Chapter 11 Section 11

Xiao Yuehong, whose real name is Xia Yuexian, is not bad in appearance, but her short stature, and her habit of not talking much and always smiling, made me feel a little intimidated.In the one-night conversation in the hotel in a hurry, although I couldn't see her character and thinking, but after talking with Yue Yinggao for a while, the behavior of biting her ear and laughing to herself, I finally felt a little bit worried. suspect.She sat there for more than 20 minutes, and I invited her and the kid with the bag to have some snacks, and then I left.Because of this chance encounter, Yueying asked me to stay in Shanghai for another day, explaining that she would go to Xia Yuexian's house to see her in the morning, and wanted to invite her to have dinner with her at noon.

Before noon the next day, as soon as the sun hit the window of our southeast-facing room, she got up and combed her hair.After washing up, she told me that she wanted to go out alone to Xia Yuexian's house because I was still tired from coming last night and it was not easy to get up.And I brought a pen over and asked me to write a place name on the paper for her. She asked someone to read it and teach her the way.Xia Yuexian's address is No. 18, Sanduoli, Aiduoya Road. After she went out, the room fell silently.I was overwhelmed by the air of silence, and I felt an inexplicable terror in my heart, "What if she doesn't come back after going out, what should I do?" Except when they went to the toilet, they were separated, and they walked, lived, sat and slept, and never left for a moment.Now that she has gone in this way, this kind of fantasy, which was a bit of a game at first, became more possible and more terrifying the more I thought about it.Originally, I wanted to take her out and sleep on it peacefully, but was disturbed by a fantasy, and the Sandman was completely repelled.

"No, no, how can there be such a thing?" Such a self-consolation, a self-smile to explain the ridicule, and then the fantasy will suddenly change into another shape, very real Very specific and urgent.Lying in the bed, disturbed by fantasies like this, I can’t sleep anyway, and since Yueying got up, the bed has become cold, so I made up my mind, got out of bed, got up and washed my face brush teeth. After washing up, I didn't want to eat snacks, and I was bored sitting alone, so I had to ask the waiter to buy a newspaper to read.I flipped through the political telegrams at home and abroad, and my eyes noticed the local news of the social record.In the social news, which is only half a page in total, there are as many as four or five records about adultery between men and women, such as "running away from husband", "adultery with uncle and sister-in-law", "concubine meets ex-husband again".After I read them one by one, the fantasy in my mind was set off by the facts, and gradually took on a sense of reality.Throwing away the newspaper, I walked out the door without my hat as if I had been robbed.After leaving the hotel door, I jumped on the rickshaw parked in front of the door to sell goods. I kept asking him to drive to Sanduoli on Aiduoya Road, but after driving around for a long time, he couldn't find it. The direction of more than three miles.I was so angry that I scolded him a few times with my throat wide open, telling him to go to the X world and ask the passers-by, and sure enough I knew that San Duo Li was not far away.

When I reached the entrance of the narrow alley in Sanduoli, I jumped out of the car.While panting, following the beating of his heart, he searched for the house number No. 18 for a long time. At the door of a small dirty building on the first floor and the ground floor, I found two light black numbers 18 written on the yellow sand painted wall.I hurriedly knocked on the door and went in, and stopped a middle-aged and elderly woman who opened the door to come out. I asked her, "Is there a person named Xia living here?" She insisted that there was no.After I asked for a long time, I told her that this surname Xia was a female actress who sang in World X. Then she nodded and smiled and said, "You are asking about Xiao Yuehong? She lives on the second floor, but she just saw She went out with a friend." I was so anxious that I asked her: "Is there anyone else upstairs?" She said: "They live in the pavilion, with Xiao Yuehong, and there is another Her master and a little girl's sister."

I groped up the dark escalator and looked into the door of the pavilion that was open to the escalator. Sure enough, the little girl was still sitting at a small table opposite the window eating pancakes yesterday.There is only one bed in this room.A white cloth curtain with a lot of dust was still left there.When the little girl heard my footsteps coming upstairs, she turned her head and looked at me standing in front of the dark escalator. After she recognized me, she stood up and said with a smile: "My sister and sister Xie Yueying went out together, I'm afraid they are going to the hotel, please come in and sit for a while!"

After hearing this sentence, I just let go of my heart, nodded to her, turned around, walked down the escalator, and ran back to the hotel. I ran into the hotel door, ran up the escalator, and went up to the door of our room to have a look. The door was still closed there, and I hurriedly asked the waiter who brought the key to open the door: "Is Madam back yet? The waiter replied very slowly, "Madam hasn't come back yet." Hearing his words, I felt like I was hit on the head by an iron plate.Telling him to lock the door again, I jumped down and ran for a long time on the road without a clue.I went to the front of Company S and looked at the big clock on the tower. The long and short hands were almost overlapped on the twelve o'clock, so I had to go back to the hotel like crazy.I ran upstairs to have a look, but Yueying and Xia Yuexian were sitting in front of the table with cups, plates and lights, talking and laughing loudly.

"Ah! where have you been?" When I met Yueying, I had an indescribable liking and a passion that couldn't be changed immediately, and I only rushed out this question, panting for breath. She saw my emotional expression, couldn't help smiling and asked me: "What's wrong with you? Why are you running so fast?" After panting for a long time, I took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat on my head and face. After a long pause, I returned to my usual attitude, and asked her slowly: "Where did you go? I was afraid that you lost your way, so I went out to find you. Yueying, Yueying, this time I really fell for your tricks."

"It's not a child. You can go the wrong way and never come back. You always like to do those boring things." As she said that, she gave me a sideways look, which was clearly an expression of her flirtatiousness, and only then did the three of us smile. The dish Yueying ordered was Japanese dishes worth three yuan, and a catty of rice wine was also ordered there, and the three of them drank and one was drunk.Because Xia Yuexian had to go to the stage in the afternoon, she left in a hurry after eating.We told her to take the morning train back to Nanjing, and before she left, she explained that she would come to the North Railway Station early in the morning to see us off.

After going to the street in the afternoon to buy some miscellaneous supplies such as face powder and snow cream, because it was still early, I went to Shangban Songyuan with Yueying. The trees in Bansong Garden have all withered, and the tourists have disappeared.After we went in, we only saw some collapsed tea shed bridges and empty houses without people living in them.After walking around the water pavilion and climbing up to the highest rockery pavilion, Yueying stumbled and fell on the way because she was wearing high-soled shoes, but I asked me to help her up as if she was on her back.

After all, it is windy at a higher place. In such a sunny afternoon, the high pavilion also feels a bit chilly. The water color of the Huangpu River is golden, reflecting the sun. The still air floats there for a siesta.In the open space far to the northwest, one or two figures could be seen, but the land was so vast and sparsely populated that it still had no influence at all. In the Huangpu River, there were even a few large ships moored far away, but these It seemed to be a broken ship under repair. There was no smoke in the chimney, and no one was walking on the ship. It seemed that this naturally large creature was also lying in the cold winter sun, dozing there.

Yueying looked around, and heard the birds in the withered woods singing two or three times, with a dull expression on her face, she leaned against me suddenly, and she couldn't help saying to me: : "Jiecheng! This place is not good, it's not as interesting as the rooftop of World X. Looking at the scenery here, it looks like a person is about to die, let's go." I still supported her on my back and walked down the small mound.I even walked around the north side of the mountain in Bansong Garden, saw some dried up mud rivers like ditches and a few unclean water jets, and walked out of the garden with her, and took the tram back to the hotel. If you plan to take the morning train back to Nanjing tomorrow, you should go to bed early at night, but she doesn't seem to be bored with the lively center of Shanghai. After dinner, she still wants me to accompany her to see the moon and go to X World . I also know her intentions, probably because she met Xia Yuexian in a hurry and the conversation was not finished yet, so she wanted to see her again at night. Bought two tickets to get in. In the evening, Xiao Yuehong sang a supporting role in "Zhulian Village", so we walked around and listened to it, and we didn't finish listening to her play until eleven o'clock.After the show ended, Yueying went to the backstage room to invite them to come. We sat down in the X World restaurant for a little while, had a little wine and food, talked once and advised Xiaoyuehong not to come tomorrow. The moon is still fine, we walked out of the X world with Xiaoyuehong and the others and made an appointment to meet again next time. After we broke up, we walked back on foot instead of taking a rickshaw. Yueying bowed her head and walked for a while, then raised her head suddenly, looked at the moon, and said softly to me: "Jiecheng, I think..." "What do you want?" "I think..., we, if we go on like this, it's not an ending." "then what should we do?" "I think if there is a chance, I will return to the stage and perform." "Didn't you say that the life of performing arts is very bitter?" "That's true, but loitering like now. It's not a serious way. Besides..." When I heard this place, I also felt a little sad, because when I inadvertently accumulated a little savings in place A, and the few salaries I paid to the Provincial Office of A before I left, it was almost used up. In the past one month like this, there will be problems in my life in the second month, so I have nothing to say when I hear her talk about the most practical food and clothing problem in life. road.When I was about to reach the door of the hotel, I leaned against her, held her hand tightly, and said to her in a dull voice: "Yueying, this sentence, let us discuss it after we arrive in Nanjing." The next morning, although we were not as excited as when we came, we got on the train and returned to Nanjing very satisfied. However, we did not get off the train to play after passing Suzhou.