I was born in this small town in the south of the Yangtze River, and I grew up here, only four years after college, and then came back after graduation and worked in the cultural center until now.

The town that gave birth to me and raised me is biased in a corner of the south of the Yangtze River, not well-known, there is no majestic momentum, there is no mottled vicissitudes of life, only the indifference of the long bluestone road and the small bridge flowing water, the occasional intrusion into the eyes of a few high-rise buildings and the neon dots at night do not show the glory, so the honor and disgrace are not shocked, and the peace is accompanied by the small bridge and flowing water, and the quiet generation is passed on from generation to generation.

Lao Lin loves his hometown very much, he said that the people here are simple, the scenery here is beautiful, and the atmosphere here is comfortable, but ...... He looked at me and said very seriously, "Your presence is a bit out of place. ”

I wanted to refute it angrily, but think about it...... It is indeed a bit inconsistent, how can such a place and such a father and mother give birth to a ...... 'talent' like me?

I listened to Lao Lin introduce my childhood, at the age of three, I can already recite the surname of the hundred families and the three-character scripture fluently, at the age of four I can recite the disciple rules, thousands of poems, familiar with the kindergarten Qionglin, at the age of five I have been familiar with a lot of Tang poems and Song words, after learning the sound rhythm enlightenment, I began to read the Analects......

I gritted my teeth and said, "It's a miracle that I wasn't exhausted by you, you should be kind to children!"

Lao Lin smiled and said, "How do you want us to treat you well?" In order to try whether the slingshot is good or not, you broke the window glass of Aunt Zhang's house, because Duoduo didn't let you play with her doll, you cut her doll's hair, tore her skirt, you threw dog shit at the door of Uncle Chen's house, you hid the cat raised by Grandma Shen, Grandma Shen chased and beat you with a cane, you secretly went up the tree to dig out bird eggs and was bitten by a snake, secretly went down to the river to fish and scratched the glass shards, and secretly took Grandma Chen's sweet potatoes and roasted themYueyue, you were only five years old that year, you were the oldest in kindergarten, and the children in the alley were also beaten all over by you, so when you were six years old, we had to move! And I just asked you to know more about Chinese culture, and I didn't commit any violence against you, which is not good?"

“......”

"It's just what you're doing at a certain stage as a preschooler, and you'll ...... when you go to school."

"Stop!" I seriously stopped Lao Lin from continuing, because after going to school, my memory is already very deep, a little in my mind, I can't help but sigh and say, "Lao Lin, it's hard for you, to be able to educate such a bad child into such a knowledgeable, empathetic, open-minded and tolerant ...... now"

"If you are stubborn, I am going to do a paternity test!"

......

Not to mention Lao Lin's suspicions, we have moved three times, and the neighbors have privately discussed the blood relationship of our family of three, and an aunt once asked me bluntly, "How did your parents give birth to such a child as you?"

Although I once suspected that it was an affirmative sentence, I was under the impression that it should be a question.

I have also wondered more than once whether I am adopted, why is there such a big difference in personality? Lao Lin is so kind, my mother is so gentle, fortunately, as I grow older, I have more or less the shadow of my mother on my face, which is reassuring, maybe it is just a genetic mutation!

Fortunately, as the years passed, I ...... It's much more stable.

Now life is two o'clock a day, the law can no longer be regular, Lao Lin said that I have directly entered the life of the elderly after college, drinking tea, reading books, reading newspapers, sleeping......

The work of the cultural center is idle, and it is a cultural center in a small place, usually organizes some activities, most of them are in contact with the middle-aged and elderly women on the street, plus the cultural center has a vestibule and a backyard, there are ginkgo biloba and cedar trees, there are stone tables and stone benches, I also bring a recliner chair, when I have nothing to do, make a pot of tea, sit on the stone bench and read while basking in the sun, or put the chaise longue under the shade of the tree, sit on it and shake it, the sun drills through the gaps between the leaves, with my shaking, wandering everywhere on my body, I will squint and sneak into it, and my mind is blank。 On rainy days, I would sit in front of the window and watch the rain fall on the ginkgo leaves, making a crackling sound, and then getting sleepy as the branches swayed. In the winter, I try to keep my energy on the book in my hand and avoid hibernation...... It is impossible to live a vibrant life in such an environment, but it is possible to really 'ignore the outside of the window and just want to sleep'.

Just like now, I have escaped Lao Lin's nonsense, and I am leisurely drinking tea in the backyard, eating bread, and watching Gao Xiaosong's 'History of Fish and Sheep', which is equivalent to today in history, for example, today in 1963, the great chairman's inscription 'Learn from Comrade **' Today in 1946 Churchill mentioned the word 'Iron Curtain' in his speech, and for example, today in 1953, Stalin died...... Just as I was reading with relish, Lao Lin came again.

"Yueyue, who do you see coming?"

Lao Lin's tone was full of schadenfreude, which made me suddenly raise my vigilance and look up with a solemn expression.

"Lin Xiyue!"

It was a long-awaited, familiar, angry voice, and with that call I saw her, and with the thud of the rest of the French bread in her hand, she fell into the teacup, and I heard myself gasp......