Chapter VI
The salary was paid more than forty yuan, three shifts were implemented, and I was arranged on the night shift, and I had a premonition of hope!
All day, I lay in bed and read, and came to work at the factory at about 6 o'clock in the afternoon.
Pei Chunmei has changed into work clothes, and she is still serious and responsible for her work, and such a spirit has always influenced and inspired me.
I searched out the money from my pocket and carefully handed it to Pei Chunmei.
Pei Chunmei smiled and asked, "What are you doing?" ”
"The meal ticket you gave me," I said seriously, "I've been paid today, will I pay you back?" ”
Pei Chunmei shook her head and said with a smile: "No need." ”
I put the money in Pei Chunmei's hand again, and accidentally touched Pei Chunmei's hand, a bit like being shocked, and I couldn't help but retract my hand.
"No, I really don't have to pay it back," Pei Chunmei said with a smile, "I forgot about it." ”
Zheng Qingmei stood next to her and smiled secretly.
I was embarrassed to continue to pay back, Pei Chunmei was like a sister, what she gave me didn't need to be repaid, and there was a warmth in my heart like a relative.
"Squad leader, how can you ask me to thank you?" I asked in a whisper.
Pei Chunmei glanced at me and said with a smile: "What's going on, what do you keep talking about this little thing?" ”
I was so confused that I didn't know what to say.
"Work hard." Pei Chunmei said.
"Okay." I said, in my heart, I hope that the factory will become bigger and stronger.
Pei Chunmei asked: "What hobbies do you have outside of work?" ”
I thought that I didn't have any hobbies, the only thing I liked was reading novels, and I said, "I don't have any hobbies, just read books." ”
"What book?" Pei Chunmei asked.
"Lately, I've been watching Jane. Love. I said.
"It's the governess's love story, right?" Pei Chunmei asked.
"You've seen it?" I asked.
"I saw it a few years ago." Pei Chunmei said embarrassedly, "I haven't read for a long time now." ”
I let out an "oh" and felt that there was nothing to communicate between the two of us in terms of personal hobbies except for work communication.
When I was about to get off work, Pei Chunmei walked up to me and smiled at me from time to time, as if she had something to say, and she stopped talking a few times.
I seemed to sense something and asked, "Squad leader, what's the matter?" ”
"By the way, let me ask you, do you have a girlfriend?" Pei Chunmei asked.
I was taken aback, and I didn't know why Pei Chunmei asked me such a question, so I had to say truthfully: "No." ”
Pei Chunmei listened, smiled slightly, and asked reassuringly, "Can you go back with Xiao Zheng?" ”
"Why?" I suddenly asked in confusion, and my heart was suddenly excited.
"I'm about to get off work now, and she said I'm a little scared to go back to the dormitory at this time." Pei Chunmei said with a smile.
"Why didn't she say it herself?" I said, "We know each other." ”
"She's just asking, do you agree?" Pei Chunmei said with a smile.
At this time, I thought that I hadn't spoken for a long time, and I thought, just like this, I want to have a good chat with Zheng Qingmei, for example, how boys get close to girls, or what boys should pay attention to when they interact with girls, etc., thinking of this, I quickly agreed: "Okay, okay." ”
"You have to be a good 'flower messenger'." Pei Chunmei blinked and said meaningfully.
I said solemnly: "Squad leader, a trivial matter, the task must be completed." ”
"Then, this glorious task will be handed over to you." Pei Chunmei whispered, "It's so late, pay attention to safety on the road." ”
I looked at Pei Chunmei's cute appearance and smiled. I thought, what am I worried about? Thinking that he was about to go back to the dormitory with Zheng Qingmei, he couldn't help but get nervous again, and suddenly encountered such a moment, and his heart was pounding hard. I wanted to see Zheng Qingmei several times, but I was embarrassed.
It wasn't until it was time to get off work that Zheng Qingmei found me and asked in a low voice, "Did the squad leader tell you?" ”
I looked at Zheng Qingmei a little embarrassed, didn't say anything, just nodded vigorously, and then involuntarily stayed on her pretty face for a few seconds.
Zheng Qingmei still whispered: "I turned on the water and came over, you wait for me at the factory gate." ”
I suddenly became excited, thinking to myself, I must be calm, control my emotions, and think about walking quickly to the factory gate.
I stood at the gate of the factory and waited anxiously for Zheng Qingmei, but for some reason Zheng Qingmei did not come.
Look up at the sky, countless stars surround the boat-like moon, what a beautiful night. It's hazy and quiet!
Pei Chunmei and Guo Yongzhen were riding past the factory gate with flashlights, Pei Chunmei saw me and asked, "Why haven't you gone back yet?" ”
"Wait for Zheng Qingmei," I quickly explained, "she went to turn on the water." ”
Guo Yongzhen asked defiantly: "Why don't you accompany her to open the water?" ”
I immediately felt nauseous, but I didn't respond to Guo Yongzhen's words in front of Pei Chunmei.
"Today, you have to be a good 'flower messenger'." Guo Yongzhen continued, giggling non-stop.
I was just about to say something, when I heard Pei Chunmei say, "You must pay attention to safety." ”
"Yes, squad leader." I said out loud, thinking, you can rest assured about this, and promise to complete the task.
Guo Yongzhen rode out of the gate first, Pei Chunmei followed, and the two flashlights swayed on the road one after the other, gradually disappearing into the hazy night.
Colleagues from another shift in the workshop have already started their work. The colleagues who got off work were almost gone, and the factory gate was quiet again. I'm even more excited, I really have the opportunity to be alone with Zheng Qingmei, I think, today I ask if I have a boyfriend, and there are some questions that are not good to ask during the day, since I am alone together, it depends on the play. The more I thought about it, the happier I became, and the more I thought about it, the more excited I became.
Zheng Qingmei finally came over with a hot water bottle, stopped when she was still some distance away from me, and shouted timidly at me, "Let's go." ”
I looked at Zheng Qingmei in surprise, who was not far away and not close, and didn't understand why Zheng Qingmei did this. Zheng Qingmei in the night is even more charming and moving, like a fairy.
"Okay." Although I felt a little unhappy, I answered happily.
Zheng Qingmei walked past me, wafting a strong intoxicating fragrance in the wind. I want to follow Zheng Qingmei closely, hoping to have a good talk with her; But Zheng Qingmei walked very fast, and walked out of the factory gate at once, I chased after him for a while, Zheng Qingmei also walked briskly, the two of them always kept a distance, and my thoughts were suddenly disrupted.
"What's wrong?" I fell behind Zheng Qingmei, always not close or far, and asked very curiously. I was like an outcast, full of helplessness and bitterness. I wanted to have such an opportunity at this moment to talk to Zheng Qingmei alone, but at such a distance, how can I communicate? I was stunned.
Zheng Qingmei still maintains the original distance and still walks fast; I had to run to catch up with Zheng Qingmei. Zheng Qingmei watched me run, and she also trotted up. The distance between two people is always more than two meters, and such a distance seems to be inconvenient to communicate these three problems, or in other words, such a distance is impossible to communicate verbally.
I was finally deflated and stopped in confusion and walked slowly. Zheng Qingmei also slowed down. I asked myself again and again, thinking, what's going on, what's going on? Could it be that I did something wrong? Am I doing something wrong? But I couldn't figure it out.
Seeing that I was about to arrive at the dormitory, I wanted to get close to Zheng Qingmei again, so I walked forward quickly, and Zheng Qingmei found that I had quickened my pace again, and I couldn't help but speed up my pace as well. When I saw this, I didn't think it was funny, so I had to slow down, and Zheng Qingmei also slowed down. I walked briskly again, Zheng Qingmei walked a few quick steps very sensitively, always keeping a "safe" distance, and I almost despaired.
I was about to go to the dormitory, and I couldn't care so much, so I mustered up a lot of courage and asked loudly, "Do you have a boyfriend?" ”
Zheng Qingmei didn't reply, and shouted in an affirmative tone: "No." ”
I felt happy in my heart, and I felt that I didn't need to ask the other two questions, and I felt some comfort in my heart, and all the unhappiness and despair disappeared at once, and I felt infinite satisfaction in my heart. I think that although I didn't walk side by side with Zheng Qingmei, Zheng Qingmei's "no" was like a sedative injected into my body, as calm and comfortable as the water in my heart, a kind of indescribable happiness, a kind of pleasure that cannot be expressed in words.
Zheng Qingmei changed the hot water bottle in her hand, and she looked very tired.
I ran up with a feeling of pity and shouted timidly, "I'll carry it for you." ”
Zheng Qingmei was like a frightened deer and suddenly quickened her pace and shouted, "No need, no need." ”
Again, I wondered, what is this for?
It was still quiet, save for the hurried footsteps of two people. I suddenly had a kind of worry, what if I met a bad guy at this time?
I looked at Zheng Qingmei who was like running, she was so fragile, and suddenly I had an urge to protect her, I thought, if there is a bad person, I must rush up to protect Zheng Qingmei without hesitation. I don't understand why I did it, I just felt like I had to do it. My colleague had a very strange idea: I hope something happens, and in that case, I will do my best to protect Zheng Qingmei. At this time, I was fearless, brave, and full of strength.
"Can you go a little slower?" I shouted as hard as I could, but I also felt my despair.
Zheng Qingmei didn't speak, nor did she stop, her eyes looked ahead, as if she saw something.
I followed Zheng Qingmei's eyes and found a figure in front of me hurrying towards me.
I immediately realized something, and after a short period of nervousness and fear, I immediately mustered up the courage to speed up my pace and rushed towards the figure in front of me, the only thought at this time was to protect Zheng Qingmei at all costs and do my best to protect Zheng Qingmei.
I rushed forward, and in the darkness of the night I saw that the figure was a well-mannered man. I can deal with such a man with my bare hands, I thought about it, and felt that Zheng Qingmei behind me had obviously slowed down.
I still rushed towards the man without hesitation, wanting to build a protective circle between the man and Zheng Qingmei, and suddenly felt infinite courage and guts! I don't know what to expect, and even if it happens, I'll bravely rush forward! I finally rushed to the man, and just as I clenched my fists and walked up to the man, Zheng Qingmei immediately shouted from behind: "Qi Xun, you go back first." ”
Zheng Qingmei's words were like giving me a stick, and I suddenly lost all my strength and courage.
In a moment I understood something, without any words, without any reaction, I chose to leave without looking back.
In the afterglow, I saw that the man was wearing glasses, a suit, and a tie.
The man behind me said in a smiling voice, "Thank you for sending me a girlfriend." ”
I felt like I was shot by an arrow in the chest, and I was in pain, and I thought: Okay, you Zheng Qingmei, I just asked you, you said you don't have a boyfriend, why do you have it now? Thinking of this, my mood became very irritable, and I had a lot of helplessness, and walked quickly to the dormitory. I walked for a while, my mind was still very messy, and I suddenly wanted to sing loudly, many times when I was lonely, or when I was in a bad mood, I would sing, which could relieve my complex emotions:
I am a wolf from the north, walking in the endless wilderness...... The song is poignant, and in the silent night, it is even more sad.
Finally, I walked to the door of the dormitory, and the door of the old man's bedroom was open, and he was watching TV while waiting for the workers who would get off the night shift. When the old man Wang saw me coming, he came out and unlocked the gate.
I walked into the small courtyard, and Old Man Wang hurriedly asked, "Is there anyone who hasn't come back?" ”
I ignored Old Man Wang, I was in an extremely unhappy mood at this time, and I didn't want to say anything.
Seeing that I didn't answer, Old Man Wang didn't ask anything more, and silently locked the door.
I went upstairs and into bedroom 7. Kiyama was asleep. I really want to wake up Kiyama and tell Kiyama about the scene just now, this ending makes me angry and unacceptable, but I have to accept it, I feel very sad in my heart, I feel like an intellectually disabled person. I pushed Mu Shan, Mu Shan in his sleep turned over and fell asleep again, I couldn't bear to disturb Mu Shan anymore, and suddenly looked at the word "forbearance" on Mu Shan's arm clearly visible.
A knife in the heart of the word ninja, sure enough, that's the case. Bear with it, let's bear with it, there are many things in life that need to be endured, I think, with a long sigh of relief.
Later, I quietly grabbed towels, soap, and clothes and went downstairs to the bathroom. I whispered to myself what to say, tonight and Zheng Qingmei are considered to be an end, but a fire is burning in my heart that cannot be quelled; I simply lifted a bucket of cold water above my head, and then poured it down from the top of my head, and the water flowed from my head to my whole body, and I felt cold in my body.
I exclaimed, "It's so cool!" "Then he poured a second bucket of water, and a third bucket of ...... I don't know how many buckets I spilled, but I just feel cold and much more comfortable.
I went upstairs and went back to my dorm to sleep, tossing and turning and couldn't sleep. After a long time, I heard the sound of the iron door crashing. I hurriedly got up and went out to look, and sure enough, I saw Zheng Qingmei skillfully climbing over the iron gate like a monkey, making the iron gate clang, and it was louder in the quiet night. There was still a person standing at the gate of the courtyard, it was the boy I had just met on the road, I didn't want to look at him, so I turned my gaze to the sky and the stars in the sky. I seem to be looking for a star, looking for it, looking for it, looking for it...... Before you know it, you can feel how quiet and beautiful the starry night is.
Zheng Qingmei climbed through the iron gate, quietly walked upstairs, and when she passed room 7, she suddenly saw me standing by the railing on the floor of the corridor, startled, but quickly calmed down and slipped into her bedroom like a cat.
I went back to my room and lay on the bed, thinking about how Zheng Qingmei could lie like this? This time I want to completely clear Zheng Qingmei from my mind, never think of this person again, or rather, never want to associate with her again, even if it is a word; Then, I suddenly thought of Dongmei, remembered many, many classmates, and thought of the subject teacher, thinking about it, and once again regretting that I shouldn't have come out of school, and warned myself not to be impulsive in the future, but to think twice.
I lay down for a long time, but I still couldn't sleep, so I simply got up; Then quietly came to the corridor, the small courtyard was very quiet, and when I looked up again, I saw the starry sky, and the sky was still so beautiful and quiet. I thought, and all of a sudden, I found a very bright star. I kept looking at that very bright star and thinking a lot. The stars, though distant, seem to give me comfort and companionship. A breeze blew, and there was a rustling sound in the yard, and I looked down to see the two trees still standing silently like two giants, as if they were accompanying me, or I was accompanying the trees, and also accompanied by this beautiful night, the beautiful distant starry sky.
At noon, I suddenly woke up and found that the bedroom door was open, and the harsh sunlight was shining in.
I took a toothbrush and towel and went downstairs to wash, and in the bathroom, I met Zheng Qingmei who was also washing her mouth. Zheng Qingmei smiled at me, I ignored it, but the unhappy emotions in my heart disappeared all of a sudden.
Zheng Qingmei's face was still so beautiful, and her eyes emitted a scorching light.
While washing my mouth, I thought that there was still Zheng Qingmei in my heart, and I obviously wanted to forget this person, but I couldn't forget it, or Zheng Qingmei was not completely erased from my heart. I think, since Zheng Qingmei has a boyfriend, then, bless her, infinite regret once again emerges in my heart.
Zheng Qingmei looked a little embarrassed, and said flatteringly: "Will I take you to ice skating?" ”
Skating? I shook my head, indicating that I was not interested. Listening to Zheng Qingmei talk about skating again, I didn't have much interest in thinking that it was just skating on the cement. I thought, since it's ice skating, why do you have to skate on the ice, skating on the concrete surface, what is it called skating, at most it is skating, not ice skating.
Zheng Qingmei laughed out loud and said, "Ice skating is fun." ”
I was puzzled and said, "I don't want to go." ”
"I didn't want to go at first. Later, I went once, and I wanted to go a second time, haha. Zheng Qingmei said with a smile.
"Where to skate?" I asked.
"Children's Palace." Zheng Qingmei said with a smile.
I seemed to understand, I wanted to refuse again, but I chose to acquiesce, and soon I was very curious, I really didn't know how to skate on the cement floor, and suddenly became interested, and I was worried that Zheng Qingmei's words would not count, so I asked emphatically: "When?" ”
"In a few days, if you rest, I'll take you to slip away, and I'll teach you." Zheng Qingmei's eyes flashed, and she said very interestingly.
"How much is a ticket?" I asked.
"I'm in for a treat." Zheng Qingmei said briskly.
"Okay, don't forget it then, don't talk nonsense." Again, I say.
Zheng Qingmei smiled at me and nodded, showing a kind of affirmation. At this time, Zheng Qingmei is still beautiful, although there are infinite regrets in my heart, but Zheng Qingmei's smiling face still moves me, I hope the two can still be friends, and, even after many years, I will still remember such a beautiful girl.