Chapter 8 chapter eight

"Student, come quickly!" The senior sister ran to me and took my left hand: "This is an Israeli water dance. Must jump. " The senior sister pulled me to run towards the center of the square, and the people in the square were slowly forming a circle. "Why?" I asked as I ran. "You are from the water conservancy department, this is your department's dance, how can you not dance?" As soon as the words were finished, the dance just started. All the people form a circle, along the opposite direction line, take up the cane step with the right foot, so the circle turns clockwise

with. From the 17th to the 32nd beat, jump with the right foot towards the center of the circle, Schottische, and then step back with the left foot Satish jumps towards the outside of the circle.Repeated back and forth twice. When moving towards the center of the circle, everyone shouted: "Hey!" As soon as the word "Hey" comes out, move your left foot forward and jump with your right foot. The raised left foot can exaggerate and almost kick the oncoming person. The senior sister said "hey" very loudly when she was doing the Shatish dance. "Student, speak louder." The senior looked very excited and raised her left foot very high.

When she raised her left foot for the last time, the senior sister used too much force, her feet flew into the air, and she almost fell down. I was startled and quickly helped her up. The senior just giggled, her eyes were so bright. Senior sister, do you know?This is exactly the sense of belonging I want. I belong to this group, to this group of people, whether I know them well or not. Because we look at the world with the same posture, with the same laughter. Senior sister, you pull me into the circle and walk towards the center of the circle. So I'm not alone. The music stopped almost, and the singing of "MayimMayim" kept repeating.

The circle keeps turning clockwise, turning faster and faster, as if it is about to take off into the air. I chased after the senior sister's dance steps, and caught the smile left by the senior sister. Then I finally laughed too. Several days of continuous rain caused flooding in parts of Taipei, but the situation was minor. Since this is related to my work, the supervisor asked me to go to the site with another male colleague to have a look. He belongs to the same group as me, named Su Hongdao. This name is also homonymous with another engineering facility of the water conservancy project - the flood channel.

Floodway, also known as floodway, can allow part of the flood to flow downstream through the floodway, or be discharged to other river basins. So it has the effect of dispersing the flood. For example, the double flood diversion channel in Taipei can disperse the flood of the Danshui River. I remember the first time I said my name to him, he said excitedly, "You are the detention pond, and I am the floodway. With our two swords combined, we will be invincible! " Very boring statement. Even so, he still used to call me Xiao Ke. He is not bad, but he always likes to tell bad jokes, the cold ones.

It's okay if the jokes aren't funny, and sometimes they get into trouble. For example, during the rainy days, he would say that the weather outside was the same as that of the company. "How is it?" I asked him. "It's all in the midst of the wind and rain." He always laughed out loud after he finished speaking, looking very proud. This sentence happened to be heard by the passing boss, who called him to give him a lecture. "Have you learned to behave?" I asked him again after he came back from being scolded. "Do you know why I get scolded?" he asked me instead.

"Because you make jokes about the company, of course you will be scolded by the boss." "It's not like that." He put his mouth close to my ear mysteriously, and said softly, "The boss scolded me for not being right." Leaking company secrets.Hahaha" If you just met him, you might be bluffed by him. But I've known him for a while and know the guy has a bad mouth. Shuhongdao's personality is not too loose, but very confused. His desk is on my right, and the desk is always messy, like being visited by a thief. When the supervisor asked me to go to the site with him to investigate, he spent more than ten minutes just looking for the key on the table.

"Zhuge Liang really captured Meng Huo seven times." He finally found the bunch of keys, turned to me and told me, "This bunch of keys I lost it seven times and found it seven times, much like Zhuge Liang captured Meng Huo seven times. " "Let's go." I used to pretend not to hear him. When leaving the office, I met another female engineer in the company at the door. "Miss Li, have you been poisoned?" Shu Hongdao asked her. mpanel(1); "What? Really?" She was nervous. "I saw your lips turn black." "That's the color of lipstick!" After finishing speaking, she walked into the office angrily.

After Shuhongdao laughed twice, he took me downstairs by elevator. Under the scorching sun, we rode motorcycles outside for a day, covering almost half of Taipei. I am not familiar with Taipei, and Shuhongdao is a native of Taipei, so he usually leads the way. I found that the flood road is very serious, which is obviously different from the usual way of going to work. His knowledge of water conservancy facilities far surpasses mine, so I benefited a lot and began to admire him. When I returned to the office, it was already half past seven in the evening. I tidy up my desk and get ready to leave work.

Shuhongdao took out the change from his pocket and threw it into the pile of documents on the desk. "What are you doing?" I was curious. "I'm hiding treasure." "You still think the table is not messy enough?" "You don't understand." His hands made the table even more messy, and the change was completely hidden in the pile of documents. "Don't I often look for things on the table? Don't I feel flustered when looking for things? Isn't it painful when you feel flustered?But I hide my change in it now so the next time I'm looking for something

If you find money accidentally, you will think it is an unexpected gain when you find money, so you will be very happy. " Then he rummaged around on the table again, found a coin, and said excitedly: "Wow! Ten dollars! I really am It is lucky, it must be a person specially favored by God. " He smiled smugly again and clicked his tongue. "I'm off work, see you tomorrow." I patted his shoulder, still pretending not to hear him. Although I ran outside all day today, the time to return to my residence is still about the same as before. "Huh? Why is your face so red?" Ye Meigui was still sitting in the living room watching TV. "Would you?" I touched my cheek. "Is it?" She stood up and brushed her hair: "Is it because I am so beautiful today that it makes you blush?" Jump? " "You're thinking too much." I put down my briefcase and sat on the sofa, "It's from the sun." "Oh? Are you sunbathing at the office?" "No. I'm working outside with my colleagues today." "Oh I got it." When I was about to turn my gaze to the TV, she suddenly stood up and walked around the coffee table. "What are you doing?" I looked at her suspiciously. "I'm trying to see if I can walk faster after my body becomes lighter." "Have you lost weight?" "Yes." "Is it? I can't see it." I looked at her whole body: "Where are you getting lighter?" "head." "Your head has become lighter?" I thought for a while, "Then you have become stupid?" "Hello!" Ye Meigui raised her voice: "You still can't see it?" "Ah!" After I glanced at her again, I finally realized: "You cut your hair short!" "You still have the nerve to call yourself an eagle." Ye Meigui snorted, "I am the eagle. I felt your face turn red. " "Sorry, I didn't notice just now. Why do you suddenly want to cut your hair?" "Nonsense. Hair grows, of course it needs to be cut." She sat back on the sofa with a very flat tone. I felt like I had hit a snag, so I shut my mouth and slowly shifted my gaze to the TV. "Hey!" After a few minutes of silence between each other, Ye Meigui suddenly called out, and I was startled. "What's wrong?" I turned to look at her. "Is there anything else you want to say about my hair being cut short?" "Yeah. It's a good thing to cut your hair short, it will be cooler." "and then?" "And then you'll sweat less." "any left?" "No more." I don't know why, but I think her question is a bit murderous, so I am very nervous to answer. Sure enough, after Ye Meigui glared at me, she stopped talking. I thought about it for a long time, but I really couldn't think of what to say, so I simply asked her, "Can you give me some hints?" "Okay. I'll give you a hint." She seemed to suppress her anger, and let out a long breath through her nose, and I could see the rise and fall of her chest. "My hair is cut like this, does it look good?" "Of course it's beautiful, it's a fact that shines like the sun." "Then why didn't you say it?" "Would you tell me the sky is blue and the trees are green? Say it deliberately.It's nonsense to say it. " "Humph." Although she snorted again, I already knew she wasn't angry anymore. Ye Meigui may not know that her voice has expression. I'm used to judging her mood from her eyes, and seeing her emotions in her voice. Affection. The expression of her voice is rich, far more than the expression of her face. Because apart from the occasional smile, her face has very little expression. To be correct, her voice expression is upstream; her facial expression is downstream, and the direction of her emotional transmission is in line with the flow of water. Same, from upstream to downstream. "Then let me ask you, do I look good with long hair?" Ye Meigui continued to ask, "Or short hair?" "It's not logically relevant." "Why do you say that?" "Because your beauty cannot be measured by the length of your hair." She couldn't help laughing, then straightened her face again: "Since when did you become so talkative?" "From" I drew a very long ending, but I never continued. "Huh? Why didn't you say it?" "It's okay." I smiled. I don't want to tell Ye Meigui that I only became good at talking after my senior sister left. This is the second time when I was talking to Ye Meigui, I suddenly thought of Senior Sister. I am not very able to adapt to this sudden situation, because I don't know from which point in time, I have already Almost no longer think of senior sister. Although I still remember all the past events with my senior sister very clearly, those memories will not It appeared in my mind inexplicably, and I would not deliberately turn it out. Even when these memories are suddenly played in my head like a videotape, I always feel that something is missing, like a voice. sound, or light, or something. I am very familiar with the senior sister in the video tape, but I am unfamiliar with my appearance in the video tape. Maybe if I hear the song "Night Rose" again, or see the dance "Night Rose" again, this volume The tape will return to its full form. Unfortunately, after graduating from university, I never heard or saw "Night Rose". With the experience of suddenly reminding me of my senior because of Ye Meigui last time, this time I seemed more calm. "By the way, where's Xiaopi?" I tried to change the subject. "It's cutting its hair too." "Haircut?" "Xiaopi's fur is too long. I'll send it to be trimmed. I'll pick it up later." "Xiaopi is a long-haired dog, so there is no need for shearing." "But its fur has already covered its eyes, I'm afraid it will bump into things when it walks." "You're thinking too much. A dog's sense of smell is far better than sight." "yes?" Ye Meigui stood up, took off the hairpin, and then combed the hair on her forehead straight with her hands, and the hair fell like a waterfall. down, covering forehead and eyes. "You think if you give me a sharp nose at this time, I won't bump into things?" Stretching her hands forward, she groped slowly about the living room. "Yes, yes, you are right, it's time for Xiaopi to cut his fur." "It's good to know." Ye Meigui was still walking. "Would you like to change into a white dress by the way?" "what?" "In this way, you can go to the sixth floor and pretend to be a ghost to scare that rotten child Wu Chiren." "Hey!" She finally stopped, brushed her hair, put on the barrettes, and gave me a glare. Ye Meigui sat back on the sofa and turned on the TV. Although my gaze was also on the TV, I still looked at her from the corner of my eye. In fact, her hair was not cut very short, it should just be trimmed a little. When her hair was long, there were waves at the ends, but now there are only some ripples at the ends of her hair. I think night roses that have been pruned will only be more charming. But for a night rose, what Yemeigui should prune is not only the branches and leaves, but also the thorns on its body. "I'm going to pick up Xiaopi." Ye Meigui picked up the bag and walked to the balcony. "I'll accompany you." I turned off the TV and walked to the balcony. She hesitated, then said, "Okay." "Not available?" "No." She opened the door, then turned to me and told me, "I'm just not used to it." During the time I took the elevator downstairs, I kept thinking about what Ye Meigui meant when I was not used to it. I never saw her have a friend come to her, and I rarely heard her cell phone ring. Except for going to work and taking Xiaopi out, she rarely goes out. Of course, maybe she will go out after I go to bed, but it will be late at that time, so it shouldn't be. That being said, her person, like her life, is very quiet. Thinking of this, I turned to look at her, trying to find her eyes. "What are you looking at?" As soon as she walked out of the downstairs door, she seemed to notice my gaze, so she asked me. "Nothing. It just occurred to me that you rarely go out." "What are you going to do when you have nothing to do?" Ye Meigui's answer was simple. "You can go shopping with friends, watch movies, and sing songs." "I like a person, and I am used to being alone." "But" "Don't forget," she interrupted, "you rarely go out either." My heart trembled, and I couldn't help but stop. Ye Meigui is right, I, like her, rarely go out. I even like her, like and used to a person. Maybe I can find a reason to say that it is because I am not familiar with the people and affairs of Taipei, so I seldom go out. But from another perspective, many people often go out because of this unfamiliarity. Because all people and things are new, it is worth going out to discover and feel. It suddenly occurred to me that even in Tainan, which I am familiar with, I still rarely go out. "What's wrong?" Ye Meigui also stopped, stood two meters in front of me, and turned to face me. "Are you lonely?" I asked. Under the illumination of the street lamps, I saw that her eyes began to take on a watery color. Like a spring rain, roses begin to bloom delicately. "Loneliness has always been my closest friend. I don't go to it, but it always comes to me." "yes?" "Well. I tried many ways to forget it, but it never forgot me." Looking at Ye Meigui with a smile on the corner of her mouth, I felt an indescribable sense of familiarity. "If it's gone, it's because it's hiding, not because it's gone." I asked her, "You also Have such a feeling? " "That's right." Ye Meigui smiled. "People on the mountain often don't know the shape of the mountain." Ye Meigui raised her head, looked at the night sky, and seemed to be touched: "Only people outside the mountain can see clearly. The appearance of the mountain. " "What's the meaning?" "It's very simple." She turned her head to look at me, stepped back three steps, and said with a smile, "You are standing on a mountain, I stand on another hill.We all know what each other's mountain looks like, but we don't know what mountain we stand on What does it look like. " Ye Meigui is right, from my eyes, I can clearly see and hear her loneliness. Although I know that I should also be a lonely person, I don't know what it looks like to be lonely. I don't know which of my actions and words will remind people of loneliness. In other words, I can't see the appearance of the mountain I'm standing on, I only know that I'm standing on the mountain. But Ye Meigui had a panoramic view of the shape and color of that mountain. But in Ye Meigui's eyes, it's not the case. "Xiaopi should have been waiting for a long time, let's go." After speaking, Ye Meigui turned around and continued to move forward. "Ok." I quickened my pace and stood shoulder to shoulder with her. "My mountain must be higher than yours." "But my mountain is more beautiful than yours." We didn't stop, just exchanged smiles. Xiaopi's whole body's hair has been cut to the same extent, and his appearance has completely changed. If it weren't for the look in his eyes, and his wagging tail and barking at us, I would not have recognized it. On the way to lead it back, it seemed to become shy and shy, always avoiding our eyes. When I wanted to lift my leg to pee, my raised foot was not as high as before, and I even trembled. "Xiao Pi must be very inferior when he sees his hair shaved off." I said to Ye Meigui. "No. It's just not used to it." "Then when you just got your hair cut, won't you be used to going to the toilet?" "Don't be boring." Ye Meigui glared at me. Just when I was about to say something, her cell phone rang. Ye Meigui stopped and handed Xiaopi to me. "Hello," she said. "Miss Ye? I am" Although I walked about five meters to her left and turned my back to her, in the quiet alley at night Inside, she could still vaguely hear the man's voice coming from her mobile phone. "I've been waiting for your call for a long time." Ye Meigui replied lightly. I was attracted by her words, and turned around unconsciously, wanting to hear what they had to say. "Really?" The man's voice was very excited, and he laughed a few times. "If you don't call, how can I tell you never to call again?" "" The man seemed frightened by this sentence and didn't reply. "Don't call again. Bye-Bye." She hung up. "Where did we just talk about?" Ye Meigui asked me. "Nothing. We just agree that Pippi isn't used to being shaved." I dare not tell her that she just scolded me for being bored, because Ye Meigui's action of hanging up the phone reminded me of martial arts movies. In the shadow, the swordsman puts his sword back into its sheath after killing the enemy with a swing. "Don't be nervous." Ye Meigui chuckled a few times: "I don't know that kid. He is probably my colleague. My friend came to my company two days ago, saw me, secretly asked my colleague for my phone number, and said he wanted to invite me Have a meal. " "Then why did you tell him: I have been waiting for your call for a long time?" "That's right, since I know this kid will call, of course, the sooner we stop, the better." Hearing her calling me kid, I couldn't help thinking that when I saw Ye Meigui for the first time, she also called me kid. "Boys are really weird. Some want to invite someone to dinner without knowing girls; some have known girls for a while. But he still refuses to invite people to dinner. "Ye Meigui said as she walked. "Yes." I also walked forward. "What's even more strange is that even though the girls have already invited him to dinner, he still doesn't invite people to dinner." "Hmm. It's really strange." "This kind of boy must be very mean, right?" "Yes. And it's not just being stingy, it's simply not knowing what to do." Ye Meigui laughed suddenly, and although I didn't know why, I also laughed a few times along with her. "You must not be this kind of boy, right? Mr. Eagle." I was startled, my steps staggered a little, and I started to break out in a cold sweat. "Well, I will find a time to treat you to a meal." I said cautiously. "Don't say that, it's like I'm reminding you. Maybe you'll think I'm mean again." "No, no, no." I shook my hands nervously, "I did it voluntarily and spontaneously." "Really?" Ye Meigui looked at me, "Don't force yourself." "How can you be so reluctant? It is my great honor to invite you to dinner. I feel that the emperor's grace is mighty." "Why do I feel that your voice is like the evening wind blowing over Xiao Pi's body that has just been shaved?" "What's the meaning?" "They're all shaking." "Oh, that's because of excitement." "Really?" She squinted at me and blinked. "It's okay, it's really okay. I'll treat you to dinner." Ye Meigui smiled slightly, took the rope that tied Xiaopi from my hand, and walked forward quickly. After entering the downstairs door and walking to the elevator door, the note appeared again. "No matter how perfect an elevator is, it will break down occasionally. I never break down, so it's not an elevator." I took a look, then turned to Ye Meigui and asked, "Is Wu Chiren crazy?" "No. He's improved." "what?" "This is a sentence rewritten from Shakespeare's "Richard III." She pointed to the note and said, "No matter how fierce The beast, also has a trace of mercy.I have no mercy, so I am not a beast. " "Oh. Then why do you say he's improved? Shakespeare is better?" "That's not what he meant. He used to say the elevator was malfunctioning, and now he says it's not even an elevator. This has progressed from the realm of seeing mountains as mountains to the realm of seeing mountains as mountains. " "Really? I think he's even more boring." Ye Meigui opened the leather bag, took out a pen, and handed it to me: "Whatever you want to write, just write." "No." "Aren't you going to be unhappy if you don't write something to scold Wu Chiren?" "I guess I'm already a part of the building and I'm supposed to embrace that sense of humor." "Well, you just get used to it." Ye Meigui smiled, and the elevator door opened. Sure enough, Xiaopi was not used to its appearance, and would look far away when he saw the mirror. For three days in a row, he hid under the couch when I came home from get off work. Ye Meigui said a lot of good things to it, such as how handsome Xiaopi is after he gets his hair cut. It doesn't seem to believe much, though. "What should I do? Xiaopi has been hiding under the sofa all night." Ye Meigui asked me. "Maybe when its fur grows back, it won't be like this." "How long will it take for it to grow hair again?" "Hmm," I pondered for a while, and then said, "Let me write something too." I took Xiaopi out from under the sofa, grabbed its right front foot, and wrote on the sofa. After finishing writing, Xiaopi became very happy, screaming and jumping on the sofa. "What the hell are you writing?" Ye Meigui saw that Xiaopi had become lively again, happily picked it up, and then turned to ask me. "In the world of mortals, there are thousands of reincarnations, but in this life, you are a dog, but you are at ease. It's rare that the six roots are clean, so why should I grow hair again. "I say. "You're still boring." Although she scolded me again, there was a smile on the expression of her voice. News of the typhoon's dynamics suddenly came out on TV. After listening to a few words, I frowned. "Typhoon? Northeast sea?" I said to myself. "What's wrong? It's normal to have a typhoon." "No, that's not normal." I turned to look at Ye Meigui: "Typhoons that hit Taiwan are usually Generates in the southeast and southwest.This time the typhoon was generated in the northeast sea, which is very rare. " I thought about it and asked her, "Do you have a flashlight or candles at home?" "No." She smiled, "I'm not afraid of a power outage." "I'll go downstairs and buy it." I stood up and smiled, "If the power goes out, it will be inconvenient for you to read at night." "What book do you read when the power is off?" "You are used to going to bed very late. If there is a power outage, you will be bored in the long night." Ye Meigui didn't answer, just smiled and nodded. I went to the balcony and opened the door. "Ke Zhihong." I heard her calling me from the living room. "What's the matter?" I took two steps back, leaned sideways and poked my head towards the living room. "Thank you." Ye Meigui's voice was very gentle: "And" "Ok?" "It's late, be careful." Although Ye Meigui only said a few words, it made me feel that two thorns were missing from Ye Meigui's body.