The sky was gloomy and the cold wind was whistling. Lou Cheng, who was full of excitement and joy, couldn't help but shiver as soon as he walked out of the train station. Unlike Yanling's strong wind, low temperature and dry cold, the cold in Xiushan was the kind of cold that penetrated into his bones.
The inescapable cold could not be resisted by so-called airtight clothes, and he himself was in a weak and sick state.
"Fortunately, I was smart and added some clothes inside before getting off the car." Lou Cheng agreed, took out his mobile phone, took pictures of the familiar sky of Xiushan and the landmark building in the distance - the Diqing Building, and then sent it to Yan
Zhe Ke smiled evilly and said, "Does it look familiar?"
Yan Zheke responded with a dazed expression: "Suddenly I feel a little homesick..."
"Just think of me as your substitute, going home and experiencing Xiushan for you." Lou Cheng said "laughing proudly".
"Bah, what are you talking about? Substitute Cheng, are you as good-looking as me?" Yan Zheke made an expression that said, "You know nothing about power."
While joking, Lou Cheng carried his luggage, declined the invitations from a bunch of black cars, and came to the bus stop, waiting for the 82 bus that would pass by his house.
Although I have 10,000 yuan in cash in my backpack and several hundred dollars in my wallet, I still need to know how to be frugal!
If there was only a bonus of 5,000 yuan originally, he planned to use the rest as a dating fund, but now that he had 10,000 yuan from the top eight, he had some thoughts and planned to buy something for his parents during the Chinese New Year.
Surprise them with a real gift!
82 Passers-by were crowded. Lou Cheng relied on the yin and yang stakes and had a good control of his center of gravity. He didn't care and sat down. He poked his head and looked around, wondering if he could bump into one or two classmates.
It's a pity that Xiushan is a prefecture-level city after all, with a population of hundreds of thousands in the main urban area alone, and the number of classmates he knows, starting from kindergarten, does not exceed 300. Compared with the former, they are really just a drop in the ocean, how can they be so easy to meet?
Yes, unless you specifically go to certain places where certain people are bound to hang out.
The bus swayed, stopped and stopped, and arrived at the non-commercial center of the LC district. The surrounding buildings began to become shorter and less colorful. Lou Cheng got off the bus at a stop sign at the entrance of a residential area.
This is the place where I have lived for almost ten years. The exterior walls of many buildings have been mottled, leaving traces of the ruthless years. It was the last glory of the company where my father first worked. When it went bankrupt, it drained the last of my family's life.
I used my savings and borrowed a lot of debt to buy the property.
Most of the people living in the community are my father's former colleagues or workmates. The relationship between the neighbors is quite good. Along the way, Lou Cheng has frequently said hello. This uncle watched him grow up, and the aunt used to help him.
After changing diapers, I felt the smell of home without even stepping foot into the house.
Of course, such a neighborly atmosphere is also a bit bad. The seven aunts and eight aunts like to get together when nothing happens. If something happens to one family, it will spread throughout the community!
When he was approaching Building 8, where his home was located, Lou Cheng saw a young man coming out of the door of his unit, so he smiled and said hello: "Brother Xu."
This young man's name is Wang Xu. He is a classmate of his in kindergarten, elementary school and junior high school. In other words, his parents used to work in a technical department. They used to get together to play chess and brag. He and his
The relationship is pretty good.
But in the years when the company was about to go bankrupt, people were panicking and waiting for rice to be put into the pot. Everyone had a very difficult time. A family often had to leave home to work, while the other stayed at home to take care of the children. Conflicts broke out from time to time. This kind of atmosphere
It also affected the children. Some began to have no interest in studying and wanted to make money early, while others followed the former young workers in the factory and now became gangsters in the "mixed society", and gradually formed some groups with a black and evil nature.
Wang Xu is tall and has a strong build. He has been fond of martial arts since he was a child. However, he was spoiled by this trend and slowly went down a wrong path. When he was in junior high school, he was trying to please the physical education teacher in order to learn martial arts. At the same time, he worked with gangsters to collect protection money.
Participate in school gang fights.
At that time, he was still relatively innocent. He would show off to Lou Cheng who he had beaten today and which group of people he was going to PK with tomorrow. With Lou Cheng's current perspective, it can be seen that his talent at that time was indeed quite good. He already had it when he was fourteen or fifteen years old.
The strength of the ninth grade amateur.
And it was precisely because of such a childhood friend that Lou Cheng was able to concentrate on his studies without being disturbed by outsiders or bullied by gangsters in the junior high school where the overall learning atmosphere had deteriorated drastically. He was admitted to Xiushan No. 1 Middle School and completely got rid of this environment. From then on.
I became two friends with Wang Xu and no longer knew anything about him. I just knew from meeting him from time to time that he was not in high school. I found that he seemed to be doing better and better, but there was also a slight scar on his face.
The scar on Wang Xu's left cheek is still vaguely visible. He has neat short hair, wears a long black leather jacket that looks very valuable at first glance, and wears a thick gold chain that looks like a nouveau riche. His eyebrows are no longer childish.
The youthful exuberance of an eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy is gone.
"Hey, the college student is back." He was quite happy when he saw Lou Cheng, and took out a pack of cigarettes with English letters written on them from his pocket, "Here, smoke one, it's a good product!"
It was in such an atmosphere that he learned to smoke and drink... Lou Cheng suddenly had an idea and waved his hand: "I have stopped smoking now."
A trace of displeasure flashed across Wang Xu's face, and his attitude became a little more indifferent. He lit a cigarette for himself and said, "It's different when you go to college."
To be honest, Lou Cheng had a good relationship with him before, so he was still a little afraid of him. But now, after the experience of the Xiaowu Sheng Arena, when he faced Wang Xu again, he had completely lost that fear and looked directly at Wang Xu.
The other party looked at him and said with a gentle smile: "Not only have I given up smoking, but I have also given up drinking. However, I haven't given up on skewers and hot pot. Can we have a late night snack when we have time?"
Seeing that Lou Cheng's attitude was not deliberately alienated and was calm and generous, Wang Xu's unhappiness disappeared and he regained his familiarity. He chuckled and said, "Okay, let's go pick some strings when I'm free. Orange, why can't you think about it?"
If you quit smoking and drinking? Then what’s the point of living?”
Lou Cheng smiled and replied: "I joined the martial arts club in college and planned to keep fit. As you know, practicing martial arts requires quitting smoking and drinking."
Hearing this, Wang Xu burst out laughing: "You actually want to practice martial arts? When I'm free, I'll teach you a few tricks and make sure your martial arts improves greatly during the winter vacation!"
I don’t believe it... you can directly make me a ninth-level professional? Maybe you can’t beat me... Lou Cheng silently complained a few words, without saying much, pointed upstairs: "I'll go home and see me first."
Let’s talk about it later.”
"Okay, I'll bring a bottle of wine to your house later. I haven't played chess with Uncle Lou for a long time." Wang Xu's family and Lou Cheng's family are in the same unit in the same building, only one is on the second floor and the other is on the fifth floor. After Wang Xu graduated from junior high school,
, it is normal to be away from home for a week.
Lou Cheng chuckled: "Have you fallen behind in your chess skills? I've been in ruins for a long time."
Both of their fathers love to play chess, and each of them has been cultivated since childhood, and their skills are passed down from family to family.
Wang Xu smiled first, and then sighed: "It's not like you don't know about my dad. He has a temper as stubborn as a donkey. He can't bear to see me hanging out in society. But once I enter the world, I can't help myself. Well, that's it.
When playing chess, he can give me a good look and say a few words."
He was already quite old-fashioned in his speech.
After exchanging greetings, Lou Cheng walked into the unit door and walked up the familiar stairs to his home on the fifth floor. This community was built ten years ago. At that time, elevator apartments were not popular in Xiushan, so the highest here was only six floors.
Seeing the gray-blue security door of his house, Lou Cheng chuckled and took out the key. It was past five o'clock, and his mother must be at home, preparing dinner.
He didn't tell his mother in advance that he was going home today in order to give them a surprise!
Dang, dang, dang! With background music playing in his heart, Lou Cheng turned the key, opened the door, and shouted loudly:
"Mom, I'm back!"
The sound echoed and the room fell into silence. Lou Cheng was stunned for a moment, put on his slippers and walked to the kitchen. He saw that there was no one inside and there was no sign of cooking.
Damn, where is he? Lou Cheng took out his cell phone and dialed his mother's number.
What about the promised surprise?
The phone was connected, and the familiar voice of Lou Cheng's mother came: "Chengzi, when are you going home? All other people's children are on vacation!"
"Mom, I'm at home now, where are you?" Lou Cheng asked slightly dully.
"You didn't even say a word when you got home!" Lou Cheng's mother's voice rose a little higher.
Lou Cheng's mouth twitched: "Didn't I want to surprise you?"
"How surprised you are! You're not even scared! A relative is getting married. Your dad and I are having a wedding reception in Ningshui. I won't be back tonight. You can handle it yourself." Lou Cheng's mother laughed and cursed.
Ningshui is a county below Xiushan.
"I came all the way home and this is how I was treated?" Lou Cheng couldn't help but laugh or cry.
Lou Cheng's mother chuckled and said, "Who told you not to tell me in advance? In that case, I would have asked your father to come by himself. Are you surprised?"
"I feel it..." Lou said with a black line on his face.
After hanging up the phone, he looked at the deserted surroundings and could only lament that it was indeed his biological child and he had to find food by himself.
Returning to his room, which was covered with posters of Dragon King and other warriors, Lou Cheng put down his luggage, took out his mobile phone, and sent a message to Yan Zheke: "Terrible! No one greeted me when I got home, and there was no food. They all went to have a wedding banquet.
!”
Yan Zheke quickly replied with a photo. It was a round table with a turntable, and it was filled with dishes, layered on top of each other. There were more than ten or twenty kinds of dishes: "My dinner today is for you to satisfy your craving, you're welcome!"
"The look in my eyes..." Lou Cheng made an aggrieved expression, "The left-behind children were abandoned!"
While chatting with Yan Zheke, he began to think about dinner and planned to gather friends to go out to eat. Anyway, we have money!
He first left a message to Cai Zongming and said with a "bad smile": "King of Mouth, I have a secret to tell you."
I got the secrets of the top eight in the Xiaowu Sheng Arena, and now I can crush your secrets!
Then, he asked Jiang Fei on QQ: "Pang Jiang, are you free? I'm back to Xiushan. Let's go out for dinner together."
If Jiang Fatty is not free, just look for them one by one.
"Hey, I'm willing to come back. I thought you were too happy to miss Shu. Where are you going to eat?" Jiang Fei didn't hesitate. This is called friendship!
Lou Cheng thought for a while: "Lao Liu Barbeque."
You can send pictures to Yan Zheke and make her greedy!