Chapter Ninety-Five: Close Encounter
Nanshi Village is far away from the school, so the three of them have to send Liu Wenqing home every time they go home in the evening and then turn back; And when I go back to school, it is usually broad daylight, and the four of them discuss the time, and they meet at the head of the village, and the three of them usually wait for Liu Wenqing to arrive, so every time they round, there will always be someone who says "women are trouble".
However, with Liu Wenqing's joining, there is a more affordable benefit, that is, two cars for four people, no longer have to go to and from school. Qin Wei also quickly learned to ride, and after that, Liu Wenqing asked Qin Wei to ride her every time, which made Zhang Zhengguo and Xu Jianhua sitting in Zhang Zhengguo's car jealous to death. And every time she arrived in Hedong Village, Liu Wenqing also insisted on letting Qin Wei send her back alone, although Qin Wei didn't say it, he was very happy in his heart.
When boys and girls are alone, they don't feel that they have walked a long way, only that they feel that there are endless topics to talk about, from the fate of the country to the ideals of life, from studying homework to hobbies, which are the issues that young people always like to talk about and pay the most attention to. One of their greatest common passions is Peking Opera, modern Peking Opera, to be exact.
And Qin Wei has been rehearsing the show these days, preparing to go to the commune to perform on Labor Day. By this time, the Third Plenum of the 11th Central Committee had passed, but the People's Commune did not disappear in a day, when the central government implemented a pilot project in several places, and then gradually rolled it out, until the new Constitution of the People's Republic of China in 1982, the contract responsibility system was clarified, and the national land reform was not completed until two years later. So at that time, it was not surprising that Qin Wei still had to perform in the commune.
And this time, in the school's art team, Qin Wei rehearsed the classic singing segment "Wisdom Fight" of "Sha Jiabang", and the partner who performed A Qing's sister-in-law was unexpectedly sick, but there were only less than three days left on Labor Day, and in the end, the teacher in charge of the school's arrangement was helpless, but when he was about to cut Qin Wei's program, Qin Wei recommended Liu Wenqing to replace it.
At first, the teacher was also skeptical, but since the matter had come to this, it was better to let Liu Wenqing try it. But as soon as she tried the play, the teacher found that Liu Wenqing sang mellow and performed plumply, so he immediately pulled her into the literary and artistic propaganda team and immediately began rehearsals.
Although Qin Wei was injured on his head last time, the scar can still be seen, but this time he plays Diao Deyi, and he needs to wear the military uniform of the Kuomintang Wang puppet regime, and the hat covers nothing.
However, there are only three days left, and Liu Wenqing needs to memorize all the lines and singing sentences, and also perform all the facial expressions in place, which makes her feel that it is not as simple as she imagined. Usually, although she likes to sing, she really just sings, but this time it is a performance, and she also feels pressured to sing and do together. So the two of them didn't go home this weekend, and Qin Wei planned to accompany her to rehearse in the school auditorium.
Fortunately, when he came last week, Liu Wenqing still had a lot of dry food left, and there were also meal tickets given by his parents. Qin Wei naturally didn't have a meal ticket to buy food in the canteen, but it was enough for Liu Wenqing to exchange the meal ticket for some dry food. Moreover, that time Qin Wei was trampled on a lot of nests in order to save Liu Wenqing, and it was Liu Wenqing who exchanged some dry food for him with a meal ticket, so he spent that week. Since there are lessons from the past, if the two of them don't go back this weekend, they can support them for a few days. And Qin Wei also asked Xu Jianhua to go back to his house to bring a letter to his family, and bring some dry food for himself, although it can't support a week, but it can last a few days. Liu Wenqing was also afraid that Xu Jianhua would not be able to take so much of Zhang Zhengguo's car, so he gave him his car to ride. Xu Jianhua naturally accepted it gladly.
This is also the last time Qin Wei will perform, because he promised Teacher Song that after this performance, he will concentrate all his energy on studying and no longer participate in school activities, so Qin Wei also cherishes it.
After a few days, the show was finally perfected, and of course there was a classmate who wanted to perform Hu Chuankui, but in "Wisdom Fight", Hu Chuankui had very few scenes, so that classmate did not stay to step up rehearsals.
But on Saturday night, the uncle in charge of school safety refused to allow rehearsals at night, because Qin Wei and Liu Wenqing had no choice but to give up because they wanted to save electricity.
And Saturday night was supposed to be a student who didn't have it, so the school had to pull off all the electric switches, so the entire Nanbeiji Middle School would be in darkness. At that time, the Nanbei Temple Middle School was not as good as the conditions of Qin Xiao's time, and it was a school that had just been rebuilt by using the abandoned temple a few years ago, so many bronze statues were placed in the corners of the walls of the campus. However, not all Buddha statues are as amiable as Rulai, nor are they as funny as Maitreya, such as the statues of the Heavenly Kings in the Hall of the Heavenly Kings, with hideous and terrifying faces. On weekdays, even if it is evening self-study, there are many students who do not feel afraid, but this night, suddenly the whole campus was empty, Liu Wenqing was lying on the bed in the dark dormitory, but he was extremely scared when he thought about it.
So Liu Wenqing didn't dare to sleep alone, and ran to the bungalow of the boys' dormitory to find Qin Wei. Qin Wei didn't sleep in the dormitory, he was just reading with a candle, and suddenly heard Liu Wenqing looking for him, so he hurriedly opened the door, and sure enough, Liu Wenqing was outside, his words flickered, but because it was a boys' dormitory, he didn't dare to approach.
Qin Wei said: "Wen Qing, what's the matter? ”
Liu Wenqing was also frank, and said: "I am in the dormitory by myself, the lights are blind, and I can't sleep in fear when I think of the bronze statues that were moved out of the Heavenly King Palace, ...... tonight Can I sleep with you tonight? ”
As soon as Qin Wei heard this, his face turned crimson instantly, presumably Liu Wenqing was the same, but fortunately it was dark night, and both sides couldn't see each other's faces, Qin Wei also understood that it was indeed a bit unkind to let a girl's family sleep alone in this ancient temple in the deep mountains, so he gritted his teeth and said:
"Otherwise, you can come to my house tonight, and the sky will get warmer......
Qin Wei said that "the sky is getting warmer", in fact, he means that it is okay to sleep, and you don't have to wear a coat to live like in your dormitory.
Liu Wenqing heard Qin Wei say this sentence halfway, how could he not know what he meant, so he said, "I'll just take a nap from the seat in your room." ”
Qin Wei invited Liu Wenqing into the house and said:
"It's better for you to lie on my bed, and I'll just sleep on Xu Jianhua's bed by myself."
Qin Wei said as he wanted to use his own cup to get her a cup of water, but the water in the thermos was no longer hot, and he was very annoyed in his heart, and when he got out of school in the morning, he forgot to go to the boiler room to bottle boiling water. Liu Wenqing saw it and said:
"You're out of hot water? I still have it, I just called it this morning, or I'll go get it. ”
Qin Wei hurriedly said: "No need......" But when he thought about it, he didn't drink it himself tonight, so he stopped what he said, Liu Wenqing saw Qin Wei stop talking, smiled, and went out.
However, as soon as he went out a few steps, he came back and opened the door and whispered to Qin Wei: "Otherwise, you can go with me, I still don't dare to go back to the dormitory in the dark." ”
Qin Wei also thought it was funny, but he was naturally shy when communicating with girls, which could be said to be a world away from his son Qin Xiao, so he was silent, blew out the candle, put on his coat and accompanied Liu Wenqing.
At this time, it was the end of April, the evening breeze was light, and there were still relatively few insects, the surroundings were quiet and silent, the wind was blowing on the face, it was no longer a pain that pierced the face, but it was very pleasant to use, Liu Wenqing suddenly said:
"Qin Wei, why don't we go back to the dormitory first, let's go down the mountain for a walk."
Qin Wei was noncommittal, so the two of them walked to the stream below the mountain together, at this time the stream had thawed, the water flow was temporarily increased, and the sound of rushing water could be heard in the distance, so the two found a big bluestone and sat down, Qin Wei lay directly on the stone, looking up at the starry sky.
The starry sky at that time was even more beautiful and bright than when Qin Xiao was in school, because there was no light pollution at that time, which made people feel that the entire sky was densely packed with light. And the Milky Way, like the wheat husks in the canals after the wind blows during the autumn harvest, is denser than in other places.
Liu Wenqing suddenly broke the silence and said, "Qin Wei, do you believe that the world is fair?" ”
Qin Wei paused for a long time and said, "I believed it at the beginning, but I don't believe it now?" ”
Liu Wenqing was very puzzled and asked why. Qin Wei replied:
"Teacher Song said that although the stars in this universe are also distributed in all corners of the sky, they are also dense, with more stars in some places and fewer stars in others. Just like this man, there are places and things that everyone goes to it, and there are places where there are not many people left. Even if this universe is like this, how can our world be fair? ”
Qin Wei thought of himself, Xu Jianhua and Zhang Zhengguo, obviously his life was more embarrassing, but fortunately, Xu Jianhua and Zhang Zhengguo usually take care of themselves, they always leave a part for themselves when they buy vegetables, so that the three of them eat two dishes, and they will not be malnourished. And compared with the two cousins of Dongxiyu Village, I feel very superior, they are still in their own homes, it seems that the life of Dongxiyu Village is worse than that of Hedong Village, these are the roots of Qin Wei's worldview formation, this is the case now, and it will be difficult to change it in the future.
After a while, Liu Wenqing remembered the play rehearsed during the day, so he stood on the bluestone and sang, Qin Wei hurriedly said:
"I've heard from old men that singing at night will attract fools."
Liu Wenqing was already afraid, but when he heard this, he didn't dare to sing anymore. The two of them blew the wind here for a while, and after listening to the water for a while, Liu Wenqing asked to go back with Qin Wei to rest early, and continue rehearsals tomorrow morning.
Qin Wei was originally a joke, but Liu Wenqing didn't even dare to stay by the stream, so he went to her dormitory with him to get a thermos, and then turned back to his dormitory.
Qin Wei still let Liu Wenqing sleep on his bed, and he also lay on Xu Jianhua's bed, and after a while, he fell asleep dimly.
Qin Xiao once suddenly asked his aunt: "How do you know so much about my parents?" ”
Aunt Qin Ping smiled: "You don't come much, I didn't ask my brother and sister-in-law about the whispers, your father and your mother, and then the whole school knew about it, and my parents, that is, your grandparents also knew about it, I don't think it's hard to know." ”
Hearing this, Qin Xiao also smiled and said: "My father is more unrestrained than me...... but he thought that he had discussed the world with Su Xiaoman by the stream back then, and he couldn't help but yearn for it, but he missed Xiaoman, and he didn't know where she was now and how she was doing.