Bitter Tea [101 Mei Xuan]

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Fireworks——DAOKO/Yonezu Kenshi snow fell on the street lamps, and the warm yellow light was a bit hazy, refracted on the transparent ice layer, forming halos of light.

Meng Meiqi was wrapped in a thick down jacket, standing next to the painted light pole, with two round eyes peeking out from above the collar, looking at the empty park through the fence.

The pine trees on the side of the road were covered with snow. Standing in a row on the street and looking at it, it was as if someone had pulled out pure white steel needles and pierced them into the frozen ground.

Meng Meiqi shivered twice, stomping her feet to keep warm, and the sky gradually darkened. Meng Meiqi wanted to check the time, but her pocket was warm and she didn't want to reach out.She turned around in a circle, took two steps to the side, and looked at a China Mobile store on the street.

The distance was a bit far, the red subtitles were blurred together, and I was squinting my eyes to see clearly, when there was a sound of stepping on the snow on the left.

The weather is cold, and not many people come to the park for a walk, so no one shovels the snow on the gravel road, and it has fallen into a thick layer. When the shoes step on it, there are footprints, accompanied by the crunch of snowflakes being squeezed into ice. crunching sound.

Turning her head, Meng Meiqi frowned when she saw the clothes the visitor was wearing.

Inside was a gray turtleneck sweater, a long camel trench coat, and a pair of black boots that she couldn't name.She was wearing a thick down jacket and several sweaters that couldn't cover the heat, but Wu Xuanyi still looked like she didn't know it was cold. Meng Meiqi really wanted to open her head to see what was inside.

Wu Xuanyi held a paper bag in her hand, walked up to Meng Meiqi and handed it to her: "The last math homework, three sets of test papers, you must do it well."

Meng Meiqi took the paper bag, and was about to complain as usual, but was stunned when the paper bag skin was attached to the palm of her hand, a warm and numbing heat came out from inside, Meng Meiqi opened the paper bag and took a look, a cup of milk tea It was lying on one side of the paper bag, and next to it were three neat sets of test papers.

Meng Meiqi licked her lips, and her eyes slid to Wu Xuanyi's exposed hands. The warm yellow light cast a layer of soft light on her hands, which were long and beautiful.Meng Meiqi pressed it with the back of her hand, as if the ice cube she touched was terribly cold.

"Oh, senior sister, you are so stupid." Meng Meiqi shook her head, took out the cup of milk tea and put it into Wu Xuanyi's hand: "You warm your hands first, and freeze yourself like this."

Just as Wu Xuanyi was about to speak, Meng Meiqi stopped her: "Shut up, I know you don't want to." Then she took off the scarf around her neck, tied the milk tea and Wu Xuanyi's hands together, and she held the scarf At one end, he looked up with a smile: "But it's useless."

Wu Xuanyi lowered her head and smiled, and did not refuse again.

Originally, we met tonight just to get the test paper prepared by Wu Xuanyi, but now that she is frozen like this, I don’t want to go back. Meng Meiqi suggested: "There is a small alley to the east of this park, and there is a family of five-grain fish meal in it. , do you want to try it?"

Wu Xuanyi looked down at the scarf in Meng Meiqi's hand, and said, "It's useless if you don't go, right?"

In his lifetime, he could hear Wu Xuanyi making jokes, and Meng Meiqi laughed cooperatively.

There were quite a lot of people in the store, both of them were conspicuous, and they didn't like to be stared at. Meng Meiqi simply buried her face in her collar, untied the scarf and wrapped it around Wu Xuanyi's neck, and then pulled her to push The door went in.

The warm wind with fragrance came blowing towards her face, and Meng Meiqi immediately felt comfortable to the bone, and even her frozen thoughts were relieved. She suddenly remembered that Fu Jing had said to herself that no matter how familiar a friend is, Wu Xuanyi They are very resistant to passive physical contact. Meng Meiqi thinks that she touched the back of her hand and stretched her scarf just now, wondering if she will be unhappy.

There were mirrors on the walls of the store. Meng Meiqi glanced sideways at Wu Xuanyi behind her from the mirror. She buried half of her face with a scarf, and her brows and eyes were quite peaceful, without any discomfort.

Meng Meiqi breathed a sigh of relief, walked all the way to the counter, pulled out a menu and spread it out: "Sister, what flavor do you want to eat?"

Wu Xuanyi seemed to seldom come to this kind of place, glanced at the menu twice, and said, "Same as you."

Meng Meiqi said to the little girl behind the counter: "Two servings of original spicy tofu and fish powder." After finishing speaking, she was about to take Wu Xuanyi to the second floor, but she remembered something and then added: "Put less chili on one serving, she doesn't want to eat it." Too edible."

The little girl handed over a menu card, Meng Meiqi took it, and dragged Wu Xuanyi up to the second floor.There weren't too many people, and there were still a few empty tables. She pulled up her collar and went straight to the two-person table in the corner to sit down.

I didn't see it clearly outside just now, but now I found that there was a layer of snow on Wu Xuanyi's shoulders and hair. Meng Meiqi took out a tissue to help her wipe off the snow, but when she got closer, she realized that her eyelashes were not spared either. , the eyelashes as black as crow feathers were dyed pure white, like obsidian hidden under the mine, only revealing a bit of seductive and cherished light.

Meng Meiqi stopped holding the tissue, retracted it and stuffed it into her pocket, and said with a smile, "Sister, you are about to become a snowman."

The obsidian's light flashed through Meng Meiqi's eyes, Wu Xuanyi lowered his head slightly, another snow fell.

As the new year approaches, every family starts to paste couplets on the door. The special glue is sticky and smelly. The whole corridor and even the whole street are full of this smell. The dog at Grandpa’s house downstairs is not sure if it was smoked. , screaming all day long, scaring the little bird to flop and shed its feathers in the cage.

The street has been washed by snow, so clean that it shines.The snow that could not be handled temporarily was piled to the side of the road, burying a section of the trunk of the pine tree.When Meng Meiqi was riding a bicycle on the main road, she saw many strange snowmen piled up on the side of the road. The whole family ran out together, shoveling the snow with shovels, and there were little kids playing snowball fights with balls of snow on both sides of the road. At first glance, I knew it was a woolen hat knitted by grandma, rolling in the snow with snot in my nose.It has been a long time since I saw this kind of picture. Meng Meiqi felt warm in her heart. She stretched her long legs and stepped on the ground to stop the car. She took out her elderly phone and took a picture of this picture.

The photo was too blurry to read, Meng Meiqi wiped the screen in a breath, but it was still white.Meng Meiqi pouted, threw the phone into the bicycle basket in front of her, stepped on the pedals and rode out.

When the Chinese New Year is approaching, you have to go to the streets early in the morning, otherwise you won’t be able to buy a single dish. Although Meng Meiqi got up at 06:30, she still couldn’t catch up with the steps of the uncle and aunt, so she had to work hard to keep up with the spirit of never giving up. A bunch of aunts and uncles fought a bloody way, bought five catties of big bones and pork head meat, and brought 30 yuan of cold dishes and half a roast duck when passing by the cold salad stall. Both Cheng Jieling and Meng Guohai like to eat , should not fight.

When I got home, I knocked on the door for a long time and there was no answer. Meng Meiqi was a little strange. She should be at home at this time. Just about to shout, the family on the opposite side opened the door, and a 60-year-old grandmother poked her head out. He called softly, "Child."

The relationship with the neighbors is not yet familiar, but they usually greet each other when they meet, Meng Meiqi smiled and said, "Grandma Yang, what's the matter?"

Grandma Yang saw what she was carrying in her hand and asked, "Have you gone shopping for the New Year?"

Meng Meiqi raised the bag to make it easier for Grandma Yang to see clearly, and pointed to the bloodshot meat inside and said, "Yes, I woke up early, but I almost didn't buy anything, and after working for a long time, I brought some large pieces of meat." Bones and pork head meat, I want to drink soup today."

Grandma Yang sighed, glanced at the closed door behind Meng Meiqi, and said, "Good boy, your parents just had a quarrel, it was quite loud, you should go in and have a look."

Meng Meiqi was startled, she didn't even have time to say thank you, she quickly found the key to the door from the discarded shoe rack by the door, unscrewed it, and ran in quickly.The bedroom door was closed, and unrepressed quarrels came from behind the door. Meng Meiqi dropped something in her hand on the ground. She stepped forward to open the bedroom door, but found that it was locked.

Meng Meiqi knocked on the door vigorously: "Hey! Mom, Dad, open the door, I'm back!"

The quarreling stopped for a moment, someone came over and opened the door, Cheng Jieling looked down at her with a gloomy face, and said sharply: "Why don't you know how to change your shoes when you enter the house, and you have to take them off when the floor is dirty."

Meng Guohai sneered: "It's not because you teach well."

Cheng Jieling shook off the doorknob, turned around and cursed: "What's the matter with you today? You're looking for trouble, right? Have you put your mind to it when your daughter grows up? Isn't mahjong so fun? Wouldn't you rather go for a walk with your dog than take your child?" Go out and play? How successful is your father?"

Meng Meiqi felt her head hurt a little, and her limbs were filled with heavy falling pain. She was in a trance, and her eyebrows twitched, as if hundreds of needles were stuck in her body.She grabbed Cheng Jieling who was about to rush over, pulled her into the living room, and closed the door behind her.

"You take a break, take a break." Meng Meiqi pulled her to the sofa and sat down, went to the water dispenser to get a cup of hot water and handed it to her.The sound of kicking the cabinet came from the bedroom, and Cheng Jieling was about to stand up immediately, but Meng Meiqi pressed her shoulder firmly: "Take a break and drink some water."

Cheng Jieling was out of breath, pointing at the bedroom door and cursing: "I've seen it all today, there are so many fucking people, I was really blind to marry you back then, what a fucking bastard."

There were still some ugly words Meng Meiqi didn't listen to. She got up, walked to the gate and closed it, picked up the plastic bag that fell on the floor, and walked into the kitchen.

The apron didn't know where it was thrown, and Meng Meiqi searched for a kitchen but couldn't find it.The plastic bag was torn, and blood flowed out. Meng Meiqi wiped it with a rag in a panic, only to realize that she was holding a kitchen cloth for washing dishes in her hand halfway through.

Meng Meiqi threw the dirty kitchen cloth into the sink and turned on the faucet to get some water. Maybe it was too cold and the water pipes were frozen. Meng Meiqi waited for a long time before the water came out, but her eyes suddenly became wet.

Hearing Cheng Jieling's voice calling her in the living room, Meng Meiqi wiped her eyes, wiped her hands and walked out, sitting beside her.

Cheng Jieling's mood had stabilized, her eyes were fixed on the water glass in her hand, Meng Meiqi relaxed a little, this showed that she had calmed down and nothing would happen.

"Mei Qi," Cheng Jieling said suddenly.

"kindness?"

"If I divorce your father, who will you be with?"

Meng Meiqi was taken aback: "What did you say?"

Cheng Jieling sighed, and said it again: "If your father and I divorce, who will you be with?"

The smile on Meng Meiqi's face stiffened, and it took her a long time to spit out a few words: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon..."

"I know." Cheng Jieling looked at her: "But our family may not have a year to live in the future."

The town is just that big, and almost half of the town's people would come for such a big event as setting off firecrackers in the New Year.When the three of Meng Meiqi and the others arrived, the square was almost full of people. Groups of families gathered together. Some people brought their own chairs and benches. Several people sat together with a small table in the middle. , drink a small wine, eat braised chicken feet and peanuts, and children play with spicy sticks and fireworks.Others brought a soft mat, stretched their arms out on the grass, and lay on it, chatting with their family members on a video, tears and longing streaming down their faces.The old lady who sold small things was walking slowly through the crowd, her gray hair was wrinkled on the back of her hands, but her eyes were full of gentle and excited light.

The surrounding area is noisy and the wind is a bit cool. I thought it would not snow today, but at around [-] o’clock in the evening, there was still salt particle snow. When everyone came out, they brought umbrellas and opened them up to cover them. , All kinds of colors bloomed together in the square.

The three of them walked around the edge of the square twice, but they couldn't see a place to squeeze in, so they had to give up and stood at the barbecue stand under the shed for a while.

The snow was still falling, and it was getting bigger and bigger. The three of them looked up at the sky, and the aroma of barbecue behind them pierced their noses. Meng Meiqi couldn't help it, so she went to the freezer and ordered a few skewers of mutton. My favorite chili noodles and cumin, I happily showed off to Wu Xuanyi and Fu Jing.

Wu Xuanyi laughed softly, Fu Jing rushed up and snatched half of it without any explanation, Meng Meiqi was in a state of wiping away tears: "Sister, look, my sister usually bullies me like this, and my daily life is too hard That's right, this woman is simply insane."

Fu Jing ate a whole bunch of mutton in one gulp, and rolled her eyes: "Hey, but why did you suddenly remember that you want to watch the New Year's Cannonball? Didn't you disdain it before?"

"Just remember what happened, I can't watch it." Meng Meiqi glared at her, and handed the remaining few skewers to Wu Xuanyi: "Sister, do you eat it? It's pure natural, safe and pollution-free."

Fu Jing shook her head and said, "You can see it, you can see it, hey, Xuan Yi doesn't eat these things, even the roadside stalls."

Before Meng Meiqi could say anything to refute, Wu Xuanyi had already reached out to take a bunch, said thank you, and started to eat slowly.

Fu Jing's eyes stared straight, and she shook her head: "It's over, it's over, Meng Meiqi has completely taught you badly, I'm sorry for you as a sister."

Meng Meiqi poked her on the shoulder: "This is to experience a new life, what do you know?"

Everyone knows that Wu Xuanyi's family is very rich. I heard that her family has many houses in first-tier cities, and she came to this small town because of the famous National No. [-] Middle School. Wu Xuanyi's parents are in this town. Growing up in the town, he knew everything about this place, and Wu Xuanyi disliked those aristocratic schools, so he simply sent him here.Although the town is really not that good, the school's reputation and achievements are obvious to all, so her parents can rest assured.

Fu Jing didn't really want to talk to her, so she clapped her hands after eating the mutton skewers in her hand, put her on Meng Meiqi's shoulder and said mysteriously: "The fireworks will be set off soon, and I will take you to a place with a good view."

Meng Meiqi also threw away the bamboo stick in her hand, wiped her hands and grabbed Wu Xuanyi's sleeve: "Follow her, she can find a way if she can't do anything."

Meng Meiqi's eyes were crooked with a smile, and she always looked like a thief. Wu Xuanyi also pursed her lips, and followed her into the snow.

What a good place it is, in fact, it is the roof of a residential building behind the square, separated from the square by a wall, and facing the center of the fireworks.A few people entered the gate of the somewhat dilapidated community. Fu Jing turned on the flashlight of her mobile phone and walked into the corridor. She climbed directly to the door of the house on the top floor. A door was cut out here, leading to the yard outside.The three of them stepped over the rusted railing and ran along a row of flower pots in the yard to the edge of the yard, where there was a ladder leading to the uppermost terrace.

The houses here are relatively dilapidated, and the iron sheet next to it creaks when the wind blows. Meng Meiqi touched the snow-falling ladder and said unsurely: "Is this thing safe? It's a bit scary."

Fu Jing wiped off the snow on the ladder, and said, "Why are you so flustered, don't you believe your sister and me? This ladder was put here by the family on the fourth floor. In the past, their family liked to grow things on the roof. , Later, whatever was planted and died, it was simply abandoned, but the things that went up were not abandoned, don’t worry, it’s okay, I often drink here with a few of my friends.”

Meng Meiqi glanced at Wu Xuanyi and nodded.

Fu Jing was quite familiar with this place, so she climbed up in two or three steps. It was completely dark, and she couldn't see anything clearly. She could only hear Fu Jing's voice floating down from not far above: "Come up quickly, the view from here Really good!"

Meng Meiqi looked up at the light source of Fu Jing's flashlight, then turned to Wu Xuanyi and said, "I'll go up first, and I'll give you a hand on it later, the ladder might be a little slippery, so be careful."

Wu Xuanyi said helplessly, "I'm not that weak."

Meng Meiqi didn't know what to think of, she rolled her eyes, and said a long thoughtful hmm in her throat, pursed her lips and shook her index finger: "Anyway...be careful."

When all three of them went up, it was almost eight o'clock, and the New Year's cannons were about to go off, but the snow was falling harder and harder.Fu Jing found a comfortable seat, and there were three people sitting there. Wu Xuanyi sat in the middle, holding the only umbrella on top of the three people.

Meng Meiqi pinched the elderly phone to watch the time, and when the screen went off, she pressed the power button. The time passed by every minute and every second. Fu Jing was trembling with her arms in her arms, and looked at the densely packed crowd in the square and complained: "This is really amazing. It’s unbearably cold at the heights, ah. I should have brought two bottles of beer up.”

Meng Meiqi gave Fu Jing a hammer across Wu Xuanyi: "It's just a matter of memory."

Fu Jing glared at her: "I can't drink it for you even if I take the wine. I'm afraid I'll drink you into the crematorium."

Meng Meiqi pinched her angrily: "You don't even have to go to the hospital, you love your cousin so much?!"

Wu Xuanyi conscientiously counted the time during the rivalry between the two, and when it was 59:1, she said, "There is one minute left, and the New Year's cannonball is about to begin."

Hearing this sentence, the two stopped fighting, and both waited for the sound of the New Year's cannon with the same excitement.

There is nothing wrong with waiting for the happy time to be the happiest.

At eight o'clock sharp, the New Year's cannon was fired on time, and bunches of fireworks rose into the sky in different colors, and then slowly disappeared after quickly lighting up the night sky, repeating the cycle.

The people in the square erupted, and the screams of the people below could be heard amidst the deafening explosions. They threw away the umbrellas covering their heads, some hugged and some kissed, and everyone excitedly picked up their mobile phones to take a picture. a photo.

Fu Jing couldn't bear the excessive decibels, covered her ears and screamed: "It's terrible, it's terrible, but I'm so excited ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Snowflakes mixed with debris from fireworks landed on Meng Meiqi's right shoulder outside the umbrella. Wu Xuanyi quietly raised her hand and stroked the things on her shoulders. The umbrella she held firmly in her hand tilted slightly .

Infected by inexplicable emotions, Fu Jing shouted loudly: "Today is a special day, I want to say something nasty! In fact, my favorite among all entertainments is watching fireworks, because when they explode in the sky, my ears and My eyes are filled with the color and sound of fireworks! I can think about nothing and think about nothing! And!"

Fu Jing blushed: "Although I say some disgusting words every day, I am actually very happy hanging out with you two!"

Meng Meiqi tugged at her collar severely: "Who is hanging out with you! Ah! Is it just very happy?"

Fu Jing shouted: "Super~ super~ super happy!"

Meng Meiqi couldn't stop laughing, she held her belly for a while, then pinched her again.

Fireworks extravaganza, pyrotechnic world.

I don't know how long they have been arguing. Both of them were tired. Meng Meiqi sat back and hugged his arms to warm up for a long time. The snow gradually stopped and the fireworks continued. The three of them were quiet for a while, Meng Meiqi said suddenly.

"Let me tell you that the life I am most looking forward to is actually a small house that is warm in winter and cool in summer. There is a dog who goes to sleep after eating. She likes to cling to people and stay on the balcony to bask in the sun. Then I can sleep at home until I wake up naturally every day, eat whatever I want when I wake up, take my dog ​​for a walk when I have nothing to do, or watch a movie with my good friends, go to the long-awaited restaurant to eat hard One meal, nothing to worry about, living freely, hey, it’s perfect.”

The sound is very small, but it can be heard clearly.

Fu Jing laughed at her as usual: "Ahahaha Meng Meiqi, you dream every day! Who will remember! I guess you will forget it when you wake up tomorrow morning, believe it or not!"

Meng Meiqi also smiled brightly, her eyes were filled with colorful sky and a drop of crystal that quickly disappeared.Yes, the reality is too cruel. In the face of this kind of life, unreachable dreams are just a few words that will be blurted out when emotions are surging, and no one will care about it, including herself.

But sometimes I still crave it.

Wu Xuanyi turned her head to look at her, no longer trying to hide her gaze, today is a big day, anyone can do what they want, so she looked carefully and carefully, until she saw Meng Meiqi turned her head and confronted her Looking up, and then smiling brightly, the stars all over the sky disappeared into her eyes.

If that's the life you want.

she said in her heart.

I remember.