Ten (1)

Red beans are born in the south, and a few branches are sent in spring. May you pick more, this thing is the most lovely.

Qian Aishu hasn't seen Li Hongdou for fifteen years.

In the evening, he was riding a train. Suddenly, the phone rang. He pulled out the phone, a number he didn't know.

"Hello?"

There was no answer on the other end of the phone, only the noise of the car horn.

"Hello?" Still no one agreed. He thought it was a wrong call and was about to hang up.

"It's me." It was a voice he would never forget. He froze.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

"I'm getting married tomorrow." She said.

……

"I want you to tell me in person, have you ever loved me?" She asked.

……

"Do you have any news of Li Hongdou?" She asked.

...... "no ......"

"I wish you happiness!"

The phone hung up. She was married, and it was too late for him to say a word of blessing to her.

The phone rang "tuk tuk ......". The sound wave came like a tidal wave, but he didn't want to dodge, so he let it drown out.

The window of the train was dark, like his world. Occasionally, there was a faint light or two, like fragments of memory streaked through his mind, like meteors, but they would not disappear - they would explode in the darkness, mixing the dark undertones with light, giving hope......

After graduating from high school, Qian Aishu failed the college entrance examination. It was one of the darkest stages of his life. Once faith collapses, so does the body. Unable to withstand the sudden blow, he fell seriously ill. He lay in bed for two whole months, and finally got rid of his serious illness, but since then he has been suffering from a stubborn headache.

Qian Aishu was trapped in shame and despair, and decided to exile himself, and before leaving, he first had to go to say goodbye to Li Hongdou.

That year, Li Hongdou just graduated from secondary school. When Qian Aishu was still waiting for the news of admission at home, Li Hongdou came to his house once.

Li Hongdou's arrival made Qian Aishu panic. His family's already extremely dim adobe house was as dark as a freshly dug coal well because of the smoke of firewood all year round.

Li Hongdou stood at the gate of his house and shouted inside: "Qian loves books, Qian loves books, are you at home?" ”

Qian Aishu's family was having lunch in the house. He could tell it was Li Hongdou. He was shocked in his heart, he never expected Li Hongdou to suddenly appear at the gate of his house.

"Cub, what did you call you?" Daddy Qian pushed him down his back, and then shouted out the door, "Here, girl, come in and sit." ”

He hurriedly put on the gown he had just taken off from sweating and ran out in his slippers. "Why are you here?" He asked, scratching his head.

"If you are allowed to go to my house, you will not be allowed to come to your house?" Li Hongdou pouted mischievously. Usually when Li Hongdou pouts, Qian Aishu's face will be as red as a ripe persimmon. He smirked "hehe".

"Girl, come in and sit." Daddy Qian stood at the door, reading Qian Aishu for a while, and Li Hongdou for a while.

"Come in and sit." In the end, Qian Aishu said to Li Hongdou.

Aunt Qian sat at the head of the bed with her back against her back, looking at Li Hongdou in a daze. Recently, her eye disease has become more and more serious.

Li Hongdou found that Aunt Qian was looking at her, so she walked over and called out, "Auntie." Then he sat on the edge of Aunt Qian's bed.

Aunt Qian grabbed the back of Li Hongdou's hand and trembled. "This is my daughter-in-law?" Aunt Qian's eyelids were red and swollen, and she couldn't open them very much. Li Hongdou turned his head and looked at Qian Aishu.

Half an hour later, Li Hongdou said he was leaving. And repeatedly stated to Qian Aishu that she came to see and leave this time, so let Qian Aishu not keep her.

Qian Aishu didn't say a word to leave her. Aunt Qian didn't let Li Hongdou leave so quickly, saying that she would at least stay for one night before leaving. Qian Aishu said to Aunt Qian, "People still have a lot of things to do." Li Hongdou went on to say, yes, yes, some things about graduation assignments.

Aunt Qian had to say, I often come to the house to sit in the future, what a bad treat for you, Miss Li.

Li Hongdou nodded and whispered to Qian Aishu, "Then I'll go." ”

Li Hongdou walked out of the door with her head down, and Aunt Qian whispered to Qian Aishu: "Cub, go and send off Miss Li." ”

When he walked to the gate, Qian Aishu touched Li Hongdou's arm and said, "I'll send you." Li Hongdou didn't speak, and kept walking forward, with Qian Aishu following behind. He and she had been like that all along. Because of her, and because of him.

was speechless all the way, and when he was about to leave the mountain, Li Hongdou suddenly stopped and said to Qian Aishu: "I'm tired." ”

Qian Aishu looked around, and there was a path diagonally on the side of the road. The weeds on the side of the road stretched out to the middle, covering most of the road, and only a thin one could be seen. Along this road, there is a small hut not far away. It was a place where the villagers went up the mountain to cut down trees to rest, and took refuge in the heavy rain. He pointed to the hut and said, "Go up there and rest." ”

He walked first to the path. The long grass on both sides of the road was draped by a strand of it, and some of it was torn off when it was put together, and the stems and leaves were so thick that they were even uprooted. After walking a section, he stood in the middle of the road and turned around: "Hey, it's okay, come here." ”

Li Hongdou wore white sandals and a long skirt with blue and white dots. It's a long skirt, but the instep can't cover it. Li Hongdou looked at his white sandals and white instep. pouted and said to Qian Aishu, "I don't wear socks again." ”

He stared at her feet for a moment. Then he walked back with a clatter. "It's not going to stop. I'll carry you away. He crouched on the side of the road.

"Can you carry me?" Li Hongdou said.

"I'll carry the 150-pound fat pig and leave."

"Looking for death!" Li Hongdou rushed over angrily and kicked Qian Aishu's ass with a "snap". He grabbed her feet with his backhand. Li Hongdou couldn't stand and leaned over on his back. In a panic, she wrapped her arms around his neck. Before she could react, he stood up.

She's really heavy. He was out of breath and walked heavier and heavier. Her head rested on his right shoulder, "Your back is all wet, sweaty, and my face is wet." ”

"Then why are you sticking so tightly?"

"It's comfortable."

"Stick it."

"My clothes are wet too."

"Yes."

"Wet with the sweat on your back."

"Then you're still so tight."

"In this way, it is comfortable ......"

"Stick it."

"Are you uncomfortable?"

"Hot."

"I'm going to stick it." Li Hongdou was full of tears and tied Qian Aishu tightly. It made him feel even more out of breath. Her body slid against his back. The clothes of the two were stuck in the middle and crumpled together, pimples, and they were stubbornly sandwiched in the middle.