Chapter 3: Empty House

Yan'an Road, which was originally the best green belt in the last century, has been reduced to a three-foot green island by the expansion of the city, with large trees on both sides jagged and climbing branches, and the flower platform has long been removed, leaving only a few hollowed-out tiles to fill the gaps in the flowers and plants.

Lin Zhengke rode to a nearby small supermarket and glanced at the cigarettes on the counter.

"Do you have cigarettes under 10 yuan?" Lin Zhengke asked the aunt in the store.

"No, there are no cigarettes under 10 yuan in Guozhou. The lowest starting price is $10. Auntie said to him happily.

"The big front door is also 10 yuan?" Lin Zhengke didn't seem to believe his eyes.

"Hmm. The aunt who guarded the store nodded.

"What about Hongta Mountain?" Lin Zhengke didn't seem to give up.

"It's still 10 pieces. Auntie felt strange and couldn't help but look at him a few more times.

"It can't even be 10 pieces of gold leaf, right?" Lin Zhengke quickly scanned it in the glass counter.

"Not only the golden leaf, but also the red cloud, the yellow and red plums, the white sand, and the Changbai Mountain are all 10 pieces. Auntie said all the cheap cigarettes in one go.

Lin Zhengke looked at her puzzled, as if asking why?

"Young man, do you know what level of city we are? The third-level and third-level cities have a high level of consumption, and we can't do anything about the price approved by the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau. Besides, if the municipal government wants to build the second city of Chongqing, of course the consumption level has to be mentioned, otherwise how will the GDP go up?"

He thought to himself, this has something to do with the second city of Chengdu-Chongqing!

"Let's have a pack of red clouds. Lin Zhengke scratched his chin and took out a crumpled 10 yuan bill from his pocket.

"Howler. After saying that, the aunt who guarded the store took the money and took out a pack of red clouds from the counter and gave it to him.

Lin Zhengke took the cigarette, immediately opened it and took out one and smoked it.

With a cigarette in his mouth and a handlebar in his hands, Lin Zhengke walked around on the road with his teeth bared.

Looking at the smoky yellow Meituan and the blue Eleme on the street, Lin Zhengke had some impatience in his heart. Be a rider, earn a little money, and in order to survive, you have to work hard!

Lin Zhengke parked his car next to a sanitation tricycle, and he extinguished the cigarette butt and threw it into the garbage bin. The old sanitation worker who picked up the garbage smiled at him, as if to approve of his actions. Lin Zhengke smiled, turned his head and drove away.

The wind blew gently, the trees shook slowly, and the thin clothes on Lin Zhengke's body were swept by the wind, dancing with bulges. The sound of the wind in his ears "whining", the coolness under his feet went straight to his legs, he hadn't driven a motorcycle for a long time, and his posture still maintained the feeling of riding a racing car. I'm afraid he is the only person who can play electric cars like racing cars, but unfortunately the electric car is only three gears, and it is a beat slower when accelerating. However, only the driver can really feel the instantaneous changes, just like the driver's body discomfort immediately feeds back to the central nervous system.

Lin Zhengke walked along Binjiang Avenue through the traffic, he shifted the gear to high gear, and the speed of the car soared to 55, 55 is not fast for Lin Zhengke, he can control the speed is 220.

Several underpass tunnels of Binjiang Avenue connect the operation of the whole city, although it is not a first-line through, but it still has certain benefits for the diversion of urban vehicles. Lin Zhengke is a familiar stranger to the city, and his departure a few years ago caused him to lose his sense of direction in the high-rise buildings of Guozhou, which is full of high-rise buildings. He only knows that where there is a road, there is a car, and if there is a car, he can walk. No city can have a dead-end road, and this is definitely not the planning standard for a new city.

With his memories of the city, he slipped around the entire area of the upper half of the city, with many names, including the traditionally named garden community, the European-themed Seville, the profound Tianlu, and the prosaic low-rent housing.

Thinking that he would be able to become a junior rider tomorrow, Lin Zhengke plans to celebrate himself. He bought a canned dace, a box of instant noodles, three cans of Qingdao Chunsheng, and a bag of weird flavored beans at the people's supermarket. Calculating the price, it was still within his own affordability, Lin Zhengke swiped the card, twisted the shopping bag and bought a box of 10 yuan at the cigarette stall in the supermarket.

Cigarettes should be smoked sparingly, this is already very harsh on Lin Zhengke, in the past, he smoked Da Su and Zhonghua, and the worst time was Xiao Su and Yuxi, he didn't expect that now he would be reduced to the point of smoking the front door. But he doesn't care, all he cares about is how he can make more money in Meituan.

When he returned to his lodgings, he boiled the instant noodles he had bought in boiling water.

The huge room is empty, except for the European minimalist decoration and only simple furniture, although simple but still maintain practical effect. Three bedrooms, a study, two bathrooms, and a large kitchen of 25 square meters, equipped with two computers, an Apple and an HP.

Lin Zhengke ate hot instant noodles and drank cold Tsingtao beer, celebrating himself. Although the small life is tight, it is very fulfilling. He took advantage of the moment of drinking, pressed the smart sweeper, and saw it "woo, hmm" in the room......

"Ake, why don't you answer the phone?" The other party was a man, and although he was blaming, his voice still revealed a trace of humble love.

"Am I not answering?" Lin Zhengke pressed the speakerphone button on the phone, then put it on the table, and then sent another mouthful of noodles to his mouth.

"How's it going?" he asked him in a different tone.

"What else. Lin Zhengke chewed the noodles and replied lightly.

"Are you officially at work?" asked.

"Starts tomorrow. ”

"Oh, that's fine, it's pretty fast. ”

"It's not fast, you can't do it, you need money to eat and sleep. You also know that the money on my card is only enough to sustain me for half a month. Lin Zhengke put the bowl aside after eating the noodles.

"Alright, you're going to do it. Remember, you are not allowed to use your black card, otherwise you will ——。 ”

"Otherwise?" Lin Zhengke asked.

"You know that. The other party said indifferently and ruthlessly.

"Isn't it okay to be in a hurry to save your life?" Lin Zhengke's voice trembled a little.

"There are no ifs, and no assumptions. The other party brutally rejected what he said about the special circumstances.

"It's dark. Lin Zhengke puffed out his cheeks and gritted his teeth vigorously.

"That's right, who called us Haig. Then a string of laughs came out of the microphone.

Lin Zhengke wanted to say something, but the other party had already hung up the phone. He looked at his phone on the table and fell into deep thought......