Chapter 21 "Windfall" (21) Dream

Old Jon waved his cane, pretending to be beaten: "Stop talking nonsense, put the money in the safe quickly, and prepare to open for business!"

"I'll keep this for you, old man." Roy lifted the shopping bag and put it in, took out four stacks of money, put two stacks into old Jon's military uniform pocket, and the other two stacked one stack each.

"It's so damn exciting! It's less than half a year's salary!" Ferguson and Downey were so happy that their jaws almost dropped.

"What? Such a small salary? Isn't it worse than the factory where I work? The old man is really stingy!"

"You just know that, so I told the old man to mind his own business."

"How dare you two make irresponsible remarks to your boss if you don't want to do it anymore."

Old Jon was very happy and without any hesitation, he accepted the two stacks of money given by Roy and said in a solemn tone: "I will make good use of it and do useful things."

Donnie shrugged: "See what it means, the money will be used to help the old neighbors to help with emergencies."

"Shut up, fat man, I want you to take care of it."

After locking the safe and moving the heavy things back to their original positions, the three young men were so exhausted that they sat on the floor and panted heavily.

"It's almost half past four." Old Jon glanced at his pocket watch: "Go up and clean it, open the rolling shutter door, and it's open for business."

"Wait a minute, I'm exhausted..." Roy wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a smile, "Old man, you can pay me a share of your salary later."

"Haha, use your money." Ferguson said; "Would you like a drink? We have new brandy."

"No, I have other things to do."

Opening the rolling shutter door, the drinkers outside have long been waiting impatiently:

"We've been waiting for half an hour! What are you doing? Oh, isn't this Roy? You work here?"

"I'm just helping the old man. Sorry to keep everyone waiting. I was doing some cleaning just now."

After letting go of the big stone in his heart, Roy felt extremely relaxed and comfortable. He walked out of the alley with his trouser pockets in and whistling.

The taxi was still parked where it was, with a 5-yuan parking ticket pinned to the wiper of the front windshield. The driver's stinky feet were sticking out of the window, and he was lying on the seat and sleeping soundly, completely unaware of the fine he had received.

I don't know.

"I've kept you waiting for a long time, brother. Let's go to Jinbaihui Commercial Street and Electronic Technology and Trade City."

The driver rubbed his eyes and woke up. When he saw the ticket, he started to complain. He didn't shut up until Roy stuffed him with money.

The traffic situation in York City was really terrible. When I went home after shopping, I encountered a traffic jam. It was already dark when I entered the house. The table of meals Anna had carefully cooked had already cooled down, and she was sitting at the dining table sulking.

"It took a long time to take a day off from work, and you came back so late. Have you forgotten what day it is?"

Roy put the things he was carrying behind his back and said pretentiously: "What day? It's Sunday."

Anna pouted: "You're still pretending, I even saw you were holding something in your hand!"

"Hey, just kidding, happy birthday, little darling!"

Roy opened the paper box and took out a beautiful heart-shaped chocolate cake,

A strong, sweet smell permeated the entire house. This was the smell of natural cocoa powder, not synthetic cheap cocoa butter substitute. The fruits in the sandwich were all fresh and high-end products.

Anna was happy at first, then became worried and stunned:

"What a beautiful cake...but...it's very expensive..."

"It's your birthday, don't be stingy. Only a cake like this is worthy of your beautiful face."

"But...but..."

"But what the hell, we'll earn the money after spending it. It's just a chocolate cake. The real gift is at the back."

Roy turned off the light, lit the scented birthday candle with a lighter, then took out a small box wrapped in colorful electro-optical paper and placed it gently on the table: "Open it and take a look."

Anna used a paper knife to open the carton, and it turned out to be the colorful lipstick she had been thinking about, the same style used by the model in the holographic advertisement.

"This...is very expensive."

"It doesn't matter how much it costs, just say whether you like it or not!"

Ana thought for a while and held the lipstick tightly in her hand:

"like!"

"That's fine then."

Roy took out two more miniature wireless communicators and placed them on the table, as well as two service contracts from the communication company, with phone numbers and service area identification on them.

"Are you crazy...Roy?"

The smile on Anna's face disappeared, and she stood up in shock: "The communicator itself is okay...but the wireless communication service fee...can't we live together?"

"Not only must we live a good life, but we must also live a good life."

"With our pitiful and meager wages, we can't even pay the rent?"

"Poor people only rely on their wages to survive. If you want to improve your quality of life, you have to make changes. You are not the only one in the world who appreciates my paintings."

"Oh my God..." Anna covered her chin: "Wait...that collector, did he buy your painting again?"

Roy lied without changing his face: "The answer is correct. Not only did I buy it, but I bought five of them at once."

"Thank God!" Anna was an innocent and kind-hearted person who was often deceived by others. She had no doubt about Roy. She shed tears of happiness and said:

"I'm so proud of you... darling,

One day, you will become a great artist, but now you are just a fledgling artist, so you should just settle down and live your life, save the money you make to buy a house, and don’t squander it.”

"No...I'm really...sick of living frugally! I have to think twice about adding eggs to a burrito! We're about to live a good life! You have to have faith in me, baby!"

"Okay... okay..."

“First of all, we must abandon the idea of ​​being poor. We cannot think about saving money in everything, but we must keep up with the trend.

Think about it, what era is it now? Spaceships are flying all over the sky, but we are like primitive people looking for phone booths everywhere! With this wireless communicator, we can contact you anytime and anywhere. Just be a modern person."

"I... don't know what to say, everything seems unreal,

The lipstick I was looking forward to the day before is already my own. I hope this happiness... can last forever." Anna sighed, closed her eyes and made a wish towards the birthday candle.

"It will last a long time. There are other surprises. I have applied for interstellar immigration qualifications. I estimate there will be a reply within a month."

"The ticket price for the immigration ship is sky-high."

"Draw two more paintings and you'll have everything."

Everything was said without words, the candlelight flickered, and the two kissed each other. After an unknown amount of time, Roy let go of his hand:

"Our children will not be born in a polluted air environment. They deserve to enjoy the sunshine and forests, and we will also have a dreamy interstellar travel wedding."

"It's like a dream, I really hope I don't wake up."

"Silly girl, this is not a dream, it is a beautiful reality. If you don't believe it, cut the cake and have a taste!"

Due to poor air quality, her best friends were unable to come to celebrate. Although it was not very lively, this was still the happiest birthday in Anna's life. She had favorite gifts, delicious cakes, and more importantly, she was accompanied by her lover.

After the meal, there was another romantic candlelight with red wine, and they lingered all night. It was dark before I fell asleep for a short while, so that I yawned again and again on the way to work, and my eyes were tired.

On the rail car, Anna blushed and whispered to Roy: "You were so...so..." last night.

Roy had a bad smile on his face, deliberately pretending to be stupid to make her feel embarrassed:

"What's wrong?"

"Disgusting! You should restrain your desires.

I am in a critical period now. What if I get pregnant? Even if the economic situation improves, we will not have time to raise a child."

"No, we have restrained ourselves for so long that we have forgotten the feeling of happiness. We no longer have to sell our blood, sweat and dignity to make money. Maybe we should quit this bad job so that we can have time to enjoy life."

"Roy!"

"Okay, don't be angry, we'll talk about this later."
Chapter completed!