My 26-year-old Female Tenant

After sitting in the coffee shop for a long time, I finally paid the bill, and then went to the restaurant where I used to go to have a few drinks with Fangyuan after working overtime when I was in Polaroid Department Store, and this small restaurant is ours. The tacit old place, in the past few years, we have talked about a lot of unsatisfactory life and workplace here, and we often miss the ease and freedom in college, and then throw a lot of emotions into the wine, in exchange for The same amount of joy.

I came to this small restaurant almost at the same time as Fangyuan, because the alley is very narrow, we avoided the three-wheeled transport vehicles coming from the opposite direction, and we took a lot of effort to park the car, he was in front, I was behind, They got out of the car together, but didn't say much, and walked into the restaurant side by side.

  The proprietress is still the same as before. She likes to sit at the door to welcome customers to the restaurant at noon. When she saw us coming, she said with emotion: "It's been a while since you two boys have eaten!"

  Fang Yuan and I had almost the same excuse, and replied at the same time: "I've been really busy recently!"

  The proprietress looked at the car parked opposite us, pouted and said, "I don't think you two are really busy, it's just that you're out of character now, but you don't remember our small restaurant."

   "No, no thing... isn't it here again today!"

The proprietress smiled, and said: "Looking at how well-off you two are, I'm also really happy for you... But, come today, can you repay the previous credit? "

   Fangyuan and I exchanged glances. We do often pay on credit here, but we can’t remember what year and month it was, which account was paid by She, and who should have paid for it in the first place.

  The proprietress really took an account book, found our credit record, and handed it to us: "Hey... there are still three credits that have not been cleared, a total of 266 yuan."

The proprietress is a good person, she never brought up this debt with us, she didn't mention it until today when she felt that Fangyuan and I had a decent status, so Fangyuan and I were very guilty, and we didn't care who should treat the guests at the beginning. He took out his wallet, took out 300 yuan together, and said together: "You don't need to look for it..."

The proprietress drew 100 yuan from me, and 200 yuan from Fangyuan, and said, "Money is worthless now, and charging you 300 yuan is not too much. It's still the same as before. Zhaoyang is a stingy guy, and he really has no money. Just take 100 from Zhaoyang and 200 from Fangyuan, it’s fair and just.”

Then he took away the rest of the money in our hands, and said: "The other 300 yuan, even for today's food, Zhaoyang's car is a6, Fangyuan is a4, and Zhaoyang is better at mixing. It’s still fair and just to collect 200 yuan from Zhaoyang and 100 yuan from Fangyuan.”

   Fangyuan smiled and said, "Auntie, you are really a sensible person!"

"Those who do small business are not shrewd, but they can make no money... 300 yuan is the best meal I can have here, so let me cook the best meal for you. Say goodbye, I'm afraid you won't come to my small restaurant to eat in the future!"

  I said: "What are you talking about, we have been thinking about your restaurant!"

   "Then I'll test you two. You two are not allowed to look at the signboard next to it. Tell me the name of our restaurant. I can't tell. I don't believe you have been thinking about it."

Fangyuan and I just looked at each other face to face. For a while, neither of us could tell the name of the small restaurant. We took a step back and saw the signboard for attracting customers. Then we remembered that it was called "Huifang Restaurant" and it was a chef. The boss is named after the proprietress.

  ...

At noon, there were no customers in the small restaurant. Fangyuan and I sat at the old place and ate. The proprietress seemed to believe that we would not come again, and turned on the air conditioner surprisingly generously to keep us warm, as if letting us remember "Hui" Fang Hotel" is good.

  We substituted tea for wine and ate the most sumptuous meal we could offer here. I filled Fangyuan with a bowl of tofu soup and said, "Try it, the boss's craftsmanship seems to have improved compared to before."

Fangyuan took it from my hand, took a sip, and just nodded without any comment. Then he threw me a cigarette and lit one himself. After taking a deep breath, he asked, "Zhao Yang, we have been brothers for so long, do you still remember when we divided you and me?"

  I was a little caught by his question, and I didn't want to subjectively misinterpret his intention of asking, so I asked, "Why do you ask that?"

"I remember you told me that when I was in college, we are a handful of soil on the ground, you spit, I throw some snot, blending, blending, blending the porcelain... .”

I nodded and said: "Our lives are cheap, we can only spit out saliva, throw out snot, mix and mix, we will definitely not make any noble porcelain, but we are solid porcelain, brothers !"

Fangyuan took another puff of the cigarette. He seemed to hate the smell of tobacco. He used his mouth and nose together to diffuse the smoke. He flicked the ash in his hand and said to me: "...a lot has changed over the years. , I seem to have everything, and I lack everything, so I can’t find a sense of security in this world... It’s like Mr. Mi, who can end everything I have worked hard in the workplace with one sentence ...However, I have no complaints or malice against her, because this is the law of survival."

  I could hear something in Fang Yuan's words, but I didn't interrupt, waiting for him to continue.

Fangyuan took only two puffs of the cigarette, put it out in the ashtray, and said, "But, no matter how we change, you, Zhaoyang, and I are still brothers made out of snot and saliva. This is something I will never have in my heart. The root of forgetting... So you put on one hundred and twenty hearts, no matter when, I will never forget that we are brothers, your position is my position..."

  After a brief silence, he smiled, and said, "Maybe twenty years later, you and I, Zhaoyang, can still come to this Huifang Restaurant, have a few drinks, and chatter!"

I looked around this restaurant...but I don't know if it still exists 20 years after Fangyuan imagined it, but the atmosphere of our chat was relaxed because of Fangyuan's statement, and I asked him The purpose is indeed to make this promise.

At the beginning, I tried my best to recommend him and Chen Jingming to Mi Cai, hoping that they could become Mi Cai's right-hand man. If Fang Yuan can do his best for Mi Cai like Chen Jingming, that would be a kind of fulfillment to me .

"Zhaoyang, you and Mr. Mi should also hurry up and make someone out... If you don't think that Yan Yan and I are superior to each other, we will get married. Since Mr. Mi is so good Genes, it must be great to have a child!..."

   "Okay, if we have a daughter, full moon wine, your future father-in-law, you have to take it and make a fuss about it."

   "No problem." Fang Yuan said, raising a cup to touch me with tea instead of wine.

We raised our heads and drank the cold tea in the cups, and then looked at this "Huifang Hotel" together. Maybe we were all thinking that in the future, both families will have children, and they will bring their wives and children to visit This "Hui Fang Hotel" Juju has been verified for us for many years.

  Because it is a symbol, it symbolizes that Fangyuan and I were born from grass roots, and it symbolizes that we are brothers regardless of high or low.

  ...

I bid farewell to Fangyuan, and I also bid farewell to a concern. At present, Mi Cai’s mood does not seem to be too affected by the failure of Zhuomei’s listing. I believe that with the support of the woman in red, she will quickly adjust her state. Continue to control Zhuomei, lead Zhuomei to achieve a leap...and our relationship will also settle down.

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