"The bride price is 300,000 yuan, not a penny less!"
"I don't care about money, I just want to know how important I am to you."
"Also, you can't put your mother's name on your apartment. It must be transferred to my name."
Deep City, window seat of Gray Whale Cafe.
Thirty-eight-year-old Jiang Qin looked at the marriage partner in front of him, and suddenly felt that her face was a little strange.
They met through a blind date and have been together for more than half a year. Since they are no longer young and have no time to delay it any longer, they have been discussing marriage recently.
To be honest, Jiang Qin didn't have much feelings for her, and he believed that the other party had similar thoughts.
After all, he is already at Bensi's age. Is it still for love to marry a wife and have children
I just don’t want to be alone forever...
However, he did not speak, but silently drank the water from the cup and looked out the glass case window, his ears automatically blocking the other party's voice.
He thinks life is actually pretty fucked up.
Because his parents said that knowledge changes destiny, he studied hard since he was a child, thinking that he would be rich or distinguished in the future.
But it wasn't until he got to work that he realized that he wasn't even an ordinary person.
When he entered the workplace in early 2016, he was drunk by a table full of customers and ended up in the hospital. He was not able to see his grandmother who raised him for the last time.
In 2019, the project was hit by a thunderstorm, and he was forced to take the blame. He stayed in a rental house and ate instant noodles for five months, unable to distinguish between dreams and reality.
The job he got later was relatively stable, but it was far away from where he lived. He was so diligent that he had to urinate twice just to buy a car.
In 22 years, he finally bought a car, but he found that he couldn't fill up the gas tank and couldn't pee.
After he turned 30, he found that rents were rising faster than his salary, so he saved money desperately and told his parents that he wanted to buy a house in Shenzhen.
From that day on, there was no meat on my parents’ table.
But the down payment was still not enough, so his father kept it secret from him and went to Didi during the day to work and at night, which almost caused a brain congestion.
Is poverty really related to laziness
Jiang Qin has been thinking about this issue over the years.
He felt that he had been diligent enough and fully worthy of his name.
But what about money
Who made the money
When he was a child, his parents told him sincerely that as long as you are willing to endure hardship, you will definitely get ahead.
But what he discovered when he grew up was that as long as you are willing to endure hardships, there will be endless hardships.
Now, his blind date wants a bride price of 300,000 yuan.
"Jiang Qin, did you listen to me?"
"Well, I've been listening."
"Then why don't you say a word? I've been talking for a long time, and you don't care if my voice is hoarse!"
Jiang Qin put down the water glass and said after a long silence: "Why don't we just stop getting married?"
The woman was stunned for a moment, then became furious: "What do you mean by this?"
"It's nothing, I just feel so tired and want to go home and take a nap."
"Jiang Qin, you coward, no wonder no woman wants to date you even though you are thirty-eight!"
Ignoring the woman's roar, Jiang Qin stepped out of the western restaurant and walked aimlessly along the road.
When he walked to a construction site, he saw a banner hanging on the wall saying that beating workers is the best thing for people.
So he lit a cigarette, took two puffs and then burned a hole in it.
He actually didn't have many complaints against that woman, and even thought her request was normal.
You're already thirty-five, what's wrong with being realistic
He was just thinking about a question.
When will these days end
People who have never worked part-time are desperately advocating that working-class workers are superior people, but people who have been working do not dare to say anything and can only nod and admit, ah, yes, yes.
But how do I look like a master
I have owned two pairs of AJs in my life, and they were from Putian. Do you think this is called a master
As for love
Jiang Qin didn't even know if this thing existed.
He had gone on several dates and met several girls introduced by his friends. He could get by with any of them, but the saddest thing was that he could only get by.
Looking back on my life, I have so many regrets...
Jiang Qin sighed and took out his phone from his pocket. He wanted to find a friend to drink with him, but when he opened it, he saw four text messages.
A credit card reminder notice, a phone bill arrears warning, and my brother is nearby. No one is home today.
The last message came from his direct boss, telling him in a serious and thoughtful way that the company's performance has been poor recently and he hoped that employees could voluntarily reduce their salaries and tide over the difficulties together with the company.
Jiang Qin instantly lost his mood for drinking and continued smoking downstairs under the construction building.
In this era, if you want to be rich, you must not work, because the distribution of resources in this society is inherently unfair.
But when he thought of his age, Jiang Qin couldn't help but laugh.
Is it a bit unrealistic to start a business when you are thirty-eight
In the past two years, his waist has been broken due to fatigue, and he has also suffered from cervical spine problems. His cruciate neuralgia is more frequent than frequent urination.
Dragging this broken body to start a business, even if it succeeds, you will have to be fifty years old. What is there to enjoy in this life
It would be great if I could start over, work for nothing, and stay with rich women if I can.
If it doesn't work out, start a business. I firmly believe that you can make more money if you lose it, but you can make more if you lose your conscience.
Jiang Qin took a deep breath, pinched his sore neck, and couldn't help but glance up.
Um
What's so dark? Still coming head on
“…”
"Give him an adrenaline shot, hurry up!"
“…”
"Welcome to the Olympics, be civilized and establish new trends!"
“…”
"Where's Director Liu? Ask if the operating room is free, hurry up!"
“…”
"My door is always open, and my arms are waiting for you."
Jiang Qin suddenly felt a little dazzling in front of his eyes, a little noisy in his ears, his skin was a little hot, and his mind was a little dizzy.
Vaguely, he saw a very beautiful little girl, about seventeen or eighteen years old.
She was wearing a fluffy floral dress, revealing a small section of her fair and smooth calves, a straight nose, thin red lips, slender and curled eyelashes, and a pair of bright eyes.
Jiang Qin smiled.
During the years when he worked diligently to trade cars and villas for his big boss, he had never even dreamed of such a beautiful girl.
Such a beautiful girl can cry for a long time after being slapped, right
"Jiang Qin, I really don't want to talk about friends, I'm sorry."
Jiang Qin couldn't laugh anymore because he found that the girl in front of him became more and more vivid and clear.
Her floral dress was printed with wildflowers, and she was standing gracefully on the red plastic runway, slightly blocking the sun with her frosty and snowy arms, so that she would not be unable to open her eyes.
But even so, the hot weather still made this young and beautiful girl a little irritable.
"If you don't say anything, I'll take it as your consent. We are still good friends, right?"
Jiang Qin's eyebrows began to frown, and a trace of solemnity flashed in his eyes.
She knew this girl, Chu Siqi, the class beauty in high school, who should be married now.
After high school and college, I chased her for seven years, and was almost rejected by her to the point where I doubted my life.
In fact, Jiang Qin is not a dog licker, nor can he do such a thing as a life-and-death struggle.
But the problem is that Chu Siqi has been constantly intervening in his life as a friend, telling him to do this and that, and not allowing him to date other girls. She gives him a little hope from time to time and throws two candies, which really disturbs the young Jiang. The torture was not light.
"I'll consider being your girlfriend after my freshman year!"
"I didn't expect that the coursework in my sophomore year would be so heavy. Let's talk about it in my junior year."
"I have a lot of competitions to participate in my junior year, and I don't have time to fall in love."
It wasn't until the second semester of her junior year that she and a tall, thin boy came holding hands in couple's outfits.
That day, her face was full of gentleness, her eyes were as bright as stars, and she smiled and asked her boyfriend if he was handsome.
After that, he sealed his heart and never thought about falling in love again. Only then did he come up with the story that he reluctantly found someone to marry at the age of thirty-eight.
In 2008, there was no concept of a spare tire. It was not until the Internet developed later that Jiang Qin realized that he was a spare tire.
It's just that she hasn't found the right one for the time being, so she keeps looking at her far and near, making fun of him when she's happy, and ignoring him when she's unhappy.
To put it bluntly, to her, he was just a tool to pass the time when she was bored.
The past events were vivid in his mind, but Jiang Qin felt a little dizzy and tinnitus at this moment.
Seongnam High School in my memory, the class beauty of Girls’ Generation.
Is this... rebirth
Still dreaming
If it is rebirth, what about Ding? Why not
Jiang Qin stretched out his hand tremblingly and touched the air twice without waking up any virtual screen.
Is this a fake rebirth? Not even equipped with all the equipment
"Jiang Qin, did you hear me? I really don't want to fall in love right now."
"Okay, it's all up to you."
Jiang Qin replied casually, then closed his eyes, trying to see if he could awaken Golden Finger with his mind, but unfortunately, he failed. There really was no system.
When she heard his straightforward answer, Chu Siqi was a little surprised. Jiang Qin's attitude was full of indifference, which made her feel like a fist hitting cotton, in vain.
"Did you not hear clearly? I just rejected you!"
"I heard you. I'm not deaf."
"Then...then you have nothing to say to me?"
Jiang Qin accepted the reality that there was no system, and his eyes fell on Chu Siqi's hand: "What is that in your hand?"
Chu Siqi raised the envelope in her hand with an arrogant look: "This is the love letter you just gave me. I already told you I don't want it. You return it. Don't write it next time."
"Then can you give it back to me? I can use it."
Jiang Qin took the love letter back without waiting for her to agree, then took out the page inside, crumpled it into a ball and stuffed it into his pocket. Then he unfolded the envelope, spread it flat on his knees, and started writing. Two lines of words.
You don’t have to work for anything, and you can stay with a rich woman if you can.
You can make more money if you lose it, but you can make more if you lose your conscience.