Sparkling

The time when Xu Feng went to see Ye Lin was not fixed, it should be said that it was very random.Just like whenever he remembered that Ye Lin was still there, he just picked up some food to see if he was still alive.

Several days passed in a flash, Ye Lin still looked half dead, didn't speak much, and didn't move much.The injury is getting better gradually, and the headache and stomach pain are also getting better.

After Xu Feng checked his physical condition, he helped him put the raised sleeve back to its original position.Sitting back beside him, leaning his head against the dirty wall, he saw the sky outside the window.

"The weather is nice today, do you want to go out for a walk?"

Xu Feng didn't know if Ye Lin would go out by himself, anyway, he hadn't seen Ye Lin walk out of this small dusty room.

Ye Lin retracted his head into the torn cotton wool, the sky was shining on his pale face, he closed his eyes as if he hadn't heard Xu Feng's words.

"Come on, walk with me and bask in the sun."

He pulled Ye Lin's arm, somewhat unexpectedly, Ye Lin didn't resist much, and stood up obediently with his strength.

After going out the door, Ye Lin came to his senses.He was deceived by Xu Feng.

There is no big sun today, it is simply a cloudy sky that has not changed for thousands of years.

Ye Lin raised his eyes to look at the sky, the light there was very dazzling, but the sky was gray, which made people lose interest.It was obviously dazzling and frustrating, but he insisted on staring at it unwillingly.His stubborn and aggrieved look looks like a stubborn kitten.

"I didn't lie to you."

Xu Feng said, "You know today's cloudy day, maybe the sun will come out after a while."

The island is cold and humid in winter. If there is sunshine, it will be completely different.But today's weather, even if there is sunshine, is still covered with dust, dazzling and cold.

Ye Lin has lived here for more than ten years anyway, and although he hasn't seen it for a long time, he still knows this kind of weather well.Xu Feng could open his eyes and talk nonsense to him calmly.

Just before going out, Xu Feng's phone rang suddenly.

He picked it up for a while, and then said, "I'm outside now."

Ye Lin thought that he must have something urgent, but hearing Xu Feng's voice, he felt very indifferent, as if it didn't matter.

He is always afraid of sudden phone calls, and his overly sensitive and constricted heart will take all the information he receives too seriously, so he is also afraid of everything.

But Xu Feng is always so calm, he doesn't care about anything, and the feeling that nothing will leave traces in his heart makes Ye Lin feel very relaxed.

That's something he can't do.

After talking for two or three minutes, Xu Feng hung up the phone.

Ye Lin was ready, he said he was going back first, and said goodbye.But what he said was,

"let's go."

The unexpected answer caught Ye Lin by surprise. He froze for a moment, and asked stupidly,

"where to?"

"Go to my store. The fourth wife wants rice, and we will go back to the store to pack rice."

When he said this, Ye Lin recalled unsteadily that grandma used to buy rice at Xu Feng's grocery store, and at that time Xu Feng's grandfather always carried the rice on his shoulders with a cigarette in his mouth, and walked all the way. I carried it over.

Xu Feng still retains this business, but he mostly delivers rice by bicycle.

Before approaching the shop, he heard faint and lively voices.Xu Feng knew that the poker table was open again.

He didn't feel any difference, and walked straight over without stopping.Halfway through the walk, Ye Lin didn't follow.

He turned around and saw Ye Lin stopped in his tracks, with his hands in his coat pockets, silent, but he could see that he was a little uncomfortable, biting a small part of his lip.

"what happened?"

Xu Feng was puzzled.

"I...I won't pass, I'll wait for you here."

For Yu Yelin, it is very reluctant to communicate with people.In the past, for work, he had to communicate with people, and he also had to let go of himself slightly, talking and contacting people like a "normal" person.But once I decided to let go, the original state was like a rubber band that snapped and retracted, and I was more afraid of people than before.Coupled with the fact that he has been shutting himself out for many days, he has even lost the courage to meet people. He is so cowardly and has stopped moving forward.

Although he didn't know the reason, Xu Feng didn't force him.

"Then you wait here, I'll be right out."

After speaking, he stepped up, stepped through the small door of the grocery store, and plunged into the bustle.

He can blend in with the excitement.

Ye Lin walked to the dilapidated brick wall, leaned against it, and looked at Xu Feng surrounded by all kinds of people in the small door from a distance.

In it, he can chat with people at will, chat and laugh with people, and then pass through the crowd, and go to the warehouse to order some rice by himself.

It's so simple, but he can't do such a simple thing.

Ye Lin's eyes followed Xu Feng unconsciously, but unexpectedly, they met another pair of strange eyes.

These eyes come from a woman who has experienced a little weather. Her skin is the color of soy sauce, and there are fine wrinkles around her eyes, but these can't stop the radiance in her eyes, which can be called shrewd. of light.

Ordinarily, in the past, he should have been afraid of such eyes, let alone now that his mind is extremely fragile and sensitive.

After only a brief moment of contact, he looked away as if drifting away.He knew that there was a sense of exploration in that gaze, but it was strange that he didn't feel offended in his heart.

Xu Feng didn't make him wait too long, and after a while, a familiar figure came out of the narrow door again.Unlike when he walked lightly and quickly when he entered the door, when he came out, his steps were slightly heavy, and he bumped the rice on his shoulder after taking two steps.A large bag full of rice was pressed on his shoulders, and this posture was exactly the same as his grandfather used to carry rice.

Ye Lin stared at him coming out of there, and the image actually matched up with his vague memory bit by bit, so he couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Seeing him from a distance, Xu Feng was stunned for a moment.

This was the first time he saw Ye Linxiao since the reunion.

There is no burden, and it is not polite, just laugh when you want to laugh, simple and simple.

He also showed Ye Lin a simple smile, showing his beautiful white teeth.

He walked up to Ye Lin and said casually, "Let's go." The two walked side by side, naturally, as if it had always been like this.

Xu Feng used to send rice more often by bike, but considering that he couldn't take Ye Lin by bike, the fourth wife's house is not far anyway, so he might as well just walk there.

Although it is slow and the rice is heavy, he is happy.

They walked slowly like a walk, meeting acquaintances along the way, Xu Feng always said hello.

In a village, Xu Feng was the one they watched and grew up with, so they naturally got to know each other very well.Not so for Ye Lin.

He has been away for many years, and his family has also been separated. Most people on the island don't know him, they only know that he is Xu Feng's friend.Some people even asked Xu Feng if he was here to travel.

Regarding these misunderstandings, Xu Feng explained with a smile,

"How can it be, this is the kid next door to my house."

When he said that, some old people understood.

That was the child of the divorced Ye family.

Xu Feng didn't take this as a taboo, and said it lightly, Ye Lin himself felt that it was nothing, and walked beside him, accepting those curious gazes frankly.

Walking on the street with people coming and going, he used to find it difficult, but now he has forgotten the shyness and embarrassment.

When I arrived at the fourth wife's house, I saw her sitting on a bamboo chair at the door from a distance, wearing a big dark red jacket, bulging into a ball, sitting at the door facing west, basking in the afternoon sun.The fourth wife had plush cotton shoes on her feet. The old man had bad legs and feet, and his legs, which were wrapped in thick cotton trousers, were stretched out. He was playing with his own feet. One kicked the other, and that kicked back.

Xu Feng called her from afar, "Fourth wife! Mi Lai."

The fourth wife's bored face seemed to suddenly have color, and she raised her head to look at them with a smile.

"Okay, put it in the kitchen."

"Hey."

Xu Feng took the rice to the kitchen in the backyard with ease, and turned around to chat with the fourth wife.

"Aren't you going to play with me today?"

The fourth wife patted the dust off her body and stood up unsteadily, "I'm going to my aunt's house today, and I'll go as soon as your rice is delivered."

"Okay then, come and play when you have time."

Xu Feng was about to take Ye Lin away, but the fourth wife stopped them again.She staggered into the room and twisted her body, took out two big oranges with solid yellow skins, and stuffed them into their hands.

Ye Lin didn't expect that he had it too, and wondered if he should take it or not.

Turning around to see Xu Feng grinning, he took the orange and said "Thank you, fourth wife." Then he thanked frankly and accepted it.

"The oranges in City X are sweet."

The fourth wife said while stuffing them.

Ye Lin broke open the orange and put a piece of ice-cold orange slice into his mouth, it was so icy but really sweet.

The fourth wife is about to go out to play, so go back and lock the door.Xu Feng and Ye Lin also left, and walked back slowly along the original road.

The afternoon sun broke out briefly, shining through thick clouds.

It is a certain day on weekdays, two or three in the afternoon, they are neither busy working nor doing anything that can be called "meaningful", just walking slowly along the country lane, no one is speechless , no one needs to say.

This is the world here, it seems to be completely isolated from the life Ye Lin used to live in two worlds.For a moment, Ye Lin almost forgot that he was still involved with all kinds of other worlds, until the phone in his pocket rang untimely.

It's my roommate's phone number.

Ye Lin panicked for a moment, bit her lip subconsciously, and watched the vibrating phone not moving.

"Don't take it?"

Xu Feng asked.

Ye Lin didn't have time to think, so he just nodded his head out of inertia, "I'll pick it up."

After answering the phone, a slightly lazy and angry voice came through.

"Hey Ye Lin, where are you?"

This question has always been asked recently, two or three times, from the boss and colleagues.

"Not in City X."

"Why didn't you tell me first when you wanted to cancel the rent? Where do you want me to find a new roommate these days? You didn't come to pack your luggage either!"

"Well, okay, I see."

Ye Lin answered without meaning.

There is no need to quibble about his fault, and he has caused trouble to others. He walks left and right in this world, hitting walls left and right, and he causes trouble to others no matter what.Once he thought this way, he was ashamed like a mouse crossing the street.

"Come quickly, my friend may move in in two days to make room."

"okay."

"Do you want to put those odds and ends in the living room? Put them there in the way, don't you want me to throw them away for you?"

Ye Lin really couldn't remember what he put, but he didn't want to throw it away easily.

"No, I'll go back to clean up in these two days."

The one over there made a slight "tsk" sound, looking a bit difficult.

"Okay, but your flowers are plants or something. The bottle was broken for some reason two days ago. Maybe the rats made trouble at night. I'll throw it away for you first."

Ye Lin was stunned for a moment, he remembered that small bottle of green plants, which he bought when he was in college and had been growing for many years.

"Is the plant still alive?"

"No, you haven't come back for so many days, you've died long ago."

Ye Lin didn't believe it.

It has only been two weeks since he left, and the bottle has always contained enough water, so the green dills that are easy to feed will not die so easily.

"Is it really dead?"

He asked a question expressionlessly, but the other party changed the subject with a laugh.

It's nothing more than a plant in a bottle.

Ye Lin really wanted to comfort herself like this, but her mood still fell irreversibly.

It's just a bottle of plants, it's not a gift from important people, it has no special meaning, and it doesn't have lively life like cats and dogs, it's just a bottle of insignificant plants.

Later, the other party talked about some things, such as the cost of liquidated damages, the distribution of water and electricity in the last month, and the cost of moving and cleaning. He has no intention of listening.

So annoying.

Even if I have decided to leave, there are still so many broken things in the end.

The peace of the afternoon was broken by the death of a potted plant in the distance, Ye Lin hated the feeling of loss.

He hated the feeling of losing a ticket, or a pendant, or anything that was within reach and used to, and suddenly lost one day.

In the past few years in City X, he didn't develop a close relationship with anyone. He was always accompanied by a bunch of fragmented and cold objects.Those things are almost all from himself, no one has done anything for him, so he buys it for himself, and slowly adds a lot of things that are insignificant and insignificant in the eyes of others.

Even if one day he wants to leave, he must first plan his way out for this pile of junk.

Unexpected loss always made him feel very sad.

He thought that his mind was too small, but he fell into it and couldn't extricate himself.

There is still a matter of money and interpersonal affairs waiting for him to deal with.

After turning on the phone for a long time, the page is instantly filled with messages from the company and the landlord. Besides this leisurely and slow world, there is another world running at high speed, a world with a clear cause and effect relationship, because something went wrong in one link , the next link will not work properly, everything is just a part of a huge machine, and so are people.

His emotions are as insignificant and vulnerable as his plants in that world.Even after escaping to this isolated island on the sea far away from the city, you can still follow the signal and send out information with the smell of gunpowder.