"Alright, that's it. ”

After crossing the Mochou Bridge, you can see the Luan Feng standing on the sycamore branch on the gate of Tianshui University, and the searchlight renders the exquisite feathers of the sculpture vividly, and it looks like it is about to fly from afar.

The cold wind on the lake blew, Zhou Juyang rubbed his frozen hands, the slightly white cotton jacket was a little off, and the filling inside was more or less missing, which made his body temperature drop a little in the wind and snow.

Xu Ruoyan's black windbreaker blows the clothes flying, like a hero who is about to travel far away with a sword in Jin Yong's novel, hugging his fists with his friends in the wind and snow and saying "Once you enter the rivers and lakes, the years are urging, and you are not better than a drunk in life." It's just that this friend is not Xiaojingyun's confidante, nor is he a heroic man in the mighty rivers and lakes, but like a submissive little beggar, he should be a background board in the crowd, sighing a few words of the rivers and lakes, and now he is forced to put forward the crowd as the protagonist, which adds a bit of disobedience to this wind and snow hero.

"Junior brother, take care, let's go goodbye, but I don't know when we can meet. "Xu Ruoyan's graduation is imminent, and it is unknown whether he will return to Shouchun in the coming year.

"Senior brother, also take care all the way. Zhou Juyang pulled the corners of his somewhat frozen mouth and squeezed out an ugly smile, and with Xu Ruoyan's pace, he hugged his fists and sent him off.

"The rivers and lakes are far-reaching, but we will always see each other again. After smiling and hugging Zhou Juyang, Xu Ruoyan turned around and left in a dashing manner, and the wind and snow roared like a horse. The two in the wind and snow parted ways.

"I'm freezing to death. Xu Ruoyan approached the waiting motorcade, opened Bentley's door, and got inside. A cup of hot tea at a moderate temperature was handed over, warming the palm of the hand frozen in the wind and snow.

"Why are you still so childish, you are about to inherit the throne, ask the Son of Heaven to officially crown the title, and please pay more attention to your body and behavior. The housekeeper and aunt who came from the old mansion counted the future monarch and motioned for Qingwen to prepare a warm bag.

"I'm in good health, when the old man was young, he could only shoot 17 arrows from the Zhu Bow, but I could shoot 21 arrows just after the crown. Xu Ruoyan rubbed off the melted snowflakes on the leather cushion with a look of nonchalance, and held it in his hand together with Qingwen's jade hand.

"How can the respect of the prince joke about the monarch's father?" the middle-aged woman shook her head helplessly, although she reprimanded harshly, but turned up the temperature of the heating in the carriage. The convoy started slowly, and a little symphony by Yannaček sounded in the carriage, "Aunt Yu, you are so caring, sure enough, I like the B&O stereo, and the texture of the timbre is perfect." Xu Ruoyan hummed slowly along with the first movement, feeling the temperature of Qingwen's palm.

Zhou Juyang was squeezed at the train station, approaching the winter holidays, and now the peak of the crowd, he tried to protect his suitcase, which contained his most valuable possessions, an old-fashioned laptop.

"The train to Yongyun City is about to arrive, so please go to the ticket gate and wait for the ticket gate. "Oh no, the car has arrived, Zhou Juyang struggled against the current in the flow of people, like a trout returning to the small river where he was born, swimming and swimming, swimming exhausted before swimming to the seat. Take a long breath.

Get off the bus, the appearance of the town is still unchanged, it is said that the archway that has been standing at the gate of the town for more than 200 years, the big characters of vermilion lacquer on it have been mottled and cannot be seen clearly, can only vaguely identify a yang character, a bluestone road that stretches the whole town is next to the corridor of the Jiangnan hut, the gap is inlaid with a little snow that has not yet melted, Zhou Juyang took a breath of hot air, it is now half past six in the morning, many people have lit the lights, the sound of the pressurized water of the well comes and goes, and the roof is bubbling with smoke. Stepping on the familiar bluestone slab, the primary and secondary schools in the center of the town are exposed in turn, passing through the longitudinal and horizontal field paths, and a winding deep alley is sandwiched between the east end of the town.

Walking through the alleyways that I have known since childhood, bypassing the green bricks full of mud and warping, several newly renovated buildings are interspersed with an old small building from the last century. The fourth floor is his home, the lights in the dilapidated corridor have long been off or damaged, the rusty railing abruptly out of the iron sheet can cut the skin with a slight touch, the stairs are not high and short and the corners are broken, if the first time the person goes upstairs is not careful, he will be injured, Zhou Juyang has been climbing high and low in this corridor for more than ten years, and he has already been familiar with it.

Opening the rusty iron door, he choked on the dust, caused a violent cough, covered his mouth and nose with clothes, pushed open all the windows, and felt better after the air flowed, and the people in the surrounding small buildings also got up one after another, all kinds of aromas spread in the air, Zhou Juyang touched his cooing belly, he originally prepared instant noodles, but there were too many people on the train, looking at the black crowd, he decisively gave up the idea of going to the connection point of the carriage to turn on the water, so hungry all the way back to Yan Yun。

After brushing the pot, Zhou Juyang tried the gas stove, and it can still be used, skillfully turned out two black jars from the empty bed, and picked out a few pickles, which were pickled when he came back from the Cold Food Festival, radishes and lettuce were slightly oversour, but they just stimulated the stomach bag that had not eaten for a long time, took out the sealed kitchen supplies from the suitcase, and put a few pickles on the table, the frying pan made a "zizi" sound.

"Mom, I'm back, I've had breakfast. Zhou Juyang folded his hands and worshiped in front of a black-and-white photo, on which there was a supple young woman pursing her mouth a little nervously, and her shoulders were unnaturally placed on her side, which was the only photo enlarged and changed, and the reason for the weird posture was because this was originally a photo of a mother and child.

After cleaning, Zhou Juyang went downstairs to the corner of the alley and struggled to lift the rusted roller shutter door. As he expected, the degree of dust in it is much more than that of the family, when he was in the second year of junior high school, the uncle suddenly decided to leave the town for a long trip, and threw him a bunch of keys and disappeared, in addition to him, the surrounding sisters and aunts were also sad for a long time, and from time to time there will be former customers gathered at the door of the small shop to miss the uncle's words and smiles.

Until this year, looking at the thick dust, Zhou Juyang took a deep breath and got into it and began to clean in all aspects, and the cleaning lasted until the evening, when he finally pushed a stubbornly resisting spider out of the door, the scene had darkened, and the sound of the collision of the spatula and the iron pot sounded in each house. Zhou Juyang took out the rattan chair and put it on the steps in front of the grocery store, looking at the starry sky just like when he was a child, "Uncle, I'm back." He looked at the stacked wooden box that had housed the old computer, and he was a little wistful.

After the Shangyuan Festival, Zhou Juyang began to return south alone with his suitcase.

In the new semester, he is still flat, and his part-time interstellar classes constitute the whole way of his life, he occasionally takes out his mobile phone, looks at the number that can no longer be dialed in a daze, and looks forward to seeing the panda man wearing a hat jump out to talk to him again on the battle network, but he waited and waited, and waited until the summer of his senior year.

Zhou Juyang was stunned when he received the graduation photo and graduation certificate, and swept seven times from everyone's face on the bachelor's uniform before he realized the fact that there was no self on the graduation photo, only he found it. From the solemn school leaders and smiling counselors, to the funny or shy classmates who didn't notice his absence, Zhou Juyang silently put away his graduation certificate and his graduation photo, and pulled his head to gather the crowd.

Yunmengze Wetland Park, it is the hibiscus season, the distant mountains and Liyue Lake are dyed by these thousands of colors, the hooks and pavilions on the lake are bathed in the rain of flowers and birds with the breeze and the birds, the fragrance is bright and beautiful to the superb view.

Zhou Juyang, who was nervous and speechless for the eighth time, sat on the wooden chair in the Huxin Pavilion and felt a little sour, it has been nearly two months since graduation, even if he took out the paper that had been drawn up and recited it repeatedly before each interview, he was also speechless in front of the interviewer, and finally could only run away in the head of his head.

"I may have a language barrier. Zhou Juyang thought to himself, three years of life without communication made his language function a little lacking.

A light rain fell in the morning, and on Tuesday morning the only sound of rain crashing against the lake was the whole park. Ethereal to sentimental, Zhou Juyang lit up his phone, and 5:51 appeared on the screen. During this time, he got up earlier and earlier, and the dormitory manager looked at him with an expression that became more and more impatient day by day, as most of the people found jobs or went home, the summer was about to wear out, and he had to move out on the eve of the new students' enrollment but the bad application made him hesitate, considering the balance of the bank card, he decided to take it one day at a time. Looking at the cold light rain outside the pavilion, a sense of confusion permeated my heart.

"The moon is white, and the flowers are far away. The voice was like a yellow warbler's cry.

"Yunying urges scattered, shallow autumn evening light screen". Warm and moist like the old jade in the waist of a gentleman.

Zhou Juyang's indulgence was interrupted, and he squinted his eyes slightly to look at the old and young people walking and chanting on the plank road on the lake, like the paintings of famous artists in ancient times, the girl with long silver hair was dressed in a light yellow plain and elegant gown, holding a paper umbrella and raindrops into a curtain, with the light mist of the lake is elegant and unique. The old man was holding a black-colored paper umbrella, wearing a slightly whitish tunic suit, holding a wild cage in his hand, and he was also in tune with the girl's five words. The old man and the girl suddenly stopped, and it seemed that they had also found the black-clothed young man in a daze in the middle of the lake. The girl gently twisted her graceful neck and wrinkled her nose, as if she was dissatisfied with the presence of others.

The old man smiled gently at the young man.

"My little girl doesn't like to see outsiders, so please don't be surprised. “

"It doesn't matter, it's me staring... You don't see good manners, sorry. ”

Zhou Juyang saw the old man talking to him, and he bit his tongue after not talking to anyone for a long time.

"Poof"

This poor performance made the unhappy girl chuckle. The old man glanced at the girl a few times with a slight reproach, and waved his hand to the young man to apologize.

Zhou Juyang was a little embarrassed, so he bowed his head and left the mountain road in the middle of the lake to the park, the morning light rain came quickly, and it went fast When Zhou Juyang climbed the mountain road, it had stopped, and the raindrops rolling down the stone slab soaked the edge of his shoes and slipped a little. Birds chirp in the woods, animals and rodents begin to flourish again.

Because of the weekdays and remoteness, there are no pedestrians on the mountain road, which is why Zhou Juyang comes here from time to time to sit down. As you walk along the mountain road, the forest gradually dyes and the flowers fall like rain. The lakes and mountains are full of beauty.

"Kiln"

In the canopy of the trees overhead, the summer rain was shaken and poured down, wetting the bangs that stood on the mountain road and looked at Zhou Juyang from afar. A gust of wind wrapped around the hibiscus and came down, and a pure white little fox hit him in the face with light and precision. Slightly cocked tail and meet the eyes of young people in the rain of hibiscus flowers.

"Don't follow me, I can't even feed myself, I can't take you with me."

Zhou Juyang looked at the little fox running down the mountain road with him in distress, he took this beautiful little guy who fell from the sky off his face, held it in front of him, and looked at him with iris eyes without fear, and there was a clear and soft halo in his pupils.

The hair is soft and soft, full of the smell of morning dew and hibiscus, and the little guy has been circling around him after he landed, getting into the hood of his coat and sitting on the top of his head to make a mess of his hair, Zhou Juyang was tortured by this enthusiasm like sitting on pins and needles.

He took it off his body and sat it down on the grass solemnly, then slowly pulled his legs and ran, the little guy tilted his head and spread his legs to catch up. So the "drill hood game" began on this mountain road. Zhou Juyang, who was panting and pouting, felt the temperature of the little fox sitting on his head that seemed to announce victory. He sighed as if he had made up his mind. Use your arms to remove the little fox from the top of its head and hang it in front of you.

"Are you really going to follow me".

"Woo" The little fox's eyes were full of smiles. He also stretched out his tongue and licked the nose of the human in front of him lightly.

Zhou Juyang took a deep breath, since this is the case, let's give you a name.

Looking at the snow-white fur, Zhou Juyang pondered for a while, trying to choose a name from the simplest words.

Tweets of discontent.

"Cotton"?A straightforward description of the appearance.

A whining sound of disgust.

Zhou Juyang scratched his hair in distress, and his thoughts twisted and remembered the five rules and groans of the old man and the girl.

"Then let's call you Yunqian."

"Woo woo" chirps with satisfaction. A light jump sat on the young man's hair.

"Don't sit on my hair in the future, or I won't want you. You look clean and fragrant, but my hair is freshly washed."

Zhou Juyang's words were solemn and fluent, but unfortunately he didn't find it himself.

Half a day later, Zhou Juyang dragged his suitcase and bathed in the rare warm farewell of the dormitory manager, and left his residence where he had been "prostituting for nothing" for a long time. Came to the bushes outside the school and called softly twice. A small white shadow jumped lightly onto the top of the suitcase and sat down, and from then on, Zhou Juyang changed from being alone to Zhou Juyang and Yun Qian.

Sitting on the empty old bus, Zhou Juyang had to hold on to the seat in front of him to prevent himself from being hurt by the shaking of the carriage, and looked down at the little fox who was curled up on his chest and exposed half of his head sleeping soundly.

"Is there a place where the price is a little lower? ”

Lao Yan, who has been a rent agent for decades, squinted at the young man who had been hesitating for a long time in the "special" area to talk.

"Those few places in Chengpu District are not cheap enough, and they have a pet?" Lao Yan looked over the counter and looked at the lively doorway. "I can't afford to rent these places, so let's go home and find my parents. ”

Lao Yan moved on the hot counter, snorted a few times, and then picked up the "bafan" stacked by the removed rental advertisement to drive away the heat.

"But this....". Young people have a difficult face, and the number of digits in the balance under the row of expenses in the ledger on the mobile phone is getting smaller and smaller.

At the door of the store, Yun Qian sat on the suitcase for a nap, the sun was blazing on the sidewalk in the afternoon, but many passers-by would stop and stay, teasing before leaving, and even a little girl kept taking pictures around it Yun Qian gently opened his eyes and tilted his head slightly, cute and cute, causing a low scream.

"Go ask somebody, I don't. ”

Lao Yan was a little impatient, and the "bafan" fell apart after a few slaps, which made his mood even more irritable. The young man turned around in frustration and left with his suitcase, and at this time, an advertisement that fell off the "Ba Fan" was grabbed by Lao Yan.

"Shunlu District, Hongguang Iron and Steel Plant's former staff dormitory building".

"Boy, wait. Lao Yan shouted.

When they came to the door, the young man and the little fox turned their heads together.

"There's really a cheaper one, and you're lucky, because we can't rent it out and advertise it, so we took it down." Lao Yan pointed to the advertising sheet in front of him, no tenant conditions, no check-in requirements, three months' rent, no need to pay in advance, 200 yuan a month. After listening to the introduction, the young man's eyes lit up, and without saying a word, he checked the subway bus route, but there was no place on the electronic map at all, and the young man raised his head and looked at Lao Yan who tried to fold the "bafan" again.

Lao Yan put the work in his hand down, grabbed the sparse Mediterranean, hesitated for a while, forget it, just take it as a good deed, tore off half of the advertising leaflet, drew a crooked map, and threw it to the young man.

"Follow this, and when you get there, go to the gate and go to the security room to find an old man, and say that you are here to rent a house, and they will rent the land if they give money. Lao Yan looked at the little snow-white fox who stretched his neck with the young man, and added.

The young man solemnly put away half of the advertising leaflet, thanked him and picked up his suitcase and walked out.

"Alas, come back, come back. Lao Yan slapped the table and jumped up, the shorts that were stuck to the chair by sweat made a tearing sound of "Si" fabric, and when he raised his head again, a person and a fox had already left the store, Lao Yan was a little angry, it was rare to do a good deed, and he also lost a pair of pants, which was bought for forty yuan on the stall.

"Damn, if you haven't received the money, you have to ask someone to send a pair of pants." Lao Yan muttered, "The pants seller also said that it was sold in the brand market, so I will go to the night stall tonight to reason with the boss."

"Hongguang Iron and Steel Plant, when you arrive, please get off the passengers who want to go to Hongguang Iron and Steel Plant." The arrival radio sounded, and the bus rushed through the stop sign in the screeching brakes, before stumbling to a stop, looking at the sleepy-eyed driver, Zhou Juyang, who had palpitations, got off the bus with Yun Qian, who woke up.

In the evening, the weather was still hot, several old buildings and factories were lined up in the hazy sunset, the slogans on the wall paint were blurred, and a few cars were sparsely parked at the side door of the wall. On the left is a large bamboo forest with no end in sight, and the fragrance of ginger wafts out, making it seem to be a restaurant. Passing through the gate, where only half of the iron fence remains, there are piles of rusty steel that are haphazardly tied with ropes, and the smell of rusted steel is exuded.

"Three, fifth floor. "A crack was opened in the security room, and a key was thrown out. is the same as Lao Yan said, just give the money to live, and the procedures are so fast that you only need to hand the money in to check the authenticity. Zhou Juyang walked through the buildings of the last century and the vegetable fields that were reclaimed, but there was a familiar sense of belonging.

"I may have come to the right place."

After cleaning, he was eating instant noodles, looking at Yun Qian, who was elegantly tasting beef, the light tube in the room had long been damaged, Zhou Juyang simply opened all the doors and windows, there was no high-rise building, everything was bathed in the clear moonlight, and there was an indescribable meaning.