Pleasant time always flies quickly, we eat and chat, a meal for three hours, from dusk to late at night, eight o'clock before leaving, the bill, only spent 3 yuan, equivalent to this meal is Zhang Jinglin helped me out of the bookstore owner's mouth, I thought, I have the opportunity to invite her here again in the future.

The restaurant is not too far from the dormitory, although it is dark, but with me, a big man, the three girls are still talking and laughing, not worried at all, young people always have endless words together, chatting with them Alan Tam, Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung's various anecdotes made me deeply feel the pulse of that era, I was born a nostalgic person, living in the 21st century, I often feel that there is a lack of common language with my peers around me, I came here through more than 30 years of time, but there is no generation gap with this era, this feeling is like meeting a confidant on a rainy night, happy and wonderful.

After I sent the three girls to the dormitory, I said goodbye to them, and just turned around and was about to go back, but I was suddenly stopped by someone, and I looked back and saw that it was Xiaoxu.

"You're leaving?"

"It's too late today. "I know what's going on in her mind, but it's past eight o'clock, and I don't think it's good to go out again.

Xiao Xu showed a sly smile and said:

"Then you can go, but you owe me a favor. ”

"Hey, it's not mine, I'm afraid you're afraid, if you want to go, I'll accompany you. ”

"Hmph, it's a word, wait for me to get you a guitar. ”

After Xiaoxu finished speaking, he jumped up and ran back with Yuan Mei and Zhang Li, I was waiting for her at the door, but I was beating the drum in my heart, it's so late, not to mention the big night, where to sing and can't disturb others, it's not good to be bumped into by someone, I know the rules of the Dream of Red Mansions crew prohibiting falling in love, Xiaoxu hasn't chosen Daiyu at this time, if this little thing disrupts her plan to play Daiyu, I will become a sinner through the ages.

It didn't take long for Xiaoxu to run out of the door, her thin body was carrying a huge brown guitar on her back, she looked particularly happy, she was still holding a small dark green notebook in her left hand, and a long metal flashlight in her right hand.

"Let's go! I've got everything for you. ”

"Where are you going?"

Xiao Xu looked around for a while, then looked at me again and said:

"I don't know. ”

"Then you're going to tell me out?"

"Or... Why don't you go to our dormitory, the people in our dormitory love to hear you sing! They told me to teach them to sing when I left!"

"No, no, it's so late, what's the matter with me staying in your girls' dormitory as a big man, besides, it's not disturbing the people, it's not a report to the two of us next door, we can't eat, we can't go around, absolutely not." ”

"That's... What to do? ”

Xiaoxu bit his lip, lowered his head, and clasped his hands together, looking cramped and helpless.

"I really like that song... I wish I could learn sooner... Just..."

I looked at her pitiful appearance, and I couldn't say anything, I thought for a while, and suddenly thought of the small pavilion I went to with Zhang Jinglin this morning, no one was there when I went in the morning, and it is estimated that no one was there at night.

"Let's go, I'll take you somewhere. ”

"Where?"

"You'll know when you get there. ”

I took 着️ her, through my remaining memories to trace the road I had walked, the road was very dark, the lighting effect of the old-fashioned flashlight was extremely limited, the road was covered with different sizes, dense pebbles, the day was fine, the light was insufficient at night, stumbling along the way, although I could vaguely see the road, not to fall, but still greatly slowed down the efficiency, originally five minutes of the road, the two of us helped each other or walked for more than ten minutes.

"It's coming soon, that's it!"

"Bh. Xiao Xu replied gently, and walked through the last trail with me, she trotted up unconsciously, and I couldn't help but follow her pace, just when we were about to arrive at the pavilion, I suddenly heard the sound of someone talking, we hurriedly turned off the flashlight, and squatted down together, following the prestige, there were really two people in the pavilion, we both looked at each other and smiled, squatted quietly, and slowly rubbed over, the two of us did not find out our existence, and were still chatting with themselves:

"Today's matter, I heard Hongliang say, thank you. A male voice came, and it was very familiar.

"It's nothing, how can I forget what you specially told me? And you said that it was a coincidence or not, the four of us in the dormitory, it seems that they were all entrusted by others, and today they all inexplicably helped Jiaqi speak, and the four of us thought about how to pull the remaining three people over at first, but in the end we found that no one had to pull, everyone thought the same. ”

I only have four roommates, and the ones who are dating girls at this stage are either Wu Xiaodong or Hou Changrong.

"What's going on? Deng Jie, I know, Gao Hongliang went to look for her, but how were Shen Lin and Zhang Jinglin rebelled?"

Since Shen Lin is mentioned, these two must be Hou Changrong and Chen Jianyue.

Shen Lin estimated that it was arranged by Wu Xiaodong, but Zhang Jinglin was the only one who completely spontaneously built momentum for me, thinking of this, I thanked her again in my heart.

"I don't know much about this, maybe Jiaqi also asked someone to find them. ”

Xiaoxu suddenly pinched my arm, I almost didn't scream out of pain, she whispered to me:

"Dare to love those people are all you looking for to fool me?"

"They're all fake, only I'm real, and that's enough. I made a silent gesture and motioned to hear who they were.

The man continued:

"Probably, the end result is good anyway, everyone is happy. ”

"Jiaqi prepared so much, specially bought what Xiaoxu liked, and wrote such a good song, it was difficult for the girl not to be moved, when he sang, let alone Xiaoxu, I was a little excited. ”

"He's still singing today, I remember he usually only plays the guitar and rarely sings in the dormitory, is that nice?"

"Hasn't he sung it to you? This song is not only good, he sings it very well, and the lyrics and songs of this song are all made by himself, written about Xiaoxu's experience, he said that he has been doing this song for half a year, it seems that he really likes Xiaoxu. ”

Hearing this, I was a little nervous, I turned my head and secretly looked at Xiaoxu, by the moonlight, I seemed to see a trace of blush on her face, I waved my hand at her, and wanted to go back, I was afraid that they were saying something strange, but Xiaoxu didn't move, and twisted my head back with his hand, not letting me look at her, I had to continue to look at the two people in the shadows.

"Yes? I don't remember him thinking that, I thought he was looking at it that day, but he was honest, and to be honest, since he fell into the water that day, I feel like he's a different person, and a lot of things are different. ”

"People do change, nothing lasts forever. ”

"No, there are. ”

"What is it?"

"My love for you. ”

"Hmm. ”

I really heard a girl's muttering, and at the same time saw two figures entangled together, I was startled, and hurriedly looked back at Xiao Xu's reaction, her big eyes sparkled in the moonlight, staring intently at the two shadows, I hurriedly covered her eyes, I didn't expect this time to use too much force, Xiao Xu directly lost his center of gravity, sat down on the ground at once, and shouted softly, the sound was very small, but it still seemed extremely harsh in the silent night.

"Who!?"

Hou Changrong shouted, and rushed out of the pavilion quickly, I wanted to pull Xiaoxu up and run away when I saw this, but she even shouted No, no, this delay, Hou Changrong and Chen Jianyue were already standing in front of the two of us.

"Li Jiaqi, Chen Xiaoxu, what are you doing here?"

"Hahaha, Evergreen, long time no see, the weather is good today. I said something that didn't make sense while supporting Xiaoxu, but Xiaoxu still didn't dare to move, and the scene was even more embarrassing.

"I'm broken..."Chen Jianyue listened, flashed out from behind Hou Changrong, squatted next to Xiaoxu, gently pulled her trouser leg up, and took off her shoes, I hurriedly turned on the flashlight to illuminate her, she looked carefully and said:

"It's not a big deal, twist it a little, go back and apply some ointment or a plaster, and it will be fine tomorrow." ”

"Okay, thank you, Jianyue, then I'll take her to the medicine now, you can continue, I'm sorry. ”

Chen Jianyue's face turned red like an apple, turned his face away and didn't speak, Hou Changrong came over, took my guitar, and sorted out Xiaoxu's notebook and said:

"Let's go with you, send Xiaoxu back, and take care of it. ”

I nodded, picked up Xiaoxu's shoes, Chen Jianyue walked to my side and took the shoes and flashlight, helped us shine the light, I stretched my right hand to the back of Xiaoxu's neck, before I stretched out my left hand, Xiaoxu suddenly looked at me with wide eyes, and then kept patting my arm with his hand, shouting no, I was puzzled for a while, so I had to stop moving.

Jian Yue saw it and hurriedly said to me:

"It's good that you carry her on your back. ”

I understood all of a sudden, and quickly squatted in front of Xiaoxu, Hou Changrong and Chen Jianyue drove to the side, lifted Xiaoxu up, and put it on my back, her weight was very light, and I didn't feel any weight at all, I slowly stood up, thanked them together with Xiaoxu, and the four of them walked back together. Along the way, we explained to them the reason for coming here, and Hou Chen and I also told us about their feelings, and Xiaoxu and I, who were deeply moved, promised them that we would never tell anyone. After the men's dormitory, Hou Changrong helped me take things back, I and Jianyue sent Xiaoxu to the door of the women's dormitory, and reported to the aunt who guarded the door, I walked in and sent Xiaoxu to the house, it was Hu Zehong who opened the door, seeing that I was carrying Xiaoxu on her back, she hurriedly made a way, and shouted loudly:

"Xiaoxu, what's wrong!"

This throat shook my eardrums painfully, I didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly went to the house, several roommates cleaned up the quilt and bed for her, I slowly put Xiaoxu on the bed, Yuan Mei covered the quilt for her, and found a pillow to cushion her legs, Xiaoxu's white feet were exposed, slender and round, very beautiful.

"How did she get this?" asked Zhang Li, leaning next to Xiao Xu, holding Xiao Xu's hand.

"It's too dark, the flashlight didn't shine at once, I accidentally broke my foot, it's okay, don't worry about me, it'll be fine in two days." ”

I glanced at Chen Jianyue, her eyes were very gentle, probably thanking Xiaoxu for hiding it for her, she stood up, turned around and walked out, but collided with a figure who opened the door and entered, she saw that it was Deng Jie, and said busily:

"Sister Deng, I was about to look for you, Xiaoxu's foot twisted, I want to ask you for some plaster or something. ”

"Oh, how did you get this?" Deng Jie said as she walked into the house, still reading in her mouth:

"I heard Hu Zehong's voice and came over, I guessed that something was wrong, hey, this foot, it's okay, it's not too swollen, does it hurt? Can you move like this? Oh, that's okay, if you can move, you don't hurt your bones. ”

Deng Jie gently put Xiaoxu's feet down and continued:

"But I still have to take some medicine, I have a few posts, but a few days ago Shen Lin asked me to leave, and now I don't have it, it's so late, the pharmacy is probably closed, so I can only wait for tomorrow." ”

"Isn't Yimin Pharmacy open all day? Why don't you go there and have a look?" Hu Zehong said.

Yuan Mei looked back at her watch and said:

"Yimin is too far away, three streets away from here, and now it's more than 9:40, and I basically can't take a taxi at this time, if I walk over, I'm afraid it won't take three hours to go back and forth. ”

"I'll go!"

As soon as I heard that a pharmacy was open, I hurriedly rushed over, and I was actually half responsible for today's incident, so it was naturally my job to buy medicine for Xiaoxu.

The girls in the room all looked at me with amazement, Yuan Mei stood up and said to me:

"Don't be reckless, it's so late, how dangerous it is for you to go out for three hours, besides, there is not enough time, it's almost ten o'clock now, the door outside is locked at eleven o'clock, the janitor leaves every time he locks the door, you can't come back at all, listen to me, you get up early tomorrow, and then go to buy medicine for Xiaoxu, it's too late, and it's too late to endure it tonight." When the girls next to me heard this, they all followed suit, and I shook my head and said:

"Today's incident is also my responsibility, I am in good health, I ran over and back, it was only an hour, but I don't know where it is, which of you will describe it to me?"

"I, I, I!" Hu Zehong jumped and raised her hand, and after speaking, she gave me a lot of words on how to go, she spoke quickly, and the words were not very clear, and after three minutes of talking, my head was still a mess.

"Don't talk about it, you can draw me a simple map, I'm afraid I'll forget, okay?"

Hu Zehong is so energetic in everything, she nodded vigorously, quickly took out a pen and paper, ran to the table next to her and started her own creation, Xiaoxu, who was lying on the bed and had not spoken much, suddenly opened her mouth and said:

"Li Jiaqi, go back quickly, I'm okay now, you can rest early." ”

"It's okay, I'll go and go back, soon, otherwise, it will be bad for a while, and it will delay your practice and acting. ”

"If you don't go, don't go, why are you so disobedient? Even if you go, I won't accept your affection!"

"It's okay, I don't care. ”

"You can't go back!"

"If I don't go back, I won't go back. ”

Xiaoxu saw that I was playing a scoundrel, and shouted at Hu Zehong again:

"Xiaohong, don't draw for him!"

"I'm going to finish drawing soon!" Hu Zehong completely ignored Xiaoxu's objections, turned around and gave me the map he had drawn, not to mention, Hu Zehong was not good at speaking, but he was a good hand at drawing, and the streets and landmarks were clearly outlined, clear, and made people feel clear at a glance. I grabbed the map, put it in the pocket of my jacket, turned to everyone, and said:

"Wait for my good news, I'll be back in an hour. ”

"Don't go!"

I smiled at Xiaoxu, flew out of the room, ran out of the corridor at a speed of 100 meters, tightened my shoelaces at the door, and began to run all the way, sure enough, as Yuan Mei said, the people of our country in the 80s were seriously lacking in nightlife, not to mention cars on the street, there was not even a figure, this is good, I still have to pay attention to cars and people in the province.

I made a rough calculation before leaving, the round trip is about 15 kilometers, and I also deliberately marked a few landmarks, at first it was okay, but halfway through the run, I felt a little blurry in front of my eyes, and my legs were a little weak, and my movement became more and more driven by muscles to consciousness, and then later, even consciousness began to dissipate, and there was only one in my mind

A clear thought supported my behavior, that is, to let Xiaoxu get better as soon as possible, and finally, I ran to the Yimin Pharmacy lit up in a string of dark shops, I didn't have time to appreciate anything about it, and jumped directly into the house and shouted:

"Is there any cure for sprains! I'm in a hurry!" I said as I resisted the fluctuation of my breath, and as soon as I finished speaking, I gasped for breath to maintain my body's oxygen needs after strenuous exercise.

I saw an old man with gray hair who was lying down slowly straighten up from behind the counter, touched a pair of reading glasses from the side and put them on, and said to me slowly:

"What kind of emergency is it to come to buy medicine so late?"

"My friend has a sprained foot and wants to buy some plasters or something. ”

"Why don't you buy some ointment? ”

"Anything, take the best medicine, I'm in a hurry, I beg you, uncle!"

The old gentleman looked at me, smiled, and sped up a little, and after a minute, he took it upon himself to help me pack a plastic bag of medicine, and said to me:

"A total of 7 cents, I'm sure I won't lie to you, if you don't believe it, you can also take it out for a pair. ”

"No need, uncle, thank you!"

I looked up at my watch, it was half past ten, I quickly settled the bill, bowed to the uncle, I clearly heard him behind me say that it is good to be young, but I can't care so much, I tied the plastic bag, tied it to my chest, wrapped it in my coat, and didn't hold anything in my hand, just to make it easier to run.

I continued to speed through the deserted streets, I confessed, I did overestimate my stamina, only a third of the run, I was close to collapse, in a way, the spirit is nothing, it is weak, I thought that the power of the mind is strong, but I was wrong, only the body is real, fatigue is real, I am not halfway home, my whole body is like an inflated balloon, fragile and soft, I fell to the ground, kneeling, gasping for breath, my body emitted a lot of noise, but I could hear the quiet chirping of cicadas in the middle of the night, just when I was about to regret breaking my promise, suddenly I felt someone talking, I turned around with difficulty, is a man on a motorcycle, I can't see his face clearly in the night, I can only smell his whole body of alcohol, he seems to have drunk a lot, his tongue is a little bigger.

"Brother (brother), what's wrong with you? Why don't you move here?" Listening to the accent of a Northeasterner, I suddenly felt cordial.

I pressed my chest, trying to steady my breathing, and said to him:

"I came out to buy medicine for my sister-in-law, I was afraid that it would be too late, so I ran all the way, and now I can't run. "I deliberately accentuated my Northeast accent, wanting to get closer to him, people who are adrift can always be evoked by the local accent Some memories, the eldest brother heard my accent, and pulled me onto his motorcycle:

"Brother, fate, I can still meet my fellow countrymen this big night, it's really fate, where are you going, my brother will send you over. ”

Hearing this, I didn't care about safety or not, so I hurriedly told him the address of the dormitory, he told me to hug him tightly, and deliberately said it three times, knowing that after his motorcycle started, I knew his intentions...

I don't know if it's the excitement brought by alcohol, or the pleasure of meeting fellow villagers, it's always this big brother's motorcycle, in my heart like a jet, I can't describe the speed and scenery, because I don't dare to look up at the surroundings, the only thing I can describe is the wind whistling in my ears, the sound of the wind that is constantly flowing at extreme speed even overwhelms the noisy engine of the motorcycle, in that warm summer night, I feel like I am traveling through the endless northeast snowfield, because in that journey, I once again experienced the feeling of the wind cutting my cheek like a knife。

"It's here, brother!" the eldest brother lifted me out of the back 座️ of the car like a chick, and my legs went limp, and I sat down directly on the ground at once.

"Hey, why are you so bad! You can't stand up!"

As he spoke, the eldest brother jumped out of the car, picked me up again and asked me to stand up, then patted me on the shoulder and said:

"That's right, like a man!"

By the light of the guard's room, I could see his face clearly, with a round face, a big nose, a circle of uneven beard, and a sloppy appearance, but I was only grateful to him at this time, and I took out a dollar from my pocket and handed it to him:

"Big brother, you take it!"

He looked at me, then at the money, and pushed me back, and with great strength, he pushed me straight away, and he turned around, turned and got into the car, and shouted at me:

"Who are you buried? Brother, we Northeast people are all warm-hearted! What are you doing with money, let's go!" "The eldest brother is very chic, he didn't wave his sleeves, he didn't take away a cloud, I don't even know his name, but he did me a great favor, if it wasn't for him, don't say that I can't come back with medicine, I might even die on the street where no one is, I looked at him riding a dustless motorcycle, prayed for him, and hoped that he would be safe all the way.

I walked to the door of the compound, the door was not locked, but my legs were not very obedient, I could only move step by step, I walked like this for a long time, before I came to the door of the women's dormitory, but the door was closed, I knocked on the window of the aunt who watched the door, but no one responded, I was afraid of disturbing her rest, so I slowly turned to the left side of the dormitory, from the outside through the window I could see the corridor, I waited, waiting for someone who could help me, the hard work paid off, there was really a girl walking in the corridor with a basin and a towel, looking tall and bright, I hurriedly shouted:

"Girl, girl, help me!"

The girl heard my call and walked in the direction of the voice, and when she approached me, I saw the real face, which turned out to be Le Yun.

"Who are you and why are you here?"

"I'm a friend of Chen Xiaoxu, she sprained her foot, I bought medicine for her, can you help me get it to her!" I said as I untied the plastic bag tied in my clothes and tried to hand it to her through the window, but the window was so high above the ground that I could only reach the bottom edge of the window when I jumped.

"Wait a minute, I'll go get a pole and pick it up for you. After Le Yun finished speaking, she turned around and wanted to get something, but I was very panicked when I saw that she was leaving, so I hurriedly stopped her.

"No, you open the window, I'll just throw it in!" she listened, immediately opened the window, stepped aside, I took out the medicine, checked it one by one, there was no medicine afraid of falling, I put the medicine back in the bag, sealed the mouth, and threw it in hard, only to hear a snap, Le Yun poked her head out of the window, and made an OK gesture at me, I shouted thank you to her, and left the women's dormitory.

When the matter was done, my heart finally relaxed, and my originally stiff body became energetic again, and I could even run two steps. I went back to the dormitory, went directly to the water room to take a cool shower, my clothes and pants were dirty, but I couldn't care so much, because I was overworked, I no longer had the strength to wash clothes, I wore pants, carried clothes, trotted from the water room back to the room, groped to find my bed, fell directly on the quilt, and fell asleep...