Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Missing

Going home on the weekend, living the life of a rice bug that stretches out its hands for clothes and opens its mouth for food. I was planning to discuss with my parents how to spend the Spring Festival, but I didn’t expect my parents to give me a big surprise. "Manman, can you take care of yourself?" Under the interrogative sentence of my mother, the subtext is already obvious. I can only stare at their tickets and nod: "I can take care of it." My mother held a swimsuit and asked me: "Do you think I can wear this?" I still can only nod: "Very good!"

My mother put her swimsuit in the suitcase, and showed me a pair of swimming trunks of the same color: "I bought this for your father, isn't it pretty?" "It looks good! It looks like a couple's outfit." Mom smiled triumphantly: "This is called a couple's outfit." After researching the ticket for a long time, I finally confirmed that everything is true: "Mom, you are going to Southeast Asia, why didn't you tell me in advance?" My mother gave me a blank stare: "It was said on TV that you should pursue the surprises in life. This is my surprise for your father. Why should I tell you?"

I was depressed: "Then what should I do during the Spring Festival?" While folding the clothes, my mother said nonchalantly, "What do you do? How do I know? Lao Li's girl is as old as you. She will go to Europe with her husband during the Spring Festival. They are afraid that there will not be enough holidays. She is not like you. , and I still dislike the many holidays. I just saw you improving a while ago, but there is no news recently..." I will never be able to talk to her about this topic, so I can only quickly change the topic: "Okay then! My dear mother, I will raise my hands and feet to support you to go to Southeast Asia for your second honeymoon, isn't it okay?"

Mom said with a smile: "Your father and I are going abroad for the first time. Come and help me see. What else do you need to bring?" I went over to help her check the equipment: "Mom, how much is the total? I'll pay for it! On the way, don't save on what you want to eat or play. Although your daughter and I don't have a lot of money, I still have money for a trip to Southeast Asia." Both of my parents are ordinary wage earners, and their monthly retirement salary totals more than 3,000 yuan. The family still had some savings at first, but after my father suffered a serious illness, all of them were emptied.When I bought a house, I relied entirely on my own savings, so the down payment was small and the monthly payment was high. For this, my father secretly sighed many times.

Before Mom could answer, Dad, who was taking off his shoes, just entered the house and said, "You pay for your house! Your mom and I know how to spend money." Mom also started nagging: "Yeah! Manman, although Mom and Dad can't afford to help you buy a dowry, they still have the ability to take care of yourself, so don't worry about it. Your main task now is to find a boyfriend, hurry up Get married, and when you settle down, your father and I will let go of a problem. That Song Yi..." "Xiaoru!" Dad called mother's name, interrupting her nagging, "Okay! Alright! Next year, Manman will definitely have good luck."

I didn't dare to say any more, so I could only lower my head and help them pack their luggage. Every item was marked with my parents' names and contact numbers in both Chinese and English, as well as my contact information, as an emergency contact method. Mom whispered to Dad: "I heard that temples in Thailand are very effective in praying for marriage. Should we prepare some incense? Otherwise, we will buy it at the gate of the temple. I'm afraid it will be very expensive!" Dad elbowed her, and Mom sneaked a look at me and stopped talking. On the twenty-seventh day of the new year, I took half a day off to see off my parents. My mother specially made a new hairstyle, and my father wore a white baseball cap. Both of them looked very energetic.There are many old men and women in the tour group, but no matter how I look at it, I think my parents are the prettiest.

I deliberately talked to the tour guide and handed her a 400-yuan Estee Lauder counter gift card together with my business card. The little girl took a quick glance and accepted it immediately. She reassured me with a smile on her face and said she would take care of it. Good luck to my parents, let them have an unforgettable travel experience. When I got out of the airport, I let out a long sigh. I just felt that Beijing is big and empty. I really don't know how to spend the next ten days of vacation. In the evening, Malatang asked me to go out for dinner, and I hadn't figured out an excuse for refusing, but she had already said a series of words: "I have already called Lu Licheng, and he has agreed, your boss doesn't plan to work overtime, and you should save your life. "

I can only have a "sweet" banquet with Lu Licheng. When Malatang saw me, he gave me a bottle of beer without saying a word: "You are getting more and more arrogant now, so I invite you out for dinner. Reaching the sky is still difficult!" I opened the beer and drank half of the bottle in one gulp, before Malatang was satisfied. "What are you up to lately? Your parents don't plan to spend the Spring Festival in Beijing anymore, and you don't need your help to prepare the New Year's goods!" I pointed at Lu Licheng: "Ask him!" Malatang probably already knew about the embarrassing relationship between Lu Licheng and Song Yi, so she didn't want to ask more questions when it came to work, so she could only puff up her cheeks and say, "No matter how busy you are, you have to celebrate the New Year!"

I said: "I should be able to finish all the things tomorrow. In the afternoon, my colleagues will start to withdraw one after another. Those who go back to their hometowns go back to their hometowns, and those who go out to travel go out to travel." "What about you?" Malatang looked at me anxiously. "Me? I just eat dumplings and watch the Spring Festival Gala." Malatang let out a breath from his nose, expressing extreme contempt: "Come with us to Hainan! Air tickets and hotels are fine." Malatang showed me the pictures of the hotel, the fine white sandy beach, the blue water, Fiery red flowers, waiters in flowing sari welcomed me with wide smiles.

Malatang turned to the inside page: "Did you see that? The hotel's swimming pool is connected to the sea. It will be freezing cold in Beijing, but we will be basking in the sun by the seaside, drinking cocktails, commenting on beauties and handsome men, and swimming in the sea under the moonlight at night. Manman, we said before that we went diving in Hainan together." I glanced at Song Yi, who had the same smile on his face for thousands of years, I lowered my head, pretending to concentrate on reading the brochure, thinking about how to refuse Malatang. Seeing that I didn't speak, Malatang continued to do Lu Licheng's ideological work: "How about it? It would be interesting for the four of us to play together."

Lu Licheng smiled: "I really want to go, but I have already promised my family that I will go home during the Spring Festival this year. The tradition of the Spring Festival is very important in the countryside. I have been absent from the ancestor worship at home for two years, and I cannot miss it again this year." "Ah?" Malatang was first disappointed, then dissatisfied, "What about Manman? If we don't ask her to go to Hainan, you plan to leave her alone in Beijing? You are too much! Fortunately, Manman still has us ..." My heart was moved, and I immediately said: "Of course not. Actually...Actually...I went to his house with him to eat dumplings and watch the Spring Festival Gala. It's just...it's just that I didn't feel too embarrassed to say it just now." Lu Licheng looked at me sideways, and I smiled at him with pleas in my eyes.He smiled, held my hand on the table and said, "Yes! She has a thin skin, and we haven't figured out how to tell her parents about our matter, so I wanted to keep it a secret." I felt relieved, lowered my head, and handed over all the troubles to him. Malatang really became unhappy and flew into a rage, saying that I didn't tell her such a big thing, but Lu Licheng is a person with long sleeves and good at dancing, and Song Yi is not weak either. Two superhumans coaxed her one, and finally, Malatang happily wished us a safe journey. "When are you leaving?" Lu Licheng paused, and then said, "The air ticket the morning after tomorrow." Mala Tang excitedly said to Song Yi: "We have a plane ticket after 6:00 pm, shall we send them off in the morning?" Song Yi replied simply: "Okay." I immediately said to Malatang: "No, no!" "It's okay, I'll be on vacation tomorrow, and I'll be free if I'm free, so it's settled, Song Yi and I will see you off." I stared at Malatang powerlessly and with hatred.God!This is the Spring Festival!Don't say that I don't want to go to Lu Licheng's family at all, even if I want to go now, I can't get a ticket!Lu Licheng squeezed my hand, signaled me not to be impatient, and said with a smile: "Then respect is worse than obedience, and it happens that I have a lot of luggage." "It's okay, Song Yi looks gentle, but he is actually very strong." Malatang was very bold, saying "Dude, don't treat us like outsiders". During the dinner, Song Yi was gentle and silent, and I was silent nervously, while Lu Licheng and Malatang were talking and laughing happily.I found a very strange phenomenon. Malatang likes the four of us to do activities together, but whenever the four of us do activities together, Song Yi and I always don't talk much. She and Lu Licheng often talk and laugh. People who don't know They will think that Song Yi and I are light bulbs, and they are a couple. After dinner, I watched them get into the taxi, and I immediately jumped to Lu Licheng: "What should I do? What should I do? Why didn't you refuse Malatang just now, why?" Lu Licheng frowned and said, "You have strength now? Who was being dumb just now?" I grabbed my hair, wanting to bump my head to death: "What can I say? Malatang's temper has always been like that, stubborn, stubborn and aggressive. If I refuse to let her go, she will definitely ask me immediately: 'You What's the meaning?'" Lu Licheng opened the car door and pushed me into the car. I held my head in pain. How should I explain to Malatang? Thinking about the scene the next morning, I shuddered.Malatang found out that I didn't go to Lu Li's family anymore; found out that I didn't have an air ticket at all; found out that I was lying; found out that I didn't hesitate to lie in order not to go to Hainan with her... Oh my god! Holding his head in pain, he heard Lu Licheng make a phone call while driving: "I'm Lu Licheng, I want to change the ticket, um, yes! It's for one person, tomorrow afternoon's ticket, I want to change it to the day after tomorrow morning, and I want two Zhang... I know it's the Spring Festival travel season now, and I know that air tickets are very tight... I must have two air tickets. I have deliberately delayed the time to give you time to deal with it. If you still don't have two air tickets, please send my membership The card will be canceled directly." Lu Licheng hung up the phone. A few minutes later, the phone rang, but he ignored it. After it rang for a while, he picked it up and said with a smile: "Hello, Manager Chen, um, yes, it's just for the ticket, I'm sorry , I asked you to call so late, of course it won’t happen, okay, no problem, we will have dinner together after the Spring Festival, it’s just my treat, where, where, thank you.” He hung up the phone and said simply: "The air ticket the morning after tomorrow, you prepare your luggage!" I let out a long breath and was finally saved, but... wait!I'm going to Lu Licheng's hometown!My head hurts again. Seeing that I was destroying my hair again, Lu Licheng said gently, "You don't need to overcomplicate things. The scenery in my hometown is very nice. You can just think of it as going to the countryside for vacation." I can only hold my head and hum. I bid farewell to Malatang in tears at the airport. Malatang thought I was nervous and worried and couldn't bear to part with her, so she kept pulling me to whisper, and told me to stay the same. I got on the plane with tears in my eyes, and Lu Licheng looked helpless: "Can you change your expression, people who don't know think I'm prostitution." My habit is that when I feel nervous, my mouth feels dry, so I have to drink water, and I have to go to the bathroom after drinking water, so I have been sitting down and going in and out.Because it was a business class, the stewardess was attentive and came over to ask me if I was feeling unwell. Lu Licheng’s voice came from behind the newspaper: “Give her less water and ignore her, she will be fine.” The stewardess was stunned. I pulled down his newspaper and exposed his face to everyone. I tried to pretend that I didn't know me, but there was no way! I looked at the stewardess pitifully: "Can I have another bottle of water?" The stewardess glanced at Lu Licheng and went to get me water. Lu Licheng wanted to cover his face with a newspaper again, so I snatched his newspaper immediately: "Don't pretend! Otherwise, you stay at your house, and I'll go to a hotel, and you spend your Spring Festival, and I'll treat it as a trip..." "My home is still six or seven hours away from the airport. If you have energy, I suggest you take more rest." ah?Well, it turned out that I didn’t see his family immediately after getting off the plane. I immediately stretched my hands and feet, and my mouth was no longer thirsty. The stewardess handed me the water, and I gave it to him: "Thank you for drinking." Lu Licheng took the water and put it aside: "How are your parents doing?" "Okay!" I wanted to laugh when I mentioned my parents, "I just talked with them on the phone yesterday, and I was very energetic." I happily told him interesting stories between my parents and bragged about how my mother's cooking skills are earth-shattering , How my dad is facing the wind, he has been listening with a smile, the time on the plane seems to pass very quickly. When we got out of the airport, Lu Licheng was on the phone while walking. A tall, burly, dark-skinned young man appeared in front of us. He stepped forward and gave Lu Licheng a big hug, but kept looking at me, smiling so hard that he couldn’t close his mouth. .He took all my luggage away with one hand, and went to pick up Lu Licheng's luggage.Lu Licheng first handed me the water bottle, and then introduced the person: "This is my sister's child, my nephew, Liu Haitao, nicknamed Taozi, you can call him Taozi." It's Su Man, I...my friend." Liu Haitao immediately called out "Aunt Su" crisply, his bright eyes were full of smiles. I staggered on the spot and almost fell to the ground, but fortunately Lu Licheng had sharp eyesight and quick hands and grabbed me.My mouth was dry, and it was hard to accept this fact. I quickly drank a few sips of water, looked at the young man strutting in front of me: "How old is he?" "Twenty, my sister is eight years older than me, and girls in the countryside get married early." "You didn't say that someone came to pick you up." "You didn't ask either." I muttered in a low voice, "Do you know that the interns in the company who are about his age, I still treat them as peers! It's inexplicable to be called auntie by such a big person, it really needs a strong heart." Lu Licheng asked with a smile, "Then what do you want him to call you, Sister Su?" I shivered and shook my hands quickly. Taozi's car is a small agricultural passenger and cargo vehicle, and there are already a lot of items piled up in the back.He took out a plastic bag to wrap my luggage before putting it on the truck. I kept saying, "No need, no need, I don't have any valuables." Already got everything in order. After getting in the car, he found that the car was not as clean as an old car. Taozi said with a smile: "Before we came, my mother washed the car and replaced it with a new set of cushions." I smiled and said to Lu Licheng, "Your sister values ​​you very much!" Taozi blinked at Lu Licheng: "It's not important..." Lu Licheng slapped him on the back of the head, "Drive!" Taozi said while driving: "Aunt Su, there is a blanket on the seat, which is clean. If you are tired later, you can sleep for a while. There are water, biscuits, and sour plums under the seat. I am afraid that you will sit If you are not used to this car, you will get motion sickness, so if you eat something sour, you can press it." I was speechless: "Do you have a girlfriend? So considerate?" Lu Licheng also looked at Taozi, who blushed, "No! No! My uncle didn't solve it yet! How dare I..." Taozi got another slap on the back of the head. He dared not speak out against Lu Licheng, but he could only say to me: "Aunt Su, you know how pitiful I am! Since I was a child, I have been bullied like this by my uncle. , That’s why I would rather die than go to Beijing to go to university.” I laughed: "Each, each other! I was also bullied by him in the office." Taozi is very lively and talkative. In his third year at the Agricultural University, Lu Licheng and him are more like good friends than elders and juniors. The embarrassment of the first meeting faded away as they talked and laughed. Entering the winding mountain road, the road becomes more and more difficult to drive. Only one car can run on the winding road. In some places, it is almost close to the edge of the cliff. From time to time, cars will come from the opposite side and need to give way.I was terrified when I saw it, and Lu Licheng comforted me: "Taozi has started driving at the age of fifteen or sixteen. He is an old driver, and he often runs on this road, so don't worry." Taozi also said: "Aunt Su, don't be nervous. This winding mountain road looks thrilling, but as long as the weather is good, accidents are rare, because the driver's attention is high! On the contrary, accidents often occur on flat roads. It’s not nonsense, it’s backed by scientific data.” Taking advantage of a wrong car, when parking to give way, Lu Licheng sat in the back, pointed to the surrounding mountains, and talked slowly, starting with Li Bai's "Chaoci Baidi Caiyunjian", let me look at the Jialing River at the foot of the mountain: "This is the The river where Li Bai rides a boat." A bay of clear water rushes in the valley, the pine trees on both sides present a kind of dark green that is almost black, the cliffs stand silently between the sky and the earth, and the desolation and majesty of the northern mountains are fully displayed. "The road we are taking is also very famous in ancient times. This is the only way to enter Shu, with high mountains and dense forests, and dangerous roads. The extinct South China tiger once appeared in this area, as well as black bears and leopards. Walking this road in ancient times would definitely risk your life, so Li Bai sighed that "the road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky." Surrounded by mountains, the sky is reduced to a small size. The place our car just passed was just between the two mountains. Looking up, the mountain walls on both sides are like giant gods standing, and there is only a thin line of sky left. The narrow mountain road undulates continuously among the mountains, with no end in sight, as if extending into the white clouds.Lu Licheng pointed to a looming mountain peak in the white clouds in the distance and said: "Zhongnan Mountain is in that direction. Wang Wei lived in seclusion in Zhongnan Mountain in his later years. The famous song "Zhongnan Bieye" was written on this mountain." I looked at the misty mountain peak and chanted: "The middle-aged man is very good at Taoism, and his late home is Nanshan Border. Xinglai always goes alone, and the victory is self-knowledge. Walking to the poor water, sit and watch the clouds rise. I happened to be in the forest Old man, there is no repayment date for talking and laughing." Lu Licheng looked at the long white clouds in the mountains and said: "Following the mountains will turn around, and the journey will be endless. The sound is noisy in the rocks, and the color is quiet and deep in the pine." Thinking back to when Li Bai entered Shu with a sword, Lu You rode a donkey out of Guanzhong, and Wang Wei asked the woodcutter across the water, I couldn't help thinking. Lu Licheng seemed to know what I was thinking, pointed to a giant tree on the hillside and said: "That is a ginkgo tree known as a living fossil. People here like to call it a ginkgo tree. That tree is at least over a thousand in size. years." I stared at the big tree and said: "Maybe Li Bai, Wang Wei, and Lu You have all seen this tree. What a beautiful tree. We come and go, but it will always be there." Lu Licheng smiled and said: "There are many such big trees in the deep mountains. There is a large old ginkgo tree in a valley in my house. Because ginkgo blooms at night and withers in the morning, people can often see ginkgo fruit, but it is difficult to see it." Ginkgo biloba blooms, but if you happen to see it, it is a rare beauty in life." When I heard it, I yearned for it: "It's not the right time, unfortunately I can't see it." Taozi smiled: "Winter has beautiful scenery in winter. I have been to many places. In terms of scenery, our place is no worse than anywhere else. The mountains and rivers are beautiful..." "what!" Following Lu Licheng's finger, I saw a waterfall condensed into thousands of icicles, hanging in front of the steep rock wall, beside the pure white ice hanging, I don't know what kind of fruit it is, but it is still bright red, standing on a dark green field. In the sea of ​​pines and cypresses, they jumped into my eyes so unexpectedly that I couldn't help but marvel. Taozi smiled triumphantly: "I'm not wrong, am I?" I exclaimed: "It's so beautiful!" "Because of inconvenient transportation, there is no industry here, but because there is no industry, there is no pollution. The landscape here is primitive and simple." Taozi is full of love for his hometown, and he does not hesitate to praise it. It gets dark early in winter, and we are in the mountains again, and it is completely dark at five o'clock.My tiredness gradually came up, Lu Licheng said in a low voice: "Go to sleep for a while, I will call you when we arrive." I shook my head: "How long is it?" Taozi said: "There is still more than an hour. After a while, the mobile phone should have a signal. You can call home first." Just as I was talking, my cell phone rang, and Lin Yilian's voice echoed in the car. The wind blows fiercely in the wilderness... Waiting for a thought to turn, waiting for a surge of love, and meeting you in a lifetime, who can be indifferent, like the sky that has not changed from generation to generation... It is useless to think about it, if the tide of emotion surges, Who can be calm and easily let go of the traces of love.Like the turbulence of the waves, like the melting of ice and snow, my heart is only moving secretly... Lu Licheng heard the singing, looked at me, I frantically searched for the phone, finally found it in the middle of the handbag, and quickly answered: "Hello?" "I finally got through. I kept saying that you were outside the service area. I thought Lu Licheng had sold you. But thinking about it, you have no beauty, and no one wants you!" Malatang never forgets to hurt me. "You have something to talk about, so don't talk nonsense! It doesn't cost money to roam on my mobile phone?" "Reached?" "still on the way." "Oh my god! You're on a plane at seven o'clock in the morning, and his house is really remote." “The scenery along the way is beautiful and picturesque, which is dizzying.” "nervous?" I thought about it for a while, and then cursed: "You are crazy! I had already forgotten it, but you reminded me eagerly, I am nervous now!" Malatang giggled: "Isn't it just to meet a future in-laws! Don't be nervous, Lu Li's family is prosperous, and we are not weak. His family dares to bully you, Song Yi and I will go kick their field." I asked her: "Aren't you on the plane after six o'clock? Don't go to eat? Are you too idle to grind your teeth with me?" Malatang was silent, as if he wanted to say something, but couldn't say it.I waited quietly, and after a while, she said, "I just made a call to confirm your safety, nothing serious, hang up." "Wait!" I thought for a while and said, "My phone is always on. Call me whenever you want to talk." Malatang gave a soft "huh": "Manman, I won't see you for so many days, I will miss you." I gasped, expressing that I was completely disgusted by her: "There is no basis for what you say, and it is the last word to buy me more gifts." Malatang hung up the phone, I was holding the phone in a daze, Taozi smiled and asked, "Auntie Su's good friend?" "Ok." Seeing Taozi's smiling expression, I suddenly realized that my phone was leaking sound, and explained with a headache: "My friend is just an intermittent psychosis, don't take her words seriously, your uncle and I... we are just ordinary friends. " Taozi smiled: "I know, I know." His smile was full of meaning, the more I traced it, the darker it became, so I simply shut up. After six o'clock, I finally arrived at Lu Licheng's house. The car was still some distance away from the yard, and people were already barking. When I saw the dark figures in the yard, I really started to feel weak: "How many people are in your family? I remember You are just a sister and a brother." Lu Licheng also had some headaches: "Many people are relatives. People in the countryside like to be lively. This is a way for them to show their friendliness." The car stopped, and he whispered: "It's okay, just keep smiling when you see customers, and I will take care of other things." I nod. When he got out of the car, a group of people gathered around, talking, laughing, and passing cigarettes. I couldn't understand them at all. I only knew that they were very happy, and Lu Licheng greeted them one by one.With a smile on my face, I got out of the car tremblingly. Before I could stand still, I saw a big yellow dog barking and rushing towards me.I was always afraid of dogs, but when I saw its sharp fangs, I was so frightened that I screamed and fled to Lu Licheng.Lu Licheng was talking to someone, when he heard my cry, he immediately turned around and held me in his arms.Taozi stood in front of the dog and scolded the dog away, and someone hurriedly tied the dog aside with a rope. I was still so frightened that I couldn't regain my strength. Lu Licheng patted my back and helped me walk into the house: "It's okay, it's okay, I've been chained." When I was no longer afraid and my heart was calmer, I looked up and saw that the whole room was smiling and looking at me. The two children hid behind the adults and peeked at me, and the little boy secretly gestured at me, showing a shy expression.My face was flushed, and I wished I could find a hole in the ground to drill.Taozi winked and smiled at me, with an expression of "look at how ordinary my uncle and your relationship are". An old woman with gray hair kept looking at me and smiling, and Lu Licheng took me to say hello to her.I couldn't understand her at all, but her smile had conveyed all her inner feelings to me. I respectfully called "Auntie" and brought her the gift I brought.She was holding a red envelope and wanted to give it to me, and I didn't know what to do. Lu Licheng whispered a few words, she put the red envelope away, just looked at me and smiled, I was relieved, and smiled at her too. Lu Licheng introduced his brother-in-law, brother, sister-in-law, niece, and nephew to me.My nephew is the little boy who secretly shamed me. His nickname is Miaomiao. Taozi asked him to call him "Auntie Su", but he changed it to "Auntie Coward" on his own initiative.The whole family wanted to laugh, but were afraid that I would get angry, so they all endured it.Asking Miao Miao to change her words, Miao Miao pouted and expressed her refusal: "Aunt Coward is more cowardly than Miao Miao. From now on, she will be a coward, but I will not." His older sister Jingjing kindly explained to me: "Miao Miao is very timid and dare not play alone in the yard at night. We all call him a coward." People inside the room laughed, and people outside the room laughed too.Taozi smoked for everyone, unloaded the goods from the truck to everyone, and the people who watched the fun dispersed one after another, and finally only Lu Licheng and his family were left. Lu Licheng's sister came out of the kitchen, greeted everyone for dinner, and came over to say hello to me.Lu Licheng's mother sat in the middle, Lu Licheng was next to his mother's right hand side, and his elder brother sat on his mother's left hand side.His brother asked me to sit next to Lu Licheng, and said to me: "Whatever you want to use or eat, just tell Chengzi." It's not too polite, but it is the most considerate solution. Both his brother-in-law and sister-in-law couldn't speak Mandarin well, so they just ate with a smile.His sister's Mandarin is very standard, and she looks like a capable person. Taozi is obviously more like her mother. I was eating food quietly, and his sister-in-law wanted to bring some food for me. His sister said with a smile: "People in the city don't like this, and they don't like to eat things touched by other people's chopsticks." Taozi, Taozi immediately nodded with a smile: "People in the city pay more attention to these things." He is not very old, but his words seem to be very authoritative. He said: "You eat!" I nodded hurriedly, picked up a few chopsticks and put them into my bowl.Lu Licheng stood up, put some dishes that I couldn't reach into the plate, and put them in my hand: "You choose what you like, and I'll eat the rest." It's so strange, I thought I would be cramped among a group of strangers, but I didn't expect that I was very happy, and I even enjoyed the fun of having such a big family sitting around and eating together. Lu Licheng was talking to his elder brother all the time, his brother-in-law occasionally interjected a few words, and the three of them often touched wine bowls.Lu Licheng's mother always looked at me with a smile, seeing that there was no more food on my plate, she immediately called Lu Licheng. The number of times, I gradually heard her pronunciation of Lu Licheng clearly. Lu Licheng's elder sister listened attentively to what the men were saying, and would express her own opinions from time to time. Lu Licheng and his eldest brother obviously respected her elder sister, and they would listen intently whenever her elder sister spoke.Lu Licheng's sister-in-law didn't care about what the men were doing at all, and concentrated on taking care of Miao Miao.While eating, Miao Miao made faces at me when his mother was not paying attention.Jingjing is ten years old, articulate, bickering with Taozi while eating.When I am happy, I call him Big Brother, and when I am unhappy, I call him "Liu Haitao".But even if she was called Liu Haitao, when she encountered fat that she didn't like, she still handed it to her eldest brother, and asked him to help her bite off the fat, while she ate lean meat.Taozi did it naturally, apparently already used to taking care of her younger sister. After dinner, Lu Licheng took me to my room: "Are you not used to it? There are so many people eating together." I laughed: "I'm very envious. Really! When I was young, my dream was to have a big brother like Jingjing. When I was quite big, I told my mother: 'Give me a big brother!' Later, I realized that it is impossible to have a big brother. , and wanted to have a younger brother. Later, I finally realized that it is impossible for me to have a brother who loves me, so I can only hope to have a husband who loves me in the future. Lu Licheng, you are a very lucky person." Lu Licheng nodded in agreement: "My sister and my brother have been kind to me since we were young. There are no brothers in the countryside who don't fight, but the three of us have never blushed." He helped me put my luggage away, and I found out the toiletries. He said apologetically, "It's a bit troublesome to take a shower. My family is not used to using air-conditioning. This room was specially installed for me, and it is the only one with air-conditioning." The house. The bathroom has to be downstairs, not inside the house, but an independent room next to the house, so it will be colder.” "It's okay, I can turn up the water temperature a little bit." The water in the water heater fluctuates, and it is very unstable, but after all, there is a hot bath to wash, which has far exceeded my expectations.The design of the bathroom is very special, instead of copying the tiles in the city, it is made of pebbles and cement, which is cheap and resource-saving, and is also very beautiful.While taking a shower, I wondered, is it like this in the countryside here, or is Lu Li’s family special? After taking a shower, as soon as I opened the bathroom door, I felt a cold wind hit my face.Before I could react, Lu Licheng had already wrapped me tightly with a down jacket, wrapped my head with a big towel, dragged me, and ran into the house quickly. The room was very quiet, and I asked, "Is everyone asleep?" "Well, my sister and the others went back, and my brother and the others took a rest. Go to bed early in the countryside. In winter, we have dinner at four or five o'clock, and usually go to bed after eight o'clock. It's too late when we come back today." "Where do you live?" "It's next to you. It was originally a study room. I asked my elder brother to help me build a bed." He walked to the closet and pushed open a sliding door: "The two rooms are connected, and this door is not locked. However, Don't worry, if you don't bark, I will never trespass." I laughed: "I'm not a beauty, what worries me?" He also laughed, and handed me a hair dryer: "This is from my sister-in-law. She just gave it to me specially. Let me tell you that you must dry your hair before going to bed. This place is no different from the city. There is no heating, and you sleep with wet hair. , it’s easy to catch a cold and get a headache.” I also felt it, and after going upstairs for a while, I felt my scalp was cold, so I immediately took it gratefully, and blew my hair: "Your sister-in-law is so cute." Lu Licheng sat on the stool and looked at me with a smile: "Isn't it true that a family does not enter a house, can I take this sentence as a compliment to me?" I made a face at him in the mirror: "Are you going to take a shower?" "Going right now." After I finished drying my hair, I changed into my down jacket.Guessing that he had finished washing, he took his down jacket and waited for him outside the bathroom.When he came out, he didn't expect me to be waiting for him outside. I was a little surprised, and I put the down jacket on him: "Be careful too, one is hot and the other is cold, the most likely to catch a cold." While putting on his down jacket, he asked happily, "Is it cold?" I breathed into the air, and a white mist curled up: "The breath turns into frost." The two gently entered the house, and he pointed to each room and said, "My mother has bad legs and feet, so she lives downstairs. My brother and sister-in-law also live downstairs, Miao Miao still sleeps with her parents, and Jingjing lives opposite us. You Usually, if I want something and I’m not here, let Jingjing get it for you.” After entering the air-conditioned room, I felt warmer and could finally take off the heavy down jacket. Lu Licheng asked, "Are you asleep?" I pointed to the watch on the wall: "Are you kidding? It's so early, I can't sleep, what about you?" "It's normal for me to sleep at one or two o'clock." There is no TV, no computer, no Internet, and the two city people look at each other in dismay.After staring at each other for a while, Lu Licheng turned around and searched in the study for a while, then took out a chess set: "Do you know how?" "I watched my dad play chess when I was three years old." The two of them sat cross-legged on the bed, ready to start a fight. I placed the chess pieces and asked, "Your bathroom is very special. Did you make it?" "I just made a request that there should be a bathroom when building a house, and Taozi was the one who implemented it. He said that the original design was placed in the house, but for some reason, it was changed to be placed next to the house. Probably for the convenience of drainage." He asked me to go first, but I was not polite. He jumped on his horse and watched his pawns when he was on the gun mount.I started to toss my car, and my father's mantra was: "No car in three steps, dead chess!" But Lu Licheng ignored my movements and started to fly an elephant and become an official.According to my father, people who play chess with this kind of method are either very good or very smelly. Lu Licheng should belong to the first type. I started to be more vigilant and go all out. Twenty minutes later, I stared at the chessboard in disbelief, and Lu Licheng said dejectedly, "I've been checked to death by you, what are you still looking at?" "Are you letting me in on purpose?" Lu Licheng shook his head, and I nodded: "I think so, you are not a gentleman." "Hey, hello!" Lu Licheng reminded me not to be too presumptuous. I was finally sure that I had won, and I just wanted to laugh out loud, but remembering that everyone else was sleeping, I could only suppress my voice and laugh.I beat Lu Licheng!I beat Lu Licheng! Lu Licheng said leisurely: "The live version of the villain's success." "Hmph! I just thought you were jealous. You said, you are so cunning and insidious, how can you not play chess well?" Lu Licheng stared at me, and I immediately changed my words: "I mean you are so smart and quick-witted." He said with a half-smile, "Do you have a negative impression of me?" I wanted to answer him jokingly at first, but I suddenly noticed that his eyes were very serious. I didn't dare to joke around, and said honestly: "It used to be a little bit, but now it's gone. Actually, I've been bothering you recently, and I'm very grateful to you." He said lightly: "After a day of running around, let's go to rest early!" He walked to the small study, closed the door, and I sat alone for a while, unable to figure out how I offended him, so I changed my face as soon as I said it.Get up and knock on the door. "whats the matter?" "There is no air conditioner, and you may not be able to get used to it now. Let this door open! Anyway, you wear a lot of clothes for sleeping in winter. Besides, with the door open, if you can't sleep, we can chat." Seeing that he didn't object, I opened the door. Turn off the light, climb into bed, the quilt should have just been washed, and you can smell the sun.The figure of that person under the sun appeared in front of my eyes again.Hainan will not be so cold, it will be very warm, and the sun will be very bright, he should smile in the sun, will he think of me occasionally?Think of us cuddling each other in the cold wind?Probably not!Hainan is such a warm place, he probably wouldn't think of the snowstorm in New York... "Su Man!" "Huh?" Lu Licheng's cry woke me up. "I've called you eleven times." "Sorry, I didn't hear that." He asked, "Are you thinking about Song Yi?" I don't know what to say or what to say.I was silent, but the answer was already clear, and he didn't ask any more questions. In the silent darkness, I heard my own voice, so weak, so sad, so helpless, that I couldn't believe it was me who spoke. "Do you... Occasionally, suddenly think of Mala Tang? I mean... at a certain moment, such as in the dark, such as alone in the subway, such as walking on the road, such as hearing a song, or eating a food……" "If there are so many 'such as', you should remove occasional and sudden." "I just wanted to know what you would do?" "I won't think of Xu Lianshuang." Maybe it’s also a way of refusing to acknowledge one’s wounds so that they don’t exist. 我不知道心底的伤还要多久才能好，更不知道还需要多长时间，我才能云淡风轻地想起他。努力在遗忘，也以为自己能克制，可是某个瞬间，关于他的一切又都会如潮水一般涌上来，整个人会如同置身于水底，四周充溢的全是悲伤和绝望。