I first gave Zhao Yue a big hug, and fate, like a big invisible hand, pushed him back to this familiar but tired city.
no way.
The hometown that we cannot return to and the city that we cannot integrate into have become the pain of our wandering.
I patted his shoulder, "Let's go! Brother, let's go home."
After that, I took Zhao Yue's suitcase and stuffed it into the trunk. After getting in the car, Zhao Yue said to me, "I'll send you the hotel address and just navigate there."
I glanced at him and said with a smile: "Stay in some hotel, stay at our house."
Zhao Yue was stunned for a moment, with a complicated look on his face, and hesitantly said, "Isn't that good? I'll be disturbing you and Feifei too much if I live in your house!"
"What nonsense are you talking to me about? We are all buddies, and it was Feifei who took the initiative to let you live here. You are not staying at my house every day. Staying in a hotel costs at least 200 a day! You only need 1,400 a week. How can the house be so good? Look for it!"
Zhao Yue said hesitantly: "Actually... I originally wanted to stay in a hotel for one day today, and then go to live with Chen Wei tomorrow. Doesn't he work in real estate? I know a lot of agents who said they would help me find a short-term rental for a few days."
Chen Wei was also our college classmate, but our class was different. He could talk dead people into life with his mouth. When he was a senior, he took Zhao Yue to do MLM selling cosmetics, and successfully developed Zhao Yue into his downline. , defrauded Zhao Yue of four to five thousand yuan, and Wu Shuang and I later got the money back for him.
This guy worked in real estate with his uncle, and now he is very prosperous. He drives a BMW 5 Series and chats in the circle of friends all day long.
Zhao Yue has been tricked by this guy many times before, and he has been pushed around every day. Of course I can't watch him make the same mistake again.
"Why are you going to live with him? This person is unreliable, so just come and live with me. We are all buddies, and Feifei welcomes you to come. What are you afraid of?"
Zhao Yue's eyes were a little red and he nodded without saying anything.
I guess he was moved to a pulp by now.
Zhao Yue is good at everything, but sometimes he is too much of a mother-in-law and can be annoying. Lin Feifei agreed that he would stay at my house temporarily, but he was worried.
"Binzi, is it inconvenient for you when I stay at your house?"
I laughed angrily and said angrily: "Just don't lean on the wall at night and eavesdrop on the sounds in our room."
In our senior year, everyone started looking for jobs. We rented a two-bedroom apartment outside the school. Those with girlfriends often went there to spend the night. Over time, it became our dormitory. Once, Zhao Yue, Wu Shuang, I, and I were there. While drinking, I suddenly vaguely heard an ecstatic female voice coming from next door, so the three of us lay under the wall and listened, and we were all impressed by this wonderful symphony.
Thinking about it now, that chaotic, decadent, and restless atmosphere of youth has become a memory. It is a kind of indulgence and carefreeness that only youth can bear, like a tragic poem, full of passion and helplessness. and pursuit.
Looking back at youth, people like Wu Shuang and Kuang Li have gradually faded out of my life. I used to think that youth was an oasis that never withers, but now it has been gradually buried by the yellow sand and has begun to become barren.
When I sighed with emotion that youth was over, we were also home.
Zhao Yue took his suitcase and set up camp on his side. I handed him a bottle of Coke, drank a few gulps of it myself, and then said:
"I have slept on this sheet before. I will change it for you later."
Zhao Yue didn't hear what I meant and waved his hand, "Don't be so polite, just leave it like that! No need to change."
After that, he touched the sheets and suddenly touched something, "Hey, Binzi, what is this hard thing?"
"These are the traces of my battles."
"..." Zhao Yue's hand suddenly retracted as if he was electrocuted.
In the evening, Lin Feifei came back.
I asked her how she spent the day training, and she said she skipped it. Great, another empty day.
We drove to Zhang Xi’s restaurant to meet Zhao Yue. Zhang Xi’s motorcycle restaurant has now become a holy place for internet celebrities to check in. As soon as we entered the door, we saw several beautiful girls posing around Harley motorcycles.
shoot.
Zhao Yue's eyes were full of envy, as if he had seen the life in his dreams.
"Hey, when will I be as rich as Zhang Xi?" Zhao Yue sighed.
I patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "Actually, there is no need to envy others. Everyone's flowering period is different. It will happen sooner or later, it's just slower than others."
Lin Feifei hugged my arm, smiled, and advised him, "Comparing people with others can make people angry. If you always compare yourself with others, you will never be satisfied with yourself in this life."
Humans are social animals and come into contact with all kinds of people every day. But the irony is that some people never envy the wealth of strangers, but they envy the prosperity of those around them. ap.
Zhao Yue was obviously shocked. He smiled bitterly and said nothing.
Perhaps because of Friday, the restaurant's business was extremely busy tonight. Zhang Xi hurried over to say hello, said he would give us a few bottles of beer and two plates of cold dishes, and left in a hurry.
After the food and wine were served, I took the lead in raising the bottle and touched it with Zhao Yue, "How do you feel about returning to your hometown this time?"
Zhao Yue raised his head and took a big sip of wine. After putting down the bottle heavily, his eyes showed a deep helplessness, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, but with a little bitterness.
"Don't mention it, I thought it was pretty good at first. No one disturbs your life back home, but now that you are closer to your parents, there are more conflicts. Jingjing is in confinement and cries all day long, and my mother doesn't know how to take care of children. In the end, my mother-in-law came to take care of the children.”
Zhao Yue seemed to have been holding it in for a long time and urgently needed an outlet to vent. He bitterly began to complain about the conflict between their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. He was once full of expectations, but life showed an unfriendly side to him. The chaotic life completely shattered his beautiful illusions. After having a child, Zhao Yue suddenly found that his small salary could not support his wife and children. After Lu Jingjing's discussion, when the child was one month old, he resolutely decided to drift north for the second time.
After Zhao Yue finished venting, he realized that he had spoken too much, and smiled bitterly, "I'm sorry! I spoke too much, and I felt a bit like a resentful woman just now."
I raised the bottle and touched it with him, "It's okay. Having a child is a big expense. Isn't the gold-swallowing beast just a waste of money?"
Under the orange light, his smile looked particularly bitter, and those eyes that were once full of hope were now like leaves beaten by cold frost, which made people feel distressed.
"I can't help it. This is life. At first, I thought I would just add a pair of chopsticks to eat. Now I realize that I was too naive."
I was silent for a moment and asked, "So do you have any plans when you come back this time?"
