Around five o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, the sun was almost setting over the mountains. The wilderness outside the city that was not blocked by buildings was still shrouded in bright sunshine, while the streets and alleys in the city had long been covered in shadow, as if waiting for nightfall.
Hu Mimi, who repairs clocks in front of the watch stall on South Street, gets busier in the evening because there are more people getting off work at that time. Among the people who get off work, there are always three or two people from this group or that group coming out to look for clocks with some faults. Stall owner repairs.
There are four clock repair stalls on South Street, including two old men, a young man wearing glasses with pimples on his face, and a pretty girl, who is of course Hu Mimi.
Hu Mimi's clock repair stall was surrounded by people in front and back, but not many people went to the other three clock repair stalls.
There was an old man's watch repair stall that was still empty of customers. There were many customers here, and Hu Mimi would rather stand and wait than go there.
This is strange, but it’s actually nothing. Hu Mimi’s beautiful face is like a hard brand. People feel comfortable looking at her and are willing to get close and have contact with her, and her business will naturally be good.
Hu Mimi was too busy, but she did not ask the waiting customers to go to other watch repair stalls. She only told them to put the faulty clocks here first and come to claim them tomorrow afternoon. If you are in a hurry, just wait here.
At this time, a girl wearing a light blue suspender skirt suddenly walked up behind Hu Mimi, who was immersed in repairing a clock, and reached out to pat her shoulder.
Hu Mimi looked back and recognized her former classmate Pei Huaihua, and asked, is there a clock that needs to be repaired?
Pei Huaihua shook her head and said, no. I have something to ask you. When will you be free?
I can't take any time off right now. Is what you're looking for important?
It's important to say this is important, but it's not important to say it's not important.
They had a simple superficial communication, and Hu Mimi asked Pei Huaihua to wait. After the customers in front of the stall dispersed, Hu Mimi said to her, "Huaihua, do you have something to tell me?"
Huaihua told her, there is a young man from the south who is a student of Northwest University. Now we are interning here. He has met you, and you may have met him. He doesn’t care about him, but he cares about you and has a very good impression. I want to Would you like me to introduce you to you?
Hu Mimi's slender hand holding the camera to pick up the watch parts suddenly stopped, and she thought ambivalently: A few years ago, she suffered a big loss in dating in school, as if she was bitten by a snake once, and was afraid of ropes for ten years. I have a fear of interacting with the opposite sex, especially falling in love, but I can't be a daughter forever. I am getting older every year, and I have reached the age of marriage.
After thinking again and again, she looked at Pei Huaihua and said, "Let's do this!" I don’t know much about that southern young man. Next Monday morning, while the business at my stall is not busy, I will wait beside the rockery in Beimen Meteor Park. You can bring that southern young man over and let’s get to know him first.
Pei Huaihua went to Wu Zhenri's rental house that night to look for him, but she didn't find him. She left after a while.
I thought: Now it is you, Wu Zhenri, who is begging me to introduce you to Hu Mimi. Since I have come to see you and tried my best, you are not in the rental house because you are unlucky. I will not look for you again. Let me Come and find me!
A few days later, Wu Zhenri didn't come to see her. Seeing that the week was almost over, Pei Huaihua still didn't see Wu Zhenri coming to see her.
She was a little puzzled, so she planned to find Wu Zhenri that night, but it happened that the kindergarten organized a cultural program to welcome the "June 1" Children's Day that night. She was the director and couldn't get away from it.
The principal was not allowed to ask for leave. Although she was thinking about it, she still gave up.
Next Monday came, and early in the morning, she thought that she had made an appointment with Hu Mimi and planned to bring Wu Zhenri there to get acquainted. However, Wu Zhenri did not come to her for nearly a week. She should be able to give up, and she felt sorry for Hu Mimi. Therefore, as soon as she got to work, she asked for leave from the principal and said that she had to go out on some important matters and would be back in a few hours at most.
Of course the principal agreed, and he immediately took over the kindergarten class taught by Pei Huaihua.
Pei Huaihua directly found the unit where Wu Zhenri was interning, a machinery factory in the northwest, asked the guard, and told him Wu Zhenri's name. The guard told her that she found Wu Zhenri in the laboratory on the third floor of the factory complex building.
Wu Zhenri was very surprised to see Pei Huaihua coming. He quickly took off his canvas gloves and came up to shake hands with her.
Pei Huaihua only stretched out her fingertips and let him pinch it before pulling it out. Seeing that there were two of his colleagues in the laboratory, she couldn't tell him directly, so she called him out and asked him in the unmanned corridor. , have you forgotten about entrusting me to introduce you to Hu Mimi? I have already made an agreement with her and agreed to take you to meet her this morning.
Wu Zhenri smiled silently, with his mouth wide open and a row of teeth exposed, as if he couldn't close them.
What are you laughing laughing? It doesn't matter to you that I help you politely. Pei Huaihua said angrily.
Wu Zhenri still had a smile on his face and said in a low voice, "You don't need to worry about it, I'm already on good terms with Hu Mimi."
Pei Huaihua asked doubtfully, how good is it? Wu Zhenri said, I will tell you next time.
Pei Huaihua knew that this was a shirk and Wu Zhenri would not tell her at all, so she began to care about it and became resentful.
Rather than saying that she hated Wu Zhenri, it was better to say that she also hated Hu Mimi.
To be more precise, she was jealous: Hu Mimi had a clear attitude and told her to bring Wu Zhenri to get to know him. Unexpectedly, Hu Mimi actually didn't follow through on her words. She omitted this environment and ended up with Wu Zhenri, who was so stubborn. Better.
According to Pei Huaihua's logic, Hu Mimi should not have casual contact with him without her "permission".
Although Wu Zhenri has dumped him now and has moved on to you Hu Mimi, he and Wu Zhenri met and fell in love first. What's more, Wu Zhenri and I have that kind of skin-to-skin relationship, and have the experience of committing your virginity to a man who expects to be supported throughout your life. This is something that no one will ever forget, and no one is willing to give it up. …
If it weren't for your existence, Hu Mimi, maybe Wu Zhenri would still be in love with me? Maybe our relationship is developing towards marriage?
If it hadn't been for your appearance, Wu Zhenri might not have bothered. Now you are avoiding me and getting close to him, which is tantamount to competing with me for a man. Can I not be resentful?
Pei Huaihua left the corridor, glaring and gritting her teeth, which made Wu Zhenri feel both funny and uneasy.
He thought in his heart: Whichever girl is pretty, I will be good with. Who told you that your appearance is not up to standard and you are being compared?
After Wu Zhenri got off work in the afternoon, it was dusk. He happily came to the clock repair stall on South Street and asked Hu Mimi to order her favorite spicy dish at the stall on West Street. He placed it on the dining table and sat across from her. , sharing delicious food while talking and laughing.
Wu Zhenri told the story about Pei Huaihua coming to his work to see him during the day, and he also despised Pei Huaihua in his words. Of course, he said that her appearance and temperament were not as good as Hu Mimi.
Hu Mimi did not agree because Wu Zhenri appreciated and praised herself. She felt a little guilty about Pei Huaihua. From the acquaintance and conversation with Wu Zhenri these few nights, she knew that the relationship between Pei Huaihua and Wu Zhenri was unusual.
The reason why Wu Zhenri is no longer enthusiastic about Pei Huaihua is because Wu Zhenri is attracted to her. Even though she did not take Wu Zhenri away from Pei Huaihua, she still feels a little uncomfortable.
When Wu Zhenri was drinking and eating, he said some words that elevated her Hu Mimi and belittled Pei Huaihua. She stopped and said, Zhenri, one cannot choose a person's appearance, including origin and place of birth, good or bad. Yes, you said Pei Huaihua's appearance is not good, it's not her fault. For example, you were born in the south, where the climate is humid and spring-like all year round. It is a warm and enviable place. But just because I was born in the north, where the climate is dry and cold and the environment is poor, you cannot say that I am not good. This is not a choice.
