Chapter 7: The Singing of Cicadas
Eleven o'clock in the evening.
A pigeon flew past the window, and the sound of its wings flapping was heavy.
Zhou Li put the volume on the pile of books on the left, patiently writing today's diary, and suddenly a voice came from outside the window-
"Why don't you close the window?"
"Shhh
Zhou Li was taken aback.
Huai Xu leaned on the window frame with his two hands, propping up his body, the height of the twenty-fifth floor was not lined up with him, and he looked at Zhou Li without blinking: "Are you writing a weekly diary?"
"Diary. ”
"Oh, did you rewrite your diary when you got to high school?"
"Hmm. ”
"It's hard work. ”
"You scared the hell out of me so suddenly. ”
"I'm sorry, I thought you were bold. So Huai Xu took out a hand and knocked on the window.
"Come in!" Zhou Li suddenly saw a wound on Huaixu's arm, so he asked, "What's wrong with your hand?"
"I was bitten by a little demon. Huai Xu entered the house.
"How did you get bitten?"
I asked him for a question, but he didn't like to answer me, so he bit me, but fortunately I had a thick skin. He also said that I was bullying him, saying that I was going to find someone to sue. It sounds like Huai Xu doesn't care much, "How can I have it." ”
"If you can't ask, forget it. Zhou Li said.
"I asked. Huai Xu said, "It is said that in the past, demons and people made an agreement, that demons are not allowed to appear in front of ordinary people, cannot contact ordinary people, cannot interfere with the lives of ordinary people, and cannot do bad things...... There's a lot of rules. ”
"So harsh, what if it does?"
"This is an order given by the demon king himself, generally speaking, no demon will violate, they are all tendons. ”
"What about you?"
"Me, I didn't know before, I forgot. Huai Xu thought for a moment, "It seems that I will have to pay attention in the future." And I also found that if I don't do anything all day long, I can't think of anything, and it's different when there are things to do, you see I've only been with you for a day today, and a lot of memories are loose. ”
"Is there still a demon king in the demon?"
"Yes, it is said to be a fish, which has not been seen for hundreds of years. ”
"A fish?"
"Well, they call him the King of Fish. But that's what you call him, and we just use the language of men. Maybe he's just a respected demon, and the ancients gave him a title that conforms to people's ideas, if you don't feel used to it, you can also call him the Demon Emperor, the Demon Emperor, or the Demon President, the Demon Chairman, and the Demon General Secretary......"
"Ahh
"Are you sick?"
"The smell of flowers is a bit strong. Zhou Li moved the hyacinth a little in the direction of the window.
"It's going to wither, it's going to be gone. Huai Xu looked at the flower, frowning slightly, "I seem to have heard that there is a kind of monster that can make flowers bloom all the time." ”
"It's too late. ”
"Oh. ”
"What about that person? Is there a person among the people, who specializes in contacting and dealing with demons, and can see demons, like Taoist priests on TV?" Zhou Li didn't know how to organize his language for a while.
"You're talking about the kind that specializes in subduing demons and eliminating demons?"
"Probably, but I didn't mean that......"
"I don't mean that, anyway, it's just people who can see demons like you, talented people? Yes, ordinary people and demons also have many names for them, the most common are mages and heavenly masters, and immortals. Huai Xu said and smiled, "I knew you would definitely be interested in this, so I asked for you." ”
"Thank you. ”
"You should be able to do this later. ”
"This is also something to learn, right?" Zhou Li asked.
"yes, but I don't know how to learn it, and that little demon doesn't know either, do you want to do it?"
"I kind of want to learn. ”
"You should learn, you can see monsters, you have to learn to deal with monsters. Huai Xu said to Zhou Li, "Maybe one day some trouble will find you, but if you can't deal with it, you will suffer." ”
"Hmm. Zhou Li felt that it made sense.
"What do you want to do in the future?" asked Huai Xu again.
"I love animals. ”
"And then?"
"I want to be a zoologist, or a zookeeper, a ranger, or a photographer who goes to the savannah to photograph animals. Zhou Li has also been thinking about this for a long time, and this is related to filling in the volunteers.
"Aren't you going to college?"
"Test!"
"You went to university and went to feed the animals?" Huai Xu was a little incomprehensible about this, according to what he had seen and heard, he had to be an astronaut and a scientist after taking the university entrance examination, as well as a teacher and a doctor.
"Almost. ”
At this time, there was some noise outside, and the two of them closed their mouths together.
Zhou Li heard the sound of slippers hitting the floor, it should be his younger brother Zhushuang, and then it was the sound of opening the refrigerator, but he was somehow discovered by Aunt Jiang. Aunt Jiang recently believed in health preservation, so she warned Zhu Shuang that he could not eat at night, which would lead to a series of physical diseases.
Zhu Shuang didn't care, saying that if you can't eat at night, why is there a light in the refrigerator?
Aunt Jiang is still chattering.
Zhu Shuang didn't refute, just ran to Zhou Li's door and asked, "Brother, do you eat dried mushrooms?"
"Don't eat. ”
"Oh. ”
Outside was quiet.
Huai Xu swallowed his saliva and continued to look at Zhou Li: "But if you want to practice others, such as skills, I can teach you." Also, in the future, we can inquire in the circle, where are there very powerful people, as long as you find these people, you can probably get the method to become a heavenly master. ”
Zhou Li nodded: "Let's talk about it after the college entrance examination." ”
Now the college entrance examination is the most important.
There was a small talk without a match, and it was very late before he knew it, Zhou Li considered that Huai Xu deliberately ran to ask other monsters in order to help him solve his doubts, and ran to tell himself at night, so he naturally couldn't bear to let him go, so he left him to sleep on the top bunk for one night.
The next day, because there was one more morning self-study in the third year of high school, Zhou Li still went out before Zhu Shuang got up.
He brought a bag of dried shiitake mushrooms for Huaixu, and walked the twenty-fifth floor of the staircase before Huaixu finished eating.
Zhou Li arrived at the classroom early, looked out the window, and it didn't take long for him to see a slender girl roaring in from the school gate on a bicycle, still standing and riding, until the bicycle parking point stopped suddenly.
Soon, Li Tongtable came to the classroom, put the satchel next to the table, and said hello to Zhou Li.
"Morning!"
"Early. ”
Huai Xu stood next to Zhou Li: "She is the one I saw that night and was chased by a dog." ”
Zhou Li didn't answer him.
Suddenly, Li Tongbei found the small cake on the table, she had a wonderful expression, and after scanning the classroom, she quietly threw the cake into the trash, sat back and asked Zhou Li: "Yesterday was all a commentary paper, right? Is there anything particularly important? If so, you can tell me about it, so as not to lose my marks when I get the test." ”
"When the English teacher talked about the question, it was easy to misunderstand, you were the only one in the class who chose the right question, and he said that you must have been blinded. ”
"That old pervert, he has an opinion about me!" Li Nan frowned, and quickly stretched out, "No matter what, since I got it right this time, I will definitely be able to get it right in the college entrance examination!"
"Okay. ”
Zhou Li knew that the English teacher loved to target Li Nan.
As for the title of 'old pervert', just because the English teacher divorced last year, he got closer to the single female teachers in the school, coupled with his greasy appearance of the old man, his eyes narrowed when he smiled, and the wrinkles were stacked on top of each other, and the special actor who went to the crew to be a pervert is estimated to be very sought-after.
I don't know who started with him, but many of his classmates called him that.
It didn't take long for Li Nan to come to Zhou Li's side again: "Eh, do you know why I didn't come yesterday?"
"Got into the hospital. ”
"How do you know?" Li Nan's expression froze.
She didn't say. Zhou Li shook his head.
"I'll just say it, but you're pretty ......."
"Brother Nan is here!" Chen Guohua walked into the classroom and said hello to Li Nan at the front table, "How is your health?"
"It's, it's okay. ”
"Wow, Brother Nan, you've been discharged from the hospital!" Zhang Xiuhua followed.
"Huh...... Yes, discharged. ”
"Brother Nan. The recreation commissioner also walked in.
He was holding two apples in his hand, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed, although the whole class knew that he was the one who sent Li Nan things every day, but he always acquiesced that Li Nan didn't know, and Li Nan always pretended not to know. In this way, Li Nan can ask loudly twice in the classroom who put her there, and then throw away the things because no one answered, I don't know how this started, but it has become a tacit understanding for a long time.
After thinking twice, he still held up the apple, thinking that this might be a kind of temptation to break the game: "I heard that you went to the hospital, I bought two apples on the way, do you want to eat them?"
When it came to the back, he was a little unpleasant.
"Don't eat, thank you, I get it. At this time, Li Nan's mind was a mess.
"Well, then you should pay attention to the appropriate amount when you eat in the future, especially after dinner, don't ...... again"
"Say no more!"
Brother Nan's eyes lost their brightness.
After the entertainment committee left, she looked at Zhou Li: "Why does everyone know about it......"
Jiang Han told Zhao's mother, what Zhao's mother said. ”
"Mother Zhao even said that I ate it again after I went back?"
Wu Yuanliang asked. ”
“......”
Wu Yuanliang is a member of the entertainment committee.
He was in the same class as Li Nan in his first year of high school, and he used to be the younger brother behind Li Nan. Now in the third year of high school, everyone has grown up, and now he has become lively after being silent, and now he is very good at talking, and he is close to each other, and he seems to have gradually discovered his special feelings for his former eldest brother in the harmonious relationship.
The first lesson was for the English teacher.
The English teacher was very angry with Li Nan for missing class yesterday, and came up to be sarcastic and sarcastic, but Li Nan didn't care, and even wanted to record his words and then find a friend to make ghost animal music as a ringtone.
The lecture then began.
The English teacher has a serious paranoia, he always thinks that if he doesn't look at it, the students will rub mahjong and barbecue in the classroom, so he always turns his head to glance at the blackboard as if he is halfway through writing.
But this still couldn't stop Li Nan and Zhou Li from talking.
She whispered to Zhou Li about her relationship with the English teacher, and Zhou Li didn't like to listen to English classes, so he also chatted with her.
Probably the English teacher and her mother used to be classmates, and she mentioned that her mother was very beautiful when she was young, and she estimated that the English teacher had the intention of pursuing her mother, but of course it didn't work. When she was in the class, her mother deliberately found an English teacher, hoping that the English teacher could take more care of her silly daughter in the past, but the English teacher not only did not take care of her more, but also gave her all kinds of small shoes to wear.
"That's why I said, this old pervert is so careful!"
Li Nan can always keep his mouth shut when the English teacher turns around, and the timing is not bad for the score.
However, the English teacher still scolded her again on the grounds that she didn't come yesterday, and asked her to go to his office to find him after the evening self-study at the end of the second period.
Li Nan was very angry: "What is this old pervert up to now!"
She regretted it a little.
In fact, she was uncomfortable when she just ate last night, and it didn't take long to get to the hospital, she could have come to class yesterday, but she wanted to be lazy. As a result, I played a game at home for a long time, knelt down, and played ball in a middle school for a while, but I was recognized by a teacher in a middle school, and I was scolded by my mother when I went home.
Zhou Li didn't reply to her, only moved his gaze upward, Li Tongtable didn't have a dull hair today, which made him a little disappointed.
Immediately, he looked past Li Nan and looked out the window.
The sunlight was a little harsh, and it was obscured by the school building that only half of the playground was covered, and a line was drawn in the middle separating black and white.
Huaixu climbed a willow tree, climbed not high, and Sanzheng looked at him under the tree.
Not long after, Huai Xu caught a cicada and brought it all the way to show Zhou Li.
Outside, the cicadas were still noisy.