faller

Eight, the world

When he arrived in Chongqing, Chen Tianhang had two emotions. One was that the transportation in Chongqing was quite developed, and the other was that they didn't bring too many things with them.Chen Tianhang did not expect that there would be so many means of transportation at such a late hour, and Chen Tianhang also did not expect that Chen Chen's house was so far away.

They transferred from the subway to the bus, and now they are sitting on a tricycle that looks like a tricycle.This is actually a tricycle with a simple carport, Chen Tianhang has seen it in his hometown.Because it is a suburb, the road here has not been asphalted, it is an ordinary suburban dirt road.

It was almost twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, and the moon was in the middle of the sky, and the three-legged cart was swaying in the field, as if turning back three times at a step.Chen Tianhang saw the moonlight shining on the road through the carport.Chongqing is quite warm, and the roadside is still a little green.There should not be many residents here, and there is only one street lamp quite far away, but by the moonlight, you can still see the sparse restaurants, shops, hardware stores, guest houses...

"My mother works in that supermarket, the biggest one here," Chen Chen pointed to the "Minminle Supermarket" on the side of the road, "She does the cleaning."

"Brother, we're almost there, not far away." Chen Chen shook Chen Tianhang's hand as if comforting him.

"It's okay, I've been sleeping in the car for so long, I'm not sleepy." Chen Tianhang said.

Chen Chen's house is in an old residential area on the side of the road. It looks like a house allocated by a former unit, and the overall color is dusty.Looking through the moonlight, the exterior walls of this building seem to have fallen off a lot due to the perennial rain and wind, and no one has repaired the deep and shallow parts.Chen Tianhang looked at these buildings, and some of them were five-story buildings, which are basically extinct in today's commercial housing.

Chen Chen said: "This used to be a food factory, but it seems to have moved out because of environmental pollution or something. The house is also owned by their unit, so they can be rented very cheaply."

Chen Tianhang followed behind Chen Chen, walking in the dark corridor.

In the corridor is the old-fashioned green paint half-painted on the wall. Chen Tianhang feels like he hasn't seen this color for a long time. The last time he saw it was his grandma's old house.

Chen Chen hummed and went upstairs with a big bag on his back. Chen Tianhang wanted to help him share some of the burden, but Chen Chen insisted on carrying everything by himself, saying that it was because Chen Tianhang was tired enough: "It's almost there, brother, the fifth floor. Although It's a bit old, but it's clean, my mother loves to be clean, she cleans it every day..." Chen Chen seemed to be talking to himself.

He opened the door.Sure enough, as Chen Chen said, although the house looks old on the outside, the house is neatly arranged everywhere, and it is quite clean. There are also more than a dozen pots of green radishes, which are lush and green, like a botanical garden .

"It's just two rooms, my mother and I share one." Chen Chen put down his hiking bag, which was about half the size of his body, "Brother, you can sleep in my room."

"Well, okay..." Chen Tianhang glanced at the coffee table, feeling a little strange, "Hasn't your mother been in the hospital for several days? Why are there still..." There was still half a bowl of porridge on the table in the living room, one of which was peeled in half The oranges look very abrupt in this orderly room.

Chen Chen smiled embarrassedly, and went up to collect the messy things: "Maybe I left in a hurry...Brother, come to my room."

Chen Chen's room was also neatly tidied up, and there were a few books on greening and plant protection on the bookshelf.If Chen Tianhang hadn't seen this, he would have almost forgotten why Chen Chen was a plant protection major and a greening school before he dropped out of school.There was also a pot of cactus on the table, which reminded Chen Tianhang of Yao Yuan's desk, he thought, the two of them really look alike, they both look a bit "cleanliness".

There were still a few open albums on the table. Chen Tianhang glanced at them, and there were photos of a single person and a family of three. In the photos, there was a child with white skin and round eyes. When he smiled, his eyebrows and eyes curved into a line: " Is this you?"

Only then did Chen Chen realize that Chen Tianhang was looking at their family's photo album, and rushed up to cover it with his hand: "Why did my mother find all this?!"

"Can't you watch it?" Chen Tianhang said.

Chen Chen was silent for a few seconds: "I should be missing my brother, my mother..."

"But there is no brother in these photos, it seems that there are only a few..." Chen Chen said while tidying up the messy photo album.

Chen Tianhang took a look at Chen Chen's room. The sheets, quilt, pillow towel, and everything were all in very plain colors, which matched the yellowish lights in the house quite well.

"Brother, I brought you two quilts, which have been washed and were washed only last month." Chen Chen walked in carrying two quilts, "You may not be used to being a northerner, and there is no heating here."

"Isn't it? Do I need this alone?" Chen Tianhang looked at the two thick quilts, "Don't forget that I'm from the Northeast."

"I've adjusted the bath water, bro, you go take a bath." Chen Chen said, "Brother, I'm going to visit the store that sells the express delivery, and then I'll visit my mother..."

Chen Tianhang said: "It's already twelve o'clock, are you still going to the hospital? How?"

"It's okay, it's not far, it's on the road we just came on, I can walk there."

Chen Tianhang tried his best to remember if they saw the hospital on the way they came just now.

Chen Chen handed the key to Chen Tianhang: "This is the spare key. Brother, no matter who knocks, don't open the door, except me."

Chen Tianhang was really amused by Chen Chen's words: "Are you crazy?! You're an underage doll. I'm already 22 years old. What are you worried about?"

"I don't know," Chen Chen whispered, "I don't think it's safe..."

"What's so unsafe about this? I'm very assured of your safety here." Chen Tianhang relaxed a little, and sat on Chen Chen's bed.

"Brother, I'll buy you some food tomorrow morning," Chen Chen said as he opened his closet, where clothes for all seasons were neatly packed, "There are towels and so on, you can wear my clothes whatever you want .”

"Well, okay..." Chen Tianhang felt that he was really hungry, but there was nowhere to find food this late in the evening, so bear with it.

"I'm leaving." Chen Chen packed his keys and was about to go out, as if to comfort Chen Tianhang, he shook Chen Tianhang's hand again, "Brother, be careful."

"What am I paying attention to, you are the one, you are walking around at night..."

Chen Chen went out.Chen Tianhang sat on the bed, very tired, didn't want to take a bath, didn't want to move.The surroundings were quiet, and Chen Tianhang seemed to hear the patter of rain outside the window while lying on the bed.There seemed to be countless water droplets floating in the small room, and the air instantly became humid and hot.He stood up and looked out of the window. It was really raining. The south is the south, and winter is also cloudy and rainy. He, a man from the Northeast, couldn't understand it.

Chen Chen just left and the door was closed, but now it was raining heavily, and Chen Tianhang was worried about Chen Chen's safety.He found that there happened to be a streetlight downstairs. Before Chen Chen left, he was standing under the streetlight. Opposite the streetlight was a shop. Chen Chen was calling someone.

Chen Tianhang seemed to recall that Chen Chen said that the delivery place downstairs is a store, is that all it is?

Chen Tianhang sent a WeChat message to Chen Chen: "Is that where the express delivery is?"

"Yes, the boss didn't answer, it's too late." Chen Chen replied quickly.

"It's okay, we'll look for it together tomorrow." Chen Tianhang said.

"Thank you brother." Chen Tianhang was a little dumbfounded by Chen Chen's reply.

"Have you brought an umbrella?" Chen Tianhang asked.

"I have it, I have always carried it." Chen Chen sent a smiling face.

"Be careful, send it to me when you get to the hospital."