I'm waiting for you in the wind and snow

Chapter 264 Can't Always Live in the Shadows
Before I knew it, I had been sitting at the "Women's Flower" bar until eleven o'clock. During this time, I not only chatted with Nicole, but also drank a lot of wine with her female friends; The women who are really good at drinking, some of them are even as good as me, so that they are tricked by them after a while. They first praised me very high, and then they took turns to toast me. I'm happy, and I don't regard them as opponents, so I don't refuse anyone... When I wake up, I feel like I'm stepping on cotton.

So, in Dali, don't underestimate any woman who likes to play in bars.

I suppressed the urge to vomit, drank another large glass of beer, and then said to them with an expression of having enjoyed myself: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have to catch a plane tomorrow morning, so I will accompany you here tonight." , you continue to have fun."

One of the more capable women replied: "Our group of women is so boring drinking! Otherwise, don't go back tonight, let's play all night... I will ask a friend to drive you to the airport tomorrow morning, you Get enough sleep on the plane."

I smiled and said, "Sisters, I really don't drink like this."

"It's rare to meet an interesting man. If you don't drink with us to your heart's content, you don't want to leave today."

"If you say that, then I'll lie on the ground and blackmail you. I'm about to have a cerebral hemorrhage!"

"Who was talking crazy just now, beer is not alcohol."

"Beer is not considered alcohol... But if you drink too much, you really want to vomit... If you don't mind, I'll spit out all the food I ate tonight for you to see... I live a very corrupt life The people who live here eat big fish and meat every day!"

"Look at your delicate features...why do you speak so heavily!"

I laughed, then lit another cigarette, and said, "It's hard to be a woman, and it's not easy to be a man, so don't make things difficult for each other." After a short pause, I still said with a smile: "The wine I drank today It's all on my account, our green mountains will not change and the green waters will flow forever... In the future, you are welcome to come to our bar frequently as guests, as long as I am here, I will definitely invite everyone to have a good drink."

When I got to this point, the booing women gave up, and finally I was able to catch my breath, and hurriedly picked up my coat from the chair, said goodbye to them, and went outside.

Nicole followed me, as if to see me off.

……

The inside of the bar was still filled with the laughter of these women. Outside the bar, Nicole and I were standing face to face. There were no pedestrians in the alley, and most of the shops were closed, so it was very clean.

"You didn't drink much, did you?"

I complained: "Your friends are so good at drinking, you don't help me with some... My old life is almost lost in the bar!"

"You deserve it, who made you look down on women."

After a short pause, Nicole said to me again: "There is another important thing I forgot to tell you. The bartender hired in the bar can only help us for a month, and later they will go back to their hometown to get married... So We still have to find a long-term candidate, see if there is a suitable candidate.”

"I'll go talk to Tao Zi, she's technically fine, but I just don't know if she's in the mood to work with us."

"Hey...she can't survive this incident, right?"

"Sure, she and Tie Nan are really hurt this time."

"Then you have a good chat with her... Come to our bar to work, we are all our own people, we can still enlighten her if we have nothing to do... People can't live in the shadows all the time."

I smiled at Nicole: "People can't live in the shadows all the time... No wonder I like chatting with you so much, it's not that I'm bragging about you, sometimes your words can really speak to people's hearts... You are the kind of person who has a particularly high emotional intelligence woman?"

"Come on, this is not bragging... If my emotional intelligence is as high as you said, can I live like I am today?"

"High emotional intelligence and being able to see things through are two different things... You obviously belong to the latter category and can't see things through."

Nicole smiled and didn't say anything more, and I just walked out of the alley under her gaze... After making sure she couldn't see me, I crouched next to a trash can and threw up... Sometimes, It's not drunk, but being vomited, which is also quite sad, because there is no caring person around you, reminding you to drink less... and people who are vomited after drinking are either lack of heart or too much. I'm lonely, so when others coax me together, I quickly regard myself as the protagonist, pretending that I am actually a very playful person, and a person who can play, how can he be lonely?

……

On the way back to Jiulongju, I met the old woman who picked up the bottle, that is, Wang Xiaoling’s grandmother... The old lady was a little nervous when she saw me, and told me not to tell Wang Xiaoling; So I respected her request, and then went back to Jiulongju, and gave her all the empty bottles I had accumulated recently.

The old lady couldn't be happier, and she didn't care that it was midnight, so she brought me about twenty local eggs at home; if you say, this old lady is really a sweetheart, at least in my opinion, if you must In terms of value, these bottles of mine may not be worth her local eggs.

After chatting with the old lady for a while, I persuaded her to go back... After she left, I asked myself a question; if I really want to build the commercial street of Jiulongju, can I give Can vulnerable groups like old ladies provide some opportunities for easy employment?
Regarding her behavior of always coming out to pick up bottles in the middle of the night, I agree with Wang Xiaoling: I also feel very unsafe, but the old lady is indeed a bit older, and Dali is mainly based on tourism, and it can provide everything. It's some work that relies on feet. In the case of an old lady, there is no chance to find a part-time job that can subsidize the family.

I keep this matter in my heart, and I will think about it when I come back from Shanghai.

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The next day, I got up early and found a ride to Kunming Changshui International Airport on the Internet... The road was smooth, so I arrived at 11:30 noon, and I booked for the afternoon Air ticket to Shanghai at 2:[-].

After getting the boarding pass, I ate a bowl of noodles at the restaurant at the airport, and then began a long wait... Until now, I still don't have the absolute confidence to meet Ye Zhi.

I'm afraid that she's different from ordinary women, she won't accept the thick skin of men at all, and it takes a lot of courage to be thick-skinned with her... because the image of her in my heart has always been cold.

As the boarding time approached, my mood inevitably became more complicated; looking back at Shanghai, it seemed that the weather was gloomy, and my mood was not as dull as usual. The melody appeared in my mind again...

I was a little depressed, but in order to see Ye Zhi, I began to work hard to overcome all the obstacles in my heart; then I told myself that Shanghai, located in the south, is actually a city with spring and sunshine... And I should change to another place I am in a good mood to face it. After all, I am not as bad as I was a year ago. I have a career in Dali and I have regained my confidence.

My heart finally became more natural, but the melody of "Goodbye to the [-]th Century" has been lingering. Perhaps, this is not a kind of depression, but just missing Wang Lei... because she is my last memory of Shanghai .

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Four or ten minutes before boarding the plane, I received a WeChat message from Dai Qiang. He told me that he was on the train to Shanghai, and asked me when he could take Ye Zhi back to his hometown.

In fact, as far as I am concerned, I no longer have any hope of going back to the small mountain city with Ye Zhi... But for my parents and family members, this is an earnest hope.

Instead of replying to Dai Qiang's message, I went to smoke a cigarette in the specially set up smoking room...

In the process, I thought about the best and worst outcomes.

It would be best if Ye Zhi and I reconcile as before, and then we will go back to the small mountain city to spend a new year with our family, and everyone will be happy.

Worst of all, I never even got a chance to see her.

(End of this chapter)