I'm wandering in the world

Chapter 191 My Meeting with Me
Chen Qingyuan took out his cell phone and took a look. It was 10. At that time, he seemed to have gone to high school in the next town. He stayed overnight, went home on Fridays and returned to school on Sundays.

The cultivation in Lushan was stable and efficient, but time passed quickly. In the seven days, there was only less than one day left...

Look at mom.

Chen Qingyuan walked out from the lake and stood on the street of the town. There were crowds of people and heavy traffic. He was born and grew up in this town, but because of the intersection of time, he felt as if there was a thin film between him and the world...

He saw the "Time Store" where he bought a bunch of children's toys when he returned last time. The owner was gone, and in his place was a young man with a cigarette in his mouth...

Walking down the street.

He finally saw his grandfather's "Chen A Xi Noodle Soup" shop.

The decoration of the store has changed a little and it looks a little newer. His grandfather is gone, and his grandmother who called him "Xiao Qingyuan" is nowhere to be seen. Just like the "Time Store", there is a busy figure of a middle-aged woman in her place.

Chen Qingyuan took out a mask and put it on his face.

walk over.

The woman wore sleeves on her arms and a kitchen apron. The high temperature and steam from the stove made her bangs stick tightly to her forehead.

She was adjusting the flavor in the pot and asked, "What would you like to order?"

Chen Qingyuan said: "A bowl of noodle soup, vinegar meat, and pig lungs."

The woman hummed, "Noodle soup is 1 yuan, vinegar meat is 1 yuan, and pig lung is 1 yuan."

Chen Qingyuan smiled and said, "It seems the price has gone up a bit?"

The woman looked up when she heard this and saw a young man wearing a mask standing in front of her. Although he was quite young, he gave off a slightly dusty smell.

She said, "You haven't been here for a while, I'll give you a 50% discount on this bowl."

Put the chicken in a bowl, add the noodle soup, add the ingredients, sprinkle with chopped green onions and onion oil, and it's done.

Chen Qingyuan said thank you.

He found a corner seat with the noodle soup in his hand, pulled down his mask a little, and started drinking...

It is now nine o'clock in the morning, and the breakfast peak has long passed. The diners have left one after another, and the small shop has gradually become deserted. Only Chen Qingyuan and the woman are left.

The woman was in her late 40s.

Her skin has deteriorated a lot.

Chen Qingyuan was drinking the warm noodle soup, and the heat got into his eyes, making him feel uncomfortable.

Suddenly a shadow blocked the light...

It turned out that the woman was sitting across the table.

She smiled and said, "We haven't seen each other for several years, Qingyuan."

Chen Qingyuan paused for a moment with the small plastic spoon in his hand and said, "Long time no see, Mom."

The woman was Chen Qingyuan's mother, Liu Zhulan. She was slightly surprised, then showed a hint of surprise and said, "When your grandmother was about to die, she secretly told me that she saw the grown-up 'Little Qingyuan' in this store. I thought she had an illusion before she died, but I didn't expect it to be true..."

She talked to herself: "After she passed away, as little Qingyuan grew up, I suddenly realized... he looked more and more like the unknown hero who saved the children of the small town. It all happened so coincidentally that I connected what your grandmother said before she died and came up with a bold idea... either you just happened to look the same, or... you came back from some time in the future to the present time..."

Chen Qingyuan was shocked.

In his impression, his mother seemed... seemed... not to have such a flexible mind.

Liu Zhulan seemed to see through Chen Qingyuan's thoughts and said with a smile: "You have always been a very active child, always thinking about playing, how could you pay attention to your mother's reaction."

Chen Qingyuan recalled that it seemed to be like this.

He has always liked to pursue new things and has neglected his loved ones.

"I'm sorry, Mom."

"This is a child's nature. What's there to be sorry about?"

Liu Zhulan suddenly remembered something and asked, "You always appear for a short time each time, and the time you appear is different. Is there any limit to time travel? Will technology be so advanced in the future? How much does it cost to travel through time each time? Have you found a girlfriend and married? Don't spend money on time travel, save money to marry a wife. I heard that the annual gift money is slowly increasing.

Xiao Qingyuan is only in high school now, and it will take several years for him to graduate from college. By then, it will be even more difficult to find a wife..."

She is just like any other woman, she starts talking a lot when it comes to marriage.

Chen Qingyuan said: "The time point of my time travel is not fixed each time. I can only stay for six or seven days. There is one restriction, which is that the two of me cannot meet each other."

Liu Zhulan said, "No, when our neighbor Xiao Ayang was kidnapped last time, you should have seen Xiao Qingyuan hiding somewhere."

Chen Qingyuan said: "I don't know about this either. I think the so-called meeting should be to avoid letting each other recognize each other's identities."

Liu Zhulan didn't want to think about this complicated question, so she gave up and said, "I'll close the stall later, and we can go home to eat together tonight and try your mother's cooking skills. You're in high school, and you've been in a hurry every time, so you haven't been able to taste my cooking properly..."

Chen Qingyuan picked up his phone and took a look: "It's about time. I should leave at 12 o'clock in the evening."

It’s still early.

Chen Qingyuan helped to clean up the shop, and as far as he could remember, he hardly ever helped with any housework.

Cleaning up...

Liu Zhulan suddenly said: "Your temperament in the future will change a lot, and you will be more stable and calm than now. It seems that my son has become a reliable man. Now I feel relieved. However, I see that you seem a little tired. Is it because you are too busy at work and always running around..."

Chen Qingyuan started his journey through the universe by stepping on a manhole cover, and it seemed like he was running around the universe non-stop.

He nodded and said, "My work schedule is quite full, but I have a few days off after completing each business. The competition is fierce now, and everyone is trying to improve themselves. I want to find a place to improve my inner strength during the holidays so as not to be eliminated. The salary for this job is relatively high."

Liu Zhulan was not happy about the high salary after hearing this. Instead, she said distressedly, "Marrying a wife is important, but don't ruin your health just to make money!"

Chen Qingyuan felt a little warm in his heart and hummed twice: "I know, Mom."

Liu Zhulan laughed: "To be honest, it's amazing. I was only in my early thirties a few years ago, but I had a son in his twenties..."

Chen Qingyuan was slightly embarrassed: "Don't laugh at me, Mom."

evening.

Home.

There was a constant sound of cooking in the kitchen.

Liu Zhulan came out with plates of steaming dishes: "Hurry up and sit down. Your father will be back from his business trip for another half a month. He won't be lucky enough to see Da Qingyuan."

She took out a wooden box from the house, took out a bottle of wine that looked quite old, smiled slyly and said, "Your father hid several bottles of this wine, saying that he would open them and drink them after you graduated from college. I'm afraid that he, who is so greedy, can't help but drink it in advance, so why not open a bottle now for my future eldest son to taste first."

Chen Qingyuan knew that his father had hidden a lot of good wine, but he had not yet married, so he naturally had not seen what the wine was. He took the wine from Liu Zhulan, looked at it carefully, his eyes widened, and quickly put the wine back into the wooden box, saying: "This is not allowed... Don't let my eldest son drink it, or my youngest son will be blamed and beaten, I will be too embarrassed..."

Liu Zhulan asked in confusion: "Isn't wine meant to be drunk?"

Chen Qingyuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry and said, "If I drink it, my father might even travel through time and space to beat me up."

The wine is in a wooden box, with a white ceramic bottle, a red sticker label, a red twist-off aluminum cap, and a red five-pointed star on the bottle.

He said: "This bottle is a five-star Moutai produced in 90. It is very valuable now. In a few years, it will become more and more valuable in the eyes of collectors. It can be worth up to yuan per bottle. If it is well preserved, such as the box is unopened, it can be worth more."

Liu Zhulan felt that she understood a little bit. This wine... is very valuable.

She pushed the wooden box over and said, "Then don't drink this bottle of wine. Take it to Future to exchange for some money. If it's not enough, I'll get you more. In addition to the loose ones, your father's cabinet has two complete boxes."

i wipe...

The figure of his father emerged in Chen Qingyuan's mind, the father who worked in construction. He was either busy or on his way to be busy, and he was dressed very simply. Who would have thought that there was such a hidden dragon and crouching tiger in his body!
If you think about it carefully, from childhood to adulthood, although life has been simple, I have never felt that my family lacks any necessities of life...

at this time.

A voice came from outside the door: "Mom, I'm back..."

Liu Zhulan: “Ah?”

Chen Qingyuan: “Ah?”

Isn’t this voice the return of 17-year-old Chen Qingyuan who was in high school?
Chen Qingyuan: "Mom, is today Friday?"

Liu Zhulan glanced at the calendar on the wall and said in surprise: "No, but tomorrow is Labor Day, and we have three days off. I forgot about this..."

Chen Qingyuan quickly put on a mask.

With the creaking of the iron gate in the yard, a young man in high school uniform came in.

The young man walked briskly and was suddenly stunned when he reached the door. There were various delicious dishes on the table in the restaurant and a bottle of wine in a wooden box next to it.

Mom sat at the dining table with a man wearing a mask.

Senior high school student Chen Qingyuan was stunned for a long time before speaking: "Who... is this person?"

Chen Qingyuan was a little stuck for a moment. He had all kinds of tricks to deal with ghosts, but to deal with himself... his CPU was almost overloaded. The sound came out of his mouth: "I am..."

Liu Zhulan said: "He is your uncle whom you have never met."

Chen Qingyuan shuddered: "Ah?"

Gao Qingyuan also widened his eyes and kept looking up and down at Chen Qingyuan's appearance: "I... I didn't know my dad had a younger brother..."

Liu Zhulan stood up and said to Chen Qingyuan, "Uncle, Xiao Qingyuan is back. Please help me get the hot soup from the kitchen. Let's sit down and have a good chat."

She looked at Xiao Qingyuan and said, "You came back from school and you smell very sweaty. Go take a shower first and then come over for dinner."

Xiao Qingyuan was still a little suspicious about Chen Qingyuan's identity, but after hearing what his mother said, he said "oh" and went into his room with his backpack...

In the kitchen, Liu Zhulan pulled out a Nokia phone from her pocket and said, "When we were in the store, you told me that the only restriction was that two identical people recognized each other's identities? It's okay for a simple meeting, right?"

Chen Qingyuan had never tried this before, so he said truthfully: "I don't know either, I'm just guessing, I need to test it... Maybe, as long as little Qingyuan doesn't subconsciously recognize me as 'Qingyuan', it will be fine."

Liu Zhulan turned on the video function of Nokia: "Come, let's record a short video to say hello to your father to avoid misunderstandings later."

Chen Qingyuan understood instantly.

His current identity is Xiao Qingyuan's "uncle whom he has never met". When his father comes back, he will definitely mention this matter.

From the father's perspective: his wife was having a big meal with a young man at home and even drinking his own collection of wine. His son happened to come back and asked who this was, and his wife said that the young man was her younger brother.

But the problem is…he has no brother.

The problem is big...

Chen Qingyuan smiled at the phone and said, "Dad...I am here because of some coincidences. Mom will tell you the details. I just want to show my face to avoid misunderstandings between you and your wife."

The video ends.

After a while.

Xiao Qingyuan came out after washing up and sat down at the dining table. He was stunned. The dishes on the table were all intact just now, but now each dish was half eaten. It had only been less than ten minutes...

He looked at Liu Zhulan and then at Chen Qingyuan in shock.

The silence was deafening.

Chen Qingyuan was wearing a mask and burped. He originally wanted to try a real face-to-face conversation, but his mother regretted it temporarily. She was afraid that after breaking this restriction, he would not be able to travel from the future again.

She cooked a table full of dishes, and while Xiao Qingyuan was taking a shower, she urged Chen Qingyuan to eat half of each dish...

Fortunately, Chen Qingyuan had practiced well and was able to eat food at an extremely fast speed. The food entered his mouth and had already reached his stomach before he could taste it...

When Liu Zhulan realized what was happening, she was also shocked that her future son had such ability.

At the table, Chen Qingyuan coughed and said, "Qingyuan... Uncle came in a hurry and didn't bring you any gifts. You might as well buy it yourself."

He said as he took out a thick brown envelope from his pocket and placed it on the table.

Xiao Qingyuan didn't take the envelope, but just looked at Chen Qingyuan's appearance: "Uncle... We haven't met, can you take off the mask and show it to me?"

This guy wants to confirm what he looks like.

Was I so difficult when I was a kid?
Chen Qingyuan smiled and said, "My uncle has been sailing overseas for many years. One time, he got scratched on the cheek by a squid hook. It was horrible and hideous. I decided not to have it."

Xiao Qingyuan said, "It's okay, uncle, I'm not afraid."

Chen Qingyuan said: "Uncle will show you the surgery next time. This time I am just sitting here to visit you. I am leaving now..."

He said as he stood up and walked out.

Liu Zhulan quickly picked up the envelope on the table and ran after him, stuffing it into his pocket: "What are you doing? He has so much money, how can he spend it all? You should keep it for yourself! Come and see me next time you have a chance."

Xiao Qingyuan also walked out of the house. This hurried man was full of mystery. He had seen people who worked on ships, and he felt that this "uncle" had a temperament that was definitely not something a shipman could have. He was fierce and calm, and he might be a mercenary killing people abroad...

Liu Zhulan reached out and pressed Xiao Qingyuan's shoulder: "Okay, uncle is gone, go back and eat your meal."

Under the night sky, Chen Qingyuan gradually walked away under the dim street lights, with his back to them, and waved his hand...

(End of this chapter)