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Chapter 239 Small talk

After shopping, the two sat in a milk tea shop in town to eat.

Jiang Ke ordered a glass of iced lemonade. Although it was winter, the two of them were still sweating as they walked through the streets carrying large and small bags.

Jiang Ke took off his windproof gray denim jacket, revealing the pullover sweatshirt he was wearing underneath.

Jiang Ke: "It's too hot. It's a bit stuffy in the store. Let's sit outside."

Zhu Xiaotong had no objection, took the meal, and sat outside to get some fresh air.

As soon as I sat down, I ran into my old classmates from junior high school.

Lin Zai: "Jiang Ke?"

Jiang Ke still had a French fry in her mouth. She turned her head and saw him. She was stunned for a moment before recognizing him: "Lin Zai?"

Lin Zai: "It's me, can't you recognize me?"

Jiang Ke laughed: "Good boy, did you eat pig feed? How come you are so fat?"

Lin Zai felt a little embarrassed when he heard what he said. He touched his nose and smiled. When he lowered his head, Jiang Ke saw that he was holding a little girl in his hand.

The little girl looked about three or four years old. Jiang Ke: "Your niece?"

Lin Zai picked up the little girl and said, "Say hello to the two uncles."

The little girl said in a baby voice: "Hello, uncle~"

Jiang Ke agreed without thinking, and then heard Lin Zai say, "My daughter is three years old."

Jiang Ke was shocked: "Your daughter??? She's this big!"

Lin Zai smiled, his eyes narrowed into slits on his chubby face: "Yes, we are already 25 years old, it's not strange to have a three-year-old girl."

Jiang Ke was stunned: "Not strange, not strange."

Zhu Xiaotong listened to their conversation for a while, then asked Lin Zai to sit on a chair.

Lin Zai sat down holding the child.

Lin Zai: "Are you still studying now?"

Jiang Ke told the truth: "I passed the postgraduate entrance examination."

Lin Zai gave a thumbs up and said, "You are a scholar, you are awesome! Unlike me, I couldn't continue my studies and had to go home to do hard labor."

Lin Zai's family owns a fruit shop in the town, the first one at the "T" intersection. Business is usually booming and demand exceeds supply.

Lin Zai asked again: "Is Xiaotong still taking the civil service exam this year?"

Zhu Xiaotong smiled, a little bitterly: "I can't pass the exam. The competition is too fierce."

Lin Zai nodded: "Yes, the situation is not good this year. Many people who work outside have returned home to find a way out. There are hundreds of people competing for a civil service position. My cousin also took the exam this year, but he didn't pass."

Zhu Xiaotong took a sip of milk tea and seemed to be in no mood to talk.

Jiang Ke didn't know much about the civil service exam, so she could only say, "It's really not easy to pass it."

Lin Zai changed the subject: "Jiang Ke is studying medicine, right? I heard about this from an old classmate before."

Jiang Ke: "Yeah, why don't you tell me about yourself? There's no news about when you got married."

Lin Zai touched his nose and looked at the little girl with doting eyes: "At that time, we were not allowed to hold a wedding banquet, so we didn't inform anyone. After we got the marriage certificate, our family had a meal together."

Jiang Ke calculated the time and found that the management was strict at that time and people were not allowed to have dinner together. This was true.

The three of them chatted about some old friends, such as who got married, who gave birth to a second child, who became a big boss, and who became a mistress.

It opened Jiang Ke's eyes.

The faces of those classmates, which had originally become blurred in my memory, were painted with new colors and became vivid after hearing Lin Zai's words.

After sitting and chatting for more than twenty minutes, the child became restless and started to make a fuss about going home to find his mother.

Lin Zai held his daughter in his arms, two cups of milk tea in his hands, and slowly walked away.

Jiang Ke sighed: "It feels like everyone has grown up all of a sudden. Time has passed so quickly."

Zhu Xiaotong: "Yeah. Which school did you apply to?"

Jiang Ke gave his name.

Zhu Xiaotong touched the plastic cup of fruit tea.

He doesn't look happy.

It doesn't seem like he's unhappy.

Then he smiled and gave his blessing: "Don't forget your brothers when you become rich."