Flight of the Bumblebee

He Qi took out an old Nokia mobile phone that was eliminated a few years ago from an inconspicuous corner in the closet and gave it to Xing Yan. When he went out at night, he used his ID card to get a card for him to carry with him.Xing Yan was flattered when he got the mobile phone, so he wondered if he had never even seen the mobile phone, but thinking about it carefully, it was impossible.Although Xing Yan has been outside the mainstream society for five years, he is still a modern person who was born and raised here, not a primitive person who traveled from prehistoric times. Mobile phones have been popularized hundreds of years ago. How could he not seen.

But He Qi saw that he was so happy as if he had got some treasure, so he couldn't help asking him: "A Nokia old man phone makes you so happy? Isn't it you?"

Xing Yan took the mobile phone from his hand and asked him happily: "Can I call you when I'm at work?"

"No!" He Qi refused coldly, but his refusal did not hit Xing Yan.He sat on his bed holding a Nokia that had long since been eliminated, and the brand no longer even makes mobile phones, and entered He Qi's phone number key by key into the address book, and then pressed the call button, and the screen of He Qi's smartphone lit up , making a cheerful ringtone.He Qi glanced at it, and decisively pressed the red hang up button.

"It's convenient to contact you if you have something to do. Let me tell you first, your salary for the past few months will be confiscated. In order to support you, my savings are almost exhausted. You have to return all the money to me." Xing Yan listened carefully Then, nodded quietly.He continued: "In the future, the rent, water and electricity bills will be halved, and I will pay for the Internet fee myself, that's fine." Of course, Xing Yan had no objection, and nodded frantically.

He Qi touched his nose, suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and said, "It seems that I finally have the feeling of daily necessities."

Xing Yan also felt the same, and it was only at this moment that they really began to live together.In the past month or so, He Qi never asked him much, nor did he talk about money, as if this problem did not exist between them.But Xing Yan understands, and he also faintly realizes that it is a bit difficult to support two people with He Qi's salary. He is probably already stretched, but he has never heard him complain.He Qi shouldered the pressure silently by himself, he never haggled with Xing Yan about money.Xing Yan really thinks that He Qi is a gentle and kind old man, even though he tried his best to deny "gentleness".

Living together is not just about sleeping under the same roof, but also means facing shared difficulties and encouraging and supporting each other.How do other people do it?Xing Yan didn't quite understand.

Friends of the same sex live together, what do they do?What do same-sex lovers do when they live together?

What kind of behavior is not crossing the line?Where is the boundary line between him and He Qi?

Having a job means that Xing Yan is independent. He can finally stand on an equal footing with He Qi, instead of being a rice worm raised by He Qi. He is always worried about whether he is eating well at home and whether he has enough money. It's not that I'm hungry again today.In the future, he can also show the same concern for He Qi, worrying about him and at the same time gaining some confidence, no longer seeing him in a bad mood like before, turning his words over and over again in his heart many times, but finally he couldn't ask.

Xing Yan felt that the relationship between the two of them seemed to have undergone subtle changes, but it still seemed to be the same as before, nothing had changed.

He Qi simply breathed a sigh of relief, ashamed to say, he found that he could no longer afford to support Xing Yan, but fortunately he found a job, and the remaining money was enough to support his salary a month later, which should be barely enough.He suddenly realized that he seemed to be quite a great person, with an open mind and no stinginess, and all the praise words he could think of could be attached to him at this moment.

Even He Qi couldn't help patting his head in admiration, and said with relief: "Amazing!"You (I) are such a good person throughout the ages that you persisted for more than a month without kicking that guy out!

Early the next morning, which was also Xing Yan's first day at work, he and He Qi were woken up by the alarm at the same time, and hurriedly took turns using the bathroom.He Qi felt like returning to his student days, every morning in the boys' dormitory was spent in chaos.

"Today is the first day of your rebirth, work hard!"

Under the long slope, at the fork where they parted ways, he was like an elder. He patted Xing Yan's taller shoulder and instructed earnestly.

Xing Yan patted his head shyly. He had the illusion of going back to the past to participate in a competition for the first time. He was so encouraged by someone who was a few years younger than him. He looked very embarrassed and said in a low voice He said: "I will work hard."

He Qi couldn't stand the sensational Japanese-style youth films, he waved his hands casually, and said carelessly: "Anyway, do your best today, don't be fired on the first day." After finishing speaking, he walked away without looking back. I still wonder if Xing Yan will secretly cry behind.When crossing the road with traffic, he told himself that he must not look back at this time, and he should leave handsomely, like a tough guy who turns into a sticky note in a foreign movie, leaving only a firm back for the audience.

Parents probably feel the same way when they send their children to school, but if you insist that Xing Yan is the one who was sent, then his growth period is too long, and he doesn't know when he will grow into rebellious adolescence.

The subway has long been crowded with people who have come all the way from the starting point. He Qi holds his briefcase and stuffs himself into the sardine car.A woman's foundation mixed with various brands of perfume, a man's body position and the smell of cologne, as well as the stuffy feeling caused by carbon dioxide, the air conditioner in the car fully turned on, the necessary stops - he is familiar with the daily routine Can not be more familiar.

At the next stop, a group of people will get off the train, and the compartment will be slightly empty at that time, and the journey will become less uncomfortable.

He Qi snatched the armrest by the window.

Strange to say, it is called the subway, but this line has an above-ground part, so what should this short section of the road on the ground be called?Whether it is called subway or railway, there should be a special term to distinguish it, after all, it is so special.

It may be that the carriage was empty, He Qi's thoughts were more active than usual, and he began to notice details that he would never pay attention to normally.For example, the scenery outside the window, the bird on the telegraph pole in the distance, and another celebrity's endorsement product in the tunnel, but he didn't know who it was.

The phone beeped in his pocket, it was the sound of a text message.

God knows that he hasn't received a text message from other than 10086 for hundreds of years. Probably this message is also urging him to pay the bill or telling him how much data is left on his mobile phone.In this era when people rely heavily on chat software for communication, SMS communication has been seriously outdated, and it will gradually disappear from people's vision like handwritten letters in the near future.

He Qi didn't intend to pay attention to it at first, but he was in a very good mood this morning, very good.So good that he was actually curious what text message 10086 would send him.He Qi took out the phone from his trousers pocket, clicked the power button on the side of the phone, and the lock screen popped up, it was from Xing Yan.

"I asked a lovely lady at the cash register to call for me. Have you got on the subway? Have you arrived at the office? Have you started work? I'm going to move the goods, and the manager told me and three other people to get on the car It might be a little tiring to move the drinks to the warehouse. See you tonight."

There are also a few unknown square symbols behind it. He Qi guesses that the emoji of the elderly phone cannot be displayed on the smart phone, and it has become garbled characters.

He Qi felt that there were a few waterfall-like black lines on his face, and the corners of his mouth twitched stiffly.

What's the matter with this text message?This ambiguous tone, feminine tone, and "cute young lady"?who?Hooked up to a girl on the first day at work?What about your crowd phobia?What about your communication barrier?This number is Xing Yan, right?

He carefully confirmed the sender, and it was indeed Xing Yan.

"Will be a little tired"?Of course it will be tiring to make money, you think you are the rich second generation!Wait, it seems correct to say that he is the rich second generation...

He Qi tapped on the screen, and returned him a three-word text message: go to work!

Then put the phone back in his pocket.

The subway announcement announced the name of the station, and He Qi followed the flow of people and went out through the open carriage door.He came to the office, looked at his phone, but there was no new information, and started a new job.

Xing Yan got off work earlier than him, and He Qi came back with a few bottles of beer when dinner was ready.Seeing the plastic bag in his hand, Xing Yan had a weird expression: "Are you drinking again?"

"It's not that you can't drink." He put the chilled beer on the table and put the briefcase aside.

Xing Yan said: "Niuniu said today that she and her mother are going to come up to set off fireworks."

He Qi was taken aback, and then said: "Fireworks? Letting off fireworks is fine. I haven't set off fireworks on the roof yet. It's too wasteful."

"Then... shall we still drink?"

"Drink! Why don't you drink it? I'll go down and buy some more." After speaking, he ran down without even giving Xing Yan time to stop him.

He was so tired today, his muscles were sore, as if he had been beaten.Xing Yan had never done physical labor before, and his slender and fair hands like a girl had never done anything other than play the piano or even fold a quilt.When he was down and out, his hands were red from the cold in the snow, and he picked up food from the trash can.After being taken in by He Qi, these hands have washed dishes, washed clothes, and done all the housework. They are no longer a pair of pianist's hands.If the piano teacher with a white beard who is known for his strictness at the school knows, I'm afraid he would rather have his hands broken and never be able to use them again, than see him become like this.

"If you fall, use other parts of your body to support yourself. Your hands are not used for these things! I would rather see you disfigured because of protecting your hands than to see your most precious hands for insignificant things. Any wounds on the hands, understand!"

In the first class, he yelled this amazing sentence in front of more than 20 people in the class, and no one present was shocked by his aura.

The surgeon's hand and the pianist's hand—two of the most expensive hands in the world.

Maybe he can't be a pianist.Xing Yan looked at his palm, the ravines on it seemed to herald the palm lines of fate, and smiled self-deprecatingly.

He Qi bought a few bottles of fruit juice and snacks, as well as a few packs of the most popular fireworks during the Spring Festival.Fortunately, the grocery store outside was not closed. He traveled to many places to buy these few packs of out-of-season stuff.The boss said that many children came to buy during the summer vacation, although it was not as much as during the Spring Festival.How can I think that these children are probably influenced by Japanese TV dramas or anime, and think that the so-called "Fireworks Festival" in summer can be regarded as a real summer vacation.

He had never played with fireworks in the summer, and he hadn't touched them since elementary school.

In the past, every Spring Festival, he and the children in the neighborhood would buy fireworks and firecrackers from Grandma Chen at the canteen with the New Year's money, and wait until night to find an empty space without people, or light them directly on the road outside.Anyway, it is the countryside, the roads in the countryside are small and narrow, and almost no cars pass by.Chinese New Year in the south has no flavor. For him, it was just a few new clothes and pocket money. The food on the New Year's Eve was not as rich as the annual God Worship Day, which was really not worth mentioning.Therefore, setting off fireworks during the New Year has become one of the most memorable events in memory.

Unexpectedly, at this age, he would have the opportunity to relive his childhood in a foreign land. He Qi couldn't help but feel happy, and even went upstairs much faster.

He couldn't wait to set off fireworks on the roof.