no longer ordinary friends

There are small towns near the sea and villages near the mountains in Nanri County. There are loquat trees, lychee trees and longan trees all over the mountains and plains. A long river surrounds the village. It was still blue, and the lights in the village were turned on one by one, and all the way were villagers who had just finished their farm work and were about to go home.

"Little goldfish, are you coming to see your uncle?"

"Your uncle will be in the field now."

There is a small reservoir at the end of the river. He Jinyu’s old uncle’s home is here. The old man can’t be free and wants to earn some money to subsidize his family. At night, he will take turns to take care of the reservoir.

He Jinyu said: "Uncle said that there was an eel farm here decades ago. Some people fried fish and stole fish. They took the blame and were finally sentenced to death."

Zhou Zhicheng had also heard about this.

The two walked to the field, and Zhou Zhicheng said, "Doctor He, you still have such a cute nickname as Little Goldfish."

He Jinyu also smiled: "My uncle took it." Another serious, "Lawyer Zhou, don't you think I'm not cute?"

"It's no wonder that Dr. He leaves a mature, stable and reliable impression."

"I have a girlfriend..." He Jinyu mentioned it, and smiled, "Do you mind if I mention it?"

Zhou Zhicheng shook his head, both of them were not too young, and they both had exes, so it was normal to chat.

He said: "It was the second year of research. I was an intern in the hospital. At that time, my girlfriend was older than me. Once we quarreled and drove again. I was so angry that I left the car and her, and I ran away. , she was so angry that she was driving behind, chasing me and scolding me at the same time."

It was hard for Zhou Zhicheng to imagine He Jinyu being so angry that he fell off the car and ran away, so she laughed.

He Jinyu looked at her sideways: "What about you?" He wanted to open his heart to her.

Zhou Zhicheng was silent for a while, and then said: "He is my brother's friend, we have known each other for more than ten years, I liked him in high school, followed him to study law, went to the capital market as a lawyer, opened my eyes and wrote memo, IPO with eyes closed, 24-hour continuous rotation, partners keep picking up projects, and the lawyers below are screwing screws like assembly line workers, but the wages are indeed high compared to many industries.”

"Because it's too hard, do you come back to work?"

"Yeah." Zhou Zhicheng stepped on the ridge of the field. She didn't know that she was going to the countryside today, and she was wearing some high-heeled shoes. I am also a capitalist. Many people think that the non-litigation business is high-end. After all, I have contacted executives of major companies, financial investment bankers, high wages, trapeze people, and hotel experts. The business content is doing IPOs, mergers, acquisitions, and private placements. fund."

Many people stay in Beicheng, in the capital firm, to make more money in a short period of time. Few people like it. As for her, if it weren't for Jiang Xianghuai, she neither likes non-complaint business nor has much interest in money. pursuit.She often stays up late after working overtime, and feels chest tightness and shortness of breath, and feels like she is about to die suddenly. The most tiring thing is not physical fatigue, but mental fatigue. She can't relax almost all the time. There will be feedback by phone and email at any time. Issuing a document means taking a risk, forcing people to grow rapidly.

"Lawyers are in the service industry and they are Party B. The workload itself is heavy, and sometimes they have to be unreasonably squeezed and poured out of negative emotions by superior lawyers. I often see some lawyers suddenly collapse."

He Jinyu nodded, expressing his understanding: "The same is true for doctors. In addition to treating diseases, they also need to treat a lot of negative emotions."

He listened carefully, and Zhou Zhicheng also spoke seriously.

It's been a long time since she came back, and she hasn't told anyone about her mental journey like this. Grandpa and grandma unconditionally support her decision, she doesn't need to talk about it, and Master He Kailun will feel sorry for her. After all, there are more in Beicheng. Career Opportunities.

"My superior lawyer at the time was Jiang Xianghuai. He was a good boss. He would not get angry and swear at others at will, would not make a big deal easily, and would not squeeze people too much. He was also generous in his actions. He was willing to let the lawyers below take the lead. So, I I heard that middle and senior lawyers in his team have a low job-hopping rate, and he himself has a wide circle of contacts, strong negotiation skills, can get a steady stream of projects, and can make money, so naturally someone is willing to work with him.”

"His excellence sounds like a lot of pressure to me." He Jinyu had a gentle voice and a clear smile.

Zhou Zhicheng knew that he was joking, and said: "Later I found out that I still like litigation business, I like slow pace, don't need to wind up all the time, don't need to fly around to stay in hotels, although I earn less money, it's enough, a lot People despise the triviality of such short cases in parents..."

"But you like this kind of fireworks in the world." He Jinyu smiled and took her words naturally. He looked at her, his gentle eyes reflected the dim yellow light of the evening, everything was just right, "You grow up in love, and you want to give love to others."

She was slightly taken aback.

He Jinyu reached out and stroked her hair: "There is a saying, you go love them, and I will love you."

Zhou Zhicheng's eyelashes trembled, and he looked away with a chuckle: "Doctor He, are you going to make me the number one great man in Nanri County?"

"Is not it?"

"I'm an ordinary lawyer trying to make money."

"Then I'm also a paid county doctor, so I'm a good match."

The two smiled, and He Jinyu's uncle had already seen them and waved at them: "Goldfish, I'm here."

Uncle is an honest farmer who doesn't talk much. He has been doing farm work all his life and selling his own fruits for most of his life. He never thought that he would encounter such a thing. The crevices were filled with unclean black, and before he could say anything, tears rolled silently down the gully on his face.

He put out his cigarette and wiped his tears: "The man said that I sold Sanwu, and he was going to sue me. He bought pickled bamboo shoots at the time. I still remember that I gave him a few dollars cheaper. I didn't expect him to think this way. I've sold loquat and longan for half my life, and I'm a farmer, so I don't know what he told me that I need a certificate, but my stuff is clean and non-toxic."

Zhou Zhicheng passed a tissue to her uncle, and she also felt sad, and persuaded in a low voice: "It's okay, he left you a phone number, right, I'll help you contact him, everything will be fine, don't worry."

He Jinyu also said: "Uncle, you have to trust Lawyer Zhou."

The uncle was at a loss and panicked: "It's not that I don't trust Lawyer Zhou, it's that the bad people are so bad-hearted. He told me that this is stipulated by the law, and it's useless to call the police."

When Zhou Zhicheng and He Jinyu left, my uncle stuffed them with two plastic bottles of sour bamboo shoots.

It was already dark at this time, Zhou Zhicheng was wearing shoes with a little heel, and was walking on the field ridge, but her foot slipped and stepped on a soft mud puddle, the mud puddle collapsed, her feet were empty, and her ankle twisted when she couldn't stabilize herself Arrived, faint pain.

He Jinyu wanted to hug her, but she quickly refused, and only let him help her into his car.

There was sticky mud all over her feet, and she trampled the blankets in his car dirty.

He Jinyu showed her her ankle, and there was nothing serious about it. He said, "I'd better go to the clinic to have a look later, I'm not a professional."

After such a toss, it was very late for Zhou Zhicheng to return to Zhou's house, Zhou Guohua and Cai Mei were anxiously waiting.

Cai Mei supported Zhou Zhicheng, anxious: "What's wrong with this foot?"

He Jinyu felt guilty: "Grandma, it's my fault..."

"It's nothing to do with him. It's because I wore a pair of inappropriate shoes." Zhou Zhicheng carefully sat on a chair in the shop, took off her shoes, her ankle was swollen a bit, and she ran in the school sports meeting when she was in college. , is also twisted to this position.

Those shoes were covered with mud and the heel was a bit broken.

The Zhou family was all there, so He Jinyu didn't want to stay long, so he left soon. After he left, Jiang Xianghuai came into the store from the living room of Zhou's family behind.

As soon as Zhou Zhicheng looked up, he saw him.

He also carried two bags of food in his hand, both of which she likes to eat, one is soybean flour glutinous rice cakes, and the other is flat food without skin. of.

When she was in college in Beicheng, she often craved the skinless flat food from her hometown in the first two years. Later, a fellow villager came to the supper stall at the north gate of the school, and set up a stall there to sell small wontons. The taste was authentic, and the business was very prosperous. Every night Evening class ended at nine o'clock, and there was a long queue in front of the stall. Jiang Xianghuai didn't like to eat, but if he had time to find her, he would buy her a small skinless wonton. Consultant Jiang didn't have time to queue, so he added I have the contact information of the boss, and if necessary, make an appointment in advance to pick it up.

After many years, he bought her another skinless flat food.

There are still people shopping in the store at this time, so it's not a problem for Zhou Zhicheng to sit here. Just as she wanted Grandma to come over and help her in, Jiang Xianghuai suddenly bent down and picked her up. She hugged her subconsciously. his neck.

He has been in the habit of exercising for so many years. When he was in college, he was one of the founders of the school's Taekwondo Association. He could easily pick her up. When she accidentally sprained her foot during a freshman sports meeting, he was the one who carried her back to the dormitory.

At that time, he was ridiculed by lawyer Xia Mingning: "Who said that non-litigation lawyers have no private time, except for sleeping and working? Look at our counsel Jiang, we still have time to go to the university sports meeting, we must write it in our official account, for lawyer Mingdi Rectify your name."

Zhou Guohua saw Jiang Xiang hugging his good granddaughter from a distance, and reached out to stop her, but was slapped by Cai Mei.

Jiang Xianghuai didn't look at Zhou Zhicheng, his Adam's apple was rolling, and his voice was a bit dull: "He took you to the countryside, did he take you to recall the past together? Although we are a few years apart, we also have common memories. We are both members of the Lawyers Association. First the ministers, then the ministers, we are a university, a law firm..."