Indiscriminate
Chapter 13
"Brother Qinruo!" A girl's crisp voice came from the pier on the river bank, "Brother Qinruo! This way!"
Fu Qinruo, who bought the ingredients from the vegetable market, was stopped on the way. After looking around, he found the source of the voice—it was the three girls who lived in the inn.They were on a black-topped boat, and one of the girls waved at him, her wide sleeves sliding down to reveal her slender arms.
Coincidentally, what they rented was Old Man Feng's boat.Fu Qinruo walked over and found that they were all wearing ancient costumes. He couldn't help smiling and asked, "Is it fun?"
"Yeah!" the girl said, "We're going back by boat. Brother Qinruo, let's go back together, we'll drop by."
Near noon, the three of them woke up after their sleep, and all changed into new outfits.Seeing that they were all dressed in Hanfu, with their long hair coiled up with hairpins and flowing headbands, Fu Qinruo couldn't help but be astonished.
But then he remembered that when he booked a room online, the girl who booked the room told him enthusiastically that she was going on a Hanfu trip with her two good friends.
So it is not surprising.
Facing their invitation, Fu Qinruo shook his head and said, "Go ahead and play, I will take the food back."
"Let's go together, let's go along the way anyway!" The girl with her forehead exposed had flowers on her eyebrows, and her apple-red cheeks were full of vigor.
Although it is more than enough to take one more person on this boat, but Fu Qinruo is not familiar with them, and if he doesn't want to be with them, the atmosphere will be chilled.He thought they were being polite, so he shook his head. He caught a glimpse of Wei Qingya who was sitting at the stern standing up, and wanted to speak, but he heard old man Feng say, "Come on, I can take a group photo with the girls. Put the vegetables on the boat." Alright!"
Seeing that Wei Qingya didn't finish his sentence, Fu Qinruo relaxed again, thought for a while, and said: "Then, excuse me."
"Don't bother me!" said the girl with the flowers on it, and when Fu Qinruo boarded the boat, she immediately brought the camera over with both hands, smiling like a flower, "Brother Qinruo, look at the photos we took just now."
Fu Qinruo still chose to stay on the other side of the boat with old man Feng.He sat and looked at the photos they took at noon, while listening to them chirping about the delicious food they ate, and discussing where to go in the evening.
The two long-haired little girls are the most in the photos, and there are also Wei Qingya occasionally, but she is mostly in group photos, and she doesn't pose gracefully like her good friends.Fu Qinruo guessed that she was probably the one who took the photo.I don't know if she is in better health, but her voice is still very soft, and when the penny falls into the water, even the words fall into the water waves.
Because there is no flowing long hair, Wei Qingya's dry and soft short hair is tied with a headband embroidered with pear flowers, which complements the pattern on her autumn-colored chest-length skirt.She sat in the stern of the boat, resting her chin and listening to her friends talking, occasionally matching a few words, and then giggling, her eyes shone with ripples reflecting the sun, and her plain face seemed to be full of light.
He picked up the camera, and the aperture gathered on their bodies.After all, he is not familiar with photography. Fu Qinruo has been searching for a long time but still can't find a way to focus, so he still chooses the simplest automatic method.
I don't know if Wei Qingya is sitting on the farthest side, and the color of her clothes is also light, so the light falls on her body, making the focus of the camera also fall there.
"Brother Qinruo, take a group photo for us!" The girl next to him noticed that Fu Qinruo had pointed the camera at them.
Fu Qinruo's hands froze for a moment, he looked up at them and nodded: "Then you guys look over here."
For some reason, at the moment of saying this, Fu Qinruo thought of Shi Shilei.
They sat closer together, smiling at Fu Qinruo's camera.If Fu Qin didn't know where to focus his attention when taking pictures, he saw Wei Qingya's hair ribbon fluttering in the wind, the bridge hole behind them, and the weeping willows on the bank.At the moment when the girls smiled the deepest, Fu Qinruo pressed the shutter button.
"That's why I said Yaya..." Before the girl finished speaking, Wei Qingya's hair tie slipped off and fell into the river, "Hey!"
Fu Qinruo was also taken aback when he saw it in the lens before his camera was put down.Unexpectedly, when Wei Qingya looked back, he immediately bent down and leaned over, reached out and grabbed the end of the hair tie.
The white agate and emerald on the hairband flashed across the water, raising a transparent water light.
The moment Fu Qinruo pressed the shutter, large and small drops of water fell on them like crystals, crystal clear and shining, falling on their laughter.
Naturally, the pair of headbands could not continue to be tied on the hair, Wei Qingya kept holding it in his hands.The boat arrived at Qinruo Xiaozhu's backyard, and Fu Qinruo carried the camera on his back and went ashore first.He was about to turn around and take the ingredients he had bought from old man Feng, but he saw the girls bring them up.
Fu Qinruo rubbed his nose in embarrassment, lowered his head slightly, and stretched out his hand to Wei Qingya who was about to go ashore with her skirt.
She was holding a bag of ingredients in her hand, she was taken aback when she saw this, and took Fu Qinruo's with her cold hand.
"Brother Qinruo, what are you going to do delicious tonight?" The last girl jumped onto the shore without taking anything, and asked with a smile, "Is there any share for us?"
Fu Qinruo asked: "How do you arrange for the evening?"
"We plan to eat some snacks to fill our stomachs, and then go to the bar." Another girl carrying ingredients said.
He remembered what his friend had said before, and said: "I have a friend who runs a bar, you can go and have a look. There are singers there."
They looked at each other, smiled and promised to visit at night.
Fu Qinruo returned the camera to them, took the ingredients into the kitchen, and still didn't confirm whether they wanted to eat in the inn.If you want to eat, this food is probably not enough.
But he thought it was probably just a joke, so he didn't ask any more questions, and opened the refrigerator to put the newly bought mangosteen in the bag.
Mangosteens at this time were very expensive, but Fu Qinruo bought them back when he saw that they were still fresh.He squatted next to the refrigerator and took out the mangosteen one by one. Every time he took one, he looked at the leaf petals at the bottom, and remembered what Shi Shilei said, looking at this can judge the pulp inside.
Alone at night, Fu Qinruo didn't want to eat anything rich.He left a tomato and an egg outside, and when he got up, he picked out another cabbage and put them on the counter.
"Well, Brother Qinruo?" Wei Qingya stood at the door of the kitchen, leaned halfway in and looked at him.
Fu Qinruo was looking for the remaining buckwheat noodles, and when he saw it was her, he couldn't recover.He was startled, then smiled and asked, "What's wrong?"
Wei Qingya walked in, scratched the back of his head blushingly, and said, "Thank you early in the morning. That soup is delicious."
"You're welcome." He thought for a while and asked, "Is it better now?"
She smiled and nodded: "Well, it's much better."
Thinking of her clean and neat movement of reaching for the hair tie just now, Fu Qinruo raised the corner of her mouth: "I think so."
She had already changed out of her Hanfu, turned her body and saw that he was preparing food, hesitated for a moment and said, "You only eat noodles?"
"Well, just be casual." Fu Qinruo planned to carve a seal after eating.
"Oh..." Wei Qingya scratched his short hair again, pointed out the window and said, "I hung the hairband on that pomegranate tree to dry."
Fu Qinruo turned his head and glanced out of the Xuan window, and sure enough, he saw the white translucent pear blossom hairband tied on the branch of the pomegranate tree that was about to sprout new buds, and the jade stones on it glistened in the setting sun.
"Then I'll go out with them first. See you tonight." Wei Qingya said, stepping back step by step.
He came back to his senses and nodded quickly: "See you in the evening."
After dinner, Fu Qinruo found out the few Shoushan stones he and Shi Shilei had cut together at the beginning of the year.At that time, Shi Shilei said that his seal was broken and asked Fu Qinruo to carve a new one for himself. Seeing that there were stones at home, the two of them cut several pieces first.But before it could be used, all kinds of things came.
Fu Qinruo chose a suitable piece and brought it to the printing pad, but suddenly he didn't know where to start.
Is it Zhu Wen or Bai Wen.
As soon as I thought about it, I was taken aback.Fu Qinruo remembered what he planned to do at first, took his phone over, and sent Shi Shilei a message.
What kind of words should be engraved.Fu Qinruo suddenly remembered that he didn't even know whether Shi Shilei had a sign or not.
Fu Qinruo: I'm going to carve a seal for you, do you want white text or Zhu text?
Shi Shilei: Zhu Wen's~
When he saw the message that Shi Shilei had come back, he frowned unconsciously.Then he laughed and shook his head, unexpectedly he would be relieved because of a punctuation mark.
Fu Qinruo leaned on the pear wood chair and asked: What are you engraving?Still engrave your name?
I don't know what Shi Shilei is busy with now, it took a long time to reply this time: Well, I want two~ One engraved with my name, the other engraved with "Qinruohaotian"~
"Pfft!" Fu Qinruo hid his laughter, thought for a while, and asked what he was doing.
Shi Shilei sent back a voice message, and replied hastily: "I'm working part-time, so I can't play with my mobile phone. Please contact me later~"
After listening to the voice in surprise, he remembered that this was the first time he heard Shi Shilei's voice in a few days, so he pressed play again.Fu Qinruo heard this hastily said five or six times.He put the phone aside, and before his hands were far away, the phone rang.
Fu Qinruo immediately answered the call without even looking at it, and unlocked the screen lock, only to notice that there was no name of the caller.He sighed silently, and said to the person on the phone, "Hello? Hello."
"Qin Ruo? It's Mom." A familiar and gentle voice came from the phone, sounding very young.
Hearing this voice, Fu Qinruo was stunned.He hadn't felt his mother's voice so close to him for a long time.He pursed his lips, looked at the clean sheet of paper in front of him, and said, "Mom. Are you and Dad back?"
"Well, come back to do something. I heard from grandma that you are still in Xitang?" There was nothing special in the mother's tone.
Fu Qinruo was not sure why they came back suddenly, so he simply replied: "En."
"Well." She said, "Is there any guest in the inn now? If you have time, come to Hangzhou as soon as possible. I have some things to discuss with you at home."
"Hangzhou?" He was very strange, and for a moment he couldn't figure out why he didn't go back to his grandparents if he wanted to discuss things.
Soon the mother gave the answer: "Well, your uncle and the others are also here. Waiting for you to come."
There are still guests living in the inn, so Fu Qinruo can't send them away, but since he is going to meet his elders in Hangzhou, he can't accept any more guests.On the day the three little girls were leaving, Fu Qinruo also closed the store.They were going back to Hangzhou, so he went with them on the same train.
Fu Qinruo never thought that he would have seen his mother and aunt before he reached the exit.The two women saw him at a glance and waved outside, making Fu Qinruo who was still helping Wei Qingya and the others with their luggage unavoidably startled.
Of course, they didn't expect that there would be someone picking up the car. Seeing the two elders, they looked at each other for a while, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.Before Fu Qinruo said anything, the bag in his hand had already been taken back by its owner.
"The guests of the inn these days." Fu Qinruo explained that his mother and aunt were puzzled.
As soon as the words fell, the little girls shouted hello to Auntie, and after greeting them, they politely said goodbye and left.
Before leaving, Fu Qinruo watched them off, and inadvertently saw a small tuft of curled hair on the back of Wei Qingya's head, couldn't help but smile, and suddenly remembered that her hairband seemed to be still on the pomegranate tree in the inn.
"Uh, Wei..." Before Fu Qinruo finished calling her name, she had already turned her head.
For some reason, her two friends looked at her and both pursed their lips and snickered.Wei Qingya glanced at them in embarrassment, pointed at himself, and showed a questioning expression to Fu Qinruo.
Fu Qinruo said: "Your headband..."
"Ah." Wei Qingya came to his senses and called out shortly, feeling frustrated and at a loss for what to do.
He thought for a while, walked over and said, "You can private message me your address later, and I'll send it to you by courier?"
Wei Qingya blinked, nodded and said, "Hey."
I don't want to just say a few more words with them, and when we got to the car, Fu Qinruo was questioned by the two elders.The aunt was driving ahead, and at first she asked Fu Qinruo in a completely chatty tone, "Are those three girls still students?"
"En." Fu Qinruo had just finished answering when a message came from the phone in his pocket.He took it out and saw that it was Wei Qingya's private letter, which contained the address of her school dormitory and her mobile phone number.
"They're all pretty cute. That short-haired girl is very watery." The aunt smiled first, then glanced at the younger siblings in the passenger seat, "It's a bit like when your mother was studying."
Fu Qinruo was taken aback, seeing that his mother didn't look back, he silently put the phone back in his pocket, and didn't read the private message.
After a while, the mother turned sideways and asked, "Are you from Hangzhou?"
Asked here, Fu Qinruo suddenly realized something.He vaguely remembered that they mentioned that Wei Qingya was from Quzhou.However, he shook his head: "I didn't ask, I don't know."
"The voice is nice too. She should be a quiet girl, right?" Auntie said, "I think it suits you quite well. Qin Ruo, follow me."
Fu Qinruo raised the corners of his mouth, but neither smiled nor responded.
"He's still young, just let him go. There's nothing to urge." It was still the mother who spoke at this time and rescued Fu Qinruo.
Seeing this, the aunt smiled and said, "That's right. Well, I just want someone to help Qin Ruo. It will be difficult for him to do it alone in the future."
Hearing this, Fu Qinruo was a little puzzled, and asked: "Is there anything you want me to do?"
"Oh, that's what I asked you to come over to discuss this time." Mother turned sideways again and said, "Let's talk about it after dinner tonight."
He didn't know why, but nodded as usual: "Okay."
Fu Qinruo's father, Fu Yincheng, and uncle Fu Yinqing are blood brothers, and they are also the only males of their generation in the family.Fu Qinruo's grandfather and grandmother passed away when he was very young, and the only elderly people in the family to support were the old couple in Shaoxing.
During the time when he was in high school in Hangzhou, besides his aunt Fu Qiying, Fu Qinruo also received a lot of care from his uncle Fu Yinqing's family.Their family has a son who is eight years older than Fu Qinruo. After graduating from university, he went to the United States and has not been back these years.
When the elders in the family told Fu Qinruo what they wanted to discuss after eating, he finally understood what his aunt said in the car.I'm afraid it really depends on him alone.
There are two gates left by the ancestors of the family.In the past, the ancestors sold the old one and replaced it with a new one, but the new one also changed hands because of the changes of the times.This time when Fu Qinruo's parents returned to China, they bought back the old one together with their uncle and aunt.After all, it is something left by the ancestors, and it is also a big house. It is a great thing to leave it to grandparents for the rest of their lives.
"Qin Ruo, we will also go abroad in the future, and grandparents will have to be taken care of by you." Fu Yinqing decanted a cup of Longjing for him, leaning on the arm of the chair and said.
Fu Qinruo quickly leaned over to pick up the teacup, nodded his thanks, but said nothing.He took a sip of tea and pursed his dry lips.Even his uncle and aunt are going abroad, so he will be the only man left in the family in the future.Thinking like this, he drank half a cup of tea again, and from the corner of his eye, he saw Fu Qiying and her husband sitting opposite, their amiable expressions showing a bit of sullenness.
"Brother, it's strange to let parents live in such a big gate. I haven't experienced any situation before, but there must still be a few servants." Fu Qiying couldn't help but said, " If you want me to say, it's better to rent out a few houses, which are more lively. If he is not married, how big is the house and how can he take care of it?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed.Fu Qinruo clenched the teacup in his hand, but looking at the current situation, it was not his turn to speak.
"Hey, Qiying, didn't we agree on this matter before." The aunt said kindly, "Although grandpa and grandma are easy-going, they are not close to everyone. Rent out the house and live with some strangers." Being together is outrageous."
Fu Qiying laughed and said: "It's not a stranger. I always rent it to someone who can get along with my grandparents. Oh, and there is also a vegetable garden in the backyard. Isn't it going to be deserted after buying it? What a waste."
"Didn't you make it clear when you bought Taimen back? You also told your parents, and left it to the two old people for the elderly." Fu Yincheng was a little impatient. He played with the teacup in his hand and said, "If you feel like your money was wasted, we'll take your share back."
Hearing this, Gao Yi's face changed drastically, and he said with a pale face: "Brother, what do you mean by that? Qiying didn't mean to be stingy with the money, but just said to make the best use of it. Don't say anything else, like Fu Jiataimen, before, rented six families, large and small, and there were dozens of them? It was said to be for parents to provide for the elderly, but now it is deserted, and you are not in the country. We often go back to see it, and we are so popular Where are you going?..."
"Then you really don't know our family at all." Before Gao Yi finished speaking, Fu Yinqing interrupted him, "Although the old man and the old lady are easy-going, the vigor and nobility in their bones cannot be eliminated. Not to mention letting them live with strangers, even a few acquaintances can’t live there. If you just let them live in Taimen, why buy the whole house? Let me tell you, the most important thing in the family is It is Qin Ruo who knows the old man's temperament, and he probably stays here. It is perfect for him to accompany the old man, and if he really needs a nanny or helper, Qin Ruo will also arrange it."
Gao Yi's speech was interrupted, his chest heaved for a while, and his face turned pale.
After hearing what the elder brother said, Fu Qiying curled her lips, completely disapproving, and muttered in a low voice: "You are optimistic about this child. This child likes men, but he has caused troubles for his parents. Now the old man can't even leave the house. "
"Knock!" As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Yincheng put the teacup on the tea table. Except for his brother, everyone else was startled.
"I don't think Qinruo is such an ignorant child. This matter will make a fuss, and he will get married in the end. Right?" Fu Qinruo's aunt said, and gave his younger siblings a look.
The mother sighed helplessly, and said to Fu Qinruo: "Qinruo, we will entrust your grandparents to you, and you must take good care of them. Your father and I will not rush you about getting married. You can watch for yourself." Just do it."
This remark was obviously equivalent to saying nothing, even my aunt couldn't help feeling resentful when she heard it.
It is said to be a discussion, but basically there is no room for Fu Qinruo to speak.Hearing this, he nodded obediently and said, "I see."
Parents live in the hotel.After the family talked, Fu Qinruo sent his uncle and aunt out of the hotel for a ride, and when they returned to the lobby, he took out his mobile phone, which he hadn't had a chance to look at since the afternoon.He wanted to send a message to Shi Shilei, but saw the private message sent by Wei Qingya earlier.
Fu Qinruo breathed a sigh of relief, and after simply replying to this private message, asked Shi Shilei if he was still working part-time.
After a while, Shi Shilei replied that yes, because there will be no classes tomorrow morning, and he will have to work overnight at night.
He pursed his lips, pressed the voice button, and thought for a while before asking, "Where are you?"
"Uh, I'm at the fast food restaurant here on Yan'an Road. Brother Qinruo, have you finished the engraving?" Shi Shilei's two voices were almost connected together, "Ah, I was discovered by the manager! Let's do this first~ Let’s talk about it after the manager gets off work~”
Fu Qinruo was standing at the elevator entrance, and after listening to the message he sent, he happened to meet the elevator door opening.
After everyone inside came out, Fu Qinruo looked at the empty elevator room and decided to go find Shi Shilei.
It was raining outside for some reason, Shi Shilei cleaned up a table that had just finished eating, and was ordered by the manager to lay the carpet outside.He said yes, dumped all the garbage in the tray into the garbage recycling bin, threw the tray up, wiped his hands, and went to find a non-slip carpet.
The rain was not too heavy, but after all, it came suddenly, and some passers-by always came to the store to hide from the rain.Shi Shilei found the carefully slipped reminder board in the grocery room, and when he came out, he saw a woman looking around.
The eyes of the two collided. He blinked and pointed in the direction of the bathroom. The other party took two steps back and saw the sign of the bathroom. He looked at him in surprise and gratitude, and walked over after saying thank you.
Shi Shilei held a non-slip carpet in one hand and a reminder board in the other, and walked outside with a mop under his arm.Fortunately, when he reached the door, a colleague helped him open the door. He thanked him casually, and flashed out of the door as quickly as possible.
A few migrant workers were sheltering from the rain outside, and when they saw him coming out, they moved to the side.Shi Shilei lowered his eyebrows and mopped the rain-soaked floor by the door.Unexpectedly, in the middle of the delay, those migrant workers left.He raised his head in surprise, but he could only see the drizzle, and he didn't open his mouth to keep them.
He bent down to do what he should do, his eyes were too sleepy to open.The ground was not very wet, so he put the mop aside, spread out the carpet at the door, and opened the reminder board to stand on the steps on one side.
After finishing everything, Shi Shilei clapped his hands, took the mop and turned back to the store. Unexpectedly, he opened the door and heard the sound of the sign falling to the ground.He clicked his tongue in his heart and had no choice but to come back and pick it up.This time, Shi Shilei deliberately waited on the spot for a few seconds, making sure that the prompt board would not fall down again, before raising his head.
"Fu Qinruo..." Seeing Fu Qinruo walking quickly in the rain, Shi Shilei suddenly understood why the prompt board fell down just now.
Fu Qinruo stepped on a place where there was no carpet, and there were some watermarks on the edge of the shoes.He lowered his head and patted the water drops on his arm, and when he looked up and saw Shi Shilei's astonished expression, he couldn't help being startled.
It's okay on the phone, but in person, Shi Shilei doesn't know what to say.He smiled forcefully, and asked, "Brother Qinruo, did you fly over?" Obviously the last time he sent a message was less than an hour ago.
He pursed his lips slightly, and said, "My parents are back, let me come to Hangzhou to discuss something."
It turned out that he didn't come here on purpose, Shi Shilei was somewhat disappointed when he heard this.He puffed up his cheeks and said displeasedly: "So you didn't come to see me on purpose."
Fu Qinruo was surprised, and said with a guilty smile: "Didn't you come too?"
"Oh." Shi Shilei still pouted inadvertently, thought for a while, and said, "My brother has gone back."
He didn't show much relief about it, he just nodded his head in understanding, and said, "Shall I help you take it in?"
Shi Shilei found out that he was talking about the mop in his hand, and suddenly remembered that he was still at work, so he couldn't help saying "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhs
It was already very late, and there was no one in the store. When Fu Qinruo just entered, Shi Shilei's colleagues all shouted welcome, their voices were also lazy and careless.
Shi Shilei didn't have the time to arrange Fu Qinruo, smiled apologetically at him, put his head down and took the mop into the utility room.
When he came out, he saw Fu Qinruo was waiting for the staff to order food after their shift.The seat he was waiting for happened to be Shi Shilei's work later on. Shi Shilei quickly wiped his hands on his apron, and walked behind the counter to take over shifts with his colleagues.
Facing Shi Shilei who was suddenly taller than him because he stepped into the work position, Fu Qinruo couldn't help opening his eyes wide.
Seeing his appearance, Shi Shilei held back his laughter, coughed twice, and greeted him: "Hello. What do you need? We have supper now."
"Hmm..." Fu Qinruo looked at the late-night snacks behind Shi Shilei, and after a while, his gaze fell back on him, asking, "What's wrong?"
Shi Shilei was taken aback, only to realize that he had been staring at Fu Qinruo just now.He chuckled, pursed his mouth and shook his head. Seeing that no other customers wanted to order, he whispered, "Have you ever eaten a hamburger before? I can't imagine you eating a hamburger."
"I eat it occasionally when I go to school." Fu Qinruo nodded slowly, putting his finger on the menu, "New..."
"Aobao is gone." Shi Shilei reminded.
He looked up at Shi Shilei, still hesitating, Shi Shilei lay down on the counter, pointed to the menu and said, "Drink porridge, it's not good to eat high-calorie food at night, and burgers are not good for digestion. This roasted duck with preserved eggs The porridge is quite delicious, as well as this chicken porridge with mushrooms."
Shi Shilei talked to him about the porridge with relish, when he saw Fu Qinruo's lowered face from the corner of his eye, and saw that his eyes were blocked by his forehead hair, he smiled and blew on his forehead, blowing away his Forehead hair, eyebrows and eyes exposed.
Fu Qinruo was startled, looked up and saw Shi Shilei's eyes were crooked with a smile, he couldn't laugh for a moment, raised his hand and rubbed his head.
"Let's have some porridge with preserved egg and lean meat, and a cup of coffee." Fu Qinruo said.
"Drink coffee now, and I won't be able to sleep later." Shi Shilei had just finished speaking when a colleague next to him urged him to move more quickly.He responded twice, and yelled at the kitchen for what Fu Qinruo had just ordered.
After finishing ordering, he stuck out his tongue at Fu Qinruo, and turned to get Fu Qinruo's porridge and coffee.
"Did you really drink coffee?" Shi Shilei put the food on the tray, took a few paper towels, and put sugar and cream on it.
Fu Qinruo nodded: "Wait for you to get off work."
"I don't get off work until six o'clock!" He opened his eyes wide in disbelief, and when he saw a guest coming in, he hurriedly shouted, "Welcome!"
The one who entered was a young man dragging a suitcase, his coat was stained with water, and he looked dusty.
Fu Qinruo also looked back, took the tray, and walked to the side.
It was almost twelve o'clock, and there were not many employees in the store, only Shi Shilei was left as an orderer.He raised his hand to greet the young man to come and order food, and when he saw the cashier in front of him, he remembered that he hadn't received Fu Qinruo's money, and quickly patted the counter: "Hey, brother Qinruo..."
Fu Qinruo was still standing at the side, looking at him with surprise.
As a result, the sporadic people were stunned.
Shi Shilei smiled awkwardly at the guest, then turned to Fu Qinruo and said, "You haven't paid yet."
"I know." Fu Qinruo was not surprised by this, it seemed that it was precisely because of this that he didn't leave, "How much?"
He blinked and reported the number to Fu Qinruo, seeing him take out his wallet, he couldn't help curling his lips.
After ordering the meal for that guest, Shi Shilei started to do nothing.He stood behind the counter, watching Fu Qinruo sitting by the window drinking porridge from a distance, thinking about what he said just now that he would wait until he got off work, and then remembered that he said that his parents had returned from abroad.
I don't know what they came back to discuss with him. Could it be to let him go abroad?Thinking of this, Shi Shilei sank, and planned to go out to find out, but his colleague had already gone out to clean up the finished dishes for Fu Qinruo.
Shi Shilei was discouraged and lay down on the counter yawning. When he happened to see Fu Qinruo looking over with a cup of coffee, he smiled at him and rolled his eyes.
As if conditioned reflex, as soon as Fu Qinruo saw him smiling, he lowered his eyebrows and went to drink coffee, and even turned his head to look at the street lights outside the window, showing an overly calm line.
That young man may be the last guest.He didn't leave until after midnight, and there were no other customers left in the shop, and even the chef changed his overalls and left for get off work.
Shi Shilei was the only one on duty at night, and when everyone else had left, he immediately slipped out from behind the counter, turned off all the other lights in the store to save electricity, and lowered the curtains.
"Fu Qinruo, sit inside. The lights here are connected together, so it's not easy to turn off the lights when you sit here." Shi Shilei went outside to take back the carpet and reminder board while talking.
When he came back, Fu Qinruo had already changed his position as he said, sitting on a high stool drinking coffee in a daze.
Shi Shilei put away all his things, went back and poured two cups of coffee, took a sneaky glance at the camera, walked up to Fu Qinruo and sat down.
"Hey, this." Shi Shilei pushed one of the cups to Fu Qinruo, "Please drink."
Fu Qinruo looked at him in surprise: "Is it okay?"
He shrugged: "I didn't eat the staff meal today, it's okay. —By the way, brother Qinruo, when did uncle and aunt come back?"
"Last week." Fu Qinruo opened the lid of the hot coffee and blew, and the mist got on his eyelashes.
Shi Shilei's heart dropped a bit: "Then you came to Hangzhou last week?"
He was startled, and explained: "No, I just came here today."
"Oh." The falling heart lifted up again, and he also opened the lid, blowing ripples on the surface of the coffee.
All the lights were turned off, only the one above their heads was left, Shi Shilei was drinking coffee carelessly, and from time to time he saw orange light falling on Fu Qinruo's fair face, and the light also gathered in his eyes inside.
This is probably the most peaceful night Shi Shilei has spent in this period of time.
He divided up the money from selling photographic equipment, but much of it has now passed on to others.This kind of part-time job was something he would never have considered before. It was simply thankless, but he still did it for a while without knowing it.
Maybe it was just to wait for such a night.
"Ah, look at this." After finishing speaking, Shi Shilei slid off the high stool, ran to the cabinet behind the counter and rummaged for a long time, then grabbed a few bills that had been waste paper and walked out.
Fu Qinruo was puzzled by his busyness, and in the blink of an eye, there was already a pen and some papers in front of him.
"This is?" He didn't know why.
"This Xiuli pen was left behind by some customer last week. After a long time, no one came back to claim it. It should be unnecessary." Shi Shilei pulled off the cap of the pen after speaking, and dropped the soft nib on the waste paper to clean it. On the back, I wrote a poem at random, and curled my lips at the end, "Are you used to it. Would you like to write it?"
Fu Qinruo tilted his head to look at the poem he wrote silently, a smile came to his lips first.
I am so happy that you come to comfort my heart, why do you pour wine frequently for Qinghuan. ——
Fu Qinruo straightened the paper, took the pen in his hand, and said, "Drunkard."
Shi Shilei stuck out his tongue at him, held his chin to watch him continue to write, and muttered to himself: "Actually, sometimes it's quite straightforward."
"En." Fu Qinruo wrote stroke by stroke, and asked, "Have you used a Xiuli pen before?"
He shook his head, "It feels a bit nondescript? Ah, the word 'Ying' is pretty." Shi Shilei pointed to the words that Fu Qinruo had just written.
I didn't estimate it well at the beginning, and after a few lines, it seemed crowded when I wrote it to the edge.But Fu Qinruo still wrote meticulously, and later said: "The hook is not good at writing."
Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, Shi Shilei saw that his writing was broken.
Shi Shilei held back his laughter, took the Xiuli pen again, changed another piece of paper, and after thinking about it, he still wrote: Zhuwu is dust-free, the water is clear, and lovesickness is separated from the heavy city.The autumn shade does not disperse, the frost flies late, and the withered lotus is left to listen to the sound of rain.
Fu Qinruo was very close, and every time Shi Shilei wrote the beginning of a sentence, the ink would fall on his shadow.
I don't know if it's because of the coffee, but Shi Shilei's hands trembled a little while writing the last line.But fortunately, he still finished writing the whole poem. He breathed a sigh of relief, put down the pen, picked up the paper and blew it up to the light, only to realize that it was not rice paper at all, so he turned the poem around with a smile and gave it to Fu If you look at it.
He took the song "Su Luo's Pavilion Sending Huai Cui Yong Cui Gon" and looked at it for a while, but didn't speak for a long time.
Shi Shilei carefully watched the slight changes in his beautiful facial features, and noticed his slightly frowned eyebrows and slightly pursed lips.For some reason, Shi Shilei took a big sip from the coffee cup and turned his face to the other side.
Suddenly, he remembered something, and quickly put the coffee cup
Fu Qinruo, who bought the ingredients from the vegetable market, was stopped on the way. After looking around, he found the source of the voice—it was the three girls who lived in the inn.They were on a black-topped boat, and one of the girls waved at him, her wide sleeves sliding down to reveal her slender arms.
Coincidentally, what they rented was Old Man Feng's boat.Fu Qinruo walked over and found that they were all wearing ancient costumes. He couldn't help smiling and asked, "Is it fun?"
"Yeah!" the girl said, "We're going back by boat. Brother Qinruo, let's go back together, we'll drop by."
Near noon, the three of them woke up after their sleep, and all changed into new outfits.Seeing that they were all dressed in Hanfu, with their long hair coiled up with hairpins and flowing headbands, Fu Qinruo couldn't help but be astonished.
But then he remembered that when he booked a room online, the girl who booked the room told him enthusiastically that she was going on a Hanfu trip with her two good friends.
So it is not surprising.
Facing their invitation, Fu Qinruo shook his head and said, "Go ahead and play, I will take the food back."
"Let's go together, let's go along the way anyway!" The girl with her forehead exposed had flowers on her eyebrows, and her apple-red cheeks were full of vigor.
Although it is more than enough to take one more person on this boat, but Fu Qinruo is not familiar with them, and if he doesn't want to be with them, the atmosphere will be chilled.He thought they were being polite, so he shook his head. He caught a glimpse of Wei Qingya who was sitting at the stern standing up, and wanted to speak, but he heard old man Feng say, "Come on, I can take a group photo with the girls. Put the vegetables on the boat." Alright!"
Seeing that Wei Qingya didn't finish his sentence, Fu Qinruo relaxed again, thought for a while, and said: "Then, excuse me."
"Don't bother me!" said the girl with the flowers on it, and when Fu Qinruo boarded the boat, she immediately brought the camera over with both hands, smiling like a flower, "Brother Qinruo, look at the photos we took just now."
Fu Qinruo still chose to stay on the other side of the boat with old man Feng.He sat and looked at the photos they took at noon, while listening to them chirping about the delicious food they ate, and discussing where to go in the evening.
The two long-haired little girls are the most in the photos, and there are also Wei Qingya occasionally, but she is mostly in group photos, and she doesn't pose gracefully like her good friends.Fu Qinruo guessed that she was probably the one who took the photo.I don't know if she is in better health, but her voice is still very soft, and when the penny falls into the water, even the words fall into the water waves.
Because there is no flowing long hair, Wei Qingya's dry and soft short hair is tied with a headband embroidered with pear flowers, which complements the pattern on her autumn-colored chest-length skirt.She sat in the stern of the boat, resting her chin and listening to her friends talking, occasionally matching a few words, and then giggling, her eyes shone with ripples reflecting the sun, and her plain face seemed to be full of light.
He picked up the camera, and the aperture gathered on their bodies.After all, he is not familiar with photography. Fu Qinruo has been searching for a long time but still can't find a way to focus, so he still chooses the simplest automatic method.
I don't know if Wei Qingya is sitting on the farthest side, and the color of her clothes is also light, so the light falls on her body, making the focus of the camera also fall there.
"Brother Qinruo, take a group photo for us!" The girl next to him noticed that Fu Qinruo had pointed the camera at them.
Fu Qinruo's hands froze for a moment, he looked up at them and nodded: "Then you guys look over here."
For some reason, at the moment of saying this, Fu Qinruo thought of Shi Shilei.
They sat closer together, smiling at Fu Qinruo's camera.If Fu Qin didn't know where to focus his attention when taking pictures, he saw Wei Qingya's hair ribbon fluttering in the wind, the bridge hole behind them, and the weeping willows on the bank.At the moment when the girls smiled the deepest, Fu Qinruo pressed the shutter button.
"That's why I said Yaya..." Before the girl finished speaking, Wei Qingya's hair tie slipped off and fell into the river, "Hey!"
Fu Qinruo was also taken aback when he saw it in the lens before his camera was put down.Unexpectedly, when Wei Qingya looked back, he immediately bent down and leaned over, reached out and grabbed the end of the hair tie.
The white agate and emerald on the hairband flashed across the water, raising a transparent water light.
The moment Fu Qinruo pressed the shutter, large and small drops of water fell on them like crystals, crystal clear and shining, falling on their laughter.
Naturally, the pair of headbands could not continue to be tied on the hair, Wei Qingya kept holding it in his hands.The boat arrived at Qinruo Xiaozhu's backyard, and Fu Qinruo carried the camera on his back and went ashore first.He was about to turn around and take the ingredients he had bought from old man Feng, but he saw the girls bring them up.
Fu Qinruo rubbed his nose in embarrassment, lowered his head slightly, and stretched out his hand to Wei Qingya who was about to go ashore with her skirt.
She was holding a bag of ingredients in her hand, she was taken aback when she saw this, and took Fu Qinruo's with her cold hand.
"Brother Qinruo, what are you going to do delicious tonight?" The last girl jumped onto the shore without taking anything, and asked with a smile, "Is there any share for us?"
Fu Qinruo asked: "How do you arrange for the evening?"
"We plan to eat some snacks to fill our stomachs, and then go to the bar." Another girl carrying ingredients said.
He remembered what his friend had said before, and said: "I have a friend who runs a bar, you can go and have a look. There are singers there."
They looked at each other, smiled and promised to visit at night.
Fu Qinruo returned the camera to them, took the ingredients into the kitchen, and still didn't confirm whether they wanted to eat in the inn.If you want to eat, this food is probably not enough.
But he thought it was probably just a joke, so he didn't ask any more questions, and opened the refrigerator to put the newly bought mangosteen in the bag.
Mangosteens at this time were very expensive, but Fu Qinruo bought them back when he saw that they were still fresh.He squatted next to the refrigerator and took out the mangosteen one by one. Every time he took one, he looked at the leaf petals at the bottom, and remembered what Shi Shilei said, looking at this can judge the pulp inside.
Alone at night, Fu Qinruo didn't want to eat anything rich.He left a tomato and an egg outside, and when he got up, he picked out another cabbage and put them on the counter.
"Well, Brother Qinruo?" Wei Qingya stood at the door of the kitchen, leaned halfway in and looked at him.
Fu Qinruo was looking for the remaining buckwheat noodles, and when he saw it was her, he couldn't recover.He was startled, then smiled and asked, "What's wrong?"
Wei Qingya walked in, scratched the back of his head blushingly, and said, "Thank you early in the morning. That soup is delicious."
"You're welcome." He thought for a while and asked, "Is it better now?"
She smiled and nodded: "Well, it's much better."
Thinking of her clean and neat movement of reaching for the hair tie just now, Fu Qinruo raised the corner of her mouth: "I think so."
She had already changed out of her Hanfu, turned her body and saw that he was preparing food, hesitated for a moment and said, "You only eat noodles?"
"Well, just be casual." Fu Qinruo planned to carve a seal after eating.
"Oh..." Wei Qingya scratched his short hair again, pointed out the window and said, "I hung the hairband on that pomegranate tree to dry."
Fu Qinruo turned his head and glanced out of the Xuan window, and sure enough, he saw the white translucent pear blossom hairband tied on the branch of the pomegranate tree that was about to sprout new buds, and the jade stones on it glistened in the setting sun.
"Then I'll go out with them first. See you tonight." Wei Qingya said, stepping back step by step.
He came back to his senses and nodded quickly: "See you in the evening."
After dinner, Fu Qinruo found out the few Shoushan stones he and Shi Shilei had cut together at the beginning of the year.At that time, Shi Shilei said that his seal was broken and asked Fu Qinruo to carve a new one for himself. Seeing that there were stones at home, the two of them cut several pieces first.But before it could be used, all kinds of things came.
Fu Qinruo chose a suitable piece and brought it to the printing pad, but suddenly he didn't know where to start.
Is it Zhu Wen or Bai Wen.
As soon as I thought about it, I was taken aback.Fu Qinruo remembered what he planned to do at first, took his phone over, and sent Shi Shilei a message.
What kind of words should be engraved.Fu Qinruo suddenly remembered that he didn't even know whether Shi Shilei had a sign or not.
Fu Qinruo: I'm going to carve a seal for you, do you want white text or Zhu text?
Shi Shilei: Zhu Wen's~
When he saw the message that Shi Shilei had come back, he frowned unconsciously.Then he laughed and shook his head, unexpectedly he would be relieved because of a punctuation mark.
Fu Qinruo leaned on the pear wood chair and asked: What are you engraving?Still engrave your name?
I don't know what Shi Shilei is busy with now, it took a long time to reply this time: Well, I want two~ One engraved with my name, the other engraved with "Qinruohaotian"~
"Pfft!" Fu Qinruo hid his laughter, thought for a while, and asked what he was doing.
Shi Shilei sent back a voice message, and replied hastily: "I'm working part-time, so I can't play with my mobile phone. Please contact me later~"
After listening to the voice in surprise, he remembered that this was the first time he heard Shi Shilei's voice in a few days, so he pressed play again.Fu Qinruo heard this hastily said five or six times.He put the phone aside, and before his hands were far away, the phone rang.
Fu Qinruo immediately answered the call without even looking at it, and unlocked the screen lock, only to notice that there was no name of the caller.He sighed silently, and said to the person on the phone, "Hello? Hello."
"Qin Ruo? It's Mom." A familiar and gentle voice came from the phone, sounding very young.
Hearing this voice, Fu Qinruo was stunned.He hadn't felt his mother's voice so close to him for a long time.He pursed his lips, looked at the clean sheet of paper in front of him, and said, "Mom. Are you and Dad back?"
"Well, come back to do something. I heard from grandma that you are still in Xitang?" There was nothing special in the mother's tone.
Fu Qinruo was not sure why they came back suddenly, so he simply replied: "En."
"Well." She said, "Is there any guest in the inn now? If you have time, come to Hangzhou as soon as possible. I have some things to discuss with you at home."
"Hangzhou?" He was very strange, and for a moment he couldn't figure out why he didn't go back to his grandparents if he wanted to discuss things.
Soon the mother gave the answer: "Well, your uncle and the others are also here. Waiting for you to come."
There are still guests living in the inn, so Fu Qinruo can't send them away, but since he is going to meet his elders in Hangzhou, he can't accept any more guests.On the day the three little girls were leaving, Fu Qinruo also closed the store.They were going back to Hangzhou, so he went with them on the same train.
Fu Qinruo never thought that he would have seen his mother and aunt before he reached the exit.The two women saw him at a glance and waved outside, making Fu Qinruo who was still helping Wei Qingya and the others with their luggage unavoidably startled.
Of course, they didn't expect that there would be someone picking up the car. Seeing the two elders, they looked at each other for a while, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.Before Fu Qinruo said anything, the bag in his hand had already been taken back by its owner.
"The guests of the inn these days." Fu Qinruo explained that his mother and aunt were puzzled.
As soon as the words fell, the little girls shouted hello to Auntie, and after greeting them, they politely said goodbye and left.
Before leaving, Fu Qinruo watched them off, and inadvertently saw a small tuft of curled hair on the back of Wei Qingya's head, couldn't help but smile, and suddenly remembered that her hairband seemed to be still on the pomegranate tree in the inn.
"Uh, Wei..." Before Fu Qinruo finished calling her name, she had already turned her head.
For some reason, her two friends looked at her and both pursed their lips and snickered.Wei Qingya glanced at them in embarrassment, pointed at himself, and showed a questioning expression to Fu Qinruo.
Fu Qinruo said: "Your headband..."
"Ah." Wei Qingya came to his senses and called out shortly, feeling frustrated and at a loss for what to do.
He thought for a while, walked over and said, "You can private message me your address later, and I'll send it to you by courier?"
Wei Qingya blinked, nodded and said, "Hey."
I don't want to just say a few more words with them, and when we got to the car, Fu Qinruo was questioned by the two elders.The aunt was driving ahead, and at first she asked Fu Qinruo in a completely chatty tone, "Are those three girls still students?"
"En." Fu Qinruo had just finished answering when a message came from the phone in his pocket.He took it out and saw that it was Wei Qingya's private letter, which contained the address of her school dormitory and her mobile phone number.
"They're all pretty cute. That short-haired girl is very watery." The aunt smiled first, then glanced at the younger siblings in the passenger seat, "It's a bit like when your mother was studying."
Fu Qinruo was taken aback, seeing that his mother didn't look back, he silently put the phone back in his pocket, and didn't read the private message.
After a while, the mother turned sideways and asked, "Are you from Hangzhou?"
Asked here, Fu Qinruo suddenly realized something.He vaguely remembered that they mentioned that Wei Qingya was from Quzhou.However, he shook his head: "I didn't ask, I don't know."
"The voice is nice too. She should be a quiet girl, right?" Auntie said, "I think it suits you quite well. Qin Ruo, follow me."
Fu Qinruo raised the corners of his mouth, but neither smiled nor responded.
"He's still young, just let him go. There's nothing to urge." It was still the mother who spoke at this time and rescued Fu Qinruo.
Seeing this, the aunt smiled and said, "That's right. Well, I just want someone to help Qin Ruo. It will be difficult for him to do it alone in the future."
Hearing this, Fu Qinruo was a little puzzled, and asked: "Is there anything you want me to do?"
"Oh, that's what I asked you to come over to discuss this time." Mother turned sideways again and said, "Let's talk about it after dinner tonight."
He didn't know why, but nodded as usual: "Okay."
Fu Qinruo's father, Fu Yincheng, and uncle Fu Yinqing are blood brothers, and they are also the only males of their generation in the family.Fu Qinruo's grandfather and grandmother passed away when he was very young, and the only elderly people in the family to support were the old couple in Shaoxing.
During the time when he was in high school in Hangzhou, besides his aunt Fu Qiying, Fu Qinruo also received a lot of care from his uncle Fu Yinqing's family.Their family has a son who is eight years older than Fu Qinruo. After graduating from university, he went to the United States and has not been back these years.
When the elders in the family told Fu Qinruo what they wanted to discuss after eating, he finally understood what his aunt said in the car.I'm afraid it really depends on him alone.
There are two gates left by the ancestors of the family.In the past, the ancestors sold the old one and replaced it with a new one, but the new one also changed hands because of the changes of the times.This time when Fu Qinruo's parents returned to China, they bought back the old one together with their uncle and aunt.After all, it is something left by the ancestors, and it is also a big house. It is a great thing to leave it to grandparents for the rest of their lives.
"Qin Ruo, we will also go abroad in the future, and grandparents will have to be taken care of by you." Fu Yinqing decanted a cup of Longjing for him, leaning on the arm of the chair and said.
Fu Qinruo quickly leaned over to pick up the teacup, nodded his thanks, but said nothing.He took a sip of tea and pursed his dry lips.Even his uncle and aunt are going abroad, so he will be the only man left in the family in the future.Thinking like this, he drank half a cup of tea again, and from the corner of his eye, he saw Fu Qiying and her husband sitting opposite, their amiable expressions showing a bit of sullenness.
"Brother, it's strange to let parents live in such a big gate. I haven't experienced any situation before, but there must still be a few servants." Fu Qiying couldn't help but said, " If you want me to say, it's better to rent out a few houses, which are more lively. If he is not married, how big is the house and how can he take care of it?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed.Fu Qinruo clenched the teacup in his hand, but looking at the current situation, it was not his turn to speak.
"Hey, Qiying, didn't we agree on this matter before." The aunt said kindly, "Although grandpa and grandma are easy-going, they are not close to everyone. Rent out the house and live with some strangers." Being together is outrageous."
Fu Qiying laughed and said: "It's not a stranger. I always rent it to someone who can get along with my grandparents. Oh, and there is also a vegetable garden in the backyard. Isn't it going to be deserted after buying it? What a waste."
"Didn't you make it clear when you bought Taimen back? You also told your parents, and left it to the two old people for the elderly." Fu Yincheng was a little impatient. He played with the teacup in his hand and said, "If you feel like your money was wasted, we'll take your share back."
Hearing this, Gao Yi's face changed drastically, and he said with a pale face: "Brother, what do you mean by that? Qiying didn't mean to be stingy with the money, but just said to make the best use of it. Don't say anything else, like Fu Jiataimen, before, rented six families, large and small, and there were dozens of them? It was said to be for parents to provide for the elderly, but now it is deserted, and you are not in the country. We often go back to see it, and we are so popular Where are you going?..."
"Then you really don't know our family at all." Before Gao Yi finished speaking, Fu Yinqing interrupted him, "Although the old man and the old lady are easy-going, the vigor and nobility in their bones cannot be eliminated. Not to mention letting them live with strangers, even a few acquaintances can’t live there. If you just let them live in Taimen, why buy the whole house? Let me tell you, the most important thing in the family is It is Qin Ruo who knows the old man's temperament, and he probably stays here. It is perfect for him to accompany the old man, and if he really needs a nanny or helper, Qin Ruo will also arrange it."
Gao Yi's speech was interrupted, his chest heaved for a while, and his face turned pale.
After hearing what the elder brother said, Fu Qiying curled her lips, completely disapproving, and muttered in a low voice: "You are optimistic about this child. This child likes men, but he has caused troubles for his parents. Now the old man can't even leave the house. "
"Knock!" As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Yincheng put the teacup on the tea table. Except for his brother, everyone else was startled.
"I don't think Qinruo is such an ignorant child. This matter will make a fuss, and he will get married in the end. Right?" Fu Qinruo's aunt said, and gave his younger siblings a look.
The mother sighed helplessly, and said to Fu Qinruo: "Qinruo, we will entrust your grandparents to you, and you must take good care of them. Your father and I will not rush you about getting married. You can watch for yourself." Just do it."
This remark was obviously equivalent to saying nothing, even my aunt couldn't help feeling resentful when she heard it.
It is said to be a discussion, but basically there is no room for Fu Qinruo to speak.Hearing this, he nodded obediently and said, "I see."
Parents live in the hotel.After the family talked, Fu Qinruo sent his uncle and aunt out of the hotel for a ride, and when they returned to the lobby, he took out his mobile phone, which he hadn't had a chance to look at since the afternoon.He wanted to send a message to Shi Shilei, but saw the private message sent by Wei Qingya earlier.
Fu Qinruo breathed a sigh of relief, and after simply replying to this private message, asked Shi Shilei if he was still working part-time.
After a while, Shi Shilei replied that yes, because there will be no classes tomorrow morning, and he will have to work overnight at night.
He pursed his lips, pressed the voice button, and thought for a while before asking, "Where are you?"
"Uh, I'm at the fast food restaurant here on Yan'an Road. Brother Qinruo, have you finished the engraving?" Shi Shilei's two voices were almost connected together, "Ah, I was discovered by the manager! Let's do this first~ Let’s talk about it after the manager gets off work~”
Fu Qinruo was standing at the elevator entrance, and after listening to the message he sent, he happened to meet the elevator door opening.
After everyone inside came out, Fu Qinruo looked at the empty elevator room and decided to go find Shi Shilei.
It was raining outside for some reason, Shi Shilei cleaned up a table that had just finished eating, and was ordered by the manager to lay the carpet outside.He said yes, dumped all the garbage in the tray into the garbage recycling bin, threw the tray up, wiped his hands, and went to find a non-slip carpet.
The rain was not too heavy, but after all, it came suddenly, and some passers-by always came to the store to hide from the rain.Shi Shilei found the carefully slipped reminder board in the grocery room, and when he came out, he saw a woman looking around.
The eyes of the two collided. He blinked and pointed in the direction of the bathroom. The other party took two steps back and saw the sign of the bathroom. He looked at him in surprise and gratitude, and walked over after saying thank you.
Shi Shilei held a non-slip carpet in one hand and a reminder board in the other, and walked outside with a mop under his arm.Fortunately, when he reached the door, a colleague helped him open the door. He thanked him casually, and flashed out of the door as quickly as possible.
A few migrant workers were sheltering from the rain outside, and when they saw him coming out, they moved to the side.Shi Shilei lowered his eyebrows and mopped the rain-soaked floor by the door.Unexpectedly, in the middle of the delay, those migrant workers left.He raised his head in surprise, but he could only see the drizzle, and he didn't open his mouth to keep them.
He bent down to do what he should do, his eyes were too sleepy to open.The ground was not very wet, so he put the mop aside, spread out the carpet at the door, and opened the reminder board to stand on the steps on one side.
After finishing everything, Shi Shilei clapped his hands, took the mop and turned back to the store. Unexpectedly, he opened the door and heard the sound of the sign falling to the ground.He clicked his tongue in his heart and had no choice but to come back and pick it up.This time, Shi Shilei deliberately waited on the spot for a few seconds, making sure that the prompt board would not fall down again, before raising his head.
"Fu Qinruo..." Seeing Fu Qinruo walking quickly in the rain, Shi Shilei suddenly understood why the prompt board fell down just now.
Fu Qinruo stepped on a place where there was no carpet, and there were some watermarks on the edge of the shoes.He lowered his head and patted the water drops on his arm, and when he looked up and saw Shi Shilei's astonished expression, he couldn't help being startled.
It's okay on the phone, but in person, Shi Shilei doesn't know what to say.He smiled forcefully, and asked, "Brother Qinruo, did you fly over?" Obviously the last time he sent a message was less than an hour ago.
He pursed his lips slightly, and said, "My parents are back, let me come to Hangzhou to discuss something."
It turned out that he didn't come here on purpose, Shi Shilei was somewhat disappointed when he heard this.He puffed up his cheeks and said displeasedly: "So you didn't come to see me on purpose."
Fu Qinruo was surprised, and said with a guilty smile: "Didn't you come too?"
"Oh." Shi Shilei still pouted inadvertently, thought for a while, and said, "My brother has gone back."
He didn't show much relief about it, he just nodded his head in understanding, and said, "Shall I help you take it in?"
Shi Shilei found out that he was talking about the mop in his hand, and suddenly remembered that he was still at work, so he couldn't help saying "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhs
It was already very late, and there was no one in the store. When Fu Qinruo just entered, Shi Shilei's colleagues all shouted welcome, their voices were also lazy and careless.
Shi Shilei didn't have the time to arrange Fu Qinruo, smiled apologetically at him, put his head down and took the mop into the utility room.
When he came out, he saw Fu Qinruo was waiting for the staff to order food after their shift.The seat he was waiting for happened to be Shi Shilei's work later on. Shi Shilei quickly wiped his hands on his apron, and walked behind the counter to take over shifts with his colleagues.
Facing Shi Shilei who was suddenly taller than him because he stepped into the work position, Fu Qinruo couldn't help opening his eyes wide.
Seeing his appearance, Shi Shilei held back his laughter, coughed twice, and greeted him: "Hello. What do you need? We have supper now."
"Hmm..." Fu Qinruo looked at the late-night snacks behind Shi Shilei, and after a while, his gaze fell back on him, asking, "What's wrong?"
Shi Shilei was taken aback, only to realize that he had been staring at Fu Qinruo just now.He chuckled, pursed his mouth and shook his head. Seeing that no other customers wanted to order, he whispered, "Have you ever eaten a hamburger before? I can't imagine you eating a hamburger."
"I eat it occasionally when I go to school." Fu Qinruo nodded slowly, putting his finger on the menu, "New..."
"Aobao is gone." Shi Shilei reminded.
He looked up at Shi Shilei, still hesitating, Shi Shilei lay down on the counter, pointed to the menu and said, "Drink porridge, it's not good to eat high-calorie food at night, and burgers are not good for digestion. This roasted duck with preserved eggs The porridge is quite delicious, as well as this chicken porridge with mushrooms."
Shi Shilei talked to him about the porridge with relish, when he saw Fu Qinruo's lowered face from the corner of his eye, and saw that his eyes were blocked by his forehead hair, he smiled and blew on his forehead, blowing away his Forehead hair, eyebrows and eyes exposed.
Fu Qinruo was startled, looked up and saw Shi Shilei's eyes were crooked with a smile, he couldn't laugh for a moment, raised his hand and rubbed his head.
"Let's have some porridge with preserved egg and lean meat, and a cup of coffee." Fu Qinruo said.
"Drink coffee now, and I won't be able to sleep later." Shi Shilei had just finished speaking when a colleague next to him urged him to move more quickly.He responded twice, and yelled at the kitchen for what Fu Qinruo had just ordered.
After finishing ordering, he stuck out his tongue at Fu Qinruo, and turned to get Fu Qinruo's porridge and coffee.
"Did you really drink coffee?" Shi Shilei put the food on the tray, took a few paper towels, and put sugar and cream on it.
Fu Qinruo nodded: "Wait for you to get off work."
"I don't get off work until six o'clock!" He opened his eyes wide in disbelief, and when he saw a guest coming in, he hurriedly shouted, "Welcome!"
The one who entered was a young man dragging a suitcase, his coat was stained with water, and he looked dusty.
Fu Qinruo also looked back, took the tray, and walked to the side.
It was almost twelve o'clock, and there were not many employees in the store, only Shi Shilei was left as an orderer.He raised his hand to greet the young man to come and order food, and when he saw the cashier in front of him, he remembered that he hadn't received Fu Qinruo's money, and quickly patted the counter: "Hey, brother Qinruo..."
Fu Qinruo was still standing at the side, looking at him with surprise.
As a result, the sporadic people were stunned.
Shi Shilei smiled awkwardly at the guest, then turned to Fu Qinruo and said, "You haven't paid yet."
"I know." Fu Qinruo was not surprised by this, it seemed that it was precisely because of this that he didn't leave, "How much?"
He blinked and reported the number to Fu Qinruo, seeing him take out his wallet, he couldn't help curling his lips.
After ordering the meal for that guest, Shi Shilei started to do nothing.He stood behind the counter, watching Fu Qinruo sitting by the window drinking porridge from a distance, thinking about what he said just now that he would wait until he got off work, and then remembered that he said that his parents had returned from abroad.
I don't know what they came back to discuss with him. Could it be to let him go abroad?Thinking of this, Shi Shilei sank, and planned to go out to find out, but his colleague had already gone out to clean up the finished dishes for Fu Qinruo.
Shi Shilei was discouraged and lay down on the counter yawning. When he happened to see Fu Qinruo looking over with a cup of coffee, he smiled at him and rolled his eyes.
As if conditioned reflex, as soon as Fu Qinruo saw him smiling, he lowered his eyebrows and went to drink coffee, and even turned his head to look at the street lights outside the window, showing an overly calm line.
That young man may be the last guest.He didn't leave until after midnight, and there were no other customers left in the shop, and even the chef changed his overalls and left for get off work.
Shi Shilei was the only one on duty at night, and when everyone else had left, he immediately slipped out from behind the counter, turned off all the other lights in the store to save electricity, and lowered the curtains.
"Fu Qinruo, sit inside. The lights here are connected together, so it's not easy to turn off the lights when you sit here." Shi Shilei went outside to take back the carpet and reminder board while talking.
When he came back, Fu Qinruo had already changed his position as he said, sitting on a high stool drinking coffee in a daze.
Shi Shilei put away all his things, went back and poured two cups of coffee, took a sneaky glance at the camera, walked up to Fu Qinruo and sat down.
"Hey, this." Shi Shilei pushed one of the cups to Fu Qinruo, "Please drink."
Fu Qinruo looked at him in surprise: "Is it okay?"
He shrugged: "I didn't eat the staff meal today, it's okay. —By the way, brother Qinruo, when did uncle and aunt come back?"
"Last week." Fu Qinruo opened the lid of the hot coffee and blew, and the mist got on his eyelashes.
Shi Shilei's heart dropped a bit: "Then you came to Hangzhou last week?"
He was startled, and explained: "No, I just came here today."
"Oh." The falling heart lifted up again, and he also opened the lid, blowing ripples on the surface of the coffee.
All the lights were turned off, only the one above their heads was left, Shi Shilei was drinking coffee carelessly, and from time to time he saw orange light falling on Fu Qinruo's fair face, and the light also gathered in his eyes inside.
This is probably the most peaceful night Shi Shilei has spent in this period of time.
He divided up the money from selling photographic equipment, but much of it has now passed on to others.This kind of part-time job was something he would never have considered before. It was simply thankless, but he still did it for a while without knowing it.
Maybe it was just to wait for such a night.
"Ah, look at this." After finishing speaking, Shi Shilei slid off the high stool, ran to the cabinet behind the counter and rummaged for a long time, then grabbed a few bills that had been waste paper and walked out.
Fu Qinruo was puzzled by his busyness, and in the blink of an eye, there was already a pen and some papers in front of him.
"This is?" He didn't know why.
"This Xiuli pen was left behind by some customer last week. After a long time, no one came back to claim it. It should be unnecessary." Shi Shilei pulled off the cap of the pen after speaking, and dropped the soft nib on the waste paper to clean it. On the back, I wrote a poem at random, and curled my lips at the end, "Are you used to it. Would you like to write it?"
Fu Qinruo tilted his head to look at the poem he wrote silently, a smile came to his lips first.
I am so happy that you come to comfort my heart, why do you pour wine frequently for Qinghuan. ——
Fu Qinruo straightened the paper, took the pen in his hand, and said, "Drunkard."
Shi Shilei stuck out his tongue at him, held his chin to watch him continue to write, and muttered to himself: "Actually, sometimes it's quite straightforward."
"En." Fu Qinruo wrote stroke by stroke, and asked, "Have you used a Xiuli pen before?"
He shook his head, "It feels a bit nondescript? Ah, the word 'Ying' is pretty." Shi Shilei pointed to the words that Fu Qinruo had just written.
I didn't estimate it well at the beginning, and after a few lines, it seemed crowded when I wrote it to the edge.But Fu Qinruo still wrote meticulously, and later said: "The hook is not good at writing."
Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, Shi Shilei saw that his writing was broken.
Shi Shilei held back his laughter, took the Xiuli pen again, changed another piece of paper, and after thinking about it, he still wrote: Zhuwu is dust-free, the water is clear, and lovesickness is separated from the heavy city.The autumn shade does not disperse, the frost flies late, and the withered lotus is left to listen to the sound of rain.
Fu Qinruo was very close, and every time Shi Shilei wrote the beginning of a sentence, the ink would fall on his shadow.
I don't know if it's because of the coffee, but Shi Shilei's hands trembled a little while writing the last line.But fortunately, he still finished writing the whole poem. He breathed a sigh of relief, put down the pen, picked up the paper and blew it up to the light, only to realize that it was not rice paper at all, so he turned the poem around with a smile and gave it to Fu If you look at it.
He took the song "Su Luo's Pavilion Sending Huai Cui Yong Cui Gon" and looked at it for a while, but didn't speak for a long time.
Shi Shilei carefully watched the slight changes in his beautiful facial features, and noticed his slightly frowned eyebrows and slightly pursed lips.For some reason, Shi Shilei took a big sip from the coffee cup and turned his face to the other side.
Suddenly, he remembered something, and quickly put the coffee cup
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