Chapter 23: We're Just Classmates
At noon on Saturday, Zhang Yan was eating lunch alone, and suddenly felt a little lonely, the bad boy who told small jokes to make himself laugh was not due to come. The most infuriating thing is that he didn't say hello last night, causing himself to wait for him for so long.
Li Xiuli, who was about to go out to be a tutor, found that Zhang Yan, who had returned to the dormitory, was not in a good mood, and realized that Lin Man had not come to Zhang Yan again. The real relationship between Lin Man and Zhang Yan, Li Xiuli is still very clear. She thought to herself: "Lin Man is stupid, shouldn't he strike while the iron is hot and hold on to it at this time?" Why is he so stupid in this regard, and he usually doesn't look stupid. No wonder everyone calls him Lin slowly. ”
Li Xiuli deliberately asked Zhang Yan: "What are you going to do in the afternoon?" ”
"It's okay, let's go to the library."
"Didn't Lin ask you out to play?"
"We're fine."
"You call him, just say that he is in a bad mood, and let him go out with you for a walk."
Zhang Yan didn't speak.
"If you don't call, then I'll call him?"
Zhang Yan did not object.
Lin Man was busy in CCB last night until the second half of the night, and only came back in the early morning, and the funds for doing business were gone, so he slept very sweetly.
When the phone rang, Lin Man was dreaming beautifully, drinking with a female classmate he hadn't seen for many years, Lin Man always wanted to see who the female classmate who was intimate with him was, and when he was about to see clearly, he was woken up by the stubborn phone ringing.
Lin Man was very angry, very angry. Lin Man found that there were no other classmates in the dormitory, so he had to get up and answer the phone, and when he heard that the other party was Li Xiuli, he got up and had a seizure: "Little Apple, what are you doing, do you know that it is very annoying to disturb other people's sleep?" ”
"You're still sleeping? It's all afternoon, you ......" Li Xiuli controlled her emotions in time and lowered her voice, "What's the matter with you, Zhang Yan's pigeon was released last night, and it was released this morning, what is the ditch in your head?" She was embarrassed to repeat the swear she learned from Lin Man, but Lin Man understood it anyway.
Lin Man was scolded and woke up. Yesterday, he scolded Prince Jin, and today he was used by Little Apple on himself. When did she ever teach her such things?
Although Lin Man's classmates before rebirth were very infatuated with Zhang Yan, the current Uncle Lin Man is more rational and realistic, and there is psychological pressure when facing Zhang Yan, she is too dazzling, and Uncle Lin Man lacks confidence. Besides, he still has some things on his mind.
"Tell her yourself." Li Xiuli was a little wise in the end, she didn't take the lead, she directly stuffed the phone to Zhang Yan, went out to be a tutor by herself, and left some private space for Zhang Yan.
Zhang Yan held the earpiece and didn't speak. Lin Man knew that it was her when he heard the sound of breathing, and he liked her very much in his heart, and after thinking about it, he explained: "I was temporarily dragged by Zhao Bin to work in Qirui Company last night, and I left in a hurry, I didn't bother to tell you, and I didn't come back until the early hours of the morning." ”
Zhang Yan said "um", which was regarded as accepting his explanation.
"You wait for me downstairs at 5 p.m., I've got something ready, let's ride out for a walk, okay?"
Zhang Yan hesitated for a few seconds, but still said "um". It's idle to be idle, and it's okay to hang out with this scoundrel once.
After Lin Man hung up the phone, he changed his underwear, washed his face and brushed his teeth, worked hard to pick out a clean clothes to change into, and went out shopping.
Lin Man is rich now.
That night, Secretary Tong directly rewarded him with 1500, and warmly invited him to join Qirui, with a monthly salary of 1000, not Lin Mangan to go to work every day, as long as he went to the user site a few times a month, and remote guidance was also OK.
Lin Man actually doesn't look down on this salary, although the monthly salary of ordinary people at this time is only three or four hundred, which is definitely a high salary for a part-time student. However, Lin Man is now very short of money.
Lin Man thought about it for a while, and frankly asked Secretary Tong if he could advance half a year's salary to him first. Secretary Tong happily agreed, but he didn't ask what he was doing with so much money. This moved Lin Man very much. In fact, Lin Man didn't say that Secretary Tong could guess. Several of their secretaries had discussed this entrepreneurial service center during the meeting, and they knew that Lin Man needed to raise his own funds. It is said that Secretary Tong does have a set of skills in employing people, and he is also very courageous, which makes people very happy to work with him.
No merit is not punished, since Secretary Tong is so polite, he will give it a peach and repay it himself. Lin Man suggested that Secretary Tong sell services to bank customers, or outsource services. Since the customer thinks that the service of the original manufacturer is too expensive, let's contract the software service of their operating system and database system. The outsourcing of computer system services for industry users has created many companies in later generations, and I don't know if it is too advanced to launch it in advance. Secretary Tong is worried that in terms of expenditure, all units are accustomed to purchasing equipment, and have not yet heard of any company that has signed an outsourcing service contract. Lin Man suggested that it should be implemented in the name of maintenance.
In the evening, Lin Man came to the downstairs of the 12th house on time, with a cardboard box tied to the back seat of the bicycle.
This time, Zhang Yan didn't let Lin Chang wait for a long time, and soon came down.
Zhang Yan felt that her lips were pale, and she was actually compared to Lin Man's little black face, so she put on a little lipstick, which was stinky and beautiful in front of Lin Man. Lin Man's artist-like keen eyes were immediately discovered, and he couldn't help but complain: "Your appearance is enough to be carved naturally, and if you put on makeup, you won't let other female classmates live." ”
"Phew, you have to take care of it." Zhang Yan made an annoyed look, but she was indirectly praised by Lin Man for her beauty, and she was still very happy in her heart, "What did you bring?" ”。
"Kong Ming lantern, it's not quite done yet. Have you played it? ”
Zhang Yan shook her head. Never played.
Before leaving, Lin Man thought of missing the most critical thing, and deliberately went to buy a lighter, because Lin Man has quit smoking now, and there is no fire on his body. Today's preparations were too hasty, and I lost everything.
The two rode out of the campus and headed for the moat.
On the way, Lin Man secretly congratulated himself that he had strengthened his physical exercise recently, otherwise he would not be able to keep up with the riding speed of this long-legged girl. Zhang Yan intends to ride fast and compete with Lin Man for speed. Lin Man had no advantage on the flat ground, and he didn't lead for a short time until he went uphill, and when he went downhill, he was worried that the speed was too fast and Zhang Yan was in danger, so he deliberately slowed down a little, but he was overtaken, so he had to chase desperately again. After such a race, we quickly arrived at our destination.
Lin Man didn't dare to win, and Zhang Yan didn't lose either.
But this was enough to make Zhang Yan proud. Lin Man pondered in his heart, if she didn't rely on her magical right hand, what sports could she stabilize? I didn't expect it for the time being, it can't be compared to fists and feet, we are civilized people.
This moat is connected to an artificial lake, like a crescent moon, and has not yet been developed, but because of its openness and good scenery, many citizens come here spontaneously to relax. Lin Man brought four semi-finished Kong Ming lanterns, the paper tubes had been glued, and Lin Man also painted patterns on them with watercolors, one of which was made to look like a pig's head, and the ears were still extra glued.
Zhang Yan pointed to the pig's head and laughed and said, "This is you." ”
"Don't be silly, come and help."
The rest of the work was to glue the bamboo ring with a cross tied in the middle to the opening of the paper tube, and the two of them worked together to glue it quickly. While waiting to dry, Zhang Yan saw that there was still paper in the carton, so she asked Lin Man to play with her origami boat. Lin Man remembered something, asked Zhang Yan to wait here, rode around, and bought a small red candle.
By this time it was already dark, the night sky was full of stars on the surface of the lake, there was no moon, and there were only a few dim street lamps around. With a gentle breeze, it's a good time to release the Kong Ming lantern.
Zhang Yan grabbed a Kong Ming lantern, and Lin Man fixed a roll of alcohol cotton on the bamboo ring, and then lit it. Seeing the flames rising, Zhang Yan was a little nervous and wanted to let go, Lin Man made a timely move and grabbed the top of the lamp with her, and soon, the lamp was floating up leisurely. As concocted, the four lights were successfully lifted into the air. Zhang Yan and Lin Man sat side by side, looking up at the "Kong Ming Lantern" floating towards the vast starry sky, getting smaller and smaller, turning into stars, and finally disappearing into the night sky, it seemed that all the unhappiness and troubles had also gone to the clouds.
Lin Man also looked at the starry sky silently, saying hello to his lover in another time and space, hoping that Kong Ming Lantern could bring his own greetings, and finally say goodbye to his past life, he can't always think about how his past life was, he should cherish the present and live every day. Zhang Yan, who was beside him, saw his pain in his eyes, and couldn't help but think of Lin Man's tears in the "Art Appreciation" class that day.
"Thank you." Zhang Yan said.
"You're welcome, you can call me Lei Feng." Recently, he has been promoting and learning from Lei Feng to do good deeds.
Zhang Yan was almost amused again, but when she saw Lin Man's sad eyes, she didn't laugh out loud, and asked, "Do you also have something sad, can you talk about it?" ”
Lin Man didn't want to lie to her, but he couldn't tell the truth, so he had to say vaguely: "It's a little something, I can't say it clearly, about life and death, my heart hurts." When the Kong Ming lantern disappeared just now, I felt much better, people always have to face reality. Well, I was saying goodbye to my old self just now. Lin Man's eyes were a little melancholy.
"Then I don't want those unhappy things, let's go to the river and put river lanterns to play, okay?"
Lin Man wanted to laugh. It seems that releasing river lanterns has been a girl's game since ancient times.
Drop a drop of wax oil inside the paper boat, stick the small candle, light the candle and put the boat into the river.
Small boats carrying candlelight meandered in a line in the river, blooming like red lotuses. Zhang Yan held the last lit red candle in her hand and had a good time. The red candle corresponds to the red face, and there is a warm feeling of dust.
Looking at the girl's sweet smile, Lin Man's mood improved again. This trip came out, and I don't know who comforted whom in the end.
A strange fragrance wafted in, and Lin Man's stomach immediately gurgled.
"Have you eaten?" Lin Man asked.
"Nope. Did you bring something to eat? ”
"Nope." Lin Man was a little annoyed, he didn't bring food out, why was he so careless today.
Zhang Yan was not upset about this, on the contrary, she jumped to her feet happily, because she discovered the source of the fragrance: "It's grilled squid." I'm going to eat grilled squid. ”
"Didn't you say the food in the stalls outside was unhygienic?"
"I don't care, I'm going to eat grilled squid."
In fact, Lin Man also wants to eat.
The owner of the grilled squid is old, and the stall has just come out, and his hands and feet are a little slow, and he can't be busy. Lin Man only ate two skewers, couldn't bear Zhang Yan's eyes and waited, and took the initiative to ask the boss to roast and let him rest, but the boss disagreed, Lin Man gave him 10 yuan, and the squid he ate was counted as another money, so he grabbed the class and seized power. Lin Man's hands and feet are nimble, brushing oil, stir-frying, sprinkling, sprinkling onions, brushing sauce, roasted moderately old and tender, full of aroma, a typical journeyman, as well as leisure and the boss to pull home, not only quickly met the needs of several customers in line, but also had excess squid for Zhang Yan, and specially selected the best roasted beard for her, Zhang Yan ate happily next to her.
"I can't see that you're going to do this." Zhang Yan offered praise.
"That's what I do, I can do a little bit of everything, but I'm not proficient in anything." This craft was specially practiced in order to please his girlfriend.
"Except for bragging." Obviously, Zhang Yan's emphasis is on "proficient".
"Encouragement." Lin Man replied.
"Do you want me to help you shout twice?"
"No, your stop here is the best advertisement."
Sure enough, after a while, several more groups of people came, and the boss only needed to be responsible for collecting the money, and he couldn't keep his mouth shut. There are finally fewer people, and Zhang Yan is also eager to try to bake two skewers by herself. As a result, I only tasted one bite of the roasted food and didn't eat it.
Lin Man also has to grill squid for customers, and he can't take care of eating it. Zhang Yan, who was already full, took the initiative to take the failed product she baked, and said with a smile that she wanted to feed Lin Man. Lin Man is also not polite, although it is unpalatable, but it is better than wasting, he is not a big money now, let alone a big beauty to feed it.
The boss said, "You two are very affectionate." ”
Zhang Yan didn't squeak, Lin Man had to explain: "We are just classmates." ”
"Understood." The boss looked like a passerby, "My son and daughter-in-law are also classmates. ”
When leaving, the boss refused to accept the money, but Lin Man still insisted on paying the money. People are also small businesses, which is not easy.
The boss was reluctant to wave goodbye to them: "I often come when I have time, I have a treat." It is estimated that he is thinking about Lin Man's free labor.
Lin Man was thinking that he could set up an iron plate squid stall in the catering department.
Secretary Zheng, when will he be able to give a letter?
(Ask for recommendation and collection, need support!) )