Xu Qinghe and Qiao Wei looked at each other for a moment, not understanding what the situation was.

"When the shop is renovated, you can come and have a good look, it's definitely a different experience." The shopkeeper smiled mysteriously and raised eyebrows at Xu Qinghe.

Xu Qinghe vaguely seemed to have caught something, but he couldn't say it all of a sudden.

"Didn't you just say that it was a small business? How can you have money for renovation? Thanks to Qinghe's blessing, Qiao Wei is no stranger to the shopkeeper, so she made a joke.

"Isn't it some people's fantasies that gave me an idea?" The shopkeeper glanced at Xu Qinghe.

"Me? What's the matter with me? Xu Qinghe pointed at himself with his finger, a little confused.

Qiao Wei walked around Xu Qinghe and looked him up and down.

"I'm not afraid of crooked shadows, I didn't instigate him. It's the boss's own decision. Maybe it's a windfall or something. Let's say you won the lottery. Xu Qinghe said, "It's not that I can't eat the wontons here for months." ”

"I feel the need for me to clarify that I never buy lottery tickets. And there's no windfall either. There are flying disasters. The decoration will not take that long, and it should be half a month. The shopkeeper said.

"I said boss, you have been planning for a long time, or did you just make a temporary idea." Xu Qinghe frowned.

"It's good to be young, although I can't be younger anymore, but I have to be young at heart. Being young is hard work, and you have to do whatever you think of immediately. The shopkeeper sighed.

"You're really resolute." Xu Qinghe didn't know what to say about this action.

"There's still some time, why don't we take a look at the screen earlier?" Xu Qinghe asked Qiao Wei's opinion, "Pick one you like." ”

"Really?" Qiao Wei's eyes widened. Xu Qinghe really wanted to do such an exaggerated thing.

"Otherwise, it can be fake. Even if you can stand those stares, I can't stand it, I don't feel comfortable eating a meal, I don't have an appetite at all. Xu Qinghe's eyes were full of resentment, "I want to directly chop the peach blossoms in the mountains and fall among the buds." No, even the seeds are to be burned. ”

Qiao Wei looked at Xu Qinghe's eyes, obviously she didn't do anything, but she inexplicably felt a trace of guilt, as if she had wronged Xu Qinghe.

"I observed a few seconds of silence for those people." The shopkeeper said from the side.

"Actually, I'm not targeting everyone, you are so beautiful, you will naturally attract the attention of many people, but what I can't stand is those malicious eyes, and those ······" Xu Qinghe didn't fully point it out, but Qiao Wei understood what he wanted to say.

"Okay, listen to you." Qiao Wei took the initiative to hold Xu Qinghe's arm.

"Boss, when the time comes, I will directly ask the store to send it to you, remember to check." Xu Qinghe waved his hand, "Just take it as a congratulatory gift from me, and business is prosperous." ”

"That's too precious." The shopkeeper laughed.

"Since we arrived in Ziyang for so long, you have taken good care of us. And the ravioli you made Qiao Wei loved it. There's nothing precious about it. There will be more chattering in the future, please take care of Qiao Wei more. Xu Qinghe said seriously.

"If you don't say I will, I will. You young man is very close to me. We can be regarded as friends who have forgotten the New Year. The shopkeeper laughed.

Xu Qinghe smiled, didn't say anything, and left with Qiao Wei.

The shopkeeper looked at the back of the two leaving, thought about it, took out his mobile phone and made a phone call.

"Hey." On the other end of the line was a cold voice.

"Isn't it good for us to express love calmly, say we like it if we like it, tell each other why we are angry when we are angry, sincerely apologize when we do something wrong, and don't let people guess how much you love when you are angry. Once you've tried to be honest, you'll no longer be willing to pretend. The time of love is too precious to be wasted on strange issues. The shopkeeper sighed, "Let's all step back." ”

"What's wrong with you today?" The owner on the other end of the phone is the owner's wife, and the two have been in a cold war recently because of something.

"It's nothing, you remember the couple I always tell you about, right?" The shopkeeper took out a box of cigarettes and shook it twice, trying to pull out one, but found that it was empty, only a burnt matchstick that I didn't know when I put it in.

Throwing the cigarette case into the trash, the shopkeeper continued: "I feel ashamed every time I see them. Not to mention now, we didn't behave like that back then. Compared to them, I feel that we are not lovers, but like strangers who have been forcibly bound together by a contract. ”

"Come back in the evening. The child and I are waiting for you. The woman on the other end of the line was silent for a moment, then spoke slowly.

"Good. By the way, my shop will be renovated tomorrow, so I'll contact the renovation team later. "That's what the young man inspired me." As for what to pretend to be, it's a secret. I'll give you the first tour when I'm done. ”

"Good. So be it. ”

The shopkeeper hung up the phone, walked back to the cash counter, took out a box of cigarettes from a drawer, and took out one with some rustiness and lit it.

"It's been a long time since I smoked. This cigarette is almost moldy here, why do you suddenly want to take a puff today? "The shopkeeper couldn't figure himself out.

"It's all that stinky boy, and it makes me feel sad." The shopkeeper decisively attributed the reason to Xu Qinghe.

Xu Qinghe and Qiao Wei didn't know that their ordinary behavior actually saved a family and glued together a cracked love.

Xu Qinghe would never have thought that this shopkeeper would say bad things about him behind his back.

Watching the smoke slowly rise, the shopkeeper surveyed everything familiar in front of him, a layout he had maintained for six years. And tomorrow will be the new decoration. Maybe it's something that feels strange to you.

Lighting a cigarette again, the shopkeeper's face was completely shrouded in smoke and he couldn't see the slightest expression, and even his facial features became so blurred.

There is no joy, anger and sorrow, no joy and no sorrow.

He didn't know what he was thinking, maybe he didn't think about anything, maybe he thought about everything he should have thought about in an instant, and then he was calm again.

It's like a rippling lake that will eventually calm down. As the smoke cleared, the shopkeeper's heart calmed down as if nothing had happened.

Only the two flickering cigarette butts in the dusty ashtray tell the story of the past.

The next day, when Xu Qinghe and Qiao Wei passed by, a sign saying "Temporarily closed, interior decoration" was displayed at the door of the store. I only saw a few people coming in and out, busy.

The shopkeeper is making his rounds.

Xu Qinghe didn't go to greet him, but took a look and left.

Qiao Wei didn't understand.

"He who is immersed in his own hope should not pull him out of the other world." Xu Qinghe said.