Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Which building is the Drum Tower?

A girl like Zhu Zhu is small and exquisite, with a soft voice, and in your polite words, she can be grasped gracefully.But, are you willing to hold it, it will be broken when you hold it, and you are even reluctant to touch it, for fear that it will disappear if you touch it.Zhu Zhu has invited me many times, but this is the first time I went to her home.I didn't go because I couldn't invite her back.Yuejinfang in the eastern suburbs will reveal its secrets as soon as you go there. How can a dilapidated red brick building be a luxurious general's mansion? ! Zhu Zhu's family lives in Gulou South Street, a secluded place in the city center, just like Zhu Zhu is in a chaotic bubble, it is a small quiet spot.Gulou South Street is a stretch of black brick and tile houses, the streets are very narrow, and the street lights are also dim. No matter day or night, the shadows of old locust trees are spread in large chunks, as thick as ink splashed all over the floor.There used to be a drum tower here in ancient times, but now the sound of drums can no longer be heard.There was no sound of drums, but passers-by were asked to point and guess which building was the real drum tower in the past.In these streets and alleys, there are many small buildings rising from the ground, similar to bunkers or chimneys. God knows if there is a big drum hidden inside?People today always like to make riddles for themselves, just like the emperors in ancient times loved to make mazes for themselves. The newspaper said that the archaeological team has been looking for a big drum, and now they have found a pair of drumsticks.Who knows, is it true or not, is it hype again?Zhu Zhu said that he had never seen any archaeological team.

Zhu Zhu's home is on the second floor of a small building. The stairs twist and turn in the dark, stretching timidly upwards. Once entering the corridor, I feel cold and wet.I sneezed loudly, and two small yellow light bulbs lit up, brightly.Zhu Zhu held my hand, her little hand was so warm and soft.She looked very embarrassed, and she said, it is not as good as your family, so you should treat it as an experience of civilian life.My face suddenly burned badly, but luckily the lights were dim, and I faltered, so Zhu Zhu couldn't see it.I have lied to the general for several years, but this time when I heard Zhu Zhu say that, it was like being spit all over my face by her.

At the door of Zhu Zhu's house, an old woman came out and held Zhu Zhu's hand, her eyes were wet, she looked like she was reunited after the war.I guessed that this was Zhu Zhu's grandmother, who was about to call her mother-in-law, when Zhu Zhu said, Mom, this is He Feng, my best classmate at the same table.Do you think she looks like a tomboy? She has the size, cowboys, and boots.Zhu Zhu waved her delicate little fist, and swung her mother's tears out all at once. Zhu Zhu's mother turned to stare at me with tears in her eyes, a few tears fell on the back of her hand, but she couldn't say a word.I also opened my eyes wide, really dumbfounded.

Zhu Zhu's father also came out. He is naturally an old man, and he and his wife are like twin sisters. He looks like a kind-hearted old woman, not at all like a former policeman who got drunk and ran wild on his wife's bed.He rubbed his hands and kept saying, Zhu Zhu, Zhu Zhu, please come to the table. To be honest, I hadn't woken up from my stupid state at that time.Is there an idiom called Ru in a dream?If so, I really am in a dream.Who would believe that Zhu Zhu lied, but her story of my heroism was as simple as an understatement.Who wouldn't believe that she was lying, that her father was really a drunken sadist?

Until now, I have not fully guessed Zhu Zhu.Yes, it's guessing riddles.The seemingly simplest math problem is probably the most difficult to solve. Isn't it that 1+1=2 has not been proven yet?Zhu Zhu is such a girl, the more times she is proven, the more doubts she has.What is she doing to prove her? Aren’t we using the conclusion of 1+1=2 all the time? For Zhu Zhu, I just know that she is sincerely treating me well.Zhu Zhu didn't like boys, her father abused her mother, and her grandfather beat her grandmother angrily, these were just a few reasons she could give.She couldn't tell the reason why she couldn't tell, so how could I?Yes, that's what I think now.then?At that time, I was in a dream, I didn't think anything, really, we were only eighteen years old that year.

Zhu Zhu's family and I began to eat very quietly.On the small white round table, there is a pot of soup with boiled radish and sliced ​​meat, a bowl of braised rapeseed moss, and a plate of scrambled tender eggs with tomatoes.Zhu Zhu's father said that scrambled tender eggs with tomatoes is what Zhu Zhu eats every day.Her mother used a wooden spoon to scoop out a lot of radishes and meat for me. The meat was as big as a palm, but translucent, half thin and half fat. I chewed it like tofu.Zhu Zhu said, you have eaten three bowls of rice, now you can only drink soup.I just drank two bowls of soup.The soup was very hot, and it made my intestines ache very comfortably.Zhu Zhu then pushed the scrambled eggs with tomatoes in front of me and said, eat them all.I tried not to show my greediness, but I still swallowed it gulpingly. I forgot the taste, and only remembered that it was similar to tofu nao, probably with some sour aftertaste.

After removing the table, Zhu Zhu pulled me into her room.She laughed at me for eating so intently that I didn't even say a word during the meal.I was scratching my head like an embarrassed man, I really can't remember what I said.That's right, it must be that there are too many instant noodles in my stomach, and I am so greedy.I just said that when I was a child, my father taught me that when you go to someone’s house as a guest, the more you eat, the happier the host will be, and the more polite you will be. Zhu Zhu said, how refreshing it is to be a general after all.Where the hell is your dad's army?

This is what I had thought about a long time ago, I said, he came back from Turkey, on the southern front, Unit 95968. Zhu Zhu asked casually, what are you doing? Even Tao Tao asked this question, and my answer was the same, I said, troop commander.Those who asked the question stopped talking. This answer is mysterious and reliable, because it is absolutely militarized.The person asking the question is not trying to knock me down, but to show off me, and that is enough.Troop commander, is there anything more telling than troop commander? However, Zhu Zhu didn't stop there, she said, can I go to your house to play?

I have always refused such requests, but at this time and here, I just had a big meal, how can I say "no"?I suddenly felt itchy in my throat, so I coughed violently, holding my chest so hard that my eyes were blurred with tears, and I couldn't even breathe.At that moment, I did have a thought, maybe I underestimated Zhu Zhu at all, her scheming, cunning, grasp of the fire, and insight into the bullshit things in the school, how can I compare to her?I took a sneak peek at her by wiping my eyes with my sleeve, but she looked so pitiful, pure and innocent, with her little mouth upturned, looking at me expectantly.I suddenly felt despicable again, with a villainous heart, wronged this watery little girl who really needed my protection.

I said, when my dad comes back, I will pick you up to play. She asked timidly, would he like me? I stood up and paced the room, my marine boots rattling on the floor, and I seemed to have gained a bit of general air.The red paint on the floor had peeled off but had been scrubbed clean.There are only two rooms in Zhu Zhu's house, and all the furniture is wiped clean. Everything, such as tables and chairs, sofas, teacups, mirror frames, curtains, and a pot of Su Xinlan on the window sill, are all pitiful. Like Zhu Zhu, exquisite, gentle, exuding a humble and friendly light.Zhu Zhu was sitting on the sofa. She took off her coat and was wearing a thin black cashmere sweater. As if she was afraid of the cold, she stretched her two small hands to her mouth and kissed gently.I was surprised to find that the delicate Zhu Zhu's breasts were so full, like two little bunnies stuffed under a sweater. I don't know when she grew up, gained weight, and almost jumped up and down.I was a little lost in thought, but Zhu Zhu didn't realize it, just quietly waiting for my answer.But in that short while, I suddenly forgot what Zhu Zhu asked, and I just felt that I was fucking a little anxious.

Poor Zhu Zhu repeated the question again.She said, will your dad like me? I came back to my senses, waved my hand, and said, who doesn't like you!Everyone will like you. Zhu Zhu pursed her lips and smiled, as if relieved.She also said, your father is as tall and handsome as you, and he is still so young? I just said "um", but I was actually thinking in my heart, shit, my father grew up in the countryside, malnourished, with thinning hair, and when he joined the army, he was only as tall as a rifle with a bayonet inserted.My mother is the strongest in the family. She is as strong as a Hetao horse walking upright. It is a typical Northeast breed and can carry a gas tank through a neighborhood without panting.Zhu Zhu sighed again, exactly like the sighs of those little beauties in the movies.She said, I have never seen my parents look young, as long as I can remember, they began to grow old. I smiled, even if you are old, your father still has the strength to torture your mother. Zhu Zhu pursed her mouth, she said, that's why you should believe that men are stinky men. I blurted out, are you picked by them?As soon as I said it, I regretted it.It's a goddamn question for anyone. However, Zhu Zhu smiled lightly, and she said, no, I was not picked, I am their old son.My mother has been a primary school teacher all my life, and my father has been a household registration policeman all his life. They are both retired, and they still treat me like a primary school student, or a little blind. I'm afraid that Zhu Zhu and Luo Li will have endless questions, such as how many soldiers my father has under his command, and what is my mother doing... Isn't it going to be a gangster?I was the first to block her back with words, and I said, I would like to invite Tao Tao to McDonald's tomorrow.You said, will he go? Zhu Zhu said that he would not go. Zhu Zhu spoke so calmly and without thinking, which made me a little dazed.I said, if I call you, Ali, and a few little brothers, will he go? Zhu Zhu said that he still wouldn't go. I found that my nose was sore all of a sudden, and I said, why? Zhu Zhu stared at me for a while, then turned her head out of the window, she said, I can't tell.Things are getting more and more complicated.Perhaps, Tao Tao is not as stupid as you.Zhu Zhu's eyes glistened with water.I suddenly felt so uncomfortable that I put my schoolbag on my back, and I said, I'm leaving.too late. Zhu Zhu said it was too late.The bus has been closed and it is not safe anywhere.Just live here and share a bed with me.She drooped her eyelids, revealing her long eyelashes and that completely hopeless retention.I can't see her acting like this the most, making me want to be a mother-in-law too.I said, I did.I have to go, Dad wants to talk to me on the phone tonight. Zhu Zhu didn't send me off.The sound of marine boots sounded exaggerated and long on the dark stairs.When I got downstairs, I took out a knife from my schoolbag with my backhand.It was the hunting knife that Tao Tao gave me on my eighteenth birthday.I pulled the hunting knife out of its sheath, and there was a chirping sound, and the blade gave off a nice metallic smell in the dark, like the cold scent of flowers.I clenched it with my backhand, caged it in my sleeve, and walked back towards my home. Sometimes I carry a knife with me, sometimes I don't.The idea of ​​carrying a knife is often only temporary.For example, when I am about to go out, I feel that the schoolbag is too light and has no weight, so I put a knife in to press the schoolbag.Anyway, the knife was under the pillow, so it was very convenient to get it.Isn't it weird that the newspapers are always criticizing students' schoolbags for being too heavy and mine for being too light? There was wind in the street, and there was still light rain, and the thin leaves of the old locust tree flew like snowflakes.I dug out several pockets, and only got together two dollars and thirty-five cents.I thought, all I have is this money, I can't play it.My mother has been away for more than 20 days, and the Master Kong 120 she left for me has been eaten three days ago, and the money she left for me is only two yuan and thirty-five cents.I guess my mother is coming back soon, she said that this time the business is done, we will have a lot of money, and we will become rich.Who knew, that's what Mom said.But now I have to walk step by step back to Yuejinfang in the eastern suburbs.It takes ten minutes to walk from Gulou South Street to Shisangen Paulownia Tree, and it takes half an hour to drive from Shisangen Paulownia Tree to Yuejinfang by bus.I turned up my collar and walked back patiently.Although the cold wind was blowing, I walked more and more warmly, and the hand holding the handle of the knife was still sweating.I was thinking about Maimed in my mind so I could stop thinking about Tao Tao.Once Memed lost a battle and walked for three days and three nights on the edge of the desert without dying.His friend found him, and he said, look, I've become a camel. Camels in the desert are immortal.Poor Memed.