Urban Life: Our Youth

night.

I got off work at that time, and I remembered that Zhang Chuping's birthday is tomorrow, so I went to the bookstore to choose a Picasso pen for him as a birthday gift.

Then, I asked Zhang Chuying to meet in the park, and we found a bench and sat down.

I handed her the pen and said, "I will not attend Zhang Chuping's birthday tomorrow night. I will give him a pen as a birthday gift and hope he will study hard."

"You are so thoughtful. It's not my birthday, so why do you have to spend money?" Zhang Chuying said, "This pen is so exquisite, I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money?"

"It's not expensive, it's just a little thought. Isn't your brother also my brother?" I said with a smile.

"Then I will thank you for him first," Zhang Chuying said. "I will order a cake for him later and give him 200 yuan to treat his classmates to dinner. I will not go to his birthday party. Those classmates and I have already There’s a generation gap, they’re talking so crazy together, I can’t stand it.”

"Isn't 200 yuan too little? How about I give you another [-] yuan?" I said.

"It's quite a lot. You have to know that he also spent a lot of money on this birthday. Is 200 yuan easy to earn? Since you became the team leader, isn't the monthly subsidy only 200 yuan?" Zhang Chuying said, "These high school students these days can spend whatever money they give them. How do they understand how hard and difficult it is to make money?"

"Okay, you have a point." I said.

"Why did Hu Xinyi come to see you at noon today?" she asked.

"Uh, I didn't say anything."

"Didn't you say anything?" she asked.

"She said their home was going to be demolished, so she came back to take a look."

"Demolition?"

"Yes, she said that their family can be divided into two houses of about [-] square meters." I said.

"Two houses, even a resettlement house, costs 400 to [-] million yuan." Zhang Chuying said.

"That's true."

"Some people are born with good fortunes and have everything before they know it. Why am I so miserable? She is so beautiful, so capable, so rich, and treats you well, so you might as well consider dating her. Come on." She looked into my eyes and said.

"Look, I gave you a report before going to dinner, and now after dinner, you said this again."

"I mean, her conditions are indeed much better than mine. I have two younger brothers who will go to college and take postgraduate entrance exams in the future. I don't know how much it will cost. I have no bottom. My parents are not in good health. Well, it’s basically just medicine jars, all relying on me. You may sound nice now, but I’m afraid you won’t say so by then.” Zhang Chuying said.

"No, I don't care about this. We are still young, and if we work together, our life will not be bad in the future." I said.

"I hope you can realize your ideals, and I hope you will be true to your word in the future," she said nestling in my arms. "Thinking about the future, I feel terrible. It makes me unable to see the light. I feel that the future is just a special mouthful. It's a deep well, and I'm about to fall to the bottom of the well. Fortunately, you are holding me up with your hands below. Will you always hold me up like this?"

"Yes, don't worry."

"What if one day you let go of your hand? Am I going to be doomed?" she said.

"Nothing goes wrong, as long as I'm here, you will never fall." I said.

"Then let's hook up, you have to mean what you say." She said, stretching out the little finger of her right hand.

She and I pulled a hook and said together: "Hang yourself with a hook and don't change for 100 years."