After leaving Erya's house, I didn't go to the office to work overtime to catch up on the manuscript, nor did I go home directly.

In the past, we measured distance in space, but now we measure distance in time. There is not much difference between going home and going to the office. Not only because the two places are physically close to each other, but also a ten-minute walk away. What's more, whether I'm going home or to the office, I'll be alone in front of an empty room.

I want to be as quiet as possible when I'm writing, but I also want to have a little popularity around me.

When Sijie was still there, I would call him whenever I was bored, and he would always think of a way to keep me from being bored. It was only after Sijie left that I slowly realized how empty and boring my world was.

I wandered aimlessly through the streets of Dong'an. From afar, I saw the iconic office building towering on the edge of Dong'an Lake, and the "Dong'an Lakeside" I worked on was on that building.

From the moment I entered "Dong'an Lakeside", I rented a one-bedroom house in a community called Guokeli on the edge of the lake.

I don't know what kind of fruit this husk is, if someone else's is a walnut, the house I rent is probably a pistachio, known as a house of more than 60 square meters, except for the shared part, the usable area is only 40 square meters.

Even though the pistachio shell didn't really make people happy, I rented it for three years at once for the sake of the rent discount. Another reason to pay for three years is that it will take me about three years to save up for a down payment on a house.

Three years have passed, and I finally saved enough for the expected down payment, but the housing prices in Jincheng City have risen explosively, and Dong'an is the area with the largest increase in Jincheng.

A ready down payment on the house instantly becomes a down payment for the living room. A living room-sized space is enough for me to eat, drink, and sleep, but the developer can't sell me a living room alone. In the future, it will not be possible to point to a living room to marry a wife and have children.

In a fit of rage, I used that money to buy a car.

On the day I drove to work for the first time, I happened to meet the editor-in-chief who was parking in the underground garage.

"Your car?" The editor-in-chief asked me.

I nodded and said yes.

"Did you buy the house?" The editor-in-chief asked me again.

I shook my head and said no.

"Housing prices are too expensive to afford." I added.

I walked with the editor-in-chief towards the elevator. The editor-in-chief seemed to want to say something, but he couldn't help but say it, just sighed.

I guess he was probably trying to tell me if I should buy a house first and then a car. Everyone who has come here will think so. I think so when I calm down.

A ten-minute walk by car often takes ten minutes, if not more. Not to mention the cost of time, more importantly, there are insurance premiums, parking fees, and maintenance fees...... Wait for me.

I instantly understood the reason why the car sticker of "wife and car, no loan" put my wife and car side by side. It's not because it's noble, it's just because it's expensive, both of which are consumables.

However, once you get in the car, it's not so easy to get off.

Later, in addition to using it when I went back to my hometown in Ganbai, my car was parked in the garage more on weekdays.

This is irrationality, this is impulse!

In fact, I had the opportunity to buy before house prices skyrocketed. Not long after I started working, Sijie approached me and said that a real estate project he had undertaken was about to be launched, and he could find a developer to give me a discounted price.

I politely declined the kindness of the four precepts. I told Sijie that the house is not an ordinary object, I can't take advantage of him so much, and he doesn't need to owe others favors for me to buy a house. In addition, the housing prices in Jincheng City have not risen for many years, so I firmly believe that in three years, I will be able to scrape together enough for a down payment and can buy a house on my own.

Of course, Sijie didn't know that the house price would suddenly rise in three years, otherwise he wouldn't have given up helping me so easily.

"Okay." The four precepts said, "I respect your opinion. ”

……

I've been walking about 2 kilometers and I'm already a little out of breath. I stopped, bought a bottle of mineral water at a roadside convenience store, unscrewed the cap and drank it.

I don't know if it was because I was too eager to drink water or because I was too tired from walking just now, my stomach suddenly hurt. The clerk at the convenience store saw my pained expression and asked me if I hadn't eaten dinner.

I realized that I hadn't eaten dinner or lunch.

I shook my head. The clerk at the convenience store brought me a few pieces of candy, "You should have some low blood sugar, and then you drank water on an empty stomach and drank urgently, so your stomach is upset." Just eat two pieces of candy. ”

I took the candy from the clerk, thanked him, and put one in my mouth.

After a two-minute break, I felt a lot better. Stand up and say to the clerk, "How much is sugar?" ”

The clerk smiled and didn't want money.

I saw a copy of the latest issue of "Dong'an Lakeside" on the counter.

"You watch "Dong'an Lakeside"?" I asked her.

The clerk was a little embarrassed, and I guess she was mistaking me for something about her going to work to read a magazine. So I quickly added, "I also read this magazine." ”

I wanted to say that I liked the magazine too, but I was afraid that the clerk wouldn't like it at all, and I would make myself embarrassed.

"Ah......" the clerk came back to his senses, "this magazine is very good, our boss subscribes to every issue, and I also follow along." ”

I suddenly had a great affection for this convenience store. If giving candy is to help others, then reading is spiritual resonance.

"Which section do you prefer?" The clerk is a little pretty, and I don't know if she'll think I'm a bit of a deliberate accosting her, but I'd like to hear the clerk say the words "city life."

Before the clerk could answer, a customer came in, and she hurried over to greet her. I happened to have a call coming in from my phone, so I nodded to the clerk and walked out of the convenience store.

It's a call from Flowey.

"Flowey," I picked up the phone, "what's the matter?" ”

"Have you eaten?" Huahua asked me, "Come here without eating, I'm in Yiyuan Village." ”

Yiyuan Village is the most famous food street in Dong'an. In the early years, it was an urban village, which could not be demolished and demolished, and it could not be renovated. Later, some businesses came to rent private houses for special catering, and formed a small range of influence. The government then took advantage of the trend and carried out the overall construction and environmental optimization, and retained the original place name.

The dirty and messy urban village has been transformed into a popular food street.

Eating is an eternal theme. After the overall renovation and upgrading of Yiyuan Village, business is very hot, and dozens of restaurants, bars and B&Bs in the neighborhood are crowded every day, and the bosses are making a lot of money, and all of them are smiling.

Yiyuan Village has become a "100 million yuan village", and the annual turnover of these businesses should have exceeded 100 million.

……

When I arrived, Huahua was already waiting for me at a restaurant called Rice Drunk.

Although it was called drunk, as soon as I arrived, I first declared to Huahua that I would only eat tonight and not get drunk. Huahua gave me a roll of the eyes, "Who wants to drink like you, I'm already drunk, I don't want to get drunk again." ”

I know that Flowey is talking about Erya.

"She's in a bad mood, you understand." I picked up the pre-poured tea on the table and took a sip.

"What's going on with you two in the morning?" Flowey had already eaten on her own before I came, so she asked me while eating the food, "Why do you let her drink so much?" Forget it if you drink so much, you still let her go home alone. ”