Chapter 31: Old Photographs

In the boundless universe, the 28 nakshatras are in their respective positions, moving slowly along their trajectories. In the center of the stars, the Tai Chi Bagua diagram glows faintly and rotates slowly.

“…… It is easy to have Tai Chi, which is to give birth to two instruments. Two rituals give birth to four elephants, and four elephants give birth to gossip ......"

In the center of the Tai Chi Bagua diagram sits a young man, dressed in black robes, with long hair reaching to his waist. The young man raised his head, a pair of phoenix eyes were full of affection, and he seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

It is exactly what Yan Yunkai looks like.

At noon, Yan Yunkai groaned uncomfortably and turned over holding the quilt. After a hangover, his head sank as if he had been filled with lead, his temples throbbed faintly, and his throat ached hotly. He struggled to sit up from the bed, hammered his head twice, and let out a deep sigh.

There was a glass of water on the bedside table, Yan Yunkai drank it all, felt a little better, and held the glass in a trance.

…… How did I make such a dream, and it is a Tai Chi Bagua diagram.

Confused, he brushed his hair irritably, and went out to wash up with his slippers.

There was a burst of fragrance wafting from the restaurant, and Yan Yunkai took a toothbrush to find out. I drank a lot of wine last night and didn't eat anything, and now my stomach is starting to twitch.

The electric toothbrush was buzzing, and in the restaurant, Wang Ju heard the movement and said, "Are you awake, does your headache hurt?" I asked Uncle Zhao to give you a sobering soup last night, but he actually forgot about it. ”

Yan Yunkai let out a "hmm", stretched his neck and looked at the packing boxes on the table, the food was full of color and fragrance, his mood was a little better, and he gave Wang Cut a thumbs up.

Wang Ju smiled, twisted twice proudly, and said, "I went out with Uncle Zhao in the morning, and I bought something casually." I bought a set of accessories for my grandfather's suit, a necklace for my grandmother, and stole a tea cake from Xie Zhi, which my grandfather will definitely like. ”

"Hmm, uh-huh." Yan Yunkai looked left and right.

Zhao took the clothes from the balcony and came in, saw Yan Yunkai's disheveled clothes and hair upturned, looked at him strangely, threw the clothes in his arms on the sofa in the living room, and began to fold the clothes. Usually, except for the suit that is directly sent to dry cleaning, other daily home clothes are washed at home, Zhao Pijia folded the clothes and divided them into two piles, one is his own, and the other is Yan Yunkai. He took his clothes to the study.

Yan Yunkai silently looked at the underwear on the top of the stack of clothes, blinked meaningfully, and returned to the bathroom with a mouth full of foam.

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhao Jiaoji drove, and the co-pilot sat in Yan Yunkai, with Wang Zhi and large bags of gifts in the back seat, and went straight to the courtyard of the Yan family.

"Hey, Xie Zhi promised to give me a new car last night, and I'll leave it for you to drive when the time comes." Yan Yunkai said.

The green light turned on, Zhao stepped on the accelerator, and said indifferently: "Don't." ”

"Besides, I don't need it on weekdays, and I have to lottery to apply for a license plate, which is troublesome." Yan Yun smiled, "I have to tell Xie Zhi, don't fool me with a car under five million." ”

While eating snacks, Wang Di suggested: "You can raise the price to more than 10 million, Xie Zhi is not short of money." ”

"For You You's sake." Yan Yunkai said.

When I arrived at the courtyard of the Yan family, I could see a dog squatting at the gate of the courtyard from a long distance at the mouth of the alley. The barking of the dog was like an early warning, and the crisp sound of high-heeled shoes stepping on the ground sounded in the yard, and no one heard it before seeing it: "Is my son back?" ”

Yan Yunkai pushed open the door, opened his arms, and hugged Ms. You, "I'm back." ”

Zhao Thief stood outside the door with his things, calmly looking at the mother and son, and was still in a trance that he really went home with him for the New Year. Wang Di squatted on the ground and hugged the dog, and said happily: "King Xu, you are fat." ”

Yan Yunkai said: "It's cold outside, let's go in." Zixin, come in. ”

The husky jumped into the threshold, everyone entered the courtyard, Ms. You smiled and said to Zhao Thief: "Xiao Zhao is here, everyone celebrates the New Year together, this time stay at home for a few more days, ah." As he spoke, he touched Wang Jie's head affectionately, "Yo, has the little baby grown taller?" ”

"Yes!" Wang Ju said happily. In the past year, he has barely managed to grow a centimeter, which can be regarded as a great improvement. As a drought, if his mind is not long, it is difficult for his appearance and height to change.

Ms. You has occasionally met with him in the past two years, and when she saw that he had not changed, she thought that he had some kind of illness.

When everyone entered the house, Zhao put down the gift and was pulled by Yan Yunkai to see his grandfather.

"Clean up the demonic energy from you." Yan Yunkai advised, "My grandfather's senses are very keen, don't let him be too careful." ”

Zhao Thief confirmed that he had reined in his demonic aura and nodded.

In the study, Yan Chongshan was reading a scripture, Yan Yunkai knocked on the door and entered, and smiled gently and obediently: "Grandpa." ”

"I'm back," Yan Chongshan raised his eyes after reading this page, and saw the strange man behind his grandson, his movements froze, and he snorted lightly, "What are you doing in a daze, come in." ”

Yan Yunkai walked into the house, and Zhao Thief casually closed the door behind him, and calmly stood at the position where Yan Yunkai was a step behind.

"Is that him?" Yan Chongshan asked unhappily or angrily.

"Hmm." Yan Yunkai said honestly, "His name is Zhao Thief, and he is my colleague." ”

Yan Yunkai's colleague, that must also be a person from that unit, Yan Chongshan is very measured, and knows that the unit is very low-key, so he won't inquire about his work, but his grandson was arched by a pig, and when he was a grandfather, he naturally wouldn't have a good face for pigs.

Yan Chongshan glanced at Zhao Pirate Ji scrutinically, Zhao Pi Ji's expression was calm, his eyes were modest and firm, and there was no cowardice, like a silent but existential mountain.

"Got it." Yan Chongshan said, turning the page of the book in his hand, "Go out and ask your mother if she needs help." ”

Yan Yunkai didn't expect that his grandfather didn't have any questions, and he was a little surprised, so he retreated.

He closed the door, smiled at Zhao Thief, and made an "OK" gesture.

On the eve of the Spring Festival, the house needs to be cleaned, and Ms. You Daidai has asked the cleaner to do the cleaning early, but there are a few rooms in the house that are relatively special and cannot be easily entered by outsiders. Ms. You found an old copper key and explained: "Go and tidy up the utility room, just sweep the dust and wipe the cabinet, they are all old things, be careful not to break them." ”

"Cheng, don't worry." Yan Yunkai took the key.

In the living room, Wang Tailor sat cross-legged on the carpet, hugging the husky and knocking melon seeds, watching the replay of the Spring Festival Gala in previous years. He has a sweet mouth, and often coaxes Ms. You to laugh, because of Yan Yunkai's sexual orientation, Ms. You estimates that it will be difficult for her to hold her grandson in the future.

Yan Yunkai wanted to laugh and worry again, in a few years, when he stood up, Wang Ju would still look like this, and he didn't grow at all, so he couldn't surprise Ms. You.

"You sit and watch TV." He said to Zhao Theft.

However, compared to communicating with Ms. You, Zhao felt more comfortable helping him do hygiene. The two took off their blazers, rolled up their sleeves, and Yan Yunkai used the key to open the door of the utility room and pressed the light button next to the door.

The utility room was not messy, there were not many things, the cabinet glass door was locked, an old desk and a few wooden boxes were placed in the corner, and there was an old-fashioned sewing machine, an old-fashioned TV and a worn-out 28 bicycle.

Yan Yunkai first used a dry rag to sweep the dust on the cabinets, desks and other objects to the ground, and then used a broom to sweep the dust off the ground. Zhao brought a bucket of water, soaked the rag, wrung it out, and began to wipe the cabinet.

Zhao Thief had never done such a job before, but after living in Yan Yunkai's apartment, because Yan Yunkai didn't like to ask for cleaning, the two had to do it themselves.

A big man, who has lived for thousands of years, does not have the kind of attention that does not touch the spring water with ten fingers, and he is very neat in his work.

After Zhao Theft Machine finished wiping the cabinet, he rubbed the rag twice, and a layer of ash fell off, and the water instantly became turbid, and he wrung it out again to wipe the wooden boxes. Yan Yunkai saw that he was doing things briskly, and he was a little embarrassed, inviting people to come as guests, and he hadn't entertained the good food and drink, but let people work first, what kind of thing was this.

He looked at Zhao Thief's expression, and saw that he was expressionless, as usual, so he relieved himself and went to wipe the sewing machine.

"I found these old objects quite interesting, they look clumsy and sturdy, and there is a sense of age......" Yan Yunkai fiddled with the sewing machine, turned back to Zhao and said, "Have you seen it before...... Well? What do you see? ”

He saw Zhao Thief's back standing still, felt strange, walked to the other party's side, followed Zhao Thief's line of sight, and his eyes fell on the desktop of the desk.

This desk style looks old, the drawer locks are rusty, the top is covered with a whole piece of glass that covers the top tightly, and the glass at the corner of the table has subtle cracks, and the whole is well preserved. There are a number of black-and-white photos pressed under the glass, there are portrait photos, there are also landscape photos, it is said that grandpa Tai likes photography, the Yan family has been several generations up, the family conditions have always been very superior, and it is not a strange thing to have a camera.

Zhao Thief's brow frowned slightly, and his eyes condensed.

Yan Yunkai was a little puzzled, gave him an elbow, and said, "Don't pretend to be deep, what's wrong?" Obediently, you won't see the photo, it's love at first sight with my grandmother. ”

In the photos pressed on the table, many of them are a beautiful girl wearing a cheongsam, who is the grandmother when she was young.

Zhao Thief's expression changed subtly, he didn't expect Yan Yunkai to have such a rich imagination, he shook his head and said lightly: "No." ”

"What's the reason for that?" Yan Yunkai could better understand the meaning of Zhao Thief's subtle body movements and facial changes, and he warned, "You'd better tell the truth." ”

"This person," Zhao sighed lightly, and stretched out his hand to point to a photograph of a Taoist palace, with incense lingering in front of the door and many pilgrims. His index finger pointed at a man wearing a peaked cap, and the man only showed half of his face in the crowd, and Zhao Thief said coldly, "He is Zhang Seng Xuan." ”