After cleaning the chestnut shells, I closed the door of the coffee shop and drove to the city with Mi Cai, and this rare night for us began, we first went to eat spicy grilled fish, and then came to the cinema with popcorn and Coke, enjoying a rare ease of remembering, when we were in Suzhou, not to mention watching movies, it was a luxury to be able to eat out together, and whenever Mi Cai came home, I prepared a supper for her.

In Xuzhou, although we have lost our wealth, but we have a lot of leisure time, in fact, for us who gather less and leave more, this kind of life is not bad!

The quality of the blockbuster was very high, and we were immersed in the tight plot and gorgeous pictures, and we didn't even talk until the film calmed down, and near the end, Mi Cai asked me, "Zhaoyang, what do you think of this film?" ”

"I think in addition to the gorgeous special effects, we should see more in the plot, human beings' pursuit of civilization, just like the film presents, human beings have created civilization, but they have also destroyed civilization, I think human beings are like machines made by more advanced civilizations, desire is the virus in the machine, and it is still a virus that cannot be killed, so there will be so many wars in this world, I think, the core of this film is to hope that human beings can keep their own civilization, Don't let the virus of desire ruin the space in which we live."

Mi Cai nodded and said, "I think so too, but even if the human race is extinct, it is difficult to guarantee that after hundreds of millions of years, there will be human-like creatures that will appear, constantly creating civilization and destroying miè civilization."

I smiled: "So, we are all living in samsara, but in reincarnation we have lost our former form and consciousness"

Mi Cai grabbed my arm and laughed harder than me: "The more I talk, the more sci-fi it becomes"

"Who made us watch science fiction movies! However, we see so much content outside of the film, then our expenditure on watching the movie is more valuable than others! ”

"Are you soothing yourself?"

I was a little surprised, and asked, "How do you understand this?" ”

"I'll do the math for you, this morning the two of us spent 15 yuan for breakfast, I spent 20 yuan on chestnuts in the evening, 168 yuan for dinner, 300 yuan for gasoline for the car before watching the movie, and 126 yuan for watching the movie, so the total expenditure for the two of us today is 629 yuan."

"So many?"

Mi Cai nodded with a strict expression and replied: "Yan zhòng is overspending!" ”

I also realized that I had overspended, and sighed: "It's really a life of firewood, rice, oil and salt!" However, this gas cost cannot be fully counted in today's account, after all, it is enough for us to drive for many days."

"That's also an overspending!!"

I subconsciously touched my nose, and then asked in Mi Cai's ear: "By the way, how much is your monthly salary for Aosen advertising?" ”

"When you realize the crisis, you ask, haven't you thought about controlling consumption before?"

"I'll admit it, but you haven't said what Orson is paying you for."

"A basic salary of 3800, plus performance commission."

I was immediately not calm: "Damn, such an insincere salary is not enough for you to buy a set of cosmetics after a month!" ”

"In your Xuzhou, don't all assistants have a salary of about 3,000 yuan? Mine is already tall! ”

I subconsciously took out a cigarette from my pocket and lit it, Mi Cai's current salary income is really bad, such as cosmetics, I can't let her use Dabao with me, besides, I don't know much about her other expenses, but I used to spend on maintenance every month, at least tens of thousands of her natural beauty, but natural beauty also needs to be maintained! And she has become accustomed to that kind of consumption, and for women, the reduction of consumption on cosmetics is undoubtedly the most painful change.

At this moment, I finally felt the troubles in firewood, rice, oil and salt, and I only hated that I had been too profligate in Suzhou, if I could bring hundreds of thousands back to Xuzhou, I wouldn't have to be so embarrassed now, at least I could support it for a while.

Mi Cai and I went to the underground parking lot to retrieve the car, as if losing the good mood just now, along the way, both of them were silent until they were about to return to the community, I said to her: "We don't have too much psychological pressure, I will first express my attitude to you, I will work hard to make money in the future, not to mention the rest, at least to ensure your living standards." ”

Mi Cai smiled and said, "Don't be so deliberate, I can support myself within my own salary, you just need to do your own coffee shop." ”

I was silent for a long time before replying, "I don't want to wronged you"

"What doesn't mean wrongdoing?"

I was speechless, in fact, since she and I returned to Xuzhou, it has been a grievance, and our choice is destined to make her sacrifice a lot.

Mi Cai comforted me: "It's okay, when your coffee shop runs smoothly in the future, our lives will be much more relaxed, and my current job is only temporary." ”

I seemed to have some confidence again, nodded and replied: "I think that after a qiē is on the right track, we are still very simple to live a petty bourgeois life in Xuzhou, but we are all a little too bold, just throw Suzhou a qiē cleanly, in fact, we are not really ready in our hearts!" ”

Mi Cai shook his head and said, "Zhaoyang, let's not talk about life in Suzhou, you don't have to treat me as Mi Cai in the past." ”

Her words made me very distressed, but I didn't say anything, just held her left hand and looked out the car window at the somewhat depressed winter I really don't like this winter, it snows too much, and I lose too many things, I can't wait to see the spring flowers bloom next year!

After parking the car and going upstairs, I opened the door softly, afraid of disturbing my father and mother, because it was late at this time, but I didn't want them to rest yet, sitting in the living room watching TV, but it was more like waiting for us.

Sure enough, my mother turned off the TV and said to us, "Coming back?" ”

I replied, "Well, why haven't you slept yet, it's almost 11 o'clock!" ”

"Isn't this waiting for you? But why did you play until now and come back? ”

"Went to the movies"

Mom nodded, and said to us, "Don't be busy washing up and resting, I have something to say to you with your father." ”

Mi Cai and I glanced at each other, both of whom saw confusion on each other's faces, but sat down on the couch across from them, waiting for them to talk to us.

Daddy coughed, obviously a little embarrassed, my mother was very open-minded, and said to me: "Zhaoyang, there is something I have to tell you, your house is about to pay the property fee, as well as the heating fee, and the miscellaneous expenses add up to a total of more than 6,000 yuan, and at that time, the house was renovated, and it was not enough in the later stage, and your father also paid 50,000 yuan, we totaled it, you and Xiaomi are already financially independent, can this money be returned to us?" ”

I was dumbfounded, I never dreamed that my own parents would talk to me about the money used to be renovated when I needed it the most!!

Seeing that I didn't answer, my mother asked Mi Cai again: "Xiaomi, you said that we want to return the 50,000 yuan for the original decoration, should we or shouldn't?" ”

Mi Cai's face was embarrassed, obviously she was also worried about our current financial ability, there was no way to pay the money, I finally took the conversation and said, "You are deliberately embarrassing us when you mention this money now, right?" Where do we have so much money now! ”

Mom said: "We really don't embarrass you, you look at Aunt Zhang's family next door Qin Hao, who is about the same age as you, people spend their own money from buying a house to decorating, and their old couple is much easier, besides, the country does not advocate gnawing the old now, and your father is not a rich and noble person, isn't it reasonable for us to get that money back?" ”

"That's the case, but there's no need to talk about this at this time, right? You are not unaware of our situation. ”

Ban Dad finally opened his mouth and said: "We asked you for this money, just to understand that there are thorns everywhere in ordinary days, and some thorns are something you can't think of, Zhaoyang, you think about it yourself, ponder it yourself, whether this money should be returned to us and how to pay it back." ”

Ban Dad said and beckoned my mother to go back to the house to rest, and the pressure was really piled on me, and I can be sure that it was Ban Dad's idea to ask for this money, because this coincides with his previous advice to me, he just wants to put pressure on my life, in his eyes, I am a lazy horse, I need to raise the whip, from time to time to pump twice, I can run, but I can never understand what height he wants me to run?

And me? Is running this coffee shop with your own creativity a kind of cowardice after being hurt? Or, what kind of big business can I do in Xuzhou?

Actually, I'm just competing with myself, if I want, I can get a large amount of investment from the current circle of friends to do some serious business, I'm afraid that Ban Dad has seen through this, so there will be such a move So it seems that the ordinary life I am pursuing, is it really a deliberate avoidance? Or, this time it's the board daddy who is wrong?

I was a little tired, a little depressed, subconsciously lit a cigarette for myself, leaned back on the sofa, closed my eyes and smoked today, this has just begun the life of firewood, rice, oil and salt, it has given me a lot of troubles and questions.

But I'm really empty now, I don't know what kind of mentality to bring, to do the kind of big business that others have high hopes for, if I really choose to do it in the end, then I give up the company of Luku, isn't it a lot of this move? And why should I go back to Xuzhou?

With so many problems, I'm a little messy! At this time, there was a basin of hot water under my feet, which was the foot washing water brought to me by Mi Cai, and I once again experienced the warmth of ordinary life.