suddenly tired

Zhong Lei turned on the light and revealed a head from the ladder: "What's wrong with you?!"

Ji Sumian sat on the bed and smiled strangely: "It's nothing, I just saw the stars on the ceiling."

"Fuck! Yelling so loud! Damn it!"

"Scared you? Hehe, let you scare me on purpose just now."

"Childish! Hurry up and sleep." Zhong Lei was about to go downstairs when he was stopped by Ji Sumian: "Hey second uncle, did you post these luminous stars?"

"I have that spare time! That girl posted it before."

"Ah...it's so pretty, and she didn't just post it randomly, she has a star map, did you find it?"

"Well, I found out later."

"Why would such a romantic and delicate girl who loves life commit suicide. Hey second uncle, are you really not afraid of ghosts at all when you live here? I heard that this house can be regarded as a haunted house."

"I'm more afraid of people than ghosts."

"Afraid of people?"

"If she really lingers, she may not necessarily harm me. After all, we have no grievances or enmities, but people are different. People can easily say very vicious things, whether they know you or not, whether you have Did not offend him."

Ji Sumian jumped out of bed and squatted on the ground, looked at Zhong Lei who was half of his body upstairs, and said slowly: "Second Uncle, are you unhappy?"

Standing in the middle of the ladder in a daze, Zhong Lei was a little panicked, he hadn't thought about this question for a long time.He has lived here for several years, like an anchored ship, docked in this sea, never moved again, the hull is corroded, silent, drifting, and hopeless.He repeated the same thing day and night, driving, eating, sleeping, never thinking about whether he was happy, and no one asked him like this.

"How fun it is to be taken aback by you! Go to sleep, I'm so bored." He jumped off the ladder and returned to his mattress, lying there with his eyes open.

Time flies quickly after autumn, and Zhong Lei heard the news on the radio one day that Ji Yifeng, the former deputy director of the Donghai Provincial Health Committee and secretary of the party committee, took advantage of his position to illegally accept personal and unit property and provide him with Convenience, profit, his behavior has constituted the crime of accepting bribes, the first trial sentenced Ji Yifeng to 15 years in prison, confiscated property, and fined 200 million yuan... No wonder Ji Sumen received calls these days, and his expression was lonely. He didn't say anything, and Zhong Lei didn't ask either.On the day when he heard the verdict, after taking the passengers to the supermarket, he got out of the car himself. He remembered that Ji Sumian loved to eat braised oxtail. He bought it home, prepared it and put it in the refrigerator. The next morning, he took him to Junwei Downstairs, hand it to him: "Hey, you have lunch."

"Ah?" Ji Sumian didn't react.

"Ah what, take it away, I will be there in 5 minutes after I received the order."

Ji Sumian walked into the lobby with a bento box in a daze. He arrived a little late today. Song Xiaobai, who went to the morning shift with him, had already finished his uniform and was standing at the front desk, chatting with Aunt Xue.

"Su Mian is here, come and eat rice cakes. Aunt Xue made it herself. It's delicious and soft. If you don't come, I'll finish it!"

Aunt Xue smiled and said, "I left it for Su Mian, you eat yours."

"That won't work, I need Su Mian to stop me from eating," she said while still stuffing it into her mouth, "show me your waist, I don't want to eat any more when I see you."

Ji Sumian happily stood beside her: "Sister Xiaobai, you are not fat at all."

Song Xiaobai stuffed the rice cake into his hand: "Okay, don't eat it!" Then he found his lunch box, "Hey, why did you bring the rice today? I still want to go to the cafeteria with you to eat boiled rice cakes." Where's the fish?"

"Er... I didn't know he made me lunch..."

"Tsk tsk tsk, look at your face, you know that flowers are blooming in your eyes! What did your girlfriend do?"

Ji Sumian also wanted to know that the box was quite heavy in his hand. He opened it, and the lunch box had three compartments, braised oxtail in soy sauce, kale shrimp, and rice mixed with miscellaneous grains.

"Wow, it's so luxurious! The boiled fish is completely defeated, it's good, I'm eating grass at noon today, don't let anyone stop me!" Song Xiaobai sighed and went to work, Ji Sumian was still there.

He really hasn't had a good time in the past two days. First, his mother's body, which was originally due to long-term medication with poor resistance and infection caused by being bedridden, has been better before, but now he has been intubated. No appeal, just ask the lawyer to tell Ji Sumian, work hard and don't visit him.

His mood was clouded by this lunch box, and he started his day's work happily.

Sometimes Zhong Lei was too far away to catch up, so he would not pick him up for class in the afternoon, but he was always waiting at the door in the evening.He arrived very early that day and drove into the parking lot. He originally planned to take a nap, but he was a little curious about how the child taught the child, so he sat in the parent waiting area.There is a wall screen in the waiting area, silently playing surveillance images from four classrooms, Ji Sumian is in the classroom in the upper right corner.

The class had only started for five or six minutes, and children who were late were being sent into the classroom one after another. Ji Sumian arranged them on the foam cushions. The two children seemed to have an argument because they wanted to stand closer to him. Ji Sumian held one in each hand, seeming to be reasonable, and finally gave them a small sticker to appease them.Then tap the screen, find the video that needs to be played, send out a few small maracas, and lead the children to dance.

There was no sound, and Zhong Lei didn't know what they were singing. He only saw him holding each child's hand, pointing to his mouth, and teaching them pronunciation.

The teacher in this classroom seems to be a completely different person from the child at home. Perhaps exaggerated movements and expressions are needed to teach young children. Zhong Lei has never seen him show such a happy smile in front of him. It seems that he has not. I think he is a little cowardly, very obedient, too obedient, and his attitude towards me is submissive and even flattering. Now this him... this he was suddenly thrown down by a chubby little boy, and the two of them lay on the mat laughing, while Teacher Xiao also held up a card for him to read.Zhong Lei, on the other side of the screen, also laughed.

A grandma next to her came over and said, "We, Qiao Qiao, like Teacher Aiden the most. Why are you always procrastinating? When you talk about going to Teacher Aiden's class, you put on your shoes early and wait at the door, and you don't stop talking. Urge me to hurry up..."

Aiden.Zhong Lei read the name in his heart, the pronunciation was crisp and lively, very energetic.

After class, Ji Sumian still trotted all the way and jumped into the car.

"seat belt!"

"oh oh."

"Are you tired?" Zhong Lei thought that he had to bounce around for an hour after working all day.

"It's okay, three children have asked for leave today, and I only teach five children. It's over after eating, eating and playing, and I'm not tired."

"Well, go back to bed early."

"Second Uncle, have you eaten yet? Are you going to the airport today?"

"If you don't go today, you will go tomorrow. Tomorrow is Friday, and there will be many flights."

While chatting, Zhong Lei saw a person waving on the side of the road, he stepped on the brakes and slid to the side of that person, pressed the window and asked, "Where are you going?"

The passenger was a little hesitant: "I'm going to Luqiu Yuanshu. Are you here, carpooling? Drop by?"

"Come on, it's not a carpool, it's my brother."

"Oh yes, thank you."

Ji Sumian sat motionless in the co-pilot, his heart was beating violently, and his brain didn't know how to react. When he heard that he was going to Luqiu Yuanshu, he had an urge to get out of the car, but when Zhong Lei said, "Brother " Instead of "eldest nephew", he felt sweet in his heart that Luqiu was not far away, and with such a restless mood, he had already reached the gate when he raised his eyes.

"Can you drive into this community?" Zhong Lei asked.

"Okay, sorry for the inconvenience, master." The passenger replied.

After getting out of the car, Zhong Lei wanted to turn around and go back the same way, but Ji Sumian lightly pressed his arm: "Go ahead and turn left at the end?"

Through a layer of clothes, Zhong Lei felt the coldness of Ji Sumian's hand.Without asking why, he shifted gears and drove to where he said.

"It's here." The car stopped, and Ji Sumian got out of the car. The townhouses in the city are located in very expensive places, and the residents are either rich or expensive. "It will be auctioned soon. I want to take another look."

Zhong Lei understood where this was.He got out of the car and lit a cigarette, leaned against the car, and observed the house carefully.The yard in front of the door is very small. It is said to be a yard, but it is actually an open space surrounded by a row of low fences. There are many flower pots inside the fence, some withered and some covered with weeds. He saw Ji Sumian He kept looking up at the upstairs, thinking of his mother, who should have jumped down from here, stepped forward, and rubbed his hair.

Ji Sumian turned back and smiled at him. The smile was bitter and sour. He bent down and blew on the steps of the door, and pulled Zhong Lei to sit down.

"Brother Lei, can you sit with me for a while?"

Zhong Lei sat down and smiled: "You won't be called Second Uncle in a blink of an eye?"

Ji Sumian understood and didn't answer, instead he said to himself: "Do you know why this place is called Luqiu? It is said that it faces the mountains and the sea, which means that there are mountains and fortunes, but the sea is too big and the mountains are too small. , so dew is used, and dew is yin water. Alas, there are many other sayings that I can’t remember clearly. I just remember that my father said that the benevolent Leshan and the wise man enjoy the water. There is water. As a result, he went in and I dropped out of school, and Feng Shui is not very good." He laughed at himself.

Zhong Lei listened quietly without speaking.

"Brother Lei, this may be the last time I sit here. You know, every year on the first day of the Lunar New Year, our family would crowd on this step to take a photo. At first I could still be hugged, but later this time There were no room for three people on the steps, so I sat in the back row and put my head between theirs..."

"...Now the three of us are still in the same city, but live in three different places. It's just that we can no longer come back together and sit at this door."

Zhong Lei originally wanted to raise his hand to touch his head, but changed his mind temporarily and pinched the back of his neck, like comforting an abandoned kitten.

The wind is blowing, and the shadow of a sugar gum tree on the side of the road is mottled, and the long leaves are shaking hands like ghosts, trying to grab something that can't be kept. Compared with its neighbors, this house is lifeless , like a tomb, covered by dead branches and fences in the night, buried the wealth and warmth of the past under the soil layer, leaving only the restless and unforgettable feeling in the boy's heart on the steps.

Ji Sumian looked into Zhong Lei's eyes, saw some pity in them, and felt satisfied.

"Let's go, I've already said goodbye to it and them." He stood up and looked back, between the two houses, hung the moon, a thin strip, crooked, and the corner of his mouth laughing jokingly.

Coming out of Luqiu Villa, the night became darker, and the road to Xingyuan Village became more and more silent.Zhong Lei looked at the awkward sleeping person beside him, and slowed down. "Maybe I'm really tired." Zhong Lei thought this way, he couldn't bear this boy who was living seriously, and wanted to hug him who missed his parents at the door just now, but at this moment he was already asleep, as if saying goodbye , you can really let it go, and you are willing.

This idea continued to Xingyuan Village, Zhong Lei stopped the car, looked at the messy house in front of him, and then looked at Ji Sumian.

What can I give him?Ah.