Zhou Lanbing shook his head and said: "It's not about the money. The main thing is that I was embarrassed to go there. Her friends are all rich or noble, and they are very generous. It would be too embarrassing for me to give an ordinary gift. And this is her The eighteen-year-old coming-of-age ceremony should be more formal, and I don’t want to be too casual.”
Zhang Yongsheng nodded and said, "You are right. Adult ceremonies cannot be casual. But wouldn't it be worse if you don't go? They have already invited you, how can you be so disrespectful?"
Zhao Yunfei sighed: "That's why he's so confused. He's been absent-minded all morning. He's always distracted when you don't see him playing games. He's probably thinking about this. How about we three brothers get together and see if we can buy a decent one?" A gift so that Lao Zhou can attend with dignity."
Zhou Lanbing shook his head and refused: "Forget it, it's just a birthday, it's no big deal. I'll make amends afterwards, there's no need to collect money. Besides, it's almost the end of the month, and we don't have much pocket money in our pockets, so we can't do it together." Can’t afford valuable gifts.”
Zhao Yunfei dug into his pocket and said awkwardly: "You are right, my change totals less than ten yuan. Playing games is enough, but giving gifts is not enough."
Looking at their depressed expressions, Zhang Yongsheng sighed secretly. He knew their family background relatively well. His parents were workers at an agricultural machinery factory, their income was dead wages, and they didn't have much pocket money at all. Given their habit of playing video games, they never have more than ten dollars in their pockets at this time of the month.
He still has some savings. After all, his parents are not at home. In addition to pocket money and living expenses, he has much more money than Zhao Yunfei and the other two. But the money can't be spent carelessly. He still has to support it until his parents remit the money next month, otherwise he will have no choice but to live in the northwest.
However, he now has a new source of money, and it is not a big problem to ask Liang Aiping to provide some financial support. In fact, although Zhang Yongsheng verbally supported Zhou Lanbing on this matter, he did not really want him to go. Because Bai Zhixuan's social relationships are somewhat complicated, she is not suitable for Zhou Lanbing.
Because her father is busy with business, Bai Zhixuan lives a relatively free life. She often goes to dance halls, game halls, and video halls, and has many interactions with street gangsters in society. These places are considered by Yunshan people to be very harmful to young people, and are called the New Three Poisons, which are strictly prohibited by parents.
Zhou Lanbing is a relatively simple person. Although he plays games with Zhao Yunfei and goes to video halls and dance halls, he tries to avoid the circle of street gangsters. If Zhou Lanbing and Bai Zhixuan's circles get too close, they will inevitably be affected, which will be detrimental to his future.
Bai Zhixuan's family is well off. Even if she fails to get into college, her father can use the money to find her a way out of college at her own expense. Zhou Lanbing comes from an ordinary family, and his future will be difficult if he can't get into college. Although the college entrance examination is not the only way out for students, it is at least the best choice for ordinary high school students.
From the perspective of being responsible to his brothers, Zhang Yongsheng disapproved of the proposal to raise money to buy gifts for Zhou Lanbing. When he saw that neither of them had much money in their pockets, he immediately stopped talking. The three of them looked at each other, feeling extremely embarrassed. In the end, no one mentioned raising money anymore and hurriedly immersed themselves in eating.
After lunch, the three of them walked out of the agricultural machinery factory and discussed where to kill time in the afternoon. Zhou Lanbing's pager rang, and it was Bai Zhixuan calling, which was surprising. Zhou Lanbing frowned and looked at it, and quickly found a place to call back. He didn't know what Bai Zhixuan wanted to see him for.
Zhang and Zhao saw Bai Zhixuan's care for Zhou Lanbing and were filled with envy. Zhou Lanbing comes from an ordinary family and it is impossible to provide him with a pager. When Bai Zhixuan started school, she gave the digital pager she had replaced to Zhou Lanbing for use and paid for it for a year.
Zhao Yunfei looked at Zhou Lanbing's figure and said with envy: "It's great to have a rich sister. He can use all the good things. If only Bai Zhixuan were my sister, I might be able to buy PS games to play. PS games in game arcades are too expensive now. It costs four yuan an hour, so I can’t afford to play them.”
Zhang Yongsheng said with a joking smile: "This kind of eating soft food is not your style, Zhao Daxia. Where is your usual manliness of being tough and tough like Wang Ping? Why do you get so short-tempered when it comes to money?"
Zhao Yunfei shook his head and sighed: "There is nothing you can do to defeat a hero with a penny. Don't you envy so many people playing PS and computer games? Arcade games have been popular for so many years, and now they are all It’s gone, how many people as old as us are still playing?”
Zhang Yongsheng nodded and said: "Envy is definitely envy, but there is no way, we don't have much money. Four yuan an hour, my monthly pocket money is not enough to play ten hours. If you give me four yuan to play arcade, I can play for a week My parents are not here, so we can’t spend money carelessly, otherwise we won’t even be able to eat."
"What do you think Bai Zhixuan wants to do with him? I guess it must be about tomorrow's birthday party again. Zhou Lanbing will probably be entangled again. He is suffering from happiness, and I can only secretly have a crush on him behind my back. Even the team who confessed his love I can't get in." Zhao Yunfei continued to be envious.
Zhang Yongsheng shook his head and persuaded: "I think you should not get involved in this kind of thing. I admit that Bai Zhixuan is beautiful and is the belle of our school, but not everyone can afford it. If nothing else, With her lavish spending habits, do you have the money to support her?"
Although Bai Zhixuan is a girl, she is generous and likes to treat guests and give gifts. Not only does she spend a lot of money on herself, but she often invites people to dinner, singing, dancing, etc. If her family hadn't been rich and her father's business was big, how could she have supported his consumption?
After a while, Zhou Lanbing trotted back. He put the pager on his waist and said, "Bai Zhixuan asked me to go to Starlight Entertainment City and said she would treat me to a cold drink. Do you think I should go or not?"
Zhang Yongsheng smiled and asked, "I don't believe you dared to reject her on the phone?"
Zhou Lanbing blushed a little and explained: "Isn't there nothing we can do? She chased her too closely."
Zhang Yongsheng suggested: "I think you'd better tell her clearly about this. If you need to confess, just confess, if you need to refuse, just refuse. The most taboo relationship between men and women is to break things off. You have to think clearly. It's easy to talk about this in private. If you don't do it until tomorrow, It would be troublesome in front of so many people at my birthday party."
Zhou Lanbing scratched his head and explained: "I mainly didn't know how to say it. I couldn't say the lines that were too tacky. Bai Zhixuan's mouth is very poisonous. There is a confessor in our class who was embarrassed by the words. Until now, she has not said it. It’s time to calm down, I need to prepare mentally first.”
Zhang Yongsheng shook his head and said with a smile: "You are trying to save face and suffer the consequences. The main reason is that you are too familiar to make a move. The mentality of wanting to win and being afraid of losing is too heavy. I think you should just confess your feelings directly, and don't imitate other people's rituals. Anyway, Stretching out one's head is a sword, and shrinking one's head is also a sword."
Zhou Lanbing hesitated and said: "Isn't this a bit of a joke? It's like luck. Now that I meet her, I can be a sibling. If I really want to be rejected, I won't even have the courage to meet her."
