(Due to the excessive number of words in this chapter, it has been updated in two parts, and the following is the first half of "27a".) ）

At seven o'clock in the evening, Zhong Li returned to the shop and saw that there was no one in the shop. The two children are not there, his wife Hyosung is not there, and his father Zhong Neng is not there, and there are no customers in the empty shop, and there are no buyers in the shop, and a nameless fire jumps up. Zhong Li clasped his hands to his chest, thinking that he must wait for Bao Xiaoxing to come back today to ask a few questions.

Zhong Neng went grocery shopping, and when he came back, he saw his son looking at the store, so he went straight to the kitchen with the vegetables to prepare dinner. At dinner, Zhong Li asked his father, "What about her?" ”

"Star? I don't know! I walked around and came back in the afternoon to see, there was no one in the store, she didn't say hello, there must be something urgent! Zhong Neng wiped his mouth after eating. After his son finished eating, Zhong Neng brought the dishes and chopsticks in, and then cleaned up the table and washed the dishes.

There was no one in the shop again. Buddy Lao Tao wore a vest, a beer belly, and blue slippers came over to ask Zhong Li to go out for a drink, usually a group of them went to the old place at half past eight in the evening to drink and brag about the hide, Zhong Li, Lao Tao who sells dried vegetables in the back alley, Daqiang who sells tea in Area A, and Lao Lei, who wholesales mushroom fungus in District D, the four of them get together to drink almost every night, and occasionally Zhao Yun, who sells vegetables in the fresh area, and Lao Zhang, who sells beef, add in.

There was no one in the shop, and Zhong Li had to guard - he couldn't pull away! Lao Tao was very disappointed, and returned in a huff, tonight's game is over. Chung Lee was disheartened and angry, and waited for Hyosung to come back, but Hyosung never came back. There was not a single phone call, and there was no saying where it went. The temper of a middle-aged man is as long and hard as his beard. At nine o'clock in the evening, Li made a phone call, but no one answered, and the middle-aged idler was even more popular.

Lately, I've been busy with my sister's business.,Often not in the store.,And rarely mention it to your family.。 Hyosung didn't mean not to say it, but it's always hard to talk about ugly things, not to mention that her sister hasn't married yet! If I had said it earlier, one of the people on the Zhongli wine table accidentally made everyone in the entire farmer's market see jokes, spread gossip, and poke the backbone - how embarrassing! Xiaotang grew up in the farmer's market, and he couldn't recognize a hundred or ten people, but he could call out thirty or forty, not to mention that there were many people who chased Xiaotang and introduced them to Xiaotang. People live with faces and trees with live skins, how can Hyosung open his mouth?

Bao Xiaoxing at this end has to take care of his sister to drink chicken soup and move his sister, so how can he have time to worry about things in the store. She didn't receive the call from Zhong Li, and half an hour had passed when she saw that she didn't answer the phone. At ten o'clock in the evening, Zhongli made another phone call angrily, and Hyosung was cleaning up his sister's belongings with his three children, only saying that he would not return to the store tonight, and then hung up the phone on his own.

Zhong Li's heart became angry when he heard this, and he kicked the table, chair and stool a few times. I was so dry at night that I wanted to drink cold water, but I didn't have a sip of water at home. Business was not good, Hyosung stopped bottled water at the end of the year before last, and the family switched to drinking cold water. But in the second half of the day, Hyosung was not there, and the morning was finished with a cool white drink. On a hot day in July, without a sip of water, Zhong Li sat alone in the store for three hours, licking his dry lips and feeling indignant.

The child's grandfather Zhong Neng was tired from a busy day and had already fallen asleep. Usually at this time, Hyosung would be busy tidying up the shop, receiving goods, settling accounts, and settling the children to sleep. But at this time today, Zhong Li was left alone in the deserted shop. Since Mei Mei was admitted to university, she basically didn't go to home, didn't report to him anywhere, and didn't take him as a father in the slightest. It's stupid, stupid, and weird.,It's not close to me at all.。 Hyosung often leaves the shop for no reason for several days, and I don't know how long I haven't lived on the second floor of the shop...... A lot of grievances are backlogged.

Zhong Li is angry, and there is nowhere to vent. He dialed Lao Tao, Da Qiang, and Lao Lei one by one, telling them that he had a treat tonight, and those who were willing to come would go to Yang Bang's barbecue restaurant, where he was waiting for them. Zhong Li informed the people and closed the shop by himself, confiscated the goods, and did not turn off the lights, so he went to the barbecue restaurant first. As soon as everyone heard about it, they went to Yang Bang Barbecue Restaurant - it was a big meal, why didn't they go back to a thousand? It costs five or six hundred just to drink! Lao Lei took advantage of the situation and called Zhao Yun and Lao Zhang, and the six of them gathered in the barbecue restaurant at 10:40.

People who have lost their appeal and influence and have the desire to call on others and influence others are left with the only way to invite guests to dinner. What's more, mutual praise and mutual comfort at the wine table have become the only channel for unemployed and failed middle-aged men to appreciate their self-esteem and comfort their lives. After a while, more than a dozen dishes such as grilled fish, mutton skewers, beef skewers, and pork kidneys were prepared, and the beer boss gave a box, and the six people drank wine in their fists, and the scene was not lively. Sitting in the store as a gatekeeper, if you don't go out to drink with the old guys and enjoy life.

When Hyosung and his daughter finished moving their things and drove back to the Fuchun community, it was already half past eleven. It's too late, there are a lot of belongings in the car, and the mother and daughter are so tired that they have the strength to move home, so they can only put them in the car first and make another plan tomorrow. As soon as they entered the house, the mother and daughter collapsed on the sofa, and after Hyosung settled her daughter to sleep, she looked at her sister and then sat alone on the sofa in a daze.

The woman was so tired that she didn't even have the strength to lift her eyelids, but she couldn't sleep after closing her eyes. After middle age, people have a lot of things to do, and they often can't sleep the more tired they get. When she drove her sister back from the hospital, she was very hungry in the car, but she couldn't care about eating by herself at that time. When I got home, I only remembered to make chicken soup for my sister, and after my sister ate, she was too hungry to eat. At twelve o'clock in the night, Bao Xiaoxing was lying on the sofa, hungry and tired, unable to move.

She suddenly remembered Zhong Li's phone number, it was twelve o'clock - he must have slept, and he usually came back from drinking around twelve o'clock, and even if he didn't sleep, he was drunk. Hyosung had the heart to reply to him with a phone call, and finally broke off the thought. I don't know when it began, there was an insurmountable distance between them, and an idea and a word had to go around and around. She was tired. I don't have the strength to go around anymore.

At half past twelve, the group was almost drunk, Lao Zhang and Zhao Yun left first after saying hello to each other, and Daqiang and Lao Lei also left with their stomachs waving their hands for half an hour. The wholesale transactions in the farmer's market are mostly in the morning every day, every family is busy, and the businessman is very business-oriented, even if the wine is good, the meat is good, and the next day is open as usual after eating and getting drunk. Lao Tao looked at his watch, it was already 1:20 in the morning, Zhong Li was so drunk that he couldn't leave, and Lao Tao couldn't leave if he wanted to.

The next day, I had to move the goods, the old Tao daughter-in-law was weak and couldn't do physical work, and he couldn't wake up in the morning, so ninety percent of the day's business was gone. Although Lao Tao is drunk, his head is sober. The barbecue restaurant is two kilometers away from the farmer's market, and Zhong Li is tall and big, and he is a short man from the south. Even if you can carry it, it will take more than an hour to carry it back, and I am still tired enough. There was no way, Lao Tao dialed Bao Xiaoxing's phone.

"Hello?" Bao Xiaoxing heard the phone ring, and saw that it was 1:47 in the morning.

"Hey, Hyosung. Mei Mei's dad is drunk, so drunk that he can't do it! Can't go! You drive over and pick him up! "Lao Tao sells bitterness.

"Where are you?"

"Yang Bang barbecue, you've been here."

"yes, I know."

"Okay, then I'll wait for you to come over and help you carry him to the car."

"No need, you can go, I'll handle it alone. What time does the barbecue restaurant close? ”

"The door closes at two o'clock, I discussed with the boss, the door closes at half past two tonight, and I am waiting for you to come."

"Okay, I'll come right over." Hyosung gasped and sat up hard.

"Then I'll wait for you, and look at him by the way!"

"No, no, no! Leave it alone, go back to sleep. Hyosung hung up the phone.

Bao Xiaoxing put on a thin shawl, took his mobile phone and a small bag, and went out alone. The car was full of my sister's things - the trunk, the back seat, and the passenger seat were stuffed with large and small bags, daily bits and pieces, and my own car couldn't be driven. Hyosung went out of the community to take a taxi and only got on the bus after 20 minutes.

At half past two in the morning, the owner of the barbecue restaurant was about to close, Lao Tao paid the bill first, and then carried the drunken Zhong Li to the porcelain floor in front of the barbecue restaurant with the owner of the shop. The shopkeeper left, and Lao Tao guarded Chung-ri, waiting for Hyosung to come.

It was almost three o'clock when the taxi arrived near the barbecue restaurant, and Bao Xiaoxing got off the bus on the main road, paid for it, and walked in the direction of the barbecue restaurant. The road was dim, she cautiously crossed a small alley, walked more than ten meters, and on a dark ground, she found the shadows of two snoring men. When I got closer, I saw a person sleeping on the ground with his body open, vest and shorts, a slipper, unkempt hair, hands spread, and feet apart - Bao Xiaoxing is all too familiar, this person is Zhong Li. Lao Tao also drank too much, leaning against the wall and snoring.

"Old Tao! Old Tao! Hyosung patted Lao Tao on the shoulder.

"Oops, you're here! Sizzle...... I couldn't fall asleep too! Lao Tao rubbed his tangerine peel face, which was full of meat.

"Go back quickly!"

"I'll help you carry it into the car and send it back to the farmer's shop!" Lao Tao stood up.

"No, no, you're busy tomorrow, you can go back first!"

"And how do you get it?" Lao Tao asked, pointing to the people on the ground.

"Leave it alone! Leave it alone! Let's go back! Hyosung urged.

Lao Tao patted his buttocks, straightened his clothes, and left with a long yawn.

Bao Xiaoxing looked at Zhong Li and sighed.

Do you want to send him back to the farmer's market? The barbecue restaurant is not on the main road, and she has to walk at least dozens of meters to carry him to the main road, where can she carry it. Can you find a father-in-law clock? The child's grandfather is old and can't stand to look at his own son. Looking for a taxi driver? The car can't come in, and you can't pull it out...... Bao Xiaoxing smiled, what a good opportunity, they were alone on the cool street, in the quiet night.

What a match made in heaven!

More than 20 years ago, a capable and handsome young man came into her life, and he gave her the direction of her life like a rising star, a home, and a pair of children...... The former young man became what he is now in a blink of an eye - idle, drunk every day. Why did he give himself perfection and shatter it with his own hands? Hyosung is sad.

Bao Xiaoxing took a deep breath, she stood beside Zhong Li and looked down quietly, she looked at him in a daze. Over the years, life has been running over her like a huge rumbling machine, and she is too tired to have the strength to make decisions about her own life. She hadn't looked at him carefully for a long time, hadn't touched his face for a long time, hadn't been lying in his arms for a long time and talked about Meimei and Xuecheng, her hometown and Shenzhen...... At three o'clock in the morning, Shenzhen is as quiet as a hometown.

Oh my God, Hyosung misses his hometown, and he misses it very much.

With his long hair fluttering in the wind and his sleeves swaying gently, Bao Xiaoxing smiled as he looked at the shadows of the trees swaying in the wind.

She could smell the rue flowers in the scent of the yuzu peel, but she could not smell the yue peel in the smell of the rue flowers. In the dark alley, only she and the southern wind remained.

There is no moon tonight, and there are no stars in the city. She looked up and sighed, tears streaming down her face, letting her hair flutter like palm leaves in the wind.