Chapter 2 Drunk without knowing where the dream goes
After leaving the Zhao family, Bai Shuo wandered around the street in a depressed mood for a long time. Finally, he returned home and told his parents about the incident. His honest and dull father sat on the chair for two hours without saying a word with a straight face.
Looking at his father, his mother held back tears and locked herself in the bedroom. Bai Shuo knew the difficulties at home and had nowhere to vent his depressed mood, so he had to call a few best friends and pour out the bitterness in his heart to a few best friends.
After some conversation on the phone, everyone was very angry after hearing the Zhao family's request. However, it is difficult for an upright official to deal with family affairs. Even if everyone is aggrieved for Bai Shuo, they will not be able to make any decision for Bai Shuo. Of course, we are brothers and sisters.
Naturally, there are ways for brothers and sisters to relieve their worries. In order to comfort Bai Shuo, everyone made an appointment to go to a bearded bar on the street in the evening to chat, drink, and relax. Of course, more importantly, they also helped Bai Shuo think of a solution.
In the afternoon, Bai Shuo didn't want his parents to see his helpless mood, so he went out and wandered aimlessly. While recalling many scenes from meeting Zhao Lan to receiving the certificate, Bai Shuo thought about how to solve the current problem of betrothal gifts.
There was a way, but after much deliberation, I still couldn't think of any way. Unknowingly, I had already moved to the bar with a beard. Although it was not yet 6 o'clock in the evening, Bai Shuo seemed to have no other place to go, so he went alone early in the morning.
Came to the bar.
The bar owner "Luxie Hu" is a rough man in his 30s with a full beard. He usually dresses slovenly and slovenly, and his image is in line with the temperament of a bar owner. It is said that the surname of "Luxie Hu" is Kong, and he is from Qilu Province.
It has been four or five years since he came here to open this bar. He has no other place to live here. He puts a bed in the utility room of the bar, which is less than 10 square meters, and uses it as a rest room. After the bar closes, he usually
He slept there. Bearded Bar was one of the earliest bars in this town. Because it was close to everyone, Bai Shuo and the others liked to drink and party here since the bar opened. Bai Shuo also loved it.
He played and sang a few impromptu songs in the bar. Over time, everyone became friends with Luo Hu. However, everyone could never remember his name and always just called him "Luo Hu".
At this time, Luo Xihu was having nothing to do. Seeing Bai Shuo come to the bar so early, he chatted with her. But when encountering such a thing, Luo Xihu knew that words could not give him too much comfort. The man and the
Sometimes there is no need for words between men. After a while, Beard could no longer accompany Bai Shuo all the time, and he started busy packing up the things in the bar to prepare for the evening business. Bai Shuo, who was in a depressed mood, saw that his brothers had not arrived for a long time, so he
First, he opened the beer by himself and drank from the bottle. This is the scene at the beginning of the story.
But before the brothers came, Bai Shuo had already drank two dozen beers by himself. Originally, he had a pretty good drinking capacity, but maybe it was because he was feeling depressed or because he was still hungry. Today, Bai Shuo seemed a bit a little drunk.
The wine was too strong. After reluctantly blowing the last bottle, a wine burp came out, and the smell of alcohol surged up instantly. Bai Shuo felt his consciousness getting more and more blurred, and finally lay down on the table, unable to make any more noise.
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I don't know how long it took, but Bai Shuo slowly opened his eyes, feeling dizzy and sore all over his body.
"His grandma, Chang Geng, you are finally awake. You asked your brothers to drink, but you knocked yourself down before we arrived!" In the haze, I saw Cao An, my best friend since childhood, talking.
, while taking a bowl of noodles, he asked: "It's already noon, are you hungry? Do you want something to eat?" Bai Shuo shook his head, slowly sat up and pulled Cao An to ask about last night.
Bai Shuo, Cao An, Zhu Zhu, and Zhong Pengcheng were brothers who grew up playing together. In Baijia Town, the four of them played together, fought and made trouble together, and picked up girls together. They were called the Four King Kongs of Baijia Town. Of course, this was also
It was just a small quarrel among young people, and it did not cause any big trouble, let alone any illegal or criminal behavior. Zhong Pengcheng is two years older than Bai Shuo, and has very good academic performance. He is often joked by everyone, "The gangsters are not scary, but the gangsters are educated."
, he is just an educated hooligan." After graduating from Capital University, Zhong Pengcheng is now working in finance in Shanghai. It is said that he has been favored by his boss. He has become a white-collar talent in the financial industry at a young age, and is also developing towards a golden collar.
trend; Zhuzi is one year younger than Zhong Pengcheng, he is loyal, upright, not very talkative, a typical man in science and engineering. After graduating from university, he worked in a machinery factory in Shudu. Because of his serious work and studiousness, he earned a commission in one year
The manager of the workshop, Bai Shuo, was also arranged by Zhu Zhu to join their factory after graduating from university; Cao An, nicknamed Fatty, and Bai Shuo were in the same year, and they were classmates from elementary school to junior high school. Since his father had been doing business outside for many years, the family's financial situation was poor.
He is the better person among the four, but due to lack of discipline since childhood, he has become wild-tempered. He failed to pass the college entrance examination, so he used his father's money to open an Internet cafe. He is the most social among the four, and he is also the most aggressive in fights.
Since Cao An's grandmother passed away, he often lives alone at home. From time to time, he brings a girl back from the Internet cafe to have sex. The life is not too comfortable. By the way, last night Bai Shuo had a date with Cao An, Zhu Zhu and several other brothers.
(Zhong Pengcheng was in the Magic City) went to the bar. When Cao An and the others arrived, Bai Shuo was already unconscious. Because they were afraid that Bai Shuo's parents would be worried, they settled Bai Shuo at Cao An's house.
At this time, Bai Shuo was still a little dazed. After figuring out what happened last night, he didn't want to listen to Cao An's nagging anymore and quickly came out of Cao An's house. Although Cao An told him that the brothers had already discussed raising the money for him as a gift.
, so that he no longer had to worry about money, but he still seemed upset.
Not far from the street below Cao An's house, there is a lottery shop. When passing by the lottery shop, Bai Shuo unexpectedly walked in and bought a few lottery tickets for the first time. He still remembered who said before, "You win the jackpot by buying lottery tickets."
The chance of winning 5 million is much greater than the chance of winning 5 million if you work hard." Bai Shuo has always been not interested in things like lottery, playing cards, and gambling. But now Bai Shuo is constantly laughing at himself. It turns out that
When you are desperate, there will be a day when you place all your hopes on the lottery.
After buying the lottery tickets, I passed by a large house on the way home. This house was in sharp contrast with the surrounding houses. The owner of that house was a distant relative of my family, and he was quite powerful in Baijia Town and even Shu. This
The house covers an area of about several acres. The house in the yard is beautifully designed and luxuriously decorated. It has a swimming pool, a garden, a basement, and an independent garage. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a small manor. At this time, there was a burst of noise in the yard.
There was a sharp scolding, and Bai Shuo knew that it was his relative whom he didn't even know how to call, scolding her useless son-in-law again. He couldn't help feeling that even in such a wealthy family, there would inevitably be hard-to-recite scriptures.
After finally returning home in a daze, he saw his father enthusiastically sending a guest out. This man was slightly taller than Bai Shuo, with a burly body and a tough face that showed perseverance and confidence.
.It turns out that this person is Xiao Zhen, the mayor of Baijia Town who just took office. Today he personally led a team to the community to inspect the fire protection and flood control work, and learned about people's livelihood issues. Because he learned that his father was trusted by the neighbors, Mayor Xiao
He came to the house specially to chat with his father for a while. As his father saw off Mayor Xiao, his father was very happy to tell Bai Shuo that the gift money matter had been resolved. It turned out that Cao An had just called home and told Bai Shuo's father that he
Together with Zhu Zhu, Zhong Pengcheng and the bearded owner of the bar, they collected 150,000 yuan and sent it over in the evening. Then Li Fei, the cousin of Bai Shuo, the second uncle's family, found out about it and collected another 50,000 yuan and sent it over. Although the money was
It was all done, but Bai Shuo still couldn't be happy. He was already full of disappointment in this marriage, and no longer had the excitement and joy he had when he was preparing for the wedding. He even felt that from the moment he got drunk last night, he
It seemed that he had never woken up again, and what he didn't know was that this state would continue until a long time later...
The confused state seemed to never subside. Two days later, Bai Shuo went through some twists and turns and finally married Zhao Lan. Life after marriage was still very unsatisfactory, with Zhao Lan's weakness, Zhao's mother's harshness, and Zhao Jun's constant
Exploitation, although Bai Shuo worked hard and even worked part-time during his breaks, was still not enough to maintain his daily life. After a while, although Bai Shuo's position in the unit became higher and higher and his salary income also increased a lot, he could only barely make it.
Maintaining a living and slowly repaying the debts he owed. The arrival of his daughter Bai Yufei two years after his marriage added a joy to his life. However, not long after the birth of his daughter, Zhao Lan found that Bai Shuo could not satisfy her wishes.
He left his one-year-old daughter behind and ran away with a steel businessman. In the days that followed, changes in life dealt a heavy blow to Bai Shuo's family. His father became ill because of anger, but he refused to use more tools.
The family's money was kept hidden from everyone, and eventually a minor illness turned into a serious illness, and he passed away within two years. Bai Shuo's mother also became depressed and became ill a year after his father's death, and soon passed away.
Since the divorce, Bai Shuo's daily life consists of working, taking care of his daughter, studying technical knowledge and reading some books on business management. Although Bai Shuo became the workshop director of the factory a few years later, he still knows that if he does not always keep himself full
Charging will soon be unable to keep up with the development of the times. As for his usual pastimes, they are just listening to music, watching TV, and surfing the Internet to read news and other low-cost indoor activities. He likes Apple mobile phones very much and studies them by himself.
After a technical patent was successfully obtained, he used the bonus he received to buy an iPhone 4, and this phone has been with him for six or seven years. Until all the apps could no longer be updated, he still couldn't bear to part with it.
Throw it away. Of course, his daughter Bai Yufei is very well-behaved and obedient, and she dislikes him very much. It can be said that for a long time, her daughter has been the biggest motivation in Bai Shuo's life. And after the death of her parents, the arrival of a woman also added to the dull life.
A bit colorful.
This woman is none other than Li Zhen, a senior sister from Bai Shuo University. Li Zhen is three years older than Bai Shuo, but because of her baby face, she always looks like a little girl. In comparison,
On the contrary, Bai Shuo has become more mature after going through many vicissitudes. Speaking of Bai Shuo and Li Zhen, there are still many connections. The first person Bai Shuo met when he first entered university was Li Zhen. Li Zhen was the vice president of the student union.
President, helping new students enroll is a task assigned to her by the student union. Li Zhen seems to like this junior student very much. After helping Bai Shuo enter the school, she became friends with him and later recommended him to join the student union. Although it was only one year
Later, Li Zhen graduated and then worked in a state-owned road and bridge construction company, but still maintained a relatively close relationship with this junior brother. What's more important is that when he was still in school, by chance, Li Zhen brought someone who was also in the university
Zhao Lan, his cousin who was studying in the school, introduced him to Bai Shuo and became their matchmaker. Therefore, Bai Shuo and Li Zhen have maintained a very close relationship over the years because of this family background. However, because Li Zhen cannot have children,
, after getting married, she was gradually disliked by her husband's family. She divorced her ex-husband shortly after Bai Shuo and Zhao Lan got married, and has remained single for so many years.
Li Zhen had always been on good terms with Bai Shuo, because he couldn't stand Zhao Lan's willfulness and betrayal. Seeing Bai Shuo living a difficult life alone with his daughter, he couldn't help but give Bai Shuo meticulous care in both life and finance.
Care gradually seems to have become an indispensable member of this family. It can be said that if it were not for Li Zhen's care over the years, Bai Shuo, a grown man, would not be able to take care of his daughter at the same time. Although Cao An, Zhu Zi
Good brothers also often care about themselves, but after all, the care between men cannot match the role of women's delicacy and tenderness in a family. And as the years go by, Bai Shuo and these brothers gradually become different, although their feelings are not the same.
I have never been indifferent because of the distance, but after all, water far away cannot quench the thirst of the near, and distant relatives, no matter how close they are, are not as good as close neighbors.
As the saying goes, love grows with time, or perhaps it is the love that makes the two people able to live together for many years. In fact, Bai Shuo and Li Zhen may have secretly developed some feelings for each other for a long time, but due to some things, no one has ever
Dao Po. Although Li Zhen often appeared at Bai Shuo's house to take care of Yu Fei, she was very principled but never stayed overnight at Bai Shuo's house, and the two of them never made any transgressions. Ordinary days were just like this.
Year after year passes by day after day, and a few years pass by in a blink of an eye. Maybe everyone has never thought about how long such a day can last, or what changes will happen. Maybe everyone thinks that such a day will still happen.
It lasted for a long time, but things in the world are always so unpredictable. No one can imagine that the next moment may be the end.