life pawn game

Chapter 1 Pawn Shop No. [-]

Before going out to have fun alone, Xia Qiu watched such a drama in front of the TV called "The Eighth Pawnshop".

In the play, the hero runs a pawn shop.The pawn shop pawns not only antique gold and silver, but also "eyes", "life", "love", "knowledge"...

Time has passed, the plot is forgotten, the names of the people are forgotten, and the memory is like a loose cloud of dust, which disperses at the touch of a finger.

But the magical pawn shop that can pawn everything still remains clearly in my mind after more than ten years.

When I was a child, Xia Qiu often thought that it would be great if I had such a pawn shop.

When I grew up, I didn't dare to dream such a big dream. I only hoped to have the opportunity to enter that pawnshop, and exchange one or two qualities that are harmless if lost, for something useful.

In the past two or three years, the image of the pawn shop has gradually faded.

It's not that I'm bored or have forgotten, it's just that I know this magical pawn shop. The most amazing thing is that it will never appear in reality.

Pawnshops are nice, and all things magical of their kind are nice, and reality sucks.

People live in reality.

The tall and thick wall of reality turned into a curtain, covering and sealing up the image of the pawn shop.

But just as fate always hides in the dark, giving a backstab to those who move forward bravely, some accidents, some things that are definitely not coming, always come suddenly.

The image of the pawn shop passed through the high wall, just like the Santa Claus in the story who climbed into the chimney at night and put gifts on the pillow of a sleeping child.

Without the slightest notice, Xia Qiu woke up and opened the Christmas stocking, and saw that a magical pawn shop had come to him.

Thinking about it now, the forecast is really not found, but the signs are probably there.

On the night of five months ago, Xia Qiu encountered an accident.

Standing on the bank, he didn't know whether it was the moonlight or the river illuminated by the lights in the distance. He suddenly felt a pain in his back, and he threw himself forward, and fell down.

It would be fine if he fell into the river, he opened his arms and swiped upwards to get out of the water, washing away the heat of the summer night along the way.

But he fell on the rubble below.

The injury was quite serious, and I would like to mention the five-month vacation.

While lying on the hospital bed, Xia Qiu recalled the scene over and over again.

It's like being at home when I was a child, stuffing the only few discs into the VCD over and over again.When I got tired of watching the plot, I just stared at the actor, ah, there was another little mole under the corner of that actor's eyebrow, that actor had a dead face from beginning to end.If you get tired of watching it again, just watch the set in the play, the fruit on the coffee table looks delicious, and the car looks expensive.

It was one of the few entertainments he had while his mobility was limited.

Of course, he also had the idea that he might be able to find the perpetrator.

It was late at night, it was very dark near the embankment, and the street lights were absent. There were a few passers-by who monitored the house, but they only said that they saw a dark shadow of a bicycle.

His mother called and scolded him, blaming him for going out at night. Father didn't call, but he paid enough for the operation and nutrition.

Except for not being able to move very well, Xia Qiu spent the two months in the hospital quite leisurely.Later, when I weighed it, the person actually weighed five catties.

In the remaining three months, I changed the bed. It was not the miserable white, short and narrow plastic bed in the hospital, but a 1.8-meter-wide wooden bed in a blue flannel four-piece set at home, with Yiyi beside the pillow. The gift is a big bear doll.

One time when she was bored, Xia Qiu turned her head to look at this half-meter-tall bear doll.He thought, the doll looks like a little bear, and the half-meter height inside the doll is enough to be called a big one, so if this doll wants to be shortened, shouldn't it be called a big and small bear doll?

He told Aunt Yue and Yiyi about this boring idea, and they laughed all over the place.

Seeing that he was still in the mood to be funny, the two felt more at ease. He said before that he was not in a bad mood, did not cry late at night, and was not depressed. Both of them only believed half of it.

The big and small bear's joke finally made up for the last half.

No wonder the two didn't believe it before, Xia Qiu thought back on his character, he suffered such a big disaster for no reason, no injustice and no enmity, and he was absent for five months from the beginning of his third year of high school. If he said that he had no resentment in his heart, it must be with you I'm not familiar with you, I'm just being polite.

In fact, not only did he not complain, but he also expressed some vague thanks.

……

"Recovering very well."

In an office with whitewashed walls and overcrowded desks and bookshelves, a doctor in a white coat, about 40 years old, with a strong build, does not look like a medical student, but a doctor who looks like a weightlifter or a boxer, holding a After reading the inspection report for a while, such a sentence came out of his lips.

Itsuki smiled happily.

She took care of Xia Qiu for five months. She knew how Xia Qiu's body was recovering, but she got the doctor's affirmation. Still feel joy.

"What should I pay attention to next?" After being happy for a while, she became nervous again, concerned about future care.

"What else should I pay attention to? I've recovered and I'm a normal person. What else should I pay attention to?" The doctor stuffed the inspection report into the bag with his thick fingers.

The bag was very thin, even Xia Qiu wasn't sure to stuff the report right away.He thought, after all, he is a doctor. Although he looks big and bulky, he is actually more flexible than most people, at least in his hands.

Thinking of this, Xia Qiu laughed in his heart. The phrase "flexible hands" has been misused by netizens. When you mention this, you will definitely look at each other and smile.

"Thank you, doctor." Yi Yue thanked her one after another, unable to restrain her joy.

The doctor had seen this kind of scene a lot, so he didn't bother to say polite words. He looked at Xia Qiu sitting on the chair with surprise in his eyes.

"It stands to reason that it will take another month to recover, and it won't be so perfect for a while." His eyes were burning.Just like people who love cars see a good car, people who love paintings see a good painting.

After a while, the eyes learned from the experience and evolved, from the level of a fan to the level of a professional.

When a biologist sees a six-legged frog, he wants to cut open its slippery, greasy skin, take a look at its pink muscles and white bones, and study its body functions.

He leaned in front of Xia Qiu and looked carefully: "There should be a light scar on the face, but it's gone."

He actually observed so carefully!
Xia Qiu was a little nervous. He thought the other party wouldn't pay attention, but he didn't reach out to touch the scar to confirm its existence. If he looked carefully, it would be hard to see.

If I knew it was not convenient, I should put the "scar" back temporarily.

"Is this a good thing?" Yi Yue asked anxiously.Medicine is an unknown field for her, and she dare not draw conclusions.

"Of course it's a good thing." The doctor sat back on the chair, and he sighed. The one in front of him was not a frog, and he couldn't be anesthetized, disemboweled, or touched the bones.

This sigh was like a hook, hooking Yiyue's heart that had been put down again.

It wasn't until the examination was over that Hook finally let go of his heart when he heard no bad news from the doctor.

The atmosphere in the hospital was heavy, and she didn't dare to be too happy. When she came out and got into a taxi that seemed to always smell of cigarettes, she happily rubbed Xia Qiu's head.

"Okay, it's all right now!"

"I told you I'm fine, you just have to worry." Xia Qiu said.

I have taken off the "injuries" on my body, can I be unhealthy!

However, he does not have a professional certification, and Yiyue believes in doctors with licenses and titles.People always believe in "experience", not "truth".

"You're more professional than a doctor, aren't you?" Yi Yue squinted at Xia Qiu, rubbing his head harder.

Facing Yi Yue's rudeness, Xia Qiu frowned, pretending to be impatient.

Yiyue is a good friend of his mother. When he was a child, his parents were busy with work, so he was often left to Yiyue to take care of.When he got older and his parents divorced, his relationship with Yiyue deepened.

After the divorce, the father wants to leave his custody.

In the first few years, my father came back every Chinese New Year, walking with the sound of firecrackers and walking through the smell of fireworks.

During a summer vacation during that period, the school sent a task to choose a book in a catalog to write after reading. Xia Qiu chose the book "My Mother is an Elf".When he was reading, he thought, in the book, Chen Miaomiao's mother is an elf, and so is my father, and he is a firecracker elf!

In recent years, the city government has wanted to protect the environment and banned fireworks and firecrackers, and the firecracker elves have disappeared.One time during a phone call, Xia Qiu heard someone calling "Daddy" over there. It seemed that the Firecracker Fairy had a new family, and wondered if it was allowed to set off firecrackers where they lived.

His mother came to visit him every six months, and the time was very accurate, basically April and September. If it hadn't been delayed until October 10st, Xia Qiu almost thought that it was not a human being, but a robot executing the visiting program.

The time for each visit is also very fixed, guaranteed to be one hour, and how much time is exceeded depends on whether her life is going well recently. If it is not going well, she will chat bad things about the firecracker elf for a long time. If it goes well, she will drink tea for an hour , I came to Yiyue to chat about the latest trends.

There are many more unsatisfactory than smooth.Through her mouth, although Xia Qiu has no memory of the firecracker elf, she knows him very well.Well, with a biased understanding.

When Xia Qiu was lying on the short, thin, white hospital bed, her mother came once, and as soon as she opened her mouth, Xia Qiu knew that she had been very unhappy recently.It was not easy to use it in the hospital, and she couldn't talk to her heart's content.

Xia Qiu was puzzled, how could her mother never forget her father after they divorced for so long.The nagging things are different every time, so how can there be so much material to talk about?

In the 363 days before he came, did his mother keep stuffing discs of their short marriage into the VCD like he did when he was a child, using bored eyes and detective-like acumen to discover the details in the discs?

She is probably the number one black fan of Firecracker Fairy.

Xia Qiu didn't think the topic of firecracker elves was very interesting, but since the number one black fan brought over a bunch of gifts every time, he didn't mind listening to her chatter.

From these, we can see how unreliable the parents are.Far away from these two unreliable guys, Xia Qiu's life is much more comfortable now.

After the divorce, the couple did the only reliable thing—to invite Yiyue to take care of their abandoned son.

Yiyue's husband was his father's subordinate, and the man married Yiyue with the intention of "getting close to the best friend of the boss's wife".After Xia Qiu's parents divorced, the man seemed to have encountered a major political turmoil. He immediately separated from his boss's ex-wife, broke off the marriage agreement with Yiyue, and stood firmly behind his boss.

Yiyue has a son and daughter, the son followed the man, and the daughter followed her.

When Xia Qiu was bored, she thought, these two parents didn't think about it, is it reasonable to throw their son to a woman whose family is broken because of him?

Fortunately, they didn't think about it.

Yiyue regards Xia Qiu as her own. Every time her daughter argues with Xia Qiu, although she is not partial to her side, she will find ways to comfort Xia Qiu after she loses the fight.

Xia Qiu is very grateful to her. If it weren't for her meticulous care and respectful teaching, it would be hard to imagine what kind of person he would become.

Maybe join a street clique and hang out like a lot of undisciplined kids do.This is all well and good. After all, there is an organization.If it is worse, it will turn into a ghost-like person, wandering the streets alone.

The warmth in his heart made him turn his head and look at the closest person in the world.

It seemed that she didn't sleep well last night, Yi Yue yawned several times in succession, and noticed Xia Qiu's gaze, she was a little embarrassed.

"What's for lunch today?" She raised the topic to ease her embarrassment.

"You said yesterday that you're going out to eat hot pot today. It's okay to replace me temporarily, but I don't know if I'm Yiyi or not."

"Ah, I forgot, let's go after Yiyi gets out of school!"

"Let's go to the house on Manjiang Road."

"That is said to be expensive."

"Anyway, he gave a lot of money, just spend it. Or keep the baby?"

This he refers to the firecracker elf.

"Money is hard to earn, save a little! And of course I'm here to invite you."

Firecracker Fairy and his number one black fan send money every year, Firecracker Fairy pays more, number one black fan pays less, the money Yiyue doesn't move, it's all stored in a card.

She planned to give this card to Xia Qiu after he got married.She kept it a secret.

If Xia Qiu knew about it, he would definitely comment that this was a useless behavior, just like the doctor's affirmation.

Although the Firecracker Fairy couldn't come because of the government's ban, Qian was never absent.Now Xia Qiu lives in a house under his own name, which is an asset of two to three million yuan. When he gets married, the firecracker spirit has hinted that he will pay a large sum of money.

In the eyes of the Firecracker Fairy, the money Yiyue saved by digging, searching, and saving is probably not as good as what he leaked through his teeth.

"Okay, okay, let's go to Shuige." Xia Qiu changed to an affordable hot pot restaurant.

Yiyue estimated the time and said, "I'm too late, I'm leaving after eating, let Yiyi take you back after eating."

"Why did Yiyi send me back? Normally, my brother should send my sister to school? You will be said to be patriarchal if you do this." Xia Qiu complained.

"It's not that you just had an operation..." Halfway through speaking, Yi Yue remembered that five months had passed since the operation, and the doctor had just ordered Xia Qiu to recover perfectly.

The aroused anger subsided, and she said angrily: "Then you go home after eating."

"Ah."

Xia Qiu's face is flat, but his heart is sour.

Yiyue said that she would leave after eating, because she was rushing to work.

Half a month ago, it was confirmed that Xia Qiu was really, truly able to move freely at home, so she found a new job as a waiter in a medium-sized restaurant, and the work was very hard.

This made Xia Qiu very upset, and he has always been unfair.

In his opinion, Yiyue is the best person in the world, much better than the Firecracker Fairy and the number one black fan.Such a good person works from morning to night, while the other two are able to live comfortably.

Not to mention the Firecracker Fairy, Qian Duoduo, Lu Guangguang, and a heart-wrenching licking dog by his side.Although the number one black fan always complains that he is not going well, he also has several stores under his name and has found a new husband who is in the management of a big company.

If life was a river, then they were on the boat, if not on the shore, and Yi Yue was in the water.All day long on the boat, all day long in the water.

If there is no accident, Xia Qiu will get a plank from his parents, and he will lie on the plank and float with the waves, without swaying or flailing.

The plank of the boat is definitely not too big, he can't break off a piece and give it to Yi Yue, Yiyue won't take his plank.

It's like eating strawberries when I was a child, if Xia Qiu had a basket full in his bosom, and he handed it over, Yiyue would taste one, but if Xia Qiu's bosom only had a small box, Yiyue would not reach out.

"Why don't you quit your job." Xia Qiu couldn't help but say.

Yi Yue turned to look at him with doubts on her face, and it took a while to realize what Xia Qiu said.

She was grinning, thinking that Xia Qiu was joking: "How can anyone not work! You must never have such an idea."

There are many people who do not work!

You only think about work, so you end up splashing in the water!

Take a look at the number one black fan, born about the same age as you, with her pretty appearance and sharp articulation, she first found a firecracker elf, and then a senior executive of a big company. She spends her days doing beauty treatments, chasing trends, and researching VCDs!

You were prettier than her when you were young, but when she mentioned you when she was the Black Firecracker Fairy, her lips and tongue were full of pride disguised as regret!

Xia Qiu didn't say these words.

Just as no amount of careful watering can avoid the appearance of bad seedlings, Yiyue's meticulous teaching cannot turn Xia Qiu into a straight adult plant like her.

For this world, Xia Qiu has her own views.

"I know, when I make a lot of money, I invite you to work in Jerusalem," he said.

Yi Yue scolded with a smile: "The emperor's golden hoe, isn't it!"

When the car arrived downstairs, she was still smiling. When Yiyiyi came back, she would definitely tell her daughter the conversation in the car as a joke.

She didn't know that Xia Qiu didn't say this to amuse her.

Xia Qiu feels that the world is very unfair to Yi Yue. He once placed his hopes on the self-adjustment of the world, but now it seems that the world is very sick and cannot adjust itself for a while.

He can only do it himself, help the world push his muscles, straighten his meridians, and get rid of his stubborn illnesses.Let Yiyue get the fairness in his heart.

Just rely on the ability he gained after this accident.

The one he named "pawn" can manipulate all the concepts possessed by the human body.

　Back to open a new book.Thinking back to the previous book, I was too drifting, too impatient, and my excuses were meaningless, so I stood at attention and was scolded.Go back to the original daily love theme, don't think about what is there and what is not.I hope to return to the previous mentality and tell you a good story.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)