The next morning, Zhou Ze came to the noodle shop next door as usual after washing, which has gradually become a habit of his life, when eating is no longer a process of enjoyment, it has purely become a task, doing tasks, simple and efficient, there is no place more convenient and fast than Xu Qinglang here.

"Bitter gourd juice." Xu Qinglang put a large glass in front of Zhou Ze, and then brought another egg fried rice.

Zhou Ze tried to take a sip first, and the moment the liquid entered his throat, he only felt that there was unbearable bitterness between his lips and teeth, and then, after swallowing it, even his intestines and stomach began to knot.

After waiting for about ten seconds, Zhou Ze came to his senses and breathed a long sigh of relief.

It's really bitter.

"Haha, that's strong enough, right?" Xu Qinglang had an expression of quick praise on me, and then sat down in front of Zhou Ze, "By the way, you are really heavy enough, you can't eat without drinking these things?" ”

Zhou Ze calmed down for a while, then drank a large glass of bitter gourd juice, and then quickly picked up chopsticks and began to devour the egg fried rice in front of him.

A minute later, Zhou Ze finished eating, put the plate down, and then closed his eyes.

"This eater, a demon who crawled up from hell." Xu Qinglang teased.

It's just that whether this is a joke or something else is unknown.

Zhou Ze opened his eyes and glanced at the other party, the five migrant worker brothers returned to their souls for the first seven days that day, and their sister-in-law and wife couldn't see it, which was normal, but this noodle restaurant owner could see it, otherwise he wouldn't have made those five braised pork bowls.

But between the two, in line with the tacit understanding of seeing through and not saying it, they have never pierced the window paper, maybe this is the way to get along.

"Why didn't you take orders today?" Zhou Ze asked.

A few days ago, even on the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Xu Qinglang's mobile phone kept coming in with takeaway orders, but today, it seems much colder, and I don't see the takeaway brother coming to pick up the food.

"Rest." Xu Qinglang took out the cigarette, took a bite in his mouth, and handed another one to Zhou Ze.

Although there is no rest in the Chinese New Year's Eve, it is a little strange to rest after the year,

But as a man with more than two dozen apartments,

There is indeed capricious capital.

"Do you know that the ghost carries the sedan chair?" Zhou Ze asked, he still remembered last night's events, but he didn't rush to do anything, just went home and lay down in his freezer to sleep.

The person was indeed rescued by Zhou Ze himself, and if there was any problem, Zhou Ze didn't want to care.

He just lives his little life cautiously, seriously and lively, and if there are some things he encounters on weekdays, he can do it easily, but he won't really force anything.

Even if there was really something wrong with the little girl in the lily skirt, it would no longer be Zhou Ze's responsibility.

"Ghost sedan chair?" Xu Qinglang was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Hehe, Chinese New Year's Eve is more than night, it is said that everyone burns scriptures and paper money during the New Year, and those ghosts also have surplus money in hand, and they are willing to take a taxi." ”

Xu Qinglang continued to talk nonsense, and then yawned, "By the way, why hasn't your bookstore opened yet?" ”

"I'll open it again in the evening."

"Okay, willful." Xu Qinglang took out his mobile phone and glanced at it twice, "Why don't we go to the movies in the afternoon?" ”

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Instantly fell into an awkward silence.

"No, no." Zhou Ze refused.

"Look, I really don't give face, and I waste people's hard work to make you new juice, and I don't even want to accompany others to watch a movie.

None of the men's good things are good. ”

"............" Zhou Ze.

"I'm sorry, I forgot I'm a man myself." Xu Qinglang shook his head a little sadly, with an expression of hatred for why he was not his daughter.

"Did you experience any psychological trauma when you were a child?" Zhou Ze asked. "I know some psychiatrists who can help you."

Xu Qinglang laughed out loud,

"Heterosexuality is only heresy created for the sake of reproduction, and the same sex can be true love."

"I beg to differ."

"The Tao is different, and it is not the same."

The conversation between the two after dinner broke up unhappily.

Zhou Ze returned to his bookstore, opened the door, thought about it, and left it unlocked, so he simply sat behind the counter and turned on the computer, and sent a WeChat message to Dr. Lin:

"Going to the movies in the afternoon?"

After waiting for about 10 minutes, Dr. Lin replied:

"Go to work."

The Chinese New Year does not mean that others are not allowed to get sick or have an accident, Zhou Ze, who used to be also a doctor, knows that the holidays in the hospital are too much water.

It's understandable to think about it, but after all, it's a little unpleasant.

Zhou Ze wanted to tell her that he was Zhou Ze, not Xu Le, a Raushzi.

But I was worried that the ending would be that Dr. Lin was so frightened that he doubted his life, and even the hazy unrequited love that he had before was overwhelmed, and of course, the most important thing is that the less people know about some things, the better.

Someone will come and catch themselves,

Zhou Ze is very clear about this,

He was waiting, while waiting, he didn't choose to curl up and shiver in some dark corner like a rat in the gutter, he still needed to live, and he had to live normally, otherwise, it was better not to come out of hell and follow the army through the Yellow Springs Road.

As for the neighbor next door, whether he saw it or not, Zhou Ze didn't know, and he didn't bother to make it clear.

"Evening."

Dr. Lim replied with another message.

Zhou Ze smiled, he felt that his smile was like a stupid fork, and he returned to the middle school days when he saw the study committee members in the class looking at him shyly.

Before, I was too tired to live,

In this life, you have to live a little more casual and free.

Many truths in life can only be truly understood and understood before death and when you are old, but when you understand it, you have lost the opportunity to start over.

Zhou Ze cherishes his current life and opportunities.

A small red car stopped on the road in front of the bookstore, and two women walked down.

One is less than thirty years old, and the other looks like he is only five or six years old.

The woman is wearing a red dress and her hair is flowing, although she thinks that she is a mother, it is still difficult to hide the charm on her body, but it can pull people's heartstrings even more.

The girl was wearing suspender pants, which should have worn several layers of warm clothes and pants, wrapped like a small zongzi, delicate and cute.

But when he saw the girl, Zhou Ze's eyes narrowed subconsciously.

Those who come are not good,

The good ones do not come,

Don't go to her yourself,

But she took the initiative to come to the door.

I heard Dr. Lin say that the other party shouted for uncle at the thank you banquet, and Zhou Ze was still complacent, but now that he thinks about it, people don't plan to let him go at all.

Ultimately

The father of four children, he died because of this girl.

The door of the bookstore was pushed open, the woman looked around curiously, and the girl walked timidly to Zhou Ze's counter, looked at Zhou Ze, and said in a glutinous voice:

"Hello uncle."

Zhou Ze nodded, slightly reserved,

In fact, I was thinking in my heart whether I should just sacrifice my nails and strangle this girl to death?

"Hello, I'm Ruirui's mother."

The woman walked up to Zhou Ze and placed a gift box on the counter.

"Thank you."

The woman bowed to Zhou Ze,

Affectionate.

"You're welcome." Zhou Ze still didn't get up.

He wanted to pretend that everything was normal so that the girl didn't see anything.

But it's too difficult,

Even if it is at the Oscar level,

After seeing the memory of the driver last night,

I guess it's hard to look like usual in front of this girl, right?

Since it doesn't look like it, then I simply don't pretend.

"Mom, I want to read here." The lady said.

"Okay, mom will do her hair first, and you can stay with your uncle to read." The woman smiled at Zhou Ze, "Thank you for your hard work." ”

"It's not hard."

"I still asked Dr. Lin to find out that you set up shop here."

Gua Po Niang.

"You and Dr. Lin are really talented and beautiful."

This is against his will, Xu Le himself will not believe it.

The woman drove away, leaving behind her daughter, which was originally a bookstore, and Zhou Ze was half of her daughter's lifesaver and Dr. Lin's husband, so her daughter stayed here temporarily, she was very relieved and didn't have to worry about what happened.

Next, Rui Rui chose an illustrated book by herself and sat on a plastic bench and watched.

It's not noisy, it's not noisy.

Didn't shout for a drink, didn't clamoring for a snack.

Zhou Ze sat behind the counter and looked at her.

Coincidentally, at this time, Xu Qinglang walked in, saw a little girl like a porcelain doll, and immediately walked over and picked her up.

"Yo, what a cute little girl."

"Thank you, sister." Rui Rui responded.

The smile on Xu Qinglang's face bloomed like a chrysanthemum, becoming more and more brilliant.

The little girl's fart was patted and scratched Xu Qinglang's itch.

Zhou Ze kept his face calm and continued to sit there.

"Come out, I'll talk to you about something." Xu Qinglang put down the child and pointed at Zhou Ze.

Zhou Ze and Xu Qinglang walked out.

"Someone from the square asked us if we wanted to break the contract, and they could refund us the rent we had paid in advance."

"Don't go back." Zhou Ze doesn't want to toss around anymore for the time being, not to mention that he doesn't have enough capital, even if he gets the prepaid rent, it is not enough to open another store by himself.

"That's what I thought too." Xu Qinglang nodded, signaling that he knew, "Then I'll go to talk on your behalf?" ”

"Okay."

"Okay, that's it."

The two men stood outside the door again and smoked a cigarette before they dispersed.

When Zhou Ze turned around and pushed open the door of the store and walked in,

found that there was no little girl on the row of small plastic benches, and the illustration book was placed on a bench.

Zhou Ze frowned,

Raise your head,

At the top of the stairs, there was the footsteps of small leather boots,

The little girl came out of there, half of her figure revealing half of her figure blocked by the wall,

She's just,

Went to the second floor of his own.