With green tiles, white walls and horse-headed eaves, this is a typical courtyard house in Yanjing.
The two courtyards are of different heights. In the sunset, it has its own scenery. However, the compact temporary buildings around it and the debris piled at the door still affect its original beauty.
The original houses and the compact temporary houses have made it possible for at least a dozen families to live here. The degree of crowding can be imagined. Zhao Lei lives here.
Holding a square box wrapped in gray cloth in his hand, he walked through the aisle that was only more than one meter wide with a proud look on his face.
"Hey, the boss of the Zhao family is back. What treasure is he holding?" A woman who was cooking greeted Zhao Lei enthusiastically when she saw him.
"Aunt Li's stewed potatoes are so delicious!" Zhao Lei responded with a smile.
"If you like it, come and eat at Auntie's house!" Aunt Li was still enthusiastic.
"Thank you Aunt Li first, but I can't do it today, I have something to do!" Zhao Lei became more and more enthusiastic.
"Okay, I'll come home and have a drink with your Uncle Li another day!" Aunt Li said with a smile.
"Okay!"
After saying hello all the way, Zhao Lei returned to his home. It was not dark yet, and there were no lights in the room. A girl wearing a washed blue shirt with two pigtails was sitting on the desk.
Read a book.
Tranquil, even a little holy.
Zhao Lei has seen this scene countless times, but he feels this way every time.
The girl heard the sound, raised her head, saw Zhao Lei, and said lightly: "You're back!"
Zhao Lei smiled happily and said, "Yes, have you eaten?"
The girl shook her head and said, "Not yet!"
If it were in the past, Zhao Lei would have gone to cook right away. It was okay to starve himself, but he could not let his sister starve. She was a college student and the most promising in the Zhao family.
But today was different. He closed the door, walked to his sister mysteriously, put the package in his hand behind his back, and whispered: "Sister, what did you say my brother bought you today?"
Zhao Miao lowered her head to read and said nonchalantly: "What else can it be? Give me a card. Brother, I'm already so old. You don't need to sell me any more cards!"
Zhao Lei said proudly: "You guessed wrong this time!"
Zhao Miao looked a little ugly, "Brother, I still have to read a book, are you okay?"
Zhao Lei has long been used to Zhao Miao's attitude. He didn't think anything of it. When his parents left early, they were the only two siblings left in the Zhao family. Zhao Lei still remembers how his mother held him when she left.
She held her hand and told him to take good care of his sister.
Fortunately, my younger sister is also up to par, cheating and overcoming her in studies, and is now a freshman at Yenching University.
He still remembers the day when his sister was admitted to college. Neighbors who had been very indifferent before came to congratulate her one after another. He still remembers their enthusiastic appearance.
"Dang, Dang, Dang!" Zhao Lei took out the piece of cloth wrapped in cloth behind him and said proudly: "Look at what this is?"
Zhao Miao glanced at it and said, "Review materials?"
Zhao Lei didn't answer. He put the things on the table like a baby, and then opened them carefully...
When he saw the treasure inside the cloth, Zhao Miao, who had always been calm, suddenly became excited, "Ah, it's a Panasonic tape recorder!"
Zhao Miao grabbed it, opened the box excitedly, and looked at the recorder inside. She no longer had the slightly indifferent expression just now. She looked around happily, carefully pressed the start button, and listened to the sound of rotation inside.
Not to mention how beautiful the mood is.
Zhao Lei took out two more tapes from his pocket and said, "Now, these are English tapes. You can use this tape recorder to learn English in the future!"
"Brother, you are so good!" Zhao Miao said excitedly.
"Hey, you should study hard. Let me tell you, if I meet a capable person, let alone learning English, it will not be a problem for you to go abroad!" Zhao Lei said proudly.
"Brother, can I really go abroad?" After hearing this, Zhao Miao raised her neck and asked excitedly.
"Of course, my sister, Zhao Lei, is no worse than anyone else. If others can go abroad, you can too. We don't need any funding for studying abroad. Big brother will let you go at his own expense!"
"Well, thank you, brother!" Zhao Miao was so happy. Her dream was to go abroad and see how round the moon is outside. She originally thought that there was no hope based on her family situation. Unexpectedly, her elder brother gave her another
gave her endless hope.
"Well, as long as you study hard, it'll be fine. I'm going to cook. You can see how this tape recorder is. If it doesn't work, I can go find someone to replace it!"
"Um!"
Seeing his sister playing with his tape recorder seriously, Zhao Lei went out to cook with a proud smile, imagining that he would be able to see that Angkor tomorrow, and his vision for the future became even better.
In the evening, not long after the two brothers and sisters finished eating, Chen Ming suddenly ran to Chen Ming's home in panic.
Looking at Chen Ming's appearance, Zhao Lei asked worriedly: "What's wrong?"
Chen Ming looked at Zhao Miao carefully.
"Brother, you and Brother Chen should talk about things first, I'm going to study!"
"Well, pay attention to your eyes!" Zhao Lei said with concern.
After Zhao Miao returned to his room, Zhao Lei asked: "What happened? Are you so panicked?"
"We have Brother Chen and his gang being targeted!" Chen Mingyan said concisely, but anyone could see the panic in his eyes.
Hearing that he was being targeted by Brother Chen and his gang, Zhao Lei panicked and quickly asked: "How come they were targeted? Aren't we very careful these days?"
Despite Wu Jianye's reminder, the two of them patted their chests and said they would never do foreign exchange reselling again, but the money came in so quickly from this business that neither of them could hold back. When they contacted the reselling person
After becoming a southerner of electronic machines, the two teamed up with their former partner Lao Cao to start the scalping business again.
"Fuck, it's all that bastard Lao Cao. It turns out that he already knew that we made a big profit last week, and he was not convinced. He also heard that we were going to continue doing business with Angkor this time, and he was worried that without him
Because of this, they took us to Brother Chen's side. If I hadn't run fast, I would have been blocked at home by Brother Chen's people!" Chen Ming cursed.
Zhao Lei panicked for a moment and asked quickly: "Then what should we do now?"
Zhao Lei calmed down and said: "I definitely can't go back home. Someone from Brother Chen's gang will definitely be watching me near my house. I shouldn't have brought Lao Cao home with me in the first place. Let him
Know where I live."
"But don't worry, Lao Cao doesn't know where your home is. Sijiu City is so big, they will definitely not be able to find you!" Finally, Chen Ming comforted Zhao Lei.
"Then you stay at my house first, and we will discuss what to do when we meet Angkor tomorrow. Angkor is a college student, so there must be a way!" Zhao Lei said.
"I'm worried now that Angkor doesn't care about us. Angkor originally told us not to do the foreign exchange certificate business anymore, but now because of this matter..." Chen Ming said worriedly.
"I don't think Angkor is the kind of person who is hard to talk to. When the time comes, we take the initiative to admit our mistakes to Angkor, and Angkor will definitely find a solution!" Zhao Lei now has a lot of confidence in Wu Jianye.
Chen Ming said helplessly: "This is the only way!"