did i hire you

He smoked quickly, puff after puff, as if in a hurry.

Liu Yang dragged the suitcase without stopping, his heartbeat was a little unusual, bewildered, surprised, and anxious.

His eyes were straight, his movements were stiff, and he almost walked in that direction with his hands and feet.

Getting closer, getting closer.

It's him, read it right.

Liu Yang stopped suddenly, and the noise from the suitcase alarmed the people under the streetlights. He stubbed out the cigarette and raised his head. It was Liu Yang's familiar face and expression.

Seven years ago, his eyebrows were very light, his eyes were bright, his outline was thin, and his bookish appearance was very quiet and well-behaved.

In the years of not seeing each other, those soft lines have become more resolute and thinner, still quiet, but the silent appearance does not appear gentle and harmless, but has a hint of sharpness.

He also looked at Liu Yang, stunned for a moment, and closed his fingers holding the cigarette butt.

Liu Yang looked at each other in silence, the atmosphere was strange in vain, the two of them faced each other, both a little at a loss, like a small animal that had been separated for a long time, when they saw each other for a long time, they were guarded and tempted at first sight, and they approached each other with the heart of acceptance again, and got to know each other again each other's smell.

Of course, Liu Yang didn't do such an embarrassing thing like going up to smell it. He opened his mouth like a clamshell, and couldn't articulate clearly: "Is there a hotel near here?"

He didn't call the other party's name, and his tone was straightforward. Compared with his embarrassing reaction, the person standing in front of him was surprised, and his attitude was more calm and natural.

Those eyes were bright, and the smile was on the corners of his eyebrows. He patted Liu Yang's arm, his voice lower than before: "Liu Yang, long time no see, don't you remember me? I'm Zhang Li."

No, as long as you haven't turned into ashes, I will remember you, Liu Yang smiled: "Long time no see."

Fate, since we met, there is no reason to pretend to be a stranger.

When meeting old friends in a foreign country, after letting go of the strangeness, I can't help but look back on the past, and there are more things to talk about.

Liu Yang dragged his suitcase and followed the other party. Zhang Li looked at the painting bag he was carrying and smiled: "I didn't expect you to learn to draw."

Liu Yang snorted, and probably thought it was amused: "I didn't expect that you didn't go to college just to plant fruit trees in this big mountain nest."

Zhang Li said: "Don't underestimate me, I am the first local household with ten thousand yuan."

Liu Yang retorted: "That was a concept more than ten years ago, and now there is no such thing as a million-dollar household."

Zhang Li couldn't deny it: "Then I should be a passionate young man who responds to the One Belt One Road policy and devotes himself to the mountains to create a great cause."

Liu Yang snorted, expressing sarcasm, his eyes looked calmly, Zhang Li was a bit taller than him, and also thinner, but through the small white vest, he could see the well-proportioned lines of texture on the skin covering the skeleton Up and down, extending and turning.

Full of power brought by gender.

Zhang Li took him to a small yard covered with vines, saying that it was his own house, so that he could live in peace of mind, and Liu Yang lived here. During the day, Zhang Li ran away after saying hello, leaving him alone. People hang out in the resort.

The resort is indeed beautiful. Liu Yang feels like lying in the hut to write and draw, and when he is tired, he goes out for a walk and rest. It can be said to be very healthy.

Zhang Li would come back at night, looking very tired, but he would still chat with Liu Yang and look at his paintings. Occasionally, someone would come to him if he didn't go out during the day, or he would run out after answering a phone call.After working for more than a week, I was free, and took Liu Yang to run up the mountain.

The road in the resort has been repaired to the foot of the mountain, and the rest is bluestone stairs. There are many fruits and vegetables planted on the mountain, and pheasants are scattered in the forest. Two people climbed up the steps and climbed for more than an hour to reach the destination.

It was a peach grove, heavily covered with green and red peaches, Zhang Li picked a few, washed them in the mountain stream, and handed them to Liu Yang, who insisted on climbing the tree after eating, the peach tree was in the orchard The tallest and thickest ones, with lush branches and leaves, grow to a height of more than five meters, which is very rare.

Zhang Li couldn't persuade him, he felt a bit difficult, so he took off his shirt and led him to climb together.

"You wait for me."

"You can stay below, so many things, oops, you stepped on the wrong one, the one on the right hand, you can't reach it if you crawl to the left."

"I didn't tell you not to climb so fast, I raised my head and my face was covered in ashes."

The two complained to each other, humming and climbing to the top, Liu Yang sprayed Liushen toilet water wildly, took off his glasses, and let out a sigh of relief.

From the layers of leaves, you can see the vast forests, and you can also hear the conversation of the fruit farmers. Liu Yang glanced down, feeling a little drifted.

Liu Yang said, "I heard that you were rebellious."

Zhang Li picked a peach and wiped it on his body: "Who did you listen to?"

Liu Yang pointed to the faintly visible resort in the distance: "It's just the old man who lives in the village committee, he is very chatty. He told me when I was chatting with him."

I also learned from there why you dropped out of school back then, and learned that you worked very hard when everything first started.

Zhang Li was embarrassed: "It's not considered rebellious."

Liu Yang didn't believe it: "I heard that old man said that when you were a child, you blocked someone's chimney, you didn't pay attention when you ran, fell into the pigsty, and ran to his house crying and making a lot of noise."

Zhang Li didn't speak, feeling somewhat embarrassed, he rubbed his nose: "Actually, what I blocked was my mother's chimney, and she, like my father, doesn't want me, I'm not in a fit of anger."

Liu Yang was silent for a while, and then he choked out a sentence: "I understand."

The two talked more and more, and Zhang Li occasionally mentioned some things about running a project to run a resort. He and the villagers raised funds to build a pig farm in Donglin District. These two days have been running on this matter, and it has almost been implemented. .

Liu Yang spoke more vividly, he was talking about his own mental journey, and he also mentioned a few people, most of whom was an old gentleman.

He first drew commercial illustrations, and later participated in several advanced courses, and then developed in the direction of pure art. During the transition period, he had not yet established his own studio, and would accept orders introduced by some acquaintances.

At the request of an old gentleman, he once painted a jasmine flower for him.

Fine brushwork and light color, giving soft and beautiful colors.

However, the old man was not very satisfied with drawing several pictures in succession. Liu Yang went to visit the old man's home after obtaining his consent.

A single-family small western-style building with a very simple style.

The old man took him to look at the photos, the furnishings in the house, the small garden outside the house, the collection of old poems, some letters from the past, and the gifts sent by his children from abroad.

Then there is food, the steamed cakes in the alley, the noodles splashed with spicy oil, the white sliced ​​meat from the owner, and the lotus leaf chicken from the west. The last picture was painted in the study.

A sprig of jasmine after the rain, written by a part-time worker, with a lingering mood, like a girl who lowers her head slightly, silently, with only her eyes sending lovesickness from afar.

The old man was finally satisfied, and framed the painting and hung it in the living room. When Liu Yang left, the old man said, when I get older, I hang this picture in the living room and look at it every day, so I will never forget her.

The old man's wife who died young liked Jasmine.

Liu Yang was deeply impressed by him, and he still keeps in touch with him today, because since then, he has paid special attention to the emotions expressed by the lines when he writes.

Liu Yang talked a lot, Zhang Li also listened very seriously, those bright eyes contained all kinds of emotions, they were too calm and firm, unknowingly touched people's hearts.

The days passed day by day like this, Liu Yang was painting, Zhang Li was busy with errands, and occasionally they made appointments to go fishing, mountain climbing, and game hunting together when they had free time.

The girls who come to invite Zhang Li are always too late. Before they send out the invitation shyly and timidly, their farmer entrepreneurs accompany their friends to hang out. Piggy, totally confused.

Liu Yang's personality is much more restrained than before, as if he has completely changed his appearance, gentle and gentle, but the longer he gets along, the more he reveals his true colors, he is really letting himself go, especially this time he asked Zhang Li to take the blame for him.

As a big pig farmer and a farmer entrepreneur, Zhang Li obviously didn't care much about these trivial matters, at most he just rubbed Liu Yang together.

The accident happened the afternoon before Zhang Li went to inspect the pig farm in Donglin District. He drank some wine with Liu Yang, and both of them were a little drifting. Liu Yang pressed Zhang Li on the floor and kissed him. You are a long time.

Then he reached into Zhang Li's clothes and grabbed his little peas, and things got out of hand.

Zhang Li was so frightened that he threw up his hand and knocked him over, Liu Yang rushed forward fiercely, both hands tightly grabbed Zhang Li's vest strap and messed around: "What's wrong with me, what's wrong with me."

Zhang Li has strength, but he can't stop himself from drinking a lot. Liu Yang gnawed wherever he caught, and he still had the energy to burn everything. He wobbled and hid on the balcony on the second floor. Liu Yang couldn't find him in the house. Li yelled: "I've seen it all, you, you flirt with Sanhua from the next village."

"You can't get out!"

"..."

"You come out!"

"..."

"Okay, you forced me." After Liu Yang yelled this sentence, he fell silent. Zhang Li squatted behind the curtain. He heard footsteps going out, so he poked his head out quietly. Liu Yang stood expressionlessly. At the truck at the door, pull out the latch.

Dozens of lively little piglets saw the light of freedom, jumped off the truck one after another, and rushed to the field of hope.

Zhang Li was dumbfounded, Liu Yang stood in front of the house for a while, and ran away with the pig.

Zhang was stunned. Li realized that he couldn't even walk steadily. He stumbled into the bathroom and drenched himself in cold water to sober up. When he woke up, he started to make a phone call. The horn at the entrance of the village blared. Call on the idle villagers to find pigs and people by the way.

This search went from dawn to dusk, and three pigs were not found when the count was made. It was the first time that the villagers saw the young village head so furious that he looked like a moving locomotive.

The villagers spontaneously formed a team, looking for someone with a flashlight.

Zhang Li was about to go crazy, it was fine if he couldn't find the three pigs, and Liu Yang's grandson couldn't be found either, what if he accidentally entered the mountain?Not to mention the wild things, just fell somewhere, got lost, and I was afraid that something bad would happen if I was frozen all night and then the mountain wind blew.

The night is dark and the wind is high, the mountain is high and the road is steep.

The villagers called Liu Yang's name. Zhang Li walked half the night and was about to call the police. Suddenly he heard a loud shout: "I found it. It's here in Qiaodongzi. The man, hey, both the man and the pig are here."

Seeing Zhang Li approaching aggressively, Liu Yang thought that he was going to slap him, and tears rolled out of his eyes in fright.

Zhang Li yelled at him: "You are crying, why are you running? Do you know how long I have been looking for you?"

Liu Yang's face was covered with tears and snot, and he was out of breath from crying: "Pig... pig..."

Zhang Li took off his coat and covered his head and face, and cursed: "You pig, grandma, you can shut up."

He was frozen for half a night, and his body was getting so cold. Zhang Li helped him walk with the villagers. In the dark night, Liu Yang couldn't stop crying. He seemed to be afraid of the harsh punishment he would face when he went back, not just for doing something wrong. , also because of his absurd behavior.

When it was over, he firmly grasped Zhang Li's hand, wanted to say something, but choked up, Zhang Li's indifferent expression gradually softened, and at the moment of turning, he approached Liu Yang's head, and kissed lightly on the forehead.

Liu Yang froze for a moment, his eyes widened suddenly, and his body shook as if he was dancing.

What does it mean?

Zhang Li: "I beg you, stop making trouble, let's go back and settle what's up."

Liu Yang refused to let go, adjusted his breathing several times, and still trembled when speaking; "You know what it means."

Zhang Li embraced him, forced him to go forward, and said in a low voice, "I know, I did it, and I don't regret it."

Liu Yang was bewildered and ecstatic.

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