Song Song

The weather has been abnormal lately, raining intermittently and always gloomy.

Chu Yi remembered that he still had a few things left in the rental house, so he drove there directly after the night shift, climbed up to the fourth floor, and knocked on the door.

The door opened, and it was the person who rented the house to them before.

The landlord explained: "He returned the house last week. There are still some books in the house that I haven't moved. I am not willing to throw them away. You are here, just take them all back."

As he spoke, he went back to the room and moved the box of books to the door. The top one was "The Little Prince" in a blue cartoon cover.

At that time, Lin Xiaosong bought it one by one according to the list of must-reads recommended on the Internet. The title page of each book was marked with a black pen, "Lin Xiaosong purchased it on X-month-X, XX".

He likes to show off, and in a clumsy way—

He leaned over to the man and quickly flipped through the book from beginning to end. The notes on it were his hard work, "Brother Chu Yi, look, I've finished reading another book."

Chu Yi froze for a moment, but only for a moment.

The landlord added: "It stands to reason that this house should be rented until the end of August. If he insists on returning early, I can't return the deposit to you."

Seeing that the other party was silent, the landlord weighed his face carefully, for fear of raising the deposit again. After a while, he remembered that there was a tortoise in the house, "Oh, by the way, your friend also kept a tortoise, and asked me to raise it for him. How do you know these things, just change the water every day and feed some meat. It just so happens that you are here, so let’s take it back with you.”

With that said, the landlord went back to the house and moved out the fish tank where the turtle was kept.

The two-year-old Chinese tortoise, not as big as a human palm, is lying on the rocks to dry its shells.

Lin Xiaosong bought this tortoise from the flower and bird market, and bought it together with the fish tank containing the turtle. When he got home and checked online, he found that it was more than 100 cheaper on Taobao. He hugged the fish tank aggressively and went to find the seller. Of course he refused to admit it.

For this reason, Lin Xiaosong was depressed for several days.Chu Yi ignored his complaints, and had only one thought at the time: no brains.

Not only that, but there were many things about that child that he couldn't understand. Zaozao had worked hard in society and should be good at everything, but Lin Xiaosong was as stupid as a strange thing.I was tricked into a certain task group before, saying that I made a lot of money every day, paid the tuition, and tasted a little sweetness, but then I didn't follow up, and the principal was not earned back.

Then, I will be depressed for a few days, and I will never have a long memory.

Chu Yi stretched out his hand to take it.

The landlord gave way, pointing his eyes at the book at the door: "Move the book, I'll help you take down the fish tank."

The landlord was kind enough to help move the fish tank to the parking space. Chu Yi opened the trunk and put the books and the fish tank in.

"Thank you." Chu Yi said quietly.

The landlord instinctively felt that this person was not easy to get along with, so he waved his hand and said generously, "It's okay, it should be."

Chu Yi nodded to express his politeness, and drove away without saying a word.

The landlord stood where he was, stunned for a while: He is a weirdo, dare to feel like I owe him, thank God, fortunately, the deposit was saved.

Chu's mother retired at home and had a lot of free time. It was fine when she was busy, but she was flustered when she was free.She is too lazy to go to the small square to dance now, where middle-aged women gather together, it is unavoidable that the owner, the Li family, is short-changed. At their age, the most talked about is nothing more than marrying a wife and holding grandchildren, so she will not suffer from that sulking.

Chu Yi came in with the fish tank in his arms, put it casually behind the door, then turned around and went downstairs to carry the books.

Chu's mother just heard the sound, but in the blink of an eye, the person disappeared. Just as she was suspicious, she saw the little turtle at the door.

"Why did you buy a tortoise?" She knelt down and watched for a while, thinking it was quite cute, better than kittens and puppies, at least not noisy, "I need to find a place for you to make a home."

She muttered to herself.

Not long after, Chu Yi came in with a box of books, turned his head to look at his mother, and walked straight to the bedroom without saying a word.

Mother Chu asked him, "Where did you get it?"

"A gift from a friend." He put the books away one by one and walked out, "You are idle anyway, so help me take care of it."

Chu's mother stood up and looked at the little turtle, not very willingly: "This thing smells bad, will it smell bad at home?"

Chu Yi looked over: "Change the water every day, what's the smell?"

"That's all right, let's keep it at home for a while, and if it smells bad, send it back to your friend." Mother Chu muttered again, "What's wrong with sending a tortoise, it's troublesome."

Chu Yi was stunned for a moment, his expression still indifferent, and few things could make his mood fluctuate, "He's not in Beishi."

Mother Chu didn't listen carefully, and was busy making room for the fish tank at the moment, so she answered casually, "Where are you going?"

Chu Yi didn't answer her. He went to the refrigerator to get a bottle of wine, pulled off the pull tab, took a few sips, and looked at the fish tank with a complicated expression.

"Going to another place." He said, and then walked back to his room.

No one responded outside, so if you listen carefully, there is only the sound of "stepping, stepping" of the soles of the shoes against the floor, the sound is heavy, just like this cloudy day.

Lin Xiaosong finally returned to his hometown, but he only stayed for four days. Four days later, in the morning, when it was still daylight, he left with his bags on his back.

The reason is simple, the family can't afford to lose this person.In the interlayer of the packet was 2 yuan secretly stuffed by his mother.

Lin Xiaosong got on the train to the provincial capital, and his stomach became more and more round.

He booked a car on the open space in front of the station. The driver was a strong guy in his 20s with broad shoulders and a broad back. He looked like a Lianjiazi. After putting away his luggage, he asked him where he was going.

Lin Xiaosong said: "I want to find a place to live, which is a little cheaper."

The driver understood: "Are you looking for a job here?"

Lin Xiaosong lowered his head and huddled in the corner of the back seat by himself, "Yes."

He was not familiar with this city at all, and he didn't know where he could be accommodated.Lin Xiaosong looked out the window, feeling emotional.

The phone flashed suddenly, and a message jumped out——

"Don't blame me and your father for being cruel. Our place is too small, and we can't do anything about it. You can keep the 2 yuan."

I thought my hometown was my last hope, but now it has become the last straw that crushes Lin Xiaosong.He has no one to tell, tears rolling down like beans one by one.

The driver heard something was wrong with him, looked in the rearview mirror, and asked concerned: "Little brother, what's the matter with you?"

"It's okay." Lin Xiaosong shook his head, looked out the window, tears streaming down his face, and finally choked up.

The driver pulled over and turned his head to look at him, "Don't cry, tell me if you have any difficulties."

Lin Xiaosong was grinning with no image, his eyes were full of tears, he was crying so hard that he almost collapsed.

When he calmed down a bit, the driver comforted him: "There is nothing hard to overcome. If you lose money, you can still earn it. If you lose love, the big deal is to find another one. Why are you crying, old man?"

Lin Xiaosong's eyes were red, and he was sobbing: "I can't make it through..."

"What's the problem? Look at me. I've been in the provincial capital for so long, but I'm still a bad driver. I only have such a small salary every month. I can still live pretty well." The driver thought for a while, "This way Come on, if you don’t mind, go to my place, I happen to be looking for someone to rent together recently, five hundred a month.”

The driver was afraid that he would be worried, so he grabbed his work card and showed it to him, "My name is Liu Yang, and I drive a taxi."

After that, the taxi turned around and headed towards the outer district.

Liu Yang led him in and took him around in various rooms.In fact, it’s not that big. It’s a small apartment with one bedroom and one living room. The decoration is relatively new. The living room is transparent from north to south, visually it looks spacious.

Liu Yang took the initiative to say: "I will sleep in the living room, and I will leave the room to you. I will take you to a nearby supermarket later to buy some daily necessities."

Lin Xiaosong put down the big and small bags on his body, "Thank you."

Liu Yang waved his hand: "It's okay, I just need a roommate to share the rent, what's your name?"

"My name is Lin Xiaosong."

Lin Xiaosong stayed here. He didn't mention his pregnancy, but as the days went by, his belly became more and more protruding. By July and August, it was already about the size of a football.

Liu Yang thought he was suffering from some strange disease, and persuaded him to go to the hospital several times.

Lin Xiaosong smiled and said "OK", but in fact he didn't take any action, Liu Yang found this person more and more weird.

He hides in the house all day long and doesn't go out. The only place he has contact with the outside world is the balcony. When the weather is good, he will move a chair and sit there to get some fresh air.

The summer in the Northeast is not too hot, and a small fan is placed at the end of his bed, spinning creakingly.

Until the end, Liu Yang couldn't hold back any longer. He came back from the taxi, feeling hot all over his body, drank a large glass of cold water, put the glass away, and asked him, "Are you pregnant?"

Lin Xiaosong sat down slowly with his belly outstretched, leaning on the edge of the table, and gradually felt relieved about the pregnancy: "There is still more than a month to go."

Liu Yang was surprised: "Are you a woman?"

Lin Xiaosong shook his head, but did not speak.

Liu Yang had a general understanding, sighed, and said, "Have you contacted the hospital where the delivery took place?"

Lin Xiaosong bit his lip and remained silent.

"Go to women and children, it has a good reputation there, you can go and have a look in a few days, and contact the bed in advance."

"I'm not going to a big hospital."

Liu Yang didn't say anything. One day later, when Lin Xiaosong was still in the room looking through the dictionary to find the child's name, he came back, still full of heat.

"Xiao Song, get ready. I'll take you to the Ninth Hospital. A relative of my family works as a nurse there. I told her, don't worry, it's not a big hospital, and not many people go there to give birth."

"Just wear that overalls." Liu Yang bought him a mask and a hat, "Come on, put on this hat and mask."

Lin Xiaosong looked at him, his eyes were red: "Thank you."

He had never heard Liu Yang mention anything about his family. This 1.8 meter northeastern man seemed to have no worries. Only once, his father called from his hometown. After he hung up, he fell into a long silence.

Later, I heard from him that he used to work at the high-speed toll station in his hometown, and he had a boyfriend, but his family disagreed, and there was nothing to do, so he went to the provincial capital.

This stay is four years.