Lao Tan spent the night in a barbecue restaurant. Although the kang was warm and comfortable, he didn't sleep well. When he closed his eyes, he had messy dreams.
When it was almost dawn, he fell into a solid sleep, which was sweet without dreams. Unfortunately, his sleep was short, as his biological clock woke him up at six o'clock on time.
He got up from the kang and went to the bathroom. It was dark in the hall, and it was cloudy outside, otherwise it would have been dark at this time. After using the bathroom, he came back and prepared to go back, but the store door was locked and he couldn't get out.
He sent Sister Jin a WeChat message asking her to open the store door, but she didn’t reply because she might have fallen asleep.
He lit a cigarette and smoked, and soon he heard footsteps in the hall. Then the door of the private room was opened, and Sister Jin walked in wearing a coat.
"Leaving before dawn? Why are you leaving?" Sister Jin complained, obviously she hadn't woken up yet.
"Just walk, think of it as exercise." Lao Tan said.
"The road hasn't been opened yet, and it's still in the dark. Wait until it's clear before leaving."
Sister Jin tightened her coat as she spoke. She was only wearing pajamas underneath. The kang was getting cold at this time, and the room was a bit cold.
"You didn't turn on the air conditioner?" Sister Jin said and turned on the air conditioner.
"Forgot. Besides, I didn't feel cold."
"Sleep a little longer and eat breakfast before leaving."
Lao Tan thought for a moment and said, "Let's go. It's so uncomfortable even if I can't sleep even when I'm lying down. I'll come back someday when I have time."
"You don't want to think about it, can I let you go at this time? Besides, the door key is with the store manager, and she is asleep at this time."
"Go and ask her for it."
"Do you have to go? What's the matter? Or are you afraid that your wife will tell you something? If she tells you, I'll explain it to you."
"Hey, I forgot to tell you yesterday, I left ------"
Sister Jin was stunned for a moment, then asked: "Is it true or false?"
"real."
"Tell me what's going on."
Sister Jin pulled Lao Tan back to sit on the kang. Due to the exertion, her coat fell off, revealing her pink pajamas and her plump figure under the pajamas.
Lao Tan turned his head away and looked at the wall opposite.
Sister Jin chuckled, pulled up her coat, put it on and buttoned it, then sat on the kang, leaning her back against the wall.
"Sit inside too. Aren't you unable to fall asleep? I've also refreshed you. Tell me what's going on." Sister Jin continued, "I wanted to ask you about your family affairs last night. You fell asleep. Wait.
It’s frustrating to encounter that thing when you wake up.”
Lao Tan sat inside, but not against the wall. He turned to Sister Jin and said, "It's been two years since we left. Didn't I have cancer? ------"
Lao Tan told the whole story of the divorce.
After hearing this, Sister Jin looked at Lao Tan and asked, "Then where do you live now?"
"Home, if you get divorced, you don't leave home. The children don't know that we are divorced." Lao Tan said, and then added: "I can't live at home for more than a few days a year. I'm either here or there. My mother and I are used to it.
."
"Have you been living like this all these years?"
"Um."
Sister Jin then said something in Xian dialect. Lao Tan didn't understand and was stunned for a moment. Sister Jin immediately explained: "I said you are pitiful. I don't mean anything else. Don't think too much about it."
"Nothing to be pitiful about." Lao Tan smiled mockingly and said, "Everything is your own fault, I admit."
"You said you were so nice to me back then, it's all for nothing that I was so nice to you." Sister Jin said half-jokingly.
Lao Tan laughed and said: "You have become braver to speak. I remember that you didn't speak much at that time and were very delicate. I was stunned by the way you rushed up yesterday. What would you have said before?
I didn’t dare to go up, and just like the waiters watching from the side, I hid far away.”
"Can it stay the same? If I open a store by myself, I won't be able to touch anyone or anything. I've learned it through practice."
"Too."
"I want to thank you and Sister Ma. She taught me how to mix vegetables, and you taught me how to make pickles. Otherwise, I could open a shop?
In addition, I have to thank my aunt, I learned a lot from her. Even though she is a woman, she is not as good as a man. Looking at her business, she does not have a penny in loans, she never rents a house to open a shop, she only uses the house
If you don’t agree with this, buy it and do it.”
"Yes, the old lady is admirable."
"When we were working there, he was the richest man on Taishan Road, with assets worth tens of millions."
"That's not the case."
"At that time, she always scolded me, saying that I was a bear, that I would cry when something happened, and that I had no energy at all. Haha, I was really like that at that time. I was timid and afraid of getting into trouble. How could I deal with it if I didn't cry?"
"You're not like that now."
"Let her scold her."
Sister Jin took out a cigarette from Lao Tan's cigarette case, and Lao Tan lit it with a lighter.
"Sometimes I really think about the Yangchun days. It was interesting at that time. After work, I would go to Sister Ma's house to fry meat." Sister Jin said.
"Sister Ma can drink, but I can't drink her." Lao Tan said, and the scene of the three of them frying meat and drinking together appeared in front of his eyes.
"She trained in Japan ------ my family also went there, and also went to South Korea. She went there for three years, and she said she was working in a hotel, but she was actually a waiter."
"It's not easy to go abroad, and it's even harder to go abroad."
"In order to make money, otherwise I can only develop my own body."
Speaking of this, Lao Tan thought of the three ladies who had sex last night and asked: "Where are the three ladies?"
"Those who live in other private rooms have not left. They are all working with Jin Jin. They have to be taken care of when they come here. It won't be bad if anything happens." Sister Jin said.
"That's what happened."
"Do you think that most of the girls from our Xian tribe are the ones who love young ladies?"
"I don't think so, there are Han people too." Lao Tan thought of Zhou Lan and Yao Liying.
"We Xian women are very capable, but the men hardly do any work at home, except drinking. Women have to work and support their families, otherwise where will the money come from?"
Lao Tan said nothing.
When he was in Yangchun, he knew to some extent how diligent and virtuous the Xian women were, and he also saw the drinking style of the Xian men. Of course, he also experienced the tenderness and affection of the Xian women.
But he is not used to the drunken madness of Korean women - they are either singing or dancing, and they are more excited than men. It is common to go to the karaoke bar after drinking. Even the boss's aunt is like that, despite her age.
As for being a young lady, it's a different matter. It's not a matter of which ethnic group. He doesn't look down on young ladies either. He will look for them when he goes to a karaoke bar. When looking for them, he will never ask if they are from the Xian ethnic group.
Back then, Sister Jin did have feelings for Lao Tan, but Luo Hua was deliberately ruthless. Lao Tan treated her just like Sister Zhao, treating her only as a sister and never going too far.
The days at that time were really good and memorable. They were all working away from home, and they never knew each other. From strangers to familiarity, from familiarity to friendship, everyone cherished them very much.
"Do you think sister is okay now?" Sister Jin suddenly raised her face and asked.
"Okay, why not? It's still so beautiful." Lao Tan said.
"Come here often when you think it's OK. I'm not always busy. Make a phone call before you come. I've prepared everything in advance. If you don't stay in the private room again, go to my room. My room has everything and is more spacious than this."
"good."
"I just can't contact Sister Ma. It would be better to have her."
"You can't say anything for sure. Maybe we met on the street that day."