Chapter 65: Childish
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The man who put his fancy sunglasses on the washstand for a moment, and couldn't tell if it was really older or a little old, took out an electric shaver from the drawer, held his chin in the other hand and looked at himself in the mirror for a moment, then sighed, and couldn't help but scratch a handful of his slightly funny hair. Flash Dance.
His hair is like a traditional black friend, born with a spiral, very difficult to manage.
Heredity is a really helpless thing. I don't know if it's good or bad, just because of his rock-looking curly hair, he was caught by a group of buddies who were determined to be in a band when he just entered middle school, and he stumbled to learn bass under the supervision of a group of people.
After a few more years, the buddies who used to skip class to practice singing and playing games together gradually accepted the reality, put down the musical instruments in their hands and spent the entire teenage years together, and chose to go their separate ways. The first few brothers who taught him to mix Sprite in beer have long since broken off contact, and it is said that the fastest one has become the child's father. The original "Curly-haired Brother", who had the lowest rank in the band, has also become today's "Curly-haired Second Brother", who can squat on the rooftop of the school with a beer bottle on two fingers, and use the tone of the past to follow the sentences that began with the juniors boasting "I was the same back then".
Alas, speaking of which, why until now, he still can't get rid of the word "curly hair"?
Out of an inexplicable "heavy responsibility" mentality, even if he once had to hide from his family while going to a friend's house to eat and drink to survive, he finally became the most competent follower of the band's lead singer who was shining in front of fans and used to even have to wash his socks.
I don't know when the band suddenly became lavish in spending, and they no longer had to look at people's faces every time they rented a performance venue. All the band members finally realized the most extravagant dream of their teenage years and supported themselves with the music they loved the most.
INTERVIEWER Are you really using music to support yourself?
He smiled self-deprecatingly, scraping off the newly grown stubble in the mirror.
Hao Qiao, a twenty-three-year-old band bassist and an avant-garde young man who is confused about life, is currently reminiscing about the past with a melancholy face like a seventy-eighty uncle. Flash Dance.
This catchy and funny name comes from the fact that he and his father actually have the same birthday. His father, the gardener who lacked a root in his head, slapped his hands and shouted "What a coincidence" in the hospital, and the name was decided.
Hao Qiao's mind was as romantically diverging as a real musician when there was a strong knock on the bathroom door.
"Second brother, the eldest brother said that the matter is decided, and I want you to come out and discuss it together." The voice of the new keyboard player came from outside the door.
Now that it's decided, why waste time "discussing"?
Hao Qiao just put down the razor, and after realizing it, he felt a pain in his jaw, and subconsciously raised his hand to wipe it, and actually squeezed out a little blood.
If Daddy were here, he would definitely blow his beard and yell "unlucky" again.
He couldn't do the stupid thing of putting a band-aid on his chin and looking funny. Hao Qiao muttered to himself the phrase "compress to stop bleeding", pressed the wound the width of his little thumb, and walked out grinning.
"That woman finally came to contact us, and I really thought she was so calm." Lu Jiameng, an old friend of ten years and now the lead singer of the hot band, is sitting on the sofa in an indecent pose that will disillusion many fans, tilting his head and spitting out a smoke ring.
"What's wrong?" Even though he didn't really want to know the progress of the incident, Hao Qiao still asked very cooperatively.
"She said she had been lying in the hospital in a coma for the other day, and that's when she asked us to contact us."
"Why is she unconscious?" Hao Qiao couldn't help but ask.
"What do you care so much about?" Lu Jiameng's tone was a little impatient, "All in all, we have received another third of the payment, it's time to get ready to do something...... There is also good news, that stupid woman is going to give us a price increase. โ
"Price increase? Why? โ
"It seems that he can't completely reassure us, so he plans to go out with us and watch people be sent away safely." Lu Jiameng said leisurely, "It's ridiculous, do you think you can get a little more guarantee in this way?" If she goes out with us, maybe this stupid big sister with a good background will be worth something......"
"I'm grass,." Hao Qiao was a little anxious in an instant, "You kid originally planned to collect money at both ends, right?" It's too much to promise that Miss Tang will send people out on the one hand, and to send people to the other side on the other side, you-"
"Excessive? What are you talking about. Lu Jiameng shook the ashes of his cigarette and looked at him coldly, "You and I have long been accomplices, and this is not the first time this kind of thing has been done...... Why, I enjoyed everything that should be enjoyed, and now I know that I regret it? โ
"Since the other party is willing to pay such a high price, then this matter must be extraordinary." Hao Qiao tried his best to point out the pros and cons and persuade him, "We ...... We're gaining momentum right now, and we're getting more and more fans, even if we don't do that...... The things that can't be seen in the light can already support ourselves with our hands alone, right? We-"
"Feeding? What are you talking about? Lu Jiameng said sarcastically, "Do you know that even if we don't care about our hardest days in the past, with our average income now, how many years of money will we have to save to buy a house above the sea like the one we are now?" I've done the math, thirty-seven years. Do you know what the concept of thirty-seven years is? You're a terrible old man at sixty years old thirty-seven years later! โ
"Of course." Hao Qiao also hardened, "These houses with the best location were not originally intended for ordinary people like us!" Those soldiers, those doctors, are the real pillars of our city, and only they are entitled to such benefits. If you really have that big ambition, you should try hard and try it twice, instead of using this kind of thing as an excuse now! โ
"Oops, who's this person with a strong sense of justice?" Lu Jiameng stood up and crushed the cigarette butt into the glass jar, "You forgot?" We participated in the event together. What great talent can you inherit from a gardener's son and I'm a weaver's son? It's not just a lifetime of quietly staying below the surface of the sea, even if they suddenly die one day, those big people may still be happy because there is one less person who can only eat and create little value...... Besides, over the years, what we bought with these unclean money, have you ever enjoyed less? What kind of saint is there here! โ
"I ......" Hao Qiao's face was flushed by his rebuttal, and he couldn't answer for a long time.
"With so many band members to raise and so many people to dredge, do you really think that a little bit of money earned from singing is enough to spend...... But you're right about one thing. After making this ticket, the money we get is enough for us to recuperate for a while. Lu Jiameng walked in step by step and patted him on the shoulder, "Ah Juan, we are also brothers who have come together in the wind and rain for many years, and I won't say anything superfluous, it hurts my feelings." But as an elder brother, I must remind you that everything is not easy now, and you must not cause trouble for me at a critical moment. It's almost time, pack up, we'll have to leave early tomorrow morning...... I'll have to dredge up this temporary Aunt and Grandma later. โ
The young man, with his latest haircut, swaggered towards the door. Hao Qiao looked at his well-dressed back, and suddenly remembered the time when the two of them were crammed into a small classroom to sleep together, and Lu Jiameng would throw stinky socks at him with an inferior lollipop in his mouth.
It was so bitter at that time, I didn't eat the last meal. Hao Qiao has always felt that his appearance of age is due to those days.
The former teenagers have grown up at the speed of light, leaving him far behind. Only he is still cautiously standing still, cherishing those "black history" that others have long been reluctant to mention.
Hao Qiao picked up a fresh red apple from the fruit bowl, rubbed it on the slightly itchy wound on his chin, and bit it down hard.
What a hypocrisy.
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Tang Yuche slowly dragged his body that was so painful that he couldn't find any special pain, and finally walked back to the front of the house and rang the doorbell.
"It turned out that the young lady had returned. You should have let us meet you. The housekeeper who has been hired for many years always has a standard smile on her face, "I'm sorry that we're a little unprepared now, I'll go clean up your room right away." Also, your father is entertaining guests in the living room, so please let me and I go around the courtyard to the side door. โ
"The only one of the bigger injuries is hemorrhagic shock at best, and as his daughter, I am not fragile to this extent." Tang Yuche was only carrying a small satchel in his hand, "I will return to work tomorrow, just clean it up, I will still live in the courtyard most of the time." โ
"Yes." The housekeeper bowed slightly, leading her into a small but luxurious private garden.
There is actually a pond in a small Chinese garden. Some irises were planted high and low on the edge of the pool, and a lone willow was erected on the edge of the pool, and the new green leaves that had just grown were too dazzling.
"Lao Ling ...... this time Is! Tang Yuche faintly heard his father's voice coming from the side, "I have already hoped three times and twice openly and secretly that he will not make a big deal about it, let alone leave this matter to Su Cheng to deal with!" It's good for him to tell me directly, everything is assured to be handed over to Su Cheng, and we both leave it alone for the time being! โ
The father in his memory always maintained just the right amount of restraint and majesty, and rarely showed obvious anger. Tang Yuche unconsciously hummed softly, and followed the housekeeper to move away a few steps again.
As a professional medical worker, Tang Yuche feels that his self-harm skills are still quite qualified. It can pretend to be soft and weak perfectly and at the right time, but it will not really become a poor patient who only hangs his breath. Maybe my father saw this to some extent, and after he woke up, he never "took the time" to take a look.
That's fine, but the long excuses prepared in advance may not be used at all.
"Miss, your father may be going out to work again soon, do you need me to help you spread the word?"
"He's busy now, don't bother." Tang Yuche casually threw the satchel in his hand and poured it on the small sofa in his room.
The bright sunlight shines through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and the housekeeper habitually praises her for two words of "obedient" and "sensible", and then quietly cleans up the futon on the side.
In a daze, Tang Yuche suddenly remembered a weekly diary he wrote when he was in elementary school.
"I always felt that my life as a human being had come to an early end. I'm breathing at this moment, but I'm just a machine that executes the program step by step. โ
It was the first time she tried to put her true feelings into her composition.
The results were to be expected. After the morning exercises, the teacher called her into the office, talked a lot of admonishing nonsense, and then informed her that she had been asked to be a parent.
Of course, her parents didn't come until the end. The housekeeper, who was still relatively young at the time, finally sat down in the position prepared for the parents, and had a cordial exchange with the teacher in the morning.
"May you not tell your father about this?" As a young woman, she prayed.
The housekeeper was quick to agree. But after that, Tang Yuche obviously felt that her father seemed to be even more disappointed in her.