On summer nights, the weather is hot and sultry, the community is full of people who come out to cool off with fans, a group of children huddle together, kicking a blue ball as a football, there is a barbecue stall not far away, and several crooked tables around are full of people bragging with beer bottles, cumin and chili powder mixed with the smoke of charcoal fire, with the fragrance wafting throughout the community, everywhere is the fireworks of the world.

Shi Jing stood in the shadow of a large poplar tree, the leafy tree was like a barrier, covering his figure, the leaves fluttering in the wind brushed his cheeks from time to time, and the sweaty summer could not dispel the cold that permeated his bones.

He looked up, Si Qi's room was lit up, the orange light was warm and quiet, like the thousands of lights in this community, this is the color of the world, he thought of the steaming food on the table just now, thought of Si Qi's distant but considerate eyes, thought of Si Xiaojun's bright eyes, he began to feel a trace of heat coming from the depths of his heart.

He took out his mobile phone, flipped to the text message sent to him by Si Qi, and after thinking about the words for a long time, he only sent one sentence: "I'm home." ”

He wanted to say thank you, but as soon as he was halfway through the word, he suddenly thought of his villa again, and the overwhelming darkness hit him, making him a little out of strength for a moment, and he coughed violently twice, as if his lungs were exhausted of air and suffocated, and everything around him was instantly covered with a layer of black edge.

After all, the word thank you could not be sent.

He stood in the dark, indifferently looking at the lively world not far away, as if it had nothing to do with him, until the mobile phone in the palm of his hand suddenly rang twice, and he was so excited that he almost dropped the phone on the ground, and when he turned over the phone in a panic and saw the sender Si Qi, he suddenly let out a sigh, and involuntarily closed the phone in the palm of his hand, as if he was praying silently.

The small screen rose a faint white light in the night, and a text message lay quietly on his mobile phone-

"Okay, rest early, we'll see you the day after tomorrow. Through his mobile phone, he seemed to be able to see Si Qi's quiet eyebrows and faint smile.

After a long time, it was not until the barbecue stalls in the community became less crowded that he came out of the darkness and walked through the dim neighborhood with the starlight on his way home.

"Mommy, why haven't you slept yet?" Si Xiaojun slept until midnight and got up to drink water, and found that his mommy was sitting on the computer chair with her knees crossed, staring at the laptop screen on the table without turning her eyes, "Staying up late will affect your health." ”

Si Qi hurriedly raised her head and closed the notebook as if she was disguised, and when she reacted, she suddenly felt that she was too exaggerated, and hurriedly squeezed out a smile: "Mommy checked some information and was preparing to sleep." ”

"Oh, okay!" Si Xiaojun, who was in a daze, went straight to drink a glass of water, and obediently went back to his room to sleep.

Si Qi seemed to be caught doing something bad, let out a long breath, and only after Si Xiaojun made an even breathing sound did she reopen the notebook, there were several web pages on the screen, all of which were about social phobia, and after finishing the kindergarten at night, she somehow turned out so many web pages to see, probably because Shi Jing's state made her a little worried, of course, it was also for better cooperation in the future.

Knowing Shi Jing's taboo, there will be no cracks in the cooperation between the two sides.

After reading all the web pages, Si Qi repeated this sentence silently in his heart again, and then turned off the computer with peace of mind and went into the room to sleep.

Probably thinking about it day and dreaming at night, Si Qi, who had just fallen asleep, dreamed that his mother suddenly arrived in Jincheng ahead of schedule, and just happened to bump into Shi Jing, holding Shi Jing's hand and refusing to let go, the smile on his face seemed to bloom flowers, and he couldn't wait to immediately pack his son-in-law who was hard to find back to his hometown to exhibit to all his relatives, Shi Jing wanted to run but didn't run away, and the chickens and dogs chased by his mother jumped, and the community was full of cats and cats.

Eventually, she was awakened by the nightmare.

What's even more terrifying is that she had the same dream for two days in a row, causing her to stay on high alert for two days in a row, for fear that the "nightmare" dream would come true.

On Friday, after finishing the morning class, as soon as she walked out of the kindergarten, Si Qi looked up and saw her mother who kept waving to her, and finally had a deeper understanding of thinking about the day and dreaming at night, and at the same time there was a trace of relief, just like a knife always hanging above her head, I didn't know when it would fall, and I was terrified every day, and the moment the knife really fell, the whole person was relaxed.

"Mom, why did you arrive so quickly and didn't call me to pick you up, how old are you, and you still play the game of surprise attack. Si Qi said as she ran over to help Zhang Xingmei move things down from the trunk of the taxi, several cans of different styles, and five or six plastic bags of different colors, every time Zhang Xingmei came to Jincheng to see her, she always hated to move all the delicious food at home, probably because she always thought that she would eat soil in Jincheng.

"What, do you really want me to arrive later? The sudden attack is to remind you, don't play tricks with your mother and me!" Zhang Xingmei didn't look back and asked Si Qi to pay the fare.

Zhang Xingmei looks like an ordinary middle-aged woman, wearing a pair of black slacks, a gray short-sleeved, casual shoes on her shoes, a bun on her head, a red rope around her neck, and a transfer bead hanging on it, the whole person is so ordinary that it can't be more ordinary, plus the sun is scorching at noon, even if she presses her forehead with a handkerchief, she can't hold back the hot sweat that keeps coming out, her back is almost soaked with sweat, and her clothes are clinging to her body, looking a little embarrassed.

In fact, she is not very old, just 50 years old this year, but she looks premature, her face is slightly old, she looks like she is in her sixties, in her words, the white hair on her head is angry with her own daughter, and every white hair is the evidence of her daughter's rebellion, so every time she wants Si Qi to go on a blind date, she will take a photo of her white hair and send it over, so that Si Qi will be obedient.

The Si family's family is quite wealthy, but after Zhang Xingmei learned that her daughter's life situation was reversed, she began to throttle, of course, she was reluctant to save money from Si's father and Si Qi, so she was actually the only one who implemented the rules of saving from beginning to end, sometimes when Si Qi advised her to be kind to herself, she would only retort with one sentence: "You are not married and have children, I don't save more money for you, what should you do in the future?"

In a word, Si Qi had to obediently shut up and listen to the training.

"If it weren't for the fact that your dad hadn't finished the injection in the past two days, I would have arrived a few days ago. Zhang Xingmei carefully counted all the jars and bags on the ground, then got up and crossed her waist and took a long breath, looking at the smile on Si Qi's face, it suddenly seemed to have turned on the chattering switch: "Such a big thing, you don't say it a few days in advance, your father was able to take the car a while ago, you have to say a few days earlier, can't your father and I come over to see the future son-in-law?"

Si Qi laughed twice and quipped: "Mom, don't worry, if it's your son-in-law, he won't run away, not your son-in-law, it's useless if you watch it for many days!"

"What are you talking about?" When Zhang Xingmei heard this, she suddenly became angry: "It's hard to find a suitable one, listen to your tone, can't this be finalized? When do you have to pick it up? Look at my white hair, only the last third is still barely struggling, you have to leave a way back for them, right? They have worked hard until now, it is not easy." ”

Although Zhang Xingmei has never gone to college and has no culture, she speaks very interestingly, and she has the style of scaring the king on the Internet, which often makes people speechless.

Si Qi said helplessly: "Mom, when did I pick it, marriage pays attention to marriage, it is difficult to explain this thing clearly." ”

"Don't talk to me about these useless things, don't think that after reading a few years of books, you can talk to me about any illusory fate, I don't have the ability, and I always blame fate for not coming, and people's fate is also very innocent, I see that you are afraid of getting married, people who have no confidence in the future, most of them are because they think too much and do too little, and in the end, they dare to rely on fate, but unfortunately fate has no hand, otherwise you would have called you a big mouth. Zhang Xingmei glanced at her, and said very disdainfully: "Ancient people haven't even met before they got married, and others can't still carry the old with their heads in the past, and they are full of children and grandchildren. ”

Si Qi had a headache, but he didn't dare to refute, so he had to laugh silently.

"I know you're going to say that times are different, and marriage is not the only pursuit in life. Zhang Xingmei snorted heavily: "If I die with your father, I don't care what you do, but we are still alive now, don't fool me with your set." As he spoke, he stuffed a few bags into her hands, "This is a special product I brought to your director and colleagues, as well as some wild bamboo shoots that are dried and fried game, as well as bean drums and capers that I made myself, you can take them to the big kitchen and let them heat them up directly at night, and they can eat them." ”

Si Qi glanced at her watch, it was exactly one o'clock, anyway, she didn't have classes in the afternoon, so she was planning to go home early to prepare meals.

"Okay, then you wait for me here, I'll take it in, and let Xiaojun go back with me in advance. With that, she quickly slipped back to the kindergarten with the bag in three or two steps.

When she turned around and led Si Xiaojun out, Zhang Xingmei was standing in the shade of the doorman and chatting quite happily, the doorman uncle was holding a wine bottle in his hand, which should be the wild fruit wine made by his mother, every time she came, she would bring a bottle to the doorman uncle, and then inquire about her work from the doorman's uncle, every time she learned that she was rated as the most popular teacher, she would choose something from the specialty to send out.

"Mommy, you see, the person in that car is an uncle. Si Qi led Si Xiaojun and walked quickly towards his mother, and when he was two or three meters away, he was pulled by his son, and looked in the direction of his son's finger, a black Land Rover was parked under the fence of the kindergarten facing them, and there was a person sitting faintly inside, but he couldn't see it clearly.