Du Siqiu came out of the company, and He Youdong took the initiative to find her again.
She ran over and said, "Oh, you came just in time. I was just looking for you."
"What's wrong?" He Youdong stuck his head out of the car and asked.
"You and I go somewhere tonight."
"Where?" he said as he opened the door for her.
"There is a place to drink and eat."
"Yeah, let's go then."
The place she wanted to take him to was the Daren BBQ restaurant on the small street in the south of the city. It was a small but well-decorated shop. When she was in college, Peng Tao often took her to this place for late night snacks.
, whether it’s a hot summer or a freezing cold winter, he always takes her out in the middle of the night, and many times he only comes to this Daren BBQ restaurant. Because Peng Tao and Tang You, the owner of this BBQ restaurant,
Are good friends.
Tang You is a person she has known since then. He is different from most people she knows. He is a complete idealist. He is young, but he is willing to stay in a small and inconspicuous place.
I run a small barbecue restaurant that is equally inconspicuous, but because of the uniqueness of the operator, I have a lot of repeat customers.
Daren's BBQ restaurant is only open from 11 noon to 12 pm every day. In addition to barbecue set meals, his shop also makes various exquisite Japanese sushi, Italian noodles, hell ramen, etc.
Du Siqiu asked him what he did in the morning when he was not opening the store. He shrugged and said not necessarily. When the weather was nice, he would go out to climb mountains, fish, and play tennis. If the weather was bad, he would do oil painting or reading at home.
Du Siqiu went to Daren BBQ Restaurant and liked chatting with him. The content of his chats were all centered around his hobbies and never talked about houses, cars, or money.
So Du Siqiu often said that idealists like him are rare. She often helped him, but since she broke up with Peng Tao, she rarely came again because she was afraid of touching the scene and hurting her feelings.
I came here by chance last time and ate the barbecued yellow croaker that I used to eat again. The taste was still as delicious as ever. Tang You told her that Daren BBQ restaurant had special promotions in the past few days and invited her to help.
The main reason for the promotion is that Tang You and his girlfriend plan to move the store to Taiwan, and they want to offer a special price before leaving as a way to give back to old customers.
When she heard that they were leaving, she naturally agreed and came to see them off.
Now she and He Youdong really just left. The car went all the way to the small street in the south of the city. They got off the car at the intersection and walked all the way into the night market, passing through the crowd and the bustling shouts, to Daren BBQ.
shop.
This is a store run by Tang You himself. The last time she came here, he was the only one here. This time, Tang You's girlfriend Du Xuan was also there.
The boiler in the store had just caught fire, and there were not many customers yet. Tang You came over and said, "Why did you come here today? The promotion has already passed."
Du Si Qiuqian glared and said, "I am a regular customer, no special treatment?"
"Yes, we won't wait until the expiration date." He said calmly.
"You are really stingy. When do you plan to leave?"
"I have booked a flight ticket for the day after tomorrow. The Yintian shop is about to close." Du Xuan also came over and said: "For the sake of you bringing a handsome guy to help you today, I will give you half price for the couple's package." She did not forget to gossip.
He secretly glanced at He Youdong.
"Thank you." He Youdong smiled politely.
Du Siqiu ignored her curiosity and solemnly introduced He Youdong to them. "Okay, let's get two couple's packages."
"Hey, hey, have you ever seen a couple order two couple's meals at once? How greedy."
Tang You was rarely generous: "It's the last time I do business with her anyway, so let her kill it."
After discussing it for a long time, we finally changed it to a buffet barbecue on a whim. The main ingredients of today's couple's set meal are onions, tuna, duck neck, pork tongue and hot dog. He Youdong doesn't like to eat onions and pig tongue, so he just ordered some.
Enoki mushrooms, chicken wings, leeks, eggplant and seafood balls, all made by yourself. Tang You said this was the privilege he gave them.
"What does it mean to do my business for the last time? Don't look down on me. One day I will suddenly land in Taiwan to help you. Believe it or not."
"You have no relatives or friends in Taiwan, so what's the point of going alone."
"Humph, we'll see." Speaking of Taiwan, of course she didn't have any acquaintances there. If she did, she could only find Yang Li, a half-acquainted friend. Everything was just a joke.
"Hey Tang You, what are you two thinking? We haven't seen each other for a few days and you are actually going to Taiwan."
Tang You deliberately exaggerated and put on a bitter face and said: "It's not because of my aunt, she dreams about Taiwan all day long.
Think about it, just go, it doesn't matter where I go anyway." Yes, both of his parents passed away early anyway, so where is home? Wherever the lover is, that's home.
Du Siqiu lowered her head slightly and smiled sweetly. She had always appreciated this kind of love full of fireworks, and it was easy to be moved by this kind of love full of fireworks and feel the warmth in her heart.
She and He Youdong gathered around the stove and began to prepare food. Du Siqiu threatened that he could only grill eggplants, cut one in half, pierce it with an iron fork and put it directly on the barbecue grill. He would do the rest.
Another Dong came to work. He put the enoki mushrooms on tin foil, poured a small amount of hoisin sauce and sesame oil on them, and said, "Don't move."
"Why, my eggplant is roasted very well."
"Is this good?" He turned the eggplant upside down, and it was already burnt to black charcoal. "You even forgot to apply sesame oil on it."
Du Siqiu waved his hand nonchalantly: "Okay, Master He, come on."
"You have friends in Taiwan. Do you like Taiwan?" He Youdong suddenly asked.
She took a bunch of seafood meatballs to eat: "Yes, I really like Taiwan. That one is not a friend yet, he is someone I just met."
"There are so many places you like, including Kyoto and Taiwan." He nodded casually: "You can go there if you have the chance. There are a lot of delicious food there."
"It seems you have been there." Du Siqiu's eyes lit up.
"Yeah. My grandma is from Taipei, and she used to go there during the winter and summer vacations."
After eating and drinking, Du Siqiu stood up and said goodbye to Tang You and Du Xuan. She didn't say anything about being reluctant or taking care of herself. She thought that they would be happy wherever they went, so she wouldn't worry about it.
When I left the Daren BBQ restaurant, I found that the ground outside was wet. It must have been a moderate rain just now. Fortunately, it stopped now. The air was particularly fresh at night after the rain. Du Siqiu frowned subconsciously.
head.
"What's wrong?"
"No, I just hate rainy days." She was wet, but she just didn't like it. She was a girl who felt insecure when it rained, and would get flustered inexplicably.
"This friend of yours from the barbecue restaurant is quite special. How did you meet him?" He Youdong asked.
"I used to help him a lot. From a stranger to a mature customer, I have become a friend. What do you think of him?"
"It's quite different. From the decoration details in his shop, we can see that he is a very sentimental person, but he probably won't be a good businessman. He might engage in loss-making business."
"oh?"
He Youdong continued: "But everyone has his own way of living. A person like him may not have a particularly large financial income, but living happily is probably the most important thing in his life.
It’s over.”
"Okay, you are pretty good at reading people."
"Haha, you are not trained through work. For those in our industry, meeting a customer means being prepared to get to know a new friend. Otherwise, we will not be able to discuss any business."
As she was walking, she suddenly remembered that a certain senior in the office had complained about being late and leaving early a few days ago.
Lai Daidai took He Youdong to the night market.
Most of the men and women on the street are couples out on a date, holding a cup of gluten-free beef offal, a bunch of curry fish balls, and smiling openly on their faces. There are all kinds of small shops and stalls here, but most of them sell cheap goods. Pick up
You can't pick anything to your liking.
"Otherwise, forget it, let's go." He Youdong said.
Her eyes were still wandering around: "Why are we walking? I haven't bought one yet. I will wear it on a cloudy day."
"You're not a student, why are you buying it here? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at by wearing a primary school student's watch?" He Youdong said, "You still don't know, everything in the workplace represents status, and you can't tolerate it if you don't want it."
Yes, that’s what others are talking about anyway.” Because he has been in shopping malls all year round, He Youdong will be affected by some materialistic concepts to some extent.
Du Siqiu ignored his words. She was still reading and picking, and retorted: "We literati are not as troublesome as you businessmen. It's just a tool to tell time. What's the point?"
In the end, he was almost forced to drag him back to the car at the intersection. He didn't want to stay here until midnight.
Du Siqiu was very dissatisfied with his patience and kept talking about how he could find a wife after being so unreasonable. Then when he saw the fine affixed to the front of his car, he gloated and laughed.
The car was parked in the wrong place. He tore off the wet slip and got in the car without saying anything. Du Siqiu hurriedly suppressed his smile and opened the door himself.
He Youdong looked ahead intently as the car drove towards the downtown area. She stuck her head to the window and said, "Hey, where are you going? It's in the wrong direction."
He Youdong ignored her and drove the car very fast. Then it stopped in front of a department store.
"I don't buy watches here." She quickly refused. The watches in the counters here are all brand-name goods and are extremely expensive.
"Then wait for me here."
He went away for a long time. When he came back, he carried a cardboard bag with a small box inside. This scene reminded her of the beef brisket soup noodles he bought for her on the way home from the movie that night. It cost eight yuan a piece.
The big bowl, separated by the old newspaper, feels warm in the palm of your hand.
"Why are you so dazed? Put it on." He opened the packaging box and what appeared in front of him was a women's Casio with a black belt and a milky white dial. The design style was quite simple. He pinched her wrist and carefully put it on for her.
"Do you like it?"
She came back to her senses and nodded: "How much?"
"It's not expensive, I'll give it to you."
"What, why did you just give it to me?" She muttered nervously.
"Hey, I'm giving my girlfriend a small gift. What's wrong with that?"
She remembered what Feng Xuegang had said, saying that men have very strong self-esteem in this area. She thought about it better not to challenge, so she put on a sly smile and said, "I'm saving money for you, aren't I?"
He Youdong said: "I don't want you to help me save money. Xiaoqiu, please listen. I work so hard to make money because I hope the people I love can live more comfortably without being tied down by money. So,
If you really think about me, spend my money well and don't have any scruples."
Did he mean that the person he loved was her? I had never heard him say such words in person. But what was so special about her that she deserved his love for her?
She listened blankly to what he had to say, and her eyes felt warm as she recalled the times when he was drunk by clients while discussing business, and he drank until he vomited at home in the middle of the night.