demons lurk beside you

Chen Zhixian watched Brother Jiang close his eyes, knowing that he was a little tired, so he stood up straight.He sighed, walked up to Youzhong, and said, "Youzhong, you see, as long as we have a performance, we will always be so tired. Isn't it just to save this little money, do you think it's worth it?"

Yan Youzhong put his arms around his shoulders and said, "I think I'm more tired than you, aren't you just making fun of yourself?"

"Get out! Do you think you won't be tired of laughing at the audience and doing those funny moves? Besides, I've been doing this for more than a year, and I have to laugh for no reason every day, like a crazy person, bah! "Chen Zhixian took a sip to the side, then shook his shoulder and broke free from You Zhong's arm.

"Why do you complain so much? If you don't like it, why are you still here?" Yan Youzhong said angrily.

"Do you think I want to? If I don't do it, what else can I do?" Chen Zhixian said helplessly, then walked to the empty chair on the other side, sat down, and started to feel sorry for himself.

He did not go to college, nor did he learn any crafts. He thinks he is still a humorous man, so he chose to be a clown and perform with the team.

However, after working for more than a year, he found that his salary was not enough for his own expenses, or he did not plan well at all, spent a lot of money, and loved to gamble, which led to today's economic difficulties.

"You Zhong, do you have any money? Lend me some." When Chen Zhixian thought of this, he raised his head and asked You Zhong, but he just said so casually, never thinking whether the other party would agree For myself, it's just a matter of luck.

Sure enough, You Zhong rejected him without even thinking about it, saying: "I have no money, so don't ask me for it!"

At this moment, Brother Jiang, who was closing his eyes, spoke, and he said lightly: "If you don't want to do it anymore, you can go, don't keep yelling here. Or I can speak for you and Brother Peng, Let him pay you today's wages directly."

"No, no, that's not what I mean. I need this job more than any of you, so I'm just talking about it. Oh, don't say it, if Brother Peng hears it, he must be They will drive me away." Chen Zhixian said hastily after hearing this.

He didn't want to leave at this time.He hasn't found a job yet, if he is fired like this, where can he find money?

Therefore, the words that came out became a little softer, and then I didn't dare to say anything more.

A few people rested in the backstage afterwards, and only the other temporary workers were busy packing up their things.Seeing that it was getting late and everyone was getting more and more sleepy, Chen Zhixian quietly came to Brother Jiang again at this time, and asked in a low voice: "Brother Jiang, why hasn't Brother Peng shown up yet? When will the salary be paid?" Woolen cloth."

"I don't know, just be patient." Brother Jiang still closed his eyes, unwilling to even open them to look at him.

Just after the two finished talking, they saw You Zhong hurriedly approaching them, and said to them: "Okay, Big Brother Peng let us all go over and say we're getting paid!"

"Okay, I'll go right away!" Chen Zhixian's eyes immediately lit up when he heard the words "payment of salary", then he stood up and ran towards the van.

Everyone followed in his footsteps and came to brother Peng's side together.I saw that he handed out envelopes one by one to everyone according to their names, and Brother Jiang and the others also took their own wages for tonight.

"I finally got the money, let's go have a good meal tomorrow!" Chen Zhixian said happily while counting his salary.

Except for him, everyone else was so happy that they opened their mouths and laughed, and then the group left the park and went to the nearest cheap hotel.

On the other side, after Xiao Kai received his salary, he couldn't help laughing.He quickly sent a message to Xiaojun, saying: "Aha, I finally got my salary. Let's go out together tomorrow afternoon, and I'll buy you a drink."

After waiting for a long time, seeing that Xiaojun's message still did not come in, he put his phone in his trouser pocket, and then walked towards home.

It wasn't until he arrived at the door that he received Xiaojun's message.

"Let's talk about it tomorrow, are you home yet?"

"Just arrived." After Xiaokai sent this message to Xiaojun, he opened the door and entered the house.

He quietly crossed the living room, then came to the bathroom, took a shower casually, and then lay on the bed.When he picked up his salary, he did the math, and there was actually 500 yuan, which made him so happy that he could even have a good dream when he slept.

After all, 500 yuan is a lot for a junior high school student.

"Xiaojun, I got 500 yuan here, what do you want to drink, I will treat you tomorrow!" Xiaokai was so happy that he sent Xiaojun another message.

"Come on, the 500 yuan seems to make you happy! But since you want to invite me, then I have to drink the most expensive milk tea! Haha!" After Xiao Jun sent the message, Xiao Kai also laughed up.

"It's okay, you can drink as much as you want. Anyway, my brothers haven't eaten or drank well for a long time. It doesn't matter what you want to eat. Besides, I will have a performance tomorrow, and the salary will be given to me at night." I'll settle the bill, so don't save money for me!" Xiao Kai typed quickly on the phone.When he thought about the extra money he could get in these two weeks, it felt like a dream.

Xiaokai comes from a well-to-do family, and his parents usually don’t give him much money, so this is the first time he has earned money from his own work, which makes him feel a sense of accomplishment, and at the same time taste a little bit of sweetness, and feel a little pride.

Look, he, Xiao Kai, can save money for himself, so he doesn't have to beg his parents to buy him anything he wants in the future.

The more he thought about it, the happier he became, and he fell asleep like this without knowing it, and he didn't even read the message Xiaojun sent him later.

"Xiao Kai, you are happy if you are happy, but I think you should stop doing such a dangerous performance."

Xiaojun held the phone for a long time, and seeing that Xiaokai never replied, he sighed softly, then put the phone beside the bed, thought about things for a while, and then fell into a deep sleep.

The members of the magic troupe came to a villa in Longshi. Chen Zhixian looked at the villa and saw that it was a little gloomy, so he frowned and said, "I thought Brother Peng would treat us well this time and let us stay in a hotel, but it turned out that it was Still huddled in a villa with you stinky men."

"If you think we are stinky, then don't live here and sleep outside the house." Brother Jiang jumped off the truck at this time and walked towards the villa.

"Haha, I'm just joking... Hey, wait for me!" Seeing that no one wanted to talk to him, Chen Zhixian immediately picked up his backpack and quickly caught up with them.

Afterwards, everyone chose the bedroom at will, and took turns to take a bath. After a while, they all gathered in the bedroom, lay down in disorder and fell asleep.

Only Brother Jiang walked to the window sill of the villa, lit a cigarette again, and started smoking.

Youzhong saw him getting up in the dark, but he himself was not asleep, so he came to his side slowly and asked, "What's the matter? Are you homesick?"

Brother Jiang turned his head to look at You Zhong, and asked, "Why aren't you asleep?"

"Not asleep." You Zhong immediately stood beside him and looked out the window.

"Well, I didn't fall asleep either." Brother Jiang smoked slowly, squinting at the darkness outside the house.

"It's always like this on the first day when you come to a strange town, and you can't fall asleep." You Zhong said with some emotion as he looked at the dark night.

"Why don't you marry yet?" Brother Jiang suddenly asked after taking a puff of cigarette.

"I don't have any money, how can I marry a wife and have children?" You Zhong sighed immediately, then reached out to Brother Jiang and said, "Do you still have cigarettes? Give me some too."

Brother Jiang lowered his head and took out a pack of cigarettes from his trouser pocket, and handed it to You Zhong.

After Youzhong smoked a cigarette, he leaned over to the lighter that brother Jiang handed over, and lit a cigarette immediately, and the curling white mist surrounded their faces circle after circle.

Two big men stood silently by the window sill.After smoking for a while, You Zhong said, "Brother Jiang, Mr. Zhixian borrowed money from you, so don't lend it to him this time."

"Why?" Brother Jiang asked.

"He likes to gamble very much. You lent it to him, and he will spend it all soon." You Zhong said.

"Hmm." Brother Jiang just responded in a low voice, but he didn't have the opportunity to continue.

It wasn't until both of them finished smoking their cigarettes that Brother Jiang asked, "Do you think we should discuss it with Brother Peng?"

"What? Discuss what?" You Zhong asked with wide-eyed eyes.

He had never seen Brother Jiang mention discussing matters with Boss Peng.Although they haven't known each other for a long time, in his perception, Brother Jiang is always doing his own performance silently, without saying a word.

However, today he suddenly mentioned it.

"Discuss salary." Brother Jiang said in a deep voice.

"Brother Jiang, don't listen to that guy Zhixian talking nonsense. If he wants to get more salary, let him talk to Boss Peng himself, and we will ignore him." You Zhong said with a frown, really not understanding why Jiang Brother also began to raise the issue of salary.

"Well, go to sleep." Brother Jiang walked from the window to his place in the room.Later, he turned around again and asked in a low voice, "By the way, have you learned the magic trick I taught you?"

You Zhong smiled and said, "No, how could I learn such a profound truth so quickly? Go to sleep."

Brother Jiang nodded without saying a word, and lay down with his clothes on like this, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

After watching him fall asleep, Youzhong shook his head, then lay down, looked at the ceiling, and sighed.

***

"Boss, everything has been dealt with." At this moment, a man's voice said in the dark.

"Well, are you sure everything has been dealt with?" The person known as the boss asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, everything has been dealt with, but..." The man fell silent afterward, not knowing whether he should continue.

"But what?" asked the boss.

"Someone in the team mentioned the salary issue. They seem to be dissatisfied and want more." The man put his hands behind his back and stood at the door. Under the moonlight, he saw that his boss's face was always indifferent .

"Then follow their wishes and add 200 yuan per person." The boss said.

"Okay boss." The man nodded and said respectfully.

"If there is nothing else, you can go out first." The boss whispered.

"Yes!" The man agreed, and then wanted to turn around and leave the room.

Unexpectedly, I heard the other party say: "Wait."

"What's wrong?" The man turned around again and asked.

"The boy named Xiaokai, give him another 500 yuan." The boss said slowly with his back to the man.

"Okay!" The man agreed, then turned and left.

The man looked at the darkness outside the window, his eyes showing a cruel look.However, what he didn't know was that under his ferocious gaze, there were infinitely complicated emotions hidden. .