Nongben is passionate

The rain was dense, blowing on the face with the wind.

Moss grows in the cracks of the stone around the back gate, which looks green after being wet by the rain. The old bricks have been dyed green, wet and slippery, and foxtails and five-pointed star flowers occasionally appear in the cracks.

There were still a few lotuses from last year in the crock pot in the corner. Xie Mingyu was standing by the crock pot, with a wooden face, carelessly touching the fat goldfish in the water with his hands, and couldn't help feeling a little self-pity in her heart— —Yes, Mr. Xie loves himself so much, why bother, he ran over and put himself in such a cheap place, he felt pitiful——

Xie Xuan was standing at the back door, leaning against the door frame, watching him silently, smoking.There was a silent stalemate between the two.

A cigarette burned to the end, Xie Xuan turned around, took the umbrella, opened it, walked over, and put the umbrella on the top of Xie Mingyu's head——Xie Mingyu's black hair was covered with a layer of fine white water droplets, fluffy and drooping. He squinted his eyes, as if he didn't notice at all, a little indifferent and indifferent——

The goldfish in the crock pot have been raised by people for several years, and they are so stupid that they can be picked up by hand casually.

Xie Xuan reached into the water and held Xie Mingyu's hand, and the goldfish slipped away from their hands. Xie Xuan's fingers slipped into his fingers and clasped his palm.Xie Mingyu's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she looked at their handshake in the water indifferently.

A meow came from above their heads, Xie Mingyu looked up, and saw a black striped wild cat standing gracefully on the fence, its amber cat eyes looked down on them proudly——

Xie Xuan only glanced at him, then turned his gaze away to look at Xie Mingyu beside him—compared to himself, Xie Mingyu has not changed much. The clarity and cleanliness of his youth still remain on his body, and the wind blows softly at dusk, especially now that he looks up at the profile of the wall—forehead, nose bridge, lips, and jaw. People are heartbroken——

Xie Xuan slowly tilted the umbrella back to block the figures of the two people, and leaned over to kiss his lips—not deeply, but repeatedly pecked lightly, as if deeply regretting, his lips wet by the rain were slightly cold, and there was a feeling of being wet in the water. The sweetness infused with the aroma of peach blossom——

Xie Mingyu's clasped fingers moved slightly, Xie Xuan's lips had already left, and he even took his underwater hand away, and put the umbrella into Xie Mingyu's hand, he turned and entered the room——

Xie Mingyu looked at his back and opened his mouth, "Third Brother..."

Xie Xuan turned to look at him——

Xie Mingyu bit her lips until it turned red, but she still didn't ask—

Zhou Nansheng sat alone on the window seat of KFC. There was a cup of coffee and a hamburger on the table, but he didn't touch them—he was not hungry, and he sat here just because, this is a safe place, here No one knows him—outside the window is the familiar and unfamiliar Zhoutang street—once, he left without hesitation, but after leaving, what he misses the most is still here, and when his feet set foot on this land, he suddenly becomes timid again— —This is the so-called timidity of being close to home—

At the table in front is a young mother with a child, the child looks like four or five years old, with a mushroom head, a snow-white face, round, a pair of black shiny eyes, somewhat indistinguishable - there is a waiter watching The child was cute, and he deliberately asked him if he was a boy or a girl, and the child replied with a pompous chest, "I'm a pure man!" It made everyone laugh, and Zhou Nansheng couldn't help laughing—he always I like children, and sometimes I think about what it would be like if he had children in the future, but I can't always think of the end, as if there is some power to stop——

The child in front was lying on the back of the chair, looking at him curiously. Zhou Nansheng adjusted his facial expression and smiled at him. The child turned around and hugged his mother's neck.

Zhou Nansheng turned his head and looked out the window, when a figure broke into his line of sight, his body reacted before his brain—he hurriedly stood up, accidentally knocked over the coffee on the table, but before he had time to take a look, his footsteps had already Running out the door--

Cars and people were passing by on the street, but there was no one he wanted to see. Zhou Nansheng wandered around like a headless chicken, but found nothing in the end. He couldn't help showing a self-deprecating smile——I misread it, how could it be such a coincidence——

He walked back to KFC, the things on the table had been taken away by the diligent waiter, and he backed out again——

He went to Tianhua Hotel to check in. The room was on the second floor. After entering the door, he took off his coat and opened the curtains. The downstairs was facing the busy street—the Zhoutang had changed a lot in the past few years. I don’t know each other anymore, and I feel lost when I walk in it—several sycamore trees that had been planted for several years have been cut down, the streets seem to be no longer as wide as before, and there are many young migrant workers on the road——

In fact, Zhoutang has no place for him anymore. Although his grandma and his uncle’s family still live in Zhoutang South Village, the relationship between him and them has always been weak. Grandma has never loved him as an elder grandson like ordinary old people do to grandsons. I'm used to hearing Guan Xiu's bad words about grandma and uncle's family, even if I now know that Guan Xiu's words are not necessarily correct, there is no way to eliminate those barriers.As for Guan Xiu—he has been sending money back these past few years, no matter whether Guan Xiu needs it or not, she raised him, and he has to pay it back—as for the meeting, forget it, he doesn’t know how to deal with it She also didn't know if Guan Xiu wanted to see him—

The next day it started to rain again, pattering like eating mulberry leaves.

Zhou Nansheng went downstairs to buy breakfast. It was not too early, and there were not many people in front of the breakfast shop. Zhou Nansheng ordered fried rice and picked out a freshly fried fritter, when he suddenly heard someone calling him——

"Zhou Nansheng?"

Zhou Nansheng turned his head and saw a man get out of a black car and came to him quickly, with an expression of incredible surprise, he pulled off his sleeve, "Zhou Nansheng!"

Zhou Nansheng looked at the not tall and slightly fat young man in front of him, and picked out a thin image from his memory, "Zhou Jin?"

Zhou Jin laughed, and there was only a slit in his eyes, and he punched Zhou Nansheng on the shoulder, "When did you come back, I saw you from a long distance, and I almost didn't recognize—"

Zhou Nansheng smiled, "I just came back." His eyes passed the black Mazda, "Have you bought a car?"

Zhou Jin seemed very happy to meet his childhood friend whom he hadn't seen for many years, "Yes, I got married last year, but it's a pity you didn't have my wedding wine, how about you?"

Zhou Nansheng shook his head, took out a cigarette and handed him a cigarette. Zhou Jin took a look and laughed, "Your cigarettes are not cheap. You seem to be doing well, better than me!"

Zhou Nansheng smiled, and said vaguely, "You bastard—" Just as his rice cake was wrapped, he paid for it, took it over, and squeezed it with both hands.

Zhou Jin asked: "Where do you live now? I will visit you in the afternoon, and now I have to send my wife to the hospital for an examination. She is pregnant—" Speaking of this, Zhou Jin's eyes and brows were filled with obvious joy.

Zhou Nansheng was also happy for Zhou Jin, "It's okay, go and do your work, I'm staying at Tianhua Hotel—"

"That's fine, nothing to do in the afternoon, I'll go find you, let's have a good chat, and have dinner together in the evening!"

After breaking up with Zhou Jin, Zhou Nansheng went to the gold shop in Zhoutang. This gold shop is considered a time-honored brand with a complete range of gold wares. People in Zhou Tang also buy gold wares here if they need any important things. On the high side, but ample portions.

Zhou Nan was born in gold and didn't know much about it. Thinking that this year is the year of the tiger, he picked a gold pendant with a little tiger.

In the afternoon, Zhou Jin really came to the hotel to find Zhou Nansheng. The two found a small restaurant, ordered some dishes and a few bottles of beer, and chatted while eating.Actually, the two of them had hardly seen each other since Zhou Nansheng's mother remarried. Later, when he heard that Zhou Nansheng had an accident, Zhou Jin also wanted to visit him, but he was a high school student at that time, and his abilities were limited. Later, I heard that it was all right again—however, although they hadn’t seen each other for many years, the two of them were real when they were young. Before Xie Xuan came, the two of them were the best friends—at that time Zhou Jin was dark and thin, but in his bones Tricky and slippery, Zhou Nansheng is the king of children, the best at playing, there is always a large group of followers behind him, running through the streets and alleys, fighting with Chen Feng and the others, Zhou Nansheng is a general, Zhou Jin is a dog-headed military adviser, bad things always happen to him A share of two--

Zhou Jin was in high spirits, clinking glasses and drinking, sighing in his tone, "It's better for you, all of you have gone out, Chen Feng is also doing business in Shenzhen, and the money back is more than one—— Those who studied first and second back then were nothing more than being a teacher or a civil servant. They went all the way to the dark and received a dead salary. Boss, one life is more chic than the other—I also regret it, I shouldn’t have come back after graduating from college, I should have gone for a ride—”

Zhou Nansheng said: "You are doing well now, the power supply bureau, and your job is stable."

Zhou Jin shook his head, "What's the matter? You said that a man will spend his whole life in this small place like Zhoutang. Don't you feel aggrieved? I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to leave the province in our whole life—but when the wife is married, there are also children." Now, we can be considered worthy of our parents—"

Zhou Nansheng did not speak, smoking quietly.

Zhou Jin looked at the strange Zhou Nansheng in front of him. He was really saddened by the changes in the world. It was a bit unpleasant. He still remembered seeing Zhou Nansheng on the side of the road in the morning. , there was an inexplicable dark aura on his body. He was wearing a black windbreaker with the collar turned up, covering half of his face. Under his jeans were a pair of military-style short boots. He was tall and tall, and his wheat-colored face was sharp-edged. Sword eyebrows and star eyes, calm and sharp eyes, there is an old scar about three centimeters long beside the left eyebrow, which has turned pale, and there is a cold and gloomy atmosphere all over his body, far from the once chivalrous and unruly young man ——

However, why hasn't he changed himself——

"Hey, Nansheng, do you want to go this time?"

"Well, I'll come back and have a look. There are many things over there, and I can't leave."

"Where is the object, have you found it?"

Zhou Nansheng put out his cigarette, "I don't have time, as I am now, who would dare to ask for it—"

Zhou Jin sneered, "If you still say that no one dares to ask for it, then you say my wife is willing to marry me, are you blind—" Both of them laughed, and Zhou Jin became serious and said, "I To be honest, don't think that you can't marry a wife before you become famous. The Xiongnu is still alive and why you are a family. They are all good-looking. You will know when you marry a wife. There is a woman who belongs to you. Your heart Only then will it be settled, and it will really feel like my own home.”

Zhou Nansheng was stunned for a moment——home, that is very attractive to him, if he can settle down in this life, who would want to wander around?However, his face was still light, "Let's talk—"

Zhou Jin cut out, "You kid, you are the most uninteresting." He was a little drunk, and when he remembered what happened when he was young, his tone was full of complaints, "We got along better when we were young, but when Xie Xuan came, you surrounded me Follow him around—”

Zhou Nansheng was a little surprised—at that time he was young, so he didn't care about other people's feelings, and for some reason, when he first saw Xie Xuan, he couldn't help but want to get closer. He subconsciously protects him and accommodates him with that kind of quiet and elegant like a boudoir. Probably in the eyes of Zhou Jin and others, his behavior is equivalent to betrayal, and he feels a little guilty in his heart.

Zhou Jin probably also knew that his words were inappropriate, so he waved his hand and added, "I'm not saying Xie Xuan is bad, I like him quite a bit too—it's just, we're really not the same—just a few days ago, I saw him in Zhoutang, he was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, he looked like a big shot, and there was a man beside him, maybe an assistant, I didn't dare to call him—"

Zhou Nansheng pinched the wine glass slightly harder, and asked in a calm tone, "Has he been back?"

"Yeah." Zhou Jin filled Zhou Nansheng's glass with wine, and then filled it up for himself, "I heard that I just came back from abroad, so I might go back to Zhoutang to see his grandma, Xie Xuan is in trouble now, I'm still in finance I saw him in the newspaper. I told my colleagues in the office that Xie Xuan used to play with me, but they told me to lie to me. No one believed me, haha! Hey, you used to play with me. Isn't it the best, and I haven't contacted you yet?"

Zhou Nansheng drank silently without speaking.

The meal lasted from five o'clock to nine o'clock. Before we broke up, Zhou Nansheng put the tiger pendant he bought at the gold store in the morning into Zhou Jin's hand, "You take this, count it as a gift from me to your child—"

Zhou Jin knew it was not cheap when he saw the box, he frowned and rushed back, "What are you doing, you finally came back, I still want this from you?"

But Zhou Nansheng grabbed Zhou Jin's hand with a serious expression on his face, "Zhou Jin, you also know my family's situation. We grew up together, and your parents treat me well, and I treat you like a brother—" I might just give this thing away just once, I didn't catch up with you when you got married, and I guess I won't be able to come when your child is born, so it's my kindness—"

Since Zhou Nansheng said this, Zhou Jin couldn't refuse any more, and after deliberating for a long time, he asked, "Nansheng, have you visited your mother?"

Zhou Nansheng didn't speak.

Zhou Jin understood, but this was their family matter after all, so he didn't want to talk too much, so he just said, "Nan Sheng, you should go and see her when you have time. Auntie is getting older, and it won't be easy for her."

Zhou Nansheng nodded, "I understand."

Zhou Jin didn't say any more, and raised the gift box in his hand, "Then I'm leaving, thank you for this."

"Would you like me to take you back, I think you drank a little too much——"

"It's okay, my name is rickshaw, you can go back too—"

Zhou Nansheng watched Zhou Jin get into a rickshaw, then turned up his collar, put his hands in his pockets, and walked slowly back to the hotel through the night.