I'm waiting for you in the wind and snow

Chapter 233
I just walked from the upper section of Renmin Road to the lower section, and then stopped at the door of the bar where Tao Zi worked. I calculated that it was almost time for Tao Zi to change shifts with another bartender, so I decided to wait for her For a while, then talk to her.

After a cigarette, Tao Zi changed her professional attire and walked out of the bar. When she saw me, she was a little surprised. I smiled and said to her: "I just passed by your side, it seems that you should get off work soon. I want to talk to you."

"Then find a place?"

"Just nearby."

……

There is no shortage of places to spend time in the ancient city. Taozi and I turned from the lower section of Renmin Road to Foreigner Street, where there are various cafes and bars, but Taozi and I chose a milk tea shop, while the two Among those who like to drink, one ordered milk tea, and the other ordered a cup of Longjing tea.

"How is the inn?"

Taozi replied: "Recently, the room has been fully booked. Tetsuo has adjusted the room rate from the first to the sixth day to 3000 to 5000 rooms, and almost all of them have been booked." After a short pause, she again He said with emotion: "The rich people nowadays are really rich. There are people living in a room worth 5000 yuan a night. Those of us who have come out of the countryside really can't imagine... I remember when I was young, my parents got up early and worked late. Taking care of the family's few acres of land, you can only earn a thousand dollars a year!"

"There's a shortage of sea-view rooms, and there are so many rich people. I finally have the opportunity to take my family out for a trip during the Chinese New Year, and I don't care about the money."

"Yeah, not only Dali, but also Lijiang's tourism market this year has exploded. I heard that the best inns in the ancient city have sold for a sky-high price of [-] nights... Those who run inns in Dali and Lijiang this year will lose money. not much."

I nodded and asked again: "When is your inn going to be open?"

"On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, and on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, people from relevant units have started to go to work one after another. We don't dare to go against the policy and drive for too long... Where are you?"

"It shouldn't be a problem for me to be open until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, but I estimate that around the tenth day of the lunar new year, the peak tourist season will pass, so it should close around this time."

"It's better on your side. You are doing business aboveboard, and you have a bottom line in your heart... For the past two days, Tie Nan and I didn't dare to sleep, for fear that someone would come to check."

I looked at Taozi. Not only did I not look very good, but there were also two dark circles under my eyes, which were obviously caused by boils. After weighing it up, I said to her: "You have also made a lot of money during this period. If it doesn't work out, just accept it, don't earn this suffering money."

"I told Tie Nan about it, but he was reluctant. He said that the real money can be made during the period from the first to the sixth day of junior high school. If there is no accident, we can earn at least [-] more... In this way, we can make money with our previous boss. After paying off the transfer fee, there will be no pressure in the future.”

"His idea of ​​once and for all is not wrong, but what if something goes wrong?"

Tao Zi said nothing, obviously she had no claim on this matter.

After a while, she opened her mouth and said to me: "I said it's useless, this matter is finally decided by Tetsuo."

I sighed, I don’t know what else to say, and I can only persuade Taozi about this matter, if I say the same thing to Tie Nan, he will definitely misunderstand me again, thinking that I am creating a terrifying atmosphere and preventing him from taking advantage of this opportunity to make money. The opportunity, especially when I also make money, his idea will only become stronger.

After pondering for a while, I finally said to Taozi: "Don't you still owe 10 yuan for the transfer fee... You see, if this works, you should close the inn first, and I will give you the money."

"It's not easy for you, we can't ask for your money anymore!"

"If you keep the green hills, you are not afraid of running out of firewood. If you stumble on this matter, it will be really difficult to get up again!"

Taozi's attitude is very firm: "Mi Gao, I can see what hardships you have gone through to earn this money...Don't say that the inn is fine now, even if something really happens, your money will be paid for by us. You can't ask for it either."

"There's no need to argue like this between us."

"This matter has to be taken care of...don't mention it anymore, and even if I take the money back, Tie Nan will not be able to explain it...he has a very strong self-esteem, and he is unwilling to accept such help; you know, If he was willing to bow his head to his father, he wouldn't be able to live such a life in Dali...so in his eyes, some things may be more important than money."

I sighed: "How should I persuade you?"

"You don't need to be too nervous for us. Right now, more than half of the Sea View Inns in Ma Jiuyi are operating in violation of regulations. You are the only one who has heard the news and said that they will check... I think Sun Jiwei is not very reliable. , you just listen to half of the news he released."

"Come on, now that we've talked about it, I won't persuade you anymore... Be more vigilant."

"Well, there are only ten days left, and nothing will happen."

I nodded, then picked up the cup, took a sip, after a short silence, Tao Zi changed the subject and said to me: "By the way, when I was working at the bar yesterday, I seemed to see Ye Zhi, did she also In Dali?"

"Well, it's been a few days."

"you?"

I looked at Taozi, she seemed to really want to know what the relationship between Ye Zhi and I was, but I didn't know where to start...

"what happened?"

"Let's not talk about Ye Zhi...you know that Lu Jia is here too. As for today's matter, we had dinner together just now."

Taozi opened her mouth, looked at me incredulously, and said with emotion after a while: "Her?...how did she come?"

"I didn't figure it out either... Taozi, what kind of woman do you think Lu Jia is?"

"She is quite difficult to figure out...but I think...in the past few years with you, she has moved her true feelings...As for coming to Dali, it doesn't look like her style of acting. I always think she is not A woman who likes to drag herself through the mud."

"Yeah...Before this, I never thought that we could still meet."

"Is she trying to get back together with you?"

I shook my head: "That's unlikely. She has already studied abroad. If they get back together, one of them can't be in Dali and the other in France."

"Then what do you think, don't you rule out getting back together with her?"

"It's impossible to get back together."

Tao Zi asked sharply, "Is it because of Ye Zhi?"

"Is this wrong?"

"Normal people wouldn't think it was wrong. After all, it was Lu Jia who proposed to break up at the beginning, but I'm afraid Lu Jia didn't think so...By the way, after you broke up, has she dated any other men?"

"She said no."

"Then you still need to ponder and ponder more about this matter."

While tapping my head with my fingers, I was thinking of certain possibilities in my mind; at this moment, Taozi said to me as if remembering something again: "Migao, let me tell you something."

"Ok?"

Tao Zi's expression was a little dignified, and after a moment of pondering, she said, "I remember that before you broke up with Lu Jia, Lei Lei seemed to have met Lu Jia once... Logically speaking, it is unlikely that they will meet alone of."

I was stunned, and my fingers unconsciously trembled according to my emotions; after a while, I said to Taozi with a reproachful tone: "Why didn't you tell me about such an important matter?"

Tao Zi explained: "At that time, I didn't know that you broke up with Lu Jia... When I found out, Lei Lei was no longer here, and Lu Jia had also gone abroad. Does it make sense?"

I asked again: "Who is it, who did you date?"

"I don't know. I only heard from Lei Lei that she wanted to have dinner with Lu Jia; that day, she asked me and the boss to ask for leave... I was busy going to work at the time, so I didn't ask any more questions."

"What did they talk about?...Did she tell you when she came back?"

Taozi recalled it for a while, and replied: "No, at that time, the venue was very busy, and every time I came back, I was drunk, so I didn't pay attention to this matter."

I lay heavily on the sofa, my mind was full of the swaying figures of Lu Jia and Wang Lei, I really wanted to peep, but I couldn't hear what they were saying at all... I was very anxious and anxious!

After waking up, I knew that this was just my fantasy, and only Wang Lei and Lu Jia really knew the truth in this world... Wang Lei is gone, so only Lu Jia is left.

I racked my brains thinking: Is there any inevitable connection between her meeting with Wang Lei that day and her coming to Dali today?
Then I had a strong feeling that something must be happening behind the scenes that I couldn't see that could change everything.

(End of this chapter)