Later, Tang Shan carried a broken bag, in addition to two changes of clothes, he also hid a chess cheats dug up in the local area, and knocked on the door of his friend Chen Yusheng's house.

Chen Yusheng was watching a vulgar soap opera in the living room, and when he opened the door, he saw that Tangshan was covered in dust and had a tired face, and he was taken aback:

"Damn, you've been hit by a natural disaster? Where did you flee from the wilderness? ”

Tang Shan squeezed into the door, threw the broken bag into the corner, fell on the sofa, and said lazily:

"I have nowhere to go lately, so I will borrow it at your house for a while."

Chen Yusheng didn't care: "It's okay to borrow, you can squeeze into a room with me, but you have to sleep on the floor." I hate sleeping in the same bed with men. ”

Tang Shan was very dissatisfied with this proposal: "I said, why don't you have a little hospitality?" Shouldn't you sleep on the floor and I sleep on the bed? ”

Chen Yusheng kicked Tang Shan: "Don't pretend to be a big-tailed wolf with me, are you still a guest here?" It's nice not to mop the floor and wash the toilet every day. In addition to sleeping on the floor, there are also three chapters of the law. ”

Tang Shan was even more dissatisfied: "You're too unrighteous, aren't you?" As soon as I walked in the door, you started to talk about the conditions? After a pause, he asked, "Which three chapters?" ”

Chen Yusheng stretched out three fingers, bent them in one by one, and said, "First, don't pick your feet in the house, I can't stand your Hong Kong feet since I was a child; Second, don't fart in the house, you ate too many sweet potatoes when you were a child, and the fart was loud and smelly. ”

Tang Shan kicked Chen Yusheng back and scolded: "Damn, you will really beat me up and press your own problems on my head." You pig killer, when did you know the word 'exquisite'? ”

Chen Yusheng ignored him and bent his last finger inward: "Third, when I take the girl home, you unconditionally make room for me." ”

Tang Shan said disdainfully: "Which girl is so blind that she will go home with you?" ”

Chen Yusheng kicked Tang Shan again and scolded: "You know a fart." Don't think that you are handsome, a big man is delicate, that is called a sissy. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to his face and showed Tangshan the pimples: "Look, this is called youthful vitality." Do you have one? He turned his finger and pointed at Tang Shan and continued, "In short, you can't get in the way of my business. ”

Tang Shan couldn't help but laugh: "Okay, good, you have vitality, I don't." It's decided, what about these three chapters, you take care of yourself in the first two chapters. In the last chapter, I support you unconditionally. As long as you bring the girl home, I'll go and sleep on the streets. ”

Chen Yusheng nodded: "The last sentence still sounds like a friend." ”

In this way, Tang Shan temporarily lived in Chen Yusheng's house.

Chen Yusheng's father died early, and his mother made a living selling vegetables on the street, leaving early and returning late. His house has two bedrooms and one living room, his mother lives in one, and he and Tang Shan share a room. Chen Yusheng also has an older sister, who has long been married and rarely goes home. Therefore, this family is basically the world of Tang Shan and Chen Yusheng now.

From the first day he moved in, Chen Yusheng felt that this kid Tangshan was a bit mysterious, and bought a pair of chess, and often locked himself in the room alone to tinker with chess pieces, and there were words in his mouth. Chen Yusheng once squinted at him and asked:

"Are you fucking evil? If you don't do serious things, what kind of chess do you play? Still one person on both sides, schizophrenia? ”

Tang Shan was calm: "What is there to do?" Aren't you wandering around every day? ”

After speaking, he recited an inexplicable poem: "How can you solve your worries? Only chess. ”

Chen Yusheng was a rough man and couldn't understand poetry, so he had to scold "I'm", then ignored him and went out to the street to tease his sister.

In addition to playing chess, Tangshan often goes to two places to hang out.

One is Dongli Bridge, he often faces the river, thinking of the old man who put the end of the game, and remembering that he once cooperated with the other party to sell fake drugs and cheat passers-by out of money; I thought of the old man who was lonely and miserable, * in the western suburbs shipyard. I couldn't help but feel a little sorry in my heart.

The other place is the gate of the school where he used to attend.

It's not that he has any reluctance to live as a former student. In fact, he has always hated the cheap generosity of the principal, and it always gives people goosebumps when he listens to it, and I don't know how other students can endure it; He has always hated the roughness of the head teacher and physical education teacher, and kicked his ass when he had nothing to do.

Like most of the little hooligans hanging at the school gate, Tang Shan went to the school gate to flirt with his sister. But when others saw a girl, they went up and accosted her, and spread their nets wide like fishing; But he is waiting for one person: Jiang Suping, the beautiful tablemate in the past.

If Tang Shan at this time still has any regrets about his truancy, it is that he feels that he should not leave Jiang Suping at the same table so rashly.

Tang Shan has been in the same class as Jiang Suping since junior high school. In the past, the relationship was good, and I often exchanged homework, discussed esoteric math problems together, and once gave the teacher a nickname.

Later, when they went to high school, the two happened to be in the same class again, and they also shared the same table by magic. It stands to reason that the two should be closer. But Tang Shan didn't know what was going on, and when he talked to her, he stammered, far less refreshing and humorous than before.

The way he looked at her was also different from before, always staring at people's necks, long hair, or lips, and the tip of their noses, intentionally or unintentionally. couldn't help it, but he didn't dare to be too unscrupulous, so he was a little dodgy, and his behavior was twisted.

And Jiang Suping's treatment of Tangshan seems to have changed. I used to laugh, I loved to poke his head with my fingers, and when I had nothing to do, I always stabbed him in the waist.

Now, I don't talk much, I don't laugh, I always blush. Moreover, when Tang Shan stammered, she still raised her eyebrows coldly, and even had an angry face.

In particular, when Tang Shan was talking to other girls, she either sneered on the side or smashed the book to the ground. If you don't end up in a mess with Tangshan, you will not give up.

Gradually, Tang Shan was a little afraid of Jiang Suping. I'm afraid to get close to her, I'm afraid to talk to her, and I'm afraid that my eyes will stay on the other party for too long, because it will make her blush, or her eyebrows will be cold, and she may even attract a few rolls of eyes.

So the two of them became the least talkative table mates in the class.

Tang Shan suddenly woke up one day: he was actually secretly in love with Jiang Suping.

This discovery did not improve the relationship between the two. It's worse. Tangshan has to hold his breath every day in class, like sitting on a needle. He didn't listen to a word of what the teacher said on the blackboard.

finally survived until the end of class, Tang Shan was like a prisoner in a cage who was pardoned, and immediately escaped from his seat, deliberately laughing loudly with other fat girls to relieve his inner depression.

And Jiang Suping in the seat, in addition to dropping books, is lying on the table and pretending to sleep. The class bell rang again, Tang Shan returned to his seat, and couldn't help but glance at Jiang Suping secretly, and found that her face was very red, and the corners of her eyes were even redder.

It should be said that the two have feelings for each other, but because they are too young, they have no experience in dealing with the relationship between men and women.

The tragedy is that the two are not on the same chord in their way of coping. The woman endures, or waits; The man's last choice was to escape.

Many years later, Tang Shan learned that choosing to flee was a decision that made him regret it for the rest of his life.

The only thing that can be done in Tangshan now is to go to the school gate to hang out during school hours, waiting for Jiang Suping's figure to appear. But when people really appeared at the school gate, he didn't dare to come forward to talk, just stood in a corner from afar, silently watching her disappear.

Jiang Suping is medium to thin, but her facial features are exquisite, her skin is fair, her hair is not messy, black and shiny, and she is relatively beautiful and eye-catching among the girls who are surging out. Therefore, there is no shortage of people who come forward to talk to her and whistle.

And in a group of young men who are in a flow of anger, Jiang Suping is always like a frightened rabbit, towering her shoulders, bowing her head and hugging her chest, and leaving quickly.

Whenever he saw this kind of scene, Tang Shan had the urge to rush out to protect her. But with the lesson of being beaten at the bridge before, he knew that by himself, he could not stop or change anything except for one more beating.

After the fight, people still talk to each other, and those who whistle still whistle.

Therefore, Tang Shan was impulsive, but he did not put it into action. He is not afraid of being beaten by others, what he is afraid of is that once the fight starts, when the chaos is unbearable, Jiang Suping will inevitably be affected.

Of course, Tang Shan did not rush to Jiang Suping's side, but he did not leave either. He would usually follow her footsteps for a long distance until he was sure she was safe, and then he left alone.

Only once, Tang Shan did not send each other secretly, but left early. Because of that day, Jiang Suping had an extra protector by her side. And the person who sent her home was Tangshan's friend Chen Yusheng.

Chen Yusheng, who is two years older than Tangshan, has been roaming the streets since graduating from junior high school, but he has not dyed his hair, nor has he tattooed, let alone worn earrings or anything like that. His hobbies are different from those of other riffraff, and he is more keen on accosting girls at various school gates.

Chen Yusheng has known Jiang Suping for a long time, of course, through Tangshan's relationship. However, he didn't know that Tang Shan had a crush on Jiang Suping in his heart. Before Tang Shan escaped from school, Chen Yusheng accosted Jiang Suping at the school gate. And Jiang Suping also knew that Chen Yusheng was a friend of Tangshan's general corner.

On the day Tang Shan met Chen Yusheng, the latter rode a broken bicycle and rescued the timid Jiang Suping from a group of hooligans. Then, let her sit on the back seat of his bike and drive her all the way home.

That day, Tang Shan stood under a plane tree, watching the bicycle carrying two people disappear, and suddenly felt a pain in his heart, knowing that Jiang Suping's voice and smile would be farther and farther away from him, more and more blurred.

He also knew that even without Chen Yusheng, according to Jiang Suping's appearance, more people would be willing to send her home. Therefore, he doesn't hate his friend Chen Yusheng very much, he only hates his cowardice and his inner inferiority.

That day, he wiped his tears under the plane tree for a while. He hasn't shed a tear for more than ten years since he became sensible.

Later, Tang Shan wiped away his tears and went back to play chess. As he himself once said, how to solve worries? Only chess. put on the endgame copied from the old man's back, as well as the book "Eighteen Changes of Jinpeng", and pondered it alone.

At this time, he really forgot about the world for the time being.

When Chen Yusheng returned, it was getting late. Tang Shan returned to the present world from the chess game, walked to the door, and was relieved that he didn't see Jiang Suping enter the door together.

But seeing Chen Yusheng pushing the bicycle from outside with a spring breeze on his face and whistling, Tang Shan was a little angry in his heart, and scolded thoughtlessly:

"Damn, look at your virtue, like a cat in heat."

Chen Yusheng was stunned: "Have you eaten gunpowder?" Playing chess stupidly? If you continue like this, you will get a nervous disorder sooner or later. ”

Then the two ignored each other. For days I didn't even say a word.