Kunming, who will you forget tonight

Chapter 39 High School Classmates
Although he picked up the phone, he didn't know how to say hello, but Zhuo Lan was very straightforward and asked, "Qiu Han, are you leaving? Why didn't you say it earlier?"

I casually found an excuse and said, "Eh...Grandpa is not in good health, so he left in a hurry."

"Amy delivered beef jerky to me this morning, only to hear that Amy said you were going home. I was really sorry yesterday, and I was so angry with you that I didn't answer your phone call. If I had known that you were going back to your hometown today, I would never have refused. Come on, are you boarding the plane now? I'm at the airport, can I still see you?"

"I'm already preparing to board the plane. I'm afraid it's too late. If you have time, come to the HLBE prairie for vacation. I'll be your tour guide."

On the other side of the phone, Zhuo Lan was silent for a few seconds, and said, "Okay then, I wish you and Auntie a safe journey, thank you for sending me the beef jerky, it's delicious."

"I like to eat and I will post it to you when I return to NMG. I also wish your 'light engraved annual rings' get better and better and become a haven for your soul."

Hanging up the phone and walking into the bridge, someone in the cabin was playing Mayday's "Suddenly Miss You" on his mobile phone. There is a line in it that I can't forget for a long time: We are like a beautiful song, becoming two Sad movie why you take me through the most memorable trip and then leave the most painful souvenir...

The Xiyan in my memory is the most painful souvenir in my life.

Three and a half hours later, we landed at the Capital International Airport, took the airport bus to the Hanting near BJ Station, and opened a standard room. In the afternoon, we accompanied my mother around Tiananmen Square. Tickets for the Forbidden City are 120. It cost more than 200 yuan, but I was not willing to go... I wanted to take my mother to eat BJ roast duck for dinner. She also thought it was expensive, so I ate two bowls of noodles at a small noodle shop by the side of the road, and the trip to BJ was over.

The trains on the second day were all hard seats. They departed at 10 o’clock in the morning and did not arrive in Hailar until 04:30 in the afternoon of the next day. It was a long journey of nearly 30 hours, and I could only sleep on the table for a while at night. With the smell of stinky feet and various ups and downs of snoring, I stared at the night sky outside the window and swore secretly that I must make money, a lot of money, and never let my mother suffer like this again.

When I got home, my grandfather no longer knew me. The sequelae of cerebral thrombosis is dementia, and I need someone to accompany me at all times. This task naturally fell on my mother. My uncle and aunt have their own families. Since I After my father went to prison, my mother has been living with my grandpa and grandma. Grandma is also getting old, and it is a bit difficult to take care of herself. Do you still expect her to take care of grandpa?

The snack bar at home has been closed for a week, and now that it is back, it must continue to open.Genhe City is not big, and you can run around the city in 10 minutes by motorcycle. I didn’t tell anyone about my return, and I have nothing to say. Basically, the friends I know are junior high school and high school classmates. Most of them are It’s because they didn’t go to college, and those with rich family opened a small shop, and those with background arranged to work in government agencies. They started as a small employee or even a driver.

My family has no money and no background, and everything can only be done with my own hands.

At four o'clock in the morning, my mother and I got up together and went to the breakfast shop to steam buns and squeeze soybean milk. People came to buy breakfast one after another around 05:30, especially between 06:30 and 07:30, workers at work and students going to school There are quite a few, and this period is the busiest. After 07:30, there are almost no people there, so I have time to eat breakfast. After eating, my mother brought buns and soy milk home to my grandparents, and I started to pack up snacks During the day, my mother came home to take care of my grandfather, and I was responsible for purchasing the ingredients for the evening barbecue. These can basically be completed in the morning, take a nap at noon, wake up around two o’clock, sit in front of the computer and continue writing this novel. A novel favored by editors.

During that time, I was lonely, so lonely that I couldn't see the future.I only have two hours of my own time every day, and I have to start skewers at four o'clock in the afternoon, preparing all kinds of barbecue things, and I am busy eating dinner at six or seven o'clock, and the barbecue stall starts to open. I am busy almost every day Until twelve or one o'clock in the morning.Sleep for three or four hours and continue to get up to sell breakfast.

This is my main work and rest time of the day, and the income is still very considerable. The net income of breakfast is about 1.7 yuan a day, and the profit of barbecue is large, basically [-] to [-] yuan a day.Preliminary calculations show that my mother and I can earn about [-] yuan a month, excluding shop rent, water and electricity monthly income of more than [-] yuan is not a problem, but we are two people.

This income is definitely considered high-tech in Genhe City, and it is much more comfortable than those who work in the Forestry Bureau from [-] to [-]. The average income of the entire working class in Genhe City is about [-].

On the first Friday when I went home, it started to drizzle. The barbecue grill was set up and all the food was put aside. A plastic square stool sat next to me. She knew that I was depressed, so she found some happy topics to chat with me, and said to me: "You come back and help mom, we can pay back all the money owed soon. While I'm in good health, I can buy you a suite in the city center with a few more years of savings." Her eyes were full of happy longing.

I smiled bitterly and said, "Okay, we can move in together after buying a house, and our family can be like before when Dad comes out."

My mother asked cautiously: "Son, do you really dislike your family? You haven't seen you smile for half a month since you came back."

"Very good." I took out a cigarette and lit one myself, and said, "I have grown up in this small town since I was a child, and I am familiar with everything here. I am familiar with the four distinct seasons here. It is much better than Kunming, and the temperature is the same all year round. You can’t even see the snow, so it’s meaningless.”

How could my mother not know what I said against my will?She sighed softly, turned around and was about to go back into the store, when two taxis stopped by the side of the road, six or seven people got out of the car, one of them recognized me at a glance, at first he was not sure , rubbed his eyes and said to the people around him: "Fuck, I read it right, right? Isn't this Qiuhan?"

When I heard someone calling my name, I raised my head and took a closer look, "Qin Wei?" I was also surprised, I didn't expect to meet him here.Qin Wei was my classmate in high school. He was expelled by the school because of fighting in the second year of high school. I didn’t see him that year. Later, I went to college, and I had no contact with him in the past few years. I also know a girl from high school.

Qin Wei obviously didn't expect to meet me here, and asked in a super unexpected way: "Why do you sell barbecue here? Didn't you go to Kunming to go to university?"

I squeezed out a smile and said, "Isn't this graduation?"

"Graduated and go home to sell barbecue?" Qin Wei's tone was full of disdain, and said: "Then we must praise the old classmate's place tonight, my brothers and I ate here today, I treat guests, all fucking Don’t be polite to me, just be casual.” As he said, he took off his coat and threw it into the Xiali car, revealing two flower arms covered with cheap tattoos, pointing to the side of the barbecue stand and said: “One hundred meat skewers first. , fifty for beef and mutton, ten for chicken gizzards, eggplants, potatoes... just look at it."

"Sit inside." My mother beckoned Qin Wei and the others to go inside the store. There were quite a few of them, and they could only sit at two tables together.

I stood in front of the barbecue grill and prepared to grill meat for them. Qin Wei also took a photo of me wearing an apron and standing in front of the barbecue grill with his mobile phone, and said excitedly: "Come add a WeChat, I will send it to you, Damn you! You're so stylish."

He and Qin Wei added WeChat friends to each other, and he really sent my photo over, then patted me on the shoulder and said: "Roast well, don't hide any delicious food, brother, you will also be happy when I meet you today." Don't be polite with me, look at you, you are a fucking college student, why don't you go home and sell barbecue? Tell me how much money you make a day?"

I smiled wryly and said, "What kind of money can I make, isn't it just to make a living."

Qin Wei was even more proud, pointing to his Xiali taxi and said: "Then you still do woolen yarn, look at brother, you can get a taxi, and you can earn two to three hundred for a few hours a day, and the monthly income is over It's the same as Wan Wan, your fucking college is for nothing, I'm not talking about you, what's the fucking use of going to school? Now you can only sell barbecue? Is it because you can't hang out outside? If you don’t want to go down, tell your brother that he will bring someone to take care of your business.”

"Yeah." I didn't deny it, and said in a low voice: "The pressure outside is quite high, and I can't even afford a house for a few years. A random apartment costs more than 100 million."

"Hahaha..." Qin Weiwei grinned and said: "It's up to you, don't even think about buying a house outside in this life, just come back honestly. You plan to rely on this barbecue stall in the future Forever? You have to find a way out for yourself, right? Or I advise you to forget about the whole taxi, which is much better than selling barbecue here. Now the business license can be settled for [-] yuan. Don’t make it worthless BBQ stand."

While Qin Wei was talking, a girl came out from the barbecue restaurant, she was also our former high school classmate, with heavy makeup on her face, she walked up to Qin Wei and pushed him, saying: "What are you doing here? What? Waiting for you to go in and drink, Qiu Han put more chili on the meat skewers."

"Okay." I whispered, "I'll send it to you in a while, and I'm sure you'll be satisfied."

The girl pulled Qin Wei's hand and turned around to leave. While walking, she complained to Qin Wei: "I'm waiting for you to drink. What are you talking about with him? Let's go."

My mother stood beside me but secretly wiped tears. I caught this small movement in my eyes. I comforted my mother with a wry smile and said, "Mom, don't worry. Expelled, like a little ruffian all day long, speaking without restraint, let him say what he has heard."

My mother covered her mouth and turned around, turned her back to me and said, "Even a bastard classmate who drives a taxi looks down on you now..."

"Oh..." I interrupted my mother depressedly and said, "It doesn't matter if they look up to me or look down on me? Do I need others to look up to me? I can live a good life, and I have to remind myself to be nervous every day when I drive a taxi. I am worried about car accidents, how can I sell barbecue? I am very satisfied with my life now."

"You are comforting mom..."

I handed a bunch of grilled meat skewers to my mother and said, "Send it up, it's ready."

My mother took the meat skewers and put them on a plate, turned and walked into the store. I really don't want to discuss these things with her, and I don't want to see her sad scene.

Qin Wei and the others got drunk at my place that day. When she left, she got into the car with her arms around a female classmate, and when she opened the car door, she was still yelling loudly: "What's wrong with me now? I didn't fucking finish high school, He didn't go to college, so it's good to be good? Look at Qiu Han, who is so cool, he came back to sell barbecue after going to college? I have to pay for it, so he has to bake it like a grandson, let him He didn’t dare to put more chili peppers…” The harsh voices didn’t disappear until the two Xiali taxis drove away.

I took out a Hongtashan Classic 1956 and held it in my mouth. I couldn’t figure out why my life was so sad, so I sent the photo Qin Wei sent me to Moments, with a sentence: Life always goes on, I hope tonight Come to a big order of more than three hundred yuan!
It took only a minute for the message to be sent, and Xiyan replied below: Even if you only grill one skewer, I think you can cook the most delicious skewers in the world. Can you pack three hundred skewers for me?
Wechat received a message from Su Yubing: Qiu Han, is this the life you want?Why do I feel so sad seeing you?

I replied with a smiling expression and asked: Yes, why do you feel so heartbroken when you see me like this?

(End of this chapter)