Notes on life in the urban-rural fringe area

Two years older than him, but not as tall as him, Zhao Qikan has broad shoulders and long legs, and his skin is a healthy wheat color due to his business trips all year round, while Chu Hongyi's skin is abnormally pale because he has been living indoors for thousands of years. Zhao Qikan Seeing his dejected look, I felt funny in my heart, but I didn't laugh out of it very kindly, so I comforted: "Okay, okay, isn't it just a girl, what's the big deal. I invite you to eat!"

"I'm older than you." Chu Hongyi looked up at him.

"I don't have a sense of humor, what do you want to eat? My brother pays for it, let's do it!" Zhao Qikan clamped the thin Chu Hongyi into the crook of his arm, Chu Hongyi staggered, shrank into Zhao Qikan's arms, and rubbed awkwardly Ceng wanted to break free, but Zhao Qikan didn't let go, so from a distance, it looked like a large koala was hanging on Chu Hongyi's body.

"What do you want to eat?" Zhao Qikan asked.

"I don't want to eat anything. I have no appetite." Chu Hongyi continued to be unhappy.

"I don't even eat ice cream? Chocolate ones."

Chu Hongyi struggled for a while, he is not happy now, but the chocolate contains phenylethylamine, "it can prompt the brain to release endomorphine and produce a pleasant feeling."

"What?" Zhao Qikan was paying, but he didn't hear what he was muttering, so he asked again when he handed him the ice cream.

"I'm not happy now, the ingredients in the chocolate can make me happy!" Chu Hongyi licked the ice cream, and his little tongue moved in and out quickly, Zhao Qikan's heart moved when he saw it, and he really wanted to bite the pink piece of meat group.

"There are so many excuses to eat..." Zhao Qikan watched him licking the ice cream, his eyes narrowed slightly in satisfaction, like a silly cat spoiled by his master, he couldn't help thinking, this man looks It looks two years older than me, but it is actually a child.

"What are you going to do during the Chinese New Year? Go back to Xin'an? Have you bought a ticket yet?"

"I bought it. Oh..." Chu Hongyi suddenly remembered something: "I promised my mother to bring her a laptop home, but I haven't bought it yet." My mother told me about this on National Day, thinking about a Notebook, it is also convenient to video with him. I promised it well at the time, but then I forgot it when I was busy.

"Then go buy it?!" Zhao Qikan looked at his watch, it was almost six o'clock, and the computer city probably had already left work.

"I have an invigilator tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, so I probably won't have enough time for the bus ticket the day after tomorrow..."

"Then find a time to buy it at noon, ah, isn't that right, Xin'an doesn't even have a laptop seller?"

"Yes, my mother doesn't understand." Chu Hongyi lost his father at a very young age, and his mother has no education. She is a particularly hardworking working woman who brought Chu Hongyi up by doing odd jobs. He didn't make his mother worry about it, but he looked very much like his dead ghost father --- a pedantic literati who was stupid in reading.

"Where's your dad?"

"My dad died when I was in third grade."

"Oh..." If facing an ordinary man, Zhao Qikan would just say "I'm sorry" and easily pass it by. If facing an ordinary girl, Zhao Qikan would suddenly feel pity and stare at the girl affectionately. If the timing is right You can also take the opportunity to eat two bites of tofu.

But this is no ordinary girl or man, it's Chu Hongyi!

Zhao Qikan really felt a little bit of pity in his heart. This person looks so weak and honest. From childhood to adulthood, orphans and widows depend on each other for life, and they don't know how to be bullied.Shen Xiaopeng knows how to calculate, Qian Yuanzheng is not forgiving, his personality is extroverted, and he has worked hard in the society for the past few years, it is usually not obvious when they are separated, but when they chat together, it is often the three of them chattering, Mr. Chu either Either reading a book silently in the room, or sitting aside, holding a cup of tea and listening quietly.

"Can you buy it for me tomorrow, I'll give you the card later, the password is 84..."

"You have to stop and stop. In public places, you can tell me when you go home. You are really relieved. We have only known each other for how long, so you dare to tell me the password?"

"You are a good person." Chu Hongyi bit his lip and said slowly.

Zhao Qikan was really amused by him. It's true that the way of nature has damaged more than enough and made up for it. If the IQ is high to a certain level, the EQ must be lost a little bit. It's not fair.

"Who else did you tell the password to?!" Zhao Qikan felt that there were no bad people in Chu Hongyi's eyes, so he couldn't help but worry about his social circle. Although the overall quality of teachers is not bad, there are scumbags in every profession and industry.

"my mother."

"Besides auntie, tell me only one person?" Zhao Qikan was inexplicably happy, and he directly imagined that Chu Hongyi was looking for a chance to hand in his salary card.

"Yeah." Chu Hongyi nodded seriously: "I'm not stupid, I can tell everyone, and there are not many good people."

Are you not stupid? !These words are really fresh, Zhao Qikan twitched the corners of his mouth, and looked at him helplessly --- what should I do, they have already handed over their salary cards to themselves!

"It's on me, and I'll take it back for you tomorrow night. Let's go, we'll go home after eating."

"Well. Go home." Chu Hongyi wiped his mouth, got up and left.

"Ding--bell--" As soon as the door opened and closed, it was the midwinter weather outside. As soon as he spoke a little, he exhaled a cloud of white air, which made Chu Hongyi shiver. Shamao, who had cleaned himself of water, took advantage of Shamao squinting at the night sky and pulled one of his hands over and stuffed it into his pocket: "It's cold, I keep warm in my pocket."

"I...I have pockets myself, how inconvenient to walk like this..."

"Don't make trouble, if you make trouble again, I won't take you home." Zhao Qikan stretched his hand in, and pressed Chu Hongyi's hand that was about to be pulled out. The two held hands in their pockets, and slowly disappeared in the fleeting moment. In winter night.

The author has something to say: Dang Dang Dang Dang! !Happy New Year! ! !

Thank you all for your support and encouragement in 2012. I wish you all the best and all the best! ! ! ! !

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☆, everyone goes home

The next day, Zhao Qikan took the notebook back to Chu Hongyi, and when he pushed the door open, Chu Hongyi was packing his luggage.

"When are you coming back?"

"The seventh day of the seventh lunar month." Chu Hongyi replied with difficulty, there were too many things, and the box couldn't be closed.

"You guys are on winter vacation, why don't you stay at home for a few more days." Zhao Qikan couldn't stand it anymore, squatted down, and pulled Chu Hongyi aside: "Go and play." Then he put the clothes, books, After waiting for all kinds of things to come out again, the clothes were stuffed in balls, and even a single sock could be thrown off by shaking it, Zhao Qikan sighed, how did this child grow so big?

"Shorts, socks, and ties should be kept separately, you know?" Zhao Qikan grumbled at him, then turned around and went to his room to get several sealed bags of different sizes, put socks, scarves, etc. in the sealed bags, When it was time to tidy up the underpants, Zhao Qikan stared at the Mickey Mouse gourd baby pattern on the underpants and laughed for a long time. Chu Hongyi also felt embarrassed, and squatted down to grab the things in his hand: "No... don't look at it."

"Oh, I can't do it, Mr. Chu, you really have a childlike innocence. I wear shorts every day to recall my childhood, and I count... there are five gourd babies, and the seven gourd brothers are short, right?"

"..." Although Teacher Chu felt very embarrassed, he corrected him: "There are five now, so there are still two..."

Zhao Qikan was really about to be made to cry by Chu Hongyi, so he teased him: "The sixth baby is invisible..." Chu Hongyi finally heard that Zhao Qikan was deliberately teasing him, so he rushed up to grab his underwear with a red face, Zhao Qikan He was half-laughing, and the two tugged and tugged at the little underpants: "Hey, don't make trouble..." Zhao Qikan suddenly let go of his hand in the middle of stopping, Chu Hongyi was very serious about snatching his "bird protection battle" Clothes", suddenly lost strength and fell to the ground, and accidentally tripped Zhao Qikan who was squatting with numb legs, making Zhao Qikan completely on Chu Hongyi's body, who was still holding the invulnerable "three babies" in his hand.

Watching Chu Hongyi at close range, Zhao Qikan found that Teacher Chu's skin is really good, with a thin and white southerner appearance, a small face that can be blown apart, the blood vessels under the skin are faintly visible, and the eyebrows are sparse and bright, because they are covered under the glasses Walking with his head down habitually made people overlook that Mr. Chu has a pair of very beautiful eyes.At this moment, these eyes were facing him without blinking. In fact, Chu Hongyi felt that Zhao Qikan was too heavy, so he wanted to use his eyes to signal him to get up quickly, but Zhao Qikan somehow thought of the words "like anger and resentment" , Strangely, he stretched out his hand and touched Teacher Chu's face, his fingers lightly brushed his cheeks to reach his Adam's apple. It's like playing with a piece of precious porcelain and you can't put it down.

"You... are heavy..." Chu Hongyi was so pressed that he could hardly breathe, so he stretched out his hand and pushed Zhao Qikan who was on top of him. Zhao Qikan finally came to his senses, but he didn't leave. Instead, he buried his head deeply in Chu Hongyi's body. Putting his hands through Chu Hongyi's back, he whispered in his ear, "Remember to call me for the Chinese New Year at home, you know?"

"Hmm..." When Zhao Qikan's whole body was pressed against him, the force was average, and it wasn't as uncomfortable as it was at the beginning. Instead, there was a kind of satisfaction and comfort of mutual warmth.Chu Hongyi also patted Zhao Qikan on the back like coaxing a child: "I see, get up quickly."

Although separated by several layers of clothes, Zhao Qikan still felt that the place where Chu Hongyi had photographed was warm and soft, and it was extremely comfortable. After getting up reluctantly, he looked into the pair of beautiful eyes behind the glasses again. Zhao Qikan didn't have the courage to keep facing After looking down, he began to fold Chu Hongyi’s sweaters as a cover-up, and put them into the box one by one. Finally, after stuffing two notebook bags into the box, the box could still hold some snacks, so Chu Hongyi was shaking. Take out the snacks that you have prepared a long time ago and prepare to stuff them into the box.

"Why, don't you eat these snacks on the train?" Zhao Qikan took the snacks, found a bag, and put the snacks in: "During the Spring Festival travel season, the train is so chaotic, don't open the box easily if you have nothing to do, and put the worthless things in the bag." Put daily necessities, snacks, etc. in this paper bag." Zhao Qikan's mother-in-law instructed.

After Shen Xiaopeng finished the translation of the business negotiation, there was nothing else to be busy in the company, so Shen Xiaopeng spent all his time in the company preparing for the next year's civil service exam.When he returned home one day, Qian Yuanzheng asked him when he would return home, and it dawned on him why the company was not busy—it was the Chinese New Year.

New Year is coming again, and Shen Xiaopeng hasn't been back for several years. His father called him when he didn't go back the first year, and his younger brother sent a text message when he didn't go back the second year.Shen Xiaopeng didn't like to go back either. He always felt that he was an outsider, that there were three members of his family, and he would join in the fun. The stepmother wouldn't show his face to him, but every time she seemed to say unintentionally, "Ah, Xiaopeng's towels are not prepared." Well..." "Look at my memory, I forgot that Xiaopeng is coming back..." When I said these words, I almost said directly, "You outsider, don't come back and cause me trouble!"

In the past, Shen Xiaopeng would quarrel with his stepmother, but because his stepmother was always polite, in the eyes of others, he didn’t understand the reason. So in high school, Shen Xiaopeng simply stopped arguing and stayed at home during the holidays. I read books in my own room and did homework. When I came to Shengzhou to go to university and then went back, I found that my room had been used as a storage room. I put a bunch of things I didn’t use very often. I only left a small bed with a layer of sheets on it. Grey, it looks like no one has ever cleaned it.

"I...I won't go back." Shen Xiaopeng whispered, and after a while he added earnestly: "Is it okay?" When I came here, four young men of similar ages came home from get off work in a lively manner, nothing to do After exchanging a few words with Qian Yuanzheng and Zhao Qikan, Shen Xiaopeng felt a little sense of belonging to this place.And instead of going back to see the yin and yang of the stepmother's face, it's better to watch the Internet on the Spring Festival Gala here, and it's quite happy to be alone.

"Ah? Why don't you go home for the Chinese New Year?! Didn't you get a ticket? Should I find someone to find a way..." Qian Yuanzheng took out his phone to find his brother as he spoke.

"No, no, no," Shen Xiaopeng waved his hand, curling his lips as if thinking of something: "It's because of you people who are always looking for someone to entrust you with your relationship to increase your privileges, so many migrant workers can't buy tickets and can't go home... ..."

"Fuck, I'm kind enough to help you find a way, but you still say I...why don't you go back if you want to buy it or not?"

"I haven't gone back for many years. It's okay. I have to prepare for the exam."

"What do you mean? Is there no one in your family?" Qian Yuanzheng looked at Shen Xiaopeng who was frowning. This guy looked poor at first glance, and he was definitely not a child from a wealthy family.

"Have…"

"Then why don't you go back?"

"Oh, don't worry about it. Just say, can I stay in this room?" Shen Xiaopeng threw his mobile phone on the living room table, turned and went into the bathroom after saying this.

"Of course it's no problem. It's better if someone looks after my house. Hey, your text message..." Qian Yuanzheng shouted at the top of his voice, and then saw the text message displayed on the screen: Brother, are you coming back this year?I'm already in the first year of high school, and next semester will be divided into arts and sciences. I want to ask your opinion. Neither my mother nor our father understand these things.The sender is Shen Xiaokun.

My mother and our father?Qian Yuanzheng was thoughtful.After Shen Xiaopeng came out, he went into the kitchen nonchalantly to watch Zhao Qikan cook.

The author has something to say: Hey...the annual holiday is so fast, it's over.irritating…

☆, speak the truth after drinking

"Yo, Master Zhao can cook, it's like that." Qian Yuanzheng saw the few dishes that Zhao Qikan neatly picked up. They were all delicious in color, fragrance and taste. Now he was skillfully turning the frying pan, so Qian Yuanzheng went smoothly. He pinched a piece of cooked pork ribs and put it in his mouth, hissing from the heat, and shouted vaguely outside: "Xiaopeng, come and serve the dishes, let's eat..."

After Chu Hongyi also came out of the room, Zhao Qikan happened to bring out the last dish of pork belly with sharp peppers, green peppers with sliced ​​meat. Seeing Chu Hongyi walking slowly to the table and sitting down, Chef Zhao grinned at him and put the This dish was placed closest to him: "here, your favorite."

Chu Hongyi stared blankly at the dishes on the table, his eyes full of admiration: "The three of you made this?"

"The gentleman is far away from the cook... Well...Shen Xiaopeng spared that piece of sweet and sour pork ribs..." Qian Yuanzheng just took the time to say something, but Shen Xiaopeng took the lead and took away the biggest piece of rib.

Chu Hongyi watched the two foodie competitions feasting, and knew that he was asking for nothing.

"This is all made by Zhao Qikan." Shen Xiaopeng put the ribs in his mouth contentedly, and then took the time to say: "He said that their ancestors relied on cooking..."

"What are you talking about!" Zhao Qikan pulled a napkin very elegantly, wiped his mouth, and then said kindly to Mr. Chu: "The family ancestor had a very close personal relationship with Yuan Mei, and he lived in Suiyuan for several years. The master talked very happily, and his book "Suiyuan Food List", the family ancestors also refer to one or two of them."

"Live here for several years..." Qian Yuanzheng repeated it in a strange tone. Zhao Qikan thought there was something wrong, looked at him, but heard Mr. Chu say: "It is said that Yuan Mei is bisexual..."

"Pfft..." Shen Xiaopeng swallowed a mouthful of boredom. Although he tried his best to hold back, he still missed something, and Qian Yuanzheng took the opportunity to despise him while passing the toilet paper.

"You..." Zhao Qikan was helping Chu Hongyi peel the shrimp, so he said angrily, "You don't want me to cook for you again!"

When Chu Hongyi heard it, his eyes softened. Although his mother cooks at home, the level is really average. Their family doesn't go around with relatives and friends very much, so it is the first time for Chu Hongyi to eat such delicious home-cooked food. Zhao Qikan didn't do it anymore, so he looked at Zhao Qikan pitifully, and just wanted to apologize, but Zhao Qikan was caught by his eyes and immediately explained: "Not including you, just tell me what you want to eat in the future..."

Chu Hongyi has been working and studying on campus all year round, and he is not deeply involved in the world, so his eyes look a little bit blank. Every time Zhao Qikan faces this look, he can't stand it, as if he is being flattered and soft. There are cute little animals who are full of love, and soft-hearted. On the other hand, Shen Xiaopeng is the youngest of the four, but his eyes are the most sophisticated.

The four of them had a lively meal of the breakup meal a few years ago. Although there were times when they talked and hurt each other a few words, because of the last meal, everyone didn't care about it.Shen Xiaopeng was tricked by Qian Yuanzheng and drank a few glasses of wine. His eyes were red and moist, sparkling with water, and even the corners of his eyes were slightly red. No matter how sophisticated he was, he was still a college student who hadn't graduated yet. Compared with Qian Yuanzheng, who was brought to various occasions by his father when he was a child, Zhao Qikan, who had to drink with clients, had a very light drinking capacity. Why don't you call home?" Qian Yuanzheng clinked glasses with him again and asked.

"Hehe, phone? No, no, no...shh..." Shen Xiaopeng put his middle finger on Qian Yuanzheng's lips. Qian Yuanzheng's lips are very skinny, with edges and corners, which is the most satisfying part of his facial features. When Shen Xiaopeng touched his cool fingers, a sense of coolness surged across his numbing lips stimulated by alcohol. Shen Xiaopeng looked at him blankly, raised his face and smiled and said: "The call is... to disturb the family of three. Well...Xiao Kun has a mother and a father, and I just have a father, so it's better not to have..."

"What are you talking about, it's almost Chinese New Year, don't say anything, come and eat some rice..." Qian Yuanzheng found that Shen Xiaopeng was a little drunk, and was afraid that he would reveal something private that he would regret in the future, so he hurriedly transferred topic.

"Don't eat!" Shen Xiaopeng patted the table with his chopsticks, pouted his mouth, and glared.

"Don't eat it, let's eat some pancakes." Qian Yuanzheng pinched a pancake wrapped with shredded pork in Beijing sauce, folded it into a small piece, and stuffed it into his mouth.

"I miss my mother so much, woo woo woo...I want to burn paper for my mother..."

The remaining three people suddenly became quiet and looked up at him together.

Qian Yuanzheng understood what the phrase "my mother and our father" meant, and Zhao Qikan and Chu Hongyi seemed to know something too. Their mother passed away, their father remarried, and a younger brother was born. They are still an auspicious family. Although the children left behind in the early stage will not be ignored, they will always be somewhat negligent, not to mention that their family itself is not well-off, and the ex-wife is not the daughter of a big family.

"I'll cook a few more dishes in a while, and save him for the New Year." Zhao Qikan touched the quilt with Qian Yuanzheng, and said slowly.

"En." Qian Yuanzheng touched the head of Shen Xiaopeng who was dazedly dazed to wipe his nose while drunk, and there was a tenderness in his eyes that he had never noticed.

"Xiaopeng, don't be sad, you don't have a mother, I don't have a father, we... just... get together..." Chu Hongyi was pouring wine into his mouth cup by cup, and took the time to comfort him while drinking.

"Come on! You're not allowed to drink." Zhao Qikan snatched the wine glass from Chu Hongyi's hand and scolded softly.

"I'm so happy, really, when I was in school, they all called me a nerd, I had no friends, and my classmates approached me because the exam was about to come and they asked me for answers... After the exam, they wouldn't play with me, and so did my girlfriend, Every time I'm about to graduate, I'm particularly attracted to girls. I used to be quite proud of it, but I discovered the reason later..."

"I fell in love with a girl in my freshman year. I mustered up the courage to date her and go to self-study together. After two dates like this, the girl ran away with someone else..."

Shen Xiaopeng and Zhao Qikan glanced at each other, and found that Xueba also has the sorrow of Xueba.

"Only you don't dislike me, treat me well...Xiaopeng is a rich second generation, Qikan..." Chu Hongyi blinked, as if he was thinking about what words to use to describe Zhao Qikan, and Zhao Qikan was also staring at Chu Hongyi. For the upcoming evaluation, I feel inexplicably nervous.

"Zhao Qikan's rice is delicious, girls like it..."

"..." Zhao Qikan's face darkened. I dare say that this guy has never eaten good food, right? Just now at the dinner table, he kept praising his superb cooking skills. The content of the dish was also praised by him as: "Big pearls and small pearls falling on a jade plate".

"I like it too..." After Chu Hongyi finished saying this, he closed his eyes and lowered his head, while Zhao Qikan's heart was inexplicably cleared. He was originally not straight. It turned red from the stimulation of alcohol, and the eyelashes were lined up neatly, forming a small crow's feathers as if they were waiting for a review.

"I'll help him back to the room, you can throw Shen Xiaopeng into the room." Zhao Qikan hastily left a sentence, half hugged and half hugged Chu Hongyi and went back to the room.

☆、Invitation from the boss

The next day, Shen Xiaopeng didn't wake up until the afternoon. When he went out of the room, he saw that the living room had been tidied up and all the people had left. I can't adapt to the empty and deserted place today. The four young men don't feel like being together. Three of them walked away at once. The room seemed unusually big. After sitting there for a while, Shen Xiaopeng thought that it was also Chinese New Year. So I planned to fool around with food and go out to buy new year's goods. When I opened the refrigerator, I suddenly found a sticky note. Looking at the traditional Chinese characters, I knew that it was Zhao Qikan's handwriting. Zhao Wangye needed to show him in every way. Shen Xiaopeng thinks of Chu Hongyi's complaint that "only simplified Chinese characters are standard characters in the college entrance examination, traditional characters, Erjian characters, Martian characters, etc. They are all non-standard words. Did you give up your noble status for the college entrance examination?" At that time, he and Qian Yuanzheng deeply realized that "knowledge is power" and "those who are silent are not all good at speaking, and some of them are afraid of speaking Too much to choke you to death".

Zhao Qikan’s main purpose is to tell Shen Xiaopeng what he has made in the refrigerator that can be eaten hot, such as wrapped egg dumplings, raw fish stuffed with ingredients in his stomach, and eight-treasure rice cooked in the microwave for 3 minutes, which ones can be taken directly Things that are ready to eat, such as luncheon meat, such as some bread, and those that are not yet ready to eat, such as the kimchi that Zhao Qikan pickled a few days ago.

Shen Xiaopeng, looking at it, felt his eyes a little sore, turned the paper over, and finally saw the friendly simplified characters, which were scribbled and ugly, from Shen Xiaopeng: "I went to buy bread early in the morning, if you are too lazy to cook Or you can eat this if you don’t have money to eat, the young master will reward you, and you can masturbate until the seventh day by yourself, remember to clean up the 'battlefield' before we come back."

There is also Chu Hongyi's thin and neat font: Happy New Year, you can read the books in my room as you like.

Shen Xiaopeng curled his lips, there are not many books by Mr. Chu that I can read.

Shen Xiaopeng carefully folded several stacks of this paper, put it in his wallet, and stuffed it under the photo of his biological mother.

Today, most of the units have been on vacation one after another, and the students have also gone on winter vacation, so there are extraordinarily many people in the supermarket. Coupled with the background music of "Gong Xi Fa Cai", the taste of the New Year is simply overwhelming.

Shen Xiaopeng doesn't know how to cook. It should be said that among the four of them, Zhao Qikan is the only one who knows how to cook. It's more appropriate to call him good at cooking.He calculated that the things Zhao Qikan had left for him were enough for him to eat for several days, so he bought a few bags of quick-frozen dumplings, and some snacks. There were not many things—it was just that he didn’t have many things. There was a long queue at the checkout area, everyone was pushing a small cart, some people even moved out with their family, pushing three small carts, Shen Xiaopeng didn’t dare to take the time anyway, so he took out his mobile phone to play, did he have time to see it? Several text messages were all from Qian Yuanzheng: "Pig, are you up yet?"

"Haha, I'll be home in half an hour!"

"I'm already home, you haven't woken up yet?"

"I'm full, I'm going to bed now, lazy X, get up quickly."

Shen Xiaopeng stared at the text messages for a while, the interval between these text messages was not too long, thinking that Qian Yuanzheng would be boring enough when he returned home, it is estimated that Zhao Qikan and Chu Hongyi also received the same "greetings".So he smiled and replied a few words: "I'm going to kill you silly X"

Before the mobile phone could be put into the pocket of his trousers, he thought about the phone, first he said "Are you jealous of the young master?" Then he heard the noisy voice from here and said again: "I'm playing tricks on my house? Did you bring some cronies here? My family is hi, I tell you that I am not allowed..."

Shen Xiaopeng waited for him to finish his rant, and listening to Qian Yuanzheng's spirited and rough voice, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth unconsciously: "I'm in the supermarket."

"What are you doing at the supermarket?"

"Buy a few bags of dumplings." Shen Xiaopeng watched the little girl in front pestering her mother to buy lollipops, but when her mother refused to buy her, she jumped anxiously, her pigtails shaking on her head. After finding out the quick chocolate, he secretly handed it to her. The little braid shook his head and bared his teeth: "Thank you uncle!"

Shen Xiaopeng's face immediately dropped.

"What kind of dumplings do you want to buy? It's troublesome..." Qian Yuanzheng muttered.

"Do you think everyone is like you, the young master who stretches out his hands and opens his mouth?" Shen Xiaopeng sarcastically said.

"That's right, you can't be jealous..."

"Cut, I don't care about it." Shen Xiaopeng and him were so talkative that they were so poor, seeing that it was almost time for him, so he lined up a few back, and asked the people who were originally behind him to check out first.

"Come on, that's right, last night you and Chu Hongyi were as drunk as dead pigs, fell asleep on the bed, and Zhao Qikan and I cleaned up the outside rooms."

"Well, Zhao Qikan is in charge of doing it, and you are in charge of watching."

"How do you know..." Qian Yuanzheng realized that he had made a slip of the tongue, and quickly turned back: "...I didn't help clean up. Let me tell you that I am diligent. I even helped wash the dishes."

"impossible!"

"why?!"

"Because I didn't hear the sound of the bowl breaking!" Shen Xiaopeng laughed after finishing speaking. The four of them all remembered the scene where Qian Yuanzheng volunteered to wash the bowl once, but it broke to the ground, and Zhao Qikan also understood why Qian Yuanzheng likes to use plastic tableware.

Qian Yuanzheng was very annoyed at being exposed through the phone line, and made a few sophistry angrily, but he was very powerless, so he gave up refuting.

"It's time for me to pay, I won't tell you anymore, let's chat on QQ tonight."

"Okay, I have to pack up and get ready to go out for a New Year's Eve dinner. My brother is said to be bringing his sister-in-law back."

After hanging up the phone, Shen Xiaopeng remembered Shen Xiaokun's call yesterday. Although he was the youngest among the four, he was someone else's brother after all, so he replied a text message to him: "When I was your age, what did you do?" You have to make your own decision. You can figure it out. Besides, I won’t be coming back this year, so please pay New Year’s greetings to my father and aunt for me.”

After posting, Shen Xiaopeng twitched the corners of his mouth. He wasn't childish and deliberately trying to find trouble with his younger brother, but he really didn't want to take care of his affairs. If you have a father, a mother, and classmates, why do you need to worry about it yourself?Is there no distinction between arts and sciences for an only child?Besides, the relationship between him and his younger brother is really ordinary, whether it is true or not, it is just a stranger who is half of his blood, but in fact, it brings him all negative things, such as interfering with his further education, such as becoming Shen Xiaopeng's original family. The intruder, for example, if one day he dies, Shen Xiaopeng will be regarded as the "prime suspect" and accept the routine questioning of the public security bureau.

"Hey!" Shen Xiaopeng was in a daze without bounds, when someone slapped his head suddenly, he was startled, looked up, and found that it was the boss Yuan Bin, but he was also dressed lightly, with a small basket of things in his ear He said softly: "Cut me a line, what were you doing just now?"

After finishing speaking, Yuan Bin stood unceremoniously in front of Shen Xiaopeng, took out all the things in the basket, and smiled slightly at the frowning aunt behind: "We are together."

Then, without waiting for Shen Xiaopeng's reaction, he quickly put together two bags of dumplings, a bag of melon seeds, a few bags of potato chips and drinks in Shen Xiaopeng's basket and settled the bill.

After leaving the house, Shen Xiaopeng insisted on giving money to Yuan Bin, but Yuan Bin insisted on not wanting it, and repeatedly claimed that it was "employee benefits", so he regarded it as a 100 Kuai shopping card.

"Based on the 100 yuan shopping card, I'm still a few dozen yuan short of you. Let's go, treat you to dinner?"

"No... no need..." Shen Xiaopeng waved his hands again and again. He really felt quite embarrassed. He went out to buy a new year's goods and was paid by the boss. Although he usually likes to take advantage of things, but for the three goods at home. Said, in front of the boss, you still have to behave a little higher.

Yuan Bin seemed to see what he was thinking: "Don't be polite to me, you just issued an extra supermarket shopping card as a New Year's welfare. Anyway, don't you still use the shopping card issued to you by the company when you buy these things?"

"Don't frown, it's so ugly!" Yuan Bin plucked Shen Xiaopeng's head like playing with a rattle, and dragged him to find a random restaurant to eat.

"Don't go home during Chinese New Year? I remember you are not from the local area."

"Well, I didn't go back."

"Parents don't want it?" Yuan Bin casually reported the names of a few dishes to the waiter, and it seemed that he was a regular customer.

"I told them." Shen Xiaopeng's expression was flat, showing no emotion, "Boss isn't coming home either?" Shen Xiaopeng remembered that Yuan Bin was not a local either.

"I can't go back. My parents have passed away. There are no relatives at home, and I bought a house in Shengzhou, so I lived alone." Yuan Bin lit a cigarette and took a deep breath.

"Yes... I'm sorry." Shen Xiaopeng lowered his head.

"It's nothing, I have to leave sooner or later. My parents have a very good relationship. My father died of cancer. One year after his death, my mother followed. When my mother left, she didn't feel any pain. She held the wedding photos of the two of them in her hand. To say I regret it, the only thing I regret is that I was busy starting a business at that time, and I only brought her to Shengzhou, but I didn't spend much time with her, maybe if I spend more time with her, maybe I can live a few more years."

Shen Xiaopeng drank water sullenly, not knowing what to say.

"The son wants to raise him, but he doesn't want to be loved. If there is nothing else, I still have to go back and see my parents."

Shen Xiaopeng didn't want his boss to misunderstand that he was a person with weak family ties, so he simply told the truth, anyway, there was nothing to be ashamed of: "My mother left when I was in kindergarten, my father remarried, and the next year I had an extra half-brother. They have children to support, and some to wait for.”

Now it was Yuan Bin's turn to not know what to say. He recalled the boy's excellent resume in four years of college. Looking at it again, he felt that this beautiful boy was not just beautiful.

"Come to my house for the New Year? Anyway, I'm alone." Yuan Bin invited.

"No...not anymore." Spending the New Year with the boss, Shen Xiaopeng was really under too much pressure.

"Do you have someone to accompany you?" Yuan Bin stared at him with resentment, "Do you dare to say that you are better off than me if you have someone to accompany you?"

"No!" Shen Xiaopeng didn't dare, and of course his situation was indeed no better than that of the boss.

"That's all right! Come on, come to my house with snacks." Yuan Bin once again looked like "the future is bright if we get together." The author has something to say: more

☆, middle two is invincible

For any employee, unless he has the intention to curry favor, being with the boss is really a stressful thing, especially with Shen Xiaopeng's mentality, he completely regards himself as a passer-by in this company, so he doesn't bother to build a relationship, Fortunately, he can now use a bunch of excuses such as busy graduation and so on.

Now that the boss's invitation is expressed so bluntly, Shen Xiaopeng should refuse it for fear of embarrassing the boss, and if he doesn't refuse, he doesn't have the courage to spend New Year's Eve with the boss, so he opened his mouth and finally said nothing, of course part of the reason is Yuan Bin didn't intend to ask him to say anything, so he dragged him and a bag of snacks into his car