In a modern city full of tall buildings, there are always one or two out of place.

The blue brick alley is such a place. Two red brick buildings are sandwiched with courtyard groups on both sides, which are dilapidated, but for some reason, after the heavy rain, they have a bit of old beauty.

Today, the residents in the alley were a little disappointed because the coalition government hung an iron sign marked "protected buildings" at the entrance of the alley, shattering their dream of becoming rich after years of demolition.

So after the rain stopped, the villagers on the street stepped on the stone road and came to the alley and cursed.

It’s not their fault. After all, if the green brick alley is really demolished, each household can be divided into at least millions. For large areas, the number of real estate will be calculated in tens of millions.

After just buying vegetables, Li Guanchao, who had two green onions in the front basket, came to the end of the crowd, and was very happy to hear the dirty words that kept getting into his ears - especially after the neighborhood committee aunt joined the battlefield.

Of course, they know that the most important thing at such a moment is to calm public anger.

So they made an extremely constructive proposal - to repaint the yard of every household in the green brick alley... and install more brand new street lights...

How can the things like painting walls and installing lights be compared with millions of dollars? As expected, the residents were all angry.

So there were scolding everywhere and smoke filled the gunpowder.

But not long after the angry confrontation, someone began to compromise. An old man asked if he could set up a place to install more fitness equipment, and it would be better to come to a small park...

When Li Guanchao heard this, he had to sigh that the bottom line in people's hearts is indeed used to constantly refresh and break. It is especially like a date for men and women. If you don't propose a new posture of shame, how can you know whether she is willing to try it? Maybe people not only want to play this posture, but also unlock other moves with you.

...

The sky gradually clears after the rain.

The quarrels at the entrance of the alley are getting louder and louder.

Li Guanchao rode an electric bike away from the crowd. He knew that he could not see the freshly painted blue brick alley, nor the bright new street lights here, because tomorrow he would leave this place where he had lived for three years to start a new life.

The bag in the cloth was the ingredients for the farewell banquet tonight. He invited three friends to have dinner at home and to say a friendly farewell. He hoped that this memory would be of some beautiful color in his long life and would be remembered by him many years later.

Pushing open the wooden door of the somewhat old yard, the rusty hinge soaked in the rain made a harsh sound.

Li Guanchao stepped into it, first put the cloth bag on the steps covered by the eaves, then picked up two large rags and wiped the stone platform in the yard full of rain.

While wiping, I was a little enlightened.

He suddenly thought that if there was a small park in the green brick alley, there would be an old man who would be happy, so he understood the old man's good intentions and his thoughts gradually became evil.

Just as I was ecstatic, the wooden door was pushed open, and a squeak sounded again. After the rain, the clear sunlight fell like a spotlight.

Li Guanchao turned his head and held his breath slightly. The humid air in front of his nose was completely blocked, and his pupils began to dilate slightly, which was written incomprehensible.

His first friend, his landlord sister, arrived.

What Li Guanchao couldn't understand was not why she appeared here, of course it was not because characters like the landlord's sister, landlord's wife, and landlord's daughter were more suitable as the chapter name of the second chapter of the online novel... appearing in Chapter 2.

His difficulty in understanding was just because she seemed to be dressed too grandly.

Today, Su Jie was wearing a slim black evening dress and a pair of black and gold high heels. The hem of the skirt was completely dispersed at a high or low position, revealing a slender and beautiful legs.

The exquisite makeup, the braided hair, and the silver earrings made the girl who was thirty-three years old and still charming radiant.

Seeing Li Guanchao's expression, Su Jie changed her shape, held her hands on the cracked door frame and stretched her long legs and asked, "Why, it's not good-looking?"

Li Guanchao wrung the rag with his hand and replied: "This is not a question of whether it looks good or not."

"What's the problem?"

"The question of who needs to wear an evening dress when eating a barbecue!"

...

Ten minutes later, a magical picture appeared before my eyes.

Li Guanchao brought a large cutting board and placed it on the stone platform. He skillfully waved his kitchen knife and started cutting meat.

Soon, Su Jie, who was dressed in a very luxurious manner, sat on the small stool next to her, took half a basin of cut diced meat and placed it on the ground in front of her. Then she separated the hem of the evening dress with a very deep slit, picked up the iron chisel and started working on the skewers...

Seeing that her look was really indecent, especially the slender leg lines exposed to the air and supported by high heels, Li Guanchao said: "Brother Su, can you go back and change your clothes? This is not you, you have to be your true self."

"Bah, I'm wearing this so I look solemn because I want to see you off!"

Li Guanchao's meat-cutting knife was like saying it was going to be a funeral for me, but because of your words, I remembered a joke."

Su Jie's eyes narrowed and showed her true colors: "I only hear those with colors!"

Li Guanchao thought to myself, did I have a joke without color? Then he said, "One day, Lao Wang went to the XX product store to ask if there was a black condom."

"The clerk shook his head and said no, and asked why it was black?"

"Old Wang replied with a sad face: 'The leader has passed away, and he wants to comfort his sister-in-law. The black looks solemn'."

A silver bell-like laughter resounded throughout the courtyard, but Su Jie held her smile while smiling, always feeling...the joke was somewhat connotational.

Li Guanchao seemed to have nothing happened, waving his kitchen knife and waving his kitchen knife to catch Su Jie's stop laughter with the sound of "DUANG, DUANG, DUANG".

...

...

The sunset is setting, and the evening wind is getting stronger.

The lit charcoal was boosted by the wind in the iron basin, and it quickly burned red and transparent.

Li Guanchao set up a barbecue stove and wiped the rust along the edge clean with a steel wool ball.

Su Jie asked, "When will they arrive? You are leaving, and you don't have any snacks."

Before he finished speaking, the harsh wooden door sounded again, as if he had seen Su Jie's dress today. The two of them who had just arrived stood at the door and were silently in place.

The first person to walk in and froze, named John, wearing a pair of extremely thin pencil pants and a pair of shiny big-headed leather shoes. The hair color is the most popular pink among young people. The bangs are four or six minutes with a curve, which is the same as the current 80% of male celebrities' hairstyles. However, the white shirt sets off his obviously poor-maintenance face at the age of 40, which affects his outfit and style.

At the same time, because of this old face and outfit, his identity is about to emerge. Anyone who sees it knows that this is a third-rate hairstylist. Maybe he called Tony many years ago, but it was just because the name Tony became popular later, so he called John...

John's eyes fixed on Su Jie's face, and looked at his outfit again. The words were a little vague and quick and said: "Aren't you making trouble? I thought I was dressed so grandly, Su Jie, you are too much..."

The young man standing beside him said, "Brother Su, today is pretty enough. Are we a little redundant?"

The young man is named Wang Shuo, with a buzz cut, square face, thick eyebrows but small eyes. He is wearing a police uniform without a police sign. He is not a security guard, but a glorious auxiliary police officer in Dongcheng District.

Whenever an elder friend asks how much money he can earn in a month, he and many assistant police kids have the same answers: "Salary is not important, mainly waiting for the regular service!"

At this point, all the three friends Li Guanchao invited were here. He didn't talk nonsense. He picked up a handful of plastic hard fan that was burnt in the middle at some point and said, "Don't talk nonsense, help."

...

As the sky gradually darkened, smoke rose.

The charcoal smoke mixed with the aroma of meat and the smell of cumin and chili penetrated into the blue brick alley, attracting a lot of curses.

The yard is brightly lit, but fortunately there is smoke, otherwise there would have been a circle of moths around the high-hanging energy-saving lamps.

The four of them chatted around the barbecue stove and drank a can of cold beer. Maybe this is life.

Before I knew it, the night became darker.

John burped, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hands regardless of his hairstyle, and stroked his pink hair upwards and said, "Watching the Chao, isn't life good here? Why do you have to work in another place?"

The excuses Li Guanchao had to leave were always consistent, and he had to work in another place, but in fact, of course this was not the reason, and he was not prepared to answer positively, so he smiled and said, "Looking at your old face, I'm tired of seeing it."

Wang Shuo took another big sip of beer and smiled: "It hurts heart, but you interrupted again, so can't it be more real?"

Su Jie looked at Li Guanchao and said seriously: "Yes, every time I ask you, I will interrupt you. This time I will leave. Don't interrupt you. I ask you, is it because the salary there is high or because of the money?"

Li Guanchao looked at Su Jie's eyes in surprise, very sure she was serious.

In fact, for 99% of humans in this world, 99% of the difficulties are due to money. He has been idle at home for the past three years. You can't blame Su Jie for thinking this way. But of course Li Guanchao cannot be because of money. If it is really because of money, then he is really sorry for his long life.

So Li Guanchao waved his hand: "Don't talk nonsense, I'm richer than Gates."

So his three friends laughed out loud, and John rolled his eyes: "No, no, no, Gates rented a house, right?"

Wang Shuo smiled: "No, no, no, Gates went out to ride an electric donkey?"

On weekdays, Su Jie would definitely be sarcastic with the two, but today she changed her normal behavior and continued to say very seriously: "Actually, Linjiang is a big city, and there are many opportunities. There is no need to go too far. It's the same here. Maybe the salary is lower, but we all have no help here."

John glanced at Su Jie who was dressed to attend today and showed a strange smile: "Brother Su, how do you plan to help Guanchao? You can't talk about it."

Just as Li Guanchao was about to speak, Su Jie gritted her teeth and said, "The rent is reduced by half, and water and electricity are exempted."

When Wang Shuo heard this, he almost laughed out loud and gave a thumbs up: "Good Chinese landlord, I will make a sign for you tomorrow and hang it at the door, so I will write four words 'Love Apartment'."

"It's been a long way to go, it's a long way to go..."

"Not far away, I'm serious!"

Li Guanchao saw that the three of them would not give up until they were revealed, so he had to use his palm to flash the cigarette in front of his nose a few times: "The smell of smoke is too strong, I'll go to the roof to smoke a cigarette."

...

There is a small wooden ladder under the eaves, which was handmade by Li Guanchao himself.

They quickly climbed up to the roof, but the three of them didn't stop them, but they used the skewers while using them. I don't believe you're not going down today and just glanced at him.

Li Guanchao sat on the roof, sighed, and took out a thin cigarette, but the lighter could not be lit due to the strong wind.

He had no choice but to look at the darker the night, the brighter the starry sky, and let his hair blown around and dance wildly.

But soon, Li Guanchao, who looked up at the starry sky, began to stand still, and his hands holding the smoke even began to tremble slightly.

At this moment, no one knew what he felt, and his expression was filled with incredible.

Fifteen seconds later, Li Guanchao returned to his calmness through a blink of an eye, but turned over his back and stretched out a finger. The fingerprints on his fingertips were clearly visible like the rings in a tree trunk. After staring at him for a while, a wonderful thing began to appear in front of him.

Li Guanchao watched his fingertips gradually turn red because a wisp of smoke came out because it was too hot.

So the fine smoke held in his left hand was lit, and Li Guanchao sat on the roof and started smoking.
Chapter completed!