【Ghost White】When the grapes are ripe

Almost the winter solstice morning and night still rains

The insistence at the beginning has already made you very suspicious, very suspicious

You wait until there is only this dead branch

If you want to know a person deeply, you must first get close to him.And if it wasn't for the flower shop that happened to be open at the gate of his own community, Guideng felt that he would never have any interaction with the owner of this type of person-there is always a smile on his face, but he can't see through the truth, and his heart is fickle. .

It was still a sunny afternoon, and before stepping into the blissful full moon for the third time, he firmly believed that he just wanted to unravel this mystery and satisfy his rare curiosity.

The brilliant afternoon sun crossed the threshold and penetrated into the shop with a faint fragrance. The shopkeeper was behind the counter, tilting his head and kneading his neck with one hand.Seeing him coming, the other party put down his hands and said "Welcome" with the same hospitality smile.

"Is there any flower seeds for sale, the one with the longest growth cycle." He asked, this is the best plan he came up with after a night of deliberation.

The owner of the store had obviously never seen such a customer before, he was stunned for a moment, and then said belatedly: "There are flower seeds for sale, I'll look for them." He walked from behind the counter to a shelf on one side, only to realize that the other party was not sitting on a chair The one who went up was squatting.The shopkeeper rummaged through the shelves, and turned around after a long time, with a questioning expression on his face: "I found a bag of grape seeds, do you want to try it?" The sun rubbed into his dark eyes, like two transparent grapes. , the ghost lamp was dazzled, and he had the illusion that he heard "shall we try it?" When the shopkeeper was still talking about "this seems to be a gift from the organizer of the flower market last time", he blurted out the word "yes" .It wasn't until the shopkeeper handed him the grape seeds that he realized his gaffe slowly, but he still accepted it calmly, taking the opportunity to swipe his fingertips across the warm palm of the other party.

After that, Ghost Lantern became a frequent visitor of the flower shop.At first he just asked some questions about grape growing, and then the topic naturally led to Chinese medicine from the few books on Chinese medicine that the shopkeeper always put on the counter, but the other party always avoided talking about it.After getting acquainted slowly, he finally knew that the shopkeeper's name was "Bai Ze" - before he knew the name of the other party, he had a lot of guesses, but after knowing it, he couldn't find a more suitable name than these two characters to put on this person .They no longer have so much hypocrisy and politeness, Ghost Lantern began to give him various nicknames, and Bai Ze no longer always put on the hospitality smile that disgusted him when he saw him, Instead, there was a look of disgust, especially when there were women in the store.The only thing that hasn't changed is that the other party still doesn't reveal the slightest bit of the past, as if he opened a wooden door, and behind it is a copper wall and iron wall, enclosing the past in an airtight manner.

The rainy season has not yet left, the gray sky outside the window is under continuous drizzle, and the smooth grape vines cutting outside the balcony are bathed in rain.

Several times I asked about Baize grapes, but the other party always looked impatient, but answered his questions without omission. It is easier to grow, so there are more dead branches in the flowerpot where the grape buds have not emerged.

——It seems that everything is going in a good direction, if one ignores the almost uninterrupted rainy days in the past two weeks, the vines that still haven't grown, and the quietly changing mood when facing the shopkeeper.

On a rare sunny day, Bai Ze planned to move the flowers out to bask in the sun again. When the ghost lantern visited again, it was the labor force who came to the door, and the ghost lantern also helped him move the flowers by default.But this time Bai Ze didn't sit back and enjoy the success. Under the provocation of the ghost lamp's words, the two competed on who moved the most flowers, and the outcome was self-evident. Bai Ze's thin arms and legs were completely defeated by the ghost lamp's strange power.Bai Ze hammered his waist with a bitter face, muttering: "I'm old, I'm old", but was mocked by the ghost lamp overheard: "Grandpa should stay at home and take care of his old age."

Not to be outdone, he retorted: "Huh?! Don't come out to scare people with a paralyzed face and shoehorns!"

The childish scolding lasted for a few rounds, and then Bai Ze put on an expression of "not as knowledgeable as you", and muttered: "I still need to hire another helper... um... a cute girl is the best." After speaking, he shook He walked into the store with his head down, and said to himself, "No, no, no...how can I let girls do physical work..." Ghost Lantern followed him into the full moon of bliss, sat on the chair he used to sit on, hugged The fatter Jiezi said slowly while smoothing his hair: "I have a candidate."

"Who?"

"I'll bring him tomorrow."

The next day, Ghost Lantern really brought a man who looked very honest and slightly fat, and introduced him, "This is Momotaro."

Bai Ze looked at it for a long time, and felt that there was nothing to be picky about. It was normal enough to meet all his requirements, but now he felt weird. Was it really introduced by that evil ghost who always liked to play tricks on him?But the other party was indeed qualified for the job, and the expression on the side of Ghost Lantern was so calm that he felt for a moment that he was "judging the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain".

Momotaro became an employee of Bliss Full Moon. He works diligently and does not require high salary.

The ghost lamp once again picked up the drunk Bai Ze on the side of the road after Momotaro worked in the flower shop for a week. Set him up the same way.But before he left, he frowned slightly, pinched Bai Ze's cheek tenderly, and watched the other party move his eyebrows in his sleep, while his breathing was still calm and long.He whispered, "If I had known it would have given you more opportunities to attract others, I would not have introduced Momotaro."