desolate

A few days after the hot pot supper, which happened to be the only two-day holiday this month, Andy Hua brought the friend he mentioned to see Pei Ye.

Several people are not very old. According to Hua Tsai's introduction, they are all his classmates when he was in vocational high school.

Pei Ye glanced around and found that these people were obviously of student age, but they had an expression of "I'm the most embarrassing in the world" and were wearing branded goods of unknown authenticity.He had seen a lot of people like this in Pingjiang, but he didn't expect to see them here too.

However, when he was looking at others, others were also looking at him.

The green hair in the lead was wearing a red jacket, like a skinny carrot: "Can he do it? Don't ruin my car."

Hua Zai patted his chest and said, "Okay, why not, his father is a driver, and he has been learning since he was a child."

Pei also gave him a sideways glance.

Why does this guy open his eyes and talk nonsense without typing the draft.

A few unscrupulous high school students looked over, and Pei Ye nodded without blushing.

"Then you change one first, and I'll give you the money after the change."

This still questioned Pei Ye's technique.

But he didn't say anything, and after negotiating the price, he pushed his car away.

After Hua Tsai sent his classmates away, he returned to the courtyard of the dormitory and found that Pei had already started playing around.

"This is the beginning?"

"Look first."

Pei Ye touched around with his hands, then turned around and said to Hua Tsai, "It's not difficult to modify, but what about the accessories?"

They must not move the things in the store, so they can only find other channels by themselves. If it is in Pingjiang, it is okay, but this is not a small place extending in all directions, and he is completely unfamiliar here.

Just when he thought he was about to face difficulties, Hua Tsai said confidently: "It's okay, I've already found a way."

His so-called way is a man with nails all over his body.

The first time I met this man with nails was at a street stall at the entrance of a community. Hua Zai dragged him around the old city waiting for demolition, and finally found this man.

The nail man's surname is Chen, and he is older than both of them. When Hua Tsai introduced his name, he said it too quickly, and Pei only understood the three words as "Chen Erxi", but he didn't know which ones they were. words.

After a few years later, he accidentally knew that it was Chen Erxi whose xi was the sunset, but it didn't matter, because not long after hearing Pei Ye's words, Chen Erxi changed his name to Chen Erxi—he I think western things are more interesting.

anyway.

Chen Erxi is a serious art student who studies sculpture, and occasionally sells his own handicrafts at a stall in the old city. The types of goods are roughly divided into traditional shapes and artistic images created by himself when inspiration bursts out , but in most cases the former sells better.

Pei didn't know where Vocational High Hua Tsai knew such a person, but he introduced that Chen Erxi's family opened an accessories factory, so he could probably understand the reason why the two became friends.

Hua Zai explained to Chen Erxi the purpose of coming, and this "artist" who seemed to be depressed did not say a word, but agreed enthusiastically.

——Anyway, if you have money, if you don’t make money, you don’t make money.

After solving the problem of accessories, Pei started to get started.

The first modified car was that green carrot.

On the day of handing over the car, Lvmaoluobo specially brought a few little brothers with him. It seemed that if the car hadn't been repaired, he might have these little brothers beat Pei Ye up on the spot.

Fortunately, the green-haired radish was very satisfied after looking at the car, and after riding it around for a while, he began to hook up with Pei Ye and call him brothers with a smile.

"Is it alright?"

"Yes, of course!"

The green hairy radish stuffed two cigarettes for Pei Ye and Hua Tsai with a smile on his face.

"That's the price..."

When he made the quotation at the beginning, Pei also deliberately quoted a higher price, but he also inquired about the prices nearby, so he lowered the quoted price a little bit.

The group of Lvmaoluobo are all students, and the one who is willing to let Pei Ye try is because he is cheaper than outsiders.

Pei also discussed with Lumaoluobo behind the back of the crowd: "In this way, yours can be cheaper, and how much my accessories cost, even how much you pay, but your friend..."

Lu Maoluo immediately clapped his hands and agreed: "Their price is whatever you want!"

"Okay, then you guys will come back in two weeks."

In mid-December, Pei Ye helped this group of unscrupulous high school students modify their cars. On the afternoon when he collected the money, he specially invited Hua Tsai and Chen Erxi to have a meal, and split the bill by the way.

The place to eat is a barbecue restaurant, which is very close to a shopping plaza.

Chen Erxi was prone to traffic jams on the way from school, so Pei Ye and Hua Tsai wandered around the shopping plaza twice and waited for him.Originally, he planned to find a convenience store to buy a pack of cigarettes, but when he passed by a clothing store, Pei Ye suddenly caught his attention by a blue scarf on a mannequin at the door.

"What do you want to buy?" Hua Tsai followed Pei Ye into the store.

Seeing him go directly to the place where the scarf was hung, Hua Tsai finally understood: "You want to buy a scarf? But blue is not suitable for you..."

Pei also touched the fabric of the scarf, it was very soft, and it quickly warmed up around his neck.

Pingjiang is located in the south, and there is no 24-hour heating indoors. In winter, the temperature is often maintained above zero and below ten degrees, which makes people suffer from the cold, so scarves and gloves are basically necessary.

Pei also rejected the black scarf Hua Tsai put on his neck, and turned to the clerk to get the blue color he liked.

Seeing his clean checkout, Andy thought he didn't have much money, but when he got the invoice, he still couldn't help yelling at him at the door of the store.

"You're not stupid, are you! You spent a thousand to buy a scarf?"

"My pleasure."

Hua Zai's mouth became a line: "Hmph, are you willing...to spend some money if you earn some money. How can you save money to buy a house and a car to marry a wife?"

Pei also hit mercilessly: "I'll wait for you to save up a house and come out."

Hua Tsai: "..."

Pei Ye also said: "When you save up, you don't know if you can find a girlfriend."

Hua Tsai was furious: "It's amazing that you have a partner!"

Pei also walked away carrying the scarf.

When there are too many people in the barbecue shop, it becomes a mess.

Chen Erxi was almost half an hour late, and Pei Ye and Hua Tsai had already drunk half a dozen beers when he arrived.

When Hua Tsai drank, he liked to talk to others, and when he saw Chen Erxi, he asked him to punish himself with three drinks.In the end, I didn't expect him to drink too much. After three drinks, he became dazed and let Hua Tsai drink with him one after another.

In the middle of drinking, Pei also went out to answer the phone.

It was Su Ya who called.

To be honest, Pei was also a little surprised when he received this call.

Because he left for more than a month, Su Ya called him on the first day, and never contacted him again. Only at the end of the month, when Pei Ye sent her salary to transfer money, she popped up and clicked to collect the money.

It's been a while since her circle of friends has been updated, and the previous one is still a Jiugongge showing affection.

Pei also asked into the microphone: "Is there something wrong?"

Su Ya faltered: "...Well, do you still have money?"

Pei also frowned: "Didn't I give it to you at the end of last month?"

Su Ya's tone was a little anxious: "This month is almost the end of the month... Do you have any money in hand, or give it to me in advance, I need it urgently."

It wasn't that Pei was unwilling, but he looked at his balance, and there wasn't much left to give Hua Tsai and Chen Erxi.

"How much do you want?"

"One thousand and five."

"No."

"...The thousand, there must be a thousand!"

Pei Ye was silent: "...Why do you want this money?"

"...Don't ask so many questions, it's urgent!"

"I don't have it now...I'll give it to you later."

Su Ya breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, okay, then hurry up!"

Pei also hung up the phone, flipped through the address book, and called Xu Duozhi again.

The two haven't had much contact recently, because Xu Duozhi is busy every time he sends a message, but if he wants to ask about Su Ya, Pei can only find him.

"Hey! Brother Pei! Why do you have time to call?"

Still familiar with bluffing.

"...to ask you something."

"You say what you say."

"How is Su Ya?"

"After the mahjong parlor was sold, I haven't seen my aunt very much. The last time I saw it was at the vegetable market..."

"How does she look?"

"Looks like it?" Xu Duozhi tried to recall, "Looks like he's lost a lot of weight and doesn't have much energy—why, is something wrong?"

Pei also thumped in his heart: "It's okay."

Before hanging up the phone, he asked again: "Please go and see her when you have time these two days."

Xu Duozhi fully agreed, and said: "It's all brothers who say it's troublesome or not."

"...It's still troublesome."

But later, Pei didn't wait for Xu Duozhi to find out any news from him, so he delivered it to his door when it was really troublesome.

That day was the day when Pei Ye paid his salary. The store coincided with the store celebration, and there were a lot of activities. Everyone was so busy that they kept their feet on the ground, and he was no exception.

When he was about to get off work, he had time to look at his phone, only to find that the screen was full of missed call notifications.

is an unfamiliar number.

Pei also called back, and a young female voice answered the phone.

"Is it Pei Ye?" When the call was answered, the other party seemed very surprised.

Pei Ye hummed, feeling a little bad.

"Your mother is in the hospital right now and has attempted suicide. Hurry up and come here! You've been calling for a whole day and no one answered the phone. What if something happens to the patient..."

Pei Ye listened to the nurse on the phone babbling blankly, and it took him a long time to understand what happened.

He took the time to light a cigarette—the incident happened suddenly, and he was obviously out of shape. He hummed twice during the whole process and then didn't speak again.

As soon as the call was disconnected, the mobile phone received a payment message from the hospital, saying that if the fee was not paid in time, the patient would not be able to continue treatment...

In a blink of an eye, the salary just paid was filled in.

Just at this time Hua Tsai passed by after work and patted him on the shoulder.

"Why are you in a daze? Let's go and eat."

Pei also put away the phone pretending nothing happened: "I still have something to do, you go and eat first."

Hua Tsai looked at him twice: "Are you okay?"

"fine."

"...the cafeteria is crowded, do you want to save a seat for you?"

"It's okay, don't worry about me."

I don't know if his camouflage skills are too bad, Hua Tsai seems to have seen something, and when he left, Pei Ye wiped his face heavily again.

Feeling calmed down a bit, Pei also went to the manager's office to ask for two days off, and bought a bus ticket for the latest bus back to Pingjiang.

He didn't know how Su Ya, who was so afraid of death, would go to the point of committing suicide.

While packing his luggage, Pei Ye suddenly remembered that the day he first arrived was a cloudless and fine day.

At that time, he genuinely thought that everything was getting better.

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