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Wearing a single color of work clothes, Wu Tong took a rag to wipe the table repeatedly in the elegant café, and suddenly the curtain at the entrance of the store was brought up by the hair of a simple girl, and the sunset sprinkled it, impartial, lined your face, at that moment I knew that this was our encounter......
The mottled shadow of the sycamore leaves danced on Wu Tong's face, the air was the fragrance of kisses after the rain, Wu Tong squatted at the door of the coffee shop, dragging his chin and looking at the evening clouds holding up the outline of the distant mountains, the dim light bulb lit up behind him, stretching Wu Tong's figure, the boss smoked the cigarette in his hand and squatted beside Wu Tong, handed over a glass of lemonade and said, "It's time to get off work." ”
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I remember that when Wu Tong was a child, he often listened to his parents chatter about their childhood, his father was from the mountains, and he often caught fish in the mountain streams for fun, and his mother was from the seaside, and often sat on the beach and longed for what was on the other side of the sea? Wu Tong, on the other hand, has no interest in their childhood, because he no longer has that time when he can be carefree.
"Alipay, arrived, one million yuan!" Wu Tong's mobile phone rang on the table, but he was drowsy and pressed it with one hand.
Coming back from nine o'clock in the morning, Wu Tong wanted to take a break, but unexpectedly, the air-conditioned sofa Kole brought him to sleep, and he slept soundly from early morning to three o'clock in the afternoon.
"Alipay has arrived, one million yuan!" The phone ringtone comes back to mind.
Wu Tong, who was angry to get up, grabbed his mobile phone and yelled, "Who! ”
Another roar immediately erupted on the other end of the phone: "I'm your dad!" ”
Wu Tong said timidly with a little embarrassment, "Dad...... Why did you remember to call me?"
Wu Tong's father is a straightforward person, so he simply said straight to the point, "Is Yu'er at home?" Your mother and I came to see the rain at night. ”
Wu Tong realized that something was wrong for a moment, and he hurriedly said, "Dad, don't talk about it yet!" I haven't picked up the rain yet! ”
Wu Tong flattened his unkempt hair, hurried out the door, and went straight to Akang's convenience store. Before he walked into the store, Wu Tong waved his hand at the store and shouted, "Akang!" ”
Zhou Chengkang held his mobile phone, his fingers roamed quickly on the screen, Wu Tong walked to the counter without him noticing, poked his head out and looked at his mobile phone screen, and said in disgust, "Yo, the record is so bad!" ”
"Go away, go away!" Zhou Chengkang danced as impatiently as he chased flies.
"What a person, still so playful!" Wu Tong saw that Zhou Chengkang was indifferent, so he simply snatched his mobile phone and held it high in the back of his head.
"I need a cell phone!" Wu Tong asked.
"Cell phone!" Zhou Chengkang's strange answer was sonorous and powerful.
Seeing that he was holding the chips in his hand, Wu Tong pushed the boat down the river and asked Ah Kang, "Bring the key to the Little Turtle King!" ”
The man who really wants to play the game is a big pig's trotter, Ah Kang didn't even think about it, and directly grabbed the key on the wall and threw it to Wu Tong.
Wu Tong picked up the phone and looked at it, the two big words on the screen were "failure", and Wu Tong, who was satisfied, returned the phone.
Wu Tong walked to the door of the store and took away a bottle of Wangzi in the refrigerator.
"Holy! Seven consecutive defeats! Ah Kang angrily threw his phone on the counter, and smoked a cigarette with a dozen lighters.
Zhou Chengkang's little turtle king battery car is very bells and whistles, colorful lights are everywhere, stickers of various shades are pasted at will, sometimes as a low-key person, Wu Tong really doesn't want to ride this car, in the words of 08 at that time, this is the non-mainstream killing Matt.
According to Wu Tong's riding speed, it didn't take long to arrive at the entrance of the kindergarten, Hangzhou's traffic can be called a must, no car skills, Wang Badu walked faster than you.
Wu Tong took off his helmet and went to pick her up at the gate agreed with Yu'er in the past, but looking at the empty door, Wu Tong began to get nervous, damn! What about the rain? Is it possible...... Trafficking?
"Big Brother Security!" Wu Tong patted the window and shouted inside.
"What's it called!" The security guard opened the window and said a set of authentic country dialects.
"Did you see a little girl at the door, so tall, five years old, middle class." Wu Tong danced and gestured.
"The nest doesn't cut the drops, Li himself goes into the song and chops it!" The security guard said, pointing to the open door.
Wu Tong half-understood what he meant, probably saying that he should go in and see for himself. So he threw the helmet in his hand to the ground, and rushed in without saying a word, this anxious feeling seemed familiar.
"Grandma's legs are like throwing a mortal (like a human trafficker)," the security guard said as he leaned against the window smoking a cigarette.
The sunlight flows quietly in the corridor of the kindergarten, reflected in every interesting children's drawing, and the dry crayons are dotted with the golden glow of the sunset.
Walking through every window reflecting the golden glow, Wu Tong poked his eyes in, but the classroom was empty with seats and clean blackboards.
"Come and pick up the rain?" A familiar voice broke Wu Tong's searching.
"Teacher Zheng." Wu Tong recognized her when he looked back.
"The rain is in my office." Teacher Zheng said as he led Wu Tong away.
"Teacher Zheng is working overtime?" Wu Tong asked exploratory questions in the back interview.
"You pay me?" Teacher Zheng sneered as if he was choking.
"Yu'er is in the office, come with me!" Teacher Zheng led Wu Tong towards the office.
Wu Tong thought about it carefully, based on his experience of being criticized by teachers when he was a child, he usually called his parents to come to the office to either be criticized or beaten up for a small report, could it be that Yu'er made something wrong?
Teacher Zheng ...... Did Yu'er make a mistake? Wu Tong chased after him again and asked.
Teacher Zheng shook his beautiful eyes and said with a light smile, "No, no, Yu'er fell asleep in my office." ”
Teacher Zheng pushed open the door and pointed to Yu'er lying on the table, or she had slept for a long time, and her two little cheeks were flushed.
"Why is it so late today? What about Wang Yi? Why didn't he come to pick up the rain? Teacher Zheng only then glanced at him and asked.
"Busy...... So it's late. Wu Tong clenched his little hands and explained nervously.
"As parents, you have to arrange the time to pick up and drop off your children, do you know?" Teacher Zheng criticized.
"Eh, yes, yes!" Wu Tong accepted it with an open mind again, and he did not change his life.
Teacher Zheng walked to Yu'er's side, bent his head to look at Yu'er's sleeping face, gently patted Yu'er's shoulder, and said affectionately, "Yu'er, Daddy Tong is here to pick you up......"
Yu'er was awakened by a soft voice, pouted, squinted her wet eyes and said, "Teacher Zheng......"
"Yu'er, Daddy Tong is here to pick you up." Teacher Zheng pointed at Wu Tong and said.
When Yu'er heard this, she jumped off the seat excitedly, ran towards Wu Tong, hugged Wu Tong's legs, and kept beating with her two small fists, saying, "Why did you come to pick me up so late, big pig's trotters!" ”
Wu Tong smiled bitterly and picked up this little ancestor, wiped away the tears under her eyelids, and coaxed, "Little chicken paws!" ”
As a good coaxing baby, Wu Tong has always been prepared. Fortunately, when I went out of Chengkang's convenience store just now, I ordered a bottle of Wangzi milk, which just came in handy.
"Yu'er doesn't cry anymore, look at what this is?" Wu Tong held up the milk in his hand and shook it.
Yu'er burst into tears and laughed, snatched it, and held it in her own hands.
The so-called coaxing children or abducting children, you don't have a little means and temptation, they won't be fooled, this is an era when wild dogs will not follow you without profit temptation.
"Goodbye, Mr. Zheng!" Yu'er waved at the teacher and walked out of the door holding Wu Tong's hand.
"Teacher Zheng has worked hard." Wu Tong has always been full of respect for teachers as teachers, not to mention that it is really not easy for a young female teacher like her to be so dedicated.
"It's okay...... Teacher Zheng said generously with a small bag on his shoulder, straightening his hair.
Wu Tong looked at Mr. Zheng's lips cautiously, it seemed to be a freshly applied wine-colored lipstick, it seemed that he should have made an appointment. Boyfriend? A thought popped up in Wu Tong's heart. Standing under the street lamps on the street, at night when the traffic was propped up, Wu Tong watched a woman with heavy makeup disappear into the crowd, turned around and left, and the original person's identity always changed in an instant......
The warm lights of the evening sleep on the top of the treetops, once night falls in Hangzhou, it becomes your most tender lover in an instant, the evening breeze is the secret words in your ears blowing from the riverside, stay in this city for a long time, everything is long and soothing, very suitable......
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On summer nights, the most tormenting thing is not only mosquitoes, but also cooking, and the most enjoyable thing is to drink cold snow beer and eat dinner, shouting "Snowflakes, brave the world!" ”
And today, Wu Tong's parents were going to come to their apartment to watch the rain, so a few big men tidied up the house early, and they didn't forget to prepare a feast......
"Kiritou, help me look at the pot!" Wang Yi instructed Wu Tong while chopping vegetables.
Wu Tong wiped his hands, just finished killing the fish and turned his head to work on the fire. In the kitchen, Wu Tong and Wang Yi were sweating profusely and cooking, Wu Shenao and Yu Wenhao in the living room were leaning on the sofa and watching TV, the desktop electric fan was shaking their heads and blowing a cool breeze, and the two chatted happily in their mouths, not caring about the smell of oil smoke in the kitchen.
"Bid for the Olympics, call Chengkang and ask him to come up for dinner!" Wu Tong poked his head out of the kitchen and said.
Wu Shenao looked at the pitch-black mobile phone screen and didn't know how to feel for a while: "The mobile phone is out of battery at this time!" ”
The Olympic bid, who didn't want to run downstairs, simply strode to the window and shouted at Zhou Chengkang's shop, "Zhou Chengkang, come back for dinner!" Did you hear me! ”
The loud voice swirled in the room of the residential building, echoing in bursts.
Zhou Chengkang really heard it, ran out of the store, slammed his mouth at the window and gestured his middle finger, and quickly pulled down the store's rolling shutter door.
At the dinner table in the evening, several big men were very uncomfortable, after all, beer and food were the best match in summer, but none of the five people could drink it. Wu Tong once had three chapters with the remaining four people, one of which was that he couldn't drink in front of Yu'er, so no matter how big his addiction was, he could only endure it.
"Boss Wang, I want to drink milk." Yu'er poked Wang Yi's waist with chopsticks and shouted.
Wang Yi picked up the towel on his shoulder and wiped his sweat, then hurriedly ran to the kitchen to pick up milk for Yu'er.
Zhou Chengkang opened the door just in time to eat, he panted and brought a carton of milk and put it in the corner, crossed his waist and said, "For Yu'er to drink, don't give me a drink!" ”
"It's different when you open a convenience store, you can pick up boxes of milk and ......," Yu Wenhao said.
"Go, look at your fat, and still think about eating ......," Zhou Chengkang said with a pout.
Wu Tong leaned in and looked at the noisy people in the small room, and suddenly Wu Tong's mobile phone rang, and it was Wu Tong's parents who connected it.
"Hey! Kiri! Today's travel is restricted, I'll go to the movies with your mother, let's come to see the rain next time! After finishing speaking, without waiting for Wu Tong to say a word, Wu Tong's father hung up in a hurry.
Wu Tong took the yogurt in his hand and stood for a long time, this taste is like this bottle of green apple-flavored yogurt, it is really not a taste, Wu Tong said, "Eat first, they won't come today......"
Then he smiled peacefully at the five people who were playing and laughing at the dinner table, maybe life was a table of food and laughter on a summer night......
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Many things end up being a circus in your eyes, like a clown with makeup fiddling with the red ball in his hand to sensationalize in front of you, and too much ridiculousness is built on your later heights.
Since the last time he left the "Shiju" café, Wu Tong still remembered the old place, so he quit the interview for the company in the city, drove to a café in the backwoods, and became an idle waiter. Fortunately, the boss is good, the salary price is not low, and there are no special requirements for Wu Tong, so this job is really easy for Wu Tong.
The mosquitoes in the summer are fighting for the tiger in the café, Wu Tong took the electric mosquito swatter to commit the second disease, and used the electric mosquito swatter as a sword, waving left and right. "Bang, pop!" Wu Tong picked up the electric mosquito swatter in his hand and smelled the mosquitoes that were scorched, how relieving the wisps of black smoke were.
"Stinky boy, your BBQ swordsmanship will give me a stop meeting!" Boss Mo snatched the electric mosquito swatter in Wu Tong's hand and slapped the blackened mosquito on it into the trash can.
"You said you were so cruel to mosquitoes, can you take that child well?" Boss Mo was worried about the rain of Wu Tong's family.
Wu Tong picked up a cloth and took care of the table, and retorted, "How can it be the same, if you want to teach the child well, you naturally have to teach her to wipe out the dirtiest things, otherwise it will affect the child's growth, which is not good......"
"Look at your education method, Yu'er Ken is a boy!" Boss Mo tried to guess from what Wu Tong said.
"Girl ......"
"Halo ......"
Wu Tong looked at the old clock on the wall, estimated that it was almost time to get off work, and simply unbuttoned his apron and prepared to leave. If you can not work overtime, you will not work overtime, and leaving work on time is the criterion of Wu Tong's work.
"Boss! Have some wine! A shrill voice thundered down like a thunderbolt.
Wu Tong was so frightened by this crazy voice that he trembled, and the rags and aprons in his hands fell at his feet.
Wu Tong turned his head with respect for the customer, but it seems that everything in the world is a deliberately arranged TV series, and you always fall in love at first sight inadvertently, phew! It's the inadvertently glance at a person for ten thousand years......
Wu Tong looked at the girl with a slightly ruddy complexion, the same age as herself, wearing a red and white balaji dress, with a sense of freshness that girls in this era did not have, and there was no makeup foundation on her face. It's like I've drunk too much, and I'm holding on to the door and throwing up.
"You...... Is it a waiter? The girl's hoarse voice poked Wu Tong.
"Uh-huh, yes, yes!" Wu Tong replied after touching the high-voltage electricity.
"Get me some beers! Hurry up...... ...... vomit," the girl said as she vomited, apparently having drunk a lot just now.
Wu Tong looked at the freshly mopped floor with heartache and helplessness, and worked in vain......
The girl's broken hair was spread on her face, the corners of her eyes were dried with tears, and her nose was red from crying.
Wu Tong looked at this girl and had only one thought at that time - this girl fell out of love. So all kinds of grievances in my heart were for her, "Damn, which negative man, what a big pig's trotter!" But after thinking about it, I don't seem to have the right to feel unfair for other people's feelings......
After hearing the movement in the café, Boss Mo put on reading glasses and walked out of the backyard, stepped forward to help the drunk girl find a place to sit down, and then asked Wu Tong to bring the list and let the girl order.
The girl took the list and glanced at it hastily, then suddenly lost her temper, shook the list away, and cried "I...... No! ”
"Old Mo, what should I do?" Wu Tong stood aside and pushed Mo Yin's shoulder.
"This girl is so old and still orders beer, Wu Tong helps me take care of her, and I will get some honey water for decanting." Boss Mo kept busy with his staggering steps.
Wu Tong looked at the crying girl at a loss, you said that it was okay to coax a child, how could this girl who was about the same age as himself coax?
"You! Come here! The girl stared at Wu Tong with drunken eyes, and pointed a finger at Wu Tong with certainty.
"Eh, yes, yes!" Wu Tong is humble and indistinguishable from the oppressed employees.
Wu Tong was like a duck that had just been launched, tentatively walking a few steps closer to the girl. Suddenly, the girl grabbed Wu Tong's right cuff with one hand, pulled him to her side with all her strength, and put her eyes in front of Wu Tong, with an expression of disapproval. Wu Tong looked at the girl's long eyelashes and psychic eyes, which were inexplicably more ruddy than her face.
"You say...... Why can't I find one...... Find a ...... Is the person you love married? The girl's tone wavered, but she could hear helplessness.
"Huh?" Wu Tong was asked for a while. I thought, "Do you have anything to do with me if you marry or not?" Since you don't love it, you won't get married! Stupid! ”
Seeing Wu Tong's ignorant appearance, the girl suddenly smirked strangely on her lips, "Smack!" Raising his hand, a swift palm slapped on Wu Tong's face.
Wu Tong covered half of his face that was hotly beaten, and complained, "I'm a waiter and I have to make a punching bag for other people's girlfriends, so I'm quitting!" ”
"Today is the last day of the month, and I ......will deduct all my wages if I don't do it," Boss Mo skillfully mixed the honey water and squeezed a few cloves of lemon by the way.
"Ahhhh Why! After the girl beat Wu Tong, she lay on the table and cried, her snot and tears were blurred like a color on her face.
"Hey! You're still wronged. Wu Tong covered the red and swollen half of his face and said.
Boss Mo walked up to her with the lemon honey water in his hand, sat down and stroked her back and asked, "Girl, where do you live?" ”
"Ahhh The girl only cared about crying and turned a deaf ear to Boss Mo's inquiry.
It took about two full hours for the girl to cry weakly, so she took a big sip of lemonade at hand, and after drinking it, she brushed the hair from her face and fell asleep on the table. The pack of paper towels on the table was pumped to the bottom, and clumps of paper towels were spread on the table and floor.
Boss Mo saw that the girl couldn't wake up for a while, so he moved his deck chair to the café, ran to the second floor and took out a blanket embroidered with red peonies from a leather suitcase, and with Wu Tong's support, the girl was drunk and lay on the chair and fell asleep, and then Boss Mo put a blanket on her body to prevent her from catching a cold at night.
"Wu Tong, go and drag down the ground at the door! We're closed. Boss Mo got up and tidied up the wine utensils on the table.
"And what about her?" Wu Tong asked with his chin on the mop.
"Let her sleep in the shop first, and then send her home when this girl wakes up tomorrow." Boss Mo said with a sigh.
Wu Tong peeked at the girl lying on the wicker chair while dragging the ground, and gradually came out of his mind, and said involuntarily, "You are really like her......"
Wu Tong and Boss Mo cleaned the wine utensils, turned off the lights in the store, and the day ended like this.
Before leaving, Wu Tong dragged off his coat and draped it over the girl. The girl's head tilted to the side and she muttered "I...... I don't want to get married......."
Wu Tong tentatively ridiculed and asked, "Then will you marry me?" ”
"Hmm......" the girl nodded mechanically.
Wu Tong's eyes were hollowed out by the girl's answer for a moment, which seemed like a painless joke......
"You know what? Someone made a joke about that...... We didn't even laugh heartily......" Wu Tong whispered.
All the past events of your youth have turned into the old snow on the snow-capped mountain of later life, and they are gradually covered with new snow, and you stand on the height of the past and ask your past self, "Why are you so stupid?" "Slowly, time and life have taught us how many encounters can have a beginning and an end......