I'm waiting for you in the wind and snow

Chapter 74 Before Business Resumption

The train had left Dali Station for half an hour, and I drove the car to a place where I could see the track, and then through the guardrail, I watched the trains that I didn’t know which city they were going to, and the expression on the train. different people.

I lit a cigarette, and my nostalgia filled with the smoke. I began to miss the creek lying behind my house, the peach blossoms blooming in front of the door, the smoke rising from the chimney, and every The sunrise and sunset of family reunion...

But I know that from the day I left the small mountain town to study abroad, I was doomed not to go back.

Because I, like many people, bear the fate of "people go to high places".

After smoking a cigarette, I finally drove away from the train station, and then returned to Longkan Wharf from Xiaguan again, continuing to fight for everyone's inn business.

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About a week later, Ye Zhi finally came back from Shanghai. To express my gratitude, I invited her to a coffee shop in the ancient city and had a western meal.During dinner, I returned the car keys to her.

When she took the key, she asked me, "Why didn't you keep uncle here for a few more days?"

"After the matter is over, he can't stay anymore, and he doesn't worry about my mother being alone at home."

"I feel that your parents have a very good relationship."

I smiled and replied: "In my impression, they seldom quarrel... Mainly my mother has a good temper, and my father sometimes talks a few words, but she doesn't respond."

"Now you can breathe a sigh of relief."

I replied full of emotion: "Yes, but I still feel a little sorry for them... As a man who is rushing to turn 30, looking back, I have achieved nothing."

Ye Zhi cut open the steak and didn't speak.

After being silent for a while, I said to her again: "This afternoon, Taozi will also fly over from Shanghai. Tonight we are going to have a bonfire in the inn to welcome her. You should come and have fun too."

"I won't go, I have to go to Lijiang after dinner... There is also a project that needs to be inspected there."

I looked at her in surprise, and asked after a while: "The project here in Dali has been implemented?"

"No, it may take a month or two, but it will not affect the market in Lijiang... In the past two years, our group will focus on the Yunnan-Guizhou region. I am very optimistic about the tourism market in these two provinces. "

It is rare for Ye Zhi to tell me so many things about her work, so I agreed in a good mood: "Yes, the tourist environment here is indeed unique. When the high-speed rail is popularized in the future, the development will be even better. big."

Ye Zhi nodded, and replied: "That's right, now Dali's house prices have been inflated by foreign capital, especially people in developed cities like BJ and Shanghai, who prefer the climate like spring here all the year round, if you don't go abroad In other words, as far as China is concerned, many cities in Yunnan are very suitable for retirement.”

I sighed, and then laughed again: "Rich people really have a long-term view. When we people were still thinking about a house, they had already stretched out their hands to Dali!... I think, in a dozen more years In [-], places like Dali will be full of capital, and the poor will get poorer, and the rich will get richer!"

Ye Zhi could hear the sense of crisis in my words, but she didn't make a statement, she habitually chose to be indifferent.

This gave me a feeling: It is almost impossible to win the heart of this type of woman, so it is the most sensible to maintain a friendship with her.Just think, if we are really a couple, but she always has an indifferent attitude, how can I not mind?And being friends doesn't have so much embarrassment and care.

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After dinner, Ye Zhi drove directly to Lijiang, while I went back to the inn and continued to make preparations for the resumption of business. In the evening, Director Ma and I went to Xiaguan again, and got a ticket from a certain tobacco and alcohol supplier. , got a batch of drinks.

The boss has a little friendship with Director Ma, and he is optimistic about the prospects of our inn, so he only collected a symbolic deposit of 5000 yuan, but gave us 4 yuan in drinks.

When we went to Xiaguan, Tetsuo also borrowed a car to go to the airport, and took Tao Zi back to our inn again.They were indeed in love, for they walked into the inn hand in hand.

Since Tao Zi entered the inn, she has not been idle for a moment. After she left the luggage to Tie Nan, she went into the small bar, and then sorted the batch of drinks that had just been brought back with Director Ma, and this busy, It was already dusk, and Bai Lu also picked up Yang Sisi who was undergoing training from the hotel in Xiaguan.

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When the night came, we sat down around the bonfire, and Tie Nan was the busiest one. He bought some lamb legs from the vegetable market early, and he was sitting at the place closest to the fire to roast the lamb legs for us. .

Bai Lu, who is the best at chatting among us, raised his wine glass and said to Tao Zi: "Unexpectedly, Tie Nan really brought you back from Shanghai. We all know how much you struggled and hesitated before you came, so in order not to let you Disappointed, we will all work hard to make this inn a good one...Come on, sisters, let me offer you a toast on behalf of everyone who is not good at words."

Yang Sisi also scrambled to raise the cup, and then imitated Bai Lu's tone and said: "The ones who are not good at words are those male bastards. As the representative of beauty and wisdom in the inn, I also respect you, sisters." .”

I felt depressed, and felt that neither I nor Tie Nan could be regarded as particularly boring people. For some reason, they labeled them as "boring eggs", so I wanted to pick up the cup and Taozi and go together, but I didn't want to be called by Yang Sisi. He pressed it down and said, "Why are you so active? In the future, this inn will pursue "feminism". Only when we lesbians finish drinking first can you have your share."

"Cut...you can't make it to the sky with just the front stage, no matter how many scenes you add."

Yang Sisi ignored me, and put the cup in front of Taozi again, and then the three of them touched one together.

After finishing the wine, Tao Zi looked at us with a full face, and said: "To say a few hypocritical words, I really never dreamed that I would leave Shanghai one day. I think this is a great opportunity for me. This is a very, very difficult thing... But I did it, I feel very relaxed now, and I really want to make some achievements in Dali with everyone..."

Speaking of this, Taozi had tears in her eyes, then smiled, and said: "I am a person who needs to change, but because I have been used to the environment, I have no courage to change... Actually, when facing everyone, I'm really inferior...but I won't in the future, as Mi Gao said, we are a team, there is no distinction between high and low, and I can also use my strengths to make a little contribution to this cause. In the future , when I face this society again, I should also feel that I am a dignified person."

Bai Lu, who didn't know it, gently put her arms around Tao Zi's shoulders, and replied: "It's serious, we are like a family when we gather together, of course there is no distinction between high and low... Moreover, everyone here is a Dignified, the past, present, and future will all be dignified... In the future, no matter what kind of development we have, or how far we go, as long as this inn is here, it will always be our home and we can dock Harbour."

Tao Zi nodded, and then had another drink with Bai Lu, but Tie Nan, who brought the leg of lamb, was unwilling to let Tao Zi drink any more. He poured Tao Zi a glass of Coke, insisting that she drink this.

This move made Taozi cry again, because all these years, guests have been forcing her to drink, and this is the first time that she has been so cared for by others.

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After eating and drinking, I said to Tao Zi who was in a particularly good mood: "Before, our inn used your money to buy sewage treatment equipment. I discussed it with Bai Lu. We can return the money to you with interest; or It will be converted into shares for you... Take a look, do you prefer the former or the latter?"

(End of this chapter)