I went to the bank this afternoon and found some friends who are pretty good now. In the end, the bank rejected my loan request very directly, they thought that I was not able to repay, and those friends who were doing well, only one of them lent me 30,000 yuan, and the others refused on the grounds that the company's business was in a recession!

The dusk seemed to be blown by the spring breeze, and I stood in front of the convenience store and squinted, seeing the cars coming and going, and also seeing the vendors setting up food stalls, and soon the air was filled with the smell of cooking oil, and the children who had just finished school were chattering around these food stalls. When a construction truck approached, dust was raised on the road...... It seems that it hasn't rained for a long time, so the sunset hanging behind the tall building is beautiful and makes people tremble!

I exhaled and sat down on the bench, not wanting to think about anything more, because the more I thought about it, the more panicked I became, and my ability could only allow me to borrow the only 30,000 yuan.

In a trance, I saw a Porsche Panamera, which is a top-level configuration, worth more than 3 million, and there are not many in Nanjing! I stood up from the bench suddenly, only to find that it was not Qin Miao's car, but just the same model and color.

I sat back down on the bench with an inexplicable feeling in my heart. The world is like this, some people spend 3 million just to find a means of transportation, while some people are worried about the arrears of 200,000.

At this moment, I have a deeper understanding of the meaning of wealth and poverty and the rules of society than before. What else can I Jiangqiao do to negotiate terms with Qin Miao, all I have left now is a cheap life!

The street lamps flickered, and then they all came on, and the night came, and the tulip road was lively again, and passers-by in thin coats could be seen everywhere. At this moment, the wind blowing is carrying a hint of warmth, and today should be the hottest day after the year, which makes everyone dare not doubt the current spring because of the cold some time ago.

I lowered my head, felt a cigarette and lit it, and then wiped the stain off my shoes with my hands, and I didn't look up again, just looked at the uneven ground, but the person was dull.

"Jiang Qiao, what do you want?"

I raised my head, Xiao Ai was standing in front of me, she was wearing a white shirt and blue coat, simple and clean, her breath was faintly heard in the air, some sweet and some charming......

I extinguished the cigarette I hadn't finished puffing, threw it into the trash bin next to me, smiled and replied, "I didn't think about anything, I just thought the air was good here, and I wanted to sit for a while." ”

Xiao Ai sat down beside me, tied her hair with a rubber band, and then followed my gaze to the cars that were flowing under the street lamps, and the wind blew by her side, and her hair was not scattered, which made her look determined, a little more beautiful than this glittering world.

After a while, she looked at me and asked, "You went to find Qin Miao today, what did she say?" ”

"Don't mention it, how disgraced I am, and I was thought I was a fool by a bunch of stinky fools! It seems that they are so awesome and have more means, in fact, it is a little bit of the ability to babble, and they will not pretend to be when the same thing is spread on themselves! ”

Xiao Ai comforted me in frustration: "Don't pay attention to those people...... I don't think you've done anything wrong, and you always have to breathe for yourself when something like this happens...... Even if you don't get the desired result in the end, at least you can get rid of some of the evil anger in your heart! ”

"So you think I'm still getting something?"

"A must!"

I smiled and felt better, then asked Xiao Ai to wait for me, turned around and went into the convenience store to buy a freshly cooked corn, handed it to her and said, "I think you are quite good at enlightening people!" …… Please eat a piece of corn, as a thank you. ”

Xiao Ai didn't take the corn I handed her at the first time, she took out two coins from her wallet, and said with a smile: "Look, I still keep the bargain when we bought New Year's goods last year...... Even if it is to comfort you, I will also invite you to eat corn! ”

When she got up to leave, I grabbed her coat and said, "Now you can't buy corn for two yuan, but it's already going to be four yuan a piece after the New Year." ”

Xiao Ai was a little unconvinced: "The price has risen!?" ”

"Well, the clerk said that even outside the station it sells for five yuan a piece, and it is actually quite reasonable to rise to four yuan here."

Xiao Ai flipped through his wallet and looked at it, and replied in a depressed tone: "There are only a few Taiwan dollars left!" ”

I pulled her back and said, "I'm not eating, I just want to talk to you for a while." ”

Xiao Ai didn't insist anymore, but asked me to break her corn in half, and then we would each have it in half. While eating, she said to me: "There is no obstacle in this world that cannot be overcome, you should eat, you should drink, and when you are down, don't go against yourself." Right, Jiangqiao? ”

I smiled, and was also infected by the ease she showed at the moment, so we ate what should have been a corn in a blessedly shared rhythm.

"Xiao Ai, can I ask you a question?"

She didn't stop, and replied very easily: "You ask." ”

I pondered my feelings for a moment, and then asked her, "When we first met, you lived a material life that not many people in the whole of Nanjing can enjoy, what do you want!" …… Now, suddenly without these, can you adapt? Will you be disappointed by this particularly extreme contrast? ”

Xiao Ai looked at me, and I looked at her, her expression was calm at first, and then she replied with a smile: "What is there to lose, I think my life is pretty good now!" First of all, live a well-behaved life and make a little money steadily; Then, if you have nothing to do, you can go shopping and chat with your mother and listen to her say the truth in life...... The most important thing is that I now have expectations in my heart, and I know very well what I want, so I don't panic at all. Do you know? We just met that meeting, it should be the emptiest day of my life, except for training myself to the point that I have no strength, that is, I go to the bar to drink, I don't know how to live tomorrow, how to live! ”

I was full of curiosity: "yes, what kind of expectations have changed your mind and life?" ”

Xiao Ai didn't speak, just played with the two coins just now that were not enough to buy corn.

I didn't ask because everyone has some secrets that they don't want to share with others, just like I have secrets that I don't want to tell.

……

After a while, a Mercedes-Benz GLC stopped on the side of the road, Ji Xiaowei pressed the window, and his words were full of joy after meeting: "Senior sister, I didn't expect you to really come back, I didn't believe it at first, I thought you were joking with me!" ”

"What's there to joke about...... Find a place to park your car and treat us to dinner later. ”

I looked at Ji Xiaowei, his car has changed again, it looks like it must be better than last year, he is like a person who has no mental troubles and no material troubles, which always makes me feel ashamed of myself, and also makes me dare not think that I am only 26 years old, an age that should be full of passion.

After Ji Xiaowei, Yu Xin also came, accompanied by several of her classmates, all of whom drove good cars, and it seemed that their families were not bad!

After a period of greetings, Xiao Ai and everyone had a casual meal at the "Wutong Restaurant" on Tulip Road. These people, including Ji Xiaowei, gave Xiao Ai a face, and they did not dislike the simplicity of the "Wutong Hotel", but chatted before me and walked towards the "Wutong Hotel".

At this time, the "Wutong Hotel" has made some changes in the decoration, the door is inlaid with colored lights that will flow in the light, the style inside is a bit European and American, and even a few pergolas have been erected outside the door, surrounded by white fences, it is really like the kind of small restaurant with style in foreign towns.

After entering, I felt the changes of the "Wutong Restaurant" more intuitively, no longer selling tofu brains, but some drinks. It's a little hard for me to get used to, I just remember that I came here with Chen Yi to drink tofu brain some time ago, which was about ten days ago.

……

The temperature was very high tonight, and everyone decided to eat out after discussing it, and the proprietress was very happy, because we were the first customers to sit out to eat, and she said that she would give us a discount and then make up an auspicious number, which is a good luck.

I specially asked her about the tofu brain, and I learned that the tofu brain is not not not sold, but it is not sold in the store, but a small stall is set up separately to sell it.

I'm finally feeling better, and it's not completely changed here.

During the meal, most of Xiao Ai's classmates were catching up with her, or asking her about her life in Taipei, I couldn't interject, and I was not in the mood to interject, just drinking alone, but I didn't dare to let myself drink too much.

I probably ate for more than an hour, and dinner was over. Ji Xiaowei called me to the sidewalk opposite the hotel alone, he handed me a cigarette, and then asked, "Brother, I heard that the coffee shop is not going to open, so transfer some of the equipment and tables and chairs in it to me, and I will use it." ”

I'm not stupid, and I immediately understood why Xiao Ai called Ji Xiaowei from Yangzhou to Nanjing, and ate this meal with me.

I replied, "It's quite difficult right now, but if you don't have this need on your side, don't force it, it's a disadvantage for you!" ”

"It's okay, it's really not a loss...... I'm preparing to prepare for the second store here, and you're also buying newly bought tables, chairs and equipment here, just right for me, I can't ask for it! ”

The more Ji Xiaowei didn't care, the more I knew that this was Xiao Ai's love.

I had mixed feelings in my heart for a while, and subconsciously looked over to Xiao Ai, who was chatting with a few classmates, and I saw one of them take out a Wen Jiàn bag from her bag and give it to her.

Ji Xiaowei patted me on the shoulder, and then urged: "Don't be stunned, take me to the store to have a look, let's try to calculate the transfer price today." ”

"Not today, the store pù has been sealed, I have to apply to the fire department."

After thinking for a while, Ji Xiaowei said: "We are all acquaintances here, we can't talk about who cheats whom, I want the equipment you can use to make pastries and coffee, as well as tables and chairs, you just give me a price, okay?" …… When you're done, I'll have someone come and drag it away. ”

I calculated carefully in my heart, and the tables, chairs and equipment I bought later cost a total of 160,000 yuan, although it was similar to the new one, but it could not be sold at a new price, so I replied: "The equipment and tables and chairs I bought after the upgrade of the store cost a little more than 160,000 yuan, and I will give you a 20% discount, just 130,000 yuan." ”

Ji Xiaowei didn't make a little calculation about the price, and replied: "Okay, you leave an account number for me, and I will transfer the money to your account tomorrow." ”

"Thank you then!" As I spoke, I gave my bank card account number to Ji Xiaowei, and he wrote it down with his mobile phone, and then smiled at me like a matter of heart.

……

The people who had eaten together left one after another, and Xiao Ai and I stood face to face at the door of the "Wutong Hotel", holding the bag of Wen Jiàn that I had just seen in her hands. She said to me: "Jiangqiao, I will go back to Taipei tomorrow, you have to be good in Nanjing, you know?" ”

My heart seemed to be pumped, and I asked, "So urgent!" ”

"Hmm...... There is an exam the day after tomorrow, and it is to test the teacher qualification certificate. ”

I'm silent......

She was also silent......

I squirmed my Adam's apple, and I had a thousand words in my heart, but it was hard to say. I don't know how long it took before I finally said to her: "Actually, I know that although you went to Taipei, you have always let Yu Xin take care of me." She didn't particularly need your watch, just because the coffee shop was very difficult at that time, and I didn't even have the money to buy it! ”

Xiao Ai smiled: "Help each other, just like you helped me in the first place." ”

"Thank you."

"Don't be so polite, everyone in this world needs a friend who doesn't care about giving or returning."

"Shall we count?"

Xiao Ai asked rhetorically: "Do you still need to doubt this?" ”

We fell into silence again, Xiao Ai also took advantage of this gap to hand the bag of Wen Jiàn in her hand to my hand, she said: "There are 60,000 yuan in it, you can take it to the emergency first...... After a pause, she added: "I know that you have a good face, but now is not the time to have a good face, and I will wait until I have passed this difficulty." ”

I lowered my head and looked up at the sycamore trees that were already sprouting around me, and I wanted to tell Xiao Ai: I don't have a good face, but I don't know what to give in return.

And all I can give her from beginning to end is only some small care in life, but she has already gone to Taipei, what can I take care of her again?

Xiao Ai stuffed the bag into my hand, and she said to me again: "It's not early, I have to go......"

I reflexively grabbed her: "Wait......"

Xiao Ai's expression was a little puzzled: "What's wrong?" ”

I was silent before I replied, "Actually, I also borrowed 30,000 yuan with my friend today, so I don't need so much." ”

"Then keep it...... When the coffee shop is over, you always have to do something else; Even if it's life, you have to have expenses! Xiao Ai smiled after speaking, and then pushed my hand away.

I just stood there, not knowing what to say except "thank you".

Xiao Ai looked at me, finally waved at me, and then walked to the side of the road, she reached out and stopped a taxi, which gradually disappeared from my sight in the light scattered by the streetlights.

I shed tears because I was moved, I was really moved, she was so kind to me and gave me a qiē that she can do now! But he also lives very poorly in Taiwan, and even rents a house, and has to teach others to learn the piano to earn some meager living expenses