death of hope

Chapter 21 "Flying Windfall" (21) Dream

Old Jon waved his crutches, pretending to be beaten: "Stop fucking nonsense, put the money in the safe quickly, and get ready to open for business!"

"I'll keep this for you, old man." Roy lifted the shopping bag and put it in, took out four stacks of money, stuffed two stacks into Old Jon's military uniform pocket, and the other two stacked each.

"It's so fucking cool! It's less than half a year's salary!" Ferguson and Downey's jaws almost dropped with joy.

"What? Such a small salary? Isn't it worse than the factory where I work, the old man is really stingy!"

"You just know, that's why I said the old man, let him take care of his own business."

"Whether you two still want to do it or not, how dare you make irresponsible remarks to the boss."

Old Jon was very happy, without shirking at all, accepted the two stacks of money from Roy, and said in a solemn tone: "I will make good use of it and do something useful."

Downey shrugged: "Look at the meaning, this money is going to be used to help the old neighbor in emergency."

"Shut up, fat man, I want you to take care of it."

Locking the safe and moving the heavy things back to their original positions exhausted the three young men, sitting on the ground panting heavily.

"It's 04:30 soon." Old Jon glanced at his pocket watch: "Go up and clean it, open the shutter door, and open for business."

"Wait, I'm exhausted..." Roy wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a smile; "Old man, you can pay me a salary later."

"Haha, use your money." Ferguson said; "Would you like a drink? We have new brandy."

"No, I have other things to do."

Opening the shutter door, the drinkers outside have been waiting impatiently for a long time:
"We've been waiting for half an hour! What are you doing? Hey, isn't this Roy, you're working here?"

"I'm just helping the old man. I'm sorry to keep everyone waiting for a long time. I just cleaned up."

Letting go of the big stone that weighed on his heart, Roy felt extremely relaxed, put his trouser pockets in, and walked out of the alley whistling.

The taxi was still parked where it was, with a 5 yuan parking ticket pinned to the windshield wiper. The driver's stinky feet were stuck out of the window, and he was lying on the seat and sleeping soundly. He was fined himself. I don't know.

"I kept you waiting, man, let's go, let's go to Jinbaihui Commercial Street, Electronic Science and Technology Trade City."

The driver woke up rubbing his eyes, saw the ticket and began to complain, until Roy slipped him the money.

The traffic situation in York City is really terrible. When I finished shopping and went home, I encountered a traffic jam. It was dark when I entered the house. The table of meals carefully cooked by Anna had cooled down, and she was sitting at the table sulking.

"It's hard to take a day off from work and come back so late. Have you forgotten what day it is?"

Roy put what he was carrying XZ behind his back, and pretended to say, "What day? It's Sunday."

Anna pursed her lips: "You're still pretending, I've seen you have something in your hand!"

"Hey, just kidding, baby, happy birthday!"

Roy opened the carton and took out a beautiful heart-shaped chocolate cake,

A strong, sweet and greasy smell permeates the whole room. This is the taste of natural cocoa powder, not artificially synthesized cheap cocoa butter substitutes. The fruits in the interlayer are also fresh and high-end products.

Anna was happy at first, but then became worried and stunned:

"Beautiful cake...but...it's expensive..."

"It's your birthday, don't be stingy, only this kind of cake is worthy of your pretty face."

"But...but..."

"But what? Let's earn money after spending it. It's just a chocolate cake. The real gift comes later."

Roy turned off the light, lit a scented birthday candle with a lighter, then took out a small box wrapped in colored electro-optic paper, and gently placed it on the table: "Open it and have a look."

Anna opened the carton with a paper knife, and it turned out to be the colorful lipstick she had been thinking about, the same lipstick used by the model in the holographic advertisement.

"This...is very expensive."

"It doesn't matter how much money you have, just say you like it or not!"

Anna thought for a while, clutching the lipstick tightly in her hands:

"like!"

"That's it."

Roy took out two miniature wireless communicators and put them on the table, as well as two service contracts of communication companies, with phone numbers and service area logos on them.

"Are you crazy... Roy?"

The smile on Anna's face disappeared, and she stood up in amazement: "The communicator itself is okay...but the wireless communication service fee...we can't make a living?"

"Not only to live, but to live well."

"Just relying on our pitiful, meager wages that can't even pay the rent?"

"Poor people live on their wages. If you want to improve your quality of life, you have to make changes. You are not the only one in this world who appreciates my paintings."

"Oh my god..." Anna covered her chin: "Wait... that collector, he bought your painting again?"

Roy lied without changing his face: "The answer is correct. Not only did I buy it, but I also bought five pieces at once."

"Thank God!" Anna is an innocent and kind person who has been deceived by others, and she has no doubts about Roy. She shed tears of happiness and said:
"I'm so proud of you... my dear,

One day, you will be a great artist, and you are just a fledgling artist, so settle down and live, earn money and save it to buy a house, don't squander it. "

"No...I'm so...sufficient with scrimmage! A burrito with no eggs! We're going to have a good life! You gotta have faith in me, baby!"

"Okay... well..."

"First of all, we must abandon the thinking of poor ghosts, we must not think about saving money in everything, we must keep up with the trend.

Think about it, what era is this? Spaceships are flying all over the sky, but we are looking for phone booths everywhere like primitive people!With this wireless communicator, you can contact anytime, anywhere, be a modern person. "

"I... don't know what to say, everything seems unreal,
The lipstick I was looking forward to the day before is already my own, I hope this happiness... can last for a long time. "Anna sighed, closed her eyes and made a wish towards the birthday candle.

"It will last a long time, and there are other surprises. I have applied for interstellar immigration qualifications, and it is estimated that there will be a reply within a month."

"The ticket for the immigrant boat is sky-high."

"Draw two more paintings and you will have everything."

Everything was kept silent, the candlelight was flickering, and the two hugged and kissed each other. After an unknown amount of time, Roy let go:
"Our children will not be born in a dirty air environment, they should enjoy the sun and the forest, and we will have a dreamy Star Trek wedding."

"It's like a dream, I hope I don't wake up."

"Silly girl, this is not a dream, but a beautiful reality. If you don't believe me, cut open the cake and taste it!"

Due to the poor air quality, the girlfriends could not come to celebrate. Although it was not very lively, it was still the happiest birthday in Anna's life. There were favorite gifts, delicious cakes, and more importantly, the company of her lover.

After the meal, there was romantic candlelight and red wine again. After a lingering night, I slept for a while until it was dark, so that I yawned again and again on the way to work, and my eyes were tired.

On the track car, Anna blushed and whispered to Roy, "You were really...too..."

Roy had a smirk on his face, deliberately pretending to be stupid to make her ashamed:

"What's the matter?"

"Hate! You should restrain your desires.

I'm in a dangerous period now, what if I get pregnant, even if the economic situation improves, we don't have time to raise children. "

"No, we have been restrained for too long before, and we have forgotten the feeling of happiness. We no longer have to earn money by selling blood, sweat and dignity. Perhaps, we should quit this lousy job so that we can have time to enjoy life."

"Roy!"

"Okay, don't be angry, we'll talk about it later."

(End of this chapter)