1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 56 Old Friend
In his previous life, Yang Mo lived a very miserable life.

If we take the life trajectory of his previous life as a reference, there are not many people he really needs to thank in this life. Apart from his parents, the person he should thank the most is probably the "old friend" mentioned in the previous article who pulled him out of the trough of life.

That's right.

The person in front of him was Yang Mo's old friend.

Lv Yingying, female, 20 years old, nicknamed "Tugou", but Yang Mo prefers to call her "Tugou Lu" or "Tuyatou".

Although there is a nearly three-year age difference between the two, they are actually childhood friends.

According to the trajectory of her previous life, this girl should run away from home this year and go to Qingdao to work; two years later, she would suddenly go south to Shenzhen;
She went out to explore the world, got married, divorced, and then disappeared from Yang Mo's sight for nearly ten years.

When they met again, they were both middle-aged - Yang Mo had been smoothed out by life, and although she was no longer that little girl, she was still full of vigor.

Yang Mo clearly remembered the day they met again. This childhood friend, who was already dressed in designer clothes, hugged him, who was sweating all over, without any hesitation and looked at him seriously: "Work with me. As long as I have something to eat, I will never let you go hungry."

As it turned out, this childhood friend did not fool him.

The two middle-aged rookies who knew nothing about foreign trade stumbled and supported each other in Southeast Asia for several years.

Yang Mo followed his promise and tried his best to plan everything; and this childhood friend was also very single, and whenever he encountered a huge pit or danger, he would always be the first to stand in the front with a fierce look; when dividing the money, he would always ignore Yang Mo's objection and split it 50-50, as if he had forgotten that she was the one who provided the resources.

Even when she was knocked down by the huge waves of the times, she was the first to take the initiative to stand up and draw a clear line between herself and Yang Mo, taking all the responsibilities on herself, which resulted in Yang Mo only working on the sewing machine for three years.

In fact, until Yang Mo was reborn, this childhood friend had not come out yet.

If you ask Yang Mo what his biggest wish was in the last few years of his life, he would definitely tell you that when a certain local girl comes out, he will definitely take her over, and the two of them will drink, brag, chat, and do crafts together in that small studio, and spend the rest of their lives peacefully with the money they saved in the past few years...

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Feeling Yang Molou's tightness, Lu Yingying looked at him angrily: "Hey, even if we grew up wearing open-crotch pants and took baths together in the river when we were young, we are adults after all. Don't you know the difference between men and women?... Can you hug me a little more gently? I can hardly breathe!"

Hearing this, Yang Mo laughed and then let her go. He looked at the dirty little face and the afro that was considered non-mainstream at the time, and finally set his eyes on the girl's swollen chest and nodded: "Yeah, that's right, the little country girl has grown into a big country girl, we have to pay attention!"

Seeing this guy staring at her chest openly, Lu Yingying was furious and punched him with her elbow: "Yang Shidan, where are you looking at? How dare you take advantage of your brother?"

Feeling the pain in his chest, Yang Mo finally realized that this girl had been on stage when she was a child, had practiced martial arts, and was skilled in boxing and kicking. And it was still the late 80s, and the girl at that time was not the Lu Yingying of later generations, who could tell him all kinds of messy dirty jokes.

Rubbing his chest with a bitter face, Yang Mo retaliated by rubbing the girl's afro: "What do you mean by taking advantage of you! I tell you, I, Mr. Yang, am a principled man... I don't even bother to look at anything below the D-level... As for your shabby little thing, if it weren't for our nearly twenty years of friendship, I wouldn't even bother to look at it even if you gave me money!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yingying was immediately furious, and even forgot the basic shyness of a young girl. The reason why she was not able to stay in the troupe was because the size exceeded the standard, and the guy in front of her actually dared to tease her about this matter. This was something that her uncle could tolerate, but her aunt could not!

She grabbed Yang Mo and started to beat him up, her words were full of viciousness: "Do you know what D-level means? I am a little girl who didn't grow up eating feed, how can I get a D?...Besides, you are an old-fashioned guy who has never even held a little girl's hand since you were a child, who gave you the face to be so picky...You don't even bother to look at anything below D-level?...I can't beat you to death!"

After being hit by the girl's not-so-heavy punches, Yang Mo quickly raised his hands in surrender: "Okay, okay, I was wrong... Anyway, what trouble did you get into? Why did you come to me?"

When this matter was mentioned, Lu Yingying immediately lost her temper. "Didn't I fail to join the opera troupe in the end? I thought there was nothing I could do anyway, so I might as well go out and work to earn some money... Eh? I heard that working in Qingdao might be profitable. You can just work as a waiter in a random restaurant and earn several hundred dollars a month. If it's like in the TV series, and you meet someone who gives you tips..."

Seeing this usually lively girl go off topic as expected, Yang Mo quickly interrupted her: "Hey, hey, hey, let's talk about serious matters... Why is your mother chasing you with a broom during the Chinese New Year?"

Lu Yingying blinked her eyes: "Eh? Didn't I tell you... I wanted to go out to work, but my mom didn't agree, so she chased me all over the village!"

Yang Mo was so angry that he gave her a slap in the face: "You are kidding me, is your mother going to chase you around the village today just because of this?"

Although the Qilu people always look down on migrant workers and think that it is not a serious job, in the same way, singing in a drama troupe is also not a formal job. Although singing in a township-level drama troupe has a better status than working outside, it is still not a formal job. In the eyes of the older generation of Qilu people, it is not a formal job. Although it is not to the extent that you are idle, it is also not something worth talking about. Think about it, the two choices are actually not much different for the locals. As for the girl's mother being furious and chasing the whole village on the second day of the Chinese New Year? In the eyes of the older generation of Qilu people, a major festival like the Spring Festival should be celebrated, and any matter should be put off until after the Little New Year.

After being hit by this guy, Lu Yingying rubbed her head with her teeth bared, and then said unwillingly: "My mother refused to let me work, and she didn't even give me New Year's money this year. I didn't have money for the trip, so... I stole the passbook!"

As she spoke, the girl pulled out a passbook from her pocket and showed it proudly: "Since I was three years old, all my New Year's money has been taken by my mother. She even said that she was saving it for me and would give it to me when I grew up... Bah! I'm already twenty years old, and I've never seen what this money looks like... I calculated that all the New Year's money saved over the years must be at least twenty or thirty, enough for a ticket to Qingdao... When the time comes, I'll withdraw the money and send the passbook back to her!"

Looking at the passbook that probably contained all their family's belongings, Yang Mo was speechless. He then understood why this guy was chased out of the whole village on the second day of the Lunar New Year - he deserved it!

However, as a normal man, he also understood why the girl's mother refused to let her go out to work - it was because the times were a bit chaotic, and with the girl's looks, even if she had some experience, it was hard to say whether something bad would happen to her.

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Let's put it this way, beauties in this world can be roughly divided into two categories: "beauties at first sight" and "beauties at many sights";
Needless to say, a "beauty at first sight" is a beauty with outstanding looks and temperament, very recognizable, who can make your heart beat fast, unforgettable, and infatuated at the first moment - Miss Mu is this type.

However, "multi-eyed beauties" are different. At first glance, they often appear to be of above-average appearance. They won't make you feel particularly stunning, nor will they make you lose your mind all at once. But they have no blind spots in 360 degrees and are particularly pleasing to the eye. Moreover, they become more beautiful the more you look at them, and the more you like them. In the end, the score they give you can even exceed that of many top beauties who score 95 points - but you have to know that not all top beauties are pleasing to the eye.

Unfortunately, Lv Yingying is such a multi-eyed beauty, and a multi-eyed beauty with outstanding appearance. Although she has messy hair now and her face is covered with dust and mud stains, and there is no sign of beauty at all, but in fact, she is really a beauty whose appearance is seriously underestimated.

In fact, the reason why her mother took the initiative to take her to get a non-mainstream afro in the style of a disco queen when the girl was sixteen or seventeen years old, and never urged her to wash her face even though it was dirty all day long, was because of this... After all, in the village, being too pretty is sometimes not a good thing.

It would be fine if she was just good-looking, but the problem was that although this girl was fierce and aggressive, she was extremely loyal and carefree, not at all pretentious; as a person who had been through this, Yang Mo understood very well how attractive girls with this kind of personality were to men - in fact, the reason why this guy was able to enter the foreign trade industry as a newbie in later life, stumbling all the way, not being cheated to the point of being completely wiped out, and gradually carving out a small niche for himself, was due at least half to her personality and appearance.

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Scratching his head, Yang Mo was about to say something when there was a sudden knock on the door.

"Xiao Mo, Xiao Mo, is our Yingying here with you?"

A middle-aged woman's voice came, with obvious restraint in her rage.

"Oh no, my mother is chasing us... She is carrying a pair of fire tongs... Hurry up, tell her I'm not here and don't let her in!" Today's enemy is equipped with new weapons and is extremely powerful. Comrade Lu Yingying, knowing that she is no match for the enemy, was terrified and wanted to go back into the house.

Yang Mo quickly grabbed her and said, "Are you stupid? There are so many people in the village in broad daylight. Do you think no one saw you sneaking into our house? Hiding? You can hide on the first day, but you can't hide on the fifteenth day. Is hiding useful?"

The girl's face fell immediately: "What should I do? I can't fight him, and I can't run away... Eh? How about Yang Shidan, I'll leave my bankbook to you, and you can lend me 50... No, 30 yuan, and I'll rush out despite getting hit by a few fire tongs, and then buy a ticket to Qingdao directly?"

Yang Mo rolled his eyes: "I give you credit, you don't even look at the date... Where can I find a car for you on the second day of the Chinese New Year?"

Lu Yingying looked frustrated: "It's over, I guess I'll have to die here today... Yang Shidan, for the sake of our nearly twenty years of brotherhood, I'm leaving... Remember to burn paper for me on this day next year!"

Seeing that this girl was still talking nonsense, Yang Mo was furious. He hit her head again, and then shouted in a low voice: "Be good and shut up and don't say anything... I'll help you with your mother!"

Eh? ?

Help me with this?

Lu Yingying blinked her eyes, and her dirty little face was full of confusion.

This thing...

Okay ah?

(End of this chapter)