Xinqiao Town is a typical Jiangnan town. Because it is located between Shanghai and Nantong, the merchants from the north and south come and go here to rest and play sharp, although the town is small, there are all kinds of organs, taverns, hotels, shops and even song and dance halls, it is a prosperous place.

The houses in the town are all black tiles and white walls, and the stone foundations under the walls are covered with slippery moss, and the dark stones are exposed where the thick green cannot be rendered. The small arched bridge between this street and the alley is connected, and between the bridge and the base of the black stone wall is flowing water, which ripples slightly in the transparent sunlight, and brings a burst of coolness when the wind blows. The water was often covered with white foam, with vegetable leaves floating on it, and the woman squatted at the door of her house and poured the rice washing water downward, and the milky white water soon dispersed, and gradually became diluted and invisible. A few ripples suddenly rippled on the surface of the water, and a snake quietly swam between the vegetable leaves and the foam. On the other side, the little boy took off his pants and was urinating in the water, while his mother threatened: "Hurry up, the snake is going to bite you little bird." ”

The canopy boat came out from under the arch bridge, and the man who rocked the boat looked up and laughed: "Bite you little bird." ”

The bluestone streets are lined with rows of shops, with slippery moss and the sound of clogs tinkling by.

When night falls, the streets outside the cabaret reverberate with singing: fake, fake, fake

Why be pretending

You want to see what you want to see

You just take a closer look

Don't pretend to be like that

Don't dress up like that

A serious one, a serious one"

In the opera garden not far away, "Wang Wenyu Diao Liu's" sang lively.

"Life is like a bow, a hero in the morning and the sun, one day the work will be complete, the bow will be empty at both ends, the sky will be empty, the earth will be empty, the gold will be empty, the silver will be empty, the husband will be empty, and the wife will be empty..."

This town is where the merchants rest, and these people listen to the opera and pick up the fragrant flowers, if in the big city will naturally be criticized by the Taoist gentlemen in the newspaper, in such a small town no one cares at all. From the corner of the opening eye, it was difficult for me to set up a rockery to sing to the end, and the sigh at the end overwhelmed the cry of the gardenia in the alley, followed by a clever "cigarette to cut?" ”

There is a secluded place on the edge of the town, a very large Zhuangzi, called Xinqiao Villa, a three-story building with black tiles and white walls, the doors and windows are all log-colored, very simple and fresh. The small building in front is a famous local restaurant, Sichuan cuisine, Hunan cuisine, Cantonese cuisine, Lu cuisine, Huaiyang cuisine, Shanghai cuisine, as long as you can point out the name here, and not to mention whether it is authentic or not, you can always place a little bit of homesickness of the merchants, so the business of this store is also particularly good.

The private rooms of the hotel are all named after flowers, such as jasmine hall, osmanthus hall, etc., and the lintel is also carved with the appearance of flowers. In the lily hall on the second floor are two round tables, which are staggered and chatting at the moment.

At the table against the wall, a fat white man was talking.

"Ten years, how many decades can there be in life, look at how much this Xinqiao Town has changed now, when we came, Xinqiao Villa was just a bungalow! Brother Zhongliang, you didn't expect to have such a big family business today, did you? As he spoke, the man deliberately straightened his chest, his suit buttoned up, his belt tightly choked his beer belly, and one sleeve was rolled up, and the sapphire cufflinks almost broke free from his elbow.

"Or Zhongliang has face, everyone is basically here, right? Who didn't come? Who else didn't come? Yes, there are two young grandmothers who give birth to dolls at home. The man continued to talk.

A woman next to her who combed Aisi's head pouted: "Come on, don't blow it, these letters were written down for ourselves when we came here to play, but Yin Zhongliang kept them and sent them out, right?" ”

"The entire cost of this party is paid by Zhongliang." The fat man smiled, his eyes aimed at a man opposite, the man was in his thirties, he looked like Sven wore glasses, wore a very simple gray robe, and his eyebrows and eyes were gentle.

"You mean to learn the foreign style, modern, what is it called to each other? Then forget it, I'll give my own share. The cheongsam woman opened her handbag with a snap, took out her wallet and slapped it on the table, and with a little more force, the red wine in the cup shook.

"Oh, you two, you like to quarrel when you go to school, it's been ten years, and it's still like this." A beautiful woman in a dress pressed the hand of the woman who loved the head of the house, "Qin Lulu, if you pay for it, won't it be a slap in the face of Zhong Liang?" And you, Meng Zhuo, you have such a mouth, can't you say a few words? A little chivalry is good. ”

Qin Lulu inserted her hand into the handbag, and there was a sneer on the corner of her mouth.

"Okay, okay, good men don't fight with women, count me as owed, look at Luna's face." Meng Zhuo grinned and patted his cheek. His eyes were staring at Qin Lu, his eyes full of provocation.

Qin Lulu was very angry, and just as she was about to speak, she heard someone at the table at the door ask, "...... are you?"

Everyone looked up and saw that a young woman had come in at some point

She is wearing a bean-green cheongsam with black edges, tall figure, long black hair, bangs, white skin that is almost transparent, and she wears bright red lipstick, and the whole person looks beautiful and flamboyant.

"Hey, old classmate, you haven't known me for ten years." The woman smiled, and two small pear vortices swirled around her lips.

Everyone was stunned: this is their classmate? It's been ten years since everyone graduated, how can there be such a young classmate, this woman looks like she is in her twenties, right?

"You really don't know me anymore? I'm Fang Wanqing. The woman smiled brightly, and a pair of beautiful eyes looked forward to it.

Fang Wanqing! Everyone was stunned.

Meng Zhuo was drinking a small sip of red wine, but suddenly he was choked, and hurriedly lowered his head and covered his mouth and coughed. Qin Lulu glanced at him with disgust, moved the chair to the side and said, "Are you Fang Wanqing?" But didn't you disappear after that meeting? ”

"At that time, I felt that I didn't do well in the exam, and I was very depressed, so I went to one of my cousin's houses for a few days, my mother didn't know, and I was looking for it with great fanfare, so you were also worried, right?"

Qin Lulu looked at the woman, shook her head and said, "You are different from the past, by the way, Fang Wanqing, your mother still came to the school to look for you at that time, saying that you were missing, how could you have not heard from you for so many years......

She smiled a little embarrassedly: "I just think it's strange, to be precise, you disappeared after we had a party here, and then you didn't see each other for ten years, your appearance changed, and ...... It's also strange that you're still so young, and that these ten years have left no mark on your face. ”

Fang Wanqing walked in lightly, Meng Zhuo's mouth kept wide open, as if he had seen something incredible.

Lu Na, who had just played the round, was sitting facing the door, closest to Fang Wanqing. Seeing Fang Wanqing suddenly stretch out her arm, Lu Na trembled with fright, Fang Wanqing stretched out her hand and pressed her shoulder and smiled: "Nana, it's so hot, what are you shaking?" ”

The corners of Luna's mouth twitched, and her beautiful face suddenly twisted, very weird.

Qin Lulu took Fang Wanqing's arm enthusiastically and said, "Oh, you, since you came back later, why didn't you contact us, everyone is worried about you, you see, Yin Zhongliang has been staring at you, Yin Zhongliang, Yin Dagongzi, hurry up and greet the old classmate." ”

Lu Na shouted: "No, you can't be Fang Wanqing, impossible, Fang Wanqing is not ......"

"Hehe, you women just can't see others young and beautiful, what is this called, jealousy or envy." Yin Zhongliang stood up and stretched out his hand to Fang Wanqing, "Long time no see, old classmate." ”

"Yin Zhongliang, you're crazy, she and Fang Wanqing don't look like each other at all." Runa stopped him first.

Fang Wanqing shook her head and smiled: "Luna, you are really, you have to force me to tell the truth, yes, I am a little different from the past, this is really a sad past." Alas, I didn't know what to say to you for a while. ”

It's no wonder that Xizi's heart is regarded as beautiful, and even if a beautiful woman frowns, it is the same, and it is pitiful to have ten thousand styles. The eyes of several men at the other table were straight, and their eyes were almost glued to Fang Wanqing's body.

Runa snorted: "I don't know, or I didn't make up a reason?" Who are you? ”

"I was wounded in the face by a fire at my cousin's place, and I haven't been in a secluded house ever since. Fortunately, I met a German doctor the year before last, and he said that he planned to do an experiment, called plastic surgery, but this surgery has not really been carried out yet, and the risk is extremely high. I thought that I had become such a ghost, and I didn't care about any risks, so I signed an agreement with him, and I was dead. I didn't expect the operation to be successful, and God blessed. ”

At this point, she stroked her cheek, and there was a hint of smugness in her eyes.

Lu Na stared at Fang Wanqing coldly, her face uncertain. At this moment, Yin Zhongliang was shaking hands with Fang Wanqing, her hand looked white and slender, but it was hard to hold, Yin Zhongliang sighed in his heart: This is not Fang Wanqing, her little hand is delicate and soft in her memory, and it is not so hard. His momentary distraction was seen by everyone, and Runa turned away, with mixed feelings in her heart. Fang Wanqing looked at Yin Zhongliang generously, and the two small pear vortices on her lips were full of sweetness.

Her eyes were as pure and innocent as a deer, Yin Zhongliang was shocked in his heart, he didn't dare to look at such a pair of pure eyes, and lowered his head slightly.

Meng Zhuo pointed at Yin Zhongliang and laughed: "I said Zhongliang, what are you blushing, you are not the first ......" The words were not finished, because a boy next to him easily pulled him below.

He teased Yin Zhongliang, stood up at the same time, leaned sideways through the chair and stretched out his hand, Qin Lulu slapped his hand down and said, "You, you have bad intentions at first glance, see that Fang Wanqing is beautiful, right?" Back then, they all laughed at people for being fat and fat. ”

After she said this, everyone was slightly stunned, and a few people at the table at the door lowered their heads, as if they were all repenting for their lack of trouble.

The boys and girls are the most open-mouthed, everyone is entering their youth, and when they are impulsive and eccentric, they love to give others nicknames. At that time, Fang Wanqing was chubby, with a pair of black-rimmed myopic glasses, and was called Fat Little Fat and Fat Aji. She didn't have a father since she was a child, her mother was said to be from a secret family, plus she was fat and ugly, and now the classmates here have bullied her more or less back then, and the female classmates saw that Fang Wanqing had become so young and beautiful, they were originally full of suspicion and deep jealousy, and when they heard that there was something to do, some people smiled and beckoned her to sit down, and some people deliberately sat in front of her, observing carefully, wanting to see how different she was from the past. Others were close to wanting to know the contact information of the German doctor. Fang Wanqing sat there with a smile, while Qin Lulu opened the door and shouted proudly, "Another set of dishes and chopsticks." He turned around and smiled, "Fang Wanqing, Yin Zhongliang is now a rich party, he is responsible for all the expenses of our party, and he doesn't have to pay for it himself." Oh, and you'll be given a fare when you go, right? ”

Some people raised a glass to celebrate Yin Zhongliang and wished him to become the richest man in Jiangnan.

There are also people who lowered their heads and hid their disdain in front of the table: It's just that the skin is good, and when I was in college, I fooled the daughters of powerful families, and there are people in the court who are good officials.

The waiter had already brought a whole set of tableware, Fang Wanqing picked up the wine glass, gently shook the red liquid in the glass, and smiled silently.

This ambiguous smile has different meanings in the eyes of different people.