I sat on a chairlift on the balcony and smoked a cigarette, and after Xiao Ai had made her bed, I said "good night" to her and left her apartment, and the huge street was devoid of pedestrians, except for the muck trucks that worked at night, kicking up a puff of dry dust.

The smell of metal and machine qì is so strong that I feel like there will be no one to talk to me tonight.

When I got home, I washed up and lay down in bed, and probably because I was too lonely, it didn't take long for me to fall asleep. That night, I didn't have any dreams, and when I woke up, it was already 8 o'clock in the morning.

Today is the last closed trial of Xiao Ai's father's first trial, and the verdict will come out before 12 o'clock, I tried to think about Mr. Xiao's mood at the moment, but I didn't dare to think about it anymore after thinking about it for a while.

Because he is the most depressed and frustrated man in the world, he originally had a virtuous wife and a talented daughter, as well as a career that countless people looked up to in the whole of Nanjing, but now this qiē is gradually moving away from him.

I don't know, has he, the hero, ever regretted it in countless difficult nights?

When it was almost noon, Mr. Xiao's verdict finally came, he was sentenced to 8 years, according to China's "Criminal Law", the sentence can not be reduced by more than half of the original sentence, so the maximum sentence can only be reduced by 4 years, during which he must say a temporary goodbye to this real world!

I tried to contact Xiao Ai, but she didn't answer my call, just sent a text message hoping I could leave her alone. In fact, I also know that at this time, this method is more reliable than any comfort, and Xiao Ai is already a strong enough girl. She was calm most of the time, and even talked to me last night about her dreams for the near future.

……

In the afternoon, I finally got the customized flyer from the advertising agency, so I also had something. I plan to choose the nearest Yuhua Wai Chinese Primary School to distribute some leaflets first, so that some students in need will know that there is a piano shop on the road nearby.

Before dusk, I sorted out 200 leaflets and went to Yuhua Foreign Chinese Primary School. At this time, some parents have already parked outside the school gate and waited, and I quickly targeted these young parents who have cars, because most of them have a certain financial ability and will be willing to bear the extra cost of their children's talent learning.

The students gradually dispersed, and the leaflets scattered all over the ground reflected the unhappiness that I had endured after a lot of blank eyes...... After that, I was severely reprimanded by the security guards, saying that I had damaged the environment in front of their school.

I bent over and picked up all the scattered leaflets, then smoothed out the wrinkled ones on my lap. Actually, I didn't need to be reminded by the security guard, I would have picked it up, because I could use it again.

……

I just stood at the entrance of the school, which had suddenly become quiet, and leaned over to look inside. I think it's much cheaper to put a flyer in a place like an aisle like a fixed billboard, which is much cheaper than handing out flyers, but the trouble is that the school won't let you in at all, because it seems to them to be very immoral.

But as far as I'm concerned, I don't want to worry about it that much. Living on the edge of society, if you don't even have the courage to climb over the courtyard wall and post small advertisements, don't talk about entrepreneurship, because entrepreneurship at the bottom is destined to be accompanied by blood and tears.

I wrapped all the leaflets that I had not finished distributing and had just picked up in my coat, and then went around the courtyard wall behind the school, looking for the blind spot of monitoring along the way, and after determining the place, I threw my coat into it first, and then climbed over the iron fence to enter this place where the flowers of the motherland are cultivated.

I straightened my clothes, walked around the campus without squinting, and occasionally met someone, so I pretended to be familiar and said hello, so I made my way through the barrier, and finally came to a lamppost where I could put leaflets. I looked around, made sure no one was passing, and then used double-sided tape to stick the flyer firmly to the lamppost.

I didn't put every lamppost on because I didn't want to be too provocative. In fact, these lampposts are not only the small advertisements I posted, but also some other training courses, and the school has become a must in this industry, but I don't know if they also use this method to enter the school.

Exhaling, I looked at the last lamppost standing not far away. After the advertisement of our piano store is also pasted on its pillar, today's task will be completed.

I don't know if it's because it's getting dark, my unfamiliar figure seems a little sneaky, and then suddenly a loud shout came from a corner: "Where are you from, are you from our school?" ”

My heart tightened, and I knew that I was going to be exposed, so I didn't look back, pretended not to hear, and continued to walk a few steps ahead. After feeling the distance, he ran in the direction of the courtyard wall......

Sure enough, there was a scolding voice behind him: "I hate you dogs who run to the school and post small advertisements indiscriminately, you stop ...... me"

I was faster, and in a moment I ran to the place where I had just crept in, and threw my coat out with a flick of my hand, and the next moment the man jumped to the top of the courtyard wall.

In fact, when it comes to climbing the courtyard wall, you need to be calm and calm, otherwise if you don't grasp the strength and scale well, people will be easy to fall. This time, when I was jumping, my pants were cut by a sharp object on the fence, not only did my trouser leg be torn, but I also stumbled and broke my foot.

I swallowed the pain and ran to a nearby residential area, but when the people behind me didn't catch up, I sat on the curb and breathed a sigh of relief, and then lifted my trouser leg. I saw that there was already obvious swelling at the ankle, and I muttered to myself: "Didn't the burn high incense before going out, such a decay was spread by me!" ”

I bared my teeth and rubbed the swollen area, then I looked down at the weeds growing under my feet, and said to myself that no frustration was fake.

Actually, I don't want to invade the campus like a robber, but there are not many ways to do a good piano shop, and such a thing must be done by me, I thought that I could do this small thing by sacrificing some dignity, but now even my body is suffering!

I smiled self-deprecatingly, not daring to let myself be passive and hopeless at the beginning of the process, but the wind before the night did blow a little bit of desolation, just like the situation I am in now.

After rearranging the scattered leaflets, I limped around the path towards Tulip Road......

……

I don't know when, an electrical appliance store on Tulip Road organized an outdoor roadshow promotion, and the opposite street was decorated with various colorful lights very flashing, the crowd was crowded, and the air was full of the smell of RMB......

Washing machines, televisions, refrigerators, and air conditioners, in the hands of those salespeople, were quickly exchanged into bills! I stopped, just sat on the curb and watched the street go on the other side......

I wanted to light a cigarette, but a gust of wind blew out the flames that came out of the lighter, and it also ruffled my hair.

I leaned up to the back of the sycamore tree, and after using the tree as a cover, I finally lit a cigarette, and before I could enjoy the screams of swallowing clouds and spitting mist, there was a dull pain in my ankle.

It was getting darker again, and the whole street was kept lit by street lights, and it was the brightest in the cake shop, which was crowded with customers buying cakes and waiting for their birthdays. Luxi was the darkest, and someone walked forward with a basket of condolences.

I'm afraid, this qiē is fate. At this moment, concentrated on Tulip Road erupted.

This qiē is also a game, because there will be a moment when it will end.

……

"Jiang Qiao, why are you sitting here?"

I didn't speak, I already felt the familiar smell, a little sweet...... I looked up, and sure enough, it was Xiao Ai, she had just washed her hair, and she was still a little wet, and the convenience store was more than 100 meters away diagonally opposite us......

Instead of answering, I asked her, "Did you happen to be passing by, or did you go to my house to look for me?" ”

"I just want to take a walk."

I smiled at her, then got up from the ground, and was just about to say "together", when another piercing pain came from my feet, and I immediately frowned and shouted "Whoa" in pain.

"What's wrong with you?"

I subconsciously grabbed Xiao Ai's shoulder, then lifted my right foot and told her about going to school to post flyers.

Looking at my torn trouser legs, Xiao Ai was silent, but his eyes changed. After a while, she finally said to me, "Put out the cigarette in your hand, and I'll carry you back." ”

I looked at her in disbelief and asked, "With your size, can you do it?" ”

"Give it a try."

……

On the way home, Xiao Ai really carried me on her back, and of course she was struggling, so that the children who frolicked past us were like the subway speeding through the city.

Her hair dried, in the evening breeze, and then floated down my face. In such intimate contact with her, I kind of felt that the whole world was a tiger's mouth, and now I am out of danger. However, I didn't want her to be tired, so I stretched out my legs and landed on the ground, and said to her, "It's okay, I'll jump back, you just hold on to me." ”

Xiao Ai didn't insist too much, after all, my weight was here, and carrying me for a short period of time was gritting his teeth and insisting, and carrying me all the way home was a fate!

On the way, we stopped on the side of the road, haggled with the vegetable vendors, and then bought some eggs and vegetables, and suddenly our days were filled with these very small mundane.

Just like opening the window will make the mood better, Tulip Road slowly regains its unique calm, and the lights of thousands of homes are not so lonely, some are just two people who depend on each other, although they don't say too many words, but the mood has changed at this moment.

……

Back in the courtyard, I called for Edamame playing in the alley, and lay down on the bed with a chirp, while Xiao Ai was in the kitchen cooking the dinner that I didn't have so much confidence in.

"Edamame, what's the most important thing to be a man?"

"Little Tintin! Without Little Tintin, he wouldn't be a man. ”

I took Edamame's hand and patiently taught: "No, Edamame, I'm talking to you about the spiritual level, so little Ding Ding can't be counted...... I think the most important thing for a man is to define his temperament, and a man who does not pay attention to righteousness has no future. ”

My foolishness makes Edamame seem to understand whether he understands or not......

I pointed to my leg again and said, "Look, my leg is also broken, and I won't be able to take you to the movies in the future...... But you've got to read me, don't you? ”

Edamame touched my ankle and was about to cry, he asked, "Second bridge, why did you break your leg?" ”

"Good boy, don't cry......" I pretended to touch Edamame's head, sighed for a while, and then said: "Edamame, the two of us are iron porcelain in this alley, there is no afterlife in this life as brothers, and now I am in trouble, as a righteous man, can you look at it?" ”

Edamame's love was mobilized by me, pouting and yelling at me, "Can't ...... I went home and asked my grandma for money to show you the legs! ”

As soon as I stretched out my hand, I hurriedly pulled him away, and replied, "Let's talk about the leg later...... I have more important things to tell you. ”

Edamame replied like a parting death: "As long as you don't die, I will agree to anything." ”

I coughed and said, "You go home and find your mom right away, just say you want to learn guitar or piano or something, and then ask your mom to come to me...... What do you think? ”

Edamame is a child after all, good at unreliable associations, and immediately asked me: "If I learn the piano, your legs will be good?" ”

I was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly followed his words and said, "Well, if you don't learn, I will be a cripple in the future, and no one will take you to the movies!" ”

Edamame seemed to understand the stakes in an instant, and only replied with a "you wait" and ran away with his toy pistol.

At this time, Xiao Ai finally came out of the kitchen, wiped his hands with a towel, and said to me in a disdainful voice: "You still want face, right?" Such a fool of a child! ”

"Comrade Xiaoping has said that education should start from the child, and I am actively responding to the call of the national leader...... Besides, isn't our piano shop just starting out, it's better to start with friends around you......"

"Look at you, when you fight with other people's edamame, you put on an uncle's stinky shelf; When he fooled others, he began to call him brother again...... I think your face is comparable to the ancient city wall of Nanjing, which not only has a long history, but also its thickness is incomparable! ”

I smiled wryly, but I didn't take Xiao Ai's disdain too seriously in my heart, I only have one thought now, that is, to do a good job in this piano shop, and I can't repeat the mistakes of the coffee shop, and my heart is ready to fight a tough battle.

……

Xiao Ai went back to the kitchen to make another tomato egg soup, and I was still lying on the bed thinking about how to do a good job in the next stage of the promotion plan of the piano store.

Moments later, the phone rang on the bedside cabinet......

I picked it up and looked at it, it was Qin Miao calling, and she hoped that I could ask Su Han out for a chat tonight.

I immediately called Su Han again and conveyed Qin Miao's thoughts to her, and she agreed.

My legs and feet are inconvenient, so I set the meeting place at my house, anyway, they all know each other, and because of me, even if Qin Miao has a great hatred for Su Han, there is someone who can go around it...... I don't want them to fight and make trouble as soon as they meet like the original partner and the junior in society.

In fact, there is no so-called mistress between them, just two poor victims under the arranged marriage of their parents!