My downstairs neighbor Chen Xiaoming and I met on the court, we both like to play football, always meet on the field field, come and go to get acquainted, often go to have a late-night snack together after playing football. Later, after I moved to a new house, I found that Chen Xiaoming lived downstairs, and we were both very happy and felt that it was too lucky.
Later, our wives also gradually got acquainted, and the two became best friends, often shopping together to buy clothes.
The National Day is coming, Huihui (Chen Xiaoming's wife's name) discussed with my wife: Let's go to Changsha in a group on National Day.
Originally, my wife and I had plans to travel on this National Day, since Huihui proposed to play together, plus the relationship between the two families is good, of course, my wife and I have no opinion, and immediately agreed.
A few days before departure, we sat together to discuss how to go, and finally decided to drive ourselves, self-driving is convenient, you can walk if you want, stop if you want, and be free.
Because there are only four people, driving two cars is too wasteful, we discussed driving only one car, my car is a B-class car, the interior space is a little bigger, so drive my car.
Chen Xiaoming also proposed:
I think this is a good idea, the scene AA is too ugly, or you invite a guest I will invite another guest, the amount is more or less, there are always people who suffer, now take out the money in advance and put it together, don't worry about the cost, and play happily.
The night before departure, a question occurred to me: I haven't booked a hotel yet.
I often travel on business, know the importance of booking a hotel in advance, book a hotel in advance, you can go to the hotel to put your luggage first, take a break, recharge your strength, play happily in the afternoon, and go back to the hotel directly to rest when you are tired of playing, without worries. If you look for a hotel after playing, you are tired and tired at this time, and it is very hard. In addition, Changsha is an Internet celebrity city, there are many foreigners on National Day, it is estimated that by then all hotels will be full, it is difficult to find empty rooms, it is not good, and you have to sleep on the streets.
When I told Chen Xiaoming what I thought, Chen Xiaoming was very unimpressed, and he said:
Although I don't quite agree with Chen Xiaoming's point of view, since he has expressed his position, I don't want to argue, let's take one step at a time.
Early the next morning, we set off, and everyone was excited, talking and laughing, discussing the rest of the trip.
After more than four hours, we finally entered Changsha City, because I drove alone the whole time, a little tired, I once again proposed to find a hotel to rest, eat something, and go out in the afternoon.
Huihui said: Don't, waste more time, let's go to Wuyi Street to check in first, there are many snacks, you can solve the belly problem, and you can also taste the most famous milk tea in Changsha.
I see that Huihui's interest is so high, it is difficult to object, so I can only nod and agree.
We came to Wuyi Street, Changsha is worthy of China's famous Internet celebrity city, the street is full of people, you can't see the end at a glance.
I finally found a place to park my car and watched the crowds of urban streets, and I had a bad premonition: With so many outsiders, can we still stay in a hotel at night?
We plunged into the flow of people, looked east and west, everywhere felt fresh, suddenly, we saw a lot of people queuing, and if we looked closely, it was selling milk tea.
Huihui took my wife's hand and said: Look, there is the most famous milk tea in Changsha, let's go to the queue.
The wife looked at the queue that was more than a hundred meters long, a little dizzy, this is going to be lined up until the year of the monkey? But seeing that Huihui was very interested, it was not good to be discouraged, so she could only bite the bullet and follow the queue.
I stopped talking, but finally shook my head and didn't say anything.
What I want to say is:
Chen Xiaoming and I found a corner with few people to smoke cigarettes and waited, and I was right, and it took more than two hours before they returned with four cups of milk tea.
Huihui cried bitterly and said: Tired and hungry, let's not go shopping today, let's find a hotel to rest.
Everyone is tired, naturally no one objects.
So I drove around looking for hotels everywhere, but I was dumbfounded, the city center went around a big circle, all the hotels were basically full, except for some high-priced rooms, but those high-priced rooms were the cheapest for four or five thousand yuan a night, not from our consumption.
Huihui complained: How did you do it? In such a big city, it was so difficult to find a hotel, it disappointed me so much
I didn't answer, feeling a little unhappy in my heart, and thought to myself:
We walked around for another two hours and finally found a hotel in Changsha County, far from the city center, when we were exhausted.
After settling into my hotel room, I proposed to go out for some food together.
Huihui said: I'm too tired, I want to rest early, I'll just eat some bread, you guys go and eat.
Chen Xiaoming saw that his wife was not going, and he would not go, saying that he wanted to accompany his wife.
In desperation, my wife and I could only go out to find food for two people. The wife suddenly asked a question:
I understand what my wife means, the tourism fund is used by the four of us to consume together, and now we are eating alone, how can we use the money from the tourism fund?
I shook my head with a wry smile and said: Forget it, let's pay for it ourselves, so that others will say that we take advantage.
The wife pouted and said:
I don't want to echo my wife's words, there is no point in complaining now, if it comes, then be at ease.
The next day, my wife and I woke up early, and I called Chen Xiaoming to ask them to have breakfast together and go out to play.
Chen Xiaoming said: You guys go to eat, we will get up later, Huihui said to sleep more in the morning, and go out to play in the afternoon.
As soon as I heard it, my head was big, what are you doing, running here to sleep in? Please, we're here to travel, not to sleep.
My wife and I looked at each other, and we both saw helplessness in each other's eyes.
After my wife and I finished breakfast, we did not go back to the hotel to rest, but went out for a stroll. Changsha County is quite prosperous, but we dare not go far, because we will come back to pick up Chen Xiaoming and his family later, so we are not happy to stroll.
I mean: Wuyi Street went yesterday, except for the crowd, there is nothing to see, today go to Orange Island to see the statue of the great man.
And Huihui still wants to go shopping in Wuyi Square, she said that yesterday she spent all her time buying milk tea, and she hasn't done enough shopping.
My proposals were repeatedly rejected, and with anger in my heart, I blurted out:
After I finished speaking, Chen Xiaoming and the two were silent for a while, I knew that they were a little unhappy, but I didn't care, because I was not convinced, came out to play together, why do I always have to accommodate you? Can't you just listen to me?
From before departure to now, I put forward many opinions, but Chen Xiaoming and his wife vetoed them, and it turned out that I was all right.
In the car, everyone's hearts have changed subtly, and the atmosphere is a little dull.
After I dropped them off at Wuyi Street, they separated and started playing their own games.
After separating from Chen Xiaoming, my wife and I collected our mood and began to travel for the real time.
We can go wherever we want, eat whatever we want? Don't think about other people's feelings, free and enjoyable.
I think Chen Xiaoming and his wife also think like this, right?
At night, my wife and I were tired of playing and wanted to go back to the hotel to rest, so I called Chen Xiaoming and asked where they were? I'll pick them up.
Chen Xiaoming said: No need, you go back first, we will play later.
I asked: So how will you go back?
Chen Xiaoming said: It's okay, we'll take a taxi back later.
I said: Okay.
I turned to my wife and said: Xiaoming may be angry, they go back by themselves, and they don't want us to pick it up.
The wife felt overwhelmed and said: What should I do then? You see this matter is making trouble, originally happy to come out to play, now each of them plays their own, there are contradictions, how will they meet in the future?
I say:
On the morning of the third day in Changsha, I called Chen Xiaoming and wanted to ask them where to play, and I sent them over.
Chen Xiaoming said politely: Thank you, Huihui and I will go out later, you don't have to worry about us, we will take a taxi out.
I said two polite words, seeing that Chen Xiaoming's attitude was resolute, I had to give up.
After hanging up, I let out a long sigh and thought: our relationship is completely over!
For the rest of the day, we continued to play our separate games and didn't even contact each other again.
On the 5th day, the trip to Changsha ended and we started the return journey.
As soon as he got home, Chen Xiaoming sent the bill for this visit, and after deducting various expenses for both parties, he returned the extra money to me.
We didn't spend much together, except for accommodation and refueling, and having a meal together, most of the time we played separately, without using the money in the tourism fund.
After Chen Xiaoming finished calculating the account for me, he directly transferred the money to me without saying a word, it seems that he can't wait to draw a line with me.
After I received the money, I said: received.
I wanted to say a few more words, but suddenly I found that I had nothing to say to him.
I know: we'll never get in touch again!
Chen Xiaoming never asked me to play football again, even if he met on the court, he pretended not to know, and we completely became strangers!
Written at the end:
Chen Xiaoming is both my golfer and my neighbor, and our two families have a good relationship, so when his wife asked us to travel together, I didn't hesitate and immediately agreed.
I thought that we were all acquaintances, going out together, should be very tacit, very harmonious, very happy, where to know that things backfired, we had many contradictions along the way, on the 2nd day we parted ways, each playing their own, which we didn't expect before we left.
Reflecting on it in hindsight, I feel like I made a mistake:
Although Chen Xiaoming and I are acquaintances, in fact, we are not real friends, usually playing ball and eating together, can only be regarded as entertainment, and do not understand each other's temper and temperament at all. When we get along day and night, we find that the three views are inconsistent, and there will be many contradictions.
So it makes sense to try not to travel with acquaintances.