Chapter 4 Chapter Four

Jiaqi didn't dare to tell Xu Shifeng that when she went to pick up people at the airport this spring, she had seen Lu Anqi in the waiting hall. Maybe that person wasn't Lu Anqi, maybe she just mistook the person, but she really looked like An Qi, she still had such a good figure, she was very eye-catching in the crowd, the so-called stand out from the crowd.Her long, naturally curly hair was cut short, and many large curls were attached to her head, lining her pair of water-cut pupils, making her look youthful, like a doll.The partner next to her is a tall and handsome Nordic man, busy taking care of a lot of luggage and a pair of extremely cute twin baby boys.

The pair of mixed-race little boys, with Angie's natural curly hair and jet-black eyes shining like gems, sucked bottles in the stroller, made noise, sucked fingers, kissed each other and fought, and then loudly at the same time. cry. An Qi gently comforted one of them, and the other grabbed her sleeve and babbled "MAMA". She smiled and kissed the two children in turn. The two beautiful mixed-race boys finally calmed down, each with their mouths in their mouths. The pacifier looks left and right.Their father smiled and kissed his wife on the cheek, talking softly to her. Jiaqi never stepped forward to disturb them, she just stood in the distance, staring silently.

That night, Jiaqi had a dream, dreaming of a clear autumn afternoon, the leaves of the sycamore outside the dormitory building were falling in large swaths, Chang Yuanyuan was still talking to Meiyun Xuxu, who was answering in the corridor wearing slippers? ?Walking by, the curtains were blown by the wind, and the sun was shining all over the place.Someone was playing a harmonica in the distance, the tune was intermittent, and it was hard to tell what song it was.Those familiar voices and the familiar environment make Jiaqi feel at ease, but the biggest worry in life is to take the extensive Spanish exam next week.

Since the breakup, Jiaqi has never dreamed of Meng Heping, probably because of no fate. In fact, it was predestined at first, because he didn't go to the same school as her, and she was still in her sophomore year, but he had just returned to China.He was forced to go to the prom that day by a high school classmate. Unexpectedly, a few days later, another friend had a birthday treat, and the two met again at the dinner table. Originally, Jiaqi didn't think of Meng Heping at all, because Chang Jianbo happened to be the boyfriend of her roommate Juanzi on her birthday, and she actually went to save the scene out of loyalty that day.

Later, Meng Heping kept feeling, saying that he really didn't expect you to be so good at drinking. Jiaqi just laughed. Meng Heping is a very good drinker. He was fed by his grandfather dipping chopsticks in white dry rice when he was a child. Before meeting the wedding, it is said that he had never met an opponent.And Jiaqi's native place is Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, where there are talented scholars and good wine.The most mellow flower carvings have to be hidden in the ground for eighteen years, and when the mud seal is opened, the fragrance will overflow.She is from Dongpu, an ancient town under the jurisdiction of Shaoxing, and her father has brewed wine all her life, so she has almost grown up in the aroma of wine since she was born.The parties involved, Shou Xing and Meng Heping, lost so badly in the boxing game that they were almost unconscious. She had no choice but to come out and help Chang Jianbo catch Meng Heping's tricks.

At first, Meng Heping didn't pay attention to her, thinking that this little girl was not worth mentioning, and finally realized that she had been fooled.After a few bottles of liquor, she just added a bit of spring to her brows and eyes.And she is a first-class expert in boxing guessing, and Meng Heping has always despised her for "seemingly loyal".At that time, she was the kind of girl who seemed very honest and well-behaved, and she knew it was unfathomable only after fighting. Qifeng and his opponent were both happy to drink, and when the last half bottle of wine was left, he said: "I have a cigarette first, can I?" On the box are printed large camellias and a very moving poem: "Meeting you for the first time is like returning from an old friend."

For some reason, Jiaqi suddenly felt a movement in her heart. He failed to find a fire, and she handed him a box of matches.He held the match in surprise, finally recognized her, and smiled: "So it's you." She also smiled: "Yes, it's me." Almost all the people present that day were drunk, some fell down, some fell down, and some people sang loudly, hitting their chopsticks and singing.The table was full of only the two of them who remained sober. The more Jia Qi drank, the brighter his eyes became. In the end, his eyes were about to flow, and he felt that he could no longer control himself. He knew in his heart that he had drunk too much.In fact, Meng Heping was almost drunk, and murmured: "Everyone is drunk, how can I go back later?" Jiaqi's mind was numb, and he could speak clearly: "Let's go back." Meng Heping said : "They can't walk back, and the two of us can't control them, let them lie here, and I will walk back with you." Jiaqi smiled: "Don't forget to pay, or the waiter won't let us go."

Later, Jiaqi kept asking: "Meng Heping, why do you like me?" Meng Heping thought about it for a while, and then said: "You are so smart, you are drunk and still thinking about telling me to pay the bill first, can an honest person like me not be fooled by you?" Jiaqi completely forgot what she had said. She just remembered that there was a strong wind that night, and the night in late autumn was very cold. Walking on the avenue of the campus, she chatted nonchalantly with Meng Heping.Half of the school's street lights are always broken, and you can only see a little orange light after a long distance, like the eyes of the night, warm and peaceful.Later he asked, "Are you cold?" Before she could answer, he took off his coat and put it on for her.The clothes still carried his body temperature, a faint strange smell, stained with the fragrance of wine.Her hands are covered in long and big sleeves, like a child wearing grown-up clothes, but she has a strange irony.The fleece lining is so soft, maybe it's really drunk, not the warmth of the body, the warm feeling seems to be in the chest, seeping into it bit by bit.

They talked a lot, from secretly throwing away fat at lunch in kindergarten, to drawing a 38-point line at the same table in elementary school, singing against the teacher in junior high school, to filling out volunteers for the college entrance examination and fighting against their families. They are like-minded in everything.When it comes to happiness, Jiaji likes to gesture, so she flicked her long sleeves like a water sleeve in an opera.He likes to steal her talk, Jiaqi drank too much wine, only felt thirsty, and then still wanted to talk, and was willing to listen to him, the two of them kept talking like that, and it was funny to him, I don't know where it came from so much Words, just to keep talking.At last he arrived at the downstairs of her dormitory, and he saw that there was still light in the shop window, so he said to her, "Wait a minute."

He knocked on the door of the store and bought two bottles of yogurt. She gulped it down happily like a child, feeling like jade dew.Without saying a word, he handed her another bottle. "You don't drink?" "I bought them all for you." She groaned, a little embarrassed, and just scratched the sealing plastic with the tube.He took it again, inserted it silently for her, and handed it back to her without making a sound. She bit the tube and sucked on the yogurt silently. The yogurt is cold and thick, so thick that the yogurts of the season can be piled up.So she drank very slowly. For some reason, the yogurt was not sour, but very sweet.

He said, "My name is Meng Heping, what's your name?" She was a little funny, and they haven't exchanged names yet: "Jiaqi, Yujiaqi." He asked: "Is it a good day for 'Good Days Like a Dream'?" "Yes." She suddenly felt a little embarrassed, Jiaqi Rumeng, these four words happened to have her name and his last name, but he didn't mean it. It was already past the lights-out time, and the courtyard door outside the dormitory building was closed. He looked at the iron gate and asked, "How do you plan to get in?" She seemed to be mischievous all of a sudden: "Of course I turned it over." Throwing the empty yogurt box into the trash can, she clapped her hands: "Look here." Her agility is astonishing, she climbed up the iron teeth in three steps, stepped on the iron gate more than two meters high, and waved to him: "Good night!" After a few steps, she climbed down After passing through the iron gate, the silver-gray figure hopped and hopped, gradually disappearing into the dark tree shadows. Meng Heping always remembered that she was wearing her own clothes, a long silver-gray casual coat, stepping on such a high iron gate, holding the iron rail with one hand, and waving the other hand triumphantly at him.The background is a night sky as thick as black velvet, without a moon, and there are many silver-like stars in the sky. The wind is very strong and cold, which makes her long hair disheveled, and the sharp jewel-like eyes on her face are even more pointed. , those eyes were brighter than the cold stars in the sky, as if rays of light were splashing out.She smiled mischievously, showing a small canine tooth on the left, like a child, more like an elf, who slipped out and fell into the world of mortals by mistake, looking down on the mortal world, he looked up at it for a long time without knowing it. When Jiaqi returned to the dormitory, she realized that she had forgotten to return the coat to Meng Heping. The coat was still clean, but she washed it for him anyway.Hanging on the balcony, it exudes the fragrance of the sun.Juanzi sighed when he saw the clothes, and smiled maliciously: "Why don't you send them back?" Jia Qi said generously: "I'll send it to him when there is no class tomorrow afternoon. I don't know where he lives." Juanzi smiled and said, "You don't know where he lives, but I do." He told her the address one by one, and all he had to do was draw a sketch map with a pen and paper.Juanzi smacked his lips and said, "Because I let you wear the clothes, I caught a cold and have a fever." Jiaqi didn't believe it, and Juanzi became anxious: "Why did I lie to you? If you don't believe me, go and see for yourself. It's really heartless." .” There was a reading class in the afternoon, but Jiaqi had already walked halfway and turned back to the dormitory, put down the textbook and picked up the dress, and finally decided to skip class to see Meng Heping. In fact, the two schools are not far apart, the east gate of her school is just across the road from the west gate of his school.But he lived in the East District, the school was too big, and the dormitory building was hard to find. She walked around the campus until she was sweating all over, and finally found it.After knocking on the door for a long time, no one answered, and someone poured out from the next bedroom, looking at her suspiciously: "Excuse me, who are you looking for?" She was a little embarrassed: "Does Meng Heping live in 409?" "He was sick, went to the hospital for an injection, and just left." Unexpectedly, she was really sick, and Jiaqi couldn't help feeling a little guilty, thinking, anyway, the affiliated hospital is not far from here, so why not go over there to have a look.So she went to the hospital. There were many people in the injection area, noisy voices, the sound of the TV, and the cry of children... She looked for Meng Heping among the rows of seats, and finally saw a man hanging in the corner. On an IV, he looked a bit like Meng Heping, buried in the newspaper. She sat down next to him, and it took him a while to look up and glance at her inadvertently. She smiled at him, and he couldn't help smiling too. Both of them felt a little silly, but he was still very happy, looked at her and smiled, the two of them sat side by side, but became silent for some reason, and finally a classmate of his passed by and greeted him: "Hey, are you here too? " "Yes, I have a fever." The classmate saw Jiaqi: "Hey, with a girlfriend by my side, I'm happy even if I have a fever." Jiaqi couldn't help but blushed, Meng Heping smiled, and the classmate left without saying anything. It started like this, the two of them cycled around the campus on Saturdays and Sundays - from her school to his school, he didn't have many classes, and occasionally came to their school to listen to the class, and followed her in professional classes in a serious manner.Like all lovers, go to the cafeteria to buy food together and bask in the sun on the lawn. Even the sun was crystal clear at that time. It wasn't until the winter vacation that he sent her to the train that she felt reluctant. Although it was only over a month, she still couldn't see him. During the Spring Festival travel season, the train tickets were so tight, he still asked someone to get a sleeper berth, and bought a lot of fruit and snacks for her to eat on the way.She slept alone in the narrow lower bunk, with a Walkman plugged in her ears, and kept eating snacks, as if she would feel sad when she stopped talking.He bought a lot of her favorite beef jerky, and she kept chewing until her tongue was blistered.Karen Mok's voice in the earphones kept singing: "The fruit of this midsummer, the fragrance of love in memories, I thought there was no trace, but the longing was overflowing. Maybe this represents my heart, don't deliberately say that you still love me, when you see the tide Ebb and flow, as long as you remember me. If you will dream of me, please hold me tight..." The train rattled and rattled, heading south, heading south, in the middle of the night, there was a dark silence in the carriage.Occasionally passing by the brightly lit platform, a ray of light will seep through the gap in the curtains.The train stopped for a moment, then galloped forward again.Everyone in the carriage gradually fell asleep, but she couldn't sleep, so she got up to make instant noodles.Taking out Master Kong's big bowl, I saw a fat little pig drawn with a luminous pen on it, with a circle around its tail. Meng Heping's characters were always written in big characters, and that line was even bigger. There was a glowing green light: "Little pig, little pig, eat more fruits, no instant noodles." She laughed until tears fell down. It was already dark when we arrived in Shaoxing, it was raining and snowing, and it was very cold.The lights inside and outside the platform were brightly lit, and the voices of people were noisy.She found a public phone to call him, but no one answered the phone in his dormitory for a long time, and he never answered the call. Maybe he went home, so she had to drag her luggage out of the station first. It was midnight when I got home, and she always slept very soundly at home. She slept until noon the next day, and was finally woken up by the phone.Her father went to work, and there was no one at home. She got up to pick it up, and said "Hello" under the blanket. It turned out to be Meng Heping. .” She couldn't turn her head around, Dongpu was cold?There is no heating indoors in Dongpu. Of course it is cold, but it is not as cold as in the north, right?etc!Is Dongpu cold? !How did he know that Dongpu was cold? Wrapped in a blanket, she ran to the window and saw Meng Heping standing in the small yard, waving at her. It was still raining, and he didn't open an umbrella. He was so cold that he breathed in, and exhaled large clouds of white mist from his mouth.Surrounded by everything she is familiar with, the white walls and black tiles around, the old wooden building has turned black, orchids are planted in the small bluestone courtyard, and he is standing beside the orchids, the cold rain in the south in winter, It seemed that there was an unreal trance, and she couldn't help asking: "Why are you here?" He raised his face and smiled at her. After he entered, she asked again: "Why are you here?" He didn't bring much luggage, so he carried a small travel bag, bought a new mobile phone, and told her the number.She went to her room and took out the diary, and wrote down his mobile phone number.Only then did he look at her home, which was very old and tidy.There are exquisite carvings on the window lattices. I don't know when the building was built. There is a river under the back window. There are boats babbling by, and the boats are full of wine urns.Looking out from the half-open window, there are black and white bridges with gray walls in the distance. Someone walks on the bridge with an umbrella, as sparse and light as ink and wash.But here is not like Xitang, there is no trace of tourism development in the town.In the sparse cold rain in winter, there are few pedestrians, and occasionally the sound of sculls outside the window is heard, and some of them only have a kind of homely warmth.He watched her walking back and forth, busy wiping his hair with a dry towel, pouring hot tea for him, turning out his hot water bottle, filling it with hot water for him to hold.He asked again, "Have you eaten?" "I miss you." She was a little embarrassed, walked over to open the refrigerator and looked around: "How about I fry an egg and fried rice for you?" "it is good." He ate three bowls in one go, and she was really afraid that he would be overwhelmed, so she broke grapefruits for him to digest.The skin was too thick, and it was torn off piece by piece. The first piece was the hardest. He stood up to help, and broke it off with his hands.The cold fragrance of grapefruit radiated in the air. He took a bite and said, "Sour." She said, "I'll taste it." He just picked up a piece and before tearing it off, his lips fell on hers. Incredibly soft. He had never kissed her before, and this was the first time. In fact, they had only known each other for more than two months. She could not help but tremble slightly. There was only the aroma of grapefruit between his lips and teeth, which was actually sweet. Finally he let her go, there was a grandmother by the river who was washing clothes, and the pestle was beating loudly, her heart was beating wildly, as if someone inside was also beating the pestle.She blushed as if she was about to burn, grabbed his collar, stood on tiptoe and quickly kissed him on the face. Those few days in the small town were very leisurely and happy. Jiaqi took him to the winery where his father worked to watch wine making. When he saw the pile of wine vats, he couldn't help sighing: "No wonder you can drink so well." She secretly smiled. The ancient town of Dongpu is the birthplace of rice wine, and nine out of ten of the so-called Shaoxing flower carvings come from here.In fact, Huadiao has a long stamina. Jiaqi's father likes Meng Heping very much, because he drinks very calmly. Jiaqi's father said: "Wine quality is like character." Meng Heping didn't ask why she didn't have a mother. At dusk, she took Meng Heping to Xu Xilin's former residence. There were hardly any people there. The deserted old house, several courtyards, light orchids and sparse bamboos, looked like scenes from old movies. The light and shadow were the overlapping of old times.It was very cold and raining, and he kept holding her hand. There was no tour guide in the former residence, so she read to him the instructions on the nameplate, and the two walked slowly. She finally told him: "My mother left when I was very young, and I never saw her." Meng Heping held her hand, breathed to keep her warm, and listened to her carefully. "After a fight with my classmates, I realized that my mother left with someone else. I'm not sad, but I feel a little regretful, really. I thought about it, it was really rare to have her courage in that era. Although she left Kill me, but I don't hate her." She spoke poorly and was a little incoherent, but he understood and didn't say anything else, but kissed her forehead lightly. She felt very at ease because of him.