sunk into the earth

Zhang Chen woke up very early the next day, and opened his eyes when only a little light overflowed from the window sill in the bedroom.There seems to be an accurate biological clock in Zhang Chen's body. No matter when school is on or off, he will automatically open his eyes at six o'clock in the morning, but he woke up today and realized that there is still a person lying in his arms. He didn't wash and clean up, but took out the mosquito net Pull the curtains, and with a wave of your arms, completely cover the unsightly sunlight.When the darkness returned to the bedroom, he crawled back to sleep with satisfaction.

I don't know how many hours later, the sky is completely bright, Li Xiaoyun washes up and goes to the kitchen to make breakfast, the most common black rice porridge, after washing the rice, put it in the pot, wait for the porridge pot to boil, and then busy to feed the two children Chawanmushi.Li Xiaoyun pulled apart the two bowls of steamed egg custard with a spoon, poured soy sauce, vinegar and sesame oil, and sprinkled some chopped green onion, and it was done.

During the porridge cooking, she went to the bedroom and knocked on the door. Normally, Zhang Chen got up earlier than her, but today both of them slept soundly. Li Xiaoyun knocked a lot before she heard Zhang's hoarse voice inside, saying that he and Cheng Sheng will go out immediately.

This movement woke up Cheng Sheng, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Zhang Chen's Adam's apple. Every time he pushes to the side, he entangles him once. He is tenacious. If he uses this perseverance to practice drums and write songs, he will definitely be able to successfully sign a record company and release an album next year.

The Adam's apple in front of his eyes disappeared, so Zhang Shen first turned off the electric fan that had been blowing all night, put away the mosquito net, and went to the window to open the window for ventilation.In summer, there is only a cool breeze at six or seven or eight o'clock in the morning, and the whole city starts to heat up after nine o'clock. Zhang Chen is lying on the window sill alone, watching the bicycles flying by below and the street vendors selling breakfast, while Blowing the cool breeze and thinking about things.He blew for a long time, and when he saw that the people behind him hadn't moved, he turned his head and urged him: "Hurry up and wash up, my mother told us to have breakfast."

Cheng Sheng had just woken up, and before he had time to feel embarrassed, a sense of inauthenticity clung to his chest. He looked at the ten-square-meter small bedroom, then at the cushion he was lying on, and the two fifty-cent white mosquito nets around it. I just felt as if I had reincarnated again. In my dream, I was kicked down by Lord Yan, and when I woke up, I changed my family.

He didn't move where he was, trying to remember last night.After drinking the soda last night, the two of them lay side by side and chatted. It was said that the chat was mostly Cheng Sheng's eloquent talk, and Zhang Chen seldom talked.Cheng Sheng told him about *** Square, about Beijing trams, about his father Cheng's books at home and abroad, about their school and the interesting professors they met in class, Zhang Chen listened to him, and only occasionally answered a few questions. Voice, never express any opinion.

Finally Cheng Sheng asked him: "What do you want to learn?"

Zhang Chen said, "Whatever, I don't know much about it."

So Cheng Sheng volunteered to give him an idea, "Otherwise, you can follow me to learn computer science, and you don't even need to buy professional books, just use mine. Otherwise, you can also use biology? The country strongly supports bioengineering, and employment will probably be very popular in the future."

When it came to majors, Cheng Sheng seemed to think of something, his interest dropped instantly, and he said with some distress: "I will go abroad to study for a master's degree in all likelihood after graduation. I am already preparing for this. Do you plan to go abroad in the future?"

Zhang Chen glanced at Cheng Sheng, and asked him back: "I have never even been out of Yuncheng, do you think I am someone who can go abroad?"

Cheng Sheng felt that this was not a problem at all, "If you have good grades, you can be sent by the government to study abroad without spending money, really. And almost all schools offer various scholarships. No matter how bad you are, you can't get a place from the government. And I can feed myself."

Of course, Zhang Chen didn't know how many ways there were to go abroad that he couldn't think of, but hearing what Cheng Sheng said, his heart was on fire again. Can a person like him really go abroad to study?He didn't even dare to think about it before, he just thought it would be a great fortune in his life not to follow his father to be a worker, and to be able to get out of this cloud city filled with factories and coal mines as soon as possible.

Zhang Chen's heart was really moving, it was so obvious that even Cheng Sheng could tell, he kept staring at Zhang Chen's face, seeing that his drooping eyelashes visibly twitched, then looked back at Cheng Sheng in disbelief, then lowered his head to think .

Cheng Sheng immediately struck while the iron was hot, "So going to college is the beginning. As long as you take the exam well next year, it won't be a big problem in the future."

That’s all for last night’s memory, Cheng Sheng can’t remember any more things, and they seemed to fall asleep hugging each other later, it’s so hot in summer, sweating faster than the wind blowing from the third gear of the electric fan, But Cheng Sheng insisted on clinging to Zhang Chen as if he didn't dislike the heat. At first Zhang Chen pushed him twice, saying it was hot, but later he saw that he couldn't get rid of him, so he let him go.

Zhang Chen was still lying on the window sill, watching the passers-by downstairs and thinking about it for a long time, thinking about the plan to go abroad that Cheng Sheng said last night, thinking about the streets full of blue-eyed, white-skinned foreigners, and thinking about the plane he had never been on before. As soon as the plane appeared, he would inevitably think of the African savannah and the tropical rainforest next to the equator that appeared in the textbook. Glittering oceans, swathes of unknown birds and sea monsters fly by, taking him to a new place where everything is wonderful.

Zhang Chen leaned his entire upper body out of the window, and stayed in the wind for another 10 minutes. He waited for the heat on his body to dissipate in the wind before turning around. A small room of ten square meters.

Zhang Chen walked back to the mat and pulled up Cheng Sheng who was still lying there.Cheng Sheng was staggered by him, and fell to the ground in a daze. Together with Zhang Chen, he packed up the mattress on the floor and went to the bathroom. After the cold water for washing his face was poured on his face, Cheng Sheng felt his mind clearer.

The two of them went to the living room together after washing up. Li Xiaoyun had already served porridge and egg custard on the table, and smiled as soon as the two of them came out: "Did you sleep so soundly yesterday? Zhang Chen, you have never slept until this hour before waking up." .”

Cheng Sheng seemed closer than Zhang Chen and Li Xiaoyun, and answered the conversation first: "We were talking about the future development last night, and we couldn't stop talking, almost until dawn."

Li Xiaoyun didn't believe it, looked at his son, and said to Cheng Sheng: "Can Zhang Chen chat with people until midnight? His mother doesn't even have that kind of treatment."

Cheng Sheng scratched his head in embarrassment, "Actually, I was the one talking, so he just listened and answered me occasionally."

Li Xiaoyun seemed to like Cheng Sheng very much, seeing them sitting next to the table, she kept chatting with Cheng Sheng all the time.Cheng Sheng knew a lot but was talkative, and he was still a rare famous college student, so he naturally liked his parents. The books that Cheng forced him to read since he was a child have all turned into a bunch of novel topics at this juncture, which made people stunned.Li Xiaoyun was obviously taken aback, she patted her son on the shoulder, and sighed: "I still have to go to college, you see, Xiao Cheng's conversation and knowledge are not at the same level as ours, you should learn from him."

Zhang Chen glanced at Cheng Sheng, who was carefully blowing on the egg custard, and said "hmm".

Halfway through the conversation, Zhang Chen went to the kitchen to get a sugar bowl and a new spoon, first added one spoon for Li Xiaoyun, and two spoons for himself, and then asked Cheng Sheng if he wanted to add sugar.Cheng Sheng didn't like things that were too sweet, but was surprised by the two tablespoons of sugar that Zhang Chen added to his porridge: "I can't see that you like such sweet things."

Li Xiaoyun was mixing porridge, and laughed when she heard Cheng Sheng's words: "There are many things he can't see. He likes to eat whatever is sweet. He always has a stomachache and eats popsicles and drinks ice soda. He can eat two boxes of soda at home alone. Drink one box, and his dad and I can only grab the rest."

Cheng Sheng remembered that Zhang Chen said that he didn't drink ice last night, and gave him a surprised look. He was about to ask something, but before he could say anything, he heard the sound of the door key being locked, and then a tired man walked in. middle-aged man.

Cheng Sheng glanced at the gate curiously, and recalled that this was Zhang Chen's father he met when he came to look for Zhang Chen two days before returning to Beijing.

This made Cheng Sheng a little cautious, and he stood up and called "Hello, Uncle" before the porridge was finished.Zhang Licheng looked extremely exhausted, and it was rare that he didn't show his flattering look before. He just said "Xiao Cheng is here" and staggered into the bedroom. He fell headfirst on the bed, but one arm was still strong. Pointing at Li Xiaoyun's position in the living room, he said in a bad tone, "Li Xiaoyun, come in for me."

Li Xiaoyun put down the bowl in her hand and stood up, waved to the two children in front of the table, and whispered, "I'll go and see, you don't need to worry about him, just eat well." Then she went to the bedroom and locked the door. It was locked until the two of them left Zhang Chen's house.

There were constant quarrels in the bedroom, first it was a man's voice: "My wife found the mahjong parlor and asked me to take care of her wife in front of a group of workers. I have never been ashamed like this before!" There was a tugging sound, and the man inside scolded harshly again: "Look at your bitch face, show this and that, good guy, how many women like you are there in Quanyun City? Almost forty Who are you showing your neck and legs to?"

Immediately, the woman stopped eagerly: "There are two children outside, do you think it's embarrassing?"

Cheng Sheng was almost fidgeting and finished his breakfast amidst the overflowing swear words, hesitating for a long time before saying: "Should we go and have a look, what if something happens?"

At that time, Zhang Chen had just put the bowls and chopsticks into the sink, looked back at Cheng Sheng, and said, "No, they have been here for more than ten years, and there has never been any major incident."

Cheng Sheng was still worried, and felt uncomfortable listening to the swearing inside, so he poked his head over there and pulled Zhang Chen's sleeve, "Hey, go and have a look, those are your parents!"

He had good intentions, but he didn't expect that Zhang Chen, who was concentrating on washing the dishes, would suddenly stop washing the dishes, frown and push his hand away, his attitude became cold, "Can you stop meddling in other people's housework?"

Cheng Sheng was stunned for a moment, subconsciously let go of his hand, and whispered, "Okay, I'm being mean again."

Zhang Chen over there turned on the faucet and rinsed away the detergent bubbles in the bowl one by one. The bowl was already cleaned, but the water flow didn’t stop. After a long time, Zhang Chen turned off the faucet, sighed, and said, “I’m sorry. "

Cheng Sheng didn't know how he became like this. If someone talked to him like this in the past, he would either copy something and have a quick fight with him, or he would just pretend it was a fart and not take it to heart, but today Such words coming out of Zhang Chen's mouth just made him sore and painful, he couldn't ignore it, and he compromised after a long while: "Forget it, I'm the one who's being mean, I don't know the limit."