Chapter 10: The Pond
A few days later, when Lao Cai passed by the worm house, he saw that the yard was in a mess, two workers in blue overalls were digging with shovels, looking at the shape, it seemed to be digging a pool, next to a roll of hoses, a submersible pump, and a small pile of goose soft stones. Jiang You was wearing a sweat vest and shorts, stepping on slippers, standing beside them and commanding, "Yes, the size is like this, and then I will make a water drop effect to come out......"
"Little ginger!" Lao Cai shouted.
"Hey!" Jiang You turned around, he wiped the sweat on his forehead with the back of his hand, and walked quickly to the gate of the courtyard, "Lao Cai, here, come in, come in, it's hot outside, go inside and sit." ”
He took Lao Cai into the store, and he pulled out a stool, "You sit first, I'll go upstairs and wash my hands." ”
"Go ahead, I'll sit down by myself for a while."
After Jiang You washed his hands and wiped his face, he walked downstairs with two cans of Coke, he put one can in front of Lao Cai, and sat down opposite, "It's hard for you to make a trip." ”
"I'm just going to come to the street," Lao Cai picked up the Coke, and he glanced into the yard, "Why do you remember the whole yard?" Wasn't it good before? ”
Jiang You pulled open the pull ring and took a sip, "I've always wanted to get it again, isn't it a lack of money, I just happened to have made an unexpected fortune recently." ”
Lao Cai looked around, and he lowered his voice, "You've lived here for almost five years, nothing happened, right?" ”
"There is a temple in the park behind, so many monks chant scriptures every day to do morning classes or something, how can there be an eyeless dirty thing to settle here? When I bought this shop, I said, you don't believe it, what is the price of a shop on the street now? Jiang You smiled, "Fortunately, I can buy it, and now there is a yard on the cultural street, and there is no price in the market!" ”
Lao Cai smiled wryly, "At that time, it was rumored that there was a nose and eyes, and it was better to believe it than to believe it, you had an accident at that time, and you were skinny and skinny, and you didn't read books, so you bought houses everywhere, and they all said that you were ......."
"What do you say about me? Is it a ghost? ”
"Hehe," Lao Cai smiled dryly, he took out an envelope from his bag and put it on the table, "You said you wanted this, I went to inquire around, and I thought some celebrities would come." ”
Jiang You picked it up and opened it, there was a ticket and an admission pass inside, he took it in his hand and looked through it, "How is the business lately?" ”
"It's definitely better than you."
"You and I are ...... than me," Jiang You laughed, "My turnover this month, plus the Taobao store, seems to be a thousand smaller, and it will be summer vacation soon, and it should be able to double in July and August." ”
"Let me tell you, I have a distant niece who is graduating this year and is preparing to take the civil service ......"
"Tell me the matchmaker, can she take a fancy to me like this?"
"You underestimate yourself too much, your position, doing catering, two or three hundred thousand a year is less!"
"It's tiring and dirty to eat, and there are a lot of people who need to be ordered."
Lao Cai glared, "If you find a daughter-in-law and have a child, you won't be so lazy, you're not young, your parents aren't ......"
"Okay, okay, okay," Jiang You interrupted Lao Cai, "When my yard is ready, please come and drink tea with your niece." ”
"Okay, don't let me go when the time comes?"
"Don't dare, don't dare."
Lao Cai stood up, "That's okay, I'm leaving, you can be busy with yours." ”
"Go, go, I'll keep the yard."
It took about three days of digging before the pond was roughly dug up, covered with thick fine sand, put a pond liner on it, and pressed it with some small goose stones. Then bury the water pump and connect the hose, filter box and skimmer.
When filled with water, the liner is flattened.
Jiang You and two workers built up larger stones along the edge of the pond to make shapes, and after they were done, they filled in the remaining goose soft stones. In the end, Jiang You found a small clay pot, placed it in the middle of the two landscape stones, connected the water pipe into it, and the effect of falling water came out.
Jiang You rubbed his waist and stood up, he took out his wallet, counted sixteen sheets, and gave eight hundred to each of the two workers, "Zhang Gong, Liu Gong, hard work." ”
Zhang Gong and Liu Gong took the money.
Zhang Gong said: "I'll ask Carpenter Guo to come over tomorrow?" When he's done with the shelf, let's do it again? ”
"Okay, I'm sorry for you."
"You're welcome, let's go!"
After Zhang Gong and Liu Gong left, Jiang You walked around the pond several times.
"Do you want to put two koi fish in this pond?"
"Forget it, let's raise water lilies."
"Who are you talking to?"
A cold female voice came from behind Jiang You.
Jiang You turned around, and Tang Butian stood in the middle of the courtyard looking at him.
She wore a blue and white pinstripe off-the-shoulder dress with socks and white sneakers, and carried a light blue chain envelope bag.
Didn't take a wooden knife.
Jiang You's gaze quickly swept over her collarbone, "Officer Tang, I'm engaged in self-ideological struggle and criticism," he walked up to Tang Butian's side, "What do you think of this pond I made?" ”
A smell of sweat rushed into Tang Butian's nasal cavity.
She saw Jiang You's body, the sweaty vest stuck to his belly, and his face and hands were covered with mud.
She took a step back and distanced herself from Jiang You.
Jiang You saw Tang Butian's disgust, "It's been a day, why don't you go to the store and sit for a while, and I'll take a shower and come down?" ”
After Tang Butian hesitated for a moment, she nodded, "Okay." ”
Jiang You walked into the store with Tang Butian, he walked to the counter and took out a watermelon-flavored gummy from the sugar bowl, "I ordered a takeaway of milk tea, if you come, help me collect it." ”
"Okay."
Jiang You peeled off the candy paper and went upstairs.
Tang Butian stood in the store for a while.
Despite the mess in the yard, there is still an unusually clean feel to the store. There was no air conditioning, but the temperature seemed to be several degrees lower than outside.
She walked to the counter, she saw a piece of paper in front of the cash register, she reached out and picked it up, it was the blueprint of the yard.
The corner of the drawing fluttered a little.
She turned abruptly, and the wind blew, and the sunflower branches on the trellis trembled.
Nothing.
She put down the blueprint and walked to the door.
"Xi tea takeaway."
A man in a blue takeaway overalls sat on a battery car and shouted, and Tang Butian walked out.
"Yes, Mr. Jiang's ......" The takeaway brother looked at Tang Butian with some confusion.
"I'll get it for him."
"Okay," the takeaway guy took out a bag from the takeaway box, and there were two cups of milk tea in the bag, "remember to give me a good review!" ”
"I'll talk to him."
"Thank you!" The takeaway guy started the battery car and drove to the next delivery address.
Tang Butian turned around, and when she walked back to the store, Jiang You had already finished taking a shower.
He changed into a light blue T-shirt, wore large pants, and walked downstairs in slippers.
He heard Tang Butian say: "Liang Hao's case is closed, commit suicide." ”