Chapter 6 Chapter 4 First Love

Coming out of Ye Nianjing's party, Ke Chun smelled the aroma of roasted chestnuts in sugar, and the light scent mixed with flames drifted into her nostrils with the wind in the cold night, giving her a feeling of food, clothing and happiness. She saw a wooden cart selling sugar-fried chestnuts parked beside the road.A middle-aged man, with his neck tucked into his collar and wearing a pair of gloves, was frying chestnuts with a large road-building shovel. That year, in a foreign country, was also the season of chestnut fragrance. That fall, the children's choir traveled to Rome, Italy to perform.On the second day after the performance, the head of the group took them to tour the center of Rome.The city center was crowded with tourists, and she and Qin Zilu got lost near the famous Trevi Fountain.

While wandering, she smelled the aroma of roasted chestnuts in sugar.Next to the wishing pool, an old man is selling fresh fried chestnuts.She didn't expect such a good taste on the streets of Italy, so good that she forgot the fear of getting lost. "I want to eat chestnuts." She told Qin Zilu. They paid, and the old man reached into the barrel and grabbed a handful of chestnuts and put them in a paper bag.Chestnuts in Italy are different from those in Hong Kong.Each of the chestnuts here is as big as an orange, much sweeter than the chestnuts in Hong Kong. The clear moonlight floated in the sky of Rome, and Ke Chun and Qin Zilu leaned against the wishing pool to peel chestnuts.

"Do you remember that the captain said that whoever throws a coin into Trevi's Wishing Fountain will return to Rome one day?" She said as she took out a coin from her wallet, and there was a "boom" Throw it into the pool, and then put another copper plate in Qin Zilu's hand. Qin Zilu took the copper plate and threw it in a graceful arc. The copper plate fell into the pool and splashed. "What do you wish for?" he asked. "I want to grow up soon," she said. "What good is growing up?" He frowned. "Then you don't have to desire to grow up anymore." She put a chestnut into her mouth and asked, "What about you? What wish?"

He scratched his head, thought for a long time, and said, "I hope all my wishes will come true." "Too greedy!" He suddenly pointed to her face and said, "You have some broken chestnuts sticking to your mouth." She wiped it with her hands, but couldn't. He reached out to wipe away the chestnut crumbs for her. The roots of her ears turned red.She just made a wish to grow up quickly, why did she grow up all of a sudden? She was five years old when she joined the choir, and Qin Zilu was a year later than her.He has brown hair, a shy expression and a handsome face, which looks like a girl.She is just the opposite. She has short hair that reaches the ears, doesn't like to wear skirts, and is rude, like a boy.

She lived on the same street as him and went to the same grade in a different school.She went to a girls' school and he went to a boys' school, and the two of them often had endless conversations.Qin Zilu is good-looking, and when performing, the conductor always puts him in the most conspicuous position in the front row.The girls in the group love to chat with him, but Ke Chun knows that he and her are the best friends. One day when she was eight years old, when she came home from school, she saw Qin Zilu being bullied by three boys on the street.They pinned him to the ground and smudged his face with crayons.Ke Chun rushed up to scuffle with the three boys.She was pushed by one of the boys to the side of the ditch, and Qi Gai was injured.The three boys also ran away, and the colored pens were all over the floor.

He smiled at her gratefully, feeling a little embarrassed that he was being bullied.She picked up a crayon and drew a cross on his face, and he also used the crayon to draw a circle on her forehead.The two painted more and more vigorously, until Qin Zilu's father, Mr. Qin, pulled the two cats up when he passed by and saw them, and they still couldn't stop laughing.Mr. Qin said angrily: "Old Master Q is not as funny as you!" That year, the summer vacation was coming to an end, Qin Zilu had already done his summer homework, and Ke Chun didn't even touch the stack of homework.

"Let me do it for you." He took the pencil case to her house. They spread treats all over the table.Halfway through, she slumped on the ground and asked, "Have you ever seen your parents do that?" "That?" he replied. "Ok." "I saw it when I was very young." "How did they do it?" she asked, getting up. "I saw them wrestling, as if they were fighting. Where are your parents?" "I saw them rolling around on the bed." After a while, she asked, "Shall we try it?" "Alright." He nodded.

Ke Chun and Qin Zilu stood up facing each other. She hugged him, he grabbed her, rubbed their bodies against each other, fell to the ground and rolled around. She gasped and said, "It's not fun at all." "That's right! I don't want to do this with women when I grow up." "I don't want to do it with men either," she said. When Mr. Qin came to pick up Qin Zilu, Mr. Qin asked kindly: "What did you two do today?" They looked at him stupidly. It's been five years.The two have grown from children to teenagers.At this moment, beside the Trevi Wishing Fountain, they each lowered their heads, staring at their ten fingers that were yellowed by chestnut shells, and realized with amazement that they had grown up.Her breasts are starting to grow and he's grown a lot taller, he's not the same as before, some subtle changes are happening.

Suddenly, they heard two Chinese voices behind them.The two turned their heads at the same time, and saw the leader and his wife standing there.The group leader wiped off his sweat and said, "Finally found you!" Ke Chun and Qin Zilu exchanged a look, and made a pitiful and innocent expression tacitly. She quietly stuffed a leftover chestnut into her pocket. After returning from Italy, some days passed.After a day of tutoring, on the way home, she smelled the sweet smell of chestnuts.An old man was selling sugar-fried chestnuts on the long street, and she bought a big bag. For fear that the chestnuts would be cold, she wrapped the chestnuts in the sweater on her body.He ran and jumped to Qin Zilu's house.

She walked into his room and shook off the chestnuts on the window sill. He climbed onto the windowsill, and the two sat there peeling chestnuts. "I want to have a puppy," she said. "Okay! I want a puppy too, but my dad only likes goldfish and my mom hates small animals." "We can raise one together." "Then how to distribute?" "Follow me every day, follow me every day." "Okay! What kind of dog should I have?" "I like collies." "I like poodles." "What?" She looked at him in disbelief. "Poodle," he said awkwardly.

"How can a man like a poodle?" He said in embarrassment: "The poodle is quite cute." "Do you like poodles?" "dog?" "I mean the kind of woman who behaves noble and gentle." Qin Zilu shook his head. "You don't mind girls being rude and not gentle enough?" Qin Zilu smiled and shook his head. "I want a black dog," she went on. "There doesn't seem to be any black sheepdogs." "Then raise something else." "Why black?" While peeling chestnuts, she said, "Black is not so easy to get dirty! The family upstairs has a little white dog. Over time, he turned into a gray dog. Black ones don't turn gray." "Poodles come in black," he said. She stared at him and said, "No poodle." It was late at night, and the sound of arguing between Mr. Qin and Mrs. Qin suddenly came from outside the room. Qin Zilu seemed to have gotten used to it. After a long time, they heard the door slam shut. Ke Chun leaned over to look at the street, and saw Mr. Qin came out of the apartment in pajamas and slippers, holding his tank of goldfish, and got into a taxi. "Your father is gone." She told Qin Zilu. "It's not the first time either." "But he brought the goldfish with him." He was stunned: "That's the first time." "My parents often quarrel too." She comforted him. He jumped down from the ledge, opened the bottom drawer of the wardrobe, and took out a pack of Marlboro cigarettes. "Do you smoke?" she asked in surprise. "It stole my mother." She sat on the edge of the bed and smiled at him knowingly. He lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and handed it to her. She held the cigarette between her fingers, took a sip, and handed it to him again. He blew a smoke ring and said, "My mom used to blow smoke rings on that tank of goldfish behind my dad's back. She hated them." As soon as he finished speaking, he choked and coughed non-stop while leaning against the bed. She was next to him, laughing until tears flowed out. "Have you ever wondered when you're going to die?" he asked. "Have you thought about it?" "Well," he said, with a melancholy look, "I think I'll die before I'm twenty-five." "why?" "Twenty-five is old enough. What about you?" "I just thought about how old I would get married." "How old are you?" "Twenty-six years old." "You will get married right away after I die?" He had a feeling of being betrayed. "How do I know that you plan to die before the age of twenty-five?" She crawled to his side, resting her head on her hands, looking at him with innocent eyes. "Would you like to try kissing?" she asked in a trembling voice. "Have you tried?" The tone was full of jealousy. "No." She shook her head vigorously. "Well, okay." He nodded. She stretched out her index finger, bent it, and said, "You have to come closer." He moved his body towards her. She closed her eyes and opened her mouth. After a while, she opened her eyes and found that he was not in the room.At this time, he hurried back. "where have you been?" "I'm going to brush my teeth with my mother's smoke remover toothpaste," he said sheepishly. "You don't have any smoke stains," she said angrily. His mother's howling and the sound of throwing things came from the next room. She turned sideways, and he turned sideways. He stretched out his mouth, and she sucked his mouth with her mouth. The two were like zombies, lying on the bed Do not move. After that night, Mr. Qin and his tank of goldfish never came back.He ended up with a college student who was about the same age as his daughter. Ever since the zombie incident, Qin Zilu has been a little distant from her.She often heard her mother say that a man would not cherish a woman after he got it.However, the problem is that he hasn't succeeded yet.He wouldn't be stupid enough to think this was a success, would he? During those days, he often went out with a male classmate named Liu Wangzu.Liu Wangzu's face was paler than white paper, and he also suffered from asthma.He was brought up by his grandparents.His grandmother also brings him meals to school every day, and wipes his mouth after meals. "My father is gone, but his parents are gone." Qin Zilu said. She said disapprovingly: "You will always find someone with a poorer background than you." That day, Qin Zilu promised to find her after school.She has been waiting at home, but can not see him.She ran to his house, pushed open his door, and saw him talking and laughing with Liu Wangzu. "Your grandmother was hit by a car!" she told Liu Wangzu solemnly. Liu Wangzu was so frightened that he almost fainted. "Aren't you going to see her soon? She is in danger now! There is still a big pool of blood left on the road." Liu Wangzu quickly grabbed his schoolbag and rushed out. "Have you met his grandmother?" Qin Zilu asked in surprise. "I haven't seen it." She leaned against the wall and said. "Then how do you know she was hit by a car?" "I lied to him. I didn't expect him to believe it." She hugged her stomach and giggled. "You are too much. He has asthma, what if he has an attack?" "Why do you care so much about him?" she said jealously. For a moment, his face turned red. "Why have you avoided me lately?" she asked sullenly. "I didn't." He stepped back timidly. "You have." She cornered him. "No." "Really?" She was pitiful, like a small animal abandoned by her companions. "I'm just a little confused," he said dejectedly. "confusion?" "I don't know if I like girls or boys." She looked at him in surprise. "Have you done with Liu Wangzu what I did with you?" He quickly said, "No, no." "Do you like me?" she asked. "like." "It's impossible. Since you like me, you can't like boys." "What is it about you that looks like a girl?" She was so angry that she grabbed his hand. "what are you doing?" She put his hands on her breasts and said, "Do boys have this?" He blushed with shame and said despondently, "I'm just afraid I'm mistaken. Do you remember we talked about dogs? You said you wanted a black dog because black dogs aren't like white dogs, Will become a greyhound. I thought, this world is not only black and white, am I going to be gray?" "Grey?" She looked at him for a long time, and finally cried out with a "wow". She got angry and stopped interacting with him.He was not notified when he moved. Until one day of the year, she heard a familiar singing voice on the "Channel A" program, and the newcomer's name was Qin Zilu.With his handsome face, he was discovered by scouts, and instantly became the fastest rising newcomer.Wherever he went, he was surrounded by a group of girls. Does anyone know that he is the person in her youth dream?They had done many little bad things together.Those youthful corruption and sweet depravity are the most splendid memories of growing up.It's just that he was already far away from her, and perhaps he had completely forgotten about her. Then one night, she and Rong Bao went to the bar.When I was going to the bathroom, I ran into Qin Zilu in the corridor. They looked at each other in amazement. "Pure." He called her first. This is her baby name, and it has been a long time since anyone called her that, and time goes back to the days of childhood. "How are you?" she said shyly. He nodded and asked, "What about you?" She nodded. "How are your parents?" "Dad later broke up with the female college student, but he didn't come back, and neither did the fish." she laughed. "Where are your parents?" "Still the same? Noisy every day." "You have long hair," he said. "Does it look more like a girl now?" he laughed. "Do you have a dog now?" he asked. She shook her head: "I can't find any gray ones." He looked embarrassed. "I was just joking," she said quickly. "Can you promise me one thing?" he asked. "Ok?" "About what I told you before... that I was confused... can you not tell anyone? Keep it a secret between the two of us," he stammered. "Oh, that—" "Yeah." He blushed. "Why don't I tell others?" She paused, "I will say you are very wet, and I will tell all women to be careful about you." Qin Zilu smiled brightly. They looked at each other with a kind of intimacy and familiarity.She relived her lost childhood and that secret time in his eyes. "Why didn't you tell me when you moved?" he asked. She smiled apologetically. Tonight, chestnuts mixed with the breath of flames brought back the best first love.She wondered if there was a chance of returning to Rome with the same man.But her second wish came true.However, she doesn't want to grow up now.What good is growing up?