"Here's three thousand dollars, let's go buy some cigarettes for the brothers."

In the Great Wall SUV, Xu Baiyi took out an envelope from his coat pocket and handed it to Tietou. He is nostalgic, and he prefers to use an envelope to hand over money to others than WeChat, Alipay or online banking transfers, no matter how heavy or light the weight is, there is always a sense of reality that can be seen and touched.

"Brother Xu, you scold me!" Tietou shook his head and waved his hand, "I can't accept this money, hey, our brothers don't know each other, they have fate!" Do such a small favor and take your money, if this gets out, I won't be able to mix it up? ”

"If you don't say it, if I don't say it, who else will know?" Xu Baiyi glanced at him and persuaded in the tone of a passer-by, "Please come out and take a run, let alone have a good meal and share some good cigarettes, otherwise who will rush over to help next time you call someone?" We entrusted you with an errand, and you found someone to help, but in the end you had to pay out of your own pocket? How can there be such a reason? Besides, I may have to ask you for help in the future, so take it. ”

Xu Baiyi said everything is reasonable, this money is indeed the reward that Tietou deserves, and three thousand yuan is really not much, it is difficult for Tietou to draw oil and water by himself.

Since the words have been said about this, then it is hypocritical to excuse again, and the iron head has no other advantages, but he is thick-skinned, and immediately said thank you with a smile, and generously accepted the envelope and stuffed it into his trouser pocket.

"Okay, if you have nothing else to do, you can go and set the table and bar with the brothers, and I won't leave you to eat." Xu Baiyi waved his hand and lit a cigarette for himself.

"Okay! If you have anything in the future, feel free to say hello. Tietou remembered the heroic act in the Guanshan Tunnel today, straightened his waist and patted his chest and said, "I'm not afraid of your jokes, I've been out for so long, I've seen everything, some are afraid of me, some are afraid of me, some are afraid of me, and there are MMP behind the surface grinning, but I just haven't seen the respect for me." Hey, I saw you in the tunnel today, for the first time. Brother Xu, thank you! ”

After saying that, the iron head got out of the car, trotted, and walked out of the parking lot.

Xu Baiyi closed the window, lowered the seat, and began to savor the choking cigarette.

In the past, life was very tired and his heart was very empty, and every night when he came back from Didi, he would smoke a cigarette in the car.

Or, two.

No one cared where he was anyway, and there was nothing waiting for him to do anyway.

Only when the car shuttles through the busy street in a hurry, can it feel like it is still alive, and when the car is parked in the parking lot and the windows are turned off, all the power to support life to continue going down is instantly emptied, so that people have no spare energy to push the car door.

Because this enclosed space of night and carriage is really your own little world, it is completely isolated from the outside world, where you can be hysterical, you can cry, you can have no scruples, but once you open the door, you will immediately lose these privileges and have to face another world.

So Xu Baiyi always needs to light a cigarette in the car to stimulate his lungs and body.

But that's not the case today.

When a person believes that his existence has meaning, he will regain the courage to face the world and the strength to break down barriers.

Xu Baiyi still has strength, and there is still a lot of strength, and it is no longer difficult to push the car door, because the world outside the car door has regained a charming attraction in his eyes.

"Jingle bells—jingle bells—"

The monotonous and old-fashioned ringtone suddenly rang, it was a call from Feng Hao.

"Hey."

"Brother Xu, is the iron head gone? Come back and watch the news, Handong Satellite TV's evening news is going to broadcast our incident in the Guanshan Tunnel, it seems that the dashcam recorded the whole process, we are going to be famous, haha! ”

"Being famous isn't necessarily a good thing." The corners of Xu Baiyi's mouth turned up, and he was in a happy mood but not fluttering, "Jie Stick has also been recorded, right?" Those videos are posted on the Internet, which may cause trouble, doesn't it mean that there are lenders in Pingcheng looking for him. ”

"It's okay, he was wearing a mask, hat and flat glasses, and he didn't recognize it. Oh, go upstairs, don't miss the evening news. ”

"Okay, go up right now." Xu Baiyi got out of the car with a smile and took the elevator to the twelfth floor.

Two weeks ago, they moved out of their dilapidated bungalow, and Feng Hao's "boss" paid to rent a large three-bedroom house as a staff dormitory, where they lived until Feng Hao's house was renovated. When Feng Hao's house is renovated, Xu Baiyi may move to Feng Hao's house, and this suite will be left to Sun Jie and his grandmother.

"Where's the jaystick?" After Xu Baiyi entered the door, he asked, Jie Stick is the nickname he gave Sun Jie, because Sun Jie is a gambler, and there is a word called "Jie Stick" in the Yinjiang dialect, which means "sharp" and "powerful".

Feng Hao was sitting next to Grandma Sun Jie and accompanied the old man to watch Huanzhu Gege, looked back at Xu Baiyi and pointed to the kitchen and replied: "What about cooking inside, he said that he wanted to make pork ribs with sauce that his grandmother taught him, anyway, I ordered takeout, if he makes dark dishes, I will eat takeout." ”

"Oops, Jay is back." The white-haired old man grinned happily when he saw Xu Baiyi change his shoes and enter the door, revealing two rows of gums without teeth.

"Eh, grandma, I'm back." Xu Baiyi naturally responded, and then turned his head and asked Feng Hao, "What about the dentures?" ”

"Soak it in a cup, I'll wash it when the dish is ready." Feng Hao pouted at the teacup placed on the table for dentures.

"Here we go! The Sun family's secret sauce pork ribs! It's so delicious that it's unreasonable~~~ Don't blame me for not reminding me if I bite my tongue! ”

With a shout, Sun Jie, who was wearing a men's apron, walked out of the kitchen with a large cauldron.

The tempting sauce pork ribs in the pot are still sizzling, Sun Jie lifted the lid of the pot that has not been opened after the fire to collect the juice, and suddenly the meat is full of aroma and sauce.

", Sun Jie, you kid can do it." Feng Hao swallowed his saliva, turned his head and asked Xu Baiyi, "Brother Xu, drink some today?" ”

Xu Baiyi thought about it and felt that it was indeed time to drink today, so he nodded and said, "It's okay to drink some, don't drink too much, in case you have to go on a mission at night." ”

"Don't worry, definitely don't drink too much, I'm a dog when I'm drunk. Come, Sun Jie, you open the wine, and I'll clean my grandmother's dentures. ”

Feng Hao walked into the bathroom with a cup, Xu Baiyi sat at the dining table with Grandma Sun Jie in his arms, Sun Jie walked back to the kitchen to carry wine and serve food, with the festive advertisements on TV, the house was lively as if it was the New Year.

Two or three hours later, Sun Jie and Feng Hao were so drunk that one was lying on the table and the other was lying under the table, muttering vaguely in their mouths, and they could vaguely hear the phrase "walking in the dark light".