Changxia Shaoman

In order to welcome the new members of the Xu family, Wu Xiufang urged Lin Yu to go to the supermarket to buy supplies early the next morning. Vaccines and other things had already been taken care of, and the only thing left to buy was cat food and cat climbing racks. Like, Wu Xiufang has never had a pet since she raised a big dog many years ago. This time she got a cat by accident. Now that she has one, she must keep it well.

The brand of cat food is bought according to what the original owner’s big cats eat. Now Pao Pao can eat cat food. Wu Xiufang couldn’t find this brand in the supermarket, so she searched online. Good guy, it’s more expensive than human food .Anyway, I live in the second ring road of Beijing, and I have a rented house in the fourth ring road. Wu Xiufang placed an order for a dozen packs in one go, each flavor was planted by Pao Pao, and the rest were bought in the supermarket. , By the way, I brought some daily necessities back.

Xu Zhizhen and Xu Nankai went out to walk cats, Xu Jiacheng cooked in the house, strolled along the alley, and said hello to the neighbors when they saw each other, Xu Zhizhen was smiling, and he was happier than anyone else holding the cat. When I arrived at a brother from a compatriot, the owner took it to bask in the sun at the door, and he was also an old friend of Xu Zhizhen's family.

He said hello to the old lady, and asked the two cats to say hello and chat, and Pao Pao went up to pick her up. Although they were fellow students, their personalities were different. It landed on the old lady's lap, and she closed her eyes and didn't care about the world.

Pao Pao was at a loss, and after a few words of meow, he had no choice but to turn around and paw at Xu Zhizhen, who seemed aggrieved, Xu Zhizhen couldn't help laughing, and coaxed her to leave.

Walking and walking home, Xu Zhizhen suddenly noticed a very different courtyard house not far from their house.Strange to say, I haven't found it before.The reason why they are different is because the courtyard houses here are roughly the same, apart from the ones that are lived in and those that are rented out, the ones that are left unused are basically easy to distinguish.

Because it is a courtyard house, it inherits the tradition of the ancestors, and the households living under the walls of old Beijing seldom take care of the courtyard house with ulterior motives. The most common ones are clean and refreshing. Too many birds or raising cats and dogs, at a glance, you can only feel the strong breath of life, and the smoke is curling up, which is also the ideal life that many people dream of.Although Beijing is a rapidly developing city with an extremely fast pace, what is amazing is the collision of the old and the new. There are high-rise buildings shining golden in the sun, and small courtyards that are steaming at the corners of the alleys. At the foot of the city, next to the high-rise buildings, there are long, narrow, winding alleys.

And the strange thing about this yard is that there is no life atmosphere.Because whether you live in your own home or rent out a house, the biggest feature is the breath of life that you can't get rid of.Among them, drying clothes is unavoidable, and there are sausages and bacon that are dried in almost every household. Large families can often fill a long corridor, which looks red and green, which is extraordinarily grand.

And this one, at first glance, feels beautiful and exquisite.What caught the eye were all kinds of plants, the most dazzling one was probably the proud red plum, and there was even a sofa swing placed among the layers of vegetation.And in the middle of the yard, there was a stone table, and four neatly arranged stone benches beside it.Maybe it's winter, the plants don't show much vitality, only the faint lush greenery, most of them are restrained and waiting for spring.

It is too poetic and picturesque, but it is incompatible with the vibrant ecological circle around it.

Xu Zhizhen pounded on Xu Nankai, "Whose house is this? Or some kind of online celebrity shop?"

After speaking, he met Xu Nankai's equally bewildered face, and suddenly remembered that Xu Nankai would only be more ignorant than him, so he gave up and asked Xu Jiacheng while drinking water at the kitchen door.

Xu Jiacheng fried the small yellow croaker, and said "Hey", "That house, why did I find out that this house has been moved for half a year, and there is an old lady living here. Coincidentally, it is Pao Pao's house, and Pao Pao used to be That cat."

Xu Zhizhen said "ah", wiped his mouth and put down the water glass, "So it's this place."

Xu Jiacheng turned off the fire, took out the fried golden and crispy yellow croaker, and said, "This old lady is not an ordinary person. Your sister was a guest once, and she said it was very different. The interior decoration is very good. You can’t see it from the outside, it’s exquisite and practical. It’s also not bad for money. The house here has been put aside for many years. I just came back to live in it because I thought about it. I don’t know when I left. Get in the mood."

Xu Zhizhen was not surprised, "There is no shortage of rich people here."

Although there are many people living in Beijing Hutongs, it does not mean that all of them are rich, but it does not mean that there are no rich people.A long and winding alley can extend to all directions, and there are all kinds of people living in it. Maybe they will just pass by each other for a lifetime, and they don't know what their identity and status are.

Xu Zhizhen grew up here, and this is probably what he understands best.

When I was young, I told my classmates that my family lived in a Hutong courtyard house, and my classmates all envied me, envious that my family must be very rich.Xu Zhizhen is also ignorant, indeed, his family is quite rich, and he has basically never wronged him for anything he wants except for big things.That's how he thought that everyone who lived here was just like him.It was only later that I found out that it was the same, the houses of the ancestors were passed down, but the succession of the descendants was uneven, but no one was willing to sell them, so they continued to live, living a carefree life in Beijing.

Later, Xu Zhizhen also thought about it, maybe the idea at that time was not necessarily wrong, after all, the concept of "rich" itself is very vague here.What counts as rich, how much money counts as rich, and who knows.

On the contrary, Wu Xiufang and Xu Jiacheng have lived in the alley all their lives, and they can see it much more clearly than him.Neighbors communicate with people's hearts, where there is no money.

He also refrained from looking at people, and just lived his life with peace of mind.

But now, Xu Zhizhen received the Tmall express that had just been delivered to his door, a large box full of cat food, he and Bubble, who was standing next to him in a panic, looked at each other, smiled and sighed, Bubbles hugged the bag of cat food on top of the box.Although Pao Pao is young, the aristocratic temperament in his bones has been gradually revealed. Just a concave shape is a look of high-cold strangers. Xu Zhizhen took a few pictures of Pao Pao. Stretching his front legs, he looked up at Xu Zhizhen.

After taking the photo, Xu Zhizhen dragged Pao Pao into the utility room together with the box, rummaged through it, took out a bag of cat food and put it near Pao Pao's cat food bowl, and hugged Pao Pao to urge it to solve its physiological problems.

Paopao was raised well before. Xu Jiacheng said that he had been sent to cat school before. After ten days of school, he basically learned how to go to the toilet. The habit of solving can basically graduate.Unlike dogs, cats and cats can be said to be animals born to enjoy happiness, and no one can escape its temptation.

Xu Zhizhen thought about it, wiped Pao Pao's hair with a wet towel, wiped it again with a paper towel, and then took it to the yard to play.

Not long after, Wu Xiufang and Lin Yu, who came back with big and small bags, looked at the pile of cat toys, cat climbing frames, and small clothes in the bag, and fell silent for a while.

Wu Xiufang made bubbles and stretched out her arms, "My dear grandson, come to grandma's arms."

Xu Zhizhen squatted on the promenade, holding his head, sighed, full of mourning, "I thought I was Papa Pao, but it seems that I can only be called the same generation."

Lin Yu laughed out loud, reached out and knocked him on the head, "You, you."

The chickens are flying like dogs, so Pao Pao bought Chinese New Year gifts in advance. Wu Xiufang specially took out a corner of the living room as a play area for Pao Pao. The cat climbing frame was installed, and the toys were put in small boxes. The food is placed in the utility room, and the small clothes are thrown into the washing machine after being tried one by one.

Xu Zhizhen sat on the sofa watching Jin Yong with Xu Jiacheng, next to Wu Xiufang and Lin Yu sat on the ground and had fun, watching Su Youpeng on TV, he felt the urgency of being laid off and reemploying in advance.

Before the meal, he uploaded the photo of Pao Pao to Moments, and added a pink filter to it. After the meal, he looked at it, and sure enough, there were a lot of likes, all congratulating Mr. Xu for having a cat and being a big boss.

Xu Zhizhen uniformly replied thank you, welcome to come to see Sister Bubble at home another day.

After returning, I went to take a nap with Pao Pao in my arms. When I woke up, I found Xie Bei looking for him. When I clicked on it, I saw a cat that looked like Pao Pao.

———The one in your circle of friends is your cat?

———It looks like this one in my house

Xu Zhizhen is more open-minded, and he has one thing to say, it really looks like it, it looks more than a lap bigger than Bubble, looks arrogant and indifferent, beautiful green eyes look at the camera contemptuously, soft and shiny white hair, It looks very good.

Xu Zhizhen looked at Paopao, then at Paopao, and put the phone next to Paopao for comparison. Damn, it looks alike.

He typed a reply.

————The new cat from my neighbor gave birth to several cats, so he gave them to his neighbors

No more audio.

It wasn't until evening that Xie Bei's news came. It was a voice message.He was cultivating a new type of brother-sister relationship with Pao Pao, and when he saw the message pop up, he quickly clicked on it.

In the small room, Xie Bei's voice instantly occupied the space. The slightly hoarse voice, the casual smile, the unknown handsome guy, can actually come through a short voice, as if it had been honed by sandpaper, and like It was stained with red wine, and the north wind howling in the background couldn't be ignored. He smiled, "What a coincidence, our family, Jade, just gave birth to a litter of cats a while ago. Don't you think we are neighbors?"

For no reason, Xu Zhizhen's heart skipped a beat, and then slowly, it jumped again.

Bubble jumped over to grab the ball in his arms, saw that he didn't move, jumped and ran away again, and went to play with the ball by himself.The older brother who was at a loss was left alone holding his mobile phone in place, confronting his beating heart, questioning a voice, why the hell have you never heard Xie Bei speak?But he blushed in disbelief, tentatively wanting to listen to it again, in case it was really just twitching.

The same voice wafted over the room again, Xu Zhizhen clutched his heart, fell down on the soft milk blanket, and gave up struggling.

He faltered and stuttered, touching his hot face, obviously illogical, but vaguely knew the reason.

The sweet smell of sugar came from nowhere, and the white transparent single-layer curtains fell on the wooden floor and his exposed one-inch ankle through the bright moonlight outside, which was gentler than the orange light in the room.

Xu Zhizhen was lying on the blanket, hugging the phone, thinking and thinking, biting his lower lip, typing.

----Maybe?

————When will you go home and return to your home in Beijing?

Now Xie Bei changed his typing and said, tomorrow night.

————The last recording today, I have been busy for ten days, and the day after tomorrow will be Xiaonian, and I want to accompany grandma

Although Xie Bei didn't say anything, Xu Zhizhen could see Xie Bei appearing in various places in Douyin's non-stop videos, shooting advertisements for magazines, and all kinds of Reuters videos.

Xie Bei, who left the school, and Xie Bei, who had left the black central opera long jacket, looked very different under the camera of the mobile phone.

It is not so much strangeness as it is freshness.Which one is the real him, Xu Zhizhen thinks, this is impossible to explore, and this is what makes him more attractive.

He got up on his stomach, replied a voice message, and said with a smile, "Then I wish you to finish work early and go home to spend the New Year with grandma."

As for whether it was a matter of neighbors, Xu Zhizhen just laughed and forgot about it in a blink of an eye. If there was such a chance, he would really buy a lottery ticket.