Chapter 84 Warmth

Minglun Street, street entrance.

After watching Zuoqiuyue drive away, Xu Nian looked at the busy street alone, feeling as if he was in another world.

In fact, it was not long since he accepted Zhao Qiang's commission, but what happened to him was magical.

Zuoqiuyue opened the door to a new world for him and brought unimaginable impact to his mind.

Whether it was the equality theory that respected the priceless life, or the realism that measured life by value, in short, he felt very heavy in his heart now.

I thought it was enough to be a real man and support my own small family, but now it seems that in the process of the disaster era, ordinary is so luxurious.

Perhaps as Zuoqiuyue said, this may be life.

Life is impermanent. Since he became a pioneer with a serial number, his life trajectory has changed.

The so-called era without Xu Nian, only Xu Nian in the era, nothing more than that.

Xu Nian looked up at the sun hanging high in the sky, with a relieved expression on his face, and walked towards his shop.

On the way, he met Sister Wang who was sitting in front of her noodle shop peeling garlic. Sister Wang smiled and greeted: "Xu Nian, I haven't seen you for a while. Where have you been?"

Xu Nian laughed and said in surprise as he walked: "I haven't seen you for so many days. Sister Wang, why have you lost weight again? I think Brother Liu must have been lazy again recently."

Sister Wang said happily: "Really? Do you think I've lost weight?"

Xu Nian looked at the other's chubby and slightly overworked face, nodded seriously and said: "Really, I've lost at least a circle compared to last time."

But he added in his heart: "It's a pity that my face didn't lose weight."

"Haha, you are the only one who is sweet-mouthed, unlike that dead ghost Liu Bucheng, who said I was fat every day, which made me angry."

Sister Wang's name is Wang Yu. She was still young when the disaster came, so she suffered a lot, but fortunately she was lucky enough to meet Brother Liu Bucheng who retired from the army due to injury, so she was able to settle down in this city wall.

Because her mother opened a rice noodle shop in the south when she was a child, so she is now back to her old business.

As for her husband, Brother Liu Bucheng, perhaps because he retired too early due to injury, he has always been a little depressed and wants to return to that battlefield and fight those terrifying monsters for hundreds of rounds.

Xu Nian smiled slightly, and a little boy eating candied haws ran over and said happily: "Brother Nian, you are back. I still want to play that ring on your computer."

"It's the old man's ring."

"Yes, that's it."

"Zhou Qi, why are you bothering your brother Nian again?"

At this time, a young woman who looked no more than 30 years old ran over with an apron. She tapped her son's head in a reproachful way, and said to Xu Nian a little embarrassedly: "Xu Nian, I'm sorry that Zhou Qi is bothering you again. Go and get busy. Don't pay attention to him."

As she said that, she patted Zhou Qi's shoulder in a reproachful way and scolded: "Go back and do your homework quickly, your brother Nian still has to work."

Zhou Qi looked reluctant, but still stuck out his tongue obediently and ran away.

The young woman looked at the smiling Xu Nian, a blush appeared on her face, and she whispered: "Xu Nian, you haven't been back for a long time, the neighbors miss you very much. I made braised pork for lunch, let's eat together?"

Xu Nian felt a little warm in her heart, and smiled: "Shuwan, don't bother so much, and I have something to do this time, I'm afraid I have to go out later."

The young woman's name is Fang Shuwan, a pretty girl who is only three years older than Xu Nian, oh no, a woman.

Because her husband Zhou Yun died in an accident, it was not easy for her to raise an orphan and a widow alone, so when he learned that she and Zhou Yun's eldest brother were in a lawsuit over the family property, he chose to help.

After two or three times, the two of them became familiar with each other.

"Is that so!"

Fang Shuwan's eyes flashed with disappointment, but she still smiled: "Then remember to take care of yourself. If you need anything, just come to me."

"Okay."

Xu Nian nodded, said goodbye to Fang Shuwan, and went all the way back to his detective agency.

Many neighbors on the road greeted him when they saw him coming back, and he responded one by one. Although it was tedious, it was very warm.

As the saying goes, a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. As an orphan, he spends the most time with these neighbors, except for his wife and son.

On weekdays, the neighbors also take good care of him. Of course, when the neighbors are in trouble, he, an "all-powerful" detective in the eyes of the neighbors, will naturally help.

The abnormal detective agency was opened by him with the money left by his father-in-law. He didn't want to use it at first, but thinking that it was the money of the "enemy", plus he had to survive and find the bodies of his wife and son, so he had to use the money temporarily.

Of course, in return, he stored the ashes of the other party in the martyrs' cemetery according to the suicide note prepared in advance by his father-in-law.

This is his principle of life. Even if the other party is the person he hates the most, if he uses the other party's favor, he will definitely repay this favor.

Fortunately, after buying the store, his father-in-law still had a lot of money left. Otherwise, he would not be able to pay the 20,000 yuan rent for the first year with his meager income.

He looked at the plaque above his head with complicated eyes again, took out the key from his pocket and opened the door, and a cloud of dust blew in his face.

He covered his face with his hands and waved them a few times. After opening the door for a while to ventilate, he began the tedious cleaning work.

It took nearly an hour.

During this time, Fang Shuwan still brought a portion of braised pork and rice, and after seeing Xu Nian cleaning, she started to help without saying a word. Xu Nian repeatedly dissuaded her, but she just kept working and refused to leave.

She even wiped the tables, chairs and windows in the store with a rag.

Clean and bright.

Xu Nian was naturally very grateful and wanted to find a time to treat her to a meal to express his gratitude, but she left after finishing the work and just told him to eat something quickly and have a good rest.

Xu Nian was naturally helpless about this. He looked at the fragrant braised pork on the table, but his stomach protested.

He could only give in, wash his hands and start eating.

Not to mention, the braised pork made by Fang Shuwan was particularly fragrant. The lean and fat meat was dipped in the soup and melted in the mouth. It was much more delicious than the meat he had eaten before.

He had never eaten such delicious braised pork before, and he could no longer resist the call of his taste buds and swallowed it in big mouthfuls.

At this moment, a middle-aged woman wearing a cheongsam and quite pretty walked in with a small bag on her arm.

Xu Nian subconsciously looked up and said in surprise: "Hello, what can I do for you?"