Yang Chen learned from Hao Yong that three of his buddies who were called the Five Tigers in No. 9 Middle School back then were in Xinfeng, Hao Yong, Sun Yu, and Wang Xiaofei. They returned from the army and joined different agencies. Hao Yong joined the city bureau.
In the patrol brigade, Sun Yu is in the Labor Bureau and Wang Xiaofei is in the Work Safety Bureau.
The once young and frivolous teenagers are now working at their respective jobs. Yang Chen, who is rarely sentimental, laments the passing of time for the first time.
Since years are fleeting, cherish the time in front of you. If you can't be a hero who saves the world, you should at least be a villain who plays with the world once, so that your life is not in vain.
Yang Chen's handsome face showed a deep smile, full of evil.
At 8 o'clock in the evening, my brothers gathered at a bar that has become popular in Xinfeng in the past two years. Yang Chen saw that it was still early, so he hailed a taxi and visited several popular real estate projects in Xinfeng. His old house was crumbling.
My parents have lived in a rented store for more than ten years. How can I bear it as a son?
The son wants to take care of him, but he doesn't care for him.
This is the greatest sorrow of being a child.
Yang Chen never expected that he would feel so sad and regretful at that time.
After the Olympics, housing prices in Xinfeng rose rapidly, exceeding 4,000 to 5,000 yuan per square meter. Although they were much cheaper than those in the provincial capital of Xijing, which cost ¥1,000 per square meter, there was still a tendency to force girls into prostitution. Yang Chen walked around
Among the four properties, we finally selected a well-decorated property developed by Evergrande. It was well-decorated and an existing house, and the price exceeded 5,000.
Yang Chen saw an apartment of 100 square meters, a small high-rise elevator room, on the eighth floor, with good lighting. Evergrande's fine decoration materials are quite satisfactory, not to say gorgeous, and there are no major flaws. It is enough for an old couple to live in. After reading
For the house, he paid the price without saying a word. It was not a deposit, but the full payment!
The sales lady who thought she was about to get off work and didn't have any serious clients suddenly beamed with joy. No matter how old Yang Chen was, she kept calling her "brother" incessantly, and even asked in a roundabout way if Yang Chen was single.
Most women in sales are smart and realistic.
Yang Chen deeply agreed with this, but he was not overly disgusted. Anyone with some brains, regardless of gender, would be better off if they were not realistic. He couldn't stand some men calling women "real". You old man has no ability.
Why do you want a woman to favor you?
All procedures were completed in one hour.
Yang Chen was walking to the sales department carrying an information bag. A taxi happened to be passing by and he stopped him to get in. The middle-aged driver opened his mouth and said, "You are buying a house, are you getting married? The house prices are so high now. If you get married young, will you get married if you are old?"
You will have to suffer for the rest of your life. If you are not a wealthy family, your life savings will be spent on this house."
"I'm not getting married, I'm buying a house for my parents."
Yang Chen smiled indifferently, and the middle-aged driver looked at Yang Chen like a monster. He was speechless for a long time, somewhat disbelieving, as if nibbling on old age was an inevitable way for young people to survive.
The driver complained.
Yang Chen didn't bother to explain. He took the car back to his small restaurant and put the house purchase contract and keys in the drawer of the desk on the second floor. He was going to tell his parents before leaving. Seeing that his parents were busy, he said hello and said he would leave if he had something to do in the evening and rushed to the hotel in Xincheng.
The bar called CX on the District Pedestrian Street happened to be at eight o'clock in the evening.
At this point, the bar was a little deserted, and most of the people who came were empty animals who couldn't bear the loneliness. Several bartenders who made their profession by selling drinks gathered in front of the bar, flirting with two handsome bartenders, and saw Yang
When I came in in the morning, I immediately stared at them intently, whispering and making comments.
Yang Chen glanced at these girls who were frivolous and slightly promiscuous, and walked inside. Someone poked his head into the sofa booth in a quiet corner and shouted: "Yang Zi, over here!"
Wang Xiaofei.
Yang Chen recognized his former playmates at a glance, smiled, and walked over quickly. In addition to Li Feng, Hao Yong, Wang Xiaofei, and Sun Yu, everyone was here. After five years, they reunited again. The four of them hugged each other without saying a word.
The friendship between them cannot be diluted by time, and the four of them were separated for a long time.
Yang Chen sat down next to Hao Yong and asked the brothers how they were doing.
"After returning from the army, Yongzi and I were just muddle-heading, and Xiaofei was much more advanced than the two of us. In the past two years, he had obtained a self-study bachelor's degree. Some time ago, we conducted an exam to select deputy section-level cadres from all the city's section staff.
Fei passed the test again and went to the provincial capital to study for a year. When he came back, he was a serious cadre with a minor in his early twenties, one of the few in the province." Sun Yu explained the current situation of the three of them in a few words. He was still a heavy smoker back then.
The cigarette never leaves your hand.
"Xiao Fei's character is suitable for being in officialdom."
Yang Chen smiled and nodded. He knew his temperament very well. Xiaofei was careful, smooth and resilient, so he might not have a promising career as an official. He simply asked Xiaofei what his plans were next.
"I think when you come back from studying for a year, you should go to the government office in an industrial zone or a new city. There will be more opportunities to contact leaders, which will be helpful for future development." Hao Yong analyzed that three generations of a family have been working in public security for many years, so they will naturally have some influence on officialdom.
learn.
Wang Xiaofei shook his head slightly, looked at his brothers, and said slowly: "After studying, I plan to work as a deputy in a township for a few years to accumulate experience."
Going to the countryside?
Hao Yong and Sun Yu, who were living comfortably in the agency, looked at each other.
Yang Chen's eyes suddenly brightened. Xiaofei was much more mature than before. He held a position at the grassroots level and every big boss with a prosperous official career must have the qualifications. This boy had far-reaching vision and his plans were not small.
"Brother, I support you."
Yang Chen nodded and took the lead in raising his glass. The four of them clinked their glasses and drank it all in one gulp.
"Yang Zi, tell me, brothers, what have you been doing for these five years?" Sun Yu finally asked his brother the questions he wanted to ask the most. Hao Yong and Wang Xiaofei put down their glasses and concentrated on waiting for Yang Chen to speak.
Yang Chen smiled bitterly, picked up the soft Chinese that Sun Yu threw on the table, pulled out one, lit it, and took a slow puff. The brothers all remembered that Yang Chen drank alcohol but did not smoke, which could make a determined and strong person change his life.
Habits, which shows that in the past five years, things have happened that they could not predict.
"How to put it, I can only use one word to describe it, a narrow escape from death." Yang Chen said quietly, his eyes wandering, as if he was recalling every detail of the past five years. Hao Yong, Wang Xiaofei, and Sun Yu followed in silence, a narrow escape from death, just four simple words
This word gave them an inexplicable sense of heaviness.
"Yang Zi said, what happened in those five years is a secret. Let's not ask about it. Let's drink and drink." Hao Yong broke the silence and filled the glasses with wine for the brothers. The four brothers, who had rarely reunited, drank boldly.
After five years, each of the four people has changed, but their drinking style remains unchanged.
After more than 20 bottles of Carlsberg beer were consumed, the bar became more and more lively, and the resident singer worked harder than before, singing with such eloquent emotion that I would love it even to death.
The booth area with a high guaranteed consumption showed signs of being overcrowded, let alone the crowd. Yang Chen accidentally glanced at a girl with heavy makeup in the booth near the booth, which provoked the girl's male companion to blow his beard and stare. This guy was afraid that Yang Chen wouldn't
Knowing how powerful he was, he spoke some awesome words to his companions at the top of his lungs, making it seem like all the awesome big shots in Xinfeng were having an affair with him.
Yang Chen laughed it off and drank his own wine.
People who are more eager to prove that they are awesome often have low self-esteem inside.
Hao Yong was still hot-tempered and wanted to turn around and curse a few words, but Yang Chen stopped him with his eyes. It took a lot of effort for the brothers to get together. One thing more is worse than one thing less. There is no harm in being patient.
Yang Chen's forbearance was misjudged as cowardice by the other party. Several girls who were vulgar at best were tired of their male companions, thinking that Beier had face.
Women, most of them favor men who bring them a sense of security.
At this time, a group of people, numbering more than thirty, rushed into the bar aggressively. Under the guidance of one of them, they swarmed towards Yang Chen.
Those who come are not good.
Anyone who is not stupid can see the clues.
The guy who was bragging at the top of his lungs quickly stopped and watched with trepidation. He was obviously a bully and a loser.
"Brother, he's the one who screwed up the brothers." The guy who jumped out and pointed angrily at Yang Chen turned out to be a bald man who was knocked down by Yang Chen in the afternoon. In the evening, this guy wanted to come to the bar to have fun and relieve his inner depression, but he found that Yang Chen was there, so he
He gritted his teeth and moved out of his backing in an attempt to retaliate.
The eldest brother, the backer, was too lazy to look at Yang Chen and the four of them. He lowered his head and lit a cigarette surrounded by dozens of people. The eldest brother was very stylish and said nonchalantly: "Chop off your own fingers, and today's matter will be settled."
The big-breasted and brainless women in the bar secretly exclaimed that he was so handsome.
Don't think that all those unattainable and glamorous beauties around the big brothers in society are all bowing down to money. A considerable part of them are obsessed with the domineering and domineering nature of the big brothers, which most men lack nowadays.
Yang Chen played with the wine glass and slowly raised his head. The person who forced him to harm himself in this world had not yet been born. He was curious about who in Xinfeng was so rampant.
The eldest brother, a man with great style, also subconsciously looked at Yang Chen.
When their eyes met, Yang Chen was startled, then smiled, it turned out that they were acquaintances.
