That night, Wang En had a dream, dreaming that he was in a pitch-black space that could not see his fingers, the space was so empty that it was boundless, there was no up and down, no left and right, no front and back, in this vast dark space, he was as small as a grain of dust, loneliness and fear permeated the whole space. Suddenly, I kept falling, and it felt like I was being pulled by the downward traction, and the speed of the fall was extremely fast, and the feeling of weightlessness was extremely strong, which made people feel like they were anxious to urinate. The call in the dream turned into a real call, Wang En sat up in shock with his eyes closed, and the shout had not yet crossed from his dream to the reality. He reached out and grabbed something, the weightlessness suddenly stopped, the darkness was still shrouded, and a huge and incomparably looming black stone wall appeared in front of him, the disparity and contrast between the strength of himself and the wall was like an ant trying to fight against the Three Gorges Dam, and the multiplied loneliness and fear made it scream and roar. When he woke up, Wang En was already in tears, his hands clutching the sweat-soaked quilt tightly, and the aftermath of the shouts in his dream was still ringing in the room.

When he came back to his senses, Wang En scolded himself, "Uncle, you are so old and still have nightmares, maybe you put your hands on your chest again." He got out of bed and drank a cool white boil, pushed open the mottled and peeling white lacquered wooden window, the breeze gently brushed the curtains as thin as paper, as light as cicada wings, and yellow, and the silence and clarity of the night poured into the room. The moon reflected a silvery white in the west with its afterglow, and the silver-gray clouds drifted away with the wind. In the alley streets at night, a few mosquitoes and flies shuttled under the yellow and white street lamps, and a few moths flapped their wings and crashed into the hot lampshade again and again. The night is very clean, there is no trace of impurities, and the walls, roads, road teeth, and garbage cans are very clear. Wang En lit a cigarette and quietly enjoyed the tranquility of the summer night. This was a great spiritual comfort to him who had just been frightened by the nightmare. The ups and downs of dreams and reality, the struggle and the quietness, dispelled his drunkenness.

The morning light was breaking in the twilight, and five or six o'clock in the morning was the most sleepy time, Wang En leaned on the head of the bed and looked at the lights in the room that were gradually replaced by the morning light, and fell into a deep sleep.

On the morning at the entrance of the alley, the fritter stand table is empty, and a few red-headed flies on the rocking table table are staggering back and forth with their front feet to wipe their netted blindfolds, they look like they have just finished breakfast. The vermilion paint mottled and peeling top has a dull oil shine, and anything that has come into contact with the table can take away the paint pieces that have fallen off the table at any time. The milky white soy milk juice spilled on the table by the previous customer better highlights the greasy feeling on the table.

"Boss, two fritters, one soy milk, eat here," Wang En shouted to the boss.

"Okay!" The dark skin, the dark chef's uniform, and the cheeky fritter boss said to Wang En in a jumping tone. Blue fumes rushed up from the hot oil.

I ate one of the fritters and drank half of the soy milk. The oil stars and golden crispy crust of the fritters waft in the soy milk and float on the rim of the bowl.

On the way from Hutongkou to school, there were day students who kept saying hello to him. I went to the office and prepared for class. Lighting a cigarette and looking out the window at the playground, several students were running on the black circular track paved with mud and sand and gravel far from each other, looking at the playground with eyes blurring everything they saw, as if they were thoughtful and distracted.

Lao Gu pushed the door in and saw Wang En staring out the window in a daze, and the sudden sound made Wang En tremble.

"Xiao Wang, why did you come so early today?"

"Wake up early, so come early," Wang En replied weakly in a quiet tone.

"How early did you wake up? Is there me early? ”

"I wake up earlier than a dog"

"Hey, you kid scolded me!"

"No, no! How dare I scold you, Teacher Gu, I really got up earlier than a dog today."

"Also... Say..., I'll kick you kid. People say that you can't wake up thirty years ago, and you can't sleep after thirty years, look at your young face all day long, are you learning Lin Daiyu's sentimentality or illness Xi Shi is weak, young people should be vigorous, like the sun at eight or nine o'clock, to be vigorous and expand. Hey... I said did you hear me?"

"Listen! It's still expanding, isn't it going to explode next! ”

"Tell you kid about business! The oil cavity is slippery. I won't talk nonsense with you, I'll ask you something."

"What's the matter?"

"What do you think of Shen Bing?"

"How's that?"

"Just like it or not?"

"I've only known each other for a long time, and I said I like it or not!"

"Haven't you heard of love at first sight?"

"I've heard it, but I haven't seen it"

"If you like it, chase it, don't delay others if you don't like it, his parents are worried about her life's events all day long!"

"I don't delay her"

"Oh! By the way, you guys hung out together yesterday, right? ”

"yes!"

"When we were together, we didn't go to temptation," Old Gu Nu gave Wang En a malicious look.

"Tempting a fart"

"To be honest, it's already very good that you can find a family like Shen Bing under these conditions. Although people have moles on the corners of their mouths, they don't look ugly, it's almost there."

"My mother is not in such a hurry to let me find a partner, why are you in a hurry?"

"Huh! I said, don't be kind enough to be a donkey's liver and lungs. If it weren't for the fact that I was with your colleagues, I would introduce you to such a good object. Even if I introduce it to you, without my relationship with Shen Lao, people will basically not consider you in this kind of family condition. Don't think that no one wants it, there are a lot of people in the back who are much better off than you. Anyway, there will be no such shop after this village, so you can weigh it yourself."

"I got your heart, but the feeling is something that you can't rush and can't do, at least it's your love for me!"

"Shen Bing is quite willing, her father called me this morning and asked me to be a matchmaker, I'm afraid you will be reluctant."

What does this mean? Are you going to talk about marriage? That's a little too fast! We've only known each other for a long time! ”

"Sooner or later, it's not all the same, feelings can be cultivated slowly, first set the lifelong event and then slowly talk about your love, so that marriage and love are not wrong, and there will be love over time"

"Damn, what is this called, what age is it still engaged in matchmaking, the life of parents!"

"Brother, you know the relationship between me and Lao Shen, and it's not easy to do what he entrusts, so you should accept it first, and then get along slowly when you go back."

"I'll go, what kind of business is this!"