In midsummer, at nine o'clock in the evening, the night market is busy, and the pedestrian street is full of people.

Hu Pingtao sat on the small wooden stool given by the barbecue stall owner, looking at the stinky tofu on the grill that was gradually swelling and swelling as it was roasted by the charcoal fire. There was a bit of a wry smile on the young face, but more of it was anticipation.

No matter who has been hungry all day, there will be no other thoughts in his mind at this time except food.

Luo Yu, who was sitting next to him, raised his hand to adjust his glasses, picked up a piece of tofu with chopsticks, put it into his bowl, and said with a smile: "Ping Tao, this piece is cooked, eat it first."

The night market barbecue in Dian Province is quite unique, especially the roasted tofu. One-inch square tofu is naturally fermented and grilled over charcoal fire until both sides are brown. The dipping sauce is also very particular. For wet ingredients, tofu is often used, with a little salt, pepper powder, and chili pepper.

Minced coriander... it's fragrant and refreshing when eaten hot.

Hu Pingtao and Luo Yu are college classmates, classmates and roommates. There is no need to be polite between the two. Besides, Hu Pingtao is really hungry, so he picks up the tofu with chopsticks, dips it in the seasoning, stuffs it into his mouth and chews it.

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"Eat slowly, I also ordered fried rice and beer, that's enough."

Seeing his greedy eating look, Luo Yu couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "Logically speaking, you should be the most promising among our classmates, but I didn't expect... ugh!"

Twenty-two-year-old Hu Pingtao is tall and has a thin face with sharp edges. Thanks to the physical training he has been doing since middle school, he looks stronger than his peers. The black T-shirt fits well, and the massive muscles are elastic.

The excellent fabric is highlighted underneath, there is no fat on the abdomen, the thighs and upper body are in the golden ratio, and the short hair makes the whole person look energetic, which perfectly interprets all the meanings of the word "handsome".

Luo Yu's sigh made no sense. He had a good relationship with Hu Pingtao and knew the other person's family background very well - Pingtao's father was the deputy commander of the Yunbei Military Region, and his mother was a high-ranking district official in Zhao City. This guy was a good person.

The second generation of officials.

He also has a sister who is the vice president of Beitong Group and one of the company's major shareholders.

"I don't understand, what are you doing with your family? Isn't it a good idea to follow your father's orders and become a soldier? Although we studied fine arts, we graduated from a serious university with a degree certificate, which we can use in the army.

It will be done in a few years, how great!"

Hu Pingtao swallowed the food in his mouth, felt the residual heat in his mouth, shook his head, and said seriously: "You don't understand."

He grew up in a military camp, and his father had long arranged for him the life path of "serving as a soldier." During the college entrance examination, he had a quarrel with his family over filling out his application form, and Hu Pingtao did not choose any military-related colleges.

, I chose the oil painting major of the Fine Arts Department of Dian University of the Arts.

Speaking of which, this is largely due to the "quality education" that my mother deliberately chose when she was a child. English, art, music, Go... At that time, my father was not the deputy commander, and my mother was not a high-ranking district official. They were busy with work every day. , my elder sister got married very early, and Hu Pingtao would go home with his class teacher to do his homework after school, until his mother came to pick her up after dark after get off work.

Studying art is not a bad thing. My mother finally persuaded my father to calm down his anger, and he reluctantly accepted the fact that he was admitted to the art college. But my father had something in mind: he would enlist in the army immediately after graduation. I must have a son who is a soldier.

After receiving his graduation certificate and degree certificate, Hu Pingtao packed a change of clothes, left a letter for his parents, and left Zhao City alone for the provincial capital.

Young people are very impulsive and have a strong rebellious mentality. Hu Pingtao didn't think too much and just wanted to make a future through his own efforts. In order to prove himself, he left his mobile phone and almost all the pocket money he had saved.

I bought a train ticket and went directly to the provincial capital.

After leaving the train station and looking at the dark crowd of strangers in front of him, Hu Pingtao felt that he seemed to be careless. He rummaged through his pockets and only had more than thirty yuan in change. He urgently needed to solve the problem of food and accommodation.

I opened the phone book and found the phone number of my old classmate Luo Yu.

He is a local.

"What are you going to do next?" Luo Yu handed over a bunch of grilled beef tendons and tried to persuade: "It's not an option to waste time with your dad like this. How about I call your home and tell me

I'm your classmate. Tell your mother? Or you can call your sister."

Hu Pingtao took the beef tendon and forced a smile.

He knew Luo Yu had good intentions.

But if I make this call and my family comes to see me, what will be the difference from before? I will be ridiculed by my father after I go back, which will only make the situation worse.

The cruelty of life is that not everyone can live according to their own wishes. The first thing to solve is the problem of eating.

Must find a job as soon as possible.

Chewing the hot beef tendons, Hu Pingtao fell into deep thought, his eyes drifting with his thoughts. He shyly avoided Luo Yu, pretending to look at the scenery, and looked towards the side of the barbecue stall.

Sitting next to me is a girl wearing Hanfu, with a round face and some baby fat. She is nineteen or twenty years old. She wears a light blue double-breasted skirt and a bright red waist with a beautiful goose-yellow border. There is a plate in front of her.

There were a few skewers of barbecued meat inside, and a can of "Wang Lao Ji" with the lid unscrewed next to it.

Barbecued meat with herbal tea, many people like this way of eating.

Sitting next to her was a middle-aged man who was tall and thin. Although his nose was high, his eyes were not too big. He was wearing a slate-gray jacket, and the collar of his white shirt was exposed from the space just above the zipper. The two of them were sitting very close to each other.

It looks too close from any angle.

The age gap between the two is so big that they are more like father and daughter than lovers.

Hu Pingtao raised his eyebrows. His curiosity about the man and woman sitting next to him quickly overcame his melancholy thoughts. He couldn't help but prick up his ears and listen carefully to the low conversation between the two.

The mobile barbecue stall at the night market was simply furnished, with a few square wooden stools and plywood pieces forming a table. The position where Hu Pingtao sat formed an angle with the man and woman, and the movements and lip shapes of the two people could be seen.

The idiom "Hope your son will succeed" is perfect for Hu Pingtao's mother. Thanks to being "crammed" by her mother in various study classes when she was a child, Hu Pingtao is very familiar with lip language and has also mastered sign language and Mo.

Ernst code.

"Beauty, this is the latest Iphone. Look at the display and the color of the casing. It's definitely the latest version." The middle-aged man was holding a mobile phone in his hand and was showing off to the girl.

The girl in Hanfu kept staring at the iPhone in the man's hand. Her voice was also low and full of caution: "Show me."

The man handed the phone over, and the girl skillfully pressed the power button, and brilliant colors soon appeared on the screen.

"This is an OLED full-screen, and the casing is a super porcelain crystal panel. It is ultra-thin and has ultra-high-definition pixels. It is perfect for taking selfies." The incandescent light on the top of the barbecue stall tent illuminated the side face of the thin man. From Hu Pingtao's position,

You could see the sparse stubble on the other person's cheeks. The thin man pulled the collar of his shirt with his left hand from time to time and shook it, as if he felt hot and was fanning himself to cool off, but Hu Pingtao always felt that something was not right.

The word "selfie" obviously touched the heart of the round-faced Hanfu girl. Most of the alert look on her face disappeared, and a look of strong possessiveness appeared in the depths of her eyes as she stared at the phone: "How much?

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"Three thousand yuan." A smile appeared on the middle-aged man's lips.

"It's too expensive." Although the round-faced girl is young, she is very experienced in bargaining: "You already said that this thing is not from a serious source. I will give you five hundred at most."

The middle-aged man quickly took the iPhone from her hand, quickly clicked on the phone system on the screen, and laughed in a low voice: "Five hundred yuan? You can tell that number. Look at this, you can check the date of manufacture, and...

There are product serial numbers, and they are all genuine. They have said that this is a licensed product, not a parallel import made of parts. If you go to the official store and take a look, the low-end version costs at least 6,000 yuan. Mine is a high-end version.

I’ll sell you three thousand.”

The round-faced girl was so robbed by him that she didn't know what to say for a moment. Thinking about it carefully, the middle-aged man's words were right. That Iphone was indeed a good thing, and it couldn't be faked with the serial number. Even if it was an almost brand-new phone,

It would cost at least five thousand yuan in the second-hand market. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a little enthusiastic: "Then you should make it cheaper, three thousand is too expensive."

"Okay, I'll give you one hundred yuan, two thousand and nine." The middle-aged man is also an experienced businessman.

"Two thousand." The round-faced girl countered even more harshly.

The middle-aged man held the Iphone in his hand, pressed the button, and the screen turned black. He was about to get up and leave. There was a bit of sullenness on his face: "You are not sincere in buying it. How can anyone bargain like you do?"

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The round-faced girl got a little anxious and grabbed the corner of his clothes: "Then I'll add another two hundred, two thousand and two?"

The middle-aged man hesitated and thought for a while: "I'm also busy shipping goods. Let's do it, two thousand and five thousand, no matter how much it is. This kind of brand-new licensed goods are rare. Believe it or not, I'm next to you on this pedestrian street.

If you ask around, there must be someone rushing to get it."

"Just what you said, two thousand and five." After all, the round-faced girl is young, greedy and inexperienced. She was casually bluffed by the middle-aged man and developed a strong desire to buy. However, she still had the minimum of caution: "Let

I'll look at that phone again."

The middle-aged man sat down again and generously handed over his iPhone: "Let's take a look. Once you see it, you can pay and deliver the goods."

Hu Pingtao chewed the beef ribs slowly. He was very familiar with the iPhone. He pretended to be casual and peeked at it: the middle-aged man didn't lie. There was nothing wrong with the startup screen or the music. This thing was indeed genuine.

This should be a stolen phone, no wonder it is sold so cheaply.

"If you like it, give me money!" It was obviously not the first time for the man to do this kind of business. He took the Iphone from the girl's hand unceremoniously. At the same time, he took out another mobile phone from his pocket and flexibly slid the screen open with his thumb.

: “Are you giving cash or using Alipay or WeChat transfer?”

"WeChat!" The girl was very vigilant. While opening her backpack and taking out her mobile phone, her eyes kept staring at the Iphone held by the middle-aged man in his left hand: "Give me the things first, and I will definitely give you the money."
Chapter completed!