"The bride price is 300,000 yuan, not a single point is missing!"

"I don't care about money, I just want to know how much I mean to you."

"Also, you can't write your mother's name in that suite, you have to transfer it to mine."

Deep City, the window seat of the Gray Whale Cafe.

Thirty-eight-year-old Jiang Qin looked at the marriage partner in front of him, and suddenly felt that her face was a little unfamiliar.

They met through a blind date, and they have been together for more than half a year, because they are not young anymore, and there is no time to drag it out any longer, so they have been discussing marriage recently.

To be honest, Jiang Qin didn't have much affection for her, and he believed that the other party had similar thoughts.

After all, it's Bensi's age, is marrying a wife and having children still for love?

I just don't want to die alone......

However, he did not speak, but silently drank the water in the cup, and looked out of the glass window, his ears automatically blocking the other party's voice.

He thinks life is actually quite fucked up.

Because his parents said that knowledge changes fate, he has studied hard since he was a child, and he feels that he will definitely be rich or expensive in the future, which is extraordinary.

But it wasn't until after work that he realized that he wasn't even an ordinary man

At the beginning of 16 years of employment, he was drunk by a table full of customers, went to the hospital, and failed to see his grandmother for the last time.

In the 19-year project thunderstorm, he was forced to take the blame and eat instant noodles in a rental house for five months, unable to distinguish between dream and reality.

The later job was quite stable, but it was far from where he lived, his liver was broken, and he was so diligent that he saved up twice to pee and pee, just to buy a trolley.

In 22 years, he finally bought the car, but he found that he couldn't fill up the gas and couldn't pee.

After the age of 30, he found that the rent was rising faster than his salary, so he desperately saved money and told his parents that he wanted to buy a house in the deep city.

Since that day, meat has never been seen on the parents' table.

But the down payment was still not enough, so his father hid it from him, went to work during the day and ran Didi at night, and almost suffered from cerebral congestion.

Does poverty really have anything to do with laziness?

Jiang Qin has been thinking about this question all these years.

He felt that he was diligent enough to live up to his name.

But what about money?

Who made the money?

When he was a child, his parents told him earnestly that as long as you are willing to endure hardships, you will definitely get ahead.

But what he discovered when he grew up is that as long as you are willing to endure hardship, there must be endless hardship.

Now, his blind date asks for a bride price of 300,000 yuan.

"Jiang Qin, have you listened to me?"

"Well, I've been listening."

"Then why don't you say a word, I've been talking for a long time, and you don't care if your voice is dumb!"

Jiang Qin put down the water glass, and after being silent for a long time, he spoke: "This marriage, why don't you get married?" ”

The woman was stunned for a moment, and then became furious: "What do you mean by this?" ”

"It's nothing, I just feel so tired and want to go home and sleep."

"Jiang Qin, you are a bad seed, no wonder you are thirty-eight years old and there are no women who want to follow you!"

Jiang Qin ignored the woman's roar, walked out of the western restaurant, and walked aimlessly along the road.

When he walked to a construction site, he saw a banner hanging on the fence that said that the migrant workers were human beings.

So he lit a cigarette, took two puffs, and burned a hole in it.

He didn't actually have too many complaints about the woman, and even felt that her request was normal.

Everyone is thirty-five, what's wrong with being realistic?

He was just thinking about a question.

What day will such a day come to an end?

People who have never worked desperately preach that workers are masters, but those who have been working don't dare to say anything, so they can only nod their heads and admit it, ah, yes, yes, yes.

But where do you look like a master?

In this life, I have mixed two pairs of AJ, or Putian, do you call this a master?

As for love?

Jiang Qin didn't even know if this thing existed or not.

He has been on a few blind dates and has met a few girls introduced by his friends, no matter which one of them can make up, but the saddest thing is that he is limited to making do.

Looking back on my life, there are really too many regrets in this life......

Jiang Qin sighed, took out the phone from his pocket, and wanted to find a friend to drink with him, but after clicking on it, he saw four text messages.

A credit card reminder notice, a phone bill arrears warning, a brother I am nearby, and there is no one at home today.

The last one came from his direct leader, who told him in a serious text that the company's performance has not been good recently, and he hopes that employees can voluntarily reduce their salaries and tide over the difficulties with the company.

Jiang Qin instantly lost the mood to drink and continued to smoke downstairs.

In this era, if you want to have money, you must not work, because the distribution of resources in this society is inherently unfair.

But when he thought of his age, Jiang Qin couldn't help but smile.

It's a bit unrealistic to start a business again at the age of thirty-eight, right?

In the past two years, his waist has been tired and broken, and his cervical spine has also had problems, and he is more diligent than frequent urination.

dragging this broken body to start a business, even if you succeed, you have to be fifty years old, what else is there to enjoy in this life.

It would be nice if I could do it all over again, I don't work at all, and if I can be a rich woman, I will be a rich woman.

If you really can't start a business, you firmly believe that you can make more money when you don't have money, but you can earn more if you don't have a conscience.

Jiang Qin took a deep breath, pinched his sour neck, and couldn't help but glance up.

Well?

What's so black? Still coming?

“……”

"Give him a shot of adrenaline, hurry!"

“……”

"Welcome the Olympics, talk about civilization, and establish a new style!"

“……”

"What about Director Liu? Ask if the operating room is vacated, hurry up! ”

“……”

"The door of my house is always open, and I am waiting for you with open arms."

Jiang Qin suddenly felt a little dazzling in front of him, a little noisy in his ears, his skin was a little hot, and his mind was a little dizzy.

Vaguely, he saw a very beautiful little girl, about seventeen or eighteen years old.

She wore a fluffy floral dress, revealing a small white and smooth calf, a straight nose, ruddy thin lips, slender and curly eyelashes, and a pair of bright eyes.

Jiang Qin smiled.

After working diligently to change cars and villas for the big boss, he never even dreamed of such a beautiful girl.

Such a beautiful girl, can she cry for a long time after a slap?

"Jiang Qin, I really don't want to talk about friends, I'm sorry."

Jiang Qin couldn't laugh anymore because he found that the girl in front of him became more and more dynamic and clear.

Her floral dress was printed with cornflowers, and she stood slimly on the red plastic runway, shielding herself from the sun with her arms to keep her eyes open

But even so, the scorching heat made the young and beautiful girl show some irritability.

"If you don't speak, I'll take you as an agreement, we're still good friends, right?"

Jiang Qin's eyebrows began to wrinkle, and a trace of solemnity flashed in his eyes.

She knows this girl, Chu Siqi, the class girl in high school, should be married to a wife now.

In high school and college, I chased her for seven years, and I was almost rejected by her to doubt my life.

In fact, Jiang Qin is not a dead licking dog, and he can't do such a thing as a dead entanglement.

But the problem is that Chu Siqi has been constantly intervening in his life as a friend, calling him to do this and that, and not allowing him to associate with other girls, giving some hope from time to time and throwing two pieces of candy, which really tortured the young Jiang Qin a lot.

"I'm thinking about being your girlfriend after my freshman year!"

"I didn't expect the sophomore year to be so heavy, let's talk about it in the third year."

"There are a lot of competitions to participate in in my junior year, and I don't have time for love."

It wasn't until the second semester of her junior year that she and a tall, thin boy came hand in hand in a couple's outfit.

That day, her face was full of gentleness, her eyes were as bright as stars, and she asked her boyfriend with a smile if he was handsome.

Since then, he has cemented his heart, and he has never had the idea of falling in love, so he has the story of reluctantly finding someone to marry at the age of thirty-eight.

In 08, there was no concept of a spare tire, and it wasn't until the Internet developed that Jiang Qin understood that he was a spare tire.

She just didn't find a suitable one for the time being, so she kept being far and near to herself, laughing when she was happy, and ignoring it if she wasn't happy.

To put it bluntly, he was a tool for her to pass the time when she was bored.

The past is vivid, but Jiang Qin felt a little dizzy and tinnitus at this time.

Seongnam High School in my memory, the class flower of my girlhood.

This is...... Reborn?

Or are you dreaming?

If it's reborn, what about Ding? Why not sting?

Jiang Qin stretched out his hand tremblingly and scratched it twice in the air, without waking up any virtual screen.

Is this a false reborn? Don't even have all the equipment?

"Jiang Qin, did you hear me? I really don't want to be in a relationship right now. ”

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

Jiang Qin replied casually, and then closed his eyes, wanting to try if he could wake up the golden finger with his mind, but unfortunately, he failed, there was really no system.

And hearing his simple answer, Chu Siqi was a little unexpectedly stunned, Jiang Qin's attitude was full of indifference, which made her feel like her fist was hitting the cotton, and she was powerless.

"Didn't you hear clearly? I just rejected you! ”

"I heard, and I'm not deaf."

"That'...... Then you don't have anything to say to me? ”

Jiang Qin accepted the reality that there was no system, and his eyes fell on Chu Siqi's hand: "What is that thing in your hand?" ”

Chu Siqi raised the envelope in her hand with an arrogant face: "This is the love letter you just stuffed to me, I said I don't want you to return it, don't write it next time." ”

"Can you give it back to me, then? I worked. ”

Jiang Qin didn't wait for her to agree, she took the love letter back on her own, then took out the page inside, crumpled it into a ball, stuffed it into her pocket, and then unfolded the envelope, spread it flat on her knees, and wrote two lines of words with a brush.

I don't work at anything, I can be a rich woman.

If the money is gone, you can make it again, but if you have no conscience, you can earn more.