"If the dog meat rolls three times, the immortals can't sit still!"
In August 2010, the scorching sun baked Xingshi, a newly rising city. At more than four o'clock in the afternoon, the sun was still shining, and the sun's virulence had not abated. Sitting in the office, Su Bei wanted to go to that famous restaurant to eat dog meat hotpot after work.
Today, the highest temperature in Xingshi is 36 degrees, and the lowest temperature is 32 degrees. In such a hot day, I still want to eat hot pot, which shows the degree of greed in northern Jiangsu.
To use Subei's own jokes, daughter-in-law can not marry, house and car can not be bought, but this desire cannot be unsatisfied.
After living in Xingshi for six years, from university to work, Subei has been in Xingshi. He has already adapted to the hot weather in Xingshi and quit smoking for a month, just for this meal tonight.
Although he has worked for more than two years, the salary of Subei is not enough to support him to eat and drink at will. In recent years, everything has gone up. When Subei first went to college, the house price in Star City was less than 5000. Now, the houses with slightly better locations will cost seven or eight thousand at random. Only the wages of the bottom workers are not increased.
Subei has worked for more than two years, with a monthly income of less than 4000 yuan. It doesn't eat, drink, sleep or buy a house of half an square meter. In addition, in order to save money to buy a house for his parents in the county town, he forced himself to save half of his salary every month, so he was relatively poor.
As soon as he arrived at 5:30, Subei and his colleagues packed up their things and prepared to leave work.
"Xiao Hai, swallow, do you want to go singing together? Jin Cancan KTV, I bought a large room in a group, and I'm going to have a hi with a group of friends tonight." A fashionable looking woman of thirty-four or five years old, while packing her bag, shouted to the nearby desk.
"Sister Li, I have a date with my boyfriend tonight. I'm sorry," Zhou Yan, a clerk of the company, replied.
"It's OK. Your handsome boyfriend seems to have good conditions at home. He started Audi at such a young age. Swallow, I told you to hold on... Xiao Hai, will you go?" Sister Li said with a smile.
Sister Li, whose name is Li Meili, has an ordinary appearance and a plump figure. She is a native of Xingshi. It is said that there are several suites, and monthly rent collection is enough for her to spend. She works just to kill time, and lives without pressure. She has always been the envy of other people at the same time.
"Sister Li, I will go to the new house of the customer to check the decoration process. This is my first time to take over the case independently. I have to keep an eye on it and try to win the praise of the customer. The place is close to where I live, so I will go back directly at that time. I'm sorry." Subei half honestly found an excuse to refuse.
Subei's career is interior design. She started as a designer assistant at the beginning of her career, and recently came out to take orders independently. This evening's dog meat hotpot is also a celebration for herself. Being able to take orders independently means that her income will be upgraded to a higher level... As long as the order in hand is successfully completed, the monthly income of next month is expected to exceed 5000!
"You have a job to do, so I can't help it. I wanted to introduce some girls to you tonight!"
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After leaving the company with a shoulder bag on his back, Subei crowded onto the bus and went to a newly opened community next to the government of Lianhua District, where his customer bought a small apartment with an area of more than 50 square meters. On the 28th floor, he opened the door with the spare key of the new house. Subei took out the design drawing and checked it against the scene. Then he called the contractor who worked with the company and told him something. Then he went downstairs out of the community and went straight to the hotel called "Qinyuan Hot Pot City".
Qinyuan Hot Pot City is the most famous hot pot restaurant in Xingshi. It is luxuriously decorated and antique. It mainly focuses on Sichuan spicy hot pot and Hunan local spicy hot pot. The taste is excellent. Although the price is expensive, the business is still hot day by day. If you don't book, you will go late and there will be no seats.
At noon, Subei called to reserve a seat. As soon as he sat down, he did not order at once, but called his college classmate An Qiyi.
"Boss An, where have you been? I'm already in Qinyuan Hot Pot City... Well, I'll order first. Two portions of your favorite fried tofu? OK, no problem
After chatting for a while, Subei hung up the phone and called the waiter to order a meal. Then he looked around and looked at the environment. In his heart, he sighed that the hotel owner was rich and generous. As an interior designer, he could more or less see the decoration cost of the hotel, which was at least six figures high.
After looking at it for a while, Subei lost interest. Although the decoration here is luxurious, it is only luxurious, and there is nothing strange about it. I took out my mobile phone and looked at the time. Then I sent a message to An Qiyi, asking him if he had arrived. Then I put my mobile phone away and put it in my pocket. Suddenly, I felt that my hand was a little weak, and there seemed to be something hard in my pocket.
When I took it out, it was a black stone ball about the size of a small thumb. It was round and shiny, and it was still shining under the light.
Subei was in a trance for a while, and then remembered that this was picked up by a construction site when he went to work this morning.
After playing with it for a while, he raised his hand and looked under the light. The more he looked at Subei, the more he felt that the small black bead he picked up was probably some kind of jade.
There has been a literary and artistic plot since junior high school in northern Jiangsu. In addition to eating, another good thing is to write something and read a book. He called himself half a literary and artistic youth. Since ancient times, scholars have been good at jade. Under the influence of traditional culture, this half of literary and artistic youth in northern Jiangsu has always been looking forward to jade. However, due to poor material conditions, I have never touched any good jade. I usually go to the stalls on the antique street to have a look.
Now he wears the jade Guanyin around his neck, which he spent 100 yuan on the stall in the Antique Street.
The black bead reminded him of the black beauty in the jade - black jade.
"I don't know if it's a kind of black jade. I'll go to the Antique Street to find someone to identify it after the weekend holiday."
After playing for a while, Subei collected the beads and took out the mobile phone to surf the Internet. Before long, An Qiyi arrived.
An Qiyi is the oldest of the three college roommates in Subei. He is two years older than Subei. Subei is 26 years old and he is 28 years old. Now he works well in an insurance company. His salary is much higher than Subei's, but he has made a girlfriend and is going to buy a house and get married this year, so he is even more cash strapped than Subei.
A spicy dog meat hotpot, a lot of side dishes, two portions of rice, two bottles of iced beer, and two foodies ate it in a burst. In less than half an hour, they ate seven or eight.
"Boss An, is the wedding room you bought going to be delivered soon?" Su Bei casually asked at the half-time when he wiped the red oil on his mouth.
"Well, I will hand over the house next week, and I have to ask you about the decoration." An Qiyi chewed the tofu with soup in his mouth, said vaguely, and frowned when he mentioned the decoration.
"Don't worry, this is what I do. I will definitely make a warm nest for you and your sister-in-law when the time comes. In this way, I have 40000 yuan on hand. I will decorate the house for you first. Don't ask for it at home. I will lend it to you. It's a small house. If you save 40000 yuan, you can still get a good set of household appliances." Subei knows why An Qiyi frowns.
"How about that? It's because you don't have to buy a house for your parents. Besides, it's time for you to find a girlfriend. Once you find a girlfriend, you have to spend money..." An Qiyi shook his head and refused.
"It's OK. The second and fourth are not in Xingshi anymore. We are in the same city. Brothers should have taken more care of each other. Besides, even if I want to buy a house in the county, it will cost at least two or three hundred thousand yuan. I don't know when I can collect the money. You can pay me back when I want to buy it? ... As for girlfriend, hehe, let my mother-in-law take care of it. " With that, Subei took a sip of beer.
An Qiyi looked at Su Bei, who was drinking, and was silent for a while. "Is Li Luoer still on your mind?"
Li Luoer, a girl who dated for a while in Subei University, decided to break up with Subei when she graduated from university and told him directly that she was not suitable for him, that Subei was too comfortable and wanted to pursue a richer material life.
"Why do you care about her? She's the wife of someone else. I just don't want to go there on purpose. Go with the luck. As you know, young literary and artistic people like us pay more attention to fate. Hehe."
"Fate is a fart. This kind of thing should be taken initiative. You didn't think the best. It's not worth thinking about it after so long. Besides, you can certainly find a better one in the future with your bold and heroic demeanor. By the way, when it comes to literature and art, I think of one thing. Didn't you write something on the Internet before, but still write it now?" An Qiyi smiled and teased when he saw that Subei was OK.
novel?
Su Bei shakes his mind again. Writer, that's the answer to his junior high school teacher's own ideal.
But there is always an insurmountable distance between the ideal and the reality. Subei shook his head and laughed: "When he just graduated from college, he would still want to write. He threw several books into the street, and he was busy with his work, so he gave up long ago."
"Poker?"
"It means that no one can read it when it is written." Subei popularized the Internet language for his brothers.
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It cost more than 300 yuan for a hot pot meal. Regardless of the price, Subei felt that the meal was very good, and the taste of hot pot was really good. In addition, we could chat with college roommates, relax the work pressure accumulated at ordinary times, and talk about the past college. We were very happy.
Back in the rental house, Subei took a cold bath and lay on the bed, but could not sleep. His mind always recalled some things in college, and more of it was the girl who had sweet memories with him.
For Li Luoer, Su Bei really lost his mind. He just saw the wedding photos of his partner in the class group a few days ago. Seeing that the girl who used to snuggle up in her arms now snuggles up next to another man, he is more or less distracted.
"Ah ah!"
Subei yelled twice, rolled up from the bed without turning on the light, and went directly to the computer beside the bed to blacken it. After all, it was impossible to sleep. It was better to find some information on the Internet to see if the black beads you picked up were a kind of black jade.
Pa ji!
I don't know what was mixed with it. Subei accidentally fell to the ground. Fortunately, he was quick to react and supported it with his hands first. His head was not injured, but his hands were hot. He got up from the ground and turned on the light. At first sight, the palms of both hands were scratched and broken, and a trace of blood oozed out.
