Chapter 6 You are cleaner than water, clearer than wine.

Everything in the world seems to have its own arrangements, as if all the encounters of all people and all fates are destined, as if all the preparations you make are for the arrival of a certain person, the arrival of a certain thing.

It's like my mother has been supporting and suffering alone for so many years, but she is unwilling to entrust herself to others easily, until Yin Taoze arrives.

It's as if I couldn't see a little sunshine in my childhood, I couldn't see a little hope, I couldn't see the difference between tomorrow and today and yesterday, all of which were to pave the way for the arrival of the North Road, and to prove to me how important and profound the arrival of the North Road was.

If all the suffering I went through was for your coming, wouldn't it be worth it?

Time is always fair, and it will inadvertently send the best heroes of the world to you, fill your heart with joy, make you forget the wounds you have suffered, and remember the beauty of this life.

I always felt that the North Road was a knight, saving me from cowardice and all inferiority, facing ridicule, picking me up from the black hole of the rim, giving me warmth, and taking me to look in the mirror and see my own beauty.

And Cangnan is the prince, the beautiful and simple advent satisfies all my fantasies as a Cinderella, brings me a shocking light, makes my life full of brilliance, and even I dare not open my eyes to beauty.

Because the sun was so hot that I almost forgot about the cold and wet weather.

On the afternoon when the North Road came, I stood at the door and looked at the willow tree in a daze, it was a boring day as usual, even the grass on the side of the road lowered its eyes, unwilling to take care of me, and even the little friends who laughed at me on weekdays were silent.

I didn't notice anyone walking past me, I didn't see the child's curious gaze. His steps were very light, and the light seemed to be just a ray of light, probably because Beilu was the same as his father, he was so thin, so thin.

If it were in a sea of people, I would definitely turn my head to look at Beilu twice, although he looked so unremarkable, wearing shabby clothes, and his shirt was half short, as if to tell everyone that he couldn't catch up with the growth rate of this kid, wearing a small military hat on his head, drooping his head, as if he had been punched hard by the world and had not yet reacted.

But I think he is different from me, his face is very clean, incompatible with his clothes, his face is so delicate, his eyes are good-looking single phoenix eyes, although not big, the eyes are indeed clear, there is a small tear mole under the eye, you can't find it if you don't look carefully, the tall nose bridge focuses on the eyes of others, the lips are thin and slightly upturned, and you are born with stubbornness.

He was different from all the boys in the town, he seemed so quiet and calm, he didn't like to talk since he was a child, and he only showed his cheerful side when he gave me something or showed me a beautiful place.

And most of the children in this town are noisy, they either run or make trouble every day, and their mouths never seem to be closed, so North Road is the same as me, and it always seems lonely and abnormal at the beginning, I am because others dislike me, and why is North Road? Probably because he is a foreigner, when we were children, we always didn't like the people who came later, just like we didn't like to be surrounded by a small follower.

That afternoon, a middle-aged man carried a worn-out cowhide bag, which still looked deflated, but it contained all their luggage on the North Road.

I was amazed at the time, and it wasn't until I saw the North Road tossing and turning and wearing only those two clothes, and it was patched in several places, that I really believed his words, and finally found someone who was less and older than me, but I was not happy at all.

Because he is the North Road, because I just want him to be very handsome and sunny, just like in the TV, even if his clothes can't fit in the whole room, I won't be jealous, because he is such a kind North Road, because he is so clean that his face is spotless, he should wear such good-looking clothes like a prince.

When they came over, Yin Taoze was walking with difficulty in front, his face was haggard, sickly yellow-black in the vicissitudes of life, and his hair didn't know whether it was messy by the wind or it was originally in that state, but he was still only wearing a short-sleeved shirt in the winter, and a crumpled leather jacket was worn outside, and many places on the leather jacket had peeled off, revealing a trace of fabric inside.

Yin Taoze is not tall but very straight, although his face is full of tiredness, he is nasty, even if it gives people a sense of decadence, it will not be annoying, but it is unbearable, his lips are chapped and bloodshot, he stood for a while before entering the door, touched the shriveled pocket, licked his lips and swallowed saliva.

Beilu didn't speak, he followed him closely, dragging and dragging two steps and running twice to keep up, his shoes were one size bigger than his feet, and when he took a step, his heels would be exposed and tremble in the cold wind, and if he looked closely, he would find that he was already slightly red and swollen.

His lips were purple from the cold, and his face was red from the cold, and he couldn't help but reach out and touch the hot gas to keep warm when he walked to the soup pot at our house. There was no expression on his face, he just stared at the pot of hot soup in a daze, and he didn't talk to Yin Taoze, he just stopped there, no matter how Yin Taoze pulled him, he refused to move half a step.

I looked at these two strange people, did they go in or not? Maybe it was because I saw that the clothes on the north road were as tattered and dirty as mine, or maybe it was destined to have an innate sense of familiarity and affinity when I saw him, so I boldly stepped forward and leaned into his ear and smiled and said, "You go in and ask my mother to give you noodles to eat, it's very fragrant, you can smell it on the other side of the bridge." ”

His eyes lit up, he glanced at me and then turned his head to stare at Yin Taoze pitifully.

I was so anxious that they didn't believe me, so I took his hand and walked inside, "If you don't believe it, you'll know if you come first and taste it." ”

"Hey, it's not." Yin Taoze wanted to call us in the back, but it was obviously too late, so he had to follow us in. Without waiting for them to order, I whispered to Beilu, "What do you want to eat, are you good at eating noodles, I think my mother's noodles are the best." ”

Then I asked my mom to make two bowls of noodles, and when I held the noodles in front of him, he suddenly raised his head and looked at me with tears in his eyes, and he didn't speak. I thought he didn't like noodles and was too embarrassed to refuse me, until later I learned that it was the only hot meal I've had in three days.

Later, he said that from that time on, he thought that he must remember this girl's face, and he must not forget her.

I was overwhelmed and asked him, "Don't you like noodles?" So what do you like to eat? ”

Beilu immediately shook his head desperately, and then lowered his head and pulled a few mouthfuls of noodles violently, the sound of him eating noodles startled us all, maybe to prove that he likes to eat maybe he is really hungry to a certain level, in short, the scene of Beilu gobbling up noodles that day attracted everyone's attention, and also caused a discussion.

I was completely stunned, until Bei Chu came over and beat me, "Bai Beimo, are you bullying others?" Look at the way he cried," and knocked me on the head, "It's so embarrassing that bullying people doesn't even call me." ”

At that time I thought that North Road was dumb, because he never said a word, just nodded and shook his head or stared at us with wide eyes, until when they walked out the door, he had already walked some way, and he turned back to me and whispered, "What's your name?" ”

I looked at him in amazement, and I didn't dare to tell him until now, and I thought he was dumb at first.

"Her name is Bei Mo, and her nickname is 'Snot Girl', haha", Bei Chu walked over and put his hands on my shoulders and said with a wicked smile.

"Sister, can you not say those three words?" I stomped my foot and looked at Bei Chu angrily, this is the only child who took the initiative to ask my name, and the only child in this town who doesn't know my nickname yet, how I don't want him to know my ugly nickname, although he will know sooner or later, but at least for now, I don't want him to know.

That year, the town was building a railway, and after crossing the bridge and passing through a small alley, it was the railway, Yin Taoze was also introduced here by others to be a railway worker, and the North Road said that they had traveled a lot of places, and they would go where they needed people, and sometimes they would be deducted from their wages, he didn't understand what it meant, he only knew that there was no money. On that day, they had just found it from a construction site in a big city.

On the north road, they settled in the migrant workers' houses where the railway workers lived.

At night, Beichu was about to close the door, and suddenly screamed at the door, we rushed out, she pointed to the corner of the wall and trembled, "There were two people squatting here just now, and they ran away as soon as they saw me." ”

Mom looked at both sides and was about to close the door, when suddenly two people rushed out and hurriedly said, "Wait a minute, I'm Yin Taoze who came to eat noodles today." ”

My mom quickly invited them into the house, and then angrily asked them why they didn't come in when they were sneaking outside at night. Yin Taoze said that they were hesitating to come in, and they were embarrassed to disturb at such a late hour.

Because they came in a hurry that day, it was already night after arranging everything, and they hadn't had time to buy enough quilts, so they thought of coming to our house to borrow a bed first, and my mother immediately laughed, "You said earlier, come in directly, and I'll bring it to you." ”

I was glad that North Road was staying here, and he seemed to be much more energetic than he had been in the afternoon, and he called my mother "Auntie" in good spirits, and when they left, North Road leaned into my ear and said, "Don't worry, I won't call you snot like that." ”

That night I had a dream, in the dream I didn't have a nickname, everyone called me by my name, in the dream I didn't have a runny nose, I was wearing the same red dress as Beichu, and everyone praised this little girl for being so beautiful. Then Beilu came up to me in white clothes and on a white horse and said, "Come, I'll fly you." ”

White wings grew from his body, and I couldn't catch up with him as far as he farthered, and then I was shouting and shouting desperately behind him.

Since then, Yin Taoze will come to our restaurant every morning for breakfast, and then go to work, my mother always gives him free fried poached eggs, he almost always eats a bowl of fish meal without chopped green onions, and then takes a small bowl and gives a little to Beilu.

It was my first year of school, two grades higher than me, and one grade higher than me, and I used to follow them to the town's elementary school every day, and then wait for the door after school, and continue to follow them home.

Sometimes I am afraid that I will not be able to keep up with them if I walk slowly, and sometimes I am worried that I will have to wait too long at the door after school too early, because I don't like to study since I was a child, and I am often left by the teacher after school to make up for homework.

Every morning I no longer stare at their footsteps at the beginning of the North School, and I don't have to wait at the school gate alone every afternoon, because the North Road will always run to the door of our classroom as soon as school is out and wait for me, and then take my schoolbag, carrying my schoolbag on my small shoulder, and carrying two schoolbags in my hands. One is mine, and the other is from the beginning of the North.

I still remember when I was on the first day of school on North Road, many people called me on the road, "Snotty girl, who is this?"

Then he greeted Beilu with a smile, "Hey, where are you from, be careful of being infected by her." Laughing and running away, I lowered my head and didn't speak again, I thought that the north road would not take care of me from now on, and I was very disappointed.

But Beilu smiled indifferently and said to me seriously, "Beimo, don't listen to them, you are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen, really." ”

"And what rank am I?" Bei Chu leaned over and knocked on Bei Lu's head, glaring at him with a dissatisfied expression.

"Then you'd be second," replied Kitaji sincerely.

In exchange, it was naturally a burst of chasing by Bei Chu, "You are talking nonsense, I am the first beautiful girl, do you have eye problems or brain diseases, Yin Lu!" ”

But every time North Road refuses to change his words, he has been a dead eye since he was a child, I carefully pulled the corner of his clothes and persuaded him, "I'm the second most beautiful, it's okay"

"No, you are number one in my heart, I want you to remember." His eyes were firm, and there were traces on his head that he had just been beaten by Beichu, a red ball, and I ran into the house and took out an ice pack and handed it to him, "Use this compress, I used this to be beaten by my mother before." ”

He raised his head, his eyes flashed a little, and he actually smiled at me, and this smile I realized that the north road had dimples, and it was so exquisite, I couldn't help but shout excitedly, "You laughed!" You've got dimples, look good!" I unconsciously reached out my hands to pull the corners of his mouth, hoping to freeze this smile forever.

Although I will inevitably be beaten by my mother again because I secretly take an ice pack, I am still very happy, even if I can't turn over and sleep at night, as long as I think about the north road, I think that the north road will come to call me to school tomorrow, as if all the pain is worth it.

At that time, Beilu was not called Beilu, his name was "Yin Lu", and Beichu and I also followed my mother's surname "Bai", We are not a family, but Beilu is like the best brother to me, the kind of brother I dream of having, Nini in the class has an older brother, so we don't dare to bully her, because her brother is already in junior high school, so the person I envy the most is Nini, and I think the happiest thing in the world is to have an older brother.

North Road would sit with me on the bridge after school to do my homework, explain the topics carefully to me, and teach me to read. After finishing his homework, he would tell me about the places he had been to with his dad before, and he said that he had taken a train, and the train was very long, like houses connected together.

He said that there are a lot of people inside, and there are dozens of people living in each house, and it can take the people inside to go where they want to go, no matter how far away it is, but when they arrive, they must come down and leave it for others to live.

I listened and imagined that image, and thought to myself what a big house it was, so at that time I thought that the train was like a town.

At that time, my biggest wish was to one day take the train with the North Road to go to a distant place, but I didn't expect to really come to the distance one day, but I found that the most beautiful distance is the time that I can't go back.

I have forgotten when it began, I am no longer so talkative, I am no longer afraid to look up, I no longer have an ugly snot hanging on my nose every day, others say that I have grown up and my immunity has improved, and Beichu said that it was because my mother was no longer embarrassed to beat me when I grew up.

But I always feel that it must be because of the company of the North Road, he loves cleanliness so much, so he doesn't even dare to come out when he sees him, or maybe God doesn't want to see me such a dirty girl standing with the clean and shy North Road.

All in all, everything seems to be much smoother than before, and the North Road is like a lucky star that has landed in my life.

The days are like a turntable, turning little by little every day, a month has passed in the blink of an eye, and in the blink of an eye it has entered the cold winter, and in the blink of an eye the leaves seem to have fallen overnight, but the leaves in the south do not seem to be afraid of the coming of winter, they still hang so stubbornly on the high branches, and the willow tree in front of the door, hanging its head all year round but never willing to be white, always so tender and green, but since the north road helped me pick the wicker and fell into the river, I no longer dare to touch it easily.

Every weekend, my dad on North Road would go to work, so North Road would be placed at our house.

But every time the two of us can't play first, we have to finish her homework according to the instructions of Beichu, and then we are willing to go outside to play, of course, because my grade is too young, so every time it is handed over to Beilu to complete, he doesn't complain, silently picks up the book, and is a little too well-behaved.

At a young age, Beilu can already write well, at least at that age, he can write neatly and squarely. Beilu always smiled and helped her finish writing, and never complained about Beichu, so at that time, Beilu seemed to be omnipotent in my eyes, except for scolding and fighting, he seemed to be able to help you do anything.