capital city

The first snow fell in the city at night. The snow stopped at dawn and as soon as the sun came out, the snow began to melt. The wet asphalt pavement was dark and bright. The bodies of buses, trucks, and cars are covered with snow and mud splashed on each other, as if they were celebrating Songkran. The air on the outskirts of the capital after a long drought is finally full of humid and fresh moisture. In the distance, over the vegetable field and wheat field, a misty mist rises and obscures the gray-blue Xishan Mountain Range.

Shui Hong opened the balcony door, leaned out, and took a deep breath. Turning around, Zhou You exclaimed in surprise: "The air is so humid, it's really like the early spring weather in the south of the Yangtze River." ”

"It's rare to have such a day in winter." Zhou You replied.

“…… Well, I seem to smell the fragrance of the rainy season, tea dew, and bamboo mist, probably blowing from Taihu Lake. Shui Hong turned around and sat on Zhou You's lap, hooked his neck and said, "Let's go out for a walk today, I have been chewing books for a few days, my head hurts, and it doesn't work to practice calisthenics." The beautiful prisoner asks the cell boss to let go, how about it, will he be gracious or not? ”

Zhou You said: "I wanted to go out for a walk with you for a long time." Let's go to the Summer Palace, visit the summer palace in winter, it's very good! I'll take you to the causeway, where I used to paint when I was a kid. There are bridges and waters, dry reeds, and dry lotuses, and there is a desolate natural beauty. The causeway imitates the Su Causeway of the West Lake and is built, it is completely the mood and charm of the southern garden, this scenery is married to Beijing from the south of the Yangtze River, one or two hundred years have passed, she has lived more and more moisturized, how, follow me to meet your aunt and grandmother. ”

"Great, I haven't seen the appearance of a Jiangnan woman who is married to the Northern Bannerman, so let's go."

"You've got to put on makeup, don't forget to bring that little bottle, I'm going to play the flower messenger today."

"Winter is the easiest time, except for half of my face, no skin and flesh are exposed, and no one will pay attention to me."

Shui Hong was too lazy to put on makeup, but she still dressed it tightly, her velvet hat was pressed low, she put on a scarf, covering most of her face, and finally put on that pair of wide-brimmed glasses and put them on her nose, which looked ridiculous. In front of Zhou You, a middle-aged woman with a plain appearance and a slight deformation appeared. He looked at Shui Hong stunned for a while, then took out a large cone more than a foot long from the drawer and stuffed it into his coat pocket.

Zhou You had already bought a half-new women's car for Shui Hong, and the two of them went downstairs, got on the car, and slowly drove towards the Summer Palace. The sun was warm with a slight breeze. This is the first time for the two of them to ride a bicycle, breathing in the fresh and humid air of the suburbs, excited like a pair of middle school students who are in love for the first time.

Zhou You kept an eye on the reactions of pedestrians to the rainbow along the way. Fortunately, except for a few young people who took a few more glances at Shui Hong, her outfit did not attract too many people's attention. Zhou You was a little relieved, but then he felt depressed and depressed. Men like to go out with their beautiful girlfriends to show off, and enjoy the pride that others often turn back but can't reach, and that feeling is great. He remembered the situation when he used to swagger through the market with Shu Li, and the eyes of those little ruffians who wanted to provoke but didn't dare to meet them made him particularly proud. Once a hooligan stepped forward to provoke Shu Li, he stood forward with a big man of 1.82 meters, grabbed the kid by the collar, and before he could teach the guy a lesson, Shu Li had already slapped the man twice. Now that I think about it, Shu Li was really a bit of a fox and a fake tiger at that time. He often feels the strength and self-confidence of his manhood from the arrogance of his girlfriend riding on the bike. Not only does he have the power to be beautiful, but he also has the power to despise those who try to take away his love. Every time he comes back from a trip with his girlfriend, the kisses they give him are extraordinarily hot.

However, at this point, his feeling was gone. Not to mention self-confidence, even the right to satisfy vanity is gone. He doesn't seem to be a frank and powerful man, but a little thief who steals incense and jade. A sense of humiliation that he had never felt before rose in his heart, and he really wanted to step forward and take off Shui Hong's hat, scarf and big glasses, so that her beauty would show off in a dignified manner. But he suddenly remembered the dark refrigerated truck, and his heart felt a chill, and finally he swallowed his anger and put down his raised hand again. He held the handlebar tightly and had to swallow this breath, the mass of qi pressed on the dantian, heavy like a lead ball, twelve meridians, and the veins were blocked.

Shui Hong turned his face to look at him, as if he had seen through his mind at a glance, and said with a smile: "Hey, I told you so many terrible things last time, shall I tell you some ridiculous things today?" ”

"You're ridiculous too? Tell me about it. ”

Shui Hong said that more than ten years ago, Lao Wu took her to Wu's house to see her in-laws for the first time, and when her father-in-law saw her, he actually held her hand and stared at her, unable to speak for a long time. Her face was flushed, and she was sincerely afraid, her father-in-law was a well-known person, and he was highly respected, and if he didn't let go, she couldn't withdraw her hand, for fear of hurting her father-in-law's face. The father-in-law just looked at her like this, and her hand was painful, which made the whole family embarrassed. Later, the mother-in-law patted the back of his hand, and he suddenly realized, calmed down, and said in a loud voice: rudeness, rudeness, rudeness...... The mother-in-law was so angry that she scolded the old man for being confused, how could a father-in-law say rudeness to his daughter-in-law?

Zhou You laughed. The two of them laughed so hard that the handlebars almost collided with each other. Shui Hong said: "You may think it is strange, Lao Wu is the eldest son of the Wu family, and their family has such a big garden, why does the Wu family not live with the eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law, but let us live in another small building of the Wu family by the river?" ”

"That's because your mother-in-law is worried that the old man will be 'rude' to you if she doesn't get it."

"However, then Lao Wu and I both fell in love with that little house. That small building turned out to be the place where the ancestors of the Wu family raised their outer rooms and lovers, and there are many lingering and sad stories. Do you think it's very feminine, very quiet and very affectionate? That's where I met you......"

"No wonder," Zhou You nodded with an epiphany. "After I entered the small building, I always felt a mysterious affection lingering in the air, and that night, I felt that I was in love with you, and I couldn't love you anymore. I couldn't fall asleep after turning over, and in the haze, I seemed to hear the sound of gentle footsteps coming from the stairs, and in the cold fog, there seemed to be a woman in a gauze skirt, looming...... It seems that my senses are very good, maybe I have special powers......"

"Nonsense again. However, before I left Suzhou this time, I met my father-in-law, and he cried very sadly. My mother-in-law tried her best to keep me, but she didn't say a word of reproach. I heard Lao Wu say that after we completed the divorce procedures, my father-in-law fell ill......" Shui Hong was a little sad.

"Looks like I'll have to take you to my parents' house a little later. My father had cataracts in his eyes, so he wouldn't have been rude. I'm afraid that my eldest brother will be foreign-looking, he is an old merryman, in his early forties, he has been married three times, and I heard that he is about to leave again......"

"Is your eldest brother as handsome as you? What kind of profession does he do? ”

"My eldest brother is more handsome than me and can play the trumpet. He said that all three of his wives were blown into his arms, and that his trumpet was better than mine. Because women are short-sighted and can't read paintings; And the ears are soft, and they can't withstand the loud tremor of the trumpet. If he sees you, he might run downstairs in the middle of the night and serenade you, but I have to be careful not to let him blow you away. ”

Shui Hong smiled happily and said, "But I like the trumpet." Among Western musical instruments, the trumpet is the most masculine and affectionate, so you really have to be careful. ”

The two chatted while riding. After all, it was the first time I went out, and new feelings were emerging. Like a southern kingfisher flying out of its cage, the rainbow and its male bird are flying freely in the humid air. She was as happy as a drunken bird, riding absentmindedly, stumbling around the curve, and crashing into Zhou You's handlebars as she spoke. After riding for a while, Shui Hong shouted that she was hot, and she was sweating profusely in her scarf, and she couldn't stand it. Zhou You stopped the car and hesitated to help her take off the velvet hat to breathe. He was really willing to let Rainbow show her beauty, on the condition that she couldn't be exposed for too long.

Shui Hong threw out a black and shiny shawl hair, fluttered in the wind, and then opened the scarf that covered half of his face, and simply took off his glasses. Her white and translucent face and moving eyes were just revealed, like a powerful magnet, attracting the eyes of those passers-by. A large car full of tourists drove by, leaning against their side window, and the heads of the passengers all turned to the beautiful focal point of the rainbow. After a while, Zhou You heard the sound of two bicycles colliding behind him, and blamed each other for why the bikers didn't look at each other. He hadn't counted the rate of turning heads, and the rear-end rate was one after the other—two young men, one fat and one thin, following them one after the other, smiling strangely. Zhou You pulled out the change cone and knocked twice on the handlebar, and the two slowly pulled away. After a while, a middle-aged man wearing a beret caught up with him, panting, and while riding, he handed over a business card through the handlebar, introduced himself as the manager of an advertising agency, and asked Shui Hong if he could stop and talk to him. Shui Hong politely replied that no, she had already made an appointment with a friend, and it was too late. The man sighed regretfully, and followed them for a while, and then finally there was no movement, Zhou You looked back and saw that the man was standing on the side of the road, still looking at Shui Hong's back from a distance.

Zhou You looked back and forth for a while, sighed and said, "I didn't expect there to be so many people outside today, as soon as the snow stopped, they all came out to relax." There are even fewer people in tourist spots, Shui Hong, I don't think we can go to the Summer Palace. ”

"Where are you going?" Shui Hong seemed to be disappointed.

"But you can't just go home." Zhou You pondered with great vigilance. "It's a hassle if people keep up. Where to go...... By the way, I'll take you to the Jingmi Canal, it's not far from here, just turn a corner, there are no tourists, there are trees and grass, the air is good, the embankment is high and open, walk, go there, you may still find the feeling of a small river......"

They pushed the car up the embankment, locked it under a large poplar tree, walked down the embankment, found a clean place in the morning sun, and sat down by the water. The grass on both sides of the bank is covered with dead leaves, moistened by the melting snow water, and spreads softly. The turquoise river flows slowly, the reflection of poplars is reflected on the river surface, and the tall and ** torso still looks strong and resolute in the water waves. The river carries a kind of winter tranquility, and the sound of tree branches is heard in the breeze. There wasn't a single one around.

"This place is so nice." Shui Hong folded a grass stem, leaned on, and looked at the blue sky.

Zhou You rubbed his eyes, shook his head vigorously, and said to himself: "My eyes seem to have a problem, along the way, how can I look at any woman who is not pleasing to the eye?" In the past ten days, I went out to see those Beijing girls, and I only thought they were all weird......"

"Thanks for the compliment. Don't beat around the bush, I don't believe you don't even understand visual contrast? When Lao Wu Gang and I were in love, I also had this feeling. He said that he looked at me every day, and other women were impatient to even look at me. At that time, the little nurses in his hospital hated me so much. ”

"The two of us have been together for so many days, I thought I was a little used to your beauty, but I didn't expect to come out with you today, and my feelings were in a mess again."

"Hmph, I don't want you to offend so many pretty girls for me. If Miss Shu Li really comes back one day, I can know if there is really something wrong with your eyes. ”

"Don't mention Shu Li is good or not......"

"Then come with me to the hospital to see an ophthalmologist......" Rainbow chuckled.

At this time, Zhou You suddenly heard soft footsteps behind him, his scalp was numb for a while, and he just screamed badly, and before he could turn around, he and Shui Hong were hugged from behind. Zhou You couldn't move for a while, so he had to bend over, come to his back, and slammed the person who was holding him to the ground, and pressed his knee against the man's chest. He hurriedly turned back to look at Shui Hong, and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat - a strong man in his thirties held Shui Hong with one hand, and held a dagger in the other hand, which was pressed against Shui Hong's waist.

"Let him go!" The strong man yelled at Zhou You. "If you don't let go, I'll break this girl's appearance and bleed her!"

Zhou You reluctantly let go of his hand, and the blood all over his body rushed to his brain. He gritted his teeth, squeezed out a smiling face, and arched his hand to the strong man and said, "Dude, misunderstanding, I will give you as much as you want, let her go, I will never treat my buddy badly!" While scrambling to pull out his wallet and watch, he threw it on the ground.

"Less of this! Let's be optimistic about this girl today! Tie this guy up to me! ”

Zhou You looked at Shui Hong, only to feel that his heart was about to pop out. But he saw Shui Hong quickly glance at him, and said to the strong man with a calm smile:

"Okay, you let him go, I'll just go with you."

The strong man looked at Shui Hong, and for a while he was salivating and looking at it in a daze. The short man carrying the rope glanced at Zhou You hesitantly, and seemed to be a little afraid of his two blows just now, not knowing whether to tie him up or let him get out quickly. At this moment, Zhou You noticed that Shui Hong had put his hand into the coat pocket. His mind quickly calmed down, the nerves in his whole body tensed, and his eyes stared at Shui Hong without blinking. Once Shui Hong's movements are wrong, he is desperate to save her.

Shui Hong suddenly took out a small bottle like a fast gunman, and squeezed it hard at the man.

A white mist sprayed into the man's face, followed by a loud "ahh Zhou You turned around and punched the short man into the river at the moment of the rainbow spray. He turned around and kicked the strong man with his eyes covered into the water as well. The man crawled and screamed, and the cold water choked the two fellows for a moment.

Zhou You pulled Shui Hong back and ran to the embankment. As he ran, he grabbed his car keys and ran under the tree, where he found two more bicycles, presumably those two guys. He couldn't help but get angry, took out the big change cone in his pocket, punctured the tires of the car, looked back and saw that the two people came out of the water again, were struggling in the river, and suddenly got angry in his heart, picked up the airless bicycle, rushed down the river embankment, and smashed it down towards the strong man, and there was suddenly black and red blood on the river, the strong man covered his eyes and shouted for help, and the other guy was so trembling that he couldn't shout anymore.

Zhou You felt that he had finally breathed a bad sigh at this time. Suddenly remembered that there was still a rainbow, and he had no intention of fighting, so he hurriedly returned to the embankment. Helping Shui Hong push the car onto the road, the two of them jumped into the car and left.

"Are you alright? Is it hurt? Zhou You asked Shui Hong worriedly while riding. Only then did I realize that my hands were shaking vigorously. His body was also soaked with sweat, and his whole body was soft, and he had no strength at all.

"I'm fine, isn't that good? It is...... It's just too disappointing. Shui Hong replied with a smile. She had somehow put on her hat and glasses, as if nothing had happened.

"Otherwise, let's ride a little longer, and we'll take a hit! Just throw the car on the side of the road, as long as you're okay, don't say a bicycle, even a sedan I don't want either. ”

"Okay, hit, where's the money? What about your wallet? ”

Zhou You touched his pocket, and then remembered that his wallet and watch were thrown on the river embankment. There are still ID cards, address books and business cards in the wallet, if someone else picks them up and knows his address, it will be really troublesome. He was so frightened that he said "Wait", jumped out of the car, turned the car and ran up the embankment. Shui Hong also quickly got out of the car, grabbed him, took out a wallet from his coat pocket and handed it to him, and put a watch on Zhou You's wrist.

"How do they ...... Came to you? Zhou You was stunned.

"It's good that you sacrifice yourself to save others at all costs, but it's a pity that you lose one thing and the other, and you fall short. You use a car to smash people and chase and beat them, and I clean up the battlefield and pick up my wallet, each with its own division of labor. If you go back, there may be a fierce fight waiting for you, okay, let's go! My brave knight. ”

Zhou You was shocked. He looked at the calm and calm Shui Hong in front of him, as if he didn't know her anymore. He stuffed a few strands of messy hair on Shui Hong's forehead into the brim of his hat with his spasmodic hand, grabbed her hand and warmed it on his chest, his heart trembled, and he simply hugged Shui Hong in his arms.