Chapter 2 Chapter 2
When he arrived at the subway station, Jiang Qing's cell phone rang. He took a look and found that it was from his elder brother Bixi. He had been living alone for nearly a year since he left the Dragon Palace, but his elder brother was still worried and would call him every three days.
The two brothers talked for a while and returned to the topic of cliché.
"I can take good care of myself,"
Jiang Qing pursed her lips and turned down with a little frustrated corner: "I can't stay in the Dragon Palace for the rest of my life and never come out. And Bai Ze also said that my turn is among the human race."
Taotie is a dragon son, but also a ferocious beast. The dragon clan has been auspicious beast since ancient times. Since Jiang Xun became aware, there have been two forces in his body. In ancient times, it was the instinct of the ferocious beast that drove him. Later, the dragon clan found him and his elder brother, Tsai, brought him back to the Dragon Palace. The auspicious aura of the dragon clan in his body gradually overwhelmed the ferociousness. He liked to live in the Dragon Palace, but Taotie's instinct reminded him all the time, even if he tried hard to disguise himself as harmless, one day, he would still be unable to control his instinct and destroy everything he cherished.
Jiang Qing was afraid of such an idea, so he tried his best to suppress his instinct, but in recent years, his hunger has become stronger and more difficult to suppress. It seems that another voice in his mind is bewitching him and devouring everything. He always remembers that his elder brother took him to see Bai Ze when he just took him home. At that time, Bai Ze said to him: "You must remember that Taotie is greedy by nature, but you are not Taotie, don't be bewitched, you are just yourself."
Jiang Qing was confused when he heard this, but Bai Ze refused to say more. But since then, he named himself Jiang Qing, always alerting him.
Until a year ago, he felt that the hunger in his body was becoming more and more difficult to suppress, so he went to see Bai Ze again. At that time, Bai Ze, who knew everything, was already a little confused and rarely had time to wake up. When he saw him, he only said "Your turnaround is among the human race", and then fell asleep again.
So Jiang Qing made up his mind to come out of the Dragon Palace and struggle alone in human society. It was just because he wanted to be Jiang Qing, not the ferocious beast Taotie that the shemale demons turned into a slight look when they heard it.
When talking about Bai Ze, Qing Jie no longer tried to persuade him to go home. Jiang Qing heard him sigh at the other end of the phone and asked again: "I heard from Hu Can that you are going to find another part-time job?"
Speaking of this, Jiang Leng finally became happy. Even though she tried hard to suppress her lips, her slightly raised lips still revealed some pride: "I have found it. I have passed the Hanyang Street Office and can report it after May Day."
In recent years, China has been in great and small matters. In order to maintain social harmony and prevent non-human creatures from causing trouble, the security department has also arranged manpower in inconspicuous small units such as the street office. Not only did the human career examination staff scramble, but the demon clan and the monks also scrambled to grab those places. Jiang Qing had the idea that since the task of the special service team was unstable, he would go to the grassroots level and take the initiative to find work. Although it was probably mostly small demons and ghosts who caused trouble, but the accumulation of small amounts could also be calculated as performance plus bonuses.
When Jiang Qing thought of her new life in the future, she couldn't help but smile.
Even the squid in his pocket couldn't help but reveal half of his furry little head, and echoed: "Fifth Brother is super awesome!"
Jiang Qing glanced around and quickly pressed her brother back. The tone of the rogue on the phone also became relaxed and said, "Since you want to go, just go. It's hot soon. I'll ask Uncle Gui to deliver the summer clothes he bought for you and Xiaoba."
This time Jiang Qing did not refuse again, and then hung up the phone after saying "yes".
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Jiang Qing lives in Jiahe Jingyuan, Hanyang District, which is an old community that has been around for the past. However, the greening environment is very good, and most of the residents are locals and are very kind. At that time, Jiang Qing fell in love with it at a glance and bought a house in one go. Now it seems that his approach is very correct. If it were humans or some little monsters, they had their own houses and a stable job, which was already a very good life. Jiang Qing was content and was very satisfied with the status quo. If his stomach told him that he was hungry all the time, it would be even better.
After returning home, Shin-chan crawled from his pocket to Jiang Qing's shoulder and squatted. He rubbed Jiang Qing's face with his furry head and said with a humming voice: "Fifth Brother, I'm hungry." The steak I just now was not full.
"You eat the small cake first." Jiang Qing gave him the packaged cake and went through the boxes and cabinets to find food. These human foods are delicious, but for him, it is just a taste. If you really want to fill your stomach, you still have to eat something with aura.
Jiang Luan looked through for a long time and found the last five pieces of jade. This was what he bought for a lot of money. He calculated and broke the jade in half and turned into ten yuan. One piece a day would be enough for him to eat for ten days until he paid his salary. He went to check the food in the refrigerator again, there were quick-frozen dumplings and dumplings, there was also a box of instant instant noodles, and the sauté was enough to eat.
He swallowed a piece of jade in one bite and comforted the noisy belly first. He carefully put the remaining nine pieces in his mouth. He squatted down and touched the little head of the squid: "I want to eat beef dumplings today, or pork and cabbage dumplings?"
Wu Yan tilted his head and thought about it carefully, and said, "I'm tired of eating the meat filling. Today I'll eat some vegetarian food, so let's just shepherd's purse dumplings."
Jiang Qing got up and went to cook dumplings for him. The squid ate half of the small cake and left half of it. When Jiang Qing came with the dumplings, she pushed them to him. Jiang Qing pinched his brother's cheek and said with a smile: "You eat it, I can't eat this."
The slut was pinched on his cheeks, and he felt a little leaky when he spoke, making him look silly: "You are the same!"
Jiang Qing didn't argue with him. She took a bite and fed the rest into the mouth of the squid. The squid was stuffed with bulging eyes, and her big golden eyes stared at him unhappily. Jiang Qing smiled and rubbed him with a handful of dumplings, urging him to eat dumplings while it was hot, and put himself in the sofa to play with his cell phone.
As soon as he picked up his cell phone, Director Hu called in. Jiang Qing waited for a while before answering the phone with a snack.
Director Hu really came to ask about the blind date. He had praised Ying Qiao before, which was in the sky and on the earth, and Jiang Qing couldn't say that Ying Qiao's monthly salary was 3,000 yuan and was particularly promiscuous. He could only praise Ying Qiao according to Director Hu's words, and then concluded: "Ying Qiao thinks we are not suitable."
"How could it be inappropriate?" Director Hu said on the phone: "I asked Mr. Yue to see it. Mr. Yue said that your marriage line is on each other!"
Jiang Xun: "..." Didn't Yue Lao care about human marriage? I have never heard of any big monster looking for a partner to let Yue Lao look at marriage.
However, he couldn't refute anything when he was short of his staff. He just said, "Yeah, ah, and then listened to Director Hu on the other end of the phone who made a long speech alone."
Director Hu talked on the phone for a while, as if he had suddenly figured out some clues, and said with a final say: "It is related to the future of the demon clan, and this matter must be a good start. I will talk to Ying Qiao first. If it is really inappropriate, you two can act for a while. After our work is smoothly launched, you can do whatever you want..."
Jiang Qing was about to refuse, but he heard him say again: "Of course it's not in vain. I'll call you the remaining 10,000 bonus."
"..." The refusal that came to his mouth was swallowed again, and Jiang Qing said, "Okay."
Director Hu hung up the phone with satisfaction, and a few minutes later, Jiang Xun received a transfer reminder on WeChat.
Jiang Qing looked at her younger brother who looked curious and touched his little head happily, and said, "I will take you to eat roasted pig's trotters tomorrow."
Yu's eyes lit up, and he jumped happily onto his lap and rolled.
*
The news from Ying Qiao came to the evening, and Jiang Qing didn't know how Director Hu convinced him. Ying Qiao sent him a message on WeChat: Hu Can has found you? Why don't you make do with it first and deal with him?
He called Director Hu Daming, and there was a frown and impatient emoticon behind him. He was probably very annoyed.
His WeChat avatar is a golden dragon tail, with bright golden scales and smooth brown tail hair. Jiang Qing clicked it and looked at it, thinking that every snake clan yearned for the dragon clan. He muttered in his heart and replied in his hand:... OK.
Anyway, he won't lose even if he acts.
On the other side, Ying Qiao replied "Yes" and asked him where he lives. If he had time tomorrow, he would meet again.
Jiang Qing sent him the positioning.
Ying Qiao looked at the positioning he sent, and his two thick black eyebrows frowned, thinking that in such an old and biased community, this little monster was too poor, and maybe he would still be renting a house.
Chen Hua, who was doing scale maintenance for him, teased: "Hu Can is here to cause trouble for you again?"
Hu Can is the last nine-tailed fox in Qingqiu. After countless demons dissipated into the world in ancient times, the surviving monsters had some interactions. The fox clan is also good at engaging in the position of director. After Hu Can got into the Demon Management Bureau, he has always been in love with the hearts of an elder and is committed to revitalizing the demon clan. Therefore, he has to make some troubles in every situation.
Some time ago, he attended several human forums and felt that the demon race was declining because of too few. Look at the human race, although the lifespan was short and he could not practice, there were many people! It has been passed down from generation to generation, and has developed from the weakest race to a powerful race that is not afraid of gods or ghosts. Even the surviving monsters have to rely on the luck of the human race to protect one or two.
Hu Can was very envious and decided to learn from the human race. So there was a fool's rule that "the demon race is not allowed to be single".
Chen Hua said: "That is, Tai Feng is used to him." Ji Shen Tai Feng and Qingqiu Nine-tailed Fox are a pair of Taoists. Now Tai Feng is the director of the Jiangcheng Demon Management Bureau.
Ying Qiao snorted coldly, shook the dragon tail that was particularly golden after maintenance: "I owe him a favor, it's okay to pay it back this time. I don't have to worry about anything next time I beat him up."
Chen Hua laughed gloatingly: "I'll be beaten sooner or later if I do too much." After laughing, he said gossip: "Have you really gone on a blind date? Who is it?"
Ying Qiao shook his phone, glanced at him, and said, "It's a little monster from the lion clan, it's not annoying,"
"Little monster of the lion clan?" Chen Hua looked surprised. He thought Hu Can had to find at least someone worthy of Ying Long? It was too cold to find an ordinary little monster. No wonder Ying Long wanted to beat him. It was really not unfair.
Ying Qiao remembered Jiang Qing secretly feeding her brother while eating steak. Her frown was stretching a little, and said lightly: "Well. I have something to do, let's talk about it another day."
After saying that, he picked up the car key and left. Chen Hua looked at his back and muttered, why do you look in a good mood?
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Jiang Luan and Ying Qiao made an appointment to meet the next day, but this time it was a place where Jiang Luan ordered and did not go to the last Western restaurant. Ying Qiao thought that the two of them had AA last time, and the little monster probably felt very distressed. It was rare that the small restaurant was not picky, so he let him go.
The two made an appointment to meet at the entrance of the mall.
Jiang Qing was thinking about roasting pig's trotters and took the slut out early. Today he wore a lemon-yellow round neck short-sleeved pair with beige casual pants, and a shoulder bag cross-body on his chest, just so that the slut would stay in his bag.
It was fine during the holidays, and he went out early. When he went downstairs, he happened to meet two old men playing chess under the banyan tree in front of the unit. There was also a circle of old men watching the game around him. There was a bird cage hanging on the tree branches above everyone's heads, and a black starling was squatting inside. Jiang Qing lived here for almost a year, and the neighbors in the community looked familiar. He paused and went forward to say hello.
When he passed by, the game of chess ended. Uncle Yao, who was playing chess, lived opposite him and greeted him: "Xiao Jiang is going out?"
"Well, I've made an appointment with a friend." Jiang Qing replied with a smile, and asked inadvertently: "Is this starling you newly raised? Why haven't you seen it before?"
Uncle Yao said in confusion: "Isn't this the one in front? I've been raising it for more than ten years. Haven't you seen Xiao Jiang? Your eyes are worse than my presbyopia."
"Is that true?" Jiang Lian laughed and glanced at the black starling who was as quiet as a chicken in the bird cage: "I don't think this one is memorizing ancient poems anymore, and I thought you had a new one."
Mr. Yao’s black beard has been raised for more than ten years. He is very smart and can recite several ancient poems.
"I'm just wondering if Xiao Hei suddenly stopped memorizing poetry these two days."
As soon as Mr. Yao finished speaking, he saw the black starling in the bird cage shaking his wings, and stumbling with his chest, starting to recite the poem: "Bed, in front of the bed...the bright moonlight..."
Mr. Yao was happy: "Oh, Xiao Hei hasn't recited this for a long time."
Chapter completed!