In Jiangzhou in August, the heat is scorching.

It's noon, the temperature is 39 degrees, go out to the sauna, and the ground can fry eggs.

Chen Fei, 22 years old, graduated from Jiangzhou Institute of Science and Technology, a mathematics major from a tertiary university, and has no competitiveness in Jiangzhou, a second-tier city. He had just left school and became a member of the unemployed army. Now he lives in a dilapidated apartment in an old-fashioned tube building, shirtless, blowing a fan and playing games.

"Damn! Don't play! It's hot to death!" Looking at the 'failure' icon in front of him, Chen Fei threw away the mouse irritably, wiped his face, and sweated with one hand.

"This damn landlord, I said that I would install the air conditioner, but it turned out that I had been living for almost two months, and I hadn't installed it yet!" while muttering to himself, he picked up the smelly towel and wiped the sweat off his body, and put it aside to continue to cover the smell.

Thinking of the landlord with a pockmarked face, Chen Fei was angry, he had just graduated from college and had no job. In order to save money, Chen Fei had to rent this cheap apartment in this old-fashioned tube building. Chen Fei, who had just entered the society, was still too young, and was fooled by the landlord's words "800 a month, for an air conditioner", and signed a contract for half a year, plus a deposit, which directly spent most of his savings. After that, he interviewed more than a dozen jobs before and after, either because people thought he had a low education, or because he was tired of work and low salary. It's been more than a month since I graduated, and I'm still playing games at home.

"Hey, this ghost weather, when is it a head! Forget it, let's go to the Internet café to blow the air conditioner!"

Chen Fei opened his wallet, eight red, three blue coins, 832 yuan, this is his last savings. Originally, after paying the rent deposit, he still had more than 3,000 yuan, and the savings were enough for him to use it for three months, but the air conditioner that was said to be good did not come, and the laptop that had paid him for four years broke again, an electric fan, plus repairing the computer, and cost him 700 oceans at once.

Looking at the banknotes in his wallet, Chen Fei said to himself: "I really have to look for a job tomorrow, even if the waiter admits it, otherwise I will really starve to death here!"

Picked up his wallet, put on a three-piece set of dick silk, pants, vest, flip-flops, wiped his face with water, grabbed his hair like a bird's nest at will, and walked out of the door.

Since this tube building is located in the LC area, it is surrounded by old houses from the previous year, and various street stalls can be seen everywhere on both sides of the street, which is not wide. Selling old objects, second-hand tools, second-hand books, second-hand CDs......

At noon, the sun was full, and those stall owners and residents were either hiding in the shade of the trees and slashing the sea, or gathering together to play cards, Chen Fei looked left and right, and it seemed that there were no young people about the same age as him on the whole street, they were all old people.

"Am I too mature?, or are they too naïve?" Chen Fei muttered to himself. As everyone knows, today is a working day, young people are working, and only these retired old men and aunts will chat and fart when they have nothing to do.

"Didi ......"

Turning an intersection, two rapid car horns came from behind him, and before Chen Fei could turn around, he felt that his left arm was hit and fell headlong on the bookstall next to him.

"Oops!hiss~" was knocked to the ground, Chen Fei was not shocked and happy, and secretly thought to himself: "How can I get money when I am worried? This is the opportunity, I don't touch porcelain, I have to slaughter him!"

"Oops! I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I'm just taking an order, and when I look up, I see you suddenly coming out of the crossing, and you don't have time to brake, are you okay?"

Chen Fei turned his head and saw that it was a takeaway guy in yellow clothes, who was hurriedly pulling the car aside, looking at Chen Fei lying on the bookstall with a worried face.

Chen Fei got up and looked, but fortunately, he fell on the bookstall before, only the side of his leg was cut by a stone, and then the left arm was touched with a piece of green, but it didn't hurt his muscles and bones.

Looking at the takeaway brother who was sweating profusely in a hurry, he was actually younger than himself, and he looked like he was eighteen or nineteen years old, I was afraid that he was a student who used the summer vacation to work, Chen Fei's original idea of wanting to blackmail him for some money at the moment of the fall suddenly disappeared, patted the dust on his body, and pretended to be generous and said: "It's okay, it's okay, you can go!"

"Big brother, are you really okay?, or I'll take you to the hospital to have a look!" said the takeaway boy with a worried face.

"It's okay to say it's okay, just scratch some skin, just go back and put a band-aid, it's not easy for everyone, you have to deliver food on this hot day, busy with your go!" Chen Fei waved his hand and said.

"Thank you, thank you, brother, that ...... Then I'm leaving!"

"Let's go, let's go!"

"Can't go!" As the two were about to leave, a loud shout came from the shade of the tree next to them, and then they saw a wrinkled old man rushing in front of them at a speed of 100 meters.

The takeaway brother glanced at the old man, and then at Chen Fei, looking confused.

Chen Fei was also embarrassed when he saw this: "Uh...... Uncle, the matter between the two of us has nothing to do with you, right?"

"The broken arms and legs of the two of you have nothing to do with me, but you fell and damaged my book, you have to be responsible for this loss, right?" said the old man squatted down and picked up three books from the place where Chen Fei fell to the ground before, because this is a second-hand book stall, the books here are not packaged, just now Chen Fei fell like this, the covers of these three books and two books were crushed and torn, and one was just in the direction of the roadside, and was stained with blood by the wound on Chen Fei's leg.

"Uncle, how do you speak, why did you break your arms and legs? Also, your book is a second-hand book, who knows if I crushed it or it was originally broken?" Chen Fei was also a little angry when the old man said it.

"Big brother, it's okay, I'll pay for this money. Uncle, how much do you think these three books, can't I buy them?" Compared with Chen Fei, the takeaway brother on the side had a much better temper, pulled Chen Fei, pointed to the three books in the old man's hand and said.

This old man is also stubborn, and he was stunned by Chen Fei like this, and his eyes glared: "You kid, look at your ruffian appearance, you don't look like a good person, what's the matter, I don't want to pay for breaking my book? Tell you, I will ask you for compensation for this book today!" After speaking, the old man turned his head and said to the takeaway boy: "Young man, didn't he say that this has nothing to do with you? You can go! I will ask him for compensation for this book today!"

"Lao Tzu doesn't have any money, don't pay for it! Find whoever you like!" Chen Fei raised his neck, hugged his hands in front of his chest, he was still wronged, he was hit by someone, and he still lost money, what is this called?

"Hey, big brother, I have money, I have money, uncle, you say, how much are these three books? Can't I pay for my eldest brother?" The takeaway brother took Chen Fei's arm and said to the old man.

"You pay for him, then who pays for this money?" The old man seemed to admit death, so he let Chen Fei pay for it.

"Of course, it's the eldest brother, just think I will pay for his medical expenses, and then he will pay you for the book, what do you think?" The takeaway brother became a peacemaker and persuaded this stubborn old man.

"It's okay to count his compensation!" the old man nodded, pointing at Chen Fei and said.

Chen Fei was about to say something, but the takeaway brother hurriedly said: "Big brother, don't say it, let's solve it quickly, I just received an order, if I make a mistake, I will have a bad review, and I will be fined five hundred!"

"Hmm!" Chen Fei nodded and didn't say anything more.

"Uncle, how much do you say, how much are these three books?" The takeaway brother finally comforted the two donkeys, the old and the young, and while breathing a sigh of relief, he took out his wallet and looked at the old man and said.

"Young man, see that you are sensible, I won't cheat you, just follow half the price of this book!" said the old man and handed the three books to the takeaway brother.

The takeaway brother looked at it in turn: "Thirty-seven, twenty-three, six, six hundred and fifty-seven?" The first two books are okay, they add up to only sixty, even if half of the price is thirty yuan, but the third book that was stained with blood by Chen Fei costs six hundred and fifty-seven yuan, and even if it is half price, it costs more than three hundred and twenty yuan.

After Chen Fei heard the words of the takeaway brother, he grabbed the third book, stared at the old man and said, "What? old man, are you robbing money?"

"What do you mean by grabbing money? The price of the book is not set by me! Moreover, this book is the first part of the creation god's trilogy, a limited edition, maybe this is the only one in the world, if it weren't for this young man's sensibility, I wouldn't sell you at this price!" the old man blew his beard and glared.

"What is the great god of creation, what is the trilogy of becoming a god, I haven't heard of it! I tell you old man, don't fool me with the novels of your era, I only recognize Jin Yong, the great god of that era! If you want to get a broken book to fool me, no way!" Chen Fei pursed his lips with a look of disdain.

"You kid......" The old man was red in the face of Chen Feiqi, as if half of his faith had been desecrated for many years.

"Uncle, big brother, you can do well, don't fight, I'll buy it! Can't I buy it? These three books add up to three hundred and fifty-four, right? Uncle, this is three hundred and six, you can count it!" As he spoke, the takeaway brother hurriedly ordered three hundred and sixty yuan and stuffed it into the old man's hand.

"Hmph, this young man is still sensible!" the old man took the money and shook it at Chen Fei proudly.

"Hey, you kid, it's not easy to make some money, don't be deceived by this old guy!" Chen Fei persuaded bitterly, three hundred and six, enough for his food expenses for ten days!

"Big brother, it's okay, my monthly salary is 10,000, not less than 36. That, I'll go first!There's still a list to deliver!" Saying that, the takeaway brother said hello to Chen Fei, and then rode away.

"Monthly salary of one or ten thousand?" Until the takeaway brother left, Chen Fei's brain was still in a state of confusion.

"Look, look, people can get a monthly salary of 10,000 yuan for delivering takeaways, boy, work hard to make money! Also, do you want this book?" Seeing Chen Fei's bewildered look, the old man took the opportunity to mock him, and as he spoke, he was about to take the three books from Chen Fei's hand.

"Why don't you? You still want to make three hundred and six for nothing? Tell you, I just take it back to pad the table legs, and I won't return you! Tell you, you bullshit trilogy is my material for the table legs!" Chen Fei ignored the old man's angry face, and walked back with the book in his hand.

I was injured and angry again, and I didn't have the heart to go to the Internet café to cool off again.

Chen Fei, who turned around, didn't see that the old man, who was still angry, was smiling meaningfully at his back......