Twenty-three, sticky melons; twenty-four, sweep the house.
The second day after Zheng Qing returned home, January 19, happened to correspond to the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month.
Early in the morning, after finishing morning classes, he was urged by his parents to start cleaning. Originally, according to Zheng Qing's idea, if he encountered such troubles, he only needed to flip through the Dharma book and use two small magics to solve it.
But the facts told him that at any time, he should prepare for the worst.
Because when Zheng Qing was cleaning, there was always an 'adult' watching beside him - sometimes it was his grandfather, sometimes it was Zheng's father, and sometimes it was Zheng's mother - in short, they always seemed to be able to
Find some reason to stay by Zheng Qing's side, such as helping him rinse the rag, helping him hold the stool, or simply standing aside and chattering while Zheng Qing works.
This makes it impossible for our wizard to use magic to be lazy.
No, it's not like there's no use of magic at all.
In a morning's work, Zheng Qing consumed five calming charms and two energy-replenishing charms, ensuring that he could complete his tasks efficiently and reasonably under the nagging and supervision of several parents.
It's not easy.
'Why should I fill out a lot of application forms, waste my free vacation, and then go home to find fault?' The young wizard knelt on the floor and wiped the baseboards, and depressedly imagined the leisurely lives of his classmates in school.
Life is getting more and more melancholy.
For wizards, the twelfth lunar month is also a hunting month - this hunting month is different from the hunting moon when the First University held the 'Campus Cup' in October, but a long-standing tradition, which means 'hunting animals in the fields to sacrifice to the ancestors'
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In other words, in this twelfth lunar month, wizards are more active in offering sacrifices and fasting.
Of course, in addition to sacrifices, many wizarding organizations, including the Wizards' Alliance, will hold small-scale hunting competitions or pre-season games for large-scale hunting competitions during this period, as a gift for the sacrifices and as a pastime after a busy year.
The Forgiveness Hunting Team is no exception.
Zheng Qing knew that during the two weeks when he was away from school, the Sin Hunting Team had three small competitions with other hunting teams, including Matthew's hunting team and Andrew's Ouroboros hunting team. Originally, he thought this was
A few games were a huge disrespect and waste of vacation time, but compared to him doing housework at home, staying at school and hunting games didn't seem so bad.
The joy of returning home was quickly exhausted by the devastation of housework all morning the next day.
After lunch, Zheng Qing finally found a reason to escape from this small cage.
He is going to Sanyou Bookstore to help Mr. Wu clean the bookstore.
"You must be back before six-thirty," Mother Zheng warned her repeatedly before leaving the house: "Otherwise, I will have to heat up dinner for you... Also, your third uncle's cousin is taking the college entrance examination this year and wants to learn from you.
Come back early to help him with his homework and so on."
Zheng Qing, who received the admission notice from a foreign university, has become what his relatives call "other people's children." During the morning's work, he heard his parents mention more than once that children from relatives wanted to ask him for tutoring.
This made him a little dumbfounded.
Tutoring homework? I haven't read Chinese language for half a year. How can I help them tutor... If they want to learn how to hunt, or identify herbs, or construct magic spells, I can help a little bit.
The young wizard was thinking helplessly, wondering whether he should catch a little naughty ghost from the Huiji Collection to scare his cousin; he vaguely agreed to his mother's instructions and ran away.
Sanyou Bookstore is located on the ground floor of Yunhua Community, facing the street.
As the Chinese New Year is approaching, most of the shops on the street have closed down. Let’s talk about a few that are still open. Most of them are businesses that are taboo during the first month, such as barber shops.
When Zheng Qing was walking to the bookstore with a broom and mop, he passed by a barber shop. The proprietress of the shop happened to go out to take out the garbage. After seeing Zheng Qing, her face showed a bit of joy:
"Xiao Qing is back? When did you come back? How many days will you stay at home?"
"The flight last night." Zheng Qing smiled shyly: "I guess I will leave on the seventh and eighth day of the Lunar New Year... The school has requirements."
"Tsk, these foreign schools are just different." The proprietress muttered a few words, then looked at the things Zheng Qing was carrying, and said with a smile: "Are you going to help Mr. Wu clean the shop? What a good boy..."
Zheng Qing has never faced such compliments.
Fortunately, the barber shop proprietress didn't expect Zheng Qing to give any interesting answers. She mentioned that Mr. Wu's shop was just an introduction.
"Speaking of which, did Mr. Wu find a new assistant in the shop?" The wife of the barber shop turned back and glanced in the direction of Sanyou Bookstore and muttered: "I passed by the bookstore yesterday and I seemed to hear someone talking and reading.
There is sound from the TV, but the bookstore door is always closed. You also know that the bookstore window is made of frosted glass, and you can’t see anything through the window..."
Listening to the barber shop proprietress's rambling analysis, Zheng Qing couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
From the beginning of Sanyou Bookstore, apart from Mr. Wu, the only one who worked part-time was as a clerk. I never heard my husband mention hiring a new clerk, nor did my grandfather mention it.
Moreover, a TV set? This kind of modern electronic product is something Mr. Wu never uses.
As a wizard, Zheng Qing's first reaction was that the store was haunted - an unguarded shop, a closed space, unusual noises - any wizard's first reaction would definitely be related to ghosts and ghosts.
Of course, he definitely couldn't tell this kind of speculation to the barber shop proprietress.
"Oh, Mr. Wu called me yesterday and told me about this," Zheng Qing said without blushing: "He seemed to have forgotten to turn off the TV when he left, and asked me to turn it off when I came to clean today.
Turn off the TV."
The barber shop owner breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this.
"I just said, I must have forgotten to turn off the TV, and they said something weird, haha." As if she realized that her words were not appropriate, after half of her words, the boss lady said haha and waved her hand to signal Zheng Qing to hurry up.
Go about your own business: "The same goes for Mr. Wu. He has been doing academic work all day and has no life experience at all... No one in the store must turn off the water and electricity! Especially if he opens a bookstore, in case the TV
The machine burned out, how dangerous it is!”
Zheng Qing nodded repeatedly, agreeing, and at the same time, the pace of his feet unconsciously accelerated a little.
He bet that if he showed any interest in chatting, he probably wouldn't be able to reach the bookstore two hundred meters away in another hour.
Not long after trotting, the narrow front of Sanyou Bookstore appeared in Zheng Qing's sight.
As in the past, the door was closed, and the black noticeboard hung on the window sill. On it were the words 'The owner is out of town, our store is temporarily closed' in big white letters, which was particularly eye-catching.