Chapter 7: Midnight Call No. 7
The day before Qixi Festival in 2019, the girl moved from Xintiandi to Zhang Bai's two-story building in the suburbs, and lived in the room next to him with the big black cat.
In the middle of the night the next day, the girl stood quietly in front of his bed with the quilt in her arms, and when she opened her eyes, she saw a black shadow and a black cat standing in front of him looking at him fixedly, which startled him.
The girl's timid voice: "Uncle, I'm afraid." ”
His first reaction: "Did you take your medicine today?" ”
The girl nodded: "Uncle, can I sleep with you?" ”
This old heart, jumping and jumping, almost jumped out of the chest.
"I ......"
Before she could refuse, the girl automatically climbed into bed.
Isn't the pre-dawn darkness the dawn?
The moon is dark and the wind is high, and the fool sets fire to the sky. The wine sticky shirt sleeves are heavy, and the brim of the hat in the flower village is biased.
Happiness came too suddenly, and for the next few days, he felt like he was in a state of confusion.
After that, Xiaolou refused to allow guests to visit, and the reason was very official.
It's all the same: concentrate on painting.
Most of the time, he stood in front of the window and watched the girl play with Kuroko in the yard, or the girl tending to the vegetable garden in front of the yard.
He was thinking, I'm afraid that even the gods can't envy such a day!
In the works of this period, most of the figures of girls will appear, and girls are born to be good models.
Kuroko occasionally makes a cameo appearance twice.
The girl has a good talent for drawing, and many times, she also takes the frame to find a suitable position in the countryside, and spends most of the day painting.
The girl's appearance went deeper and deeper into his heart and injected into his soul.
In 2019, when the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, the girl said that she wanted to go back to her hometown.
Originally, he wanted to go with him, but the girl didn't agree, saying that there were some things to deal with when he went back to his hometown, and the countrymen liked to gossip, and it was easy for him to leave a handle when he followed, and he understood it very well.
In just one week, he finally realized the truth of the saying that he is not seen for a day, such as every other three autumns.
A week later, the girl returned.
As soon as I came back, I was not in a good mood.
The third watch began to fool around again in the middle of the night, saying that the eye and the man in black were coming again.
It made him very worried for some days, and he frequently took the girl to the hospital to see a doctor.
The doctor said that this kind of disease can't eat a fat man in one bite, so you have to take your time.
On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon was very round, and the two of them sat in the courtyard to admire the moon and spend the Mid-Autumn Festival together.
The girl touched the scene and remembered her mother in another world, and suddenly her emotions came up again, crying nonstop, which was the kind of coaxing that was not good.
The girl mentioned her mother, talking about the years when the mother and daughter depended on each other, and after her mother left, she thought that there was no one in the world who would love her.
That day, he swore to the full moon in the sky that he would be good to the girl in the future and would not disappoint.
The girl didn't believe it, saying that men would say this, but what could be achieved was like a rare thing.
The oath is not important, it is the practical action that matters.
He said again: "You say, whatever you want, but whatever I can give, I will give it to you, including me as a person." ”
The girl joked: "You old man, what do I want you to do?" I want everything you have. ”
He laughed: "Take it, I'll give you everything you want." ”
The next day, he and the girl got their certificates at the Civil Affairs Bureau.
On the third day, he found a lawyer to make a will, and after a hundred years, he gave everything to the girl.
One day a month later, autumn was crisp.
There was a long stream of yellow and white wild chrysanthemums blooming on the edge of the ground in front of the courtyard, and the courtyard door was open, and the smell of the field hit his nose, and he sat at the wooden table in the courtyard to make tea.
This tea is still the Tieguanyin brought by Lao Xiao last time, listen to Lao Xiao said, this is the top Tieguanyin, the second bubble comes out, the color is clear yellow, and the taste is really good.
The girl ran out of the house and blindfolded him.
"I'm going to surprise you."
He snickered in his heart, he wanted to say, since the girl came to his world, there was no surprise?
God must have taken pity on him for being single for so many years and arranged such a lovely person to comfort him!
The girl counted to three and let go of her hand, and a book in a dull yellow cover was placed on the table.
"I told you before, I'm writing a book. Now that it's done, it's sent by the publisher, you should be the first to see it. ”
The joy was only for a moment, as he saw the cover of that book.
On top of the dull yellow skin, the black title of the book is very eye-catching - "The Girl on the Bamboo Row".
This reminded him of the painting "Girl on a Bamboo Row" hanging on the wall when he first went to the girl's house.
He had asked the girl, and she had inadvertently said that her mother had bought the painting.
The girl didn't know that he was the famous painter Zhang Bai at that time, and later after knowing his identity, she expressed great regret, saying that he was one of her mother's favorite painters, and if her mother was there, it would be nice to see Zhang Bai alive.
After reading the book, he looked at the girl in amazement.
"Why such a title?"
There seemed to be a deep meaning in the girl's smile: "Just look at the contents." ”
Turning the first page, there is a landscape picture, that picture is too familiar to him, the Qingshui River in front of his hometown that flows all year round, a bamboo row in the middle of the river, there should be a person on the bamboo row, but there is nothing on the picture.
Page 2, Text Begins: The Story Begins in the Summer of 2000......
After a minute, his face changed and he looked at the girl.
"Who are you?"
"Uncle, are you stupid? I'm Bai Yufei, your legal wife? ”
"Did you write this book?"
"Of course I didn't write it, how old was I in 2000?"
"You, who is your mother?"
"My mother, you've seen it, in my picture frame."
"I mean, what's her name? Did I know her before? ”
"I don't know, I should ask you this sentence, right?"
"That call that night, did you call me on purpose?"
"Uncle, what are you suspecting? That night, when the man in black appeared, I was terrified, my mind went blank, and all I had in my mind was the number that came to mind. So it's just a coincidence. ”
The autumn sun was shining, shaking people's eyes, like sharp thorns piercing people's hearts and paining constantly.
The picture in front of him fell one by one, on the sparkling river, a bamboo row, the bright girl on the bamboo row, smiled at him, the smile was warm.
The heart beat wildly, becoming more and more uncontrollable, fast and slow.
The girl's good-looking face reflected the waves more and more blurred, familiar and strange.
"Yufei, Xiaofei, quick, bring me a piece of candy, quick, quick......"