Little Cotton

20

 In late January, the great cold just passed.

It was another weekend, and this southern city was covered with light snow all night.

When Yu Ling woke up, she leaned over to the window and took a look, only to see that the outside had been covered with a large piece of silver.

But the ground where people walk is dirty.

The snow has been trampled, mixed with the dust and dust of the city roads, and people's footprints of different sizes and depths are printed like mud.

Every snow that cannot be stepped on is extremely thin, and with a light press of the index finger, you can touch the coldness at the bottom. Unlike in the mountains, the mountains and plains are covered with ice and snow, and when you step down, there is a big and white footprint.

Sister Chen said that it is not easy to get snow here.

I forgot whether it was the year before last or the year before last. She got up early in the morning and took her children out to play in the snow. The snow was too thin, and the edges of the flower beds, leaves, and the bottom layer were all dirty. Snowman's clean snow.

The snowman was only as big as a fist when it was piled up, but her children were very happy. They were afraid that the snowman would melt, so they put it in the freezer of the refrigerator. But it doesn't work, and it loses its shape in a few days.

"Where I used to live, there was a lot of snow every winter."

"It's great, I've never been to the north in my life."

Yu Ling raised her eyebrows and didn't say anything more.

She thought, her past was not good at all.

But she doesn't dislike Xiquan Mountain.

The mountains there, the water there, nothing is wrong.

From the day she could remember, the aura in this world became thinner and thinner. Now that she came to a human city, she realized that it was more difficult to cultivate here than in Xiquan Mountain.

If there is any place in the world that is suitable for breeding new demon spirits, maybe there is only Xiquan Mountain guarded by the sacred tree.

But even the aura in Xiquan Mountain is far inferior to the random mountains and rivers that she and Lin Shuang have traveled together in the hundred years of the other world that disappeared like a dream.

Yu Ling still remembered that she had turned into a demon body with Lin Shuang on countless cold winter days, and then hid in Lin Shuang's soft white hair, and traveled with her to another strange mountain forest.

If she wanted to play with the snow, she would get off Lin Shuang, and Lin Shuang would also transform into a human form, protecting her hands with spiritual power, while building a big snowman with her.

Lin Shuang likes to laugh very much, and she looks very pretty when she smiles.

As long as she is with Lin Shuang, no matter how hard life is, it is sweet to her.

In fact, it was the same with Zhong Chuyun. The difference may be that her life is not bitter at last, but the fox beside her doesn't like to laugh much anymore.

Sometimes Yu Ling couldn't help but wonder, did the world in her memory really exist?

Why, except for a memory, a fox who looks exactly like Lin Shuang, why can't she find any proof that that world existed?

It was cold and empty, so Yu Ling sat in front of the cashier for a whole night with such thoughts in mind.

That night, Ms. Chen muttered a lot of things in a low voice, and mentioned many times that she should think about other ways out as soon as possible, and finally left Yu Ling with her mobile phone number.

A few days later, the store paid this month's salary, and Sister Chen left after receiving the money, and never came back again.

Leaving with her was another girl who changed shifts with her every day.

Excluding the boss, there are only two employees left in the store, who worked in rotation for more than half a month, morning and night.

On the eve of New Year's Eve, the boss paid the salary in advance, and there was also a red envelope of 100 yuan for the New Year.

This month's business is even worse. The basic salary commission plus half a month's full attendance and New Year's red envelopes are less than seven hundred.

But there is also a reason why I haven't worked for a full month.

Yu Ling took the money in her hands, and before she had time to thank her, she heard the boss say: "I won't use it after the next year." The bewildered

girl blinked and asked softly, "Is it because I didn't do well?"

The boss shook his head: "This store can't continue."

Just like that, Yu Ling lost a job.

Before leaving, she saw that the boss was not in a good mood, so she thought about it, and finally bought a sweater worth more than 70 yuan at the employee price, put it on, and said goodbye to the boss.

This was the last time she went to work there, because of the day shift, and there was a bus when she got off work, which saved her boss the money to reimburse her for another taxi fare.

Sudden loss of job, Yu Ling's mood did not become bad.

The cold winter night always comes earlier, around 5:40, the night lights are already lit on the side of the road.

Yu Ling was standing on the bus going home, her small stature allowed her to easily squeeze to the back door by the window, where there was a handrail, and it was the best place to get off the bus.

She looked at the pedestrians hurrying outside the car and at the various store signs on the street, and told herself softly in her heart that there were still many places to go.

Thinking about the good, the money earned this winter, except for a heat-insulating vegetable cover and a sweater, the rest is enough to pay off the money she owes Zhong Chuyun.

Starting today, every point in the future will be earned for yourself!

Yu Ling returned home, and as usual, turned on the electric stove, cooked rice, and fried the night's side dishes. When Zhong Chuyun came back, he found that the shift schedule on the wall was gone, so he could

n't help asking: "

Where is that schedule?"

He giggled indifferently, ran to the door of the bedroom, looked at Zhong Chuyun who had just put on his pajamas, shrugged and spread his hands: "The store manager told me not to go after the next year, the store won't be able to continue." "That's it." Zhong Chuyun turned

around Glancing at Yu Ling, she slightly raised the corners of her lips, and said, "You're not sad at all." "

I bought a new dress." Yu Ling said, unbuttoning the coat in twos and taking it off, revealing

It's a pink turtleneck sweater with a common twist texture and perfunctory lantern sleeves, showing ordinary and ordinary cheap clothes everywhere . feel.

Zhong Chuyun saw at a glance that the price of this dress would not exceed a hundred, but it was worn on the girl's thin body, so it was pleasing to the eye no matter how it looked.

"Not bad." Zhong Chuyun responded, stepped forward and took the cotton coat from Yu Ling's hand, and put it on the thin shoulders with his backhand, "Put on the clothes well, don't catch cold." "Oh!" Yu Ling bowed her head and buttoned it up

again Buttoning the coat, he followed Zhong Chuyun's heels into the kitchen, muttering in a low voice, "I put the rest of the money on the tea table, and I don't owe you anything." "Yes." Zhong Chuyun responded lightly, turning

around , Yu Ling had already walked to her side with two bowls of rice.

"I'll look for a new job after the next year." Yu Ling said, sat down, set the table and chopsticks, put her hands on the warm stove, and enjoyed the future, "At that time, I will earn more Money, you can buy what you want."

Zhong Chuyun couldn't help being curious after hearing this: "What do you want to buy?"

Yu Ling grabbed the chopsticks, thought carefully for a while, and said, "Mobile phone, I want to buy a mobile phone first!"

I feel that in this city, a mobile phone is an extremely important thing, whether it is entertainment on the Internet or communication with people, it is very useful. Basically one by one.

What everyone has, she also wants to have.

The most important thing is that as long as she has a mobile phone, she can tell Zhong Chuyun what happened to her anytime and anywhere.

Although Zhong Chuyun probably wasn't too interested.

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There is no Chinese New Year in Xiquan Mountain, but there are human cities.

On such a special day when the old and the new alternate, people hang up Spring Festival couplets to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. The whole family gathers together to have a lively meal and watch the Spring Festival Gala. In the next few days, I will take advantage of the holidays to visit relatives and friends, and chat casually with people I haven't seen for a long time.

Of course, Yu Ling saw all of these on TV.

In fact, she has no relatives here, let alone any friends.

Apart from Zhong Chuyun, the only ones Yu Ling could talk to were Sister Li from the dumpling shop and Sister Chen from the clothing store. Thinking about it carefully, this is not considered a friend, not to mention that we will not see each other in the new year, it is hard to say whether we will have a chance to meet again in the future.

As for Zhong Chuyun, I haven't seen her communicate with anyone on weekdays, and it seems that even chatting with a mobile phone is a rare occurrence.

Zhong Chuyun did have a younger brother, but this younger brother only brought two bags of fruit and a few sausages on New Year's Eve, came here for a meal, and then ran away in a hurry.

That night, Yu Ling was lying in front of the living room window, looking at Zhong Chutian who hurried out of the gate of the community, and couldn't help but wonder: "The Spring Festival Gala is about to start, why doesn't he stay and watch together?" "Hurry back and play

games " Zhong Chuyun's answer was very simple, and his tone was even more nonchalant, as if this was already a normal state.

Thinking about it, the two siblings have always lived their own lives on weekdays and rarely communicate with each other. I am afraid that they have long been accustomed to this way of life. Even during the holidays, no one needs to be accompanied by anyone.

The leisurely days passed day by day, and the vacation was accepted in a blink of an eye.

The weather was still very cold, but Yu Ling got out of bed early, had breakfast, got dressed, and went out with Zhong Chuyun.

On this day, she took a ride with Zhong Chuyun.

The scheming little cotton decided to try his luck near the street where Zhong Chuyun worked, to see if it was possible to find a suitable job for him.

If it is possible, even if the working hours are different at night, they can go out together in the morning.

However, her idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

Just like three months ago, she wandered around the nearby streets for a whole day, cheekily asked many shops if they wanted to recruit workers, and all the answers she got were not good.

And she forgot to bring change when she went out, and she couldn't afford lunch.

At 4:30 in the afternoon, a girl in the daytime hit a wall, followed the route in memory, and returned to the underground garage where Zhong Chuyun parked in despair.

When Zhong Chuyun walked out of the company building, he saw a "poor little boy" squatting beside his car with his knees hugged.

When Xiaopoor heard the footsteps, she quickly raised her head. The moment she saw Zhong Chuyun, her eyes lit up, and they were full of joy.

She stood up, without any discouragement on her face, she just scratched her head a little naively: "I didn't find a job."

At this point, the stomach that had been hungry for a day beat the snare drum very cooperatively.

After hearing this, the girl no longer felt ashamed as when she first met her. She just rubbed her stomach, blinked her eyes, tilted her head slightly, and shrugged helplessly, "I forgot to bring money when I came out. Didn't eat anything."

Zhong Chuyun was silent for a moment, then opened the locked car door.

Yu Ling immediately walked around in a circle from the front of the car, and jumped onto the co-pilot in a few steps: "Finally, I can go home and cook!

"

"Why?" Yu Ling asked in a daze.

"Take you to eat hot pot."

"It will cost a lot of money!" Yu Ling said in shock, "One meal is enough for me to buy two clothes!" "

I want to eat, I'll treat you." Zhong Chuyun said, stretching out his hand to take care of it The hair on Yu Ling's forehead was blown messily by the wind, and she smiled, "When you make money, remember to please come back." The

smile at that moment seemed to pass through countless lights and shadows, layered on the bottom of her heart, and she wished to be reflected. out another soul.

Yu Ling came back to her senses, the car had already driven out of the garage.

Looking out the window at the slowly "backward" street scene, she couldn't hold back and let out a low murmur.

"Zhong Chuyun, don't you really know me?"

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The author has something to say:

At the end of the year, little angels must treat themselves better, and scumbag authors must also treat themselves better.

So what I mean is, this year I will lie flat first, and next year I will work harder (carry the lid and escape).