At noon, Lin Yi was very luxuriously asking for two or three side dishes at a nourishing noodle restaurant with a thousand dollars and ordered a bottle of Qingdao beer.

While drinking and eating, Lin Yi looked at the business card given by Guo Zixing in his hand, and his mind was full of such easy-to-get money-making methods that were easy to get.

This person is lazy and greedy, and Lin Yi is no exception. He was afraid of being poor. He encountered such a good thing for the first time. He actually earned his previous month's salary in just one round trip. How could he not be missed with such good things? So he hurriedly finished his meal and rushed back to the Temple of Wealth.

Fortunately, Dong Jingjing was not leaving yet, but the hot sun at noon made him wilted like a salted fish. He let a bunch of old books be exposed to the sun, and the smell of dryness was irreconcilable. He was cross-legged and sloppy on the bench of the pavilion corridor, flipping his goldfish eyes distracted. He was no longer as casual as he was lying on the formula of leisure books in the morning.

Lin Yi went over and said hello, and Dong Yanjing came to his senses, "It's you, what's the matter with me?"

"That... Is there any comic book I bought this morning?" Lin Yi tried his best to make his expression look calm and calm, but deep down he felt like he was a thief.

Isn’t it easier than being a thief to transfer the cost of 20 yuan?

Dong Jingjing's goldfish eyes flipped under the thick glasses, "To be honest, little brother, I really lost money to sell that set of books to you. It was a loss. If you wanted to return them, I couldn't do anything. Also, after you left, someone asked about that set of books. If you didn't buy them, I might be able to sell them for a big price."

Dong Yanjing's half-true and half-false words made Lin Yizhi laugh, and said, "No, I'm not here to return the book. I want to ask you, do you still have that kind of comic book?"

Dong Yanjing was stunned, "What's wrong? I'm still addicted. I said that the book was sold to you at a loss, so how could there be so much inventory!"

"No, I mean, are there any similarities? Similar ones are OK." Lin Yi had to look very eager.

Liu Sanliang, Wang Heizi and He Xiangu could not help but quip when they saw this: "Old Dong, they are not here to return the goods, but to ask for goods. Do you have that kind of comic? If you have one, just squeak it, which can be considered an old customer."

Dong Jingjing's eyes turned around, and Lin Yi has known each other for a long time. Although he likes to read books, he occasionally likes to buy a lot of books to go back. Judging from his appearance, he seems to really like those comics. It's better to kill him again.

Thinking of this, Dong Yanjing pondered deeply and said, "There is, there is, but the seller raised the price. Last time I took one dollar per book, and this time I also cost at least one yuan...." After saying that, he blinked the goldfish eyes and looked at Lin Yi's reaction.

Lin Yike ignored these things and took out a hundred yuan and handed it to Dong Yanjing, "This is considered a deposit, I want as much as I want for that kind of comic."

Dong Yanjing: "..." Is this kid stupid? Why is he so generous?

Liu Sanliang, Wang Heizi and He Xiangu looked at Lin Yi in surprise, but immediately came to his senses---

"Little brother, I have a few books here, what is "The Sky Is the Red River Bank"?"

"I have "Naughty Boss Ma Xiaotiao" here."

“I have Shuke and Beta here.”

...

Of course, Lin Yi would not buy old books that had no "money prospects", so he had to politely reject the kindness of several people. Instead, he made an appointment with Dong Yanjing and said that he would contact him as soon as there was news.

After completing this matter, Lin Yi gave up a big thing in his heart. He simply chatted with several stall owners and then left.

...

A braised "Nanjing Ban Duck" was bought at the vegetable market. Lin Yi took the No. 4 bus back home. To be precise, he returned to his sister Lin Xue's house. Lin Yi did not go upstairs immediately, but observed below. After seeing his brother-in-law Zhao Gang drove an electric car from the entrance of the stairs, he secretly went upstairs.

For more than a month after being unemployed, Lin Yi was at his sister's house for food, drink, defecation and sensation. His brother-in-law Zhao Gang didn't say anything on the surface, but he was very upset in private. At the beginning, he was quite attentive. Each meal was three dishes and one soup. After three days, it turned into two dishes and one soup. In the end, it turned into no soup and no dishes, only white rice and loaf noodles.

Lin Yi is in his twenties, and of course he understands what this is going on. He is not the lazy person, so he tries to find a job outside and is willing to do whatever work. However, it is not so easy to find a decent job these days. It either needs to pay a deposit or have skills, guarantees, and do security guards. Lin Yi has done enough, so he wanders around for more than a month and has not found a job. In this way, Zhao Gang has become even more shady and has no good temper when he sees him, which makes Lin Yi have to avoid him from time to time and try not to meet him.

The old sister Lin Xue’s house is on the seventh floor of the old apartment. The house is rented for 300 yuan a month. Many nearby buildings have been demolished, which makes the old building even more lonely.

The walls in the corridors of the old building were mottled, and some naughty children drew in a mess with chalk of various colors. The bends of the stairs were filled with various garbage, and even the smell of urine.

Lin Yi himself loves to be clean, but he has walked through such a corridor for more than a hundred times and has long been immune to the dirty and messy surrounding him.

Upon the seventh floor, Lin Yi opened the door and saw a short figure rushing over, "Uncle, you are back, I want to hear your story."

The one who pounced on Lin Yi's arms was his sister's daughter Zhao Baoer. The little girl is only five years old this year, with two horns on her head and is very delicate.

Lin Yi loved this niece very much. He didn't bother to put down his things, pinched Zhao Baoer with his arm, and smiled and said, "Be good to Baoer, after my uncle has had a meal, I will tell you the story of 'Snow White turning into a witch'."

"But there is no food. Dad said you will eat and not work, and you will not let your mother cook your meal." Zhao Baoer said with big eyes flashing.

"What nonsense? Let's go watch your "Pleasant Goat"!" The elder sister Lin Xue appeared in front of Lin Yi.

Zhao Baoer stuck out her tongue, came out of Lin Yi's arms, and ran to watch TV.

Lin Yi's face looked a little embarrassed. Although he knew that he was indeed a free meal, his brother-in-law was so unrestrained that even Baoer learned to say it, which still made him somewhat embarrassed.

Zhao Xue's face was also a little bad. After all, the person in front of her was her younger brother and the only male member of the Lin family. Her husband scolded him so much that she felt uncomfortable as a sister.

"Xiao Yi, your brother-in-law is also unintentional. You know that I am not at work and he is the one who supports this family. It is inevitable that he is a little stressed. Sometimes he speaks badly..."

"Sister, I understand---" Lin Yi interrupted her, "I blame myself for being bad. I haven't found a job yet. The city has a lot of living expenses. My brother-in-law has to pay Baoer tuition and the family. A thousand yuan a month's salary is not enough to spend... I am such a big person but I always eat and drink here for free, so he deserves to complain."

Lin Xue sighed. This younger brother became more and more sensible. He remembered that he was a slug when he was a child. He asked him to carry him to the ground to catch grasshoppers. In the blink of an eye, he became such a big man. Maybe he is old.

In fact, Lin Xue is only ten years older than Lin Yi, and she is exactly 33 years old this year. However, because she does not take good care of herself, she cannot afford to buy very good cosmetics, so she looks older than her actual age.

"Look at me, it's not over once you say it. You haven't eaten yet. I've cooked less rice tonight. I'll stir-fry some eggs for you to put noodles." Lin Xue said to Lin Yi with a smile.

"No need, sister, I bought something delicious." Lin Yiliang glanced at the duck in his hand.

Lin Xueling asked her brother where the money came from. Such a big duck costs at least thirty yuan, but when she thought that her brother seemed to have not been involved in meat for more than ten days, she was very stingy. Even if she bought chicken legs, she would only buy one, and she would still give it to her daughter, so she shut up.

Lin Yi knew the sister's mind, so he explained: "Actually, this duck is what I am today..."

"Ah, you live a good life and you have eaten duck. Why did you find a job?" Brother-in-law Zhao Gang came back when he was killed. He happened to see the fragrant duck on the table, so he said sarcastically.

Lin Yi wiped his nose and said, "That's not there. Today I went to the God of Wealth Temple and didn't apply for a job---"

"Tsk tsk, go to the Temple of Wealth, and go to the meeting? You seem to be quite leisurely, but I, a busy man, are planning to support my family." Zhao Gang said angrily.

"Why don't you say a good thing? My brother just eats a duck, and you're nagging endlessly!" Lin Xue hurriedly stood up to smooth things over and interrupted again: "Why are you back and not going to work?"

"It's a waste of work. The broken electric car broke down halfway, and it costs fifty yuan to change a modulator!" Zhao Gang cursed, "Now people are fucking jealous of money. They don't even give credit. If they don't pay, they won't exchange it. They also said that old neighbors who have been more than ten years old are useless!"

Lin Xue knew that the stall for repairing electric cars was run by Master Zhang. Originally, Master Zhang was a good man and was not in a hurry to ask for money for repairing cars, but some people who were ignorant of the conscience did not pay back the money. Master Zhang also had to support the family, so he posted a sign saying "No car repairs are available on credit".

"It's also a rule. You can't do business in the future just because you break the precepts." Lin Xue gave her husband a blank look.

Zhao Gang frowned, "Don't say that there are so many useless things, get me fifty dollars quickly----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

In response to this, Lin Yi pretended not to see it and was immune to all.

There is no way, now even he feels that his face is thicker than the city wall.

When Zhao Gang saw Lin Yi's appearance, he felt even more annoyed. It was not easy for him to support everyone alone. The salary for working in an alcohol factory was not high. In addition, the factory's efficiency was not good, and the place where he lived was to be demolished. So many messy things were squeezed together and he almost exploded. Now he has to raise an idle person, and he can't say that kind of depression.

After taking the money handed over by his wife, Zhao Gang sprinkled all his depression on the greasy duck, and directly tore up two fat duck legs, and left without saying hello. The meaning was very obvious. Only those who support the family deserved to eat good things.

Lin Xue was very embarrassed, and Lin Yi said: "It doesn't matter, actually I like to eat duck ass the most."

...

After dinner and returning to his bedroom, Lin Yi looked at the pile of beer and white wine around and sighed again.

Originally, the living area of ​​this house was not large, with two bedrooms and one living room, with an area of ​​60 square meters. Before Lin Yi came, this room was used as a warehouse, and the "benefits" distributed by Zhao Gang's factory were all "benefits". To put it nicely, it was "benefits", but to be ugly, the alcohol factory could not sell beer and liquor, and it was used as welfare or even paid discounts to employees below.

Although Zhao Gang was very rude to Lin Yi, he was a "honest person" in the factory and was often bullied by the team leader, squad leader, leader, etc. These "benefits" were all given to him by those guys, and it can also be said that he earned it with hard work with his blood and sweat.

Zhao Gang was cowardly in the factory and arrogant at home. He seemed a little divided on the surface, but Lin Yi knew that the reason why his brother-in-law did this was because he was afraid of layoffs--

As a worker, getting off duty means having no way to live. "If your heart is in a dream, start over" is nonsense. Try to lay off at the age of 40 and see what your grandson can do?

The most beautiful and youthful years in life have been left in the factory. It’s not easy to start over again!

Lin Yi never complained about this seemingly snobbish brother-in-law, and even admired him very much. After all, how courage and perseverance does a man need to endure humiliation and support a family?

Lin Yi was lying on the bed and turned on the old player. The old tape rustled. In a moment, a beautiful singing came out, but it was the theme song of the old TV series "The Scent of August Osmanthus" sung by Luo Wen--

The worldly relationship is like a dream and has been ups and downs for several times, and now it has become a cloud of smoke and clouds.

Love becomes empty, like waving your hand and sleeves under your sleeves

A faint fragrance

Floating in the deep old dream

The flowers fall all over the wind

Looking back, there is no sunshine or rain

The moon building is lonely and no one tells the love

There is my dream in the world that has not woken up

The long road cannot be up to me

Wandering in the sea of ​​people, tastes the weak human feelings

Passionate and enthusiasm for indifference

Let so much affection be alone towards loneliness...

Although Lin Yi is young, he likes this old song very much. As for this tape, it was collected by Lin Xue when she was young. It was accidentally picked out by Lin Yi from the pile of miscellaneous items. Now it sounds very consistent with his own feelings.

Unable to help, Lin Yi sucked his nose, put his arms around, closed his eyes, and listened silently to this mellow old song.

Lin Yi didn't know that the character of this song was the wonderful life of the famous red-topped businessman Hu Xueyan. He didn't know that the moment he closed his eyes, in the bookcase by his bedside, the books that were almost broken by him floated out of wisps of blue smoke, and quietly penetrated into his nose.
Chapter completed!