After following me back to Jinqiu's apartment of only about 40 square meters, Yang Qu didn't recognize life at all, and after she put her suitcase on the ground, she took out a handbag from it, which contained some bottles and cans of skin care products. She said to me, "Brother, it's just raining, I'll go to the bathroom to take a shower first...... You can order another takeout for me, I want to eat pizza. ”

"I don't have any food delivery software on my phone."

"Pretend to be one, that's a must-have eating artifact for dead otaku."

She said as she went into the bathroom with a change of clothes and toiletries, seemingly convinced that I would buy her that pizza.

After a while, there was the sound of water flowing in the bathroom, and I returned to my room, half lying on the bed and playing with my phone, but my brain was not idle, I was thinking about how to help Yao Yu, in fact, I was also helping myself. It's not a long-term solution for me to wander around Shanghai, I desperately need a way to make a living, and that old factory is the best place to start.

I don't know why I have such a deep affection for that factory, maybe it has something to do with the textile factory that has been demolished, and people are such strange animals, for those beauty that have disappeared, they pretend that the four are empty, but their hearts are unwilling.

Yes, in my heart, that textile factory is beautiful, and Yang Jin, who works in it to support my family, is even more beautiful, it is she who dressed up half of my childhood. I have always felt that Yang Jin is two people who can be separated, one existed in my childhood, and was a perfect and gentle mother. One that made me very messy now, made me hate her way of doing things, and hated the strangeness she brought me.

I thought to myself for a while, the phone vibrated in my hand, and it was Jin Qiu who sent me a WeChat message, she said: "It's raining in Shanghai, you remember to close the windows, the wooden floor in the house can't be soaked in water." ”

"Well, I'm at home, it's all closed."

Listening to the sound of rain outside the window, I sent her another message and asked, "Are you off work?" ”

Five minutes later, she sent me a photograph of her, with no sign of her, just a wet table drenched in the rain, flickering lights in front of it, and a wet pavement. It's also raining in Nanjing, and Jin Qiu is eating on Tulip Road in the rain, and at the same time entering the camera is the convenience store that has been renovated......

The photo is too unreal, as if it has been brutalized, but I know that this is a very real scene, and it is not beautified or scandalized because it has become a photo. It's no wonder that so many people who have appeared on Tulip Road have come and gone...... Su Han is like this, Xiao Ai is the same, and now when I look at it more, there will be a burst of loneliness...... I really don't know when Tulip Road will still be as quiet as before, with the people I like and the quiet I miss.

Really, if everything can go back to the way it was, I don't mind being white-headed, as long as I can still see that woman named Xiao Ai there in my lifetime, it is enough. And my childhood, don't do it all, even if it's just one fragment to start over, I think it's worth it.

In a daze, Jin Qiu sent me another text message: "Passing by Tulip Road after work, stop to eat a bowl of Lao Wang wontons...... Opposite is the hotel under construction...... A lot of construction equipment has been moved, and the progress is very fast, which is a big challenge for me and Qiao Ye's construction company.

A busy scene came to my mind, everything was like a fast-forward shot of a movie, the wedding hotel named after the "Tulip" was completed in an instant, and since then Tulip Road has become a landmark, no one dares to say that it is a suburb, and the name of the person who built this hotel will be immortalized.

I didn't know whether to be happy or sad, so it took a long time to reply to Jin Qiu: "You are not destined to be an ordinary woman, every time I am with you, I can really feel that there is indeed a gap between people." ”

It took a long time for Jin Qiu to reply to my message: "However, I have also lost a lot of happiness because of this. Maybe you don't know it, but when others envy me, I also longed to live a happy little life, such as figuring out the meaning of a flower's existence, or what a cat lying on the balcony was thinking. ”

I smiled, it's really everyone changing, and now even Jin Qiu is pursuing the fun of a small life. Perhaps, she was really tired of the big business in front of her recently, so she came up with such an idea.

I didn't talk to Jin Qiu for long, but after a few polite words to each other about paying attention to our bodies, we ended the conversation.

……

After another moment, Yang Qu walked out of the bathroom after taking a shower, she stopped calling my brother, and asked by his name: "Jiang Qiao, where is the pizza you ordered for me, it's about to be delivered, right?" ”

"No order, no money."

"Aren't you, you can't afford to buy a piece of pizza, and you don't have hundreds of dollars in your wallet just now!"

"It's all spent on you, will I have no more days in the future? …… Since you may keep annoying me in the future, I have to tell you clearly that I am a man who spends every penny and has a plan. ”

Yang Qu pushed open the door that was not completely closed and walked into my bedroom, I glanced at her, and said, "You really don't treat me as an outsider, don't you know how to wear more clothes before coming in?" ”

"You're not an outsider in the first place, and besides, I'm dressed very revealingly? …… The clothes and pants are all tight! ”

I glanced at her, and then said coldly, "Actually, I'm not your brother...... I picked up this phone. I picked up the phone as I spoke, sat across from her, and shook my face expressionlessly, creating a very scary atmosphere.

Yang Qu shouted, "Mom, I'm scared to death!" Then he snatched the door out, and then leaned on the door frame, and said to me: "You are really bad, I have seen your photos, and you are now a virtue, how can you not be Jiang Qiao." ”

She emboldened herself as she spoke, and then went into my room again, and sat down on the chair across from the bed, and I lit a cigarette, ignoring the fact that she was going to eat pizza, but she still didn't mean to retreat at all, and kept holding her phone and chatting with someone, and then we were in a state of confrontation.

After smoking a cigarette, I finally said to her, "Don't fantasize about pizza, but there is packaged ginger tea on the coffee table in the living room, you can boil boiling water and brew it directly......"

She looked up at me and replied, "I just took a hot shower, so I won't catch a cold...... But I can't figure it out, how can there be such a slamming person in this world, I'm almost speechless to you, obviously two brothers and sisters, you have to make me seem to be sent with phone bills, I don't hurt or love. ”

"I sent it with a phone bill, not you...... It's not early, I still have things to do tomorrow, the sofa in the living room can be lent to you for a night's sleep, and tomorrow I will find a place to live by myself. ”

"I don't, I can't sleep on the sofa, I want to sleep on the bed, you go sleep on the sofa."

I just wanted to get rid of her as soon as possible, but I just glanced back at my bed and said, "Okay, I'll go sleep on the couch and enjoy the night." ”

As I spoke, I took out a blanket from the cabinet and was about to go to the living room, but she called out to me angrily and said, "Hey, Jiangqiao, you really don't plan to care about me in the future?" ”

"I have no obligation to care about you, let alone responsibility...... I repeat, you must not pin your hopes on me, if your mother really wants to train you, you better learn how to survive in the city of Shanghai yourself. ”

"I don't know what survival is...... Or you can teach me. ”

"Are you sure you want me to teach you?"

Yang Qu nodded, and I nodded back: "Okay, tomorrow you will know, for a person like you, how can you quickly solve the problem of food, clothing and accommodation in Shanghai...... You remember, when you are down, you must be good at discovering what you still have, so that you don't starve to death in a critical moment. ”

"What a profound look!"

I looked at her again, then closed the door and left the bedroom, and my night began......

I don't know why, I suddenly remembered the woman Yao Yu again.

After thinking about it for a while, I realized that my idea of selling Yang Qu Bao was borrowed from her current life, but the poor thing is that she has nothing to sell except for that factory.

I was a little sleepy, and just as I was about to wash up and go to bed, I received another text message, which happened to be from Yao Yu, she said: "Jiangqiao, tomorrow there is a real estate boss who wants to go to see the factory, and we have talked very deeply...... If you're not sure you can solve it, I'm going to sell it to him. ”

I hurriedly replied, "Don't worry, it's still a few days before you repay the supplier's arrears!" ”

"I don't want to dream a lot at night, and you don't know how difficult it is to find a reliable buyer, I'm afraid I miss this, and I don't know when I will have to wait next time."

"In any transaction, both parties will have time to consider, you hang the customer first, and I will contact my friend."

Yao Yu on the other end of the phone seemed to be hesitating, so much so that he sent me a message back after a while: "Okay, I'll give you three more days at most, if you can't be sure, I'll really sign the contract and sell it." ”

……

After ending the conversation with Yao Yu, my mood suddenly became urgent, I found Qin Miao's number in the contact list, and then dialed it, I remember that she once showed a trace of intention for this factory. Therefore, I think there must be a reasonable way between the few of us, which can not only let Yao Yu retain the ownership of this land, but also let Qin Miao make money.

A moment after the phone was dialed, Qin Miao connected, and to my surprise, she opened her mouth and asked me before she could explain her intentions: "Jiang Qiao, you called me for the matter of Jin Qiu, right?" ”

"Her business?"

Qin Miao asked in a tone that was more puzzled than mine, "Something happened to her company, don't you know?" ”

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