Chapter 22 A Trip to Suzhou

November 15, 2013, 11:39 p.m., Suzhou.

When I was a child, I lived in Suzhou for a semester because of my father's work. The memory of Suzhou is the glutinous and snorty Wu Nong's soft language and a comedy movie called "Little Moon Tower".

Later, when I grew up, I had a good brother from Suzhou in college, named Su Yiping, who shared the same dormitory with me, and I always felt an inexplicable closeness.

I spent almost the entire first and second years in the sound of his little VCR commentary. Although I can't tell what I'm talking about, I have to admit that this melodious and soft drama has been deeply worth it in my heart.

When the six brothers in a dormitory finally got used to sleeping quietly to the sound of silk and bamboo, he fell in love. Overnight, Su Yiping was like a different person, carrying dumbbells to train his muscles every day.

He also taught himself electric guitar, and since then he has switched to heavy metal, and we often get noise complaints in our dormitory.

The campus era that can't go back, and Wu Nong's soft words that can't go back.

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The Lingering Garden is located at No. 338, Liuyuan Road, outside the Changmen Gate of the ancient city of Suzhou, which is famous for its exquisite architectural layout and many strange stones, and is known as the four famous gardens in China together with the Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou, the Summer Palace in Beijing, and the Summer Resort in Chengde.

The limited-time express delivery branch is on a small road on the east side of the Lingering Garden, as Wu Wangjing said, the parking lot that can park ten cars, and three cars are parked at this time. If it weren't for the electronic railing at the door, indicating that only internal vehicles are parked, it would definitely be crowded with tourist vehicles.

I was parking, and I received a message from Wei Na on WeChat: "Arrived in Suzhou? Thank you for sending me home!"

Wei Na's home is in Weijia Town, not far from the service area, which belongs to the countryside bordering Jiangsu and Anhui. She graduated from high school, was not admitted to university, and was introduced by her relatives to work in the service area, and worked for three years.

When I arrived at the intersection not far from Wei Na's house, she asked me to stop and took the initiative to add me on WeChat. She pointed to the two jujube trees and said, "That's my house, I just walk in, the road is too small to drive." ”

I could feel her cheeks burning, she was afraid of meeting acquaintances.

The journey only lasted ten minutes, and when it was just me and her, she seemed to have endless topics. Do you need to drive at night every day? Are you tired? Can you take a few more days off when you are not busy? The place where I work does not allow me to take more leave, my dream is to travel to Yunnan and see Xishuangbanna......

I don't know how to explain it, I can only avoid the important and light, now I drive back to Suzhou, I don't have to drive at night every day, I am not very tired, I can ask for leave.

She looked at me with a twinkle in her eyes, as if she were looking at a man who had traveled far and wide, and had experienced many vicissitudes......

I replied to her on WeChat: "I just arrived in Suzhou, I handed over the car and now I am going to eat, eat and sleep." ”

"Mm-hmm," the phone rang again, and Wei Na said, "I also sleep, and it's the night shift again today." "Then there was a tearful emoji.

"Pay attention to your body, it's not good to stay up late every day. I replied heartlessly, "Tomorrow will be better!"

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I left the keys in the van and got out of the car without closing the windows.

Not far away, three or four couriers in uniform were unloading the goods, and sure enough, no one paid attention to me.

When I got out of the parking lot, I ran sideways into the red and white crossbar, which had a warning light flashing and startled.

In the small sentry box next to the crossbar, a big fat man was woken up from a nap, and his face was unhappy. The corners of his mouth drooled from his sleep, and he opened the small glass window and shouted at me, "You, what's the matter?"

The fat security guard was no more than thirty, his chin looked like there were three layers of flesh, and his whole fat face was piled up and filled with small windows.

I couldn't imagine how he had walked into the little booth, so I raised my hand to my forehead apologetically and handed him a cigarette.

The fat security guard took the cigarette, squinted at the brand of the cigarette, and his attitude improved significantly. Mei smiled and pressed the button, and the bar was erected, waving at me.

I understand that he doesn't care about smoking an extra cigarette, he's a little security guard and doesn't want to offend people who smoke well.

I went out of the parking lot, and when I looked again, the fat security guard didn't even close the window, and fell asleep on his stomach again.

I suddenly felt a little emotional, I understood Irina's sentence, you will see an old man in his thirties. Some people are still young, and their attitude towards life is no different from that of an old man. Even, not as good as!

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A few years ago, I was with someone and visited the Lingering Garden.

The Lingering Garden is a large-scale classical private garden in China, covering an area of 23,300 square meters, representing the style of the Qing Dynasty.

The park is known for its exquisite architecture, with grand halls and gorgeous courtyards.

Taihu Lake stone to crown cloud peak as the most, "do not go out of the city and get the interest of the mountains and forests".

The gardener uses a variety of artistic techniques to form a rhythmic and rhythmic garden space system, which has become a world-famous example of artistic treatment of architectural space.

The park is divided into four parts, the east is dominated by buildings, the middle is a landscape garden, the west is a large rockery with earth and stone, and the north is an idyllic scenery.

At that time, the Lingering Garden was so deeply engraved in my heart.

Small and complex, it is condensed, it is the essence, just like someone at that time, small figure, clever smile, thinking about it to this day.

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Walking on the Lingering Garden Road, I first passed by an antique shop called XX Zhai, the name of the store was scribbled, I really didn't understand.

I asked the shopkeeper if there was an antique shop called "No. 8 Pawnshop" nearby.

The shopkeeper, a young woman in her thirties, scoffed at my question and said, "Nong has told me that it is a pawnshop, what does it have to do with the antique shop, ah yes?"

Peers are enemies, the most poisonous women's hearts, I think, it should be me asking the wrong place, or asking the wrong person.

I changed fruit shops and asked again, and the owner was a middle-aged man in his forties, not fat or thin, and the muscles on his arms bulged out because he often carried fruits.

He looked at me like a patient.

"Well, that store, there hasn't been a single customer for a week. The male shopkeeper said, "Look at the appearance of the gentleman, it shouldn't be a thing." If you want to buy antiques, I will introduce my husband to the Treasure Pavilion, and I will open it to ensure that the goods are genuine. I'm not saying that people are bad, the No. 8 pawnshop is really a good one, I just say that there is always a reason for the endless flow of customers in Yinbao Pavilion every day......"

The owner of the fruit shop patted his chest, and his speech was reasonable, and he talked endlessly. Obviously not a local, there is a group of Northeast people who are heroic and nagging.

I smiled, handed over a cigarette, deliberately lowered my voice and said sincerely: "I'm not buying antiques, I'm here to ask for an account." ”

"As you can imagine, there must be a lot of debts owed by the lack of business. The male shopkeeper took the cigarette and lit it, looked left and right, and whispered softly: "Just cross the street in front of you, turn left and the third one." There is a white cloth banner hanging at the door, with a big 'dang' word written on it, and the small door face is gloomy. Don't say it's what I said, it's not easy for everyone to do business now, and I don't like to mess with right and wrong the most. ”

I...... I understand that the male shopkeeper is a ...... Warm-hearted people.