I transferred 30,000 yuan each to Zhang Hengli and Zhang Yi from Yi Xu's two bank cards.

When I got home, Soeren was helping my mom set the dishes. The home has a new sofa, coffee table, dining table, dining chairs, IKEA style.

"Why isn't it a rattan weaver?" I asked curiously.

"My butt hurts after sitting for a long time." My mom said happily.

I secretly sighed, these furniture must be much cheaper than the previous solid wood furniture. I can't tell why I made such a decision in such a daze, probably because I was crazy, probably scared, probably because Zhang Hengli's illness scared me. When people are in a desperate situation, their IQ will probably run away with calmness!

When the last dish came out, I was stunned, it was Artemisia.

Artemisia is a wild vegetable that grows in small puddles of reeds, and it is a favorite vegetable of mine since I was still in my hometown. My dad used to work in a reed farm, and I could eat a lot of artemisia. Later, our family moved to Changsha, and my father was still engaged in his old business - reed business. So every year he can eat the artemisia he got back from the reed fields, of course, in limited quantities. It's like having a lover who can only see each other a few times a year, and the expectation of a brief meeting sustains the whole year. Artemisia is the Weaver Girl, I am the Cowherd, and my dad is the bridge built by the magpie, and our Valentine's Day is around spring.

In fact, as early as several years ago, there were artemisia sold in the market and planted in sheds. My mother bought it home and fried it once, but the result was a big disappointment, completely lost the original taste, not wild or fragrant, only a trace of sweetness that could only be tasted because of unwillingness. The kind of gold house in the greenhouse can only hide Jiao, such Jiao is pulled out to see the world, and it has to die when it encounters a little wind and rain, which is not worth rare after all! Life hiding in a greenhouse does not need to compete with weeds and reeds for territory, how can it be expected to have a jubilant wild? If you have not freely absorbed the essence of the earth, how can you expect it to have a fresh fragrance?

Another time, Yi Xu's mother gave him a meal voucher from W Hotel, and Yi Xu took me to eat. I saw stir-fried artemisia on the menu, and I ordered one in a hurry, but as soon as I ate it, I didn't think it tasted, it was all the taste of bacon and chives. I instantly lost my admiration for the four-star chef.

I used to look at the actors on TV with tears in their eyes and say, "Ah, this is what mom tastes like!" "I can't wait to pull them out of that machine, isn't your mother's fried food better than the chef's fried in a big restaurant? Just spend a few tickets, you can eat better anywhere, and waste precious TV resources less for me!

After that time, I found out that I was wrong, and there was such a dish, which for me, was also "mother's taste". I secretly swear that in the future, I will let Yi Xu taste how special and delicious Artemisia was!

"How can there be artemisia?" I took the bowl that my dad brought from the kitchen and asked, "This season, it's not a potted plant, is it?" ”

"Your Uncle Jiang saw that these looked good, so he brought some back, didn't this friend of yours want to try something new? I'm going to ask for a little bit of it. ”

"You gave him food?"

"yes!" My dad looked like he took it for granted: "This time I want less from others." I'll get some myself in a few days, and you can send a bowl to Zhang Yi. She won't come to eat if you're not in Changsha, she hasn't eaten it for three years! ”

I picked up the bowl and said, "Soeren, you can't eat this!" ”

"Why?"

"Foreigners will die if they eat it!" I said alarmistly.

"Nonsense!" My mom put the chopsticks on the table and said, "Eat, don't listen to her, I promise it's okay." ”

I was so distraught that I locked myself in my room with a bowl. Grab the artemisia with your hands and eat a lot of it.

Artemisia has a special significance, my mother's fried artemisia, I am willing to give Zhang Yi to eat, but I don't want to give Zhang Hengli to eat.

is also a friend, Zhang Yi knows what it tastes like, and Zhang Hengli won't know.

It's the same now, I'm willing to give it to Yi Xu, not to Soeren.

One is a boyfriend and the other is a male friend.

There's still a big difference between a boyfriend and a friend, right? No matter how good Soeren is, my mother's fried artemisia should be eaten first. Even Soeren shouldn't be able to eat it in the future.

When I finished eating, I burped and put the bowl in the kitchen.

"To compensate you," I said, pointing to Soeren, "I'll take you to the pedestrian street in the evening and eat all the famous supper in Changsha!" ”

Soeren gave a thumbs up.

My mom asked him, "Do you know how to cook yourself?" ”

"Yes!" Soeren said.

"How's it going?" My dad asked with concern.

"Sheep sheep cow cow."

"What?" My parents asked in unison.

"Sheep! Sheep! Cattle! Cattle! Soeren said word for word.

"What?" Again, my parents asked in unison.

"Sheep! Sheep! Cattle! Cattle! He said solemnly again, pointing to me, "She taught me three days ago." ”

I searched through my memories and finally remembered, "That's so-so!" ”

Soeren scratched his head in embarrassment: "All I remember is two animals. ”

My mom laughed so hard that she almost fell off her chair. Soeren makes my mom laugh right now because he's the only one who doesn't ask, "Why are you so dark?" when she sees her.

I turned on my computer and rummaged through every folder, most of which were work-related materials, and there was no information about his father. I called the city lawyer to tell him the bad news, but the call was answered by his secretary, and she instructed me: "If the city lawyer is in need, he will contact you, if there is no new discovery, it is better not to disturb him, the time is urgent, and the overall situation is important." ”

Soeren finished washing the dishes for my mom and urged me as soon as she got out of the kitchen: "Can we go out?" ”

As soon as he got out of the elevator, he asked, "Is it okay for us not to eat delicious food?" I want to go, the two of us, that's all, go. ”

We walked down the street and the air at night was very different from the daytime. In the depths of winter, you can smell the fragrance of the trees. I don't know if it's an illusion or not, but a strong scent of pine trees surrounds us on a foggy night, and this refreshing fragrance melts into our skin, replacing the cold and making people happy.

"I thought," Soeren said suddenly, "I need to leave tomorrow." ”

"Tomorrow? Why so suddenly? Bank card down? ”

"Yes. It was already a few days ago, and I thought Changsha was interesting and didn't want to leave. ”

"Then why did you suddenly think about it again? Which city are you going to next? ”

"Hamburg. We're going to be there Christmas, I have my mom and dad, and I need to rent a house. ”

"Christmas? I remember you told me in the spring that your family was going to Switzerland for Christmas! ”

"But TheStumbleInn is going to be gone."

"None? Gone out of business? Go out of business? ”

"Tom is going back to the UK, and there will be no TheStumbleInn in Hamburg after January 1st. So my dad decided to go back to Hamburg. "Tom is the owner of TheStumbleInn.

"Your parents know TheStumbleInn, too? Still going back to Hamburg for it? I was surprised.

Soeren shrugged, looked into the distance and said, "Your city is called Changsha, and your city is good." You're from here, aren't you? ”

I shook my head: "I'm from a village, not here. ”

"If your countryside were to disappear, would you go back and see?"

Soeren's heartless words pierced my heart.

"What do you mean?" I pondered my tone and asked, "You're from TheStumbleInn?" ”

"woo, my dad and mom met at TheStumbleInn. Of course, youknow...... Icamefromahotelroom。 (I'm from a hotel room)

I laughed knowingly.

Soeren also smiled at the wind, his smile was mischievous, and his eyes flashed.

The next day we woke up very early, got on a random car, and got off at a random station. We always get on and off the bus and go to a corner of Changsha at will. I was in charge of taking pictures of Soeren. He's been here for so many days, and this is the first time I've been with him. The happier he was, the more guilty I felt. I kind of regret that two whole years in Hamburg was not a short time, and I only thought about keeping my distance from him, and didn't treat him as a friend worth making sincerely. When he arrived in China, God gave me an extra reward, but I still didn't entertain him well. He treats me like a friend, and I'm so incompetent.

Zhong Pei sent me seven text messages saying that I had misunderstood him. Said he was raising money. said that the wedding really needs too much money to prepare, and the wedding will charge some gift money, and the money must be repaid as soon as possible after the wedding.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, I went to the high-speed rail station to see off Soeren.

We got our tickets and there was still an hour. He insisted that I spend another half hour with him.

An offer popped into me: "You can rent a room for Funny for your mom and dad so you're in the same house and you can save some time, some money, and make Funny some money." ”

"Funny has a lot of money!" He jumped up," Mr. Wang said she bought last week...... Well...... I don't know what Chinese say...... siekauftesich Neue Krücken, neue Rollstühle, new TV sets and new clothes! I can't tell you how she did it, but she has a lot of money! ”

Of course I know, if you speculate on foreign exchange, the account is still mine!

My ticket back to China is for September 6th. On September 5th, I went to the agent to get my ticket, and when I got home, I found that the big box I had packed was missing. I asked Funny, and she said righteously that she was hiding it and wouldn't give it to me. I asked her why, but she didn't say anything, just shut up and ignored me.

I'm in a hurry, the ticket is tomorrow, and the visa expires in four days. The whole house was rummaged through, and my suitcase was nowhere to be seen. Anxiety and anger exploded all at once, and I said, I'm going to call the police!

As soon as these words came out, I reported her to the emergency department of the hospital, which scared me so much that I almost lost my life! The next nine days guarded her wholeheartedly, almost without even thinking about Yi Xu, those days Yi Xu and his mother should have been going through something, the first time we didn't contact each other for so long after we were together.

On the sixth day, Funny finally agreed to talk to me again. She made a request to me, the stock market will continue to be bad, and she wants to speculate on foreign exchange. But she was too old to accept her as an elderly customer, so she asked me to open one and bind my Deutsche Bank card number, and the foreign exchange account number, bank card and password will be used by her in the future.

Of course I don't dare, how can you, a person who has a heart condition and was almost made to meet Hades by my "I'm going to call the police", play the most exciting game in the world? As soon as this foreign exchange account is opened, when you get up, you think about where there will be a war? Will oil go up? Is the country's financial crisis over? Did the British and French armies make any moves? Did that earthquake have an impact on the exchange rate? What new news will the Fed release? Hey, there is no news, how the exchange rate fluctuates so much? Hey, another $3,000 loss! Oh my God, that's a total loss of $40,000! You're 75 years old, not 25!

She said, do you know why I went to see the Grim Reaper? Because it's so boring to live. Do you know why I'm back? Because it's even more boring on the Grim Reaper's side. So you should help me find interesting things to keep me from seeing Death!

I still disagree.

She said another string of words I don't remember and I didn't have time to count how many words, but I heard at least 10 fucks.

Her face and neck began to flush as she "fucked", and her body began to tremble. I hurriedly pressed the call button to get the doctor and nurse to arrive, and when the nurse pushed me out the door, she yelled at me in unison, "Dowhatevershewantsyouto!" ”。 The doctor was usually gentle and gentle, so gentle that the stone-like German came out of his mouth like cotton, and the nurse had clearly said that she didn't know English, so I was going to tell Funny about everything. This roar refreshed my previous impression of them.

I don't dare to refuse Funny anymore. But I also whispered a request, I can only put $1,000 into the account, and I won't get it after I lose, if I win, I have to withdraw it immediately if the money I win is more than $1,000, I don't want her to earn too much, which time she capsized and lost it all at once, and there was no one around her, and the consequences were unimaginable. I opened WeChat for her, taught her how to use it, and took photos at least twice a month and sent WeChat messages to tell me how much balance I still have. If I don't comply, I'll stop the account immediately, anyway, it's my passport, my bank statement, my bank account number, it's too easy to close. I also reported the loss of my bank account, and the rest of the money is all mine!

She agreed with a hint of grumbling. Because of this complaint, she always quibbled that she slept too long and forgot where to put the box. I really couldn't do anything with her, so I had to give up my big suitcase and go back to China the night she was discharged from the hospital.

"I know how she makes money, and I know how much money she makes."

I read every WeChat message Funny sent me carefully, and it's been two and a half months, and I've earned less than $2,000, "Trust me, she doesn't have a lot of money." ”

"You know?" Soeren looked at me suspiciously.

Of course I know, but why do you know? Funny asked for it, and neither of us was allowed to tell outsiders about it, because she didn't want others to know that she was over 65 years old, and she didn't want others to know that she was short of money, and that she was so short of money that she could use this method to make money.

She forced me to swear. So how did Soeren know about it?

"What do you know?" He was still skeptical.

"Tell me what you know!" My suspicions are even more.

"I have a picture!" He said confidently.

Naturally, I was not far behind: "I have it too!" ”

"Show me!"

"You can show me too!"

"Good!"

"Together!" We pulled out our phones, fiddled with them with our backs, and I said, "One, two, three!" ”

Two pictures put together. My photo shows 1957.47 USD, but his shows 11957.47 USD.

"I'll go!" In front of the crowd, I roared, "Why is yours $10,000 more than mine?" ”

Soeren was dumbfounded, not knowing how to respond to me for a moment. I checked their WeChat chat history, and it turned out that Funny put me together, and she asked Soeren to help me with the picture before sending it to me every time. Funny treats him better than me, asking him "Howareyou?" every time. Say to him, "Thank you!" He also told him to "take care!" ”。 But that ended there was no deep conversation, so Funny didn't know that Soeren and I would meet in China and have a chance to expose her schemes.

"Do you know how much money she makes?" I calmed down and asked Soeren.

"I don't know, but his boyfriend is only 50 years old, and people in the community church say Funny gave him a lot of money."

I almost burst out laughing, does that mean I've taken care of my little white face?

In fact, as long as she keeps taking out the money, I won't worry. But after thinking about it again, money is not a problem, but what about the feelings under money? Funny's heart is not good!

"That person wouldn't lie to her, would he?" I said worriedly.

"It's okay," Soeren said with a light wave of his hand, learning the tone of Funny, and said in a hoisting voice, "Iamgonnasueyou!" ”

I laughed out loud and burst into tears. The lights in the square suddenly came on, and Soeren said, "Mrs. Wang said, I don't know why you can put up with Funny, she always wants to Sue you." ”

"I can't bear it either! I'm afraid of her too, Sue me! ”

"Then why don't you moveout?"

Who said I didn't want to, I just moved into Funny for less than a month, and I found that she was very difficult to get along with, I couldn't stand it, I had already found a house elsewhere, and I was going to inform her in advance that day, I sat in the living room and waited for her to come back, and saw through the window that she walked to the door, but didn't open the door for a long time and came in, I thought she didn't bring the key. When I opened the door and went out, I found her standing by the wall, slowly and gently caressing the bullet holes left by the Second World War on the wall, and I got closer and heard her say to the bullet hole, 'Areyoustillinpain?' (Do you still hurt?) ）”

If I were still in Germany, I would never tell Soeren this story, he grew up too smoothly and happily, he was too lively and bright to be too relevant, I am not sure if he could understand "Areyoustillinpain?" The deep meaning of this sentence is not to be mentioned. This is Funny's life, which is only when he is drunk, willing to tell the bullet hole in the dark. I don't want him to ask her, to pity her, to comfort her, to try to get people around her to change their attitudes towards her, so that the community, the people in the church, become enlighteners and consolers, and that makes Funny tired. She's an old goblin, and she's supposed to be domineering in her own world.

But in the month of our reunion in China, I built up a trust in Soeren that I hadn't built for two years, and I saw his delicate mind and keen insight, and I felt that he knew everything and could be trusted.

Soeren pondered for a moment, shook his head with a smile, and said, "I used to think you were Warmduscher. (German: The one who showers with warm water, which means the weak.) ）

"Isn't it now?" Although I asked, I sighed in my heart that this reunion had not only changed the way I thought he was, but also changed the way he thought I was.

He shook his head gently, as if for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Are you going back to hamburger with me?" ”

I shook my head quickly, "No. Changsha is not my favorite place, but it is my favorite place to live, and the people I love are here. Besides, where can I go now? ”

"Was that picture useful? Did you tell the lawyer? He suddenly asked, "And what's inside the envelope." ”

He was referring to the photo of Yi Xu's mother hidden in the frame that day and the title deed he had found in the safe the day before.

The city lawyer did not give me a clear answer, nor did he give me instructions to take the original documents to him. I still reassured Soeren: "Yes, the lawyer said it was very important." ”

"It's a pity!" "I wanted to help him, but I'm gone," he said. If I don't go, there's a third thing. ”

"What third thing?"

“Allergutendingesinddrei。” He said matter-of-factly.

Germans believe that good things come in three. Finding the title deed with the envelope counts as one piece, and the photo behind the frame counts as one piece, and he thinks there should be something important that should be discovered. But we've gone through all that house, so how can there be a third one?

"Isn't the third thing the wine?" I quipped.

He made a sudden realization: "Ah, yes! ”

"Will we see each other again?" He asked again, this time turning his head to look at me, his eyes full of anticipation. His pupils were originally light brown, but now they appear so dark for some unknown reason, and the whites of his eyes are long and white, like two large reefs protruding from a long stretch of white sand.

Hamburg is a city that I still don't have nostalgia for. For me, it was the place and the time, and I always knew I was leaving. I'll stay away from that place, maybe five or ten years; I'll take a cut of that, maybe not going back until the end of my life. When the place and time are discarded, memories become the only thing that can be cherished. I can't remember, and when we get old, I want to let Yi Xu tell me one by one. So I told Yi Xu in detail, as much as I could, everything I saw, heard, and experienced. As long as Yi Xu is here, he will probably not feel much regret about saying goodbye to Hamburg and Germany. I was prepared for this even before I went to Germany.

"You ask me what my favorite word is, and I think, I really have a favorite word in Hamburg." I say.

"What is it?"

"Goodbye."

“Bye?”

"'Goodbye' in Chinese, 'seeyou' in English, 'wiedersehen' in Germany. All three words have a double meaning – farewell and reunion. I want to say goodbye to Hamburg and see Changsha again. Here is my love, family and friendship. More and more, I realized that my world was not that big, but so small, and I wanted to come back and stay with them. In the future, if Yi Xu wants to go abroad, I will accompany him abroad, and if he only wants to stay in Changsha, I will not go out of this city. He walks and I go, and he leaves me behind. Therefore, whether we can meet again depends on the fate of the two of you, if you have a fate with Yi Xu, then we can meet. ”

"Fate?"

I was about to translate for him, and he immediately said, "But I think you love him, and he doesn't love you." ”

"Why?"

"He went to Hamburg in four or five sentences, and you wrote a lot of words, and he didn't answer you."

The light of the street lamp next to me fell on the wet eyelashes, forming a halo of light, and I was reluctant to reach out to destroy it, and the beautiful thing should last for a long time.

I said, "It's not that he doesn't love me, it's that he can't just love me all the time." ”