Along the way, Dinghammer saw such a scene, depression, dilapidation, and gloom are the main colors of this area, the park where he used to sell steamed buns has been completely deserted, and has become a grassland in the city, the weeds are no longer knee-high, the lost thread that was destroyed once but rebuilt is now missing an arm but no one has repaired him, and the tulips in the nursery are only a rusty sign.

The memory of the hammer was frozen at this moment, and if there was any place in this world that could make him spring bright when he thought of it, I am afraid that there was only such a small park.

It carries too many memories of him, the silly ham sausage fluttering butterflies, the steamed bun drooling at the buns, the white Fei dressed in white, and the gentle sunshine lying on the recliner when there is no business.

Dingzhu is a rough man, he doesn't hurt so much, but when he sees this place become like this, he can't help but feel stuffy in his heart, like stagnation before a rainstorm.

Bai Fei will probably no longer be seen here, nor can I see the mobile steamed bun cart and the endless stream of people buying steamed buns in front of the car.

The lost two years, the sudden change, made the hammer a little confused, and even he couldn't figure out whether he was Sun Baozi or Mayor Sun, of course......

"Probably it doesn't matter." The hammer put his hand in his pocket and turned away.

After leaving, he went to many places, colleges, wealthy areas, pedestrian streets, fake streets, and bars and alleys, most of which showed a kind of fatigue, and only two years seemed like a lifetime away.

As he walked to a small restaurant, he suddenly stopped. I looked up at the small restaurant that was open and walked in. There was no one in the restaurant, the waiter and owner at the front desk was dozing, the tables were covered in ash, and the floor was full of greasy marks, looking dilapidated and dirty.

This is the place where Dinghammer invited Bai Fei to dinner for the first time, when he had just entered the Super Soldier Academy and got his first month's salary, he randomly chose a small shop on the street and invited Bai Fei, the introducer, to have a good meal.

They were sitting in the window seats, and when they opened the window, they could smell the jasmine on the balcony of the house behind them. Ordered three dishes. asked for a bottle of wine, Dingzhu told a lot of jokes, and Bai Fei laughed very happily.

"Boss, order." The hammer knocked on the counter. Wake up the boss. Then he sat straight down at the table. Gently wiped the table with yellowed toilet paper.

The boss wiped a handful of saliva and looked at his watch: "It's over, you can go back." ”

"So early?" Dinghammer flicked a cigarette to the boss: "Didn't it always work until midnight before?" ”

The boss took the cigarette and took a puff. He took a long puff of cigarette and looked around his shop: "I've been working for twenty years, and today is the earliest day." ”

Dinghammer smiled: "What's the matter? ”

"The emperor can't do it, the seventh district can't do it. Early tomorrow morning, I will take my wife and children to change places. The boss said and patted his thigh: "Xinglak, if there is an open customer, you will be the one who closes the opening, you are the last customer of me, what do you want?" Don't want money today! ”

Dingzhu laughed: "Then I'm welcome." ”

"Whatever you want!"

He wasn't greedy, he just ordered the first three dishes and the bottle of wine. The boss didn't say a word, and went into the kitchen to start the fire and toss.

After a while, the wine and food were ready, the boss sat on a stool next to the hammer and smoked, rubbing his oily hands on his pants, with a helpless smile: "Two years ago, it was still good, that is, since the beginning of spring last year, it is getting worse and worse day by day, it used to earn two hundred a day, enough for my family's expenses, and now I earn two hundred a day, which is enough to buy a pack of cigarettes." ”

As he spoke, the boss handed the hammer a cigarette: "I will smoke it, it's not a good cigarette." ”

Dinghammer didn't mind lighting a cigarette: "Where are you going?" ”

"Where can I go? I was going to go to the north, but my daughter-in-law said that it was too cold over there, so I went to the southwest, and there were only two better places left in the country. The boss spoke with pride and loss: "I really don't know what the boss thinks, a good country has been made like this, people go to the streets every day, I think those guys are deliberately tossed by foreign countries, you don't know, this is today the provisional government comes up and tomorrow the president will be restored, and the people like us are still living a life." This country, it's good to finish early, so you don't have to look tired. ”

"How so?"

"Who knows." The boss let out a long sigh: "I can't bear this restaurant, I can't bear that good year, it's not that there is no way, who is willing to leave home." ”

Dinghammer smiled slightly: "Actually, it's not bad to go over there, I like the taste of yours." I still have some acquaintances there, write you a note, and hand it over directly to the gatekeeper in the past, and he will arrange it for you. ”

After speaking, the hammer tore off a recipe next to him, picked up the pencil to memorize the dishes and wrote a bunch of them, and then took out his mayor's anti-counterfeiting seal and poked it: "Don't lose it." ”

"Okay, thank you." The boss didn't care too much, and folded the strip and put it in his pocket: "You eat, I'll clean it up." ”

"Go ahead."

After the boss left, Dinghammer silently pushed open the window and looked at the house facing the door outside, but unfortunately he could no longer see the lush flowers and plants in the yard, only some withered yellow weeds grew in the pots that were already full of moss. Although it seems that you can still smell the strong fragrance of jasmine, Dinghammer understands that these have passed the time.

At this time, a person suddenly walked in outside, and the boss who was packing up things at the door was stunned and said strangely: "Hey? What's going on today? I usually don't see anyone all day, but it's still so lively at this point today? Girl, it's closed, and I'm not doing business anymore. ”

"Isn't that someone?"

When he heard this voice, his heart seemed to be pinched by something, and he looked back, but he was greeted by a pair of ...... Familiar but with unfamiliar eyes.

Bai Fei looked at the hammer and smiled, and then smiled at the boss: "It's my friend." ”

After speaking. She Shi Shiran walked to the opposite side of the hammer, pulled out a stool and sat down: "Mayor Sun, long time no see." ”

Dinghammer raised his eyelids and glanced at her, Bai Fei ...... Old, really old. It's not that the old face, but the eyes are no longer as clear as the spring stream, and it's complicated...... There's something I can't see clearly.

Her face was tired and a little sallow, her dark circles were heavy, and her lips were faintly white. She looked haggard without powder, and even her voice was a little hoarse.

"Why are you here?" Dinghammer smiled: "Long time no see." ”

Bai Fei lowered her head and didn't answer him directly. Just looked at the dishes on the table and the two pairs of chopsticks: "There are still people?" ”

"It's gone. Because I feel that it is very lonely to eat alone, put two pairs of chopsticks as a sacrifice to the ancestors. ”

The hard beak of a dead duck has always been the characteristic of the hammer, and Bai Fei naturally knows it. In fact, when she saw the variety of dishes on the table, she knew why Dingzhu was sitting here. And she herself is not ...... I couldn't sleep because of some of the past, so I came out for a walk, but I don't know why I came here after shopping.

"Okay." Bai Fei smiled. Made a habitual move. Brushed the long hair on his forehead and pinched the tips of his ears: "That ancestor definitely doesn't mind me sitting for a while." ”

"Of course."

That's all he said. The atmosphere between the two suddenly cooled down, and they both lowered their heads and didn't know what to say. The hammer has been lost for two years, and Bai Fei will be a wife.

"Actually......"

In the end, it was Bai Fei who opened his mouth first: "I always want to apologize to you." Two years ago...... What I'm saying is a bit excessive. ”

"Two years ago......" Dinghammer bowed his head and smiled: "Yes...... Two years ago, two years ago. ”

"Well, you haven't changed, it's still the same." Bai Fei looked the hammer up and down: "Really...... No change at all. ”

"Men grow old slowly."

"So you're saying I'm getting old?" Bai Fei wrinkled her nose: "Later, I learned that there are some things that you really can't control, so ...... I'm sorry. ”

"Nothing, I'm sorry." Dinghammer waved his hand and lowered his eyelids: "I was originally a bad person. ”

"Yes, a bad man is supporting the last dignity of a country." Bai Fei pursed her lips: "It's amazing." ”

"Don't talk about me, what about you? It doesn't look like you're doing well. Dingzhu didn't want to mention these things, so he diverted the topic: "I heard that you are going to get engaged?" ”

"Yes, the engagement ......" Bai Fei said that her expression was a little unnatural when she was engaged: "I sent you an invitation, I thought you were still angry and didn't come back, you haven't participated in any meetings in the past two years." ”

"Be angry and try to be strong, otherwise how can you be looked down upon." Dingzhu smiled: "After all, in the eyes of many people, I am a lucky little ruffian." ”

"You're still mad at me." Bai Fei smiled a little embarrassed: "I've already said I'm sorry." ”

"No, no, just a little surprise...... No way. Dinghammer spread his hand: "Really, it's not perfunctory to you, there are a lot of accidents." ”

"Hmm...... I've found that people are easy to get old when they smile less. Bai Fei smiled self-deprecatingly: "Look at it, am I getting a lot older now?" ”

"So you mean, you used to smile a lot when you played with me?"

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere that had already warmed up a little bit suddenly cooled again, and Bai Fei lowered her head to avoid the eyes of the hammer.

"You know I like you." Dinghammer scratched his head: "It's been since the time I sold buns, there's nothing to be embarrassed about, when I'm twenty years old, it's time for a dog to be pulled out for breeding." ”

Ding's words made Bai Fei sneer: "You are still so unserious." ”

But after she finished speaking, she was silent again: "But why don't you say ......?"

"Hey, you are the pride of the sky, the star of the future, the pillar of the country, and the focus of all people." Dinghammer stretched out his hand: "I'm Sun Baozi, do you think this is appropriate?" ”

"Have you always felt that way about me?" Bai Fei lowered her head: "Then why do you think I know that you like me, and I still don't stay away from you?" Do you know why I'm so angry at the disappointment on your face? ”

Dingzhu's mind was clouded at that time, and he looked at Bai Fei for a long time without saying a word.

After a while, Bai Fei stood up with a wry smile: "I'm leaving, on the day of my engagement, when you go, dress better." (To be continued......)