It was late at night, and Jin Qiu and I had about a dozen beer bottles in front of us, and we drank half of each, and I was a wine barrel, so this bit of wine was not a burden to me, but it was beyond the range that Jin Qiu could bear, so after paying the bill, she kept walking very shaky.

I grabbed her by the arm and led her to the opposite platform, where I waited for the taxi to come and go. At this moment, her consciousness was still quite clear, and she lit a cigarette for herself while waiting, but the shadow was somewhat illusory reflected in the glass window of the convenience store, as if the whole city was shaking. I realized that my alcohol consumption had regressed, and I was even a little dizzy, so I habitually lit a cigarette and smoked it after Jin Qiu.

The world in the dark, in the flickering neon, is like a flower waiting to bloom. I closed my eyes, gently exhaled the cigarette in my mouth, and then asked Jin Qiu, "Are you living happily?" “

Jin Qiu leaned against the plane tree beside him, took a heavy puff of cigarette, then smiled and replied, "How can you be happy when you live like this...... I'm tired, really! ”

"Yes, many women don't live like you, they drive Mercedes-Benz BMWs, live a petty bourgeois life, and the most worrying thing every day is what kind of clothes to wear today and what style of makeup to wear tomorrow...... Hehe. ”

Jin Qiu subconsciously looked at the clothes she was wearing, it was a very standard professional suit, and then smiled a little self-deprecatingly, she shook her head, closed her eyes and took another puff of cigarette, a sycamore leaf fell on her shoulder, she reached out and dusted it off, and then did not speak again. It seems that this is a topic that she is very taboo about.

I don't like this kind of silence, coupled with her choice of life, has always been an incomprehensible mystery in my heart, so I said again: "With your ability, it is very easy to do a good wedding company, in fact, there is really no need to make such a big career, so that you have a lot of time to live a leisurely life......"

Jin Qiu interrupted me and asked, "What's the idle method?" "I drive a luxury car, live in a big house, drink tea and shop every day...... When you get tired of staying in this city, you go out to travel and relax, which is probably what it looks like. "Isn't that Xiao Ai's former life, Chen Yi's current life!"

I looked at the golden autumn ......

She smiled again and said, "I'm kidding, it's actually my own problem...... Because I don't feel safe about the world, only this way of life can keep me grounded, otherwise I would feel like I'm just a speck of dust in the city. “

I looked at the cigarette in my hand that was about to run out, and then smiled back as well, "You are such a woman with a story!" ”

Jin Qiu laughed even harder, and only replied after a while: "You're really boring! …… By the way, you can give me grandma's stomach medicine, and I'll send it to her tomorrow morning. “

I nodded, and then handed her the handy bag with stomach medicine in my hand, and just then a taxi happened to pass by, and she did not linger on this road, and after stopping the car, it soon disappeared from my sight under the neat lights of the street.

I sighed softly, and then snuffed out the cigarette butt in my hand, only to feel that the world is indeed a little dull, the black and oppressive sky is like a manhole cover, covering our illusions of life, and also annihilating our creative power in this world, so everyone only thinks that money is the best, but ignores the truth, goodness and beauty that should be in human nature.

Yes, that's probably what society looks like.

……

On the way back to the alley, I unexpectedly found that there was an automatic vending machine for family planning supplies on the left side of the alley, and I remembered Qiao Ye's ghost idea of "marrying a child" for me, and after being stunned for a while, I took out a few coins from my pocket, and then threw them in, and then dropped a few, counted, it seemed to be one short, and it seemed to be no less......

Just when I was struggling, I suddenly remembered that my purpose was just to have a child, so what's the use of having this thing?

I feel more and more ridiculous because I can't tell the line between "sex" and having children, and I feel numb as if I have lost my ability to think.

I felt a little disgusted, so I threw the sets into the trash bin at hand, but the few dollars I spent were never returned.

But I don't regret it, because I figured out my thoughts this night, and in my subconscious, I didn't want to do the "marriage of a child", just leave it to Xiao Ai to choose.

……

Soon two days passed, and in these two days, all the goods that came in were finally covered in the musical instrument shop under the music store, and I successfully recruited an employee who used to work in the musical instrument store and had a certain understanding of musical instruments.

In addition, with the help of Feng Yuan, the piano store recruited a vocal teacher with a good professional level, but compared with Xiao Ai and Yu Xin, there is still a certain gap.

This is the Friday before the weekend is coming, and after I am busy with the daily chores of the piano store, my mood is worried again, because tomorrow is Saturday, and the classes will normally be full, and all the teachers will arrange teaching tasks, but now Xiao Ai and Yu Xin are not there, and whether the new teacher can get the approval of the parents is also a very bottomless matter.

After sending off the last students of the day, I closed the door of the piano shop and walked alone to the old alley. In just this short journey, I received a call from the parents of two students, and I discussed with them on the phone that tomorrow's class would be taught by a new vocal teacher, but they resolutely could not accept it. said yes, I chose our piano store because of Xiao Ai's reputation.

I can only say that if Xiao Ai can't teach on time tomorrow, I will refund them the full amount of the previous tuition fee and compensate for a liquidated damages.

The parents of the two students are reasonable, they said that they care about the level of education that their children can receive, rather than coveting that little liquidated damages, and hope that Xiao Ai can do his best to deal with his personal affairs.

When I was about to get to the entrance of the alley, I received a call from another parent, who scolded me on the phone, asking me to refund the tuition fees I had taught in full, and to report the piano store for false advertising.

I could only keep explaining to her, but in the end I couldn't communicate a result, and after the call, I really felt very tired, and before I could reach the alley, I sat down on a bench on the side of the road.

I lit a cigarette, inadvertently turned around, and saw the machine that automatically vending family planning supplies.

Half of a cigarette was smoked, there was a sudden temperature around me, an arm gently grabbed me, and the moment I opened my eyes, Xiao Ai's familiar face appeared in my sight, she had never relied on me so much as she did now. My heart melted in her smile lighter than the wind.

She came back as before, when I needed it most