He got a short flat haircut, which is the hairstyle all men have nowadays. Barbers don't like people telling them what to do.
After leaving the barber shop, I found a restaurant nearby and ordered a stir-fried dish and two bowls of rice, which cost me one dollar and eighty cents.
Zuo Heng was worried about the money and said, "Two steamed buns are enough."
"Look at your height, you're almost as tall as me. I'm a dwarf. Do you plan to be a dwarf in the future?"
Zuo Heng fell silent. He was indeed only half a head taller than Zhou Xiang's sister. Zhou Xiang said she was ten years old, but she looked like seven or eight years old. Did he look like ten years old?
Well, no, I need to eat more. Zhou Xiang’s sister said that I will have to work for her in the future. How can I do the work if I don’t grow taller?
Zhou Xiang couldn't finish a bowl of rice, so he gave half a bowl to Zuo Heng. Zuo Heng was full and rubbed his stomach.
Zhou was worried that he would have a stomachache. After all, people who have been hungry for a long time would not be able to bear the stomach if they suddenly eat too much.
I went to the clinic and bought some yeast tablets and gave him one.
"Go back to the hotel and sleep. I'll come find you around nine o'clock tomorrow."
Zuo Heng suddenly felt scared. "What about you? Where do you live?"
"I have something else to do and need to go somewhere else. Go buy your own breakfast tomorrow. Don't be stingy with your money." Then he gave him five dollars. "Here, take this money, just in case."
Zuo Heng wanted to refuse, but Zhou Xiang's eyes made him dare not refuse. He was also afraid that she would find him troublesome, so he just had to be obedient.
Zhou Xiang went to the Education Bureau before it got dark, found a corner, entered the space, and waited for tomorrow morning.
Zuo Heng returned to the hotel room, touched the basin, the quilt, and the clothes on his body. It was all real. He was not dreaming. He really didn't have to live a life of being naked and hungry anymore.
At the Zhou family's house, Zhou's father asked Zhou's mother, "Think about it, you've been out for two days, why haven't you come back yet?"
Zhou's mother was also worried. Her daughter had said she would be back in two days, but it was almost dark and she still hadn't returned. Could something have happened? Although she used to be able to tell her to go to the county town by herself by hailing a car at the road maintenance station, she wasn't so reassured after learning about the mess in later life.
"It's okay. She should be back tomorrow afternoon. She often goes to the county town. It's okay."
Zhou's mother could only say this, comforting Zhou's father and herself at the same time.
At the Ling family, Ling's father and mother looked at Ling Ran, who was shivering with anger, and did not dare to speak, for fear of exploding.
Ling Ran was angry, but he was angry at himself. If he had restrained himself and not touched her that day, he wouldn't have made her angry, and she wouldn't have pushed him out. He could have given her the money he had on him, and she would have had money to go out, and he would have felt relieved.
Yesterday, I chased her to the county town, but she wasn't at her grandfather's house or her grandmother's house either. I didn't dare ask her out loud, so I could only pretend nothing had happened and said, "I haven't seen her for a long time. Has she come?"
Both sides answered no, and my heart sank as if it had fallen off a cliff. Fortunately, Zhou's mother said she took the money with her, and I felt a little relieved.
If I can't wait for her tomorrow night, I'll have to find a way to find her myself. I'll go crazy just waiting like this.
Zhou Xiang has entered the study mode and no longer has the mind to think about whether his family will worry. Studying is the most important thing. The books bought today are on Zhou Xiang's bookshelf and desk again.
The next day, Zhou Xiang woke up early and looked outside the space. It was around seven o'clock. Zhou Xiang moved four baskets of peaches, ten baskets of apples, ten baskets of pears, twenty pounds each of cucumbers and tomatoes, five bunches of leeks, and five pounds of rapeseed outside the space.
After waiting for about half an hour, Zhu Zhe, the logistics director of the Education Bureau, came hurriedly. Seeing that there was no one and no car at the gate, he was very disappointed and felt that he had been deceived by a ten-year-old girl.
Suddenly, I heard a little girl's voice calling Uncle Zhu.
I turned around and saw a little girl waving at me at the right corner of the gate. I hurried over and it was indeed the little girl who said she had fresh fruits for sale.
Seeing the more than 20 baskets behind the little girl, he felt relieved and quickly asked someone to take them to the logistics department, weigh them, and settle the bill.
After getting the 1,650 yuan, Zhou wanted to leave quickly and went to the hotel to find Zuo Heng.
Zuo Heng got up very early and stared at the door, waiting for it to be opened. He waited for a long time, feeling disappointed and numb.
The door suddenly opened, and Zuo Heng's disappointed face immediately broke into a smile. "Sister Zhou Xiang, you're here?"
"Just call me by my name, don't add the word 'sister', it sounds awkward."
"Yeah, Zhou Xiang."
Zhou Xiang nodded. This was a good thing about Zuo Heng. He never refused anything he said.
"Pack your things, check out, and go home."
Zuo Heng felt comfortable hearing this. Although he couldn't go to her house, she gave him the feeling of home.
The two of them took the car back to the county town. After more than an hour, they arrived at the county town. Zhou Xiang took him directly to the Water Conservancy Bureau, which was relatively close to No. 1 Middle School. It was a government agency and was surrounded by employees. It was quiet and safe.
In my previous life, I heard that in the 1980s, the Water Conservancy Bureau sold some of its residential buildings due to poor performance, and anyone could buy them as long as they had money.
Later, many commercial units went bankrupt, but the Water Conservancy Bureau remained, and its efficiency gradually improved.
At the entrance of the Water Conservancy Bureau, Zhou Xiang approached the old man at the gate and said, "Uncle, I heard that your company can buy houses privately, is that right?"
The old man looked at the little girl and said, "Yeah, it's quite expensive. Do you want to buy it?"
Zhou Xiang was very happy to hear this and quickly handed the old man a pack of cigarettes. "Uncle, take me to find the person in charge of this matter!"
Only then did Zuo Heng understand why Zhou Xiang suddenly went into a small shop to buy cigarettes on the road. It turned out that this was possible.
The old man quietly put the cigarette into his pocket, a smile on his face, "Come on, I'll take you to find someone, kid, you wait here, and by the way, watch the door for me."
Zhou Xiang nodded to Zuo Heng, and Zuo Heng had no choice but to stay.
The old man took Zhou Xiang to the finance department and said, "Section Chief Li, someone is inquiring about the house and wants to buy it."
A middle-aged woman turned around and asked, "Who...buys it?" The voice gradually became low.
I was in a good mood, but I felt depressed when I saw that it was a little girl of a few years old. The news of selling the family house had been released for a month, and no one came to buy it. Today, someone finally came, but it was a little girl.
Zhou Xiang waved to the old man, and the old man left quickly. He saw clearly the expression on Section Chief Li's face just now, and he would be scolded if he didn't leave.
Zhou Xiang sat down on the wooden sofa spontaneously. "Section Chief Li, right? I want to buy a house. Are you selling it?"
I had seen the change in Section Chief Li's expression just now. Everyone had public housing at the moment, so who would buy one? It must have been unsold. So I wasn't in a hurry. I took the initiative and was in a better position to negotiate terms.
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