The salty life in Life of Pi

Chapter 89 Little Uncle

Just after falling asleep for a while, Wang Shengnan's phone rang again. At first, she thought it was Wang Dingnan showing off to her, so Wang Shengnan didn't even look at the screen and directly pressed the power button to mute the call.

But after a few minutes of silence, the phone rang again. Wang Shengnan frowned, made an unhappy "tsk" sound, picked up the phone, and had already thought about how to deal with Wang Dingnan.

The call was connected, but before Wang Shengnan could speak, a voice came from the other end, which made her sleepiness disappear.

"Shengnan, your master has passed away. Come and see him for the last time."

There was a tired voice on the other end of the phone. Wang Shengnan immediately recognized it as her teacher's wife's voice, but what she didn't expect was what she said. She quickly got up from the bed and looked at the caller ID on her phone again to confirm that it was her teacher's wife's call.
"Master's wife, what's going on? Isn't Master in good health? Where are you now? I'll be there right away."

"It's in Jiangzhou's funeral home."

After changing her clothes, Wang Shengnan picked up her bag and hurriedly opened the door. She walked downstairs and knocked on the door when she passed by Wu Xianyu's house. Before the door opened, Wang Shengnan called Lin Miaomiao's name.
"Lin Miaomiaomiaomiao? It's just right. I have to go out for a while. I'm not sure if I can come back in the evening. You can take care of dinner by yourself."

After saying that, without giving the confused Lin Miaomiao time to react, Wang Shengnan walked downstairs quickly.

Walking out of the stairs, Wang Shengnan called Lin Dawei
"Hey, Dawei, where are you? Did you drive out?"

Lin Dawei, who was quietly looking at cars in a 4S store, felt a little guilty when he received a call from Wang Shengnan. If this surprise was discovered in advance, could it still be called a surprise?
Walking a few steps away from the salesperson, Lin Dawei tried to keep his tone normal.
"I'm outside looking at houses. I've left with my car. What's wrong?"

"Come back first and drive me to the funeral home."

Wang Shengnan's voice was a little strange. When Lin Dawei heard this, he realized the importance of the matter. His expression immediately became serious and he said to the phone:

"Okay, wait for me at the gate of the community, I'll be there soon"

After saying that, Lin Dawei added the salesperson’s contact information while walking towards the door and left the 4S store in a hurry.

Driving along the red line of illegal traffic all the way back to the gate of the community, Lin Dawei did not ask for details. Seeing Wang Shengnan's absent-minded look, he probably wouldn't be able to get anything out of her. He started the car and drove all the way to the funeral home.

When they arrived at the place, the two of them walked in hurriedly. Fortunately, Lin Dawei was also wearing a suit, which matched the atmosphere here.

Wang Shengnan saw the master's wife from a distance, ran over, hugged her with a sad face, and
"Master's Wife, what happened to Master?"

Patting Wang Shengnan's back gently, the master's wife looked exhausted and her eyes were bloodshot, but she still tried her best to comfort Wang Shengnan.
"It's okay, it's okay. Your master didn't suffer much. He died in an instant. It's a good thing. He was so old and had so many injuries. It's less painful for him to die this way. Don't be sad."

Lin Dawei saw it clearly and supported his wife, saying to her:

"Don't cry yet, Master's wife is very tired and can't bear your pressure like this."

After hearing what Lin Dawei said, Wang Shengnan finally reacted and quickly let go of her hand. At this time, a man wearing glasses next to the master's wife also spoke.
"Shengnan, don't cry. When Master passed away, he also told us not to be sad."

After venting her emotions, Wang Shengnan was able to control herself. She wiped her tears and looked at the man. Not surprisingly, it was her senior brother, Ouyang Jian.

After a few glances, Wang Shengnan withdrew her gaze, held the master's wife's hand, and introduced the two parties.
"Master's wife, senior brother, this is my husband, Lin Dawei, Dawei, this is my master's wife, this is my senior brother, Ouyang Jian"

Hearing this name, Lin Dawei looked at him a few more times. Wang Shengnan was his first love, but he was not Wang Shengnan's first love. As for her first love, it was the man in front of him.

He extended his hand and shook it, but Lin Dawei didn't say anything. It wasn't appropriate at this time.

People came one after another. During this time, Wang Shengnan sat with her master's wife and roughly understood how her master passed away.

"Master, what a fool! He is old and in poor health, yet he insists on showing off and fighting. If he wants to watch a boxing match, can't he just call us over?"

Wang Shengnan wiped the corners of her eyes, her tone full of blame, and her mind kept recalling the time when she was young and apprenticed to learn skills.

The master's wife held Wang Shengnan's hand and sighed.
"This was his only hobby in his life. He said more than once that he wanted to die fighting. He couldn't accept a martial artist dying in a hospital bed. Now his wish has come true."

When most of the local people had arrived, Master's wife stood up with the help of Wang Shengnan and spoke to the crowd.

"Everyone, come with me to take one last look. Don't get too excited. Your master won't like it."

After saying this, he couldn't hold back his emotions, tears welled up in his eyes, and he turned around and took everyone to take a last look at his spouse.

After everything was done, everyone started discussing the time for the memorial service, but Master's wife was not in good physical and mental condition, so everyone could only wait for Master's son and daughter to come back before discussing it.

After sending the master's wife home, it was already late at night and there were few cars on the road. Wang Shengnan sat in the passenger seat and fell asleep leaning against the seat. Lin Dawei took advantage of the traffic lights to lower her seat a little, but Wang Shengnan was not sleeping well and woke up at the slightest noise. Lin Dawei quickly comforted her.

"I'll help you adjust the seat, you go to sleep, I'll call you when we get home"

Seeing that it was her husband, Wang Shengnan didn't say anything and changed to a comfortable position to fall asleep.

After returning to the community and parking the car, Lin Dawei looked at Wang Shengnan who was already sleeping soundly. He took a deep breath, picked her up from the car, closed the door, and walked up the stairs.

At this time, Lin Dawei was very envious of the communities that had elevators.

After returning home with difficulty, Lin Dawei knocked on the door, thinking that his daughter must be at home at this time, if nothing went wrong.
"Click"

Seeing Lin Miaomiao open the door, Lin Dawei breathed a sigh of relief for some reason. Ignoring the surprised Lin Miaomiao, Lin Dawei carried Wang Shengnan back to the bedroom and gently put her on the bed. After doing all this, he gritted his teeth and supported his waist, as his waist had been suffering a lot in the past few days.

After Lin Dawei came out of the bedroom, Lin Miaomiao couldn't wait to ask what happened and handed over the water she had just poured.

After drinking the water poured by his daughter, Lin Dawei breathed a sigh of relief and whispered to Lin Miaomiao
"Your mother's master passed away. She's been in a bad mood these days. Don't get angry with her. Do you hear me?"

Lin Miaomiao nodded hurriedly. This was the first time she saw her father so serious. After tidying up, Lin Dawei gritted his teeth, stood up from the sofa, held his waist and slowly returned to the room.

The next day, when they arrived at the cram school, Lin Miaomiao was still eating buns. Jiang Tianhao was very surprised.

"Hey, Miaomiao, why are you eating breakfast outside? I remember that it was always made by Auntie, right?"

"My mother has been in a bad mood these days and didn't get up this morning, so I just bought some and ate them. The salted fish is also here."

As she spoke, Lin Miaomiao pointed to the breakfast on Wu Xianyu's table.

Wu Xianyu locked his car and came to the classroom. He saw Lin Miaomiao and Jiang Tianhao were already chatting. Seeing Wu Xianyu, Jiang Tianhao took the initiative to say hello.
"Xianyu, I just found out that Miaomiao can still be related to me."

"Hmm? What's the relationship?"

"Let me tell you what I am telling you"

Lin Miaomiao swallowed the last bite of the bun, and took another one from Wu Xianyu's breakfast while eating.

"He is my mother's master, named Jiang Quanling. He is a distant relative of Haozi. According to seniority, Haozi is one generation lower than me."

"Oh, then Haozi must call Miaomiao aunt?"

Wu Xianyu was eating his breakfast and opened the classroom window a little to let the smell out.

"Then Haozi, just call me aunt." When Lin Miaomiao heard Wu Xianyu's words, she immediately became interested and looked at Jiang Tianhao with shaking eyebrows.

But Jiang Tianhao ignored him and looked at Wu Xianyu, grinning and speaking

"Uncle-in-law"

"puff--"

Wu Xianyu couldn't help but choked on the bun, but luckily he covered his mouth with his hands reflexively and didn't cause too much pollution.

After coughing a few times and her face turned red, Lin Miaomiao gently stroked Wu Xianyu's back to help him calm down, and glared at Jiang Tianhao unhappily.

"Look how you scared the salted fish, how annoying"

Jiang Tianhao looked at the actions of the two people, his mouth twitching, and he felt like he was being fed a handful of dog food.

I couldn't help but speak

"Are you two going to stop pretending?"

"Why are you pretending? Aren't we neighbors? Isn't it normal to have a good relationship?"

Seeing Lin Miaomiao's matter-of-fact look, Jiang Tianhao silently moved away from the two of them. These two people were not someone he could deal with.

When Mai Ju arrived at the cram school, Lin Miaomiao also told her about the death of her master. Unexpectedly, she also knew about it. Seeing Lin Miaomiao's surprised face, Mai Ju spoke up.
"Don't you know? Jiang Quanling is a famous martial artist in Jiangzhou. His sudden death yesterday was reported in the local news. My father even mentioned it during dinner tonight."

“I really don’t know.”

Lin Miaomiao scratched her hair. She had never seen her master once in her life, and she didn't know she had such a powerful master. But she soon stopped worrying.

"No matter how powerful he is, he is still my mother's master. He has nothing to do with me. I'd better behave myself and not make my mother angry."

Not long after, Wang Shengnan went to attend Jiang Quanling's memorial service and only allowed Lin Dawei to go with her. Lin Miaomiao was not taken with her. Originally, Lin Miaomiao wanted to take care of Wang Shengnan's feelings and took the initiative to ask to go, but was rejected by Wang Shengnan. She really didn't have the energy to look after Lin Miaomiao, but instead she had to be taken care of by Lin Dawei.

So, Lin Miaomiao continued to attend the cram school honestly and found that Jiang Tianhao did not come. Later, when Jiang Tianhao came back, she learned that he had gone to attend the memorial service. After all, he was a relative, and it would be inappropriate not to go.

During the break in the cram school, Lin Miaomiao and Wu Xianyu watched Jiang Tianhao slam the table in anger at a weird customer. He jumped up and his short hair stood up.

Seeing Jiang Tianhao cursing for a long time, Wu Xianyu vented his emotions for a while and sat down.

"Just curse a few times and vent your anger. That's how the service industry works. If all else fails, let your parents take over the customer service. I feel like they've experienced more and should be more suitable for this job than you."

"No, I will have to learn it myself sooner or later. The sooner I get used to it, the sooner I'll get used to it. Besides, my parents are looking for a new store while I'm on vacation. I plan to start with a small restaurant. I don't have much time to look at my phone recently."

Sitting back in his seat, Jiang Tianhao picked up his phone and started texting "I'm sorry, honey."

As for finding a restaurant, it was Jiang Tianhao who reacted first. The main reason was that the spice smell of the braised dishes was too strong. Lin Miaomiao could smell the smell coming from Jiang Tianhao's house in Building 5 even from Building 2. She could smell it from such a distance, not to mention other people in the community. It was okay once in a while, but if it happened too often, it was inevitable that some people would dislike it.

So the next day at the cram school, when Jiang Tianhao heard Lin Miaomiao smelling the smell in Building 2, he immediately realized the seriousness of the matter and immediately stopped his parents from preparing to continue stewing the food. The two also reacted and started putting the matter of finding a store on the agenda.

Seeing Jiang Tianhao like this, Wu Xianyu and Lin Miaomiao looked at each other. Lin Miaomiao leaned towards Wu Xianyu and whispered
"Haozi really didn't remember that today is his birthday."

"I think he was so angry that he lost his mind. I saw acne on Haozi's face."

Wu Xianyu tilted his head and responded to Lin Miaomiao in a low voice.

After today's tutoring session, Jiang Tianhao hurriedly got on his bike to go home. He still felt a little uncomfortable using his cell phone to reply to messages.

Watching Jiang Tianhao's departing back, Wu Xianyu took Lin Miaomiao to turn in another direction. Not long after, Lin Miaomiao, who was sitting in the back seat of the electric car, was holding a cake with an excited look on her face.

"Xianyu, do you think Haozi will cry when the time comes?"

"I think so. Haozi looks very manly on the surface, but he is actually quite soft-hearted."

"Yeah, I understand this. Just like you look tough on the outside, but you're actually soft when you kiss."

"Hey, why did the topic change to this? Aren't we talking about Haozi?"

The two of them returned to the community noisily. They didn't rush home, but went directly to Jiang Tianhao's house. It was Jiang Tianhao's mother Duan Xiaohong who opened the door. Seeing Wu Xianyu and Lin Miaomiao, they shouted to Jiang Tianhao.

"Haohao, your classmate is here to see you"

After saying that, he smiled and looked at the two of them.
"I came to see Haohao for something."

“Well, it’s a big deal.”

Lin Miaomiao nodded and answered seriously. Seeing Lin Miaomiao like this, Duan Xiaohong urged again. After a while, Jiang Tianhao came to the door and saw the two of them. He looked at them with one eyebrow raised and the other lowered.
"No, didn't we just get out of cram school? How come something happened so soon?"

"Hey, if I say there's something wrong, then there's something wrong."

Lin Miaomiao laughed and took out the cake from behind Wu Xianyu.

"Haha, Haozi, happy birthday!"

"Happy birthday. Don't forget to celebrate your birthday even if you are busy with work. It is your adult birthday after all."

Wu Xianyu leaned against the door frame, took out two gift boxes from his pocket, and handed them to Jiang Tianhao.

“This is a gift from me and Miaomiao.”

Looking at the cake and gift in front of him, Jiang Tianhao was a little at a loss. He kept blinking, but he didn't look at the two people in front of him. His eyes turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Jiang Tianhao rubbed his nose, turned his head away and didn't want to look at the two of them, and spoke in a trembling voice

"Well, how about we have a meal together? My mom's cooking skills are pretty good."

Lin Miaomiao stared at Jiang Tianhao's face for a while, grinned and waved her hand to refuse.

"No, no, I just took some time off to come here. My mom has already prepared dinner. Bye."

After that, the two of them walked down the stairs. Before leaving, Wu Xianyu patted Jiang Tianhao on the shoulder and left a message.

"come on"

(End of this chapter)