mountain sleep

Xu Zihang went to class, tutoring, eating, and sleeping step by step, and did not contact Yao Ge until the end of the semester.

"This final exam, your class is in a mess." The head teacher was furious on the day the grades were announced, "Five of the next-door class entered the top ten in the grade, look at you again!"

Xu Zihang looked at the "56" on his ranking list, and his shoulders relaxed.He has been working hard during this time, but everyone is working hard, and he can't do what he wants.

"I just looked at it randomly, all of them were low scores." The head teacher rummaged through the stack of papers in front of him, and picked out one. "The multiple-choice questions have a total of 6 points. Let me see who it is, Chen Xian."

Some people in the class began to laugh softly, and the girl who was called was lying on the table and wiping tears on the spot.

"Don't laugh! Let me see who else is there, oh, this, the cloze is half wrong," the head teacher turned to the name, and his tone became more and more eccentric, "Who am I talking about, Xu Zihang, don't you always go to the office after class Do you want to ask about reading in English? That’s the only point in the English test?”

As if seizing the opportunity to make an example of others, the head teacher took out Xu Zihang's paper and began to criticize him: "Some people may be a little pretentious when they were admitted to this class, but let me tell you, the college entrance examination is an endurance competition, and you will fall if you play around! I can't bear the temptation to run away from bed and go out to fool around, and when you want to hug Buddha's feet temporarily, you will find out, hehe, it's too late!"

Xu Zihang was sullen, seemingly unresponsive to the sarcasm, and the corner of the ranking list had been torn.

As soon as the class meeting was over, several buddies who usually had a good relationship with Xu Zihang gathered around and arched his shoulders: "Hey, are you okay?"

Xu Zihang folded the newly distributed papers neatly and flattened one by one, grinning and said in a nonchalant tone: "What can I do?" He stuffed the things into his bag, and he thumped his buddy's arm, " You worry about yourself."

"Old Huang is too much, but fortunately, you are blocking the knife. He specifically targeted you alone, and we escaped unharmed hahahahaha!"

"Get out! Hahahahaha!"

Xu Zihang laughed and walked out of the class with a group of people, "56" is like a random number, leaving no trace.

At the arrival area of ​​Chuandao Airport, Chen Siyi complained incessantly: "It's you who want to move in such a hurry, and you have been so busy that there is no rest now, otherwise I would have gone to see Xu Zihang long ago."

Xu Xingqiang folded his hands behind his back, and frowned. Ever since Xu Zi, the flight director, called again yesterday, Chen Siyi hadn't stopped talking.He scratched the back of his head helplessly: "How can you blame me, let alone what use you were in the past..."

"Why is it useless? I can at least see what he is doing..."

"Shh," Xu Xingqiang interrupted her, "I saw him, stop talking."

"I still want you to tell me!" Chen Siyi rolled his eyes at him, quickly put on a smiling face and waved, "Xu Zihang! Here!"

Seeing his parents, Xu Zihang smiled reflexively.The family of three met, and the picture can be called happy.Xu Xingqiang took Xu Zihang's luggage, and Chen Siyi began to feel that Xu Zihang was wearing too little: "I was sick a while ago and didn't pay attention, you children are really disobedient!"

"Let's go, I'll take you to have a big meal first, and then go back to our new home."

They went to a newly opened hamburger restaurant. The decoration is the popular petty bourgeoisie minimalist style. The overall scenery is slightly dim, and there is a small chandelier on the top of each booth.

Xu Zihang opened the menu, he really didn't want to eat anything, but his mother looked very excited and commented on the menu, so he agreed with it with a very interested look.

While waiting for the food to be served, Xu Zihang hesitated for a moment, and took the initiative to bring up the topic: "I didn't do well in the final exam this time."

Originally, I thought that I would wait for a fucking questioning, but I didn't expect her to say ah, and just said lightly: "I'll take the exam next time."

"Which subject is not good enough?" Xu Xingqiang took over, "I will analyze the paper for you tomorrow."

Will not work.There is no one subject.Xu Zihang hummed.

"Is this the cutting board?" The hamburgers they ordered were served one after another. Chen Siyi studied the wooden board containing the hamburgers curiously, habitually moved the French fries to Xu Zihang's side, and naturally changed the subject, "Where are you from Naicheng?" Aren’t there many such stores?”

"It's okay." Xu Zihang seldom eats hamburgers, because Yao Ge doesn't like them. He said that eating hamburgers has to be done with his hands, which is troublesome and will be wiped on his face if he is not careful.

As Xu Zihang thought, he opened his mouth wide and bit into a hole in the four-layer beef burger.

"Xiao Ge probably eats these things every day when he goes to the United States. I think Americans eat pizza and hamburger sandwiches."

The person he was thinking of was suddenly mentioned, Xu Zihang almost choked, and only responded vaguely.

"Has he contacted you?"

"No." Xu Zihang didn't want to continue the topic, so he took a piece of French fries and stuffed it into his mother's mouth, "These French fries are delicious, try it."

"By the way, Old Xu, did you ask Zhao Fengnian when he contacted you that day?"

"Huh? You didn't remind me, I really forgot."

"...Uncle Zhao?" Xu Zihang was startled and hiccupped.

Chen Siyi was still scolding Xu Xingqiang for not caring, but when Xu Zihang asked, the two of them looked at each other and exchanged glances.

"I didn't plan to tell you so early." Chen Siyi smiled, but it didn't look like he didn't want to say it, "Your father and I want to sell the old house, and then use the new house loan to buy you a house in Naicheng." set."

"What?" Xu Zihang was a little confused, "Why?"

"It's for you, silly." Chen Siyi was happy when he thought of this future blueprint, "House prices have risen sharply in recent years, and Naicheng is also the same. After finishing college, it’s very easy. Isn’t it just right? Your Aunt Yang helped us find a suitable house before. Her husband seems to be engaged in real estate. If you have any news or policies, you can let us know in advance .”

The French fries in Xu Zihang's hand were stuck in the ketchup all the time, Chen Siyi was still discussing with Xu Xingqiang which position was better, and he was clamoring "I don't want it" all over his head.

"You took the ketchup off the plate, Xu Zihang, what are you thinking?"

Xu Zihang came back to his senses, stuffed the French fries into his mouth, and said nothing.

Two weeks ago, Chen Siyi and Xu Xingqiang were busy moving, planning to spend the Spring Festival in their new home.The new home is very beautiful, and Chen Siyi has decorated it with great care, but the strangeness still overwhelms her.

Xu Zihang lowered his head and took off his shoes.Just as he was putting the shoes in the shoe cabinet, he suddenly remembered something, reached out and opened the cabinet door and began to search.Chen Siyi hung their coats on the hooks next to the entrance, and said triumphantly: "Whether it's like a TV show, the entrance has it all."

Xu Zihang wasn't in the mood to share his fucking joy, he just rummaged through every floor of the shoe cabinet: "Mom, where are my shoes?"

"What shoes? They're all there." Chen Siyi knelt down to introduce him, "From now on, your sneakers will be on this floor, and your dad's and I'll be on..."

"Where's my pair of AJ8s?" Xu Zihang interrupted her, he opened every shoe box, but didn't see anything, he anxiously raised his voice, "The one with the blue border!"

It took Chen Siyi a long time to retrieve a bit of memory: "Didn't those pairs get smaller a long time ago? You haven't worn them in the past two years, and you haven't brought them from your old home, and you haven't had time to clean them up yet."

Xu Zihang suddenly lost his voice and wanted to cry.Even though his parents were present when receiving the presents, they were still thrown away like garbage.

"What's the matter? As for it," Chen Siyi felt a little apprehensive when he saw that he was not in the right state, "Isn't it just a pair of shoes, and I'll buy you new ones."

"Yao Ge gave it to me!" Xu Zihang frowned and shouted, "Where did you buy it?"

"Xu Zihang, why did you talk to your mother?"

Xu Zihang was snarled by his father, shut his mouth, stood up and wanted to go out, and left three words: "I'll get it."

"Hey! Xu Zihang!"

"It's outrageous!"

Xu Zihang didn't even wait for the elevator, he pushed open the stairwell and stepped down the steps in two or three steps.As soon as he was out of the house, tears welled up in his eyes, and he wiped his eyes hard with his elbow as he sobbed.

He was against him in everything, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get a high score in the exam, was humiliated by the head teacher in front of the whole class, returned home to an unfamiliar environment, and Yang Yiwen, who pretended to be a good person in front of his parents.

When Xu Zihang walked downstairs, he realized that he didn't bring his coat, and he sneezed due to the wind, his face was cold.He wiped his face with his sleeve and managed to get the key to the old house from his trousers pocket.

Before the Spring Festival, Kawashima is still full of traffic, and there is an endless stream of dog walkers.The iron door is still the old and broken iron door, and it may get stuck if it is pulled halfway.The light button in the aisle is still broken, and it depends on luck to turn it on.There are still his footprints at the bottom of the anti-theft door. He has liked to kick the door since he was a child.

After opening the door, home is no longer home.Abandoned furniture that has not been cleaned up is piled in the corner, and the wooden floor, which has always been spotless, is covered with thick dust.Standing there, Xu Zihang never knew that he would still be nostalgic.He opened the shoe cabinet, took out a mess of paper shells and threw them on the ground, and found the pair of AJ8s in the shoe box on the second floor, which were well protected by him.

Xu Zihang didn't stay any longer, and he didn't go to his room to take another look. He rarely felt nostalgic, and he could say goodbye to many things easily.When he was graduating from primary school and junior high school, the classmates in his class were crying. He was always the one who didn't feel anything.The height scale on the wall, the ignorant graffiti as a child, and the posters in the room are all left by him in this empty and strange "home" behind him. For him, those pasts only exist in the past.

But there are some things that cannot be given up, such as the shoebox he holds in his arms.

When Xu Zihang returned to his new home, he dawdled downstairs for a long time before he took out his mobile phone and called his mother: "I can't get in without the key."

There was no sound on the phone, so it hung up with a snap, and the brand new iron door opened with a click.

Xu Zihang took the elevator upstairs, leaving a gap in the door, Xu Xingqiang and Chen Siyi sat on the sofa and waited for him.

"Come here and sit down."

Xu Zihang first put the shoebox into the cabinet in the hallway, picked a good place, stuffed it carefully, and then sat on the side sofa.

Xu Xingqiang picked up a teacup with tweezers and put it in front of Xu Zihang, filled it up: "Tell me."

Xu Zihang lowered his eyes to look at the tea in the cup, half reluctantly replied: "What are you talking about?"

"What are you talking about, tell me what you've been doing recently, you..." Chen Siyi couldn't hold back, stopped in the middle of the sentence, and sighed, "Xu Zihang, you made me regret agreeing to let you take the exam in Naicheng .”

Xu Zihang sat there, he really had nothing to say, he twirled the barb on his index finger with his thumb, somehow, uncontrollably, he said something that he only dared to think about on the road just now: "I think go abroad."