Bandit Shi Xianyu

When Pei Cangyu returned home, grandma was not there, and the lights were not turned on.

He hesitated for a while whether to go back to school for evening self-study, but since he had already walked back, and the evening self-study was almost over, he opened the door and walked in.

In the dark room, a man was sitting at the table, drinking. He looked up at Pei Cangyu who came in to change his shoes. He ate a peanut without making a sound.

The sound of chewing was so obvious and abrupt in the dark night that it startled Pei Cangyu. He almost smashed it with his shoe, and only found out that it was his father by the moonlight.

If you don't remember it deliberately, Pei Cangyu will almost forget that his father is back.

Pei Cangyu stood awkwardly at the door for a while, then reached out to touch the switch, and raised her voice, "Have you eaten yet? Where's grandma?"

"Going out for a walk." The man's voice was low and hoarse, "Don't turn on the light, come here."

Pei Cangyu touched the switch, but walked over without pressing it.

Dad wore a single shirt and rolled up his sleeves. On his wheat-colored arm, there was a lizard tattoo. The end of the tattoo ended on the back of the hand, where a blooming flower was tattooed. Pei Cangyu stared at it for a while.

Pei Yueshan noticed his eyes and raised his hand: "Look at this?"

Pei Cangyu didn't speak.

Pei Yueshan was drinking a bottle of white wine in a small cup with a plate of peanuts. He poured another glass and looked up at Pei Cangyu: "Have a sip?"

Pei Cangyu thought for a while, then shook his head.

Pei Yueshan glanced at the watch on the wall: "School is over?"

Pei Cangyu nodded repeatedly.

Pei Yueshan casually touched the cigarette case, squeezed the empty plastic paper, and it made a crackling sound. He clicked his tongue, stretched one leg, and used his hands to find money in his trouser pocket: "Pei Cangyu, go buy a pack of cigarettes."

Pei Cangyu reached out to take it, and asked casually, "Buy muddy sand? Don't choke."

After I finished speaking, I felt like it was over, and it was useless to hide from the wine and pretend to be a student just now.

Sure enough, Pei Yueshan gave him a meaningful look, but turned to drink again: "Okay."

Pei Cangyu hurried out.

He walked briskly on the road with the wind blowing, and to be honest, he was a little happy.He has never experienced this kind of family activity of "buying cigarettes for dad". He only "buy vinegar for grandma". The money in his hand is given by his dad, which makes him feel indescribably happy.

No wonder everyone loves their parents.Pei Cangyu thought, there is no reason for such a thing.

Although Pei Cangyu was always embarrassed in front of his father and didn't know what to say, it didn't affect Pei Cangyu's feeling good when he saw him, and subconsciously wanted to get close to him.

He ran back quickly, his father just finished drinking a glass of wine, slightly surprised: "So fast."

Pei Cangyu gasped for breath, and said plainly, "It's okay."

Then he stood at the door and raised his hand to throw it to his dad. ——I don’t know why, but I just want to try this way.

Pei Yueshan didn't expect to throw it over, but he quickly stood up to catch it, took one, and lit it while sitting down. The lighter he used was old-fashioned, and his thumb turned the pulley, making a crackling sound. , the ignited sparks shone brightly and secretly on his face, and after a cluster of yellow flames rushed up, Pei Yueshan approached the fire with a cigarette in his mouth, and burned the tail of the smoke.

From this angle, Pei Cangyu could see the scars on the corners of his father's eyes.

Pei Yueshan extinguished the fire and beckoned Pei Cangyu to go over, and Pei Cangyu walked over.

Pei Yueshan patted the stool and motioned for Pei Cangyu to sit down, and Pei Cangyu sat down.

"What grade are you in?" Pei Yueshan knocked on the cigarette ash.

"Third year."

Pei Yueshan stroked his chin wistfully, and sighed: "It's been so many years..."

He smiled a little, smoked with his mouth, and gestured with both hands: "You were only so big when you were born, so small. But you don't cry very much, good guy, you really don't cry, I just hugged you When you were there, your hands trembled and you fell to the ground, your face was wrinkled, I thought you were going to cry..." He took out the cigarette and flicked the ash, "But as soon as I get close to you, you won't wrinkle your face. You just lay on the bed like that, very small, with a round face, and I gave you a kiss."

Pei Cangyu stared at Pei Yueshan, then lowered her head again.

Pei Yueshan smoked very quickly. He took out this one and pressed it out in the ashtray. He stood up, moved his neck, and heard a few bone-shrinking sounds.He looked down at Pei Cangyu for a while, then walked casually in the room.

He walked to the old record player and fiddled with it twice: "It's still there..."

As soon as Pei Cangyu saw someone playing the record player, he became nervous. He rushed forward and took his father's thick hand away from the fine needle: "Don't move around, this thing is very fragile."

Pei Yueshan shook his head: "You really don't look like me."

Pei Cangyu was stunned for a moment, then pursed her lips, her voice was not loud: "Why do I look like you when you're gone..."

Pei Yueshan turned to look at him, but Pei Cangyu didn't look up.

"That... I'm going to do my homework." Pei Cangyu cleared her throat, then turned to look for her schoolbag.

Pei Yueshan went to find the old tape, turned on the tape recorder with great interest, and continued to chat with Pei Cangyu: "Do you know this? You probably haven't seen it in your generation, right?"

Pei Cangyu didn't leave after seeing this: "Who said that, I used tapes when I was a child to learn English."

Pei Yueshan looked through the collection carefully: "There are quite a lot of them, and they are well maintained."

Pei Cangyu was annoyed: "Yes, grandma asked me to wipe it often."

Pei Yueshan chose a disk from the middle, squatted down, put it into the tape drive under the cabinet, and pressed the switch.

Pei Cangyu also squatted down.

It's an English song.

"Papawasarodeo", the version of The Magnetic Fields.

Pei Cangyu asked: "What's the name of this song?"

Dad turned his head: "Forgot."

Then Pei Yueshan stood up, supported his arms with the bookshelf, and looked down at Pei Cangyu: "Can you dance? Is it taught in school?"

"What kind of dance? Does the rabbit dance count?" Pei Cangyu also stood up, "Occasionally, I do this dance during the big class break."

Pei Yueshan smiled, turned around and turned up the volume: "Don't you have a dance?"

"Prom? Too bourgeois..." Pei Cangyu clicked his tongue.

Pei Yueshan turned to look at him: "Let me teach you."

"Ah? How to teach?"

"Like I taught your mother." Pei Yueshan took his hand and led him forward, "You can step on my feet."

Pei Cangyu froze for a moment, very hesitant, he didn't want to smear Pei Yueshan's face, but he didn't want to, so after struggling a bit, he still stepped on Pei Yueshan's feet.

Pei Yueshan raised his feet, Pei Cangyu shook, and quickly grabbed Pei Yueshan's arm.

Pei Yueshan straightened him up: "You're not too heavy."

Pei Cangyu jumped down: "No, it's too awkward."

"Then," Pei Yueshan turned off the music, "what do you want me to do with you?"

Pei Cangyu was stunned for a moment, then looked at his father again, realizing that this might be his father's attempt to draw in the parent-child relationship, so he thought about it seriously: "Then, how about arm wrestling?"

"it is good."

Pei Yueshan walked to the table, swept the plates and wine aside: "Come on."

"Hey." Pei Cangyu rolled up his sleeves and sat on the chair with his legs crossed, "It's agreed, the outcome will be determined in one game."

Pei Cangyu stretched out his arms to stand on the table, and Pei Yueshan also showed his tattooed arm. To be honest, seeing the muscles in his forearm, Pei Cangyu reckoned that he was going to lose this round.

Pei Yueshan held his hand, and Pei Cangyu felt a heat coming from the palm of his hand, as well as the huge gap in the palm area.

"Are you ready?" Pei Yueshan looked up at him.

Pei Cangyu thought to himself, isn't it all like this?But he still nodded stubbornly, tensed his arms, clenched his teeth, and prepared to fight——

Then lose in two seconds.

Pei Cangyu: "..."

Pei Yueshan took a sip of the wine, and handed the remaining half of the glass to Pei Cangyu, who took it this time.

"Go and do your homework." Pei Yueshan grabbed another handful of peanuts.

"what?"

"Didn't you just say you have homework?"

"Oh right." Pei Cangyu stood up, "I almost forgot..."

He grabbed his schoolbag and went back to his room, taking another peek at his father.With one arm propped on the table, Pei Yueshan flipped through the peanuts on the plate with the other, looking a bit decadent.

Although Pei Yueshan and Pei Cangyu tried to draw a little distance between each other, but for some reason, the effect was not obvious, maybe because of Pei Yueshan's always tense face, or because Pei Cangyu always wanted to hide.

In short, it is not an easy task for both of them to integrate into this place.

Pei Cangyu thought, he should be more patient with his father.

He closed the door, turned around and suddenly found that there was still only one bed.

So he opened the door, thought for a while and asked, "Well, didn't you just buy a new bed?"

Pei Yue didn't raise the mountain, but shook it down: "Why, let's do it like this."

Pei Cangyu didn't know what to say, so she scratched her head and closed the door.