Chen Yi had already walked for a while, and the waiter had only delivered the last few dishes, and the dishes that had been delivered before had basically not been touched, but Jin Qiu no longer planned to eat them.

I asked the waiter to pack the dishes that had not been touched at all and stored them in the refrigerator at the Zài restaurant, ready to be saved for the evening.

After I went to the front desk to pay the bill, I stood side by side with Jin Qiu under the eaves, and the rain that had not stopped hitting the glass window next to me. The stagnant water on the ground reflected the cars speeding by on the road, the world was dynamic, but my mood was calm, I didn't even want to remember what I had just talked to Jin Qiu.

Jin Qiu took out a pack of women's cigarettes from her bag, took out one and handed it to me. I wasn't used to smoking such a light cigarette, so I shook my head, and Jin Qiu lit one for herself, and she took a heavy puff, and after exhaling the cigarette, she looked at me, as if she had something to say.

I was a little uncomfortable in her gaze and took a step back.

Jin Qiu glanced at me with disgust, and then said, "What are you doing, am I poisonous, let you avoid me like this!" ”

"No, it just feels like your expression is weird, like you can't spit out after eating a fly by mistake."

Jin Qiu laughed out loud with a "poof", she put her arms on her chest, flicked the cigarette ash, and kept looking at the rain-soaked street opposite, she looked very serious.

When I also took out a cigarette from my pocket and lit it, she finally opened her mouth and asked me, "Jiangqiao, do you think I'm having a good time?" ”

I never thought I knew her well, so I didn't give a very positive answer, but replied, "I think I should be happy to be able to do what I love all the time." ”

Jin Qiu took a puff of cigarette, then raised her head, her eyes slowly exhaled the smoke in her mouth at the rainy sky, she closed her eyes and shook her head, but she didn't say why she was unhappy, and in my memory, just such a scene, as if I had experienced it somewhere, but I can't remember the time and place.

After puffing out a puff of cigarette in the same rhythm with her, I asked her again, "What are you thinking?" ”

"I didn't think about anything, I just felt empty."

I looked at her, and she sighed, then smiled at me and said, "Don't you have something to do...... Go for it. ”

“…… Are you sure you can handle your mood? ”

"I'm not a woman who lives for the mood." Jin Qiu said and extinguished the cigarette in his hand on the trash can next to him. After a moment of silence, he said to me, "By the way, all the formalities for the transformation of the textile factory into a hotel have been completed...... Tomorrow there will be an engineering team going in for construction, do you want to go back and have a look? ”

"So fast!"

"With all the funds in place, the project is moving forward quickly."

I felt my heart twitch for a moment, then I pressed the cigarette in my hand, and I forgot to make an appointment with the training institution there to discuss the next stage of cooperation, and immediately walked to the textile factory before the golden autumn. I'm glad I met Jin Qiu at noon and learned the news. Otherwise, I am like a train, just carrying love through the heavy life, but leaving behind the great regret of never seeing the textile factory for the last time.

I will definitely regret it, because it was once filled with the happiness of my childhood and all the sorrows of my adulthood!

Its meaning to me has gone beyond a qiē.

……

Standing at the door of the textile factory, I have never felt that it is so fragile as it is at this moment, it is like an old man in the wind and rain, fluttering in the summer wind and rain, but the real me, but I can't give it one last hug in this noon that is a little cold by the wind and rain.

I gripped the iron doorframe tightly with my hand, the rusty ground mixed with the rain, and a yellow trail flowed on my arm, and the cold feeling aroused pity in my heart, but I would rather choke than let go...... All I could see was Yang Jin's hands stretched out to me through the window, and in addition to the gentleness in her hands, there were also a few coins for me to buy popsicles and roasted sweet potatoes, just like summer and winter are constantly rotating in my heart......

I miss her so much!

Jin Qiu exerted force behind me, and after several attempts, he pulled me away. She handed me a tissue, then took a key out of her bag, handed it to me, and said, "I'll leave the right to open this door one last time." ”

I took the key from Jin Qiu's hand, and the rain that did not stop at that moment was like a memorial, and the wind was mixed with a sad whimper.

Yes, this textile mill has been here for almost 30 years, and its former glory is a testimony to an era and the feelings of several generations. If I had money, I would have bought it and kept it as if it were a relic. I don't need an extra five-star themed wedding hotel on this road, I hate the overexploited tulip road, full of money-hungry smells and decadent desires. Hope. However, I couldn't do anything, and many people thought I had mental illness.

I took a deep breath and inserted the key into the iron lock, which was also rusty, and twisted it hard before the lock was undone. At this moment, it opened like a time machine, and the countless images of the past were rolling in the muddy rain, and my consciousness was like a stone wall overgrown with weeds, blocking all these pictures, and then mixing my feelings.

……

The cement road leading to the inside of the textile factory was already potholed, and Jin Qiu and I stepped on these potholes and the water in them to walk towards the courtyard, and then stopped next to the truck. Jin Qiu was standing beside me, she held up an umbrella for me, except for the sound of the ticking rain, only the sound of our breathing remained.

After a moment of silence, Jin Qiu suddenly remembered something and said to me: "Jiang Qiao, I asked Zou Man (the chief photographer of the wedding company) to come over and take a set of photos for this textile factory, which can be regarded as the last memorial." ”

I looked at Jin Qiu and said for a long time: "This is the decision you made that made me feel the most comfortable!" ”

Jin Qiu pursed his lips and smiled, and after being silent for longer than me, he replied, "Jiang Qiao, do you believe it?" …… I didn't want to tear it down, but there were some things that had to be done, and there was no room for negotiation...... However, you have to understand that the world is not as cold as you think, and many people care for you, but in a different way...... All these years, you are very tired, very hard, very lonely...... But please believe that this is definitely not caused by this world, and all the suffering is only temporary...... At least, you are now in Xiao Ai's love, which is something that will be the envy of many people. What's more valuable is that she is with you because of love, and nothing else...... She will be the most reliable and pure woman in your life, only ...... She deserves what you'll have in the future! ”

I thought about it for a long time, but I didn't know what she was going to say to me, so I replied after a while: "Can you not give me a half-understood feeling every time I speak." "Do you think I'm willing to let you know like this, it's not because you're living too confused! …… You have always trapped yourself in a sad corner because of the circumstances of these years, and you are unwilling to look further afield...... Yes, I know I shouldn't blame you for that, because you do go through a lot of hard work and hardship that normal people don't experience. For you, it is really rare to be able to maintain a good character and strive to create value for your own life, and you really do not lose yourself in the discrimination and many unfairness of others. ”

I didn't have words, because I knew all the things she said, but I didn't know why she kept saying things that I didn't understand, but I didn't want to ask any more, and if she had the heart to give me the answer, she wouldn't have let me know so much at all.

Perhaps, now she is even more uncomfortable than me!

Seeing that I didn't speak, Jin Qiu didn't insist on finding a topic to continue chatting, and then she took out her mobile phone and dialed a number, and then called Zou Man to take the final image of the textile factory.

……

Jin Qiu left, and Zou Man also left after taking the photo. In the wind and rain, I was left sitting under the eaves of workshop No. 2, looking at the dilapidated qiē in front of me over and over again.

I suddenly thought of Xiao Ai, although I knew that she was very busy at the moment, I still took out my mobile phone and dialed her, I hope she can be by my side, and finally send this old friend. My old friend, to be exact.

Xiao Ai didn't connect until the phone rang for a long time, but he didn't talk to me, but told Xiao Fang next to him the essentials of playing the piece in the competition, and after finishing speaking, he asked me, "What's wrong?" ”

"The textile factory will be demolished tomorrow, come and sit down for a while."

Xiao Ai's mood was obviously affected by the news, and she was silent on the phone. After a long time, I said "yes", and after she hung up the phone, I listened to the sound of falling rain and tried to keep myself calm and wait for her arrival.

She wasn't there, and even if I sat still, I felt lonely wandering alone. I thought I was used to being alone and yet so dependent on her, especially at such a time of farewell.

A moment later, Xiao Ai walked up to me with an umbrella, still holding a steaming bowl of noodles in her hand. She looked at me and smiled, then asked, "I just passed by the convenience store and bought it, would you like to eat some?" ”

"You haven't eaten lunch yet?"

"I'm a little busy, I haven't taken care of it yet." Xiao Ai dropped the umbrella, she sat down next to me, then opened the instant noodle box, picked a sausage from it with a fork and brought it to my mouth, and asked me to eat it first. I didn't want to eat her little pitiful lunch, so she looked at me angrily.

Seeing that I opened my mouth, she smiled again, and then put the sausage into my mouth, I bit half of it, and the remaining half was eaten by her, and she ate it while she lowered her head and sorted out the teaching records of the past few days with her mobile phone.

I put my arm around her shoulder, and she leaned on top of me, and she gave me a lot of courage to watch the world change, watch the textile mill become a ruin and building debris, and then a five-star wedding hotel rose here.

Dominated by this mood, I whispered in Xiao Ai's ear: "In a year or two, a five-star hotel with a wedding theme will be built here...... If we happen to get married at that time, our banquet will be held here, okay? ”

Xiao Ai finally put down her phone, she turned to look at me, smiled, and asked, "Wedding planner, is that you?" ”