601, chance encounter
It seems that every time he drinks with Bai Su, he gets drunk, and this time is no exception. The proprietress arrived at the store at night and helped Bai Su back home with Li Xiang as usual.
Bai Su's home turned out to be neat and tidy this time, and it was not messy.
Bai Su stopped writing for nearly a year, and during the summer vacation, he began to think about a new book, and he is now writing. Maybe it's because of the need for writing that I clean my home. After all, literary creation needs a comfortable environment to be inspired, otherwise the eye will be full of messy messes, things are thrown around, and all kinds of indescribable smells float at home, where can you calm down and conceive.
"Your teacher Bai is very proud of you. When leaving, the proprietress said to Li Xiang.
Li Xiang nodded, he didn't say much, he could feel this.
He could even feel that Bai Su wanted to accept him as an apprentice before, but when "I Am a Cat" came out, he never expressed this kind of thought again, and now he has no more.
"Let's go, the little girl in our store is excited to see you. The proprietress smiled and waved goodbye and went into the liquor house to take care of the business.
Under the street lamps, there is a river on one side of the street, and on the other side are shops such as sake houses, which are lit up in the shadow of the trees.
It's windy tonight, but it's hot. The weather in August is the hottest time of the year, and Li Xiang has only walked a short distance, his body is sticky, and his back is oozing sweat.
He covered his mouth with his hands and exhaled, still smelling of alcohol, and it seemed that he couldn't drive by himself.
On the side of the street, there are many people wearing yellow pony clips and riding folding bicycles, constantly looking at the storefronts on the street. These are substitute drivers.
Li Xiang put on his sunglasses and walked over.
"Is the gentleman looking for a substitute driver?"
"Do you want to drive for you?"
"Here, sir, where are you going?"
……
As soon as Li Xiang passed, there were five or six people around him. He dodged these people, beckoned to the young man standing in the shadows, and said, "Substitute driver?"
"Good. A muffled but happy voice came from the shadows.
Li Xiang noticed that the other party was holding a blue plastic lunch box and eating.
The other party may have seen Li Xiang's hesitation, and hurriedly said vaguely: "I've finished eating, I can leave immediately." ”
After speaking, he quickly covered the lunch box, put it in the backpack, then folded the bicycle, carried it in his hand, bent over and trotted briskly, and silently followed behind Li Xiang.
Seeing this, the others dispersed in search of new guests.
"You put your bike in the trunk first. Coming to the Volvo car, Li Xiang said.
"Good. The young man who came with him replied succinctly, carefully placing the folding bicycle in the trunk.
Li Xiang had time to look at the other party. I can't see anything when I look at the back, and I won't be old when I listen to the voice. When the other party closed the trunk and turned around, Li Xiang found that it was a little familiar.
Li Xiang was wearing sunglasses, and the other party was also wearing a sun hat, and his face was drenched in sweat. Seeing that Li Xiang was looking at him, the other party hurriedly lifted the hem of the T-shirt and wiped the sweat off his face.
"No regrets?" Li Xiang asked tentatively.
As soon as his voice fell, the person opposite was immediately stunned, and finally raised his head and looked at Li Xiang squarely. Li Xiang took off his sunglasses and stared at each other.
"Sure enough, it's you, don't regret it. ”
"Li Xiang, you are Li Xiang. ”
Ma Buregret's face was full of surprise, he never expected to meet Li Xiang here, such a coincidence.
Li Xiang patted him on the shoulder and asked, "Why are you here?"
He remembered that Ma Buregret was admitted to a key university in the south, and it was now summer vacation, so he should go home after the vacation and work part-time by the way. [PS: Maybe many people don't have an impression of Ma Buregret, who appeared in the second chapter]
Neither of them expected to meet in this way, and it had been exactly a year since they had last met.
They were high school classmates who parted ways only after the college entrance examination.
Once, Li Xiang, Li Dan and Ma Buregret were the iron triangle, and they often went in and out together. Later, everyone had different experiences, and Ma Buregret went well in the college entrance examination and entered the university of his dreams.
The college entrance examination is an important turning point in life, and people who used to be together every day may never have intersected.
After entering the university, Li Xiang and Ma Buregret had very little contact, and only texted each other to say hello during the Chinese New Year.
In fact, not only does he have no regrets with Ma, Li Xiang has a lot less contact with all his high school classmates, including Mu Xiwen, who used to always "meet" by chance, except for Li Dan, of course.
In this regard, Li Dan did better than him. This guy seems to be able to keep in touch with everyone and never lose contact.
Meeting again made Li Xiang and Ma Buregret a little unsure of where to start, the time was only a year, but many things have changed, especially on this occasion.
Li Xiang has already felt this kind of change with other classmates.
The two chatted for a few words, and Ma Buregret said that he would send him home first, and Li Xiang specially sat in the passenger seat.
On the way, the two talked about their experiences and the situation at school...... Li Xiang found that Ma Buregret has changed a lot, he used to be talkative and now he has become silent, and I don't know if it was because of his sudden encounter with him, or if it really became like this.
When he arrived at the community, Li wanted to invite Ma Buregret to sit at his house, but Ma Buregret refused. He's going to do business.
Li Xiang no longer insisted and watched him leave.
"I'm back. ”
Li wanted to push the door into the house.
Shi Shi Xiao ran over with a cigarette and enthusiastically brought slippers to Li Xiang.
"Thank you, my teacher is such a little angel. Li wanted to pick up the teacher, causing the little sister to giggle.
"Have you had dinner?"
"I've eaten it, Dad made a spinach egg cake, it's delicious......"
Xiang Xiaoyuan heard the movement and came over to ask Li Xiang if he had had dinner.
"I've had dinner with Mr. Bai, by the way, let's go to Disneyland tomorrow. Is there Mickey Mouse? Li Xiang said.
Shi Shi immediately raised her hand and wanted to go, she had long wanted to see Mickey Mouse.
"What about your sister?" Li Xiang didn't see Li Doudou's child, otherwise this child would have raised his little hand and shouted when he heard that he could go to the paradise.
"Dou Dou is recognizing. The teacher said, her big eyes purring, and she smiled very happily when she saw that her brother and mother had not discovered her little secret.
Xiang Xiaoyuan said: "Your aunt is teaching her to read and write, and today her name is written incorrectly, and she is writing eight times wrong, and she is copying words." ”
Oh, what a poor Director Dou, there is probably only one director in the world who can write his name incorrectly.
Xiang Xiaoyuan asked again: "Why do you want to go to Disney?"
Li Xiang took his teacher to the living room sofa and sat down, and the latest episode of "Summer of the Band" was being broadcast on TV. Before he went home, Xiang Xiaoyuan was watching.
"Disney wants to invite me to be their spokesperson for Asia, Xiao Wang, I'm going to go on an investigation, how about accompaniment?"
The teacher was very enthusiastic and immediately said to accompany. Xiang Xiaoyuan was more concerned about his endorsement of Disney, and sat down to inquire about the situation carefully.