Huang Dan has returned from time travel.

The pain in the toes is spreading, along the instep, the soles of the feet and extend all the way up, to the calf, and then to the thigh, the momentum is violent, he squats in pain, and he looks around with blurred eyes. There is a stone in his vision, which is the same as when traveling to Huifeng Garden

Huang Dan sat down on the stone, took off his leather shoes while crying, and pulled off the black cotton socks, and put them back one by one when he found that the toes were not broken.

There was an old grandma walking in front and pulling the rope of the yo-yo car behind. A little girl in a red down jacket was sitting in the car. She was kicking on two short legs, babbling all the way.

Huang Dan took out a folded light gray striped handkerchief from his pocket, wiped off the tears on his face, and vaguely heard that the little girl was singing “Little Swallow”.

The little girl couldn’t speak clearly, so she could barely make out “Little Swallow Paper” and “Flower Dress”.

Huang Dan used to pay little attention to the people and things he passed by when he went to and from get off work, and he didn’t pay attention to the living conditions of others. He didn’t have enough time every day, and he often plunged into work and when he raises his head, the day is over.

Everything starts in a hurry and ends in a hurry.

The little girl’s soft voice sounded, “Daddy! Daddy!”

Huang Dan raised his head, his eyes were red, which frightened the old grandma, “Young man, are you alright?”

He said, “It is nothing.”

The little girl was still yelling, but the old lady was embarrassed, “Doudou, don’t yell, this is uncle, your dad hasn’t got off work yet.”

When Huang Dan heard the little girl calling him uncle, he smiled without realizing it.

The old grandma took a second look, and couldn’t help feeling a little sigh in her heart. She is quite old, but she has never seen any little girl who can compare with this young man. His lips are red and his teeth are white. When he doesn’t smile, he has frowns between his brows, which makes it a bit difficult to approach him. When he smiles, the corners of his mouth and eyes are also curved, which is really beautiful.

Thinking about it that way, the grandma didn’t have a clue, so she just said it loudly.

Huang Dan, “……”

The old grandma didn’t say much, she wanted to take her granddaughter to play on the slide, “Doudou, say goodbye to uncle.”

The little girl waved her hand at Huang Dan, and babbled, “Goodbye.”

Huang Dan said, “Goodbye.”

The wheels of the yo-yo car grazed the ground, and the crackling sound gradually became indistinct.

Putting away the handkerchief, Huang Dan sat on the stone, his eyes fell on one place randomly, the pain gradually subsided, his feet didn’t hurt anymore, but he was still sitting.

When he crosses, his true self may be still, and the world will stay still with him.

In other words, he is the only one in a static state, and time will pass extremely slowly. A lifetime in another world, here, is just one second.

No matter what the possibility is, everything that Huang Dan experienced in the past has been buried in that world. His soul came back, but he couldn’t bring back anything, not even a leaf, a flower, a grass, or a handful of soil.

The dream is long, so tired.

Huang Dan pinched the center of his brows, with an unconcealable sense of exhaustion on his face, he thought, I won’t draw tonight, go back and take a hot bath, drink a glass of milk made by the housekeeper, and then have a good night’s sleep.

The wind blows the leaves and rustles, and the coolness follows the men, women and children on the road with a shameless face, and gets into their necks mischievously.

It’s getting dark.

Huang Dan’s eyes fell on the cuff buttons of his coat, and he casually reached out to flick them. Just as he was about to get up, the phone in his briefcase buzzed.

It’s not a phone call, it’s WeChat.

Huang Dan swiped his mobile phone and saw that it was a high school WeChat group. In the past, the group was not very lively. After all, everyone had already gone their separate ways, working hard in their own small worlds, depraved and lost.

Some people live life like a dream, but some people don’t even have the chance to dream.

Some are ancestors, some are grandchildren, some are no longer human, and some have become masters.

Reunion after graduation, the changes are unimaginable.

Huang Dan looked at the contents of the group, it wasn’t small talk, it wasn’t celebrity gossip, and it wasn’t swiping memes, but talking about old people and old things from high school. He scrolled up the record and his fingers stopped.

On the screen is a screenshot, taken from someone’s Weibo, with the photo and accompanying text. The background of the photo is at the airport, a tall figure with his back to the camera, with one hand in the pocket of his trousers, and the other hand pulling the luggage.

There is a caption under the photo – I am back.

Huang Dan frowned, remembering that his old classmate said on the phone someone would come to tomorrow’s class reunion, the other party seemed to have just returned to China today, he quit the group, put his phone back into his briefcase, his thoughts drifted a bit.

He forgot which day it was, but just remember it was in the first semester of high school, the summer that Huang Dan disliked the most, the heat made people wish to die.

The aunt mopped the floor, but it was still not dry, and there was a fishy smell in the toilet.

Huang Dan came out of the bathroom after using the toilet, and when he walked to the door, he slipped and fell forward without paying attention. Next he wasn’t on the tiled floor, someone out of nowhere lay under him and became his cushion.

A few days later, Huang Dan found out that the person was in the same class as him, with a bad personality and even worse grades. He was a ruffian and sat at the end of the first row.

Huang Dan didn’t take it seriously.

People in the class thought that Huang Dan was a young master who was more delicate than girls, and forgot who was the first to call him young master, one by two, slowly, even when he passed by the next class, some people stretched their necks and called him young master.

Only a few people called his name, and that ruffian was among them.

There were always love letters that could be seen under Huang Dan’s desk, but he has never opened them. Later, once he stayed on duty and left school very late, he accidentally heard that ruffian talking to himself in the corridor. Knowing that one of those love letters was written by the other party.

After the love letter, the ruffian dragged Huang Dan to the playground, and confessed to him with a blushing face, probably because he was nervous, the other party stuttered, uttering a single word for a long time.

At that time, Huang Dan rejected it on the spot, saying that he didn’t like it.

That ruffian wanted to hit Huang Dan, he clenched his fist and swung it over, hitting the wall, then squatted on the ground and cried.

Huang Dan didn’t say anything, just lowered his eyes and watched him cry condescendingly.

There were rumors in the class in the second semester, and it lasted for a while. Huang Dan knew that the hooligan had dropped out of school, and after that, there was no news.

Huang Dan couldn’t remember the ruffian’s name, let alone his appearance.

They were not familiar with each other at first, and after more than ten years, even if they met face to face, they were still strangers.

Huang Dan’s thoughts came back, he looked at his watch, the housekeeper would have prepared dinner for him at this time, waiting for him to return to eat.

The night was gradually sinking, and there were more and more people in the community.

Huang Dan didn’t stop walking, he walked through the small pavilion without looking sideways, and walked onto a small path.

An old man coughed from the left, Huang Dan turned his head to the side, and saw an uncle moving cardboard boxes out of the vehicle, it looked like he was delivering goods.

The uncle stopped Huang Dan and shouted again, “Young man, can you help me?”

Before he realized it, Huang Dan had already taken the cardboard box from the old man and put it on top of the box on the cart.

The uncle sighed, “Young man, you are so kind.”

Huang Dan doesn’t know why.

The uncle leaned against the wall of the vehicle, took out a pack of cigarettes and threw out one, and asked Huang Dan if he wanted it.

Huang Dan shook his head, “Thank you, I don’t smoke.”

He is in a strange mood right now, he obviously wanted to go home for dinner, but for some reason he came here to carry the old man’s goods.

Normally, Huang Dan would stop to help when encountering this situation, but after experiencing three inexplicable time travels, he has changed his attitude towards everything in the community.

Looking down at the box in his hand, Huang Dan was thoughtful.

He has already moved two boxes, and he is still in the community, right there, which shows that he is thinking too much.

The uncle didn’t know what Huang Dan was thinking, so he lit a cigarette, “I called several people, but none of them were willing to come and help me.”

Just finished smoking, the uncle continued to move the boxes, “Which building do you live in, young man? I live on the 11th floor above. If you cook by yourself, you can come to my place to buy food. It will be cheaper for you.”

“By the way, this box contains beer. My place also sells fruit, meat, buns and steamed buns. There are many things.”

Listening to the uncle’s nagging, Huang Dan knew that there was a vegetable seller on the 11th floor of Building 27. The housekeeper might not know about it. He had to go back and tell the other party about it. In the future, some vegetables would not need to be bought at the vegetable market. You can buy it here, which is convenient.

There was the last box of beer in the vehicle.

Huang Dan moved the box out of the vehicle, and the voice in his ear changed its tone, it was no longer old, but full of energy, with extreme impatience, “Hurry up, how much is that box of Sedrin beer? Xiao didi, I have asked you several times, why are you not speaking, ah? brothers are still waiting to drink!”

He said unconsciously, “Thirty.”

The next moment, Huang Dan was stunned.

The community under the night is gone, the uncle is gone, and the small cart with boxes of beer is gone, replaced by a small shop with a few rows of shelves, and a big shirtless fellow.

Huang Dan was still holding a case of beer in his hand. He came back to his senses after a while, put the beer on the glass counter, took the 50 from the big fellow and scanned it through the currency detector, opened the drawer and took out four notes of five yuan each.

The next few movements are all coherent, which is the influence of this body.

The big fellow went out with a beer in his arms. Huang Dan heard the noise. He turned his head and found a big blue shed outside the small shop. There were several wooden tables and chairs under the shed. On one table sat several people. They are in the same group as the big fellow and speak the same accent.

Huang Dan sat on the wooden chair, opposite was a refrigerated display case filled with various carbonated drinks in rows. His eyes moved to the right, there is a shelf for daily necessities, the door turning a corner is a shelf for firewood, rice, oil and salt. The third shelf is right next to him, and there were various snacks and wine piled up on several levels.

The fan above the head is whistling, it is summer again.

For the fourth crossing, Huang Dan was very calm, but tired. No matter what, he really needed to sleep, “Mr. System, is it still you?”

System, “Yes.”

Huang Dan asked silently, “Can you check for me, how many more times do I need to cross?”

System said, “Mr. Huang, I’m telling you the truth. I’ve checked it below and found nothing.”

Huang Dan changed the question again, “Then what is the reason for my time travel?”

System, “Sorry, I don’t have permission, so I can’t answer.”

Huang Dan knew in his heart that this was the answer, he knew it a long time ago, and the reason why he asked was also out of instinct.

When people face the unknown, they will always think wildly.

Huang Dan looked at the glass cabinet in front of him, it was full of cigarettes of various brands, the upper layer was packed with packs of cigarettes, corresponding to the small sign with the name and price of the cigarettes on it, and the bottom layer was filled with cigarettes items, all unpacked.

“Will he show up?”

This time system couldn’t respond, so Huang Dan said, “I will find the answer myself.”

In the previous world, Huang Dan and Jiang Huai planted a large orchard, to eat and sell. They ate the fruits and vegetables grown in the vegetable field. Their daily expenses were very low, and most of the money was sent to Ah Yu’s younger siblings.

When Huang Dan and Jiang Huai were old, Ah Yu’s younger siblings got married and started a business, and took care of them in turn.

The last part of the journey was completed by the three children accompanying them.

Huang Dan suddenly heard a “ding” sound, followed by a mechanical notification, and a task screen appeared in front of him. This time it was different from the previous three times. First, the task issuer was not a human, but a dog. Second, the dog actually has facial expressions.

【Dousha’s sadness: I am a big yellow dog, my name is Dousha, and my fifth birthday will be two months away. I was a little sleepy after eating last night, and I wanted to sleep on the wooden board. QAQ, As a result I died in my sleep, the shop was robbed after my death, my death was nothing, but no one can insult my profession! I must find out the thieves who have no conscience. I hope that kind people can help me. There is no repayment for a big favor. I will be your watchdog in the next life, woof. 】

Huang Dan, “……”

So his mission goal this time is to find the person who poisoned the watchdog Dousha and robbed the small shop.

At this moment, a lot of memories rushed into Huang Dan’s mind and exploded with a bang.

Huang Dan propped his head up, leaning his elbows on the cold glass cabinet, sorting out the memories while receiving them.

The owner of this body is Zhang Zhicheng, 27 years old, currently working at the amusement park not far behind, 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, single holiday, the company has not paid salary for several months, the office is just him and a director, he can be said to be the deputy director and also a staff member.

Zhang Zhicheng had a four-year crush, following the girl all the way to City H, looking for a job in her hometown.

Four years, for some children, is the whole time of coming to this world, but for those who are knocked down by illness before they have time to look forward to the future, it is one-third of their life, or two-third.

But Zhang Zhicheng only did one thing in four years, which was a secret love. He didn’t even dare to say “I like you”.

In the first half of this year, the girl got married, and the groom was not Zhang Zhicheng. He sent red envelopes to send blessings, and after sending what should be given, he came back to his parents in despair.

Zhang Zhicheng’s father was a young man and an impressive man. He could talk, behave, come to work, and he was loyal. He had many friends and was very popular everywhere. He used to be a foreman and brought a group of people from his hometown to do projects here.

There are more than one million in a year, which sounds like a lot of money, but the money can’t reach own pocket, it’s worse than a bad check, it’s just a bunch of zeros.

Because the development in this area has failed, the completed project has become a roadside decoration, which is more in the way than flowers and plants.

Zhang Zhicheng’s father is not the only foreman. All the foremen can’t get money. They go to the company to ask for money during the holidays, and they can only get 5% at the end of the year. After paying off the debts, there is not much money left. Just enough for a year, and they will continue to demand for payments in the coming year.

After a year, it is just to settle accounts, demand for payments, settle accounts, demand for payments, and wait for money.

Not everyone who is engaged in a project is as hardworking as Zhang Zhicheng’s father, but most of them are not as rich as outsiders think.

Especially for those contractors who cover materials too, all the money on hand is used to buy materials.

Zhang Zhicheng’s father is very good at building relationships. He is very familiar with the company’s financial staff. If there is a problem, he will go to help without saying a word. Once the relationship is established and the company has some money, he will be allocated a little more than other foremen. If there are any policies, they will fall into his hands first.

In addition to the two small houses in the town, the small shop is also mortgaged by the company to Zhang Zhicheng’s father. He is a very face-saving person. When anyone asks about the small shop, he will not say that it is mortgaged, but insists that he bought it by himself.

Not rich, but going further and further on the road of showing off wealth.

Not to mention going home during the Chinese New Year, when Zhang Zhicheng’s father talked, nine out of ten sentences were bragging, and it was more difficult to hear the real truth from him than to go to heaven.

In fact, the Zhang family borrowed money from their relatives, and they had foreign debts. They paid off a little and borrowed again. They couldn’t even get 10,000 yuan in the family passbook.

Compared with ordinary families, the Zhang family’s attitude towards life is quite different. They never save money on food and expenses. If they have a hundred yuan, they will spend a hundred yuan. Find a way to earn, and continue to spend when they have it.

It’s kind of like living a good life today, regardless of the difficulty of tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

This led the uninformed to think that the Zhang family was very rich.

Those who know the truth will not be able to understand. If it were them, they would all have saved a single dime.

Zhang Zhicheng has a meimei, 21 years old, named Zhang Yao, who is studying at the Landscape Architecture Department of Agricultural University in City A and will graduate next year.

Huang Dan’s work of sorting out his memory was interrupted by a rough voice. He looked up and saw that the person was a short, fat, well-dressed middle-aged man. The original owner’s father knew him, but the original owner didn’t know his name. He just heard his father call him Mr. Liu, a person in the company with a lot of authority.

Mr. Liu stood in front of the glass cabinet, “A pack of Furong Wang.”

Huang Dan had the memory of the original owner, knew the location and price of the cigarettes, and quickly took a pack of Furong Wang from the cabinet.

Mr. Liu unwrapped the packaging line outside the cigarette case, took out a cigarette from inside and held it in his mouth, turned around and opened the display cabinet, took a bottle of mineral water, “Where’s your dad?”

Huang Dan said, “Still in the police station.”

Mr. Liu put the mineral water on the counter, took a red lighter from the paper-cut storage box next to him, and lit the cigarette with a click, “When the small shop started to be renovated, I asked your dad to install the monitoring device. He said it was too expensive, and he dragged it on until today. If he had listened to me and installed surveillance, the people who came in last night were people or ghosts, would not all show their true colors.”

Huang Dan thought there is no internet here, and you can’t connect to your mobile phone. If there is a surveillance camera installed, the people who come in will first turn off the surveillance camera, and then damage the computer, and leave slowly after stealing.

“There is no monitoring installed, and it is useless to go to the police station. There is no way to find out.”

Mr. Liu took a puff of cigarette, pushed some things on the counter forward, “Calculate how much it is.”

Huang Dan said, “The lighter costs two, Furong Wang twenty-five, mineral water two, a total of twenty-nine yuan.”

Mr. Liu took out a one-hundred-note from his wallet, “When your dad is back, tell him to call me.”

Huang Dan hummed, swiped one hundred at the banknote detector and got change. He watched Mr. Liu go out and get into the Audi parked by the side of the road.

This person can drive an Audi, so it can be ruled out.

There are fragments of instructions in the original owner’s memory, a batch of cigarettes was lost last night, and the 5,000 cash that his mother put under the quilt, the rest is still uncertain.

Huang Dan stretched his hands and feet. The middle-aged man was right, and it was useless to go to the police station.

Last year, the original owner’s family lived in the back shed before they moved into the small shop. They went home during the Qingming Festival. When they came back, the doors of several rooms were all open, not to mention some expensive rice cookers, the dehydrator, even the hacksaw blades were stolen.

Those things would be stolen, either by local farmers or nearby workers.

The people from the police station came to go through the process and asked the original owner’s family to write them the original price of the lost items. The original owner’s parents carefully checked the price and waited for the case to be solved and the lost items could be compensated accordingly.

As a result, the thief was not caught, and did not see a penny of compensation, so nothing happened.

Huang Dan looked outside, and saw that several people at the table were about to leave. All of them put their dirty undershirt on their shoulders, and walked towards the construction site opposite with their unfinished beer.

Empty wine bottles and packaging bags of chicken feet were piled up on the table, and there were cigarette butts, phlegm, melon seed shells and other dirty things on the ground.

Huang Dan didn’t clean up, and he had a headache, so he wanted to squat on the threshold to relax.

Unexpectedly, the dust on the front and back construction sites was flying everywhere, and the air here was turbid and thick, and it was very uncomfortable to inhale into the nasal cavity.

Huang Dan walked out of the small shop, and found that the fishing gear was sold on the right side, and there were several small restaurants with signs in that direction, and there was a small shop in the middle, which was opened by a foreman’s meimei and her husband. The workers brought here were all shopping there, so it was embarrassing to come to the original owner’s house.

According to the memory of the original owner, Huang Dan knew that there were two times when the workers wanted to come, but they were stopped by the foreman halfway.

Huang Dan turned his head, and there was a banner on the door of the small shop, with the words “Boss Zhang’s Non-staple Food Store” written on it, and there was an advertisement for wine beside it.

He looked to the right of the small shop, and there was a simple kennel in the corner, which was the home of Dousha. There were only lonely rice bowls and water basins in it, and a frayed dog rope. There was an open space beside the kennel. It is an entrance and exit leading to the work shed where the original owner lived, which is now blocked by a stone wall.

Next to the open space is the labor service company, and further there is also a place to eat.

Workers are paid according to the number of days. They work hard and eat a lot. They are willing to spend on food for three meals a day. Those who open restaurants make more money than small shops.

You can see the floor behind, which is the workers’ dormitory, the so-called iron house, and the sound of construction, leaning against the edge of the dormitory.

The original owner’s parents were still at the police station, and Huang Dan was watching the door alone. He didn’t dare to go too far, and walked back to the small shop after wandering around the door.

It was hot, so the water sold out quickly, and workers covered in dust all over came in one after another.

Huang Dan thought that the workers would buy the cheapest mineral water, the kind that cost one yuan a bottle. It was surprising to find that from the time he crossed over to the present, the most sold beverages were drinks like the Nutrition Express sample cola soda, and only a few bottles of mineral water were sold, all at the price of two yuan and three yuan.

A thin, dark old man walked up to the counter and touched his trouser pocket while saying, “A bottle of gin liquor.”

Huang Dan knew that the old man was putting on airs. He had to drink at least a bottle of gin that cost ten yuan every day, but he smoked Xin Lushan for three yuan a pack. He was a drinker.

The old man looked for gin and did not buy other wines.

Huang Dan went to the shelf to get it, and it turned out that the bottle of gin was very small, which was easy to carry in the pocket. According to this amount, it was not as cost-effective as the Lao Cun Zhang.

Lao Cun Zhang still has a lottery event.

Huang Dan gave the bottle to the old man, who was counting the change, which was two yuan short.

The old man said, “On credit first, I’ll give it to you tomorrow.”

At first glance, he did this a lot, and his tone was very natural, without any embarrassment.

Huang Dan put the eight yuan in the drawer, and glanced at the piece of paper pasted on the wall. The words on the paper were printed clearly in black and white: small business, no credit.

Regular customers and people in the company will still pay on credit.

Huang Dan sat back in the chair again. The shed could cover the sun, but it couldn’t block the heat. It was so hot that he was sweating all over his body. Before the wind from the electric fan came down, the heat drove it away.

“Mr. System, talk to me.”

System, “Sorry, I’m sorting out your fly cabinet, I don’t have time for now.”

Huang Dan wondered, “What happened to my fly cabinet?”

System, “The prizes from the last competition were piled up in a mess, and I need to classify them for you.”

Huang Dan was taken aback, the competition, he pressed his forehead, how long ago did it happen? Can’t remember exactly, just remember nearly dying and getting a lot of points and prizes.

Around four o’clock, the original owner’s parents came back.

Huang Dan yawned, raised his eyelids and looked at the middle-aged couple who entered the door.

Father Zhang is over 1.8 meters tall, darker and thinner than the old man who bought gin, with protruding cheekbones on both sides, and a stern face. When he is not smiling, it feels like he is glaring at people.

Mother Zhang is also quite tall, more than 1.7 meters, and relatively fat. She is fatter, she drinks alcohol every meal, her belly sticks out, she is the kind of good old lady who laughs before saying anything but she looks more kind than Father Zhang.

Huang Dan searched his memory, the original owner was over 1.8 meters, and his meimei was 1.7 meters. This is a family of tall people.

Father Zhang and Mother Zhang came back, and brought the oppressive atmosphere into the door.

Looking at the faces of the old couple, Huang Dan knew that they also knew in their hearts that there would be no results in reporting the crime. The stolen things were really lost and could not be returned.

Mother Zhang didn’t make a sound one moment, but the next moment she suddenly lost her temper with Father Zhang, “I told you to buy a surveillance camera, but you don’t buy it. It’s fine now, it’s all been robbed. What shop is there to still open? Just close it quickly!”

Father Zhang glared at her, “Did I wish the shop to be robbed?”

Mother Zhang also glared at him, “If you hadn’t promised to go to the third aunt’s house for dinner last night and stayed to play mahjong, and you would not have come back so late, the thief would have dared to come in and steal the things?”

Father Zhang kicked the plastic stool and scolded sharply, “Who is it that is stuck on the mahjong table and refuses to get off?”

Mother Zhang felt guilty, so she raised her voice a little bit, “If you don’t hang out with those people, and agreed as soon as you hear it, can I touch the mahjong?”

Father Zhang was out of breath, “I’m too lazy to explain to you!”

Mother Zhang was excited, as if she had already torn open the rag bag full of signs of time, and was about to pour out a lot of old things from the old sesame seeds and rotten millet, “Then who do you want to explain?”

Huang Dan didn’t say a word, thanks to the original owner, he was also very calm.

The old couple had a quarrel, but they didn’t smash anything, knowing that everything they smashed was money.

After the quarrel was over, Father Zhang opened the door and went to sleep on the bed inside.

Mother Zhang carried a small bench and sat outside the door peeling beans.

Someone came in and bought a bucket of braised beef noodles and a piece of ham sausage, and went to pick up the large water bottle on the table to fill the instant noodles with ease, and sat down at the table to eat, completely unaware of the strange atmosphere.

Huang Dan pressed the note, closed the drawer and continued to hold his chin. This weekend, the original owner does not have to go to the office.

Usually, the original owner has nothing to do, and occasionally prints documents, and most of the time he sleeps on the table, watching TV, sleeping, and is extremely leisurely.

Huang Dan glanced at the woman outside the door, she was crying.

The family had no money at all, and the stolen 5,000 was planned to be deposited on the card in a few days and then returned to aunt. Now it’s all over, and everything is gone.

And that batch of cigarettes also loses a lot.

Huang Dan took out the original owner’s mobile phone, it was a Huawei, he swiped it to read the news, and counted it if someone bought something.

After a while, Mother Zhang’s voice reached Huang Dan’s ears, “Zhicheng, my cell phone rang. It should be a WeChat message from your meimei. Go check it out.”

Huang Dan got up and pushed the door. There was a small kitchen separated by wooden boards, which was next to the bathroom. He heard sobbing and turned to look at Father Zhang who was on the bed by the wall.

Also crying.

Huang Dan saw this at a glance, he pursed his lips, silently took the phone from the coke box, and gently took it out the door.

Mother Zhang’s mobile phone is also a Huawei. Huang Dan found that there was a voice message in the WeChat group of “I love my family”.

“Mom, Xiaoyao said she’s already on the train.”

Mother Zhang sighed, and wiped her hands on the apron, “Then I’ll go to the vegetable field to get a handful of vegetables and come back. It will be three o’clock in the morning when she arrives, and she would like to eat noodles.”

Huang Dan said, “Okay.”

Mother Zhang turned around strangely, “Son, why did you speak like that?”

Huang Dan didn’t understand, “Huh?”

Mother Zhang said, “Didn’t you always speak in dialect?”

Huang Dan frowned, “I changed it.”

Mother Zhang finally calmed down, “It’s okay to change, everyone is getting married, you should also calm down and live your own life.”

Huang Dan hummed, the original owner stayed in his first love’s hometown for too long, and his living habits and way of speaking were affected.

After five o’clock, the construction site was closed, and workers swarmed in.

The position of the counter was given to Father Zhang, who was afraid that his son would get the wrong price, and it would be bad if he lost money rather than made money.

Huang Dan and Mother Zhang didn’t leave. They stood on the left and the right, mainly responsible for checking the workers coming in and out.

There is no surveillance system installed in the small shop, so if you don’t keep your eyes on it, no one will know who took something and put it in his pocket.

Mother Zhang has finished the fifth grade of elementary school, and her calculations are not as good as Father Zhang, who has not finished the first grade. She often calculates the price wrong, and when she thinks of it, she runs out to find someone to ask for it.

It’s good to count less, and there are times when you don’t know how to collect money.

This has long been known.

Many workers are willing to come here to buy things. Maybe when they are lucky, they can buy food without spending a penny and earn a few yuan.

Huang Dan didn’t pay much attention, and was still sorting out his memory.

After the original owner came, the first thing he did was to buy an oversized calculator with voice, but still made a mistake, only Father Zhang didn’t.

This wave lasted for a while, and the number of workers entering and leaving gradually decreased.

Father Zhang was sitting on the stool and smoking. He was wearing a large vest and looked even thinner. “Zhicheng, go to the station early to pick up Xiaoyao.”

Mother Zhang said, “You don’t need to go early, Xiaoyao will get off at three or four, and you can start at three.”

She said that to Huang Dan, she didn’t even look at her husband, she was still angry.

Huang Dan learned from the memory of the original owner that the old couple usually fought coldly for more than a week, and the highest record was more than a month. They just ate and slept as usual without exchanging a word.

Probably not this time, because their daughter is coming here.

The work and rest time of the workers is irregular. In the evening, people will come to buy things, food, drink and clothing. The original owner’s family eats at the table outside.

Huang Dan’s requirements for food have long been low, but he really doesn’t like mosquitoes, and there are flies here.

He took out a tissue and was going to get a dead fly from the corner of the table.

When Mother Zhang saw it, she reached out and patted the concrete floor.

Huang Dan, “……”

Mother Zhang said, “When Xiaoyao comes, you go to buy goods with her, and bring back some fly stickers.”

Huang Dan was not in the mood to eat, his eyes followed the flies.

Mosquitoes are more annoying than flies, Huang Dan endured the pain and grabbed the big bite mark on his arm, thinking with a frown.

Usually after dinner, the family would watch the broadcasting channel with their necks up. There was a robbery last night, so the TV was not turned on. If it wasn’t for people coming to buy things every once in a while, the atmosphere would be even worse.

Mother Zhang came back from fetching water and asked Huang Dan to take a bath and go to bed.

Huang Dan carried the bucket through the small kitchen, pushed open the bathroom door and went in.

It is said to be the bathroom, but it is actually the cramped small space under the stairs. There is a lot of water on the ground, which is wet, and there are several basins.

Huang Dan lifted the bucket under the faucet, mixed it with cold water, squatted on the ground, took off his clothes and trousers and took a towel to take a bath.

Huang Dan was familiar with this way of bathing, it was like this in the village he traveled to for the first time.

He put on a T-shirt and shorts after washing casually and went out. The space was too small and it was stuffy inside. If he didn’t leave, the shower would be useless.

Mother Zhang was washing dishes in the sink, “The pears in the refrigerator will go bad if you don’t eat them, take one up and eat.”

Huang Dan followed suit and went upstairs with the big yellow pear.

Compared with the downstairs, the upstairs is very empty and spacious. There is only a wardrobe, a few small tables for storing things, and two beds with a curtain in between.

The original owner’s sister slept on the one inside, and the original owner slept on the bed near the stairs.

Huang Dan sat on the head of the bed, looked at the room that wasn’t really a room, and felt that he was going to be bitten to death by mosquitoes this summer.

The sound from downstairs will be very loud when it is transmitted upstairs.

Huang Dan couldn’t sleep at all. He couldn’t remember how many times he turned over, and he didn’t know how many marks he had on his arms and legs. “Mr. System, is there any product to treat mosquito bites?”

System said yes, quickly bought him a bottle, and crossed off the points that should be paid.

Huang Dan took off his clothes and applied the light green ointment on the mosquito bite one by one. It was cold and very comfortable.

He sighed, points are really important.

Dazed, Huang Dan heard the sound of arguing.

Father Zhang and Mother Zhang quarreled again, old sesame and rotten millet revealed on the ground, and the two of them stood on it and jumped around to see who could jump higher.

Huang Dan didn’t go downstairs to try to persuade them to stop fighting. It’s useless to say anything, and would be scolded instead, so let them quarrel.

At around three o’clock in the morning, the mobile phone alarm clock did not ring, but the phone rang.

Huang Dan wiped his face, pressed the answer button, “Hello.”

On the other end was Zhang Yao’s voice, “Ge, I’m arriving at the station soon.”

Huang Dan said, “I’m leaving now.”

Zhang Yao laughed, “Drive slowly, it doesn’t matter if you are late.”

Huang Dan put his phone on the bed, changed his clothes and went downstairs.

Downstairs is not dark, there is light slipping in from the window of the stairs, over there is the worker’s dormitory, the electricity bill is free, and several lights are turned on.

Huang Dan went to open the door lightly, glanced at the small bed, and saw Father Zhang and Mother Zhang sleeping with their backs facing each other. He thought that the two elders were still awake.

Mother Zhang spoke first, “Drive Slowly.”

Then came the voice of Father Zhang, “Turn on the navigation, watch the road, don’t wear headphones to listen to any music.”

“I know.”

Huang Dan opened the door of the small shop and went out. He looked up at the sky and guessed that the weather would not be good tomorrow, it might rain.

The original owner’s car is second BYD, which has been bought for several years, and the maintenance is not bad.

This is Father Zhang’s second car. When he bought his first Volkswagen, he was the only one in the village who owned a car. Now he can show famous sports cars during Chinese New Year.

Huang Dan got into the car, put on his seat belt and turned on the navigation. He adjusted the rearview mirror and drove the car away from the small shop.

After leaving the small shop farther and farther away, Huang Dan realized how desolate the area was, no wonder the development failed.

Almost an hour later, Huang Dan arrived at the station.

It was chaotic inside and out, people holding signs, soliciting customers, and a lot of noise.

Huang Dan did not join the crowd. He leaned against the wall, kept his hand in his pocket, and checked his phone every once in a while.

After arriving at the point, the sound of footsteps coming out of the station came from the other end of the passage, approaching the exit.

There was a tall and thin girl walking in the crowd, with shoulder-length curly hair, big eyes and high nose bridge, she was very good-looking, her eyes flicked around, then suddenly lit up, “Ge——”

Huang Dan walked over and saw a man next to the girl. He was tall and strong, and his facial lines were hard and sharp.

He looked over, the man looked over, their eyes met in mid-air, and then moved away.