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Rain is the most terrible thing in the weather in March, because spring has not yet fully arrived, and the flowers and plants that should be blooming have not yet adapted to the scene of spring, and it rained again in the cold weather. With a bit of piercing cold.

Lin Chi covered the top of his head with his hands, and he hid in the canopy propped up by a cafe facing the street.People sitting in the cafe drinking warm coffee look through the glass window at Lin Qiao standing against the wall to hide from the rain.As if feeling the gaze from inside the house, Lin Qian moved aside tactfully, instead of standing in front of the glass window, blocking the eyes of the leisurely guests in the cafe enjoying the spring rain.

Standing at the base of the wall, he peeked into the cafe quietly through the glass window from the corner of his eye, and saw the steaming coffee, just as a gust of rain blew over, making him shiver.

Lin Chi was thinking about this month's living expenses in his mind, and it seemed that there was not enough for him to buy a cup of coffee as an excuse to go into the cafe to escape the rain and the cold.

He didn't go home during the Spring Festival not long ago, because his family knew about his suspension of school, so he couldn't justly tell his reasons for his suspension in front of his family, saying that he didn't like the school major that brought him a bright future. Said that he wanted to have a dream, said that he wanted to pursue what he wanted, so he gave up his major in a popular university and became a handicraft apprentice who began to endure time.This may not be a complete reason for his parents to calmly accept his current situation, but it sounds like an inducement for the two elders to have a heart attack.

However, without the support of his family, Lin Chen is not discouraged at all, because he is an adult, and he should get rid of the ruts of this world and pursue what he wants.He has been disciplined since he was a child, and he has been assembled and operated on a machine like the school for 18 years like a nut, without rebellion or resistance.He doesn't want to be a hollow nut, he wants to be a solid, unpolished hard stone, stubborn and disobedient, but solid in his hand.So even if he is hiding under the awning of this cafe facing the street in embarrassment and shamelessness, even if he lives in poverty every month, he still feels satisfied. Who told him to be a hard rock that is deaf to reality.

Another gust of wind blew over, bringing the rain into the collar of his clothes, his body trembling with the wind, the biting cold was as refreshing as the cruel reality in the world, but Lin Qu was optimistic, he shrank his neck from the cold, and then Stretching out his hand to catch the raindrops dripping under the awning, the raindrops touched his fingertips and were about to flow into his cuffs along his palms. Lin Qiao thought of his current life in annoyance.

The small attic he rented has not yet paid the water and electricity bills, and there are still ten days left in this month, but he only has four packs of instant noodles left. After all, he will be hungry for a few days, but he is still optimistic, with rain in his hand, thinking of In the words of the old man, one spring rain and one warm.Therefore, even if life is difficult, he still feels that after the cold rain, it will start to warm up. The weather is, life is, and so is his stalled craftsmanship.

Through a glass window, Lin Qian heard the discussions of leisurely guests inside, "Look at the watch he is wearing, is it a limited edition that was published in a previous magazine?"

"It looks like it. But where did he get this watch? Besides, if he has money to buy this watch, why should he stand outside to hide from the rain?"

Lin Chi retracted his hands, and then pulled down his sleeves to cover the watch. This was a coming-of-age gift specially given to him by his grandfather years ago. The watch looked calm and calm, and it didn't look right on his thin wrist. But Lin Chi liked it very much. The heavy watch had two small dials embedded in the big dial, and the hands on the dials were ticking. Looking at it, there was a nervous feeling of walking to a new starting line.

Fortunately, the discussion didn't stay on him for long. Lin Chen pricked up his ears to listen, and the topic seemed to have changed.

"Hey, look at that man. Why are you in such a mess?"

"Which one?"

"Here, that's the one, the one with a lot of luggage walking in the rain."

Lin Chi turned his head and glanced through the glass window, wanting to know which person they were talking about. Turning his head, he happened to see a guest pointing out his hand. He also followed the direction the guest pointed, and happened to see the guitar on his back. Holding an electronic organ in one hand and a suitcase in the other, the young man walked in the rain.He looked even more embarrassed than Lin Yue with half-wet hair.

Lin Chi looked at the people dragging their suitcases in the rain wearing leather jackets and pants, and looked down at the thick padded jacket he was wearing. Although it was beginning of spring, it was now the time when the year after the year was turning cold, especially when it was still raining, and the damp cold air with bones.Lin Qiu looked at the person walking in the rain, wondering how cold it must be for him walking in the rain like this.Thinking this way, when I looked up, I saw people walking in the rain. The steering wheel of the suitcase got stuck in the cracks between the stone bricks. In order to show the uniqueness of this style street, it is paved with bluestones that look unique. brick.

Lin Chi looked at the person stuck in the middle of the road, and was considering whether to go forward to help him, when he hesitated, he saw the shoulder strap of the guitar bag slipped off the person's back.He saw the man shaking his head, and then freed his hand to pull the guitar bag on his back. With this move, the suitcase fell to the ground. The man was still holding the piano in his other hand, and he couldn't squat at all. Down.

Lin Chen froze on the spot, he was really beaten into a stone this time, and was hit by the rain that was sent flying by the movement of the man shaking his head.He vaguely heard the unscrupulous laughter of the people watching the jokes in the glass window behind him, which made Lin Qiu curl his lips in displeasure.When the man shook his head, Lin Chi could clearly see his eyes covered by the wet and slumped hair.

With a sound of "Boom", Lin Chen came back to his senses, and it was the electronic organ in the man's hand that fell to the ground.When Lin Chi saw this, he immediately rushed into the rain to help.

He helped to pick up the Qin that fell on the ground, turned around, the man had already pushed the suitcase that was stuck in the crevice of the stone, and he took the Qin from Lin Qiu without even saying a word of thanks, and continued toward the go forward.

Lin Chen was stunned for a long time, then turned to chase after him, and said to him, "Ning Fei, do you still remember me?"

The head-on raindrops slapped on the face, Lin Quandong's cheeks were stiff, not to mention the raindrops blocked the line of sight, even if the opposite side was standing so close, Lin Quandong's shaking body and the white air coming out of his mouth blurred the vision of both sides.

Ning Fei raised his head and frowned, his eyes passed through the hazy fog, and he glanced perfunctorily at the person who was chasing him.Even though he couldn't open his eyes because of the rain, Lin Qiao still saw the rain running down Ning Fei's temples, along the jawline, to the tip of his chin. , During the development process, there is a process of facial swelling, so it is very recognizable.It's just that the eyes have changed. The stubbornness in the eyes when I was a child has now become playful, and the frivolous eyes are lingering on Lin Qiu.Lin Chen paused in his heart and avoided his gaze.When Ning Fei looked away, he accidentally glanced at the watch on his wrist, and the corner of his mouth curled up, and then Lin Qiu heard Ning Fei say, "I don't remember."

Lin Chi was hit hard on the head by this sentence, and when he came back to his senses, he was still standing in the rain. The man who was pulling the suitcase was gone, and there were only some broken leaves wet by the rain and broken leaves scattered on the ground. There is something red in the leaves.Lin Chi looked down and saw the lighter with a red plastic case on the ground, picked it up, and before he could look carefully, his body shivered.The clamminess all over his body reminded him to go back quickly and take a bath to warm his body.

It's a pity that when Lin Chi returned to the small attic he rented, he realized that he couldn't take a comfortable bath because he hadn't paid the utility bill.Lin Chi had no choice but to take off the wet clothes on his bed, fill a hot water bottle, wrap himself in a quilt and sit on the bed, facing the only window in the attic, holding up the red lighter in his hand to look.

It's the kind of lighter that costs two yuan each in a small supermarket.The difference is that the three words "Happy Garden" are printed on the red plastic shell of this lighter.

Happy Garden?Is it a bar?

Lin Chi guessed that there was the sound of the subway passing by outside the window.The back of the building where Lin Chen lives is not far from the subway station. Around the exit of the subway station, there are many fly restaurants. At night, the restaurants become lively. Passing taxi drivers, porters, and The pedestrians who had just come out of the subway station made the street behind it bustling and noisy, which also made Lin Chen not able to sleep well at night.Lin Qiu fell on the bed wrapped in a quilt, held the lighter in front of his eyes, and whispered the words on the lighter, "Happy Garden."

When Ning Fei rushed to the bar with his luggage, Jiang Ze, the bartender who was standing at the counter and was wiping his glass, looked at Ning Fei gloatingly, "Why, have you been kicked out again?"

Ning Fei put down her luggage, and walked towards the bar with a wet body, "Don't talk nonsense, give me smoke and fire."

Jiang Ze gave him a cigarette, "Do you want to live in the staff lounge again?"

Ning Fei glanced at Jiang Ze, "Where's the lighter?"

Jiang Ze looked at Ning Fei impatiently, "Don't you have one?"

Ning Fei said indifferently, "I lost it."

Jiang Ze shook his head, gave him a new one, and watched him light up the cigarette, "Don't stay in the staff lounge for too long, or the boss will scold you, how long will you go back after this quarrel? "

Ning Fei shrugged, "I don't know, maybe I can't go back to live."

Jiang Ze continued to wipe the cup in his hand, "Then you have to spend some time to find the next one, so that you can have a place to live."

Ning Fei raised the corner of his mouth, took a puff of cigarette, and slowly exhaled a smoke ring. Before the smoke ring dissipated by itself, he stretched out his hand to disperse it first, "If you don't hold it, don't worry about it. When will I miss Ning Fei?"

Jiang Ze smiled and shook his head when he heard his words, "You'd better be able to rely on your face to eat soft food for the rest of your life."

When Lin Chen got up the next morning, he caught a cold as expected. He sniffed and rushed to the studio in a daze. The only thing that made him feel relieved was that after yesterday's rain, today is a sunny day.Lin Chi went out and saw the big sun, took a deep breath with a smile, said to himself, every day is getting better, and then hurried to the studio.

Apprentice Lin Chi's studio is in a bookstore in a shopping mall. There is a gift section in the bookstore. The studio he is going to is just behind the gift section. There is a windowless workshop with several workbenches like repairing clocks. , In fact, it is a music box, and customers can customize music boxes and other handicrafts.He is now learning to make music boxes from his master.

But Lin Chi is still just cleaning the small wooden boards for the master craftsmen, not even the level of laying hands. Sometimes he helps draw the blueprint of the outer box of the music box that the customer wants to order.Lin Chen was in the studio again today with sandpaper to wipe the outer box of the music box made by the master craftsmen all morning, until there were barbs all over the edges of his nails.

When he was taking a lunch break, Lin Quan sat in front of the workbench and pulled out the barb on his hand. He accidentally tore off a piece next to the nail, and it bled a little.Master Xu, who was in charge of taking him, met and gave Lin Yue a band-aid, "This is how handicrafts work. Protect your hands carefully."

Lin Chi took the band-aid, nodded and put it on for himself, and heard Master Xu say, "Don't tear it up, rest for a while. Go back at night and buy some glycerin to wipe your hands."

Lin Chen has a well-behaved face, and usually does his work in a down-to-earth manner. After listening to the master's note, he has always agreed to it. Now, hearing Master Xu's concern, he also raised his head and smiled at Master Xu, and replied, "Understood, thank you, Master. .”

Master Xu knew that he was not a lively character, he neither showed off his tongue nor complained, he was just a kind of obedient kid. To be honest, the master craftsman didn't like a kid with a delicate face like Lin Que, and it seemed that he couldn't bear the hardship. .But because Lin Chen has been working hard since he came here, and his face looks younger than his actual age, so the masters are always willing to give him extra care.Seeing that Lin Chen could still talk to him with a smile, Master Xu felt relieved and went out to smoke by himself.

The other two masters had been bored in this windowless studio for a whole morning, and they all went out to relax and breathe, only Lin Qian was left.Lin Chen saw that he was alone in the studio, and was about to take out his cell phone to have a look. Actually, he didn't have many friends, and his cell phone seldom rang automatically, because no one contacted him.Now, in order to avoid his parents, he changed his mobile phone number, and no one contacted him anymore, but his cousin Lin Yao would occasionally send him text messages to inform him about the situation at home.Lin Chi took out his pocket, but he couldn't find the phone, but he found a lighter first. He took out the red lighter and looked at it. The first thing he saw was the word "Happy Garden".

Ning Fei slept until noon and then walked out of the staff lounge with her flip flops. There was no one in the bar at noon, and only Jiang Ze at the bar was holding the wine list on the opposite shelf.

Ning Fei yawned and sat down on the bar, squinted his eyes, and made fun of him, "Your bar, you work so hard." After speaking, she turned to look at the corridor at the gate.

Jiang Ze held the wine list and looked at the wine on the shelf without looking back, "It's not that everyone is fooling around like you, let me check the wine, it will be faster to pour wine for the guests, work faster, and save myself some effort Come down and practice bartending secretly. When I pass the exam as a senior bartender, I can make more money in the future. If I make more money, his life will be easier. If I can pass the exam smoothly, help him prop up this bar That's it. That's the only dream I have."

Ning Fei scoffed at the word dream, and said in a frivolous and disrespectful tone, "Okay, you are amazing people who live hard with dreams in mind. Applause."

Jiang Ze put down the wine list in his hand, and looked back at Ning Fei, "Ning Fei, it's not a good idea to go on like this, there is no tomorrow. Have you ever thought about..."

"No." Ning Fei interrupted Jiang Ze unceremoniously, and continued to stare at the door of the bar, watching the sunlight outside shine into the dimly decorated bar. He asked, "Is it sunny today?"

Jiang Ze followed his gaze to the gate, "Well, yes, what's wrong?"

Ning Fei didn't answer him, but squinted at the sunlight coming in from the door, and could see the fine dust rising up in the light.Ning Fei thought, it shouldn't be, he thought that the person in the rain yesterday would come to him, and he clearly called out his name.Ning Fei has no impression of that skinny little idiot, but he seems to know him very well, he should have seen him somewhere, and he has a deep impression on him, so he never forgets him.Then why don't you come to find yourself?Is it because the name of the bar on the lighter is not obvious enough, or is it because I didn't know yesterday's sentence was too hurtful?

Ning Fei was a little unsure this time, thinking that he had played hard to get too much?

Angrily, he grabbed the hair on the back of his head and said to Jiang Ze, "Give me a cigarette."

Jiang Ze looked at him, "Ning Fei, you have to refrain from smoking, at least you rely on your throat to eat."

Ning Fei was most annoyed by Jiang Ze nagging at him, waved his hand, got up and went back to the lounge to sleep for a while, "Stop smoking!"

Jiang Ze shouted at Ning Fei's back, "Ning Fei, remember to sing five songs on stage today, and you don't have any other places to run, so you won't be happy if you are perfunctory to the boss."

Ning Fei didn't turn around, just raised his hand and waved it casually, Jiang Ze didn't know if he agreed or not.

After Lin Chen got off work, he was the only one left in the studio, and he was finally responsible for cleaning.After sweeping the floor, he straightened up and stretched, put his hands in his pockets and felt for the lighter in his pocket again, took it out, and touched the three words on the lighter with his thumb, do you want to find him?He doesn't even remember himself, how can he forget himself.Lin Chi pursed his lips, suddenly a little frustrated.

Ning Fei was sitting in front of the bar, turning his chair around, his eyes sweeping towards the gate from time to time, and Jiang Ze, who was busy pouring wine, asked him, "Who are you waiting for? The one who is waiting to kick you out" Come to beg you to go back? I think it is more reliable for you to go back and beg her."

Ning Fei stepped on the ground to stop the spinning chair, and looked at Jiang Ze, "Who said that I waited for her, it was just a romantic relationship, and the agreed well water would not violate the river water, but she always touched my eyebrows." The whole world, like my wife, has to take care of everything, she just threw my things out, so I don't have to listen to her suspiciously asking me where I went all day long."

"You eat and live with other people, and they still give you money, why can't she take care of you?" Seeing that Ning Fei frowned, Jiang Ze quickly changed his words, "Then you didn't wait for anyone, so hurry up Go on stage and get ready, now that there are so many guests coming, you have to go to the heat.”

Ning Fei picked up the guitar and stood up, "I begged her to give me the money? It's her own pleasure." After speaking, she walked to the stage.

When Lin Chen came back to his senses, he was already standing at the door of this bar called Happy Garden.It was the first time he came to this kind of place, looking at the neon signboard at the door, he swallowed twice, the three words "Happy Garden" flashing on the signboard reminded Lin Chi of the spider cave in Journey to the West that he watched on TV when he was a child, Twinkle, twinkle, colorful, go in but don't know how to eat people waiting for the monster.

"Stay out of the way!" Standing at the door and looking up at the signboard, Lin Qu was pushed by someone who came up from behind, and he staggered and was pushed aside.The men and women who pushed him away from behind looked back at Lin Qian before entering the bar, and then twitched the corners of their mouths in a mockery, obviously laughing at him as a country bumpkin.

Lin Chen turned sideways to the corner, not daring to look at the well-dressed men and women smiling at him, and lowered his head to look at his regular attire with burning ears, a little afraid of entering this "spider hole".Lifting his right foot and twisting the direction, his body followed his toes to change the direction and planned to leave, but as soon as he twisted his body, he remembered Ning Fei's appearance in the rain.

"I thought you didn't come to see me because you had a good life."

However, what Lin Chen saw yesterday clearly told him that this was not the case.

Lin Chi clutched the lighter in his hand, looking for an excuse that he thought he could fool. He must return something that he picked up from someone else.

Thinking this way, he finally braved up and entered the bar.