Every Spring Festival, cities like Yanning become empty, the roads are wide and open to the sky, the subways are all like special trains, and the steaming urban heat island is briefly extinguished, so on New Year's Eve, a snowstorm Fall silently.
The undying pines and cypresses in No. 110 courtyard were covered with snow-white frost, and the private cars that were full of courtyards drove more than half of the way. Poking at the entrance, the snow on the rear window was scratched by someone's hand, and the words "rising coffin (official) to make a fortune" were written.
The business of Xingzhimeng has not been very good in the past few days, and it may not be able to open once a day.
Many people call New Year's Day and Spring Festival "New Year's Day" in general, but in fact this year is not another year, it is a double day of ice and fire - New Year's Day is the sales peak of Xingzhimeng, and there are waves of teenagers who come to buy New Year's blessing bags, Gan Qing I'm so busy that I don't have time to take a sip; the Spring Festival a month later will be another story. Those fashionable and noisy teenagers seem to have melted overnight and mixed into their respective families. , they just disappeared from the world out of thin air.
There were no customers, and Gan Qing did not waste electricity in the store, so he closed the store early and went home.
Boss Meng gave her a red envelope and gave her a holiday until the third year of junior high. Gan Qing didn't care whether she took a holiday or not. Anyway, her job was neither laborious nor laborious, it was almost idle. After flipping through it, the red envelope was quite thick, so she went to a department store that was still open, packed a box of lightning puffs and went back to eat. Occasionally add Zhang Meizhen's half-open mouth, so she can't eat too much.
Anyway, the supermarkets are not closed during the Chinese New Year, so you can buy whatever you want.
But in this way, this year is like missing a process, cutting corners and lacking a lot of flavor.
In the end, she still didn't quit and move out, and she just lived in 111 in such a confused way.
Maybe people do change. Gan Qing vaguely remembered how she used to be. She turned around and left without waiting for others to finish a word.
At the age of seventeen, she behaves like a hot knife that cuts oil. With a single cut, she will cut everything clearly and without any hesitation. Now she is like that piece of oil that has been cut, a sticky and soft lump, and she has to live with it, no matter where she gets caught... But anyway, no matter the knife or the oil, it doesn't come off the chopping board.
Just as she was about to enter the door, Gan Qing ran into Zhang Meizhen head-on. Zhang Meizhen took her eyelashes and blinked with wind, causing Gan Qing to lean back. Before Gan Qing could speak, Zhang Meizhen stopped her by the waist and took her back to the house. , pushed her out without any reason: "walk around, go downstairs for the New Year's Eve and have a New Year's Eve dinner with them."
Gan Qing: "I don't..."
Zhang Meizhen raised her hand and turned on the electric switch at home: "Don't talk nonsense, if you don't come, who will cook the New Year's Eve dinner? Isn't that what your family practices?"
Gan Qing: "..."
Wanmuchun is really not a branch of New Oriental.
So she was rubbed downstairs by Zhang Meizhen in a confused way.
The old Yang family was relatively large, and Yang Yifan bought the next door and opened up the two households, which looked particularly bright.
Han Dongsheng's family, the Yu Lanchuan brothers, Yan Hao... A whole bunch of people were there, and it was a bit noisy.
Uncle Yang was holding a green dog-beating stick at the door. When he saw Gan Qing, he greeted him with a smile and said, "It's been another year."
Gan Qing was almost clueless, and subconsciously returned a New Year's greeting: "Happy Chinese New Year, Gang Master Yang."
After she finished speaking, she was stunned for a moment. It was still very young, Wei Xiao taught - Wei Xiao said that when elders talk about the topic of the New Year, they should be sensible, pay New Year's greetings first, and can't wait for others to take out red envelopes to make up.
The things I have trained since childhood are deeply ingrained and always blurt out when I don't realize it.
The next moment, Gan Qing, who was still stunned, was stuffed with a red envelope by Uncle Yang.
"Hey," Gan Qing hurriedly shrank his hand, "this is inappropriate, I am..."
"The main thing is to ask for a lot of money." Uncle Yang said, "The money in it is for you to help you go out to buy vegetables-Fanfan ordered the pile of shitty New Year's goods, when they were delivered, they came in a big box, open it and see inside. They are all small pieces of meat that are more than one or two, and they are useless at all. I made a list. The supermarket downstairs should not be closed yet, so go!"
Gan Qing: "...Oh."
"Yang Yifan!" Uncle Yang roared into the room, "It's all up to you, just follow along with your stuff!"
Yang Yifan was holding her phone to take a selfie. In order to show off her new earrings, she stretched out her neck for two miles, probably because she didn't hear it.
Yu Lanchuan put on his clothes and stood up: "I'll go."
When people wear a coat, they stretch out one sleeve of the gloves first, then roll up the clothes with their back arched, and then rub them all over to find the other sleeve. The curved and bulging back is not very beautiful - Yu Lanchuan is not, like a male model preparing for a catwalk, he put his coat over his shoulders, showing off his flat shoulders like a clothes rack, and showed a grim expression while walking. , Enough of the show, then grab the collar and lift it up slightly, spread out his arms and put them into the sleeves, the hem is full of wind, very chic.
Gan Qing almost bumped his handsome elbow on the head, and hurriedly took a few steps back in awe, so as not to affect his performance.
There are very few people in the supermarket, and the waiters who usually sell hard are all resigned and too lazy to say hello.
Gan Qing pushed the cart and stepped on the drum beat of "Gong Xi Fa Cai" in the supermarket.
Xiao Yu not only has a good posture when wearing clothes, but also in the supermarket. Every time Gan Qing goes to the supermarket by himself, he just "walks", pushing the cart back and forth between the shelves aimlessly. Yu Lanchuan didn't. He seemed to be in a hurry. He had to be efficient in everything. Before entering the door, he glanced at the list listed by Uncle Yang, and then quickly planned the path. Like the autumn wind sweeping the leaves, he took it all the way, from the entrance to the Exit, there is no turning back, the items on the list have just been collected, and the time of the linked account is added together, less than a quarter of an hour before and after.
Gan Qing was amazed: "I'm here, I'm here, you are the main purchaser, and I'm carrying the bags."
Yu Lanchuan raised his hand to avoid her and took the heavier bag: "You can't handle it."
After he finished speaking, he paused, as if he was not used to being nice and angry, and then he had to add: "It only has the ability to cause trouble, not work."
Gan Qing: "..."
This guy talks really nice.
At the exit of the supermarket, several small shops have not yet closed. A girl is standing alone at the "So-and-so English" booth. When she sees someone, she hurries up to grab one, and sprays a string of words like a machine gun in her mouth: " Do you want to increase your monthly salary from 3,000 to 30,000? Do you want to complete a counterattack in the workplace and a class transition? The biggest gap between people is opened after eight hours of work! Don’t be paralyzed on the sofa when you go home every day After watching the variety show, your peers are already abandoning you! Learn about the TOEFL IELTS training and workplace English upgrades, the Spring Festival class starts on the fourth day of the fourth day, and the remaining seats are limited, to accompany you to spend a fulfilling and meaningful vacation."
Yu Lanchuan: "…"
The girl is in her early twenties, maybe she has just entered the society, and she has not yet developed a pair of snobbish eyes that can be seen by others. Yu Lanchuan almost feels offended.
"You're so smart, why don't you go for promotion?" He then slapped a big move in a huff, "What's the difference between three thousand and thirty million? Isn't they all paupers?"
The girl was stunned by the aura of the king, and she didn't know how to take the next sentence.
Gan Qing saw that she was very pitiful, and took the flyer: "It's a big New Year's Eve, why are you still in this stall?"
"The market competition is too great this year. Now everyone is taking online classes, and they are reluctant to sign up for offline get off work. They haven't completed the enrollment task for several months." Basic salary, I don’t have any money when I go home for the New Year. Miss, can you help me register? You don’t have to come, and you don’t have to pay, just leave your contact information. They may call you to sell courses in the future, which is annoying. Just block it - we see the performance of the booth is based on the number of registrations."
Gan Qing is not too bothered by mobile phones, and can chat with people every time she receives a sales call, so she helps to register.
The girl gave her a pack of tissues that she had prepared from her own pocket to express her gratitude, and carefully inserted another sentence: "Even if you can't raise your salary, it's good to learn a foreign language, and you don't have to stare at the subtitles when you watch American dramas... Hey, okay. , then walk slowly."
Yu Lanchuan wanted to turn around and say something, but was dragged away by Gan Qing: "Okay, little Yu, the little girl squatting at the door of the supermarket every day to hand out flyers. It is estimated that there are few successful people who have eyes but don't know Mount Tai and don't recognize you as an old man." It's not easy to have a private interview with a micro-service. It's not easy to say a few words."
"Sales are just sales," Yu Lanchuan said with a frown, "I can't stand them selling anxiety all over the street."
"Anxiety is not something they sold," Gan Qing smiled. "To fan the flames, you need to have fire to fan them."
Yu Lanchuan suddenly remembered something, and after a pause, he pretended to mention it casually: "My little brother's final English exam is better than last time, he said that you taught it. Your grades should be good when you study. ?"
"Not good." Gan Qing said, "During the rebellious period, I felt bored in school, so I often skipped classes and went out to fight."
Yu Lanchuan: "…"
The snow was a little smaller, and it fell on people like fluff. It was almost impossible to feel it. Only the street lights and car lights passed, and a little shadow could be swept.
Two people walking together, if they don't chat, it will be very embarrassing. Gan Qing may be afraid of chatting to death, or it may be that there is magic on New Year's Eve, and it can always tempt people to say a few more words.
She paused, then added: "Later, I met a... good-natured big sister, very trivial, very nagging, chatting nonstop every day to give people chicken soup - she has several books of chicken soup for the soul, just 'there is only thinking in the world. People who don't understand, there is no way to get through, she can memorize those books from all the way to the end... I was actually annoyed by her at the time."
Yu Lanchuan listened quietly.
"I seem to have told you before that I have a friend who was abused at home, and that's her." Gan Qing said, "I listened to other people's gossip about her, she would be young and energetic, and I hated her very much. Don't do it, but it's not unreasonable to think that some people will be beaten... She is that kind of person, with a face that wants to please the whole world, people feel that no matter how she treats her, she will not resist, and what she says will She's stupid, and she doesn't know that she's disgusting. But she's thin and small, and she's ill. She shivered even with a heavy drinking glass. I didn't want to bully her. I will look at people's faces and unilaterally think that I have a good relationship with her."
Yu Lanchuan glanced at her and always felt that even the cynical little girl back then was still very gentle in her heart.
"She meddled in her business and asked someone to come with a set of high school textbooks, and read it in my ear every day, but in fact, she didn't even finish junior high school and couldn't understand it at all, especially English, where she couldn't find a few recognizable words throughout the text. "Gan Qing smiled, "A child, even if you are a scumbag, you can't control your competitive spirit. I couldn't help correcting her one day. Since then, she has been relying on me every day. Follow up."
Yu Lanchuan asked softly, "What happened later?"