camouflage

After the violent stimulation, the rest is a quiet aftertaste.

Indulging for a few days and spending almost 1000 yuan, Shu Xia regained consciousness as if waking up from a dream.

Looking at the flaxen curly hair and earrings in the mirror.

Unbelievable, a little strange, the face is that face, it feels different.

Unlike his impression, he is silent, a little depressed, afraid of being said to be taciturn and unsociable, he smiles all over his face when he meets people, and he can't smile anymore after people.

But now, even if you don't smile, you are cool and not depressed.

The shelter is now like a hotel, he tidied it up, ate a few mouthfuls of polenta, and started reading.

The holiday has passed for more than half a month without knowing it, and this half month seems to be stepping on the clouds.

He dyed his hair, went to the bar, drank alcohol, and learned to ride a bicycle.

Ji Xi taught him for a few days, ran a few laps on the highway, and then went to run in the street, he was courageous, and his skills were not bad.

There was no phone call at home, and he fled in the middle of the night without a single questioning voice.

Maybe... I think it's better not to have a son like him.

It will be Chinese New Year in five days.

Ji Xi had no plans to go back, no one at home asked him to go back, and the sellers of New Year's goods in the streets and alleys were beaming, and they were all running around for the New Year, with smiles on their faces.

The shelter is still empty. Although there are more and more things piled up, it is still empty.

Ji Xi asked him to move there.

He refused, he was not ready, Ji Xi was like the wind, free to come and go, and he was left here, the only place that could accommodate him.

It's like a kind of stubbornness, even... one day, he can still have a place to cry.

How did you spend the new year?Where have you been?

No thoughts.

The number of people in Liu Qiang's Internet cafe began to decrease, and there were very few people who booked nights, sometimes just one or two.

Because it's almost Chinese New Year.

The parents who worked abroad came back, and their enthusiasm for surfing the Internet was left behind, or they didn't dare to stay overnight anymore.

Liu Qiang simply closed his business at night, and Shu Xia also lost his job, so he had to wait until school started.

He put down his pen and opened the mobile banking client.

9543.00

If he hadn't indulged in those few days, he should have broken through ten thousand.

He can also be a millionaire.

There are still 21 days to go to school, and school will start after the Lunar New Year.

He has to find a part-time job to make some money.

Just do it.

He sent a message to Ji Xi, not having dinner with him at noon.

Shu Xia has a lot of experience in finding a job, and it is very likely that he can't find it after walking for a day. He brought a water glass, tissues, and an umbrella and planned to come back at night.

Ji Xi only replied to the message when the door was locked: What's the matter?Are you okay?

He locked the door and replied: Well, looking for a job.

Ji Xueba: Oh, do you want me to accompany you?

The grades have come out, Shu Xia changed the remarks for him, he is not a scumbag, but a top student, a willful top student!

He chuckled, if Ji Xi was with him, would he still want someone?Dressed in a trendy brand, it doesn't look like it's for work or consumption.

Shu Xia: No need.

Ji Xueba: Okay, then I will play with Qi Xin and the others today.

Is this a report?

Shu Xia: Yes.

When she went downstairs, she met the landlord, and Shu Xia greeted her with a smile.

The landlord smiled and said, "Going out so early? Have you eaten yet? I just finished cooking here."

He smiled and replied, "Thank you uncle, I've eaten, and I have something to do when I go out."

"Oh, go, be careful!" the uncle kindly said.

"Ah."

Shu Xia went down the stairs, walked through the alleyway, and could still hear the conversation upstairs.

"Who?"

"The kid upstairs, the cute one, now with a hairstyle, he looks cool and handsome."

"Oh, it's time to eat."

"coming!"

Even the landlord felt that he had changed.

It really has changed!

The gangster at the intersection didn't take a break at the end of the year. He stood at the intersection with a few colleagues and smoked, smelling like a hooligan.

After the last fight, it stopped for a long time, and I didn't dare to speak again when I saw him.

Every time Shu Xia passed by, she would pay attention to him when she met him, and this time was no exception, just a few more.

In the past, he also thought that if he rebelled, he would be like them, with frizzy hair, fancy clothes, and a cigarette smoking in his hand, standing at the intersection and staring at those elementary school students asking for "protection money".

After seeing it, he didn't want to.

He didn't want to have anything to do with such people, so he studied hard to become a school bully and distinguish himself from them.

He wants to go to the world described by his junior high school English teacher, a free university, a few like-minded friends, find a job that works from [-] to [-], have a small apartment, it doesn’t have to be big, just enough to live in, he goes to work, Mei Ting Cook at home, feed a cat, or maybe a dog, take a walk in the park at night, and the day goes by.

Now, everything has changed.

I want to live in a small apartment with Ji Xi, walk the dog and play with the cat, go to work together in the morning, eat together in the evening, go for a ride by bike, go out to look at the wind, clouds, flowers and plants during holidays...

All his fantasies were shattered by a rude voice.

"Damn it, check it out, is this something from your house?" The customer and the boss were arguing at the entrance of the dilapidated stationery store full of stalls.

Shu Xia glanced at it, didn't go there, just crossed the sidewalk and walked the opposite road.

There are not so many jobs in small counties.

I wandered around for almost two hours, and they were all selling clothes and shoes, and they had to have experience.

He went to a bun shop and bought a bun and a steamed bun, and stood by the river bank to eat.

The streets with people coming and going are much more lively than usual, because it is almost the Chinese New Year.

The river water is clearer than in summer, and the water flow is much smaller, only reaching the ankles. The aquatic plants are lush and green.

The steamed buns were not tasty, and the steamed buns stuck in his throat. He gulped them down, took two sips of water to wash down the stuck steamed buns, and turned to leave the river bank.

Maybe he was lucky, there was a supermarket looking for someone, because it was busy at the end of the year, recruiting cashiers, delivering goods, and moving goods, Shu Xia listened carefully to the proprietress talking about the work that needed to be done.

All in all, it is like a brick, where it needs to be moved.

"Can you ride a bike?" the proprietress asked, with a 40-year-old face and red hair dyed with instant noodles, like forty or fifty.

"Know how to ride electric cars and motorcycles." Ji Xi said that anyone who learns his car's two wheels will know how to do it.

"Okay, we have food or lodging here, two meals, it's the end of the year, it's very busy, go to work at [-]:[-] in the morning, get off work at [-]:[-] in the evening, take a two-hour break at noon, go to work at [-]:[-], and pay according to zero-hour employees. We As long as you reach the senior year, you won’t be recruited, the salary is [-], and if you perform well, you will get a bonus.”

"Think about it, it's suitable to come tomorrow."

Shu Xia nodded, bent slightly, "Thank you, I will be there on time tomorrow."

"Okay, bring a copy of your ID card with you tomorrow," said the proprietress.

"Okay, thank you."

After finishing the work, Shu Xia breathed a sigh of relief.

It was still early, so he glanced left and right, all of them were for New Year's purchases.

He went to the bookstore with his bag on his back.

He didn't have time to go to the bookstore, so he planned to borrow a few books to read and return the one he borrowed last time.

The bookstore became lively because of the New Year's Eve, almost all adults brought children, so he went to the tutoring materials area.

many people.

Elementary school, junior high school, and high school may come back from traveling for a year and find that the child is not learning well, it seems like a remedy after a dead sheep.

Shu Xia didn't expect to meet Ming Lu, he turned a corner and saw him reading a book leaning on the bookshelf, looking like a literary youth.

It is said that the uncle is not good at studying.

He even kicked him in the last fight.

"Shu Xueba?" He greeted first, as if he had forgotten that they had fought, "Hey, don't you relax during the holidays?"

Shu Xia didn't speak, and continued to look for the college entrance examination composition model essay, he was lacking in this area and had to make up for it.

"You and Ji Xi have a pretty good relationship." He leaned against the bookshelf and closed the book, "You two have nothing to do with each other, how did you get along?"

"Are you gossip?" Shu Xia saw the book in his hand, one hundred high school essays.

"It's a little bit, life is boring, so naturally I have to find something to chat with." He smiled, "What book are you looking for?"

"The one in your hand." Shu Xia glanced at the bookshelf behind him, there couldn't be only one book.

"Oh, I'm sorry, it's just this one." He looked like he needed a beating, his hands were so fucking itchy.

Shu Xia didn't necessarily want this book, "Then you can use it, after all, you have to cram for the time being."

I want this book because I think there are many chapters and I can read it for a long time.

He continued to look at other books. There were too many books, which dazzled his eyes. They were not arranged by name, and they were all about the same size.

"Why do I feel that you are indifferent to me?" Uncle Ming followed him, "I am quite warm to you."

"Don't get in the way." Shu Xia glanced at him, "I'm just like this, and I treat everyone the same."

"It's different!" He moved two steps away, very gossip, "I think you treat Ji Xi differently."

He suddenly guessed: "You won't be so indifferent to me because I broke his ribs?"

"Because you're too busy, it's an eyesore!" Shu Xia got [-] points for a high school composition. Although it was only one word short, the effect was about the same.

"I'll go, can I get in your way even if I'm idle?" Ming Lu held his forehead, "Is the Second Middle School bothering you?"

Shu Xia ignored him and left, going to the next district, literature.

Ming Lu stuck behind like a bug.

"What exactly do you want to say?" Shu Xia turned to look at him.

"I didn't want to say anything, but I thought you were good at studying. I am obsessed with being a top student." He spread his hands helplessly, and the book in his hand disappeared.

"...I'm not interested in you." Shu Xia entered the literature area, both in English and Chinese.

"No, shit, I'm not interested in you either, okay, I just haven't seen such an awesome academic master, let's see how it's different from ordinary people like us." He seemed to be furious.

"Oh, then your knowledge is really shallow!" Shu Xia said.

He chose a few English and Chinese books, and walked to the registration office with his arms in his arms.

"Now I know why you and that kid Ji Xi get along so well, it's just a hang-up, I owe you!" he said.

Seeing Shu Xia looking at the clerk's records seriously, he leaned on the table and glanced twice, "Oh, Xueba is really different! The books he reads are not at the same level."

"You talk a lot!" Shu Xia turned her head and said.

"Thank you, my dad always said that if you are hanging out, you have to be able to speak well, talk to people, and talk to the devil." He was quite proud, smiling like a rotten chrysanthemum.

"..." Shu Xia took the book and stuffed it into her bag, and said to the clerk, "Thank you!"

"Hey, your outfit looks more and more like Ji Xi, you two won't get along so well that even your hairstyle and clothes should be the same?"

Shu Xia thumped, with a serious face, "There are so many words!"

"Thank you!"

So thick skinned!

"Why are you following me?" A lot of it came out, and I couldn't do without talking.

"I didn't follow, my family lives here." Ming Lu put his hands in his pockets and pointed to the front with his chin.

Shu Xia changed direction, saw people still following her, and asked angrily, "Are you fucking sick?"

"Tsk, why are you swearing? My house can also go back this way." He said innocently, and even took two steps to run in front of him.

"I didn't follow, my family is really going this way." He said and walked away.

Fuck!

Shu Xia turned around and changed the way.

Knowing why Ji Xi can't get along with him, I owe it to smoke.

He took out his mobile phone and sent a message to Ji Xi, that he can have dinner with him today.

Ji Xueba: Where are you? I'll pick you up.

Shu Xia glanced around: Guanyuan Road, opposite to Kunhua Optical Shop.

Ji Xueba: Running so far?Wait a minute, about 15 minutes.

Shu Xia: Yes.

He found a tree to lean against, facing the intersection, and Ji Xi could see it at a glance when he came.

It’s the Chinese New Year, and the shops are all offering discounts, with banners and loudspeakers on, sales, big sales... [-]% off the whole venue... people come and go.

I don’t know when the lantern was hung on the tree. It was red, like a big apple, and there were words, happy new year.

Happy fart!

He suddenly swears, staring at the round stone pier by the side of the road, out of sight and out of mind, lined up in a row, one two three four five, five four three two one, one two three four five...

Counting up and down, I don't know how many times.

Counting and humming a song.

The light in the dark night is on and off, your eyes are full of starlight...

The stars light up quietly in the sound of your footsteps...

The tune was different from last time, and he hummed it again.

The window in the wind and rain is far away, the fluttering sail is leaning towards the shore...

The stars light up quietly in the sound of your footsteps...

……

"Didi!" The familiar car sound, familiar human voice, "Hey, why are you in a daze?"

Shu Xia raised her head, it was Ji Xi's smiling face, wanton and warm, looking at him from the front of the car, he smiled, and hummed the rest: When I open my eyes, you are by my side.

"So fast?" He climbed into the back seat and hugged Ji Xi's waist.

"Cut a shortcut." Ji Xi turned his head, "Have you found a job?"

"Well, in the supermarket, we work from eight to seven." Shu Xia said, "I have to ride a bicycle to deliver goods, and my skills may not be good enough."

"What's wrong with your skills? What I taught is still not good?" Ji Xi boasted, "It's okay, if it's really bad, I'll send it for you."

"Are you free?" Shu Xia smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

"Isn't it just idle?" He said, "Where are you going? It's still early for dinner."

Around three o'clock in the afternoon, whether it's early or late.

Shu Xia said: "Go to the vegetable market, I will treat you tonight."

"Hey, why did I treat you well today?" Ji Xi changed direction and went to the vegetable market, "I'm flattered."

"Is it okay to celebrate that I found a job?" Shu Xia said.

Ji Xi: "Okay, you can say whatever you want."

The vegetable market was overcrowded, and Shu Xia suddenly felt that he had made a wrong decision.

It took Ji Xi a long time to find a seat to park, and turned the key to go to Shu Xia's place. There were too many people, and Shu Xia got off directly at the entrance.

"What's in your bag?" Ji Xi pointed to his backpack, "It's bulging."

"Books, borrowed from the library." Shu Xia pushed through the crowd and walked in.

"Read it again? Didn't you just borrow a few copies a few days ago?" Ji Xi followed him in.

Shu Xia replied: "I finished reading it earlier, and I didn't have a job for a few days. What else can I do besides study?"

"Awesome!" Ji Xi pulled him away from the cart, "Today I will pay the bill, and I will reward you, my super student!"

Shu Xia glanced back at him, "You think I have to pay? Do you understand that I have to do my own job? I have to buy vegetables after cooking and washing the dishes. Is it not a housewife?"

"What housewife? She's the husband of the house." Ji Xi patted him on the head with a smile, "Uneducated."

"You..." Getting used to scolding the scumbag, she almost broke away, but Shu Xia swallowed, "What do you want to eat?"

"You want to call me a scumbag?" Ji Xi laughed wildly, "It's over, I'm too tired to learn bully words, I can't even swear, and I still don't admit that I'm uneducated."

"What do you want to eat?" Shu Xia gritted her teeth.

He can swear at people, but how can those words be used to swear at Ji Xi.

"Meat."

"..."

"Pretend I didn't ask." Shu Xia said with disgust, but her eyes were fixed on all kinds of meat.

Ji Xi followed behind him, and he was not upset when he was about to be squeezed into a pancake, and he thought it was pretty good.

Once again, he saw Shu Xia's miraculous bargaining skills. He had to cut everything with a knife. He used to think it was quite embarrassing, but now he finds it quite interesting, and occasionally he can help to say something.

"Boss, thank you, business is booming!" Shu Xia greeted with a smile, but failed to negotiate the price, the boss sent out a pack of seasoned fish.

"Pfft, the business is still booming, the boss met you!" Ji Xi sighed, "It's a loss-making business."

"Is that an exaggeration? It's just that he earns less, do you think he's stupid?" Shu Xia said and walked to the seafood shop again.

"Boss, how do you sell the shrimp?"

"61 pounds."

"can it be cheaper?"

"..."

Shu Xia's grocery shopping principle: shop around and bargain wildly.

Regardless of whether it can be cut or not, it will be cut as soon as it comes.

Ji Xi followed him with his things, it was funny and funny.

"Uncle, how do you sell the chicken?"

"It's you, you don't need to haggle. I'm busy today, so I don't want to hear you haggling."

"Thank you uncle!"

What the hell!

Ji Xi suppressed his smile and followed Shu Xia to continue buying.

Most people in the vegetable market know Shu Xia, especially those who sell vegetables.

No need to say anything, the boss just said: "Don't cut it off, the year is busy, and you can do what you calculated last time."

Shu Xia subconsciously looked for Mei Ting, but she didn't see anyone after the transfer, she might have gone back long ago.

When they came out, they carried a lot of bags in their hands.

"Wait a minute, I'll go buy some dumpling wrappers. I don't have time to cook for you at work in the morning. Make some dumplings and put them in the fridge for you to cook." Shu Xia put the vegetables at his feet and ran back.

Ji Xi got into the crowd before he could return, he looked at the direction Shu Xia was going, and smiled.

His family's top student!

His eyes were slightly sour, he actually met such a good person, it's so fucking awesome, Ji Xi, you are a good guy!

I will go to work tomorrow.

He had to find something meaningful to celebrate, so he found a seat against the wall, piled the vegetables on the floor, and took out his cell phone.

Singing, not so good.

Going to the bar to bring down his family's top student, no way.

A big meal, he looked at the vegetables under his feet, there was a lot of meat, this is a big meal, a big meal made by Xueba.

See a movie?

A must for couples on a date.

He clicked to check the recent movies, there are several couple movies, but he and Shu Xia are in a special situation, what should he do if he likes girls after watching too many movies of this kind?

Such a good student, he still hides a little bit.

He chose "Space Rescue", um, full of heroism, very good.

……