Chapter 8 Sweet and Astringent

Xiao Li stood on the wide playground, looking at the white-haired old principal on the high platform in front of him, and really felt the breath of graduation and parting. Cheng Zimu stood beside her, looking at the front with serious eyes, standing straight and motionless.

Cheng Zimu, you are using this way to say goodbye to the school that has been with you for six years, so what will you do to say goodbye to me?

The graduation ceremony ended in a solemn and solemn atmosphere, and every student gathered around the teacher, tears in their eyes, although there were many complaints in private on weekdays, but at this moment they held their hands tightly and reluctantly let go.

Xiao Li clutched the graduation certificate and followed behind Qu Qing and Xing Mo, if it was before, she should be the most cheerful one, but now, because of Cheng Zimu's departure, she can't raise a trace of strength. In a trance, I followed the two to a small restaurant, the whole class was there, the class leader took out all the class fees, everyone gathered, ate, and sang.

Qu Qing slapped Xiao Li's head, provoked her to scream in pain, and turned her head to stare at her.

"Zhang Xiaoli, you have no friends except Cheng Zimu, we are best friends, so many years, what's the matter, he graduated, he left, you even went with him, such a lively atmosphere, you used to be the protagonist of the party, take out your Zhang Xiaoli's original momentum, turn them into scum in seconds, and let Cheng Zimu see, he is gone, you can live happily. ”。

Xiao Li covered her head, looked at Qu Qing with her eyes shining, and suddenly felt extremely warm in her heart, yes, how could she forget, who is she, Zhang Xiaoli, who is a husband and wife, Zhang Xiaoli, who is majestic and high-spirited, she shouldn't be like this, Xiao Li patted his face hard, nodded heavily towards Qu Qing, stood up with a breath, and squeezed towards the crowd.

"Hey, hey, you guys, don't bully us Momo, with me here, you all have to take it easy. Xiao Li pulled down Xing Mo, who was surrounded by a group of boys and coaxed, and shouted at the top of his voice.

"Oh oh~" The boys all laughed, pulled Xiaoli, and guessed with her, but they were killed by her one by one, and sat there unconvinced.

Xing Mo looked at Xiao Li, who was carrying a bottle of fruit beer in the crowd, stepping on the stool with one foot and one foot on the table, waving his arms to compete with them, his eyes were warm, yes, this is Xiao Li, always so happy, like this, unrestrained, so dazzling.

She turned back to look for Cheng Zimu's figure, and saw that he was also gathered in the center of a group of boys, playing cards, rolling up his trouser legs, waving the note in his hand, and pasting it on the face of the classmate next to him, Xing Mo suddenly felt a little sad in her heart, Xiaoli and Cheng Zimu are like two rays of sunshine, they are sunflowers that open to the light, their temperaments are so similar, and they can only be water lilies waiting silently in the corner.

At the end of the dinner, a large group of people came to the town's singing hall, the small box was crowded with people, everyone was sitting on the ground, on the sofa, melon seeds and fruit peels, flying all over the sky, it was noisy, no one was really singing at all, Xiaoli dragged his body and squeezed into a small vacant seat on the sofa, drinking the juice handed over by Xing Mo.

"Oh, my God, my throat is almost hoarse, those boys are so strong, my wrists are about to break. ”

"You are really, they are boys, they must have a lot of strength, you are a girl, what is worse than anything, and they are better than breaking wrists, what if you hurt yourself. Xing Mo carefully rubbed his wrist for Xiaoli and said in a worried tone.

"Oh, Momo still cares about me, fortunately, we are still together in high school, if I can't get into a class, I'll move a table and sit at the door of your class, and promise not to let those stinky boys bully you. ”

Xing Moleng paused, his heart warmed, and he smiled and nodded, "Okay, okay, then my high school life will be handed over to Lady Zhang." ”

"It's a small thing, it's not enough to worry about it. Xiaoli said with a hippie smile, but suddenly covered her mouth and stood up, sure enough, it was not okay to drink too much fruit beer, she pressed Xing Mo on the sofa, pulled her legs and ran to the bathroom, Qu Qing gathered around the crowd to cheer Fang Yi, a white shadow followed out, Xing Mo's half-up body stopped, sat back again, looked at the door, and did not move for a long time.

Xiao Li was lying next to the sink and vomiting, her stomach was churning, dizzy, her mouth was bitter, washed with water, she just turned around and crashed into a person, just about to raise her head and speak, a sweet Alpine candy entrance, accompanied by a sweet strawberry flavor, Xiao Li took a comfortable breath, looked at Cheng Zimu who was holding him and frowned, and his hand subconsciously touched his forehead.

"Chengzimu, are you too precocious, why do you have wrinkles? ”

"You only have wrinkles, Zhang Xiaoli, you don't know how to drink, and you are messing around with them, the ugliness you made last time is not shameful enough. Cheng Zimu helped her and pulled her outside, and the cool wind of the night blew away a lot of drunkenness, and made her sober a lot.

"You're embarrassed to say that I'm sorry, aren't you also crazy in the crowd, I usually see you pretend to be so deep, and you laugh exaggerated enough when you punish your classmates. Xiaoli pouted.

"Boys and girls are different, do you realize that you are a girl, really, not reserved at all. Naruko Mu said as he unlocked the bicycle.

Xiao Li shook for a moment, "What is the use of being reserved, can you eat and drink?" Grandpa Cheng said that I am a true temperament, do you understand. ”

"Okay, okay, true temperament, come and sit down, let's go home. ”

Xiao Li hugged Cheng Zimu's waist and lay on his back, "We, who will follow you and us, when I go home in the future, I will be the only one, without you, do you know." ”

Cheng Zimu's heart trembled, pursed his lips, slowed down, and took her with him, walking slowly on the streets of the town.

"Cheng Zimu, I want to listen to the song, but I didn't sing it well just now, listen to it well. Xiao Li suddenly spoke.

"What do you want to hear. Cheng Zimu asked softly.

"Goodbye. Xiao Li's voice was low and he whimpered.

Cheng Zimu's shoulders shook, and his eyes were a little sore, "Okay"

"I will keep your face firmly in mind, I will cherish the thoughts you give, these days will never be erased in my heart, I ,,,,"

The young singing voice accompanied by a deep voice echoed in the quiet street, Xiaoli's tears fell on Cheng Zimu's white shirt, wetting his back, Cheng Zimu's eyes were warm, but he always raised his head and did not shed a single tear.

Carrying the sleeping Xiaoli upstairs, Cheng Zimu settled her, hurriedly took a bath, took a glass of water and put it on the side of Xiaoli's bed, afraid that she would be thirsty in the middle of the night, squatted on the edge of the bed, looked at the sleeping Xiaoli, but muttered in his mouth, he smiled slightly, Xiaoli turned over, turned over again, lifted the quilt on his body, and the fingers of one hand gently put on the face of Cheng Zimu lying on the side of the bed, Cheng Zimu's face was slightly hot, gently held her hand and took it away, his heart was pounding, his ears were red, he swallowed his saliva nervously, but he was almost choked, covering his mouth and coughing low, his palms were full of sweat, he kept rubbing his hands on his pajamas, his eyes were full of nervousness, flashing bright light, his hand gently grasped Xiaoli's fingers, leaned over, a little trembling on her hand, imprinted a green kiss, he stood up in a panic, climbed onto his bed, staggered and hurt his leg, grinned into the quilt, turned around, did not dare to look back, after a long time, he slowly turned around, looked at Xiaoli who was still asleep, and breathed a sigh of relief, thinking about the scene just now, and smirked at himself.

Outside the window, the night is thick, the moon and stars are scarce, tomorrow, how to open the departing car door?

The weather is fine, the hottest summer vacation in summer, has begun half, Xiaoli came out of the room, her head is still a little drowsy, she walked into the yard, saw her father was busy preparing lunch, looked back at the clock hanging on the wall of the house, it turned out to be noon, she saw a yellow envelope on the round table under the tree, approached and picked it up, her eyes lit up, quickly tore it, a notice in black and white fell out, she raised the notice, ran to her father and waved, Zhang Tiancheng's serious face could not hide the satisfied smile, pulled Xiaoli to sit down, had to fry a few more dishes, the two talked and laughed for a while before sitting down。

"After eating, I'm going to meet Xiaomu, he's leaving this afternoon. Dad Zhang paused his chopsticks and said in a relaxed tone.

"Well, good. Xiaoli lowered his head to pick up the rice and didn't raise his head.

Dad Zhang sandwiched a piece of chicken and put it in Xiaoli's bowl, "Eat more, don't just eat." ”

In the hot air, there is not a trace of cool wind blowing, and there is not much left of the green plum blossoms on the green plum branches, no longer falling, the sun shines through the dense cracks in the trees, and the backs of the people who are sunburned are hot, and they know that they are screaming endlessly, Xiaoli's forehead and back are full of fine sweat, but there are bursts of coldness in the heart.

After putting away the dishes and chopsticks, she went back to the room and opened the wardrobe, took out the white dress and pink leather shoes that Cheng Zimu bought for her, hung her hair on her ears, and sandwiched a flower-shaped hairpin on each side.

Open the door, the black car of the Cheng family has been parked at the door, several people are loading their luggage, Cheng Zimu's parents, Cheng Grandpa and Grandma, are all standing at the door, seeing Xiao Li coming over, Xia Qian took Xiao Li's hand, "Xiao Li, go to Auntie's place to play on vacation, Xiao Mu is gone, you have to come to accompany grandparents often!"

"Auntie, don't worry, I will come often, as long as my grandparents don't think I'm noisy. Xiao Li raised a smile, but his voice was muffled.

Cheng Zimu walked out with a backpack on his back, looking at Xiao Li standing in front of him, still with that smiling face, but he felt that he couldn't see happiness at all.

Xiao Li pretended to be nothing and walked up to Cheng Zimu step by step, stretched out his hand from behind his back and handed Cheng Zimu the black box, looking at him without saying a word.

Cheng Zimu took the box and was about to open it, Xiaoli hurriedly grabbed his hand, snatched the box over, walked behind him, put the box into his backpack, pulled the zipper, grabbed his backpack tightly, and stood behind him, motionless.

Cheng Zimu whispered "Xiao Li,,," As soon as the words fell, Xiao Li's tears fell, she wiped away her tears indiscriminately, raised her head, and walked to the front, "Get in the car and look again, didn't you teach me that I can't open gifts in person?"

A bell rang, Fang Yi rode the car and stopped in front of the door, behind him, Qu Qing and Xing Mo also followed, the three of them parked the car, and the small gift box of one person was handed to Cheng Zimu, and he stood silently behind Xiao Li, Cheng Zimu looked at Fang Yi, looked at him seriously, Fang Yi patted his chest with his right fist, and nodded heavily.

Cheng Zimu turned his head and bent over, "Grandpa, I'm leaving, you take care of yourself, I'll come back to see you when I'm free." ”

Grandpa Cheng nodded and patted him on the shoulder, Grandma Cheng covered her mouth, and her voice was choked, "Eat more, study hard, take care of yourself, grandma, come back often when you have a holiday." ”

Cheng Zimu lowered his head, a tear fell to the ground, and it was evaporated in an instant, and then straightened up, raised his head, the sun shone on his fair face, but there was no half a tear.

He said goodbye to everyone, hugged, until he walked in front of Xiao Li, stretched out his hand, but stopped in mid-air, Xiao Li looked up at him, no tears, no sadness, bright eyes, full of smiles, Cheng Zimu smiled softly, pressed his hand on her head, gently touched her hair, slipped down the top of her head to her ear, one hand finger lightly picked, a hairpin fell in the palm of her hand, carefully sorted out the broken hair in her ear for her, and the other hand took out a delicate small box from her pocket, stuffed it into her hand, whispered a word in her ear, turned around and got into the car。

The car door closed heavily, making a muffled sound, Xiao Li's heart trembled, the car started slowly, Xiao Li suddenly turned around and pushed open the door of Cheng Zimu's house, and then rode Cheng Zimu's bicycle to chase after him in the shouts of everyone, Fang Yi looked at Qu Qing and Xing Mo, the three of them nodded to each other, and also rode the car to chase up, the door of the family behind him closed again, and Dad Zhang walked in with Grandpa Cheng and Grandma Cheng.

The four of them followed the car quickly, pedaling hard under their feet, the car was speeding all the way, and soon, there was a highway intersection in front of him, Cheng Zimu sat in the back seat, his heart suddenly tightened, and he subconsciously turned back, outside the thick glass, and his hidden tears fell.

Under the scorching sun, four young faces, sweating profusely, thin figures, the wind ruffled their hair, sweat beads were about to soak their clothes, they rode bicycles, their heads tilted, their eyes were so firm, their feet were so hard.

"Cheng Zimu, goodbye! Boss, goodbye!" Fang Yi and Qu Qing Xing Mo waved their hands, non-stop, hard, shouting.

Xiao Li's body left the saddle, stood up, and ran hard, staring at the car tightly, as if through the thick glass, no matter how far away, she could see Cheng Zimu's eyes.

"Xiaomu, do you want to stop. Xia Qian looked at her son's tearful face and said softly.

"Don't, Mom, don't stop, don't stop... ”

I'm afraid that as soon as I stop, I will never be willing to leave.

The railing slowly rose and fell, the car passed the toll booth and drove into the highway, Xiaoli stopped, threw the car aside, took off the shoes on her feet as she walked, the hot ground burned her feet, she walked to the edge, put the pink shoes on her feet, one after the other, as if walking, covered with grass on the side of the road, stood up, looked at the car that had disappeared from sight, raised her hand, and waved left and right.

Cheng Zimu, these are the shoes you gave me, I never wore them after that dinner, now, I put them here, this is the last place you leave my sight, I put them here, on behalf of the place where you left, and I also walk with you, no matter how far you go, I will walk with you through the intersection where you left, I wait for that day, wait for you to come back, the day you take it for me, Cheng Zimu, have a safe journey, goodbye!

Xiaoli was barefoot, turned around, looked at the three people behind him who were already in tears, and smiled brightly, Xiaoqing, Momo, do you know, the words that Cheng Zimu said in my ear, he said let me wait for him, I can't fall in love in high school, he's so stupid, he doesn't know that I won't fall in love, he doesn't know that I have to work hard to get into the same university as him, he doesn't know anything.

Picking up the car, Xiaoli rode back barefoot, and along the way, he sang loudly "I will remember your face, I will cherish the thoughts you give,,,"

Cheng Zimu opened Xiao Li's box, a silver necklace lay there quietly, flashing a little silver, the pendant of the necklace is the appearance of a green plum blossom, Cheng Zimu brought the necklace, put it in the shirt, and pressed it tightly to his heart, as if he saw Xiao Li's small courtyard again, she stood under the green plum tree, smiling playfully at him.

Take out the mobile phone, Xiaoli's smiling face appears on the screen, she tilts her head, under the green plum tree, the smiling face, extremely happy, more brilliant than the green plum blossoms.

Spread out the hairpin with her fragrance still in the palm of his hand, Cheng Zimu held it in his hand again, looked out of the car window, his eyes gradually brightened, Xiaoli, in fact, you have always been by my side.