Chapter 9 Chapter Seven The Price of Love

Su Xiaoou once sharply wrote in the comics that the only value of class reunions for some people is to prove their superior existence by showing off the present, to gild the decayed and festered life, and to burn blindly in a trench in the past To save the desolate and lonely small universe in my heart, to welcome the hypocritical springs of life one after another.In short, if you play well, you have to go shirtless. Perhaps this stage can make yourself high-profile than any other stage.Those who are poor, even if they are close at hand, have to make up thousands of reasons not to participate, so as not to accidentally become a clown on this stage that they care about but can only serve as props.

These years, I missed many reunions of classmates. Many high school classmates were either in Jiangcheng or the surrounding areas of Jiangcheng. I, who was alone in Beijing, were dubbed by them as a poor person sent to Beijing to enjoy the sandstorm.So every time they get together, they eat and have fun. I just want to hear a classmate who likes to show off blow the cowhide in front of me, but there is no chance. Lin Zhenzhen is an old supporting role at a class reunion, and she hasn't missed a single time. In her words, even if she doesn't have the point of bragging, at least eating and drinking with rich second-generation tycoons is worthy of her belly. Ling and Yang Yike, the two demon kings in the world, were quite shocked when they appeared on the first day of the sophomore class. They were both dressed in Adidas and Nike. Gao Ling even wore a Nike sweater hat on a hot day. Armed with the brand to the teeth, the classmates in the class ate popsicles and watched Gao Ling, who was sweating down his neck, could only bow down and sigh.For most students in high school, even wearing a Baleno is considered petty bourgeoisie. In the eyes of students, Adidas and Nike are definitely LV in the adult world, so expensive that people dare not stare at them for a long time.Therefore, from the first day, these two people established a glorious position in the class as the sons of landlords, rich and money-losers.Now more than ten years have passed, these two people have been conscientiously playing the role of party meal tickets, and their dressing tastes have also changed to Armani and Gucci. The two stupid sons of landlords and wealthy families have successfully transformed into pseudo-elites in the city.

Lin Zhenzhen and I got out of the car and arrived at the entrance of KTV. Gao Ling was waiting for us at the entrance wearing a black Armani coat and black sunglasses. The bodyguard looks like the Matrix, that prodigal son Gao Ling will spend a lot of money to invite us to such a high-end KTV?" Lin Zhenzhen is more muddled than I am. Anyway, she has to stutter every year to eat free food from other people. She didn't even recognize the owner's parents. She glanced at Gao Ling who was standing there pretending to be cool, and walked past him, rushing indifferently. I waved my hand, "There's no sun today, what kind of sunglasses are you wearing? It's probably a blind fortune teller who went to the wrong place!"

It's just that Lin Zhenzhen and I hadn't walked for long when we heard hurried footsteps chasing us from behind. Before we could turn our heads, Gao Ling's angry roar came over, "Jiang Wei, Lin Zhenzhen, you two... Thanks to me waiting for you outside in the cold, have you ever seen a blind fortune-teller wearing an Armani coat?" Lin Zhenzhen and I were in trepidation. When we saw Gao Ling who had taken off his sunglasses, he blamed himself for his poor eyesight, but he still forced a smile. After all, Lin Zhenzhen had eaten so many free meals from others, so she was naturally soft-mouthed, and apologized with a smile: "What? Yes, we were joking with you just now, you just treat it as...the meeting gift we gave you, and played a Northeast Errenzhuan."

Gao Ling breathed out his nostrils, as if he hadn't calmed down yet, he gave me a vicious look, "Jiang Wei, when you called me a prodigal when you were in school, I couldn't bear it, but today you..." I hurriedly begged for mercy, "Wrong, wrong, big brother, how can you be a prodigal? How can a prodigal wear fake Armani, you must wear genuine Armani." Gao Ling opened his mouth, and stopped staring at me. He just looked me up and down, and the corner of his mouth twitched, "You've become more beautiful, but why is your mouth still so poisonous? Be careful no one will dare to marry you!"

I cupped my hands as a gesture, and said with a smile, "Don't bother Mr. Gao." Gao Ling didn't know what to do with me, he grinned dryly, "Let's go, grandma, the big box at the back." When we got to the private room, it was already full. Nana and Xiaodan waved to Lin Zhenzhen and me, and everyone booed, "Hey, rare guest, rare guest, how many years have I not seen Jiang Wei from our class?" The light in the box was dim, and everyone stopped eating melon seeds. They looked at me with unison. Under the dim light, those eyes flashed with the light of wild wolves looking for food. It's embarrassing, "Oh, you should eat and drink, you should just pretend that I was invisible before, and I have come out of the rivers and lakes again today."

Everyone laughed, and Lin Zhenzhen and I sat next to Nana and Xiao Dan. Xiao Dan just came back from visiting relatives in Suzhou this morning, and laughed while holding my hand, "Xiao Wei, we probably haven't seen each other for three years." I patted Xiao Dan's flat head, "It's 4 years, kid." Nana said disdainfully: "Cut, Xiao Dan, don't come here. Have you ever played the card of warmth? Ever since you hang out with that little boy in Suzhou, how do you remember us? Let's chat on MSN Don't say anything." Lin Zhenzhen pretended to be disgusted and asked Xiaodan: "Don't mention MSN, even when you go to Penguin, you are always invisible. That disgusting signature has been in front of my eyes for two years. Every time I go to Penguin and see you, I have to Take a detour, and I said, Ni Xiaodan, why do you still have the face to come back?"

Xiaodan smiled, "We were a rice noodle quartet in our third year of high school, so please stop teasing me, we are still sisters." I couldn’t help laughing when I thought of the title of rice noodle group of four. In the third year of high school, the evening self-study usually starts at 6:30 and ends at 5:30 pm. There is an hour of rest in between. After class, the four of us are like being released Xiaoniao ran to Zhenji Rice Noodle Shop, where the place is not big, just a few small tables, every time we fixed on the innermost small table to eat rice noodles, burning our mouths and sweating profusely , Nana is very jealous. Every time I go to eat rice noodles, putting vinegar is like pouring water, which makes the proprietress feel so distressed that she closes her eyes and dare not look at it. In the third year of high school, our homeroom teacher Lin is very open-minded and always plays with the students Every time we come back from eating rice noodles, he always asks, "Where did you eat it?" The four of us nodded and chirped like woodpeckers, "We ate at Zhenji Rice Noodles." We asked a lot, and the answers were all yes Same, finally Teacher Lin became impatient, "Don't you four guys get tired of eating one thing every day? I think you might just call it a rice noodle group of four."

Perhaps for many people, the third year of senior high school is a devil-like period. In addition to the sweaty study, parents' eager expectations, and teachers' strict spurs, it seems that they are not even themselves. There are only two words in their eyes: the college entrance examination.But for me, the third year of high school gave me the most, but it happened to be bright. If there was no rice noodle group of four, and the lovely teacher Lin, maybe, that year, I would have felt that more than half of my world was gloomy. Yang Yike, a pseudo-elite who once chased after Xiao Dan, came over and asked me: "Hey, what is the signature on her penguin that you mentioned just now?"

I was taken aback by him, "When did you sit here, Mr. Yang?" Lin Zhenzhen glanced at Yang Yike, "I really want to know?" Xiao Dan squeezed Lin Zhenzhen's hand, and Lin Zhenzhen saw Yang Yike nodding like a slap in the face, and smiled contrivedly, "Since you want to know, I'll give you my blessing, listen up, and hold the cup in your hand. " Xiao Dan blushed with anxiety, but Nana beat her to the punch, "Take a fresh breath and feel the sunshine of happiness." Yang Yike sang: "This is very good, very sunny! Are you in a gloomy mood, and you actually said that this signature is disgusting?"

Lin Zhenzhen glanced at Yang Yike, and then said, "Xiao Yang, why are you so anxious, the most disgusting thing is here. Her man's signature replied to her like this: Sophie elastic breathable sanitary napkin, dry and comfortable every day!" The water I drank almost spewed out, Xiao Dan squeezed Lin Zhenzhen hard, and Lin Zhenzhen screamed in pain. Yang Yike couldn't take it anymore and tugged on the expensive collar, the French cuff buttons on the sleeves were shining, and he said affectionately to Xiaodan with aggrieved expression, "You didn't buy me when I chased you so much, I thought you Can you find an Arabian prince, good guy, you found a sanitary napkin seller, you... how can I rest assured?" We couldn't help laughing out loud, even the listeners laughed at Yang Yike for being passionate and mistaken the situation, and Yang Yike's inexplicable expression pushed the laughter to a climax. While we were laughing, someone came into the room. I was wiping my eyes with laughter, but Nana pulled me, and pressed her voice into my ear, "Hey, Jiang Peng is here. Not good, he's coming to our place .” I raised my head, and saw Jiang Peng and Gao Ling patted their shoulders and looked straight at me. I felt guilty for a while, but I still had to pretend to be calm. After all, so many years had passed, he I also have a girlfriend, so I should just do whatever I want, telling myself in my heart, don't think too much, just treat him as an ordinary old classmate. "Jiang Peng, you are here." Lin Zhenzhen greeted. Maybe I was emphasizing too much in my heart, but I blurted out, "Big mouth, you are here." It’s just that the way he looked at me was no longer careless like he was in high school. His whole person seemed to have been completely reborn. His eyes were staring at me, which made me feel hairy. "Oh, you're not from our class, right? I remember you're from the 12th class next door. Why did you come here from our class 13th party?" Jiang Peng seemed to be back to normal now, and replied: "Hey, Gao Ling is my best buddy, his game is my game, can I not come, besides, I am such a handsome and talented person , don’t let you young women see and see.” Nana shot back: "Jiang Peng, don't pretend to be a romantic lover. You can't stop your ruthless temperament. You just walked in. Didn't you see that the girls in our class hide when they see you? Don't enter!" If the drama is too deep, it will hurt the body." Jiang Peng was very happy, "This is... Sister Nana, hey, if you didn't speak just now, I would have thought it was a man with an Adam's apple sitting here. It's Chinese New Year, how are you sitting? Don't be so domineering?" Nana was so angry that she almost put Erlang's legs on her neck, "I'm practicing yoga, what do you know!" Jiang Peng stopped bickering with Nana, and sat down next to Yang Yike with a smile on his buttocks. Yang Yike muttered, "Dude, don't push your butt so hard, you're squeezing me." Nana whispered to me: "Fortunately, I didn't squeeze my ass to your side. You see, Yang Yi can chase Xiao Dan, and Jiang Peng chased you. It's a coincidence that the two of them are sitting next to us." Now, do you think the two of them are still terrified?" "Everyone has a companion, so stop thinking about it." As soon as I finished speaking, Gao Ling's voice sounded in the box, "Today is a good day for our Class 13 reunion. It used to be on May 1st, but this year's May 1st. I'm going to Italy, so I decided to hold the reunion. The date is adjusted to today, students, eat, drink and have fun today to your heart's content, don't be polite to me..." Jiang Peng couldn't take it anymore, stood up and snatched Gao Ling's microphone over, "Gao Ling, you bastard, you sound like you're swearing, you can just get over it, you've never passed Chinese and are still pretending to be an educated person here, my brother In front of sisters, you will not lose points, go, go, I will order food with you." "Hey, the troublemaker from the foreign class is here, dare to smash our boss's place!" Amidst the uproar, the two pushed and pushed out. Some people were ordering songs, some were playing cards, each had a great time, Maiba Lin Zhenzhen naturally went to order songs, probably those old and long-standing repertoires, my ears were ringing because I listened too much , thinking that I have to start again today, but I saw her running over excitedly and asking me: "Xiao Wei, what are you singing?" I made a fool of myself, "The Tracker's Love." Lin Zhenzhen stared at me with wide eyes, "No way, this song is quite difficult, at least find a male duet." I don't know when Jiang Peng came in. The box was in a mess and I didn't pay attention. I just wanted to say that I was talking nonsense, but Jiang Peng rushed to Lin Zhenzhen, "I'm here, what are you afraid of, no, this song What's the difficulty, wouldn't it be over if you yelled twice?" Lin Zhenzhen looked at me innocently, meaning that I started it myself and took care of the aftermath. Jiang Peng turned to look at me, "Jiang Wei, can you please be generous, who can't sing this song?" I was quick to think, "Then I will sing the part of the fat man, and you will sing the part of the thin man." Lin Zhenzhen couldn't stand it and rolled her eyes at me. She probably didn't guess that I would say such a stupid thing after killing her. The smile on Jiang Peng's face was still there, but his eyes quickly withdrew from me. Lin Zhenzhen said: "You guys do it, it doesn't matter if I sing or not." I thought Jiang Peng was angry, but I didn’t expect him to sit down and laugh at me, “You let me sing about the girl, you sing about the boy, you think I’m an idiot, there are so many classmates in your class, no matter how bad I am Not to sing with a shrill voice." "I was just talking nonsense just now. It's not like you don't know about the music class in the first year of high school. The music teacher picked me up alone, and everyone sang in tune. My voice is loud and out of tune. When the music teacher saw me, he said I am a scourge, and he said that he can teach me to sing, and he will end up in the world of mortals and knock on the wooden fish." Jiang Peng's expression seemed to be caught in the scene of a music class in the first year of high school, and his smile was very wide. We chatted briefly about the recent situation, and waiters came in with trays one after another. Nana brought me a fried chicken leg and a Coke, "here, here you are." "You're pretty nimble." "Nonsense, you didn't hear those guys say that they didn't eat breakfast and lunch, what's the difference with the ones just released from the prison, I won't grab it and drink the Northwest Wind later." Jiang Peng laughed, "It's either that there is no food left, or it's gone. After singing the song, I'll take you to eat grilled fish." As soon as Nana, a foodie, heard about the grilled fish, she immediately turned against her, and the initial bickering with Jiang Peng became warm immediately. Gao Ling sat down and joined our chatting group. Fortunately, the song hadn't started yet, and Lin Zhenzhen was still furiously writing down the song list. What we said was still clear in the voices of everyone. Nana asked Jiang Peng: "I heard that your foreigner girlfriend is also called Nana, isn't she sexy?" "Of course, it must. Do you believe me when I say she looks like the Megan in Transformers?" Gao Ling wiped his mouth and said, "What do you mean?" "Nonsense, of course...the whole is very similar, it's not like you haven't seen it before." Gao Ling's words were very explicit, "I think it's just the bust, nothing else." Jiang Peng retorted impatiently: "In China, men's requirements for women are generally the same, pure, even if it's not pure, it's okay to pretend to be pure. In foreign countries, it's not pure, what they want is sexy, hot, and passionate. I want to tell you now, my girlfriend is the rare best in the world, she is a combination of pure and sexy, men from east and west, no, men all over the world, must be jealous of me." Gao Ling told the truth, "To all the men in the world, I am not included in this first, and you were with that Nana back then, it was not to improve your English ability." However, Nana seemed to have not heard Gao Ling's words, and she applauded like a fool, "Brother Peng, you have been reincarnated and behaved in this life, and you did the right thing. You eat delicious food, drink spicy food, and enjoy such top-quality foreign beauties. The most important thing is that you Such a nice person, yet so enthusiastic...by the way, let me ask you a question..." Jiang Peng's head was shaken by the praise, and he raised his head and asked Nana solemnly: "What's the problem?" Nana hesitated for a moment, then said: "You just said that you want to treat us to grilled fish, which one is it, so I can search online for the reputation of that one?" Jiang Peng was stunned, Gao Ling reacted after a while and laughed, and I couldn't help laughing too. Lin Zhenzhen finally ordered a good song, and came bouncing over, stuffing something into her mouth while looking at her phone, complaining that her husband, Su Hang, kept sending messages to harass her even at class reunions, for fear that she would rekindle an old relationship with an old lover , Nana and Xiao Dan also complained about the minor shortcomings of the other half. If women sit together and talk about the shortcomings of their own men, then the shortcomings of their men are definitely not any shortcomings, and more often they are low-key. show off. Lin Zhenzhen complained that Su Hang watched her closely, and Nana complained that her husband was obsessed with cleanliness and kept the house spotless every day. He even refused to give her the chance to clean at home occasionally, and even washed her underwear every day. , Xiao Dan complained that her boyfriend spent a lot of money, of course the money was spent for her. The brain structures of men and women are absolutely different. As a woman, I have heard the sweetness of these three women's complaints, but Gao Ling and Jiang Peng only heard the superficial complaints. Jiang Peng was dissatisfied and said: "You women, you just don't feel satisfied. You like to complain about a man's small flaws. You don't know how to understand and accept them. It's meaningless at all. My Nana is better. I told her at the beginning, The poor in my family are always talking about ugly medicine, asking for money, just want to have enough fun. Didn’t they throw themselves into my arms happily, look at your faces again, it’s really..." Gao Ling then persuaded us women earnestly, "Men all have bad roots, which is a defect in the evolution of the species, so you guys should not be too fussy and hold on to a little bit of a man's little problem, or else it's a male animal. You all have to make a detour, at such an advanced age, you have to muddle along, don’t you think you are still struggling with the evolution of species?” Lin Zhenzhen, Nana, and Xiao Dan stared at me at last, and everyone remained silent for 3 seconds. Lin Zhenzhen ignored what the two men said just now, put her arms around Xiao Dan's shoulders and said, "Let's go!" , It’s time to sing, the first song was ordered by me, and the four of us sang together.” I pointed to my nose, "Are you sure it's me? I'm the king of out-of-tune!" Lin Zhenzhen waved her hand, "Damn, KTV is still afraid of going out of tune, you think we are all music teachers, your psychological shadow after so many years should be healed. This song is so good, you all listen to "Tianzhu Girl" passed." My eyes almost turned white, "No way, you changed to a new song this time, I really haven't heard this one before." Nana patted my face as if coaxing a child, "Don't worry, you can just go up and hum a few words, you won't become rat shit and spoil our pot of good porridge, don't be afraid, I'll cover you." Lin Zhenzhen didn't care about my babbling, and directly dragged me up. Although Gao Ling was dissatisfied with our disregard for him and Jiang Peng, he still did his duty as an organizer, stood up, and shouted to everyone, "Applause, applause, Welcome to the... rice noodle group of four in our class!" Everyone applauded and laughed. The music of KTV sounded, and I watched the picture of Journey to the West on the big screen of the TV, and the familiar rhythm sounded. It turned out to be the song sung by Jade Rabbit. The familiar exotic music sounded, "Ah... ah... Shaliwa... ah... ah... Shaliwa... ho... ha... ho... ha!" Lin Zhenzhen sang the previous lyrics first, and when she reached the simplest line "Ah... Shaliwa...", she quickly gave me a wink and asked me to sing. Of course, I must seize the opportunity to regain the courage to sing At that time, I sang loudly, but felt that my voice was a little uncontrollable, like a runaway wild horse, ups and downs, and I couldn't step on the pitch at all, and even the lyrics sang a dissonance, "Ah...kill Your baby...kill your baby..." Lin Zhenzhen was stunned, she took the microphone and asked me in disbelief, "What? Are you going to kill my baby?" She might have forgotten that she was still holding the microphone, but those words exploded like a bomb in the box, and everyone burst into laughter. Nana, who just said she wanted to cover me, laughed so hard that she couldn't straighten up. Only Xiao Dan continued to sing there, so this song is not anticlimactic. Back at the seat, Jiang Peng held back his laughter and patted my head, "Jiang Wei, why are you still doing this? You want to kill someone's baby, so don't sing so loudly." In the end, he couldn't help laughing wildly, even Gao Ling covered his stomach with laughter. I stared speechlessly at the flickering lights on the ceiling, and sang... I should quit for the rest of my life. Lin Zhenzhen took almost half of the singing time that night, and it was all about her singing some of Faye Wong's love songs in a narcissistic manner. Truth or Dare was having a great time, and there were quite a few girls eating and chatting in the corner. Lin Zhenzhen was intoxicated with herself, when suddenly an unknown voice said, "Is Lin Zhenzhen singing Tian Zhen's song?" , really well sung." I clearly saw that Lin Zhenzhen's thin shoulders were collapsing with anger, but she continued to adjust her breath and continued to sing. I had to admire her courage in singing, even if I coughed up blood, I couldn't sing her at all. level, not to mention being able to learn her level of calmness and composure without fear of words. The boys sang Huajian Zhou's chorus. Maybe everyone would burst into tears when they sang that song at graduation, but now everyone sings it like a nursery rhyme every year. It's time to play and make trouble. I tearfully said some touching words about my friends, but I didn't expect that all the girls here were like ghosts and snakes, only knowing that they were playing tricks and playing crazy.The boys had to look at the group of wolf-hearted girls in disappointment and pain, and finally gritted their teeth, lowered their heads and returned to their seats helplessly. Then there was the only song "The Price of Love" ordered by Han Yu, the study committee member of our class. Han Yu is a shy person, unlike us who loves to play and make trouble. When I was in high school, I had the impression of a very pale girl, with a small stature and ear-length hair. Because of her small face, that hairstyle looked like a mushroom. Her voice is very deep and hoarse, which is really incompatible with her petite image, but I never knew that such a voice could sing so beautifully. It seems to be whispering, and it seems to be pulling me to those days about youth and dreams. I was sitting in the corner, Lin Zhenzhen and the others were playing cards happily, I was tired from playing, and I was sitting there alone with my legs bent, my eyes were a little blurry in front of me, there were obviously people walking around, and there were also images of people raising their hands and guessing fists. It was a noisy environment, but it seemed to be so quiet that I was the only one sitting in this big box, listening to this familiar old song. Do you still remember the dream when you were young? like a flower that never fades Accompany me through the wind and rain See the impermanence of the world, see the vicissitudes of life the price paid for love I will never forget it all sincerely infatuated words Always in my heart, even without him Let's go, let's go, people always learn to grow up Let's go, let's go, life's gotta be a struggle Go, go, find a home for your heart I've been sad and wept, I've been heartbroken this is the price of love Maybe I still miss him occasionally I miss him sometimes ... I walked out of the noisy box alone, the waiters were busy in the long corridor, their faces were blurred by the dim light, there were hoarse voices, clapping, screaming and laughing sounds from the boxes passing by, Only me, with such an expression, such a state of mind... Maybe, when I sang the first sentence from her, tears rolled down. I touched my face, it was cool, I didn’t know how long the corridor was, I just kept walking, tears slid down my chin, fell into my neck, it was cold, the skin on my face was slightly prickly It hurts, like scratching a thin layer of glass.I don't even know how sad my tearful face is in this dark corridor at this moment. It wasn't until the sour feeling burst out of my throat that I felt that I could no longer restrain myself. The smile, all the fuss, is nothing more than a self-deception. Cry out...cry out...have endured for so long, so long... A song is so short, so short. The love of a lifetime bloomed and came to an end.Just a few short minutes. Perhaps, this is the price of love.