My 26-year-old Female Tenant

  The evening wind in spring blows across the river in Xitang, and the setting sun casts a golden color on the land. I sit alone on the balcony of the inn, smoking a cigarette, and all I can think about in my mind is how to solve the rent of 70,000 yuan.

I took my phone out of my pocket and looked through my address book again and again, but I never made up my mind to borrow this money from someone, because it is not so easy to borrow this large amount of rent money Yes, not everyone will treat me like Le Yao.

  I put the phone back in my pocket again, flicked the cigarette ash hard, and the whole person fell into confusion. I was a little helpless, but things had to be done.

  The most beautiful thing in this world is that when you long for a glance and look forward to a gust of spring breeze, she just passes by, but at this moment, there is no such person in my world, and it seems that only my back is left alone.

  Picked up the guitar and was about to start singing a song, but the phone vibrated in my pocket. I took it out and looked at it. It was from Mi Cai. She was concerned about whether I had dinner.

  I texted her back: "Your side is only 6 in the morning, why do you get up so early?"

   She sent me a photo of her in tracksuit and special running arm sleeves.

"Run?"

   "Well, spring is a season for exercising."

  I smiled and texted her back: "It turns out that beautiful women also depend on the maintenance of the day after tomorrow. If you don't like exercising, you probably have to lose shape."

   "That's not necessarily true. When I'm busy at work, I often don't exercise for a few weeks."

   "If you have the ability, don't exercise for a few months."

  This topic seemed a bit boring to Mi Cai, so she avoided it and asked me, "How is the inn doing recently?"

"pretty good."

   "Keep going!"

   "Well, the air in the morning is just right, so go for a run."

   This time, it took a while for Mi Cai to reply: "Don't you care how I'm doing here?"

I touched the tip of my nose, only to realize that I would always subconsciously think that she was doing well. After all, she is a woman shrouded in halo. If she does not encounter an extremely deep night, her proud light will not be reversed, so she must have a good life. Well done, that's been my logic for a long time.

  I just discovered that there was always an excuse hidden in my body for thinking she was doing well.

   "So how are you doing over there?"

   "It rained heavily in New York yesterday, and several pots of flowers on the windowsill of the hotel were soaked to death!"

   "Does it have anything to do with living well?"

   "Yeah, if I remember to bring them into the house I won't get drenched to death."

   "So if you blame yourself and feel sad, you will have a bad life?"

"right."

   “Remember to move in before it rains next time.”

"it is good."

  My conversation with Mi Cai ends here, but I understand that under her dazzling aura, there is still a delicate heart, so even a small event will be made vigorous by her, and then make myself feel lost and sad.

  She! Also just an ordinary woman.

  …

When the lights came on, I deliberately shuttled through the newly renovated rooms mopping the floor and wiping the furniture, and then I was so tired that I lay on the floor panting for breaths, so those worries had no room to live, and all disappeared. minecraft.

  Drowsy, the phone rang again, it was an unfamiliar number.

  I connected, and a woman's voice came: "Excuse me, is this the owner of the inn?"

  I thought the voice was very familiar, but I didn't dare to recognize it, so I said, "Well, that's right."

   "I saw in the forum that the promotional pictures of your inn are pretty good, and I want to live in your inn."

   "Why don't you come, the price-performance ratio of our inn is still very high."

   "I've arrived at the station in Xitang, please come and pick me up."

   "Okay, what's your name?"

   "The surname is Li."

   "Li Xiaoyun?"

   "Did you hear that?"

  I was surprised and asked: "It's really you! Why did you come to Xitang?"

   "I'm on annual leave, and I was thinking about where to go to relax. I heard from my aunt that you opened an inn in Xitang, so let's take a look."

   "Why isn't your previous mobile number?"

   "It has been changed a long time ago."

  I just realized that I haven't contacted her for a long time, so this number is so strange to me.

   "You wait at the station for a while, I'll pass right away."

  Li Xiaoyun urged, "Drive slowly, there is no rush."

I answered and hung up the phone. I also smiled. The ancient town of Xitang condensed my big life into a small one. They came one after another and left one after another. In the end, they only walked once in my memory. No one will really stay, and this kind of gazing at the flowers has made me have a deeper understanding of the word "passer-by".

  …

  I just drove the van left by the former innkeeper Kangkang to Xitang Station, and I arrived at the destination after a short while.

  Under the platform, Li Xiaoyun was wearing a light blue denim jacket, her hair was tied into a bun, and she was wearing a pair of new balance sneakers, looking like she was going on a trip.

  I rolled down the window to signal her to get in the car, she smiled and opened the passenger door, and sat beside me.

  On the way, I was driving and chatting with Li Xiaoyun, and I said to her, "I'm quite surprised that you came to Xitang."

   "Stop by and go to Gulangyu Island in Xiamen the day after tomorrow."

  I nodded, but didn't find the next topic, so the two sides fell into a brief silence.

   After a long time, Li Xiaoyun said to me again: "Zhaoyang, I have something to tell you this time."

  I smiled and said, "Did you tell me that you have found a partner and ended your blind date journey?"

   "Don't make fun of me, I'm talking about business."

  I finally looked at her seriously, waiting for her to continue.

Li Xiaoyun looked at me after being silent for a while and said, "Auntie doesn't seem to support you staying in Xitang to open an inn. These days, I have been asking my uncle to arrange a job for you in their unit. The purpose is to let you stay in Xuzhou steadily. .”

   "Is it reliable?"

   "Well, my aunt told my mother when she was playing mahjong at my house, maybe she will come to Xitang to find you in a few days."

  My heart seems to have been poured with a basin of cold water. The rent issue has not been resolved, but this troublesome matter has come again.

  After a long while, I said, "I have invested nearly ten thousand in the inn here, and it is impossible to give up halfway anyway."

   "I'm only responsible for tipping off the news, the final decision is still in your hands... But you have to be considerate of auntie, after all, everyone expects old age to depend on someone, right?"

  I nodded, because from my mother's point of view, her decision was reasonable, but the matter of going back to Xuzhou seemed like a cold meal to me, and I was fired by my mother over and over again.

   After a long time, Li Xiaoyun asked me again, "What does your girlfriend think of you opening a hotel in Xitang?"

I froze for a moment, and then remembered that when Mi Cai and I confirmed our relationship in Xuzhou that day, Li Xiaoyun was one of the bystanders. In her eyes, Mi Cai was indeed my girlfriend, but at this moment, I couldn't figure it out. What is the relationship with Mi Cai? There are too many unresolved things between us, making us strange but approaching.

  I finally said to Li Xiaoyun: "She is supportive."

  Li Xiaoyun nodded, and asked: "It seems that her temperament is not ordinary, can you tell me what she does?"