I can't sleep well every time I encounter something important, I use staying up late instead of the alarm clock, although my mind is muddy, but this will make my time guaranteed, and I get up before six o'clock.

I looked at my four roommates one by one, Hou Changrong didn't know where he had gone, and the remaining three were sleeping very deeply, especially Chen Honghai, who was snoring like thunder, I went to bed early yesterday, I don't know how a few of them carried it, I wanted to find Brother Hong Hai to buy things with me, but now it seems that I can only give up.

I washed up, got dressed, picked up the twenty yuan left for me by Brother Gao, and walked straight out, but I just walked out of the room and was stunned on the spot, I forgot my identity as a traverser, this place is completely foreign to me, I don't know where to go, I don't know how to go, I want to find someone to ask, but because the time is too early, the corridor of the dormitory is empty, until I walked out and didn't see a figure, I squatted at the door of the dormitory, quite a sense of drawing my sword and looking around, just now if I pulled down a little face and called Brother Hong Hai up, I was thinking, I vaguely heard someone singing, I followed the sound for a long time, I just listened to Pan Yueyun's "Wild Lilies Have Spring", I listened quietly, this person's voice is sweet, and the pitch is not bad, but the breath is not enough, and when she sings a song, I walked out of the wall and said while applauding:

"It's so nice to sing. ”

The man was taken aback, and immediately turned around, the long braid threw a graceful arc in the air, and I fixed my eyes to see that it was Zhang Jinglin, who was holding a manuscript in her hand, wearing a green t-shirt on her upper body and a pair of black leggings on her lower body, outlining the curves of her figure to the extreme, looking graceful and sexy.

"You, why are you eavesdropping on other people's singing!" Zhang Jinglin not only did not feel happy because of my praise, but was angry, I saw her like this, I only felt cute, so I smiled:

"It's so good, why don't you let people listen to it?"

"I just don't want to tell you, huh. Zhang Jinglin pouted, looking angry, and quickly passed through my side, I didn't stop it, just smiled, and said unhurriedly:

"Your singing skills are not bad, it's just..."

Hearing this, Zhang Jinglin paused, turned around, looked at me unconvinced, and said:

"Just what?"

"Your rhythm, pitch, expressiveness are not bad, and your timbre is sweet, but your breath is unstable. ”

Zhang Jinglin listened, showing a suspicious look, probably thinking that what I said was quite right, but he felt that I was fooling her, crossed his hands on his chest, and slowly approached me and asked:

"What do you do?"

I raised my eyebrows at her and said:

"I'm a singer. ”

When she saw that I looked carried away, her eyebrows and eyes were crooked, and she smiled:

"You're a singer, and what songs have you sung?"

"I can sing anything. ”

"Do you have an original song? ”

"Of course, I don't just sing the original songs, but I also write the songs myself. ”

"You can also write songs?"

"Don't you believe me, wait for me here, I'll go to the bedroom to get a guitar, don't go, wait for me!"

After I finished speaking, I ran back like flying, I clearly remember that I caught a glimpse of a guitar in the room during dinner yesterday, Zhang Jinglin saw me running up smoke and dust, and shouted at me in the back: "You slow down!"

It was past six o'clock, and there were more people in the corridor of the dormitory who went to the water room to wash with basins and towels, I ran straight back to the dormitory, tiptoed to open the door, a few people in the room still did not wake up, the room without lights was very dark, in order to make me see things clearly, I gently opened the corner of the curtain to let the sunlight in, and found the guitar lying in the corner by the meager light, I gently rubbed the spruce guitar that shimmered brown light, the touch of the slight resistance of the lacquer surface was so familiar, I kissed it gently, like an old friend meeting, I actually shed tears。

I put on my guitar and ran out of the dormitory building, and went to the place just now, Zhang Jinglin leaned against the wall, looking at her nails, I ran over and said to her:

"After a long wait, I'm back. ”

"You're coming pretty fast. ”

I put the guitar across my chest, tuned it, and the sound was unexpectedly positive, and I played a prelude to "Sailor" to find a feeling, and when I was about to ask her what song she wanted to hear, she asked me first:

"Did you write this piece yourself?"

"That's right, I wrote it. Since she asked so, I could only say this with a clear conscience, but I still muttered in my heart: Brother Hua, I'm sorry.

"Then you can sing this song to me in its entirety, okay?" She looked pleasantly surprised, I wanted to sing a difficult song such as "The Sea" or "The Sea and the Sky" for her to show my singing skills, but seeing her so earnest, I nodded and started singing:

Bitter sand, the feeling of blowing pain on the face.

Like the father's scolding, the mother's crying, it will never be forgotten.

When I was young, I liked to be alone by the sea,

Rolled up his trousers and stepped barefoot on the beach.

Always fantasize that there is another world at the end of the ocean,

I always thought that the brave sailor was a real man.

always looks like a weak and uncontrollable species,

When I was being bullied, I always heard sailors say:

He said what is this pain in the wind and rain?

Don't be afraid to wipe away your tears, at least we still have dreams.

He said what is this pain in the wind and rain?

Wipe away tears and don't ask, why.

After singing the first stanza and strumming the strings with one hand, I smiled smugly and asked:

"Miss Zhang, what do you think?"

Zhang Jinglin's eyes were shining, her pupils were beating with adoration and joy, she clapped her hands excitedly, and even jumped up in place:

"It's so good! You're amazing! The music is good, and the lyrics are great, did you write them all yourself?"

I don't know what my expression was like at the time, but I guess it was grinning to the root of my ears, and I betrayed my love for my idol brother again, hugged my fist at her, and said:

"Miss Zhang is overrated, the lyrics and songs are indeed from the hands of contemptible people, and Li is honored to make the girl like it. ”

"Let's find a place to talk. As she spoke, she pulled to a small pavilion, which was next to a small artificial lake, and the scenery was pleasant.

I sat across from her, and after one glance we both laughed, and she jumped up next to me and asked:

"Where did you learn music, it's amazing, you can write and sing. ”

I smiled and scratched my head:

"When I was in college, I studied with the music teacher in the department for a few years, and I learned a little bit about music. ”

"Did you go to college? Is it a conservatory?"

"No, I'm going to Zhejiang Chuan..." Just halfway through the sentence, I suddenly remembered that my school was not called this name in 1984, so I hurriedly changed my words: "It's Zhejiang Radio and Television School, also known as Zhejiang Guangzhou, and it also has music majors." "I don't know if there was a conservatory in Zhejiang at that time, so I can only talk about it.

Zhang Jinglin nodded thoughtfully after hearing this, and sighed:

"You're so amazing, you take music as a hobby, you can have this level, I'm too different from you, people really can't compare. ”

"Hey~ That's not right what you said, there is a precedence in hearing the Tao, there is a specialization in the art industry, everyone has a field that everyone is good at, I just heard you sing, your voice is transparent and bright, there is a different flavor, you should have a good opera foundation, right?"

When Zhang Jinglin heard this, his eyes widened in surprise, and his long eyelashes jumped and jumped:

"Can you guess this? Really! I learned Peking Opera with Mr. Zhang Junqiu at the age of 10, and I have been studying it for many years! You can guess after listening to a few words, you are really a god!"

I held out my hand and motioned for her to be more low-key, she nodded obediently, and I continued:

"Your conditions are also very good, with time, and a few good songs, you can also be a singer. ”

When Zhang Jinglin heard this, she couldn't close her mouth with a smile, she just wanted to say something, but her eyes dimmed again, she lowered her head, I hurriedly asked her what was wrong, she bit her lip and hesitated for a while before saying to me:

"You said that I was very happy that my conditions were good, but you also said that you had to have good works, I didn't study professionally, and I didn't have a way, and I couldn't write myself, and I couldn't even read the score, who. Will you sing the song to me, a little girl who has nothing?"

Hearing this, I laughed, Zhang Jinglin saw it, thought I was laughing at her, stood up with a swish, and said angrily:

"Laugh again! I'll ignore you!" said as I turned my head to leave, and I hurriedly took her by the hand, and sat her down in a chair, and said to her:

"I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing at you for being so unconfident, you say you haven't learned, what does it matter? I think you sing very well, that's enough, I'm not also a professional? Do you think I sing well? Look, isn't that? Second, you say that there is no way, no one sings to you. I patted my chest vigorously: "Isn't it me?" From 1984 to 2020 for more than 30 years, classic golden songs are like a sea of smoke, thinking of this, my heart is very steady.

Zhang Jinglin's emotions are like a roller coaster, and the enthusiasm blooms again:

"Are you telling the truth? Do you really write songs for me?"

"Of course, I'm talking, don't you like the song "Sailor" very much? Then I'll sing it for you, and when I have time, find someone who knows how to make up a song, find a music company to market it, and then you can publish it, and then you will become a veritable singer. ”

Zhang Jinglin's eyes were full of hope, and after thinking for a long time, he shook his head:

"The tunes and lyrics of this song are good, you must have put a lot of thought into it, we have never known each other, you gave me this song for nothing, what do I want to repay you, not to mention that you sang this song so well, it was a waste to me. ”

I was embarrassed to say this, my thief behavior collided with her glorious personality, and I suddenly felt a little ashamed of myself, but I still cheekily said:

"If you want to repay me, it would be nice if you sang my songs and earned me dividends, it would be equivalent to us being business partners, I will sing, you will have your good voice, my "Sailor" is really not suitable for you, but I still have many songs, and some are not suitable for me, do you like this song or not, I think this song is very suitable for girls to sing. ”

I adjusted my posture and began to sing again:

There is a cloud of rain in the wind,

A rain cloud.

The heart of the clouds is full of rain,

Didi is all you.

There is a cloud of rain in the wind,

A rain cloud.

The clouds break my heart in the wind,

I don't know where it will blow again.

Blow, blow, blow flowers all over the ground,

I couldn't find a trace of pity.

Floating, drifting, drifting for thousands of miles,

Waiting for your return.

Whenever it rains in the sky again,

There was a cloud made of rain in the wind.

Whenever I think of you again in my heart,

There was a cloud made of rain in the wind.

This song "A Cloud Made of Rain in the Wind" is really a golden song of the times, I couldn't help but close my eyes intoxicated when I played and sang, and when I opened my eyes to ask her how she felt, I found that the beautiful girl in front of me had cried.

"What's wrong with you?" I can't see a woman's tears in my life, let alone such a beautiful woman.

She sobbed for a moment before she said intermittently:

"Your... Whining... This song... Woo... It's so nice and touching..."

Hearing her say this, I breathed a sigh of relief, I instinctively pulled out my pocket to take out a tissue to wipe her tears, but I really took out a dark green handkerchief, I handed it to her and asked:

"And do you like the song?"

Zhang Jinglin wiped the corners of her eyes, sobbed and didn't speak, I just looked at her quietly and didn't speak, her beautiful side face made me not feel that time was long at all.

"Are you crying?"

She still didn't speak, just nodded, still sniffing from time to time.

"I want to give you this song, and if you think it's good, you nod. ”

She listened, nodded, and shook her head suddenly.

"Do you like it or don't you like it?"

"I love it, I love it... But I... I can't want..."

"Why?"

"This song for me is definitely not as good as you sing it yourself, I will ruin this song, not to mention that I can't accept such a heavy gift from you, how can I pay it back?"

I was in a hurry, so I directly grabbed Zhang Jinglin's soft shoulder and said:

"You say this again! If you don't pay it back, didn't you say that if I write you a song, you will sing it? When you say this now, do you think my song is not good? Or do you think that I am not good as a person? When you say this, my heart-wrenching words are really in vain!"

Seeing that I was emotional, she quickly waved her hand and said:

"No, that's not what I really meant. ”

"Then I'll give you this song, will you accept it? If you don't want it, you'll look down on me!"

Zhang Jinglin still hesitated for a few seconds, but still nodded and agreed, and when I saw that she agreed, I smiled easily:

"Okay, I'll copy the score for you when I get back to the dormitory later, and by the way, I'd like to ask you to do me a favor. ”

Zhang Jinglin smiled, tilted his head and said to me:

"You, do you want to reciprocate as soon as you give something away? Okay, okay, I depend on you, you give me such a good song, except for this girl, I will give you whatever you want. ”

"Haha, it's not that serious, I want to go buy something, but I'm a road idiot, I want you to be a tour guide for me. ”

"Hey, I thought it was a big deal, wrapped up in me, hey~ Wait a minute, will you go now?"

"Okay, do you have something?"

"I made an appointment with Shen Lin to have breakfast, but you said so, I'll go with you first, and talk to her at noon, she shouldn't blame me. ”

"Okay, I'll put the guitar back, you wait for me at the door of our dorm, I'll treat you to breakfast!"

Familiar plot, I rushed back again, coincidentally just ran for a short time and met Hou Changrong who came back from outside, I wanted to ask him what he was doing, but thinking that Zhang Jinglin was still waiting for me, I asked Hou Changrong to help me take the guitar back to the bedroom, and then turned back to find Zhang Jinglin, she walked a lot faster than I imagined, I saw her and asked:

"I'm done, what would you like to eat?"

"I can eat anything, I can eat anything. ”

"Oh, do you know, girls say that casual is the most embarrassing, I can't tell the difference between the southeast and the northwest, you let me find it, isn't it difficult for me, do you say it's good. ”

Zhang Jinglin loved to laugh very much, and when he heard this, he giggled and said:

"You're such a dumb goose, you can't find your way here for so long, I'll take you to a good place, it's cheap and delicious. ”

I answered, I panicked for a second when she said it was cheap, I only brought the twenty yuan that Gao Hongliang gave me, although I knew that the price in the 80s was not high, but I really didn't know how much purchasing power twenty yuan was, and I would buy a gift for Xiaoxu later, don't let us both eat it in one go.

Zhang Jinglin took me left and right, and came to a very inconspicuous small restaurant, not even a façade, directly opened in the wall, the door is a row of small benches, there are no tables, most of the diners buy good things and take them away, few sit on the stools, I looked at the environment, frowned and said:

"It's too basic. ”

"Hey, don't be ignorant, although the environment is not very good, but the things are delicious, this boss is very familiar with me, every time I come to leave me a single room, go, let's go in." ”

The room is amazingly narrow, but it is very clean, there is a big pot and a small pot on the left side and a few stacks of very high steamers, there are two old people standing next to them who make breakfast, and on the right side is a large cabinet, which is neatly stuffed with all kinds of dishes and chopsticks and some raw materials for breakfast, she pulled me inside, although Zhang Jinglin is thin, but the figure is still very good, I am always worried that her chest will knock off the dishes and chopsticks next to her, she shouted at the two old men while walking:

"Aunt Cao, Uncle Liu, I'm coming to dinner!"

An old woman who was busy in the kitchen poked her head out and said happily:

"Lin Lin, you're here, come into the house, and tell your aunt if you want to eat something. ”

After walking a few steps, I turned into a room, although the space is not large, but it is in stark contrast to the narrowness of the entrance, and it is really a bit of a peach blossom paradise 'extremely narrow at the beginning, only the same person, repeat dozens of steps, suddenly open up', there is a small low table in the limited space inside, Zhang Jinglin is okay, I can barely reach the table, and I have to bend down to get the things on the table as soon as I sit down, and I feel no different from the people sitting on the small bench outside, they are all the same uncomfortable.

"What do you want to eat, there is no menu here, I will tell you what, wontons, steamed dumplings, steamed buns, tofu brain, soy milk, millet porridge, meat cakes, sugar cakes, um... There is also siu mai, you can say whatever you want to eat, and I'll order it. As she spoke, she took out two pairs of chopsticks out of nowhere and handed them to me, and I saw her skillful appearance and couldn't help asking:

"Why are you so familiar with this, I feel that the boss is also very good with you, as if you opened it in your own house. ”

"Hehe, I also stumbled upon this shop, for a while, I particularly like a dress, but it's so expensive, 18 yuan, I have 30 yuan a month for living expenses, I was a meal in the morning, a meal at noon, save a little every day, and then I ate a few breakfast shops, found that although this is remote, but the things are delicious and cheap, the bun is 8 cents a piece, and other houses are 1 cent, and then I always eat here, over time, the aunt and the uncle are very familiar with me, both of them are very good, often give me more dishes and eggs or something, I sometimes have nothing to do to help, sing a play for them to relieve boredom。 ”

"You're kind of grateful. ”

"That's not it, Miss Ben doesn't like to owe favors to others the most, let's talk quickly, what to eat, I'll have a treat." ”

"Forget it, let's just say it, I'll go and order, how can big men and girls come out, how can you spend money. ”

"You, you, you're really machismo, now that women can hold up half the sky, your thinking is too backward. ”

"You're not a woman yet, you're a little girl now, you're going to be a quarter of a day at most, say it!"

Zhang Jinglin saw that the more I talked, the more unscored, and scolded with a smile: "You are really poor!"

The two of us ordered five beef buns, two bowls of millet porridge, a plate of pickled bellflowers, the boss thought I was her boyfriend, and gave us two braised eggs for free, the meat buns are surprisingly fragrant, the fat is overflowing, the meat is also very chewy, the millet porridge is particularly thick, and the taste is very good, I exaggerated that Jinglin will choose a place, and it only cost 5 cents in total, this kind of price makes me breathe a sigh of relief, it must be enough to buy something for Xiaoxu, and I am also surprised by Gao Hong's behavior of sponsoring me with a huge sum of 20 yuan without blinking, I think he is either a big money, or I saved his life。

After eating, Zhang Jinglin took me on a bus, the ticket cost 1 cent per person, I happened to have no change, I could only let her pay, I said go back to her, she just smiled and did not speak, the bus in that era was still very simple, many seats were broken and not decent, some passengers even took a small horse, seriously affected the walking space, there was no air conditioning in the car, the crowded flow of people and the continuous high temperature caused the air in the carriage to breed an indescribable stench, I made up my mind at the time, when I had money, I would take a taxi wherever I went. Although the two of us leaned against the window, the smell was slightly lighter, but I still felt that it was a long time, and after a long time, we took this swaying car to the destination, the Beijing No. 2 Department Store, I looked through the window, the green signboard embedded in large red traditional block script, and there were two banners hanging next to it, each of which read: 'Develop the economy, ensure supply.' 'Eight big characters, it seems to have a sense of age.

When I arrived at the station, I jumped out of the car as if I was running away, breathing in a big gulp of fresh air, Zhang Jinglin was unhurried, still maintaining her ladylike gait, walked slowly to me, patted my back:

"You can't be a big man who hasn't been on a bus before, have you?"

I resisted my retching and replied:

"Sitting... But I've never sat on something that stinks..."

"Where is this, I'm afraid you're not the son of a prince in a palace, it's really pampered. Zhang Jinglin pouted and smiled.

I didn't have time to argue with her, calmed down for a while before relieving myself, and she walked into the department store one after another, the Beijing department store in the 80s was already very good compared to other regions, but if you compare it vertically, it is estimated that even the current fifth-tier small county town can not compare.

Walking into the house, there are neat counters, food, daily necessities, electronic products, clothing, many things look familiar, but I can't name them, Zhang Jinglin looked at me a little stunned, and asked:

"What do you want to buy? I'll help you find it. ”

"Hmm... I don't know what to buy, I did something wrong and want to apologize to a girl, what should I give?"

"Your girlfriend?"

"No, no, don't get me wrong, it's just friends, uh, maybe not friends..."

Zhang Jinglin smiled, stroked his hair and said:

"Why are you so nervous, I don't care about you, well, since you asked me, I'll help you think about it, first of all, you'd better know if this girl is a materialistic person or a spiritual. She paused, cleared her throat and continued:

"If you are a more material person, it is easier to do, send some expensive clothes, foreign perfumes, radios, even bicycles and the like, you can do it, if you are a person who values the spiritual world, it is more difficult. ”

"What should people who value the spiritual world give?" I asked urgently, because I knew that Xiaoxu must not be a person who values material things.

In that case, you have to know exactly what she likes, whether it's art or literature, West or East, ancient or modern, you all need to know. For example, if I am angry, you sing me a touching song, and I may forgive you. After Zhang Jinglin finished speaking, his big eyes flickered, looking beautiful.

After listening to this, I fell into deep thought, what does Xiaoxu like? She likes ballet, Dream of Red Mansions, Gibran's poems, singing, writing... She has a lot of hobbies, but if I really want to pick one favorite, I really can't choose one, I turned my head and asked:

"A girl, she is not the kind of material greed, but she likes a lot of things, how to choose?"

"A lot... Then you can at least tell me what she likes. ”

I started with Xiaoxu's experience of learning ballet when she was a child, then she went to the drama troupe, and then she wrote a self-recommendation letter to Director Wang... And so on a series of experiences, the more she heard the back, the more strange her expression became, and at the end of the hearing, Zhang Jinglin suddenly stared at me with a very subtle look and said, "The girl you are talking about will not be Chen Xiaoxu, right?"

"Ah, how do you know, yes, it's her. ”

After she finished speaking, she took her arms and rubbed past me:

"I thought it was her, it turned out to be her, that's hard. ”

I hurriedly chased after her, gently tugged at the corner of her coat and asked:

"Why do you say that, what's wrong with her?"

Zhang Jinglin rolled her eyes and said: "She, now in order to play Lin Daiyu, she pretends to be that pear blossom with rain every day, and it is estimated that she has also learned Lin Daiyu's petty sex now, if you make her angry, she will definitely kill you." ”

"No, Xiaoxu is very good, and when the crew got together later, everyone missed her very much, and no one ever said that she was not. ”

"When the crew got together, how did I not know. ”

I was startled and quickly covered my mouth.

"No, no, I was wrong, it was their dorm party, well, that's right..."

Zhang Jinglin crossed his waist, turned around me, stared at my eyes tightly and said:

"Are you hiding something from me?"

"No, no, how could I lie to you, hahaha. "A drop of sweat oozed from my forehead.

She showed a noncommittal expression, spread her hands and said:

"Forget it, I never force others, you don't want to say it. "We walked for a long time, didn't speak, walked around completely, I saw a lot of things, but there was no gain, Zhang Jinglin bought two boxes of alabaster, we went around a big circle and returned to the starting point, she saw that I was going to go inside again, and quickly grabbed me and said:

"What are you going to do, do you want to go shopping?"

I shook my head and walked out of the mall with her, and when she saw that I was a little lost, she comforted me and said:

"It doesn't matter, there are not all things here, let's go to the first department store, it's a little far from here, maybe three hours by car. ”

"Bus?"

"Isn't it? ”

I hurriedly waved my hand, and I was afraid that taking the bus again would not cost me my life, let alone three hours.

"Then I can't help it, why don't I go back and buy some fruit or something. ”

I shook my head, my brain racing, dancing shoes, videotapes, radios, lipsticks, hats, dresses, bras... I sighed, raised my head, and suddenly saw four big characters on a plaque on the opposite street - Guangming Bookstore, I patted my head and said:

"By the way, Xiaoxu loves to read, how good it is to buy books!" I grabbed Zhang Jinglin's hand and was about to run to the opposite side, but she pulled me back.

"Don't you look at the traffic lights!"

We waited for a long time before entering the bookstore, the bookstore is amazing, a total of three layers, the first layer is some tool books, including agriculture, breeding, mechanical technology and the like, the second layer is some students commonly used dictionaries, dictionaries and exercise books and the like, the third floor is my hunting ground, which are Chinese and Western classics and some literary and artistic publications, we flipped on it for a long time, I casually turned to a copy of Jack London's "Sea Wolf" , I forgot to see it, I didn't move the place for more than ten minutes, Zhang Jinglin went to the toilet just now, and when I came back, I was still poking there, and gently punched me on the back:

"Why are you still reading it? Are you going to give this book?"

I quickly stuffed this first-person novel of Jack London's classic back to its original place, and continued to rummage through the gifts suitable for Xiaoxu, but within a few minutes, I was stumped by Alexandre Dumas's "La Traviata" again, but this time the Jinglin police came earlier, so I only delayed for two or three minutes, and then I got down to business, I looked for a while, and found a set of abridged versions of Cheng Jia's "Dream of Red Mansions", which was gorgeously bound and had a beautiful cover, I picked it up and asked Zhang Jinglin:

"What do you think of this? ”

Zhang Jinglin took it in his hand and handed it to me:

"Of course you can, but it can be given to anyone. ”

After listening to her words, it was true, this one was too lacking in novelty, I turned around and put "Dream of Red Mansions" back, and continued to look for prey, and finally we chose "Jane Eyre", "Love in the Time of Cholera", "Wuthering Heights" and "Gone with the Wind" Four books, I took it to the checkout, four books only cost 2 yuan, still within the range I can afford, just as the clerk helped me pack to hand it to me, I caught a glimpse of a set of green collections next to the checkout counter, I turned my head and looked at the title page, it was written: Gibran's complete set of anthologies, I couldn't help but shout:

"This is it!"

Zhang Jinglin and the clerk were taken aback by me, Zhang Jinglin punched me directly in anger, and I didn't care about the pain, so I chased after the clerk and asked:

"Sister, sister, I want to buy this set of books!"

The clerk picked it up, looked at it over and over again, and said to me:

"Comrade, this book has already been booked and cannot be sold. ”

"Do you still have one in the store? ”

"I'm sorry, that's it. ”

"So when are you going to get the goods? ”

"We don't know about this, we need to ask the boss. ”

"When did that guy order?"

"I'll have to ask the boss about this. ”

"Then can you sell this to me first, and then replenish the person who ordered it when you buy it again?"

"You have to ask the boss about this. ”

The clerk's inaction drove me into a hurry, and I yelled at her, "Call me your boss!"

The clerk looked reluctant, but he turned around and went back, Zhang Jinglin quietly walked up to me and whispered in my ear:

"Why are you so fierce..."

"It's not that I'm fierce, it's that she's too annoying......"

Soon, the clerk walked out, followed by a burly man in a suit, who looked less like a boss than a bodyguard if it weren't for the general manager's sign on his chest.

"Hello comrade, what do you need?" The boss looked like he was five big and three rough, and he spoke politely.

"I want this set of books, and I can pay for it right now. ”

"The book is already out of order, we can't sell it to you. ”

"But I really need this set of books, you don't know, my current relatives only have one sister left, she has leukemia now, she usually likes Gibran's poetry collection the most, the doctor said, her time is running out, this may be the last gift I can give her, comrade..."

"Ah, this—" The boss looked a little moved, but still didn't say yes.

"Comrade, human life is limited, my sister has been serving the people all her life, she respects the old and loves the young, she is helpful, uninformal, and charitable, but now, she is about to leave us, such a good comrade's departure, can't we even satisfy her last wish?" I grabbed the boss's arm and shook it vigorously.

When the boss saw me like this, he couldn't bear to refuse, so he told me:

"It's very expensive, it costs 10 yuan for the whole set, and the person who ordered the book also paid a deposit of 2 yuan, and if you want it, you have to pay it all together. ”

Zhang Jinglin listened, hurriedly came over and grabbed my hand, but I ignored her and slapped the money on the table.

Out of the bookstore, Zhang Jinglin shouted to me:

"You're crazy! This set of books costs ten yuan! The boss clearly wants to trick you! Why don't you even tell the price!"

Hearing her say this, I thought about it for a while, and it seemed that I was indeed a little impulsive, and according to the proportion of prices, the price of this set of books was indeed a bit outrageous.

"What then..."

"I'll help you bargain, you're waiting for me here. After Zhang Jinglin finished speaking, he snatched the book from my hand, I saw her menacing appearance, and couldn't help shouting behind her:

"If you can't talk about it, forget it, don't quarrel with people! Also, this set of books must be wanted!"

I don't know if she heard it, so I sat on the bench next to the garbage can and waited for her, and within a few minutes, Zhang Jinglin jumped down, the book was still intact, she spread her hand at me, and it was 4 yuan.

"I tried my best, that's all, 12 yuan became 8 yuan, how can you thank me?"

My eyes widened in surprise and I asked:

"How did you do it, you're amazing!"

Zhang Jinglin was proud:

"Heaven must not be divulged. ”

I smiled at her and said,

"Since it's the money you want back, let's give it to you, anyway, it's better to give it to you than to get the boss cheaper. ”

"How's that going to work?" she said, shoving the money into my pocket, and filling it deep into my pocket before continuing:

"What's the point of giving me money directly, as if I'm helping you for your money, you have to be really hearted, just sing to me when you're fine. ”

"Okay, I'll sing it to you every day when I get back!"