Chapter 6 Chapter Six

Sister?Yes, that's what I always call her. Her surname is probably Shi, she once told me. Maybe the surname is Shi, maybe the surname is Shi, I don't know. It was the Mid-Autumn Festival night, when the club members watched the moon and set off firecrackers together, she told me. The sound of firecrackers was too loud, I could only vaguely hear the sound of ㄕ. Later, I didn't dare to ask her again, for fear that she would think that I didn't care at all. Senior sister's name is nice, Yiqing. The first time I met her in the club office, she told me: "I have read Lin Juemin's "Farewell to My Wife"

"Bar? Didn't it mean Ying Qing Qing Ru met at the beginning? " "Senior sister is also called Yi Ying?" "No, my name is Yiqing. It's not Yiying, nor Yiru, nor Yihao." The senior sister laughed, and I just wrote down her name and her smile. When I first met my senior, I was 18 years old when I was a freshman, and my senior was 20 when she was a sophomore. In other words, the senior sister is one year older than me, but two years older than me. People in the club usually call her senior sister Yiqing, and only a very small number of people are qualified to call her Yiqing.

And I just call her Senior Sister. Just like she only called me junior. This mutual appellation has never changed. I began to adapt to the new job in Taipei and life in the new house. When I was studying, I wrote a program to simulate the flooding process of the urban area, which was quite reasonable. I showed the calculation results to the supervisor, and he seemed satisfied. "Well, Ke, you did a good job." He patted me on the shoulder. Since my surname is Ke, and the name Zhihong has no special meaning, of course I am called "Xiao Ke". Uncreative name. My colleagues call me Xiao Ke.

Sometimes when I think about it, my colleagues are really ashamed of the water conservancy project, because the homonym of Zhihong - flood detention, is important Flood Control Engineering Measures - "Flood Detention Pond". The flood detention pond can store flood water, reduce peak flow and reduce flood disasters. It seems that I am destined to do hydraulic engineering. The company's office is in a building, coincidentally, also on the seventh floor. Fortunately, no one has the habit of practicing calligraphy, so the elevator does not have the habit of malfunctioning. The atmosphere in the office is good, and colleagues get along very well. We usually have lunch together at noon.

So I will have lunch with my colleagues at noon, and after get off work, I will go out to buy food and go back to eat. Since it is an engineering consulting company, there are naturally more men than women, and the ratio is very different. However, most of the male colleagues are married, and all the female colleagues are unmarried. Although all the female colleagues are unmarried, after I observed it, I thought, well, this will be a place where I can concentrate on The working environment because there is no reason for me to be distracted. What I am not used to is the floor in the office.

The boss seems to be obsessed with cleanliness. In addition to hoping that the office environment is spotless, he especially requires the floor to be waxed. The floors are always slick and slippery, and I often almost slip if I walk faster. Then I started skating on the floor and it got better. Every morning, I go to work at about 8:30, buy breakfast at the alley, and then take the MRT. After entering the MRT station, eating and drinking are not allowed. I can only bring breakfast to the company to eat. Food is allowed in the office, but plastic bags containing food are not allowed. So I would have a quick breakfast outside the company building before going upstairs to work.

There are many rules of the game in this city, which I must learn immediately and get used to. As far as taking out the garbage, I have to buy an exclusive garbage bag for the garbage, otherwise the garbage truck will not accept it. The garbage truck came twice a day, the first time I was still asleep; the second time I was still off work. I can only use the holiday to clear out a week's worth of junk inventory. As the saying goes, sacrifices are not until the last moment, and sacrifices are never taken lightly, so unless it is absolutely necessary, rubbish as much as possible Trash cans outside.

First, it can reduce the number of garbage bags on hand when chasing garbage trucks during holidays; second, it can save money on buying garbage bags. Ye Meigui went to work in the morning about five minutes earlier than me. Since getting up, she has been very quiet, and her movements are very calm, and she will never appear flustered. Occasionally, when meeting me in the living room, I didn't say a word. But before she goes out, she will definitely squat down and touch Xiaopi's head: "Xiaopi, be good at home, sister will soon just came back. " Then Xiaopi will watch her go out.

In comparison, the atmosphere before I went to work was much more intense. Still the same sentence, I will never sacrifice until the last moment, so I will never sacrifice until the last moment Wake up lightly. I get up at about 8:20, brush my teeth, wash my face, get dressed, and then go out. There is always a rush because there is only 10 minutes to prepare. Before I go out, I will also squat down and touch Xiaopi's head: "Xiaopi, my brother will be back soon." But Xiaopi will always bite my trouser leg, and I have to tug at it for a few seconds. When I get home from get off work, it's about eight o'clock in the evening, and Ye Meigui is usually watching TV in the living room.

But since she fixed her toilet, she stopped cooking noodles for me. mpanel(1); Even the basic pleasantries are omitted. Sometimes I think it's strange that I don't talk to her, so I will take the initiative to say: "I'm off work, it's wonderful day.Although I haven't eaten yet. " "I'm off work. It's been a hard day. And I haven't eaten yet." She usually answers, "You're sick." "You are really sick." Then I touched my nose, she touched Xiaopi, and the living room returned to the silent state. Ye Meigui and I are not talkative people, and we rarely have reasons to talk.

But not talking doesn't mean we don't care about each other. For example, when taking out the trash, I will definitely ask her if she also has trash to take out? Then I mentioned that I was chasing garbage trucks downstairs. And when I come back from get off work, the lights on the balcony must be on. Ye Meigui seems to go to bed very late. Occasionally, when I can't sleep and want to get up to read, I can vaguely see from under the door of the room, I found the living room light was on. I thought she just went to bed later than me, but I didn't expect her to be "late", which was a bit exaggerated. When I was sleeping last night, I saw someone with their backs to me singing Zhao Chuan's "Be Brave" in my sleep. "I try to be brave, but you are not by my side" seems to be the lyrics. He sang halfway, turned around, and it turned out to be my friend's grandfather! I woke up with a start and nearly rolled out of bed. Then I felt parched, turned on the light, got out of bed, and wanted to get a glass of water in the kitchen. Open the door, the living room is bright. I turned my head and saw that the night rose was quietly blooming in the middle of the night. "It's so late, why are you still up?" I looked at the clock on the wall, it was half past two. "Because it's not time to go to bed yet." Ye Meigui sat in the living room reading a book without raising her head. "You have to go to work tomorrow, go to bed early." "It's okay. I'm used to it." She turned a page and continued reading. "Let's watch it tomorrow. If you go to bed so late and have to go to work the next day, you won't get enough sleep." I got a glass of water and sat on my sofa. "What happens when you don't get enough sleep?" "Insufficient sleep will affect the work of the next day, and the work will not be done well." "As long as there are no mistakes in the work, I don't want to do it well." "Work comes second. Most importantly, you'll break your body." "Oh, so what?" "Fool, so you have to take good care of your body. Go to sleep." Ye Meigui seemed to be taken aback for a moment, and finally raised her head, taking her eyes off the book. "What did you just say?" Ye Meigui closed the book and looked at me. "I said, I'm sorry. I shouldn't call you a fool." "It's okay. I want you to say it again." "fool." "Not this. I mean what you just said." "You have to take good care of your body and go to bed early." After a while, she sighed and said, "Thank you." "What's there to be thankful for? Living under the same roof, it's normal to care about each other." "My friends wouldn't have said that before." "Oh? Maybe she forgot to mention it." Ye Meigui smiled, "Anyway, thank you." "You don't have to be so polite." "I'm not polite." She stretched out her hand to beckon Xiaopi, Xiaopi obediently jumped to the sofa next to her, then she hugged Xiaopi: "I have already For a long time, I haven't heard anyone say that to me. " I looked carefully at Ye Meigui, her eyes when she spoke, and her hands when she stroked Xiaopi. When stroking Xiaopi, she would spread her five fingers slightly, and only use her fingers to stroke, not the palm. From Xiaopi's head all the way to the tail, there is only one direction, and it will keep repeating. This is not a stroking action of love or petting, but a language of confiding or communicating. In other words, Xiaopi is not her pet; he is someone she confides in. I suddenly had a feeling that I seemed to be looking in a mirror and seeing another me. Because I used to stroke the dogs I raised in the same way. "Are you all right?" I couldn't bear to watch Ye Meigui keep stroking Xiaopi, so I asked her. "It's okay. What's the matter?" She finally stopped stroking Xiaopi. "It's okay." I quickly changed the topic back: "You better not go to bed too late." Ye Meigui, no, it's Ye Meigui, smiled again. "Sure enough, Xiaopi saw the right person." "How to say?" "Pippi liked you very much the day you came to see the house. Didn't you?" "Oh, so you rented the room to me just because of Pip?" "Yes. Is it because you are handsome?" "Am I handsome?" "Do you want to hear the truth?" "No. I've looked in the mirror, so I know myself." "Actually, you look pretty hard." "What's the meaning?" "It's not too difficult to begrudgingly praise you." "Hey." "Okay. Let's not talk about it." Ye Meigui smiled: "Are you used to the life here?" "Well, I'm used to it." "That's good." She thought for a while, and then asked, "Then are you used to me?" "Get used to you? I don't quite understand." "For example, my personality, temper, etc." "I don't know much about your personality, but your temper is well controlled." "Really?" "Because they have always maintained a bad temper." "Hey." "I'm just kidding." "You often joke?" "Forget it." "So you're joking when you say I'm pretty?" "No. It's true." "Then where is my most beautiful place?" "It's like hundreds of stars are shining in the sky at the same time, can you see which star is the brightest at a glance?" "You've used that metaphor." "It's like there are hundreds of ants walking on the ground at the same time, can you see which ant is the fastest at a glance?" "any left?" "It's like hundreds of steamed buns are thrown on the road at the same time. Can you tell which steamed stuffed bun is the most delicious at a glance?" Ye Meigui smiled, and brushed aside the hair covering her forehead with her right hand. "Seriously, do I have a bad temper?" "No. You're just usually quiet." "Quiet?" Ye Meigui thought for a moment, "I just don't know what to say." "Yes, me too." Then of course we fell silent again, the living room was so quiet that you could almost hear the second hand of the clock on the wall. swinging sound. "Ahem" I coughed twice, breaking the silence: "Actually, it's not fair for you to do this." "What are you talking about? What's unfair?" "I mean, it's not fair for you to judge good or bad tenants by just Pippi." "can you?" "Hmm. Haven't you heard: The dog of Robber Zhi also barks at Yao and Shun?" "What's the meaning?" "Root Chih was a famous thief in ancient China. Even if the dogs he raised met saints like Yao and Shun, they would still Will still bark. " "so what?" "So people who Xiaopi doesn't like are not necessarily bad people." "It doesn't matter. I just need to trust Xiaopi, which is much more reliable than trusting my own eyes. Moreover, dogs don't lie to people, only people can lie to people.isn't it? " After Ye Meigui finished speaking, she looked up at the clock on the wall, and I followed her gaze to the clock on the wall. It was a quarter past three. "It's time for you to sleep, right?" "Unfortunately. Not yet." Ye Meigui seemed to feel amused suddenly, and said, "Unexpected." "You really are" "You're such a fool that you don't know how to take care of your body. You want to say that, don't you?" "That's right." "I'll try to go to bed early from now on, is that okay?" "Ok." I'm not used to going to bed too late, so I suppressed my drowsiness, covered my mouth with my hands frequently, and yawned secretly. But I am curious to know how long Ye Meigui sleeps. No wonder she always sleeps until evening during the holidays, probably to make up for the lack of sleep. Because of this, I rarely meet her during the day. Even if there is, it's just brushing against her eyes, or watching her back to leave. To me, Ye Meigui seems to be a rose that only blooms at night. Moreover, the more beautiful the night is. "Do you feel that the passage of time is always silent?" "Yes. But why did you say that suddenly?" Ye Meigui smiled, but did not answer.Then he said: "I always feel that time is running fast like a train. I left, but I was as unconscious as a sleeping passenger in the car. "She took a deep breath: "Once you wake up Come on, already missed a lot, even missed stops. " "Oh?" I was curious about what she said, and the sleepiness left for a while. "I often think of my 18-year-old self, that little girl's stubborn eyes and tight lips, I see it well clear.I really want to go and pat her and say: Hey, you are in the Mood for Love, you should smile! Ye Mei Gui also laughed while talking.Then he said: "I can also clearly hear her snort, and try to turn her head away. : I don't want it! " She exhaled again softly, and said: "Ten years have passed in a blink of an eye, but I feel as if it was yesterday." just happened. " "Ten years?" I bowed my head and calculated, "Then you, like me, were born in 1973. Then you are already Jing Shi Er Before I was about to speak at the age of twenty-eight, I suddenly felt that it was not appropriate, so I quickly shut up. "Yes." She turned to me and asked, "Any questions?" "No problem, just surprised." "What's the surprise?" "Surprised you look like you're only 18 years old." "Really?" She smiled, "You reacted very quickly, you knew you had to rein in the precipice and brake suddenly." "It's too much." I also smiled, secretly exclaiming that it's a good idea. "If something happened ten years ago, now it looks like it just happened yesterday" Ye Meigui paused for a moment, and then continued: "Then ten years later, looking at me today, I will probably feel that only It's been a day. " "Well, that's right." I replied, expressing my agreement. "So for the time I can grasp, I always don't want it to slip away easily." "That's great." "That's right, you agreed too. That's why I can't bear to sleep at night." "Time is not like this" "Time doesn't work that way. You want to say that, don't you?" "Yes. When it's time to rest, it's time to rest." "Okay. Go to sleep." Ye Meigui finally stood up and stretched. Her hands are curved and stretched upwards, like rose petals about to bloom. "Yeah." I was relieved and stood up too. "You go to work tomorrow, okay?" "should" "It should be fine. You want to say that, right?" "Why do you keep stealing my dialogue?" "Who told you to speak slowly sometimes, time is precious." "You really are" "You're such a beautiful and smart girl. You want to say that, don't you?" I originally wanted to say no, but it is rare for me to see the charming Ye Meigui, so I nodded in agreement. "Next time you want to persuade girls to go to bed early, you just say: Lack of sleep will make the skin bad, and they will immediately go to sleep. " Ye Meigui turned to tell me before entering the room. "Is that so? Isn't physical health more important?" "You must know very little about girls." "Really? Then Ye Meigui, you have to go to bed early in the future so that your skin won't be bad." "Okay." She smiled, "Good night." After Xiaopi walked around me, she followed into her room.