see you in spring

Chapter 210 The Middle-Aged Man
Zhou You and Dongqing don't drink, and Liu Quantao can't drink now that he's injured.

Three men were sitting in the car, drinking Wanglaoji, eating peanuts and beef jerky.

When they were still in college, Jia Lie, Sun Yan and Gu Yu went shopping together and called their respective boyfriends.The three girls shopped tirelessly, trying on clothes for half an hour every time they went to a store.The three boys seemed to have a tacit understanding. Every time they went to a store, they would find a place to sit.Dongqing, a cold-blooded academic, and Liu Quantao, a lonely young man from a small town, both have few friends and don't like to talk.Thanks to the fun-loving and chatty Zhou You, the three of them were finally able to communicate, and the three boys went from being awkward to becoming familiar with each other.

When they were in school, the three of them would occasionally get together to play basketball.

After sweating profusely after playing, the relationship became closer.

At that time, when college boys got together, they talked most about which girl was pretty, followed by World of Warcraft.

The three of them didn't dare to talk about other girls because their girlfriends all lived in the same dormitory, so they only talked about games and basketball.

After work, the six of them got together again, and the topics they talked about changed from games and basketball to company personnel and salaries.

Later, it’s the price, decoration and car model.

Later, after Liu Quantao was promoted, Zhou You and Dongqing became increasingly dissatisfied with his words and deeds, and the three of them never chatted alone again.Even in a gathering of six, the three men never had a heart-to-heart conversation.

Now, seven or eight years later, three middle-aged men who are already 35 years old get together again.

"I have been in Jincheng for so many years. Now when I need help, I can only call you two out of more than 2000 calls. I didn't know the heights of the sky and the earth before. I became crazy when I was a small leader. I said a lot of mistakes. If you listen, I will apologize to you here." After Liu Quantao finished speaking, he drank a bottle of Wong Lo Kat in one go.

"We've been friends for so many years, so we said this is an affair." Dongqing took the Wong Lo Kat in her hand and took a sip.

"If the compensation is not returned, what are you going to do in the future?" Zhou You asked.

Liu Quantao looked frustrated and shook his head: "When the injury on your body is no longer a serious problem, you can find a place where you can do odd jobs and continue doing some casual work. You can't just stay at home and have nothing to do."

Zhou You and Dongqing each took another sip of herbal tea without saying anything.

This is an extraordinary time for Liu Quantao, and Dongqing knows that there is no shortage of salespeople like Liu Quantao in the company, so he can't help him.

As for Zhou You, he still doesn't know when he will start going to work. After all, no one is going to the zoo at this time.He couldn't protect himself, let alone help Liu Quantao.

"Didn't you just have a full physical examination? Apart from contusions, there are no major problems in other parts of the body, right?" Zhou You regretted what he had just asked and could only change the subject.

All the topics that men are interested in talk about when they are young.After middle age, all that's left is awkward chatting.As soon as you open your mouth, you can only start with a physical examination.

"No. I had fatty liver and high blood pressure when I was working. Now I have lost weight after being ill. I have nothing left, not even the disease." Liu Quantao smiled bitterly, wondering if this result was a good result.

"Then you are better than me. I even found stones in my previous physical examination." Zhou You touched the location of his bladder.

"Ah? I haven't heard you mention it before." Liu Quantao said.

Zhou You ate a peanut: "It's harmful, but it's not a glorious thing."

Liu Quantao looked understanding. Middle-aged men don't like to talk about their family and their bodies, especially in front of old friends.If Sun Yan hadn't told Jia Lie and Gu Yu everything, he probably wouldn't have talked to Dongqing and Zhou about the divorce.Who wants to be laughed at by others?

Now that Zhou You had told this, Liu Quantao was quite moved.He didn't know if Zhou You wanted to comfort him, a divorced person with nothing, so he said it.

"Urethral stone?" Holly asked.

"That's right." Zhou You quickly took another sip of herbal tea: "I was particularly obsessed with sea fishing for a while. As long as I didn't go to work, I would rent a small boat and go out to sea with a few friends to fish for a day. In order to pee less, I would try not to urinate as much as possible. Drink water. In addition, I don’t drink much water on weekdays, so I developed stones.”

"It's true. If you drink less water, you will produce less urine. There are some components in urine that are easy to form stones, and they can easily accumulate abnormally in the body. When they reach a certain level, they can form stones. Stones. What happened in the end? Did they get them out through surgery?" Dongqing asked.

"No surgery was performed. The doctor said that conservative treatment could be considered. I followed the doctor's advice and used extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. Then I drank more water and jumped around more to see if the stone could be expelled naturally."

"Bounce?" Liu Quantao, who was wearing a bandage, was amused: "Has it been discharged?"

"I discharged some, but I don't know if there is any more. I haven't checked for a long time."

"Very good." Holly said.

"Are you comfortable with going back to work now?" Zhou You asked Dongqing.

"It's not bad. It's just that I worry too much all day long, and my hair has turned a lot white." Dongqing brushed her hair, which had grown a lot.

Liu Quantao was silent for a few seconds and touched the top of his sparse head: "It's better to have white hair than no hair at all. In the past few years, I have been drinking and staying up late. I have irregular work, rest and diet, and my head is almost bald."

"If it continues to develop, it will be barbed wire on both sides and an ice rink in the middle." Zhou You summed it up seriously.

"Return the barbed wire, and then shave your head to save trouble." Liu Quantao touched his head twice, and a few more hairs fell out.

When men are chatting, it is easy to get off topic, and some words that they really want to say come to their lips and then they are swallowed.

Liu Quantao picked up the herbal tea, took a sip himself, and said to Dongqing: "To be honest, I really envy you. After staying at home for six years, you became a leader as soon as you came out."

Dongqing smiled bitterly and shook his head: "What kind of leader is the one who takes the blame? My boss is a 29-year-old guy. He always puts on my shoes during meetings and makes me take the blame. Forget it, he still speaks mercilessly in front of everyone. Several times I wanted to take action every time, but luckily I held back, can you believe it?"

Zhou You looked surprised: "You are so hot-headed that you want to take action. Young people today are not very martial arts-minded."

"It's so normal. Do you know who is the easiest person to bully in today's society? Middle-aged people. Because they bully those young people, they turn around and stop serving them. There are only middle-aged people above and below, who are cuffed. It seems like I can only accept it honestly." As a salesperson, Liu Quantao has naturally met many more people than them, and has seen more scenes.He was used to this kind of thing, but he didn't expect that a technical person like Dongqing would encounter it. It's not easy for anyone to compare their feelings.

"Do you know that you are so frustrated with Jia Lie? If it were me, I would definitely have a fight with him. It's a big deal that I won't do this job anymore. Since you can get this position in this company, it will definitely be no problem to go to another company."

"I didn't dare to tell her. Besides, it's not as easy as I thought to find a job now."

Liu Quantao pointed at himself: "That's right, look at me, I can't even work as a shelf worker now."

"Then what should I do? I have to be bullied by those kids every day?" Zhou You really couldn't figure it out.

"Jia Lie hopes that I can be a man who earns money when I go out and takes care of my children when I get home. I can't do anything else. Sometimes I find it boring, but when I think about it carefully, her request is not excessive. That's what she does. After I figured it out, I found it even less interesting.”

It is really a rare scene for middle-aged men to gather together and publicly complain.When it comes to fire, drink herbal tea to put it down.

Liu Quantao said: "I used to think that taking care of children at home was not a man's job, but I don't think so anymore. I cooked for the children and told cold jokes to entertain them. I was really depressed, so I played cross talk sketches at home. Have fun by yourself. When I reach middle age and encounter these sudden changes, this is my new way of getting along with this fucked up world."

"Now I find that after I want to start over, I have no hobbies anymore. I can't play games, and I can't catch fish. For the sake of family harmony, I can only raise flowers and dogs." Zhou You sighed.

"I work overtime every day now, and my child is almost asleep when I come home at night. Sometimes I think, let's go to his school district, get his loan, and let my child go to whatever school he can get into, and then he can be an ordinary person. The most important thing about finding an ordinary job is that we can now accompany our children to grow up every day. But this thought passed in a flash, because Jia Lie would not agree. If I do this, there will never be peace in the family. All living beings are suffering, What does this mean to me? Besides, I can talk to other people and say whatever they like. If I can get my salary every month and pay off the loan, I will be satisfied."

"I think so too." Liu Quantao agreed with Dongqing's idea.

"I don't understand you. It's okay to be bullied by your wife. How can you bear being bullied by others?" Zhou You felt that he couldn't bear it.

Liu Quantao ate a handful of peanuts and said while chewing: "You don't have children now. When you have children, you will find that you can become a Ninja Turtle."

After he swallowed it, Liu Quantao said to Dongqing: "If you really can't bear it anymore, stop it. Call some brothers and squat him."

"Yes, squat him. It's a dark night and the wind is high, so beat him until his nose is bruised and his face is swollen." Zhou You was actually a little excited.

"Isn't this a lot without drinking? I'm a young guy in his twenties, and he's surrounded by followers. Now we rely on our voices when playing basketball, and it's not certain who will beat whom in the end. Face reality, and just be a Ninja Turtle. .”

The three of them opened another bottle of cold dishes.

Zhou You raised the cup of herbal tea: "Come on, let's respect my middle-aged self."

Dongqing and Liu Quantao raised their glasses at the same time: "Respect yourself!"

(End of this chapter)