Mrs. Norton's car drove downstairs, and Zhang Heng finally refused her to help him up, and after she left, he gritted his teeth and moved up with difficulty.

In the afternoon, the whole building was silent, except for the slow sound of tuk tuk echoing in the corridor, and his own heavy gasps.

Almost paralyzed in front of his own house, Zhang Heng made up his mind that he must exercise hard and lay down the revolutionary capital as soon as possible, otherwise he would not be able to get out of this Lantian Village at all, and how could he do a great career.

Back in the house, Zhang Heng decided to prepare dinner for Xia Di, but unfortunately there was a small pot of leftover porridge at home, and there were more than two catties of aged rice in the rice bag, and there were no vegetables and the like.

Even if he was a good woman, he could only kneel, so he simply lay down on the bed.

"I don't hesitate to pretend to be a ghost, and I finally got off to a good start, and then ......"

......

Zhang Heng was woken up by the noisy voices in the corridor, and the residents got off work one after another.

He opened his eyes and looked around quietly.

The ceiling was painted with a thin layer of inferior white powder, mottled by the damp to form a mysterious and strange pattern, the green paint on the four bed poles had also fallen off to reveal a pitch-black undertone, and the walls were plastered with old newspapers mixed with a few yellowed pictorials.

The two women smiled lightly, each with its own flavor, and even if the pictorial was dull, it could not hide their compelling charm.

These two people Zhang Heng know, one is Lin Dai and the other is Xia Meng, both of whom were the most popular actresses in Xiangjiang in the 60s.

It's a pity that one soul is gone, the other is far away, their time has passed!

And I, compared to them, was young in my previous life, and I am even younger in this life.

Zhang Heng sighed lightly, suddenly thought of something, and stared straight at the pictorial.

"In this way, the first business that will continue to fund the future ambition is here!" After a moment, he slapped his thigh and had a smug smile on his face.

In the noise of the corridor, suddenly there was a new content.

"Xiao Di, why did you get off work so early today?"

"Aunt He, Xiao Heng has woken up. The cheerful mood in Xia Di's words couldn't be hidden no matter what.

"Really, woke up today?"

"yes, when he wakes up in the morning, he can still get out of bed!"

"That's really thankful, Bodhisattva bless! No wonder Nong bought so many vegetables, and these eggs were taken by Nong to make up for Xiao Heng. ”

"Oh, no. ”

"What's not going to work, the villagers, Xiao Heng has suffered a big disaster, and he should make up for it. ”

Other neighbors also came around, chatted with Xia Di, and stuffed a few dishes.

Congratulations all the way, laughter all the way, push all the way, and after a while, the door opened.

"Why are you up, quick, continue to lie down. Seeing Zhang Heng struggling to get out of bed, Xia Di hurriedly put the basket at the door, and stepped forward to help him lie back on the bed.

"I slept for a while and remembered to help you make dinner. ”

There were fine beads of sweat on her forehead, and a strand of black hair was stained there, and he reached out for her to gently brush it behind her ear.

Xia Di's body trembled slightly, and he got up and went out, "I'll go cook, I'll wait a while." ”

"Why didn't you eat lunch?" came her reproaching voice outside the door.

"Oh, at noon Mrs. Norton invited me to lunch. ”

After a while, Xia Di said quietly: "You went to school?"

"Yes, I was bored at home, I went out for a walk, and I happened to meet her. ”

"It's time to go out for a walk, but don't be in a hurry, it will hurt you. ”

"Sister Xia Di, Xu Ping didn't harass you anymore, right?" Zhang Heng leaned against the door and watched her clean up the vegetables.

"No, Boss Lin is here, he doesn't dare to be presumptuous. Xia Di didn't raise his head, and his hands were busy.

Her hands are a little red and swollen!

A picture instantly appeared in Zhang Heng's mind: the huge steam washing machine was turned on, and before the steaming heat was dissipated, a group of girls rushed over, pulled all kinds of bed sheets and sheets from the inside, and then sent them to be ironed......

"After I make money, you don't have to go to work. He suppressed some of the surging emotions and said slowly.

"Let's talk about it then, I'm afraid that I won't go to work and I'll be bored at home. ”

"When the time comes, I can have a child to play. ”

"I'm going to wash the vegetables. Xia Ditou didn't go back to the water room.

“......”

Soon she came back, and while cleaning up the simple kitchen utensils, she said: "The filling gas has risen by another yuan this month, the pork ribs are three millimeters cheaper today, and the vegetables are still so expensive.......

With Xia Di's broken thoughts, there was a crackling sound of stir-fry outside the door.

It seemed to be agreed, and for a while, the entire aisle came alive.

The smell of oil smoke, the smell of vegetables, the sound of stir-frying, the sound of mothers shouting for their children, and the sound of wives telling their husbands to buy oil, salt, sauce and vinegar are mixed together, like a symphony intertwined with all kinds of things in the world.

It's so good to be alive!

Zhang Heng smiled and closed his eyes.

Xia Di quickly brought the dishes in and helped Zhang Heng to sit at the small table.

Minced meat and eggplant, sweet and sour pork ribs, cucumbers, tomato and egg soup, three dishes and one soup, proper Shanghai flavor, is also the hometown dish of Zhang Heng's parents in this life.

"Xiao Heng, you are weak, eat more ribs. ”

"Sister Xia Di, you are too thin, you should eat more. ”

"I don't like meat very much. ”

"That's not good, if you don't eat meat, you will have no milk after giving birth. ”

The two humbled each other, and Xia Di choked on his words and was about to get angry when someone knocked on the door they had opened.

"Xiao Heng is awake!" A middle-aged man came in at the door, with a simple appearance, a strong body, and a lotus leaf bag in his hand.

"Uncle Li is here!" Xia Di glanced at Zhang Heng, got up and greeted him with a smile.

Zhang Heng hesitated and said, "Uncle Li is good!"

"Alas, today you finally woke up, and I think your parents will also be blinded by the spirit of heaven. Uncle Li looked at him with sympathy and relief, and put the lotus leaf bag in his hand on the table, "Well, the pig's head meat I bought today should be regarded as a congratulatory gift, don't dislike you Uncle Li can't take it." ”

"How can it, Uncle Li, sit down, why don't you eat together, I'll call Zixian." Xia Di smiled and moved over the chair, generously opened the lotus leaf bag, and put the pig's head meat inside into an empty plate.

"Uncle Li likes to drink. Zhang Heng reminded in a low voice.

"That's right, I don't drink, so I don't remember this stubble," Xia Di said with a smile, "That's it, I'll go downstairs to buy a bottle of wine, and call Zixian by the way when I come back." ”

"Well, that's not good. Uncle Li was still hesitating, Xia Di had already gone out in a hurry, he shook his head, simply sat down, picked up chopsticks, and looked at Zhang Heng carefully.

"What's the matter, Uncle Li, you don't know me anymore?" Zhang Heng asked with a smile.

"You kid, no matter how much you change, you're still the same skin monkey," Uncle Li shook his head, "However, there are some changes, and I can't talk about it for a while." ”

"Isn't it more handsome?" Zhang Heng said jokingly.

"The mouth is still so poor!" Uncle Li glared at the bull's eye, "Your sister has not been easy in the past 5 years!"

"I know that I will let her live a good life in the future. Zhang Heng lowered his head and fiddled with the cucumber slices in the bowl for a while.

"I believe this, my kid came back from school and told me about you at school. Uncle Li's face was bright, "I see, I have to ask you to discipline that stinky boy in the future." ”

"Who do you ask Xiao Heng to discipline?" Xia Di came in with a smile, carrying a bottle of pure grain wine from Daoxiang Village.

Behind her, Li Zixian poked his head out tremblingly, observing the expressions of the two people on the table in confusion.

"Just discipline this unsuccessful bastard!" Uncle Li got up and dragged him over, and slapped him on the head, causing the little fat man to stumble and almost fall to the ground.

"Uncle Li!" Xia Di hurriedly supported him and looked at Uncle Li reproachfully, "Zixian is so old, why do you keep beating him?"

"Sister, I'm dizzy!" Seeing that the little fat man was about to lean on Xia Di's body, Zhang Heng hurriedly shouted, Xia Di hurriedly took off his hand and came back to press Zhang Heng's temple, "It's okay, right?"

Looking at the little fat man's distorted fat face, Zhang Heng squinted and smiled, "Well, it's very comfortable, don't get dizzy, sister, you really have a set." ”

Xia Di filled the wine, Uncle Li took a sip, and said solemnly: "Xiao Di, let me tell you, after Xiao Heng woke up, he understood a lot at once, my bastard boy said, he is ...... at school today"

Enjoying Xia Di's surprised and surprised gaze, and then glancing at Li Zixian, who had a gloomy face, Zhang Heng, who was complacent in his heart, ate a bite of food with an extremely flat expression, and said lightly:

"Actually, it's not that exaggerated, I just used to read the books given by Mrs. Norton in bed, and then I often read the newspaper on the wall......"

"Look at how Xiao Heng works hard to study, what about you?!" Uncle Li poked his son's head with chopsticks, and looked back at Zhang Heng expectantly, "Xiao Heng, I want you to teach me this bastard boy English." ”

Zhang Heng put his hand on his chin, forehead, no beard, and groaned, "Apprenticeship, is it?"

Before Uncle Li could speak, Li Zixian's face was already dark.

Syllable!

"You just pretend!" Xia Di slapped his hand on his chin with chopsticks, his eyes turned red, "In the past few years, if it wasn't for Uncle Li and them to take care of me, would I have survived?"

"Okay, Sister Xia Di, I'll agree to whatever you say!" Zhang Heng said pitifully, "Then let him come to my stall after school." ”

"What stall?" all three widened.

As soon as Zhang Heng said the matter, Uncle Li smiled and said yes, only Xia Di seemed to have some doubts, but she didn't say it.

"By the way, Uncle Li, how is the factory?" Zhang Heng remembered that he worked in a printing factory, and asked because of the plan he had just thought of.

"It's not going to work in the past few years, the competition is too fierce. Uncle Li shook his head and sighed, drinking sullen wine.

Before the time came, Zhang Heng stopped asking questions and persuaded a few words at will.

Before going to bed at night, Xia Di spread a mat on the ground, and he didn't want to lie back on the bed anyway.

"Sister Xia Di, haven't you always slept like that before?" Zhang Heng said "aggrieved".

"You used to be young, and then you used to fall asleep, but now that you're older, we have to sleep in separate beds. Xia Di turned his face away and gave him the back of his head with thick black hair.

"You, you're not my daughter-in-law. Zhang Heng said shamelessly, and his throat moved.

"My mother told me before leaving, wait until you are 16 years old...... Round house!" Xia Di whispered, his head almost hooked to his chest.

"Well, there are still 2 years, and it's a bit boring to sleep alone. Zhang Heng muttered and closed his eyes.

"Xiao Heng, you ...... You turn your face away. Xia Di turned off the lights, took off his shirt and skirt sharply, stacked them in the dark, and got into the thin blanket on the floor.

The two tossed and turned, and I don't know how long it took, Xia Di suddenly said, "Xiao Heng, I want to go outside." ”

Zhang Heng suddenly understood, she wanted to go to the toilet, but every night in these buildings, no girl would go out to go to the toilet, there was no protective measures at all, and there were often salty and wet guys peeping and harassing.

"Otherwise, I'll send you there. ”

"You're not in good health, forget it, I'm usually useful....... Spittoon, can you close your eyes and cover your ears. Xia Di's voice trembled.

......

After a long time, Xia Di said, "Okay." ”

Zhang Heng looked at the ceiling depressedly and slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity.

After another long time, the whole building fell completely silent.

The two of them are not asleep yet.

Suddenly, Xia Di said quietly: "When you were asleep, Mrs. Norton also bathed you. ”

"Mrs. Norton?" Zhang Heng, who was half-asleep, suddenly widened his eyes and shouted wildly in his heart, "Sister Xia Di, what do you mean by this?"