That afternoon, Chen's father chatted with Bai Zhi in the night market shop for more than half an hour.
During this period, the wrinkles on his old face never straightened out, and the fatherly smile on his face almost made a halo when paired with the hot sunshine at three o'clock in the afternoon.
It's no wonder that Ren's father, after learning that his son had a deskmate who urged him to study and progress...
In addition to having an invincible youthful face, a gentle personality, and a generous personality, this deskmate has not distanced himself after graduation. Instead, he is willing to endure hardships with Chen Zui. You can't help but think...
It would be great if the introduction was not my deskmate, but my daughter-in-law.
Especially after Chen Zui learned that Bai Zhi and Chen Zui went to university not far apart, he urged Chen Zui even more: "After you go to school, you should go to Songda to see Bai Zhi more often."
Chen nodded matter-of-factly: "Of course...
Bai Zhi smiled brightly: "Then you can't be empty-handed, you have to come and bring me delicious food."
Father Chen looked at the young man and girl in front of him, and suddenly felt that his youth was gone forever. Finally, he patted Chen Zui on the shoulder, and got into the car with a somewhat forlorn figure. He stepped on the accelerator and drove into the distance.
Bai Zhi looked at the taxi exhaust and said to Chen Zui: "You promised, you have to remember."
Chen Zui looked at her and tapped her little head with his knuckles: "I know..."
…
Today's night market business is better than the past few days.
Perhaps this is due to the fact that after a few days of preparation, the store started to have repeat customers because of the extremely low prices.
But when they learned that the stall would be closed soon, Bai Zhi and Xu Dangwu were not very enthusiastic today. Chen was most excited about money. When he saw the two of them looking depressed, he said a few words about chicken soup.
Not to mention, chicken soup depends on immunity. The fewer people you are exposed to and the younger people are, the easier it is to be motivated.
So, not only tonight, but also in the next three days, Bai Zhi and Xu Dangwu stood up for the last shift with enthusiasm.
When the bustle of Shujiang Night Market dispersed again.
This time, the four people who were closing the stall realized that they were really going to break up.
There is no sad remembrance, no reluctance to leave.
During the usual late-night snack, Chen Zui ordered two bottles of beer. He and Xu Dangwu each had one bottle. They didn't drink much, but because they only drank in average amounts, they were both tipsy.
In the end, as usual, Xu went to see off Wang Keke at noon, and Chen Zui went to see off Bai Zhi.
It's just that the stars are not very bright today, so the streets are a little dark.
Chen Zui and Bai Zhi still walked very slowly until they finally stood downstairs, feeling a little sad about saying goodbye.
"You must remember to call me..."
"Um."
"We can't just ignore me again after we agreed upon it when we graduated..."
"good."
"Chen Zui."
"Um?"
Bai Zhi pursed her lips: "Goodbye then?"
Chen Zui smiled: "See you soon."
…
The same scene also happened downstairs in another place.
Wang Keke looked at Xu Dangwu and said, "You... are such a dull gourd."
Xu Dangwu grinned: "Just... I'm just... not very good at talking, I'm afraid of saying something wrong..."
"Okay, okay." Wang Keke stretched out his hand and said, "Nice to meet you."
Xu Dangwu also stretched out his thick palm: "Me too."
"Goodbye then."
"goodbye.."
Wang Keke turned around and went upstairs.
But not even halfway up the floor, under the flickering voice-activated lights in the corridor, Xu Dangwu shouted: "Coco."
Wang Keke turned around: "What's wrong?"
"Are we friends now?"
Xu Dangwu held up the back of his head with his hands again, still looking innocent and stupid.
Wang Keke looked at him and couldn't help but smile: "Well, that's right."
…
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The next morning, Chen most mechanically woke up at five o'clock in the morning.
Then I subconsciously washed my face, brushed my teeth, put on a thin shirt and got ready to go out.
But when he pushed the door open a gap, he suddenly realized that the wholesale clothing store in Xingye Market had changed owners yesterday, and the night market had also been closed...
A feeling of loss arose spontaneously, but in the end he still walked out of the house with this feeling.
Today he still has two things to do. One is to go to the night market stocking place to bring back the few remaining summer clothes, and settle the payment for this part of the capital with the new owner of the Xingye store, who will then transfer it to Zhao Wanrou.
The second is to ask Wang Keke to go to Zhao Wanrou's home to calculate the night market accounts and finally divide the money.
But as soon as he went out, he realized that it was too early...the night market stocking place could not be opened.
So Chen Zui found a breakfast stall on the roadside, had breakfast, and then went around the morning market with the old man and old lady. He didn't buy anything, just strolled around.
After finally staying up until eight o'clock, he wandered to the night market, borrowed a tricycle from the stocking lady, loaded up the goods and the iron shelves of the night market, and rushed to the Xingye Wholesale Market.
After a smooth handover with the new store owner, I received a small amount of payment.
Then Chen Zui returned the tricycle. Seeing that it was almost noon, and when he was thinking about whether to go directly to Zhao Wanrou's house now, the chain mobile phone store on the roadside attracted him.
After taking a look at his bulging pocket and appreciating his dividends, Chen Zui walked in. Ten minutes later, he finally had a mobile phone and a flip-up PHS.
The feeling of getting a new mobile phone diluted the lingering loss in his heart today.
But, who did you call first?
Chen Zi thought for a while and finally dialed the landline at home.
Mom answered the phone and heard nothing.
Chen Zui was over there: "Hey, hey..." In the end, he couldn't hear it anymore and he was so angry: "Fuck..."
Putting down the phone, Chen was a little dissatisfied with the broken B signal.
So I looked around, chose a high spot on the roadside, and dialed Zhao Wanrou's number.
Sure enough, the signal was much better.
"Hello?"
"Sister, I, I bought a mobile phone. This is my new phone number. Remember it. I'll be there in a minute. Do you need to buy lunch?"
Zhao Wanrou ignored the lunch question and asked, "Am I the first one to call?"
Chen Zui: "No..."
Zhao Wanrou's tone was unkind: "Huh?"
"My mom was the first one I called."
Zhao Wanrou's tone became warmer: "Oh, okay, you can bring whatever you want later. I'll tell Coco to come early too."
"Okay, hang up then."
"Um."
Putting down the phone, Chen Zui continued to dial.
After a while, I heard a middle-aged female voice: "Hello, hello."
Chen Zui: "Hello, aunt, I'm looking for Bai Zhi."
The sound of footsteps came from the phone, Bai Zhi said: "Chen Zui?"
"Well, I bought a mobile phone. Please take note of my phone number when you see the call."
Bai Zhi asked happily: "Then was I the first one you called?"
Chen Zui: "No..."
Bai Zhi was disappointed: "Oh..."
"My mother was the first one to call me."
Bai Zhi was happy: "Okay, then today..."
"I have something to do today. I'm going to settle the bill at the night market. I'll see you tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. You can also call me."
"good."
"Then it's dead?"
"OK Bye Bye."
Putting down his flip phone, Chen Zui stood on a high point on the slope outside the mobile phone store and gave himself a thumbs up.