Cleanliness

There was no sign of the nightmare at all, but one night, Xiao Tong woke up suddenly from the bed. In the winter, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back, soaking his pajamas. Xiao Tong wiped his face, got up and took a sip of water , I can't sleep anymore.

Xiao Tong turned on all the ceiling lamps, table lamps, floor lamps, etc. in the room, then covered the quilt and looked at the ceiling, and saw that it was dawn.When the store opened the next morning, Xiao Tong said that she was not feeling well due to a cold, so she asked Chen Hui to go down by herself, and did not eat breakfast. It was after nine o'clock in the morning, when the sun shone through the window, that she fell asleep for a while .

Chen Hui didn't pay much attention to breakfast alone. He didn't go to Yu Qinghan's shop next door this day. He took two slices of dry bread from the refrigerator, and just finished it with a box of milk. Yu Qinghan looked at Chen Hui today. Before he came, he probably guessed that something happened to Xiao Tong. In the morning, pretending to be casual, he walked into the tailor's shop and looked around, but he did not see Xiao Tong.

Yu Qinghan asked Chen Hui: "Where's your master?"

Chen Hui was making samples, and had no time to greet Yu Qinghan, so he casually said, "I'm sick, I'm resting."

"Ill?" Yu Qinghan asked nervously: "What's wrong? Is it serious?"

"I caught a cold, and I didn't want to eat breakfast when she said she had no appetite in the morning. I took her temperature in the morning, and she didn't have a fever. She probably caught a cold due to the change of weather."

"Then I'll make some porridge later, and you can serve it to your master at noon. If you don't eat, you're going to collapse."

"No need, I asked my master when I came down in the morning, and she said she didn't eat lunch. You don't know that my master is stubborn, and even eight cows can't pull back what has been decided. It’s all for nothing.” Chen Hui straightened her waist, twisted a bit, and said, “I’ll finish work early in the afternoon, go back and make her dinner early, don’t worry.”

After Chen Hui said that, Yu Qinghan could only say yes, but he still didn't feel at ease, after thinking about it, he made some porridge and sent it to Xiao Tong himself.

Xiao Tong just woke up when Yu Qinghan knocked on the door, he only said to wait for a while, then got up, changed his clothes and combed his hair before opening the door, Yu Qinghan was not in a hurry, he waited outside for about ten minutes, when Xiao Tong opened the door, he obviously didn't expect it It was Yu Qinghan who was stunned for a moment before asking: "What's the matter?"

Yu Qinghan raised the thermos cup in her hand, "Chen Hui said you were sick and didn't eat, so I asked the cook to make some porridge, no matter whether you have an appetite or not, you should eat some at least." Tong took a few glances, only to find that Xiao Tong's complexion was a little pale, as if he hadn't slept well, and there was no nasal sound in Xiao Tong's voice, so the cold should not be considered serious.

"Thank you." Xiao Tong took Yu Qinghan's thermos, put it on the coffee table in the living room, grabbed a bag of peanuts on the balcony, and gave it to Yu Qinghan as a gift, "A few days ago Chen The ones I bought back are said to be organic peanuts harvested directly from farmers, I paste a few catties of salted peanuts, you can try them too.”

Yu Qinghan said: "Okay, you're not feeling well, go back and lie down after eating, it's cold, don't stand at the door, it will be troublesome if the cold gets worse."

"En." Xiao Tong didn't greet Yu Qinghan politely, and closed the door directly after saying yes.

But Xiao Tong changed his clothes and didn't continue to sleep. After eating, he cleaned up the house, greeted Chen Hui, and went out for a stroll by himself.

There was nothing to do in the small county town, so Xiao Tong strolled around and went back downstairs, but stopped for a while when he passed by the canteen downstairs, and bought a pack of cigarettes from there before going back.

Xiao Tong hasn't smoked for many years. He became addicted to cigarettes when he was young and ignorant and self-abuse. It took him a few years to quit completely. Today he doesn't know what happened, but he just wants to smoke for no reason.

She leaned on the recliner on the balcony, lit a cigarette and put it in her mouth. The irritating gas made her cough several times before she recovered, and then she slowly got used to it. The smoke passed through her lungs, and then spit it out again. Xiao Tong's nerves felt like calm down.

Smoking addiction is easy to catch and hard to quit. Now that I have started smoking again, I know how good the cigarette is. Xiao Tong smoked half a pack of cigarettes in one afternoon, and when Chen Hui came back to open the door, he was choked and coughing again and again.

"Hey, master, are you lighting a cigarette and lighting a fire at home? I can't even see where you are because of the choking smoke."

Xiao Tong spent the whole afternoon immersed in the smoky feeling after smoking again. He only came back to his senses when he heard Chen Hui's voice. He looked around and saw that the smoke was indeed lingering. Chen Hui was not exaggerating at all. All the windows of the room were opened, and the range hood in the kitchen and the exhaust fan in the toilet were turned on, before taking the vegetable basket in Chen Hui's hand as if nothing had happened.

"Why did you come back so early today?"

Chen Hui covered her nose and complained, "Aren't you feeling sick? I came back early and bought some bones and yams to make soup for you, but when I came back, I saw you puffing and puffing, it wasn't me Say your master, you still smoke when you have a cold, you don’t want your body anymore, do you? Why have I never found out that you still have such a problem with smoking?”

"Quit early." Xiao Tong put the vegetables bought by Chen Hui into the kitchen, turned around and went into the bathroom, brushed his teeth twice, sprayed breath freshener again, and poured two gums in his mouth to chew when he came out. While chewing, he said, "Isn't this a tasteless taste in my mouth today? I couldn't hold back when I passed by the canteen."

"If you can't hold it back, bear it, you will feel better when you cough later."

Xiao Tong was wronged, and said with a smile: "Understood, I promise, this is the first time and the last time."

Chen Hui didn't say anything, went into the kitchen to clean up the dishes, and Xiao Tong also went in to help.

After dinner, the kitchen and dining room were cleaned up, and the two of them took a shower and went back to their rooms to sleep. Xiao Tong usually went to bed at nine o'clock in the evening, but suddenly woke up with a shock around three o'clock in the morning. cold sweat.

Xiao Tong got up and took a shower again, changed into pajamas, became addicted to cigarettes in the middle of the night, took the remaining half pack of cigarettes and walked to the balcony, this time she was smart, first closed the balcony door, then closed the window Open it, the cold wind came in, Xiao Tong shivered for a while, quickly rubbed his hands, lit a cigarette in the dark, just after lighting it, took a puff, the balcony of the next building was also lit up, Yu Qinghan went to the balcony, happened to meet Xiao Tong Tong came to look at each other.

Subconsciously, Xiao Tong put the cigarette in his hand behind his back.

The winter night was silent, the two looked at each other awkwardly for a while, Yu Qinghan turned her head and coughed, and asked across the balcony: "Can't sleep?"

Ever since Xiao Tong became addicted to smoking, he has been avoiding Yu Qinghan to smoke. It has become a conditioned reflex. This problem has not been cured at such an advanced age. She hid her hands behind her back for a long time, and she didn't remember until the ashes fell on her hands. , I have nothing to do with Yu Qinghan now, I smoke when I want to smoke, why are you still avoiding her?So Xiao Tong put down the hand behind his back, but he was too embarrassed to smoke, so he let the cigarette burn slowly.For some reason, smoking in front of Yu Qinghan always makes Xiao Tong feel guilty.

"Yes." Xiao Tong smiled stiffly, "You can't sleep either?"

"Well, I wanted to ask if you were better, but I was afraid to disturb your sleep." Yu Qinghan looked at Xiao Tong's clothes and frowned, "Why are you wearing so little? Come in."

"The room is too stuffy, I want to get some air on the balcony." Xiao Tong put the blanket on the recliner over his body, "It won't be cold this way."

Then neither of them spoke.

It wasn't until the cigarette in Xiao Tong's hand was almost burned out that Yu Qinghan said again: "I didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, we are both forty."

"It's so dazzling, isn't it all day by day, the baby has grown so big."

When the baby was mentioned, the conversation between the two opened up. Yu Qinghan pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "Baby understands everything now. I went to see her that day. Guess what this little girl said to me?"

Xiao Tong was curious, "What?"

"She said," Yu Qinghan cleared her throat, imitating the baby's tone, "'little aunt, when will you get rid of my aunt? I've been watching you moaning for many years, really, I can see All in a hurry.'"

This is a topic that Yu Qinghan has been afraid to bring up in front of Xiao Tong these years, and he said it through the baby's mouth, imitating it so vividly, it made Xiao Tong laugh, "You told her?"

"How dare I tell her this, she is a kid herself, and she is so close to us, she probably guessed it."

Xiao Tong thought about the baby, and there was a smile in his eyes, "This little girl, I guess I will have a first love in two years."

Yu Qinghan teased: "What? Can't bear it?"

"Of course not, are you willing?" Xiao Tong glanced at her contemptuously, "It's okay if I meet someone who is as innocent and careless as her, but if I meet someone like you, I will definitely break that kid's bones twice." .”

"No, our baby is not as stupid as you. When he met me, he ruined his whole life." Yu Qinghan looked at Xiao Tong's side face, and said with a smile, "Our baby, you are smart... ..."

Yu Qinghan said "our baby" one by one, as if the little girl who had begun to look graceful was her and Xiao Tong's child.

Xiao Tong turned his head to look at Yu Qinghan, only to find that the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were already obvious.

Xiao Tong said: "Yu Qinghan, don't wait."

Even after so many years, hearing these words, Yu Qinghan's heart still felt like being pricked by a needle.

Yu Qinghan smiled indifferently, "You pass yours, I wait for mine, we two don't interfere with each other."

Xiao Tong said: "Why bother?"

Yu Qinghan said: "I have already thought about it, but when I die, or you die, our fate in this life is over. In the next life, I will chase you for the rest of my life, just for one thing, and I will never do those stupid things again." gone."

After hearing this, Xiao Tong taunted her: "You've been such an idiot in this life, and you still want to be reborn as a human being in your next life? It's a good idea."

Yu Qinghan didn't care, "It's okay not to be a human being, but to be a kitten and puppy, and be adopted by you for a lifetime, it's pretty good."

"Forget it, I don't want to be a human anymore in my next life."

"Then what do you want to do?"

"Be a cockroach. In this life, you have paid attention to poverty all your life. In your next life, you'd better be born in a cockroach nest. Then come out to look for food one day, and be trampled to death by someone's foot. You will die happily."

Yu Qinghan looked at Xiao Tong, what she said seemed to be true, Yu Qinghan followed her and smiled, "No, you are such a good person, Lord Yan can't bear to let you be a cockroach, then in the next life I will Be a cockroach, let me be trampled to death by you, it is also my luck."

They talked nonsense one after another, and the more they chatted, the more outrageous they became, and Xiao Tong was sleepy. In the end, he couldn't smoke, so he had to yawn and go back to sleep, and finally slept until dawn.