Life is a Game

Jiang Feng found himself at the door of Carpenter Jin's house.

Looking at the time, it should be the end of autumn and winter, the leaves on the trees on the side of the road are almost gone, and Zhang Chu beside him has already put on thick clothes, but the clothes are a bit dirty and the color is relatively dull, making him look gray of. Zhang Chu was standing at the door of Jin Carpenter's house, which was closed. What made Jiang Feng feel strange was that Zhang Chu didn't go in, but stood motionless in front of the closed door.

Jiang Feng stared at Zhang Chu. He had no expression on his face. He just stood at the door and stared at the door, neither knocking nor leaving. His eyes were very strange, and there was an indescribable complex emotion.

From Jiang Feng's understanding, this emotion was sadness.

And not just sadness.

Could it be that something happened to Jin Carpenter?

It's a pity that Zhang Chu couldn't answer Jiang Feng, so Jiang Feng could only stand by and watch him quietly. Compared with the Zhang Chu in the memory of smashing the window frame, the Zhang Chu at this time has changed quite a lot. His face is still the righteous handsome guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, but his temperament is completely different.

If the previous Zhang Chu was still a young boy, the current Zhang Chu has the air of a social animal beaten by the society. It's not that he is a social animal, Jiang Feng just thinks that he must have been beaten by the society, and he was beaten so hard that he looks a little depressed.

A few minutes passed, Zhang Chu was still standing there, and Jiang Feng began to stroll around. His range of activities this time is not large, and he can only move within a radius of seven meters from Zhang Chu as the center point, just enough to slip through the wall into the front yard of Jin Carpenter's house and the front yard of the family next door to Jin Carpenter.

There seemed to be no one in the gold carpenter's house, and the yard was in a mess without even a single piece of good wood. It was full of wood flowers that were dug out even from the slag of wood, and the shelf for enjoying the shade fell to the ground for some reason and no one took care of it.

There was a family next door to Carpenter Jin. A middle-aged woman was washing clothes in the front yard, warning her young daughter not to go out while washing.

"But I just saw Brother Zhang Chu coming. I want to go out to play with Brother Zhang Chu. Mom, I haven't gone out for a long time. Now there are no classes in school, and I have nothing to do at home every day." The little girl was a little unhappy.

"What are you looking for, brother Zhang Chu, next door..." The voice of the middle-aged woman suddenly became quieter, as if she was talking about something she couldn't tell, "The next door is different from now, Qingqing, don't go out, and don't go to Zhang Chu Brother Chu is playing, let's have less contact with him in the future."

"Why?" The little girl seemed very displeased. "The ones who were taken away were Uncle Jin and Brother Aiguo. What does it have to do with Brother Zhang Chu?"

The middle-aged woman sighed: "It doesn't matter, you, alas, are not allowed to go out anyway."

The little girl had no choice but to give up: "Mom, when will my brother come back! He told me last time that he would bring me special products from the grassland when he came back. It's been almost a year, why hasn't he come back?"

The middle-aged woman touched her head, and her voice became much lower: "Come back soon."

Jiang Feng seemed to understand something. Just as he was about to take a step forward to hear the mother and daughter's conversation clearly, the air wall hit him directly.

He still bumped into his face, so hard that Jiang Feng felt that his facial features were about to be deformed.

The air wall moved very slowly, Jiang Feng quickly got up from the ground and walked back through the wall to catch up with Zhang Chu, rubbing his face as he walked. Although the air wall won't cause him any substantial damage, it really hurts.

Zhang Chu walked very slowly, obviously he was thinking about things while walking, his expression was a little dignified, he didn't even look at the road very much and kept looking down at his feet.

Along the way, Jiang Feng saw some people, and some of them seemed to know Zhang Chu. When they saw him from a distance, they ran away in a panic as if he was some kind of scourge. Zhang Chu didn't have much reaction to this. He might have seen it but didn't care at all. He just walked slowly and silently all the way to the door of Yongheju.

The entrance of Yongheju looked very depressed, there was no one there, and the door was open. The door of the silk and satin shop next door was closed, and even the signboard was crooked.

Zhang Chu walked in, and Manager Zhang stood behind the counter to settle the accounts as usual. Seeing Zhang Chu coming, he smiled and said, "Xiao Zhang is here. Gui Xiang just went out, so go to the utility room to get tools first."

"Yeah." Zhang Chu nodded.

Manager Zhang came out from behind the counter and accompanied Zhang Chu to the utility room.

"How are you doing recently?" Manager Zhang asked.

"It's okay." Zhang Chu forced a smile.

"Xiao Zhang." Manager Zhang looked around, making sure that no one was there and said softly, "It's different now, and the world has changed. If you have a chance to meet your master, please advise him, don't be so stubborn Well, axis, you should take it easy, you should write a check, write a check, even cleaning the toilet is better than it is now, don't lose your life just because of a bed."

"You persuade him, even if he is willing to be stubborn, he is patriotic... Hey." Manager Zhang can only sigh.

The two walked to the door of the utility room, and Manager Zhang also walked in and closed the door half-closed.

Manager Zhang dragged Zhang Chu to the corner and said in a low voice, "I shouldn't have told you about this kind of thing, but I can't hide it. I'm afraid you'll hear outrageous rumors from others." It's even more uncomfortable. Manager Yin is crazy."

Zhang Chu was stunned. This was the first time Jiang Feng saw such obvious fluctuations in his expression after entering this memory.

"For...why?"

"Her daughter committed suicide. Just last night, she found a rope and hanged herself in the silk shop. It is said that she left a suicide note, but the suicide note has been burned. Now the silk shop is completely closed." Manager Zhang said, Shaking her head, "This little girl...has never suffered, and she is normal."

"Manager Yin went crazy when he heard the news this morning. I told you this because I want you to persuade your master. Manager Yin is already like this. There is no need for him to put his life on the line for a bed."

Zhang Chu looked bitter: "I can't see him at all."

"Now my parents are also divorced, and I don't have a job, so you still dare to let me repair tables and chairs. I don't think I can stay in Peiping anymore. I plan to go to the countryside to be an educated youth and go to the south."

"Have you figured it out?"

"Thought it out."

Manager Zhang didn't know what to say, so he said after a long time, "It's pretty good, if you go to another place, you're a carpenter, and you can earn a living wherever you go."

"Have you talked to Guixiang?"

"Say it." Zhang Chumu said with a straight face, "I'm planning to break up with Guixiang this time. Guixiang has a job and a good job, so she doesn't want to be with me. I don't want to drag her down. She quarreled with her parents because of this matter." It’s been done many times, so it’s time to share.”

"You." Manager Zhang wanted to say something, but he didn't say it in the end, "That's the only way to go, Guixiang is also stubborn, so you find a suitable time to say it."

"Um."