Chapter 54 The Story of Little People
I signed the contract and paid the rent for three months, totaling 9,000 yuan.
The layout of the house is very unique, and the two bedrooms are staggered, so no one can interfere with each other.
The man who has been scolded by the landlord girl is Zhang Wei. He is a northern man. He is 27 years old this year. He took his girlfriend to Beijing and moved to Beijing five years ago and has been living here, so he is very familiar with the landlord.
Later I heard that life was getting harder and the money I earned was not as fast as the rent increased. My girlfriend followed him for three years and finally couldn't stand this poor life. She broke up and went back to her hometown to find another man, who had a car and a house, and got married soon.
After hearing the news, Zhang Wei got drunk that night, crying and laughing, saying that his wife had finally made it through.
It is precisely because of this that the landlord looked down on him from the bottom of his heart and felt that he was too cowardly to live and could not even keep his wife.
These stories were told by the landlord. When Zhang Wei was talking, he sat next to him without saying a word, lowering his head and smoking constantly.
After tidying up his luggage, He Xiao came out of the room. When he turned around, he saw Zhang Wei sitting on the balcony outside the living room, drinking cans of beer.
He Xiao looked at the time. This guy had been sitting there for three hours, and he kept staring at the traffic in the distance, from evening to dark.
As he approached, Zhang Wei's decadent appearance became more obvious.
He is 1.72 meters tall, not very good-looking, and is dressed very honestly.
This is the most real ordinary person, as ordinary as his name.
How do you say that? Standing on the street and shouting Zhang Wei can get dozens of responses.
Too ordinary.
But He Xiao didn't mean to look down on him. He all came from the bottom. When He Xiao first came to Beijing to move, he was even worse than him. He couldn't even rent a house. Sometimes he had no money in his pocket and slept on a park bench.
It is harder to bear in winter. The weather in the north is very dry and cold, and the wind is strong. It feels cold when walking on the road during the day, let alone at night.
At that time, if he was so poor that he couldn't find a house, He Xiao would find a bank to deal with it. It had heating inside, which was very comfortable and was the best choice for wanderers.
So He Xiao was a little man from beginning to end. He felt that he was no different from Zhang Wei in front of him. Everyone had their own suffering.
But now he has ended his hardships and has a little bit of a sense of making a living.
Zhang Wei is miserable now, but maybe his opportunity has not yet arrived, and maybe one year it will be successful.
When He Xiao came here to rent a house, he actually saw the story on everyone's face.
The timid and cowardly Zhang Wei represents all living beings, and the irritable landlord must have his own hidden secrets.
In fact, the landlord was not as cold as Xu Yuan said. Although this person seemed inhumane, He Xiao still saw from the conversation in the afternoon that the landlord was not bad.
She was able to take Zhang Wei in to live here for five years, trying every means to prevent him from sleeping on the street, and even when he had no money, she even asked someone to share the rent with him. This action shows that Zhang Xuran is not a bad person in essence.
Except for a little odor.
He Xiao took out two cans of cold beer from the refrigerator, carried one in one hand, walked to the balcony, and sat opposite Zhang Wei.
"Brother, we will be roommates from now on, so let's have one." He pulled out the jug with a bang and put it on the table.
Zhang Wei turned his eyes, held the bottle of beer with calloused hands, and said honestly: "Thank you."
"You're welcome." He Xiao cried with him.
Zhang Wei didn't know what to say. He looked at the neon lights outside the window. After a while, he spoke with a little self-deprecatingly: "You must think I'm ridiculous, right?"
"No." He Xiao shook his head, "A man met someone he wanted to take care of for his whole life when he was the most helpless. No one has ever experienced that kind of pain, and nothing ridiculous."
"But they all say I'm a dog licking."
"That's because the world is so cold. They call people who love themselves a spare tire and people who are affectionate are licking dogs. This is their fault and has nothing to do with you."
"Thank you." Zhang Wei seemed to be exhausted again.
After pondering for a long time, he sighed: "Actually, I had a dream before, wanting to be an actor, and I went to Hengdian for a while, but people said I had no characteristics, so I ran back, found a job, and drove a big car."
"Later, one time, a truck of more than 20 tons of apples fell over the roadside. Before I could figure out how to pick them up, dozens of villagers suddenly ran out nearby to grab my apples. Some even called taxis and drove a tractor to pick them up. I begged all the time but no one paid attention to me, and I almost knelt down to them."
"My girlfriend said that I can't do anything, and I won't eat anything left, and I did nothing, so I broke up and went back to my hometown."
Zhang Wei didn't know how long he had been holding these words in his heart. After saying that, he took a sip of beer and wiped the slippery corners of his mouth. He didn't know if it was the wine or tears that were sprinkled.
"Brother, what's the point of living someone like me?"
“…”
He Xiao didn't answer. He looked at the man who knew him only today, but dared to show his wounds, and felt very complicated.
Life is not easy.
Too fucking hard!
He suddenly remembered a song.
Maybe he can sing this song next time he goes to Hangzhou again.
There was a little silence in the room.
Seeing Zhang Wei drinking wine with his head down, his eyes turned red, He Xiao was afraid that he would really not be able to think about it, so he finally spoke up: "Brother, the apples are sprinkled, and the villagers go to pick them up. That's because the villagers don't have enough knowledge and don't understand the law. This is bad luck and has nothing to do with your ability."
"As for you to be an extra in Hengdian, you are said to be uncharacteristic... That's because he has no eyes! Uncharacteristic is obviously the biggest feature!"
"No characteristics is the biggest feature?" Zhang Wei didn't understand and looked at him in confusion.
"Yes, acting is not only an idol, but art comes from life. Only people like you who have experienced hardships can perform the most real emotions." He Xiao was very serious about giving this fragile man chicken soup, "Friends, there is an old Chinese saying that you can live by putting your life to death."
"Being killed and living..."
Zhang Wei whispered in a low voice, as if he was thinking about something seriously.
After a long time, he wiped his tears and raised his wine glass.
"Brother, let's go!"
"Go one!"
He Xiao clinked his glasses with him.
A few hours later, Zhang Wei got drunk and was so drunk that he was unconscious.
He Xiao carried him back to the bedroom and threw him on the bed.
This man of twenty-seven or eight was just lying there, talking all over his mouth, not knowing what he was muttering.
He Xiao shook his head, closed the light, gently closed the door, and walked out.
In the dark little room, Zhang Wei fell asleep and suddenly sat up again, took out his cell phone in a daze, edited a text message, and then lay down again.
...
A city in the north.
A girl's cell phone rang.
She picked it up and saw that it was a message from a mobile phone number without notes.
Chapter completed!