In fact, from the time you clock out on Thursday night, it is the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday.

Conditional colleagues, at this time have already set off.

Zhang Ziyu was also conditional, he could drive home overnight after work on Thursday. But in order to test the batch of "Linggang" that failed in the experiment, and wait for the Lingshi Sword together, he chose Friday morning.

Mid-Autumn Festival + weekend + annual holiday + National Day, going home and traveling, you can imagine how crowded the road will be during this holiday.

At six o'clock in the morning on Friday, Zhang Ziyu got up from the bed, after a simple freshening up, he went to the other door to call Lingshi Jian, went downstairs to have breakfast, and at seven o'clock in the morning, he took Lingshi Sword and Xue Xue on the highway.

In the early morning of late autumn, the sky is pale blue, there are migratory birds spreading their wings all the way south, and the morning breeze is cool and moist.

The sun had not yet come out, and when I looked out the window, on the hillside, there was frost as white as salt on the dark green plants.

The cool morning breeze blew in through the window and hit the face, dispelling the gloom and making people instantly sober.

Zhang Ziyu glanced at the Lingshi Sword in the passenger seat from the rearview mirror, and felt a little strange in his heart, about the time that after many days, his passenger seat welcomed back to its owner.

I don't know when it started, his passenger seat was marked with the Spirit Sword.

He asked, "How many days are you going to go home?" ”

"Huh?"

Ling Shijian came back to his senses from his ignorant contemplation and asked, "Isn't it the Mid-Autumn Festival?" ”

"How many days off is the Mid-Autumn Festival?" She asked again.

Then I thought about it and remembered, "Isn't it three days?" ”

Zhang Ziyu was a little helpless and said, "Why don't you pay attention to the holiday at all?" This Mid-Autumn Festival is very close to the National Day, and you can take an annual leave in the middle for half a month. ”

"National Day? Going to sit for so long? Lingshi Jian leaned in his seat, a little surprised.

She thought about it, because of Zheng Yi's hysteria, her parents almost died, and she suddenly understood that she still paid too little attention to her parents.

Her inner demons are not just Zhang Ziyu, but all emotions. Since he decided not to follow the path of his master Ziyun Sword Immortal, he should follow his heart and cherish every emotion.

"Then ......," she said, "just take half a month's rest!" Stay at home for half a month. ”

She said, remembering something again, and smiled, "It's just that if it feels too long, my mother will get bored with me." ”

"Hahaha, that's the case, my mom will be bored with me too." Zhang Ziyu said, "The first day home, national treasure, the second day home, rare animals, the third day home, animals, the fourth day home, cockroaches." The favor does not last more than three days.

"But I think that's how they express their feelings, and they're not really tired of us."

"No, I think my mother is really tired of me......" Ling Shi Kendao said, "My family is a bit patriarchal, otherwise they wouldn't be so old and have a son." ”

Nowadays, women and men are boxing the Internet, and Zhang Ziyu is not good at making statements.

He was silent for a while before he said with a smile: "I went home to rest for half a month, I don't know if you counted, this month, we haven't worked much."

"I counted four days to the full. And you didn't go to school for a day. ”

"If you don't get on, you don't get on!" Ling Shijian didn't care, "I don't go to work, Lu Lianghong and Zhang Sai are very happy." You can even give me a raise and beg me not to go to work. ”

"Why?" Zhang Ziyu said curiously.

Ling Shijian glanced at him and said, "I told you on the first day of work!" I am equivalent to the minister of the Qincha, the supervising envoy, and I can oversee all the affairs of Shushan, including the Shushan Group above Shushan Iron and Steel. ”

“！！！” Zhang Ziyu was shocked, "You have so much power?" ”

This guy is lying on his desk day in a day, idle, like a salted fish, and he can't see that she is so terrifying!

"Do you know what an angel is?" Ling Shijian smiled crookedly, "The messenger from heaven who oversees everything!" ”

She also explained to Zhang Ziyu, "Shushan Group is essentially Shushan's industry in the world, making some money to subsidize the expenses of the sect. Shushan Group is the industry of Shushan, not the industry of the bosses of the board of directors behind Shushan Group. Regarding Shushan Iron and Steel, Lu Lianghong is just acting as an escrow.

"And Lu Lianghong is an outer disciple, and I am a personal disciple. The difference between the status of outer disciples and personal disciples ......"

She thought about it, but she didn't have the words to describe it, she just said, "Probably, I am from Shushan and can represent Shushan, and Lu Lianghong is just an outsider."

"Because it is an outsider, the sect is very uneasy, and every once in a while, it will send inner disciples and personal disciples to the human world to supervise. Got it? For these outer disciples, the personal disciples have the power to abolish the establishment, and even have the power to live and kill.

"I just happened to come to the world to spend the heart calamity, you just happened to be in Shushan Iron and Steel, for convenience, so I asked the sect for the right to supervise this session."

Listening to Ling Shijian's words, Zhang Ziyu's words echoed in his mind, and said: "Imperial power concession, cut first and then play, right?" ”

"That's right!" Ling Shijian nodded and said, "Before, if you really brought down the Lu family, I could make you the boss of Shushan Steel. Even the boss of the Shushan Group. ”

In other words, there was once a splash of wealth in front of Zhang Ziyu, and he didn't cherish it...... Instead, I chose the opportunity to step into the fairy gate.

He realized this, was silent for a long time, and the car ran out of the highway for more than ten miles before asking, "Do you think I still have a chance now?" ”

"What do you say?" Ling Shijian rolled her eyes.

Zhang Ziyu has already stepped into the door of cultivation and has become a casual cultivator, which is a trivial matter. The real impact was that he killed more than 100 people. Even if it is hostility, even if it is revenge, it is considered indiscriminate killing of innocents.

Even if it is for the sake of Li Boyang's face, Shushan did not come to hold him responsible, but to lead people like him to do things for the sect...... That's still free.

Moreover, the current Lingshi Sword does not have that kind of power.

After all, she also made mistakes again and again, Zhang Ziyu did something, she had to pay the main responsibility (according to the guardian relationship), and she did not directly recall her to Shushan for accountability, or because Ziyun Sword Immortal was too protective.

Thinking of these, Zhang Ziyu felt lost in his heart.

It turned out that he had lost so many things for the sake of cultivation.

Because I walked early, there was not much traffic jam along the way, until Qingping, only to block the ramp of the highway for more than an hour, until 11 o'clock at noon, I arrived at Maba Town.

Seeing that he was about to arrive at Ling Shijian's house in front of him, Zhang Ziyu slowed down the car, took out a box from his clothes pocket, handed it to Ling Shijian, and said, "Nuo, how about you take a look?" ”

Ling Shijian took it and looked at it, the pattern on the box was a watch, and it looked quite advanced, she was very puzzled and asked, "Why are you giving me this?" ”

"I didn't buy it for you, I bought it for your dad." Zhang Ziyu said, "Look at it, do you think your father likes it or not." ”

The last time he went home, Ling Shijian bought gifts for his parents, the so-called exchange of gifts, this time he prepared gifts for Ling Shijian's family in advance.

"There's also a massage pillow and PS5 in the back seat, which I bought for your mom and your brother." He said, pointing back.

Ling Shijian looked down the back seat, and sure enough, there were two boxes, and when she loaded the car in the morning, she saw it, but it was too early at that time, and she didn't pay attention.

She looked at Zhang Ziyu, and her eyes became strange: "Why are you buying these for them?" ”

"What a gift!" Zhang Ziyu replied, "Give them gifts during the Mid-Autumn Festival...... And then didn't you buy a gift for my parents last time? ”

"You ......" Ling Shijian's eyes stared at Zhang Ziyu, and he was embarrassed to stare at Zhang Ziyu all the time, so he took it back.

The last time she gave gifts to Zhang Ziyu's parents, she actually had the consciousness of Zhang Ziyu's girlfriend. She really wanted to ask Zhang Ziyu in what capacity he sent it this time.

But because he was still angry, he finally didn't ask.

She looked forward, looked at the familiar courtyard that was getting closer and closer, and said loudly, "I thank you for them." ”

"Nothing ......"

Although he brought a gift this time, Zhang Ziyu still didn't have the courage to stay, just like last time, after putting down the Lingshi Sword, he slipped away with one foot on the accelerator.

Ling Shijian was accompanied by gifts all over the ground, the moon cakes and fruits that Zhang Ziyu bought, and she bought herself, watching Zhang Ziyu's car disappear at the end of the town, a smile slowly appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"Humph!" She secretly said that she finally had the consciousness of a boyfriend.

She was happy in her heart, and turned around and shouted, "Ling Feiyu, come out to help!" ”

couldn't wait for a few seconds, and a solid child knocked open the courtyard door and shouted: "Sister~~ Are you back?" ”

He shouted and ran over, looking very happy, but his big bony eyes were not on his sister, but on the gifts on the ground.

ran to the side of the gift and squatted down, with a perfunctory mouth: "Oh, sister, I want to kill you......"

Picked up the watch, took a look, it wasn't your own, picked up the PS5, saw the gamepad, knew it was your own, hurriedly stuffed it into your arms, and then giggled and helped carry other things.

Ling Feiyu is more than seven years old, which is the age when the legendary dog is disgusted, although because of the good genes of the Ling family, he looks like a tiger, but the skin of the bear child can't be hidden.

Ling Shijian looked at the little broken child helplessly, walked into the yard with a big bag, and asked, "Where is Dad?" Mom? ”

"They went to talk to people about business...... Ling Feiyu replied, "What, the company that broke the contract with them before has now come back and is going to mess with people."

"Those people are really interesting, they all said they didn't want our flue-cured tobacco, and now they are back like dogs. Dad said he had to raise the price by a few cents.

"If you want me to see, where is a few cents enough? Gotta go up a few bucks......"

Children at this age all seem to understand whether they understand or not, listen to some skin, and talk about their understanding with relish.

Of course, Ling Shijian also understood that the contract was broken before because Zheng Yi's Mingyi Group is back now, and it must be in short supply. There is also a small possibility that the Mingyi Group is now asking them to cooperate with the Ling family again.

She wanted to laugh when she heard it, this is the power of human society, the people above move their mouths, and the people below have to fight to the death for their livelihood.

"Oh, sister...... "The little kid's mouth jumped fast, and his thinking jumped fast, just talking about the contract business, and the next second he asked, "Did you come back a few days ago?" ”

Well?

Ling Shijian frowned and denied, "No? What's wrong? ”

She did come back a few days ago, and after accompanying Zhang Ziyu to the Gu that day, she also thought that she was going to die, or that she was going to be arrested and returned to the Shushan Guanlock Demon Tower, thinking that she would come back to see her parents for the last time before leaving.

But when she came back in the early morning, her parents were sleeping at that time, how could she know?

"I also said you didn't come back!" Ling Feiyu said, "But Mom said that you came back."

"Dad asked her when she was back, and she said she saw you back in her dreams.

"It's a laughing death...... I came back in my dream, but I didn't really come back......"

Ling Feiyu was still babbling, but there was a faint mist in Ling Shijian's eyes......

Maybe this is the mother-daughter connection?

Mother and son are also connected.

When Zhang Ziyu returned home, his mother helped him move the things in the car home, and said the same:

"Ziyu! The other day, I dreamed that you were back. Then I woke up and saw you in the house, but in the blink of an eye, you turned into a meteor and flew away. ”

Zhang Ziyu listened, but he didn't feel good in his heart, but said with a smile: "You must miss me too much." The so-called thinking day and night dreaming will dream of me. How did I turn into a meteor, you think? ”

Huang Ying glanced back at him and scolded with a smile: "Who would think of you little bastard? I don't go home every day, I don't take the public exam when I come back, I don't look for a girlfriend if you don't look for it, and I'm not obedient at all! ”

"Hey, hey!" Zhang Ziyu just smirked.

"Last time, you brought your girlfriend back, why didn't you bring it back?" Huang Ying asked again, "Is it a breakup?" ”

"Nope!" Zhang Ziyu replied.

"Then you called back and cried that day?" Huang Ying looked at him teasingly, "I thought you were dumped!" ”

"If you want to dump her, I'll dump her! Who is your son? is so handsome, how can he be dumped by others? Zhang Ziyu said stinkily, "I miss you so much." Affection is deep, and you can't control ......"

"Phew!" Huang Ying took a bite of Zhang Ziyu, "Handsome fart, like a pig Bajie!" ”

Zhang Ziyu followed his mother to move the things upstairs, and then came down and returned to the store.

It's just that the situation of the hotel is different from the flue-cured tobacco of Ling Shijian's parents, the flue-cured tobacco has been affected, and the contract is signed back is almost the same as the original, but the hotel has to consider the problem of the source of customers.

In particular, this kind of old boutique hotel is doing the business of old customers and repeat customers, and once the source of customers is affected, it will be difficult to recover for a while.

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, a holiday, and it is about twelve o'clock or one o'clock at this time, which is the time for dinner, and the store should be very lively and busy.

But no, Huang Ying even had time to help Zhang Ziyu move things.

Even in the open space in front of the hotel, there were no cars parked. Zhang Ziyu originally planned to go to the car repair shop in Yanjie, but he didn't need to.

Of course, there are people in the store, but there are not many.

Zhang Ziyu put his things away, and he put on an apron as he usually went home, helping with things like ordering, collecting accounts, serving, and closing the house.

His parents, Zhang Hongyi and Huang Ying, have been running this shop for more than 20 years, and Zhang Hongyi has always been in charge of the internal kitchen, while Huang Ying is mainly responsible for the outside.

Only when he comes back to help, Huang Ying goes to the kitchen to help, will it be easier.

Zhang Ziyu often thinks about the reason why these two old men and old ladies who are nearly half a hundred years old insist so much; They will also think about some specious questions about the meaning of life based on their persistence for 20 years.

He couldn't think of an answer because they didn't think about it when they kept going day by day.

They don't think about the meaning of holding on for 20 years, they think that today's business is good, they make more money, and the family's expenses will be easier.

Thinking about the meaning of life itself is meaningless.

Because there were not many people, and because it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, the family was reunited, so when the afternoon meal was over, five or six o'clock, they closed the store and rested early.

When he was in the store, his father Zhang Hongyi was the head chef, and when he returned home to cook home-cooked dishes, his mother Huang Ying was the head chef.

Instead of eating the hard dishes left in the store, I went back to the second floor and asked my mother to make a few home-cooked meals. During the New Year's holidays, when my family eats, I still have to have a few home-cooked side dishes to have that taste.

Because the size of the house is not large, the living room is the dining room. A small square table was opened, a few home-cooked dishes were placed on it, and a family of three sat around, with the smell of fragrant mothers in front of them, bright and warm lights overhead, and a big, round moon outside the window.

Zhang Hongyi sighed in his heart: "Life is like this, what more can a husband ask for? ”

He said, "Stinky boy, have a drink with Lao Tzu." ”

"Okay!" Zhang Ziyu said with a smile, got up and went to bring his father's bayberry wine, and one person had a glass, but only one or two.

Although Zhang Hongyi drank alcohol, he also brewed a lot of strange wine at home, but his alcohol consumption was not high.

And he usually doesn't talk much, but once he gets drunk, he is a little talkative.

"Stinky boy, you need to get married sooner." He pulled Zhang Ziyu to speak, "While I can still move, I can help you." Helping a little is a little. Otherwise, when I'm really old, I won't be able to move. It's still too difficult for you to support a family by yourself. ”

Zhang Ziyu listened to his father's words, looked at him through the bright lights and gaze, but saw that he was not yet fifty years old, and the wrinkles on his face had become furrows. Because of cutting vegetables and cooking, the hands were covered with scars from knife cuts and oil burns, and they were rough, like soy sauce soaked too much, and they were ugly.

Twenty years of perseverance have left behind a body of underlying diseases.

At this point, it was still him who was thinking.

However, Zhang Ziyu doesn't know if he can start a family or live, he just knows that his path may no longer be in the world.

It was already difficult for him to respond to his parents' expectations.

"When I was your age, twenty-five." Zhang Hongyi continued, "You are already four years old, five years old. It's time for kindergarten.

"In order to find you that Xiaobaihua kindergarten, it was said that it was the best kindergarten in the county at the time, I ...... I'm not ashamed of me......"

At the age of twenty-five, Zhang Ziyu always felt that he was still very young, but twenty-five years ago, his twenty-one-year-old father was already married.

"At that time, this shop had not yet opened, and I was still working as a handyman in the shop in the south of the city...... "Your grandfather looked down on me at that time, and there was no lack of yin and yang......

"But when he passed away later, hospitalization, funeral, I made him beautiful......"

Zhang Hongyi was drunk, said some drunken words, and pulled Zhang Ziyu to talk about the past.

The meal was eaten until nine o'clock in the evening, and the moon was already bright. Looking out of the window, in the blue sky, a big and round moon seems to hang on the window, walk over, and you can take it off with your hand.

Mom removed the table, Zhang Ziyu took his dad to the balcony, sat on the chair, and looked at the moon in the sky.

Downstairs is the carp bridge in the city, there are pedestrians and vehicles on the bridge, under the bridge is the sparkling river, the father and son are half drunk, accompanied by the breeze under the moon, enjoying the full moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

At this time, Zhang Hongyi talked about his romantic love story with Huang Ying again, boasting about how handsome and chic he was back then, and how he attracted Miss Huang to walk inactively. also warned Zhang Ziyu that although men can't overdress up, they still have to pay attention to their own image. Women are the ones who look like stars, and the appearance of men is the most important. Let's talk about some methods of chasing girls and picking up girls......

Originally, Zhang Ziyu listened to it with relish, and praised his father in his heart that he really had two brushes, but suddenly his mother came out with moon cakes and fruits, and mocked:

"Listen to him blow to you, when we went on our first date, his face was as red as a monkey's ass! I can't say half a sentence. Want to hold hands...... Or did I take the initiative to ......"

“！！” Zhang Ziyu looked at his father with a smile again.

"Ahem!" Zhang Hongyi defended, "I let the lesbians ...... You don't know, except for your mother, there were several ...... who liked me at that time."

"There are several farts!"

Huang Ying sat down next to Zhang Ziyu and ruthlessly debunked Zhang Hongyi's lies, "He is a native bun from the countryside, except for my love brain back then, stupid, who still looks up to him......"

The family talked, talked and talked about the Mid-Autumn Festival moon, and discussed how beautiful Chang'e is, which is always a warm picture of happiness.

Zhang Ziyu thought in his heart, there is cultivation in this world, so how true or false are those myths and legends, and the so-called Chang'e is not there?

Because he was busy all day during the day and drank some wine, by ten o'clock, Zhang Hongyi couldn't blow anymore, and fell asleep next to Zhang Ziyu's shoulder.

Dad fell asleep on his shoulder......

Zhang Ziyu looked at the river flowing under the bridge, and knew in his heart that his parents were indeed old.

In the past, I slept by my father, but in the future, my father slept by himself.

And he ...... Can it be their reliance?

He always felt unprepared.

But time can never stop it, flowing eastward like a great river.

"You don't see the water of the Yellow River coming up from the sky, rushing to the sea and never returning.

"You don't see the sad white hair of the high hall mirror, and the morning is like green silk turning into snow at dusk."

Parents can't stop aging.

He began to wonder if there was a way for his parents to practice and prolong their lives.

But then he thought, does he have the ability to lead them into the door of cultivation? If he leads them into the Gate of Cultivation, will he have the ability to protect them?

He himself is still a cultivator, and he is ignorant.

Maybe......

In the end, he thought that it would be better if he could let his parents live happily and carefree until the end of their lives.