live next door

When Yongxiang was 11 years old, his family moved here.It was a rainy day when they moved in, and the people from the moving company carried their things up to the third floor, into their new house, and then walked away.Yong Xiang sucked on a bag of milk and watched his parents clean and pack things.They moved here with the change of Dad's job. It stands to reason that Dad should be stable at this age, but Dad changed jobs and went to another company.

Yongxiang also helped to sweep the floor after drinking the milk. Mom and Dad put the bed, cabinet, refrigerator, TV, table, and dishes where it should be.This is three rooms and one living room, two bedrooms and one toilet.The kitchen is connected to the hall without separation.

They didn't finish tidying until evening, because they were newcomers, and my mother didn't know where the vegetable market was, so she went downstairs to buy instant noodles, and they sat in front of the TV and ate instant noodles.

At this time, my mother was not fat, but a slim beauty.

Mom said: "Go and say hello to the neighbors tomorrow."

Dad watched the football replay, lost his mind, and answered after a long time: "The people here are not so enthusiastic. Before I met a person who went upstairs and I greeted him and he ignored me. Alas, it's not like the place where we lived before. .”

My mother said: "It's their business whether they pay attention to it or not, and it's our business whether we have done our best."

"Okay, okay." Dad took a sip of soup and stared at the TV intently, "You take Xiaoxiang, I have to go to work tomorrow."

"So soon? We just came today." Mom was a little upset, and Yongxiang was also a little unhappy. Yongxiang said in a childish voice: "Dad, you promised to take me to the amusement park after you came."

Dad patted his head: "Hey, when Dad's job is stable, Dad will take you to the amusement park during the holidays."

Yong Xiang had no choice but to nod, just a little kid, just a little bit of coaxing will be fine.

It was too tiring to move today, the family of three washed up and went to bed after eating instant noodles.What makes Yongxiang happy is that he finally has his own house. He has just graduated from the sixth grade, and he will be able to go to junior high school here in September.He went to school early, because his parents didn't have time to take him, so they sent him to school for the school to take him.

The next day, my father dressed formally and left early. My mother bought soy milk and fried dough sticks downstairs. Yong Xiang got up to eat, and then accompanied my mother to find the vegetable market.The two walked for a long time to get familiar with the surrounding environment. It was not until the sun was high and the weather was hot in August that they bought vegetables and went back to make lunch. My mother took Yongxiang to greet the neighbors.

First of all, it should be the neighbor on the opposite side, but after knocking on the door for a long time, no one came to open it. My mother said, "Maybe I went to work."

So they visited the neighbors upstairs and downstairs and went home.My mother said that she should also find a job, because this apartment was bought by my father's unit, so the salary for my father will not be high in the next few years, and the money from selling the old house must be saved. Going to school requires expenses, and it can be used for emergency in case of emergency in the future.

At present, the biggest expense of the family is Yongxiang's book fee, but Yongxiang doesn't like to go to school. He wants to go to work after finishing the nine-year compulsory education. Both parents are graduates of college, so they are willing to agree.It's just a kid's joke.

Mom cleaned the dishes, then washed the vegetables, and prepared to make dinner, waiting for Dad to come back to eat.Yongxiang went out to play alone, and his mother didn't worry, because Yongxiang often did this, he couldn't stay in the house, and he ran out since he was a child, playing with the children in the yard.It's just that now he has no playmates when he goes down, so he looks here and touches there by himself, searching here like a treasure hunt.

When the sun was about to set, Dad hadn't come back yet, but Yongxiang was hungry.But they won't serve dinner until dad comes back. Mom said that the whole family should sit together and eat together, so there's no reason to eat first.So Yong Xiang sat downstairs, looking at a fast food restaurant and swallowing.

The business of the fast food restaurant is not bad but not bad, there will always be people coming, but no more than five people come every time.Yong Xiang sat for a long time, and then saw a man coming down from the building where he lived, with shoulder-length hair and unshaven beard, wearing only a white T-shirt, a pair of black shorts, and flip-flops, dangling down.

In Yongxiang's cognition, long hair is a girl, and a beard is a boy.So when I saw this bearded and long-haired person, I didn't know whether he was a man or a woman, so I looked at him, seeing him carry the food upstairs after shopping, and Yong Xiang also went upstairs.Then this unknown man stopped on the third floor and opened the door opposite Yongxiang's new house.

It turned out that he was the opposite door of Yongxiang's family.

Yongxiang looked at the door for a while, then took out the key and opened the door on tiptoe, and went in.Then my mother said that my father would not come back for dinner. My father went to work on the first day and went out to have dinner with his colleagues tonight.Yongxiang sat down and had dinner with his mother. During dinner, he and his mother talked about their opposite door, and he said: "Mom, I saw the person opposite."

Mom asked: "How did you see that?"

Yong Xiang replied: "I saw him go downstairs to buy fast food. He has hair and a beard. Mom, is he a man or a woman?"

Mom said: "It's a man."

Yong Xiang was puzzled: "But you said that long hair is a woman."

Mom smiled and touched his short hair: "This is a normal situation. In the future, you will meet girls with short hair and boys in skirts."

Yong Xiang was surprised: "Then how can I tell their gender?"

Mom said: "You will know later."

Yongxiang didn't ask any more questions. My mother said that you will know many questions in the future, and you will know when you grow up, but now he has no clue.After dinner, he turned on the TV and watched cartoons. At this time, he likes to watch the young general Shenbing and Brother Yixiu.Boys probably have a dream of being a hero, as powerful as Wentian, and as smart as Yixiu.

My mother came over after washing the dishes, and said, "Since someone is at home across the way, let's go over and say hello, but you must remember not to be surprised, and to call uncle politely, understand?"

Yongxiang nodded, turned off the TV, followed his mother out, and knocked on the opposite door.Yong Xiang knocked for a long time before he heard someone shuffling to open the door, it was indeed the man with beard and hair.As soon as the door opened, Yong Xiang immediately bent down to call his uncle, and said hello, then raised his head to look at this uncle, the corner of his mouth twitched, this "uncle" is actually very young, it should be for the convenience of eating, he used his hair in a A rope was tied behind his head, and his face was exposed, with a beard growing on his chin, but he was not really his uncle's age.

My mother hurriedly said: "We are new here. I'm sorry. I heard the child say that you have a beard. I didn't expect you to be so young."

He shook his head and let them in. There were some fast food lunch boxes and instant noodle boxes piled up in his house, and the smell of instant noodles and spoilage filled the room.There is a TV set in the room, with a pair of shorts hanging from it.When I went in, I saw a few clothes on the sofa and an open lunch box on the table. He should still be eating.

After closing the door, he picked up the clothes and threw them aside, packed the lunch box and threw it on the pile of garbage, and said, "Sit whatever you want."

This is the most embarrassing visit for my mother, bar none.She wanted to leave at this time, but it would be impolite for Jindu to leave without sitting down, so she pulled Yongxiang to sit down, and sat on the sofa with half of her buttocks.The man said, "My name is Mengxiu."

My mother said: "My surname is Zhang, he is my son, his name is Yongxiang. Yongxiang, say hello to my brother again."

Yong Xiang looked at everything in the room curiously, and when he heard what his mother said, he looked at Meng Xiu again, and said with a smile, "Hello, brother."

Meng Xiu touched his head, Yong Xiang closed his eyes to feel it, the elder brother moved his hand after touching it, and opened his eyes to see him with a half-smile: "Hello."

Maybe it was because he saw Yongxiang's dislike for him, so he sat on the sofa farthest from them and chatted with his mother, who said, "We will be neighbors from now on, so we need to teach you more."

Meng Xiu waved his hand: "I dare not talk about advice."

Mom asked: "Which university do you study in?"

My mother thought, people who come back from vacation usually look like this. Meng Xiu looks young, but he is only nineteen or twenty years old, and he should be in college.

Unexpectedly, Meng Xiu said: "I didn't go to university, and I didn't pass the exam."

Mom was taken aback: "Then what do you do now?"

Meng Xiu didn't shy away from it, saying, "Write some novels on the Internet and submit some manuscripts. Sometimes there will be a little manuscript fee."

But looking at him like this, you know that the little manuscript fee he said is really a little bit.

Yong Xiang didn't want to go to college either. He opened his eyes wide to see Meng Xiu's appearance, and quietly tugged on his mother's sleeve: "Mom, will this happen if you don't study?"

Mom couldn't answer in front of Meng Xiu, so she smiled awkwardly and said, "Don't talk nonsense."

Meng Xiu smiled, helplessly and depraved: "Yes, if you don't study, you will become like your brother."

Yong Xiang looked around Meng Xiu's house in horror, then pulled his mother and said, "Let's go back."

Mom said to Meng Xiu apologetically, "I'm sorry."

Meng Xiu waved his hand to show that he didn't care, he had experienced more and more ruthless attitudes, and he was already invulnerable.He sent them out, closed the door and leaned against the door panel, he could hear his mother whispering to Yongxiang: "In the future, you can't say offensive words in front of others, do you understand?"

"Understood." Yongxiang was a little annoyed, "You have said it several times."

Mom took out the key and opened the door: "Stay away from this brother in the future, don't imitate his slovenly appearance."

Yong Xiang went in and shouted: "Got it, you said you have to pay attention to hygiene and take good care of yourself, you have to be male or female."