west of the city [modern]

There is a foreign book store in the west of Fengtian City, and the lady on the sign is called Ruyan.

Ruyan was seventeen years old, with black and beautiful hair divided into three strands and twisted into twists behind his head, his eyes always seemed to contain stars, and anyone who saw him was willing to say a few more words.

Ruyan was not called Ruyan.Her parents forced her to be a child, but she escaped if she didn't want to. On the way, she met her husband who kindly pitied her and hired her to look after the bookshop.The husband asked her name, she didn't like it and didn't want her parents to find her back, so she begged him to get one for her.

If you can't beat her, sir, you can't do anything about it. Let Ruyan say that.

Mr. is the boss of the bookstore, a gifted scholar who has studied abroad, and his body in suits and leather shoes has the gentleness of a scholar, and he does not have the pedantic concepts of old gentlemen in private schools.Ruyan likes to ask his husband for advice, and often loses time because of this, and his eagerness for knowledge also makes him very pleased.

Ru Yan!Look here it's broken!

Ru Yan!This book is sold out!

Ru Yan! ...

The soft and lovely Ru Yan's voice made her brain ache, but when she saw that baby-fat face, Ru Yan was filled with nothing but helplessness.

Ru Yan: I know.Here, sir is back, hurry up and help him get things.Jingyuan is good.

The little girl named Jingyuan listened to what you said the most, so she ran towards her husband.Ruyan picked her up from the road. Little Ruyan was two years old. She was disheveled and unrecognizable at the time. After grooming, she was amazed: what a pure girl.

Like Ruyan, Jingyuan is also a child who does not want to go home, but unlike Ruyan, she is a "cargo".

Jingyuan is one of the many girls who were sold to the land of fireworks by their families.

You are also a downtrodden person, Ruyan felt pitiful, so you tried every means to get your husband to stay in the bookshop as well.But the book store has no shortage of people, and one more Jingyuan is just a penny.

While Ru Yan was talking to her husband, Jing Yuan stood aside and wrung his fingers, looking pitiful like an abandoned puppy.

Mr.: You have to know that she is different from you. She carries money on her body for transactions. If someone finds her, have you thought about how to explain it?

Ru Yan: Isn't it just a few selling money, sir, you will pay for me first, and then deduct it from my wages later.

Mr.: Assuming Jingyuan can get rid of her troubles, have you figured out how to deal with her?

Ru Yan: Just stay in the bookshop and work part-time. It’s good to have more helpers, sir.

The husband is helpless: I don't need anyone here anymore. If you want to, I can find another place for her?

Ru Yan was in a hurry, and pulled Jing Yuan over and pointed at her face: Sir, look at her unworldly appearance, she won't fight back if she is bullied elsewhere, girl, what can she do!

Tears welled up in Jing Yuan's eyes.

Seeing that my husband is in trouble, Ruyan can't take care of that much, so I gritted my teeth and said: I can get less wages!

You said that you love money, but you are not greedy for money. You can make Ruyan give up your life. You are really determined. Mr. can't laugh or cry, he waved his hands: "Okay, I'm really afraid of you."

Then he looked at Jingyuan: You can live with Ruyan, and start working tomorrow.

Jingyuan blinked, then grinned, showing two small canine teeth.

The next day, people who came to buy books at the book store found that Ru Yan was surrounded by an equally beautiful girl, and the two of them standing together were very eye-catching. The husband also felt that the business in the store seemed to be better, and he was happy to give Ru Yan five A piece of ocean, asked her to buy some favorite cloth to make clothes for the two of them.

Ru Yan didn't pick a color that was too festive, and felt that it was not suitable for wearing in the bookstore. It happened that Jing Yuan also liked plain clothes, so two pieces of lotus-colored brocade satin became two cheongsams under Ru Yan's skillful hands.

When you change your clothes, you have to change your hairstyle accordingly. Ru Yan thinks that you can't wear a cheongsam and braid it, it's not the same.She also wants to perm her curly hair like the rich wife, Miss Fu, but it costs 20 yuan per perm, and she only earns [-] yuan a month.

She also needs to make up for the redemption money.

When people came, Ru Yan just looked at the shop, and Jing Yuan was in charge of the corners that could not be taken care of, not to mention that they actually caught book thieves.The thief is a student. Not long ago, the Beiyang government disturbed his family. His father was imprisoned and his mother committed suicide.

Ru Yan: What did your father do to be arrested?

Student: My dad wants to break away from the Beiyang government.

Ruyan asked again: Is your father an official?

Student: Yes.

Ruyan was startled: Isn't this tantamount to rebellion?

It seems that something happened a few days ago, and it was printed in the newspaper.She dug out the unsold newspaper, and saw the big news of the day on the front page headline.

In today's world, what kind of stable life can we expect? There is chaos everywhere.

The student's book was padded by Qian Ruyan, and Jing Yuan was behind her, curling her lips as she watched, and suddenly Ruyan turned her head to see the disgust on her face.

Ru Yan: What are you doing like this?

Jingyuan: I feel sorry for money.Don't pinch my face.

Ruyan was angry and funny: I don’t know how much more money you paid for your ransom.

Jingyuan fell silent, pinching the hem of her clothes awkwardly, and Ruyan also knew that she might be exaggerating, so she wanted to say it was a joke, but Jingyuan carefully pulled her cuff: I, I will pay you back the money.

What a fart, Ru Yan laughed and scolded in his heart, but he refused to let go: I want to do my hair recently, you pay the bill, I don't want you to pay it back.

She doesn't know if this silly child can afford the money.

Not at all.

The work of the book shop is very easy, it can close at sunset, and then there is endless nightlife.Ruyan’s nightlife is not very rich. Although I thought about doing a part-time job to earn some extra money, I couldn’t do anything after much deliberation: I didn’t know all the characters when I wrote a letter for someone else, and I went to a dance hall and found that someone wanted to sing. No, the time for restaurants to be part-time workers is long gone, female celebrities are good at it, but now there are more and more machine factories, and the manual speed is so slow, how can anyone use it.

After much deliberation, Ru Yan felt that it is better to read more books and learn more, even if you can't tell the truth of saving the country, it is good to improve the food.

This day when Ru Yan went back to the room, he didn't see Jingyuan's person. Jingyuan usually clings to her so badly that she can't shake it off like a dog's skin plaster. What's wrong with the sun coming out from the west today.

Ru Yan: Jingyuan?

No one answered, it seems that he is really not there.

Let's read the book first, maybe I'll be back in a while, Ru Yan picked up a collection of foreign short stories.

The neon lights outside were all off, and the book in his hand hadn't even been turned, so Ru Yan simply closed the book and leaned against the door frame to look around.A quarter of an hour later, a figure came towards her with small steps. Ru Yan thought it was Jing Yuan, but when you took a closer look, the curly hair looked like a little lion, didn't it?

I didn't expect it to be true.Jingyuan's innocent little face was covered with heavy makeup, Ru Yan was taken aback, and hurriedly pulled it in to wash it off.

Ruyan: What are you doing here?Why do you look like a ghost?

Jingyuan shut his mouth tightly, and rubbed vigorously with the towel.

Ru Yan pulled the towel off: Don't rub it, rub off the skin later.Come on, why did you come back so late?

Young and childlike, Ruyan was worried that Jingyuan had gone the wrong way and could not turn back, and his tone was offensive, which made Jingyuan tremble with fright, and stammered with his small mouth.

Jingyuan: I, I went to the karaoke hall to sing.

Ruyan: Who told you to go?

Jingyuan: The owner of the karaoke hall said that Xiao Huang Ying was ill, and asked me if I could sing for her.Just one night.

Little Huangying is the number one player in the karaoke hall, there are countless dignitaries who go to Xiaohuangying every day, and yesterday I heard a new song was sung, how can you just say that you are sick?

Ru Yan became suspicious, pointing to her little curly hair: Then what's the matter with this hair?

With such an expensive perm, is the boss willing to give her a perm just for one night?If you don't believe what you say, you have to ask clearly.

I saw Jingyuan grinning, and grabbed the top of his head with his hand, and a wig was in his palm.

Ruyan suddenly realized: So there are such objects.

Without waiting for Ruyan to speak again, Jingyuan rushed to say: The boss said, I lent this thing to me, and I will return it to him when Xiao Huangying recovers from illness.Wait a minute I have something for you... Do you see what this is?

In the dark night, Jingyuan's hand was shining brightly, and after Ruyan saw it clearly, he exclaimed: Where did it come from!

Jing Yuan was triumphant: the acting singing fee is Yuan Datou a night.for you.

Ru Yan touched the still warm silver dollar: Give it to me?

Jingyuan: Well, nineteen more days of singing will be enough.

It was just a joke, but Jing Yuan actually took it seriously, Ru Yan felt his eyes a little sore and his throat sore.

Ru Yan: Don't go in the future.

Jingyuan: Why?

Ruyan nodded her head: You think little Huangying can't afford to be ill.

Jingyuan: That’s impossible.But in this way, I won't earn 20 yuan, so I can't perm your hair.

This silly child, what can I say, Ru Yan is warm and funny, and she combs her hair back to the past: if it's not hot, it won't be hot, and it doesn't have to be hot.It's you, you have to be careful, if someone on the side of the road pulls you to sing, you just go, what if you are kidnapped and taken away.

Ru Yan was also worried and flustered, like taking care of a child all day, worrying about eating, drinking and sleeping, for fear that the traffickers would abduct Jing Yuan away.

Jingyuan also chuckled: You will pick me up anyway, so I'm not afraid.

Ruyan pretended to be angry, and widened his eyes: I won't pick it up next time.

In the middle of the night, Ruyan was sleepy, and Mimi stared and opened his eyes to see, what a guy, Jingyuan is clinging to her, holding her tightly with his long arms and legs, with his head resting on her chest, fluffy. The velvet is dark and utterly scary.

Just think of it as a big dog.Ru Yan stroked Jing Yuan's hair and thought, then hugged him back.

Jingyuan was really obedient, and returned the wig the next day. The owner of the karaoke room regretted it for a while, but he didn't force him to stay. The two returned to the life of one collecting money and the other guarding the house.It's a pity that the stable life has not yet been established, Fengtian is about to change hands, Zhang Zuolin was killed, Japan is eyeing, it is not yet known who will fall into the hands of the three eastern provinces, and the city was once in chaos.

Mr. Zhang Zuolin's funeral took Ruyan and Jingyuan there, and the words "China and foreign countries mourn together" were written on the plaque of the Shuai Mansion, and it was forbidden to pass through inside. You can only watch from a distance, but you can still see the Nanjing government. elegiac couplet.Ru Yan squinted her eyes, trying to read the words clearly, but she was still too reluctant, and finally her husband read it to her.

When the bad news came, it almost changed the color of the mountains and rivers;

You Yan looked at Mr.

The husband sighed: the sky is about to change.

Although Jing Yuan didn't quite understand, he also understood that something big was about to happen.

But her parents still wanted to sell her for money.

Sadness is sad, but Jingyuan knows not to cry, let alone being so happy with Ruyan now, and making money, what's wrong.

On the way back, my husband talked with Ruyan all the way about the relationship between the country and the family, and Jingyuan followed behind, staring at Ruyan's seriousness, and looked away when passers-by looked at her.

Only Ruyan didn't notice.

The atmosphere in the city became increasingly tense, almost every family stayed at home, fewer people came to buy books, and the colors of the neon lights gradually faded at night, making life boring and frightening.

Hey.

Ruyan sighed as he counted the silver dollars in his hand.

Recently, the business has been poor, and the wages have been halved. I originally thought that I would be able to get a perm for five or six months, but now I am afraid that it will be postponed until next year.

Jingyuan's eyes kept falling on those pieces of ocean.

Ru Yan found it interesting, and laughed and scolded: I won't give it to you, so give up.

Jingyuan shook his head, took out four oceans from his pocket and put them in Ruyan's palm.

The eyebrows that were bent into a crescent just now suddenly frowned, and Ru Yan returned the money to her: What are you going to do!

Jingyuan: Ruyan is pretty, and she looks even prettier when her hair is permed.

Ru Yan snorted softly: You can keep it to yourself.

Barbershops don't cut prices because of tense times, and perms are always a high-society activity.The person who bought Jingyuan has not yet appeared, and the money is considered to be ample for the time being, but Ru Yan thinks that day will come sooner or later.Laughing at himself, he took a few pieces of ocean back into his pocket.

At the end of November, the student who stole the books from last time came again, dressed in a Chinese tunic suit with a particularly airy look.

Ru Yan teased: Is that you?Stealing books again?

The student was embarrassed, and quickly waved his hand: Miss Ruyan, don't laugh at me.I'm here to pay you back.

Ruyan wondered, "Repay the money?"Is your kid on the rise?

Student: That's not true.I'm working under the young marshal now, and I just got paid today.Thank you last time, thank you for helping me advance the money.

Ru Yan remembered the Young Marshal, the young man who was devastated at the funeral.

Ru Yan: The young commander-in-chief is quite good-looking.

The corner of the student's mouth twitched slightly: ... so romantic and suave.

Jing Yuan looked at the glass of the bookstore.

The neon lights of a clothing rental store across the street flickered.

In the evening, Jing Yuan was not there again, looking at the empty room, Ru Yan sighed.When the child grows up, he can't control it anymore, and he has to look for it before he comes back after a while.

dong dong.

Someone knocked on the door.

Ru Yan jumped off the chair: Here we come.

When I opened the door, I saw a man in a suit with a big back, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a small mustache under his nose, which seemed a bit romantic.

Ru Yan: Excuse me... Who are you looking for?

Unexpectedly, the voice was aggrieved: it's me.

Ru Yan stared and took a breath: Jing Yuan?You, how do you...?

Jingyuan put his hands in his pockets, and made a few poses that he thought were handsome but were actually funny, which made Ru Yan overjoyed, and stretched out his hands to mess up her meticulous hair.

Ru Yan: Ah!your hair!How did you cut it.

Jing Yuan: It’s short so it’s easier to pretend to be a man.

Ru Yan: nonsense.What about your clothes?

Jingyuan: I rented it from the store opposite.

Ru Yan: How much is it?

Jingyuan held out a finger.

An ocean? !Ru Yan slapped Jingyuan's ass: Do you have money but nowhere to spend it!

Jingyuan just stood there obediently and let her beat her, without moving: Today is your birthday, I want you to be happy.

Ru Yan thought of the conversation with the students during the day, and stopped his hand in mid-air, feeling uncomfortable.Because of a joke he made, Jingyuan cut off his long hair, and used his savings that he was reluctant to use to make so many messy things, just to make himself happy.

Jingyuan is a fool.

Jingyuan: Don't cry, did I waste money indiscriminately and make you sad?I will not spend in the future, I will be obedient.

Ru Yan shook his head.

Ru Yan: Today is not my birthday.

Jingyuan: Huh?

Ru Yan: You read that book, it is nonsense.My parents changed my birthday in order to let me go there earlier to be a child.It was half a year earlier.I will be eighteen next September.

Jing Yuan snapped his fingers and calculated: Then, you are one year older than me, and I am also born in September.

Obviously Ru Yan is curious about this: When is it?

Jingyuan: September eighteenth.

Ru Yan smiled: I am September [-]th.In this case, on Seventeenth, I will still be two years older than you.

Jing Yuan's cheeks puffed up, and he let out a dissatisfied voice.

Ru Yan: Poof...you lost your beard.

Jing Yuan hurriedly reached out to touch: Where is it?I will post it back.

Ru Yan pulled it down: What kind of stickers are you posting? Look at your stupid appearance.Change it.

Jing Yuan escaped Ru Yan's clutches: You don't like me like this?Am I ugly like this?

Ru Yan froze for a moment, then smiled again: I like it, but it's not very pretty.

Jingyuan was discouraged, and raised his arms to let Ruyan change his clothes.Ruyan preached while unbuttoning: You, don't be a moth, and I will be happy if I am honest.Hand retracted.

Jingyuan: You are so kind.

Ru Yan paused, raised his eyes to glance at Jing Yuan, and saw her shining eyes.There was a jump in my heart, and even my breathing stopped for a moment: If you know I'm good, let me save myself.Leave your hair, don't cut it.Stay long and look good.

The days are tense but there is no lack of laughter. It is the end of the year. The young marshal officially electrifies the whole country.Ru Yan unfolded the flag that her husband handed her and shook it, and imitated hanging it on the flagpole outside the door.

Ru Yan: When will we be able to completely live a good life?

The husband looked at the flag: If the Japanese invaders are not eradicated, the country will not be peaceful.What's more, the Soviet Union is eyeing it like a tiger, and the wolves and tigers are in danger.It's not pleasant to say, young commander... no.

Jingyuan blinked.

She took advantage of her husband's inattention and pulled Ru Yan to her side: "What's wrong with the young master?"Can't give birth?

Ru Yan: ...to see the store.

Jingyuan: Oh.

After a while, Jingyuan said again: Tomorrow is New Year's Day, I want to go out for a while.

Ru Yan: Where are you going?

Jingyuan: I won’t tell you.

After saying that, he ran away, and Ru Yan stared behind him: Hey!Don't go alone in a mess!

This child is really worrying, Ru Yan picked up the rag and was about to clean up the shop, but he was still thinking about where Jing Yuan would go.

Ruyan girl.

As soon as she looked up, the student stood in front of her with a happy face.

Student: Miss Ruyan, I'm here to say goodbye.

Ruyan: Say goodbye?are you leaving

The student patted the snow off his shoulders: Yes, I'm going to Harbin.Tonight's train.

Ru Yan: In such a hurry?Don't stay for the New Year?

Student: Well, the young marshal wanted to take back the privilege of the Middle East Railway from the Soviet Union as soon as possible, so he was in a hurry.

Ru Yan: Oh, it's really hard for you to be an official.

The student laughed: What kind of official should you be? In the current world, it is a job to be able to contribute to the country.By the way, I still want to thank you.

Ruyan: come again? ... What are you doing, I don't want it.

Student: I heard from Jingyuan that you want a perm. This amount of money is nothing to me, but I think it is better than anything else if it can help Miss Ruyan.

Ru Yan was very embarrassed by saying this, and complained about Jingyuan's small trumpet in his heart, saying everything outside.During the time of pushing and shoving, the husband had already returned from going out.

Student: Sir!

The husband was surprised and said: "It's you?"

It turned out that this was a student my husband had taught in the early years, but I never saw him again when he went abroad for business.The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then chatted about some things Ruyan couldn't understand in the store, and Ruyan just read the book quietly.

In the end, I was about to leave, and the topic came back to the 20 yuan ocean. You said that you don’t want it, but you were taught by your husband: just steal my book from this brat, and you have to take the money for whatever you want.But just take half, the other half is what I want to thank you for.

Ru Yan: Actually, Jingyuan discovered it...

Mr.: Then give her a reward later.But we agreed, there will be no share during the Chinese New Year.

Ru Yan chuckled: Got it.Thank you, sir.

This night, all is well.

On the morning of the first day of the new year, Ru Yan woke up, but Jing Yuan was nowhere to be seen.The child's impatient temper has never changed, and Ru Yan doesn't care too much, so he went to the barber shop with money.

The store is full of rich wives and rich ladies. Ru Yan has never seen this scene too much, and it is inevitable to shrink back.Seeing her like this, the shop owner didn't look down on her, but said: regular customers do the work first and then pay the bill, new customers pay the deposit first and complete the supplementary payment.

After all, there are not too many people who can afford to perm their hair these days.

Ru Yan took out seven ocean dollars from his pocket, and handed them carefully to the boss. The boss was a cheerful person, and immediately shouted to the back: Sier, show this guest the style.

The young man ran over, holding a stack of photos: Take a look.

There are so many styles in the photos, it dazzled Ru Yan, and he didn't have a clue for a while.Seeing that she was undecided, the young man pointed to the customers in the store: How about you refer to it?Ladies and wives have the most popular perms, that's for sure.

Ru Yan felt that all the eyes in the store were focused on her, and she was panicked, so she casually pointed to Miss Fu: That's it.

okay!The young man ran back again.

The time in the barber shop seemed to pass very slowly. Ru Yan always wanted to look out the window, but the young man straightened his head: You, if you look at it carelessly, your hair will burn.

Ru Yan was so frightened that he immediately became motionless.

There was a sudden noise of gongs and drums outside.

Young man: Xilinmen has a competition today, the first, second and third prizes are given to things, but the boss will increase wages during the holidays, which is more affordable than anything else.

Ru Yan nodded slightly, thinking that Jing Yuanxu just went to watch the excitement.

Well, let's see how it goes.

When he was about to fall asleep, Ru Yan finally heard this sentence, and immediately opened his eyes, looking left and right in the mirror, a little unbelievable.

God is this her.

The young man smiled: Are you satisfied with the guest?

Ru Yan nodded embarrassingly, and took out the remaining 13 yuan Dayang from his pocket: Thank you.

The store owner took the money, sized her up and curled his lips: she is indeed the kanban lady of Zhengyang Bookstore.

Ruyan was surprised: Do you recognize me?

Store owner: My daughter often goes to buy books, and I saw you a few times while waiting outside.She was the one who talked about you.

He took out one of the silver dollars and put it back in Ruyan's hand: this is a discount.

When she returned to the book shop, Ru Yan was playing with a piece of ocean in her hand, and she still hadn't recovered from it, and she didn't even know when her husband stood behind her.

Mr.: Oh, not bad.The value given by these ten pieces.

Ruyan lowered her head in embarrassment: What are you talking about.Competition?What are you doing outside?come on in.

Jingyuan came out from behind the door he was hiding in, his eyes kept rolling on Ruyan's hair, and he was at a loss with his hands behind his back.

Mr.: Where did you go to play today?

Jingyuan hesitated: Go, go to Xilinmen to watch the excitement.

The husband smiled: That's good, it's the New Year, and it's lively.Oh yes, give it.It's a New Year's bonus.

Jing Yuan held the ten oceans given by his husband like treasures: Thank you, sir.

Going back to the room after dinner, Ru Yan was removing makeup and putting on jewelry, when Jing Yuan asked: Are you going to iron it.

Ru Yan: Yes.Is it good or not.

Jingyuan nodded: It looks good.How do you get rich.

Ruyan suddenly remembered that Jingyuan couldn't hear them talking outside: Mr. gave it.

Thinking of the ten oceans given by Mr. Cai just now, Jing Yuan felt uncomfortable.Could it be that the husband felt that it was not good to just tell you, so he gave it to himself by the way?

Ruyan fell asleep humming a song, Jingyuan tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.She came to a conclusion: only a husband can fulfill Ru Yan's wish so easily.

In a few days, the book shop was involved.

dong dong dong.

Ru Yan raised his head and saw several strong men surrounding a beautiful woman.

Ru Yan: Excuse me... Hey, what are you doing? This is it!Don't smash things!

It was too late, the glass of the door had been smashed to pieces, Ru Yan was so angry that his heart ached, but he didn't dare to fight back directly.She can't beat them.

The woman took away the cigarette bag, exhaled a smoke ring from her mouth, and coughed on Ru Yan's face: Is there someone named Qiao'er, let her come out.

Ru Yan: What do we call...

I'm here.

Ru Yan turned back.

It's Jingyuan.

Jing Yuan walked over without fear: How much did my father sell me for?

The woman sneered and raised the corners of her lips: five oceans.What, you want to redeem yourself?Don't even think about quadruple the price.

Ru Yan took a deep breath.Four times, that's 20 yuan, enough money for a perm.It just so happened that today my husband went to Lin Province for business, and he won't be back for a while. Now that this woman is asking for money, how can she give four times as much.

I had to smile: Four times is not a small number, Jingyuan has to make up, doesn't it?Why don't you see...give me a few more days?

The woman glanced coldly, then turned her gaze back to Jing Yuan, she knew it was a dead end.

The confrontation between the two sides is ready to go, Ruyan dare not speak out, and is always ready to protect Jingyuan.

I saw that Jingyuan was not in a hurry: first show me the deed of sale.

Probably because she felt that she could not afford 20 yuan, the woman nonchalantly hooked her hands behind her, and someone handed her a piece of paper.The white characters on the black background are indeed Jingyuan's contract of sale.

Woman: Finished?Where is the money?

With a slap, Jingyuan slapped a cloth bag on the counter, then shook forward, and the cloth bag slipped to the woman's hand like a spike.

There are ten yuan in it, and there are ten yuan left here. If you give me the deed of sale, the ten yuan will be yours.

The shiny piece in Jingyuan's hand made Ruyan's eyes hurt.

There are more and more people watching the fun outside, the woman doesn't want Jing Yuan to be so smart, she smiles away and says: "Pay the money with one hand, and pay the contract with the other hand."

As soon as the deed of prostitution was obtained, Jing Yuan tore it to pieces, and the woman stood opposite her calmly waiting for her to finish tearing it up.

The whole process does not exceed 5 minutes.

When the woman left in a mighty way, Ru Yan was already stunned. She hadn't thought that Jing Yuan would be able to face such a tigress without any timidity, rushing over and hugging her full.

The body of the person in his arms kept trembling.

Ru Yan: It's all right, it's all right, she's gone, Jingyuan's contract of prostitution is gone, and Jingyuan is free.

Jingyuan: Whoop whoop.

Ru Yan patted her on the back: Don't be afraid, I'm here.

Jingyuan hugged her and cried: 20 yuan is gone.

Ru Yan: ...

Bah.

The only time when the chaotic world can be lively is during the Chinese New Year.

The firecrackers exploded outside the window, the fireworks flew into the sky, red lanterns were hung on the street, and the laughter of children was endless. Considering that Ru Yan and Jing Yuan were homeless, the husband invited them to his home for New Year's Eve.

The husband's wife prepared a table of delicious food and wine, Ru Yan was a little flattered and thanked him quickly.Jingyuan didn't care much, he ate very happily, and would add food to Ruyan from time to time, but Ruyan elbowed him.

The wife couldn't be happier: my husband often told me that you are weird, and it turned out when I saw you today.

The husband raised his head proudly: What I taught is of course different.

The wife rolled her eyes: I know, I know, you, a gentleman, are immature compared to students, what do you look like.It's just the two of us at home on weekdays, it's very deserted, why don't you come and accompany me when you have time?

Ru Yan kept his head down, and when he heard this, he suddenly looked at his wife: I can't do it, I don't study much, and my wife should get bored talking to me after a while. ...Hey, you still eat!

Jingyuan was in a daze, holding a drumstick in his hand: Madam, do you want to play a game?I'm good at playing games!

You can't help but help your forehead.

The husband and wife were taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help laughing.

Ru Yan snatched the thing from her hand: If you eat any more, you will become a pig!

Jingyuan was wronged and refused to let go: But I want to eat meat.

Ru Yan's embarrassment, both of them tried their best to be aggressive, just because of the chicken leg in the middle.

The wife poked at the husband: Is it because your salary is underpaid?Why can't children eat meat?

My husband was very wronged: the room includes breakfast, the salary is [-] yuan, and I can get [-] yuan a month for a meal every two days.

In the end, it was Ru Yan who let go first: Don't blame sir, I was the one who saved money because I wanted a perm, and Jing Yuan, who just got back the contract of sale from Baihualou's mother not long ago, that's why we...

This time it's my husband's turn to ask: Why didn't you tell me about the ransom?

Ru Yan wiped off the oil on his fingers, and sat upright: Mr. went to Linxing that day, and the incident happened suddenly.I didn't know that Jingyuan could get so much, but it's all over, so I didn't tell my husband.

Mr. suddenly realized: So the glass door is broken.

Without the obstacle of Ruyan, Jingyuan gobbled up the rest of the meat, and said after swallowing the food in his mouth: I wanted to save the money for Ruyan's perm, but I haven't saved enough to use it.It happened that Mr. New Year gave the bonus, and the lady came the next day.Hey, it's 20 yuan, so distressed.

Ru Yan couldn't help but want to throw her out of the dinner table.

Not long after the New Year's Eve dinner, when we arrived at Zishi, the husband and wife had already fallen asleep, and Ru Yan couldn't sleep.The husband is already married, and this cognition is like a bolt from the blue hitting her head, exploding in her heart like firecrackers outside.

Not too comfortable, but not too uncomfortable either.Ru Yan has always felt that she likes Mr.

If you like it, shouldn't you cry when you are alone?

Ru Yan doesn't want to cry, she's just a little disappointed, but she still likes her husband's talented appearance.

Someone dresses her up.

Ruyan didn't turn her head back, she wrapped her clothes tightly: still haven't slept?

Jingyuan sat down next to her, and stepped on the snow: You didn't sleep either.

Ru Yan: Children should go to bed early, otherwise they will be eaten by the Nian beast.

Jingyuan pouted: I'm not a kid anymore, don't lie to me.

Ru Yan: Hahaha.

A big firework exploded in the sky, and colorful sparks fell in all directions. Jing Yuan stretched out his hand to catch it, but naturally he couldn't catch it.

Ru Yan: Jing Yuan.

Jingyuan: Huh?

Ru Yan: Do you like someone?

Jingyuan tilted his head.

Before she could answer, Ru Yan continued to talk to himself: You are so simple, you must be gone. I asked you what you were doing.I'm such a fool.

Silence.

Suddenly there was a pop.Ruyan said that something on the right cheek would leave when touched, and the temperature quickly dissipated, turning into the coldness of winter.

I like you.

Eh?

Ru Yan turned his head.Jingyuan's eyes were bright, as if they were always shining, but today was slightly different, with a little more seriousness in them.

Jing Yuan leaned over and kissed again, this time on the lips.

Jingyuan: I like you, Ruyan.

Ru Yan was a little flustered, and hurriedly put some distance away: But, but... this won't work.No girl likes a girl.

Jingyuan doesn't quite understand: Does liking mean liking, and there is no distinction between boys and girls.So what do you like?

what does she like?This question choked Ruyan.

Looking up at the fireworks, the sparks were bright white, as if no one could find their way on the snow, Ru Yan thought of something to say.

Ru Yan: I like reading books and learning new knowledge. I want to know more about the culture of foreigners, how they live and how they make the country so strong.I also want to go to school, but I have no money, so I can only study with my husband.Mr. is knowledgeable and talented, and can always look at problems from a tricky perspective, and then conduct a comprehensive analysis, unlike me who can only see what is in front of me.I am very envious.

After a while, Jingyuan said again: Where is that person?what do you like.

Ru Yan was dumbfounded, gesturing blindly with his fingers on the snow: I don't know either...

She wanted to say that she liked him, but couldn't.

After a while, I got up and sighed: sleep.

Jingyuan looked at her back, and then turned back to look at the snow where Ruyan's fingers slid across. The scratches went deep into it, connecting end to end, outlining a small man in a suit and with a mustache Son.

Ru Yan really still likes Mr.Jingyuan was extremely disappointed.

Mr. Shangyuan Festival cooked the Lantern Festival. The sticky skin wrapped the stuffing tightly. When you bite lightly, the skin opened a small mouth. Take a sip before the stuffing comes out, and finally use the tip of your tongue. Rolled along the sticky side, the mouth is full of sweetness.

Ru Yan ate very happily, he ate four or five in a row, but the Jingyuan bowl hadn't touched yet.

Ru Yan: What's wrong?Don't you like to eat?

Jing Yuan shook his head, gritted his teeth and ate it all.

After the meal, Ru Yan patted his chubby belly to digest food in the yard. Not far away, his wife was holding her husband's arm and standing side by side, one black and one white, tall and straight.

What a match, Ru Yan sighed in his heart.

vomit.

Vomiting and coughing in the distance, Ru Yan turned to look for the source of the sound.

When I walked to the back door, I found it outside the wall.

Probably an alcoholic who drank too much.Ruyan no longer think about it.

Suddenly, Jingyuan began to think in her heart: where did she go?

Competition?

The sound of vomiting outside stopped for a moment.

Ru Yan suddenly felt that something was wrong, slipped out from behind, and saw Jing Yuan supporting the wall with one hand and resting the other on his stomach.