Yu Yao played games for half the night and got up quite early in the morning.
Jiang Zhonglin was heating up soy milk. Seeing her coming downstairs, he was surprised and asked, “Why did you get up so early? Didn’t you get enough rest?”
Yu Yao said it was okay and went to the kitchen to help heat up the buns. After the two of them finished breakfast, someone called Jiang Zhonglin, and he went into the study. Yu Yao was checking things in the living room with her personal terminal. She also had a video connection with Yang Yun. Then, Yang Yun was showing her the chubby and cute face of her three-year-old grandson, who was next to her.
Yu Yao took a few glances and said, “He’s very cute.”
The two of them talked casually for a few words. When Yang Yun was about to go out, Yu Yao hung up the video and got up to get some water. Passing by the study door, Yu Yao saw that it was not closed, so she leaned inside to take a look.
Jiang Zhonglin turned on the light screen and wrote something on it. Nowadays, there are many ways to input electronic devices. Typing and voice input are very convenient and fast, but Jiang Zhonglin likes handwriting input. This kind of handwriting input is different from the previous handwriting input because this input will keep the font when input, which is completely equivalent to written writing.
Jiang Zhonglin has good penmanship. Yu Yao still remembers that he wrote a love letter to her seriously that year, and the words on it were very beautiful. She put the love letter under the marriage certificate and some documents, and she doesn’t know if it is still there now.
Sensing Yu Yao’s gaze, Jiang Zhonglin stopped writing. “What’s wrong? Do you need something?” After saying this, he seemed to want to stand up. Yu Yao raised his hand and waved, “It’s okay, you continue to work.” After saying that, she returned to the living room.
There is a clock hanging in the living room. Unlike the fully intelligent electronic clocks that people like nowadays, which instantly display a lot of information such as time, weather, temperature, humidity, etc., it is an ordinary round wall clock, and the second hand is moving step by step. After all, he was born more than half a century ago, and he still has old habits, such as being used to using this kind of clock. He can be considered a nostalgic old man in a sense.
When the short hand of the round clock pointed to 9, Yu Yao packed up and got up to go out. Jiang Zhonglin was still writing in the study, and Yu Yao greeted him, “I’m going out for a while.”
Jiang Zhonglin immediately looked up. “What’s the matter? Do you need me to go with you?”
Yu Yao casually said, “No, you continue to work; I’ll go to the community fruit and vegetable supermarket to buy some vegetables. I’ll cook today.”
Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhonglin immediately stood up, still holding the pen in his hand. He said, “No, I’ll go buy it right away; you stay at home and rest.”
He thought for a moment and said, “Didn’t you buy some game last time, and you haven’t finished it yet?”
Yu Yao originally thought it was no big deal, but seeing the nervousness hidden deep in his eyes, she was stunned. “...No way, once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of the rope for ten years? I don’t think I’m that unlucky, such as I will travel through time again when I go out to buy groceries.”
Jiang Zhonglin didn’t say much, just silently put on the pen cap and walked out, looking like he was going out with her.
Yu Yao watched him change his shoes, then she hugged his arms and said beside him, “I haven’t gone out to buy groceries for so many days since I came back. And you also can’t always go out with me every day in the future.”
Jiang Zhonglin was silent for a moment and sighed in his heart. He knew it was unnecessary, but when he heard her say that she was going out to buy groceries alone, he was still subconsciously startled.
“This is your first time; I will accompany you to get familiar with it first, and next time I will... not go with you.”
So, the two went out. It was a sunny day today. Most of the people living in this community were old people and children, and there were relatively few young people. The sun shone through the gaps in the tall sycamore trees, leaving clusters of light spots on the ground. This road in the community was very quiet, and Yu Yao walked forward on those light spots.
She walked slowly, occasionally looking left and right at the yards on both sides. After walking for about ten minutes, Jiang Zhonglin said tactfully, “I’m used to walking such a short distance. It usually took me ten minutes to reach the entrance of the fruit and vegetable supermarket.”
Yu Yao: “...” Oh, I deliberately walked slowly to take care of the old man, but you still think I walked too slowly?
She quickened her pace and walked with the wind. Sure enough, she soon saw the community supermarket at the end of the road. Now almost every community has a special supermarket for daily life, and daily shopping is much faster and more convenient than before. Yu Yao had checked various stores and buildings nearby and seen the real scene pictures before. Now she saw it with her own eyes and found that the vegetables and fruits inside looked complete and fresh—very stimulating to buy.
She pushed a small cart like a few middle-aged women chatting and walked to the meat area first. Jiang Zhonglin said that he was here to take her to familiarize herself with the place, but Yu Yao didn’t need him to teach her anything at all. She did it very naturally to buy and choose anything. Even if there were many new types of vegetables and fruits that she had never seen before, she was not very surprised.
Jiang Zhonglin saw her chatting with the fishmonger in a familiar way and suddenly remembered that when they were young, Yu Yao was the one with better adaptability. When they arrived at a new place, he was still remembering the way, but she could already walk around several streets and know where to buy food, drinks, and daily necessities. She could even recognize the neighbors within three days.
Compared to her, Jiang Zhonglin was not so good. He had been like this since he was a child. He could bury his head in academics, but he had almost no life skills like this to quickly adapt to the environment and people. It’s just that now that he is older and has more experience, he looks more presentable than when he was young.
He still remembers that before they got married, they went on a trip together. It wasn’t a place too far away, because neither of them had much time, so it was just a very famous ancient town in China.
His seniors at that time heard about this and told him that this must be his girlfriend’s inspection of him; the purpose was to see if he was suitable for marriage, so this trip was the kind of inspection trip that would determine whether he could get his girlfriend in the future. The young man, Jiang Zhonglin, was extremely nervous, fearing that if he didn’t perform well, he would be broken up when he returned, so he conscientiously looked up guides and routes.
But when he arrived at the place, he was confused to find that most of the information he looked up was useless. Compared with his caution, Yu Yao was much more relaxed. It was also her first time there, but she already could quickly find a bus that could go directly to the hotel. After dropping off the luggage at the hotel, she took him out to find food. Jiang Zhonglin took out the itinerary guide he made and took her to a restaurant with good reviews of it. As a result, the food was expensive and not delicious. Obviously, they were cheated. Yu Yao didn’t care at all. She touched her half-full stomach, pulled him to find a small shop, and went in. She told him that she smelled a very fragrant smell and the food inside must be delicious. It was indeed delicious.
Yu Yao almost decided all the itinerary afterwards. Jiang Zhonglin didn’t bother at all except to carry the luggage. Later, being led by Yu Yao, he also forgot the anxiety before departure and had a lot of fun. After visiting all the famous and unknown historical sites, he also found a place with nice scenery but not many people and stayed there for an afternoon to enjoy the scenery.
After a few days of travel, Jiang Zhonglin looked back on what he had done and felt that he had failed. After hearing what he said, Yu Yao said to him with a smile, “What test? I just happened to have time and came out to play with you. You think too much. Also, who said that you must take care of me just because you are my boyfriend? I am three years older than you, little brother. Shouldn’t I take care of you? Why are you so discouraged? When you are three years older than me, you can take care of me.”
She smiled and joked.
Now, he is thirty-seven years older than her.
Jiang Zhonglin has lived here for so many years and has been watching the clerk at the fresh fish counter for several years. Today is the first time he knows that she has a son who is studying at Ocean University. He looked at his wife with admiration and felt that she was still as charming as she was in the past.
After buying groceries, the two of them went out. Yu Yao pointed to another road and asked, “Can we go back this way?”
Jiang Zhonglin nodded, “Yes, but I seldom take this road.”
Yu Yao made the decision: “Then let’s take this road.”
It was Yu Yao’s habit to know all the roads in the five streets around a place when she came here. Jiang Zhonglin pushed his glasses and followed Yu Yao with a bag of grapes.
“Let me help you carry some vegetables.” Jiang Zhonglin said.
Yu Yao gave him a fish as a token of his feelings.
“I can carry it, and you can also carry the ribs for me.” Jiang Zhonglin said.
Yu Yao: “Why are you so talkative?”
Jiang Zhonglin: “...”
“Forget it.” Yu Yao took out two more corns from the bag and stuffed them into the old man’s hand. “Then you can take two more corns.”
Jiang Zhonglin looked at the big bag in her hand and didn’t say anything after all.
This road is half the length of the road they came from. There is a nursery in the middle of the road, which is now a kindergarten. The nursery set up in the community has children who live nearby, from those who can just walk to five or six years old. These children were doing break exercises on the artificial turf, and they looked like big white radishes stuck in the ground. Occasionally, they would stumble and fall on the soft turf and roll around like a ball.
Although they looked cute, when these little things started crying, the whole nursery would turn from heaven to hell, and the little angels with wings would turn into little monsters with terrifying screams.
Yu Yao watched the children raising their arms and kicking their legs outside the railing, then she said to the old man next to her, “I see that many jobs have disappeared in the past. Fortunately, the nursery is still here, and I won’t be unemployed in the future.”
Yu Yao was a kindergarten teacher before she traveled through time.
Although she was a rebellious girl when she was in school, she beat up male classmates and little hooligans and looked like she didn’t obey anyone every day, but after her grandmother passed away, she basically "turned over a new leaf" and followed her grandmother’s wishes to study hard for the college entrance examination, and then studied a major in early childhood education, and successfully became a kindergarten teacher who took care of children every day.
Three years after graduating from college, at a high school class reunion, they heard that she had become a kindergarten teacher. A group of classmates were stunned, as if struck by lightning, and refused to believe that the girl who often challenged other people to a fight had changed her mind to such an extent.
However, Yu Yao was not only just a kindergarten teacher but also the most popular teacher in their kindergarten. The children affectionately called her "Teacher Yu". The children in the two classes often cried bitterly in order to compete for Teacher Yu's affection.
Yu Yao calculated that almost every one of the children she had taught in the past was now old enough to be her elder.
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