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After leaving the nursing home, I have been silent, my heart has never felt the huge pressure brought to me by life, if I am now in good financial conditions enough, I can buy a bigger house, and then take my grandmother back to live, even if I have no time to take care of her, but I can hire a personal nurse, but I am clearly aware that I am not capable of doing this at this stage, which I am full of helplessness and frustration.

Chen Yi sent me back to Tulip Road, but she didn't go back immediately, she stopped her A4 on the side of the road, got out of the car with me, and then walked beside me and said, "Jiangqiao, let's take a walk." ”

I nodded, then lit a cigarette and walked towards the northernmost part of Tulip Road, Chen Yi walked side by side with me, perhaps sensing that I was in a bad mood, she didn't talk to me, just quietly accompanied me, so that I had space to calm down and think about my years and the life I would face in the future.

Along the way, the abandoned textile factory appeared in the sight of Chen Yi and me unconsciously, and we stopped together, and looked through the darkness of the night to the weedy yard together

Chen Yi finally spoke: "Jiangqiao, let's go over there." ”

"Hmm."

Walking across the road, Chen Yi and I don't know how many times we stood in front of this textile factory, she stood by the courtyard gate, and did not climb over the courtyard gate to explore the secrets of the courtyard like Xiao Ai, she grabbed my arm and asked me with a look of reminiscence: "Jiangqiao, how many years has this textile factory been abandoned?"

"It's been almost 16 years."

"It's been so long," Chen Yi sighed, and then said: "A few years ago, real estate was so hot, I thought that this place would be developed for business, but I didn't expect that because of some historical problems, this textile factory could be preserved until now."

I took a deep breath of my cigarette, finally smiled, and replied, "Even if it does, it's still discarded, isn't it?"

"But it also left us with a little memory, and now the whole tulip road is the only one that retains the same appearance as it was 20 years ago."

I subconsciously looked back, and then remembered the happiest time of my life, when my mother was not gone; Grandma didn't go to a nursing home either; Jiang Jiyou is a truck driver who is the envy of many people, because in those days, it was a great thing to be able to drive a motor vehicle.

I exhaled the cigarette in my mouth and said to Chen Yi for a long time: "This place will be developed one day, either a residential house or a shop, or a combination of business and residence, in short, there will be no more Tulip Road in the past." ”

Chen Yi also glanced at the courtyard with nostalgia, although her parents did not work in it, but when she was a child, she played with me here and took the old Jiefang truck driven by Jiang Jiyou.

"Jiangqiao, do you know that when I passed by here at work a few days ago, I kept thinking: it would be good if this place was developed into a wedding-themed hotel. As far as I know, the Nanjing market is so big, but there is no such theme hotel, if it can be built, it must be in demand."

"The idea is very good, but the investment is too big, and the business location here is relatively biased."

Chen Yi smiled and replied with a look of anticipation: "So, it's enough to look forward to this as a dream, if there is really such a hotel here, I will definitely hold my wedding here, after all, it is so close to the place where I grew up, I will feel very secure in my heart, and there is no shortage of memories." ”

I took another deep puff of cigarette, and after a while of brewing, I finally mustered up the courage to ask her, "What kind of man are you willing to marry, is it Qiu Zi'an's type?"

Chen Yi's gaze was a little evasive, and after a moment of silence, he asked rhetorically: "Why do you suddenly care about this?"

"I just hope that you can marry a man who will give you happiness, if you don't marry Ruyi Langjun, I can't be happy" After a pause, I added: "But this possibility is almost non-existent, which man is blessed to marry you, it's too late to hurt you, how can it make you unhappy"

"I'm not as good as you think, some men are scum in their bones, and they won't change because they marry a certain woman, so you don't have to think so absolutely about things after marriage, at least I don't have much confidence to definitely live well or badly, I prefer to believe in fate, fate arranges me to marry whichever man, I will marry whichever man."

"I never thought you were a person who believed in fate"

Chen Yi looked at me, after all, he didn't want to discuss more with me on the topic of marriage, and then changed the topic and said to me: "Jiangqiao, compared to this married life that has not yet declined, I want to talk to you more about how you plan for the future."

Because I had already talked to Zhao Mu about this matter before, I didn't think much about it and replied to Chen Yi: "Just work in Lao Jin's company, and then take the adult undergraduate exam and get the planner certificate recognized by the industry, which is a relatively recent plan." ”

"In the long run"

"I haven't thought about it in the long run."

Chen Yi nodded, and after she seemed to have made some trade-offs in her heart, she asked again: "Have you ever thought about opening a wedding company by yourself?" If you have a relatively complete plan, I can help you find an investment or reliable partner." ”

I was a little stunned by her words, and only replied after a while: "I haven't thought about it, and I don't have a complete plan." ”

Chen Yi's face showed a hint of disappointment, although it was not easy to detect, but it was still keenly captured by me, and then I was also very disappointed in myself, but I was willing to be disappointed rather than let Chen Yi take the risk for me, after all, there are too many things needed to be a wedding company, and I have not systematically learned management, coupled with the increasing operating costs, the industry competition is becoming more and more fierce, the risk of me not doing well is still very large, so I am not willing to take risks, and I have never been an opportunist.

After a period of silence, Chen Yi finally said to me: "You should think about the company's things yourself, if you are psychologically prepared, tell me that we grew up together, you hope that I can marry a good man, but I hope you can have a good career, so I am not afraid to take such a little risk, if no one invests, then I will fund it for you, but the premise is that you have such an idea." ”

I subconsciously swallowed my saliva, and then took a deep puff of cigarette, and just nodded to her for a long time, and did not have the confidence to give her a promise, because I know very well that I have a few pounds and a few taels, and in this social environment, it is really not easy to make some money, Lao Jin is the best example, to talk about contacts and experience in doing companies, how can I be more than Lao Jin

In the night, Chen Yi didn't say anything more, she turned around and walked towards the road where we came, before getting into the car, she said goodbye to me, and then drove away from this tulip road, and I fell into an unexpected melancholy I hate her parting with me on this tulip road, because in my heart, she used to be the most beautiful Miss Tulip on this road.

Back in the courtyard where I lived, I was keenly aware of some subtle changes. At this time, there are a few more flower pots with very unique shapes on the stone table in the middle of the courtyard, and the flowers and plants that were dropped by Xiao Ai a few days ago and have nowhere to place them are neatly inserted in these flower pots

I was immediately pleasantly surprised: Xiao Ai, the girl, sneaked into my small courtyard when Chen Yi and I went to the nursing home, and did this thing that made me happy.

I picked up one of the flower pots and found a note pressed underneath, with several rows of words written on it: "Jiang Qiao, if you know each other, come to our school before five o'clock tomorrow evening to find me, if you miss the appointment again, you will bear the consequences." ”

I looked at the ghostly words, and laughed inexplicably, it turned out that this girl was not perfect, at least the writing was really ugly

I folded the note carefully, and I kept it safe, for after climbing over the courtyard wall, I had finally found another thing to mock her