1097 Shelter from the rain
The first day I got a job, although extremely tired, but I was in a good mood, after all, with a job, I have the capital to live in the city, the wrong last train, I walked home from the store, it took almost an hour, stepping into the dark alley, I saw the window of the rental house with lights on in the distance, I took a deep breath, adjusted my mood, and then walked home with a smile, the incandescent lamp with a power of only 25 watts, in this cold city, brought me endless warmthγ
When I opened the door and entered the room, Lin Xuan hadn't slept yet, and when I entered the door, Lin Xuan showed a sweet smile, greeted me and took my coat, and gave me a big hug: "Husband, it's hard work!"
"I'm not hard. I reached out and touched Lin Xuan's head and smiled: "It's so late, why don't you sleep?"
"Today is the first time you get off work so late, if you don't come back, I always feel scared in my heart, but now it's okay, seeing you come back, my heart is steady. While Lin Xuan was talking, he had already walked to the table and lifted the dishes and other things that were being held: "Husband, are you hungry, I got off work early tonight and cooked a lot of dishes, I want to wait for you to come back, but I won't come to wait for you to wait for you, the dishes may be cold now, you wait for a while, I'll help you heat it up." β
"No need. Seeing Lin Xuan's busy appearance, I stopped her, walked to the table, looked at the few dishes on the plate, and was a little surprised: "You made all of these?"
"Well, yes, I'm amazing!" Lin Xuan saw my surprised expression, revealing a small expression of joy: "In order to make these dishes well, I have been thinking about the recipe for a long time." β
"If I'm not mistaken, this is your first time cooking, right? Seriously, it's really amazing!" I looked at a few dishes on the table, and sincerely admired, although I haven't tasted it yet, but just looking at the appearance, the appearance of these dishes can be at least five points, especially Lin Xuan, a little girl who is used to stretching out her hands to eat and open her mouth, it is really not easy to make dishes like this.
"That's necessary, you don't look at who my daughter-in-law is!" Lin Xuan grinned and turned around: "Wait, I also bought beer, Sister Xuan is in a good mood today, I will accompany you to have a few drinks." β
'Bang!'
As Lin Xuan spoke, his feet slipped, and he just kicked over the trash can beside him, and then the contents were scattered all over the ground with a 'bang', all of which were fried vegetables, black and black, looking like charcoal on the ground.
"Uh...... That, in fact, there are many successes, and they are all lessons learned from failures, right!" Lin Xuan looked at the scattered meals and explained to me with some embarrassment.
"Haha, it's okay, your first time cooking, it's already good. Seeing Lin Xuan's playful little expression, I couldn't help but laugh again.
A few minutes later, Lin Xuan and I sat at the table, the two of us drank beer and ate the dishes she made by herself, feeling very warm, drinking a few glasses of wine, the fatigue of the day was also slightly relieved, and I felt very comfortable.
"By the way, husband, there is something I forgot to tell you. After Lin Xuan drank a glass of wine, he smiled at me: "From tomorrow, I may have to get off work later, and I won't be back until about twelve o'clock." β
I was stunned: "Twelve, why is it so late?"
"No way, it's all hotel rules. Lin Xuan shrugged his shoulders helplessly: " A while ago when I just went to work, the hotel is still in the trial operation stage, now it has officially opened, and also added flight service, some foreigners who come to stay in the hotel, are off the plane at this time, the owner of the hotel in order to increase the style, said that when foreign guests arrive, there must be a piano performance, so my working hours will be extended, you know, the treatment of this hotel is good, this job opportunity is also very important to us, the competitive pressure is already great, if I don't want to be eliminated, I can only comply with this rule. β
"Okay. After listening to Lin Xuan's words, I sighed: "From tomorrow, I will pick you up and commute to work." β
"No need. Lin Xuan smiled again: "The owner of this hotel is Shao Nan's uncle, he knows the relationship between me and Shao Nan, so he treats me well, in the hotel where I work, there is a driver class that specializes in picking up and dropping off guests, and her uncle arranged a car to send me home every night, if you go to pick me up, it will add trouble to them." β
"If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have messed up the car. After listening to Lin Xuan's words, I drank a glass of wine with some unpleasantness in my heart.
"Don't say that, I believe that as long as the two of us work together, it won't be long before our lives will become better. β
"Well, it will. β
"By the way, husband, there is one more thing I have to inform you, starting tomorrow, we may have to move. β
"Move? Why?"
"Because our alley is about to be demolished, today the landlord came to inform me, I was waiting for you to get off work, there was nothing to do, so I walked around the neighborhood and found another house, not far from us, in the residential building facing the street at the corner of the street, but I rented a basement, but you can rest assured, we won't live here for long, this will be my salary this month, let's move immediately......" Although Lin Xuan is a pampered eldest lady, when the two of us are together, it seems that she will always be the one who takes care of me, no matter what she does, Lin Xuan always takes care of my emotions first, but the more she is like this, the more guilty I feel in my heart.
"Well, good. After listening to Lin Xuan's words, I wanted to refute, I really couldn't stand that she always lived with me in such a dirty environment, but after thinking about it, I still didn't speak, because no matter what I say now, it won't help, and I also think in my heart, according to Lin Xuan's words, I will move to the new basement for a few days, and when I have saved enough money for work, the first thing I need to do is to find a normal living environment for her.
That night, Lin Xuan and I drank a lot of wine, although life was difficult, but two people who love each other can stay together, which is tantamount to happiness, especially when I am with Lin Xuan, I am not only worried that she will be unhappy, but also quite satisfied in other aspects.
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The next day, I still went to act as a doll for a day, and then in the evening, I returned to the rental house alone, and started to move according to the address Lin Xuan gave me.
When I carried the futon and dragged the suitcase into the rental house in the basement, I was really a little stunned, the place we rented before, although it was a dilapidated demolition area, but at least it can be regarded as a house, but this basement is really beyond my impression of the word residence.
The corridor is full of abandoned things in this building, broken cardboard boxes, rotten flower pots, dusty strollers, and even a broken flush toilet, pushing open the door, a dim semi-basement, close to the roof there is a ventilation window, looking up, you can only see the calves and shoes of pedestrians outside, whenever a car passes by, the house will echo, above my head, there are two plastic pipes covered with water stains, the sewage pipe, just at the top of the bed, wastewater, garbage, Urinate, a large amount of domestic garbage in this building, from time to time will flow through the pipes, this basement, is a boxy tube house, after entering the door, like a matchbox, there is a broken bed in the corner, there is a faucet close to the wall next to the bed, there is no bathroom in the room, if you want to go to the toilet, you can only walk to the public toilet half a kilometer away.
This place is the third residence after Lin Xuan and I came to Shenyang.
Unlike before, in this room, the lamp is a bright fluorescent lamp, I can't fucking understand, why install such a bright lamp in such a broken room, is it the landlord's bad taste, do we have to see our embarrassed appearance clearly?
In the white light, I sat on the edge of the bed, one cigarette after another, smoking constantly.
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After a few days of adaptation, I have gradually become familiar with the work of the store, and every day when the store is closed, I will speed up the speed to help the other staff clean up the store, and finally get stuck on the tail of the last train to catch the last train home.
That night, as is customary, I stood on the side of the street handing out leaflets, but the weather was extremely cold that day, and the north wind was howling, so there were very few pedestrians on the street, and after I finished handing out the leaflets, the time was almost eight o'clock, and I turned around and just walked to the front of the store, a howling wind struck, and the sand and dust on the road were boiling, almost blowing me down in a bulky puppet costume.
'Boom!'
In the gloomy sky, a bolt of lightning pierced the sky, illuminating the street as bright as day, followed by a muffled thunderclap.
'Whoa!'
Thunder fell, and heavy rain poured down, instantly wetting the ground.
The first spring rain of the year is coming.
'Crackling!'
I was in the puppet suit, I heard the sound of raindrops hitting the outside of the hood, and ran all the way in the direction of the store, and when I walked to the door, Sister Liu in the store was locking the door, and when I came back, Sister Liu blocked the wind with an umbrella and looked at me: "Xiao Han, today's rain is too big, let's get off work early, this dress, you wear it home first, and today's salary, I will give you a knot tomorrow." β
"Okay, I see!" I howled through the puppet and began to run in the direction of the bus stop.
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I slowed down a bit, and when I got to the station, I saw the tail lights of the bus disappearing at the end of the street.
It costs twenty-seven yuan to take a taxi from the station to our residence, and in the past, I didn't even think about it, so I would stop a taxi, but now, I was really a little reluctant, helpless, so I could only withstand the rain and walk slowly in the direction of home.
The puppet suit full of cotton was poured by the rain, like a huge sponge, becoming extremely heavy, making it difficult for people to walk, and some passing vehicles, when passing by me, would slow down, and then the people in the car would also take out their mobile phones, filming my clumsy steps, and from time to time there was a burst of ridicule.
After a few minutes, the clothes on my body were as heavy as iron, I really couldn't walk, I looked around, not far from the back door of an alley, the back door of the Lidi bar, faintly flashing neon lights, the rain at the door was below, the ground was still dry, I turned around, and walked over there.
'Bang!'
After I walked under the rain belt, I was just about to take off my clothes and wring them out, when the iron door next to me was pushed open, and then a staggering figure with long hair came out, which looked like a girl.
'Gross!'
The long-haired girl who came out of the nightclub didn't wait to stand still, and she spit it out, and the filth covered my body.