Chapter 36 Chapter Seven: Dwellings can't stop the beauty of life

Like everyone, I have also experienced dwellings, rented a house, moved, experienced the crampedness of a shabby room, and felt the ecstasy of having a home.If the scenery in the world is not obtained by yourself, you will not have the comfort of "infinite scenery on dangerous peaks" in aftertaste. Thinking about it carefully, my wife and I have moved back and forth several times over the years. Each time was not easy, but each time meant the beginning of a new life.From the north of the city to the middle of the city, from the middle of the city to the east of the city, from the east of the city to the middle of the city, and finally from the middle of the city to the west of the city.

When we first lived in the north of the city, we had just graduated, and she hadn't found a formal job yet, so she lived in a house rented by her family.I actually don’t have much income, so I can only share the rent with others. In a house with two bedrooms and one living room, she and I live in one room each, and there is another family living in the living room, and we all share a bathroom.The conditions are a bit difficult, but they are all fresh graduates, so they get along harmoniously. Not long after, the friend who shared the living room moved out. I considered the progress of the relationship and the actual situation, and took the opportunity to say to her, why don't we change the place too.So we moved into a single apartment building with an elevator.

The single apartment is on Wenyi Road, which has just been completed. It has more than 30 floors, and we live on the 18th floor.I remember that when we first moved in, together with us, there were only two families in the whole building. The downstairs was a messy construction site, and the surrounding environment was very desolate. Every day when I go home, I go downstairs and look up. Except for the security room, the whole building is empty and dark. If I dare to walk in, the only echo in the hall is my own footsteps.Enter the elevator, press 18, and you will have a strange illusion in your heart-is this not the elevator to hell?Such a horrible place, why do you have to live?cheap!Just completed, brand new real estate, and elevators... just get used to it.

When we first moved in, there was no TV at home, only a computer, and the two of us often fought to the death for the computer.Fortunately, not long after, we ushered in an uninvited guest who is also our good partner in the future: Smelly. Smelly is actually a stray dog ​​who was brought back by us on a rainy day.That day, my colleague saw it in his community, and immediately called me: "Hua Shao, we have a stray dog ​​here, it's very pitiful... I have already raised several dogs, and I really can't help it. Don't help me...do you want it?" I immediately agreed, dragged my wife and rushed to his community.

When I saw Smelly for the first time, its whole body was soaked, its mouth was distorted, and it was squatting on the side of the street trembling, at a loss.When we picked it up, it didn't resist at all, just looked at us so painfully and innocently. When we got home, we quickly took a bath for it, but we didn't expect it to smell so strong, so we simply named it Smelly. Smelly is very sensible, it will just look at things that the two of us don’t let move; it will wait obediently every time we eat, and follow our instructions; when we come home from get off work, it will rush to the door and squat. meet……

Perhaps because we have been wandering for too long, Smelly has a very strong dependence on us.Every time he went out, he was very happy, let go of the chain as soon as he got downstairs, and rushed forward. After running about 20 meters, he stopped and waited for us, for fear of losing us. But once, we really almost "lost" Smelly. One night, we were about to go out for a walk with Smelly, and we came to the elevator door and waited.I was holding it while chatting with my wife.The elevator door opened, and Smelly knew that he was going to do outdoor sports, so he rushed in first by himself, and we were chatting deeply, but we didn't react yet.When he came back to his senses, the elevator door had already closed.However, the dog leash is still in my hand!

The elevator slowly descended. I let go of the dog leash, but the handle was stuck outside the elevator door. The two of us stood outside the elevator, staring at each other. Smelly would definitely be strangled to death. I was very sad. Because of our carelessness, a life was lost just like that! "What should I do?" My wife asked beside me. "Let's go, go down and have a look." No matter what, it still needs to be dealt with. I pressed the button, and the elevator slowly came up again. As soon as the door opened, a small thing jumped up to my feet and squatted obediently in front of us, as if I had done something wrong.Because the chain was torn off halfway, Smelly was only slightly injured.We both cried and laughed holding it at the elevator door, as if we were the ones who survived the catastrophe.

Later, because the stinky smell was too offensive, the neighbors complained many times.We had no choice but to send it to a friend's house for foster care.A friend's house has a rooftop, which is enough for it to make a fuss, and it will never be rejected by others.We used to go to see it often, and every time we went, it would come all the way and pounce on us.No matter how long it has passed, he still recognizes us. Nowadays, the prosperity of Wenyi Road is well-known in Hangzhou City, and occasionally I regret not buying that small apartment full of dreams and warmth.At that time, the housing price was only more than two thousand per square meter. Although the room was only about thirty square meters, if you bought it at that time, it would be a big profit now.

We didn't buy the apartment on Wenyi Road, but moved to the east of the city after that, so it was closer to the radio station.But it didn't take long for me to step into the TV station from the radio station, and I had to toss again and move to the vicinity of the TV station. Not long after moving to the fourth residence, one night, when I was bored, I had a sudden idea and said to my wife: "Why don't we go to the place where we lived before?" So she rode her small motorcycle , carrying me, who is tall and big, ran around the city of Hangzhou, and revisited the old place.

We passed through very familiar streets, crossroads, fruit stands, convenience stores, barbecue stands... Those lovers who crossed the road hand in hand, girls who came out of convenience stores with countless snacks, drinking and dreaming at roadside stalls Young man, the nerds who read until closing time in the small bookstore... are all what we used to be. Everywhere we went, we had to stay for a long time, looking at that window, recalling the interesting stories that happened in that room back then. That scene was like the most beautiful time in Hou Hsiao-hsien's lens.All those times that only belonged to the two of us, after being abandoned for a long time, we picked up some fragmented fragments from our memory, patted the dust deposited on them, and lamented how beautiful it was.

Of course, our current home, although far from the urban area, is also a beautiful place.There is a soft meadow outside the door, and a peaceful countryside outside the window.Speaking of which, I bought this house when I had just been working for a year. After I bought it, I had no money to renovate it, so I never moved in. I still remember that when we went to see the house, all the small and medium-sized units had been sold out, and the remaining units exceeded our budget.And that time, my stubbornness overcame my rationality, and I bought the largest set, regardless of the 30-year debt. It is such a simple idea to be a young man with a house. I bought the house, but at that time the decoration could not be mortgaged and had to be paid in full. We really had no money, so we kept procrastinating like this. It was not until two or three years after I entered the TV station that I managed to save some money. , Renovated the house.Renovating such a large house is not a small project, and it is really hard for my wife to take care of it.My only request is: In my room, there must be a big bookshelf that "stands upright"!