Past and Present

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In the early hours of the morning, the S market is still brightly lit, and the flow of people slowly disperses on the pedestrian street of the famous shopping paradise. Dressed in an Internet celebrity bear costume, Mo Dye finally finished her part-time job as a flyer for today, took off her work clothes, and ran all the way to catch the last bus and return to her nest far from the city center.

The house is a bit old, with two bedrooms and one living room, 4k rent per month, and she shares it with a bar waiter, the two didn't know each other before, but poverty made them make the same choice.

Removing the disguise from her face and washing up in a hurry, she lay on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. It has been three years since Grandpa Zuo passed away, and since Grandpa Zuo left, she has been detached from this world in her heart, and occasionally flashes of misanthropic thoughts, which is mild depression.

Now she has no relatives in the world, and as early as 18 years ago, she lost all her relatives in a major earthquake. Then she was only six years old was sent to the orphanage, two years later in a hospital organized an outing, accidentally lost, because I don't know the way back, so I have been walking along the road, this walk is three days, in the hunger and cold, about to fall her, was happened to pass by the grandfather Zuo took back to the home of the small county.

Grandpa Zuo was a librarian who was in charge of registering the borrowing and returning of books in an old library in the county town. He never married, and he had no children under his knees, so from the moment he knew that Mo Dye was an orphan, he decided that it was a gift from God.

In order to make the adoption of ink dyeing legal, he guarded the library while going through the legal procedures, but fortunately, the requirements for the adoption of orphans in the small county town are not particularly strict, and the process lasted three months, and finally got the legal certificate.

After that, he wanted to let the ink dye who had reached the age of nine go to school, but she was four years older than her classmates and couldn't fit in at all, and because she was too old, she was often ridiculed and teased by her classmates, and he felt very distressed when he found out. In the end, it was decided to let the ink dye drop out of school and teach it himself.

Fortunately, I happened to work in the library, and even if it was a little dilapidated, the basic books were still very complete.

From then on, Grandpa Zuo began to take ink dye to the library to commute every day, through a detailed explanation of the knowledge in the books, once it didn't work, twice, two times if it didn't work, three times, in this way, the knowledge was crushed little by little and instilled into the mind of ink dye.

The learning time flies quickly, and it is six years in the blink of an eye. The fifteen-year-old Mo Dye has learned all the knowledge of primary and junior high school under the guidance of Grandpa Zuo's high intensity, and Grandpa Zuo is very happy when he finally catches up with the progress of his peers and can enter the only high school in the county to study.

In the countdown to enrollment, an accident happened. On a rainy day, Ink Dye is in a remote part of the library flipping through basic sketches.

Suddenly, a middle-aged man in a suit pounced, covering her mouth firmly with his left hand, and at the same time pressing it with his body, freeing his right hand to untie his belt, trying to forcibly violate the ink dye. Fortunately, Grandpa Zuo was coming over to prepare to bring food to Mo Ran, and after the middle-aged man found out that the matter was exposed, he hurriedly fastened his belt and ran away.

Although he only saw the side, Grandpa Zuo still recognized the middle-aged man, who was the director of the county high school.

Afraid of the situation of sheep falling into the tiger's mouth, Grandpa Zuo finally gave up the opportunity to let Mo Dye study in the county high school, and decided that it was safer to stay by his side. At the same time, I also deeply realized that my granddaughter had just grown up.

Hurriedly found a bunch of books on disguise and studied it for ink dyeing, and from that moment on, she began to wear a disheveled hair, her skin became rough, and two large black moles inexplicably appeared on her face.

Grandpa Zuo is a junior high school graduate, so the high school course can only let ink dye self-study, there is no teacher to teach, ink dyeing learning progress is unusually slow, after he found the problem, he did not force her to continue studying, but let ink dye learn the knowledge he is interested in.

Four years have passed in the blink of an eye, Grandpa Zuo is seriously ill, and before he died, he called Mo Dye to the bedside. Her hands, which were as dry as branches, clasped her hand tightly and admonished

"Dye'er, I have sold the house, this money plus deposits, I have saved in your name for 6 years, during which I hope you continue to disguise, because you have insufficient social experience, so don't let your appearance ruin your life, and so on 6 years later, this money is unfrozen, you will use it for me to go to the country's famous scenic spots everywhere, I have not been able to see the great mountains and rivers of the motherland in my life, it is my biggest regret." ”

Speaking of this, Grandpa Zuo raised his hand to wipe away the tears on his ink-stained face, "Also, after I leave, you will leave for S City, no matter how hard it is during the period, you will not come back, promise me." ”

Mo Ran choked up so much that he couldn't say a word at the moment, just nodded desperately. The next day, Grandpa Zuo left. According to Grandpa Zuo's instructions, the cremation was taken, and the ashes were thrown into the river that flowed through the county seat.

Later, the ink dye came to S City, because there was no diploma, and the appearance of the disguise was low, so it has always been engaged in the most basic service industry.

Most people engaged in grassroots industries do not have too high requirements for appearance, and ink dyeing has a gentle personality and a clear soul. After getting along for a long time, there will always be people chasing her, and they don't want to face her in this regard, so they have to keep changing jobs.

In the past five years, from being at a loss at the beginning, to now being familiar with the road, it is no longer difficult for her to change her job. Now I am more and more harmonious with the people around me, but my heart is getting farther and farther away.

Tossed in bed for nearly an hour, and finally couldn't resist the exhaustion erosion and fell asleep, the next day was rest, no alarm clock to urge, ink dye slept until half past ten, and woke up under a scream.

is a bar waiter, her real name is Zhao Xin, from a remote mountain village in the south, there is a four-year-old brother at home, after finishing high school, she did not continue to go to college knowing the situation of the family, but chose to come to the big city to work, reduce the burden on her parents, and she can also support her younger brother to study in college in the future, so she came to S City alone three years ago, and the two met each other under the introduction of the landlord, and shared a house.

When the two first lived together, they basically didn't talk much, the ink dye was after removing makeup at night, and they didn't want to be discovered, and Zhao Xin was not good at communication, and the pressure of making money made her breathless, so the conversation between the two in the first three months was no more than ten sentences.

Until one night, Zhao Xin's hand was cut by a knife, and the bleeding did not stop. As a last resort, I knocked on the ink-stained door and saw her true face for the first time

Zhao Xin's first reaction was, "Who are you, what did you do with the ink?"

Seeing that she couldn't hide it, she confessed: "I'm ink dyeing." ”

During the period of helping Zhao Xin treat her wounds, she explained the reason for her disguise, and the relationship between the two quickly became closer, and the two supported each other in the follow-up to the present.

Although he still wanted to lie down on the bed, Mo Ran was a little worried, and hurriedly got up and ran to Zhao Xin's room. I saw her slumped on the floor, holding her left foot with both hands and lifting it to her chest, and her mouth kept blowing.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Zhao Xin turned his head and saw that the person who came was ink-stained, and immediately told the reason with a hint of crying. Ink Dye turned a deaf ear, silently walked to the dresser, reached out to open the drawer, took out the medical kit inside, and came to her.

A cursory glance shows a slight sprain and redness on the ankle. The problem is not big, Mo Ran took out the safflower oil from the medical box, poured it in his hand and gently massaged Zhao Xin, 5 minutes later, he took out a bottle of Yunnan Baiyao spray and sprayed his ankle around, the whole process was orderly and very skilled.

Zhao Xin's personality is a bit strong, many times it will be very hard to do it alone, and what can be easily done by two people, she often chooses to complete it alone.

The consequence is that there is basically an injury every ten days and half a month, but fortunately it is a minor injury. At first, Mo Ran always went back to his room to get the medical kit, but after many times, he simply put the medical kit directly in Zhao Xin's room.

After cleaning up, Mo Dye was ready to leave after telling some precautions, and said to Zhao Xin before leaving: "You can rest at ease today, and I will give you a shift at night."

Zhao Xin was overjoyed: "Sister Dye is bothering you again, Bixin, I love you!"

Mo Ran smiled back and made a gesture of heart, and closed the door with his hand. recalled the appearance when she first met Zhao Xin, at that time, she basically didn't smile much, and occasionally said thank you, all of which were hard. Now the whole person is much more cheerful, and the Internet vocabulary is also at hand.

In the grassroots service industry, in addition to the basic salary plus a small part of the commission, there is also full attendance. The salary of the two is basically about 6,000, in order to survive better, full attendance is naturally not to be missed.

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