I looked at the smoke coming out of my mouth, as if I was seeing memories of the past in the fog, sometimes blurry, sometimes real......

Lao Cheng is in the construction industry, which will be just in time for the opportunity of the explosive development of real estate, plus Lao Cheng is very talented in this area and has been appreciated by the boss, and then when I was my age, I was already a foreman in charge of hundreds of workers in a large construction site. Later, the development got better and better, and Lao Cheng came out to work alone, first opening a company in Guangzhou, and later having branches in Dongguan and Zhuhai. I still remember that my mother said that I was born in Guangzhou, and Cheng Yu was born in Dongguan, but the household registration book is still the original hometown.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and when I was 5 years old, Lao Cheng's partner donated money and left, and the company went bankrupt. You know, before that, our family almost lived a worry-free life, and our family in the eighties and nineties was almost the most enviable family in our hometown......

I squinted my eyes and took a hard puff of the cigarette, but within two seconds the smoke dissipated, like the old thing, and dispersed with the wind. I snuffed out the cigarette butt and went back to KFC to continue lying on my stomach, intending to fight against the sleepless night.

The next day, I woke up at 6 o'clock in the morning, and I barely slept that night, and my hands were sore. I originally wanted to have breakfast directly in KFC, but after thinking about it, I forgot it, so I picked up my luggage and walked out, and bought two buns at the stall on the side of the road to eat.

After breakfast, I lit a cigarette and began my wanderings again. I also know in my heart that this is never the way to go on, even if I meet Yang Fan tonight and go to his place for a few days, but sooner or later I still have to go out and rent a house by myself, but where do I need so much money to rent a house?

Just when I was worried, Cheng Yu called me, and he said to me with some surprise: "The sun is coming out in the west, I thought you would call you at this point, you won't be able to answer it, at least it will have to ring for a while." ”

"I'm a hardworking person, not like you. I took a sip of mineral water and continued, "What's the matter, call me early in the morning." ”

Cheng Yu chewed something in his mouth, probably eating breakfast, and said to me vaguely: "I woke up early today, thinking that I have a younger brother who is alone in Guangzhou, I don't know where he is wandering, so I called you to ask you!"

I didn't feel good and said, "No, is there such a big brother as you? Come to hurt me early in the morning, on purpose, right?"

"You still know that there is an elder brother of mine, who has never even called 'brother', and knows to call his name all day long, no big or small. ”

Cheng Yu is telling the truth, I really didn't call him "brother", but I don't know why, I have always called him by his name since I was a child, and I have been used to it for so many years.

But at this time, what Cheng Yu just said flashed in my mind, so I slowly showed a malicious smile on my face and said, "Yes, yes, you are right, it's all my fault." Then, in a consultative tone, I continued, "Well, I have something I want to discuss with you......"

Before I could say the word "quantity", I was interrupted by Cheng Yu's quick tone: "No money." ”

"Do you really have the heart to see your brother wandering the streets of Guangzhou? You may not know that when I arrived in Guangzhou yesterday, my mobile phone was stolen, and I bought a second-hand mobile phone for a few hundred yuan. I, why am I so miserable!" I said to Cheng Yu in a pitiful tone, almost touching myself.

"Is it really that miserable?" Cheng Yu asked in disbelief, hesitated for a while, and then said, "Then, how much money do you need?"

"Two thousand. ”

"You're blackmailing!" Cheng Yu sent me three exclamation points in a row, and then bargained and said: "1500." ”

"Deal! Turn it around. "I'm just waiting for him to take the bait.

"Stinky boy, your pitiful appearance just now is all pretending, right? It's a routine everywhere!" Although he said so, Cheng Yu finally transferred 1,500 yuan to me on WeChat.

I took the money as soon as possible, then cleared my throat and swore that "I swear by whether you can get off the list in this life, everything I just said is true, if it is false, Cheng Yu will be a bachelor for the rest of his life!"

Cheng Yu scolded angrily: "Neurotic! You still swear by me for your affairs, I should let you wander the street and have a long memory." ”

I hung up the phone on the grounds of "bad signal", and then sent a message to Cheng Yu on WeChat: "Don't worry, the money should be borrowed from you, give me some time, and after ten years, I will definitely return it to you." ”

Cheng Yu: "......"

Actually, I'd rather borrow money from Cheng Yu than accept money from my parents and parents, I have already graduated and are ready to work, and it is really not suitable to ask for my parents' money anymore. With Cheng Yu's 1,500 yuan, plus more than 400 yuan, it adds up to almost 2,000, which barely reassures me a little.

I almost repeated yesterday's life, found another tea bar to sit in, and continued to submit my resume to find a job. In the beginning, I didn't know what to do well, although I graduated from normal school, but I didn't want to be a teacher for the time being, so I had to go back to my old job, and do the same business as the previous studio, doing event planning, but the difference is that this time I worked for someone else.

......

After being busy for a long time, I yawned, then picked up the same lemonade as yesterday and took a sip, glanced at the time in the lower right corner of the computer screen, it was already past six o'clock, and thought: Yang Fan, this kid is almost there, right?

Just as I was guessing, the mobile phone on the table rang without warning, and sure enough, it was Yang Fan calling.

I connected the phone and just wanted to speak, but Yang Fan took the lead and said, "Cheng Ting, where are you?" I have come back from Shenzhen by high-speed rail, and now I am at the high-speed rail station and ready to take the subway back. ”

"I'm still at Gangding, on the side of Exit A of the subway station, and there is a Tianyu Plaza next to it. I said.

"Okay, you just wait for me there, I'm familiar with it, I'll take you to eat something delicious later, I can get to you in about twenty minutes." ”

"Then let's meet later. ”

"I'll see you later. ”

I continued to browse through the job postings, and after a day and a half, only a few companies looked at my resume. I was a little lost and irritable, so I turned off my computer, packed up my things and walked out of the tea bar, then lit a cigarette outside and smoked "ba-da, ba-ta".

When I smoked, I carefully thought back to the two years when I started my business in school, because I had a good relationship with the leaders in the school, and I came back with a lot of honors. But then again, maybe I was too confident at the beginning, and it was only two days after I came out to look for a job, and I felt that everything was not as simple as I thought. I remembered a sentence that a senior brother who was also an entrepreneur once said to me: in school, everyone hopes that you are good, but when you go out of society, everyone wants you to "die", because this is a real society......

Suddenly, a hand behind me patted me on the shoulder, and said with a hearty smile: "Hey, what do you think, I've been here for a while, and you haven't noticed me." ”

I turned around, Yang Fan was carrying a backpack in his hand, and his tall and thin body met my eyes. I approached him and gave him a firm hug, and instead of answering his question, I exclaimed, "Good boy, you seem to have grown taller again! We must not have seen each other for more than a year, right?"

Yang Fan waved his hand and said, "What is tall, isn't it the same, but we really haven't seen each other for a long time, let's go, go up and eat and chat." ”

The two walked into the elevator side by side in the mall and found a restaurant for dinner. During dinner, we just chatted about some of the things we used to read together and how we worked. After dinner, Yang Fan took me to his quarters and bought a case of beer on the way.

Since Yang Fan lives on the top floor and has a rooftop, we simply drank on the rooftop. I tore open a can of beer and handed it to him, and then opened a can of beer myself, until after each drank most of the can, Yang Fan suddenly turned his head, smiled and said to me, "How are you and Su Jing?"

Sure enough, it was inevitable that the two men were drinking on the rooftop and chatting about emotional topics.

I was not in a hurry to answer Yang Fan's question, lit a cigarette, and then replied casually: "It's good, but she stays in City D and plans to take the postgraduate entrance examination." ”

"Just leave her in City D and become a long-distance relationship, you won't be afraid of ......"

I naturally knew what Yang Fan meant, smiled a little abruptly, and said: "The university has spent two years busy starting a business, and my grades have almost dropped off a cliff, and it is impossible for me to go to graduate school, but I can't stop Su Jing's choice, right?" Speaking of the word "right", I turned my head and glanced at Yang Fan.

Yang Fan nodded and said, "It is said that 'graduation season is breakup season', but I am optimistic about the two of you." He paused and added: "Of course, I am also optimistic about me and Jiani (Yang Fan's girlfriend)." ”

I smiled, flicked the cigarette ash, and then said in the same tone that Yang Fan asked me just now, "How are you and Jiani?"

Yang Fan's complexion changed slightly, and after taking a sip of wine, he seemed to be brewing emotions, and only after a while did he say to me, "Give me a cigarette." ”

I handed Yang Fan a cigarette from the cigarette case, in fact, when eating, I noticed that his emotions were not quite right, and the appearance of smiling was more like hiding the restless emotions in his heart.

After Yang Fan smoked half a cigarette, he said in a low tone: "You know that Jiani is from Shenzhen, after graduation, I chose to stay in Guangzhou, and she went back to Shenzhen to intern in her father's design company...... Jiani wanted me to go with her to her dad's company for an internship, but ......"

I finished the rest of the words for Yang Fan: "But you still insist on staying, because you prefer to rely on your own ability to do a job." ”

Yang Fan nodded and patted me on the shoulder: "It's still brother, you know me." But after a while, his eyes dimmed again, and he said, "It would be nice if she could think like you." ”

"So, that's why you went to Shenzhen to find her in the past two days?"

"Well, although we all tacitly agreed not to mention this matter, I know that I will definitely face it in the future, and Jiani's wealthy family background is what I am really worried about. The gap between us is too big......"

This time it was my turn to pat him on the shoulder and say, "Then we should work harder to fight harder, and in the future, there will be a place in the city of Guangzhou!"

Yang Fan smiled, took the initiative to take out a cigarette from my cigarette case and lit it, looking at the night sky a little blankly. After being silent for a while, he sighed: "Cheng Ting, I suddenly began to slowly understand that those who have to 'drift north' no matter how hard it is, everyone has something to protect in their hearts, like a kind of faith. No matter how far you go and how much hardship you endure, you must insist on leaving...... Because, leaving is to come back better. ”

I gave Yang Fan a thumbs up, and repeated his last sentence in an admiring tone: "'Leaving is to come back better', incisive!"

In fact, Yang Fan is right, if everything is as he wishes, who will leave with hardship? But this is the challenge that life brings us, and if life is always smooth sailing, then life will have no meaning.

......

The next day, Yang Fan got up before me, because I was different from him, and he still had to go to work. I took my groceries out of my suitcase and went to the bathroom to wash up.

Yang Fan, this kid is still quite hospitable, and a breakfast prepared for me has already been placed on the table. I pulled up a chair and sat down, eating breakfast while playing with my phone, suddenly the phone rang, it was an unfamiliar number, I hesitated but picked up the phone.

"Hello, are you Mr. Cheng?" a woman's voice spoke softly.

"Yes, you are?"

"I am from Yuedong Culture Co., Ltd., I see that you have submitted your resume to our company on the recruitment website, and I want to invite you to our company for an interview at two o'clock this afternoon, I wonder if Mr. Cheng can accept this invitation?"

I suppressed my small excitement and said calmly and politely, "No problem, I will come to the interview on time." ”

"Okay, I'll send the interview invitation to your mailbox later, you remember to check it later, then we'll see you in the afternoon!"

"See you in the afternoon, thank you!"

After a short while, I received an email inviting me to an interview, and after noting down the interview location, I made myself a pot of tea, lit a cigarette, and searched the Internet for relevant information about the company.

After lunch, I went to the interview location half an hour early, but it was still lunch break, so I had to go to the safe passage to smoke, thinking to myself: will my first job in my career start in this office building?