Doomsday rat

Chapter 1 Wedges
The wine is high, and the sad song is coming.

Life is geometric, passing like frost.

No time comes, and China is no longer yang.

The apple is called Chunhui, and the blue is called Qiufang.

The future is short, and the past is long.

Today I am not happy, the cricket is in the room.

Happy to be happy, sad to separate chapters.

How can it be said that there is no feeling, worry is that the child forgets.

I have both the purpose of wine, and the taste of my food.

Short songs can be sung, long nights without famine.

It's still this small courtyard, and it's still the owner of the house, but time flies, and ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.Hong Tao knows his destiny, and his appearance is still the same, almost the same as ten years ago. If some white strands appeared in his hair earlier, he would look more than 30 years old.

The phrase "things are right and people are wrong" has to be changed when he comes to him. It should be said that people are right and wrong.The person is still the same person, but the small courtyard is obviously old.The antique tiles on the outer layer of the wall fell off a few places, exposing the reinforced concrete inside.The black paint on the courtyard door was cracked and drummed, slightly mottled.

The two rat statues with arms guarding the gate have also been crippled by the years. In the first two years on the left, a hand wave driver reversed the car, knocked off the weapon and half of his arm, and became bare-handed.The one on the right has full beard and full tail, but the top of his head is often touched, and his color is dark, as if he is wearing a melon rind hat.

Walking into the yard, the sentence of what is right and what is wrong has to be restored to its original state.The houses are still those houses, and even the small wooden rafts hanging in the bathroom and kitchen door on both sides of the hanging flower door are still handwritten by Hong Tao.To say that he can maintain such a stable font without making progress for decades or several lifetimes, his skill should be considered top-notch.

But the people in the yard have basically changed. Ten years ago, Wang Yajing, Zhou Bicheng, Wu Youliang, and Bai Yun moved out. Two years later, Dave and Sherman ended the Chinese wine business and returned to China with a full harvest. .

Jiu's mother listened to Hong Tao's suggestion and bought a flat in the East Fourth Ring Road before the purchase restrictions were fully rolled out. After her son graduated from elementary school, the mother and son moved to a new house.Millet entered a private middle school. It is said that there is bilingual teaching. After finishing the junior high school, it is sent directly abroad, and the high school and university are one-stop.

On the contrary, Chandry was the strongest. The restaurant business he and his uncle had done was doing well, and they went to Wangjing to set up a branch.But he was a bit smart but was mistaken by smarts. In the first few years of hard work, he could save as much as he could and steal as much as he could. The tax records were incomplete and not enough to apply for a residence permit.

After this thing is more and more closely related to buying a house, buying a car, insurance, etc., it will be too late to regret it, and I have to end the restaurant business here the year before last, with all the years of softness and restaurant business. The female foreman went back to her hometown to get married.

The house in the yard was not vacant either, but none of the new tenants had been able to live for three years. They basically came in and out for a year and a half, with frequent replacements.As of yesterday, there were only two tenants left in the small courtyard.

This morning, Aunt Liu and Lao Gao were also sent by Hong Tao to the West Railway Station to go back to their hometown.Lao Gao is getting older and unable to do the cleaning work, and he resigned last year.

It is said that there is a canteen that is enough for the two of them to chew. Hong Tao also plans to let them live here. It can't be said that the old age will die, but it is always a good thing to have people in the family who know the bottom line.

It's a pity that God doesn't give you a face, the business of the canteen is increasing day by day.The old couple didn't want to rely on Hong Tao to support their lives, and if they had children and daughters at home, it wouldn't be rude to talk about it, so just go back with a heart.After working hard all my life, I can't get old and let others poke the spine in the back.

Hong Tao came back from the station, in a very bad mood. He stood in the yard and wanted to look up to the sky and sigh, but God didn't give him a face, and there was a haze that was so cloudy that he couldn't see the slightest sunlight at noon.Seeing things create love, he opened his mouth and came to Duan Luji's short song line.

In recent years, Hong Tao has been infinitely close to the literati. He just took a look at this ancient book when he had nothing to do, and even sang two songs when he drank too much or was anxious.

According to his own estimation, after another ten or eight years of studying like this, he can almost be able to write poetry by himself.It's just that the characters are not yet complete, and the brush looks pleasing to the eye in his hand, but the words that are written are awkward.

But he himself is not in a hurry, the short song line says that life is too short, and time can't come back once it's gone.But he is the opposite, life is long and hard, time passes over and over again, and he always loses his head, which seems to be very sad.

After reading so many poems and songs, I still want to practice calligraphy, not to be arty, but to prepare for the next rebirth that may come at any time.

Back in ancient times, he had thoroughly experienced the hardships of being illiterate, and could only do business and play with force, and he couldn't touch the suave side.This time, I have to make up for it. In case it is thrown into ancient times again, as long as it is not too far away, relying on these poems, songs, and splendid articles in my stomach, I have to get a dangdang of a poet and a poet.Don't go marching and fighting rebellion all the time. It's fun to play with that thing once or twice, and it's always a job when you play it in a different way.

"Brother Hong is so excited! Yo..."Lu Jiji's School Notes"... Didn't you say Lu You last time, it was written by his son!" Before he could finish expressing his feelings, he was greeted by a clear voice. interrupted.

Two young women walked in from the second door. The head of the melon seeds wore large and square sunglasses on their faces, which were heavier than a little Fendai, and they did not reach the level of too much modification.

She wore a black suspender dress and had long hair on top of her head, which made her not short figure taller.It's just that when you walk in a snarky manner, you speak crisply, otherwise you can call it classical beauty.

"Yo, early summer is here... If I hadn't seen you, I'd have forgotten that today is the weekend. I'm having a good time. I'll ask your sister to call and order a lot of sheep scorpions later. It's the shop last time, I treat you! "Hong Tao ignored the black dress, patted the book in her hand, and greeted the woman behind with a smile.

This guy is taller than a black dress, and even wearing sneakers, he must have 1.7 meters.The ordinary short-sleeved t-shirt and denim cropped pants can't hide the slender figure. Coupled with the oval face, big almond eyes, and small nose, it can't be said that it is beautiful, but it must be considered beautiful.

The most important thing is that she didn't wear makeup, like she didn't even put on lipstick.These days, pure natural can grow like this. If you find a professional to draw and paint, you will have to add another ten points to put it on the screen!
"Brother Hong..." But compared to the black dress, the white T-shirt girl looked too shy, her face flushed before she could speak, and she squeezed the straps on her shoulders with her hands.

These two are Hong Tao's only remaining tenants, sisters, from Dalian.The black dress is from the early autumn of my sister, who is in her early thirties and used to be a nurse.About seven or eight years ago, the old father died of cancer, and the two sisters were left to depend on each other.

At that time, my sister was still in middle school. In early summer, not only did she look good, she had a strong figure, and her studies were good. She had great hope of being admitted to a key university.But going to college costs money, and there is still a lot of money. The burden of life rests on my sister's shoulders.

The old father was ill for several years, and he had already emptied his wealthy family, and he also suffered from famine.If you add her sister to college, she will definitely not be able to rely on her salary as a nurse.

Although the early autumn is not as stunning as the early summer, it is also good-looking, especially the character is good, outgoing and articulate, not afraid of people, very suitable for sales work.He simply resigned and followed his fellow villagers to a real estate company in Beijing to start a sales job.

In the first few years, he did a good job, and his income was quite high. At the end of last year, he rented this house in Hong Tao after being introduced by an acquaintance.But the good times didn't last long. Seeing that my sister was going to take the postgraduate entrance examination again, my sister pulled her hips.

The real estate industry is getting more and more sluggish, and the company she works for is not immune.In the early autumn, I lost my income, and depending on the situation, I could not find a suitable job in a short period of time, and my diploma was low.

"Huihui, go take a shower first, the weather is really hot!" Chu Qiu didn't give Hong Tao a chance to get close to Chu Xia, and pushed her sister to the Westinghouse first, with her body in the middle. stance.

"Early autumn, it's not so, I'm not a hungry wolf, why are you guarding me like a thief every time you come in early summer!" If Hong Tao still can't see such an obvious action, then it's in vain.

Can you pretend you didn't see it?It worked before, but not this time.The sisters have been overdue for a month without paying the rent!Oh, you owe the house money, I didn't chase people out immediately, and in the end, I was treated as a thief. I can't express anything yet, isn't it reasonable?
"Where is it... By the way, Brother Hong, I was eating across the street in the morning, and I heard two people say that you are more than 50 years old, can it be true?"

It's a pity that this level of counterattack has no effect on Chuqiu, a salesman who is out in contact with all kinds of people all day long. If she couldn't even carry these words, she would have starved to death.

"Don't you have any ideas for me? Don't talk about it. It's useless. Last week, you said you would find a way. It's been a week. Have you thought of a way?" In Hong Tao's ears, it was difficult to remain calm.

As I get older, my appearance and body don't age together, and the mental burden that is completely different from ordinary people becomes heavier and heavier.Why did this happen? Hong Tao knew very well in his heart that he had lived to more than 200 years old in a certain life, and this body may have traveled through time too many times, and there had been some kind of change.

In previous lives, I would occasionally get a small illness, and then I didn't even have a cold at all.The most terrifying thing is that the mosquito bites don't take the bag, and the skin does not change or itchy at all.

Originally, these slight changes were not a big problem. In ancient times, there was no household registration. It is not very accurate to find out how old a person is, and they can still cheat by making up nonsense.Even if you live longer, there are only advantages and disadvantages. The ancients were in awe of those who lived a long life.

But in modern society, if you still have the same appearance for decades, it would be a bit scary.It's okay to live to be over a hundred years old, and there is no precedent in the world, but whoever has seen a person who is more than 100 years old has the same appearance as a person who is 50 years old!
There is no place to hide this thing, and the ID card and passport cannot be changed anywhere in the world. They are all connected to the Internet, and they can check a person from birth to death.

"...Or...Brother Hong, just think I have some ideas...Is it possible to be tolerant for a few more months..."

In the early autumn, Hong Tao's lung tube was stabbed, but he didn't fall well, and in turn was commanded by the First Army.Compared with her, she was more uncomfortable. It was only right and proper to pay for the purchase of things and rent for the house.

Although the landlord didn't look like a good person, he was still an old bachelor. He saw a girl with a little beauty and her small eyes gleamed.But people are really kind and righteous, and they didn't say too much because of the rent arrears, and they didn't rush people when they saw them, and they didn't even let my sister know about it.

But after all, it is a relationship between tenants and landlords without relatives and no reason, and there is really no way to delay the early autumn.But the job has not yet settled, and the money on the card is nothing but the study expenses for my sister, and if I pay the rent for another year, there will be nothing left.Even if you go to the construction site immediately to move bricks, you will not be able to get your wages until next month, which will not quench your thirst.

It's not that I haven't thought about retiring the houses here to find a cheaper place to live. With the departure of a large number of Beidiao, there are plenty of houses in the capital.But there is still a three-month deposit here, which is more than 20,000 yuan.

According to the contract, if you breach the contract, the deposit will definitely not be refunded.Losing so much money in vain, and at the moment when I was most short of money, I was really reluctant.

Not to mention that the thickness of people's skin is forced out, and seeing that they can't escape, Chu Qiu simply gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, preparing for the dangerous battle.Use your body to change a relatively stable buffer period for yourself and your sister, and always carry this most difficult day over, and then talk about other things.

In fact, she said this with another intention. If the landlord is not as sullen as he seems, he may drive him away if he is troubled.According to the contract, if the landlord takes the initiative to evict the person, the deposit must be refunded.Even if you can't refund the whole amount, you can negotiate and discuss, and refunding more points is not a small amount of income.

"...You don't regret it?" Hong Tao had already brought back the book and was about to enter the house, but he stopped immediately after hearing this.He knew the predicament of the two sisters in his heart. If Chu Qiu's mouth wasn't too strong, he wouldn't pressure her with rent.Unexpectedly, this pressure actually pressed dry goods!

He squinted his eyes and looked at Westinghouse first. He didn't see the shadow of early summer. He immediately grinned and showed a signature smile. He moved his face forward, saying that it was not too close, but far away from early autumn. Not far away from staring at each other.

"What can I do if I regret it... I won't hide it from you, the situation is obvious. I don't even know when I can find a job. Even if I go to work tomorrow, it will be a month before I get my salary. Or... You refunded the deposit and let Xiao Xia finish this weekend. I will look for a house to move on Monday. Can you not tell Chu Xia that she is thin-skinned. She was too wealthy to choose nursing school instead of going to university, and I don't want to delay her life any more... You can do it..."

Don't look at Chuqiu, who has met all kinds of people over the years, and even the most difficult clients. However, when he met the landlord's small eyes, he didn't hold on for five seconds before quickly avoiding it.

Those are not eyes at all, but a pair of hands. Just by looking, you can strip off all your clothes, even skin and muscles, and pierce your heart straight, forcing you to tell the truth.

"Don't even think about a penny of the deposit! You go around and ask around, the money has gone into my pocket, and who can get it out if you don't lose a piece of meat! But what you heard in the restaurant is the truth, I just passed in June It was my 50 years old birthday, and I specially made a big cake that day. You two sisters agreed to eat together at noon, but ran away, right? That was my birthday cake, and 99.99999% of the people in the world would never have the chance to enjoy it. You don't appreciate it yet!"

No matter how pitiful and sincere what Chu Qiu said, Hong Tao's heart didn't fluctuate.Are they poor?sympathy indeed.But there are countless people in the world who are more pitiful than them and should lend a helping hand. The longer they live, the more they see.If you see too much or experience too much, you will be tired, or call it insensitive.

"..." The little hope in Chu Qiu's eyes disappeared without a trace, and there is no need to ask about it. After moving in, the neighbors told themselves a lot about the landlord, intentionally or unintentionally.There are good and bad, but most of them are bad.

According to their descriptions, this landlord has almost jumped out of the category of human beings. How wicked and wicked, how vicious and vicious, only you can't think of it, without him, you can't do it.

Of course, I must know that I can't believe all of these words, but I can't believe it at all.But even if it is multiplied by ten times, the landlord's character doesn't seem to be much higher, let alone scum, the title of a hooligan must be particularly appropriate, and he is still a ground gun and an old hooligan!
It's really useless to reason with such a person. Besides, the reason itself is not on your side. As long as the landlord is not happy, he really can't get a penny back.

"However, I'm still very interested in your suggestions. But recently, the doctor said that my kidneys are not very good, and it is not suitable for yin and yang intercourse. I will hang up this account first, and wait for me to get some tonics for maintenance. When will my kidneys be damaged? Well, when will you cash it out! You live in the house first, and you will add 500 yuan interest every month, do you have any objections?"

Seeing that the look in Chu Qiu's eyes had disappeared, Hong Tao was also satisfied.He is greedy for others, even his elder sister and younger sister are greedy.But time has changed, the state of mind of a 50 years old is definitely different from that of a 30 years old, including women.

These words just now can only be regarded as a bad fun to torture people. There are fewer and fewer people who are willing to quarrel with themselves. If you don’t create opportunities to find someone to say a few more words, I’m afraid that your mouth will degenerate. Maybe you will get old again. Dementia is troublesome.

"Ah... oh... No, no, no opinion..." Chu Qiu was stunned for several seconds before he realized what he was doing. This is an old hooligan. He's a living Bodhisattva. He actually dragged down the rent indefinitely.

What old Chinese medicine practitioners and kidney failure are all bullshit.Two nights ago, the landlord brought back a more than 20-year-old girl, who spent half the night in the house, and left almost at noon the next day.He looks like a white-collar worker, and his income should be good. The skirt, high-heeled shoes, and bag are all top-tier brands.

The landlord doesn't know what he's doing. He will bring back a young girl in a similar dress from time to time, but he seldom brings one person in a row. I can't figure it out.

As for the monthly rent increase of 500 yuan, it should be.Anyone who borrows money with someone other than relatives or relatives is not allowed to pay interest. In this society, being willing to lend you money is a great affection, and you can't ask for more.

"Oh, yes, and also, you don't have to go to work anyway, and you are also free when you are idle. It's not a problem to have three meals in the morning, noon and evening, right? I'll pay for the food, let's eat together... It's such a big yard, only one meal. People are too deserted! It's done, don't pretend to be pitiful with me, and keep your strength to greet your precious sister. If she becomes a prostitute in the future, she will be a white-eyed wolf if she doesn't treat you as her own mother!"

Before Chuqiu promised Hong Tao, he turned around and left, but stopped after two steps.Since these two sisters can't even get the house money, the living expenses are probably tight enough. The elder sister doesn't want to let the younger sister know about it. Well-intentioned.

Send the Buddha to the West, save people to the end, and even pay for the meal.Anyway, I have to eat by myself. The food money for two people is no different from that of one person, and I can save the trouble of three meals, so I think I have hired a nanny.These days, I want to find a young and beautiful nanny, and I can't do anything without paying [-] yuan a month. It's really not a loss!

"This guy won't really like me...but he's 50 years old... Bah, 50 years old looks like this, why do I not believe it!" Hong Tao entered the room, and Chu Qiu was dumbfounded.This change was a bit sudden, and my mind was extremely chaotic.

Seeing that he is still alone in his early thirties, and the other half is far away, I am afraid that I will become a yellow-faced woman no one wants when my sister graduates from graduate school.

If you think so, the landlord should also be a good choice. In the future, my sister will most likely stay in the capital to work after graduation. After all, there are many opportunities here.With this yard, there is even a place for my sister to live, killing two birds with one stone.

But here comes the problem, although she is not a big girl, she is also married for the first time, so she doesn't want to find an old man to make do with it unless she has to.What if this guy is really 50 years old and his kidneys are really bad?Then for the rest of my life, wouldn't I be going to be a nurse again, and it's still voluntary!
This problem has always plagued the early autumn. The sheep and scorpions at night didn't taste much. Whenever those small eyes stared at him, he felt guilty, as if he had seen through his mind.

However, it was difficult to avoid having a younger sister on the side, so he could only endure the meal and immediately retreated to the room and did not come out. Even the landlord did not follow Chu Xia for a walk by the sea.This is simply impossible in normal times, let alone getting along alone, if the landlord dares to get close to his sister, he will immediately have to be closely monitored.

"Brother Hong, is my sister ill?" Not only did Hong Tao see something unusual in early autumn, but also in early summer.

"She is tired. In Beijing dialect, money is hard to earn and shit is hard to eat. Now all industries are difficult, don't you see, even my house is empty. Study hard and find a good job to earn more in the future. Money, and let your sister rest."

Hong Tao is not talking nonsense to fool Chuxia. Early autumn is indeed tiring. Selling a house and taking a commission is not a job that anyone can do, especially a pretty girl. Usually, I don’t know how much grievances I have to endure and how many tears I secretly shed to get through. today.

"Well... I didn't want to take the postgraduate entrance examination, but my sister insisted that it would be better to find a job after the postgraduate entrance examination. She is amazing. If she is not obedient, she will pinch me, too violent!"

In early summer, I have a good skin and study well, but this brain can't be said to be stupid, but it's not too smart.How much money your sister can earn, and how much effort it takes to support you, she doesn't know how to investigate.You have been kept in the dark until now. You are born to enjoy life, but your sister has to be born to suffer.

"I'm going over there today. I know a foreign trade clothing store. They often have big discounts. Can we pick up a bargain when we go there. Your sister said yesterday that she wants to buy some seasonal clothes. Do you know her size?"

However, early summer also has many advantages, such as being obedient, doing whatever the elder sister asks, rarely violating yin and yang.In addition, it is more difficult and simple, and there is no comparison problem.I wore this T-shirt last year, and I am still wearing it this year. The jeans are old, and I have never complained about it, and I don't even worry about it.

"I know, she's one size smaller than me, but her feet are the same size, hee hee... ah, I don't have a cell phone, why don't I go back and take my sister with me!" But there are no girls who don't like to dress up, as soon as I heard To buy clothes, in early summer, he immediately smiled like flowers blooming at night.

"Let her rest for a while. I have money. After buying it, I will ask your sister to give it to me. If you don't like it, you can return it." Hong Tao only felt that the street lights were much brighter than usual at this time. The girls walk side by side for a while, listen to the laughter of young people, and spend a little money.

Go to the karaoke hall to find someone to sing with you, you can't do anything if you eat and drink, so you still have to tip.It's definitely not as good-looking as early summer, so this is called super value, and it's earned!This crooked, casually earning a few hundred, is there still such a good thing in the world?
"Uncle Hong, why are you so good today!" Hong Tao didn't lie. He did know the owner of a foreign trade clothing store. To be precise, he knew the owner's father, so the man in his early thirties had to take care of him. Called uncle, the seniority is not disordered.

"If you're full, you can hold on to it... If you have any good products to recommend to her, the old rules will be [-]% off!" Hong Tao took the cigarettes handed over by the shopkeeper and let Chuxia go in to choose them. He stopped outside the door and whispered to the boss. .

"Hey hey, I understand... Today's this is amazing, and he's the secretary of the big boss?" This is not the first time the shopkeeper has received this Uncle Hong and brought a little girl to pretend to pick up leaks, and he has already mastered the routine.

But he also wondered in his heart, if he could drive out the big boss's sports car, and he could be the little secretary of the big boss, why would he be reluctant to go to the brand store for consumption, and he had to go to his own small shop to pretend to be a grandson, what's the picture? the same.

"Not this time, she is my tenant, a college student. By the way, if she comes again in the future, you have to wake up a little bit, don't be too dark, the difference will be calculated when I come!" Hong Tao didn't hide it, as long as the early summer pick I'm happy, I must bring the early autumn with me, so I can't reveal the stuffing at that time.

"Don't worry, I understand... My dad keeps saying he wants to meet with you, why don't I give him a call?"

The shop owner is precocious to this set, and all the girls brought by Uncle Hong will come back to see more or less.Of course, they won't get a [-]% discount if they come alone. How much money should be paid, not a penny, and if there is a chance, they will have to increase it.They are all the secretaries of the big boss. It's really not bad for this amount of money.

"Another day, I just ate sheep scorpions at night, and it's a little supportive. You go to work, don't just talk to me, or your wife won't be happy!" Hong Tao nodded first, then shook his head again.

The shop owner's father is an old friend, and he hasn't seen each other for almost two years. It's time to find a chance to get together.But not today, there are still a few friends who haven't seen each other for a long time.

I came out before [-] o'clock, and only went back at [-] o'clock. During this period of time, I received three calls in early autumn, and they were all worried.As soon as I got home, I was even more worried. Looking at the clothes and shoes that my sister was carrying in a big bag and a small bag, she kept saying that it was good and cheap, but her eyes were firing ground-to-ground missiles and armor-piercing warheads at the landlord!

Hong Tao's armor is top-notch, his face doesn't change color, and his heart doesn't beat. If it wasn't for the early autumn blocking the door of the house, he would still plan to enter the house to comment on the aesthetic vision of early summer.

"Hey, what a good cabbage... The age gap is a little bigger... This motherfucker wears it when she doesn't want to cross, so if you want to cross, you have to spend it with me. Come on, dear uncle, this sleep is over. Hurry up and walk away, I can't take it anymore. You don't want to see me being treated as a freak and sent to a medical institution for analysis! "

If you don't let him in, don't let him in. Hong Tao went back to the house and played computer games for a while. He took a shower and lay down early. Before closing his eyes, he remembered one more thing, and started talking to the beam for the Nth time.

He firmly believes that someone is staring at him from the sky, and even if he hides under the roof, he can still hear every word. As long as he insists on saying and scolding every day, it will work if he can't keep his words intact.

(End of this chapter)