Jiangnan, Qiantang, faintly dusk. The lights on the long street began to shine.

Compared with the north, the land south of the Yangtze River has always been divided into seven mountains, two rivers and one field, and the land for people to cultivate is scarce. As a result, business activities have become very frequent. Pedestrians from the south to the north come and go along the criss-crossing water and land trade routes, and in their hearts, there is always an obsession that drives them to embark on the journey and go to distant places.

When night fell, the sparks on the riverbank were faint, and on the long street, the fire trees and silver flowers, but who saw the glimpse in the lights as if they were in a different world.

The shouts and shouts of street vendors are heard one after another. Women around rouge gouache, children around candy and snacks, head to ear, whispering, it is a peaceful scene.

Quietly, a cool feeling seemed to pass through my ears, and the smell of water vapor came from the air, and it was raining.

On this early summer night in the south of the Yangtze River, a trace of rain took away the residual heat of the day. The dense rain swept across the earth in the faint night light, and the night gradually cooled down.

People open the umbrellas they carry with them and find shelter under them. More often than not, they used their hands as umbrellas, protected the top of their heads, and hurried home in the rain curtain.

On the shore of West Lake, a high-rise building stands quietly in the smoke and rain.

The bright lights look dreamlike in the hazy rain. A faint glow illuminates the night sky. There are no stars and no moon tonight, and this tall building is like the brightest star in the night sky.

Here, it is the most prosperous fireworks place in Qiantang - Huayinglou.

This building is as high as 100 feet, carved gallery and painted building, the eaves tooth is high peck, the singing is around the beam all day long, and the man dance is not stopped. Countless young women have squandered their youth here. There are also countless people who shine here. Just to make the beauty smile.

Just as copper coins have two different sides. In this world, not everyone can sit in the land of golden fireworks on a drizzly night, watch the Xianzi Man dance, listen to the sound of the warbler, and learn the words of the literati to cook wine.

Just in the depths of the alley next to the wall of Huayinglou, in that dark-covered place, curled up this little teenager. He was dressed in tattered clothes, his thin body peeking through the cracks in his clothes. His clothes were shabby, but exceptionally clean, and he hugged himself tightly with his arms, hoping to get a little warmth on this cold night.

He shrank into the corner of the wall again to avoid the splashing rain, and remained motionless, only his dark eyes peeking out of the crooks of his arms, silently surveying the world.

The night silently shrouded the heavens and the earth, and the rain quietly ran through the heavens and the earth, and the young man, like an elf quietly abandoned by the heavens and the earth, watched everything here alone.

It is often said that the encounters in this world are reunions after a long absence. Perhaps, the attention of each other at a glance will carve a heavy trace in life.

I don't know how long it took, the street was already dark, only the sheng song of Hua Yinglou had not been extinguished, illuminating a half-foot radius in the dark night.

Maybe it's the end of the day, maybe it's the beginning of the next day.

The boy only remembered that the night was very thick, and the silk-like rain curtain still played a textile song between heaven and earth. There was a girl in a water-green dress, holding a pale red oil-paper umbrella, and carrying an oil-paper bag in her arms, hurrying to this side of the alley.

"Ahh Like lotus leaves falling into the lake, pale red petals scattered aside.

Of course, it wasn't the boy who tripped her up, there was a small puddle on the ground, and she ran so quickly that she accidentally fell. Her dress was stained with a little water, but she protected the package in her arms.

I saw her stand up, not looking at the sewage on her body, hurriedly looked at the package, and then patted her chest, "It's okay, it's okay, the meat bun didn't break."

Only then did she remember that it was still raining, and when she looked around, she found her umbrella lying on the side, so she walked over to pick it up.

As if stepping on something, he lowered his head and took a closer look, and on the side at the end of the alley, a teenager was quietly curled up. Her heart couldn't help but tremble, could it be ...... She crouched down slightly, slowly bringing her hand closer to the boy's face.

At this time, the young man who was originally "asleep" suddenly opened his eyes, and a pair of dark eyes were filled with this frightened girl.

Looking at each other, the two invariably stopped at this moment, staring at each other quietly. I don't know how long it took, the girl was the first to come to her senses, coughed lightly and popped out a sentence "Late...... Good evening. The boy turned his head curtly, and vaguely felt a hint of heat on his face.

"Don't you have nowhere to go?"

He turned his head, looked at it, and noticed the peony embroidered on her clothes, which turned out to be the person from Huayinglou.

Seeing that he was silent, the girl said slowly: "You must be hungry, there are meat buns here." You're welcome, eat. With that, he took out a bun from the paper bag in his arms and handed it to him.

The boy raised his head and took a closer look at the person in front of him.

The cloud-like green silk was scattered behind him, and the aqua green dress revealed a poignant beauty in the inky night. She was about fourteen or fifteen years old. The eyebrows are like distant mountains, and there are stars shining in the eyes. The appearance of snow skin is the time of cardamom years.

The young man stretched out his hand, but pushed away the bun handed in front of him and shook his head gently.

"Huh?"

The girl tilted her head suspiciously, and then suddenly said, "By the way, how can one be enough, I have to eat five." Thinking like this, he handed over the bag in his hand, "No, I'll give it all to you, eat it." ”

"I don't want you to go." The voice is very soft, perhaps a weak relationship.

"What did you say?" Apparently the girl did not hear his words clearly, "Eat quickly, it won't taste bad when it's cold." ”

"I said, I don't want it, you go away." As he spoke, he pushed forward.

The girl who was squatting fell to the ground by this push, the oil-paper umbrella lay quietly on the side, the water on the ground wet the girl's dress, and the thin rain soaked her hair, slightly depressed. He looked at her in a daze, came back to his senses, but said nothing, walked straight past her, and left the alley. She was left to sit in the rain.

"What a strange man."

The girl said stunnedly, and then picked up the bag that fell on the ground, "It's okay, I didn't knock it all over." ”

She stood up, picked up her umbrella, and walked into the Huaying Building, and with a squeak, the wind and rain were shut out. The rain never stopped, covering all sounds.

The next day, the rain had stopped, but it had not yet cleared, and the sky was still overcast, making the early summer morning a little cool. It seems that I suffered from the wind chill last night, and I am a little dizzy when I walk today, and my face feels hot, so I should have a fever.

The boy dragged his heavy steps, struggling to carry the sack on his shoulder, going back and forth between the docks and the merchant ships. Under the pressure of the sack, the thin body looked fragile, as if it would be crushed apart if it was not careful.

Before nightfall, the boy received today's salary, which was not much, but it was more than enough to fill his stomach. Only then did the slanting sun poke its head out of the clouds and glance at it, and it quickly disappeared into the twilight. In the midst of the hustle and bustle, the day has passed again, and where should I leave tonight?

My head felt dizzy, and there was a pain like a pinprick in a needle, and I felt like I was going to faint at any moment. Finally, the boy came to the alley last night, and it seemed that he was going the same everywhere.

Maybe it was because it rained last night, but tonight there was a hint of cool breeze blowing on the face, and the bright moon was also hiding behind layers of clouds.

Huayinglou, the sound of silk and bamboo, singing and dancing, here seems to be a pure land out of the world, there is no family and country, there is no suffering of the people, some are just picturesque, beautiful people are like poetry.

With a creak, the door on one side was gently pushed open, and then, a water-green corner bloomed in the dark night like a lotus. It didn't take a few steps before there was a bang, and this time, she did trip over.

The girl got up and looked around, and saw a ragged arm, looking up, it was the boy from last night. His face seemed to be even paler than last night, and the girl stretched out her hand, a lotus root arm appeared in the green sleeve, and gently pressed the back of her hand against the young man's forehead,

"Whew, it's hot, he's got a fever!"

After a night of wind and rain, and a day of hard work during the day, the boy finally fell ill.

At this moment, he felt that his body was no longer his own, his limbs could not exert any strength, and he could not even move his fingers, but he felt that his head was dangling inside, shaking people dizzy, and at the same time, it was like someone was stabbing his head with a needle. His face felt hot, but his body was cold.