Chapter 2 Chapter two

The bright yellow light bulbs and the slightly dazzling white mercury lampposts reflect the people dancing in a circle on the square, The face turns yellow and white. Music came from an old radio, loud but not harsh. The melody is not a pop song that comes and goes, nor is it classical music, like a folk song. The tune is very beautiful and sounds old-fashioned. This does not seem commensurate with our group of young men and women in their 20s. The music stopped for a while, and then there was a burst of applause, and everyone looked at each other and laughed. I don't know if it's clapping to encourage yourself?Or are you glad the dance is finally over?

"Please invite a dance partner!" A thin senior with a voice that is inversely proportional to his figure shouted this sentence. I suddenly felt harsh. Looking around, the hot girl has already been surrounded. Some girls smiled and shook their hands; others gently pulled the hem of their skirts with their right hands and bent their knees to express their agreement. Seniors often say that girls are like cakes, the sweeter they are, the more flies will surround them. I'm just a little fly, and I can't squeeze a swarm of blowflies. I had no choice but to imitate Lu Xun's so-called Ah Q spirit and comfort myself that sweets would hurt my body.

Then slowly step backwards, leaving the center of the square. The atmosphere of the dance invitation was very lively, but I wanted to find a place to hide. I, 28 years old, currently single. After graduating from a school in Tainan, he served as a soldier and worked in Tainan for a while. Later, the company's operations were not good, and the salary could not be paid for two consecutive months. After that, the boss disappeared. Colleagues bought a lot of eggs, and we smashed the company's gate for two days. On the third day, I began to sprinkle the ghost paper, and while sprinkled, I called the conscience of the boss to come back soon.

When my colleagues discussed whether to carry the coffin in protest, I decided to give up and find a new job. Unexpectedly, when Taiwan's economy was in recession, a bunch of companies went out of business one after another, resulting in a shortage of unemployment. Looking for a job in Tainan is already like trying to find a fish on a tree. After wandering for a week, I had no choice but to go to Taipei, the most beautiful area in Taiwan, to try my luck. I was lucky, after one month, I received an offer from an engineering consulting firm in Taipei. So I packed up my things, left Tainan, where I had lived for more than 20 years, and went to Taipei.

After I went to Taipei, I first rented at the home of a classmate from my college days. He is my good friend, and I once helped him write love letters to girls. He was very generous and warm, and immediately gave up his grandpa's room to me. "How embarrassing, what about your grandpa?" I asked. "My grandpa? Don't worry, he just passed away last month." I couldn't refuse my classmate's kindness, so I barely stayed for a few days. Every night when I go to sleep, I always feel that someone is touching my hair and covering me with a quilt. After thinking about it, disturbing people for a long time is not an option, so I started looking for opportunities to rent a house.

I searched for three days in a row, but I didn't find a room I liked. I'm not really a picky person, but the house I'm looking for doesn't even pass the grade. The environment is either too complicated, too messy, or too dirty. Moreover, many houses are far from what is written on the red paper for renting houses. For example, I once saw the words: "The air is fresh, the view is wide, and you can overlook the sea." When I went to see the house on site, I felt that I couldn't see the sea even with a telescope. "Didn't you say you can see the ocean?" I asked the landlord.

"Look," he continued to extend his right hand, "do you see a touch of blue there?" "Really?" Following his fingers, I still couldn't see the sea. "Oh, your practice is not enough." The landlord patted me on the shoulder: "If you have the sea in your heart, you will naturally have the sea in your eyes." "Huh?" I was still baffled. "Come and live here. The tenants here are all members of the meditation society, and we can practice together." "Is there a way to see the sea without practicing?" "You're still obsessed with it." The landlord sighed, "We can see the moon when we look up, but that doesn't

Doesn't mean we're that close to the moon, does it? " "so what?" "That's why we can't see things with our naked eyes, but with our hearts." mpanel(1); He sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes, and said slowly: "Come on, persistent people. Please learn my movements, first close your eyes. " Then his hands were like snakes, twisting in the air, drawing several complicated curves, and finally folded his hands together: "Get rid of miscellaneous things." Read, breathe gently.did you see it?The afterglow of the setting sun shines on the sea, and the fishing boats in the distance are full of sunset glow, slowly

sail into port.Did you hear that?The waves are lapping against the shore, and several children are chasing and playing on the seawall. The child accidentally fell down and was calling for his mother. And the crabs on the beach crawled out of the hole and punched each other.” I didn't dare to listen any more, so I quickly slipped away.I don't know if he heard the sound of my closing the door? As my head was touched more and more at night, I became more and more anxious to find a new house. In my sleep last night, I seemed to hear someone say "Be careful of catching a cold".

As a result, when I woke up this morning, I found that I was covered with a thick red quilt instead of the yellow thin quilt before falling asleep. quilt. So I made up my mind, no matter what, I must find a new house today. "Elegant room for rent. Apartment-style room, 7 pings, monthly rent is negotiable. Interested parties please contact" It was written on a piece of red paper, pasted on a telephone pole. I copied down the phone number above. Although this is the eighth set of numbers I copied today, I decided to try this first. The rental advertisement was written too briefly, not even the rent, indicating that the person who rented it was inexperienced.

Usually experienced people will write words such as convenient transportation, quiet environment, simple neighborhood, and good ventilation. I also read: You are welcome to be our roommate, and we will work together for our respective futures. What's more, this red paper was pasted on the Environmental Protection Bureau's "No Random Posting" notice. This means that the renter is not only inexperienced, but also eager to sublet the room. Should be able to negotiate a good price. So I called, made an appointment to see the house, and came here. Because of this, I got to know Ye Meigui, or Ye Meigui. But when I heard her say "Night Rose", I suddenly froze in place like an electric shock. Because Night Rose is an all-too-familiar name to me. Just like seeing the Statue of Liberty, you will think of New York; in the torrent of my memories, the night rose represents me university life. That was the most obvious landmark, and the only one. After Ye Meigui walked into the room, it took me a while before I came back to my senses. I followed the direction her right hand pointed to and came to the room I was about to move into. Single bed, a desk, a wardrobe, well, that's enough. The desk is by the window, looking out the window, you can see the greenery on the balcony and some blue sky. Walk out of the room and go to the kitchen, which has a refrigerator, an induction cooker, a gas stove and a microwave oven. There is also a small balcony behind the kitchen, where a washing machine is placed, and Ye Meigui also hangs clothes here. In addition to the sofa and coffee table in the living room, there is also a TV. Apart from the strange fact that the roommate is a woman, everything else is fine. Before leaving, she knocked on the door of Ye Meigui's room, she seemed to be listening to music. "I'm leaving. Moving in tomorrow." After Xiaopi barked twice, she said through the door: "Remember to lock the door when you go out, kid." She called me kid again, and I felt a little uncomfortable. "Miss Ye, I also have a name. My name is" Before she finished speaking, she interrupted again: "Call me Ye Meigui, don't call me Miss Ye. Don't forget again, kid." Forget it, just be a kid.