Song Song

Lin Xiaosong went downstairs with his head buried, his backpack full of thoughts, just now in the kitchen, he also wanted to take away the old hen soup that was simmering on the stove, and bring it to that person to nourish his body.What a strange person, just like a farmer who thinks the emperor uses a golden hoe, Lin Xiaosong thinks that being good to a person is helping him to fill his stomach, so that he can work when he has strength.

He walked staggeringly, immersed in some kind of trance, his body seemed to be cut in half, half fell into memory, and half pulled back to reality.

It was getting dark outside, and the evening in this season is the most suitable for a stroll in the courtyard. Lin Xiaosong took the subway to the agreed restaurant with easy steps.Liu Yang came earlier than him, and several plates of cold dishes were already on the table. After he said hello and put down his bag, he heard the man say, "I don't know what you like to eat, so I ordered a standard set meal."

Lin Xiaosong smiled: "I can do it."

Not long after, Wang Pingchuan and his wife also came. Liu Yang greeted them politely. After calling "Brother Wang" and "Sister Zhou", Wang Pingchuan took off his coat and told him to sit down.

After telling the waiter to take the food, the four moved their chopsticks to eat. Liu Yang got up and offered a toast to his boss, to his kindness, then to the boss's wife, and finally to Lin Xiaosong.

After three cups of 52° liquor, Liu Yang felt fine, but he was born with a drinking physique, and his whole face was a little scary. Sitting next to him, Lin Xiaosong reminded in a low voice: "Liu Yang, don't just drink, eat something vegetable."

Wang Pingchuan praised the volume, Zhou Yue twitched him with his arm, and looked at Liu Yang with a smile: "There are only four of you, you don't need to drink so hard, I found out that you people from the Northeast can drink quite well."

Lin Xiaosong smiled, the sip just now made him choke, and his stomach is still hot, "I can't drink much."

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Liu Yang was still not satisfied, and wanted to pour wine and make another round of toasts. Zhou Yue put down his chopsticks and said bluntly: "There are no outsiders today, so don't drink anymore. Your boss has to watch the baby do homework when he comes home. .”

Lin Xiaosong echoed, "The proprietress has already spoken, so put down the wine glass quickly."

Taking advantage of the alcohol, Liu Yang said a few sour words, such as thank you for the opportunity, and he will work hard in the future. Zhou Yue saw that he seemed to have drunk too much, and interrupted in time: "It's not a big deal, it's just a little effort. We are too familiar with Songsong, we can trust his friends."

After finishing speaking, he told Lin Xiaosong: "Youyou is at home alone, your brother and I will go back first, you look at Liu Yang, he drank a lot today."

After the two parties said goodbye, Lin Xiaosong was ready to leave with his bag on his back, and patted Liu Yang: "Is it okay? Do you want to rest for a while before leaving?"

Liu Yang waved his hand: "It's okay, let's go too."

They took the escalator down to the first floor, and there was a row of chairs around the leisure area for people to rest. Lin Xiaosong saw that Liu Yang was not in good condition, and led him to sit on the chairs to rest.

Beside him was a young couple, flirting flirtatiously, clinging to each other like octopuses, Lin Xiaosong felt a little embarrassed, so he slipped away and bought a bottle of water for Liu Yang.After Liu Yang drank half a bottle, he felt better in his stomach. After recovering, he rubbed his face hard and said, "Xiao Song, I'm so happy today."

Lin Xiaosong didn't ask the reason, just happy for him, then took out a big bag of snacks from his backpack, and stuffed it to him: "I made it this afternoon, take it home and try it."

Liu Yang clutched the bag for a long time without opening his mouth, Songsong was still the same as before, that person who was extremely paranoid about feelings, sometimes, he was really a little afraid of this little brother.

"My daughter likes to eat it the most." Lin Xiaosong said again.

Liu Yang seemed to have grasped at straws, and promptly changed the topic: "Pingping is obedient now."

Lin Xiaosong suddenly smiled and nodded: "Be obedient, you are already in the first grade, you can dance and play the violin, much better than me. I'm a bumpkin and don't understand anything." Show him the photo, "She looks like this now, it was just taken this year."

Liu Yang said: "How cute, looks like you."

"Well, they all said they looked like me." Lin Xiaosong paused for a while, his ten fingers intertwined, and his tone of voice was still naive, "Pingping won't talk to me now, my family is afraid that I will suffer, so they send her to me." raised by others."

Liu Yang looked at him silently, and understood him very well to a certain extent, the twists and turns were unspeakable, and the family ugliness was not exposed, "You are alone now."

Lin Xiaosong sucked his sour nose: "I adopted a daughter, my surname is Lin Lele, the one held by me and my colleague at the hotel entrance last time, she is also very obedient."

Liu Yang didn't ask Lin Xiaosong what happened in the past few years, just like in the past few years in Shenzhen, all living beings have low lives, sweet and bitter, and can only drink alone.At this moment, he recalled that when he first arrived in Shenzhen, he had a dream of prosperity and thought that the prospects would be very good. He sold the demolition house at home and devoted himself to business, but within a few months the money was swept away, and he was depressed for a while. I can't wait to jump on the flyover to finish it off.

"Xiaosong, I know you, you are easy to get into dead ends, and you like to be true to yourself when you think about problems. I am also a bumpkin like you, let's keep it simple, don't always make life difficult for yourself, even if you are with me now. Around you, you still have many unsatisfactory places, she can play the violin now, you should be happy for the child."

"I'm happy." Lin Xiaosong's tears welled up in his eyes, and sometimes the heart-to-heart comfort from old acquaintances was no less than tear gas.

Liu Yang carried the snack bag, "What are you doing sitting here, let's go back."

"Hey."

It was just after eight o'clock, and people were coming and going in the shopping mall, and it was still quite lively. Lin Xiaosong followed Liu Yang with an empty bag on his back, sizing him up secretly, feeling silently happy in his heart, probably because this person was just like him, An honest bumpkin.

Lin Xiaosong was stunned in the brightly lit city that never sleeps, with cars coming and going, "Liu Yang, let me take a taxi to take you home."

Liu Yang smiled and said: "It's okay, I drink alcohol, and my face will turn red after a little bit of alcohol. This drink is really nothing."

The two talked and laughed, and walked to the nearest subway station together.

Sitting in the car, Chu Yi watched those two out of his sight, his eyes became more gloomy.He didn't follow and went home the same way.

Lele was bouncing around in the living room. The man dropped the key, looked at the child's wrist coldly, pulled it over, and asked knowingly, "Are you a pig?"

Being pulled by his wrist, Lele shook her head obediently: "I am not a pig, my father said, I am a mouse."

Chu Yi let go, touched the child's head, and walked out. Chu's mother asked on her back foot, "Didn't he go to pick up your wife, what about others?"

Chu Yi walked to the bottom of the apartment building, with a cigarette in his mouth, beside the green bushes, which were many times bigger than the money tree in his office. The night breeze was cool, and the man was alone in his pocket, squinting at the man who was going home The only way.

After standing for a long time, the person he was thinking about finally came over. Chu Yi pinched off the cigarette and threw it away, kicked the stones on the edge of the flower bed, turned around and left.

Lin Xiaosong gradually saw him clearly, and trotted up, "Why were you standing here just now?"

Chu Yi replied simply: "Throw out the trash."

Lin Xiaosong asked boredly: "I see you have been here for a long time, you sneaked out to smoke, your mother called you?"

Chu Yi looked at him, touched his lower jaw with his tongue, and gave a low "um".

"If you smoke, you can smoke. Why are you kicking the flower beds? Why are they bothering you?" Lin Xiaosong said as he walked inside.

Chu Yi followed, tugged him, and quickly put his hand back into his trouser pocket, "Where are you going?"

"Didn't I tell you yesterday, I went to dinner with sister Xiaoyue today, and brother Pingchuan."

"Just the three of you?"

Lin Xiaosong lied and didn't make a draft, and said confidently: "Otherwise."

"Bring me one next time you have dinner."

"Farewell, you boring gourd, you can't get along with us Northeast people. Is your ancestral home from Beishi? Aren't you Beishi people quite talkative?"

Chu Yi said: "Is your ancestral home from the Northeast? People from the Northeast are quite tall."

"Occasionally there are special circumstances, and not everyone grows tall."

Chu Yi squeezed out two words between his teeth: "Double standard."

"Forget it, I won't tell you." Lin Xiaosong was in a good mood.

Lin Xiaosong sat in front of the dressing table and wiped his face. His face was moisturized. He squinted at the mirror and squeezed out the fat particles on his eyelids. They didn't get out, but the eyelids were rubbed red. Take a closer look. He also felt that his two faces were not symmetrical, so he asked Chu Yi who was leaning on the side: "Are my two faces different sizes?"

Chu Yi put down the lotion bottle in his hand, smelled it just now, and it smelled like alcohol. Can this thing be applied on the face to protect the skin?The man calmed down his thoughts for a while, lifted Lin Xiaosong's chin, and moved it left and right. His movements were not very gentle, and he said in a low voice with a straight face, "The left side is bigger."

Lin Xiaosong knocked off his hand touching his chin, took a good look in the mirror, and frowned slightly, "I have a wisdom tooth on my left side." Then he thought of it, and stared at the man with sparkling eyes: "You said I I went to get my wisdom teeth pulled, can this side of my face be smaller?"

Chu Yi frowned, and poured a basin of cold water: "It's a good idea."

Lin Xiaosong retorted: "If you don't believe it, it will be pulled down. This tooth is pressing against my cheek. If I pull it out, I will definitely lose weight."

Chu Yi stretched out a finger to touch the little mole on the tip of his nose, and said in a slightly stiff tone, "Open your mouth, I'll show you."

"Ah—" Lin Xiaosong stretched his cheeks as far as he could.

Chu Yi turned his face back and forth, looked at it for a while, and came to a conclusion: "It won't look good even if you pull it out."

Lin Xiaosong muttered: "If you ask, it means you didn't ask. I'll go to the hospital someday and find a professional to ask."

At about ten o'clock, the young couple lay side by side on the bed. Chu Yi flipped through the book in his hands impatiently. The pages rubbed against each other and made a "rustling" sound. Lin Xiaosong glanced at him sideways: "Have you finished your thesis?"

"I have no idea." Chu Yi snapped the book shut and threw it on the bedside table.

Probably because of drinking at night, Lin Xiaosong felt a little dizzy and wanted to sleep, so he got under the quilt and murmured behind the man's back: "I'm asleep."

Chu Yi also lay down, holding Lin Xiaosong in his arms as usual, but today he was not idle, he lit the fire just right, heard the man giggling, then turned over and stared at him with a serious temper: "I said it, I want to sleep, don't mess around."

Chu Yi didn't bother him, and directly took off his clothes, "I haven't started work for three days, so I'll make up for it today."

Lin Xiaosong yelled in refusal, "You are a flower picker."

"The flower picker wants to look like me, you will make a lot of money."

"shameless."

I made a fuss twice on the bed, and the sheets were so dirty that I couldn't see it.

Chu Yi carried Lin Xiaosong onto the chair, rolled up the sheet and threw it on the floor, spread a new one, and carried Lin Xiaosong back to the bed: "Do you want to wash it?"

Lin Xiaosong's legs felt weak and he was sleepy, he closed his eyes and said vaguely, "I won't wash it anymore."

Chu Yi helped him turn off the light, reached out and accidentally knocked over the small bottle on the bedside table, bent over to pick it up, opened the drawer and put it in, his eyes caught a glimpse of a pink pill box, "Levonorgestrel Ethylestradiol Tablets" , his face sank a little, without saying a word, he closed the drawer.

The little thing fell asleep quickly, and the man stared at him silently for a while, then bowed his head and kissed him silently.