Life should be enjoyed to the fullest, don't let the golden cup be empty when facing the moon. Nowadays, it's hard to see the moon in heavily polluted cities. With prices and housing costs skyrocketing to an unaffordable level, it's not easy for brothers to have a good time together. After all, the wallet is reluctant to give out money, and the red flag at home might not agree either. But for Chen Er Dog and his four friends, over 300 yuan is enough to let them have a great time.

  Here is the translation:

  First, Chen Erdog sent his drunk friends Wang Jia brothers and Chen Qing back to their suburban home. He had planned to go to sleep afterwards, but unexpectedly pulled out his phone and called Cao Jingjian. To his surprise, her voice was clear and calm, and she didn't seem sleepy at all. After drinking a whole case of beer, Chen Erdog felt bold enough to ask if he could drive her around for some fun. Cao Jingjian hesitated for a moment before agreeing, because it was after drinking, Chen Erdog drove carefully and slowly. When he arrived at Cao Jingjian's apartment, she got in the car, and they headed towards their destination at a slow pace. In fact, even if Chen Erdog had driven faster, he wouldn't have gotten into an accident with his driving skills.

  They finally arrived at the mountain top, which was becoming more and more dear to Chen Erdog's heart. Cao Jingjian wasn't wearing her duck tongue hat from the day before, but instead wore a pair of black-framed glasses, with her hair simply tied back in a ponytail. She was dressed casually yet elegantly, without any obvious brand names, but exuding an air of refinement.

  The car that Chen Erdog used to pick up Cao Jingjian was a Hummer H3 given by Chen Yuanshu, which had a strong presence. When they arrived at the mountain top and got out of the car, Cao Jingjian smiled and said: "Erdog, this Hummer H3 is usually driven by rich second-generation kids or young people who have made it big quickly. If you go to Tangshan and Dalian, you'll see that only they like this oil-guzzling beast. I heard a coal boss in Shanxi bought two of them at once, one on each side of his house, as if they were stone lions. Do you want to learn from him?"

  "Really?" Chen Erdou said, his face embarrassed. He thought simply, thinking that this big guy was tall and majestic, pulling out a car with momentum, he didn't understand the difference between H3 and H2, nor did he know what kind of profession suited what type of car, until he figured out a suitable car for his prestige and family background, it would be at least a year or two later.

  However, Cao Jing was looking forward to the interesting scene of this guy playing golf with China's first-line rich people at Guanlan Lake, and she was also curious about his mentality when he stepped on a luxury yacht or private plane for the first time. She looked at Chen Er Gou's silly appearance, holding back her smile, after all, knowing that he had some meaning to prove something in his heart. She didn't belittle him nor tease him, but leaned against the Hummer H3 and said softly: "Er Gou, don't drive this car anymore, it's too expensive to maintain, sell it and get a more practical one, okay?"

  "Alright," Chen Ergou nodded, and Cao Jing's tone was like a wife discussing household chores with her husband, warm and endearing.

  "Don't always listen to me, are you afraid of being said by Wang Hu and Chen Qing that I'm that kind of person?" Cao Jing said with a mix of anger and amusement.

  "What's that?" Chen Ergou asked in puzzlement.

  "You're just pretending to be crazy and stupid, playing dumb with me, aren't you?" Cao Qiang said with a hum.

  "Is it a hen-pecked husband?" Chen Ergou smiled and said with a sly face.

  Cao Jing's expression was calm and collected, as if she hadn't heard anything. Her trump card in dealing with Chen Ergou's thick-skinnedness was to pretend not to see or hear certain things, otherwise she would likely fall into his trap. She couldn't reason with someone who didn't know how to reason, let alone this roughneck who could be beaten and scolded but never put down.

  "Rushes and sedges."

  Chen Ergou said two extraordinary words and began to stare at Cao Jingrui. One minute, two minutes, five minutes... even if Cao Jingrui had the best composure, she couldn't withstand the "deep gaze" of a lonely man and woman facing each other in the dark night. By the eighth minute, Cao Jingrui even wanted to surrender, thinking that as long as Chen Ergou didn't make any progress, he could just hug her if he wanted to. But this time, Chen Ergou was unusually calm and didn't take advantage of the situation.

  Finally, one second before Cao Jingrui collapsed, Chen Ergou moved his gaze away, lit a cigarette, leaned against Cao Jingrui, and said in a low voice: "The first time I left Zhangjiacun, I met up with Zhang Shengli in Harbin and took the train. At that time, I was afraid of getting lost in the crowd at the train station. It was my first time entering a big city. Although it was just a brief glance, I finally understood what '井底之蛙' meant."

  He continued: "When I arrived in Shanghai, I settled down at Ah Mei's restaurant and only wanted to save money. I didn't want to spend a single penny. I stored up money to buy good clothes for my mother, new things to eat, and to find the most beautiful wife for Zhangjiacun. I had no ambitions, or if I did, it was just to self-study and take the university entrance exam to fulfill my mother's greatest regret."

  Chen Ergou said that he thought about women all the time when he first arrived in the city, but later realized that not every woman from the city was worth his attention. He met Li Wei and thought she would make a good wife one day, but after experiencing some things, he understood that even if he was ordinary and poor, he wasn't someone who could be looked down upon.

  He said: "I can enter the SD bar thanks to you, then I met Xiao Yao. Wang Hu's words were right; my love view is very obscure. Even if I have it, it's not noble at all. If a beautiful woman makes me fall in love, I will definitely not be arrogant or pretentious. I'll take off my clothes and pants, and if I can marry her back home as my wife, that would be the best."

  Chen Ergou thought Xiao Yao was a good girl, better than he expected. If he hadn't met Zhao Kunpeng and been kicked out of Shanghai, he would have married her. He then arrived in Nanjing, worked as a security guard at Shanhua Gate, and had a comfortable life. He could read books, play the zither, teach Sanqian to practice calligraphy and play the erhu, and even play basketball with Hu Zan. He earned over 1,000 yuan per month, which was a comfortable income.

  Chen Ergou said that thanks to Wei Duan Gong, he met Chen Yuanshu and Xuzi Lao Shensheng, and opened his eyes to try to "ascend" according to their words. The first time he went to the 21 Club, he heard a singer sing with a charming voice. The first time he stayed at the Hilton Hotel, he felt that the lobby was too luxurious, and he didn't dare to enter because his shoes were too dirty.

  He said: "I looked up at the hotel building for half a day, feeling that it was too high. Maybe ten or more houses in Zhangjiacun added together wouldn't be as tall as this one. I lay on the big bed in the suite room for an entire night but couldn't sleep well. It's true that I'm just a poor man who can only sleep on a hard board bed all my life."

  When Chen Ergou entered Wei's villa, he heard Zhou Jingyun say that Fang Ni's Pu'er tea was worth a car, and he really had nothing to say. He thought that the difference between rich and poor was something he had read about in his high school politics textbook, but it wasn't until he entered Fang Ni's villa that he truly understood it.

  Chen Ergou said: "I thought that if I paid out 10%, even if I didn't get 10% back, I would still have 3 or 4% as a return. But I didn't expect to be stabbed in the back by someone I cared about. The unpredictability of human hearts is the greatest wealth Fang Ni gave me, more important than that card."

  Chen Erdou spoke slowly, Cao Qiang listened carefully.

  When she heard the last sentence, Cao Jingxian smiled and looked at Chen Ergou. She said softly: "Last time at Yanzi Rock, you asked me why I liked you. What I told you was actually very vague. Men like women, first of all for their appearance and temperament, and then for their inner qualities. It's not wrong that you liked my face or my family background. But what I like about you, Chen Ergou, is that you are the brother who hums 'The Forbidden City, The Yongle Bell, The Ancient Rhyme'. You are the grandson who feels guilty towards his grandfather but doesn't say a word. You are the son who dares to risk his life for his mother. What's left when a man takes off his glamorous clothes and noble status? Is it just empty words and lust? Or is it a heart full of grievances and complaints? Or is it a chest full of magnificent scenery? I haven't suffered, I haven't been poor, maybe that's why I don't have any special feelings towards rich young masters or red aristocrats. They have what I have, they can achieve what I can achieve. I have a spiritual洁癖, I don't want men who are unfaithful and flirtatious, I don't want men who are good at plotting but don't leave room for maneuvering, I don't want men who deliberately show off their unconventional behavior, I don't want men who are arrogant and look down on others. I don't want men who sympathize with everything and everyone. Ergou, take a look again, count how many men in my circle meet my standards? Originally, I thought I could treat marriage and love like I do other things, watching the flowers bloom and fall outside the window, drifting along with the clouds at the edge of the sky. But when a good fate and a bad fate are placed before me, I chose you without hesitation or struggle. This is not your honor, but my own choice for happiness."

  Chen Ergou didn't bother himself with whether he was Cao Qiang's good fortune or bad luck, nor did he want to know the harmless answer.

  The process doesn't matter, results are all that counts.

  The result was that he revered her, thanked her and looked up to her, but ultimately possessed her.

  The young man threw away the already extinguished cigarette butt, stretched out his hands, and mimicked Cao Jing's teaching to construct a larger rectangle in the air, muttering: "Jing, you see that I now not only dare to shout your name, but also can see more of the sky, so big, and it will be even bigger later. And you, will you always accompany me to look up at the starry sky, with a heart full of picturesque scenery?"

  "Do you want to know?" Cao Qian asked with a slight tilt of her head.

  Chen Ergou nodded vigorously.

  Cao Jingjian then did something that would make Chen Ergou remember for the rest of his life. She ran to the edge of the mountain top, gazing out at the lights of Nanjing city, put her hands around her mouth and shouted: "Listen up, everyone! My name is Cao Jingjian, I am Chen Ergou's wife! I want to stand with him and gaze up at the starry sky, with a heart full of beautiful scenery! For all eternity!"