Chapter 72
There was only a small bed in the original house of his younger brother Long Jian, and Long Mingyi could not live in Long Jianyuan's place. He would not go to Long Mei's place to avoid seeing Yu Hai and everyone breaking up unhappy, which would affect his mood. Xuan Siyue I booked a hotel for Long Mingyi in the city and found a suite.
In the evening, after dinner, everyone chatted for a while. Long Ming and his family went to the hotel to rest, while Long Mei and Yu Wei went back to their own homes.
Long Jian drove Long Mingyi, Shen Yi and Long Youfeng to the hotel.
"Brother." On the way, Long Jian said, "Last time, I didn't borrow money from my uncle."
"You did the right thing." Long Mingyi expressed his thoughts directly, "The money is yours! Yu Hai is not short of money, but I think he is a bit too greedy."
"Thank you, brother." Long Jian took the reassurance and felt confident.
Long Mingyi took his mobile phone and sent a message, "Also, don't worry about paying back the money."
"Yes." Long Jian nodded, "Our business has improved recently, and I will pay you back part of it at the end of the year. It won't be a problem."
Long Jian sent Long Mingyi's family of three to the place, and he helped carry the luggage to the lobby. After Long Youfeng took the plane and car for a long time, he felt sleepy. He rubbed his eyes and leaned on his mother's arms. Blurred eyes.
"Let's check in." Long Mingyi took his wife and children to check in. After completing the formalities, he carried Long Youfeng on his back, and Shen Yiren followed behind with his suitcase. Long Jian settled them down and returned home.
The suite was very clean and spacious. Long Mingyi slowly placed Long Youfeng on the bed, took off his shoes and socks, and let him sleep well.
Shen Yiren said tiredly: "I took a bath and then went to sleep."
"Thank you, baby." Long Mingyi pressed Shen Yiren's shoulder. "I'll accompany my son. You can go wash up. I'll go out to find Sun Tao and Li Chao in a while."
"Is there another one?" Shen Yiren smiled, "Okay, I'll give it a day off."
After Shen Yiren washed up, Long Mingyi left the room and closed the door outside. Shen Yiren zippered the door from the inside.
Outside the hotel, Sun Tao and Li Chao had been waiting in the car for more than ten minutes.
As soon as Long Ming came to Sun Tao's car, Sun Tao even teased Long Mingyi: "Are you so tired of being with your own wife?"
"This is called true love." Long Ming stunned Sun Tao.
Li Chao said: "I recommended a client today and came here specifically with you."
Long Ming smiled, "So I have to thank you?"
"No, I have to thank you." Li Chao said: "Shengxing's sales are good now, and I have been promoted. Now it is easier to reimburse entertainment expenses and other expenses."
Sun Tao said unhappily: "Oh, I'll treat you to this meal today. Don't use the company's money in exchange for favors."
Li Chao said dissatisfiedly: "I beg you, can you take the company's accounts? Who do you think I am?"
Long Ming sat in the back row and said, "Stop bickering. We don't have much time."
"Yi Ren has a good tutor." Sun Tao laughed.
Although my hometown is not as rich in nightlife as big cities, the food and drink at night are definitely not much different.
Sun Tao drove to a barbecue restaurant on the street of the night market. "This is the one, I really like it."
Sun Tao entered the store with a small bag under his arm and a straight figure.
"Brother Sun." The landlady's tone was like "Eighteen Bends". Long Ming shuddered for a moment.
"First, let's have two plates of flowers and hair." Sun Tao slapped his handbag on the table, which was quite impressive. "Then let's get the special wing-wrapped shrimp, 15 pieces. The mutton skewers are 30, big skewers, ribs 30. Li Chao, how many kidneys can we have?"
Sun Tao and Li Chao knew that Long Ming hardly ate a pair of internal organs.
"You can come and watch." Li Chao took three bottles of soda from the refrigerator. He opened them one by one and divided them among the three of them. "Quatify your thirst first."
"Six kidneys, please." Sun Tao closed the menu, "Two dozen beers, please."
"Okay, Brother Sun, just wait."
After a while, some dishes were served first. Sun Tao stood up as the host. He raised his glass and said: "First of all, welcome my brother to return home in fine clothes. Let's go."
The three of them had a drink.
"Second," Sun Tao filled up the cup again, "Mingyi greeted us well last time in Haishi, we can't do worse. Let's have another one."
Downed another glass.
"Third," Sun Tao poured another glass, "When our buddy encountered trouble, Mingyi came to help. Mingyi must drink this cup, and Li Chao and I respect you."
"Yes, yes."
"Come on." Long Ming drank three drinks in a row, and drank some more at Long Jianyuan's place, which made him feel a little stronger.
Long Ming waved his hand and said, "You can't drink like this anymore. I just drank this liquor, and you can't drink this beer in one drink."
"Then take a rest." Sun Tao said, "Eat more food. Li Chao and I will drink."
After a while, the kidneys came up. Li Chao picked up a bunch of imitated videos and said, "If you have money, eat kidneys. Remember, I will eat kidneys when I come. Does money count?"
"The students look really similar, and you look similar too!" Sun Tao almost spit out his drink. "It's a pity that you don't want to be an actor?"
Long Ming ate the wing-wrapped shrimp and nodded frequently, "Not bad."
"Not bad, right? You'll definitely cook it well for us." Li Chao pointed his index finger at the table and said, "This! Sun Tao is 'cooked'."
"Oh! Li Chao!" Sun Tao glared.
"What are you pretending to be?" Li Chao blinked, "Who doesn't know you, Sun Tao Huahua. The proprietress has been divorced for a few years. I think she is quite capable. It is not easy to support the store alone, so it's good."
"Li Chao, don't talk nonsense." Sun Tao picked up the wine glass and drank a drink himself.
"Isn't this a good thing?" Long Mingyi was happy for Sun Tao.
In addition to Sun Tao being able to settle down, Sun Tao was also able to let go of his resentment towards Li Jia.
"Good thing." Sun Tao nodded, "When the time comes, if the gift is less than a thousand, I will give you mutton skewers."
Sun Tao hinted at Long Mingyi and said: "Some things are nothing if you look away." He also looked past Li Jia's matter, and there was no point in bullying orphans and widowed mothers.
Long Ming smiled: "I think love has arrived, and some people's conscience has discovered it."
As soon as Long Ming noticed that the landlady was not particularly tall, but she was wearing comfortable flat shoes, she did not dare to run fast. His thoughts turned to him and he said to Sun Tao, "Isn't it because they are going to have a baby?"
"This guy is boring, always exposing people." Sun Tao knew that he couldn't hide it from Long Mingyi, so he hurriedly gave Long Mingyi some wing-wrapped shrimps, "Go on, keep your mouth shut."
"That's a good thing." Long Ming nodded.
"What good thing?" Li Chao asked.
"It's none of your business, just eat." Sun Tao yelled at Li Chao, "Eat more."
Sun Tao changed the subject. He took the mutton skewers and said, "Have you heard? The school beauty of our high school class later married her college classmate, a super poor boy."
Li Chao said: "Isn't this normal?"
"Divorced." Sun Tao said: "A large number of people who believed in love collapsed again. Back then, she and Ming Yi..."
"We didn't know each other back then and never said a word to each other," Long Mingyi said.
"I don't know each other." Sun Tao said, "But you two didn't know each other back then?"
"It's boring." Long Mingyi said: "Sun Tao, you must retaliate. Isn't that what I just said..."
"Okay." Sun Tao knew he couldn't take advantage, so he quickly accepted.
Li Chao said: "I tell you, she won't have to worry about not being able to find it. As long as it remains the same as before, the queue can fill the entire night market."
"Back then?" Sun Tao said, "She was much more beautiful than she was back then. She was a little girl back then, and she was still young without makeup, but can her mature temperament be the same now?"
Sun Tao glanced at Long Ming, "Of course it's incomparable to Yiren."
"I like this sentence." Long Mingyi said.
"Xu Chen didn't come back to take a look?" Li Chao asked.
"No." Long Mingyi said, "She has a lot to do in a day."
The three of them finished their meal and walked out of the store. The proprietress found a small worker to drive the three of them. "Brother Sun, I'll see you off."
"First I'll give it to you, Brother Long." Sun Tao said, "Then I'll give it to you, Brother Chao. You know my family."
"Okay."
Sun Tao was sitting in the passenger seat and turned to Long Mingyi and said, "The commercial vehicle will arrive downstairs at the hotel at 7:30 tomorrow morning."
"Okay, I get it."
The next morning, Long Ming simply washed his face, put on sportswear and left the hotel. He ran along the road and set foot on a familiar homeland, which gave his heart a long-lost peace.
He said that the alley is Qiu Xiaobin's charger, so for Long Mingyi, this small northern city is the harbor of his soul.
Every step he takes here, he feels a sense of belonging.
He also realized why his grandfather Long Jianyuan had to go back with the whole family to see it.
Home is always home.
Long Ming jogged all the way to his high school. There were no big changes around the school.
He went to a nearby breakfast shop and bought two steamed buns. He ate them in his mouth. He still felt that the steamed buns here, which cost 50 cents each in the past but now cost 1 yuan each, were the most delicious.
"This is the taste of home and memory." Long Mingyi smiled happily.
Long Mingyi looked at the school gate opposite from outside the bun shop and seemed to see a boy riding a bicycle and stopped in front of the school gate. The boy smiled at Long Mingyi.
It was none other than Long Mingyi back then.
I'm still the boy I used to be
Nothing has changed.
Time is just a test
Chapter completed!