On September 13, Yuan Yuan went back to his room after dinner. Tan Ruikang came back and said, "Xiao Yuan, do you want to have a late night snack?"
Yuan Yuan said: "I'm a little sleepy today, I'm going to sleep."
Yuan Yuan sat at the table, looking at the clock, the time passed minute by minute, today is Tan Ruikang's birthday.
At half past eleven.
Eleven forty-five.
Eleven fifty-five.
At twelve o'clock, the second hand and the minute hand clicked together. On September 14th, a new day came again, and Tan Ruikang's birthday passed.
Yuan Yuan sat for another ten minutes, went out to brush his teeth and went to the bathroom, and saw Tan Ruikang sitting at the dining table with a mousse cake in front of him, with candles inserted and not lit.
Yuan Yuan finished brushing his teeth and said, "Where's my sister-in-law?"
Tan Ruikang said: "She wants to live at home over there, saying it's fun."
Yuan Yuan: "Well, happy birthday, good night."
Tan Ruikang: "Good night."
The time to move is getting closer and closer. Yuan Yuan is thinking about how to separate from Tan Ruikang logically. A few days later, the phone rang and Gu Xiaoting called.
"Brother, I'm quitting." Gu Xiaoting said.
Yuan Yuan: "This is the fifteenth time you have said no."
Gu Xiaoting's voice was sharp and penetrating, even Li Jing heard it and noticed that he was calling.
"I'm really quitting this time!" Gu Xiaoting said, "I'm going to Guangzhou to marry Yangyang."
"Let's look everywhere." Yuan Yuan said, "You Zeyang sprays all over the table while eating, can you stand him?"
Gu Xiaoting said: "He went downstairs to my unit to propose marriage last week, I was so moved..."
Yuan Yuan said impatiently, "Let's get to the point quickly, how much does it cost?"
Gu Xiaoting: "I didn't ask you for money! I mean there is no place for my cat! He's afraid of cats!"
Yuan Yuan: "Bring it here, what kind of cat? I specialize in sheltering stray animals. The monkeys have been raised for ten years, and a cat will come again."
Gu Xiaoting said: "Hey, also, can you lend me some money to buy a suite in full..."
Far away: "What do you think?"
Gu Xiaoting: "Okay, just kidding, I'm leaving tomorrow, the house in Guangzhou has not been settled yet..."
Yuan Yuan thought that it was just right, and said casually: "This way, you let You Zeyang go to rent a house, you carry your cat, put the box on it, and come here to live for ten days and a half months, brother, there is a small room here. Liu has lived here before, so he will stay at my house when he comes, take you out to play, provide food and pocket money, and let You Zeyang pick you up when you are tired of playing, and look for a job next year."
Gu Xiaoting was a little flattered and immediately said, "Okay! I'll go buy a ticket now! I love you!"
Yuan Yuan: "I'm not allowed to drink milk in my house, I have to drink it out."
Gu Xiaoting: "Okay! Oops, I was about to go to Happy Valley to play, you are so good—"
That night, Gu Xiaoting dragged a suitcase and moved in. It was like a loudspeaker. Looking at it, it was like a living bomb that could walk, which made Li Jing feel depressed on the spot.
Yuan Yuan felt that he was too bad. He had nothing to worry about at home all day long, but he didn't let Li Jing live comfortably. Tan Ruikang came back in the evening, greeted Gu Xiaoting, and went to make them a late-night snack.
Gu Xiaoting whispered: "Why doesn't my sister-in-law like to talk, am I talking too much?"
Yuan Yuan: "You care about her. My name is written on the property certificate, and it has nothing to do with her. My mother is the hostess of this house. My mother doesn't think you are noisy. What is there to hate about her?"
Tan Ruikang took out the porridge, and Gu Xiaoting said, "sister-in-law, it's time to eat."
Tan Ruikang smiled and said, "she doesn't eat it, you can eat it."
Yuan Yuan said: "Ma Liu, I'll play here with Xiaoting. You can move in a few days."
Tan Ruikang said: "Let's go together, there are five rooms over there..."
Gu Xiaoting: "Ah! You guys are so rich!" She was kicked under the table far away as soon as she finished speaking, and she immediately said, "I'm not going."
Yuan Yuan said: "Let's live here first, and Xiaoting will talk about it later."
Tan Ruikang: "Xiaoyuan..."
Yuan Yuan: "Are you going to quarrel in front of your sister?"
Tan Ruikang said nothing and went into the room to accompany his wife.
Gu Xiaoting didn't say anything. A few days later, Tan Ruikang didn't go to the company and stayed at home to pack up. A lot of boxes were piled up in the living room, and they were too crowded to walk away. Most of them were things that Li Jing bought.
Li Jing and Gu Xiaoting went to see the house over there. By the way, they bought some food in advance and put them in the refrigerator to celebrate the housewarming dinner. They sat on the sofa far away and watched TV. Tan Ruikang sat on a small bench and sealed the box with transparent tape. .
Neither of them spoke, and the sound of plucking tape sounded from time to time, as if tearing something, tearing past memories, tearing apart something they had together.
"Remember to take the photos of your uncle and aunt with you," Yuan Yuan said.
Tan Ruikang didn't speak, Yuan Yuan remembered the scene where Nan Kang wrote about his boyfriend's move, he moved away and left, and everything was over. It won't be like the scene in the TV series, hugging before leaving and saying a greasy and crooked farewell speech.
Yuan Yuan said: "Brother, although you don't love me..."
"When did I stop loving you." Tan Ruikang said, "You said, why don't I love you anymore."
Yuan Yuan said: "I mean, although you don't like me."
Tan Ruikang didn't answer, he continued to lower his head to stick the tape, and said far away:
"But you have another identity, you are my brother, You Zeyang's eldest sister married someone, and the whole family was in a mess, and cut off ties with the family for many years, and then divorced, and You Zeyang's family will still give her to her when they return home. Make a room and admit her back to live with them."
"If you have a bad day and get divorced, that small room is still yours." Yuan Yuan pointed to the servant's room, smiled at Tan Ruikang, and went back to the room.
The next morning, Gu Xiaoting said sleepily, "Brother morning."
"Morning, eat your breakfast, don't talk." Yuan Yuan listened to the news while reading the newspaper.
Gu Xiaoting said, "Do you understand English news?"
Yuan Yuan frowned slightly, Gu Xiaoting stopped talking immediately, and went to brush her teeth for breakfast. Tan Ruikang went to the company in the morning, and only came back at noon to have dinner together and move house. In the evening, Zhao Guogang and Shu Yan were invited to a housewarming dinner there.
Bush was speaking on the TV, Li Jing yawned, and changed the channel at will. Yuan Yuan immediately shouted, "Don't change the channel!"
He threw the newspaper, went over to get the remote control, and changed back to the station, his eyebrows twisted into a knot.
Li Jing's face was not very good-looking, Tan Ruikang got up to say hello, saw Yuan Yuan standing watching TV, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Far away glanced at the calendar, September 15th.
The phone rang, Yuan Yuan went to answer the phone, it was Zhao Guogang who called.
Yuan Yuan: "Have you bought the bonds of Lehman Brothers?"
Zhao Guogang said: "No, the Chinese stock market will definitely fall today. Don't expect to rebound again in at least three months. It is estimated that all the big funds will withdraw from the Chinese market soon. How do you plan to deal with it?"
Yuan Yuan took a deep breath: "I'm stunned! I thought Bush Jr. was joking just now, how could even this kind of company fail?"
Zhao Guogang said a few words, went to see the stock market when the market opened, and asked Tan Ruikang: "How much money do we have in the stock?"
Tan Ruikang said: "More than two million."
Yuan Yuan said: "Did you throw in again?"
Tan Ruikang said: "I went to 4,000 points again some time ago."
Distant: "… "
The two girls went to sit on the sofa, and Tan Ruikang said, "Will it fall?"
"Fall." Yuan Yuan said: "Today will definitely fall badly."
He glanced at Tan Ruikang's account, and there were 2.2 million in it.
"Sold, sold." Yuan Yuan didn't know what to say, and immediately placed the order, and as soon as the market opened, all stocks plunged collectively.
Tan Ruikang went to make a phone call and stopped going to work. The two liquidated all the stocks and lost nearly 400,000.
Zhao Guogang called again and pressed the speakerphone in the distant past.
"How many of your manufacturers are mainly engaged in LED export?" Zhao Guogang asked.
Tan Ruikang said: "It's all about exporting, either foreign technology, or raw materials imported from abroad and assembled locally."
Yuan Yuan said: "I sold all the stocks, lost 400,000 yuan, and plummeted at the opening."
Zhao Guogang said: "It's good to sell it, mine will wait..."
Yuan Yuan roared: "What are you waiting for! If you don't sell your tattered shares, you will die!"
Zhao Guogang didn't say anything, and Tan Ruikang asked, "Uncle, will the company's business be affected?"
Zhao Guogang said: "Let's look at it again. It's hard to say that the company on my side will face serious problems... It's best not to buy Lehman's bonds. I hope your Hong Kong partners don't buy them..."
"Are you still moving today?" Li Jing asked.
"Move." Yuan Yuan said, "On the auspicious day, if you move there, you might be able to change Feng Shui."
Tan Ruikang said: "What is the worst case."
Yuan Yuan said: "The worst case... I don't know, it is because of the crisis caused by subprime loans, which may... affect our business, the capital chain will be broken, manufacturers will stop production, withdraw factories, and all orders will not be received. , The owner of the company my dad manages is the exporter, and he's going to be finished now, let's take one step at a time, now it really depends on everyone's life."
Everyone was very worried that day. Tan Ruikang lost so much at once, and his face was a bit bad. He moved in smoothly, and Zhao Guogang's face at the dinner table was not very good-looking.
"How are you going to deal with it?" Zhao Guogang asked.
"I don't know. I don't even know the situation. I haven't paid much attention to current affairs recently. I'll check in a few days." Yuan Yuan said.
Zhao Guogang said: "Or your company will temporarily go out of business, and the funds will be divided in half, and the Ruikang part will be kept for a comeback, and Xiaoyuan will bring your funds to the company here. I really made a mistake this time... I always thought that the U.S. government Will save the city. This is trouble."
Yuan Yuan glanced at Tan Ruikang, and Tan Ruikang said, "No, Xiao Yuan and I are together, give him all the money, and take it to support your uncle."
Yuan Yuan said: "No need for now, let's take a look."
That night, Yuan Yuan and Gu Xiaoting went home. Yuan Yuan drove the news to clean the house, Gu Xiaoting helped him clean up, and the little pig from Yuan Yuan took the new cat to dig around and play on the bed inside.
"Brother, why don't you live with Ma Liu." Gu Xiaoting said.
"His wife is going to be pregnant and give birth to a baby." Yuan Yuan said: "The cat can't be brought there, no one will take care of it here."
Gu Xiaoting said, "Ma Liu cried so badly in the elevator today."
Yuan Yuan said, "Did you see it?"
Gu Xiaoting: "Well, I was terrified. It was the first time I saw him cry."
Yuan Yuan: "He is just like a child, the elder is not big, forget it."
Gu Xiaoting said, "You two are now separated."
Yuan Yuan said: "Well, it's normal, people have to have their own small families when they grow up."
Gu Xiaoting said, "I don't want to leave my parents either. I'm not mentally prepared when I think of living with Yangyang..."
He glanced at her from the distance and said, "Are you going to live with his parents?"
Gu Xiaoting said, "I haven't thought about it yet."
Yuan Yuandao: "Brother tell you, don't live with your mother-in-law, your character is also spoiled in your own home, I'm afraid that you won't be able to get good in front of your in-laws, and you can only wait for a quarrel if you live with your in-laws, each family can only have A hostess. Try to spend time with You Zeyang, go to the parents-in-law's house as often as possible, it's better than living with everyone, and usually think about the other party's family, so it's not easy to quarrel. "
Gu Xiaoting snorted, and said far away, "You Zeyang is loyal, keeps his word, and values love and righteousness. You will not lose if you follow him."
Gu Xiaoting smiled and said, "Didn't you and Ma Liu support me?"
Yuan Yuan: "I can't do it anymore, didn't you listen to my dad, I'm going bankrupt."
Gu Xiaoting: "No way! It's bankrupt!"
Yuan Yuan smiled and said, "I hope not."
A few days later, You Zeyang rented a house in Guangzhou and came to pick up Gu Xiaoting. Yuan Yuan bought a lot of daily necessities for her. He asked her to take her back in the car and sent her away as a married sister.
He sprayed disinfectant in all the rooms, and threw away all the rubbish Li Jing made, the sheets and quilt covers, and everything she had used. , lying in bed at night, still eating his meals and sleeping with him.
In October, when the subprime loan crisis swept the world, a large number of factories in Dongguan collapsed and all workers lost their jobs.
The real financial winter is coming. The US government will no longer bail out the market. China has been in the WTO for ten years. It has been severely affected in this global economic integration pattern. People on the streets of Hong Kong collectively lined up to complain. People who bought Lehman bonds cried in the street. Many people lost their entire lifetime pensions. The subprime mortgage crisis triggered a series of credit collapses, and business people withdrew their money. , the volume of the volume, the market panic atmosphere.
Tan Ruikang's upstairs company closed two, the employees all left, Yuankang's orders were all withdrawn, and the funds were withdrawn to support the company where Yuan Yuan's father worked.
Yuan Yuan could no longer sit at home, so he immediately took over his father's job. Most of Zhao Guogang's remaining money was in the stock market. Yuan Yuan finally saw how much his father had and was shocked by the amount.
All the exported goods are gone, the business cannot be done, Zhao Guogang lost money, and the backlog of goods is astronomical. Even Yuan Yuan himself is a little numb. Several business partners in the United States have gone bankrupt and can no longer provide orders.
Tan Ruikang took out almost all the money to fill the far side, and also took the property certificate to mortgage, the far away is busy, the property must not be mortgaged, and then think of a way to transfer it, so that even if it goes bankrupt, there is still a house to live in.
The Hong Kong boss they cooperated with went bankrupt and wanted to close the factory. No matter how smart Yu Yuan is, he is helpless. Even if he buys a manufacturer, he has no raw materials and no money at all. At least one of the two companies is in danger of going bankrupt, which makes it difficult for him to choose.
Zhao Guogang personally came back to take charge of the company and worked for him as a secretary. Facing the pile of documents, he really admired Zhao Guogang very much, and he had almost worshipped Zhao Guogang.
"Translate this." Zhao Guogang said.
Yuan Yuan rubbed his eyebrows and got a document.
The two rested quietly at noon. Zhao Guo was just about to take a nap, and his body couldn't support it when he was old.
"Baby." Zhao Guogang said with his eyes closed.
distant:"?"
Zhao Guogang: "Let your brother stay at your house for a while."
Yuan Yuan said: "What's wrong?"
Zhao Guogang said: "There are too many things, you can't be busy alone, and it is convenient for the two of you to discuss and make decisions."
Yuan Yuan said, "You tell the truth."
Zhao Guogang said: "This is the truth."
Yuan Yuan: "Then you only said half of it."
Zhao Guogang said: "Your brother wants to get a divorce. Dad wants him to shut Yuankang and come to Wanlin to help. Li Jing thinks he is bankrupt. Cool down properly, your brother himself is not in a good mood, and he will be noisy every day when he gets home."
Yuan Yuan: "You also know what you do with other people's household chores."
Zhao Guogang: "Why don't I know? They were arguing in front of the babysitter. His babysitter and our family talked about it all the time. The babysitter told you Aunt Shu, and she lost her face!"
Yuan Yuan: "Marriage is his own decision. Who forced him to get married?! If you want to leave, you can leave by yourself, and I won't take him in if you leave."
Zhao Guogang sighed and said far away, "I'm not his son, so I don't care about his food and accommodation, it's not such a good thing. I deserve it, I'll support Li Jing, go and file a divorce lawsuit with him, and let him wait and see. "
The phone rang, Yuan Yuan answered it, and said, "If you have time now, come in directly."
Tan Ruikang came over, and Zhao Guogang went to the bathroom to wash his face.
"That's what I think." Tan Ruikang was very tired, and he probably didn't have a good time for a few days these days. He said, "Close Yuankang first, and sublet the office building."
"Anyway, I don't have much business to do right now, and all the money supports my uncle here..."
"I have brought all the money I can use, and now there are 5.3 million... Give me an account number, the cashier will wait downstairs, and now go to transfer... "
"Look if it's enough. If it's not enough, I'll sell the house in OCT and the car..."
Yuan Yuan said: "No, half of this company is yours, I can't..."
"Xiaoyuan." Tan Ruikang said seriously, "Aren't we all the same?"
Yuan Yuan said: "No, it's not the same, it's not the same anymore, you are married."
Tan Ruikang said, "It's the same."
Yuan Yuan motioned him to stop talking, pack up and leave, Tan Ruikang said, "Xiao Yuan, the same."
"I'll deal with it." Yuan Yuan said, "I'll contact the retailer and ask them to give them a grace period. Both companies can keep it and don't have to go out of business."
Tan Ruikang looked at him quietly.
Yuan Yuan didn't look up, didn't meet his eyes, and said irritably, "I don't have time to talk to you about this! I'm busy! Hurry back when you're done!"
Throughout October, Yuan Yuan felt that he was about to have a nervous breakdown. He worked one day at the company and couldn't sleep at all when he got home.
He lay on the couch all night long, staring at the ceiling, until dawn shone through the curtains, the alarm clock rang, and he got up and frantically took a shower and went to work. Tan Ruikang is also very tired, his eyes are red every day, Yuan Yuan almost doubts whether he will die, how can anyone go without sleep for ten days and a half months
He once went home and didn't even know the way. After turning around for a long time, he finally remembered after sitting on the lawn downstairs for almost an hour.
In November, Yuan Yuan went to have a face-to-face interview with Wang Peng, and was scolded by Wang Peng. A group of retailers had a meeting, and Yuan Yuan sat and was scolded.
Yuan Yuan couldn't help nodding his head. Others scolded him so hard that he even scolded his mother. He could only laugh bitterly and apologetically.
"Thank you, thank you." After coming out, Yuan Yuan took Wang Peng's hand, his gratitude was beyond words, and he said repeatedly: "Thank you, Brother Wang, you see the truth in adversity. I will definitely remember this kindness in the future."
Wang Peng also scolded so much that he looked pitiful at Yuan Yuan, and said, "Where's Tan Ruikang. Your sister-in-law also said that she has time to come out for a meal."
Yuan Yuan said: "In a few days, everyone will gather before the Spring Festival. My brother is in charge of the company."
Wang Peng said, "How much did you lose?"
Yuan Yuan: "Several manufacturers in Dongguan have all closed down, and they can't supply the goods. They have lost more than one million yuan in liquidated damages. Yuankang is fine. It's a small business. My dad's company has lost a lot of money. Funding to support him."
Wang Peng said: "I don't know when this day will be a head."
Yuan Yuan shook his head, said goodbye to him, took a taxi to the bus station, and took the car home.
At eleven o'clock in the evening, Tan Ruikang called him.
"Brother, are you back?" Tan Ruikang said, "Why did you change the lock?"
In the distance, I saw Tan Ruikang sitting downstairs in the community.
"I didn't come back." Yuan Yuan said, "I won't be back tonight."
Tan Ruikang said, "Where are you?"
Yuan Yuan said, "You take care of me."
Tan Ruikang: "I prepared a birthday present for you."
Seeing from a distance in the garden, Tan Ruikang sat alone on a bench, holding a cardboard box, and called him.
It has been quiet for a long time, the weather is a bit cold, winter is coming, the trees are rustling in the wind, Tan Ruikang is surrounded by the scarf they bought together before, wearing the sweater they bought together, sitting under the yellow light of the street lamp, his face is silent As before, both mature and naive. Like a big boy holding a toy to please his lover.
"Let's talk about it in a few days." Yuan Yuan said: "Hang up."
Looking at it from a distance, Tan Ruikang was still sitting downstairs. It was not until after twelve o'clock that he turned away with the suitcase in his arms.
Yuan Yuan went home and saw a small card on the door with an arrow on it, saying: [Brother, happy birthday, look here—>] The arrow pointed to the window outside, Yuan Yuan went to the corridor window and glanced out, below It's where Tan Ruikang just sat. I thought it was a small treasure hunt game, but the person had already left.
He put away the cards and put them in the box that carried his memories. He grew another year, 25.