The rain came and went quickly. The cool autumn wind blew past, and the clouds that were blown apart shone with dazzling sunlight. Xiao Bing looked up and narrowed her eyes. The haze in her heart was like a gradually dissipating dark cloud. It was a lot lighter. Her obsession with love was undoubtedly a double-edged sword. It hurt others and hurt herself.
Xiao Bing aimlessly walked past two crossroads and stopped at the entrance of a relatively large video store. The two high-powered slightly at the entrance of the store were emitting a familiar song. It was the song " Promise." In the past, listening to this song would always make his heart warm, but now it was filled with mixed feelings and suffocating.
He squatted on the curb in front of the video store and persevered to listen to " The Promise ". In the end, the feeling of depression in his heart actually faded a lot. He thought that he would have the urge to cry after losing his purest first love and listening to this song again. He did not expect his mentality to be so calm. Perhaps his grandfather's saying that " a man bleeds but does not cry " was too deeply ingrained in his consciousness.
Xiao Bing returned to Ninghe penniless. Other than his grandfather's grave, there seemed to be nothing else worth remembering. Now, there were only twenty hundred yuan bills in the wallet in his military backpack, which was given to him by Hao Weidong. He wanted to rent a house, find a job, and make a name for himself. Xiao Bing's mind was filled with all kinds of thoughts.
The sun was setting in the west. Xiao Bing got up and walked to the bus stop a few dozen meters ahead. He got on the bus that was located at the intersection of urban and rural areas in the south second ring of the city. Taking a taxi was a very extravagant behavior for him at this time. Before he found a stable job, he had to spend every penny carefully.
Xiao Bing and his grandfather had lived a hard life for more than ten years. Even after he was promoted to an officer's allowance in the army, he only occasionally dragged a few close comrades out to spend money. He had always been very frugal. The proud sons of the university could bite the bullet and eat a few dry buns after spending money, let alone Xiao Bing, who was used to living a hard life.
The bus stopped and walked for nearly an hour before entering the bus terminal at the intersection of urban and rural areas. Xiao Bing got off the bus. He grew up in the intersection of urban and rural areas on the South Second Ring Road and was familiar with every alley and every old house here. Two years ago, only a small part of the dense old houses had been developed into a residential area.
The old houses were in stark contrast to the tall buildings that stood a few hundred meters away. Electric poles crisscrossed on both sides of the narrow street. The hawkers who occupied the road were shouting with all their might. They vividly displayed the true side of the city's bottom class civilians. Let alone the provincial capital city of Ninghe in the north, even Beijing and Shanghai had corners that affected the image of the city.
Xiao Bing walked down the street, his attention focused on the roadside poles, searching for advertisements for rental houses. The biggest reason he chose to rent a house in the South Second Ring Road was that the rent here was the cheapest in the city. After walking half a street, the poles were filled with small advertisements posted by quack doctors.
"Child, are you suffering from a hidden disease? Don't believe these advertisements. They say that one injection is effective and two injections are firm. They're all nonsense. If you're sick, you have to go to a big hospital to see a doctor. Don't be afraid of spending money.”An old man who was repairing bicycles by the roadside saw Xiao Bing staring at the advertisement on the pole and kindly reminded him.
" Eh?" Xiao Bing was stunned for a moment, but then she understood and smiled embarrassedly. Coincidentally, there were a few burly middle-aged women gathered by the roadside chatting. After hearing the old man's words, they looked at Xiao Bing's muscular body with naked pity in their eyes.
Xiao Bing was embarrassed. He left in a hurry and walked across the street. He smelled the fragrance of roasted sweet potatoes. He hadn't eaten for a day and only drank a few cups of coffee. His stomach grumbled non-stop. He looked in the direction of the fragrance and saw a girl selling roasted sweet potatoes at the T-junction. He strode over.
"How much are the roasted sweet potatoes?" Xiao Bing casually sized up the girl who was setting up the stall. The girl had her head lowered as she rummaged through the sweet potatoes in the oven. Her long bangs covered her face, making it impossible to see her face clearly. Her clothes were very simple. She wore an old-fashioned loose long-sleeved T-shirt, a slightly loose coarse cloth pants, and a pair of white-edged black cloth flat shoes. At a glance, she looked like a simple girl who had just come from the countryside.
"Sell it by catty, 2.5 yuan per catty." The girl's voice was crisp and clear. She looked up at Xiao Bing as she spoke. A pure and beautiful face appeared in front of Xiao Bing. Her thin curved eyebrows, long eyelashes, lively eyes, and a high nose. Her facial features were all exquisite.
Compared to a girl's simple and natural beauty, the sexy and sexy appearance that was revealed through avant-garde clothing or heavy makeup paled in comparison. A girl from a humble family probably looked like this. A year flashed through Xiao Bing's mind. He smiled slightly and mocked himself. In these few years, other than Zhang Qian, this was the first time he felt that another girl was so pleasing to the eye. Could it be that he had become more fickle after being hit?
Xiao Bing looked at the girl in deep thought. When the girl saw the man in front of her staring at her, her face immediately turned bright red. She lowered her head and whispered,"How many do you want…I'll get it for you."
"Oh, two, two bigger ones.”Xiao Bing scratched his head in embarrassment. The girl took out two hot roasted sweet potatoes from the oven and weighed them. Xiao Bing paid six yuan and was too embarrassed to continue poking in front of the stall. He walked to the roadside pole and watched the small advertisement while eating the roasted sweet potatoes.
If they couldn't find a suitable room today, they would have to spend the night in a small hotel. The price of a small hotel in the urban and rural areas was not cheap, and the hygiene was very poor. Who could live in a five-star hotel in peace? At least Xiao Bing, who always paid attention to personal hygiene, didn't have the courage.
Just as Xiao Bing finished eating a roasted sweet potato and was about to walk to the pole across the street, there were curses and hurried footsteps from the side of the street. Someone shouted,"The city enforcement officers are here! Run!"
This shout was tragic and mournful. It seemed to be the suffering of the toiling masses. Xiao Bing was amused. She turned her head and saw that the urban management of Ninghe City was really impressive. Two pickup trucks with the words "City Management" were driving slowly. More than 20 uniformed urban management officers shouted and chased away the street vendors. The confiscated fruits and vegetables were directly thrown into the pickup truck.
The peddlers who suffered were crying for their parents. The rest of the peddlers packed up their stalls as quickly as possible and ran away like frightened birds and beasts. The girl selling roasted sweet potatoes was confused, as if she had never seen such a scene before. Xiao Bing turned around and kindly reminded,"Little girl…Hurry up and run."
"I didn't break the law." The girl swung her thick and black ponytail. She did not understand why the guy who bought the sweet potatoes wanted her to run. After a few city enforcement officers surrounded her, they realized that the person in uniform and big cap was specifically targeting the street vendor. It was too late to run.
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