Dip in fire

Zhang Weilan has lost weight at first glance, her face is very pale, and there are dark circles under her eyes. She must have not slept well in the past few days.

Zhong Ning asked, "Where are you feeding the cat?"

There is a unique smell in the bushes in summer, which originates from the dry soil, extends to the branches and leaves, and is stained with freshness.This green earthy smell is quite pleasant.

A bee flew over, circled twice in front of Zhong Ning's eyes, and buzzed away again.

Zhang Weilan looked at Zhong Ning for a while, the biscuit crumbs in his palm were licked away by the cat.He withdrew his hand and patted his palm clean.

Zhong Ning sighed, walked over and squatted down next to Zhang Weilan.The little tabby cat raised its eyes to look at Zhong Ning, and actually leaned over, rubbing its head against the back of Zhong Ning's hand, the cat's mouth was soft and meowing, coquettish.

Zhong Ning was flattered, rubbed his fingers on the cat's face, and said to Zhang Weilan, "Why did you come here to feed the cat?"

Zhang Weilan said after two seconds, "Passing by."

Zhong Ning curled his lips, thinking "You still know how to talk to me?", and couldn't help complaining in a low voice: "I thought you made up your mind to ignore me."

Isn't it.He ran under Zhang Weilan's window all day long, and the stones crackled, and Zhang Weilan opened the curtains without hesitation.

Zhang Weilan glanced at Zhong Ning again, but said nothing.

Zhong Ning secretly scolded Zhang Weilan for being a box of small-eyed toothpaste, who had to be pinched and squeezed to spit it out.

Zhong Ning held the idea of ​​"I can't be like him, he has been having a hard time recently." His moral character gradually became higher, and he blindly put on a "caring" skin for himself.

Zhong Ning lifted the mung bean cake in his hand: "Do you want to eat it? I just bought it."

Zhang Weilan stroked the little cat: "Don't eat it."

Zhong Ning clicked his tongue and thought, "What's the use of asking him?"

After thinking about it, Zhong Ning didn't pay attention to his hands, just picked up a stray cat, took out a paper towel and wiped it twice, then reached into the plastic bag and grabbed a piece of mung bean cake, opened his mouth and bit it.

After eating a piece of mung bean cake, his mouth was full of sweetness, and he tried to find something to say but couldn't find it.Zhong Ning was terribly worried, but luckily there was a little cat here.

This kitten is quite clean, like a wild cat, rare and very close.It rubbed against Zhong Ning twice, and licked Zhang Weilan twice, the taste was very boring.

Zhong Ning saw that it looked pretty good, and its eyes were watery, so Fan Xin was moved: "Why don't you take this cat back, keep it in the yard, and be a companion with Da Duozi."

"No." Zhang Weilan did not agree.

"Why?" Zhong Ning had just finished asking, when suddenly a big tabby cat emerged from the bushes behind it, shaking the leaves all over the ground.

This big cat looks very similar to the little cat, it opened its mouth and meowed a few times, the little cat immediately abandoned Zhong Ning and Zhang Weilan, turned around and wagged its tail, and left with the big cat.

Zhong Ning pointed at one big and one small and sighed: "What's the situation?"

"It's a female cat." Zhang Weilan said, "It should be its mother."

Zhong Ning: "..."

Zhong Ning didn't dare to speak again.

All wild cats have mothers, and maybe fathers and siblings.

The reddish light of the setting sun shines on the ivy on the opposite side, mottled the shadows of the leaves, scattered into dots one by one, like sparks that are not too bright, falling on their bodies and faces.

Zhang Weilan stood up, put on her schoolbag and left.

Zhong Ning walked with Zhang Weilan, the two of them were not walking fast, neither of them spoke, Zhong Ning ate mung bean cakes while walking, and when he was almost home, there were only two yuan left in a bag of mung bean cakes.

Zhang Weilan is carrying the museum on her back today.He still felt cold, and the chill in his chest was stagnant and never dissipated.He wanted to go out to bask in the sun, but he didn't want to go to school, so he went to the library for a walk.

When walking to the canteen near her home, Zhang Weilan remembered that the soy sauce and vinegar at home were gone.Lu Qingqing is gone, old man Zhang has just been discharged from the hospital, these days Yan Huiwan delivered the meal after cooking, or Zhang Weilan messed around on her own.

Zhang Weilan went to the canteen and bought a bottle of soy sauce and a bottle of vinegar, along with a pack of salt.He went out from the grocery store and saw that Zhong Ning was still waiting for him at the door, and the two mung bean cakes left in the bag were gone.

Seeing Zhang Weilan coming out, Zhong Ning quickly followed and walked home with him.

Still nothing to say, they walked quietly side by side.

Zhong Ning ate a bag of mung bean cakes, which were sweet and greasy. He looked down at the seasonings in Zhang Weilan's hand, and couldn't understand what it was like for a while.

When I was young, I often mixed sweet and sour in a bowl and poured it down raw, choking and hurting my throat.Only because a young heart loves to compete, and thinks that removing trivial matters, it is youthful and frivolous, and this is called a boy.

Although young people are fed up with food, most of them don't think about how smoky the cooking smoke is, and whether the soy sauce jar is empty.As soon as Lu Qingqing and Zhang Zhiqiang let go, Zhang Weilan's still-unstructured spine had to prop up something more.

These things are complicated and vulgar, and extremely sad, and they can be plucked and forced to encourage growth, and drive away the youthful spirit in his bones in advance.

Zhang Weilan's cholera and gloomy teenage years went with a pair of short-lived parents who were devastated.Together with the indistinct wantonness in his character, it was also turned into ashes, weathered in the depths of the soil, and never seen again.

Zhong Ning hung his wrists and fanned himself with his palms, sweating all over his body.He wiped his face at the courtyard door, his hands were wet with sweat, and he heard screaming and crying from the courtyard door, it was a little girl crying.

This scene is somewhat familiar. A few nights ago, at the funeral home, he also heard it outside the door, and it was very similar.

"Why... hey!" Zhong Ning turned his head to speak to Zhang Weilan, but Zhang Weilan had already let go and ran out.

"I/Fuck." Zhong Ning also ran into the courtyard gate, and was immediately stunned.

It's really Xiaohuan.

Xiao Huan stood at the door of Zhang Weilan's house crying loudly, her face was sticky with tears and snot, and old man Zhang squatted opposite her to coax her, the more she coaxed her, the louder she cried.

Xiao Huan screamed: "Mom, I want my mother."

Zhang Weilan stood still, feeling the coldness in his chest was about to rise, so he quickly took a deep breath to suppress it.

Zhang Weilan walked over, grabbed Xiao Huan's arm, and staggered the little girl: "What are you doing here? How did you find this place?"

Old man Zhang hurriedly grabbed Xiao Huan's other arm. He looked at Zhang Weilan with complicated eyes, mixed with distress and guilt: "Weilan, please leave first, this is your sister."

Zhang Weilan was silent for a while, then said indifferently, "I don't have a younger sister."

After finishing speaking, he tugged Xiao Huan hard, pulled Xiao Huan away from old man Zhang's hand, turned around and walked out while holding the oil bottle.

"Listen to grandpa!" Old man Zhang held Xiao Huan back again, "Her mother threw her at the door and told her to come to grandpa..."

Zhang Weilan suddenly stopped, turned her head and stared at Xiaohuan in disbelief.

Like an evil dragon that has been sleeping for thousands of years and its scales were suddenly broken off, Zhang Weilan yelled at Xiao Huan: "Shut up, don't cry!"

Xiao Huan thumped in fright, her unlucky little head lighted up, she quickly turned around and threw herself into Old Man Zhang's arms, grabbing Old Man Zhang's clothes with her little hands, holding her breath by her neck, not daring to cry out.

Zhong Ning felt that he was struck head-on by a thunderbolt in the sky, he tasted what old man Zhang said, although he didn't say it clearly, but the meaning was quite clear - Zhang Zhiqiang was a wild whore outside, wanted to entrust Xiao Huan to old man Zhang.

In other words, Zhang Zhiqiang is dead, and she doesn't want this child anymore.And according to this posture, old man Zhang wants to accept Xiaohuan.

Old man Zhang squatted on the ground, looked up at Zhang Weilan, and said in a low voice, "Weilan, grandpa, I'm sorry, but Xiaohuan is still young, so it shouldn't be her fault."

Zhang Weilan's pale hand turned to Xiaohuan, refusing to budge.He said heavily, "Get out."

Xiao Huan trembled, begging for nothing, and slipped into Old Man Zhang's arms.Old man Zhang looked at Zhang Weilan, then patted Xiao Huan on the back, really not knowing what to do.

"You don't want to leave, right?" Zhang Weilan walked up, pulled Xiao Huan out of the old man's arms, and said with a sullen face, "If you don't leave, I will throw you out."

"Wei Lan!" The old man Zhang, who was old and useless, threw himself forward, so as not to fall.

Zhong Ning was startled when he saw it, and quickly jumped up to help old man Zhang, for fear that he would bleed his face again.

Zhong Ning yelled at Zhang Weilan: "Zhang Weilan, what are you doing? This is your grandfather, why can't you speak properly?"

Xiao Huan couldn't beat Zhang Weilan, and stumbled at the door, not daring to cry loudly.

Zhang Weilan shook off Xiao Huan's hand, turned her face towards Zhong Ning and said cruelly: "What I do is none of your business?"

He had been dead in this pool of stagnant water for too long, and suddenly he was pinched to the point where he erupted, leaving Zhong Ning at a loss for words.

Taking advantage of Zhong Ning's confusion, Zhang Weilan followed closely and became mean: "Are you exhausted these days? You're circling around me like a fly. Why, read a joke? Pity me? Now you still want to take care of my family's affairs, who do you think you are?" ? The savior?"

Zhong Ning was furious, and was stabbed out of the hole again, wishing to bring a mouthful of old blood up, and pooh Zhang Weilan's face.

All when his warm heart was fed to the dogs.

"I'm not fucking anyone." Zhong Ning strode over and pushed Zhang Weilan to the courtyard door.

He mustered all his strength this time, and the movement was so loud that Xiao Huan was so frightened that he rolled around on the ground.

Da Duozi in the room couldn't stand it anymore, and played claws at the door of Zhong Ning's house, scratching furiously, and barking fiercely.

Zhong Ning grabbed Zhang Weilan's collar and threw him against the gate with a "bang".

Zhong Ning was so angry that his liver hurt: "Are you enough? It's been so many days, are you fucking enough?"

Zhang Weilan threw the bagful of soy sauce and vinegar in his hand to the ground, rubbing it and smashing it, black and white dripped all over the floor, and the air was filled with a sour and salty smell.

Xiao Huan has already rolled and crawled to the old man Zhang's side.Old man Zhang hugged Xiao Huan and sat on the ground, barely breathing.

Zhang Weilan said to Zhong Ning: "Get out of here."

Zhong Ning stared at Zhang Weilan for a while, then nodded: "Okay, you are uncomfortable, I know."

Zhong Ning gritted his teeth: "You want to throw fire at me, don't you. Come on."

As soon as he finished speaking, he quickly swung a punch and punched Zhang Weilan's pale face.

"Xiao Ning!" Old man Zhang was about to have a heart attack.

Zhang Weilan's head was tilted by Zhong Ning's punch, and he touched the side of his face with the tip of his tongue, his face was sore that it was about to split open.

Along with the freezing cold in his chest, it was about to crack open.It seemed to be frozen in the flesh and blood, and it tore the whole body in a split second, followed by severe pain.

Zhang Weilan clenched her fist and punched Zhong Ning back in the face.Zhong Ning didn't even try to dodge, he took the blow forcefully, and at the same time pushed up with his knee, bumping into Zhang Weilan's abdomen.

Zhang Weilan bent down with a muffled grunt, and kicked Zhong Ning's calf. Zhong Ning's legs were numb from his kick, and he retreated two steps.

The two brutes put on the ground and beat and rolled, making a mess of soy sauce and white vinegar. Xiao Huan feared that the world would not be chaotic, and competed with Da Duozi and howled, but old man Zhang couldn't care less. After pulling it, there was nothing wrong with it, so I could only yell at them not to fight. After a few words, the oxygen supply was insufficient, and the eyes were full of stars.

Zhang Weilan turned over, and Zhong Ning was pushed to the ground again. They twisted each other's arms, and neither of them would let them.

Zhong Ning was careless, and Zhang Weilan punched him alone, which made his teeth hurt.

"Damn it." After Zhong Ning pouted, he pushed Zhang Weilan's shoulder with one hand, trying to lift the bastard off, but unfortunately he didn't.

Zhong Ning grabbed Zhang Weilan's forearm with his other hand and just as he hit his right hand, he turned his head and bit Zhang Weilan's forearm viciously.

"Ah... let go!" Zhang Weilan cried out in pain, pinching Zhong Ning's chin with his left hand, telling him to let go.

Zhong Ning just didn't let go, and the tip of his tongue already tasted the hot fishy smell.Zhang Weilan's forearm was bleeding from his bite.