Chapter 143: Old Things in a Small Town
The winter nights seemed to be extraordinarily long, and gusts of cold wind blew in through the half-open windows, gently lifting the curtains that hung down on the side of the windows, and falling softly. In the dimly lit room, only a table lamp lit with a pale orange warm light, enveloping a small square of the world.
Zhong Yi lowered his eyes slightly, his eyelashes trembled slightly, stared at the name of An Shu in the phone address book for a long time, and dialed over.
After the busy tone, an unfamiliar female voice came from the other end of the phone, "Hey? Zhong Yi was startled, and without thinking about it, he directly cut off the phone, and took a deep breath for a while to relieve the nervous state of mind just now.
She patted her cheek, tried her best to cheer herself up, like a thief with a weak heart, and secretly glanced at the familiar name on the address book, wondering if she had presbyopia, and looked at it repeatedly for a long time to make sure that it was correct.
After a pause, Zhong Yi dialed the phone again, and after answering it, she was silent for a while, and the sound of electricity rustled through the earpiece, which seemed particularly abrupt in the silent night.
After a long time, a small and deep voice came from the other end of the phone, "Favor? ”
"Well, why haven't you slept so late?" The soft and glutinous voice was a little lazy, Zhong Yi half reclined by the window, kneading his temples with one hand, and slightly lowered his eyes to look at the shallow marks left by the years on the wooden window.
"The homework isn't done yet." An Shu gently flipped through the homework page, and the tip of the pen made a slight friction on the page, with a faint breathing sound.
"Got a cold?" Zhong Yi retracted her gaze slightly, her eyelashes trembled a few times, and through a brief electric sound, heavy breathing came intermittently into her cochlea, confirming her guess: "Have you taken medicine?" The temperature in the small town is low these days, pay more attention to keeping warm, and don't run outside to blow the wind if you have nothing to do. Also, homework is still waiting for tomorrow to be done, anyway, the holiday is still long, don't stay up late when you're sick, go to bed now! ”
An Shu's hand holding the mobile phone shook, almost slipping out of the palm of his hand, her soft whispering voice continued to come out of the earpiece, the corners of An Shu's mouth couldn't help but rise upward, those concerned and nagging words, in a trance, made him think that Zhong Yi was standing beside him, staring at him gently.
"I've already taken the medicine." An Shu suppressed the smile that rose at the corner of his lips, and his voice was low, with a touch of softness: "I have to go to cram school tomorrow, and my homework is left today." ”
"Cram school? When was it on? Zhong Yi lowered her eyes slightly, changed her hand to hold the phone, the sound of light footsteps sounded outside the door, she turned sideways to close the window, and the cold wind in the room suddenly dissipated.
"Winter break began." An Shu put down the pen in his hand, pinched his eyebrows with one hand, and deliberately suppressed the thick nasal voice, and the voice was inaudible.
"Hmm." During the winter vacation, she had already packed her luggage and went to her grandmother's house, and she left in a hurry, and she didn't say goodbye to him seriously, and now she feels a little guilty when she thinks about it. Zhong Yi clenched his fists and took a deep breath: "An Shu, you won't blame me for taking so long to contact you, right?" ”
"Are you coming back for the Spring Festival?" An Shu changed the subject.
Zhong Yi was stunned for a moment, "Come back." Need I bring a gift? The mascot is also the zodiac of the year. ”
"It's all good."
"Hmm." Zhong Yi curled his lips and smiled, raised his hand to look at the time on his watch, and whispered, "It's late, go to bed early, Anshu." Good night. ”
Just as she was about to cut off the phone, An Shu's faint voice came through the earpiece, with a little tiredness, and her voice was hoarse...... "Good night, favor." ”
She clearly heard the faint laughter and whispering on the other end of the phone, and when she listened carefully, only the busy sound of "doodoo" crossed her ears.
An Shu lowered his eyes and looked at the end of the call record on the mobile phone screen, the faint light reflected on his cheeks, and the smile that had not faded under his eyes softened.
"I miss you."
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Zhong Yi opened the door of the room and walked to the living room with his slippers, where there were a few orange warm lamps lit up, which was very soft. Lu Yuchuan, who was sitting on the sofa, heard the footsteps coming from behind, turned his head, and raised the milk cup in his hand towards Zhong Yi.
"I can't sleep, do you want to drink a glass of milk?"
Zhongyi walked around the side of the sofa, sat on the single sofa, picked up the remote control of the air conditioner on the coffee table, adjusted the temperature, picked up the milk cup that Lu Yuchuan pushed in front of her, and took a sip.
A faint milky aroma fills the mouth, well, the taste is just right.
"Do you have to report the itinerary with your little follower all the time?" Lu Yuchuan pursed the corners of his mouth and glanced at Zhong Yi, and a hint of interesting smile flashed almost inaudibly under his eyes.
Zhong Yi glanced at him, took a few sips of the milk cup without changing his face, only left the bottom of the cup, put the cup on the coffee table, got up and left the living room, "Remember to clean the cup." ”
Lu Yuchuan raised his hand and touched his smooth chin, laughed thoughtfully, picked up his milk cup, and drank it all.
Finally a little sleepy, she had just laid down on the bed, and something that she had forgotten in the depths of her mind was picked up again, and she bounced up from the bed with a spirit, and walked up and down the room worriedly.
How could she forget such an important thing, her homework this semester!
She had forgotten that there was such a thing as homework!
I spent the remaining half a month with ease, seeing that the balance of the vacation was insufficient, and the homework piled up into a hill was still not written. In case the homework is not handed in, the power of the head teacher's menopause is not ordinary, where is the remedy, at this time, she can not worry, can not be depressed!
After rolling around the bed a few times with a depressed face, Zhong Yi reached for his mobile phone and sent a text message to Xin Rui.
"Xiao Ruizi, I fell into the Spring Festival holiday syndrome, I didn't write a word of my homework, and I cried and chirped......"
After sending this text message, Zhong Yi closed her phone, pulled the quilt over her head, and closed her eyes in despair, just hoping that it was just a dream, and when she woke up tomorrow morning, the finished homework book lay quietly in front of her.
Early the next morning, Xin Rui yawned and got up from the bed, touched the phone to unlock, and glanced at the text message sent by Zhong Yi at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night with her eyes half-open and half-closed, and couldn't help but roll her eyes.
I don't sleep in the middle of the night and get nervous, and I still think about my homework, how much I love to study!
Xin Rui was just about to exit the text message page, when the corner of her eye caught the second half of the text message, she couldn't help but laugh out loud, and with the identity of a friend and best friend, she quickly edited a text message to comfort her.
"Don't panic! Think you haven't done any other homework, so why don't you leave a clean whole corpse. When you think about it, isn't it that bad? ”
I like to stay up all night, plan how to do a complete set of homework in a short time, and then I can spend this unforgettable Spring Festival with my grandmother with peace of mind.
The text message prompt sound of the mobile phone "Ding Dong" made a crisp sound, interrupting her just planned to ask someone to mail her homework to her, and after several twists and turns on the way, she lost it before it reached her hands, so that she found a perfect and heavenly reason, and the head teacher would not do anything to her at that time.
Zhong Yi lazily raised her mobile phone to check the text message, and after reading it, a basin of cold water poured down from the top of her head, and the mobile phone that she didn't hold tightly was detached from her hand, and it smashed on the bridge of her nose with a "snap".
Her eyes were filled with tears.
Hospital No. 22 gave my grandmother another full body examination, and the diagnosis came out three days later, and there were less than eight days left before the Chinese New Year's Eve.
The older generation always admits that it is unlucky to spend the Chinese New Year's Eve in the hospital, and Commander Lu arranged for his grandmother to be discharged from the hospital on the 28th, and after the results came out, he observed for a few days and spent the New Year with confidence.
After the diagnosis results came out three days later, all the indicators of my grandmother's body were normal, except for a little high blood pressure, and the doctors of the other potential causes only told Commander Lu, Zhong Mu and Ruan Yuhe separately, explained the precautions, and allowed the discharge.
On the 26th, the weather continued to be clear, and I decided to take advantage of the good weather to decide to have a big cleaning, which should have been cleaned on the 24th, but I had been busy taking care of my grandmother for a few days, and I finally found time, so I naturally had to clean it inside and out, and when my grandmother came out of the hospital, it was comfortable to live at home.
When Lu Yuchuan heard that he was going to clean up, he was not happy, so he went to the rattan chair, basking in the sun with Erlang's legs crossed, quite an uncle's demeanor: "That's so troublesome, just ask an aunt!" ”
Zhong Yi held a mop in one hand and a rag in the other, and was completely annoyed by Lu Yuchuan's attitude of not asking, and he also knew that he had been praised by others in the past few days, and he was on the rise, and he didn't regard himself as an ordinary person.
"Lu-Yu-Chuan!" Zhongyi's eyes breathed fire, and he shouted his name through gritted teeth, and in the next second, the rag in his hand mercilessly covered his handsome face that he boasted of how good-looking he was, and Zhongyi ravaged it with revenge, and coldly squeezed out two words from between his teeth: "Work!" ”
The two have a clear division of labor, Zhong Yi is responsible for cleaning, and Lu Yuchuan is responsible for mopping the floor and wiping the furniture, which is also why he has no choice but to take the initiative to take over the heavy work, so as to calm Zhong Yi's prejudice and anger against him.
The sheets, quilt covers, curtains and other favorites that should be washed are all removed and thrown into the washing machine, replaced with brand new ones, the beds are clean and tidy, the curtains are also new, and the overall look is very beautiful and elegant.
"Brother, why is the door on the east side of the second floor locked?" Zhong Yi leaned on the window on the second floor, leaned out half of his body, and shouted loudly towards the small courtyard downstairs.
Soon, the figure of Lu Yuchuan, who was wearing plastic gloves and an apron in both hands, appeared in the small courtyard, looked up at Zhong Yi who was leaning out of the window on the second floor, frowned, and said in a somewhat angry tone: "Go back!" If it's locked, leave it alone for the time being, it's not a child anymore, do you know how dangerous it is! ”
Zhong Yi stuck out his tongue, smiled at Lu Yuchuan embarrassedly, and was just about to retract his body, when he saw a strange woman walking in outside the door out of the corner of his eye, "Huh", the voice was not loud, Lu Yuchuan heard it clearly.
As soon as Lu Yuchuan turned around, he saw that there was another stranger in the small courtyard, and his frowning brows had not yet relaxed, and he was a little puzzled: "Who are you looking for?" ”
The woman smiled politely, gently glanced at the figure standing at the upstairs window, and then swept to Lu Yuchuan, and asked uncertainly: "Hello." Are you grandchildren and granddaughters of Grandma Lu? ”
Lu Yuchuan looked up and down at the ordinary-dressed woman in front of him, his brain spun quickly, and after making sure that there was no such person among his relatives and acquaintances, he nodded lightly, "May I ask ...... of you?" ”
"I'm a tenant here, and Grandma Lu often mentions you two to me, so I naturally remember it." The woman stretched out her hand and pointed to a room on the east side of the second floor, and said with a smile: "I came here to sketch, and Grandma Lu kindly let me live in the room, and she didn't charge rent." The sketching is over, and today I'm going to go home, so I'm here to say goodbye and return the keys. ”