The subway shuttles through the city with traces, but I am different standing on the subway, like a headless fly, in this strange city, I don't know where to go.

In the end, I got off the subway at Gangding in Tianhe District, because I remembered that Yang Fan lived near this area.

Yang Fan is my little one, not only a neighbor, but also from junior high school to high school graduation, during which he also worked as a tablemate for two years. Later, after graduating from high school, I chose to go to university in D City, which is more than 600 kilometers away from my home, and as an art student, he was admitted to the coveted Hiromi. However, due to the difference in majors, he came out to work earlier than me, and Yangfan also chose to stay in Guangzhou for development. So, I'm going to take refuge with him tonight, but before I can do that, I'll have to buy a mobile phone first, or everyone will mistakenly think I'm missing.

After leaving the subway station, I first found a place to buy a second-hand mobile phone and bought a copycat smartphone for more than 800 yuan to make do.

I sat on a bench on the side of the road, changed into a new mobile phone card, and called Su Jing as soon as possible.

The phone rang for a while, and Su Jing answered the phone, with a sleepy tone: "Hello, who is it?"

"Su Jing, I'm Cheng Ting. ”

Knowing that it was me, she was much more sober, and asked puzzledly: "Hmm, Cheng Ting, why did you change your number?"

I said a little unlucky: "Alas, it's not good for me, when I just got off the high-speed rail, I was stolen from my mobile phone, and this time I bought a second-hand mobile phone on the side of the road to make do with it." ”

"Ahh

"It's still there, my wallet is too big, so I put it in my backpack, otherwise I wouldn't have escaped. ”

"You're over there, you have to take care of yourself, you know?" Su Jing was silent for a while and said to me.

"Yes, I know, and so do you. I said.

"By the way, my mobile phone was stolen, if I hand you over a transfer or something on WeChat, you remember not to transfer it, I'm afraid it will be the scammer who steals my password. I told Su Jing and said.

"Hmm. ”

After Su Jing hung up the phone, I quickly chose a mobile phone plan** traffic, downloaded some commonly used software, and then opened WeChat and Alipay to see if my money had been passive. When I clicked in, I was dumbfounded, all of them had zero balances, and I didn't add up to less than 500 yuan, which had to be cleared......

I sighed, accepted the reality, and replaced all the software passwords, just in case.

Luckily, before coming to Guangzhou, I thought that I might need cash, so I took out all the money in my bank card. I was angry and funny for a while, the guy who stole my phone, I guess I didn't expect to meet someone as poor as me, thinking about making a lot of money from the data in a mobile phone, but I'm not a rich person.

In my frustration, I took out a pack of cigarettes from my pocket, lit one, and thought about it, and then I could only play the idea of sailing. I immediately found him in the WeChat address book and made a voice call to him.

"Yo, Cheng Ting, why did you call me suddenly?" On the other end of the phone, Yang Fan smiled and said to me with some surprise in his tone.

"Where are you? I've come to Guangzhou, so I'll stay with you for one night. I said.

"Ah, are you in Guangzhou now?"

"yes, just got off the subway, this will be here at the top of the hill. Hey, I remember, don't you live around here? ”

"That, Cheng Ting, it's not that I don't take you in, it's really too unfortunate that you came, I just went to Shenzhen today to find my girlfriend, and I won't come back until tomorrow night. Yang Fan said to me embarrassedly.

"Otherwise, you can find a hotel nearby first, and when I come back tomorrow night, I will pick you up and wash the dust. Probably feeling uncomfortable, he added.

I sniffed, wiped the sweat from my forehead, and said, "Alas, it's okay, why are you talking about this, it's a big deal that I'll slaughter you hard tomorrow night." Come on, I'll figure it out myself. ”

"No problem! You have been wronged for a day first, and then I will treat you well tomorrow night. ”

"Okay. ”

After the call with Yangfan, I just finished smoking a cigarette, but this cigarette did not relieve my irritable mood at the moment. I opened my wallet and looked at it, and after I bought the phone, there were only a few hundred dollars left, and I counted it, and it was 563 yuan in total, plus five cents and two dime coins.

I picked up the coins in my wallet and played with them for a while, thinking about how to get through this evening. No, not just tonight, but these days to come. After playing for a few minutes, I put the coins back in my wallet, and then posted a message in WeChat's circle of friends, explaining that I had changed to a new number and my previous phone number was no longer needed.

After doing this, I lit another cigarette for myself, and then I picked up my luggage and walked aimlessly down the street. After walking for more than ten minutes, the weather outside was really unbearable, so I had to find a nearby tea bar and sit down.

"Pretty boy, what do you want to drink?" a beautiful waitress came over to me and asked, then pointed out the menu on the table to me, and continued: "I recommend these fruit teas, they are all freshly squeezed, the taste is very good, everyone likes to drink it!"

I just faintly echoed "oh", don't think that I will lose myself in that sound of "pretty boy", and there is no rational impulse to consume.

I wiped the sweat from my head, looked at her, and then said cheekily: "A glass of boiled water, frozen, by the way, if it's free, just add me a slice of lemon by the way, if the lemon costs money, then forget it." ”

The beautiful waitress was stunned for a while, looked at me with an embarrassed expression, and said, "But, yes, then you can wait a while." With that, he turned and left.

"Thank you. ”

It is estimated that in these years, there should not be many young people like me who "pick the door", but I can't help it, this is a special period after all, I also want to eat and drink like a local tyrant, but the economic strength does not allow it!

Not long after, the waitress handed me the glass of lemonade with ice, and I said "thank you" again, and after she left, I took my laptop out of my backpack. Yes, I'm going to start submitting resumes, find a job as soon as possible, and let yourself survive first is the most important thing.

In the midst of busyness, the sunlight on the table slipped away little by little, and in the evening, quietly came.

I drank the last sip of water from my glass and looked out the window with sour eyes, it was another twilight, and with it hunger, it was time for me to leave the tea bar and find a place to eat.

When eating, I took out my mobile phone to open Meituan and check the nearby hotel, but I looked for a long time, and the lowest price had to be more than 100 or almost 200 yuan, if I went to live in a hotel tonight, the money would be very small, but if I didn't live, then where should I go?

Once again, I walked aimlessly around the city, like a lost child, thinking: Why am I carrying it like this? As soon as I got out of the car, my phone was stolen and all the hundreds of dollars I had on the Internet. The more I think about it, the more depressed I feel, when I opened a studio and started a business with Li Sen in college, although I can't talk about the scenery of being rich and expensive, but at least I don't have to think about it like now, even if it's just a meal, I'm afraid that I won't be able to eat enough the next day.

You say, "Why am I so poor?"

......

I don't know how long I've been walking, the streets are already lit up. I leaned against the street lamp, a cigarette in my mouth, and looked at the hurried crowd with some distraction, not knowing whether it was busy doing more important things, or because of the fast-paced life formed by the pressure of the big city. The neon flickering between the tall buildings seems to treat people's loneliness and loneliness as energy, and after absorbing it, it emits an intoxicating light.

I flicked the cigarette ash that had been accumulated in my hand for a long time, and took another puff to extinguish the cigarette butt, and it was at this moment that my eyes finally fixed on KFC across the road.

After entering KFC, I found a corner and sat down, and listened to music with headphones on. Remembering that when I said goodbye to Su Jing at the high-speed rail station in City D at noon, I was also at KFC, and I found the song "Dust in the Fireworks" and listened quietly.

"I'm still sighing: the wind is blowing over, why don't you come back, the wind is gone, it's sad or not, it's so fast, should it be done, can it slow down......"

Listening to the lyrics, my nose suddenly became sour, I don't know if it was because I failed to start a business, or because I was reluctant to graduate from college, or because I left with Su Jing. Just like the lyrics describe, even if you are asking "the wind is blowing, why don't you come back?", the reality has already given a positive answer: "The wind will not come back". Those old days that I can't go back to have become the most unforgettable memories in my mind.

The music in the headphones suddenly stopped, and was replaced by the ringtone of the mobile phone, a call from Su Jing. I sniffed, adjusted my state, and picked up the phone: "Ahem, guess where I am?" I smiled and asked Su Jing on the other end of the phone mysteriously.

Su Jing thought about it with her own guess, and then said "um......." and said, "It's almost ten o'clock now, you should be in the hotel, right?"

In order not to worry Su Jing, I decided to lie to her, so I smiled and said: "Clever! Let me tell you, this big city is different, the weather outside is so hot, but the air conditioning in the hotel makes me shiver, and the comfortable big bed is much more comfortable than sleeping in the dormitory before!"

Su Jing couldn't help but laugh out loud, and then admonished: "You have to be careful, be careful not to catch a cold, it's easy to get sick if it's cold and hot for a while, remember to turn up the temperature of the air conditioner when you go to bed later." ”

"I'm not a three-year-old, I'll pay attention. ”

"You are Cheng San!"

"Then you are Su San-year-old!"

Su Jing didn't continue to argue with me about who was a three-year-old child, then smiled and said, "I won't tell you, I'll go wash up and get ready for bed, and I have to keep my spirit ready to prepare for the exam." And you, after a hard day's work, you also have to rest early. ”

"Well, good night!"

"Good night. ”

After she hung up the phone, there was a "beep" tone on the phone, and it wasn't until I hung up automatically that I put down the phone in my hand a little mechanically. At this time, there were fewer and fewer people in KFC, and those who left here one after another to go home were in stark contrast to me, a "homeless" person. Looks like I'm going to stay up here all night tonight.

It was late at night, and the sky seemed to be dressed in a dark cloth, enveloping the world. I lay on my desk, feeling lonely......

Maybe it was the music in the headphones and the comfortable temperature around me that made me fall asleep quickly, but just as I was getting better, I was woken up by a ringing phone.

The remark on the caller ID was "Lao Cheng", I sat up straight, relieved the soreness on my arm, and then answered the phone: "Dad, haven't you slept so late?"

Lao Cheng first said "um", then exhaled, he should be smoking, and said to me: "Cheng Yu saw the circle of friends you posted, and told me and your mother, are you in Guangzhou?"

Cheng Yu, this kid, as an elder brother, doesn't know how to be "smart", and he still talks to his parents about me so late, which doesn't make the second elder worry.

Originally, I wanted to say that I arrived at noon, but if I arrived in Guangzhou at noon and didn't call home at night, it would be even worse, so I quickly changed my words: "After eating at noon, I came by high-speed train and arrived at night." ”

On the other end of the phone, I heard my mother's voice, and then Lao Cheng was silent for a while and said, "Your mother said that she wanted to talk to you." ”

"Cheng Ting, you said that you are true, you will go to Guangzhou after graduation, and you won't come back first. Mom reproached.

"Oh, Mom, didn't I tell you before, I have to come early to find a job, if I can't find a job, I can't make money, I can't marry a daughter-in-law if I can't make money, and if I can't marry a daughter-in-law, how can I have the face to go home to see you!" I said jokingly.

Mom was amused by my joke: "You're poor!" She paused and said, "Do you have enough money?" "Mom, this is almost asking herself.

Although I was indeed poor and in need of money, I still stubbornly said, "No, no need, Mom, when I opened the studio before... There's some money left. At the mention of the word "studio", it was like I had once again uncovered my scars.

Maybe my mother noticed my emotions, so she said to me in a comforting and encouraging tone: "Cheng Ting, don't worry about starting a business, when your father was at your age, although he had great achievements, he also accumulated step by step. You are Mom's good son, Mom believes in you. ”

Maybe the middle of the night itself is easy to make people vulnerable, coupled with my mother's words, the corners of my eyes at this time were hot, I suppressed the surging emotions, smiled reluctantly, and said: "Thank you, Mom, I will work hard to become as successful as my father when I was young!"

"Okay, it's not too early, it's time to rest, and so are you. ”

"Well, good night Mom and Dad. ”

After hanging up the phone, I was so depressed that I went out to the door of KFC and lit a cigarette in an attempt to burn the damn emotion out of the cigarette.

I took out my phone from my pocket and looked at it, it turned out that my mother really asked Lao Cheng to transfer money to me, and the 2,000 yuan transfer message on the chat box reminded me of what I said when I was on the phone with my mother......