The next morning, there was a heavy rain in Nanjing, and the drainage on Tulip Road was not very good, so a lot of water accumulated. I rolled up my trouser legs and went to the supermarket to buy some blood-replenishing red dates, and then made some red dates and white fungus soup for Jin Qiu, and I was going to send them to her company, which I promised her last night, and then by the way, I took this opportunity to see my old colleagues.

Holding an umbrella, I followed the crowd to the end of Tulip Road, and in the ankle-spilling water, there were a lot of leaves blown down by the wind, just like the crowded mood of living in the city, but only for a moment, those leaves flowed into the sewer with the water, so my mood was less anxious, more leisurely walking on the road alone.

After walking for about 20 minutes, I came to Jin Qiu's company, and I didn't rush to her office, but chatted with a few old colleagues on the first floor who were going to the wedding site to do the execution.

They told me that because the company's performance last year and the first half of this year were very good, their salaries and benefits had also been greatly improved, and there were many bonuses and opportunities to travel, which had never been seen in the old golden era, so they couldn't help but feel sorry for my departure.

When they asked me if I would go back to work, I just smiled, but I was still a little sad in my heart, because after all, it was the place where I had dedicated my youth for 6 years, but when it was on the road of rapid rise, it had nothing to do with me.

Pushing open the door of Jin Qiu's office, she was eating a simple breakfast of bread and milk, and when she saw me coming, her expression was very surprised, but the movements of her hands did not stop, as if there was something urgent to deal with after breakfast.

I smiled and said to her, "I cooked you red dates and white fungus soup, which replenishes qi and blood, so hurry up and eat it while it's hot." ”

"You must be idle today!"

"You're wrong, I'll have to go back when you're done drinking, and I don't have the time to gossip." As I spoke, I filled her a bowl and sat down on the sofa across from her desk, while the wind outside the window was still blowing wildly, as if it was going to wash the city again with the rain, but no matter how violent they were, they couldn't wash away the heaviness of the city, because it was almost the saddest city in China's modern history, especially on such a rainy day, its sadness was like a long wake-up call spreading, reminding......

In my free time, I looked at the milk and bread on the table and asked Jin Qiu, "Have you rarely eaten at home lately?" ”

She looked up at me and replied, "I've moved out of the house, so I'm free outside...... By the way, has my dad been looking for you again lately? ”

I shook my head, she looked at me, and then turned her attention to the red dates and white fungus soup I was eating, and I lit a cigarette, and through the floor-to-ceiling windows with a very wide view, I watched the wind roll up the fallen leaves, rising and falling, but the building opposite was quiet, only the wooden windows and the undried clothes hanging on the balcony were swaying in the wind......

When I was about to finish eating, Jin Qiu suddenly asked me, "Jiangqiao, do you remember the textile factory where your mother used to work?" ”

I suddenly looked up at her, and only after a while did I reply, "Of course I remember, what's wrong?" ”

Jin Qiu tapped the table with the chopsticks in her hand rhythmically, she seemed to be thinking about something, so that after being silent for a longer time than me, she finally said to me again: "I think in the whole of Nanjing, I am afraid that there is no road with a more poetic name than tulips, and the next door to Tulip Road is the Avenue of Flowers, and the artistic conception is not under the Tulip Road, which makes people think of it, as if they came to the most beautiful Flower Avenue in the wedding." This is at the level of artistic conception...... To be more practical, although Tulip Road has also been developed in recent years, it is still a suburb as a whole, so the land price is generally not high...... If I were to buy the land of the textile factory and make it a wedding-themed hotel, I think it would be very promising......"

I looked at Jin Qiu with a very strange eye!

Jin Qiu and I looked at each other, and then changed his words and said, "Yes, it's quite cheesy to measure this matter by market prospects...... But if you think about it, if you fully develop that piece of land, and then make the hotel plaza in the shape of a heart, surrounded by tulips, wouldn't that be the most beautiful outline for the wedding? …… That place has been abandoned for too long, and I think it's a shame that it should be developed and then take on its new meaning! ”

I took a heavy puff of my cigarette and had mixed feelings about the idea that if the textile mill were to be torn down and a new wedding-themed hotel was built, together with the "Sycamore Hotel" on Tulip Road and the old grocery stores, it would definitely give the road more emotion and make it unique in this suburban place, even if it was not specially planned by the government, but it would be enough to make people yearn for it.

However, there is another force in my heart that rejects this matter, because it is the last pure land of my childhood memories, and if even that abandoned textile factory is developed, then what is left of my childhood except the pain of separation from mother and child?

So, I said to Jin Qiu: "I don't think this thing is going to work...... You have also seen that although Tulip Road has not been overdeveloped in recent years, it has also formed a business district, and you are definitely not the only one who wants to use that piece of land for commercial purposes, but why is it still idle? …… According to my estimate, this land may have been bought a long time ago, in order to wait for the future appreciation, so it should not be sold to the public. ”

My words didn't put a trace of pressure on Jin Qiu, she smiled and replied, "As long as this land is not requisitioned by the government for the construction of public facilities, then there must be a way to take it down...... I can first inquire about whose name this land belongs to now, and then plan the rest slowly. ”

I was sad in my heart, but I also knew that the textile factory would one day change its original appearance, which was not something anyone could keep, but an inevitable law of the development of things. So, instead of being made unrecognizable by others, it would be better for Jin Qiu to make a wedding-themed hotel, so I didn't say anything more, but just thought about the dilapidated appearance in my mind.

"Jiang Qiao, do you think this plan of mine is feasible?"

I replied painlessly: "The country has built the railway to Qinghai-Tibet, you just build a hotel on Tulip Road, as long as you have enough capital, even if you build an airport here, it is feasible." ”

Jin Qiu glanced at me and didn't continue the topic, but this woman's execution is terrifying, and she definitely doesn't just talk about many things casually, so in the near future, on this tulip road, there may really be such a hotel rising from the ground.

……

This morning, Jin Qiu and I chatted for a meal, and then I left her company with a thermos flask.

The summer rainstorms come and go quickly, so when the clouds are blown away by the wind, the sunlight changes the temperature of the city in an instant, and I take off my thin coat and speed up the pace of running towards the tulip road.

At half past eight, Feng Tang's sister Feng Yuan took the initiative to call me, she said that she wanted to introduce me to a student and asked me to wait for her at the door of the "Wutong Hotel".

It didn't take long for us to meet, and after she parked the car, she came to me, and I smiled and said to her, "Teacher Feng, thank you so much for taking our piano store to heart." ”

She responded with a smile and said, "Don't thank you too quickly, I'll tell you the details when the kid comes." ”

I looked around and asked, confused, "Didn't he come with you?" ”

"No, she's not from our school...... It is the primary school for the children of migrant workers next door. ”

Hearing Feng Yuan say this, I was even more puzzled, because the parents of the children of migrant workers in primary schools generally do not train them extensively in art subjects in addition to their normal studies, which is not that I discriminate against the group of migrant workers, because the fact is that most of them are disadvantaged groups on the edge of the city.

A moment later, a little girl wearing a sunhat and carrying an old schoolbag appeared next to me and Feng Yuan, Feng Yuan took her hand and said to me: "This child's name is Liu Fang, his parents are both from Guizhou, and now they are working in Nanjing...... About two years ago, when I was practicing at home, she spent an afternoon listening to it by the window. I found out that she was a very talented child, and then I taught her some very basic piano knowledge intermittently...... However, my work at school is getting busier and busier, and now that I am pregnant, I will have less and less time to teach her in the future, but I really don't want to waste her talent in music, so I want to entrust her to your piano shop...... Do you think it's okay? ”

I looked at this girl seriously, she looked very silent, until now, she didn't even say a word, just stood behind Feng Yuan, looking at me with resistance.

I tried to communicate with her with a smile, and I said, "Liu Fang, Teacher Feng Yuan asked you to come to our piano shop to learn piano, are you willing?" ”

She still looked at me without saying a word, I was a little embarrassed, and then looked at Feng Yuan with some puzzlement.

Feng Yuan took her hand and asked her to stand side by side with her, and then said to me: "This child has autism, so she is very resistant to unfamiliar people, I don't know if your teacher has the patience to get along with her." ”

Thinking of Xiao Ai's patience in the face of those children, I couldn't help but reply with confidence: "Don't worry, there is no problem." ”

Feng Yuan smiled, and after a little silence, she said to me: "But her parents can't afford to pay for your piano shop's tuition, if you refuse, I also think it's human nature." ”

I looked at this child named Liu Fang again, in her resistant eyes, but she had a very strong desire to learn the piano, but she couldn't express it, and I felt sad because of this scene, so I didn't want to care about the so-called tuition, and immediately said to Feng Yuan: "Hasn't Teacher Feng been teaching her for free before, of course we can ...... it"

Feng Yuan looked at me with a look of approval, she nodded, and replied: "Thank you, I also think that art should not be completely reduced to a tool to make money, and I recognize your piano shop even more." ”

"No need to thank you for being so polite...... When Xiao Ai comes back from Japan, I will call you as soon as possible, and you can send Xiaofang directly to the piano store at that time. ”

Feng Yuan nodded, and then left with this girl named Liu Fang, whom I would rather call Xiaofang.

At this time, I let out a long breath at the clear sky, although Feng Yuan has not brought a student to the piano store in terms of business value, but I don't want to worry about it, I believe that Xiao Ai will not care about it, because we have always had a very unified value on this point.

……

Before I knew it, it was already evening, and after a busy day at the piano shop, I received an unprecedented call from my grandmother from the nursing home, she said that in the afternoon, she had wrapped dumplings and asked me to take Xiao Ai to her for dinner.

Of course, I had no way to take Xiao Ai there, so I could only buy some health products and go to the nursing home by myself.

Grandma felt disappointed that Xiao Ai couldn't come, but she also gave understanding.

After sitting alone on the bench outside for a while, my grandmother brought a bowl of dumplings from the common kitchen and handed it to me, and then sat down beside me, her weather-beaten face was full of kindness when she looked at me, she put her hand on my lap and said, "I know you don't like soy sauce, I made you a clear soup, is it delicious?" ”

"It's delicious." As I spoke, I proved it with my actions, and ate two in a row.

Grandma smiled, afraid that I would choke, and told me to eat a little slower, but there was always a little bit of bad taste in my heart, and as for the reason, I have said it many times...... I hate Jiang Jiyou, and I also hate Yang Jin on a certain amount, it is their bastards who have kept me and my grandmother away for so many years.

When I was about to finish eating, my grandmother grabbed my hand holding the chopsticks and said to me with a stern expression: "Bridge...... Can you let grandma do it for you once? ”

I left the last dumpling in the bowl, and although I was puzzled, I still smiled and asked, "Grandma, what are you going to do for me?" …… If I can do it, I'll listen to you! ”

Grandma hesitated for a moment, and finally whispered to me, "Grandma knows that you don't have anything now, and you may find it difficult to even support your own life...... But grandma still hopes that you can quickly get married to Xiao Ai's girl! ”

I looked at my grandmother in astonishment, and after a while, I smiled indifferently: "Grandma, what are you anxious about, I haven't talked about her yet...... I'm going to talk to her about marriage now, she's going to have to think I'm a pervert! ”

Grandma slapped me and blamed, "What nonsense! Then he lowered his voice and said to me: "Grandma has lived so long, she has never seen anything!" You are not wrong to listen to grandma, the provincial will have a long night and dreams, and you will leave regrets in the future...... I can see that she is different from ordinary girls, and she will not take your current achievements too seriously...... It's the same as your mother, if you can talk to her about getting married, she will probably agree...... The key is to have that attitude! ”

If I was stunned just now, then my current state is stunned, I have no idea what touched my grandmother and made her suddenly say this to me!