innocent year

1997 is a very special year for many people.A lot of great things happened this year.For example, Dolly, the world's first cloned sheep, was born in Scotland; Hong Kong returned smoothly under people's enthusiastic expectations; Princess Diana died in a car accident.

Regardless of whether the results are ideal or not, the many "test ducks" of that year all got the answers they had struggled for for 8 years in early August.

Some people are happy, some are sad, and some are preparing to repeat their studies. Life choices are different.At the same time, Qiushi also began to prepare for leaving home.The recommendation procedures have already been completed, and the national university more than 2000 kilometers away welcomes him very much.

Xu Minghai was very nervous about Qiu Shi's long trip, so no matter whether he needed it or not, he packed a suitcase with all kinds of things.It seems that the other party is not going to a frontier city of reform and opening up, but a remote mountainous area.Apart from the imminent parting? Another stone in his heart was his mother's illness.

Although Li Yandong seems to be in good spirits, he has lost a lot of weight compared to this time last year.Xu Minghai asked many people, and finally found a reliable building.As soon as Qiu Shi goes to school, he can announce to Li Yandong that the house has been "divided" and the family "moved to a new house".

He thought that everything was under control, but he didn't expect his mother to start making troubles all of a sudden.

"Ah? What did you say?!"

Xu Minghai was washing his face in the yard. Hearing Li Yandong's words, he couldn't help being excited, and then sneakily glanced into the south room. Fortunately, Qiu Shi was not there.

"Don't be surprised," Li Yandong frowned, "It's not because you fell out of love last year and lost your soul all day long. I'll give up my old face and ask the chairman of our trade union to find out for you. My girl. They introduced several times in a row, but my mother was not very satisfied, so I didn’t mention it to you at all. However, this time is different. Female college students, young and beautiful. Work in a newspaper office, with a salary as a regular worker. At home Conditions are good, parents are intellectuals."

"Stop cooking, you." Xu Minghai shook his head like a rattle, "Such a good girl should go to a high-ranking official's son. Why are you looking for me? Helping the poor?"

"Hi! Girls are good everywhere, but they are a little short. So when I was a child, I made up my mind to find a tall man to marry, and improve the genes of the next generation from a scientific point of view." Li Yandong explained, "She Hearing that the introducer said you were 186, and seeing your photo, I was very happy and said that I could meet you."

"No, why are you using my photo to go around and deceive me?" Xu Minghai immediately became anxious, "You are infringing on my... that, yes! Portrait rights!"

"Your grandma!" Li Yandong raised his hand and gave Xu Minghai a nod, "I have made appointments for you. Next Monday at 2pm, Meimei Cafe."

"It's too beautiful, see you!" Xu Minghai refused straight away, "I'm busy."

"Busy?" Li Yandong was also anxious, "Are you busier than the President of the country?"

Xu Minghai scratched his neck, and blurted out: "You are not busy, you go! Isn't this sick?"

As soon as the words were finished, Li Yandong's face turned pale, cold sweat poured out from his forehead, and his body seemed to be shattered by someone's ruthless pull.

Xu Minghai saw his heart and immediately raised it in his throat, and quickly helped him to sit on the pony in the yard, wishing to slap himself at the same time.What an asshole son.

Li Yandong clutched his chest, grumbling, and continued to speak earnestly: "Mom knows that you are not a seven or eight-year-old child anymore, and you have your own ideas. You should take it as a way to save face for Mom, and let me and the introducer It’s good that I have an explanation. This is what I begged for at the beginning, but in the end, it turned out that people are rushing to beg me.”

Xu Minghai bowed his head and remained silent.

Li Yandong said sadly: "Whenever I kick my legs, you don't have to worry about it. But while I'm still alive, can you stop being so angry with your mother?"

This made Xu Minghai almost cry.He sniffed hard: "What is life and death, what are you thinking about all day long?"

"Go and talk to the girl." Li Yandong saw that things were slow, and quickly added, "As for whether it will be successful or not, no one can get the certificate according to your two heads."

Xu Minghai finally understood, but her mother didn't have any hope.After all, there is a difference in class between "Hutong Chuanzi" and other "intellectual families".It's just because of the face of the introducer that he was asked to go through the motions.

Xu Minghai thought about it, and finally surrendered helplessly: "Then I will go and take a look at that time, but you must not mention it to others. Don't reveal anything about neighbors and friends, especially... it is fruit." He emphasized emphatically.

"Mysterious and mysterious, those who don't know think you are going to murder and set fire." Li Yandong wondered, "Besides, what are you hiding from Guo Zitu?"

"I... I'm thin-skinned, okay? I'm so ashamed!" Xu Minghai said loudly, "If you tell the whole world, I won't even die!"

"Chengcheng, you're really 'fake and pure'!" After Li Yandong commented on Xu Minghai, his mood improved, so he smiled and told him, "Remember to dress like a dog when the time comes! Let the girl see how handsome my son is! "

The matter of "blind date" was settled in this way.Xu Minghai said several times that he wanted to make a record with Qiushi, but he swallowed them back into his stomach.The separation was imminent, and the uneasiness in their hearts was already getting stronger.To tell the truth, apart from embarrassing the two of them, it is of no benefit.

Xu Minghai thought, there is no way to live happily ever after, so Guozi suddenly ran to the Meimei Cafe on a whim to catch the adulterer, right?If this is the case, it is God's intention to kill him.

Before going to bed on Sunday night, the two young people got together again to have a whisper.Years ago, Xu Minghai made a simple countdown card, and every night at 12 o'clock, he would mark a cross with a red pen.As the days passed, it became more and more red, like blood.

Xu Minghai was feeling uncomfortable looking at the countdown card, when Qiu Shi suddenly said:

"Tomorrow afternoon……

When Xu Minghai heard these four words, his sweat pores immediately exploded, and he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong tomorrow afternoon?!"

Qiushi looked at Xu Minghai: "Why are you nervous? I want to discuss it with you. I took Master Jiu to visit Liulichang in the afternoon. He has been talking to me about it for the past two days."

"Why am I nervous?" Xu Minghai felt guilty, "Why do we have to have Monday?"

Qiu Shi wondered: "Aren't you busy on Monday? I will be home at around 3 o'clock after attending the class reunion tomorrow." He asked again, "Or do you already have arrangements?"

Xu Minghai immediately began to calculate. At 2 o'clock, he has a "blind date" with someone in a coffee shop, and he can slip away after 10 minutes of grinding.The road is full of calculations, and 20 minutes is enough.Just in time to come back before the fruit.

Perfect.

"No arrangement, just leave it like this!" Xu Minghai waved his hand, "Then I will come back at 2:[-], and then I will take Master Jiu to Liulichang, and the two of us will follow suit."

Silent all night.

Qiushi didn't want to attend the class reunion the next day.He is not active in the class, and he always hides when he can in all kinds of extracurricular activities.In Xu Minghai's words, he belongs to the kind of "vigorous" good student.

But no matter what, the basic friendship between the classmates is still there. Once August is over, there may never be a chance to see you again in this life.So when the squad leader was teased to invite him, Qiu Shi nodded in agreement. ?He needs an occasion to practice parting in advance.

The party is not extravagant, and the fee is "AA", and the appointment is at a restaurant not far from the school.On that day, the atmosphere at the scene was warm and sad.Everyone held up their glasses of wine and wished each other a bright future, and even Qiu Shi was poured several glasses.Everyone just chatted, laughed and cried while eating, and the meal lasted until 2:[-] in the afternoon.

After bidding farewell to everyone, Qiushi sat on the public hall alone.It was afternoon, and there was almost no one in the car.The conductors no longer have to drag their necks and call comrades to move inside, or they won't be able to leave!

Qiushi opened the car window, letting the scalding wind spray on his face.He didn't know what the buses in Guangzhou were like, nor did he know what the wind smelled like over there.Qiushi tried hard to imagine, but he couldn't feel any connection with that place.

There is no Xu Minghai's car at the entrance of the alley.Qiushi didn't think much about running directly into the courtyard, first took a few mouthfuls of cold groundwater from the water pipe to reduce the fire, and then went to Jiuye's house.

When I opened the door, the old man was squinting in the chair again, holding the half of the group photo in his hand.After knowing the ins and outs, Qiu Shi suddenly became jealous of this mysterious man who couldn't see his face.More than half a century has passed, how could he care about another person so much and love him so deeply?

Qiushi walked up to Master Jiu, looked at the dandelion-like white hair, and thought about taking him to cut his hair after going to Liulichang.

Speaking of the three thousand threads of trouble, Master Jiu refused to go to those hair salons on the street, he only recognized "Silian".The old man once seriously emphasized to Qiushi that the predecessor of the "Silian" was Shanghai's "Huaxin", "Violet", "Yunshang", and "Xiangming".Famous actors in the Peking Opera circle, Mei Lanfang, Ma Lianliang, etc., often patronize.

What a fastidious and picky old man.Qiu Shi smiled and sighed, then bent down and whispered, "Jiu Ye, wake up and take a nap. Xu Minghai came back after speaking, and we have to go to Liulichang together."

Master Jiu was in a deep sleep, completely unresponsive.So Qiushi stretched out his hand and lightly shook the opponent's bony shoulder.

"Ninth Master?"

What answered him was the half afterimage.It fell lightly from the old man's hand to the ground.The handsome and pretty young man smiled at Qiu Shi.

"Your name is Guozi?"

"If you're lucky, you'll be able to be a cat, a bird, a cricket, a grasshopper, or an oil pot in your next life. If you're unlucky, you'll have to be a human..."

"Duo Le in the future, first lie to yourself, and this life will not be bitter."

"As long as the two people's hearts are not separated, they can still be called partners, and it doesn't matter how far away they are."