can I do? You can't have your cake and eat it too."

I want fish, and I also want bear's paw. If I want both, that's called lust disorder.

"Then congratulations, brother." Lin Li responded with a smile.

Originally, Lin Li started the conversation just to avoid any awkwardness between the two of them. Now that the conversation was at a temporary end and their goal had been achieved, both of them began to focus on their work.

……

"Lin Li." He heard a new voice calling his name again.

I was really popular this morning.

But this time he could tell who it was without looking up. Lin Li was very familiar with Xiao Zhou's voice.

"Grandpa Zhou, what's wrong?" Therefore, Lin Li spoke while looking up.

Zhou Youwei was sitting on a bench, his posture similar to that of the "Shinji Chair", except that his upper body was still upright. His green clothes were quite eye-catching, his hands with fingers crossed, and he was looking at Lin Li with a very complicated look.

Zhou Youwei's inner feelings at this moment were as complicated as his eyes.

——When he saw the message sent by Zhang Fang in the group chat, he immediately went downstairs even though he was idle at home watering the flowers and grass.

Although Zhou Youwei's impression of Lin Li had changed when Lin Li agreed to teach him the "Eight-Stage Body Building Exercises".

However, when he saw in the news that Lin Li was actually selflessly devoting himself to the community, he still subconsciously felt that there was something fishy going on.

I would feel uneasy if I didn't come and take a look.

But after going downstairs and spying on Lin Li for a long time, Zhou Youwei found that Lin Li was sincerely serving the community.

He was very serious and focused throughout the whole process, to the point that Zhou Youwei felt that he was inferior to him when he was young.

Combined with the feelings of Lin Li teaching him the "Eight-Section Body Strengthening Exercise" during this period: although the process was fragmented, his attitude towards teaching was meticulous, and he answered questions in a detailed and serious manner.

Although he still couldn't reach Lin Li's level and couldn't learn his charm, Zhou Youwei thought it was normal. After all, he was old and it wasn't Lin Li's problem.

With the two combined, Zhou Youwei has now confirmed one thing - he has a big misunderstanding of Lin Li, and Lin Li is definitely a good creature.

But precisely because of this, all his previous malicious and distrustful actions towards Lin Li turned into the guilt and self-blame that made Zhou Youwei scratch his head.

If you do something wrong, you should apologize.

In fact, it is very difficult for elders to swallow their pride and apologize to their juniors. After many parents have quarreled with their children, the last way they show weakness is just to say "come over for dinner"?
But Zhou Youwei felt that this was not right and he could not be such an elder.

So, when Zhou Youwei heard Lin Li's "Grandpa Zhou, what's wrong?", he took a deep breath, immediately looked at Lin Li, and said solemnly: "Lin Li, I'm sorry!"

Zhou Youwei stared into Lin Li's eyes.

The next moment, he felt even more guilty.

Because Zhou Youwei saw a complex emotion of sadness, relief, hesitation, smile, and reluctance on Lin Li's stammering but silent face.

Zhou Youwei understood, he understood everything. How could he not understand from this expression?

Lin Li must have been waiting for this apology from him for a long time!

It turns out that he knows everything, but never argues. He just hopes to prove with practical actions that he is not the evil invasive alien species he thinks he is!
How can I not feel guilty about this?
"Child, just say whatever you want to say. Grandpa will accept anything." So Zhou Youwei closed his eyes and said sincerely but a little depressed: "I have...prepared to stand at attention and get beaten."

Lin Li: "Grandpa, it was Brother Ziang who painted the chair, you don't have to apologize to me."

Zhou Youwei opened his eyes.

"(;☉_☉)?"

Lin Li blinked.

When he heard Zhou Youwei's apology, he understood.

Obviously, when Xiao Zhou called his name, he had already realized that he was sitting on the lacquered chair that had not yet dried.

The reason why Xiao Zhou apologized to himself was that he thought he was the one who painted the chair, and by sitting on it, he ruined the fruits of his labor, so he felt sorry for himself.

But this was done by Zeng Ziang, so he apologized to the wrong person.

However, Lin Li actually didn't understand and was a little worried - Zhou Youwei said that he was "prepared to stand at attention and get beaten."

You must stand at attention. How can you not stand at attention when your butt is like this? If you don't stand at attention, your crotch will stick to the chair.

But getting beaten?
Ah? This... really can't be the case?

Because he has treated Xiao Zhou for stitches many times, Lin Li knows Xiao Zhou's children, but it seems that each of them respects and is filial to him as a father.

Xiao Zhou is a gray-haired grandfather after all, not a child. If he is to be beaten for having a pair of dirty pants, then he really has to ask 1818 Golden Eyes or his uncle to deal with this unethical family relationship.

The mediation capabilities of these two programs are quite impressive, but last time Lin Li called the production team and asked if they could mediate the Moth Witch War, he was scolded by the operator.

People's sorrows and joys are not shared, and two people have different moods.

Lin Li's thoughts were scattered, while in Zhou Youwei's mind, the words Lin Li just said were circling and echoing in his mind, but he always felt that he couldn't understand them.

Did you hear that wrong?

"Lin Li, what...did you say?" Zhou Youwei asked after swallowing his saliva.

"Ok?"

This reaction is a bit strange.

Lin Li raised his eyebrows. Did he make a mistake in the reading comprehension just now?
After thinking for a while, Lin Li repeated, "Grandpa, the paint on this chair has just been painted, and it hasn't dried yet."

Zhou Youwei: “…”

Your mother, you heard it right.

Taking a deep breath, Zhou Youwei stood up silently and then looked back.

Haha, I knew it, Lin Li is a liar!
This is not a newly painted chair at all. The entire butt and thigh area is completely without paint. Who would paint a chair like this?
Close your mouth!

Lin Li is such a naughty little kid, naughty, naughty TAT...

He glanced at his butt out of the corner of his eye. Okay, I can’t deceive myself now.

The corners of Zhou Youwei's mouth and eyes twitched at the same time, and he recalled the smile in Lin Li's complicated expression just now.

Damn!! Lin Li is a naturally evil invasive alien species! There is no way to justify it!
"Lin Li, grandpa has something to do, so he's leaving first." Something must have happened at Zhou Youwei's family, and he left in a hurry.

"Grandpa, take care." Lin Li nodded slowly and said goodbye solemnly.

Lin Li felt that he didn't fully understand what that back view with stories written on it was like, but now he completely understood it.

Xiao Zhou's back is full of stories at first glance.

Life is like a bus, when some people leave, others will come.

"Oh my god! My chair! Who's sitting here?!"

Zeng Ziang, who was holding a sign that had just been written "Paint is not dry yet, please do not sit down", saw that the fruits of his labor had been destroyed. He widened his eyes, hugged his head and shouted angrily.

Then Zeng Ziang immediately looked at Lin Li, and Lin Li also looked at Zeng Ziang.

Seeing the "Do you know who did this?" expression on Zeng Ziang's face, Lin Li shook his head and sighed:

"Brother Ziang, you came at a bad time."

"I didn't mean to be slow, I just went to the bathroom,"

Zeng Ziang looked down at the sign in his hand, thinking that Lin Li was saying "I came late and that caused the accident", but he felt that the problem was not his, so he refuted:

“Didn’t the community group say that the tables and chairs also need to be refurbished? And this chair looks so bright after being painted, and it has a smell, right? Can’t a normal person see that something is wrong at a glance?
Even if you are blind, have a blocked nose, and didn't notice anything wrong with the chair, you could at least see that everyone around you was busy patching the ground, weeding, and painting, right?

If someone can sit down like this, unless he is deaf-mute or a kid who can’t take care of himself, I can only say one word - he deserves it! "

Zeng Ziang felt that what he said was very logical, and he did not think he had done anything wrong, so he spoke with confidence.

Then he saw a complex emotion of sadness, relief, hesitation, smile, and reluctance on Lin Li's silent face.

"Lin Li, what does that expression of yours mean?" Zeng Ziang swallowed, feeling a little uneasy.

Lin Li: "Brother, when I said 'you came at the wrong time' I meant that the victim hasn't left yet, so you should speak more quietly."

Zeng Ziang: "(;☉_☉)?"

After saying that, Lin Li turned his head and looked to the side.

Zeng Ziang's body stiffened, then he slowly turned around and looked in the direction Lin Li was looking at.

So, Zeng Ziang saw a person, or rather, gradually it was no longer a person, but... a hawthorn tree.

The lower half of the man's body is brown, like the trunk of a hawthorn tree. The upper half of the man's body is green, like the leaves of a hawthorn tree (the color of the shirt, directly from the original image).

That person now turned around and looked at Zeng Ziang's face, which was like the fruit of a hawthorn tree, red (the color of the face itself, straight from the original picture).

Is there anything more embarrassing and desperate than this moment?
some.

Because Lin Li began to sing quietly: "Oh~ My love under the hawthorn tree~ Only with you can it be pure~ I can abandon my bottom line~ My sight is locked on you~"

Zeng Ziang: "..."

Zeng Ziang and Zhou Youwei were indeed locking eyes with each other.

What Zhou Youwei is about to lose is not only his bottom line, but also his underwear.

Zeng Ziang's face gradually became red.

Damn you.

There are many.

Who the hell told you to mess up the BGM...

With a smile uglier than crying, Zeng Ziang said to Zhou Youwei, whose face was red, "Grandpa, I, I, I didn't say what you meant. It's human nature. Haha, I can actually understand..."

Zhou Youwei: “…TAT.”

Zhou Youwei had no way of expressing his pain.

How should I put it? After I went downstairs, my attention was all on Lin Li. I felt a little tired after watching him for a long time, so I sat down on the chair I saw. I really didn't consider what Zeng Ziang had just said.

Therefore... I really deserve it.

The redness on his face now was due to shame and embarrassment, not anger after being scolded.

"No, it's okay," Zhou Youwei waved his hands, his tone completely depressed: "It's really Grandpa's own problem, no one else is to blame..."

After leaving these words, Zhou Youwei left quickly, eager to escape the scene.

His body became more and more hunched, and Zhou Youwei seemed to have aged in an instant.

And Zeng Ziang also grew up at this moment.

He is no longer the reckless and outspoken man he used to be.

He is the rash and outspoken person now.

Zeng Ziang sighed, turned around and saw Lin Li.

Although Lin Li's smile disappeared quickly, he looked at him with sad eyes and then nodded.

But damn, I've already seen it!
Zeng Ziang's mouth and eyes twitched at the same time, and he recalled the smile in Lin Li's complicated expression just now.

Damn!! This guy clearly had plenty of time to stop me, didn’t he?

Just a few words can shut me up! Why do I feel like he was being careless on purpose?

Zeng Ziang had a feeling at this moment: Lin Li was like an alien invasive species that was born evil and was very dangerous.

But after thinking about it, Zeng Ziang shook his head regretfully.

Lin Li has a good reputation in the community.

Anyway, all the elders he knew liked Lin Li very much. Zeng Ziang felt that if he told this idea to others, no one would agree with him and he would not be able to find like-minded people.

He is still a nobody, I can't beat him.

……

It was approaching noon, and the autumn sun hung lazily in the sky, casting mottled light through the gaps between the leaves.

The pungent smell of the newly painted chair has faded, and the buzzing of the lawn mower in the distance startled a few sparrows, and the sound of their flapping wings mixed with the intermittent hum of autumn insects.

Zeng Ziang sat under the shade of a tree to avoid the sun.

"Lin Li, you are still so energetic. Aren't you tired at all?" After playing with his mobile phone for a while, he raised his head and looked at Lin Li who was still squatting on the ground repairing the road, and clicked his tongue.

From morning till now, several hours have passed, and Lin Li has not had any rest. He has been repairing it seriously. At most, he put on a hat and sprayed sunscreen because the sun was too strong.

The reason is that he is afraid that after getting tanned, people from the neighboring community will come to ask Lin Li how to sell his products.

He also asked Zeng Ziang if he knew what the similarities were between a tanned him and a bicycle - the answer was that they both needed chains to be driven.

However, deducting merits did not matter to Zeng Ziang. As college students did not have any merits at all.

“I’m not tired at all. I don’t feel tired at all,” Lin Li shrugged. “In fact, I can do this all day.”

Unlike "Fire" and "Gold", this time I'm not just talking nonsense.

After all, apart from using some strength at the beginning, the rest was just squatting on the ground and applying mortar.

Fortunately, with our perseverance, the progress of the task has shown obvious feedback, and now two-thirds of it has been completed.

Both "water" and "soil" are thriving, and Lin Li expects that this task can be completed by next week at the latest.

"That's amazing! High school students have great physiques. But you don't really want to do this all day, do you? If so, I'll have to run back home." Zeng Ziang first praised and then said.

After one morning, the novelty had long gone.

"Brother, if you want to go back, go back. I don't need you to accompany me," Lin Li replied, and then continued, "But I won't stay here all day. I'm going to swim in the afternoon."

Weeding and painting are not "Tu"'s requirements. The cement prepared in the morning is almost used up. There is no point in staying in the community in the afternoon. The remaining tasks can be completed by starting the second round tomorrow or in the evening.

"Swimming?" Zeng Ziang's eyes lit up when he heard that. "Where are you going, Nansang Swimming Pool?"

"Yes." Lin Li nodded.

"are you alone?"

"Yeah," Lin Li nodded again. Noticing the other person's expression, he looked at Zeng Ziang and said, "Brother, do you want to go too?"

"A little bit." Zeng Ziang nodded, without hiding anything:
"I didn't have such an idea at first, but after hearing you mention it, and after I started sweating, I felt like going into the water. I really like swimming, and I didn't have any plans for the afternoon.

Well, Lin Li, you are alone, if it is convenient, we can go there together. I haven’t been to Nansang Swimming Pool yet, so you can take me there.

If it’s inconvenient, just say so and forget it.”

The renovations in the community would probably continue in the afternoon, so this would allow them to avoid it, so Zeng Ziang looked at Lin Li expectantly.

"It's not inconvenient at all." Lin Li didn't care.

"Then let's go together? Will you call me when you leave? I'm going upstairs now to look for my swimming trunks and goggles. I haven't swum for a long time, so I guess they've been put in the bottom of the box."

"Row."

……

The last piece of mud was smoothed out with a shovel, and the filling of the entire main road was completed.

[Understand the mysteries of the Five Elements and seek to temper yourself with the power of the Five Elements (4/5)]

What surprised Lin Li was that the system actually popped up a message directly.

——The last part that was originally missing was filled the moment Lin Li stood up.

It should be the extra progress after completing the trial - when I ate the spicy squid before, the difference in progress was obvious whether I insisted on finishing it or not.

Lin Li raised his eyebrows, but he wasn't really excited - after all, it was a task that could be completed tomorrow. However, it would definitely be good to save some effort, so he was still happy.

"Grandpa, grandma, I will..."

After chatting with the neighbors in the neighborhood committee for a while, Lin Li went upstairs to take a quick shower and change his clothes - the swimming pool has shower cubicles, but that doesn't mean it can accept little natives.

Then he went downstairs, met Zeng Ziang, and found a place to have lunch.

"Brother, you suddenly decided to go out for lunch. Won't you cook too much rice at home?" Lin Li asked while waiting for the food after ordering something at a random restaurant.

If Lin Li went out temporarily when Wu Min was cooking at home, the staple food for lunch the next day would most likely be fried rice with egg - fried leftover rice.

"No, my dad eats my extra portion at night, and then he cooks a separate portion for my mom," Zeng Ziang looked at Lin Li in surprise, "Cooking a whole day's meal at once? Isn't that a bit too much? I don't think it will taste good if cooked this way."

Lin Li raised his eyebrows.

I almost judged others by myself and thought that they didn't have a father either.

Wow, it turns out you all have fathers.

"My, my," Lin Li replied with a smile, "My family cooks for a whole day at a time."

"Oh, so your rice cooker is quite big, or maybe your dad doesn't eat much. My dad is a manual laborer, so he eats a lot."

Zeng Ziang didn't know Lin Li's family situation, so he didn't think much about it. He just shook his head and then smiled and sighed:

"I'm tired of eating at home every day. My family is very reluctant to order takeout. Obviously, many takeouts are more nutritious and hygienic than cooking at home, but my mother still rejects it."

"I can't order takeout, Lin Li, do you know what my mom said the last time I said to her, 'Mom, why don't we go out to eat today?'"

"Rejected?" Lin Li raised his eyebrows.

"I agreed," Zeng Ziang said with a forced smile, "My mother said 'OK'."

"Then he served me a bowl of rice and told me to eat outside the door."

"I never mentioned it again after that, so how could I miss having a legitimate excuse to eat out?"

There was a hint of sadness in Zeng Ziang's eyes.

(End of this chapter)