Leaving the Zhao family, Bai Shuo wandered around the street in a dull mood for a long time, and finally returned home and told his parents about it. Honestly, Mune's father sat in his chair for two hours with a straight face, not saying a word. The mother looked at the father's appearance and locked herself in the bedroom with tears in her eyes. Bai Shuo knew the difficulties at home, and his depressed mood had nowhere to vent, so he had to call a few dead friends and pour the bitter water in his heart for a few dead friends. On the phone, everyone was very indignant when they heard the Zhao family's request. But it is difficult for Qing officials to decide family affairs, and even if everyone is unhappy for Bai Shuo, they will not be able to make any decisions for Bai Shuo after all. Of course, there are naturally ways to relieve sorrow between brothers and sisters. In order to comfort Bai Shuo, everyone made an appointment to go to the bearded bar at the corner of the street at night to chat, drink, and relax, and of course, more importantly, to help Bai Shuo think of a solution by the way.

In the afternoon, Bai Shuo didn't want his parents to see his helpless emotions, so he went out and wandered aimlessly. While recalling many pictures of acquaintance with Zhao Lan to receiving the certificate, I was thinking about how to solve the current bride price problem, but I still didn't think of any way after thinking about it. Before I knew it, I had turned to the bearded bar. Although it was not yet 6 o'clock in the evening, Bai Shuo seemed to have nowhere else to go, so he came to the bar early alone.

The bar owner "Beard" is a rough man in his 30s, full of beard, usually dressed sloppily and unkempt, and his image is so good that it still conforms to the temperament of the bar owner. It is said that the beard surnamed Kong, is a person from Qilu Province, has been here to open this bar for four or five years, he has no other accommodation here, put a bed in the utility room of less than 10 square meters in the bar, it is regarded as a rest room, usually after the bar closes, he sleeps there. The bearded bar is one of the earliest bars in the town, because of its proximity to everyone's homes, since the bar opened, Bai Shuo and his family love to drink and party here, and Bai Shuo also likes to improvise and sing a few songs in his bar. After a long time, everyone became friends with the beard. But everyone always can't remember his name, and they just call him "beard" all the time.

At this time, the beard was idle, and when she saw Bai Shuo coming to the bar so early, she chatted with her. But when it comes to such a thing, the beard knows that words can't give too much comfort, and sometimes there is no need for words between men. After a while, the beard couldn't stay with Bai Shuo all the time, and began to be busy packing up the things at the bar to prepare for the night's business. Bai Shuo, who was depressed, saw that the brothers had not arrived for a long time, so he first opened his own beer and drank the stuffy wine at the bottle, which was the scene at the beginning of the story.

But before the brothers came, Bai Shuo had already blown out two dozen beers by himself. Originally, the amount of alcohol was quite good, maybe because of the depression in my heart, or because I was still hungry, today's Bai Shuo is already a little overwhelmed. After barely blowing the last bottle, a wine burp hit, and the smell of wine instantly surged, Bai Shuo felt his consciousness becoming more and more blurred, and finally fell down on the table, and he couldn't make the slightest sound.

I don't know how long it took, Bai Shuo slowly opened his eyes, only to feel that his head was dizzy and his whole body was sore.

"His grandmother's, Chang Geng, you can be regarded as awake, you asked your brothers to drink, and we haven't arrived yet, but you have to get yourself down first!" In the haze, I saw Cao An, a friend who had played since childhood, while talking, brought over a bowl of noodles and asked, "It's noon, are you hungry, do you want to eat something?" Bai Shuo shook his head, slowly sat up and pulled Cao An to ask about last night's situation.

Bai Shuo and Cao An, Zhu Zi, and Zhong Pengcheng are brothers who have played since childhood, in Baijia Town, the four of them play together, fight and cause trouble together, and pick up girls together, known as the four King Kongs of Baijia Town, of course, this is just a small fight among young people, and it did not cause any major incidents, let alone illegal and criminal acts. Zhong Pengcheng is two years older than Bai Shuo, and his academic performance is very good, and he is often joked by everyone, "A hooligan is not terrible, but he is afraid that a hooligan is educated, and he is a literate hooligan." After graduating from Capital University, Zhong Pengcheng is now engaged in financial work in the magic capital, and it is said that he has won the reuse of the boss, and has become a white-collar talent in the financial industry at a young age, and there is a faint trend of developing towards a gold collar; After graduating from university, he worked in a machinery factory in Shudu, because of his serious work, and diligence and studiousness, he became the manager of the workshop in one year, and Bai Shuo was also arranged into their factory by the pillar after graduating from university; Cao An, nicknamed Fat Man and Bai Shuo in the same year, the two were also classmates from primary school to junior high school. Because my father has been doing business outside for many years, the economic conditions of the family are relatively good among the four, but he has also lacked discipline since he was a child, and he didn't get into college, so he used his father's money to open an Internet café. He is the most socially awesome of the four, and he is also the most fighting. Since Cao An's grandmother died, he often lives alone at home, and from time to time brings a girl back from the Internet café to make a date, and the life is not too comfortable. It is said that last night Bai Shuo asked Cao An, Zhu Zi and several other brothers (Zhong Pengcheng was in the magic capital) to go to the bar, and when Cao An and the others arrived, Bai Shuo was already unconscious, because they were afraid that Bai Shuo's parents would worry, and several people settled Bai Shuo in Cao An's house.

At this time, Bai Shuo was still a little dazed, and after figuring out what happened last night, he didn't want to listen to Cao An's nagging anymore, so he quickly came out of Cao An's house. Although Cao An told him that his brothers had discussed making up the bride price money for him, so that he didn't have to worry about the money anymore, he still seemed upset.

Not far from the street downstairs of Cao An's house, there is a lottery shop, passing by the lottery shop, Bai Shuo actually walked in by a ghost, and bought a few lottery tickets for the first time. He also remembers who used to say that "your chances of winning the jackpot by buying a lottery ticket are far better than the chances of winning 5 million by working hard". Bai Shuo has always been less interested in things like lottery, playing cards, and gambling. But now Bai Shuo is constantly laughing at himself in his heart, it turns out that when he is desperate, there is a day when he pins his hopes on the lottery.

After buying a lottery ticket, I passed by a large mansion on the way home, which was in stark contrast to the surrounding houses. The owner of that house is a distant relative of his family, and he is quite powerful in Baijia Town and even Shu. This house covers an area of about several acres, and the houses in the courtyard are beautifully designed and luxuriously decorated, with a swimming pool, a garden, a basement, and an independent garage, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a small manor. At this time, there were bursts of sharp scolding in the courtyard, and Bai Shuo knew that this was his relative who didn't know what to call her, and he was scolding her useless son-in-law again. I can't help but feel that even in such a wealthy family, it is inevitable that there will be a scripture that is difficult to read.

I finally returned home in a daze, but saw my father enthusiastically sending a guest out, this person was slightly taller than Bai Shuo, with a burly body, and a tough face full of perseverance and confidence. It turned out that this person was Xiao Zhen, the mayor of Baijia Town, who had just taken office. Today, he personally led a team to the community to inspect the fire and flood control work, and by the way, he learned about the problems of people's livelihood. Because he learned that his father was quite trusted by his neighbors, Mayor Xiao came to the house to talk with his father for a while. With his father sending Mayor Xiao away, his father was extremely happy to tell Bai Shuo that the matter of the gift money had been resolved. It turned out that Cao An had just called home and told Bai Shuo's father that he, Zhu Zi, Zhong Pengcheng and the bearded boss of the bar had scraped together 150,000 yuan and sent it over in the evening. Then after Li Fei, the cousin of Bai Shuo of the second uncle's family, found out, he scraped together another 50,000 yuan and sent it over. Although the money was ready, Bai Shuo was still not happy, and now he was full of disappointment in this marriage, and he no longer had the excitement and joy when he was preparing for the wedding before. He even felt like he hadn't been awake since the moment he got drunk last night, and what he didn't know was that it would continue until it ...... much later.

The state of confusion seems to have never subsided. Two days later, Bai Shuo went through some twists and turns, and finally married Zhao Lan. Life after marriage is still very unsatisfactory, Zhao Lan's weakness, Zhao's mother's bitterness, Zhao Jun's constant exploitation, although Bai Shuo works hard, and even uses his rest time to work part-time, it is still not enough to maintain his daily life. After a period of time, although Bai Shuo's position in the unit became higher and higher, and his salary income increased a lot, he was only barely able to make ends meet and slowly repay the debts he owed. The arrival of his daughter Bai Yufei after two years of marriage added joy to his life. But not long after her daughter was born, Zhao Lan left her one-year-old daughter and ran away with a steel business because Bai Shuo couldn't meet the life she wanted. In the days that followed, the changes in life dealt a heavy blow to Bai Shuo's family, his father was angry and sick, but he was unwilling to use more of the family's money, and kept it from everyone, and finally dragged the minor illness into a major illness, and died within two years. Bai Shuo's mother also became depressed a year after her father's death, and soon left with her.

Since the divorce, Bai Shuo's daily life is to work, take care of his daughter, study technical knowledge and read some business management books, although a few years later Bai Shuo became the workshop director of the factory, but he still knows that if he does not recharge himself at all times, he will soon not be able to keep up with the development of the times. As for the usual pastime, it is just a small indoor activity such as listening to music, watching TV, and reading the news on the Internet. He likes the Apple mobile phone very much, and after the success of his own research on a technology patent, he used the prize money to buy an iPhone4, and this mobile phone has been with him for six or seven years, until all the APPs can no longer be updated, or reluctant to throw it away. Of course, her daughter Bai Yufei is very well-behaved and obedient, and she is also very tired of him, it can be said that her daughter has been the biggest driving force in Bai Shuo's life for a long time. And after the death of her parents, the arrival of a woman also adds a bit of color to her ordinary life.

This woman is none other than Li Zhen, the senior sister of Baishuo University. Li Zhen is three years older than Bai Shuo, but because of his baby face, he always looks like a little girl, but in comparison, Bai Shuo looks older after the vicissitudes of life. Speaking of Bai Shuo and Li Zhen, there are still many origins. The first thing Bai Shuo saw when he first entered college was Li Zhen. Li Zhen is the vice president of the student union, and helping new students enroll is a task assigned to her by the student union. Li Zhen also seems to like this elementary school brother, and after helping Bai Shuo enter the school, he became friends with him, and later recommended him to join the student union. Although Li Zhen graduated a year later and then went to work in a state-owned road and bridge construction company, he still maintained close contact with this little brother. What's more, when he was still in school, by chance, Li Zhen introduced his cousin Zhao Lan, who was also studying in college, to Bai Shuo and became a big matchmaker for the two. Therefore, Bai Shuo and Li Zhen have maintained a very close relationship over the years because of this family background. However, due to Li Zhen's inability to have children, he was gradually disliked by his in-laws after marriage, and divorced his ex-husband shortly after Bai Shuo and Zhao Lan got married, and they have remained single for so many years.

Li Zhen has always been good friends with Bai Shuo, because he can't get used to Zhao Lan's willfulness and betrayal, and seeing Bai Shuo's hard life with his daughter alone, he can't help but give Bai Shuo meticulous care in life and economy, and gradually seems to have become an indispensable member of this family. It can be said that if it weren't for Li Zhen's care over the years, Bai Shuo, a big man, would really not be able to take care of his daughter at the same time. Although good brothers such as Cao An and Zhuzi often care about themselves, the care between men is not as good as the delicate and gentle role of women in a family. And with the loss of years, Bai Shuo and these brothers have gradually separated, although the relationship has not been indifferent because of the distance, but after all, far water can't quench the thirst of the near, and the distant relatives can't compare to the close neighbors.

As the saying goes, love arises over time, or perhaps it is the love that makes the two able to get along for many years. has been getting along for a long time, in fact, Bai Shuo and Li Zhen may have secretly had some feelings, but because of some things, no one has ever broken it. Although Li Zhen often appears at Bai Shuo's home to take care of Yufei, she is very principled, but she has never stayed overnight at Bai Shuo's house, and the two have never crossed the line. The ordinary days pass every day year after year, and in a trance, a few years of time are fleeting. Maybe you don't think about how long this will last, or how much will change. Maybe everyone thinks that such days will last for a long, long time, but the world is always so impermanent, no one can imagine that the next moment may be the end.