"That's where you go home every day?" In the silent and uninhabited alley, Shi Yang asked worriedly as he walked, imagining the scene when Tian Guo walked here every day, the bright moonlight fell on one of her cheeks through the sparse and uneven leaves, he looked up at the moon, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise up.

"Pretty much." Tian Guo said, "Sometimes there are many customers, and they go home later than that." ”

"Aren't you afraid to walk alone? What if you run into a bad guy? Shi Yang was worried.

Tian Guo took out the iron rod used for self-defense from his schoolbag with his backhand, and swung it twice vigorously into the air: "Look, I have a secret weapon!" In Shi Yang's stunned gaze, he said, "Since you want to make money, you can't be afraid of hardship, right?" ”

"Tian Guo, why do you want to make money so much?" Shi Yang was suddenly curious.

Tian Guo smiled and said: "Because money is a good thing, with money can you have a good life." My family is poor, I don't even have a bicycle now, and I still have a grandmother at home, who does not rely on me? ”

"Is it bitter?" He asked.

She shook her head and laughed heartlessly again, "How can you not work hard to earn money, and you can only become a master if you suffer hardship." I thought about it, I earned money and wanted to buy a bicycle, so that it would be convenient to go anywhere, and I could save a ticket money, and then I would buy a color TV set and ask for Panasonic Japan! ”

Shi Yang lowered his head and smiled, walked forward for a while, his eyes fell lightly on her face and said, "Nothing else can help, but remember to look for me if you want to buy a bicycle." ”

"Of course I'm looking for you!" Tian Guo was right, as if Shi Yang's words were too redundant. "How can I get into the Friendship Store without you?" Then he laughed. Shi Yang knew what she was laughing at, so he squinted his eyes and pretended to be angry and said, "You scolded me that day, don't think I don't know." ”

"I didn't mean to." Tian Guo bowed his head knowingly.

"You have to apologize, right?"

"Okay! I'm sorry! ”

She was insincere, which made him a little helpless, waved her hand, and took out a cigarette case and lighter from her pocket, "Don't say it with your mouth, help me light a cigarette." ”

"Still smoking?" Tian Guo remembered Dr. Fang's entrustment, so he advised Shi Yang: "Tobacco is the most devastating, let's smoke less." Suddenly remembering that chewing gum can help quit smoking, he took out the green arrow and shook it under the street lamp, saying, "Smoking is not good, let's eat this." He took one out and handed it to him, but he didn't take it.

"Don't like it?"

He smiled, pinched the cigarette in his hand, and said with a little ambiguous feeling: "Don't you help me peel it off?" ”

Tian Guo was not afraid of this, squinted his eyes and said flatteringly: "Okay, I have a lot of saliva, do I need to help you chew it again?" ”

Under the street lamp, Shi Yang's expression showed a shyness that did not match his age, he "snatched" the gum, knocked her head with his hand by the way, and said with a smile: "You, sometimes you talk like a little hooligan, where do you look like a little girl who has not come out of the cabinet." ”

Shi Yang's hand strength is not small, he really used some strength to knock it just now, Tian Guo covered his slightly painful forehead, and was about to fight back, "How should the girl speak?" You guys are gagging, why can't we girls?! Before he could say anything, he saw a bicycle rushing from the darkness like crazy, Shi Yang pushed Tian Guo away and then neatly dodged sideways, only to see the bicycle wheel slashing against his right foot.

"How do you ride a bike? Didn't go out with your eyes? Shi Yang was rarely angry.

The bicycle stopped, and a pair of bright and angry eyes were lit by the dim street lamp, dangerously, "Who are you scolding!" Try scolding again! ”

Shi Yang sneered, he had a stomachache just now, and he had never been addicted to Fang Yuan, but now he happened to have one, and he sent it to the door by himself. Shaking his wrists and neck, he was about to throw a punch at this bastard boy with no eyes, but he heard Tian Guo running towards the man and shouted in surprise: "Brother Huanran!" ”

Niu Huanran's face was very stinky, and his eyes were fixed on Shi Yang, just like a male lion staring at another of his kind that broke into the territory, and Shi Yang also looked at him coldly. There seemed to be a flash of fire in the silent and dim alley. Tian Guo hurriedly calmed things down, and when the peacemaker began to introduce each other: "Mr. Shi, this is my neighbor, he is so kind, Brother Huanran, this is the boss of Xiushui, Mr. Shi Yang." ”

The two men did not speak, and continued to glare at each other fiercely.

Tian Guo hurriedly said: "Mr. Shi, Brother Huan Ran didn't mean it just now, don't be angry." The little hand secretly tugged at Huan Ran's sleeve, which means, it was your fault in the first place, why don't you apologize quickly, why are you stupid?

"Really?" Shi Yang's eyes narrowed, and his gaze fell on Niu Huanran's indignant face like a knife. Shi Yang's temper is not good, but he is not a person who deliberately provokes trouble, his age and knowledge are there, and now many things can not provoke his angry nerves, but today-at this moment, looking at Niu Huanran's face, he was suddenly extremely angry, just like when he was a child, he and Fang Yuan fought with the children in the compound of another group of troops/teams in Shichahai, and the other party only had a contemptuous look, so he picked up a stick and rushed up, and then went on a killing spree.

Now, Shi Yang just wanted to aim at the button and wave his fist.

Tian Guo didn't know Shi Yang, but he knew Niu Huanran, knew that he was a stubborn donkey, and sometimes it was obvious that he was wrong, but he didn't bow his head and apologize. If it really starts, Niu Huanran may not suffer a loss, but if Shi Yang is broken, the consequences will be unimaginable. No matter how good he is, at most he is a little overlord in the alley, and Shi Yang can't afford to mess with him.

"Brother Huanran" Tian Guo desperately gave him a look.

"Stay and go!" Huan Ran didn't know where the fire came from, so he shook off Tian Guo's hand, glared at Shi Yang again, got on his bicycle and disappeared into the thick night.

"Stop!" Shi Yang wanted to rush over and grab him, but was stopped by Tian Guo: "It's okay, it's okay, it's just joking!" ”

Playing? Shi Yangxin? But Tian Guo grabbed his clothes, and in a few seconds, there was no button in the alley. Shi Yang was also very angry and wanted to push Tian Guo away, but he couldn't do it, "Let go of your hand, Yone Tian Guo." It took a lot of effort for him to suppress the urge to curse.

"I'm sorry," Tian Guo whispered, "Are you okay?" ”

Shi Yang glanced at her, her gaze was timid, and when she looked at the man just now, she was surprised and worried. He was a little angry, feeling inexplicable, and said to her in an almost questioning tone: "Just remembered to ask me? ”

Tian Guo didn't speak, his eyes became more timid, not for himself, but for Niu Huanran. What if Shi Yang is really angry? Will someone chop off their hands and feet? Children from families like theirs don't care about being ruthless. "Mr. Shi, I'm sorry"

Shi Yang was helpless, "Do you need to apologize?" ”

Tian Guo licked his slightly dry lips and looked at him timidly.

Shi Yang waved his hand irritably, and he didn't know what the nameless fire in his heart was for, but it was definitely not just for the bastard who was riding a bicycle just now. Taking out the cigarette case and lighter from his pocket, Tian Guo hurried up and smiled cautiously: "I'll help you order." He glared at her, but didn't refuse. The lighter lit up for a moment, took a deep puff of smoke, and exhaled out, Shi Yang's feelings eased slightly, and asked, "Who was that person just now?" ”

"My neighbor."

"Just neighbors?" Shi Yang confirmed that he had just seen something in Niu Huanran's angry gaze that only a man could understand. It's jealousy.

"Of course it's just neighbors, we grew up together." Tian Guo smiled and said, "Don't be angry, he has been busy with work recently, so he really didn't see it just now." ”

Did you really not see it, or did you see something you didn't want to see? After the affection was relieved, Shi Yang suddenly felt embarrassed by the impulsive appearance of a teenager just now, his face was inexplicably hot, he glanced at Tian Guo and said, "Does he have a girlfriend?" ”

"Nope." Tian Guo was confused, "What, do you want to introduce one to him?" ”

Shi Yang choked on a puff of cigarette in his throat and pointed at Tian Guo: "You have it, cough cough, don't be poor cough cough, I'll send you, you go home." ”

*******

Huan Ran rode all the way to the steel mill. He was depressed, his ears were ringing, and he didn't even hear the doorman greet him when he entered the door. When I entered the factory, I hurriedly changed into my work clothes, and when I entered the house to drink saliva, I saw Wang Gang smoking in the thick night outside the window.

"Brother Wang, did you go on a blind date again?"

Wang Gang saw Huan Ran at this time, glanced him up and down, and suddenly became happy: "I think you went on a blind date." ”

Huan Ran didn't understand, and was about to turn around and pour a glass of water, when Wang Gang grabbed him and pulled his work clothes: "Brother, you have the wrong buttons." Huan Ran lowered his head and couldn't help laughing, the button was tied wrong from the first one, what a stupid.

Wang Gang handed him a cigarette and asked, "Tell me, what's the matter, it's so unstable today." ”

Huan Ran re-fastened the buttons, bowed his head and was silent for a moment, before he said: "It's nothing, it's still a blind date, as I told you a few days ago, my uncle introduced me to a middle school teacher, who also lives in the alley of our house, and just moved here in the first half of the year, I think about it, go and try." ”

"That's right." Wang Gang encouraged, "This man can't hang himself from a tree." ”

"A tree? Who? ”

"What do you say?" Wang Gang smiled slightly.

Huan Ran didn't speak, sat on the chair and began to smoke, now his mind is still messed up, it's all the scene of the man named Shi Yang under the street lamp knocking Tian Guo's forehead with his hand, so intimate, so natural, Tian Guo didn't refuse, and smiled at the man, the more he thought about it, the more stuffy he became, Wang Gang kicked him four or five times before he reacted. "Ranzi?"

"Huh?"

"Did you hear what I just said?"

"Huh?" His face was hazy.

Wang Gang sighed, thinking that Huanran was thinking about the blind date, so he said: "Take it easy, it's not the first time to go on a blind date, when the time comes, clean yourself up, on your terms, as long as the girl is not blind, you can see it." ”

Is it? Huan Ran thought of Tian Guo inexplicably.

Wang Gang glanced at him carefully and said, "Ranzi, have you heard, our factory is about to move." ”

"Where are you going?" I was stunned.

"I don't know, I guess it's a suburb."

Huan Ran thought about it and said confusedly: "Why do you want to move?" Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, our factory has been staying here, besides, there are thousands of people in the factory, as well as nurseries and clinics, all of which have been moved away? Or move away part of it? ”

It's not easy to build a steel plant, and there are so many large pieces of equipment, just move it?

Wang Gang only heard about the relocation, and when he saw that Huan Ranqing was not good, he frowned and persuaded: "Forget it, don't think about it, maybe it's just a rumor, at the beginning of the year, it was said that only 100 new employees will be recruited this year, but isn't it still the same as last year, 200?" It is not easy to build a factory, not to mention steelmaking, even if it starts to be built now, it is estimated that it will take ten years to build it. Gu Dong Gu Dong poured two mouthfuls of water, "By the way, Huan Ran, are you really going to go on a blind date?" ”

I was stunned, but I didn't expect to talk about the topic again after a long circle. "Hmm." He replied with some irritation, and the water in the cup still hurt so much that it was steaming and smoking his eyes.

Wang Gang glanced at him and asked tentatively, "What about Tianguo?" Does she have a partner or do you want to empathize? ”

Empathy, don't fall in love with a ghost! Huan Ran said to him: "Don't talk nonsense, I've been cracking down on it recently, and I have nothing to do with Yonetianguo at all, it's just an ordinary neighbor relationship." ”

"Yes." Wang Gang took a sip of water and smiled, "Ranzi, I'm thinking nothing, and people don't know me." I just don't think time waits for anyone, especially feelings, once this thing is past that momentum, it's hard to get hot again. It's not easy to meet a good marriage, don't miss it because you're petty. ”

Wang Gang's eyes were too meaningful, Huan Ran was annoyed to listen, raised his cup to take a sip of water, and said, "It's hot in the house, I'll be cool outside." When I came out, I found that the outside was several degrees colder than the house, and I had just drunk hot water, and a layer of sweat rose on the back of my head, and a gust of autumn wind suddenly rose, and I couldn't help but shiver.