Yu Shan, male, 35 years old, married, once a black-and-white upside-down code farmer, is now a leisurely elementary school physical education teacher. He smokes little, never drinks alcohol, and has no history of psychiatric illness or family psychiatric illness...... The reason why there is so much verbosity is because Yu Shan can't believe what is happening in front of him!

It all started when Yu Shan, who had had lunch, set off from the back door of the school as usual, crossed two streets and turned left, and then slipped into a video store on the back street, which was the shop of his good buddy Joss.

It is hard to imagine that in today's Internet+ era, this mode of operation is still stuck in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and the video stores are still tenaciously surviving. Every time he steps into the video store, Yu Shan will have a sense of unreality returning to the green age in a trance. In a slight trance, there will always be some fragments of memories that suddenly come to mind.

Yu Shan has always wondered how Qiao Si has maintained it over the years, but in fact, this store has not only survived in Qiao Si's hands, but has also become more and more prosperous.

Yu Shan still remembers the summer of thirteen years ago, when he was spending his last summer vacation as a student, he was approached by Josie. That summer, despite Yu Shan's dissuasion, Joss stubbornly used all his savings to buy the video store, and then relied on Yu Shan's broken English to contact an independent record distribution company abroad.

At that time, the newly opened video store relied on the support of video rentals and a small number of music enthusiasts, and business was booming for a while. After graduating from Yu Shan University, he stayed in Bingang, where the university is located, and worked as a software developer for seven years. In the slap-counting party, Qiao Si never mentioned his video store, but Yu Shan knew that Qiao Si must not have had an easy time. Under the impact of the Internet, video stores, like products of the previous era, have been squeezed to the point that there is almost no room for survival.

Yu Shan has been worried about the day when Qiao Si will not be able to operate, and has been thinking about helping his old friend plan another way to live, and what is surprising is that this video store has not only survived, but also created a huge name in the music audiophile circle in the entire Qibei City.

Neatly arranged shelves, there are all kinds of records from tape to vinyl, from CDs to DVDs to Blu-ray; If you look closely, there are classic records of the Beatles, Wang Feng's latest album, and out-of-print Compass records. So much so that there has been a saying in the circle of audiophiles: "If you can't buy it on Taobao, you will have a surprise when you go to Siyuan Video Store." ”

Of course, this sentence was said by Jos, and Yu Shan has always doubted its authenticity. Until one day, Yu Shan was stunned to see a young man in his early twenties shoot 17,000 cash and take away six out-of-print vinyl records, including the first album of Nirvana. The most annoying thing is that Qiao Si still said with a bitter face that he had lost money, and those six vinyl records would not be a problem if they were sold for an additional three or five thousand. Lost? Who believes! If there was no money to be made, this store would not have been open to this day.

Yu Shan was both relieved by this, but also a little pantothenic acid in his heart. I am glad that my friend has a good way of making money, so he doesn't have to worry about it anymore; Pantothenic, the bundles of bills shook him dizzy.

Yu Shan, who had a salary of tens of thousands, had not taken it at the beginning, but since he returned to his hometown and settled down, it has become a thing of the past. Now Yu Shan is taking a dead salary and adding class fees, more than 2,000 a month, and 3,000 is not enough. If it weren't for the savings he saved in the seven years of working outside, he bought two sets of stores in the city, and he would not have been able to live that life.

When the glass door of the video store closes, it touches the shell wind chimes hanging on the lintel, making a crisp sound. Yu Shan squinted for a long time to get used to the dim light in the store, and said as he walked forward: "Draw the curtains in broad daylight, the store looks like a horror movie scene, and you are not afraid of scaring customers?" ”

The sneakers creaked occasionally on the old, somewhat deformed floor, and in an instant, Yu Shan crossed the aisle and stood by the bar at the end.

On the top of the bar is an all-in-one machine with an illuminated screen that displays information about a web page called Caesar's Chiefs. Next to the mouse is a fruit pot with nectarines and melons.

Yu Shan stood outside the bar and looked inside for a while, thinking that Lao Qiao was either in the bathroom or going out to buy food, saying that this guy's heart was big enough, so he was not afraid that someone would take the opportunity to take advantage of something. Picking up a nectarine, Yu Shan took a big bite and sat down in front of the computer as soon as he entered the bar.

The right hand holding the mouse habitually minimizes the web page,Glanced at the desktop,Found that the system was still two years agoWIN7,Yu Shan pondered and turned back to Lao Qiao's computer system to replace WIN10.Then maximize the browser of the window of the world,Move the mouse to switch between the tabs,Yu Shan, who was chewing nectarines, suddenly froze,His eyes were stagnant on a page on the screen。 The millennium Qibei cash truck robbery. The unsolved case has long been an unsolved case, and the police have collected a lot of information, but they have never been able to designate a confirmed suspect.

It was also this case that seriously affected Yu's father in the banking system and Qiao's father in the public security system, and Yu's father and Yu's mother were both transferred out of the banking system, and they were only mixed as clerks until they retired; Qiao's father was suspected of serious dereliction of duty, and he couldn't bear the pressure during the quarantine review and jumped to his death. After so many years, Yu Shan's family slowly looked away, but Qiao Si was still haunted - he never believed that the upright Qiao father would know the law and break the law.

The creak of the back door opening pulled Yu Shan back from his contemplation. He quickly put the web page back in place, minimized the window of the world, and then found the American drama "Evil Forces" on his hard drive, clicked on an episode and dragged the progress to twenty-nine minutes, exactly where he had last seen it.

Joss dragged his tired body to the bar, glanced at Yu Shan, and said hello: "Coming?" Then he picked up the water cup on the table and took a big sip of the cow.

He looked haggard, his face was pale, his eyes were a little red and swollen behind the black-framed glasses, and his right hand holding the glass was trembling.

Yu Shan paused the video, stood up and frowned and asked, "What's the matter, Old Joe?" You look like you're going to have to be hospitalized. ”

Joss raised his free left hand and waved it towards Yu Shan, signaling that he was fine. After drinking the cold white in the cup, he said weakly, "It's okay, I'm fine." ”

"Do you look like you're fine? Sensei nonsense, give me the key, lock the door and I'll take you to the hospital. ”

Yu Shan came out of the bar and grabbed Joss and was about to walk out.

Joss stubbornly and irritably broke away and shouted, "I'm fine! ”

The sudden shouting made Yu Shan a little distracted, and at this time, Qiao Si's mood calmed down again, gently pushed Yu Shan away, and said, "I'm fine...... cough cough cough ......"

Before he finished speaking, Joss coughed violently. The violent cough made his pale face flush rapidly, his right hand covering his mouth, and his body bent down like a roasted prawn.

Yu Shan patted Joss on the back while observing Josie's condition. Soon, he saw blood pouring from between Jos's right fingers, where he was covering his mouth.

"Is this called okay? I'm coughing up blood! Let's go to the hospital and have a look. ”

Qiao Si pushed Yu Shan weakly, and sat on the chair on the bar, panting and said, "It's hard work." ”

"What do you mean you're struggling? Old Joe, are you bad money or errand? The errand is talking about things, the money is squeaking, and I will give you a cushion first. ”

Joss smiled, both relieved and bitter. looked at Yu Shan and said, "It's useless." He raised his left hand and pointed to his head: "There's a tumor in here, malignant." ”

"Malignant tumors, isn't that cancer? When? Yu Shan was surprised. He clearly remembered that two months ago, he couldn't stand the soft grinding and hard bubbles of a friend in the Third Hospital, and spent more than half a month's salary to get two physical examination cards. Because his daughter-in-law had just organized a physical examination in the spring, Yu Shan took Lao Qiao to the Third Hospital for a full body physical examination. As a result, it came out at that time, Yu Shan had no problems except low blood pressure, and Lao Qiao had a big problem, that is, an alcoholic liver, and I had not heard of a tumor.

After the long? That can't grow out of thin air, two months of hard work will reach the point of killing people, right?

After pondering for a moment, Yu Shan immediately became annoyed. Secretly scolded Dr. Peng of the Third Academy for being unreliable, and even with the new technology that that guy highly recommended.

Joss didn't speak, just shook his head.

"Even if it is a malignant tumor, there is no hope for a cure. Old Joe, you can't give up treatment. As soon as the words came out, Yu Shan felt that the taste was wrong.

Qiao Si in front of him looked at him speechlessly, and was silent for a long time before saying, "If you were me, would you like to live for a month like now, or would you live for three months lying on the hospital bed rather than dying?" ”

Yu Shan didn't know how to answer. He wanted Joss to be treated and stay in bed for three months. In this way, after three months, maybe he will slowly accept the fact that his friend is going to die; And if it were him, thinking about it selfishly, he would probably make the same choice as Joss.

Yu Shan sighed, squatted down and said, "Is there anything else I can do to help you?" ”

"You want to help me?" Joss hesitated.

This made Yu Shan frown: "What you said, brother for more than twenty years, who will help you if I don't help you?" ”

Joss lowered his head as if thinking about something, then raised his head to look at Yu Shan and suddenly said, "Give me your wallet." ”

Yu Shan was a little puzzled, and in the face of Qiao Si's serious gaze, he took out his wallet from the pocket of his sweatpants and handed it to Qiao Si.

"And cell phones."

Yu Shan did so, and handed the phone to Joss again.

Joss groaned, looking at her phone and wallet, placing them on the bar. Then he reached out and took out a wallet from his bosom and handed it to Josie: "Carry it." ”

Yu Shan picked up his wallet and asked, "And then?" ”

"I don't know if it's the right thing to do, maybe I shouldn't have involved you. But you can also see that I am dying. You're the one I trust the most, so I don't have a choice. ”

"Old Joe, what do you want to say?" Yu Shan said.

Joss sighed, pointed to the hallway leading to the back door of the video store and said, "What I want you to do is very simple, go through this hallway and open that door." ”

"That's it?"

"That's all." After a pause, Joss added, "I'll talk about the rest when you get back." ”

Yu Shan pursed his lips and raised his finger to point at Qiao Si, and walked towards the corridor without saying a word. Halfway through, he turned to Joss and said, "I don't understand......"

His words were interrupted by Joss: "Don't stop, keep walking, go through that door." If you don't believe what you see with your eyes, bring something back. ”

Yu Shan sighed helplessly, continued to walk forward, pushed open the door at the end of the corridor, and stepped over.

The moment he crossed the threshold, Yu Shan felt his left foot wrapped in a cloud of slime. The mass of slime had a huge suction, dragging the unprepared Yu Shan forward and rushing forward.

Caught off guard, Yu Shan rolled and fell forward, and the left half of his body fell to the ground solidly. At the same time, the feeling of being encased in mucus fades little by little until it disappears completely.

"I'll go!" Yu Shan grinned and stood up, thinking that this was another joke that Qiao Si had played with him. The next moment, the scene in front of him made him dumbfounded.

He clearly remembered that the back street of the video store had long been demolished and turned into a small duplex high-rise. And now in front of his eyes, those small duplex high-rise buildings seem to have been restored to low-rise bungalow stores. The wide asphalt road has been restored to the dirt road of the past.

The bungalow across the street had a bright red sign that read 'Dongdong Game Hall'...... Isn't this game hall already yellow?

Looking sideways, in the crowd of shuttles, a Santana 2000 crawled over like a snail, followed by a Minata's three-wheeled motorcycle with its feet pulled. In the midst of the noise, a piece of music wafted from the barbershop diagonally opposite: "...... Come on, come on, meet ...... ninety-eight"