Chapter 25 The Confidant
Zhang Yunqi was not very familiar with Jiangchuan City. After being admitted to the provincial technical secondary school in his previous life, he jumped directly from the valley of Yunxi Village to Xingjin City, the provincial capital, where he studied, worked, married, had children and took root. Every time he went back to his hometown to visit his parents, he would pass by Jiangchuan City.
In order to better run the market and sell handheld computers, he went to the bookstore to buy a local map, and then marked the location he wanted to go with a red pen. Every morning, he got up and ran along the road map one by one. When the sun was strong, he took the bus. When the weather was cool, he rode the 28-bar that was about to fall off at any time, and shuttled through the streets and alleys of Jiangchuan City.
In a few days, Zhang Yunqi traveled all the convenience stores near major middle schools in Jiangchuan City. Most of the shop owners are easy to talk to. Even if both sides can't talk, the transaction is unsuccessful. When encountering some unreasonable bosses, he will try his best to get the order with a smile. However, even so, he still encountered the experience of being bombarded out several times as if someone was treated as a fly.
That feeling is definitely not good, but Zhang Yunqi has become accustomed to it. After all, life is not a novel. Life is slapping one by one on the face one by one, telling you: You are not the protagonist, you are not irreplaceable, no one spoils you to protect you. If you don’t act well, there are thousands of people behind you waiting to replace you. Only by working harder than others can you be a little better than others.
Life is the same, career is the same, and love is the same. People who don’t work hard are not worthy of miracles.
Although it is very sad, this is reality.
One day, Zhang Yunqi met an old man collecting garbage on the road. He was also surprised. The old man's tricycle scratched his bicycle. Both sides had nothing to do. But when he was driving the bicycle again, he saw a big brother on the tricycle. He immediately got out of the car and flipped out the big brother from the tricycle. He said to the old man: "How much does this thing cost?"
The old man who collected the garbage was a little confused: "This big brother is bad and can't use it at all. I picked it up in the trash can."
Zhang Yunqi said: "How much do you say?"
"Five...five!"
Zhang Yunqi stuffed five dollars to him and took his elder brother away.
When he returned to the dormitory, he cleaned up the dirt and oil stains on it and immediately turned into a semi-new product. Although it was bad, he did not need to be practical. He was very particular.
Since then, every time Zhang Yunqi comes to the door to promote the salesperson, he ties his elder brother to his waist and reveals it intentionally or unintentionally. When the bosses see it, they no longer speak dirty words and their attitude is no longer arrogant. Of course, Zhang Yunqi has never been bombarded again.
What is this called? Arrangement!
Every afternoon, Ji Ling would come to Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School.
Sometimes she plays badminton with Zhang Yunqi, and sometimes she strolls around the campus.
On the last day of National Day, Zhang Yunqi thought that classes would be held tomorrow, so he went to a few more convenience stores. He went out early in the morning until after 8 o'clock in the evening. He became so tired that he became a fool. When he returned to school, he thought Ji Ling would not come tonight, but when he walked to a place not far from the boys' dormitory, he suddenly heard Ji Ling's voice: "Old Tie, here."
Zhang Yunqi turned his head and looked, Ji Ling lay on the railing and waved to him.
Ji Ling wore a navy blue jeans and a black sweater. She had a black baseball cap on her head, revealing her delicate little face and a few fine bangs. When the wind blew, the camphor tree leaves behind her were rumbling.
Zhang Yunqi walked over and said, "Isn't it cold to stand here?"
Ji Ling stuffed a glass of juice to Zhang Yunqi: "Then you have asked me to wait for so long."
Zhang Yunqi smiled and said, "I'm very busy today. Have you had supper?"
"No."
"I treat you, what do you want to eat?"
"I want to have a big meal!" Ji Ling narrowed his eyes and smiled.
"Nothing to eat is a problem. You are short of everything but you don't lack money." Zhang Yunqi said this time in his two lives with such confidence.
"Yoyo, you are a rich man."
"There is no question of a rich man, but it is absolutely fine to invite me to have a good time and drink spicy food."
"Then let's have some delicious food and drink."
Ji Ling turned around and walked in front, Zhang Yunqi followed her, and the two walked through the campus together. It was already late at night, and there were only cicadas on the campus, which was particularly quiet. Street lights were on both sides of the road, and the light was very warm. Ji Ling held the juice in his hand, and his steps were as light as a deer.
After leaving school, the two came to the street. There were lined up small restaurants on both sides. Most of them had eaten by Zhang Yunqi. The taste was not very good. He remembered the Zui Xiangnan restaurant that Wang Xiaokai had had on his birthday last time. Although the price was expensive, the taste was not bad. Especially the signature dishes of spicy lobster and tea oil Chunjiang fish, which were very delicious. He knew that Ji Ling liked to eat fish and said, "How about we go to Zui Xiangnan? The taste was good."
Ji Ling ignored Zhang Yunqi and took his hand and ran to a rice dumpling shop behind No. 1 Middle School. The rice dumpling shop is not big, it looks about twenty square meters and has not been decorated much. It is quite simple. The boss is an old lady with grayish white face and wrinkles on her face. When she saw Ji Ling, a kind smile appeared in her eyes: "Little girl, bring friends to eat."
Ji Ling said "Hmm" and said, "Grandma, I want two rice dumplings. He wants a lot of peppers in his soup, but mine won't put them."
The old lady smiled and said yes, and turned around and went to cook rice dumplings for them.
Zhang Yunqi and Ji Ling found a seat to sit down. Ji Ling looked at him and said, "Why did you feel like you are dark again after the National Day?"
Zhang Yunqi smiled and said, "There is no way. You can run outside every day, so how can you not tan?"
Although Zhang Yunqi never said that he was selling Tetris handheld phones, Ji Ling naturally knew in his heart: "You are very tired every day, right?"
Zhang Yunqi said: "It's nothing to be tired, but sometimes I feel a little unhappy because I'm always not understood. Of course, most of the time I feel nothing."
Ji Ling said: "It's normal. I don't understand you doing this, but I think everyone has different ideas. Everyone hates being misunderstood by others. But the way to truly make yourself strong is not to agree with others and make others happy, but to draw help from life. Lao Tie, as long as you like it, then do it."
Zhang Yunqi looked at Ji Ling with a smile, and his heart was warm. This girl who had been playing with her since she was a child was the one who knew him the most. He said, "Listen to you is better than reading for ten years. A philosopher! Lao Tie."
"That's right, I'll tell me if I have any unhappy things in the future." Ji Ling narrowed his eyes and smiled, then reached out to grab his hair in a mess.
As we were chatting, two rice dumplings soon came up. In the strong heat, Ji Ling handed a pair of chopsticks to Zhang Yunqi and said, "Eat it, eat it, I often eat here after school, and it tastes good."
Zhang Yun was already hungry and ate with chopsticks with delicious food. He ate very quickly. After eating, he leaned on the chair and looked at Ji Ling. Ji Ling was eating very slowly. She didn't speak much while eating. The lights on the wall fell, and her long eyelashes left two shadows on her little face.
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Chapter completed!