Chapter 12 Eleventh chapter ninety-nine, grass jelly honey

Zeyu was waiting for a girl in front of whom he didn't need to pretend. Baijia is waiting for a boy who she does not need to bear the pressure of choice. Tuo is waiting for a nice girl who appreciates his pure nature. And now, I have come to the end of this love permutation. <57> Back in the dormitory, I put the giraffe next to the pillow, because it looked more and more pitiful, I also stuffed the cotton, and then borrowed a needle and thread from Si Ting to sew its neck properly, and it looked much better. After all, it's my life, so it shouldn't be too ugly. Lying on the bed, my mind is full of images of shooting basketballs. Although my hands are numb, if the shooting machine is under the bed, I will definitely get up and throw it again.

Completely, I forgot the serious question of whether Zeyu could prepare for Qing University, and even if an occasional flash of melancholy flashed through my mind, the basketball that came out of my hand quickly shot it down. "Okay, I also want to meet that weird uncle named Cang Zai." Baijia sighed and turned off the light. I think she must be very regretful that the jigsaw puzzle she bought was complicated with 3,000 pieces instead of 1,000 pieces. Otherwise, maybe A Tuo would have taken her here and there long ago. When I woke up the next day, I could barely move my hands, my muscles were so stiff that I was on the verge of crying.My hand was scrapped, so I had no choice but to beg Nian Cheng, who was going to sleep all day, to go to work for me.

"Fuck, I still owe you 10,000 yuan, okay." Nian Cheng put on his clothes like a wandering soul, went out with his toothbrush in his mouth. I spent Saturday icing my hands, then huddled in front of my computer writing novels and answering letters. And Baijia called A Tuo as soon as she woke up, saying that she wanted to watch a movie. I guess she must really want to go to the legendary Brother Bao's house to see it. But A Tuo didn't know whether he was playing dead or just being stupid. He said that he had been looking forward to the first part of The Lord of the Rings which was playing in the cinema of Zhongxing Department Store for a long time, so Baijia pouted and went out on a date although it was sad but acceptable.

When Baijia came back at night, she swept away the haze when she went out, and brought Tangji milk tea for me and Si Ting. "Why are you in high spirits? Is there a new progress today?" I smile. "Hee hee." Pokka twirled and danced, almost not throwing petals. "Hand in hand for one vote." Si Ting raised her hand. "Hee hee." Pokka continued to spin without feeling dizzy. "One ticket for a kiss." I raised my hand. "Hee hee. Ah, it hurts!" Pokka finally stopped when her forehead hit the foot of the bed. "What happened? Are you no longer a virgin? In our tribe, having sex without getting married is a big deal. The woman's brother can..." Si Ting said surprisingly, and I stood aside I laughed so hard that I turned my back on my back.

"Wait! I'm still! So is Britney Spears!" Baijia was impatient and quickly covered Si Ting's mouth, not wanting to hear about the relationship between virginity and tribal vendettas. "What's the matter? Tell me, tell me, I want to write everything in the novel." I looked expectantly. Baijia cleared her throat, picked up the hair dryer on the table as a microphone, and made a solemn announcement. "A Tuo wants to apply for diplomatic service, and he is sure that he can pass the customs smoothly, but A Tuo's only home in Taiwan is the place he is renting now, so before he goes abroad, he will send all his things to the strange friend he knows, etc. He will bring it back when he returns to China. But in the long period of one or two years, there is one most important thing..." Baijia held the hair dryer in his right hand, and put his left hand on his chest, with a gentle tone.

"A 3,000-piece jigsaw puzzle?" Si Ting interjected.Pokka shook her head and looked at me. "Carrots, of course." I had to say, 100% yes. "Bingo! Ah Tuo wants to deposit carrots with me! Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy fashion loving be..." Parka music broke, and jumped up and down happily. Although I guessed it just now, it was strange, and I found that my face was a little stiff. "What's wrong? Siying, are you trying to grab carrots from me! Wow... I'm sure I can't win you..." Baijia noticed my strange expression, so she pretended to cry.

"Hey, who wants to grab carrots from you!" I pretended to fall, trying to squeeze a smiley face out, but it seemed a bit difficult.Although Carrot is indeed closer to Baijia who often goes to A Tuo's house, but anyway, I also jogged with Carrot for a winter vacation. A Tuo entrusted the important carrot to Bai Jia without asking me first. Sad, really want to kick him a few times. "Siying must have thought that dogs and cats cannot be kept in the dormitory." Si Ting raised her hand.It really saved my life. "Well, if you really want to raise carrots, you have to move out. How can I be willing to do this? You are my best friend in college and a good roommate. Otherwise, you have to secretly raise carrots. I will talk about it after the housekeeper finds out. Right." I said, these are also true.

The cat is easy to deal with, it has a quiet voice and loves to be clean. I secretly raised a Persian cat in the next door. But dogs are hard to deal with, especially carrots who can go their own way and be undisciplined. "Oh, oh, I've figured out a solution a long time ago! And it's the happiest solution!" Baijia danced lightly, her bright smile was enough to fascinate every man between the ages of one and one hundred. "Should I really want to move out? Please don't, I can accept stealing a dog." Si Ting said seriously.I watched Baijia's light dance steps, and my heart was shocked.

"You want to live in A Tuo's house!" I called out. "Bingo Bingo! Siying, you know me so well!" Baijia hugged me and laughed. It turned out that after A Tuo went abroad to serve in the army, Baijia planned to rent A Tuo's current residence and raise carrots there, and the accommodation fee in the second female dormitory was very cheap, so Baijia also decided to continue living with us. . For Baijia, being able to live in the house of the real man and wait for him to return to China with his dog friend is of course the happiest decision. But I couldn't be happier.I know very well that I am jealous of my good friend.

"Don't be sad, I will still live here often? Otherwise, who will borrow my report, hehe." Baijia put his arms around me, pinched my face and said, "Zeyu will definitely be admitted to Jiaotong University, and I will accompany him tomorrow. How about you fasting and bathing, then chanting scriptures and looking at the ranking list, is it enough loyalty? He is happier than me just because he is taking you!" I nodded and pinched Baijia's face. I felt guilty secretly in my heart, how could I be jealous of such a caring friend. <58> On Sunday, I actually ate vegetarian food with Baijia for a day, and stayed in the dormitory peacefully. I didn't go to the laundry with A Tuo to have a good meal. I wrote novels for half a day and watched VCDs of Japanese dramas for half a day.

In the evening, when I had dinner with Baijia and walked along the bamboo lake, Baijia suggested that it is better to buy Taishan fairy grass honey and worship the land god. Can not be neglected. So we walked out of the school gate and went to the 7-11 behind the Digong Temple to buy half a dozen Taishan Xiancao Honey. When we went to the temple to ask questions, we saw A Tuo was burning gold paper in front of the brick oven, and Carrot was squatting at his feet contemplating the philosophy of life as a dog. "Why did you come here to say goodbye? You don't have to take an exam." Baijia was very happy about this chance encounter, and squatted down to pat Carrot's head.I was also confused, but naturally took some of the gold paper and helped me fold it in half. "Xiaocai said that mind power is also a wonderful part of the human body. When hundreds of millions of people concentrate their mind power, they can even eject meteorites that are about to hit the earth into orbit in time. He also said that the pyramids are actually the launch pads of the ancient Egyptians' mind power. It’s used for conversations with aliens..." A-Tuo spoke further and further away, and the speed of folding the golden paper in his hand didn’t stop. "Get to the point." I was about to faint, and threw the folded gold paper into the furnace. "Didn't Zeyu release the list early tomorrow morning? I think besides you and himself, if you add my thought power, the chances of being on the list must be even greater, right? So I'll come to say goodbye, and bring carrots out to show off. Anyway, he I'm free." A Tuo said, throwing all the gold papers into the furnace. The raging flames reflected on A Tuo's face, his black and white eyes were always so sincere and warm. "Thank you." I was grateful. "What a nice guy." Baijia quickly stood up and patted us both. I walked to the altar that was almost overwhelmed by the grass jelly honey, and finally found a small space to stack the half dozen grass jelly honey we just bought, but a jar of dazzling Tangji milk tea attracted the attention of me and Baijia. "Who would be stupid enough to worship with milk tea?" Baijia laughed, but saw me pointing at A Tuo. Clue 1, I touched the milk tea, it was still very cold, and the worshiper did not go far. Clue 2, A Tuo is a derailed social common sense idiot. "You guessed it, I really can't hide anything from you." A Tuo said with a smile: "I just want to say, if I were a land lord, drinking jelly grass honey all these years would definitely spoil my stomach, or I would be bored to death , It’s more pleasing to change the taste. The most important thing is that Tang Kee’s precious milk is delicious, and it can be regarded as a spiritual symbol of Qingjiao.” "It seems reasonable to say that, thank you for thinking about it." Baijia nodded in agreement. I waved goodbye to them in front of the Digong Temple in a very sensible way, saying that I wanted to go back to the second female dormitory alone without being disturbed, and of course Baijia continued to chat with A Tuo for a long time, and finally went to his side After more than two hours of spelling the picture, I came back. Early the next morning, the screams of Baijia and I in the dormitory woke up the other two. "What the hell are you talking about early in the morning, it's only six o'clock!" Nian Cheng hugged the pillow and cursed mercilessly. Si Ting sat up quickly, thinking it was an earthquake. "Twenty-two right! Twenty-two right!" Pokka and I hugged each other. That cup of Tangji milk tea was the last straw that broke the camel's back! "Staying in Hsinchu! It's great! It's great!" Baijia was even happier than me, raising her arms wildly. I hurriedly sent a text message to Zeyu, and he replied immediately. is a :), and there is a strange line. "open the door." I felt suspicious, but I obediently opened the bedroom door, and suddenly found a jar of Taishan Xiancao Honey at the door. Bending down to pick up the grass jelly honey, a pink note was pasted on it, with the words "Thank you" written on it. I was both surprised and moved, and I couldn't tell which emotion was greater than which. Then the phone rang. "Have you received my gift?" Ze Yu's voice returned to his usual confidence. "Well, how did you get into Zhuxuan?" My voice was very excited, and Baijia snuggled up to eavesdrop. "How could it be possible to go in, ha, it's not because of the help of my junior student." Zeyu laughed energetically. "So fast? I just sent a text message and your grass jelly honey flew over?" I felt incredible. "Actually, last night at four o'clock in the middle of the night, the list was released secretly at the entrance of our department of engineering, haha, so I woke up the sleeping junior, please go downstairs to the Zhuxuan to get grass jelly honey and a note at your door." , and owe her a meal because of it! So you have to let her eat your big meal for you!" Zeyu Chunfeng was proud. "It's so touching!" I yelled, and Pokka yelled too. Later, I did not eat the big meal that Zeyu celebrated the Institute of Jiaotong University, but I have no wishes and no regrets. Because for three consecutive months, a jar of grass jelly honey and a note will be placed on the door of my dormitory every day; one of my favorite notes reads "I appreciate you more than the land god, so please You have to be patient." Maybe you will think that this sentence is not romantic at all, but I saved this note and made it a bookmark. And every day, I will drink a can of grass jelly honey that is not clear whether it is friendship or a little love mixed in it quietly. <59> "Where is the lady boss?" I entered the store for two hours today, but I didn’t see the always lazy proprietress, only the overweight Sumatra sleeping on the small round table, shamelessly showing her hairy belly.I finally couldn't help but ask. "She went to see Pei Xin's comeback violin solo recital today." Albus flipped through the One Piece manga. "Pei Xin? Who is that?" I asked again. "It's that guy who always pretends to be down and out of the Golden Light Party." Chaos Wang said angrily. He ordered a serious iced coffee float today, which shows how angry he is. "Why did the proprietress go out with him?" I was stunned. Why didn't I come for a weekend, as if I missed a lot of things. "Didn't Niancheng tell you when I went back?" Albus smiled. "No." I tilted my head and read this guy. "Because Pui Xin ordered the 100th cup of the boss's wife's special blend." Albus helped me make a cup of mixed coffee and handed it to me. "A hundred cups?" I was surprised from ear to ear. "We seem to have witnessed a miracle." It was rare for Albus to say such eloquent words. It is indeed a beautiful miracle. Afterwards, the proprietress was often not in the store, and sometimes went out to watch Pei Xin's concert, and sometimes went to Pei Xin's home to watch him practice the piano, he wrote the music, and she wrote the lyrics. After coffee, I actually had a wonderful emotion, and it progressed rapidly. Zeyu said that Peixin must have been tempted a long time ago, he took the one hundred cups of the proprietress's prank special as the Tongman Formation and the Wooden Man Lane, and went all the way to the end. A Tuo said, could it be that the two of them have already been bound by the red line by Yuelao somewhere?Otherwise, it would be unbelievable no matter how you look at it. Brother said, are you kidding me? Whoever is right, those hundred cups of bitter coffee taught me something. Especially when I saw the ninety-ninth jar of grass jelly honey in my hand, I knew exactly what I was looking forward to. During these ninety-nine cans of grass jelly honey, Zeyu led the debate club to Kaohsiung Sun Yat-Sen University to participate in the annual Taxation Cup Debate Competition. If all goes well, it will be a trip of three days and two nights. They were all defeated, and they had to go back home the next day. I'm in the first grade, and I'm not strong, so I just need to take a tape recorder to record and copy the arguments. At night, I will make a new poster with a few members of the same grade for the next day's challenge, or start messing around in the hotel. Door-knocking raids and nonsensical pillow fights with debate club members from other schools. Although the former president Zeyu was already a veteran in his senior year, he had an itchy mouth and was competitive, so he geared up for the final quarter-finals rematch, the most crucial championship and runner-up match. On the afternoon of the third day, the title of the championship competition was "my country should not adopt the pension policy for the elderly". On the opposite side is the traditional No. 1 team, ZTE Fashang. They sent the best lineup, all of whom are senior veterans. As for us, Caotou, a senior in the junior year, will be the first, Yang Dingfeng, who is only a freshman but extremely cunning, will be the second, and Zeyu will be the most critical third. In the unprecedented fierce offensive and defensive verbal battle, Senior Caotou fought steadily and tried his best; although Yang Dingfeng was eloquent, the opponent's general did not give up. Biting his ears, the other party's expression changed drastically, and he has been stuttering and incomprehensible since then; Ze Yu's usual personable demeanor, under the neat black suit, has attracted the attention of the two female judges, especially his humorous defense is even more impressive . "The other party, you keep denying the urgency, necessity, and most important social fairness of the pension for the elderly. Would you not grow old? Are you so sure that the pension you saved when you were young will not be due to Price inflation and rapid depreciation and shrinkage? May I ask if you think about this issue from the perspective of putting yourself in the shoes?” The general of ZTE French business was moved and asked the last question. Zeyu just shrugged, showing a helpless expression. "I'm sorry to the other party, I don't necessarily grow old. I may die tomorrow." Ze Yu said with an impeccable smile: "In a rational society, if fairness and justice are to be taken into account, everyone must face their own risks and Take up the responsibility, let me ask, if the existence of the pension for the elderly is allowed to be paid by the whole people, then I, who unfortunately cannot grow old and die young, can ask the whole people to share my family support and children's education expenses? ?” The bell rang for the third time, and the game was over with no time difference. The audience laughed and even the judges clapped their hands. I held up the grass jelly honey that was placed on the bedside today, and congratulated Ze Yu who bowed from a distance. The score was announced, an overwhelming four to one. We won the Taxation Cup for the first time in ten years, Ze Yu took back his long-awaited second national best player, and I won the best newcomer award in the cross-school pillow battle of the National Army Hero Museum Cup. After the competition, under the sunset of Xiziwan, no one cared about the delicious meat on the barbecue grill, and everyone in the debating club ran around barefoot on the beach, throwing the championship trophy to me, and I threw it to him. Come football. "Junior, what did you whisper to that debater from ZTE on the court? Why did he lose his momentum after hearing this?" Ze Yu asked curiously. "Senior, no matter who hears my boss's name, it will scare everyone to pee their pants." Yang Dingfeng smiled mysteriously, and refused to reveal any more. Back at the hotel at night, Yang Dingfeng, who was still playing, went to the grocery store to buy a sky lantern and brush ink. After we happily wrote down our future wishes on the white lantern paper, we watched it appear in the National Army Heroes Hall where we stayed. Before slowly rising into the sky. I still remember that Zeyu wrote the official article "May the debating club of Jiaotong University be full of tongues, and the school evaluation will flourish", and I wrote "I hope drinking jelly honey will not make you fat", and then watched Zeyu stick out his tongue. As the Ziqiang train drove back from Kaohsiung to Hsinchu, the weather was getting hotter and hotter, and the fruits of the phoenix flower were gradually full.My hair has grown to my waist, and the novel published online is nearing the end of my imagination. And my shooting machine score has actually exceeded 75, which looks like 80. On the day of Zeyu's graduation, I held a bouquet of perfume lilies and stood among Zeyu's beautiful schoolgirls. I smiled and watched him put on his graduation cap, looking heroic. On the turf in front of the Haoran Library, the graduate students and teachers standing next to the handsome Zeyu changed from batch to batch, and the flashlights never stopped. He happily raised the flowers in his hand and asked me to hand over the camera to the club student and stand beside him. "Is our family Zeyu's girlfriend? What's her name?" Mother Yang pulled me enthusiastically. "I...I..." I didn't introduce myself for a while, it was not polite to introduce myself, and I smiled awkwardly. "Her name is Siying. She is my club primary school girl and my best friend. Your son has to rely on her help a lot to get into the graduate school!" Ze Yu laughed heartily, and put the two best friends together. Give me a certificate of merit as a doctor. The petals of the phoenix fell lightly, and the camera clicked briefly. My smile stayed on my face all day. <60> Zeyu graduated, but changed his postgraduate title at Jiaotong University, moved his dormitory to the postgraduate dormitory, and everything else remained the same.Except for the fact that I haven't made a new girlfriend all the time.Important exception. So summer vacation becomes very charming. I have a hunch that the world is about to undergo chemical changes secretly. "Why haven't I seen you get a new girlfriend? Are you still busy looking for a professor?" I stood behind the counter stroking the fat on the belly of the overweight Sumatra. "The professor found it a few days ago, and promised to let me do the topic I like." Zeyu smiled: "As for the girlfriend, I think I will wait and see, maybe there is a girl who happens to like Kenya very much. Are you waiting for me too?" "The world is so big, there must be some." I nodded, pretending to encourage him. I almost blurted out that I love Kenya to death.Thrilling. "So, today is still a cup of Kenya and some biscuits." Ze Yu smiled and took out a brand new laptop from his backpack. But the idiot A Tuo seemed much busier. He often called me in the middle of the night to ask me to come to his house to help him and Baijia complete the 3,000-piece puzzle. I refused several times decisively and sometimes pretended to be asleep; After the notification, my faith began to waver. "There are about 1,000 pieces left, so I'm sorry to go back to China in two years and make persistent efforts, right? Hurry up! I'm going to start a new training next month, and now every second counts!" A Tuo said anxiously on the phone. So I shamelessly sent a text message to ask Baijia, asking if she would allow me to arrange flowers with this light bulb. Not long after, Baijia returned a smiling face.I breathed a sigh of relief. A Tuo is my best friend. Before he went abroad to work as a hard laborer, I could get together with him as much as possible. Otherwise, he would be a weirdo for two years. From then on, I could only go to the laundry to eat alone. Go to Brother Bao’s to watch a movie alone, go to Xiaocai’s show alone, and go to Cangzai’s to pick up dolls alone. And these places are all taken by A Tuo. This is our unique map of Hsinchu, drawn with adventure as the longitude and friendship as the latitude. During the few nights when they were doing puzzles together, Baijia hugged the sleeping carrot, and proposed that she wanted to rent A Tuo's current house, so that this little dog who did his own way could continue to stay in a familiar environment. With little hesitation, A Tuo yelled loudly, which made Baijia and I twitch in fright. Then A Tuo hugged Pokka tightly. "You are such a good person! You are such a good person! Carrot will be very grateful to you!" A Tuo yelled loudly in Baijia's ear. Baijia was both surprised and happy, blinking her eyes, and made a victory gesture to me behind A Tuo's back. I smiled and touched the carrot that was suddenly woken up and pooped.It's hard to tell what's in my heart. Maybe life is like the permutation and combination problem that has been bothering me two years ago.Yet I was right. Who is with whom is actually predestined long ago. No matter how complicated each question is, there is only one answer.There can only be one. Zeyu was waiting for a girl in front of whom he didn't need to pretend. So he gave himself a love question, and there was only one answer. Baijia is waiting for a boy who she does not need to bear the pressure of choice. So when the answer appeared in front of her eyes, she didn't hesitate at all. Tuo is waiting for a nice girl who appreciates his pure nature. So for him, he just needs to wait patiently, and patience is never lacking in A Tuo. As for me, when I first met Ze Yu in a coffee shop two years ago, I had already drawn up a difficult and dreamy topic for myself.And now, I have come to the end of this love permutation. ******************* A few days later, the lights in the dormitory were turned off, and Baijia couldn't sleep, so she sneaked into my bed. "Do you want to scare people to death?" I hurriedly shrank my feet, and the feeling of being caught from the bottom when I was half asleep was really scary. "I can't seem to fall asleep, let's squeeze with you." Baijia smiled. "Fuck, if you can't fall asleep, I can hug you and tell you a story." Nian Cheng turned over lazily and looked at us ambiguously. "Stop worrying about you!" "I'm going to tell your girlfriend!" Baijia and I laughed and scolded at the same time. Niancheng snorted, and obediently fell asleep on her own. "After Si Ting came back from vacation, there was a lot less noise in the bedroom." Baijia said, playing with the giraffe next to my pillow. "Well, especially her voice is loud." I smiled. "In a few days, Ah Tuo will go to Chenggong Ridge for new training, and I will also return to Taipei. I have a job in a summer care class." Baijia looked at the stitches on the giraffe's neck. "It's not like Ah Tuo won't come back." I said. "I know wow, who is telling you this!" Pokka slapped me. "When I think of him standing on the African grasslands in a daze, hunting with the natives with a spear, I feel so funny! He must have become good friends with many strange natives! Ha!" The more I thought about it, the more I thought about it. funny. "Well, he will." Baijia smiled. "If he encounters a lion halfway, maybe he will encounter Mount Tai to rescue him?" The more I said, the more excited I became. "Well, maybe." Baijia nodded. "Maybe A Tuo will happen to encounter a tribal war, and then accidentally save the chief's daughter, and then the chief expresses his gratitude and marry his daughter to him, and A Tuo will become the son-in-law of the African country!" I probably laughed Very idiot. "Siying, you've really gone further and further away." Baijia sighed. I looked at Baijia, her brows were slightly frowning. "I'm so envious of you." Pokka's forehead touched my nose. "Although Ah Tuo went abroad, but..." Before I finished speaking, Baijia shook her head. "I mean, I envy you very much. You can always talk about A Tuo in such a happy tone." Baijia closed her eyes and touched my mouth with her fingers, not letting me speak. I looked at her, but a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. "Every time I see A Tuo in your novels, he is so vivid, but in my memory, there is only the puzzle that can never be finished, and the carrot lying in my arms. But I am very happy. Happiness, the deep yellow light hanging in that room is my favorite color, and his expression of seriously asking me <Would it be far-fetched to put this puzzle piece here> is my most unforgettable memory, he drove me back by bike He always noticed that I was wearing one less piece of clothing every time. He said that idiots would not catch a cold. He said that the hand holding the sky cannon should not shake, and it must be at forty-five degrees to be tall and far away. He said that we humans Your thoughts are very strong..." Baijia still closed her eyes, her voice became thinner as she spoke.Smiling happily, as if sleeping soundly. I gently hugged Baijia and helped her cover the quilt. I knew she was having a dream, a dream that would continue after she woke up. "Remember to say hello to A Tuo in my dream, and remind him to send a postcard with a spear back." I also closed my eyes and said softly. <61> After the one-month new training in Chenggongling, A Tuo stopped the phone number, since he couldn't use it in Africa anyway. He gave Cang Zai a cabinet full of books, because Cang Zai likes to study some books by himself. The computer was given to Aunt Jindao and the others, so that they can play video games with their sons who are far away in Kaohsiung and Taipei. A fish tank that has never been raised was given to Brother Bao. He said that if Brother Bao does not lack a dog, he may lack a few fish. The hair dryer was given to the iron head who has no hair, because he said that the iron head would be cold without hair, and the hair dryer can help warm his head. Furniture such as refrigerators and wardrobes were left to Baijia, and of course there was the big jigsaw puzzle, which they framed and hung on the wall.I never mentioned it, it was a magnificent black-and-white landscape painting, and it was extremely difficult. "Why didn't you leave me anything? I need a handsome cloak." Xiaocai sat next to his father who bet his life on chess, complaining while watching the chess. "I thought you were missing a hat? How could a human magician be without someone to eat? The general draws the rook! Dead chess!" A Tuo laughed, and played his best chess move ever. I happily took out a handsome red long cap from A Tuo's big backpack, which A Tuo and I specially chose. "Oh my God! It's red! Dad! Look handsome!" Xiaocai was surprised and delighted, and immediately put on the hat. But Uncle Yong is thinking about how to solve the predicament of A Tuo's so-called dead chess move, and has no time to care about him. "Because the black ones are all sold out, I had to buy the red ones." I smiled, "Tuo said, anyway, you are more suitable for red." "I hope that wearing this hat will bring you good luck and win the American magic contest!" Tuo gave a thumbs up. "What good luck? I'm a capable person!" Xiaocai said, and immediately took out a shoe from the magic hat he just got. The night after giving Xiaocai the gift was also the last time that A Tuo helped Xiaocai with tutoring, even though Xiaocai still couldn't make up his mind. After winning the only game of military chess, A Tuo rode a wild wolf and took me to the seaside of Nanliao, the seawall where we let off a box of sky cannons, the old place. As usual, we bought two cups of hot bubble tea and two grilled squid in front of a familiar food stand. A Tuo helped me climb up the embankment with my feet, handed me the food, and then swam up like a gecko. "I forgot to buy fireworks, what a mistake." I patted my pants, and it will be two years before we set off the sky cannon together. "There's nothing wrong with it, there's always a chance." A Tuo smiled, drinking milk tea. The scenery of Nanliao Harbor is dirty and dark at night. The lighthouse in the distance is neither poetic nor picturesque, and the occasional lights of fishing boats are mostly patrol boats, or water ghosts with their bodies on fire. It's really much worse without the sky cannon. We sat on the seawall and chatted casually, without any sentimentality of parting, and even mentioned the process of getting acquainted in the past two years with a smile and a few words, without deliberately teasing anything.It just occurred to me that it's really weird that we've known each other for so long and never had a single fight. A Tuo said that he was not used to quarreling with others, because there was no need to quarrel, although there was nothing to lose his temper when he was with me. "How?" I asked, biting into the grilled squid. "Ever since I was very young, I used to look at the present with myself ten years later, so I don't really care about many things, such as small things like the clerk giving me the wrong money or the waiter delivering the wrong food. I don't care at all, so why should I be angry now? It's a waste of time and energy." A Tuo stretched his waist. "What else?" I chewed on the pearls. "Also, in elementary school, I was often punished by the music teacher to half-squat because I forgot to bring my flute, but I didn't care at all. I can still think about many things alone in the corridor, such as who to play with after school, etc." Atuo said, it didn't matter at all. "But after you were surrounded by hooligans playing tricks that day, you were still very angry and punched Brother Bao?" I retorted. "That's because I clearly know that I will still care about that prank ten years later, and Brother Bao is my good friend, I don't want to have any quarrel with him, so I still have to fight, it's just... ....." A Tuo said apologetically, "I scared you that night. I don't know if that punch was enough? If not, I'll call Brother Bao to make an appointment for another punch?" "You idiot, I'm not afraid that Brother Bao will cut you off." I smiled: "But how do you know what you will think of you in ten years? Maybe you in ten years will care, but you are now I just haven’t noticed it yet.” "Of course I don't know the future 100%, just like when I was dumped by Wanwan before, I thought my friend laughed at me for a while, but I didn't expect it to last for more than a year. Frankly speaking, I will regret it very much. , but since I didn't lose my temper at the beginning, I can't blame my friends, in fact, they didn't mean anything malicious." A Tuo scratched his head and smirked. "You were really pitiful at that time." I recalled his embarrassment in front of the crowd, his face and neck were flushed at that time. "Well, so thank you for saving me. Without you, I might still be stuck at the origin." A Tuo stretched out his hand, his eyebrows trembling. "Ha, did I tell you that every time you shake hands with me, you almost break my hand?" I held out my hand, and Tuo laughed. Of course, it was still a powerful handshake. <62> The next morning, Ah Tuo rode his motorcycle from Hsinchu to Taichung to report to Chenggong Ridge, leaving the house to Baijia and Carrot. He called and said that he had left his motorcycle at the home of a classmate who lived in Taichung, so he cut his haircut and went in to be a soldier. If the new training is over, he will come to Hsinchu to meet us for dinner. Coincidentally, brother also went to Chenggong Ridge at this time. "God bless, I hope he won't win the Golden Horse Award!" Wen Ling wrote to me on the Internet, and I shook my head and sighed. My brother’s lottery luck has always been very bad. When we were young, we went to the grocery store to draw lotteries. My brother would always get a thank you for your patronage, or an orange juice popsicle, and throw a wand in front of the ancestral tablet to ask questions. Playing the paper ticket vending machines in the amusement park, most of them will get a big prize. But this time, I think my brother is probably destined to cross the ocean, and even better, he is also the Marine Corps who is all-conquering and indomitable. "Hey, the summer vacation is so busy, do you want to find some time to learn to drive? If I really get the golden gate, the car will break down if I haven't driven it for a long time! If it breaks down, I will ask you to settle the score!" My brother handed over the car keys while packing his luggage. Throw it to me. "You also have self-knowledge that you will get the Golden Gate?" I accepted the key unceremoniously, and my heart jumped for joy. "Hey, at least there is a beautiful girl waiting for me in Taiwan, wow ha ha ha? Not like someone..." Brother laughed like an idiot. Brother is right. And when A Tuo went to Africa, there was also a beautiful girl waiting for him in Taiwan. After all, it was all a happy expectation. But some things are starting to get weird, especially with myself. "Recently, I've seen less and less lady boss." I said, looking at the small round table in front of the counter. "That's what it's like to be in love." Albus flipped through the comics without looking up. In the past, the proprietress used to lie on the counter and play with small things to pass the time, such as paper-cutting, rice carving, and building a house with straws. For a while, she even became obsessed with guessing mahjong tiles with her fingers, frowning all day long and muttering "a bird ?Flower card? "It's so cute. But now only the fat cat Sumatra, who can only eat bread and small cakes, and its slight snoring sound are left. "Do you think the proprietress will really be with Pei Xin? Will they get married?" I asked, and I was mixing the "Hobbit Gay Coffee" that Wang Luandian asked for. "What the hell?" Albus was more interested in comics than anything else. "No, your hobbit coffee and ice cream muffins are two hundred yuan. You don't always order ice cream muffins, they are so high in calories." I put the meals on the table and patted the king of chaos on the shoulder. Under the guidance of Albus, in the past two years, my understanding of coffee has become more and more profound. There are as many as forty kinds of coffee that I can brew under my hands, and I have also begun to try to brew my favorite comprehensive coffee.This is inevitable. 然而阿不思跟老板娘还潜移默化了我特异功能，就是随兴制造出客人乱点的咖啡，这需要了不起的勇气跟牵强附会的想象力。这，似乎已变成了本店去之不掉的特色。 「好啊，可是这是冰淇淋松饼吗？这是......蜂蜜松饼吧？」乱点王怪笑。 我低头一看，果然一点冰淇淋的影子都没有。 「最近常常发呆呴？交了男朋友呴？在思春呴？」乱点王继续怪笑着，捧起咖啡喝了一口，然后吐了出来，脸色大变。 「啊？不好喝吗？不可能吧？」我不信，虽然都是创意之作，但我对哈比人搞gay咖啡还是很有信心的。 「妳自己来！没吐出来的话我一定付钱！」乱点王赶紧用一旁的矿泉水漱口。 我狐疑地喝了一小口，立刻像喷泉一样将那怪东西吐出。 Oh my God!我刚刚到底在做什么？ 「妳将我刚刚嗑完的瓜子壳倒进去磨豆机了。」阿不思继续看着漫画，头还是没有抬起来。 「妈啦妳刚刚怎么不讲！」我摔倒，将瓜子壳咖啡倒在洗碗槽。 「我还以为妳要学老板娘的风格。好了，别吵。」阿不思手翻着漫画。 我呆呆地回想刚是怎么将瓜子壳当成咖啡豆倒进磨豆机打碎，但完全没有印象。 然后又怀疑自己怎么可能在冲热水时闻到怪味，但完全不可理解。 一切都匪夷所思，没有印象。 「对了，最近怎么都没看见妳那个没品味、每次都一口干掉咖啡的朋友来找妳啊？就那个叫阿拓的啊。」乱点王大口吃着蜂蜜松饼，只要是甜的他都爱吃。 「你才没有品味咧！」我瞪着他，手里做着新的哈比人咖啡。 「哈，那他去哪啦？回家放暑假啦？」乱点王问，舔着沾在叉子上的蜂蜜。 「他去当兵了啦。」我说。 阿拓才上成功岭两个礼拜，我就觉得浑身不对劲。 前天我一个人骑车到洗衣店想上楼吃顿大餐，但车子才一停下，我就觉得好奇怪。以前都是跟阿拓两个人一齐去吃，气氛都很热络自然，但现在我一个人，我突然觉得怎么样都不可能会有那种氛围。所以我再度发动野狼，就这么走了。 然后我要去找小才也怪怪的，虽然阿拓已经将小才的家教让给了我。 而且我也不太会下军棋，勇伯一边跟我赛棋，一边都在唉叹这次又要重头教起，我问为什么，才知道阿拓的棋艺也是被勇伯慢慢磨出来的。 暴哥那里反而好些，毕竟看电影就是看电影，我才不怕他咧。 而且阿拓说的对，暴哥除了砍人外，其实是个寂寞的家伙，也是最需要我替阿拓关心的人。阿拓走后我照例去看电影，暴哥虽然表面不说，但心底其实高兴的要死，每次我屁股还没坐下，他就去外面拎了我最常喝的珍珠奶茶回来。不过他其实不知道，阿拓才是最喜欢喝珍珠奶茶的人。 上礼拜我去游泳时遇到阿珠，她很怪，到现在还是只会水母漂跟一点点仰式。 我跟她说阿拓已经去当兵，也将她送她的胡萝卜交给未来的女朋友养。 阿珠很惊讶，说阿拓未来的女朋友不就是我吗？我说当然不是，是我的室友。 哪知道阿珠突然号啕大哭，说她还以为我们是一对、所以始终没有对阿拓施以她最拿手的疯狂倒追，白白失去一场好姻缘。 想起来就好笑，不过阿珠后来哭到连水母漂都不停呛水。 想起来，真是有点寂寞。 阿拓上成功岭后，我的生活一下子少了一半的快乐，被抽成半真空似的。 有时会卯起来猛发呆，例如那天看到阿珠崩溃后，我自己也游到撞墙！到现在额头还贴着撒隆巴斯。 「挪，这杯我请客，刚刚那杯抱歉啦！」我收拾乱点王刚刚吃完的瓷盘，递上新的咖啡。 「下次小心点啊！」乱点王爽快地接过，喝了一口。 然后又吐了出来，这次吐得满桌子都是。 「不会吧？」我错愕，歪着头看着阿不思。 「我刚刚抽没完的烟。」阿不思头也不抬，冷冷地抛下一句。 现在才两个礼拜，接下来是两年，看来还有得习惯。 <63> 暑假百佳回到台北短期打工的这段期间，胡萝卜暂时跟我住。 朝夕相处，我发觉胡萝卜真的是一条很像他朋友主人的狗，很独立，却也很爱交朋友，也很有义气。 他整天都在外面游荡，肚子饿的时候才会回来，自己到厨房试着打开冰箱找东西吃，有时候还会带别的野猫野狗回家，大快朵颐一顿后，又趾高气昂地领着那些猫朋狗友出去玩，累了才回家，玩得兴起就在外面过夜。 「看狗就可以知道主人是虾米款！你那个朋友一定很臭屁呴？」爸颇有兴味地看着胡萝卜，他正在客厅的电视上拉大便。 「他才不臭屁，臭屁的人养的狗最衰了。」我说：「阿拓是个很尊重朋友的人，所以他的朋友都很怪。」 「那妳也是其中一个喔？」爸哈哈大笑，胡萝卜毅然决然从电视机上跳下。 「对啊，阿拓说我拯救了他，还是个骑野狼的女生，还会很屌地用手放冲天炮！」我洋洋得意，拿着报纸包起电视上的大便。 又过了一个礼拜，有天晚上阿拓从成功岭上打电话给我，跟我约时间吃饭。 照理说新训几乎不可能有空闲跟机会跟外界连络，但我从不怀疑阿拓跟长官、同僚搏感情的能力，他在这方面简直就是装熟魔人。 「我九月五号新训结束，九月九号一大早就要启程去非洲啦！」阿拓在电话那头爽朗的声音。 「到底是去非洲哪里啊？南非吗？」我问，心情很好很好。 「南非跟我们又没有邦交，是甘比亚，甘地的甘，比赛的比，亚洲的亚，不过它在哪里我也搞不懂，反正去了就知道啦！希望可以看到狮子，哈哈！哈哈！」阿拓依旧笑的跟笨蛋一样。 「所以你五号回新竹，八号走啰？那我们约什么时候吃饭？顺便把胡萝卜带给你看，他最近在练大便，在我们家每个地方都拉了一把，超恐怖！」我哈哈笑。 「我五号还要去办点出国的手续，六号正好参加台北的大学同学会兼婚礼，那天我会住在同学家，就是我们社长阿爆啊，就是他要结婚了！真是太快了！」阿拓连珠炮地说，语气兴奋。 「那......那你什么时候回新竹？」我的心突然沉了下去，不是很高兴。 「八号晚上吧，那天正好是礼拜天，真的是太有口福了我！记得跟金刀婶强调一下喔，我要吃双倍的份！不过只能待在新竹几个小时就是了，我的飞机在九号凌晨就要出发，所以我吃完饭、看完老朋友以后就要骑车去中正机场噜。」阿拓越说越快。 「那七号呢？七号就可以回来了吧？」我闷闷的。 「七号下午我要去找以前在附中照顾我的福利社欧巴桑啊，考考她有没有忘记英文单字啰，晚上我想约百佳吃个饭，她应该在台北吧？妳帮我跟百佳约晚上七点在车站西三门好不好，我后面已经排了好几个人要打电话。」阿拓兴冲冲的说完满满的行程。 「嗯，好吧，那我们就礼拜天晚上见面，几点？有时间跟暴哥看场电影么？」我说，故意拿暴哥出来。 「就七点吧，我估计十点或十点半开始出发去机场，跟另外两个一起去甘比亚的役男会合，凌晨两点的飞机，我看只能去跟暴哥打声招呼了。」阿拓说：「好啦就这样，我要跟排长去偷泡面吃了，掰掰。」 电话结束。 我闷的不得了，不过还是立刻打了通电话给百佳。 百佳当然很高兴，还在电话里给我一记香艳的飞亲。 「妳觉得那天晚上我亲他怎么样？会不会很完美！」百佳的声音很雀跃，就像老电影真善美里扯开喉咙歌唱的修女。 「我怎么知道，我又没有接吻过。」我拍着额头。 「还是......嘻嘻！还是将他变成一个真正的男人？」百佳已经开始乱幻想了。 「啊？怎么变？」我不懂。 「我......我想把初夜给阿拓，就在他出国前。」百佳的声音只迟疑了一下。 I froze. 「这不太好吧？」我不知道该怎么说。 「我也不知道，不过我知道我不会后悔的。总之谢谢妳帮我约啰，之前我还在担心他会不会一下子就飞到国外了，现在我总算放心了。」百佳长吁了一口气。 我却倒吸了一口气。