In order to allow the veteran players who have been physically exhausted to have ample time to rest, Zheng Changsheng and Sun Junshan discussed and gave the team a four-day vacation, and allowed the players to use the four-day vacation to go home to visit relatives, and the round-trip travel expenses can come to the club for reimbursement. However, the current situation at the club is very optimistic and the future is very bright, and the players are not willing to waste this rare holiday on the bumpy journey home to visit family, so no one is interested in going home. So at the celebration banquet that night, everyone was desperately pouring wine from others, and everyone was desperately drunk by others. Gao Jinsong only remembered that in the end, he and the three Guan Mingshan clinked glasses, and their eyes were dark, and when he woke up again, he was already lying on his bed in the dormitory.

The air conditioner was on in the room, and it was cool. The murky air was mixed with the foul smell of alcohol. The curtains were not covered, and the harsh sunlight poured through the glass windows into the room. His roommate Zhang Chi was not in the house, and judging from his neatly arranged pillow and futon and the few washed and folded clothes resting on the bed, this prodigal son probably did not return all night.

He sat on the edge of the bed, pulling his slippers on the ground with his feet, pressing his temples, and his mind was still a little dazed. He struggled to remember how he had come back last night.

But he could barely remember what had happened after he was drunk, and he had only a few scattered memories in his head. Shaking figures, loud laughter, a few hands tugging at his arms, and two limp feet that dragged him up and down the stairs and corridors like dead dogs. He vaguely remembered that the person who sent him back seemed to be Guan Mingshan, as well as the back Wei Honglin, who gave him his position on the field.

He scratched his short flat head and laughed. Wei Honglin has a strong Wuhan accent in the back waist, he always likes to pronounce "Japan" as "Erben", when Gao Jinsong first came to the team, whenever he heard Wei Honglin speak, he felt very funny.

He kicked his slippers and stood up, found the air conditioning controller on the table, first shut down the air conditioner after a night of work, and then opened all the windows—the hot air with the fresh smell of earth, flowers and trees immediately came to his face, and wrapped him warmly. He stretched out pleasantly and shook his aching neck. Until now, he still feels a little dizzy, and his stomach is empty and uncomfortable.

He had been drinking so much last night that he had barely stuffed his stomach with anything to eat, and his stomach was already protesting against him.

He looked at the electronic clock on the bedside table—it was almost one o'clock in the afternoon, but if he had moved fast, he might have been able to catch lunch in the club's cafeteria. Although the team is on vacation, the club's employees are still working as usual, and they have to eat. Of course, he can also go out for lunch, and his current income will allow him to order a few good dishes at any of the city's high-end hotels and restaurants, and then have a good meal. But he doesn't have such a habit of spending money lavishly, and he is really reluctant, if it was half a month ago, the cost of eating such a meal alone would allow the eldest sister's family of four to live a good life for a month.

But the eldest sister's family doesn't have to live that kind of tight life now. He had already sent money to his family twice, and on the morning of the second day after winning the first game, he sent back the prize money and the appearance fee for the first three games, along with the black money, and the first night of the second game, the eldest sister who received the remittance bill called him tremblingly and asked him if he had done something to commit a lawsuit and eat guns - otherwise, how could he send so much money to his family at one time? She was so frightened by the huge amount on the remittance slip that she didn't dare to go to the post office to pick up the money...... After the match with Qingdao Shuangxi, he sent a large sum of money back to his family. According to the house price he knows, this money can allow the eldest sister's family to buy a good big house in the county, and if they are lucky, they may be able to buy a decent second-hand house that has been renovated, so that they can save a lot of money, and at the same time, their family can completely bid farewell to the old dormitory of the unit of twenty or thirty square meters - his nephew and niece are in the third grade of primary school, and it is time to sleep in separate rooms.

He also remitted money to his second sister once, and he gave all his first month's salary to his second sister, who was studying in Guangzhou. The second sister also called him after receiving the money. It was evident that she had learned of the money from her eldest sister before she called, so she was not as flustered as if the sky was about to fall, but curiously asked him when the playing profession had become so golden, and inquired with interest about many things in their club......

He found that he probably couldn't make it to lunch in the club cafeteria, and he was now covered in the foul smell of alcohol and other disgusting smells, not to mention that he had to call home first and ask his eldest sister if he was still short of money. He has been away from home for many years, and he doesn't know how much money the family brought in the first two years to treat his father with advanced rectal cancer, and he doesn't know how much money the eldest sister owes because of the second sister's study. He didn't dare to ask, because at that time he couldn't come up with any money and couldn't share the burden on the shoulders of his eldest sister and brother-in-law. But now that his conditions are better, it is natural for him to fill these shortfalls.

He looked at the phone in his room, thought about it, and decided to tidy up his personal hygiene first. There is no phone installed at home, and when I call back, I have to ask the porter to stand in the yard and call the eldest sister to come down and pick it up; Besides, it's noon, and most of the family is empty. Maybe I should call the dry cleaners where my eldest sister has helped me for two years. But he soon abandoned the plan. There are many people in the store, and I'm afraid it's hard to explain clearly. I knew that I should have asked my eldest sister to take down this store, so that if there is an urgent matter, it is easy to discuss.

The idea that popped up made his heart skip a beat. yes, why can't you let the eldest sister take that dry cleaner down? When the siblings spoke on the phone last month, she also mentioned in passing that she might not be there for long, because the owner of the dry cleaner had been looking for someone to transfer the shop miles for some time. He remembered that while comforting his eldest sister not to be in a hurry, he also casually asked for the price, as if he wanted 18,000. He didn't know if the price was right, but his sister had been there for so long, she should know the price. If she wanted to, she could have taken the dry cleaners down. He carefully recalled the eldest sister's words about the situation of the dry cleaner, and calculated that after removing the rent, water, electricity, labor and other miscellaneous expenses, he could also have one or two thousand yuan a month - for ordinary people in the county, such an income is very satisfactory.

He wanted to hang up the phone with his eldest sister almost immediately, and then tell her what he thought.

It's a pity that he can't let his eldest sister discuss this kind of thing with him on the phone at the dry cleaner.

It seems that this will have to wait until the evening. He made up his mind to talk about this matter with his eldest sister at night, and at the same time asked her to find a suitable new house to move in as soon as possible, and then install a phone at home, otherwise what if there is an emergency in the future?

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More than half an hour later, we saw Gao Jinsong and the "brave" back Wei Honglin appear together in the ground floor hall on the fourth floor attached to the Wenhui Hotel, talking and laughing and gossiping, while waiting for something.

Wei Honglin, who was half a head shorter than Gao Jinsong, was talking about last night's events to Gao Jinsong in his authentic Wuhan dialect: "...... It's a shame that Guan Mingshan doesn't like anything other than two sips, otherwise I can't drag you alone. Good guy, you're heavy enough, Lao Guan also came to drink when I went up the stairs, and that moment almost flashed me. As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the stairs, "Why can't Lao Guan come down?" He looked at his watch again and said impatiently, "Why hasn't the taxi come yet?" ”

When Gao Jinsong went out to find a place to solve the lunch problem, he happened to meet Wei Honglin, who had just gotten up, and the two knew from the waiter that Guan Mingshan hadn't gotten up yet, so they went to knock on Guan Mingshan's door. According to Wei Honglin's words, this is "Guan Mingshan's wolf tail is so big, what's there to eat him?" Besides, you have taken such a bad breath for him, if he doesn't invite you, how can his conscience be okay? We're doing this for his good! ”

Guan Mingshan, who was pulled out of the bed by the two of them, didn't know what was going on, so he agreed to invite this lunch in a daze, and said very arrogantly: "You can eat wherever you want!" - Please, let me sleep a little longer, okay? ”

Of course not.

Seeing that Guan Mingshan was tossed so that it was impossible to sleep anymore, Wei Honglin used the phone in the room to inform the hotel lobby and asked them to call a taxi to come over, and then patted the bathroom door, telling Guan Mingshan to quickly gather downstairs, and warned him loudly that if he dared to escape through the window and not invite this meal, he would wait to go to the notice board at the door of the court to see his photo.

Gao Jinsong was amused by Wei Honglin's jokes one after another, and he leaned back and laughed.

The taxi came, Guan Mingshan also packed up and stopped, and the three of them got into the taxi and ran to the bustling city with a smoke.

"Where to eat? Have you thought of a good place? Guan Mingshan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, asked.

Wei Honglin immediately dragged Gao Jinsong next to him, and said seriously: "The head snake said! ”

Gao Jinsong opened his mouth and said nothing. He remembered a few famous restaurants and restaurants in the provincial capital, but he had already been to these local clubs when they held celebration banquets, and another one was on their way to the stadium, but now it had become a branch of the Bank of Communications, and the rest of the places he had only heard of the name, and he had never been there, and he didn't know about the signature dishes and skills of others.

Fortunately, the driver helped him out of the siege, and very enthusiastically introduced them to a lot of places to eat.

Gao Jinsong was a little surprised, these places mentioned by the master are all very famous restaurants, and of course the cost of a meal cannot be low. Why didn't he ask his passengers if they could afford it?

Guan Mingshan said: "Master, don't you be angry with dead fish and shrimp......

The master glanced at the sweatshirt on Gao Jinsong's body from the rearview mirror of the car, and said with a smile: "I know, you are all players who come to us to participate in the second division." The city is full of players like you these days, and I've pulled it several times. ”

It seems that the second division, which not many people pay attention to, still has some impact on the city, at least the taxi drivers love these players who have nothing to do and like to run around.

The master neatly turned the car onto the spacious and lively ring road, and said: "I have also been to the Wenhui Hotel where you got in the car just now, and there is a guy with a Cantonese accent who vomited in my car. ”

Cantonese accent guys? It must have been Chen Mingcan, he was the only Cantonese on the team, and one night he was drunk, and he was downstairs and howled Cantonese songs in his broken voice for a long time, until he was dragged into the dormitory, he was still tossing and turning.

"Are there any places where the food is very special?" Guan Mingshan asked.

"Frog meat, can you eat it?" The master asked. Seeing that several people did not object, he continued, "There is a good place outside the north gate, frog meat is a must, and there are many fun places nearby, which are safe and convenient......" The master smiled ambiguously. In the past, some of the players who sat in his car asked about it bluntly, so this time he didn't wait for the three of them to speak, so he brought it up first. From here to the north gate is almost through the city, and he is happy to earn a few more hard-earned money.

All three understood what he was talking about. Almost every city has one or several such "good places", and a few swingers on the team have already inquired about these things, and they have all stepped on them, and often exchange their experiences and gains in a colorful way. Guys like Zhang Chi Ma Cheng and Chen Mingcan, they don't shy away from anything when they talk about this kind of thing, and they often gang up to ask the club for a car.

"So, let's go eat frog meat?" Guan Mingshan swallowed his spit and asked his two companions. Seeing that neither of them objected, he excitedly said to the driver, "Drive faster, master." ”

"I know a few familiar bosses over there, and they often have new ladies who can help you make a call." The master obviously misunderstood Guan Mingshan's eager expression, and was still enthusiastically soliciting business for his acquaintances, "They have private rooms there, and they also have separate courtyards, and the rooms have air conditioning and hot water, which is not much worse than a big hotel - and there are many young ladies, and they are obedient, and the price is fair." At this time, you can choose whatever you want......"

"Eat first, and then we'll talk about the rest." Guan Mingshan interrupted the master's words, and let the driver's idea of getting a few benefits for himself was in vain.

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I didn't say much after eating.

Guan Mingshan, who was drunk and flushed, stopped a taxi on the side of the road with a wine burp, and went back to sleep again, Wei Honglin and Gao Jinsong had already said at the dinner table that they would go into the city to buy things together. Wei Honglin wanted to buy himself two decent clothes and pants, but what about Gao Jinsong? His need for clothes should be more urgent than Wei Honglin's, and it is not only shabby for him to go out like this again, but it is simply inconsistent with his current identity......

The two of them also stopped a taxi and went directly to the largest shopping mall in the provincial capital, and then went straight to the men's clothing department on the fourth floor according to the shopping guide on the ground floor of the mall, and soon found a counter selling summer clothes.

The reason why they chose this counter was simply because it was the first men's clothing counter they saw after they got out of the escalator, and as for this brand called "Yafeng", neither of them cared.

"Welcome!" The two women who were muttering on either side of the counter greeted them loudly but not very enthusiastically, quickly approached them and asked them what they needed to buy, and then suddenly they were very enthusiastic to introduce them to various styles of clothes and pants, and enthusiastically chose the right colors and styles of clothes and pants for them. We can't help but laugh at this scene, skilled salespeople can always quickly distinguish who is their real customer, who is a potential buyer, and who is just a random idler.

The salesman's enthusiasm was a little overwhelming for the two men. Wei Honglin was better, after buying what he wanted, he only bought another tie and a beautiful tie clip and then sat aside, watching the two salesmen fiddling with Gao Jinsong there, and pointing at Gao Jinsong very energetically. Poor Gao Jinsong, he has never bought anything in such a big shopping mall, and being compared back and forth on him by two women with clothes and pants made him sweat.

"These pants are not good, and the waist is definitely not suitable. You measure his waist circumference first and then choose the right one for him. Wei Honglin was very interested in recruiting the two salesmen.

"This shirt is not good, the color is too light, the contrast is too great, change it. - Don't keep your face stiff, and if you don't teach you to pay back the money now, why are you crying? Come on, smile at me. The latter sentence was said to Gao Jinsong.

In order to end this torture as soon as possible, Gao Jinsong bought two T-shirts, two pants and two shirts, and then stood in front of the dressing mirror with a new look and looked around.

"Be serious! It's a fitting session! Wei Honglin loudly scolded the two salesmen who were laughing so fast that they couldn't straighten their waists, which made them laugh even harder, and a woman had already squatted on the ground with her stomach covered and screamed.

Gao Jinsong turned around with satisfaction and asked Wei Honglin to pay for the bill.

"You didn't even bring any money?" Wei Honglin asked with a look of surprise. He immediately told the two equally astonished women, "Take good care of him, don't teach him to run away, I'll go back and get the money to ransom him." As he spoke, he reached out for his wallet, asked them to open the bill, and bought a beautiful wallet.

"Stuff it up and give it back to me." He gave the wallet to Gao Jinsong.

When they left, Gao Jinsong also deliberately said goodbye to one of the salespeople. He had already recognized that this woman was a relative of his debtor Jiang Lihong, the Jiang Yan who spoke in a standard voice like an announcer on the radio.

Jiang Yan reacted in surprise at this time, that tall and thin young man was the person Jiang Lihong had been looking for. Gao Jinsong, she immediately remembered his name. In the first half month after he moved out of that rental house, Jiang Lihong mentioned him almost every day, and kept begging her to give her advice on how to find him. How can I find him? She had to comfort Jiang Lihong again and again, how difficult it was to find someone who had almost nothing left but his name in this metropolis with a population of millions, and what could he do after finding him? Will she be able to pay back the five thousand dollars right away? Or can there be anything that can cover the money? She has nothing, but how much is a person worth? Jiang Yan herself admitted that it was indeed cruel for her to say this, but she couldn't help but say it, because she had to dispel the delusion in her friend's heart, otherwise, she might suffer more for this delusion.

Jiang Yan, who plans for the bad in everything first, already knows that Gao Jinsong definitely didn't have any bad intentions when he lent the money to Jiang Lihong, but she couldn't understand how a person could believe in another person who met in Pingshui like that, and as far as she knew, most of these two people didn't have any commendable dealings. This made her even more confused, what was Gao Jinsong's motive for doing this, and what was he trying to do this?

In the end, she couldn't find a plausible explanation that convinced her. In addition to lamenting Jiang Lihong's luck, she could only admire Gao Jinsong's ancient road hot intestines. She was even a little envious and jealous of her friend, why didn't she meet such a good man?

"Maybe he's just a really good guy."

"He was!" Every time Jiang Yan said this, Jiang Lihong would refute her. She must not allow anyone to slander Gao Jinsong in front of her, not even suspicion.

As the days passed quietly and plainly, gradually, Jiang Lihong, who had had some kind of expectation, no longer had any illusions about Gao Jinsong's reappearance. Occasionally, two good friends would talk about this big man who suddenly disappeared without a trace on a sweltering night, guessing his whereabouts, recalling the events of that night, and wantonly adding all kinds of imaginary plots to it, making it truly a bizarre story. Both of them would be amused by these fictional episodes. But Jiang Yan knew that whenever they talked about it, Jiang Lihong had a hard time falling asleep, and a few times, she saw her standing quietly on the balcony alone......

The two haven't talked about Gao Jinsong for a long time.

Jiang Yan was not a direct participant in that incident, and for her, a bystander, Gao Jinsong's whereabouts were not worthy of her attention. She can't worry about her own affairs, so how can she take care of others. What's more, they work hard every day to change their lives, and at the end of the day, their feet are almost numb, sometimes they are so tired that they don't even want to speak, and they have to rest quickly to get some food - they can't even eat anything when they are most tired. If they hadn't been able to take care of each other, they would have been exhausted.

Tired, this is the word that appears most frequently in their conversations with each other, the pressure of work and life makes them almost breathless, any little rumor about the personnel transfer in the unit can make them worry for many days, for girls like them who have neither a diploma nor a special skill and no foundation, it is too difficult to find a fixed decent job, they have to hold it tightly carefully, for fear that one of their mistakes will make it fall to pieces.

Hey, for girls like them from the countryside, the kaleidoscope of colorful and colorful urban life is the place where they realize their dreams, but after coming here, they gradually realize that what this huge colorful vortex prefers to do is to crush all their dreams......

"What's wrong with you?" The colleague stretched out his hand and shook it in front of the distracted Jiang Yan.

"Huh?" Jiang Yan came to his senses from the shock. She forced a smile at her colleague and said, "It's okay, I didn't have a good rest last night, and I dozed off a little." ”

The colleague looked at her suspiciously and didn't say anything more.

"What about them?"

"Who?"

"Those two who bought clothes just now."

"Let's go." The colleague looked at her puzzledly. "I finished my shopping and left. That tall guy even greeted you, and you didn't even pay attention to them. Why don't you look at the counter and see if he left you a phone number or something? ”

Jiang Yan ignored his colleague's jokes. She hurriedly dropped the sentence "I have something to do, I'll come when I go", and hurriedly chased downstairs. There was no one on the third floor, and she went to the second floor; On the second floor, she didn't see Gao Jinsong's shadow, so she went down to the first floor. She drove all the way to the gate of the mall, and stood on the steps and looked around anxiously, but in addition to the strange faces coming and going, where could she still see Gao Jinsong's shadow?

What can I do now? How should she tell Jiang Lihong about this?

In the end, she made up her mind and decided not to tell Jiang Lihong about it first.

She felt that when she encountered this kind of thing, it was far more important to forget them than to remember them, which was for Jiang Lihong's sake......

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