Sketch

——Everything starts with nothing unusual, everyone has their own thoughts——————————————————————————

My name is Xiao Shengyang.This year, I am a senior and an art student.

Like everyone else in the class, I am facing a difficult choice of postgraduate entrance examination or employment.To be honest, my undergraduate school is not very good, the second book in a small place, the suffix is ​​college, and few people have heard of it.I'm not a big shot either, whether it's design or painting skills, I'm better than slag.

If you don't take the postgraduate entrance examination... I guess you won't have a chance to dream in this life.

I am not reconciled to finding a job, and I am worried that I will not be able to persist in the postgraduate entrance examination.

Some people are naive because they haven't realized the cruelty of reality, and some people are naive because they are living in the reality inlaid with gold and jade, even if they wake up from the dream, it will not be empty.

I'm not a naive person, although I also have a lot of secondary thoughts like other boys and girls.I feel that I am not an ordinary person, something big must happen to me!

Even if it's not the level that changes the world, it's likely to be galloping in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, driving a BMW and living in a luxury house, hand in hand with a beautiful, virtuous, gentle and charming daughter-in-law, and become a role model and pride for the whole village.I also imagined that one day I really couldn't get along, so I went to Hengdian to play tricks, or went to Hong Kong to serve dishes. Maybe a certain director would be attracted by my poor and melancholy eyes, and from then on I walked on the Avenue of Stars...

But if you want to think about it, you still have to be pragmatic.

The bus ticket is very expensive, and the rent is even more expensive. I don't want to eat instant noodles three times a day.I have been single for 20 years.The eyes that were once poor and melancholy have become hollow and lifeless because of wearing glasses all the year round.

All these fantasies of cheating on life have been marked with crosses!

Very annoying!God! !Can anyone tell me how to go.

In the eyes of outsiders, I have always been a steady person, and everyone is like ants on a hot pot.I don't seem to be in a hurry for the postgraduate entrance examination and the postgraduate entrance examination for the postgraduate entrance examination.

Nonsense, of course the inner OS can't be seen.A manly man, his emotions and anger are invisible.

Our teacher said that there is Qili Town in City B, with mountains and water, and the scenery is beautiful.I plan to go there to sketch, as a vacation for myself.

After returning, there may be an answer to where to go.

——The first time is a stranger, the second time is an acquaintance, and the third time is an old friend———————————————————————————

Fuck, how remote is Qili Town, there are no trains.

I got motion sickness, got in the car and plugged in the earphones and fell asleep after a while.When I woke up, the smelly feet of the uncle next to me made me almost fall asleep again.The uncle didn't know when he took off his shoes.Now he is tilting his head and wearing a halazi, his eyes are half-closed, and he is snoring like a motorcycle engine.

I tried my best to move to the place by the window.Close your eyes in despair.I began to doubt whether my trip was right or wrong.

Honey, hurry up!

"Hey, wake up!" Some people can't stand the smell anymore.I was thankful and at the same time leaned in, saving the quarrel and harming the innocent.

The uncle woke up in a daze: "What are you doing?"

"Put your shoes on" came straight to the point.

The uncle was a little embarrassed, with a sullen expression on his face, I think he wanted to say the next sentence: none of your business.

The man didn't give the uncle a chance to speak: "There are too many people in the car, the smell is bad, and the air is not ventilated. It doesn't smell good to take off your shoes in public, and it's also unsightly. Besides, there are many acupuncture points on the soles of the feet, so it's better to sleep. Put on your shoes, don't get cold."

After finishing talking, the uncle put on the shoes while muttering slowly.

Fuck, it's amazing.

I put on my glasses and looked up at this man.It's him? !Zhao Mingrui?

Zhao Mingrui is a bus conductor in his 30s.

When I saw him for the first time, he had a cropped cut and a green beard.He had an unlit cigarette in his mouth, a pair of black Martin shoes on his feet, a pair of light black jeans on his legs, and an army green bomber jacket.He was leisurely leaning his legs on the railing in front of the bus conductor's seat.

I got on the bus and looked for a seat. He squinted at me and said, "Come on. Take out the ticket and let me have a look. Go to City B? A college student?"

I said yes, I didn't intend to chat any more.He smiled and returned the ticket to me.

If only these are not enough to impress me so deeply.

Because of motion sickness, I basically didn't take the bus when I went out. It was an accident that day, and I didn't buy a train ticket back to school.Before getting in the car, I put motion sickness stickers on my ears, but it didn't help.When the bus stopped at the rest stop, I was so dizzy that I was about to vomit. I was about to get off the bus to take a breath, when I felt dizzy before my eyes, as if I was upside down.

When I woke up, I was sitting in the seat of the conductor. Zhao Mingrui looked at me and let out a sigh of relief: "Child, are you hypoglycemic?"

who kid?I?

I looked at him coldly.

But he smiled and said, "You just fainted, do you know? I helped you up."

Zhao Mingrui took out a piece of candy from his jacket pocket and handed it over, "Eat a piece of chocolate. If it's just hypoglycemia, you'll be fine if you eat a piece of chocolate."

I hesitated... hypoglycemia?I don't have this problem.

"Eat it, it's not poisonous. I just got out of the car and bought it. What's the matter if you fainted in our car?"

Everyone said so, I took the chocolate and smiled like a good student: "Thank you. But I should be fine, maybe I didn't eat in the morning."

I moved to my seat, and Zhao Mingrui continued to play mobile games with Erlang's legs up.

Before getting off the bus, Zhao Mingrui yelled in the car: "Those who take this bus often can leave our business card. When you take the bus, please call in advance and we will reserve a seat for you."

Of course, he also gave me a business card.I took it and looked it over: Zhao Mingrui Phone: xxxxxxxxx

It was the second time we met to really confirm that Zhao Mingrui was Zhao Mingrui.

Once again I was unlucky to take the bus. , and found that I lost my wallet unfortunately after getting on the bus... Fortunately, there was only a ticket and 200 yuan in the bag, and I took out my ID card.

"I'm sorry I lost my wallet, the ticket is in my wallet, that... I didn't get on the train until I checked the ticket at the station."

"That doesn't work either, you have to make up the fare."

"It's also possible to make up the ticket, but I don't have any cash here. Can I pay by mobile phone?"

The car hasn't started yet, and I'm explaining to the driver.

"What's the matter?" Zhao Mingrui poked his head out of the car door with a cigarette in his mouth, "This kid...is the one who fainted from hypoglycemia last time."

I:…………

"This kid lost his ticket. I asked him to make up for it. He said that he can only pay by mobile phone."

"Okay, let him transfer it to me, I have cash." Zhao Mingrui was very straightforward.

"Let me add you on WeChat"

After the addition, I suddenly remembered that I can actually transfer the money directly.Why add WeChat?

Zhao Mingrui's WeChat is called Mr Zhao Mingrui, and his profile picture is a photo of himself... riding a horse?

Hey, this guy doesn't look like a conductor either.

In the photo, Zhao Mingrui was sitting on the horseback in good spirits, squinting his eyes and looking into the distance, smiling with white teeth showing.Blue sky, white clouds, green grass, a white horse, the picture is very harmonious.

This is the third time I have seen Zhao Mingrui.The moment the four eyes met, Zhao Mingrui frowned, tapped his fingers in the air, and looked at me thoughtfully: "You are...that..."

He nodded his forehead in pain, his eyes suddenly flashed brightly: "Little Sun, right?"

Little Sun, right? ? ?

little sun, huh...

Little sun, right? ! !

Fuck!I didn't read the almanac when I went out, so I can just rest at home, so what's the point, what's the hypocrisy.Embarrassing, so embarrassing...

A big old man being called Little Sun in public?

I looked at Zhao Mingrui coldly, and said with a dry smile for a while: "Brother, my WeChat name is Xiao Shengyang, why did you remember it as Little Sun. Hehehehe"

Zhao Mingrui didn't mind at all, he patted the old man's shoulder familiarly: "Old man, is it convenient for you to change places with me? I just met an acquaintance"

... Brother, we only met three times.I really want to tell Uncle Smellyfoot that I don't know him well.However, the uncle got up in a good temper.

Zhao Mingrui sat down with a smile, as happy as meeting a good friend he hadn't seen for a long time, "Little brother, where are you going? Are you on vacation?"

"I went to Qili Town to sketch"

"Coincidentally, I'm going to Qili Town too. Are you studying painting?"

"art design"

Zhao Mingrui thoughtfully, "A good art design, a good art design"

I said in my heart: "Do you know what art design is for? Putting on airs."

After a while, Zhao Mingrui turned his head and wanted to say something to me, so I plugged in the earphones and turned to look out the window.Seeing that I wasn't interested in talking, Zhao Mingrui lowered his head and smiled knowingly, took out his phone and started playing by himself.

It's great that the world is finally quiet.

The bus was moving forward at a constant speed, and the fields and trees outside the window were slowly running backwards. I saw sparse houses in the distance, like reefs scattered in the green sea. Like a little fish.These things are moving, even the sun is sinking slowly, and half of the sky is red, which seems to be changing gradually.

A song "Youaremysunshine" came out of the earphones, and the atmosphere was just right. I took out my notebook and pen and started drawing quickly.

I was so absorbed in the painting that I didn't notice that Zhao Mingrui was looking at me.When I finished, he said on top of my head: "The painting is not bad. There is a sense of peace in this world."

I laughed dryly: "Hehehehe..." What should I say, thank you?

——Thinking of that night starry sky now, it’s like a poem falling from the sky———————————————————————

Zhao Mingrui and I stood in a place where no birds would shit, facing the green grass and a narrow gravel road in the middle.I was carrying a heavy bag, his hands were empty, and we were staring at each other.

Zhao Mingrui spoke first: "If you don't listen to the old man's words, you will suffer in front of your eyes. I told you to get off early, but you don't want to. Believe it now, it's not easy to wait for the bus in this place."

I couldn't stop rolling my eyes in my heart, what's this guy's idea?It's none of your business whether you wait for the car or not, and I didn't let you get off with me.have a finger in the pie.

I took out my phone and copied a string of numbers from the memo.It was given by my teacher. When it comes to places, you can call this person.

When the call was dialed, Zhao Mingrui's cell phone rang almost at the same time.My heart skipped a beat.

"Hello" Zhao Mingrui's voice came from my mobile phone.

He looked at his phone and looked at me, "Wang Cha's student?"

"You are... Teacher Zhao?" I said with difficulty.

"Hey... Teacher, you can't count, you can call me Lao Zhao or Brother Zhao, you can come by whatever you say." He didn't look too surprised, and walked around behind me and picked up my bag, "Well, you are here Wait for me, I'll borrow a car to pick you up. The bag is quite heavy, don't keep carrying it."

Before I could speak, he had already jumped into the grass, and turned into a small black dot after a while...

Damn, it wouldn't be because he offended him just now and deliberately played me.Where can I borrow a car from this place?

Almost an hour passed, and my legs and feet were sore from standing, and my shoulders were sore from the strap of my schoolbag.

I was eager to see through, and my heart became more determined that he was playing with me.Suddenly a small black spot on the gravel road was getting closer and closer, and it gradually enlarged in my eyes.Zhao Mingrui was pedaling a tricycle, rushing towards me, and beckoning to me excitedly, his expression was similar to the portrait of him riding a horse.

I:……

After a while, I was sitting on a small bench inside the tricycle, and Zhao Mingrui threw a small blanket over, "covering my legs, it will be very cold for a while."

The tricycle squeaked and twisted on the gravel path, Zhao Mingrui arched his back and remained calm.

"Brother Zhao, where are we going?"

"Go to my house, there is no hotel in this town, you can only make do with me first."

Only when the stars appeared in the sky did I understand why Zhao Mingrui gave me the blanket.The cold air seeps into the bones, and there are trees on both sides of this section of the road, which is cold and gloomy.I kept muttering in my heart, an "acquaintance" whom I only met three times, a small town with an unknown future, a dilapidated and rusty tricycle, and a small bench with a sticky ass.

God!Young people don't know what it means to be sad, so they forcefully express their sorrow in order to write new words.It's all the fault of hypocrisy!

I looked up at the stars in the sky, the countryside is different from the city.There is less car exhaust, the air smells of earth, and even the stars are much brighter.

Zhao Mingrui stopped suddenly. I saw him take out his phone and press it for a long time.A song sounded in response to the occasion - "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky"

In the singing, in the sky full of stars, we travel non-stop.No one spoke, only the tree was tickled by the wind, laughing happily.

The car went to the village, turned two alleys and stopped in front of an old house.

"Here we are." Zhao Mingrui greeted.

I got out of the car and looked at the surrounding environment: this house is the second one on the side of the road. There is a big tree with thick branches and luxuriant leaves at the door. Under the tree is a stone bench with small characters engraved on it: Bright moon and pine.There was a dog barking inside the house, and Zhao Mingrui explained: "The family has a Shiba Inu named Commander. It is very lively and doesn't bite. Are you afraid of dogs?" I shook my head.

He rode in the tricycle, took the bag from me, went up to the second floor and opened the door of a room, turned on the light and said, "You live in this room. The windows are big and bright. You can bask in the sun during the day. You clean up first." , I’ll go downstairs to cook, and I’ll call you when it’s done.”

"Brother Zhao, I have caused you trouble."

"You're welcome, I used to be a student of Lao Wang, so we are still brothers in the same school."

After Zhao Mingrui finished speaking, he smiled at me like a fan.

The two of us set up a small table in the yard to eat, and the dog named Commander was lying at my feet, looking at me lazily.Three dishes and one soup,

The meal was good, but I was too embarrassed to move my chopsticks.

Zhao Mingrui urged: "Eat quickly, why, you are afraid that I will poison the food. By the way, you will send a location to your family later, don't let them worry."

family?I hesitated for a moment, then refused, "No need. My family knows when I come out." Zhao Mingrui looked at me with a serious expression. Where?" Zhao Mingrui said casually, "It's a good thing that someone misses you, you should cherish it."

Reluctantly, I took out my mobile phone, hesitated for a while between my father and my mother, and sent them the location respectively.

Zhao Mingrui smiled in satisfaction, the slight stubble on his face seemed to be coated with a layer of light.

After dinner, I followed him to the kitchen to wash the dishes, and saw a framed black and white photo on the small wooden table. In the photo, a kind-hearted old lady with short hair was smiling and squinting her eyes.

I looked at Zhao Mingrui, looked at the fresh melons and fruits placed in front of the photo, and suddenly remembered what Zhao Mingrui said lightly at the dinner table - it's a good thing to be cared about.

"What are you thinking, give me the bowl. You go to sleep, get up early tomorrow, and take you to see the sunrise."

That night, on the second floor of Zhao Mingrui's house, the room I was in.The commander went upstairs with me at some point, and looked at me friendly with a simple and honest smile like an emoji.

I took out my drawing book and pen, and drew a piece of "Zhao Mingrui and the Dog in the Field" by accident. What I drew was the back view, a dog and a person casting long shadows on the gravel road.Perhaps Zhao Mingrui should have another cigarette in his hand, so that it fits his temperament of a vicissitudes uncle.

———Like a stone, fell into the deep sea —————————————————————————————

Before dawn the next day, the commander dragged me awake. Zhao Mingrui was wearing a windbreaker, and he got a black motorcycle from somewhere. He looked at me imposingly downstairs and shouted: "Come down quickly."

I rubbed my eyes in a daze, thinking that I recovered so soon?When I got up to go to the toilet in the middle of the night last night, I saw Zhao Mingrui sitting in the yard with his head bowed, a beer bottle was placed on the small table, and the cigarette butts thrown on the ground were still faintly yellow.

After a while, I woke up completely as if I had been struck by thunder.

"Brother Zhao! You, ride slowly!" I grinned from the cold on the back seat of the motorcycle, and my hair was blown up and fluttering like rice.

"What?! You speak louder, I can't hear you, the wind is too strong." Zhao Mingrui almost turned his motorcycle into a helicopter, and the moment he uttered a word, he would be drowned in the wind.

"I said - you ride slowly" I yelled loudly from behind.

"Can't be slow! If you're slow, you won't be able to catch up!" Zhao Mingrui answered loudly in front.

"Brother Zhao, in fact, I don't need to watch the sunrise."

"No! I want to see it."

"..."

"Brother Zhao, where should we go?"

"Chicken Mountain"

"Isn't Jiming Mountain in Zhangjiakou?"

“This is Little Chicken Crying Mountain”

"Oh"

"Brother Zhao, how old are you?"

"Why do you ask this, kid? I just passed by and stood there"

"Oh, Brother Zhao..."

Before I could yell again, Zhao Mingrui interrupted me, "Don't keep talking to me, concentrate on riding"

"Don't talk, I'm cold!!"

"cold?"

After saying a word, Zhao Mingrui stopped suddenly, quickly took off the leather gloves on his hands and gave them to me, "Put on the gloves first, and hold on for a while, we will be there soon."

I quickly declined, "It's okay, my hands are not cold, you should bring your bike with you when you ride."

Zhao Mingrui had already crossed his legs and got into the car. He turned around and glanced at me and said, "Take it, I'm colder than you."

Xiaojiming Mountain was originally just a big slope a little higher than ordinary small slopes.There used to be a chicken farm nearby, so the locals called this man Jiming Mountain.I followed behind Zhao Mingrui, watching him walk up in three steps and two steps as if walking on flat ground, I wiped the sweat from my brow, and hurriedly followed.

When I climbed to the top wheezing, Zhao Mingrui was looking at the world with a smile, looking at the small mountains and looking into the distance.

"Just in time," he whispered.

I raised my head and couldn't help but swear, "Damn it."

Growing up so big, this is the first time for me to watch the sunrise, and I want to sleep more when I have time, why watch the sun.

The feeling of seeing it with my own eyes is different from looking at pictures. Pictures are static pictures that can be described in words. What is difficult to describe is the shocking mood. It is like witnessing a newborn baby. I watched the sun rise in the east.Little by little the sun emerged from the clouds, and little by little it radiated light and heat, for the world to see—I have come out, hope has come, a new The day has come.Facing east, there is a tree with a crooked neck, bowing its head to the sun like an old housekeeper.

In the vast mortal world, people are as small as sand, yet so magnificent that they can swallow the heavens, earth, mountains and rivers.

Without saying a word, Zhao Mingrui, who was not even out of breath, suddenly cleared his throat...

"Pear blossoms bloom, spring brings rain, pear blossoms fall, and spring enters the mud. This life is only for one person..." he sang

It seems... is singing!

He sang seriously and focused, with only blue sky and sunrise in his eyes.

Sensing my gaze, he looked at me shyly, and chuckled, "My old lady loved to hum this most before she was alive. She sings well, but I can't sing well."

That was the first time I saw loneliness in Zhao Mingrui's eyes.At sunrise, the loneliness of a 30-year-old man is like a cat's paw scratching my heart.I don't know why I suddenly feel scared after seeing the sunrise and loneliness.

I patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Old Zhao, this song of yours is not suitable for the sunrise, so I'll give you one."

Youaremysunshine

My only sunshine

Youmakemehappywhenskiesaregrey

You'll never know, dear

How much I love you

Please don't make my sunshine away

My voice grew louder and louder, and finally I almost sang.Zhao Mingrui laughed loudly, "Even if you don't sing anything, standing here is appropriate for the occasion. Your parents probably wanted to push all the good things in this world into your hands when they gave you this name."

Is that so?I didn't answer.

"You're about to graduate, what are you going to do after graduation?"

"I didn't think so."

"Ah, it doesn't matter if you don't think about it, the only way is to walk and understand, there is no way to understand."

Before going down the mountain, Zhao Mingrui stood upright on the top of the mountain with his arms outstretched, making a gesture of embracing the sun, then turned around and tilted his head and blinked his right eye: "Doing this often can prevent cervical spondylosis."

I:……

After coming down from the mountain, I started to call Zhao Mingrui Lao Zhao.

"Old Zhao, Uncle Li next door is looking for you to fight the landlord, and you are missing three times"

"Old Zhao, the dumplings for lunch today are a bit thick."

"Old Zhao, the commander bit my sock, do you have a new one?"

... and so on, Lao Zhao worked hard, although he was a bad fart, he had a really good temper.

One day, I was blackmailed at the town fair.

That man was a rice cake seller, with wicked eyebrows and mouse eyes, and skin as black as charcoal.He took me and greeted me with great enthusiasm to try it.I have never been interested in these things, politely declined.The black charcoal peddler pestered him in every possible way, but I had no choice but to taste a small piece.

Who knows, something went wrong after a taste.Good guy, you didn't ask me to buy it, but you even threatened me. 100 yuan a catty, your fucking extortion is really subtle.

I rolled up my sleeves and was about to explode when Lao Zhao came out to buy cigarettes and rushed over to stop my hand in two or three steps, pulling me behind, his tone like a gunshot: "You fucking die! A big old man and a child's hand Don't be ashamed." I looked at Lao Zhao's eyes, with viciousness and unquestionable righteousness.Don't carry a gun around your waist, you can pack up and go to Hengdian to act in a spy movie.

On the way back, Lao Zhao taught me: "It's okay, don't join in the fun, you are a big man. Save yourself some trouble, what's wrong with you, how can I get involved?"

I was surprised: "Fuck, I really treat you as a brother, and you just want to do business?"

Old Zhao was speechless, "Son, don't you know how to focus?"

I was inexplicably angry, "Don't keep calling me that, you're not a few years older than me. I'm already an adult. I didn't join in the fun just now, he took the initiative to provoke me. Besides, even if you don't intervene, How can that bastard get me?? I didn’t practice taekwondo for nothing when I was young!!”

After I finished speaking, I walked away.

It's been a few days since I've been here, and it's the first time I feel that the gravel path is so long.

——Like a raging fire, burning in my heart ——————————————————————————————

These days, I can't control my temper.

I can't say why.

Lao Zhao is very good, he is a good man like a treasure, and he is good to everyone.I even thought, if he is my dad (no, it’s too young to be my dad) or my brother, it would be great, someone rides a motorcycle, draws, climbs mountains, plays poker, chats about each other’s favorite painters, Let’s talk about hypocritical design concepts, pushing a tricycle that has lost its chain and scolding while walking in the countryside...

When I was young, I especially wanted to build a building. My mother, my father, friends and brothers, the big guys went upstairs and downstairs, and those people I wanted to keep around were there. Later, I knew that this wish was out of reach.Even if I can build good villas and buildings, I can't gather all these relatives, friends and brothers.

It is a day when the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, and it is a year when spring goes and winter comes. Flowers can bloom at the same time, but they will not fade at the same time.There are always those who are pulled down, and there are always newcomers.Every day a person lives is one day less, and he can't help himself between life and death. Thinking about it this way, it seems that life is a tragedy in which luck is glimpsed from misfortune.So I want to live a little more unrestrained, stop and rest when I can't walk, and take two more steps when I have the energy, cherish the fate when the fate is in, and throw away the ashes when the fate is scattered, and I will never be greedy.

With this attitude towards life, more and more people say that I do whatever I want.

But I also have things to fear.

I suspect, I'm afraid... I'm afraid I've fallen in love with Old Zhao.

Zhao Mingrui has a cropped beard, a green beard, and tough facial features. He dresses and behaves neither masculine nor gay.I think it has been normal for more than 20 years.Didn’t he, he just cooked a few good meals for me, we got to chat, had a few common hobbies, and stayed together for a few days in a beautiful scenery.Why the hell am I!Why do I keep staring at him, why I found out that he is fond of photography, there are many photos taken by him hidden in the drawer on the second floor, why my emotions fluctuate because of him, why I hope he can live in the building I imagined, even if it’s just upstairs and downstairs neighbors.

Fuck, I'm just here to relax, don't make fun of me, okay? !

Like a bolt from the blue hitting my head, I had a splitting headache.

If Lao Zhao was a woman, I would go after him without hesitation, even if he left me alone, and even if I didn't know whether I really liked her or not.

But he is not.

Impossible in this life, if there is a next life.

I packed my things overnight and prepared to leave Qili Town early the next morning.

Zhao Mingrui called me downstairs to eat, and the commander came over to urge me, wagging his tail.

I packed my things in desperation, feeling both sad and thankful, I was just passing by, no matter what I thought, it was good to be here.

There is a painting on the table, which is the pose that Zhao Mingrui posed embracing the sun when watching the sunrise that day.

A tiger showed the melancholy of a cat. Knowing that it was a tiger and not a cute cat, it still wanted to rush up desperately and comfort him like a cat.

I got my mood together and was about to go downstairs for dinner. By the way, I told Zhao Mingrui that I was leaving tomorrow.

power cut.

For a moment, the eyes were dark, and I accidentally stepped on the commander's tail, which made a miserable scream.Zhao Mingrui's footsteps sounded quickly, and he came over holding the light of his mobile phone: "Xiao Shengyang, are you okay?"

"Are you packing your things and going back?"

"kindness"

Zhao Mingrui was silent for a while, "The house next door also had a power outage, maybe we have to wait for a while. Let's sit on the roof for a while?"

"Row"

Zhao Mingrui lit a candle and put it on the small table on the roof. With a bottle of beer in his hand, he handed me a bottle of Coke.

"Alcohol hurts your health. At the age of 20, if you can drink less, drink less."

I took it in silence, looked up at the starry sky and sighed: "The stars today are as bright as the day I first came here."

He laughed loudly again: "I lack a song that fits the occasion."

I talked a lot with Zhao Mingrui.His mother passed away from cancer, and my parents broke up and divorced not long ago... He likes photography and plans to go to other provinces to find a job.I like design and plan to take the postgraduate entrance examination for further study.The two of us, one wants to remember the past, and the other wants to look for the future.

He obviously didn't drink, but he was a little drunk.

"Old Zhao, let's have an arm wrestling competition."

"Okay, no matter how good your taekwondo is, you may not be able to beat me."

Zhao Mingrui held my right hand with his left hand, a ball of fire in his hand, and a piece of ice in my hand.

"Why are your hands so cold? Are you cold? You college students, apart from losing weight, few of you like to exercise. Look at me. Antifreeze."

"Forget it, I don't want to compare. Lao Zhao, let me tell you something from the bottom of my heart. You are a nice person, with a good temper and good cooking skills. If you were a girl, I might even chase you. During this time Thank you, shake hands, good friend. Hehe."

I bared my teeth and smiled, very naturally.

That's good.

Zhao Mingrui also smiled brightly: "You kid, take this opportunity to warm up your hands, okay? I'll lend you my hand."

He took my hand again, interlocking his fingers.

Afterwards neither of us spoke, the Commander was lying on the ground and sleeping soundly, and the wild insects in the grass on both sides of the gravel road were screaming mournfully.

The sky is dark like an abyss, and the road ahead is like clouds and fog, and no one dares to sink into it.

Suddenly, the light came on.

—————————— THIS IS THE END—————————————————————————————

My name is Xiao Shengyang, and I took a year off after graduating from college.After studying and working, I am now working part-time in a design studio in Nanjing.

I was worried that I would not be able to dream again after work, but I didn't.

Before graduation, I had a lot of fantasies that were bullish, and now I still occasionally have them, such as: maybe I will be a late bloomer.

Not long ago, I received a package from my mother, saying that it was sorted when I moved, and it might be useful.When I opened it, my face was covered with ashes, it was just some old sketches, and the handwriting on it was so faded that it didn't look like it.Inside this pile of drawings was a brand new envelope, which was sent by Mr. Wang.

I took it apart and saw it was a landscape photo of sunrise.There are three lines on the back:

Xiao Shengyang:

The sun is rising, and the future is boundless.

Lao Zhao.

The author has something to say:

One day in a dream, I dreamed of a handsome bus conductor with deep eyes and a story-telling look.Hence this short story.

Thank you for watching, okay (*^▽^*)