Xia Meng

In winter, the Jiangnan area is like being wrapped in the humid and cold Taihu Lake. If the cold in the north is a physical attack, then the cold in the south of the Yangtze River is a magical attack. Although the temperature does not reach the north, it is often tens of degrees below zero. But every breath can feel the extremely high content of water, and it penetrates everywhere, penetrating into the bones, and every blood vessel can feel the cold dampness, no matter how many clothes you wear, you still feel the damp and cold penetration into the skin.

Xia Meng has a few classmates in the north. When they experienced the winter in the south of the Yangtze River in the first year, they all complained that the cold was unbearable. Even Xia Meng, who has lived here since he was born, still finds it difficult to accept the winter every year.

This year's winter vacation seems to be coming soon. Although Xia Meng lived in the hospital for a week before the end of the term, fortunately, her academic ability is not bad, and she passed all the final exams, so she can spend the new year with peace of mind.

Xia Meng was wrapped in the quilt and didn't move. This was the bed she had worked so hard to cover all night, and it was finally a little hot. If she moved a little, all previous efforts might be wasted.

Through the curtains, I can see that the sky is getting brighter. It is conservatively estimated that it will be more than eight o'clock, but Xia Meng doesn't want to wake up at all. She just wants to lie in bed and hibernate until spring comes.However, it was also because of the winter vacation, so she could lie in bed with peace of mind, until the sound of a message came from the mobile phone, which finally made Xia Meng move a little.

Like a hamster, Xia Meng stretched out only one arm, fumbled here and there on the bedside table, and when she touched the phone, she immediately shrank like a snake and then retracted.

Turning on the screen of the mobile phone under the quilt, the screen was quickly covered with a layer of water mist by the heat. Xia Meng wiped it with the back of his hand several times before he could see it clearly.

"Honey, are you up yet?"

Xia Meng smiled brightly, "Not yet, it's too cold to get up."

While waiting for Lin Xi's reply, I checked Moments and found that Valentine's Day was approaching.

What should I give, Xia Meng also began to think of Valentine's Day gifts.Just as he was thinking, news from Wei Linxi arrived.

"It's okay, anyway, it's winter vacation, sleep more, are you coming to the store this afternoon?"

"What's the benefit?" Xia Meng joked.

"I'll make you a cake, I'll make you dinner, and you can eat me if you want."

Xia Meng couldn't help but shiver under the blanket, this woman is really too bold.

"This is not the bus to Shuangye Kindergarten, I want to get off."

"The doors of the car are all welded, so don't think about it today."

"Hahahaha, I'm going. I'm definitely going to see my Lin Xi. What if someone plots against you when I'm not here?"

"would not."

After putting down the phone, Xia Meng played with the phone under the quilt for a while before finally making up her mind to lift the quilt and get up all at once.

While washing up, Xia Meng was still thinking about something she hadn't finished in the morning, what gift to give Lin Xi on Valentine's Day.

Xia Ke sleepily walked to Xia Meng's side, touched her butt, Xia Meng pushed her to the side helplessly, and Xia Ke walked over like sleepwalking again.

"Why did you wake up so early today? It's rare." Xia Meng came out of the bathroom, and asked Xia Ke, who was sitting on the sofa in the living room until he was bubbling sleepily, without opening his eyes.

Xia Ke yawned, "I made an appointment with my classmates to hang out."

After Xia Meng had finished her brunch and packed everything up, Xia Ke still half-closed her eyes, sitting at the dining table and eating slowly, feeling as if she was about to fall asleep with her face on the table in the next second.

"Wake up, sister, you stole chickens last night."

"I'm going to cultivate immortals." Xia Ke opened his eyelids and straightened his back.

"Fix it, fix it, and wait for sudden death." Xia Meng opened the shoe cabinet and prepared to put on shoes.

"Ah, are you leaving?" Xia Ke finally woke up.

"Otherwise, it's almost noon."

Xia Ke suddenly accelerated the speed of eating, and said vaguely: "Wait for me, I will go out with you, wait for me~"

Xia Meng shook her head, sighed, put down her bag and sat on the sofa, "Hurry up, eat slowly, you're going to choke to death."

The city center is already filled with the atmosphere of Valentine's Day. All the shopping malls are holding Valentine's Day slogans and promoting their own activities. Those who have a partner are holding their own, their faces are full of happiness, and those who have no relationship are pulling the corners of their mouths. Smile to face.

Xia Meng and Xia Ke parted ways in the city and went to find their companions.

When Xia Meng walked into the store, there were two tables of customers sitting in the store, and there was no one she knew in the front lobby. She walked to the back kitchen with doubts, and saw Wei Linxi and Yun Mujing both bowed their heads doing their own things. Regarding the matter, the two of them didn't say a word, and there was a little embarrassment in the air.

Seeing Xia Meng walk in, Wei Linxi raised his head and showed a smile, but this smile seemed to be forced out.

Xia Meng walked up to Lin Xi, put his arms around her waist, and asked in her ear, "What's the matter, what's the matter?" She looked at Yun Mujing again.

Wei Linxi sighed, looked at Yun Mujing, Yun Mujing also looked back, and then looked at Xia Meng, both of them showed embarrassed and bewildered expressions.

When there were no customers in the store, Wei Linxi and Yun Mujing both sat down and talked about the cause of the incident.

Yun Mujing thought for a long time, as if she was organizing her words, but also as if she was mentally preparing. After waiting for a while, she slowly opened her mouth and said: "My parents forced me to go back to the blind date and want me to get married."

Xia Meng's pupils dilated instantly, and she didn't know what to say for a while.

"You are not very old, I remember you are only one year older than Lin Xi."

"Yeah, but their parents feel that it's already late when they're both 25 and six, and they're not married yet. Now I don't dare to go home. Every day when I go home, they force me to go on blind dates with so-and-so. I'm getting married tomorrow."

"Why is this so urgent? It's not about the relationship. It's not that you can meet today and think it's okay, and you can go to get the certificate tomorrow."

"That's right, but they don't think so. They think that as long as I get married, I can be anyone. To put it bluntly, it has nothing to do with them whether it's good or bad."

Xia Meng couldn't continue, she covered the water glass with both hands, the hot water in the glass was already cold, it was cool to the touch, she didn't feel it, she just felt blocked in her heart.

Complicated emotions spread among the three people, infecting each other. After a long silence, as if they had calmed down a little, Yun Mujing spoke again.

"The most troublesome thing now is not this. They gave me the money to open this store. Now they say that if I don't go back to the blind date and prepare to get married, I will return the money to open the store. This store has only been open for half a year. A lot, just a month before you and Wei Linxi met, we just opened our business, not to mention how much we made, we haven’t even returned our capital, they either don’t know, or they’re trying to force me on purpose.”

Xia Meng felt more and more sad in her heart. She couldn't understand why so many parents controlled their children all their lives, what clothes they should wear every day when they were young, what school they would go to when they arrived, and what they would do after graduation. Work, when to get married, who to marry, when to have children, and where to send them to school after giving birth, has been endlessly looping, every step is clearly arranged, and the nickname is "for your own good" , but they never know what their children really like and what kind of life they want to live.

We are born as cherubs, whose wings are subtracted, to be stuffed into the same processing factory, and become exactly the same cube, and finally end this life.

Wei Linxi saw Xia Meng silently circling the cup, stroking her back, and went to the kitchen to refill a cup of hot water for her.

"So what do you think now?"

Wei Linxi hesitated for a moment, but decided to tell Xia Meng: "We plan to transfer the store."

Xia Meng seemed to be talking to herself: "This way, it is true that part of the cost can be recovered quickly, but," raising her head, her eyes wandered between Wei Linxi and Yun Mujing: "It will definitely lose a lot."

Wei Linxi nodded, "That's for sure, but the planning of this street seems to have failed, and it didn't achieve the effect described in its previous promotion and investment promotion. Now the store is losing money every day. In fact, it is not enough to stop the loss immediately like this. Not too bad."

Yun Mujing went on to say: "If you continue to lose money like this, it's better to transfer it out before it's too late."

"Since you think this is the best solution, then do it, don't delay more and more."

"We think the same way, but we don't know what to do after the store is transferred." Yun Mujing sighed deeply.

Xia Meng turned to look at Wei Linxi, Wei Linxi also stared at Xia Meng, the two looked at each other, thinking in their hearts.

In the quiet room, a customer came in, Xia Meng cheered up, and immediately stood up to greet her, she has become more and more a member of the store, sometimes during class, the store is too busy, Lian Yunmujing They all unconsciously feel, "It would be great if Xia Meng was here, ordering and checking out and facing customers, you can get started as soon as you learn, and you can do everything."

Although she was still immersed in the pessimistic atmosphere just now, Xia Meng still put on a sincere smile to face the guests, and Wei Linxi and Yun Mujing also hurried into the back kitchen to prepare.

Suddenly a thought flashed through Xia Meng's mind, and Xia Meng quickly grasped the idea. During the time of receiving guests, she confirmed the feasibility of the idea in her mind, and finally confirmed that it was possible to implement it. She couldn't help but smile. The joy of implementation was written on the face without reservation, changing the gloomy cloud just now.

After seeing off the guests, Xia Meng couldn't wait to pull Wei Linxi and Yun Mujing to sit down, and asked Yun Mujing, "What are you going to do after the store is transferred?"

Yun Mujing didn't know, so she thought for a while and said, "I should go out and find a class."

Xia Meng frowned slightly, thought for a while, and then asked Wei Linxi, "What about you?"

Wei Linxi shook her head, "I haven't made up my mind yet, but I still want to open my own shop."

Xia Meng laughed, she knew that Wei Linxi would still want to open a store. She knew from chatting with Wei Linxi before that Lin Xi always wanted to open her own store. She didn't like the life of an office worker who worked for others. Express the same.

"Let's open a store together," Xia Meng held Wei Linxi's hand, "You and I will open together."

Wei Linxi opened his eyes wide in doubt.

"There is a commercial street in the central area of ​​our school. There are many shops there. The rent of shops in the school will definitely be much cheaper, at least not as high as in the city center. After the transfer of this shop, you should be able to share a sum of money each. Borrow some from my dad, we can go there and rent a shop to do business." Xia Meng continued to describe her thoughts to Lin Xi, "Besides, the school has a regular flow of students, except for a few sporadic local commuters like me. , basically most of the students still live in accommodation, and the school is far away from the city center, everyone’s daily entertainment is to go shopping and eat in the central district, as long as we cook well, we basically don’t have to worry about no customers.”

As Wei Linxi listened, his eyes slowly lit up, and even Yun Mujing was fascinated.

"It seems to be possible." Yun Mujing said.

Wei Linxi still seemed a little worried and didn't speak.

"Besides, I can also promote it with my classmates and friends. Let everyone help us promote it, and there will definitely be business."

"It sounds good." Wei Linxi murmured softly.

Xia Meng suddenly thought of something, felt a little lost, and asked Wei Linxi: "Do you think you can't make a lot of money? If you open it in a school, you definitely can't make a lot of money, but we can live together. If you want to make a lot of money Forget it, just pretend I didn’t say it.”

Wei Linxi hurriedly pulled Xia Meng over, held her face, looked into her eyes and said, "I don't want to earn a lot of money, I just want to support you and the two of us."

Xia Meng was just angry to scare Wei Linxi. Hearing what she said, she immediately smiled and regained her vitality.

Yun Mujing also persuaded Wei Linxi: "Xia Meng's words are quite reasonable. You may go to the school to see the situation when the school starts when you have time. Maybe it will be true."

Xia Meng nodded vigorously in agreement, and Wei Linxi looked at Yun Mujing, then at Xia Meng nodding like a chicken pecking at rice, and then laughed.

"Okay, then let's go and see when school starts."

The library is well heated and quiet. The pages exude a unique smell of paper, which makes people feel at ease. Here, no one needs to talk to anyone, and those unnecessary social interactions are discarded, and each is immersed in his own life. Just in the world.

In the past two days, Wei Linxi and Yun Mujing were busy distributing store transfer information everywhere and negotiating with interested parties. Xia Meng was rarely free, so she got into the study room of the library.

Xia Meng picked a book from the bookshelves, sat down, and saw Xu Yang just sent a message.

"What are you doing?"

"In the library."

"You're still so serious even though you're on vacation." If Xu Yang was by his side, Xia Meng would definitely have rolled his eyes and elbowed him.

Xia Meng is already used to his yin and yang tone, so to deal with old hermaphrodites, she has to be more yin and yang than him.

"Yes, I am a good student, you scumbags know a hammer."

Sure enough, Xu Yang temporarily lost the next round.

Not to be outdone, Xu Yang launched a second round of attack.

"It's Valentine's Day today, you're still reading in the library, you're afraid of being attacked by dog ​​food when you go out."

Xia Meng smiled contemptuously, and tapped her fingers on the screen quickly. "Yes, yes, I was afraid that I would be crushed to death by someone else's dog food while walking on the road, so my darling came to pick me up later, and prepared delicious food for me."

The second round ended with the disastrous defeat of contestant Xu Yang. In the end, contestant Xu Yang lay down on the ground and lost his fighting power, and raised a white flag to surrender. So far, contestant Xia Meng has won a complete victory.

"Okay, we single dogs are always the ones who get hurt."

"Laugh to death, bring shame on yourself."

"Seriously, why didn't I go to Valentine's Day with Wei Linxi?"

"Someone is coming to visit the store this morning, and I'll go there in the afternoon."

"Oh."

"It's nothing special anyway. To put it mildly, it's Valentine's Day. If you don't pay attention, it's just an ordinary Tuesday."

"Too."

"Then what are you going to give her?" Xu Yang's energy for gossip came up again.

"Tell you why, it seems to have something to do with you."

If it was possible, Xu Yang would wish he could crawl over the Internet and give Xia Meng a hard time.

That night, when Xia Meng arrived at Wei Lin Xi's house, she found that there was an extra microwave in the kitchen.

"When did you buy a microwave?"

Wei Linxi told Xia Meng with a smile: "I just bought it two days ago. It's cold. I'll warm up milk for you at night."

"Lin Xi, close your eyes."

"What's the matter?" Wei Linxi sat on the sofa and looked at Xia Meng curiously.

"Close it." Xia Meng shook Lin Xi's arm coquettishly.

Wei Linxi closed her eyes suspiciously, and Xia Meng pulled her to stand up, wondering what the little girl was going to do again.She could only hear the chattering in front of her for a while, then she quieted down, and was about to ask if she could open her eyes, Xia Meng said to her, "Open your eyes."

Xia Meng was standing in front of her, holding a jewelry box with a ring in it.

Xia Meng took out the ring with a smile, and took Wei Linxi's hand to put it on for her.

This is a gold ring with no extra decorations and a simple halo. Without those fancy styles, it looks simple, but after a closer look, you will find that it is generous and elegant, and it will never be out of date.

"I wanted to kneel down on one knee and give it to you," Xia Meng blushed, "but I feel so shy."

"Ouch~" Wei Linxi hugged Xia Meng, but she was also very embarrassed, "Why did you think of it and give me a ring?"

Xia Meng took Wei Linxi's hand, looked at the ring and said, "This is my proposal ring for you, and our names and date of love are engraved on it."

Wei Linxi was moved by warm currents in his heart, and felt like crying for some reason, so he put his face next to Xia Meng's ear and said softly: "If you want to give the proposal ring, I should give it to you, idiot."