hand in hand rebirth

The autumn sun was particularly venomous, and the asphalt pavement steamed with overwhelming heat, which made people dizzy.Gu Yuan walked on Songbainan Street for a while, his shirt was already drenched with sweat, the wet cloth was sticking to his skin, the sticky feeling made Gu Yuan frowned.

The notebook in his hand has already written down the addresses and phone numbers of many shops, and now he wants to find an air-conditioned place to sit, and it would be great if he can have a glass of iced drink.Gu Yuan licked his dry lips, suppressed his anxiety and looked around, and happened to see a large light blue signboard with a pattern of a milk tea cup on the opposite side.It's really like when someone came to deliver a pillow as soon as he fell asleep, Gu Yuan walked in without hesitation.

"Dingling!" The wind chime hanging on the door made a series of crisp and pleasant sounds. The air conditioner in the store was not turned on enough, but it was enough for Gu Yuan, who had been roasting in the sun for a long time, to sit comfortably.Wooden doors and windows, wooden tables and chairs, some books, dolls, and small potted plants are placed on the wooden bookshelves, and the pleasant smell of milk tea is rippling in the air. The cozy and relaxed atmosphere makes people not want to leave once they sit.

Gu Yuan secretly nodded with satisfaction in his heart, chose a seat by the large glass window facing the street and sat down, the waiter wearing the uniform apron in the store immediately brought over a menu with a cute milk tea cup pattern printed on it, Gu Yuan could no longer take care of it Which flavor to choose, said directly: "Give me your signature milk tea."

"Okay, please wait a moment." The waiter with the ponytail said with a smile.Turning her head to the bar and shouting: "A cup of signature milk tea, add ice!" Then she turned around and handed Gu Yuan a tissue, "I see that you are sweating profusely, you should want to drink some icy."

Gu Yuan smacked the cute waiter Yang Yang, "Thank you." This kind of service not only does not make people feel overstepped, but also has a caring feeling of being served seriously.When the milk tea was delivered, Gu Yuan couldn't wait to bite the straw and took a deep sip. The smoothness of the milk combined with the strong tea fragrance, and the chewy pearls that were sucked up from time to time were full of surprises. Feeling, drinking a glass of ice cold, Gu Yuan's whole body, from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head, felt comfortable.

After drinking a large glass easily, Gu Yuan raised his hand to greet the lovely waitress for another glass, but found that the waitress was holding the menu in her arms, staring at the small kitchen inside the bar, frowning slightly, With a preoccupied appearance, he didn't notice Gu Yuan's greeting at all.

What's going on here?Gu Yuan suspiciously followed the waitress' eyes and looked in the direction of the small kitchen.The transparent curtain used to block was lifted, and two middle-aged men of similar age came out from inside.The one walking in front was dressed in a gray suit with a briefcase in his hand. It looked like his hair had been carefully groomed and he wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. He looked like a shrewd businessman.The one behind was wearing the same apron as the waitress, the white short-sleeved shirt was covered with gray and black oil stains, and the gray hair was a little disheveled, as if it hadn't been taken care of for several days.He bowed slightly and followed behind the well-dressed man.

When the two of them walked to the door, the shrewd man turned around and said to the person behind him, "Old Lin, that's the price I can offer now. I know you're anxiously waiting for the money, so I'm willing to pay for it. Come down. You can think about it for yourself, if you figure it out, call me and we will sign a contract."

"But this price, this price is too..." The man's trembling voice contained unwillingness, anger, and more genuine begging and helplessness.

"It's useless for you to talk to me about it. It's the price. You decide whether to sell it or not." The man interrupted the man impatiently, and left without looking back after leaving such a sentence. The next man stood at the empty doorway, his hunched back was helpless and pitiful.

"Dad." The waitress hurried over and helped the middle-aged man to sit on a chair beside him. "Well, what did he say?"

"It's still the same. He won't pay any more money. If we don't agree, he will find another house." The deep wrinkles on the middle-aged man's face were full of depression and sorrow. He buried his face in his palms, looking very depressed.

"How could they do that! If it wasn't for the fact that we were waiting for the money, we would dare to open our mouths at such a low price..."

"Forget it, what can we do now, your mother's illness can't be dragged on any longer, it's rare that someone here is willing to take over the shop."

"Can……"

"Um, that, excuse me." The father and daughter's argument was interrupted by a sudden voice, the teenager shook the empty milk tea cup in his hand, and smiled harmlessly with the corners of his eyes and mouth curled up, "The signature milk tea can be given again Shall I have a drink?"

The waitress was taken aback, and wiped the suspiciously red corners of her eyes in a panic, "Okay, I'll deliver it right away, just wait a moment."

"Also, if you don't mind, can you tell me what's going on? Maybe I can help a little bit." Seemingly feeling that his request was a little too much, Gu Yuan couldn't help but feel surprised when he met the waitress' surprised gaze. The corners of his mouth twitched awkwardly.

"Anyway, it's not a good thing, you can listen to it if you want." The waitress agreed to Gu Yuan regardless of her father's hesitant gaze.Although the young man in front of her may not be able to provide any help at all, she needs an outlet to vent her complaints and resentment, and it would be good to chat with this young man.

"Oh, that's it!" "It's too much!" "Shameless!" Gu Yuan bit the straw of the milk tea while listening to the waitress tell the story indignantly, exclaiming in applause from time to time.

From the mouth of the waitress, he finally made things clear.

The name of the waitress is Zhang Ling, and the gloomy middle-aged man is his father Zhang Zhizhong. She also has a mother named Wang Shan who is currently lying in the hospital.The three members of their family are locals of Huangcheng. They originally allocated a house on Songbai Nan Street during the demolition. The couple originally thought that Songbai Nan Street would be crowded with people because of its geographical advantage close to Huaxin Street, so they pooled their money. All the savings and the area of ​​the original demolished house bought this storefront.

The husband and wife discussed to open the current milk tea shop. Who knew that Songbai Nan Street was sparsely populated, and the operation of the milk tea shop was becoming increasingly bleak. At this moment, Wang Shan suddenly passed out in the shop. After being sent to the hospital for examination, it was found that she was actually a Early gastric cancer.Surgery fees, chemotherapy fees, and a series of postoperative recovery treatments require a lot of money, and their family's current savings situation is simply difficult to cope with.

So Zhang Zhizhong planned to sell the store in his hand.However, given the current situation on Songbai South Street, it will be difficult for them to find a buyer willing to take over their store in a short while.Finally, someone with the intention to buy came, but the price offered was so low that they could not accept it.But now Wang Shan's situation is that the possibility of recovery is more likely to be recovered if the operation is performed one day earlier. The other party knows that they will be the ones who are anxious if this delays, so they insist on the low price and refuse to let go.

"Then how much is that person willing to pay?" Gu Yuan asked curiously.

Zhang Ling bit her lips, thinking that the young man in front of her would not reveal anything, and there was nothing to keep secret about this kind of thing, so she leaned over and whispered a few words in Gu Yuan's ear.Gu Yuan's eyes widened immediately, and uncontrollable depression flowed from the corners of Wei Yang's eyes, "This price."

"Isn't it the lion's mouth wide open? Isn't it decided that we are waiting for the money!" Zhang Ling's tightly clenched fist hit the table twice, her chest kept rising and falling due to anger, but after a while, the swelling The red face faded a little bit and then showed powerless paleness, "But we really can't help it, my mother's illness can't be delayed for a day, it's not a day or two if the shops on this street can't be sold, even the housing agency can't help it. Willing to take over, we can't afford to delay..."

"Uh, don't cry!" Zhang Ling looked at the tissue handed to her by the boy, touched her face, and realized that she was already in tears.She turned her face away, sobbed a bit, it's really embarrassing to cry like this in front of strangers, but in the past few days she has endured countless pressures, her mother's illness, her studies that may be interrupted at any time, and her father's sad face , she really, really...

"Perhaps I can help a little."

Zhang Ling looked up in surprise, then shook her head mockingly, "Stop joking, it's just you..."

Gu Yuan opened the notebook, wrote a series of numbers on it, and pushed it in front of Zhang Ling, "I can only offer this price. If you are willing, we can sign the contract when we meet next time." The price is not much, Say a lot less.It's a little lower than Gu Yuan's price in his mind based on a combination of many real estate agency websites, but it's definitely much more expensive than the man just now.

It was only then that Zhang Ling realized that Gu Yuan was really not joking. Looking at the string of numbers on the paper, not only her mother's expenses could be settled, but she didn't have to worry about her own tuition anymore.She stood up abruptly, and Gu Yuan watched her rush into the small kitchen quickly, and brought Zhang Zhizhong to Gu Yuan in a hurry.

"What you just said didn't lie to me, did you?"

Gu Yuan blinked, took out his wallet from his pocket, and pulled out one of his ID cards, "My name is Gu Yuan, and this is my ID card. I am a student of the Finance Department of University B. If I deceive you, you can go to Big B is looking for me."

After finally convincing the skeptical Zhang family father and daughter that they really have the will and ability to buy the store, they made an agreement with them to sign a contract and pay next week. Gu Yuan took advantage of the coolness of the setting sun to eat on the snack street I bought a bunch of Liangpi, pancakes, barbecue, oden and other snacks, and returned to school with a slightly protruding stomach in satisfaction.

In the dormitory, Zhou Wenzun and Tian Yang had already returned, and they were reviewing with their lamps on.Chu Mengxin, who was drunk, disappeared. Gu Yuan guessed that he was taken away by Liu Dongnan and Wang Songyuan, so he didn't care, and took out his textbook to preview the content of tomorrow's class.

At first, they thought that the matter of Chu Mengxin was over, but gradually, Gu Yuan and the others discovered that the matter had not been exposed so easily.