Chapter 38

Grandpa Jiang tasted very good when cooking.

Tao Zhi's mouth was raised by Aunt Zhang since she was a child, and she was very particular about eating. At this time, three of them sat on the small and small dining table, and Tao Zhi felt hungry after smelling the fragrance.

In the kitchen, Jiang Qihuai brought out the last dish, and the braised chicken wings wrapped in sauce were piled on the plate. The eyes of the pottery branches shone brightly, and he couldn't help but look at him with a smile.

Jiang Qihuai specially put the plate of chicken wings in front of her.

"Ahuai said you like this," Grandpa Jiang also looked at her with a smile and said, "Try grandpa's skills."

Tao Zhi said "aheefully", but the chopsticks were not useful yet, so he picked up one for the old man: "You eat first."

Grandpa Jiang smiled so hard that his eyes were curved and he even said yes.

Tao Zhi looked up and looked at Jiang Qihuai sitting opposite him. The man said coldly without saying a word, sitting there eating vegetables.

He doesn't have a personality similar to Grandpa Jiang's family at all.

After having a happy meal, Tao Zhi was originally a person who talked a lot and coaxed the old man so that he never put down the corner of his mouth for a night.

After the meal, Tao Zhi accompanied him to play chess for a while.

She played chess very badly. She learned from Tao Xiuping when she was a child, but Tao Xiuping refused to let her go at all. She couldn't beat her and she was so angry that she cried. Tao Xiuping was watching her daughter cry loudly while laughing.

Grandpa Jiang would give in to her, and the two of them played back and forth, and Tao Zhi finally felt a little bit of the fun brought by chess.

Jiang Qihuai came out of the bedroom and watched the old and young sitting in front of the chessboard and chatting and laughing, stopping.

The light in the living room was warm and soft, and the faint sandalwood on the TV cabinet burned a thin line. The girl supported her head and frowned and looked at the chessboard. Her thin white fingers were placed on the chess piece, wanting to move.

"Oh," Grandpa Jiang said, "I've thought about it. Come here, I'm going to vault."

The little girl was reminded and her movements were stopped again, looking a little distressed.

The air conditioner in the living room was warm and a little lazy. Jiang Qihuai stood there, leaning against the wall for a while.

At some point, he suddenly felt that the picture in front of him was warm and harmonious.

It was a scene he had never seen in more than a decade.

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Tao Zhi stayed until after 8 o'clock in the evening.

She was having fun, but the old man slept early and stayed at the boy's house until too late was not suitable. After a few games of chess, Tao Zhi took a look at the time and stood up to say goodbye.

Grandpa Jiang couldn't bear to leave her, so he sent the person to the door and kept asking her to come and play after a few days of time.

Tao Zhi agreed with a smile, and Jiang Qihuai closed the door.

The corridor suddenly became quiet, and the light source of the tungsten filament light bulb on the roof was very dark. Tao Zhi stood at the door and looked at Jiang Qihuai and turned around.

The boy was tall and tall, covering her whole body in the shadow. Tao Zhi lowered his eyes and looked at the shadows of the two people overlapping on the concrete floor, and felt a sense of secret and happy satisfaction.

She walked in front, Jiang Qihuai followed her downstairs. Tao Zhi deliberately walked very slowly, stepping down step by step, and Jiang Qihuai didn't urge her.

The two walked all the way to the entrance of the alley in silence, and no one spoke.

After passing through the alley, the streets in front of you became brighter. The weekend night was the bustling time, and the crowds walked through it.

Tao Zhi turned his head and looked at the convenience store next to him before speaking: "Aren't you working here anymore?"

"Yeah, there's no time."

Tao Zhi nodded, didn't ask any more, and stood on the side of the road and waited to stop the car.

Jiang Qihuai stood beside him, holding a book in his hand.

He kept walking behind her. Tao Zhi didn't see anything he had just taken. She took it and took a look. It was the collection of English compositions she had just read at his house.

Tao Zhi raised his head and looked at him: "I have a copy at home, I've cheated from Jiang Zhengxun!"

"This book is more suitable for you," Jiang Qihuai didn't respond. He paused and said, "You can return his book back, but it's not cost-effective."

"Oh," Tao Zhi nodded in confusion, "Then I'll give it to him on Monday."

There was a free car coming, so Tao Zhi waved and got in.

She sat in the back row, reported the address to the driver, leaned back and looked through the book in her hand.

Until the car drove past the river and the Huai River.

Tao Zhi glanced through the rearview mirror of the car and saw the boy turn around and leave from a distance.

When she arrived home, Ji Fan was lying on the sofa playing with tablets and eating fruits. When he heard the sound of the door opening, the boy looked up at her with his head: "Why did you want to come back so early today?"

Tao Zhi held the composition book in his arms, walked to him and sat down, and flipped through it happily.

The papers on the coffee table were still placed, and no one was touching her things. Tao Zhi put the books next to her and put them away one by one.

The red marks on it were getting fewer and fewer from the beginning to the back. The pottery branches stood up and knocked them on the coffee table, neatly marked, and then piled them next to them.

She leaned back on the sofa and continued to read her baby's composition book.

Ji Fan leaned over and said, "What's this?"

"If you can't understand, don't read it," Tao Zhi said leisurely, "This is not something that your IQ level can understand."

Ji Fan looked at the book, recognized it for a long time, and remembered it: "Isn't this Jiang Qihuai's book? I saw him reading that day."

Just as a girl's little secret was poked, Tao Zhi suddenly became uncomfortable. She raised her hand and slapped Ji Fan on the head: "Can't I buy a copy myself?"

"My fuck-" Ji Fan sat up with his head covering his head, "If you buy the same one, why are you hitting me?!"

Tao Zhi ignored him and opened it on her own. She used to jump and flip it casually. Now she was home and planned to slowly appreciate it page by page.

She opened the book cover and wrote a random letter on the clean title page.

--River.

Ji Fan: "..."

Tao Zhi: "..."

Ji Fan raised his head and looked at her suspiciously.

Tao Zhi had no expression on his face and raised his hand to point at him: "Shut up, don't talk too much, shut your mouth."

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Next week will be the monthly exam.

She still only had one day exam, and only one week left. Tao Zhi divided the time into pieces and spent two days focusing on the composition. She also divided the remaining three days into reading and single-choice listening. She did not do the whole set of test papers, fearing that the scores would not be standard after the results were made, which would affect the monthly exam mood.

Fu Xiling looked even more nervous than her.

The little girl is more serious than anyone else in class now. She can’t even listen to the class. She grabs her and talks about grammar, and then asks her if she has finished memorizing the words she has finished today.

Tao Zhi was actually not sure, but Fu Xiling was a little weak in science. Tao Zhi didn't want her to influence her grades because of her, so she could only act very confidently, as if she could get 150.

The people and the teachers in the first class watched her leisurely and leisurely every day, looking like she was fine, and she seemed to be completely nervous and relaxed.

The night before the exam, Tao Zhi suffered from insomnia.

Before going to bed, Ji Fan knocked in and brought her a glass of milk. Tao Zhi didn't drink it. After tossing and rolling on the bed for two hours, she sat up in frustration.

Originally, this was just a bet with Concubine Li Shu, and Tao Zhi thought it was nothing, but now, this matter has become more than just a bet.

Tao Zhi wanted to do his best to get a little better in the exam.

She must do well this time.

In this way, she can give herself a little shining.

Only in this way can she become a little worthy of Jiang Qihuai.

She grabbed her hair irritably, got up and got out of bed, picked up the milk cup on the table and drank it all in one go.

The milk was already cold, and the cold liquid slid into the stomach along the throat, and Tao Zhi felt more awake.

She patted the desk lamp and sat at the desk and memorized the words for a while.

Until her eyes began to be sore, she raised her eyes and saw the selected collection of essays on the desktop.

Tao Zhi put down his pen, picked up the book, and opened it.

The young man usually printed the handwriting on the surface of the paper neatly and beautifully, probably in order to avoid deducting points as much as possible, the words written privately were much more casual, with sharp and grand pen tips. The word "Ji" was written by him, as if rivers, lakes and seas were included, and the waves and waves were all spread out in front of him like a scroll.

Tao Zhi stared at the word for a while, and suddenly felt a little understanding of Li Sijia's persistence.

When I like a very good person, I feel a little inferior and want to try my best to catch up with him and be side by side with him.

Even though she has done almost nothing this month, she is just doing the paper and memorizing words every day, but she still feels that it is not enough.

She walked to the bed with the book, thought for a while, pulled up the pillow, placed the book under the pillow, lay on it, covered the quilt, and closed her eyes.

High density will flow to low density places. When she wakes up, all the content in the book will flow into her mind.

Um.

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Five hours later, Tao Zhi woke up before the alarm clock rang.
To be continued...