Dazhi's mood has been a bit abnormal lately.

I tried to communicate with him to find out what was going on, but he always avoided talking about it.

It just so happened that I received a call from Da Gang from the provincial capital on the weekend, saying that he would come to the capital to do business, and by the way, he would go to the project to see me and Dazhi.

Hearing that Dagang was coming, Dazhi's mood improved a lot.

He began to call around to find a suitable tavern to prepare for the party, and it had been nearly a year since he had graduated from the provincial capital and had not been together.

Dagang took a long train ride and arrived near our project, and it was already evening.

Dazhi and I went to pick up the station, and when we saw Dagang, we felt very cordial.

I haven't seen him for more than a year, and Dagang has lost a lot of weight.

He also seemed excited to see us.

The three of us chatted as we walked, and walked together to the small shop that Dazhi had booked.

Dazhi found a small specialty shop a little farther away from the construction site, there are not many people, it is very quiet, but the dishes are good.

When old friends reunited, there was no greeting and politeness, and after three rounds of drinking, there were naturally more words.

"Dagang, come here so late, is there something going on here in Beijing? Need our buddies' help? "I know Dagang, after graduation, he has been in school and is reluctant to go out.

This time I came to Beijing, it was a bumpy road, such a long way, and I had to go all the way, I must have something important to do.

"There's something to do." When he heard my question, he was a little emotional, and he stopped talking, as if he didn't want to mention too much about the reason for coming to Beijing.

I vaguely guessed the purpose of his visit, but seeing his expression, I didn't want to ask any more questions.

"Come on, don't talk about anything else, drink first." , Dazhi frowned, interrupted our conversation, three glasses of wine, blushing and thick-necked, looking not normal.

After speaking, he pulled Da Gang, squinted his eyes, picked up the wine glass, and the two of them drank it all.

"Big country, you're a lot fatter than you used to be." Da Gang finished drinking, glanced at me, and casually changed the topic,

"My mental state is also much stronger than when I was in college."

"yes, have I grown a lot taller too?" Hearing him say this, I will laugh heartily when I think of the jokes we made in college.

"You, you're not tall, your beard has grown a lot." , Dazhi took over the conversation and quipped.

"Da Gang, what have you been busy with lately? Do you have any good plans to share with your brother? "Dagang's matter is something I've been worried about.

After separation, it is said that he has been relying on school and does not know what he is busy with.

"I'm about to report to you two, hehe." He ate a mouthful of food, wiped his mouth, and his mood improved.

"This is good news about me, after graduating from school, I took a break for half a year, I applied for the national civil service examination, I have been accepted, and I will start working next month."

This is indeed exciting news.

Da Gang finally came out of the slump, this is what I have been looking forward to, I picked up the wine glass, blessed Da Gang.

He was in good shape for drinking, and he drank it all again.

"Civil servants? What kind of civil servant are you applying for? Dazhi next to him didn't seem to understand.

"Fire and armed police, I applied for the exam as a team doctor. I passed the exam, and I passed the enlistment physical examination, and I am waiting for the assignment, but it is said that the place to go to work should be the city fire brigade back to our hometown, and I can't go anywhere else. ”

"There's no comparison with the two of you, you're in the imperial capital." Da Gang then sighed.

"Damn, both of us? Are you compared to me? We are the inferior citizens of the imperial capital. After listening to his ridicule, Dazhi was a little emotional.

"We've both been working in the capital for a year, and so far, there's no hope at all."

During this period of high work in the capital, low wages, poor living conditions, and embarrassing quality of life, it seemed to destroy his faith.

"Don't worry, everything will be fine." I was optimistic and comforted him.

"Okay? When? Why is it getting better? You are so naïve. Dazhi glared at me, completely denied my blind optimism.

Dagang looked at me, then at Dazhi, and laughed.

"The two of you, there is no such big difference."

"Why do you have a different perspective on things when you go to work?"

"You don't know, Dazhi has been on his mind lately." I quipped, and at the same time I was telling the truth.

Dazhi has indeed had some problems with his mood lately.

"Dude, what's on your mind?" Da Gang turned to Dazhi,

"What's on your mind? If you have something on your mind, drink it, and get drunk to relieve a thousand sorrows, hehe"

"Yes, yes, it's hard to find a bosom friend, and getting drunk relieves a thousand sorrows."

"Come on, come on, have another drink!"

......

The wine was drunk quickly, and the mood of the three of us naturally gradually increased with the strength of the wine.

I drank a little too much, and I couldn't wait to tell Da Gang the good news that Ding Ling was going to ask me to go to the southwest town, and he was thoughtful and didn't say anything.

"That's a good thing, but you also have to be prepared." He looked at me, and he stopped talking.

"Of course, if all goes well, I'm ready to go to her in another week."

"Are you sure she has a heart between you?" Dagang looked at me, a little worried.

"I can't say for sure, but we've talked a lot lately." I didn't look at him.

Although he was a little dizzy under the influence of alcohol, I knew what he was trying to say.

"Alas......." he seemed to sigh, thoughtful, looking at me insisting, but said nothing more.

Dazhi also drank too much, and the words began to increase significantly.

"Da Gang, do you know what I was doing with the big country at the construction site before you came?"

Of course Dagang wants to hear it.

He said with a smile: "Hurry up and tell me, let me see what the two high-level people are busy with in their lives?" ”

"The two of us are sweeping the floor, sweeping the floor for Party A's boss, hahaha." After Dazhi finished speaking, he laughed first, and the laughter was very sad.

"Sweeping?" Da Gang seemed stunned for a moment.

"Isn't sweeping the floor a cleaning job? You don't need to do it, do you? ”

"Sweeping the floor is indeed a cleaning job, but at noon, Party A's boss drank too much, and Guisun asked me and the big country to sweep the floor for him, saying that he wanted college students to sweep the floor for him, and he felt honorable, you said that he was angry?"

What he said is the truth, Party A's boss is a local tyrant who has not graduated from junior high school, made a fortune by breeding, and then involved real estate, and the business is very big, he has no prejudice against me and Dazhi, but the behavior made after drinking is really puzzling, after all, it is our Party A, so the work matter, the boss manager of our project also let him a few points, Party A's boss called us to sweep the floor for him, I think it is also part of the work, it should not be a big deal, I didn't expect Dazhi to mind so much.

"It's our job too, it's not a big deal." My consciousness was a little blurry and I felt dizzy.

Curled his tongue and said to Dazhi, thinking, it seems that this buddy's recent mood is related to work.

"Yes, the big husband can stretch and bend." , Da Gang also echoed, "Sweep the floor for the leader, it's not a big deal." ”

He looked sober and drank as much as he had back then.

"The husband can't shrink all the time." , Dazhi is still lingering and said hatefully.

"Isn't it a turtle when you're cowering?"

His words made me and Dagang laugh.

"Come, come, salute two turtles." Da Gang picked up his glass again.

"Wrong, wrong, respect the three turtles, I also count one, count a turtle who has achieved nothing."

Everyone drank it all.

After another glass of wine, he seemed to be a little drunk.

"Big country, do you think I'm a little stupid?" He grabbed the bottle, filled it with wine, turned to me, and muttered.

I just talked to him about myself and Ding Ling, and it seemed to arouse some emotions in him.

"You've drunk too much, none of us are stupid." I corrected him, and I felt that everything in front of me began to shake slowly under the stimulation of alcohol.

"No, I'm stupid, you must know what I'm doing in a hurry to Beijing, right?"

"I asked you just now, you didn't say, but I guessed." I felt a little confused, and answered him mechanically.

"I know, I don't have to tell you, you'll guess, haha, because you're my buddy." He smiled, a little ugly.

I saw Dazhi standing up at this time, who was sitting across from me.

His eyes were red and bloodshot, and his face was as red as a ripe persimmon.

Dazhi patted Dagang's shoulder.

Said:

"What you two are talking about, everyone on earth knows it, what about me, all the inside information, I don't need you to say, I know everything about it!"

"Brother, I admire your mind the most."

"Da Gang, you said it yourself, didn't you come to the capital this time to attend Lily and Daliang's wedding?"

Da Gang nodded, and slid weakly back on the chair, as if his body had lost its support.

"It takes courage to be able to attend the wedding of the girl you like, and it takes courage, courage!"

Dazhi gave a thumbs up, and the strength of the wine seemed to come up, and he hiccuped and looked at Dagang with red eyes.

"I admire you, I definitely can't do this."

"If I were to be in this situation, how far would I go, how far would I go."

After that, he was a little angry, as if this kind of thing had happened to him, and it was a shame.

"Are you an outsider, or are you uninformed."

Seeing his abnormal appearance, I came to my senses a little and wanted to divert the topic.

quipped:

"By the way, when are you and your little cousin getting married? Don't forget to let us know when the time comes. ”

"Married?"

"What kind of marriage?"

"Who are you marrying?"

"And her? No more fun! ”

Dazhi's series of answers surprised me.

"She's about to get married, but it's not me who wants to marry!"

.......

I saw Dagang sit up from his chair and glare at Dazhi, who was also shocked by Dazhi's perverse answer.

"Why?" We spoke almost in unison.

The love story of Dazhi and his cousin, we have been following it from college to the present, and it has been so many years, but I didn't expect that it would end like this in the end.

"Why?" Dazhi took a sip of wine and smiled bitterly to himself.

"For the house."

"I'm a poor student, I don't have anything, I don't even have a nest to live in, how can an older girl wait for me?"

He picked up the glass and poured the rest of the drink into his mouth, frowning as if it was a little hard to swallow.

"My cousin is married to a Beijing native who sells CDs in Zhongguancun, the reason is very simple, if someone has a house, they can give her a complete home!"

I suddenly understood why Dazhi had been so depressed and sensitive lately.

It seemed that the wine could not be drunk any longer, and I picked up my glass and smelled a faint bitterness.

"Alas, this society, what a fucking fuck." , Da Gang drank the wine in front of him in one gulp, even though the amount of alcohol he drank was amazing, after drinking this last glass of wine, his eyes were a little blurred, and his drunkenness was revealed.

The three of us had our own thoughts, and in the end, we all drank too much.

By the time we walked out of the tavern with each other's arms, it was already dark outside, and the moon was in the sky.

The night in Beijing is very beautiful, with bright lights and fireworks and silver flowers.

The endless flow of people, the rush of travel, no one seems to turn back and look at us more.