The dark green dumpling leaves were soaked in a clean porcelain basin, Xia Ran pressed them with her hands, and the cool water passed through her five fingers, which was so comfortable to feel cold.

Du Mu took two dumpling leaves of similar size and put them in the palm of her hand, skillfully wound a conical tube, filled a few handfuls of snow-white glutinous rice soaked in water, poked and compacted them with chopsticks, and sandwiched a piece of meat in it.

Du Mu said, "Is it enough? ”

Xia Ran had already picked a salted egg yolk and said, "Put another one, fragrant." ”

She really loves to eat zongzi since she was a child, white zongzi, red bean zongzi, peanut zongzi, candied date zongzi, her mother peeled off the poke chopsticks and handed them to her hand sitting on the small bench.

She looked at Lin Han's door with a blank eye, and dipped in white sugar while biting heavily, Lin Han kicked the ball and ran back in a stinky sweat, and his posture flew and caused a cloud of dust behind him.

When I saw her, I made a grimace at her, and when I saw that she was eating a small mouth bulging to the old high, I felt hungry, so I rushed home and called my mother, and after a while, I moved a bench out to eat zongzi opposite her.

He was spoiled and shapeless, he never knew the suffering of the world, and the vast number of people lived in dire straits, a zongzi was sandwiched in half, the meat and egg yolk in it were picked, and the rest was not eaten.

Xia Ran's eyes straightened, and she said, "Brother Lin, aren't you eating?" ”

Lin Han's small eyebrows raised: "Don't eat it, do you want to eat it?" ”

Xia Ran ran to him with a bowl, and the chopsticks stretched out into his bowl, the zongzi made by Mother Lin were so different, soft and glutinous, with soy sauce, which was salty.

Xia Ran's eyes lit up, Lin Han asked if it was delicious, she nodded like a rattle, and said it was delicious. Lin Han hit her on the head, she was a starving ghost in her previous life, and she couldn't walk when she saw food, you wait, I'll go back and get a few more.

So in the summer evening when the twilight was drooping, Lin Han and Xia Ran faced each other, one sitting, the other squatting. Lin Han finished eating the meat and egg yolk, and put the glutinous light zongzi into Xia Ran's bowl, Xia Ran finished eating a grain of rice left, Lin Han said Is it full, she touched her round belly and smiled.

That night, Xia Ran rolled on the bed, making a fuss about a stomachache, and her crying alarmed the neighbors, and Lin's mother followed the sound to ask what was wrong. Her mother stroked her little belly and said What have you eaten, Xia Ran said pitifully Zongzi, five.

Her mother was so surprised that she gave you one, and four more came from nowhere! Lin Han, who had been eavesdropping by the door, was startled, and immediately ran away without looking back.

Xia Ran went to the hospital to see an emergency department because she ate too much, and Lin Han was beaten all over the yard by her mother because she hurt her sister. Early the next morning, he was held by his parents by the collar and covered his butt to apologize to Xia Ran, saying sorry, and baring his teeth to scare her while the adults were talking.

She was so aggrieved that she cried out loud, and he ran away with oil under his feet. I came over in the evening, and she had just been scolded by her parents for refusing to eat a serious meal: "Then I won't give you anything to eat, starve you to death, and see if you dare to be picky again." ”

She sat on the small bench and pouted, blinking her eyes and about to shed tears, Lin Han scolded her for being a stupid girl, turned her head and ran home. It didn't take long for him to grab a zongzi and run out, saying that you eat secretly, don't let them find out, just eat one, and if you have more, you will have a stomachache.

Xia Ran smiled into a flower, and handed it to his mouth when he bit the egg yolk, he was stunned, and said What a stupid girl, he pushed her hand back again, and said you eat, in the future, when you give me more egg yolk, I love to eat this thing.

Later, she was with Du Xisheng, and every time she saw her buying zongzi, she always complained, saying that sticky things are not easy to digest, your stomach is not good, eat less of this kind of thing in the future, Xia Ran didn't dare to be lazy anymore, and she consciously got up early to make breakfast without saying anything.

Now that I think about it, one is very inward-looking, and he clearly contradicts you, but in fact, he didn't let you even once, and he cared about you everywhere, but he used his methods to silently transform you.

It's hard to say who is superior and who is inferior, it all depends on which side the balance in my heart is tilting towards. Xia Ran learned to make zongzi, sandwiched two salted egg yolks in succession, and at this time, thinking about the history of the struggle with Lin Han in his childhood, he really felt that everywhere was bathed in a warm wind.

There was a sound of footsteps behind him, and Du Xisheng's voice came: "How did you think of making zongzi, this kind of thing is sold all over the street, why spend so much effort to make it yourself." ”

Du Mu said: "It's going to be the Dragon Boat Festival soon, and you should make some zongzi." Although some are sold outside, they are certainly not as clean as at home. Xia Ran brought it up, and I was also helping her. ”

Du Xisheng looked at her and said, "You still love zongzi so much." ”

Xia Ran said very calmly: "For Lin Han, he can't eat this kind of thing in the United States." ”

Du Xisheng had a cold face and sneered: "This thing will be broken when it is sent to the United States." ”

Xia Ran said: "No need to send it, he will come back for the Dragon Boat Festival." ”

***

Mother Du invited Xia Ran under the pretext of zongzi, she didn't break her promise, and after helping to wrap a pot of zongzi, she put it in the pot and boiled it all night.

Xia Ran was forced to Liangshan because of the zongzi, and this bandit was also very dedicated, except for the pot of boiling and bubbling zongzi, he didn't worry about other things at all.

Du Xisheng didn't expect that one day, he couldn't even compare to a pot of cooked glutinous rice, and finally waited until she came out in the middle of the night to turn off the fire, and when she saw him, she walked quietly past him like a stranger.

Duhi seemed to compromise, called out to her, and said, "If you really don't want to see me, don't come here in the future." ”

Xia Ran stopped and looked at him, and said, "Then don't be like a child who doesn't take medicine or injections, and finally let your mother show up to intercept me, again and again." If I don't come, she won't give up, and if I come, no one will be happy. ”

Du Xisheng suddenly scratched his head in annoyance and said, "Ranran, is it really impossible for us?" No matter how hard I try, we can't do it? ”

Duhi's expression was extremely lonely, and his eyes were dark, and he said: "This time I drove back, thinking about all the years we have spent all the way. At that time, I was young and fearless, and when I said I loved you, I never thought that I would break up one day, even if I made a mistake later and you had a conflict with me, all I thought was to coax her to come back. You love me so much, you don't even want your hometown parents, how can you turn around and disappear.

"It wasn't until we divorced later, and you were with Lin Han, that I really started to panic. The words you scolded me are right, you have always been the same Xia Ran, it is me, I am no longer Du Xisheng. When the car accident, I had a very strong thought, thinking that if I really died, died on this way back, would you still shed tears for me, would you be sad for me, would you always remember me. ”

Du Xisheng took out his pocket at this time, put a hand in front of her, and after unfolding it, it was actually the ring engraved with D&X, which had long lost its luster and was thrown on the ground, and no one would be willing to bend down to pick it up.

Xia Ran was stunned and said, "I really didn't expect you to keep it." ”

Du Xisheng frowned tightly and said, "I hope you can always remember Du Xisheng in his twenties." ”

The one who will only love you alone with all his heart, Du Xisheng.

Xia Ran took the ring, looked at it, and said, "I always remember that he will always be in my heart." That's a boy I'm willing to give up everything for him...... I used to listen to him and follow the trajectory of his life, but it didn't end very well. Now I want to be willful, I want to find a man who listens to me everywhere and is willing to fly 14,000 kilometers for me just to share a zongzi with me. Even though I knew it would be difficult in the future, I had faith in him. ”

Du Xisheng looked at her for a moment, she smiled suddenly, her face was full of brilliance: "Bless me, I also wish you to meet someone who can really make you stop." ”

She put the ring back in his palm.

Early the next morning, Xia Ran carried a bag full of zongzi out of Du's house.

After calculating the time, Lin Han should have gotten off work, maybe on his way to dinner. Knowing that he shouldn't be disturbed when he was driving, Xia Ran couldn't help but call him.

Lin Han answered quickly, his voice was full of exhaustion, and said, "Got up?" ”

The driver came to help carry things, she thanked her softly, sat in the back seat of the car, covered the microphone and said, "What time is it, I just got up, and I have already gone out to the unit." ”

Lin Han said: "How to get there, bus or subway?" ”

Xia Ran sighed: "Take a taxi, today is chic." ”

Lin Han said: "Yes, the road is quite quiet today, and I can't hear any sound at all." ”

Xia Ran said: "Fortunately, I closed the window. ”

Lin Han said: "Well, the weather is hot, and the driver is going to turn on the air conditioner." ”

Xia Ran said, "Yes." ”

For a while, no one spoke again, Xia Ran always felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong, usually the two of them talked, he was always chattering like a group of noisy sparrows, and today was surprisingly quiet.

Xia Ran asked curiously, "What are you doing now?" ”

Lin Han said: "Sitting in the car." ”

Xia Ran said: "It's off work, right?" ”

Lin Han didn't say yes or no: "I'm going to leave in a while." ”

Xia Ran said: "Oh......" hesitated again and again, but still asked: "Haha, when will you come back, I will have a holiday tomorrow, you can rest at home for three days, didn't you say you wanted to eat before-"

"Ranran," Lin Han interrupted her: "There is something going on in my company, and I can't go back to the Dragon Boat Festival." ”

Xia Ran was shocked, and even her whole heart fell, and there were still steaming zongzi on the seat on one side, thinking that she had tossed all night, and in the end she had to eat it alone.

However, when the words came out, they were retouched, and she tried not to make herself sound like a child who had lost sugar, and pretended to be careless: "It's okay, work is important, don't rush back since you're busy." Originally, I thought it was quite unreliable, but after just a few days of hard work, the time was all delayed on the road. ”

Lin Han said: "Didn't you say that you miss me, if I don't come back, you won't feel disappointed?" ”

Xia Ran gritted her teeth: "No, what's there to be disappointed in, it's not like you won't see you in the future." ”

Lin Han paused, and then hummed.

The atmosphere is really a little wrong.

Xia Ran thought, probably because he was too tired from work just now, or maybe it was because he couldn't come back, but he was so happy when he swore before.

She had to patiently comfort: "Forget it, let's talk about it next time I have time." ”

Lin Han said: "I hope." ”

Lin Han's interest was mediocre, and Xia Ran didn't want to talk more, but when he said that he was going to hang up, he suddenly called out to her and said, "I still have a few words to tell you." ”

Xia Ran was puzzled: "You say." ”

Lin Han said: "Ranran, do you remember one time we talked, I told you that I didn't understand anything when I applied for college, and then I blindly chose a major before I bumped into the materials?" ”

Xia Ran agreed, it hadn't been long yet, at that time she was busy with the exhibition in Suixing, he had just returned to China and was still trying to adapt to the jet lag, they had trouble from time to time, and she didn't dare to let him see the light.

Xia Ran said: "Remember, you said that you were not interested in making materials at first, but then you felt it when you read it." ”

Lin Han said: "Yes, but I didn't have time at the time, and I was bent on leaving a good impression on you, so I didn't explain the ins and outs of this matter. You know me, I'm a little clever person, I never want to sit at my desk and study hard, people are afraid of quiet, I like to make a little noise when I have nothing to do, and I can't wait for someone to yell at me with a loudspeaker every day to be happy.

"When I first came to the United States, it was going to be dark, and when I first arrived in a place full of novelties, I couldn't go very far because of the language barrier. I asked my dad's children to take me out, clubbing, and sometimes pulling a group of people to party at home. My dad couldn't stand it, kicked me out, threw my luggage and left me fetched my own way. I was so angry that I asked him if I was his own son, and he said that in order to teach the eaglet to fly, he threw the eaglet from the cliff, and I sent you out of the house safely, why is it not your father?

"At that time, I thought he was really ruthless, he didn't send a car, he didn't give me money, and asked me to find a way to go to school by myself. My mom chased me out and secretly stuffed me with a few hundred dollars, and he saw it and grabbed it and put it in his pocket. I had to take a hitchhike on the road, and I arrived at school like Journey to the West, but school is not a paradise, and I have to eat, drink, and Lazar. I had no living expenses, so I sold everything I could, served dishes in Chinese restaurants at night to earn money, and dressed five or six people during the day to attend classes that I couldn't understand at all.

"You know that I've been a big spender since I was a child, and how the little money I earn from Chinese restaurants is enough for me, so I set my sights on the school's high scholarships. I chose my major blindly, but in order to win the award, I couldn't think about it anymore, so I calmed down and said that I wanted to do some research. Even if I started to find this thing interesting after that, I followed the mentor, entered, and wanted to make it my life's work, it was just because of that insignificant utilitarian idea at the beginning. ”

Xia Ran listened quietly, but he didn't know why he said this, but he could hear from his tone that he was really depressed, and comforted tentatively: "You have done a good job." ”

Lin Han said: "It's not good, it's not good, I always feel like a mule with blindfolds, I don't know what I'm going to do, I don't know where to go, someone is chasing behind me with a whip, so I keep moving forward." I'm a failure, I have no goals, no pursuits, the only thing in my life that is not influenced by others, is what I decided to do, probably the thing that pesters you with a dead face...... But now I'm starting to wonder if I'm as determined as I was at the beginning. ”

Xia Ran's hand holding the phone was painful: "Lin Haha, what do you mean by these words?" ”

Lin Han was silent, and then asked, "Ranran, can you ask where you slept last night, in the house where I stayed, or in some other place." If you think there's something wrong with me, you tell me, I'll change, if you really can't accept me, you tell me, I'll go...... I'm not going to stick to you like a big snot. ”

Xia Ran was stunned and a little vain: "Why do you ask that?" Who said you had a big snot? Where the hell are you now? You're back, aren't you? Are you in Suixing? Listen to me—"

Lin Han said: "I'm done with what I want to say, I'm hanging." ”

Xia Ran hurriedly said: "You are not allowed to hang, Lin Han, you listen to me!" ”

There was no sound in the phone, and when Xia Ran dialed it again, he had already turned it off. 166 Reading Network