song for the city

As early as a week before the Spring Festival, the streets of Nanchuan were covered with lanterns. The street lamps were hung with uniform bright red, and the extended Chinese knots swayed left and right with the wind. The sense of ceremony came first before the new year came.The red is eye-catching and refreshing, and the festive feeling makes the winter less gloomy. The once-a-year "good luck" returns to the Chinese music scene.

The weather should be cold or cold, Liang Zhang couldn't get out of the bed every morning, his arms retracted suddenly when they touched the cold air, his brain woke up and his body still didn't wake up.In winter he misses summer, and in summer he misses winter again, and the cycle repeats endlessly.

He didn't want to get up, Yin Jingfei forced him to get up and run, exercise, and welcome the new year with a new look.So Liang Zhang was forced to get up every day, his eyes were so sticky with feces that he couldn't open his eyes, and he wrapped himself in a down jacket to run with his parents.

It was still dark when they went to the mountain, and it was as dark as midnight. The shadows of the trees were shaking, and it was not surprising that something popped out of them.Liang Zhang often ran and couldn't tell the direction and time, and thought he was sleepwalking to the mountains.In the morning, the air froze the bones, and half of the body was numb from the cold when I first came out. After running, I sweated again. When I stopped, the sweat was quickly dried by the wind. It was several times colder than when I came here. The only way to get warm is to not look back. run down.

Occasionally there are two or three elderly people walking their dogs on the mountain, or they are doing Tai Chi on the top of the mountain, and there are no high school students as old as Liang Zhang.

Which 17-year-old high school student has nothing to do in winter and starts to run, so he has to hurry up and sleep in the winter vacation.

After running for a few days, Liang Zhang began to play tricks, laying on the bed and refusing to get up. Yin Jing said that if you fill your belly with big fish and meat during the New Year, the meat will grow, and running now is to prevent problems before they happen.

Liang Zhang poked out a small part of his eyes from under the quilt, wrapped the quilt around his body twice, and replied leisurely: "It's okay, I won't gain weight."

To tell the truth, Liang Zhang had three meals a day and had to add a supper in the evening, his stomach was still flat and tight, and he still had the faint abdominal muscles that adolescent boys don't need to practice.The physique of not getting fat may have followed Liang Ansheng, although his abdominal muscles have long been replaced by a huge beer belly.

The day before New Year's Eve, the shops on the street closed one after another, leaving only the flying fallen leaves and the corpses of firecrackers on the street. The yellow and red mixed together looked dirty.

Liang Zhang went to get a haircut while the barber shop near his home was still open.

Certain habits, once formed, are not easily broken.Just like Liang Zhang is used to the appearance of cropped hair, he will no longer have the strange feeling of not being able to catch his hair. He can no longer recall the despair of chewing gum sticking to his hair. The only memory of this incident is the narrow bathroom. The black hair fell in strands beside her, and then saw the white culprit in the black.

Cuntou has advantages in all aspects of life. For example, you don’t need to spend time drying your hair. You can rinse your hair under the water pipe and then wipe it with a handkerchief before you go out, saving a lot of time.

And just like what Xiang Pei said, he seems to look much better with a cropped cut. I don't know if Liang Zhang really thinks so, or it's just because Xiang Pei said so.

Years ago, the price of a haircut would also increase. Liang Zhang lay in the barber shop, remembering that he didn't really like Chinese New Year.

His parents are not particularly hospitable people, but his grandfather is generous by nature, and the Spring Festival is a festival tailor-made for him. There are many brothers and sisters in the grandfather's generation, plus the next generation, and Liang Zhang's generation, there are many people There are too many to count, and you can put together several tables of mahjong.During the Chinese New Year, my grandpa called the whole family to eat at home, regardless of whether they are familiar with each other or not, it was very lively.

He always likes to say that favors are eaten during festivals.

As his closest grandson, Liang Zhang must accompany him all the way, and the seven aunts and eight aunts always catch him and ask him everywhere, and what's more, they even rub his face with their hands. When he was young, he didn't think it was a problem, but when he grew up, Liang Zhang thought it was strange Awkward.In particular, he couldn't name those relatives, the same generation was too different in age from him, and Liang Zhang had to take care of his younger siblings, so he was exhausted to death.

Thinking of the New Year's headache, Liang Zhang looks forward to Xiang Pei Neng's coming to Nanchuan as soon as possible every day. This is one of his motivations for the New Year. The other is to get a red envelope, but he is too embarrassed to rush him, and Liang Zhang still wants an excuse to hide it from his father. Mom, so I can spend more time with Pei outside.

After finishing the haircut, Liang Zhang felt refreshed. The handsome short-haired guy looked pleasing to the eye in the mirror, and he was a little embarrassed to be praised by his sister who washed his hair.

A few children were firing cannons on the road. They were presumably in elementary school and had a great time wearing down jackets. As soon as the cannons fired, they covered their ears and ran all over the street. There were no adults around them, and pedestrians deliberately avoided the range of their strafing.The sound of the cannon being thrown on the ground was loud and loud, as if a heavy object exploded in the ear, and one could immediately think of the bloody scene of the flesh exploding. The children fired cannons for a long time.

When he was young, he had never played with fireworks and firecrackers. Yin Jing was always afraid that he would be hurt, saying that these things were dangerous and boring, but it was just imposing adult thoughts on him again, trapping countless people in Liang Zhang's childhood. After the Spring Festival, he grew up and lost his yearning, so he never had firecrackers in his year.

A cannon exploded at Liang Zhang's feet. He was startled, moved his foot away, and frowned at the little boy in front of him.

The little boy's neck was raised high, looking at Liang Zhang with great difficulty, but he still stuck his waist in resolutely: "Who told you to stand still here, you can't blame me!" He also knew that he had made a mistake first.

Liang Zhang thought it might be because his eyes were too gentle. He also imitated the little boy with his hips on his hips, and stared back: "What if you hurt someone else by firing cannons here?"

"Mind your own business!"

Okay, standard brat, Liang Zhang had nothing to say, and felt that arguing with a kid would be silly, so he snorted and threatened viciously: "Okay, don't worry about it, I'll call the police to arrest you."

After finishing speaking, he left without looking back. The word police is inherently majestic to children, and it is a symbol of imprisonment.Sure enough, there was a wailing from behind, clamoring to find his mother. It seemed that he had no idea about what he did wrong. Liang Zhang knew he was victorious, and laughed in his heart.

When he got home downstairs, he saw a small stall selling fireworks and firecrackers outside. He turned his hands in his pockets several times.

Liang Zhang had dinner on New Year's Eve and asked Lai Yu to come downstairs to set off fireworks.

Lai Yu was close to his house, and he arrived downstairs in a few minutes, and called Liang Zhang's name to tell him to come down quickly.Yin Jing saw that it was Lai Yu and told him to come back early.

Liang Zhang rushed downstairs excitedly, and dragged Lai Yu across the street outside the community to buy fireworks.

Lai Yu was dragged away all the way, a little curious: "Why do you suddenly think of setting off fireworks?"

"I saw a few kids throwing cannons on the street today, and suddenly remembered that I never let go."

With this mention, Lai Yu recalled that in the past when Liang Zhang was called to set off cannons during the Chinese New Year, he would wave goodbye to them miserably, saying that her mother could smell him.

"Auntie used to not allow you to let go, but later she agreed, but it's not popular for us to let go every year."

There are many kinds of fireworks, and the packaging is actually quite simple. Liang Zhang bought a bunch of fairy sticks and fireworks that flew into the sky. After buying and setting off two, the enthusiasm faded.He looked at the dark sky, the moon seemed to be a phantom of nothingness, being pushed farther and farther away, the tree suppressed its shadow, and the afterimage was fragmented.

Liang Zhang’s house is connected to the river, and there is a bridge on the river, which was renovated not long ago, and the colorful lights on it flashed randomly. In order to prevent the night from being lonely, Liang Zhang always felt a little earthy.The open space beside the bridge is quite large, and a bunch of people gathered to set off fireworks, it seems that it is not so cold anymore.

Seeing that Liang Zhang didn't move, as if he was still, Lai Yu asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Liang Zhang blinked his dry eyes, and stopped staring in the moonlight.

It's just that something is missing, and it will be a little unhappy.

"Isn't that Qiao Yujie and Xiao Yi?" Lai Yu pointed not far away and cried out in surprise.

Liang Zhang looked over, and they were not far away, just looking back.

"I remembered, Yujie seems to live here too," Lai Yu came back to his senses, "How about we say hello and leave?"

Liang Zhang didn't say anything, feeling a bit embarrassed.Although he explained clearly last time, he was angry with Pei for a long time. Even though he didn't say anything, his attitude was the same as usual, but Liang Zhang could feel it.He was troubled by this for several days, thinking that he would not see Xiao Yi again this winter vacation, but when he saw her, Liang Zhang felt that Xiang Pei was not happy.

There is no way to hide, they have already walked this way.

Qiao Yujie sensitively caught the fireworks in Liang Zhang's hand: "What a coincidence! We're also here to set off the fireworks, why don't we go together?"

Lai Yu glanced at Liang Zhang, wanting to refuse, but Liang Zhang agreed for the first time, and even proposed to go alone with Xiao Yi, Lai Yu was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth, guessing that he hadn't seen him for a few days, Liang Zhang's heart What have you been through to make such a big change.

Liang Zhang lit the fairy wand in his hand, and the flickering light spots burned like a short circuit, and the light spots were printed on Liang Zhang's face, making his facial features soft and warm like fireworks.

Brightly colored fireworks bloomed in the sky, and then fell down at an extremely fast speed.Liang Zhang was waiting for Xiao Yi to speak.

After one burnt out, Liang Zhang rubbed his hot fingers, raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi wasn't looking at him, but felt Liang Zhang's gaze, and stuttered a little nervously, but what he said was still complete, at least Liang Zhang could hear it clearly.

She said: "I like you. When I was in high school, I would secretly watch you play basketball every noon. We can try to be friends first."

What else did she say later, Liang Zhang didn't have the nerve to continue listening, it was impolite to interrupt, and he could only stare at the fireworks in the sky.

Not as troublesome as expected, Liang Zhang only felt sporadic and vaguely uncomfortable and sorry, because Xiao Yi was not even considered a friend to him, and there was no pressure to refuse.

The firework in her hand has not been extinguished, representing her hope, still dying before disappearing.

Liang Zhang was silent for a few seconds: "I have someone I like, and I don't think I will give up liking him." He lowered his head and said sincerely, "I'm sorry."

The next second was just the second after Liang Zhang finished speaking, and it might be even shorter. After the counting unit before the second, he saw a familiar figure at the intersection in front of him, with a tall figure and With sharp eyes, everything became invisible under the dim street light, leaving only a thin human figure. Liang Zhang tried to make a sound, calling out those two words, and finally his name rolled around on the tip of his tongue.

Xiang Pei lost his long hair and earrings, but his black coat, baggy trousers, and white skin that did not turn yellow from the light remained unchanged.

He walked over without any irritation, and his steps were very light. If Liang Zhang hadn't seen him first, he would not have noticed that someone was approaching.

"who is she?"

Xiang Pei tilted his head in doubt, his eyes fell on Xiao Yi's body very shallowly, as if he was really troubled by this problem, Liang Zhang almost cried out.

Seeing him for the first time, Liang Zhang found that missing Xiang Pei was far more frightening than he had imagined.

He almost wanted to rush up and hug him immediately.

But there are other people in front of him, and more importantly, Xiang Pei is angry.

Xiao Yi turned her head and saw a very good-looking boy staring at her carefully, as if he wanted to poke a hole in her body.

She felt a sense of oppression that she had never felt before.

The author says:

finally~