"Xudong, why are you free?" Geng Wenyang casually deducted the manuscript, he didn't want his friends to know about writing books, after all, he was not a piece of material for reading and writing.

Xin Xudongsheng's skin is dark, and he is alive and well without makeup. It's a pity that he has been malnourished since he was a child, not to mention short, and his body is as thin as a hemp pole, far from the majestic figure of Bao Gong.

"It's been a long time since we've played together, let's go to the game hall to play games, I'm in for a treat!" Xin Xudong gave himself a thumbs up.

Geng Wenyang sorted out the manuscripts together, smiled indifferently and said, "What? Have you made a fortune? ”

"That's it!" Xin Xudong patted the pocket of his clothes and said proudly: "I just gave out the bonus, buddy is finally generous, you can appreciate your face." ”

"Okay! No problem! Geng Wenyang smiled: "If you don't hand over the money to the family, can your sister be willing?" ”

Xin Xudong's mother is sick in bed all the year round, and his father works as a cook in the banquet building, and rarely goes home on weekdays, so the eldest sister Xin Fang has the final say in the family.

"My sister said, give me this month's bonus." Xin Xudong said a little impatiently: "Let's go, it's too late to take the opportunity." ”

Since someone had a treat, Geng Wenyang was not hypocritical, grabbed his coat and said, "Go!" ”

The two of them went out and went straight to the nearest Lijia Street game hall. The late 80s and early 90s were the golden age of arcade machines, although Geng Wenyang had also played arcades in his previous life, but when he was a student, he could only take the opportunity to have a good time, and it was absolutely impossible to have a good time.

The Lijia Street Game Hall is a small hall with only two game consoles, and the hall is full of primary and secondary school students who come to play.

Xin Xudong unceremoniously pushed the student away and said, "Let me!" Let's Jean! ”

The student who was pushed away was angry, but when he turned his head and saw that it was two young people older than them, he couldn't afford to provoke him, so he could only mumble dissatisfiedly and let go.

The two machines, one is "Green Corps" and the other is "Red Fortress". These two games, Geng Wenyang had already played very slippery on the red and white eight-bit machine in his previous life, and it can be said that he was tired of playing, so the interest was not too great.

Xin Xudong exchanged ten game coins, handed five to Geng Wenyang, and said: "Wenyang, play casually, I'll buy it when I run out." ”

Geng Wenyang checked the iron game coin in his hand and said, "How much is it?" Five cents or three cents? ”

Xin Xudong grinned: "How is Sanmao possible? Five cents a piece! ”

Five cents a game currency, selling a hundred a day is fifty yuan. After deducting electricity and labor costs, you have to earn at least about 40 yuan, so the game hall is really a good business to make money.

"What are you doing? Hurry up and take advantage of the machine to play coins! Xin Xudong saw that he was stunned and in a daze, so he had to remind him.

"Oh! Good! Good! Geng Wenyang saw that a child in front of him had just left his seat, so he hurriedly grabbed it and sat down.

One game currency and three lives are played to the end, Geng Wenyang showed his hand on "Red Fortress", which caused the onlookers to be amazed.

"This guy is so powerful, three lives to the end!"

"It seems to be a veteran, how much does it cost to practice!"

"People go to work to earn money, of course they have money to spend, how can they be a poor ghost like us."

Compared with Geng Wenyang, Xin Xudong's level of playing games is not small, and he spent all five game coins in a short time.

Seeing this, Geng Wenyang handed him the remaining four game coins and said, "Xudong, I still have four here, you can take them and play." ”

Xin Xudong scratched his scalp and said embarrassedly: "My level is too stinky, far worse than you." ”

"It's just a game, don't care too much!" Geng Wenyang smiled and comforted: "Take it and play with it." ”

When the ten game coins ran out, Xin Xudong had to pay for it again, Geng Wenyang hurriedly stopped: "Xudong, the money can't be spent all at once, you have to keep some thoughts." Otherwise, what if you want to play next time and run out of money? ”

Xin Xudong listened to what he said very reasonably, and reluctantly stuffed the money back into his pocket and said, "When I get rich, I must come and have fun!" ”

Geng Wenyang secretly pondered: "Two machines can attract so many people, if I open a game hall and get ten or twenty game consoles, wouldn't I be able to make a lot of money?" ”

It's a pity that he is shy at present, and the idea of opening a game hall can only be ignored for the time being, and he will write the novel first to earn the first pot of gold.

After the funds needed to print the book were resolved, Geng Wenyang felt a sense of pressure and urgency. It is now the end of November, and there is still a maximum of one and a half months before the Spring Festival next year, and the progress of the manuscript needs to be hurried.

Although the work of the printing house is tiring, as long as there is an opportunity, Geng Wenyang thinks about the direction of the novel and the plot planning. When he got home from work, even at noon, he found time to write.

In 1987, there were no weekends, only Sundays were closed, and Monday to Saturday was a working day.

On Saturday afternoon, when Geng Wenyang returned home from work, his mother was busy lighting a coal stove for heating and cooking with confetti, firewood and other ignitions.

As the only child in the family, Geng Wenyang naturally has to help his mother do some housework within his ability. He glanced at the water tank and said, "Mom, there's no water in the tank, I'll go fetch water!" ”

There is no running water pipeline in the courtyard, so when you want to use water, you need to take a water ticket to the water collection point on the street to fetch water. Geng Wenyang took out a small cart and six buckets from the house, moved them outside the courtyard gate in turn, and dragged the buckets to the water collection point slowly.

There is only one manned water intake point in the entire Zhuangjia Lane, which is only open for one to two hours in the morning, noon and afternoon, so you have to queue up to get water.

There are two types of water prices: a bucket of water is three cents for a water ticket purchased from the neighborhood committee, and five cents a bucket if you pay directly at the water intake point.

I bought six buckets of water, dragged them back to the gate of the courtyard, and brought them back to the house and poured them into the water tank.

After pouring all six buckets of water into the water tank, Geng Wenyang did not stop, but carried six empty buckets and was discharged from the hospital again. He is used to it, every time his house is full of water, he will help Zhuang Fujin fill his water tank as well.

Zhuang Fujin had tuberculosis when he was a child and delayed treatment, so he has always been weak and unable to do heavy physical work. And Zhuang Xiaomeng is a girl, even if she wants to, she doesn't have enough strength. So from the age of twelve, Geng Wenyang took on the task of helping the dealer fetch water, and he worked for four years.

When he poured buckets of water into the banker's water tank, Zhang Minhua said gratefully: "Yangyang, thank you so much for letting you help our family fetch water!" ”

"Aunt Zhuang, don't thank you for a trivial matter." Geng Wenyang said in his heart: "If I marry Sister Xiaomeng in the future, you are my mother-in-law, is it a matter of helping you get water?" ”