matchmaking

It was the summer vacation of the third year of high school.

Just passed the college entrance examination, the results have not yet come out, the planned trip is not dared to carry out, and the area to visit is limited to the city.

The three of them felt bored after playing games day and night at home, so Yu Bingwen suggested to play in a nearby town for a few days.

The place to play was finally set at the uninhabited Hujutan Reservoir.

The reservoir has been abandoned for several years due to various reasons, and there is a pool of clear water hidden in the dense forest, facing each other with overlapping green hills.

The residence is ready-made - Yu Bingwen specially found the key to the duty building of the reservoir from his father.

The duty building is located by the lake, because people who are familiar with the place often come here to play, so everything in the house is always complete.

It took the three of them half a day to set up an empty room upstairs as a bedroom, and even dug out two quilts from the corner of the closet.

The old bedding was exposed to the scorching sun at noon.The musty smell evaporated and spread out flat on the wooden bed, enough for the three of them to have a good night's sleep.

This is the mountain life that Qiao Jing is unfamiliar with but finds interesting, but Yu Luo and Yu Luo are obviously very familiar with it.

There is a mousetrap in the duty building, and it is thrown in the bushes in the backyard at night. Once, a stupid hare was caught and sent to the door.

Dishes are also available.A few pinches of wild shepherd's purse are scattered in the backyard. From spring to summer, the roots are thick and the leaves are luxuriant.Pull out the whole handful, wash off the sand, cut off the root, chop it and fry it with rabbit meat, with dried chili as a side, and a little salt can make the vegetables tender and the meat fragrant.

During the day, they fished by the lake, swam in the shallows, and explored the hidden pleasures in the nearby forest;

At night, I lit a bonfire in the yard, picked up a flashlight and stepped on the moonlight, and went to touch the loach in the nearby ditch.

Yu Bingwen is so dexterous that a few bamboo strips can weave a simple loach cage.The loach cage is filled with bait such as earthworms. When the moonlight comes, throw the loach cage into the ditch. When the fireflies fill the forest, take out the loach cage to drain the muddy water, and the half cage will be slippery. Big loach.

The belly of the loach is cut clean, first fried thoroughly, served with pepper and ginger, and it is the most delicious when it is dried.The crispy meat tastes spicy, and after eating a loach, you can drink a few sips of beer. The spicy taste mixed with the aroma of wheat will make the gluttons scurry around.

Luo Youning is always the fastest drunk.One bottle of beer can make him stagger, and two bottles of beer are enough to make him unconscious.

Yu Bingwen carried him to the sofa in the living room, and draped a thin blanket over him, so as to prevent him from catching a cold, he went to close the ventilation doors and windows.

He was busy in the room, and then stood by the sofa for a long time by the dim chandelier, and finally he seemed to make up his mind and walked out.

Yu Bingwen was already a little drunk, and just after drinking Luo Youning, he himself drank quite a bit.

It seemed that only Qiao Jing was left sober.He sat in his seat with clear eyes, beer was like white water to him, not to mention he was the most restrained.

Yu Bingwen looked down at Qiao Jing, the smile between his brows and eyes was like the burning fire in the dark night, shining brightly.

He asked him: "Ah Jing, are you sleepy? If not, let's go for a walk."

Qiao Jing got up with him: "It's still early, let's go."

The dew dripped on the bare arms to take away the heat of the day, and the flashlight made circles of light on the ground, and they walked side by side into the deep night forest.

Insects shuttled and sang in the dark dense bushes, and the continuous music attracted night owls circling among the forest tops, screaming and hoarse like ghosts whispering.

The last quarter moon looms between the branches.The clear brilliance shone like splintered silver, brightening the forest leaves and waking up the sleeping bushes, and the solitary light of Yingying fluttered out from the period, and the stars echoed the bright stars scattered in the sky.

The cool evening breeze brings the sound of gurgling water, and with more and more fireflies in the air—these are fireflies that were born in summer nights and died in summer. The bright light made the surface of the water sparkle, and the creek was blocking the way forward.

They sat down on the bluestone by the stream.

"A Jing," Yu Bingwen suddenly stopped his name, and asked him in a seemingly casual tone, "Do you mind if I like men?"

Qiao Jing was taken aback, a little flame burst out of her originally calm heart.Thousands of fireflies danced in front of his eyes, and the faint green light made him dizzy.

He licked his dry lips and asked nonchalantly, "Who do you like?"

Yu Bingwen turned his face away, as if shy.After hesitating for a while, he said, "I seem to like Luo Ningning a little bit."

It's as if a splash of cold water has been poured over the head, and the spark in the heart has been extinguished.

Qiao Jing was silent for a long time: "That's pretty good."

That's all he said at the end.

Yu Bingwen stared at him and asked in a low voice, "Then do you mind?"

Qiao Jing asked him strangely, "Why do you ask if I mind?"

Yu Bingwen choked for a moment, and murmured, "I think Luo Ningning might like you."

"You're thinking too much," Qiao Jing brushed away a flustered firefly on the back of her hand, and responded casually, "Even if he likes him, he will only like you."

"Actually, it's not what I think, it's true." Yu Bingwen seemed to have made up his mind, and his voice suddenly became louder, "It's true, Luo Ningning... He has always had a crush on you. He was the one who watched movies and went out to play before. Ask me to buy him a ticket, thinking you have been to the world of two, but every time I can't help but intervene halfway."

Qiao Jing laughed silently and didn't speak.

The flowing water is gurgling, and the forest leaves are sparse.The moonlight climbs the cracks in the clouds, and the silver glow is like frost in late autumn.

Yu Bingwen felt guilty for no reason.He didn't dare to turn his head to look at the friend beside him, but felt that he had to break the silence between them.

If he doesn't speak, Qiao Jing will never speak first.If he didn't say anything, the relationship between them might have ended in such a muddle.

"Our parents are colleagues, and we study in the same school for kindergarten and elementary school." The topic was blunt and his voice was hoarse, and Yu Bingwen couldn't help but said: "At that time, he was very thin and small. Corner. He has a withdrawn personality. There are so many children in the class, but no one likes him," he paused, and whispered, "...It's very similar to you in high school."

Qiao Jing was slightly taken aback.

"You are very similar. It seems that only you are enough, and everything in the outside world has nothing to do with you. Of course, you are much better than him. You know how to hide, how to pretend, and how to be kind to others no matter how impatient. But Luo Youning doesn't understand, He only knows how to solve everything with violence and indifference," Yu Bingwen smiled, and the smile was a bit bitter, "I liked teasing him very much when I was young. Well... it's not so much teasing as bullying, hiding his schoolbag, robbing him Toys. Later, I was bullied too much. He... He suddenly got violent and beat me up. He was very good at punching and kicking at that time, and his classmates were afraid of him. Maybe because our parents are familiar with each other, so we tolerated it. I've been there for so long. But his beating scared me so much, and when I saw him later, I ran away like a mouse hiding from a cat."

The chubby little man was being pressed and beaten by a thin little man——Thinking of that scene, Qiao Jing couldn't help but smile.He was also very strange, obviously Yu Bingwen was born tall and powerful, why did he always lose in fights?He didn't ask, but just followed Yu Bingwen's words: "Then how did you get better after that?"

"Later, when I was in the fifth grade, right after the Chinese New Year, my mother gave me a lot of New Year's money. I showed it off in class, but as soon as school was over, I ran into a bully from the senior class and was taken to an alley I was frightened when they surrounded me, and I took out all the money. But they thought the money was too little, so they still didn’t let me go.” Yu Bingwen laughed self-deprecatingly, “Don’t tell me, I have been fighting since childhood No. Don’t look at me now, when I was a child I was fat and had poor sense of balance, and when I got into a fight, people would laugh at me for rolling around like a ball.”

Qiao Jing comforted, "Fighting is not a good behavior either."

"Yeah, but it's always better to have a hard fist and kick," Yu Bingwen said, "I was beaten until my ass was dripping. I didn't expect that Luo Ningning would suddenly fall from the sky and beat them all away with three punches and two kicks."

Qiao Jing thought for a while and said, "Luo Youning is quite good at fighting."

"But why do you think Luo Ningning is so kind?" Yu Bingwen said cheerfully, "So it turned out that when our two families got together that night, he was afraid that I would hurt him with my bruised nose and swollen face. Just like the first time you helped us."

Yu Bingwen narrated a lot, those were past events that Qiao Jing did not participate in.

The premature letting go of his parents and too many times of parting made him develop a cold nature.In the short ten years of his life, he has become used to walking alone.He walked through his childhood alone, and then stumbled into his youth.

Life has not given him any surprises, let alone preferential treatment.For a time he thought he would end up alone.

And yet he met him, met them.

Are you envious?Needless to say.He missed their past, but it doesn't matter, in the next few decades, he will also have two friends who will accompany and know each other.

They care about him, and he cares about them.

That's good, he thought.

His two most important people are together, without the intervention of others, the three of them will not change because of this.

That's enough, he thought, and that's good.

A firefly lightly landed in the tip of his hair, and the green light of the firefly reflected his dark eyes, like the morning star before dawn.

Yu Bingwen sighed and said, "But no matter how hard you fight, it's no use. He's so timid, even ghosts like to bully him."

"You don't need to explain so much to me," Qiao Jing interrupted him abruptly, "No matter who you are with, you are the most important friends to me."

Yu Bingwen always felt that there was something in his words, and subconsciously asked a superfluous question: "Just a friend?"

"It's not right, it should be said that it is irreplaceable." The ending sound is so light, as light as a superficial touch, "...Dear one."

Yu Bingwen didn't hear clearly for a moment, but he quickly reacted.He also laughed: "Yes," he said with relief, "You are also irreplaceable to me."