This is a reunion after a long absence
Today is Saturday, the third day that Shikawa has left the island city.
"Hurry up, go home early after harvesting." Chu Qionglin stood at the door of the apartment urging Li Ming.
Today is also the day when Chu Qionglin goes to collect the rent. Since the last time Li Ming mentioned that she wanted to change to a larger store, Chu Qionglin thought about which one was better, and took the opportunity of collecting rent to take Li Ming to choose, and by the way, she didn't want to stay in the flower shop every day and do those jobs that seemed extremely boring to her.
After Li Ming finally packed up, she went out with Chu Qionglin with a small bag. They drove Chu Qionglin's red car straight to the commercial street of the island city.
"I can collect the rent by myself first, and the No. 22, No. 36, and No. 42 stores here haven't been rented out yet, so you can go and see it yourself. There are few stores on my side that pay monthly rent, and I will call you when I finish collecting it. Chu Qionglin parked her car in the parking lot on the commercial street.
Li Ming nodded, and went to find the three stores that Chu Qionglin had just mentioned.
"No. 22...... Ah, this is number 22. Li Ming looked up at the façade room in front of her. The inside was clean and there were no decorative objects. Li Ming approached the floor-to-ceiling glass window and took a closer look at the interior of the façade room, and after thinking about it, she went to look for the façade room No. 36.
"36 is here, ......" No. 36 façade room is larger than No. 22, and the layout is also the type that Li Ming likes.
Li Ming silently wrote down in her heart, and when she was about to go to see the No. 42 façade room, she seemed to hear someone shouting her name.
"Li Ming?" A male voice shouted at Li Ming with uncertainty.
Li Ming turned her head when she heard the voice, and it was a tall boy who didn't look very old.
"Ah, Sister Li Ming, it's really you."
His name is Chu (chǔ) Zuo, and he is the son of the proprietress of a gardening shop where Li Ming worked part-time when he was in college, when Li Ming was in his junior year of college and Chu Zuo was in his sophomore year of high school, and Li Ming often tutored Chu Zuo with his homework.
Standing next to Chu Zuo was a boy who looked a little older.
"Sister Li Ming, have you been in the island city? Speaking of which, I haven't seen you for two or three years, and you haven't left me any contact information. Chu Zuo walked up to Li Ming and said with a smile.
"Yes, I've been in the island city and rarely hang out. You're still in college, right? Li Ming looked at the big boy in front of him, he had lost his original childishness, and now he looked like a high-spirited young man.
"I'm on summer vacation, and I'm starting my senior year again. I didn't disappoint you, I went to the mainland and I'm ready to take the graduate school entrance examination. Chu Zuo said to Li Ming with a smile.
Li Ming looked at the boy in front of her with relief, it had been four years since she first saw the boy when she went to work part-time in the gardening shop.
It happened that Chu Qionglin called at this time.
"Where are you? I'm going to look for you. Chu Qionglin's voice came from the phone, and she seemed to be in a good mood.
"I'm on the 36th." Li Ming said lightly.
Soon, Chu Qionglin appeared in front of the No. 36 façade room and walked in front of Li Ming.
"Isn't this Sister Qionglin?" Chu Zuo looked at the visitor and said.
"Huh? …… It's you? Zuo boy, I haven't seen you for many years, and you've grown so big. It's a lot stronger. Chu Qionglin patted Chu Zuo's shoulder and said.
"What are you going to do? Let's have lunch together, right? Chu Zuo looked at Li Ming and Chu Qionglin.
"I'm fine, are you going?" Chu Qionglin turned her head to look at Li Ming and asked.
Li Ming nodded.
The group of four entered a hotel with an avant-garde decoration.
"Why don't you introduce this handsome guy next to you?" Chu Qionglin saw that there was another person next to Chu Zuo, so she said to Chu Zuo.
"Oh, this is my cousin, his name is Chu Heng. Speaking of which, he graduated from the same class as you. Chu Zuo said with a smile.
The four of them sat by the window, and Chu Zuo and Li Ming sat facing each other. Looking at Chu Zuo's smiling face, Li Ming seemed to see the boy who was still a little tired of school four years ago, sitting behind the desk, and said to Li Ming with a hint of coquettishness: "Sister, I really can't learn, just tell my mother, let me play, please......"
"Sister Li Ming, this is also a reunion after a long absence, right? You have to give me your contact information, you haven't been to see me since you graduated, and you haven't left me your contact information. Chu Zuo said to Li Ming with some dissatisfaction.
Li Ming pursed her lips and smiled, took out a business card from her small bag and handed it to Chu Zuo. There is no name written on it, only the four big characters of "Dawn Flower Shop" and a string of phone numbers below. Chu Zuo took the business card and smiled with satisfaction.
"It turns out that Sister Li Ming has opened a flower shop, it just so happens that I am on summer vacation, so I can help if I have nothing to do. Mom had already sold the gardening shop, and I hadn't done any of that in a long time. Chu Zuo looked at the words on the business card and smiled.