Chapter 012: Confession of the Heavenly Canopy
Exams are like a mountain, and revision is like a thread. The tense and trivial and sweet review time is finally over, and the exams one after another are coming.
During the exams, we left the cozy nest of our grandparents and returned to school completely, and the time of the exams of the two departments was not uniform, so we rarely spent a lot of time together except for three meals a day in those days.
I don't know how many brain cells died, and the final exams are finally over. With the end of the school's final exams, the number of people in the library and study room gradually decreased, and they were replaced by more and more people dragging their luggage home on campus.
When I booked the tickets, I deliberately put it back a few days. That's not my style. From the bones, I am the type of family very much, from elementary school to high school, I am day school, every day after school other children especially like to go outside for a long time and then go home, but I am the first time to run home after school, I especially like the feeling of stability at home, especially in the winter evening, when the sky is already dark after school, walk to the vicinity of home, see the warm light in the window from a distance, the bottom of the heart will give birth to a kind of peace.
When we went to school, our family of three had lunch at noon in the school and unit cafeteria. So the evening time is the most relaxing and warm time of the day for us to get together.
Mom's work is not very busy, she is always the first to come home to cook dinner, Dad's unit has a lot of things, and there are a lot of entertainment, but he always tries to arrange the entertainment until noon, insisting on going home for dinner. Sometimes when the work ends early, my father will come back early and cook me his best Northeast dish - pot wrapped meat.
As the only daughter in the family, my parents naturally doted on me since I was a child, but they did not dote, they all felt that girls need more independence and self-confidence, self-esteem and self-love, fortunately, I have been more competitive since I was a child, and I didn't let them worry about anything, all the way to grow up happily, and entered the ideal university.
When I go to university, I can only go home during the winter and summer vacations, so I book my tickets early on the eve of every holiday, and the time to go home is the day I finish the last subject.
After meeting Xu Zhekai, this convention was broken. Liu Jia's hometown is very close to mine, and we always go together, but this time I delayed my home for two days, and she had to find other companions to go with. "The daughter who marries out, spills the water!" She couldn't help but lament when she learned that I was coming home a few days late.
The day after the exam, I slept a lot. When I woke up, it was almost noon, and when I slid my phone away, there were several unread text messages, except for one 10086, the others were sent by Xu Zhekai. He asked me if I had woken up and what I had done today.
I called the phone and it rang and it rang. Before I could speak, he said, "Piggy is finally up." I smiled back at him, "You got up very early." "Greasy and crooked, I said love words that were not nutritious for a long time, and decided to have lunch and walk around the neighborhood.
Our school is far away from the World Trade Center, and it takes a long time to take the bus, so I haven't had time to play after being with Xu Zhekai.
After reversing the bus twice, and after more than an hour, we finally got off the bus near the East Bridge, and then slowly walked to the World Trade Center Steps. At noon on weekdays, there were not too many people, so we found a hot pot with a good evaluation and ate it.
When eating, it is natural to talk about the arrangements for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. I excitedly said that the weather forecast said that there would be heavy snow tomorrow, and it happened to be a Monday, so I could go to the Forbidden City to see the snow! Xu Zhekai grew up in Beijing and has seen the Forbidden City in the snow many times, but he is still willing to accompany me to see it again.
Although in another time and space, whether it is for myself or to accompany relatives and friends, I have been to the Forbidden City many times, but the Forbidden City in the snow has never been seen by fate. It is also very strange, whenever it snows heavily in the capital, it is in time for the Palace Museum to close on Monday, I always wonder if it is only at that time that this ancient imperial city has the opportunity to be alone, to have the opportunity to look back at the past hundreds of years in the snow, snow is a tacit understanding that complements each other in the Forbidden City, and the white snow and red wall are unique to the color of history.
Unexpectedly, in this time and space, I actually had the opportunity to see this scene. So I was very happy when I saw the weather forecast on my phone, and although there were many times when the weather forecast was unreliable, I firmly believed that it would snow tomorrow.
I excitedly talked about my feelings about the Forbidden City, Beijing, and the snowy scenery of the Forbidden City, while Xu Zhekai looked at me with a smile and put the sliced meat and hairy belly into my bowl. Sometimes I get so carried away that he will reach out and drag my chin and feed me a slice of lamb. Every time the tahini rubbed against my lips, he smiled even more, and I laughed and scolded him for being "childish!" ”
After eating hot pot, it was already more than half past two in the afternoon, we held hands and walked around the World Trade Center Terrace, and when we walked to the fashion gallery, we stayed for a while, fiddling with those beautiful knick-knacks, and looking at the books that have been selling very well recently.
When I went outside again, it was already dark, and the famous canopy of the World Trade Center began to change patterns again.
As a scene in the capital, the screen above the head has witnessed the happiness of many people, in that era of texting, many young couples sent their love for their other half to that screen, and then a group of people looked up, full of anticipation in the countless text messages to search for the one they sent, and then raised their mobile phones to take a selfie.
There are also many boys who choose to propose to their significant other here. I've seen it twice, too. In fact, it is very easy to judge the occurrence of a marriage proposal, often you are walking and you find a large group of people suddenly gathered somewhere, and then the canopy above your head starts to play a picture of a girl or a photo of a couple on a loop, sometimes a video of a boy confessing. That's when you'll know it's time to propose again.
I remember that when I met Xu Zhekai and Xu Zhekai on the World Trade Center in the past, I said to him, "If you propose in the future, you must be creative, but don't be in public, I will be very embarrassed." Xu Zhekai jokingly replied to me: "How can you be sure that the object of my marriage proposal must be you?" At that time, I was inexplicably resentful, angry that I had been gone for a long time, ignoring him beside me, Xu Zhekai apologized, and coaxed for a long time before I begged for my forgiveness. Who knew that the joke at that time turned out to be a prophecy, and it seems that my anger at that time was also warmed up.
Walking under the canopy, before my thoughts had completely returned from the memories, Xu Zhekai pulled me to stand, and then motioned for me to look up at the screen.
"When I meet you, the wind finds a reason to stop. You are my eternal outpost. In the dense subtitles on the entire screen, I am sure that this one was posted by Xu Zhekai, because the signature is "Little Poplar".
I smiled, looked at him, and said, "I knew we had a traitor." ”
The good name of "Little Poplar" is only limited to the interior of our bedroom, needless to say, it must have been told to Li Ran by Yu Han's big mouth that forgot his friends, Li Ran knew, and Xu Zhekai knew it.
Although the routine of confession on the big screen is more old-fashioned, I am still very happy. I was about to say some sweet words to repay him, when the fair-skinned little brother in front of me actually began to hum:
"A small poplar, growing next to the outpost, with deep roots, strong stems, watching over ......"
I immediately burst out laughing, slapped him on the back, and laughed at him for being insane.
He laughed as he took me into his arms and whispered in my ear, "My tree will always be planted next to your pigsty, and no one can dig it up." ”
I was in his arms laughing breathlessly and slammed him in the chest. He hugged me tighter. At that moment, my heart was filled with countless sadness: but, in another time and space, you were still dug up by Ji Yang with roots and leaves, although she was not the first person to dig you, nor the last, but you will not come back, even if you come back, the little poplar that once belonged only to me is also "dead" in another sense.
Tears lingered, I couldn't help sobbing in a low voice, Xu Zhekai leaned down to look at me in a panic, and asked anxiously, "Baby, what's wrong?" Angry" I couldn't speak, tears dripping onto my scarf.
Xu Zhekai took out a tissue, wiped my tears for me, and coaxed me softly, "Baby, I'm kidding, how can you be a pig?" You are flowers, I am a pig, I am pig dung, or I can't live without you. ”
I burst into tears and laughed, threw myself back into his arms, and thought: Time stands still like this, no matter the past, no matter the future, just stay in this moment.
Of course, Xu Zhekai didn't know the real reason for me crying, he said, "Alas, I originally thought I was looking for a Monkey King, but I didn't expect it to become Sister Lin." ”
It's either a pig or a monkey, and this guy's brain circuit is also Qingqi.
At eight o'clock, I was hungry again, and I ate Korean food nearby and prepared to go home.
When I was about to go back, I dragged Xu Zhekai into Paris Baguette and bought my favorite yogurt and several flavors of cakes for breakfast.
When I picked the cake, I was serious and excited, completely ignoring his presence. There was a couple next to us who bought bread, and the girl picked a few more things, and the boy complained and said, "You always eat sweets", not afraid of being fat? It's almost there! The girl was angry and picked up another piece of thick cheesecake and went to pay the bill.
I glanced at Xu Zhekai, and before I could speak, he said, "Babies can pick whatever they want, fairies will not be fat." The little girl next to her laughed out loud, and I also slapped Xu Zhekai, saying that he was hateful, but his heart was beautiful, as warm as the lights in the store.
Coming out of Paris Baguette, I couldn't help but exclaim, "Ah! Oh, my God! It's really snowing! Xu Zhekai also stretched out his hand, feeling the sporadic falling snowflakes. Although the snow is very small, it is only a little snowy, but it is still falling.
"Let the snow come harder!" I opened my arms and stood on the high steps outside Paris Baguette and shouted exaggeratedly.
Xu Zhekai immediately jumped away, pretending not to recognize me, my "neurotic".