Flight of the Bumblebee

After eating lunch at Niu Niu's house, He Qi was in a particularly good mood, and it was rare for him to ask Xing Yan if he wanted to go out for a stroll.

At noon, he was worried that it was too hot outside, the sun was shining, and it was not a good time to go out.Sister Wang also said that there was a high temperature warning today, and advised them to wait until the heat passed in the afternoon before going out.The two of them stayed at her house for an afternoon, Xing Yan taught piano for a while in the bedroom, and Niuniu went to bed.Sister Wang was doing housework, and she didn't want to help, but she declined, and the two of them had nothing to do but sat on the sofa in the living room and watched boring TV dramas.

He Qi's rental house didn't have a TV set, how could he have the money to afford such high-end gadgets.And how can an Internet-addicted teenager like him in the new era be able to enjoy the family carnival theaters and movies and TV shows that middle-aged and elderly people love.An urban romantic comedy film as long as a foot wrap was playing on the TV screen, but seeing the number of episodes on the left side of the screen, He Qi was almost scared to death.After watching silently for a while, the protracted plot, the hero and heroine who have no acting skills, and the incomprehensible dialogue, his eyes gradually seemed to be dead, the same as when I watched "Bear Infested" with Niuniu a few days ago.

"Let go of her! You have no right to touch her!" The male number one walked over in a rage-like manner, and snatched the female number one from the second male number's hand in an exaggerated manner.

"XXX, don't do this." The female number one tried hard to make an expression of pity for me, and begged the male number one who was holding her hand.

"Hmph!" The second male on the side snorted coldly through his nostrils, squeezed an unknown number of bottles of mousse and swung his shiny head over to ask the first female: "Do you want to go with him or Come with me!"

In the next scene, the camera zoomed out meaninglessly, giving a panoramic view of this triangle relationship. The background sound "咚咚咚" rang three times, trying very hard to create a sense of tension for the audience.

He Qi wanted to say "hehe" to those three people on TV with a blank face, how familiar the plot, how familiar the use of the lens, how invariably the same routine, he dare to say that he has watched TV series like this since he was a child. There are no fewer than twenty.After so many years, the industry still seems to be stuck a few years ago, with no growth.Fortunately, he didn't have a TV. After a tiring day at work, he turned on the TV and saw all these things. It's hard to guarantee that he wouldn't pick up the folding chair angrily and smash the screen.

Sister Wang was mopping the floor beside the sofa, and when she saw the TV series on TV, she stopped with interest.He Qi asked her if she was following this drama.Sister Wang smiled and said that whenever she had time to watch this, Niuniu was watching it. When she was alone at home, she would just sit on the sofa for a long time as long as she turned on the TV.He Qi turned around and asked Xing Yan in a low voice: "Why doesn't Niuniu ask you to come down to accompany her every day? You let her be alone?" Xing Yan looked at him and shook his head, saying that he didn't know. The electricity is switched off, and the TV cannot be watched.Sister Wang explained that occasionally she worked overtime at night, came back and went out again, and before it was time to go to bed, she let her sit on the sofa and watch TV to pass the time.How strange said: "Why didn't she ask you to go down at night." Xing Yan shook his head again.

He said to Sister Wang: "Otherwise, let Niuniu come up at night, I may work overtime sometimes, but this guy—" He pointed to Xing Yan and said: "He is always here."

Sister Wang said that she told Niu Niu not to run up there.She smiled wryly and said: "It's already troublesome for you during the day, I will come back late after working overtime, because I have to sort out the goods, I'm sorry to trouble you again. And you have to go to work the next morning, Niuniu is tired of watching and just sits on the sofa I fell asleep, and you'll be fine."

Perhaps because of seeing He Qi's sudden ecstasy, Xing Yan stood up and offered to help Sister Wang with housework. This time she didn't refuse again, but asked him to help bring in the quilt hanging on the balcony outside.There are three people in a room, and he is too embarrassed to just sit on the sofa.He Qi also stood up afterwards, but Sister Wang jokingly told him that she had no work for him.He Qi had no choice but to sit back on the sofa and continue to accept the torment of the TV series.

Xing Yan raised his voice on the balcony and said, "Do you want to put the clothes in by the way? I think it's done!"

"Then take it in, sorry for your trouble!" Sister Wang bent over and shouted out while dragging the place under He Qi's feet.He Qi was wearing slippers, hugging his knees, curled up on the sofa, and only put his feet down when she finally finished dragging.

Xing Yan happened to come in and saw this scene, and he caught his smile. He stood at the entrance and exit of the balcony holding a bundle of quilt and clothes that exuded the smell of sunshine. He couldn't hold back his laughter, and stared at him resentfully. , complained: "What are you laughing at?"

He didn't dare to laugh at him, so he tried his best to put away his smile, walked to the sofa, and asked Sister Wang where these things were kept.Sister Wang let go of the mop in her hand, hugged the quilt over, and said that I will put it away, you sit on the sofa, and I will make you two glasses of watermelon juice.

He Qigong said there was no need to bother. He looked at the clock on the wall and said that they were going out later, and the watermelon juice might not be available.

Sister Wang said how could this work, the weather outside was so hot, it would be nice to drink a cup to cool off the heat.He couldn't resist her, so he had to drag Xing Yan back to the sofa.Sister Wang put the quilt on the bed in the bedroom and went to the kitchen to prepare before she had time to tidy it up.She took out half a large watermelon from the refrigerator, cut the flesh of the watermelon into small pieces and put it into the food processor, added half a cup of cold boiled water, and pressed the switch. The strong motor sound rumbled in the room. Thinking back to when I heard this sound before, I thought it was the renovation of the house downstairs, but it turned out to be just the sound of a cooking machine in the small kitchen.He looked around at this well-equipped rental house. There were refrigerators, TVs, and washing machines. It was obviously not affordable for a divorced mother who worked in a clothing store. Could it be that these electrical appliances were all brought in? Their living conditions in the past It shouldn't be too bad.

With doubts and curiosity, He Qi asked, "Are all these furniture brought with you?"

Sister Wang poured the squeezed watermelon juice into the cup and told him that it belonged to the landlord.

Juicer too?he asks.

Miss Wang nodded.

The rent should be quite a lot.He Qi said with emotion.

Sister Wang smiled instead: "It's quite a lot. I can't even afford a month's salary. Do you want to move in and share the rent with me?" The tone of the second half of the sentence was obviously joking, so He Qi also smiled.

She brought the two cups to the coffee table, then sat on the sidelines and looked at them, like a caring big sister, He Qi's cousins ​​also have similar people.Her age seems to be younger than Xing Yan, but she is definitely older than He Qi, after all, her children are so old.In terms of experience, he is naturally much more mature than Xing Yan, the oldest of the three.Not to mention Sister Wang, even He Qi felt that he was the more mature of the two most of the time.The closed nature of his growth environment created his character, and at the same time gave him a pure heart.But to put it nicely, it’s called simplicity, and at worst, it’s naive.Childishness of a man in his late twenties is terrifying, but He Qi didn't realize it at this time, even Xing Yan himself didn't realize it.

After drinking the juice, they went out.Xing Yan asked him where he wanted to go, but he didn't know where to go after thinking about it for a long time.He rarely went out to dinner with friends, and rarely watched movies in the cinema.Obviously the two are living in a big city, but where to have fun has become a headache.Other young people who lived in the same era as He Qi would certainly not have such problems. He seemed to be out of place in the eccentric city with no entertainment at all.Actually it is.

The two of them walked aimlessly on the street, and before they knew it, they came to the Baishui bridge where they met at the beginning.At first, Xing Yan couldn't recognize where this place was, until He Qi let out a burst of laughter, and he asked him strangely what he was laughing at. He Qi pointed to the white bridge across the river not far away and said to Xing Yan: "I am the When I saw you for the first time, I thought it was a gorilla that escaped from some zoo."

Xing Yan looked in the direction he was pointing at, and was filled with emotions for a moment. He bit his lip and said, "Is it that exaggerated?"

"Of course, you don't know how scary you looked at that time. It was so dark at night. I worked overtime very late, and I was so tired that I almost fell asleep on the road. Suddenly I saw a black figure standing on the bridge with hair It’s that—so long, to be honest, it’s kind of scary.”

"But you came anyway."

"Yes, I really admire myself."

Unbearable memories of the past are casually brought up like gossip.The strange thing is that Xing Yan no longer feels the feeling of standing on the railing and facing the rushing river.He looked at He Qi, his eyes were full of gratitude and other emotions.Why didn't he see this, he walked in front, and talked with interest about what he did in the company the night we met, what his colleagues said to him, and what he saw on the road before meeting him what, and so on.

Xing Yan also told him that before he met him, he ran into a stall selling pancakes and fruits on the road at night, and the people who avoided him along the way, when He Qi heard that the bus almost hit him, their faces were full. Waving his fists angrily, he complained loudly to the bad-tempered bus driver.Xing Yan smiled, He Qi showed a childish side in front of him so rarely, they almost forgot that He Qi was only 23 years old this year, a young guy who just came out of society.No matter how much he was taught to be a mature and stable man, the student spirit in him has not had time to fade away.If he was really a mature and stable adult, he would have learned to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages long ago, and he would have avoided Xing Yan from a distance when he saw Xing Yan, and there would be nothing later.

Xing Yan suggested: "Let's walk on the bridge."

He Qi hesitated instead, the worry on his face was evident.

Xing Yan said again: "I'm fine, really. I won't jump in front of you."

"What you said..." He Qi had a stiff smile on his face: "It sounds like a threat."

"Is there?" Xing Yan blinked innocently at him.

He Qi let out a long breath, and they walked up the steps to Baishui Bridge.Xing Yan has been holding on to the railing. The Baishui Bridge in the daytime reflects dazzling light in the afternoon sun. The river below is not clear, but there are many plankton groups visible to the naked eye, swaying deep green.

The air was filled with the smell of burnt weeds, there was no shelter on the Baishui Bridge, and after a while He Qi was sweating profusely.They got off the bridge and sat on a park bench on the opposite bank, enjoying the shade under the shade of a tree.There were cicadas singing from the bushes behind, and elementary school students not far away, each with a net, were making noise in the grass.He Qi didn't think this was a good place to rest, but Xing Yan said it was summer vacation.

"How did you spend your summer vacation before?" He Qi asked him.

"How did you live?" Xing Yan tried hard to remember, he said: "In an air-conditioned house, I watched my peers play in the garden through the window."

"It sounds terrible." He Qi said without thinking.

"What about you, how did you spend your summer vacation?"

"I'm at home." He Qi said, "We don't have much fun there. We just hide in the house and watch TV all day during the summer vacation. Occasionally, I go to the beach with my friends. Have I mentioned to you that my family lives by the beach?"

Xing Yan shook his head, he really seldom mentioned his own affairs, and Xing Yan was the same, and it was even worse, he never mentioned his past, only said that he was a pianist who gave concerts before.He Qi knew nothing about him more than he knew about He Qi.

"Going to the beach is nothing fun, just a group of people stripping naked and jumping down to play in the water, or looking for crabs on the rocks. It only takes one afternoon to burn you into black charcoal, so when the school starts, everyone will be dark. "He said it was not fun, but his eyes were full of nostalgia.Xing Yan suddenly had the desire to talk, he looked at He Qi's side face, looked into his eyes, and recalled his imperfect childhood.He had made a silent comparison with Niu Niu in his heart, now that he heard He Qi's story, he felt that the past was not really unbearable.What he experienced was nothing but mediocre, not happiness, but definitely not a tragic past.

Those were just his life.