After calling Uncle De, Zhuang Rui put down his thoughts, and then he felt his stomach "growling", and after looking at the time, it was already more than two o'clock in the afternoon, and in his excitement, he even forgot to eat lunch.

Looking up at the window, the cold wind was howling outside, and the snow was getting bigger and bigger, Zhuang Rui didn't have the heart to go out to eat, so he simply went to the kitchen to open the refrigerator, found a package of quick-frozen dumplings and put them in the pot, then peeled a few cloves of garlic and mashed them with garlic mortar, poured sesame oil vinegar and other seasonings, and waited for the dumplings to cook, and ate them while they were hot.

"Jingle bell ......".

Zhuang Rui had just finished eating and put away the dishes and chopsticks, and was about to continue to sort out his grandfather's letters, wanting to see if he could still find good things, when the phone at home rang.

"Hey, wood, you kid is not authentic, I don't know how to say to my buddy after returning home for two days, come to my store in a while, let's drink some in the evening, and my brother will take you to the sauna after the end, and steam well, this ghost weather, freeze to death......."

Zhuang Rui just picked up the phone, and before he put it on his ear, he heard a roar from the microphone, no need to ask, it must be Liu Chuan's guy, every time he called, he used a roar, he went home last year, he called and was received by his mother, and then his mother called him to his home and carried his ears for a long time.

Liu Chuan's mother and Zhuang's mother are colleagues, from the third grade of primary school to high school graduation, and Zhuang Rui has always been in the same class, one of the two personalities is impulsive and strong, the other is calm and heavy, no one thought that the two of them would get along so well, the elders of the two families do not treat each other as outsiders, and they still suffer when they make mistakes.

Liu Chuan's father was when Liu Chuan was eight years old, transferred from the army to work in the Pengcheng City Public Security Bureau, Liu Chuan, who grew up in the army compound, has a personality very similar to his father, and when he encounters any disputes, he generally uses his fists to explain the reason, and his interest in learning is far less than that in the street game room.

It is also strange to say, from elementary school to high school, Liu Chuan and Zhuang Rui are almost inseparable, Zhuang Rui spends no less time playing than Liu Chuan, but his academic performance is always in the top few in the class, and he has never fallen out of the top 3, and Liu Chuan often gets the third place, but it is counted backwards, and even high school is forced to finish by his family.

After graduating from high school, Liu Chuan's father found him a few jobs, this kid can't do it for a long time, either he can't get used to the leader, or he fights with colleagues, and then the Pengcheng flower and bird market was rebuilt, Liu Chuan, who loves to raise dogs and feed cats when he was a child, simply encouraged his family to buy a façade there, and sell his pets as his own boss.

In recent years, gambling crickets have prevailed in Zhonghai Zhejiang and other places, Liu Chuan went to the countryside of Shandong to collect a lot of crickets, a few months ago when he went to Zhonghai to deliver goods, he was still in Zhonghai Zhuang Rui's rental house that was cool in winter and warm in summer for a few days, according to his words, buddy is not unable to live in a hotel, to the brother's house, how can there be a reason to live outside.

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Hung up the phone, Zhuang Rui left a note for his mother, put on the woolen hat woven by the old lady, took a cigarette in his arms, locked the door and went out, due to the heavy snow to do taxis, Zhuang Rui stood on the side of the road for half a day and couldn't get a taxi, simply held an umbrella and walked slowly to the flower and bird market, anyway, it was not very far, and it took more than ten minutes to walk.

Approaching the end of the year, although it is snowing heavily, there are a lot of pedestrians on the road, take a look, and soon come to the street where the flower and bird market is located.

Pengcheng's flower and bird market is connected with the antique market, divided into pets, birds, flowers, antiques, jade, calligraphy and painting, books, stamps and other several areas, there are powerful merchants or rent or buy, there are shops, and some enthusiasts are in the aisles on both sides of the shop to set up stalls, every day as long as the market management office a little management fee can be.

Zhuang Rui has been here a few times before, every time he comes, the crowd is surging, lively, sometimes crowded and can't move his body, but during this period of time it has been snowing heavily for several days, and the retail investors basically have not come out of the stall, only a few people have set up stalls under the shops with good relationships, and people have hidden in the store to keep warm, but it is much quieter than before.

Walking to Liu Chuan's pet shop, Zhuang Rui found that there was an old lady standing at the door of his store, aged about fifty, dressed very plainly but very clean, carrying a flower cloth package in her hand, with a trace of sadness on her face, Zhuang Rui didn't care, directly pushed open the door of the glass store and walked in.

Liu Chuan's pet store is about more than 20 square meters, and when he bought it, it was only 70,000 or 80,000 yuan, and if he sells it now, 300,000 yuan will be rushed, which is only four or five years, which shows how much the house price has risen.

The few cages in the pet store are empty, it's almost the New Year, and it has snowed heavily for several days, it is estimated that he has no intention of doing business, the stove is burning in the house, the temperature is twenty-seven or eight degrees, and when he enters the store, Zhuang Rui immediately feels that his frozen and somewhat stiff face is warm.

Liu Chuan, this kid, pouted his ass at the computer and didn't know what he was tinkering with, when he heard the glass door ringing, he didn't raise his head, and shouted: "The store is out of stock, what do you want to say first, and then come back to get it after the New Year." ”

"There is no general, I want a ......."

Zhuang Rui jokingly said that the last time Liu Chuan went to Shanghai, he whispered in his ear for several days, saying that when he was collecting crickets in Shandong, he went a few days late, and a general was taken away by others first, and he was even more depressed than his wife being robbed.

"General, I still want ...... , Damn, it's you kid, sitting and smoking, I'm going to finish this game ......".

Liu Chuan saw that it was Zhuang Rui and threw over a pack of cigarettes, Zhuang Rui leaned over to take a look, and couldn't help crying and laughing, this guy is actually playing Super Mario, an antique game, it's rare that this thing is still playing with relish.

"MD, I didn't clear the customs, I said you kid, you won't come to me to report when you come back, if it weren't for the old lady to talk about it, I still don't know, I heard the old lady say that you were shot some time ago, it's okay, I'll take a look, I'll take a look at ......." Liu Chuan threw down the game handle in his hand, walked over to Zhuang Rui, and after snatching the cigarette in Zhuang Rui's hand, he had to look at the wound on the back of his head.

"I'm not so squeamish, the injuries are almost healed, you kid is comfortable, I knew I wouldn't go to college, how good it is to work with you, the computer is used, I don't see it, you are keeping up with the trend." ”

Zhuang Rui lit a cigarette, brushed Liu Chuan's hand away, and sat on the sofa in the store, he was not addicted to smoking, only when he was in a good mood or very depressed, he smoked one, and sometimes he couldn't finish a pack of cigarettes in four or five days.

"If you don't go to college, I'm afraid even my son won't be able to spare you, by the way, my wife also said that you have no conscience, and you don't go to see her at home when you come, why do you say that this person is so nagging when he retires, I just can't stand it and come to the store." ”

Liu Chuan first poured a bitter water, then his eyes lit up, and said: "You quit your job, forget it, and if you continue to do it, maybe one day you will give away your life, seriously, brother, come and do it with me, I haven't been together for a few years, I don't feel good about anything, your brain is better than mine, you have to come to do this business, and ensure that our store will be the only one in Pengcheng." ”