"Hush, Cheng Yun, does that man want to steal the book? He seems to be sneaky." Xiao Zhe walked to the counter and whispered next to me. Xiao Zhe is my assistant and has been helping in the bookstore since the first day.On the day he came to see the job, he wore a peaked cap and looked a little sad. He looked like a man. Maybe it was for this reason that I hired him. I looked in the direction Xiao Zhe said and saw a man.He was tall, with big glasses, thick, curly hair that fell greasy over his head and covered his ears, and he was bony and wore a baggy blue checked shirt.With such a thin body, he can be picked up with a bamboo pole and hung on the wall.Looking at his appearance, I thought that he was a bookworm whose house was full of books and outdated magazines, half of the bed was occupied by books, and slept with books instead of women every day.

"Does he come here often? It seems a bit familiar." I said. "I don't think so, but don't we often miss books these days?" "He seems to be a book lover." "That's why he stole the book." Xiao Zhe said angrily. The man turned away abruptly, quickly hid a book in his arms, and hurried down the stairs. Xiao Zhe rushed up, grabbed his arm, and said, "Sir, you haven't paid for the books on your body!" The man panicked, pushed Xiao Zhe to the ground with all his strength, and ran away with his life. He runs very fast. I thought he was a nerd, but I didn't expect him to run very well, although he obviously has figure feet when he runs.Perhaps because of his splayed feet, he stumbled and I caught up. I pulled the hem of his shirt and said out of breath:

"You haven't paid yet!" He sat on the ground, his face flushed, his thick glasses were crooked, and the book fell out of his arms. "Do you know that it is very hard for us to open a bookstore? You shouldn't pay for it!" I lectured him. "Sorry, I don't want to," he said. "Then why do you do that?" "I can't control myself." He said, "But, as long as I read a good book, I will come back and put the money for the book on the counter afterwards." No wonder I often find some money on the counter these days. "What about poorly written books?"

"Then I will destroy it and not let bad books stay in this world." He said impassionedly. He seems to be a clean freak with books. "You have no right to do that," I said. "I know." He wiped the dust off his glasses with the corner of his shirt, and suddenly, I remembered who he was. "Are you nearsighted?" "You are?" He looked at me in surprise. That year, Lin Fangwen took the remuneration and gave me a violin. In order to be able to play a song with that beautiful violin, I went to learn the violin from my teacher, and there I met myopia who also came to learn the violin. Draw as badly as I do.

"Have you ever learned the violin from Yang Yunle?" I asked. "Oh, it's you!" He said awkwardly, "Long time no see." Yes, how far away those days are. "You can eat a piece, our walnut bread is very good." I put the bread in front of myopia and poured him another cup of chamomile tea. "Thank you." He poured the cup of chamomile tea into his belly and wiped his sweat with his sleeve. Every day at three o'clock in the afternoon, the bookstore will sell freshly baked bread, which is made by Xiaozhe. He used to be a bread apprentice and can make a lot of delicious bread.

In addition to the small bakery kitchen, we also have herbal tea. Guests can sit on the balcony of the bookstore and drink tea while reading.Every afternoon, the smell of bread wafts in the air and becomes a feature of the bookstore. "Do you want to call the police?" Xiao Zhe stared at Da Myopia, and then asked me. The myopic man lowered his head in embarrassment to eat bread. "No need. We were friends before. He would come back every time afterwards and put the money for buying books on the counter. Don't we often find some change on the counter?" "That's a quirk!" Xiao Zhe teased him.

"Everyone has a little eccentricity!" I rescued myopia. "Every time I read a badly written book, I want to destroy it too, but I can't! I'm not you, I'm not the Death Squad. Since I'm a friend, you have to pay for books in the future!" I said. "Come on! Come on!" He said with a wave of his hand. "The same goes for other bookstores." "Come on! Come on! Is this 'Breadtree' bookstore yours?" "Hmm." I nodded. "How long has it been open?" "More than a year." "Why is it called 'bread tree'?" he asked curiously.

"It's in memory of someone," I said. "I don't know your name yet," I said. "My friends call me a big bug." "Big bug? Is it the big bug who often writes book reviews in magazines?" "That's right!" He smiled triumphantly. "Your book review is very well written, and I am your reader." I quickly told Xiaozhe: "It turns out that he is the big bug who wrote the book review." "Really?" Xiao Zhe seemed to have changed his mind a little bit, he often said that Da Chong's book reviews were very insightful.

"Many people came to buy the book you mentioned." Xiao Zhe said. "Really?" The tiger was complacent. "Are you still learning the violin?" I asked Big Chong. "No, I have no talent at all." "I remember you said that you learned the violin because of a promise to a friend." "Yes." He replied sadly.In an instant, he seemed to be a wounded sparrow, curled up in the big shirt. Is that a love story?What kind of woman would fall in love with a big worm? When I got home, Du Weiping was leaning on the sofa, wiping his freshly washed hair with a towel, and massaging his feet on the electric massage machine.

"Are you back?" he said. "Hmm! I'm exhausted!" I kicked off my shoes and looked around for my slippers. "Have you ever seen my slippers? I can't seem to find them." He didn't know where to find one of them, and threw it to me: "Because you always throw away your slippers." "Where is it!" I slumped on the sofa. "Are you tired?" Du Weiping asked. "I ran hundreds of meters today!" "why?" "Chasing after an old friend. We used to take violin lessons together." "Have you ever learned the violin? Why have you never heard of it?"

"I still have a lot of things you don't know." I said with a smile. "Have you run out of the massage machine? Use it for me." I said. "I've just started! I'm tired too! The restaurant business is good today, and I've been busy all day." "Use it for me!" I pulled the massage machine over with my foot. He stepped on the massage machine and said, "No! You do this every time!" I forcefully hooked the massage machine over: "Give it to me!" He refused to let go: "I bought it, don't you have one yourself? Why don't you use it?" "That one is not as good as this one! Use that one!" I stepped on his feet. "No! First come, first served!" He kicked my foot away. I hooked his feet away: "Give it to me!" "Everyone has one foot, how about it?" He said angrily. I smiled: "Okay!" "I made Japanese yuzu cold noodles, do you want some?" he asked. I nodded vigorously. "Keep it in the fridge," he said. "You go get it." I said. "You take it yourself." "Then I won't eat." I said. Later, I still ate the grapefruit cold noodles in the refrigerator.The noodles made with fresh grapefruit juice are as sweet as fruit, which lightens my tired body on such a night. I don't know when it started, I fell in love with eating.Although I don't eat much and I can't gain weight, but when I see delicious food, I forget all my worries and feel that life still has infinite possibilities. In my bookstore, there are many books about food. I make bread every day, and I also want to surround myself with the taste of food.In the future, I may have to write a cookbook, which is my motivational book.As long as a person still has appetite, his heart will be at peace. Du Weiping was already asleep.I was standing in front of the fish tank, under the neon light tube, the beautiful blue manta ray was eating the feed.They are my special order from the aquarium.The origin of the blue devil ray is the Pacific Ocean, which is a place I have never been to but has too many stories. I never thought I could raise fish.Growing up, I never raised birds, beasts, insects, fish or plants.When I was a child, seeing a little black dog raised by Du Weiping, I even proudly said: "I will only support myself!" Then, one day, I raised fish.That is the only connection I have with the sea, and I deeply believe that the person I love is still lying in the sea. Du Weiping is my roommate.At that time, I sold my house in Happy Valley and used the money to open a bookstore.The bookstore has spent all my savings. I thought I would live in the bookstore. One day, I ran into Du Weiping on the street. "Are you Cheng Yun?" When he stopped me, he was holding a wooden plank in his hand. Du Weiping was my classmate in elementary school, and I often got into fights with him at that time.He developed later than me, and I was half a head taller than him in fourth grade, so I bullied him a lot.Who knew that after a summer vacation, he was a full head taller than me, but I continued to bully him. When we were kids, we lived very close to each other.One evening, I met him walking a fat little black dog nearby.The puppy just had one leg up and pissed on the lamp post.Du Weiping told me lovingly: "This is my puppy Dodo." "In the future, I will only support myself!" I said proudly. He seemed to enjoy being with me, even though I was so hateful. We once had a fight in the men's bathroom. That time, the dean of students caught us and made us stand on the playground in the hot sun. "What are you going to do in the future?" I asked him. "I want to be a chef," he said. His family runs a grain and oil grocery store, and he has been exposed to a lot of cooking materials since he was a child. His father's cooking skills are also very good, and he has a special feeling for food. Then he asked me, "What about you?" "I want to be the chef's boss." I said with a smile. "I'll be my own boss," he said, raising his eyebrows. I looked at him, feeling his appearance becoming more and more blurred, and then passed out.Not because he can't be his boss, but because he's too hot.I heard that after I passed out, it was Du Weiping who carried me to the bathroom, and he frightened me. When we met Du Weiping that day, we hadn't seen each other for many years, but we didn't feel strange at all.The days of childhood, calling from afar, repeat themselves like yesterday.The feelings of youth seem to last a lifetime. "Do you want to move in with me?" He said after learning about my situation. Du Weiping's apartment is located on the waterfront of Wanchai, facing west.This apartment has a history of more than 30 years, and the appearance is a little shabby, because you can see the sunset, all the shabbyness becomes a kind of taste.It only takes twenty minutes to walk from his house to my bookstore.The day I met him, he was buying materials to decorate his house. Du Weiping's girlfriend is a dancer.He bought the house and originally planned to live with her.However, she suddenly decided to study in Holland.There is a two-room apartment, and Du Weiping is the only one left. "She's leaving next week, and I'll help you move." Du Weiping said. The little boy who was often bullied by me in the past did not expect to become my big brother now. On the day of moving, a girl drove Du Weiping in a small truck. "I am the one who is going to study in the Netherlands." Han Yangshan introduced himself heartily. Han Yangshan tied a ponytail, wearing a striped vest and skinny jeans, with a jacket draped around his waist, and a few badges pinned to his trousers, looking a little rough.This kind of slovenliness seems to have taken a lot of thought.Such a girl, in middle school, would have been a girl who tried every means to violate school rules by tampering with school uniforms, secretly listening to Madonna in Bible class, and hiding in the women's bathroom with her classmates to smoke, willful and unwilling to be ordinary. "He insisted that I come, saying that he wanted me to see what kind of girl he lived with." Han Yangshan said. Du Weiping smiled awkwardly.Is he trying to prove that he has absolutely no illusions about me? "He probably wants me to rest assured." Han Yangshan said while driving. rest assured?Is it my personality or is it that I'm unattractive? "What does it really matter?" Han Yangshan said, "If you fall in love with each other, no one can stop you." I glanced at Du Weiping and said, "I will never fall in love with him." "Me neither." Du Weiping made a face at me. The car was parked outside the apartment, and Du Weiping got out of the car to carry my luggage for me. "Do you know why I like him?" Han Yangshan asked me while turning off the engine, and then she whispered in my ear: "Because the dishes he cooks are so delicious! There are three types of men I fall in love with the most: Chefs , photographers, dancers. Photographers are the best lovers, dancers are the best sex partners, chefs are the best boyfriends.” I probably guessed Du Weiping's performance in that respect. "Why did you go to Holland to study?" I asked Han Yangshan. "I like Holland. This country is honest enough! In Amsterdam, there are many red-light districts and sex shops, but the rate of prostitution crimes is very low. Moreover, I feel that I have too little knowledge. My brother is a child prodigy! He It's not fair that I'm not a child prodigy when I'm in college at fourteen." I looked at her in surprise: "Your brother can't be Han Xingyu, can he?" "do you know him?" "Hmm." I nodded. "An old friend?" she asked. "yes." "You didn't look like you just now! Are you a lover?" She said, flicking the ponytail. "We've broken up." "why?" "It's my fault." I said apologetically. "So, you abandoned him, right?" She shrugged her shoulders and said, "I didn't expect that my brother would be broken in love if he is so good! Do you still see him?" I shook my head. Maybe one day. Han Yangshan finally left. Du Weiping was always depressed. One day, he bought a bunch of pig's feet, sausages, bacon, potatoes, celery, green onions and Dutch peas, and made a big pot of Dutch pea soup, which made him feel better.This soup is the favorite drink of Dutch sailors, and it has become the national dish of the Netherlands since the seventeenth century. "Now I seem to have a little connection with her in the Netherlands, as if living together in a certain time and space." He said while drinking soup. "Can I keep a tank of tropical fish here?" I asked. "Do you like fish farming?" "It's the same as you, connecting with someone somewhere in the end of the world." I said. "Well, I understand," he said. In the past two years, I have often wondered, is there a happy parting in the world? There are no bitter tears, no regrets, and those who leave have no idea that it will be a farewell. It is the happiest parting to leave with a smile.All the reluctance is left to the person who is waiting. The day is coming to an end, after parting, will we still want to see each other tomorrow? Tomorrow may be far away. Du Weiping answered miss with his stomach.I took the blue devil fish and swam to the deepest part of Si Yi. I have never raised fish before, and I didn't think that raising fish is so difficult. The two stingrays I bought for the first time died after three days. "It may be that the salt in the fish tank is not adjusted well." Du Weiping said. The two stingrays I bought also died one after another. "It's better to buy some goldfish that are easier to raise." Du Weiping advised me. "No, I'm going to raise this." I said. The blue devil ray I bought later didn't always live long.Every night, I stayed in front of the fish tank tremblingly, staring at the fish in the tank for a long time, making sure they were alive before I dared to go to bed. However, the fresh fish last night fell asleep the next morning. I read a lot of books on raising tropical fish, went to the aquarium, and asked people who raised blue devil rays for advice. I thought I was somewhat sure, but, as Du Weiping said, some people have the ability to raise any living things to death. I have many reasons to give up, but I am no longer the person who gave up easily. Later, I bought two more blue stingrays.The blue color on their bodies is as beautiful as the clear sky at night.I waited night and night until I was tired, and it was the greatest joy to wake up every morning to see them still alive. "This time there should be no problem." Du Weiping said. However, one night one of the blue stingrays turned its back on its back and I couldn't wake it up by touching it with the net. I climbed into bed, wrapped myself in a quilt, and stared at the ceiling in dismay.Du Weiping is right, maybe I should raise other fish. The next morning, when I walked to the front of the fish tank, I couldn't believe my eyes. The blue devil fish with its belly upside down from yesterday was swimming lively in the fish tank. "Did you change my fish?" I asked Du Weiping. "How could I find a stingray overnight? I heard that some fish miraculously come back to life after being turned upside down," Du Weiping said. I stared blankly at the blue stingray that came back from the dead, it made me know that I shouldn't despair. I have kept fish in this tank until now.When I went to the aquarium, someone asked me for advice on raising blue stingrays.I finally understand that all my experience is a trembling process.I was apprehensive at the time, but later I talked and laughed, just like someone I once loved deeply, and then I realized that loneliness is a kind of understanding. There was a slight commotion at the entrance of the restaurant, and every customer looked in that direction, and I knew it was Gomel.It really was her, she dyed short loach-colored hair, and the roots of her hair stood up in bunches, like a sea urchin. "Pretty?" she asked me as she sat down. "All I can say is courage, as you always have," I said. "Your hairstyle is too conservative, it should have been changed long ago," she said. I smiled: "I leave the creativity to my bookstore." "When I came, I thought of a great idea!" she said. "What idea?" "The next fan meeting will be held in your bookstore, can't you promote it for the bookstore?" She said excitedly. "Please don't come! Your fans will crush my little bookstore, please forgive me!" I said. "I thought you'd be happy!" "When I have a big bookstore in the future, you can hold a fan meeting again." "Okay then! Where's Du Weiping? I want to know what's delicious today." Du Weiping came over and couldn't help smiling at me when he saw Gomel's hair. Gemil flirted with Du Weiping coquettishly, and asked, "Is it pretty?" "We happen to have sea urchin spaghetti today, which matches your hairstyle very well," Du Weiping said. "What! Sea urchins are so beautiful! You and Cheng Yun really belong together. By the way, can you give us a bigger table?" "Aren't there just two of us?" I asked. "No, there are six more." "Six who?" "Of course a man." "Why did you bring six men here?" "Introduced to you!" "You don't need six, do you?" Du Weiping said, "She knows you're picky." "More choices! I'll let you choose first, and then I will choose. How about it? Enough friends?" "Of course I should be allowed to choose first, I am older than you." "It's fun to be in love! I only talk about happy love," she said as she put the bread in her mouth. For Gemeler, love is like she eats bread, she only picks what she likes to eat, only eats what she wants to eat, and puts what she can't finish in the basket.I really want to know, in the island country where she lives, is everyone so simple and happy?If it is true, I will be relieved.That place is an eternal paradise, just like she told me before, in Fiji, every night when the moon is full, crabs will climb to the shore, flounder will swim to shallow water, the sky and the sea echo each other, in that At night, what we see is the same moonlight. The six men Gomel had mentioned were all here. S is a member of the band and was very active in discussing drug use in the band with me. Commercial director E told me that he used a dog to shoot commercials the day before, which made him and the dog foam at the mouth.However, the dog really had nothing to say, it was able to find two jokers in a deck of cards. Photographer W asked me for advice on raising blue stingrays. Y is a magazine editor. He told me that he had to read Saint-Exupery's every day to be able to sleep soundly. C, who wrote the lyrics, told me that he often suffers from insomnia recently, and Y suggested that he read it before going to bed. He said to Y: "My heart is not so fragile!" K is a fan of Gomel. Although K is the most handsome among the six, he is a fan of Gomel, so he seems a bit like that. Gemel said: "He is loyal to me. If he treats you badly, I can deal with him." I get along with all six men, but they all seem to be Gomel's taste, not mine. I love evenings like this, enjoying a table full of food and chatting with new friends.I used to think that the best way out of life is to fall in love, but now I realize what I missed. "Among the six, which one do you like?" When we left the restaurant and walked home together, Du Weiping asked me. I smiled and shook my head. After Han Yangshan left, he became lonely.He lived frugally and saved his travel expenses to visit Han Yang Mountain once in Holland.I was full of joy when I went there, and when I came back, I was forced to drink Dutch pea soup for two weeks to accompany him to miss his lover far away. Last month, Han Yangshan ran from Amsterdam to Barcelona.That's fine, I prefer Spanish food. "I received a letter from her yesterday. She found a house, and the one next door is a dancer," Du Weiping said. "Dancer? Male or female?" "Man, it's a black man." "Black? Dancer? It's over!" I muttered to myself. Seeing my strange expression, Du Weiping asked, "What's the matter?" "Oh, it's nothing." I remembered Han Yangshan's evaluation of the dancers, and I was a little worried for Du Weiping. "Have you thought about going to see her?" I asked. "I'm leaving, who will take you in?" "You didn't stay here because of me, did you?" "I feel as though I have a duty to take care of you." I smiled gratefully at him. "Sell the house and go to Spain to find her, ignore me." I said. "It may be an excuse to say I'm taking care of you." Du Weiping smiled and said, "I'm not willing to give up my work and friends here. I used to think that when you love someone very much, you would give up everything for her. But, I don't want to give up." "You can give up a lot of things for love, but you can't give up your own life. This doesn't mean you don't love her." I said, "However, it is very dangerous to be separated by such a long distance." "Maybe I'm used to it." He shrugged and smiled. "Whenever you change your mind, just tell me, and I will find another place. You have been with me through the most difficult moments." I said. "You also spent the loneliest days with me." He said. I read a psychology book once, and there is a term called "the person who crosses people". "The person who crosses people" may be a lover, friend, or a psychiatrist. The person who crosses people accompany that person through the darkest days of life .Du Weiping is my crosser, but I didn't expect that I was also his crosser. The transition of life is difficult in every way. Looking back one day, it turns out that I have already flown across thousands of mountains.How is it possible?But can't remember. One day in early summer, I received a letter from Zhu Dizhi. In the evening, I replied a letter to Zhu Dizhi. I lie in bed.In this lesson, I am the patient and Ti Shu is the doctor.The acupoint massage we learned is relatively simple in Chinese medicine. Teacher Cao who taught the class is a serious middle-aged man. He is a master of Wing Chun. Occasionally, he would throw down his textbooks and perform two moves in front of us. I heard that he had sparred with Bruce Lee. While Teacher Cao was giving a lecture, Ti Shu massaged me. Turning to one of the pages of the notes, Teacher Cao's voice suddenly became quieter, and said awkwardly: "Then this one, oh...it's aphrodisiac...you don't need to learn it." Dishu suddenly raised her hand and said, "I want to learn!" Poor me, I was treated as a man, lying on the bed, letting Dishu press and rub the most sensitive parts of my body. "Did you react just now?" Di Shu asked me when get out of class was over. "No! I'm not a man." I said. "So, does it work?" she muttered. "It shouldn't be effective immediately!" I said. "Hmm...you have to try it on a man." She murmured. At this time, Yuyu happened to pass by, and Dishu pulled her and said: "Yuyu, I want to ask you to borrow a snake." "Borrow a snake? What do you want a snake for?" She asked in surprise. Di Shu stuck out her tongue: "Of course it has no teeth and no poison. What if it kills someone? I'll come to your shop tomorrow to get it, is that okay?" "OK." "See you tomorrow!" Di Shu hurried away. "What does she want the snake for?" Yu Yu asked me, and then she smacked her lips and said, "Would you... eh... do some... eh... very perverted things?" I smiled and said, "It's better not to imagine." The ground was full of broken plates, and Du Weiping held two rattan sticks, imitating the acrobatics' acrobatics of spinning plates in the air. "What are you doing?" I asked. "I received a letter from Yangshan a few days ago, she is learning acrobatics!" "So you want to learn too? You are hopelessly infatuated!" "When I succeed, you won't say that." "Can acrobatics be self-taught?" "I went to your bookstore and got a copy of "Self-taught Introduction to Western Acrobatics." He glanced at the book on the open table, and then said: "Maybe she will learn slowly, there are black people in Yangshan to teach her. " "The one who lives next door to her?" "Well, he used to be an acrobat." "Neggers, dancers, jugglers? It's over," I said to myself. "Have you seen my slippers?" I asked him. Du Weiping put away the plate in his hand and kicked the slippers to me from nowhere. "Where did you find it?" He said angrily: "I was sitting on the sofa just now, and something was pressing against my butt." "Really? I'm sorry." I took out the acupoint map I bought at school from my backpack and said, "I'm going to hang it up." "Isn't it good that you hang this acupoint map at home?" "why?" "He has no clothes on." "Since it's an acupuncture point map, of course you don't wear clothes. Do you want to wear French fashion?" "I mean, why not a naked beauty?" "This kind of acupuncture point map will not be used by women." "However, this man has an organ, which is not very attractive." "Of course a man has an organ, don't you? I hang it in my room, not here, so it won't affect you." "How could it have no effect?" "How does it affect you?" "When you face a naked man every day, it's easy to have unrealistic fantasies about me!" He raised his eyebrows and said. "Do you have such a standard figure?" I pointed to the man on the acupuncture point map and said. "I'm not bad either!" He imitated Bruce Lee, took a breath, lifted his shoulders and two arms, and made a movement of a roc spreading its wings. I laughed: "Your bust is not much bigger than mine!" "What acupressure did you learn in class today? Can you massage it for me? The massage for headache last time was very good." He said. "What you learned today is not suitable for you." "Why doesn't it fit?" I looked at him and smiled: "Anyway, you don't need it." "Well, I see, I don't need it, you need it." "What do you understand?" He said smartly: "It must be for the treatment of gynecological diseases!" "If that's the case, I wouldn't say it's not suitable for you." I was angry with him. When I decided to live with Du Weiping that day, I thought it was only temporary, and I didn't think that life would be like this.No matter how late, when I get home, there is always a smiling face waiting for me.Sometimes, we chat until one of them falls asleep somehow. The stage of "crossing people" is inevitably a bit bitter, but living together is happy and fulfilling. "What are you doing?" Du Weiping surprised me when he came back. Because I have an exam the next day, and I can't remember the acupuncture points of the human body, I simply wrote the name of each acupuncture point on a sticker, and then stuck it on the acupuncture points on my body. "I'm reviewing acupuncture points." "I thought you were overworked and crazy. Would it work?" "The front is fine, but I can't see the acupuncture points on the back. It's been a long time since I took the exam. The last exam was a university graduation exam. What if I fail tomorrow?" Du Weiping took off his coat, lay down on the sofa, stretched his feet, and hung his hands by his sides, saying: "bring it on!" "What are you here for?" He turned around and said, "What do you think you are doing? If you put stickers on the acupuncture points on my body, can't you review the rest?" "Why didn't I think of it?" "Let's put stickers on!" "But, you just got off work, aren't you tired?" "It's okay, I can sleep on my stomach," he said. I put stickers with acupuncture points on him, and in an instant, he became my human acupuncture point map, with stickers on his back, hair, soles of feet, and ears. "Okay! Don't move casually now." I took the rattan stick he used to practice spinning the dish, paced around him, turned around at any time, and remembered which acupuncture point I poked. "Why do people have so many acupuncture points?" I complained. "Don't ask boring questions, use me to review quickly." He said stiffly. Before dawn, I finally memorized the acupuncture points on the back of the human body thoroughly. "Okay!" I poked the sole of his foot with a cane. He didn't respond; he had already fallen asleep. "How did you do in the exam today?" Du Weiping asked me when I came home from school the next day. "Well, it should be good." He looks tired. "are you uncomfortable?" "Looks like I have a little cold." He said while blowing his nose. "Maybe it's because I was too tired last night. It's all my fault. You lie on your stomach, and I'll give you a massage." I said as I stroked my sleeves. "Don't do it!" He hurriedly took two steps back, "You poked every inch of my body with a cane yesterday. My front half is fine, but my back half is paralyzed." "Is there anyone with hind body paralysis?" I said awkwardly. "I'll sleep and I'll be fine tomorrow," he said. I made a cup of geranium for him to drink, which can relieve the cold. "Are you feeling better?" I asked. He smiled and said, "It seems that the meridians of the whole body have been opened up, and it's a little better." However, when he got up the next day, he seemed more tired than the day before, and he was a little cold.I feel so guilty. "Go to the doctor." I said. "See Chinese medicine or Western medicine?" she asked. "Western medicine, it can be cured sooner." He smiled and shook his head: "I just need to sleep for a while and I'll be fine." He climbed onto the bed and wrapped himself in the quilt. I leaned against his bedroom door and said: "Why do men prefer to moan under the covers when they are sick, rather than obediently go to the doctor?" "Because they are afraid of needles," he said. "Come on, take this bowl of medicine." I brought the medicine in front of him. "What kind of medicine is this?" "It's cold tea, I made it." "Is it bitter?" "It's not bitter." I said. He took a sip and contorted his face. I coaxed him: "After drinking this bowl of medicine, you'll be fine after a night of sleep." He obediently swallowed the medicine. After a few hours he came out of his bedroom a little better, saying: "It seems to be all right!" "Didn't I tell you that!" However, after a while, he kept having diarrhea and his face became pale. He came out of the toilet, fell limply on the sofa, and asked me, "What kind of medicine is that bowl of yours?" "It's just a very common cold tea." I muttered. "Did the teachers at school teach you wrong?" "It wasn't taught by the teacher. I read the book myself. The teacher hasn't taught us how to hold medicine yet." "What?" He almost fainted. Fortunately, at night, he recovered, and I was relieved. "Prove that my medicine is effective." I said. "Of course, all the virus came out," he said grimly. "The book says that even if this medicine is not good for the doctor, it will never eat bad people. You said you were afraid of injections, so I decocted the medicine for you." "Fortunately, you only asked me to test medicine, not to practice acupuncture. Thank you for saving my life." He said weakly. "Well, well, your life can be said to be recovered by me." I hid in my bedroom while talking. "I won't eat anything you give me in the future!" he said outside the door. On Sunday afternoon, there was a sudden commotion outside the bookstore. "It seems that there are demonstrations." Xiao Zhe said. Xiao Zhe, Da Chong and I crowded onto the balcony to watch the fun.I have never seen such a beautiful parade.Almost all of the huge team are women.Those women were wearing red and green, some were wearing hot pants, some were wearing miniskirts and tight T-shirts, and everyone in the parade was also wearing sunglasses or covering half of their faces with silk scarves, as if they didn’t want people to see their true colors . "Who is demonstrating?" I asked. "It's a massage girl from a massage parlor," Da Chong said. "Why are the massage girls parading?" I muttered. When I looked down, I accidentally saw a familiar face who happened to look up at me.Isn't that Ti Shu?She wears a pair of tiny sunglasses.When our eyes met, I was a little embarrassed, but she smiled at me generously. During class the next day, Dishu whispered to me: "Can we go have dinner together after class? I have an appointment with Yuyu. Last time I asked her to borrow a snake, but I haven't thanked her yet." "Ok." I said. "Where is the delicious food?" Di Shu asked. "Would you like to go to the restaurant opened by my friend?" I recommended "Dodo Kitchen" to her. “是姓杜的杜吗？”她问。 “不，是渡过的渡。”我说。 起初我也以为是杜卫平的“杜杜”，后来才知道是“渡渡”，我以为是记念他儿时养的那条小黑狗渡渡，原来还有别的意思。 渡渡是一种已经绝迹三百年的鸟。渡渡鸟的栖息地在印度洋岛国模里西斯，由于人类不断开垦土地，加上岛上其他动物的侵略，渡渡鸟终于灭绝。 今天，科学家发现在渡渡鸟绝种的同时，岛上一种树也在这三百年间变得稀少。这一切岂是巧合？原来，渡渡鸟是吃这种树上的果子的，果子的残渣透过渡渡鸟的消化系统再排出来，便是种子传播的方法。 后来，科学家找到消化系统跟渡渡鸟很接近的火鸡，让它们吃树上的果子，这种树才得以在岛上再生长。为了记念渡渡鸟，科学家把这种树命名为渡渡树。 跟杜卫平重逢的时候，我们已经各自开了自己的书店和餐厅，只是万万料不到，我的是“面包树”，他的是“渡渡树”，而且在同一条街上，只是隔着五棵大树的距离。 为什么是渡渡？ 杜卫平说，渡渡树是浴火凤凰。 “为什么是面包树？”他问。 我说，在那个遥远的岛国上，长满了面包树。 “那家书店是你的吗？”在“渡渡厨房”吃饭的时候，蒂姝问我。 I nodded. “很漂亮！”她说。 “书店里的食谱多不多？”郁郁问我。 “我们最齐备的便是食谱，我最喜欢吃。”我说。 “关于甜点制作的呢？”郁郁问。 “也有很多。” “那我改天要来看看。”她说。 “昨天你看见我的时候，我是跟按摩院的同事一起参加游行。”蒂姝主动说。 “我看见你们拿着'欠薪'的示威布条，是怎么一回事？”我问。 “我们几家按摩院是属于同一个老板的，那个老板很有钱，偏偏拖欠我们的薪水，听说他的钱都拿去炒卖。” “这会令你们失业吗？”郁郁问。 蒂姝轻松地说：“我才不怕，我的手艺这么好，不愁没有按摩院请我。来学中医，是想充实自己。我希望将来开一家全香港最大规模的按摩院。” “那得要很多钱啊。”我说。 “所以我要努力储钱。我每天差不多都是半夜两、三点钟才下班的。”蒂姝说。 “那不是很辛苦吗？”我说。 “因为有了目标，所以怎么辛苦也觉得值得。等我成为中医之后，更可以帮顾客看一些奇难杂症，男科暗病呢。这样的话，客人才会常常来光顾。”蒂姝说。然后，她问郁郁： “你呢？你为什么来学中医？” “想多点了解中医的知识，因为我喜欢吃甜品，所以很希望将来可以开一家药膳甜品店，将中药和甜品结合。”郁郁说。 “听起来很吸引啊。”我说。 “跟以前的男朋友一起时，大家都有这个梦想。那时候虽然还没有钱开甜品店，但是，每逢假期，我们也会到处去看铺位，然后幻想这个铺位已经给我们租下来了，要怎么装潢。” “你说是以前，即是现在已经没有一起了？”蒂姝问。 “去年底，一个住在郊外的女人报案，说在家里发现一条大蟒蛇。警察通常会找捉蛇专家去捉蛇，我妈妈便是了。那天我陪妈妈一起去。蛇是捉到了，但是，我在那个吓得面无人色的女人家里，竟然看到我男朋友和她的亲密照片。原来，他背着我有了第三者。”郁郁说。 “那岂不是捉蛇变成了捉奸？”蒂姝大声笑了起来。 “跟他分手之后，我想独力完成自己的梦想。只有梦想最真实。”郁郁说。 郁郁突然想起什么似的，问蒂姝： “你上次借蛇，是用来干什么的？” 蒂姝慢条斯理地说：“我跟一个客人提起我有一位家里开蛇店的同学，他说，他一直很想知道给蛇爬在身上是什么滋味的，假如我能够找一条蛇回来给他试试看，他会重重打赏我！结果他真的给了我很多打赏。那条蛇爬在他身上时，他很享受呢！一边呻吟一边尖叫。” 我和郁郁笑得肚子都痛了。 杜卫平这时走过来，问我们：“你们笑什么？” “笑男人的怪癖！”我说。 我看着我们四个，我有“面包树”，杜卫平有“渡渡厨房”，另外两个人，将来会有“郁郁甜品”和“蒂姝按摩院”，为梦想努力的，并不是只有我，我也并不是孤单零落的。 “我要拍电影了！”葛米儿在书店里向我宣布。 “是什么电影？”小哲问。小哲是葛米儿的忠实歌迷。 “是爱情片。我演一个有第六感的厨师。”葛米儿兴奋地地说。 “这是你第一部电影呢！”我说。 葛米儿翘起大嘴巴说：“真担心呀！” “担心演得不好？”小哲问。 “我是担心第一次拍电影便拿到影后，以后再没有奋斗目标了！”她笑得眼睛眯成一条缝。 “这部电影是说什么的？”我问。 “我还不知道呀！公司昨天才跟我说，剧本好像还在写，明年开拍，应该是喜剧吧？” 我笑笑说：“谁会找你演悲剧？” 她拉着大虫：“大虫，你看电影和看书最多，可以帮我找一些参考资料吗？第一次当主角，我要努力！” “当然没问题。有一部《芭比的盛宴》，主角便是女厨师。”大虫说。 葛米儿又捉住小哲说：“小哲，你要教我做面包，说不定电影里要我做面包呢！要演得像，便要真的会做面包。” 我提醒她：“为什么不找杜卫平呢？” “喔，对！我差点儿忘记有个真的厨师在我身边！杜卫平呢？” “他在餐厅里。”我说。 “生意很好吧？今天是星期五。” “才不呢。”我说，“附近新开了一家餐厅，卖的食物跟他们很相近，最近做了很多宣传，抢了不少生意。” “杜卫平做的菜那么好吃，怎会输给人家呢？” “对方花了很多钱装潢，地方也大好几倍。”小哲说。 “就是呀！假如有一家大书店开在旁边，我的书店无论如何也会受影响吧？”我说。 葛米儿眼珠子一转，说：“我有办法！” 葛米儿也真是无话可说。有几天晚上，她突然在“渡渡厨房”出现，为客人唱了几支歌。她歌唱得那么好，又有名气，客人惊喜之余，回去之后自然会叫更多朋友来光顾。 杂志跟她做访问，想要知道她喜欢到哪家餐厅吃饭，她便把记者约到“渡渡厨房”，大力推荐那里的招牌菜式：快乐蘑菇和蟹酱义大利面。 快乐蘑菇是在一只新鲜的大蘑菇里填满鸡肝酱和用橄榄油炒过的番茄、芹菜、蒜头，是我最喜欢的一道菜。 蟹酱义大利面是用一只新鲜的螃蟹，把蟹黄取出。以橄榄油炒蒜头和红辣椒，蒜头炒至金黄色后，将切好的螃蟹带壳一起放进去，再淋上白酒去煮。最后加点芹菜，蛤仔汁和橄榄油，洒上盐和胡椒，然后放进已经煮好的宽面。上桌的时候，面条是放在蟹壳里的，每一口面，都充满螃蟹的鲜味。吃这个面，是人间一大幸福。 其中一次杂志的访问，葛米儿站在前面，手里捧着一盘刚刚做好的蟹酱义大利面，竖起大拇指，杜卫平站在后面，俯身收拾桌子。葛米儿本来是要跟杜卫平一起拍照的，杜卫平害羞，只肯用背脊上镜。灯光下，那张照片拍得很美。 那本杂志的读者很多，访问登了出来之后，很多顾客来光顾，有些人甚至是为了老板那个神秘的背影而来的。 有了葛米儿这位宣传大使之后，“渡渡厨房”的生意果然好了起来，杜卫平说要请葛米儿吃饭。 “我打算做一道无花果鹅肝给她尝试。”杜卫平告诉我。 “她不吃鹅的，不吃鹅的任何部分。”我说。 "why?" 我笑笑说：“她养过一只会唱歌的鹅，名叫莫扎特，给她男朋友吃了。” 那天晚上，杜卫平做了樱桃酱烤乳鸽、波尔多红酒香菇小母鸡、羊肉千层酥、鱼子酱义大利面和青苹果奶油烘饼配青苹果冰淇淋。我和葛米儿吃得滋滋有味。有那么一刻，我无法否认活着是一种幸福。 “谢谢你的帮忙。”杜卫平跟葛米儿说。 葛米儿一边吃青苹果冰淇淋一边说： “不用客气，你是程韵的好朋友嘛！当天全靠你收留她。” “说的也是。”杜卫平点了点头。 “本来呢，是你收留我，后来却是我收留你。”我说。 “怎么会是你收留我？明明是你搬进来的。” “你收留一个没有地方住的女人，我可是收留一个女朋友不在身边的孤单男人。”我说，“我用友情的温暖收留你。” “你跟我一起住，总能吃到最美味的东西，我用食物的温暖收留你。” “你生病的时候是谁给你煎药的？我用爱心的温暖收留你。” “你是说那碗几乎毒死我的药？是谁经常帮你找拖鞋的？我用家的温暖来收留你。” 葛米儿忽然说：“总之你们互相收留！” 我和杜卫平相对微笑。 把碟子里的冰淇淋吃光之后，葛米儿站起来说：“让我来为大家唱歌。” 她走到客人中间，忘情地清唱起来。 我以为两个女人只要曾经爱上同一个男人，便一生都会互相比较和妒忌，我和葛米儿却竟然能够成为朋友。也许，因为我们爱的那个人已经永远离开了，留在世上的两个女人，变成互相依存，甚至分享着一些湮远的回忆，没有比这更复杂而又单纯的友情了。 “可惜！可惜！太可惜！”我故意在杜卫平面前说。 “什么事？”他抬起头问我。他正在写“渡渡厨房”的秋季菜单。 我扬扬手上的书，说： “这个菜看来很好吃呢！但是，很难做啊！” “是什么菜？” “鱼香茄子。” “鱼香茄子有什么难？”他一副不以为然的样子。 “是里的鱼香茄子呢！书上说，要把茄子的皮和瓤子去尽，只要净肉，切成头发一样的细丝，晒干了，然后用老母鸡熬的汤把茄子蒸熟，再九蒸九晒……” 他听得头大如斗。 我说：“很复杂吧？所以呢，我看你是不会做的了。” 在我这样说了之后，通常过了几天，杜卫平便会端出我说过的菜，然后，轻轻松松地问我： “你说的是不是这个菜？” 西餐是难不倒他的，所以，我会说中国菜，尤其是书上写的那些。我的激将法每次都很管用，我想吃什么，几乎都可以吃到。中国文学里的菜式，我已吃过很多了。跟厨子住在一起，果然是幸福的。有时候，我也会有点内疚，骗他做菜给我吃，不就像我小时候欺负他那样吗？但他也好像乐于被我欺负。他的确是用食物的温暖收留了我。 星期天，杜卫平起了个大清早，准备出门。 “这么早便出去？”我问。 “嗯。”他匆匆提着一个小包包出去了。 “渡渡厨房”逢星期天上午是休息的，杜卫平这阵子却很不寻常地每个星期天都出去，而且，他近来问我要了很多爱情小说，我却从来没见他看。难道他认识了别的女孩子，爱情小说也是送给那个女孩子的？ 曾经有一天，我试探他： “你会背着漾山爱上其他女孩子吗？” “你以为我是什么人？”他一副认为我太不了解他的样子。 可是，后来有一天，他帮我更换鱼缸的水的时候，我问他： “你认为爱情什么时候最美好？” “开始的时候。”他说。 “是的，患得患失的时候最甜蜜。”我说。 “点菜的时候，尽叫前菜，没有人用奇怪的眼光看你，很多爱苗条的女孩子在我的餐厅里也是这样，点很多前菜，不吃主菜。这种吃饭的方式，甚至成为潮流。”他说。 “你也想跟潮流吗？” “这样也不错，可以尝到不同的口味，又不会吃得太多。”他鬼马地说。 碰上下雨的星期天，杜卫平依然大清早提着一个小包包出去，回来的时候两手空空。即使前一天下班回到家里已经很晚了，星期天的早上，他还是惺惺忪忪的爬起床，换了衣服匆匆出去。 一个星期天，杜卫平又是大清早起来，提着一个小包包出去。 “我出去了。”他说。 “嗯。”我假装喂鱼。 他出去之后，我抓起早已放在一旁的背包跟踪他。 杜卫平走进地下铁站，登上一列开往九龙的列车。 清晨的车厢，只有零零星星的几个乘客，我带了一本书做掩护，跟他隔着一段距离。他全程都在专心看书：彼得·梅尔的《山居岁月》。假如他偶尔抬起头，看到不远处有一个女人也在看《山居岁月》，他一定会注意起来吧？我惟有把书收到背包里，把背包抱在胸前，头埋在背包后面。 列车停定，杜卫平走出月台，在车站的小吃店买了一瓶矿泉水。 从地下铁站出来，他登上了一辆计程车，我也跳上了后面的一辆车。 车子向西贡方向驶去，走了一段山路，在一座监狱前面停下。监狱外面已经聚集一堆人，有老人家，也有年轻人和小孩子，每个人也拿着大包小包，有秩序地排成一个队伍。杜卫平下了车，跟在那条队伍后面。 他拧开了矿泉水的瓶盖，喝了一口矿泉水，一边抹汗一边东张西望，我躲在一棵树后面，不让他发现。 这个时候，两个监狱的守卫打开门，让排队的人进去，并一一为他们登记。 杜卫平每个星期便是来监狱吗？他要探什么人？ 那天晚上，杜卫平回家的时候，我装着若无其事地喂鱼。 “你回来啦？有没有见过我的拖鞋？” “你比我先回家，竟然问我？” “我就是找不到。” “我今天早上出去的时候，你是穿着运动鞋的，拖鞋可能留在房间里。”他说。 他竟然留意到我预先穿了鞋子？ “是吗？我去找找。”我放下饲料，朝自己的房间走去。 “你今天为什么跟踪我？” 原来被他发现了！ “我只是关心你。”理歪的时候，只好更加理直气壮。 “那你为什么不问我去哪里？” “每个人都有秘密的。” “那你便不该跟踪我，你分明是想窥探我的秘密。” “我跟踪你是我的秘密。”我说。 “那我岂不是揭穿了你的秘密？”他没好气的说。 “就是啊！既然你已经知道我的秘密，你也该把你的秘密告诉我。你有朋友坐牢吗？” “是我以前的女朋友。”他说。 我吃了一惊：“她为什么会坐牢？” “她在酒吧里把情敌的一头金发剪掉，然后把剪下来的碎发塞进对方口里，那个人原来自小患有哮喘病，那些碎发几乎要了她的命。因为已经有打架的前科，所以这一次要坐牢。” “她到底是什么人？这么可怕！” “其实她是个很善良的女孩子，因为自小缺乏家庭温暖，又结识了一些坏朋友，所以性格很反叛。”他忽然笑了，“我好像专挑麻烦的女人爱上。” “麻烦的女人比较有挑战嘛！”我说。 “她的家人是不会去看她的，她也没有什么朋友。”他说。 “那些爱情小说，也是带去给她的吗？” “是的，让她在里面消磨时间。” “我再拿一些给你下星期带去。” “不用了，她下星期便出狱。” “你对她还是念念不忘吗？” “我只是尽旧情人的义务，谁都会这样做吧？”他说。 “你也在看《山居岁月》吗？”我问。 他点点头：“真想去普罗旺斯。” 普罗旺斯是法国南部的一个小镇，英国名作家彼得·梅尔，放弃了如