sunken square

Chen Yue suspected that he hadn't slept well for a long time and began to hallucinate.

I bought water for a bottle outside the sunken square, and returned to the pear tree in the center of the square at exactly 06:30.Because of the bad weather, it felt like it was going to be dark.After half a square, Chen Yuechi saw the figure under the pear tree.

There were people coming and going in the square at this time, but Guan Rong was very conspicuous in it.I can't tell if it's because of his height or what, but he can be recognized immediately.

Guan Rong stood there sideways, with his head lowered, one hand in his pocket, and the other hand holding the phone, and he didn't know what he was pressing.Serious expression.

Seeing Guan Rong, the bottle broke away from Chen Yue's hand and flew over, hugging Guan Rong's thigh.Guan Rong put the phone back into his pocket, and clamped his face with the back of his second finger.

He was still yelling about being hungry just now, but after seeing Guan Rong, the bottle stopped talking.It was Chen Yuechi who came closer and "reported" for him: "I'm sorry to keep you waiting. The bottle said he was hungry."

Bottle buried his face beside Guan Rong's legs, raised his eyes to look at Chen Yuechi, and smiled embarrassedly.Guan Rongying: "It's not too late. What do you want to eat?"

Chen Yuechi looked at the bottle, the bottle looked at Guan Rong, Guan Rong asked again: "What do you want to eat?" Chen Yuechi realized that he was talking to himself.

"You can take your child to eat," he replied, "I'll just go back and eat."

Before Guan Rong could speak, the bottle grabbed Chen Yuechi: "Brother, come eat with us. Shall we eat beef noodles?"

Before Chen Yuechi could resign, Guan Rong turned around and said, "Let's go."

The little hand of the bottle was tightly gripped, and Chen Yuechi struggled slightly, and the bottle simply hugged him with both hands: "Let's go. Don't you want to eat beef noodles?"

Chen Yuechi had already forgotten how long he hadn't eaten with others, and he couldn't even remember how long he hadn't had a good meal.Even if it's just a bowl of noodles, it's better to sit in the shop and eat it.

Halfway through eating, the phone was ding-dong in his pocket, Chen Yuechi took it out and took a look, his heart sank immediately.It was a text message from the decoration team, to the effect that Chen Yuechi had done a good job and was diligent, but they had found a small worker who could work with him for a long time, and he had already had apprenticeship experience.

He looked at the text message and didn't move for a while. From the corner of his eye, Guan Rong glanced at him, and then put the phone back calmly.

I don't know when the account was closed.

It was almost dark when we left the noodle shop.The three stood at the intersection, Chen Yue thanked him earnestly, and wanted to leave after thanking, Guan Rong called to him: "Wait!"

Chen Yuechi turned his head, Guan Rong smiled helplessly: "I haven't calculated the money yet."

"Don't," Chen Yue waved his hand, "Don't do this, just help to look after the child. He is very obedient and doesn't bother you."

Guan Rong frowned: "But you wasted an afternoon. You help me like this."

We are not familiar with each other.Chen Yue held in his heart to help him add the meaning behind the words.

"It's really nothing, just take a rest." He said sincerely.

It's not a problem to be so stiff, Guan Rong finally nodded, and handed him the paper bag he was carrying just now: "Then please accept this, the cake shop on the corner, the taste is not bad."

Chen Yuechi smelled the smell of freshly baked bread.He didn't refuse any more, took it over and thanked: "Thank you."

"You..." Guan Rong wanted to say something but didn't say anything, "I want to thank you."

The bottle interrupted the two at the right time: "Uncle Rong, I want to sleep."

Chen Yue smiled: "Goodbye, bottle."

The two parties broke up on the west side of the sunken square. Chen Yuechi bypassed the convenience store street, passed behind the old bookstore, and saw that the lights were still on inside the bookstore.

From the narrow aisle between the two rows of bookshelves, he saw for the first time a hidden counter that was invisible from the front.But there was no one behind the counter.

Walking to the nearby park unconsciously, Chen Yuechi walked up the mountain, sat down in the pavilion halfway up the mountain, and called the master who brought him to the decoration team.The rhetoric over there was similar to that in the text message, and it was all expected by Chen Yue, but he still thanked the master.

Hearing his thank you, the other party felt a little embarrassed and said, "If you really want to do this job, you can start as an apprentice. The technical certificate can come to me."

Chen Yue remained silent, and thanked the other party after he finished speaking.Hang up the phone and look down the mountain.

The view here is limited, you can't see the buildings down the mountain, you can only see the not very bright street lights next to the stairs.The lights are connected in lines, with occasional gaps.The gap comes from a light bulb that was smashed by a naughty child.

Chen Yuechi felt that he should go around and see where temporary workers are needed, but the further he walked with the paper bag, the heavier his legs became.The smell of baked bread has always been vague, prompting him to miss the lights at home very much.So more tired.

But that small rental house is not home either.

Once standing on the top of a building, he looked at the city under his feet and felt that every light was a home.Too bad none of them belonged to him.If you go to the viewing platform on the top of the mountain now, you will probably see the same scene.

But he didn't look back.

No matter how sleepy or tired he went back every day, Chen Yuechi would definitely take a bath, even if it was a cold bath.However, before it was time to stop the hot water, he entered the room and was so sleepy that he became unconscious. He fell onto the bed and fell asleep.

It was rare that the next door was very quiet, but Chen Yuechi still couldn't sleep until dawn.

I woke up in the early morning, and I was obviously full from the bowl of beef noodles, but I woke up in the middle of the night and was extremely hungry.Chen Yuechi found the paper bag Guan Rong gave on the folding table next to the bed board, grabbed the bread and ate half of it whole, then he suddenly found an envelope at the bottom of the bag.