i was my mistake

In fact, when Wan Qing and Ye Chen came over, there was no one holding or hanging a sign like this.

And she knew that there would be more and more people like this, all over the streets, looking for every possible way out.

The people here are very resilient, they will always find their own problems, and then try to find a way to survive and make some contributions to this society.

But how many people will come to pity them?

—Maybe there will be, but certainly not those high-ranking gentlemen.

And when did those gentlemen who should have been knocked down quietly appear again?

Wan Qing sighed softly.

"There are more laid-off workers..." Ye Chen also noticed this detail.

"Ah."

"There are more and more workers like Dad." He frowned worriedly, "Will Dad not be able to find a job after he recovers?"

"Don't worry, people will always find a way out." Wan Qing rarely comforted him, "Always."

"must be able to."

"But there are those who can't, it's just that they will disappear by themselves, and they won't stir up any waves in the era."

In the two-dollar convenience store downstairs, there was a continuous loop of horns.

"Two yuan supermarket, everything is two yuan, everything is two yuan, the whole shop is two yuan, everything is cheap, everything is affordable..."

Zhao Jinyu, who had just parked his car, suddenly looked at this newly opened two-dollar store with his eyes bright.

"It's so cheap! I want to go in and have a look. Wanwan and Ye Chen want to be together?"

In fact, the two-dollar store in this era is not cheap.

But after all, there are a lot of good value for money.

There are some daily necessities at home that need to be purchased, so it's good to go in and have a look.

——It would be nice to even buy two hangers.

"Look at it."

Ye Chen didn't speak, but he had already opened his legs, his eyes were fixed on the toy section of the window, wishing he could teleport to the shelf right now.

"Hi, may I ask if the wallet is for sale?" Zhao Jinyu walked in and looked politely at the boss sitting in front of the cash register.

Probably because of the newly opened store, the boss looked very enthusiastic. He pointed to an area: "Over there, you can see it when you walk over there!"

"Is it really two dollars?"

"Yeah, everything is [-] yuan, everything is [-] yuan, everything you see is [-] yuan a piece!"

"En! Thank you!" Zhao Jinyu excitedly picked up a shopping basket, as if he wanted to splurge.

Wan Qing watched her keep filling the basket with useful and useless things, and couldn't help but said, "There's no need to buy so much, right?"

"It's okay, it's so cheap anyway! Is this a cheap supermarket? You can buy so many things with so little money, it's amazing!"

"Actually, it's not too little. Ten items are worth twenty."

"Isn't it cheap?" Zhao Jinyu looked at her suspiciously.

"...Uh um... Jinyu, how much pocket money do you have a month?"

"Hmm... I don't know."

"what?"

"Anyway, if it's gone, ask your parents for it."

"... Then, how much will it cost in a month?"

"I usually don't spend money randomly, um... um... If you don't count the food, it's probably five or six hundred? Oh, if you buy expensive things sometimes, you may spend thousands of dollars—— Usually not that much."

"..."

……

31. Call bill

Saturday, September 1996, 9.

Probably because of the six days of class this week, it feels extraordinarily long.

It is even more difficult to get up early on this rare Saturday.

The life of the third year of high school has just begun, and it already makes people feel a little tired.

Not physically, but mentally.

A year is very short, but at this time, it seems very long, as if there is no end in sight.

The small luminous alarm clock by the bed had already rang once, Wan Qing struggled to get up, but turned over, and fell asleep for another hour, half asleep.

It was difficult to open the eyes as if they were glued together.

She told her in her mind that this was a rare holiday and that she could sleep a little longer, but when she thought of the many things to do, she couldn't bear to waste time.

At this moment, Wan Qing seemed to be wrestling with herself.

—Actually, it's about the same.

"Uh..." Ye Chen was sleeping soundly, and suddenly felt a small fist land on his chest, but the force was not small, and it made his chest feel tight.

Before he had time to open his eyes to see what was going on, he felt the quilt beside him turn for a while, and the fist moved away, but then, a crystal jade foot hit his face with a 'slap' , so that his entire face could only be forced to look aside.

"Hey……"

"Gu..."

"Dong dong."

There was a knock on the door.

At first, it was just two soft beeps, and then gradually became hasty.

Wan Qing patted her head hard, but she couldn't get up from the bed no matter what.

While thinking about waking up soon, she lingered in the dream world——

In the end, Ye Chen's face hurt from being stepped on, and the knock on the door became louder, so he couldn't take it anymore and got out of bed.

Father was lying on his back on the sofa, with one leg resting on the coffee table, and was snoring slightly.

Ye Chen walked to the door wearing slippers that should have fit well, and pulled the door open with a "crash".

Standing outside was a man in a suit and leather shoes.

But judging by his appearance, it seems that he has been busy for a while.

"You are……?"

"Oh, hello, I'm here to collect your landline phone bill." The man showed a formulaic smile, and took out his work ID to give him a look.

Ye Chen buttoned his eyelids sleepily, and then his eyes slowly began to focus again. Even so, the words were a little blurry.

"Here's a list of phone bills, take a look."

"Uh um..."

Ye Chen took the receipt-like list, which generally stated the phone charges, mainly divided into three types: within the city and outside the city and outside the province, and the roaming charges were also noted in detail.

Even the cost of listening to the connection is also written.

In this era, the free answer package is actually not popular, and the price is not cheap.

"There is still a fee..."

"Well, of course there is a charge for using the phone." The man who collected the money was stunned.

"Uh huh... I thought it was the apartment phone, and it was free."

"Haha, that's impossible, it must cost money."

"The total is... 15 yuan." Ye Chen smacked his lips, "It's so expensive..."

"There are not many calls, but your family's calls are long." The man is very skilled in business, "Why don't you buy a package, the most popular thing now is to answer for free, the monthly fee is only 20 yuan, and you can make calls within the city. It only costs [-] cents, [-] cents in the province, and [-] minutes of roaming free for a month outside the province..."

He started to sell without end, and Ye Chen was sweating profusely.

"Uh, wait a minute, I'll go in and get the money first..."

Wan Qing's wallet is placed in the drawer of the bedroom. Although she usually uses it, it's no problem for Ye Chen to open the wallet to get the money.

—she was very relieved about it.

Probably because of the same self.

"Wan Qing, Wan Qing? Do you want to get a phone package? Uh... Shall I pay last month's phone bill first?"

"Hmm..." Wan Qing's voice was muffled as she buried her face in the pillow.

Seeing that she wanted to sleep so much, Ye Chen didn't bother her anymore, took the money and walked out.

"How about it, do you need to apply for one?"

"Uh... not for now." Ye Chen laughed twice.

"I just checked. Your roaming charges are very high. I suggest you buy a package to save money."

"Next time... let's talk about it?"

"That's fine." He was not discouraged at all, and handed over his business card, "This is my business card, you can contact me next time you want to arrange a package, I will come every month, oh, please accept this invoice good."

"it is good……"

Ye Chen rubbed his eyes, watching the man who had been at work for a while walk towards the next house.

"Ahhhh——" He yawned twice, and was about to close the door when he saw the opposite door slowly open, and a well-groomed Zhao Jinyu stood at the door stepping on a pair of fluffy rabbit slippers.

"Ye Chen? Are you awake?"

"Well...it's early."

"It's late, it's almost eight o'clock."

"Uh, is that so?" Ye Chen was still a little confused.

"Has Wan Qing woke up?"

"not yet."

"Well……"

"Want to come for breakfast?"

"Just going to eat." She shook the newly bought small wallet in her hand.

"Come to my house to eat, she'll be up right away."

"Well——" Zhao Jinyu obviously wasn't thinking about whether to spend money or not, "Okay, what are you going to eat?"

"Well, let's wait until the evening clears up?"

"Pfft, did she sleep deeply?"

"Uh... it should be up." Ye Chen himself was a little uncertain.

However, Zhao Jinyu had already taken off the rabbit slippers and came over wearing a pair of beautiful and clean crystal sandals. Ye Chen hurriedly gave her a pair of shoes, and the latter took off the shoes he had put on seriously just now, and put them back in his shoes on the cabinet.

——Obviously as long as you just need a set of shoes, you can come here, but it is so troublesome.

"Wan Qing is in the bedroom, go in and find her, I'll wash up first." Ye Chen scratched his cheek, and walked into the bathroom on his own.

"Is it okay?"

"It's okay." When Ye Chen said this, he had already picked up the tooth cup.

The self in the mirror seemed to be a little more handsome - but it was probably just an illusion.

Zhao Jinyu glanced at the sleeping man in the living room, walked lightly to the door of the bedroom, and slowly pushed the door open.

In fact, the bedroom is fairly tidy. Although Wan Qing used to be an otaku living by herself, she has no habit of living in a pigsty.