Qiao Ye looked in the direction of my finger, and then asked in disbelief, "Have you all moved in?" ”

I patted him on the shoulder and said, "Let's go, brother, please go in and eat a bowl of Lao Wang's small wontons, I only found out last night that they all moved into this store." ”

Qiao Ye looked at his watch, estimating that there was still time to spare, so he nodded and agreed. Speaking of Lao Wang's wonton stand, it is indeed a memory of our youth. At that time, Lao Wang saw that the three of us brothers were pitiful, and he was afraid of hurting our self-esteem, so he always said that those specially left wontons could not be sold, and they would not be fresh the next day, and then they would be cooked for us to eat. In fact, his own life is not well-off, and he has a wife at home who is tormented by minor illnesses and pains all year round.

Lao Wang is such a person, except for his temper a little stinky, he is really good. It's a pity that the word Lao Wang was broken somehow, and he was struggling with it some time ago, whether to change the name of his stall.

After going around the supermarket with Qiao Ye, he finally found Lao Wang's store near a place that sold women's underwear, and it was one of his nieces who acted as a cashier inside.

She still remembered me and Qiao Ye, and after smiling at us, she said, "I haven't seen you two for a long time, what have you been busy with lately?" ”

Qiao Ye replied: "I'm busy making money, and Jiang Qiao is busy enjoying life...... Which of us do you think is doing well? ”

Lao Wang's niece smiled and replied, "It's all right...... You are all sons and daughters of rich families, and we people only have envy! ”

I smiled with her, then looked at the busy back in the kitchen and asked her, "Is that person in the kitchen Uncle Wang?" ”

My niece's face suddenly sank, and tears suddenly welled up in her eyes, and after a long while, she said to me, "My uncle is gone...... In the kitchen is the invited master. ”

My heart felt like something had been wrung around me, and I couldn't accept that fact at all. I can't speak, my mind is full of him holding a big colander and scolding my cub, but as long as I sit on his stall, he will always put the number of wontons for me to the maximum, so that I can eat enough, eat enough, especially during the period when we are in junior high school, every week he will ask Aunt Wang to stew a chicken for us, and then let me eat it separately with Zhao Chu and Zhao Mu, so that our body will not lose at the starting line, but he has never said a word in his mouth because of sympathy for us.

Qiao Ye's mood was not as tumultuous as mine, but he also asked in disbelief: "How can you say that you are not there, I remember that more than a month ago at night, I passed by Tulip Road, and I saw him setting up a stall on the side of the street!" ”

The niece choked up and replied: "About ten days ago on the night, a group of drunk people came across from the opposite side and said that they wanted to eat wontons, and the uncle made them for them." Somehow, the people began to talk to a girl sitting opposite, and finally one of them was bold, and he sat directly next to the girl and started to move, and the girl wanted to leave, so he held on...... The uncle's temper must not be able to stand it, so he said a few words to them. One of them tore up the uncle's stall, and then the two sides scuffled. Uncle is so old, how can he beat them, and after a while, he was beaten by those who killed a thousand knives and was covered in blood...... Later, he was driven to the hospital by a passing neighbor, but no one could be saved...... It's a good life, and it's gone! Speaking of this, the niece couldn't cry anymore, and she slowed down for a long time before she said: "Uncle has been doing a small stall all his life, and his biggest hope is to be able to get a storefront without wind and sun...... Now there is a storefront, but no one else is there...... That's less than a week away...... How can this god be so calculating?! ”

My heart was so uncomfortable that tears rolled in my eyes......

My niece asked us again: "Jiang Qiao, Qiao Ye, tell me, is it a good thing or a bad thing that this road is becoming more and more lively?" …… If it weren't for the new one that opened this year, Uncle would definitely not have encountered such a thing...... I really think that he died unjustly, he is a person who has done good deeds all his life and endured hardships all his life, this God should give him a little blessing! ”

I was speechless, just sitting in the nearest chair, holding my head in my hands, whimpering in pain...... Because I am the one who knows the most what Lao Wang wants. In my memory, he whispered this in my ear since I first started working......

At this time, Qiao Ye, who had not spoken much, finally opened his mouth, and he sighed and said, "When there are more people, there will be more disputes...... Uncle Wang's case is just an example, and it has also sounded the alarm bell for us, but we cannot deny the opportunities and conveniences brought by development because of this...... Don't worry, the society will give a fair and just explanation to Uncle Wang's family! After a pause, he said to his niece: "If there is anything you can't do, just tell me or Jiang Qiao, and we will definitely do it for you." ”

The niece nodded, and it was a long time before she asked what we were going to eat. But I don't have the mood to eat anymore, because no one can make wontons with the same taste as Lao Wang, and that kind of taste is called human touch.

……

After putting the groceries I bought from the supermarket in the fro, I sat alone in the rocking chair by the guardrail, fiddling with the lighter in my hand. Although I am on a very high floor, I still vaguely see that the frequency of patrol cars on this road is much higher than usual, presumably the tragedy that happened to Lao Wang sounded the alarm for the security here, so there is this high-density patrol in front of me.

However, who will remember that when this was a village, sometimes when you go out to buy something, wash vegetables or something, you don't have to close the door, as if there are peach blossoms all over the world.

In a distraction, the mobile phone vibrated in my pocket, I took it out and looked at it, it was a call from Xiao Ai. After I connected, she asked me, "Jiangqiao, are you up?" ”

"Get up early, are you going to Jinding Real Estate again?"

"Well, there was a shareholders' meeting this morning, which was led by Li Zishan, and the purpose was to give me a dismissal."

"Can you handle it?"

"I didn't say a word from beginning to end, is this a kind of coping?"

"You have such a good temper? …… I remember before, as soon as you mentioned the name Li Zishan, you exploded! ”

"It's fried now, but it's all fried in my heart. If circles can curse people, I drew no less than a thousand on the conference table this morning. ”

If it had been in the past, I would definitely follow her words and squeeze her, but this time I just smiled, and I couldn't get out of the sad mood of Lao Wang's death for a while.

Xiao Ai noticed something and asked softly, "What's wrong?" It doesn't feel like you're in a good mood. ”

After a moment of silence, I told her unreservedly what I had heard this morning, and some of my own feelings.

Xiao Ai's mood also fell, and she replied after a long time: "Jiang Qiao, I know that you are a person who values feelings, and I also know that you have always regarded the former Tulip Road as a living peach blossom source...... However, even if it is Peach Blossom Spring, it has bullies and village party secretaries. Since we can't change anything, let's learn to adapt...... I'll see, if I have time tomorrow, let's go to Aunt Wang's house to condole, and then see if there is anything we can do to help. ”

"Hmm."

I just replied, but my mood was a little lighter. I felt the power of two people being together because we were sharing everything for each other.

At this time, Xiao Ai suddenly remembered something and said to me, "I almost forgot what I called you for...... Jiang Qiao, you should still have a spare key to my house, right? ”

"Yes."

"I'm in a hurry to leave in the morning, please take out the blanket on my bed to dry, and the clothes in the dirty laundry basket, if you have time, help me wash it too."

I was stunned for a moment, and then I replied: "It's okay to wash clothes, but you have to think about it, are there any special ** clothes in it, I'm afraid that if you accidentally wash it, everyone will be embarrassed...... After all, you are a girl who cares about these things very much, and you even have to rent a separate house, and it costs me an extra 5,000 yuan a month to live...... When I think about this, I have to force myself to be a decent gentleman...... It's like last night, I hugged you like that, and I didn't dare to talk to you...... You say, isn't the cost of me, a decent gentleman, a little higher? ”

"So what do you mean? Are you moving in with us tonight? ”

"Do you want to?"

I could imagine what kind of expression Xiao Ai on the other end of the phone would have when I said this, so I unconsciously had a smile on my face.

Xiao Ai seemed to stabilize her emotions, and she replied: "The weather is not cold enough that we need to huddle together to keep warm, you wash your clothes first." ”

I said heartily: "Summer is coming, will winter be far away?" …… Okay, I've washed the clothes. ”

In the next time, Xiao Ai and I chatted a few words on the phone in a different tone, but we didn't talk about Yang Jin coming here tonight, and this is still the tacit understanding between me and Xiao Ai, because I believe that she is a measured woman, and after she thinks about it, she will definitely take the initiative to tell me.

……

Before noon, I was extremely busy, not only washing Xiao Ai's clothes, but also washing my own clothes. And when I hung all these clothes, it was as if I had dried up all my loneliness over the years, and then turned into water vapor and quickly evaporated under the scorching sun......

Yes, I did wash Xiao Ai's very ** clothes, and when I hung them up without any scruples, life was like an omelette and was turned over to the other side, because this is something that a couple of men and women will definitely face after living together. In the past, we were too conservative and too much to draw a clear line for each other.

I thought: If she washes her clothes like this a few more times, even if it is a ** thing, she won't feel like a **!