just in time

Half of Yun Fang's face was buried in the thick scarf, and his voice sounded a bit muffled, "Excuse me, old man, do you smoke?"

Yi Chenliang stomped out the smoke on the ground with a slipper, tried to pretend nothing happened, reached out to take his big bag of things, coughed hard, "cough cough, it's cold outside, let's go inside."

Yun Fang followed him into the house.

There is no heating or air conditioning in the room, not even a carbon stove for heating, and the temperature is not much different from the outside. After Yi Chenliang sold all the scraps, the whole main room was empty, and it looked very deserted.

In Yunfang's memory, he only lived in this small rented yard for a short summer and never experienced winter. Although he usually cares about Yi Chenliang, it is impossible for him to cover everything. He never thought about it at all. How to heat in winter.

And Yi Chenliang is still a child who hasn't grown up, he ran out to live alone, and couldn't take care of many things, even the pot and quilt were bought by Yun Fang.

Or it could be saving money for next semester's tuition.

Yun Fang reached out and took out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter from his back trouser pocket, Yi Chenliang still kept the posture of stooping to put the things, and turned his head so suddenly that he almost missed his waist.

Yun Fang threw the scarf on the bed, took out a cigarette and bit it, flicked on the lighter to light the cigarette, but Yi Chenliang snatched the lighter the next second.

"What are you doing!" Yi Chenliang glared at him.

Yun Fang stood where he was, put his hands in his pockets to warm up, bit his cigarette with his canine teeth and smiled slowly, "What do you think?"

Yi Chenliang stretched out his hand to squeeze the cigarette out of his mouth, frowned and said, "Don't be impatient."

Yun Fang jokingly said: "You are allowed to smoke, but I am not allowed to smoke?"

"I'm—" Yi Chenliang said two words, and suddenly lost his temper with Shang Yunfang's expression of wanting to smile, holding back for a while and said: "Smoking is harmful to your health."

Yun Fang: "Then you still smoke?"

Yun Fang knew that he would become more and more addicted to smoking in the future. After smoking for more than 20 years, his lungs were not particularly good, and he took medicine specifically for this. Anyway, it is not a good habit.

Normally, Yi Chenliang would never smoke in front of him, almost making him forget about it.

"..." Yi Chenliang reached out and took out the pack of cigarettes from Yunfang's pocket and threw it on the bedside table, and said in a firm tone, "I won't smoke, and neither can you."

"Oh." Yun Fang glanced at the pack of cigarettes with regret, "That's fine."

Yi Chenliang wished he could throw the pack of cigarettes into the trash can.

"Why did you come here without saying a word?" Yi Chenliang had nothing to say, trying to divert Yun Fang's attention away from the smoke.

Yun Fang pointed to the big bag on the bed, "I'll bring you clothes."

"So much?" Yi Chenliang looked at the bulging bag, his eyes were filled with shock, "Didn't you tell me to ask Auntie to bring two?"

"Maybe wholesale clothing is cheap." Yun Fang didn't look carefully at the clothes when he came, "Open it and change it to see if it fits."

Yi Chenliang reached out and dumped the clothes in the bag on the bed.

A black down jacket, three sweaters in black, white and gray, a warm suit, a pair of fleece jeans, a pair of slacks, a woolen coat...and two sets of long johns.

Yi Chenliang had never bought so many new clothes in one go, he even saw two pairs of underwear and a stack of socks in a plastic bag.

"Yunfang," Yi Chenliang said with obvious shock in his eyes, "how did you tell your mother?"

Yun Fang obviously didn't expect Tang Yi to buy such a complete set, so he recalled the scene at that time under Yi Chenliang's questioning eyes.

——"Mom, my classmate doesn't have winter clothes to wear, can you bring two back when you go to wholesale clothes on weekends?"

"No clothes to wear?"

"Correct."

"Why, why has he no clothes? Where are his parents?"

"He is an orphan, without father or mother, and lives alone."

"Ouch, poor... what size does he wear?"

"My stature is about the same as mine, so you don't need to buy something too good, he has no money."

"Tangtang, is it Xiaoyi who came to the store last time?"

"……what."

At the end of the memory, Yun Fang was quite sure that he meant the "two items" at that time, and specifically asked Tang Yi not to buy expensive ones.

But looking at the packaging of these clothes now, it doesn't look like wholesale cheap goods - even if they are deliberately cut off the tag and put into cheap plastic bags.

Yun Fang touched his nose guiltily, and said calmly, "I'll just tell her to bring any two."

Yi Chenliang sighed helplessly, but still smiled at Yun Fang, "Thank you anyway."

Seeing his bare feet, Yun Fang felt cold, "Hurry up and try to see if it fits you well."

When Yi Chenliang changed into sweater and trousers, Yun Fang had to sigh again, Tang Yi's aesthetics was indeed online, and Yi Chenliang looked much warmer now.

Yi Chenliang put on his clothes and sat on the bed, "How much is the clothes?"

"I don't know, it should be no more than two hundred." Yun Fang was tired from standing and sat down on the bed full of clothes.

Yi Chenliang took out a stack of money from nowhere and stuffed it into his hand, "Plus the pots and pans you bought for me last time, take it."

Yun Fang took the money and counted it without hesitation, "800 yuan, so much?"

"These clothes are not cheap." Yi Chenliang said.

"Then why don't you retreat?" Yun Fang said.

"How can I return the hang tags?" Yi Chenliang said with a smile: "Besides, I really have to buy winter clothes. Go back and help me, thank you auntie."

"Then have you saved enough for next semester's tuition?" Yun Fang raised his head and asked him.

"Well, it's almost there." Yi Chenliang said without changing his expression.

The two sat on the bed and stared at each other. Yun Fang couldn't help but stretch out his hand to straighten his slightly crooked collar. His voice was flat as if discussing what to eat for dinner, "How much worse?"

"...two thousand." Yi Chenliang scratched his hair in frustration.

Yun Fang looked down at the money in his hand, "That's still—"

Yi Chenliang pressed his hand and pushed it back firmly, "One yard is worth one yard, and my brother is still clear."

Yun Fang then stuffed the money into his pocket very bluntly, and said solemnly, "How embarrassing is that?"

Yi Chenliang didn't sulk his face, and couldn't help laughing. "You like money so much?"

"Who doesn't like money?" Yun Fang rarely saw him smiling so happily, and stretched out his hand to snort his hair, "Give me another two hundred, and make it up."

Yi Chenliang didn't even hesitate, and gave him another two hundred.

Yun Fang waved the money in front of his eyes and asked with a smile, "Is it really for me?"

"It's for you." Yi Chenliang smiled and nodded.

"Sure, then I'll accept it." Yun Fang stuffed the money into his pocket, "Why don't you ask?"

Yi Chenliang shook his head, his eyes sparkled slightly, "I'll make more money by working part-time during the winter vacation."

Yun Fang reached out to rub his messy hair, but Yi Chenliang grabbed his hand.

"Hey, what are you doing? Don't go back on your word if you give it." Yun Fang covered his money pocket with the other hand, and leaned back.

Yi Chenliang held on to his hand, and when he saw him leaning back, he pulled him towards him to tickle him, "Don't touch my head again!"

Yun Fang laughed loudly, "It's okay, you won't grow taller if you touch it, you can grow to 1.8 meters eight in the future."

Yi Chenliang was stunned for a moment, "How do you know?"

"Nonsense, how tall am I—" Yun Fang shut his mouth abruptly in the middle of speaking.