God said I would meet you

After the beginning of spring, the weather became warmer day by day, but their economic situation did not seem to warm up along with the temperature. Lin Jinyu knew for the first time that life could really be so tight.

"Why is it fried rice again..."

Early in the morning, Lin Jinyu woke up and saw the plate of fried rice with light and heavy oil on the table, with a rather unlovable expression on her face: "It was fried rice last night, it was fried rice yesterday morning, and it was fried rice the night before yesterday."

"It's good to have fried rice." Zhang Xinli took two empty bowls, divided the plate of fried rice into two evenly, and asked, "Can you have some more?"

Add a little soy sauce to the rice and fry it in a pan, and it will have an oily and salty taste, which is better than pure rice. Lin Jinyu scratched the imprint Zhang Xinli left for him on her shoulder blade and sat on the table, saying: No, I don't have an appetite... you should eat more."

Zhang Xinli put his chopsticks away and called him to eat.

For several days in a row, their meals were almost the same. Breakfast fried rice, noodles, and steamed buns came in rotation. Lunch was eaten at the canteen at work for ten yuan. In the evening, it was the same as in the morning, and they had fried rice with vermicelli at will.

In a lack of interest, Lin Jinyu picked up the soy sauce-colored rice grains in the bowl twice with chopsticks, and managed to eat a few mouthfuls.

His expression was like "tired, hard to swallow" written on his face, Zhang Xinli said: "No way, fortunately there are some rice and dried noodles at home, some of them are good.

In Shanghai, 80 yuan is not even a goose feather. With such a small amount of money, it is tantamount to maintaining the daily expenses of two people until the next salary.

Lin Jinyu imitated Concubine Hua in "The Legend of Zhen Huan", and wailed: "I have lost my appetite recently, and I haven't had any good food, let alone eat... I want to eat sweet and sour pork ribs, stewed chicken with matsutake, rice with abalone sauce, shredded chicken with bird's nest Soup, and..."

and also? !

Zhang Xinli hit him with chopsticks, frowned and said, "Shut up, it's forbidden to show the name of the dish."

"The name of the dish is steamed lamb, steamed bear's paw, steamed deer tail..." Lin Jinyu said, "Oh, so you want to eat it too, I'm afraid it will make your mouth water."

"..." Zhang Xinli thought to himself: He hit the spot.

Appetite and libido are human instincts. After seven or eight meals in a row, each meal is either soy sauce noodles or dry fried rice. Anyone will get tired of eating it.

"Wait for the salary," Zhang Xinli ate his meal, and said, "Just wait for the salary."

Lin Jinyu said, "Just kidding, it's good to eat this."

Whether they were teasing him or not, both of them knew in their hearts.

Lin Jinyu changed the subject, and said to him: "It's settled, let's go to the library together today, don't slip away."

This weekend, they don’t get paid for their internships, but luckily they don’t need 996. They have two days off every week. Lin Jinyu spent half the night yesterday drawing up a review schedule. She is determined to study hard, even if she is on vacation. .

Lin Jinyu wanted Zhang Xinli to continue studying with him, so he often forced him to study with him. Zhang Xinli was not very active, but wanted to follow him, so sometimes he would read books. Looking for you."

He was going to help the store earn overtime pay in the morning, so he could only go in the afternoon: "Are you coming back for lunch?" Zhang Xinli remembered again, and said, "I still want to deliver it to you."

"No, food and drink are not allowed in the study room," Lin Jinyu said, "You are too good a wife and mother."

"You study hard, I am a better wife and mother than I am now," Zhang Xinli said, "Don't turn around and play your mobile phone in another place."

"...You really understand me," Lin Jinyu said, "That was before, not now."

"Let me bring you something to eat at noon." Zhang Xinli thought for a while and made a suggestion: "Put the book away and go out to find a place to eat."

It's quite expensive to have a meal outside alone. Lin Jinyu thought about it and said, "It's okay, do you have staff meals? Why don't you take an empty bowl and eat less, leave me a bite, and give it to me at noon." I can bring it with me."

Uniqlo does not have staff meals, everyone brings their own meals, but Zhang Xinli replied with one word: "Okay."

They went out together.

The weather was fine today, and the sun shone through the gaps between the leaves of the camphor trees on the street, casting golden spots on the ground. The two of them had 30 yuan left, and they were reluctant to take the subway. They both checked the route on the electronic map and walked to their destination.

Lin Jinyu used to think that Shanghai was quite small. Although people in the remote Jiading and Chongming districts often referred to going to the city center as "Allah goes to Shanghai", compared with the huge Beijing that is also on the same front line, this Shanghai-style city is still small and small. exquisite.

But that was before, and now he doesn't think so.

Breaking away from all kinds of developed public transportation, he realized for the first time that Shanghai is so big, and places that could be reached by car in more than ten or twenty minutes, but it takes more than an hour to walk without moving. Waste a sixth of the day on the road.

The distance traveled in the past few days is worth the amount of exercise in a semester... Lin Jinyu complained in her heart: With this amount of exercise, I can play any balls, walking is enough.

Carrying his bag on his back, he walked into the magnificent building engraved with the words "XXX Library" and found that the environment was good.

The district and city libraries in Shanghai are very well built. In addition to a rich collection of books, there is also a special self-study room on the first floor. It is clean and bright, not to mention charging ports and WiFi, and there is no charge at all. He thought of this for a while, and the reality did not disappoint him.

Although it was only after eight o'clock in the morning, the self-study room floor was already full of self-study people. Lin Jinyu searched around and found that all the places with charging sockets had been occupied.

How hardworking, he thought: I never thought that there would be so many people in the district library every day.

He sat down, connected to the WiFi, opened the pirated lectures that he had obtained from someone in the network disk, and began to gnaw on Zhu Wei's vocabulary videos.

When I really started learning, the time passed quickly, and it was too fast to be enough. Lin Jinyu turned on double speed, swallowed two or three units, and read some long and difficult sentences. When she looked up, she realized that the morning was almost over.

Time really flies like an arrow... The screen of the mobile phone is small, and Lin Jinyu's eyes are sore and astringent from watching the online class. He closed his eyes and rested for a while, feeling that his eyes have become more and more uncomfortable since watching the video review.

Don't make me myopic, he slandered: the body is the capital of the revolution, and wearing glasses for the postgraduate entrance examination is too worthless.

The study room was full of people studying quietly. When Zhang Xinli came in, he saw Lin Jinyu sideways to him, sitting there frantically looking in the mirror at the phone screen, frowning and blinking.

"What?" He went over and patted Lin Jinyu, and asked in a low voice, "Uncomfortable?"

Lin Jinyu shuddered, turned to see him, and said, "No... my eyes are sore from watching the screen for a long time."

The wall clock on the wall points to 12 o’clock, it’s time to eat, the library doesn’t allow food to be brought in, they go out the same way, carry the food to find a corner with few people nearby, no matter whether there is dust or not, just sit on the steps and start eating .

Lin Jinyu's eyes were still uncomfortable, she closed her eyes for a while, and said, "I knew I would ask my parents to get a new iPad before we both came out of the closet, watching online classes with a mobile phone would really blind your eyes." .”

Zhang Xinli said: "I remember you used to have one, you used it to lie on the sofa and play games, and you ignored me."

He seemed to be talking about what happened when they first met after graduating from junior high school. Lin Jinyu said: "It happened so many years ago. It turns out that the one broke down long ago, and I haven't bought a new one."

Zhang Xinli said, "I'll buy it for you when I get paid."

The latest bare metal machine is about five or six thousand, and his monthly salary is not enough. It is estimated that buying old and second-hand ones would be enough, but Lin Jinyu smiled and said hello, and then looked down to watch the meal.

Zhang Xinli made full use of the existing materials. The things used to pack the meals were the insulated lunch boxes that Lin Jinyu used to use in school. Lin Jinyu took them and found that they were still warm.

He thought Zhang Xinli had eaten the leftover staff meal, so he opened the lid and asked, "How much did you save for me? Is it delicious?"

Zhang Xinli did not speak, waiting for him to open it himself.

Lin Jinyu opened it and found that it was full of food and vegetables.

He felt puzzled, why there were so many, Zhang Xinli probably didn't eat at all according to this portion?

This place is quite secluded, Lin Jinyu tasted it with a spoon, and the expression on his face became even more puzzled: "...It tastes like you made it."

Zhang Xinli looked at him and said, "Otherwise?"

"?" Lin Jinyu said: "Then I asked if there was a staff meal in the morning, and you still didn't deny it."

Zhang Xinli said slowly: "If I deny it, you must say no, and then make do with it outside, or don't eat."

Lin Jinyu laughed twice: "As expected of a couple, you really understand me."

In fact, there are no delicacies in the insulated box, but Lin Jinyu likes to eat two or three taels of rice with scrambled eggs with tomatoes. He said "Yo", and said happily while eating: "It's not dry fried rice at all."

An egg costs about sixty to seventy cents. Lin Jinyu ate most of the tomatoes by herself, and saved some scrambled eggs for Zhang Xinli. Zhang Xinli said, "You eat."

"Don't let those who come and go, they're not elementary school students anymore." Lin Jinyu stuffed a spoonful of eggs into his mouth: "Give it to me quickly."

The sun in early spring was warm but not blushing. The two sat side by side on the steps, gossiping and sharing a shabby meal, but every line on their faces was warm.

At the same time, a few gray figures loomed behind the dense green bushes around the corner.