A mist filled the room, and there were piles of cigarette butts under my feet, but I still didn't feel sleepy.

The body is obviously very sleepy and tired, but the brain is very clear, and it tears and pulls so much that it is difficult to sleep.

I sat at the window, and when I cleared my eyes, the light outside dimmed again.

When the phone rang, I woke up as soon as I took it, and when I saw the name on it, I sat down on the ground again.

It wasn't Chen Ke who called, it was Wu Dong's call.

The phone rang for a few moments before I pressed the answer button.

"Do you drink?" I asked directly before Wu Dong could speak.

The phone was silent for a moment.

"Are you Chen Jin?" Wu Dong asked suspiciously.

"Do you want to drink?" I said.

"Drink, how can you not drink?" Wu Dong immediately said, "You are waiting for me at the gate of the community, I will drive to pick you up, it will be there in half an hour, you are not in a hurry to come down, I will call you when I arrive." ”

After hanging up the phone, I put on a random dress and went out.

I went downstairs and bought a pack of cigarettes and squatted on the side of the road, smoking a cigarette while watching the pedestrians come and go.

Across the road, a family of three, the little girl was in the middle, led by two adults, jumping and jumping, playing for a while, the little girl seemed to be tired, and the man picked up the little girl and put it on her shoulder.

Chen Ke should go to school at this time, right?

I touched the phone in my pocket, and I didn't spit out a puff of cigarette for a long time, and swallowed it all into my lungs.

"What are you doing here, how long have you been waiting, why are you smoking so many cigarettes?" Wu Dong walked over and glanced at the cigarette butt on the steps in front of me, "Let's go, go get some wine." ”

I let go of my hand, stood up, followed behind Wu Dong, walked more than ten meters away, and got into Wu Dong's car.

A platinum-gold Passat.

"Is this your company's car?" I asked.

"I bought it myself. Wu Dong hung up his seat belt and said with a smile, "Why do you suddenly want to drink today, this is the first time since high school." ”

"And it's the time you took the initiative to contact me, it's really the sun coming out in the west, I thought that whoever picked up your phone, I couldn't be sure that it was you on the other end of the phone. ”

Wu Dong drove steadily, navigating the streets of the city with ease, holding the steering wheel and chatting with me.

"It's really awesome, I'm afraid this car will cost two or three hundred thousand, right, I bought it with a loan?" I looked left and right, the car was well maintained, but it shouldn't have been bought recently, it had to be a year or two.

"Full payment. Wu Dongdao, "Less than 300,000, 280,000, this number is auspicious, two eight, a good sign, I didn't continue to talk with the 4S store, if I talk seriously, it can be a few thousand yuan lower." ”

I was silent.

Unexpectedly, Wu Dong, who had been following me all the time, actually bought a car, or the full amount, and I could hear from his tone that the price of this car was not very powerful in his eyes, and it was completely within the range of affordability.

And I, I don't even have a fraction of him.

Thinking about the act of rushing to pay the bill that day, I suddenly felt ridiculous.

Isn't it funny that a person named Hanako is rushing to pay the bill?

"Let's go to No. 1 Middle School. I spoke.

"Huh?" Wu Dong didn't understand, "Aren't you going to drink?"

"If you want to drink, it's just opposite No. 1 Middle School, just find a tube, order two side dishes, drink some wine, and don't have to go anywhere else. I said.

"Don't, how can it be done?" Wu Dong shook his head, "We have to go to a better place, we have a different identity now, and we have stepped out of society, how can we go to that kind of place?"

"If you don't want to go, I'll go myself. I said.

"But I've already driven far, No. 1 Middle School is on Binhu South Road, and I've driven to Binhu North Road. Wu Dong was a little embarrassed, "Why don't you go to the vicinity of No. 1 Middle School next time?"

"Find a place to put me down. I said directly.

"Don't, I'll just say it casually, are you serious?" Wu Dong was startled, "Don't worry, I'll turn around in front, and we'll go over now." ”

At the place of the turntable, Wudong turned around, and the car drove to the vicinity of No. 1 Middle School.

"I went, I didn't come for a few years, it changed a lot, this was originally a small alley, I remember that we would often come out to eat boxed lunches in high school, three boxed lunches, two meat and two vegetarian dishes, and you can eat fried fish, as well as chicken legs, which are much stronger than the winter melon and cabbage in the school cafeteria. Wu Dong slowed down the car, "I didn't expect that now all the buildings have been built, and the community has been built, and there are actually good shops." ”

Wu Dong was surprised.

In fact, not only Wu Dong, but also me, I feel very curious about the changes around No. 1 Middle School.

No. 1 Middle School is the best high school in the city, but it is not in the center of the city, but built in the south of the city, which belongs to the new urban area.

After so many years, the residential buildings are gone, the renovation has been completed, and the exterior of No. 1 Middle School has a new look, beautiful and tidy, but it lacks a sense of familiarity, which makes people feel a little strange.

After stopping the car, Wu Dong and I walked along a few dozen meters in the middle of the road.

Everything has changed.

"Why don't you just find a place to drink?" Wu Dong asked for my opinion.

"How about going to the mall and getting some food, going to school?" I said.

I don't want to go to a strange place, I just want to have a familiar place that makes me feel less lonely and not so out of place.

"Okay, listen to you, today you are the boss, you can do what you say. Wu Dong nodded.

The two of us went to the supermarket and bought two bags of food, three bottles of two pots, and one beer, and carried them to school.

"Where are you going?" Wu Dong asked me.

The school has not changed, the school building is a little old, but everything is still familiar, and there is a row of honor rolls at the entrance of the school.

When I was in high school, my name was always on it.

"Let's go to the playground stands. I said.

"It's such a cold day, where to go?" Wu Dong shrunk his neck.

"Isn't it hot when you drink some wine?" I said, walking towards the playground first.

Wu Dong reluctantly followed behind me.

"Here, drink one. "I opened a bottle of wine, handed it to Wu Dong, and opened another bottle for myself.

Wu Dong glanced at the bottle in his hand, and then looked at me again: "Just blow like this?"

"Whoever told you to blow it, just take a sip. I said, raised the wine bottle and bumped it with Wu Dong, "Congratulations, you have achieved fame." ”

Raising the bottle, I took a sip.

The thin city light doesn't shine through the darkness in the stands, allowing me to be in the dark, which makes me feel safe and relaxed in this familiar environment.

The city of school was far away from me, and looking at the occasional student or two passing by in the school lights, I felt like I was back in high school.

Life is so comfortable, so free, all adversity seems to be out of my way.

"You're too fierce, one sip is half a bottle, when did you drink so much, and you can drink liquor like this?" Wu Dong looked at me in horror, "Besides, what kind of success do I have? ”

I didn't answer him, just stared at the shadow of the school building in the distance, and took another sip of wine by myself.

"Don't drink like that, you can't waste so much food. Wu Dong said to me, opened the plastic bag, took out spicy strips and peanuts from it, opened them, and put them in front of me, "Eat some peanuts and press the wine." ”

I picked up a few peanuts and stuffed them into my mouth, chewed them, and touched them with Wu Dong again: "You say, do people have to be rich to be qualified to live?"

"It's hard to say. Wu Dong was silent for a while, then took a sip of wine and said quietly.

I looked at him.

"It depends on what kind of life you want, if it's like the village and you don't want to go hungry, you can live naturally. Wu Dong's eyes were a little gloomy, "If you want to be able to enter and exit the hotel at any time, enter and exit high-end places, such a life, it is naturally better to have money, and it is more comfortable, I think that this kind of life is life." ”

My words seemed to arouse Wu Dong's memories, and he continued: "Chen Jin, you know, the conditions in my family are very poor, in the countryside, my parents themselves have no education, and they have no strength to fight, guarding one acre and three points of land, and it is only a few thousand yuan all year round. ”

"In addition to favors and some side expenses, there is not much left to use, and even my tuition has to be delayed again and again. ”

"At first, I thought it was because my parents were busy and didn't have time to go to school to pay for tuition, but later I found out that it was because our family didn't have money. Wu Dong took a sip of wine, "Since then, I have secretly sworn in my heart that I will never let my child do this in the future, otherwise, I would rather not have a child." ”