Lin Fei hugged the cub and quietly looked at the world outside the car window. The tall buildings that go straight into the sky, the endless stream of vehicles, the clean and wide roads...

Everything here is so different from his past life.

"This place is so beautiful!" 

Zhu Dazhu and the others who were sitting in the van were also leaning against the window, looking at the world outside the car and the passers-by on the street.

"Look at how high that building is, it looks like 20 or 30 stories higher than the house in our hometown?"

"I can't see it, looks like it's more than 40 stories high..." Zhu Ershui, who was sitting next to him, answered.

"Hey, look at the car parked next to it, how stylish! When I make money, I'll buy one too."

Listening to the excited voices of the two people in the car, as a boss, he naturally knew that he had to encouraged when he should. Wang Kuanlu, who was sitting in the co-pilot's seat, turned his head and said with a smile, "Work hard, if you make enough money, you will have everything!"

Zhu Dazhu and the others grinned at each other, with longing for a better future.

Lin Fei retracted his gaze from the car window, lowered his head, and looked at the little doll in his arms.

The cub had already woken up. At the moment, she was holding her little hands and playing with her fingers one by one in a bored manner. Seeing Lin Fei's eyes, she immediately returned a heartless and "toothless" smile.

Toothless cub, heartbroken -

Lin Fei looked at cub's innocent and cute little face, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, the confusion and worry in his heart all turned into courage to move forward.

Everything will be fine, won't it?

** 

The village in the city, located in the old city, has several old buildings, and the outer walls are full of mottled traces of time.

It was summer, and the branches of the branches kept calling.

A few motorcycles were parked at random in front of the rusted iron gate; under the telephone poles covered with small advertisements, the barber shop and the pastry shop stood next to each other;

the signboard of one family had been covered with thick dust, The words "washing, cutting and blowing ten yuan" are pasted on the glass sliding door;

one family simply did not put up a signboard. There was a high steaming tray on the table in front of the door, passersby knew that it was selling pasta.

"Three steamed buns and two flower rolls." 

The half-person-high steamer was opened layer by layer, the apron-wearing boss glanced at it and said in a foreign accent: "There are no flower rolls or steamed buns. Now, only the buns are left, how about?" 

The boss swiftly torn off a plastic bag, rubbed it twice, and spread it out. At this moment, he was holding a clip and a bag in one hand, and waited for the customer to open his mouth and immediately started to use it.

The young man who was shopping thought for a while, then said, "I want two stuffed meat with sauce, and three stuffed with cabbage."

"Good!" When a business came to the door, the boss's voice became a lot more cheerful.

The young man left with a bag of buns.

Downstairs of the unit,

several old men were playing chess in a crowd.

He wears a big white vest on his upper body and black wide shorts on his lower body. There is a tea cup on the stone table, and holds a palm fan in one hand.

The two sat on a stone bench to play a game and the people next to them were either sitting or standing. Some had their own stools, while others wore reading glasses and bent over with a pestle in front of them.

In the past corridor, an aunt who came back from grocery shopping was preparing to go upstairs.

Inadvertently, she glanced at the group of people watching chess. The relaxed appearance of the familiar figure made Auntie's face change immediately, and she shouted at her old man angrily:  

"You old thing. I let you look at the soup on the stove while I'm out of the house, people run away again!"

Hearing this loud voice, whether they were watching chess or playing chess, they all turned their eyes to see that they were old acquaintances and were happy.

He turned his head and stared at the chess players beside him, waiting for the show one by one.

Surrounded by so many joking eyes, Old Litou had to show himself, and while walking towards his old wife, he muttered:

"Isn't it just to watch the fire, the soup is already hot enough, before come out I've already shut down the heat, I want to watch for a while, Lao Fang and the others will soon decide the winner..."

"You stinky chess basket, why is this chess addiction so big? With such a son's kung fu, why? Don't think too much about mopping the floor, cleaning the house. only know how to play chess all day long, don't know how tired I am as a grocery shopping and cooking! Want to continue watching, right? Don't eat either!"

"Hey, you haven't passed menopause yet? Why are you still so angry, I'm an old man with old arms and legs, can't be hungry..." The two of them went upstairs noisily, Leaving a bunch of smiling people to continue playing chess.

Tongli Street is located in the old city, there are only some elderly people who are unwilling to move, and most of the rest are tenants who are migrant workers.

The elderly are used to living in a place that they have lived in for most of their lives and are reluctant to live in their old house; while the tenants save money because of the cheap rent in this place.

On a hot day, the old people carried stools downstairs to enjoy the shade, just in time to meet the tenants who came home from get off work. have seen each other many times, occasionally say hello, will get to know each other once and for all.

Coincidentally, Lao Fang, who had just won chess, saw an acquaintance who rented a house opposite their house. 

"You are back." 

The young man had sweaty clothes on his shoulders, and in one hand he was carrying a large plastic bag with ingredients he bought from the Lukou market for dinner; Pastry shop bought buns. Hearing someone calling him, Lin Fei turned around, saw Uncle Fang who was at the opposite door, and said with a slight smile:

"Yes, I just got off work."

Uncle Fang waved his fan and said kindly and kindly: "Young man, it's not easy to make money, you should pay more attention to your health..."

He picked up the tea cup and got up slowly.

"Let's go, it just so happens that I'm going back, let's go upstairs together..." The old-fashioned buildings do not have elevators, so every household still has to carry things and hold onto the railings, going up one step at a time.

Tired, there is no way, just exercise.

While going upstairs, Mr. Fang chatted with the people next to him: "Look at your sweaty body, the temperature is high today, the TV says it's the highest temperature this month, you have to pay attention to heatstroke prevention, take a shower after you go back, remember use warm water, don't rinse with cold water..."

"You are young and don't know, it's convenient, when you reach my age, you will understand you can't be careless about your body, and have to take care of it from a young age."

After walking two floors, Uncle Fang stopped, ready to take a sip of water before continuing. Fortunately, his home is on the third floor, and he will be there after climbing one more floor. No hurry.

Lin Fei also stopped and waited patiently for the people next to him to rest, there was no rush on his face.

He picked up the tea cup and moistened his throat. Uncle Fang left in a hurry, caught a glimpse of the plastic bag in Lin Fei's hand, and continued to chat with the people next to him: 

"What did you buy at the vegetable market today? What are you going to do for Xiao Peipei?"

"Well, I see, yes, there are tomatoes, cucumbers and eggs... It's been said on TV that the combination of meat and vegetables should be balanced, and the child is still growing. It's good to eat more eggs, it's nutritious, and you will grow taller in the future..."

The sound of the door opening upstairs came, followed by the sound of small footsteps.

"Hey, slow down, Peipei, don't run, walk slowly..."

Lin Fei hurried up a few steps upstairs, and sure enough, seeing the little doll rushing forward like a cannonball. He hurriedly put down the vegetable bag in his hand and caught the cub who swooped at him.

"Feifei!" A childish little milk voice sounded in his ears.

Holding the little guy in his arms, Lin Fei was angry and funny, his heart softened. Thinking of something, he quickly let go of the little doll and said, "I just got off work, and my body is covered in ashes, so I can't hold you." 

The cub fluttered with big black eyes, and said in a milky voice, "It's okay, I don't dislike You!" 

The little doll stretched out her arms and wanted to hug. Lin Fei smiled helplessly, then picked up the little guy with one hand and the vegetable bag with the other. He lightly weighed the little doll in his hand: 

"It seems to be a little heavier..."

"Where is it heavy, this nest is cute!"

Hearing the person in front of her say that she is heavy, the little cub immediately flattened her mouth, heavy With a "hum", turned her head away, ignoring him.

Seeing that the little guy was angry, Lin Fei quickly said: "Yes, yes, this is cute, not serious, I said something wrong, don't be angry..."

"Okay," 

Cub turned her head, Fendudu's little face raised, "Who is there a lot of Master Wo. It's been said on TV that Wo is a happy meat..."

"Hehe-" Uncle Fang, who just walked upstairs slowly, and was standing in the room Aunt Ye in front of the door laughed when he heard the childish words.

"Yes, we're adults."

"You're right, it's called happy meat..."

Lin Fei went upstairs with the cub and said gently to Aunt Ye, "When I'm not at home, thank you for taking care of her."

Aunt Ye waved her hands and said, "It's not hard work, anyway, I'm idle when I'm idle. Besides, I don't need anyone to worry about. I like it very much."

Uncle Fang stood aside and said: "Okay, don't say thank you, it's all from the neighbors, the children are hungry, hurry up and go home!"

Lin Fei took the cubs back to their home.

Time passed quickly, 

two years were enough for Lin Fei to settle down in Beicheng.

In the past two years, Wang Kuanlu has brought Lin Fei and others together to do renovations for others. Although there are dormitories at the construction site, it is inconvenient to bring children. So, Lin Fei and Cub rented a room in the urban village and settled down.

Hard work is hard work, but worth it.

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The author has something to say: Sorry, the update time is not stable these days.