seven or seven

After living a leisurely life like a retired veteran cadre for about a week, Lan You finally didn't want to stay in such a comfortable place.

Life needs ease, but this ease should be the ease after you have fulfilled your ambition, not the enjoyment of inaction.

So from this day on, Lan You no longer just walks with his head down, but slowly looks at the recruitment outside the windows of various shops to see if there is one that suits him.

On June 6th, Lan You happened to see an advertisement on the way to the park. The cake shop was recruiting staff, the salary was not bad, and the time was right.

For Lan You, he has never tried part-time work. Since childhood, his only responsibility is to study hard.I always thought that parents and various relatives would only say to themselves, "You just need to study hard."After each exam, he will get a not-so-small reward, and usually enough money to spend, he prefers to spend his time reading and being with Fu Lin, but today, for the first time, he wants to try it. A life that has never been tried before.

He walked on the street and watched people come and go. At eight o'clock in the morning, everyone seemed to be in a hurry, and no one knew what they were thinking.They walked fast, talking on the phone as they walked, or anxiously waiting for the tram to come, and everything was running, running.It seems that he is the only one, walking aimlessly in this bustling street, stopping to appreciate the world.

If a person just runs forward all his life, misses the surrounding scenery and the people around him, and when he stands at the highest point, he feels extremely cold and lonely, is this life really worth encouraging?

Everyone has their own life, the key is not what others say, but you have to find your own rhythm, and go on.

Lan You found this cake shop named "Tangmen".This store doesn't look particularly luxurious, it's about a dozen square meters, and the counters and shelves inside are only the most basic cakes, tarts, sliced ​​bread and a few special pastries, nothing strange can be seen.

It's just that the only feature of this store is that it is located in a very prosperous area, but there is no one in the store, which is really puzzling.

Lan You walked in, turned around but couldn't find the owner or anyone else, he was about to go out, but he heard someone behind him asking, "Hi, what do you want?"

Lan You turned around and saw a gentle and handsome man, maybe it might be weird to use such words to describe a man in real life, but the man opposite him was wearing a white apron and a black and white checked shirt rolled up to his elbows, Show clean arms.He wears a white hat, has slightly long hair, smiling eyes, very simple clothes, and a neutral voice. He can be said to be a very delicate man.

"I... I'm here to apply for the job." Lan You didn't know how long this person hadn't had customers. It was really embarrassing to answer like this, but he could only bite the bullet and say this sentence.

"Oh, then wait for me."

The man was holding a whole plate of freshly baked egg tarts in his hand.He placed the egg tarts one by one in wooden tongs, arranged them neatly, and sent the baking trays to the back kitchen.When he came out, he took off his apron and led Lan You up to the second floor. It turned out that the second floor also belonged to the cake shop.Although the sparrow above is small and complete, there are two spaces separated by [-] square meters. The man took out a set of brand new clothes from the cabinet, handed them to Lan You, and told him, "Come down after changing."

Lan You took off his coat, put on the same white apron and hat as the man, smiled in the mirror, and went downstairs.

"Hello, my name is Tang En, and I'm the owner of this store. As you can see, there are very few people coming to this store, so your job is to wait for the customers to come, find out the things, collect money and replenish them in time. I may not be in the store sometimes because of something, so you have to take care of it. If there is no one, you can come to me to learn how to make cakes or pick a place for tea alone. If you encounter anything, remember to contact me. You 3000 yuan a month, eat with me at noon, I don’t think there is anything else to say, is there anything you don’t understand? You can ask me anytime.”

Lan You listened to the man explain the matter clearly in one breath and then looked at himself tenderly, suddenly felt that the boss was not as weak as he seemed, on the contrary, he seemed very strong.

A person's strength is never opposed to weakness.On the contrary, being weak is sometimes being strong. From being strong to being soft, the weak can overcome the strong. Those who pretend to be strong may only be tough on the outside, but the really strong people insist on themselves no matter what they encounter. people.

"There's no problem." After Lan You finished speaking, Tang En turned around, waved his hands very chicly, and told him, "Do it well."

Lan You still couldn't bear it, and asked, "Don't you ask me anything? Work experience, personal education? Are there any conditions?"

The man said without turning his head, "I believe that if you are willing, you will be a good clerk. As for the others, it has nothing to do with me. I don't want to inquire about privacy."

Looking at his back, Lan You suddenly felt that he seemed to have found the right job.

This person is really not an ordinary person.

At the end of the first day of work, Lan You tried to discuss with Tang En to make the salary a daily settlement, but Tang En didn't respond. He took out 100 yuan from the drawer and handed it to him, along with a box of baked goods today Egg tarts are used as a meeting gift.

At 05:30 in the afternoon, Lan You walked out of Tangmen with an egg tart in his hand and the first money he earned from his personal labor in his pocket.

He looked at the traffic, and remembered the cake shop he was in. When he turned his head, he saw Tang En leaning on the door and watching him leave.His slightly long chestnut hair was stained by the setting sun, and he couldn't see his facial features clearly, but he could still feel a smile and tenderness.

Tang En waved his hand slightly towards him as a signal, and then he turned to the other side, where a tall man in a silver-gray suit was walking towards Tang En.That person seemed to be like an iceberg of ten thousand years, far away, his back was straight, and his aura made people feel very oppressive. Instead, when he walked in front of Boss Tang En, that person's expression suddenly softened, like a spring breeze , but that's all.

What a strange person.

However, in this world, who doesn't wear a mask to survive?We can only show the truest side to the people we trust the most, and even, we don't want anyone to see it.

Lan You was standing on the street stained by the setting sun, when he suddenly heard a child beside him tell his mother, "I want to go to the amusement park."

Lan You also remembered that he hadn't been to an amusement park for a long time.

Originally, I made an agreement with that person to go there every other month, but now, I can only go there by myself.

Twenty minutes later, Lan You sat on the merry-go-round with an egg tart in his hand, chasing after his eternally shining obsession.

Everything happened, but it seemed as if it never existed. I vaguely remember that a certain person agreed with me to ride the carousel with me all the time, and now only I am alone on the unicorn.

What he does is an unlimited time ticket, basically you can stay here as long as you want, up to 24 hours.

At night, the neon lights are shining, the merry-go-round is playing the rhythm of the music box, the eyes of the unicorn are stained with tears, and the whole amusement park is very lively.Against the background of colorful lights, a teenager is eating a cold egg tart in the corner.

The last egg tart was filled with purple sweet potato, with a big smiling face painted on it with chocolate sauce. Lan You ate the last bite and continued to sit on the carousel.

Ordinary people would choose to buy a pass and enjoy many activities, but Lanyou himself only plays the carousel.

When he was a child, his biggest dream was to be able to sit on that white unicorn every time he was on vacation, but his parents always rejected him by saying "don't let him be pampered, he will be disobedient in the future".

Later, as he got older, he also had a lot of disposable money in his hand, enough to go to many places to ride the carousel.

But when he happily sat on the carousel, the fun in his childhood was gone. Now he has become a habit of riding on the merry-go-round, but he can no longer find the love he once had.

Lan You opened his arms and closed his eyes, as if he was a free bird flying continuously.

If my wings can take you away from this land and settle in a small place, then everything will be different.

No one knows us and no one bothers us.

We will have a small wooden house with a small yard surrounded by a fence. Various vegetables are grown in the front of the house, and chickens are raised in the back. I sit in a rocking chair and read a book, and the cat sleeps peacefully on my stomach, snoring motionlessly. , you are bathing the "nagging" we support, he seems disobedient, splashing water all over your body, I laugh behind your back, you are not annoyed, just look back at me, time freezes.

But we can't.

If I had a pair of wings, I would be bullied by monsters, maybe even more serious, I would be kept in a sterile environment and subjected to various experiments until after my death, I would be dissected and my body would be released forever In the exhibition hall for people to enjoy group photos, everything is as it should be.

They just want to be a gregarious adult, not a childish me.

That night, Lan You went back early, he cooked a table of dishes for his parents and waited for them to come back for dinner.

The orange light shines on the dining table, the aroma of food spreads in the air, the sofa is soft, the kitchen is very warm, everything seems to be very beautiful.

When the parents came back, they seemed to be a little shocked. They might think that they were so rebellious, how could they become such good children?

However, I wasn't rebellious, it was my decision, but I couldn't say it, if I said it, it would be wrong.

Lan You no longer thinks about fighting, he tries to erase everything and let everything start from now.

At the dinner table, the parents stopped ignoring him and asked him a question or two. Everything seemed so harmonious, so harmonious that it didn't look like a family.

After eating, Lan You took out the cake he bought from the store for his parents to eat. There seemed to be some expectation in the eyes of his parents. Staring at him naked like that, Lan You turned his head away in embarrassment. He sighed bitterly.

That night, Lan You slept very well. I don't know if it was the sudden labor that made him tired, or he had been strong for too long and he was tired.

In his sleep, he seemed to dream of someone chasing him on a merry-go-round. He looked at that person and smiled.

He said to him: "Fu Lin, you see, even without you, I can live well."

Everything is fine without you.

From this day on, Lan You got up at 06:30 every morning, rode his bike to the park after having breakfast at home, practiced calligraphy with the uncle for two hours, and then rode his bike to Tangmen.

Life suddenly filled up, and that familiar name was never mentioned again.

everything will get better.

Lan You worked in Tangmen for most of the day every day. He entertained people when there were people. If there was no one, he would go to the back kitchen to find Tang En. Watching him researching new cakes seemed to be very serious.

He is meticulous in his work, and the same is true for placing a blueberry. There is an unknown light shining in his eyes, which seems to be very powerful.

Lan You watched Tang En take a sip of his newly made blueberry yam osmanthus cake, he frowned, let Lan You have a taste without saying a word, and waited for his evaluation.

"Boss, I think this should be sweeter..."

"Oh, how about a half honey cake? It's not too sweet and not too greasy, so it should be delicious."

He tilted his chin in thought, with no expression on his face.

"Boss... can I ask a question?"

"Just ask."

"Our store doesn't have too many customers, why do you insist on opening the store every day and researching new products?"

Tang En let out a "huh" and said without thinking, "Because making cakes is what I like. Opening a shop is just an additional product. Being able to do what you like is something to be happy about. What else should I care about?" of it."

He said it was simple, but it caused waves in Lan You's heart.

What was originally important in Lan You's heart seemed to be shattered by his light words.

It is also true that everything is very simple as he said.

"Do what you want to do" itself has a great charm, not to get some rewards, to get some rewards.

It is precisely because of this that some people have been doing charity for ten years, and some people have been anonymously donating money to impoverished mountainous areas.

Everything, many things do not need results.

You still can't see through, maybe it's not because you think wrongly, but because you think too much.

The world itself is very simple, but you dare not think too complicated.

I don't know if you have thought about this matter.

No.20 Tian Lanyou went to Tangmen, but found that the gate was closed. He took the key Tang En gave him to open the door, but saw him being pushed out in a wheelchair.

The man behind him was still dressed in a formal suit, with no expression on his face. Behind the eyes framed by gold wire, his eyes were frighteningly cold.

Tang En said to the person behind him, "Brother, let me have a few words with him", and the person said with an uneasy expression, "Then I'll go up and get your things for you", leaving room for them.

"Boss, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, it's an old problem." Tang En still hooked the corners of his mouth slightly, as if everything had nothing to do with him.

"This is yours, I'm leaving, goodbye!"

Lan You took the red envelope from Tang En, watched the man go downstairs, and pushed Tang En away.

He watched them drift away, watched them get into the car, and watched Tang En, the boss he might never see again.

He seemed to have a lot of questions, but they were stuck in his throat and he could only hold the red envelope and keys tightly in his hands. Before they left, he must have something to say.

Tang En watched him running, opened the car door and asked him, "Is there anything else?"

Lan You stared at Tang En's face, he didn't want to forget this person.

Time seemed to stand still, Lan You and Tang En's expressions did not change, but the man sitting next to Tang En raised his head and looked at him without saying a word.

I don't know how long, probably a long time.

He asked, "Then do you still make cakes?"

Tang En smiled easily, "I will. We should not abandon what we love. If we love to the point where we don't love it, we have to let it go. Say goodbye again."

"Goodbye!" Lan You said to Tang En, closed the car door for him, and watched him leave.

Lan You told himself, don’t leave the six-year-old dream until the age of 20, what is lost will never be made up for, no matter how much time and money you spend, the past is the past.

And Tang En told him, don't leave the dream of 20 years old to 40 years old, even if the final destination is death, don't give up the hope of life, especially the hope of this moment.

On the way back, Lan You went to the amusement park again.

He thought that he would never use this place to search for lost childhood dreams and teenage thoughts, because he had found something more worth fighting for.

He stood outside the amusement park, watching the people coming and going, the children clamoring for candy, the girlfriend pestering her boyfriend to take a picture on the photo, and the family of three quietly eating hamburgers and fries in the restaurant.

He opened the red envelope, inside was a piece of paper with a big smiling face drawn on it, and a sentence underneath.

"Even if darkness covers the earth, we must firmly believe that there must be no dawn that never breaks."

Below is the word "Tang En". The name he wrote is neat, but it is elegant and unrestrained, just like others, making people feel like a spring breeze and strong.

And those who have passed, let him pass quietly!

In the future, there are still many things waiting for me.

If you can only be dazzled by pain and sorrow forever, you are doomed to find no way back.

That night, Lan You made desserts for his parents and put them in the refrigerator. After eating, he went back to his room and wrote a rare ten words in his diary.

It's hard to calm down with cold eyes and flowing water.