The Love You Give Me (You Give Me Like)

16.1-Deng Chen

    When Min Hui went downstairs to pay with the prescription, she realized that her bag and money were gone. The two rummaged through their pockets, took out all the change, and managed to scrape together enough money for the medical expenses.

    After leaving the hospital, the two went back to the hotel, took a shower each, put on clean clothes, sat on the bed and thought about the solution.

    "That bag is full of important things," Min Hui sighed, "our wallets, cards, mobile phones, ID cards——"

    " My passport." Xin Qi added.

    "You rest on the bed for a while." Min Hui stood up, "I'm going to call the police and try to get the things back as soon as possible."

     "Let's go together."

    "You just returned to China and are not familiar with these institutions, so I can go alone "

    Xin Qi didn't argue, just smiled and said, "Okay."

    Min Hui walked out of the lobby anxiously, got on her bicycle and went to the police station. The police registered seriously and said they would send someone to investigate, but because the robber was wearing a helmet and lacked basic facial features, the lost things might not be found for a while, so she was asked to go back to the hotel and wait for news.

    Min Hui had no choice but to go back to the hotel. As soon as she entered the lobby, the front desk also came to urge the money, saying that they only paid for one night's room rate, and if they stayed for another day, they would need to pay a deposit. Min Hui had to laugh and said that she lost her wallet and was trying to find a way, hoping to have a day of grace. The front desk disagreed, so she had to go back to the room and find out her Sony computer and hand it to the waiter.

    Min Hui's box originally contained 6,000 yuan in cash, which was Su Tian's last month's salary in Lanjinge. Worried about being unsafe on the road, she deposited it in my bank card. The mobile phone could have been used for WeChat payment, but the mobile phone was also in the stolen bag. Funds can be transferred on the computer, but it needs to be confirmed by text message on the mobile phone. The same is true for Xin Qi, so now the two are penniless.

    "Don't worry," Xin Qi said, "I sent an email to my brother just now, asking him to help me find a solution."

    Min Hui smiled wryly: "Isn't your brother in the United States?"

    "He is a businessman, in mainland China Some friends. It’s midnight in North America time, maybe they’re asleep, and they haven’t responded yet.”

    Min Hui carefully rummaged through her suitcase, but couldn’t find even a dime. 

    Seeing this, Xin Qi also rummaged through his suitcase, and suddenly smiled and said, "Look, what did I find?"

    Spreading his palm, there was a coin on it.

    "One yuan?" Min Hui stared at him, "One yuan yuan can't even buy a bowl of instant noodles."

    "One yuan——" Xin Qi put his face in front of her, "With a thick skin, That's enough."

    "The mountains are high and the emperor is far away, even if your brother can get the money, I'm afraid it will take a few days to get it."

    Min Hui swallowed, got into the quilt and lay down, closed her eyes , "Let's enter starvation mode first. Move less and sleep more to conserve energy."

   " Agreed."

    The room was air-conditioned and the blanket was thin. The two hugged each other tightly, closed their eyes and took a nap. It was already seven o'clock in the evening when she woke up, and her stomach was growling with hunger. She searched around the room, hoping to find a piece of candy or biscuit, but only found a few mothballs. Brother Xin Qi didn't reply either.

    "Go for a walk." Xin Qi said, picking up the coat beside the bed and throwing it to Min Hui, "There is a row of snack bars in front."

        ***

     "It's so delicious!"

    Just after seven o'clock, the night market opposite the hotel has opened. The barbecue shops are next to each other, and the air is fragrant with cumin. The two walked back and forth along the night market twice hand in hand, but they couldn't find any food that cost less than one yuan.

    Finally turned to a steamed stuffed bun shop, Min Hui looked at the fragrant big steamed stuffed buns, which said one yuan and five ones, swallowed, and asked, "Boss, can your buns... be cheaper?"

    "It's already very cheap."

    " It’s cheap.” The boss is an old man in his sixties, black and thin, wearing a white apron with black finger prints all over it.

    The aroma from the steamer is simply irresistible.

    "We only have one dollar with us." Xin Qi took out the coin, "Why don't you sell us half a steamed bun?"

    The old man snorted and said, "Well, I still have steamed buns here, one dollar. You can buy a steamed bun."

    "Okay." Xin Qi stuffed the coin into his hand, took a steaming bun from Bai Xuanxuan and handed it to Min Hui. 

   Min Hui broke it in two: "Half for each person, let's eat together."

    " I'm not hungry, it's all yours. The grain flower fish in the morning hasn't been digested yet."

    Xin Qi rubbed her belly and dragged her to the store and said to the old man, "Boss, do you have boiling water here?"

    The old man looked at them and shook his head: "Forget it, I still have some vegetable soup here, let me give you a bowl."

     "Too Thank you."

    Min Hui ate half a steamed bun in two mouthfuls, and the old man brought vegetable soup, the two of them looked at it and said it was vegetable soup, there was not even a vegetable in it, there was a layer of oil slick and a few grains floating on it chopped green onion. After taking a sip, it tasted really good.

    "Boss, the soup is really delicious!"

    "This is not an ordinary vegetable soup, it's chicken soup. It's boiled with several chicken racks, of course it's good!"

    Min Hui stuffed the remaining half of the steamed bun to Xin Qi, but he insisted on not wanting it, saying that he was too full to accompany the wine at noon.

    "It's impossible, even if you ate too much, you vomited it out later."

    Min Hui said, "You're welcome, I'm already full."

    "If you don't eat, you have to throw it away. I don't know how to eat anyway. " Xin Qi said lightly.

    Min Hui glared at him, and had to eat the remaining steamed buns, so she handed him the vegetable soup: "If you don't eat the steamed buns, just drink the vegetable soup."

   Xin Qi smiled and drank the remaining
vegetable soup And do.

    Min Hui salivated with an empty bowl and went to the old... -->>