Chapter 52: The Face of an Old Friend
Turn left 50 meters from the entrance of Colonel M, and you will see an ordinary cafΓ©. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ There is a small flower bed in front of the cafΓ© with some cosmos and some seasonal flowers, and the flowers are blooming a little color. On the flower bed is a wooden board with a description of the types of coffee served that day.
The road was full of damp students, heads bowed, jouling at each other.
At this time, a few tables of people were sparsely seated in the cafΓ©, and the music softly bypassed each customer.
My uncle sat by the window with this glass of juice on the table. He stared straight at the small box on the table that had come to the house, and the wrinkles on his face crept up the corners of his eyes and forehead mercilessly.
On the second day of school, Shen Jiawei took a bunch of ointment to the girls' dormitory. He stood at the door of the dormitory, confronting the dormitory manager, his eyes motionless. The dormitory manager aunt was wearing a pair of flower pants, and the fat on her thighs was about to burst the flower pants, but the aunt looked confident, as if she was standing on a fashionable stage, with melon seeds in her mouth, leaning against the door, and letting the female students come and go to look at her.
"I said, Auntie, can't you just let me go up?"
The dormitory manager squinted and glanced at Shen Jiawei with disdain, and spit out a melon seed shell on the ground.
"No, I can't. β
Auntie's concise refusal, coupled with that indifferent look, Shen Jiawei was immediately depressed. I had to lean against the door helplessly, watching the girls come and go.
The aunt continued to knock on the melon seeds, turning her head to look at Shen Jiawei from time to time, for fear that he would take advantage of the loophole.
Xiaomei and Wu Mei were walking towards the door of the bedroom, and Shen Jiawei finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Xiaomei, this, ointment, na, help me give Ruoqing, I haven't answered her phone, and the phone in your bedroom can't get through, I really don't know what to do." β
Xiaomei looked at Shen Jiawei in surprise, obviously not reacting for a while. Wu Mei reacted quickly, pushed Xiaomei away and took the ointment handed over by Shen Jiawei.
Shen Jiawei waved his hand, "Let's go." β
Xiaomei reacted, and pulled Wu Mei with stunned eyes to prevent her from leaving.
"What's going on?"
"What's the matter, you've short-circuited your brain?"
"No, I said this progress?"
"Let's go, let's go!"
Wu Mei shook off Xiaomei and dragged her hand towards the bedroom, leaving Xiaomei stunned to follow behind.
Ruoqing, wearing slippers on his feet, the swelling of the sprain has not completely disappeared, the ointment is pasted on his feet, and the whole bedroom smells of ointment.
"Ruoqing, you said it!"
"What are you talking about......" Ruoqing closed the book and slowly raised her head to look at Xiaomei.
"What's the matter with you and Shen Jiawei?" Xiaomei laughed and danced her siblings.
If the Qing Dynasty Xiaomei smiled.
"We're in a relationship. β
Wu Mei and Xiaomei did not give up and continued to ask to the end.
"So, what's the matter with you and Li Che?"
"Huh?"
Wu Mei hesitated, and said for a long time: "As soon as we returned to school, we heard someone chew their tongues, saying that you and Li Che are childhood sweethearts, we think it's strange, if it's a childhood sweetheart, why didn't you tell us!"
Ruoqing paused for a moment, and then remembered Li Che's text message.
"Childhood sweetheart...... Not really, right...... It's that our hometown is a place where we played together when we were kids. But then they moved, and we didn't see each other. β
"Oh, I see, but why did we see Li Che a few times ago, but he didn't recognize you!"
Wu Mei's unintentional words hit Ruoqing's heart, and a trace of nervousness flashed in her expression.
"Probably he's grown up, and I don't recognize him anymore. β
"I see, I'll tell you!"
Ruoqing got up, regained his calm expression, smiled at the two sisters and said, "Others chew their tongues, you have to listen selectively!"
Xiaomei grabbed her, and the thief smiled at her.
"You didn't go home during the summer vacation, where do you live! You're so timid, you won't live in a dormitory alone!"
Ruoqing was also straightforward, and also returned a charming smile to Xiaomei.
"Think about it. β
Xiaomei's face turned red instantly, and she slapped Ruoqing, "What am I thinking, I haven't thought about anything! You, are you living with Shen Jiawei?!"
"As you think!"
"Let's go, go to the library to return the books, and wait for me at dinner. β
Ruoqing walked out of the bedroom with a chic back, Xiaomei and Wu Mei looked at each other and smiled, as if they understood something. In their opinion, this time at the beginning of the school year, Ruoqing is obviously more cheerful than before, and her smile is more moving. And this may have something to do with her finding someone like Shen Jiawei.
For Wu Mei, such Ruoqing made her feel more down-to-earth. Since witnessing the death of Ruoqing's mother and Ruoqing's abnormality, she feels that Ruoqing must have a time bomb in her heart that may be detonated at any time. And now, this time bomb, it seems, has been annihilated.
"I didn't expect Shen Jiawei to be such a gentle person!"
"I don't know if it's gentle or not, but Ruoqing seems to have changed. β
"Yes! I laughed, and I laughed even more emotionally. β
Ruoqing held 3 books and a water glass in one hand, and walked on the school road with an umbrella in the other. Ruoqing's brows tightened, and he quickly accelerated his pace. The scorching sun overhead sprinkled the ground like a waterfall, and the ground was almost squeaking and barbecuing.
The summer vacation flies so fast, in a flash, disappears without a trace, and then you can only wait for tomorrow's midsummer. Such a season is something she does not like, hot and restless. This kind of summer vacation is also something she doesn't like, like fireworks, like cherry blossoms, which fall in the blink of an eye.
The summer vacation is so short, and there is no time to go back to my hometown to visit my uncle.
The summer vacation is so long, and you can have so many memories with Shen Jiawei.
The summer vacation is so long, and you can have bad memories with Li Che.
The dormitory to the library is only a short distance, fifteen minutes away. It's just that because of the cruelty of the scorching sun, these fifteen minutes seem to be as long as thirty minutes. When he arrived at the library, Ruoqing had already broken out fine beads of sweat, which hung on his neck, shining crystal clear by the sun.
The air conditioning in the library is blowing in the face, and it makes people enter autumn all of a sudden, cool, cozy, and comfortable. Ruoqing closed the umbrella, hurriedly walked to the bookcase and handed the three books to the staff. She looked around, and there weren't many people in the library. Thinking of the scorching sun, everyone hid in the dormitory. There are fewer people, but it is more like a library, and you can enjoy the quiet.
Fortunately, after the book, Ruoqing came to the literature room on the 3rd floor, and it could be seen from her familiar footsteps that she came often, and she didn't need to look for books everywhere, so she walked under the bookshelf and picked up her favorite books in three or five steps.
The Tale of Genji - A masterpiece of Japanese classical literature, written by Murasaki Shikibu surnamed Fujiwara. The novel is set in the heyday of the Heian Dynasty in Japan, and through the life experience and love story of the protagonist Genji, it describes the corrupt politics of the society at that time and the mutual tilting and power struggle between the upper nobles in **** life, which is a main line throughout the book, and Genji's love marriage reveals the tragic fate of women under polygamy. In aristocratic society, the marriage of men and women was often a means of political struggle, and women became instruments of political transactions and playthings in the hands of aristocratic men.
The Tale of Genji has had a great impact on the development of Japanese literature, and is the peak of Japanese classical literature, known as Japan's Dream of the Red Chamber. In Japan, the era of "mono mourning" began. It is generally believed to have been written between 1001 and 1008, making it the world's earliest novel.
Ruoqing found a corner location, picked up a water cup and slowly took a sip of water, then smiled with satisfaction, and began to open "The Tale of Genji".
Probably because of his father's relationship with Shaoyang, Yi Ruoqing has been particularly interested in Japanese culture since he was a child. Father Yi Shaoyang is a lover of Tang Dynasty culture, but it is Japan that inherits the culture of the Tang Dynasty better, so his father Yi Shaoyang has a lot of expertise in Japanese culture. Since I was a child, my father's study was filled with all kinds of books about Japanese culture, and my father often stayed in the study for half a day.
Ruoqing, who grew up and became sensible, often wondered, what kind of world, what kind of culture, and what kind of excesses made his father so obsessed?
It wasn't until she came into contact with "The Tale of Genji" that she couldn't understand her father's obsession.
The Tale of Genji is a classic masterpiece of Japan, which has had a great impact on the development of Japanese literature and is known as the peak of Japanese literature. The Tale of Genji is the world's first full-length realistic novel, so it also occupies an important place in the history of world literature. Japan is a country full of contradictions, and while the tradition of discrimination against women is prevalent, the world's first full-length realistic novel, The Tale of Genji, is written by a woman.
"Hey, what a coincidence!"
Just as Ruoqing was indulging in Japanese court culture, a clear male voice came from beside him. She looked up in surprise and looked for it, it was Li Che.
The sun shone on Li Che's face, and the smile was very bright.
Ruoqing was surprised and looked at Li Che blankly. How many times, he always appeared in front of her like this, which caught people off guard.
Li Che gently pulled away the chair beside her, sat down gently, and turned his head to Ruoqing with a smile.
"Oh, what a coincidence. β
"What kind of book are you reading? I'm so fascinated by it, I'll take a look. As he spoke, he took the book in Ruoqing's hand to him.
"Xiao Ruo, where did you go in the last few days of summer vacation? β
Li Che casually opened "The Tale of Genji", read it silently in his mouth, and then looked at Ruoqing affectionately.
Ruoqing avoided his gaze and had already figured out how to answer him, and was about to answer when his phone rang.
Li Che had no choice but to give up and stop chattering.
Five minutes later, Ruoqing closed the phone, and the expression on his face was indifferent.
"I have something to go first. β
Li Che stopped her and said sadly, "Xiao Ruo, why do you always avoid me?"
"Li Che, I'm really in trouble. β
"What's the matter? I'm with you!"
Ruoqing had no choice but to let Li Che follow.
Through the glass of the coffee shop, Ruoqing saw his uncle with a sad face, and his heart hurt. She walked into the cafΓ© and walked up to her uncle, not immediately sitting down.
When the uncle saw Ruoqing, he immediately stood up, the haze on his face was gone, and he showed a warm smile.
"Uncle, why are you here!"
"You won't go back during the whole summer vacation, so I have to come to see you before I can rest assured. β
Ruoqing pointed to Li Che beside him, "This is my classmate, just passing by." β
Uncle looked at Li Che, and the whole person was blinded.
ββLi Deyang?
His expression began to grow panicked, and his brow furrowed tightly.
"You ......"
- "Brother, I'm going to marry this man!"
When my sister was 18 years old, she led Li Deyang back to her uncle's eyes when she appeared at home.
Too much to look like! Too much to look like!
Uncle exclaimed in his heart, unable to believe his eyes, and his tone was nervous and frightened.
Ruoqing and Li Che were taken aback by their uncle's reaction, Li Che wanted to subconsciously want to dodge, but Ruoqing picked up a glass of water on the table and handed it to his uncle.
"Uncle, what's wrong with you?"
Uncle took the water and took a big sip before slowly calming down.
"Oh, this classmate is too similar to an old friend of mine. β
Li Che realized that his appearance really shouldn't be, and the expression on his face became embarrassed, so he had to say to Ruoqing apologetically: "Xiao Ruo, I'm sorry, I misunderstood you, I won't disturb the time for you and your uncle to get together, let's go first, we'll see you in the library!"
After Li Che left, Ruoqing looked at his uncle and said coldly.
"Uncle, you read that right, he is your old friend's child, Li Deyang's son, Li Che. β
As if his uncle's head hadn't hit, his whole eyes were going to go black. He was surprised, frightened, and uneasy. A trembling voice squeezed out of his throat as if centuries had passed.
"You...... Li Deyang...... Got it......"
Ruoqing smiled and said slowly: "I know anything, I don't know anything." Li Deyang, isn't it from one of our towns? In the past, our two families still had contacts, didn't we? By the way, uncle, you said on the phone that you brought me something, where are you?"
Uncle was slashed in his heart, he knew that Wang Xiaobei had told Ruoqing something, but she pretended not to face the past. This kind of hiding of his niece made him even more painful as an uncle.
Uncle handed the small black box to Ruoqing, "This, some of your mother's belongings, if I put them at home, your aunt will nag and nag again, I want to put them in the old house, but think about how lonely your mother is, so you should take them with you!"
"Xiaoqing, the people of the Li family, it's okay not to come and go. β
Ruoqing opened the box and looked at the pair of earrings, which were so strange that she had never seen her mother wear them.
- Oh, this woman's things, even if she loses them, she has never worn jewelry in front of her father!
She thought so in her heart, but she still couldn't show anything unusual in front of her uncle.
"People from the Li family, don't come and go? I don't want to come and go?"
The uncle looked at his niece uneasily, unsure of his conjecture, and not sure. Who would doubt their niece? How could a niece who had grown up with her own eyes approach a person for revenge?
Ruoqing's cold tone was like a quick ice cube, falling directly into his uncle's heart.
"Xiaoqing, the grievances of the previous generation, shall we let ourselves go?"
Ruoqing's heart ached when he heard his uncle say such words. - "Sure enough, my uncle is still my uncle, and I'm on my mother's side. I never think about how my dad died, how I didn't have a dad!"
She let out a sneer in her heart.
Uncle was already very tired, Ruoqing thought that no matter how heartbroken and unwilling he was, he should not let his uncle know.
For the younger generations, we must always be filial.
"Uncle, don't worry, I won't have anything to do with the people of the Li family. β
Ruoqing raised his head and said with a smile to his uncle.
- "Yes, Ruoqing of our family is a good child, how could he do such a thing!"
Uncle kept giving himself a booster in his heart, trying to blind himself.