Chapter 28 Riding on the ostrich(1/2)
Yan Hao is not very good at observing words and expressions, but he has a special ability - if the other person hates him, he can immediately catch other people's dislike, and he can always accidentally hear others talking about himself.
I don’t know why, maybe because no one cares about him, his world is quieter than others, so he is more sensitive.
That evening, when Uncle Yang came to the laundry to find Boss Jiang, Yan Hao was actually at the door.
It was exactly the time for him to have dinner. Boss Jiang would come over to look after the stall for him and leave him an hour to rest. But Yan Hao never dared to delay for that long. He always bought whatever he wanted and stuffed it into his mouth.
Come back soon.
But when he was waiting for the traffic light at a small intersection, he saw Uncle Yang entering the store from a distance.
Although Gang Leader Yang joined the workforce after liberation and gave up his job, he still adheres to the old tradition. His clothes can be patched and never thrown away. He usually wears cotton clothes and pants. There are no high-end goods that require dry cleaning or special care.
I can't stand the current trend of young people refusing to wash even a pair of socks by themselves. He definitely didn't come to the laundry to take care of business, he must have something to say to Boss Jiang.
Yan Hao was afraid of people who were older and had higher status, no matter how kind they were. He really didn't want to meet Gang Leader Yang, so he hesitated at the door of the laundry for a while.
Lao Yang and Boss Jiang finished their conversation quickly, and Yan Hao heard the conversation.
"...People come all the way to join me. Isn't there nothing we can do about it?" This was Boss Jiang's voice.
Yan Hao's heart suddenly trembled. He was sensitively aware of who these words were talking about, and his heart beat violently. Then, he flew past like a swallow and hid behind the trash can on the side road.
Boss Jiang helped Old Yang cross the threshold of the laundry: "Look at your feet, Gang Leader Yang."
Yan Hao heard Lao Yang say: "Is it affecting your business?"
Boss Jiang smiled bitterly and said "Ouch".
Lao Yang patted him on the shoulder, and Boss Jiang said vaguely: "This is also a trouble... Oh, please go slowly."
It was the evening rush hour, and the small boulevard was full of hurried pedestrians and congested cars. The unscrupulous car owners blew their horns into people's ears, and the people were noisy. The two old people did not notice the "little swallows" behind the trash can.
". Boss Jiang watched Old Uncle Yang walk through the intersection very carefully, then slowly turned around and walked into the store with his hands behind his back and his head lowered, with a frown on his drooping face.
There is nothing that can be done...affecting business...trouble...
These words echoed in Yan Hao's mind repeatedly. He huddled alone behind the trash can, thinking: "This is about me."
Boss Jiang was a friend of his parents. When Yan Hao's mother passed away, she entrusted her dull and incompetent young son to him.
From the day he bravely came to Yanning, Yan Hao was worried that he would do something bad and make others dislike him. He could feel that because of him, the store had become a lot deserted recently. Clothes were being thrown on people.
The clothes must be dressed professionally or not, but at least they must be clean. Many customers have heard that the clerk is a pervert and have stopped coming - who knows what disgusting things he will put on his clothes?
Yan Hao had always been on tenterhooks, walking on thin ice, until he heard what Boss Jiang said with his own ears.
But instead he felt relieved - the day had indeed come, and Boss Jiang disliked him.
This is natural. He always feels that in his life, except for his father who died young, he seems to have never been liked by anyone. He is not good at studying, his teachers don't like him, his classmates isolate him, and even his own mother is probably because of responsibility.
He was raised with a squinting nose - she rarely smiled at him, let alone praised him. Even if he was breathing quietly, she could find something wrong with him.
Yan Hao knew that Boss Jiang was embarrassed to tell him to leave in person, so he decided to be more conscious. However, he made up his mind several times, but still did not dare to say goodbye to Boss Jiang in person, so he left a note, pressed it under the account book, and left without saying goodbye.
He packed the remaining canned cats into cartons and placed them at the door of the pet store next door. In addition to doing business, the pet store also rescued stray animals. Sometimes it took a long time to find a suitable adopter, and the store had to pay for it.
A lot of extra costs, and he wanted to help.
There was a little kitten who stayed up late at night, lying on the window, looking out through the cracks in the blinds, and watching him curiously.
Yan Hao smiled at it, bent his elbows, let Ayanami sit in his arms, and walked into the cold night with hunched shoulders and neck.
"Where are we going?" he said softly to the little plastic man. At this time, his eyes were not as evasive as during the day, and he spoke with an open throat. However, if you listen carefully, you will find that his words are a bit strange. He seems to
There are some "big tongues" who try very hard to pronounce every word clearly and jump out word after word.
"I can't find a job."
"Fortunately, you don't have to eat either, otherwise, you would have starved after me."
"It feels wrong to be with me...I'm sorry."
"Are you the first Ayanami Rei on earth to live on the streets?"
When passing near Courtyard No. 110, Yan Hao suddenly paused and looked towards the small building hidden among the trees. He thought of the woman on the eighth floor... the razor blade in her pocket, and the late night
Crying in despair.
"They said she was mentally abnormal, and I felt very sad." Yan Hao touched Ayanami Rei's hair, "Because I don't seem to be normal either."
Ayanami Rei looked at him with calm eyes.
Yan Hao stood there, thinking about something, then he put Ayanami Rei into his backpack and flew out.
It is said that the Yan Yan Ruofei in front of the hall could cross the river by stepping on the duckweeds on the water. When he went to the other side, he saw that the tips of his shoes were not wet. This skill was learned in his generation and has been lost. Yan Hao could barely climb a building.
He climbed over a wall and followed an urban white-collar worker who was half-deaf due to noise pollution - he followed Nie Ke for several days.
Nie Ke was wearing a suit and leather shoes, and he was in high spirits. He didn't look like he had encountered a major accident at all. He talked a lot when he met a woman, and he showed off his wits to whoever he caught. He felt quite good about himself.
Yan Hao also saw him having dinner with a young and shy girl, who seemed to be on a blind date.
When they were saying goodbye at the door of the hotel, Yan Hao hid not far away and heard Nie Ke saying to the girl: "...you are a major, it will be difficult to settle in Yanning in the future. You are a working-class family and you have a younger brother at home. Your parents can help you.
The money is too limited. If you say they can't even get out one million, then it's almost impossible for you to buy a house here and establish yourself. I don't like to tell lies. It's all the truth. It's for your own good.
Don't mind - I'm a few years older than you, and as the eldest brother, I actually suggest you go back to your hometown."
The girl looked like she was in her early twenties and had a student air about her. It looked like she was new to the world. She really believed what he said and answered in a low voice: "But there is no job suitable for my major back home..."
"You think too much. How many people are capable of doing their majors? Don't they all have someone who can make ends meet?" Nie Ke's words sounded very sincere, "Yes, no one is willing to accept it. How hard it is to get into college and graduate school."
?You finally went to such a good university and spent a lot of your youth and time to complete your major. After graduation, it seems that your studies were in vain!"
Girls are at an age when they are easily confused. If you think about it following Nie Ke's words, isn't that what happened? He was so devastated that he was speechless.
"But the good thing is that you are a girl," Nie Ke finished laying the groundwork slowly, staring at the girl's fresh face and seeing clearly, "Girls are better than boys, do you still have a chance to be reincarnated for the second time?"
, you don’t have to rely on yourself for everything. The introducer should have told you about my situation... To be honest, I am really not in the mood to find another one. I really don’t want to come out today. The introducer is my friend, so I can’t lose face...
Although chatting with you is quite popular. You are still young, so there is no need to worry. If you are willing, just treat me as a big brother. If you have any difficulties, you can come to me at any time."
A man who is "honest", sincere and has no ambitions seems to be easier for people to trust. The girl took the initiative to add him on WeChat and left very touched.
Even Yan Hao, who was listening in the corner, was moved by Nie Ke's "heartfelt words" and felt that he had thought too much and wrongly blamed a good person.
But when he was about to leave, he saw that Nie Ke had not left after breaking up with the girl. He smoked a cigarette at the door of the restaurant. After waiting for a while, a middle-aged man with a deer head and rat eyes came.
Nie Ke walked up to the middle-aged man, put his arms around the middle-aged man's shoulders very affectionately, opened the trunk of his car, took two cigarettes and handed them over. The two of them said something while arm in arm, and then Nie Ke took out a cigarette from his arms.
Nie Ke quietly handed the cash to the other party, and the two exchanged a knowing look. Nie Ke smiled and drove away.
For some reason, Yan Hao had a strange intuition, and by some strange combination of circumstances, he secretly hooked up with the middle-aged man who received the money.
The man quietly took out the money and counted it. He seemed very satisfied and walked away humming a song. After walking through a winding road, Yan Hao saw him going up to a dilapidated residential building.
Along the street of the building, there are several small shops operating illegally such as "home-based onychomycosis removal" and "moxibustion massage"... The one at the end is called "Anxin Clinic".
There is a billboard above the anti-theft window, which circulates "Forty years of experience, combined with a variety of treatment methods, can effectively target insomnia, depression, mania, anxiety and other stubborn psychological diseases."
The words circulating on the billboard were red, but Yan Hao felt like a piece of ice was stuck in his chest, and he shivered involuntarily.
He returned to Courtyard No. 110 and followed Nie Ke again.
Immediately afterwards, Yan Hao discovered that Nie Ke went to meet several young girls again, using the same rhetoric as the first day - mourn first and then warm up. In less than a week, he had gathered a group of people in a lively manner.
"Sister" is enough to organize a grand garden.
If you dig ten holes, you will always find a fool. On Friday night, Yan Hao was squatting at the intersection and Nie Ke was waiting for him. He saw the man walking over with two supermarket bags, walking lightly and texting on WeChat.
"...You decide, I invite you...Okay, I don't have time to watch movies, so I will listen to you. I'll see you tomorrow...What do you want to eat? Tell me in advance...Why are you being polite to me? It's fate that we know each other.
Brother is your relative in Yanning..."
An unknown fire actually burned from Yan Hao's helpless chest. Without thinking, he rushed forward under the cover of night.
Nie Ke was whistling while chatting with someone, and felt a small breeze blowing behind him. Before he could turn his head back, he felt a pain on the side of his neck, and he didn't know anything.
Yan Hao chased after him and knocked him out. It was completely impulsive, and he suddenly didn't know what to do.
After looking at each other for a moment with Nie Ke, who had landed on his face, he found that the screen of the mobile phone that the man had dropped on the ground was still on. Yan Hao thought about it, picked up the phone with a bang, squatted on the roadside, and sent a message to the girl on the other end of WeChat
: "He is lying to you! This man is a scumbag, and his previous wife was driven crazy by him! He dated several girls at the same time, don't be fooled!"
The girl on the other end of WeChat sent a series of question marks out of nowhere.
Yan Hao took a deep breath, shivering for a while, then turned around and picked up Nie Ke.
"Hey." At this time, someone suddenly said a voice behind him. Yan Hao was so excited that she almost dropped the scumbag on her shoulder. She suddenly turned her head and saw a thin shadow walking out of the corner. She pressed the button on her phone.
After a few times, the light from the mobile phone screen illuminated her face. The face was clean and crisp, and she looked familiar. Then, Yan Hao realized that he had often seen her at the breakfast stall, but he had never spoken to her.
Gan Qing turned off the phone screen, put it in his pocket, sighed, raised his head and said to Yan Hao: "Put me down, I didn't see anything just now."
Yan Hao took a step back, his heart was already confused. He raised his shoulders defensively, showing a somewhat ferocious look, trying to scare away the alone woman.
Gan Qing: "..."
Why is this guy so stupid?
Gan Qing put his pocket in his pocket: "Do you have any grudge against him? Otherwise, you can put a sack on him and beat him up to vent his anger. I didn't see anything."
Yan Hao: "You...don't meddle in Han's affairs!"
To be continued...