After coughing for a while, He Yuan got up from the ground. Grabbing the teapot in the living room, he took a few sips.

After drinking, He Yuan sat on the chair, took a few breaths, and then turned on his mobile phone and looked through WeChat.

It's Mid-Autumn Festival.

At this time, He Yuan's mobile phone was full of blessing text messages, but since he left his job, there have been fewer and fewer messages on his mobile phone.

Even on the day of the holiday, he only received seven or eight messages.

There is not even a title on it, and at first glance, you can tell that it is sent in groups.

When I first left the job, there were a lot of messages from people, but after learning that he was going to rest for a while and didn't leave home for a while, this kind of news became less and less.

He Yuan put his phone aside, slumped into his chair, and looked at the beam.

It's been almost a month since he lived in the old house, but He Yuan is still not used to rural life.

When He Yuan was three years old, his mother thought that his father was incapable and poor, so he chose to divorce.

In a fit of anger, his father left the house and took He Yuan to his grandparents' house, while his mother took his savings and went to the south.

When he graduated from elementary school, his mother had an accident and died, and He Yuan completed the funeral ceremony under the fiddling of a group of people.

After that, in order to compete for the inheritance, my grandmother invited my grandfather, who had long been divorced, and divided the finances left by my mother into three parts.

Relatives on his father's side also joined the battle, and after a chaotic battle, he took a part of the property for He Yuan.

During this period, He Yuan also experienced two family reorganizations, the first time, his stepmother abused him, was discovered by his father, and then divorced.

The second stepmother brought a daughter, and her life was not salty, and then she gave birth to a child, but He Yuan became a superfluous person.

During the college entrance examination, He Yuan played abnormally, and the score of the original second line was examined for a second college, and everyone asked him to repeat it, but he made a decision for the first time, filled in the name of the school, and took a four-hour bus to the school to register.

During his time at school, when everyone was in love and playing games, He Yuan worked part-time and worked hard to earn every penny.

By the time the other students came out for internships, He Yuan had already taken the savings he had saved in college and went to Beijing to find a stable job.

Five years after graduation, He Yuan successfully jumped to a large company listed in the United States through the accumulation of several start-up companies and got an offer with a monthly salary of 30,000 yuan.

Then, in order to catch up with a project, He Yuan slept at five o'clock in the morning every day, and after two consecutive months, he fell into a coma.

After a check-up, the doctor told him that he had a tumor in his brain, that the operation was expensive, and that even if he had surgery, the success rate of cure was low.

He Yuan took a vacation for the first time since he worked, seven days of annual leave.

For seven days, he stayed in the rental house and never went out.

Seven days later, He Yuan submitted his resignation, returned to his hometown with his poor luggage, and used the savings of 200,000 yuan saved from his work in the past few years to buy this ancestral house from his relatives.

He Yuan looked at the tall wooden beam, smoking a cigarette, his eyes full of confusion. He didn't know what he was going to do, what he could do, and he didn't even know how long he would live.

Over the past few years, he has been working hard every day, sleeping an average of only four hours a day.

Only at work will He Yuan have a sense of security, and only then will he know what he is doing and what he can do.

Now he doesn't have to work, he's at a loss. Moreover, after buying the old house, he had no money in his hands.

I can't do anything I want to.

Ahem, ahem.

As soon as he took two puffs, He Yuan began to cough again.

Pulling out a tissue and wiping the blood stains from the corners of his mouth, He Yuan took out his mobile phone and began to brush it again.

The circle of friends is all posting pictures of travel and food, and the whole country is celebrating, and he is the only one, hiding in a dark corner, watching others carnival.

Swiping and brushing, He Yuan suddenly found a message.

"Lao He, no, what's going on with your company, why don't you reply to my messages from the contact. ”

He Yuan looked at the nickname, it was a previous partner, this partner was negotiated before he resigned, and it was related to a business.

He Yuan frowned.

No, this business has passed the department director and general manager, and it is a business with a high priority, how can no one dock.

After thinking about it, He Yuan sent a WeChat message to the contact person, his former subordinate, asking what the situation was. Ten minutes passed, and the other party did not reply.

He Yuanxin sank, when he was in the company, he asked everyone to set up special reminders for relevant important personnel and reply to messages within ten minutes.

He Yuan found the other party's phone and called, but no one answered the first time, no one answered the second time, and the third time, the phone was answered.

"Hey, who. ”

The phone rang and there was a cacophony of voices that sounded like it was in KTV.

"Hey, Xiao Liu, it's me, He Yuan. He Yuandao.

"He Yuan?" there was a pause on the other end of the phone before he said, "Oh, what's the matter?" ”

"That's right, a partner sent me a message to ask if something was wrong with him, no one had been in contact with him. ”

"Partner, what partner, I'm on vacation right now, and I'll talk about something when I go back to the company." ”

"That's a very important partner, it's a high priority, you see, get back as soon as possible. ”

"I'm not free, I have something to say at work, I'm hanging. The other end of the line said impatiently.

He Yuan was just about to speak, when he heard another voice sound over there: "Whose phone is it?"

"A poor man,, I used to always say that my performance is not good, and sooner or later I will be fired from the company. Lao Tzu's family has hundreds of acres of land, and it is about to be demolished, and if you start with hundreds of millions, you can afford that little salary?" Xiao Liu scolded and scolded.

"That is, Boss Liu will also be a local tyrant in the future, and when the time comes, he will buy the company and take care of our brothers. Another voice said.

"Isn't it just a few hundred million, a small meaning. Sing and sing, ignore him. Xiao Liu shouted, and his ghostly wolf howl came from the earpiece.

He Yuan's hand holding the phone tightened and slowly put down the phone.

After staying for a while, He Yuan turned out another person's number and called.

The phone was picked up after two clicks: "Hey, it's Xiaoyuan, what's the matter?" ”

The corners of He Yuan's mouth hooked, revealing a strong smile: "Hey, Sister Wei, it's like this, there is a partner......"

He Yuan briefly said the matter, and listened very carefully on the other end of the phone, and after He Yuan finished speaking, the other end of the phone said.

"It's such a small distance, your previous business has been handed over to someone else, and I don't know the specific situation, I'll ask you later." ”

"It's okay Sister Wei, it's just that the other party has come here, I have already left my job, and I don't know the specific situation, so I asked and disturbed your rest. ”

"Okay, I got it. ”

After chatting, He Yuan put down the phone, and then sent a WeChat message to his partner, indicating that he had already told the CEO that someone would look for him at that time.

After doing this, He Yuan put down his phone and looked at the dark night sky outside the house in a daze.

There are very few people in the countryside, and the vast majority of them have houses in the city, and there are only some old people left in the countryside.

At night, the whole village is plunged into darkness, and only a few houses reveal a little light.

"Xiaoyuan, Xiaoyuan. ”

An old voice came from the door.

He Yuan came back to his senses and hurriedly went out: "Old Tang, why are you here?" ”

An old man staggered into the courtyard and was welcomed into the house by He Yuan.

The old man was seventy or eighty years old, with his back bent, his face was furrowed, and he was wearing a washed white blue cloth on his body, looking a little loose.

"Isn't this a meal, I'll come over to see if you've eaten, if you haven't eaten, come and eat together." The old man sat down on a chair with He Yuan's support.

"Eat and eat, today my college roommate came over and cooked and ate. It's you, aren't you celebrating the holiday with your family today? He Yuan said.

Tang Lao lives next door to He Yuan, two rooms away, and is an old man in the village. When He Yuan was young, Donald also took him.

Donald's children are also in the city, and he lives alone in the countryside, and when He Yuan came back, Tang Lao kept inviting him to dinner.

"They're either out to work, or they're out to play, and they seem to be traveling to Thailand or something. If you want me to say, what's so fun in this foreign country, if you have that money, it's better to save it. Donald chattered.

He Yuan was silent for a moment.

He remembered meeting Donald this morning, carrying fresh catfish, smoked duck, and fat and lean pork.

Donald happily told him that he had taken the bus to the market early in the morning, bought a lot of ingredients, and was going to cook a sumptuous dinner.

"Hey, if the child doesn't come back, there are too many dishes at home, and I'm afraid that it will be wasted, so I'll come and see if you have eaten, if you don't eat, go up to my place to eat." Donald knocked the dry cigarette in his hand on the ground, took a puff, and said.

"Forget about the meal, it's Donald, let's take a sip with you. He Yuandao.

Old Tang was so happy that he was about to go back to get the wine, He Yuan hurriedly asked him to sit down, and he trotted all the way to Tang's house to get the wine.

Tang's family is very simple, the furniture in the house is still the old wood of the last century, and in the empty living room, a table is full of half-cold meals.

He Yuan took a bottle of liquor, brought two more snacks, and then ran home. Putting the wine and dishes on the table, I went into the kitchen myself and washed two cups.

Pouring the wine into the glass, the two touched it and took a sip.

As soon as the liquor was in his mouth, He Yuan felt a burst of nausea, since he returned to his hometown, he had eaten very little, and the whole person lost twenty pounds, and his stomach was a lot smaller.

This sip of liquor suddenly made his stomach churn, and he hurriedly took two sips of appetizers, suppressed the surging nausea, and lit another cigarette.

Donald on the side took a sip, his eyes narrowed, smashed his mouth, put the cup on the table, and took a puff of dry tobacco: "Xiaoyuan, you say, you young people, why do you like to stay in the big city." ”

"Big city?" He Yuan was stunned for a moment.

"Yes, you see, there are fewer and fewer people in this village. Everyone went to the big city, and they didn't want to come back. ”

"Maybe it's for life, there are more opportunities in big cities. He Yuandao.

"Life, the little money they earn, after deducting the rent and food, is gone. Donald said.

He Yuan didn't know what to say.

When he first worked, he had two thousand four a month, eight hundred rent, two hundred water and telephone bills, and more than 1,000 yuan for food. Coupled with the transportation expenses, not only can you save the money, you have to post it upside down.

Even really speaking, in the first three years of work, He Yuan didn't save a penny, and he relied on his savings and credit cards when he was in school.

It wasn't until the fourth year that He Yuan jumped from a start-up company to a large company and began to have savings in his hands.

"They are still buying a house in the city, the housing prices in the city are so high, they owe hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy a suite, and if they lose their jobs and can't pay it back, then the house is not given to the bank?

And the houses in the city are so small, there are dozens of families on the ground, how uncomfortable it is upstairs and downstairs, you see how good the countryside is, every family has a big house, how comfortable they live, I really don't know what they think. Donald continued to nag.

He Yuan laughed on the side.

In fact, if he could, he would be willing to become a house slave.

Unfortunately, he couldn't afford the down payment in Beijing, and after the housing prices in Chengdu skyrocketed by three times, not only could he not afford the down payment, but he was not even qualified to buy a house.

He Yuan once felt that he would never be a house slave in his life.

Now that I think about it, I was so young back then.

"I didn't make a lot of money, I owe hundreds of thousands, and I still toss and turn, big cities are not good, big cities hurt people. Donald sighed.

He Yuan listened for a long time before he understood.

The thing is very simple, one of his children works in a coastal city, has money, buys a house, and people drift away.

The son didn't know which woman outside was blinded and cheated, and now the younger couple is getting a divorce.

This kind of thing, He Yuanfang is not strange.

Men, when they first dating, will always say from the bottom of their hearts and lungs that they will never cheat.

Women love to hear that, too.

In fact, when you say this kind of thing, you want to divide people.

Generally speaking, people who have experienced it are more credible than those who have not.

It's like money.

Some people have money, and he says he doesn't love money because he knows what it's like to be rich.

And if a person who has no money says that he doesn't love money and regards money like dung......

When this kind of person has money, he is often more terrible than the first type of person.

Because he hasn't tried the taste of money, and when he does, he easily falls.

People who don't keep the door open and give promises are usually not responsible people.

"It's all about money, you say they make trouble, what's the matter with the children, if they really get divorced, what will Duoduo do. Donald smoked a dry cigarette, and the wrinkles on his face solidified.

Duoduo is Donald's granddaughter, whom He Yuan saw when he returned to his hometown before.

At that time, she was still young, but she was quite cute. Counting the time, it's almost time to go to high school.

"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. He Yuan comforted, picked up the wine glass as he spoke, and touched a glass with Donald.

"Xiaoyuan, you are your young man, what do you think Duoduo likes?" Tang Lao touched a glass with He Yuan and asked.

He Yuan didn't react, so he listened to Donald said: "It's Duoduo's birthday soon, they don't have enough to spend themselves, just don't ask me to borrow money, how can they be willing to spend money on their children." I just thought Duoduo was very pitiful alone, let her come over for a birthday, and now I'm still here, if I'm gone, I don't know who remembers. ”