like a dog

When Lin Xun was 12 years old, he moved to Xinyang with his father.The pace of life in Xinyang is slow, but the sun rises and sets, and the day passes quickly.

They lived in a small three-story building facing the river.Cleaned the house during the day, slept in the car at night, and officially moved in after a week.He lives on the third floor, Lin You lives on the second floor, and drums and audio discs are piled up on the first floor.Lin You dropped a small iron bucket by the river, and put a few bottles of beer to soak it when he was happy. This trick worked well a few years ago, but when Lin Xun graduated from junior high school, the river was so muddy that he couldn't get his feet down.

In order to advance to higher education, Lin Xun re-read the sixth grade of elementary school.And Xinyang Primary School and Xinyang Middle School are just across the intersection, and Xinyang Middle School covers the junior high school and high school, and Lin Xun is so hard to circle around in one place.The road from school to home is so monotonous every year.

Lin You is not monotonous at all.

In the first year, he rented a store in a shop along the street to open a video store, but he had no income for half a year, and he closed it after a few years.Lin You learned from the pain and regrouped and opened a ramen shop across the street. After a little improvement, he suffered from food poisoning. Ten customers vomited and diarrhea in the hospital for two or three days. Not to mention a lot of medical bills, he was forced to close the business completely .

Lin You was full of melancholy, sitting under the shed with a cigarette in his mouth.He originally buried wisteria seedlings, but before they grew fruitful, they were entangled to death by loofah vines climbing over from the next door.It is decorated with small light yellow flowers in green, showing off its power with him all day long.Lin Xun closed the refrigerator door, and there were only two eggs left in it, and one was stinky, so he would drink the northwest wind sooner or later.

That night, both of them were too hungry to sleep, and got up to drink water blindly, thinking that the other was a thief.

Lin Xun rubbed his wrists and grinned, his father really didn't care what to do: "Dad, why don't you go back to your old job?"

"There is no need to discuss." Lin You's head was buzzing, and he squatted on the stairs with his head dizzy, "Why don't you go back to your mother, and when he asks about me, he says I'm dead."

Lin Xun didn't hit a single point when he was angry, and directly gave him another sap.After fighting for a while, both of them were so tired that they collapsed on the ground and were out of breath.

Lin You started the conversation first: "Why haven't you seen your friend come to your house?"

Lin asked, "Which one?"

"It's just the fat one, the one with glasses, the one who helped look at the store during the summer vacation."

"Zheng Zhuo, he's gone to No. [-] Middle School, so we haven't contacted him anymore."

Lin You frowned and said, "Then you don't have any other friends?"

"A dozen." Lin Xun wiped his face, feeling drowsy, "I'm already in high school, why do I have to come to play at home every day..."

"That's okay, I thought you were isolated after entering high school." Lin You held Lin Xun's hand and pulled him up, and said with a smile, "I was thinking of going to school another day to support you."

"Thank you. When you come back again if you are really bullied, remember to carry a knife and shoot it on the podium table. The effect will be good."

"Little bastard," Lin You scolded but smiled, and instead of going back to the house, he dragged Lin Xun to sleep together, "Recently, I've been seeing a sloppy wandering around the house, isn't it your classmate?"

"Don't worry about him, the trouble that fell from the sky," Lin Xun waved his hand, "I saw me practicing drums one day, and I had to pull a band together to form a band. It's been almost a month."

"Go! How young! I couldn't find anyone back then..."

The next day, Lin You held a box of DVDs and sold them at a stall. He realized that he was not suitable for starting a business, and found a job before his money ran out.It's just a little far away, sometimes I have to work overtime, and I can't come back in the middle of the night for three days.

As for the trouble that fell from the sky, Lin Xun was stubborn at the time, but after trying it with that person, he found that the band was indeed full of youth.It is true that there are fewer friends in high school. Everyone is always immersed in their studies, and they are not as energetic as before. Lin You is always not at home, and it is boring to be alone all day, so he simply accepted the invitation of the other party.

That Xiaowu sang in a small bar called Wuchuan, with white hair dyed, clear eyes, and crooked eyes when he smiled, he said that he was sixteen, Lin Xun looked like an illegal child laborer no matter what.Wuchuan is not as smoky as those bars on the other street. The owner is a literary artist who raises cats and grows flowers, and makes the drinking place look like a coffee shop.

Wuchuan is closed in the afternoon, and Lin Xun and the others are squatting on Wuchuan's small stage to practice every now and then. The guitarist and bass are both readily available in Wuchuan. The drummer, who has been spinning around in this music-poor street for several days, will not let go if he catches Lin Xun.

After a month or so, Xiao Wu even coaxed and tricked Lin Xun to give a formal performance in Wuchuan, and the whole group was in full swing until three o'clock in the morning.

Lin Xun's hands were still trembling when he got off the stage, his calves were sore from stepping on it, and he hooked his shoulders and laughed profusely, as if fuel had burst in his chest and lung tubes.Lin You couldn't come back tonight, and tomorrow was Sunday again. Lin Xun didn't have the energy to go back on his bicycle, so he hid in the small attic where Xiao Wu lived, and simply stayed out at night.

"Why did you want to find me then?" Lin Xun came out of the shower in the attic bathroom, and Xiao Wu opened a soda and squatted beside the bed to drink it.

"I don't like you anymore!" Xiaowu threw a bottle of soda to him, his voice still hoarse, "But to be honest, I saw you playing drums on the other side back then, and they were all old-fashioned buildings, just like you It’s alive. It’s just in the evening, and the river is blood red again, and you’re burning in front of my eyes like a small torch, can I not blame you?”

Lin Xun couldn't listen anymore, and covered his mouth and told him to stop bragging: "I'm not alive, how can I be dead?"

"Splendid! Splendid!" Xiao Wu struggled and shouted.

After making a fuss for a while, it was really exhausting, Lin Xun pulled the quilt and fell down, Xiao Wu staggered to turn off the light.

"Small chores."

Xiao Wu responded lazily: "Huh?"

"My name is Lin Xun."

"I know," Xiao Wu chuckled, "Have you knocked your brain out?"

"Yeah, you already knew my name, but you didn't tell me your name." Lin Xun fell on the bed and laughed, "We're going to sleep together, isn't that bad?"

Xiao Wu blinked her eyes, twirling the excuses she made up on the tip of her tongue, and then swallowed them back.

"My name is Fu Rui, Rui Rui." Fu Rui squatted down, propped his chin and smiled, "I will tell you only one person, otherwise my identity will be exposed, and someone will come to hunt us down."

"Then I will definitely confess you first," Lin Xun shouted, "This is the man who stole a case of soda!"

"I'm going to die!" Fu Rui hurriedly lifted the quilt over his head, "Old Jin is about to hear it!"

When the lights were turned off, it was pitch black, and the fan whirred.

Fu Rui fell on the small bed, closed his eyes and muttered: "I told my secret, but I didn't exchange one with me, I always feel at a loss."

"I don't have a secret." Lin Xun actually didn't fall asleep, he yawned and turned over.

"In the future, if you have one, replace it with me."

"Row."

The nonsense band didn't even have a name, yet they managed to survive for two or three years.Lin Xun has been promoted to the third year of high school and has less free time, but he is still stuck in Wuchuan.It is important to study, but it is also important to live freely.

They were familiar with the whole street. The little owner of the milk tea shop was almost a fanatic. He caught Fu Rui every day and asked him when he could reserve a seat. Lin Xun held three cups of iced grapefruit tea and looked at Fu Rui. Rui immediately made a decision and said, of course, no problem.Go back and set up a bench for him next to the sound system, which made the little boss cry bitterly. Fu Rui covered the microphone halfway and asked him if he was moved. The little boss nodded tearfully and shouted that he was too moved Moved!

Lin Xun finished writing papers in Fu Rui's loft in the afternoon. When he went downstairs, he happened to meet Lao Jin holding a cat in his arms and basking in the sun at the door.Lin Xun laughed at him as if he was squatting at the gate of a nursing home, and dragged him to a stall at the intersection to eat barbecue. Fu Rui rubbed Da Huang's head, and Da Huang jumped onto the bar counter in disgust and fell asleep.

Lin Xun never asked about Fu Rui's past, and Lao Jin said that he didn't know much about it, but he probably ran away from home without any documents, so no one dared to keep him.Lao Jin didn't dare to keep him that day, but he was still there the next morning, his eyes were gone, and he sat on the doorstep, humming a tune with rhubarb in his arms, and when he saw Lao Jin coming out, he raised his head and asked him, do you really want me? ah?

Seeing that his eyes were red and he was so sad that he seemed to have abandoned him, Lao Jin took him in with a soft heart, made him a cup of hot tea, and let him live in the small attic where he usually rests.Lao Jin originally thought that his family would find him soon, but no one came for a year or so.

But at that time, Fu Rui had already taken root in Wuchuan, and Lao Jin also regarded him as a young son, saying that he was giving him a job, but in fact he was raising a little ancestor, and let him toss around in the store.

"Ah Xun, let me tell you, last time I was taking inhibitors in the room, Lao Jin, Lao Jin thought I was taking drugs, so he insisted on pressing me, pulling and pulling, the noise was so loud, Xiaohai at the bar thought he was If you want to rape me, you almost call the police!" Fu Rui patted Lin Xun's shoulder, laughing so hard that he almost fell off the stool.

Before taking a sip of beer, Lao Jin waved his hands repeatedly to Lin Xun: "Xiao Xun, you have to know that he takes such a big needle, it's so big." Rui patted the table and shouted: "Hey! Put it down, put it down! Are you going to let someone eat it?"

"Are you really addicted to drugs, are you also addicted to inhibitors?" Lin Xun was also surprised.He also knows a little about inhibitors, but he knows that they are usually oral pills, and he didn't know who pushed them with a syringe. No wonder Lao Jin was frightened.

"Bah, bah, the crowd, the two Betas are shameless, can you stop talking about this?" It's not lunch time in the afternoon, and it's Tuesday again, a row of shops are empty, and there are not many people on the street One, the three of them were the only ones making noise at the barbecue stand.Fu Rui said that it was as if they were broadcasting his estrus period in front of thousands of people using a small speaker.

Lao Jin changed the subject with a smile: "Xiao Xun is going to take the college entrance examination this year, which city do you plan to go to?"

"I'm from the coast, I want to be admitted to Qingda University."

"Beach! I want to go too. When I came to Xinyang, I thought the name was good and full of vigor, so I didn't want to leave. Ah Xun, you are leaving, and I want to go again. Or I will take the exam too, and we will take the exam together." Going to Qing University?" Seeing Lao Jin shaking his head and laughing, Fu Rui stomped on him under the table angrily, "What do you mean, you have no confidence in me?"

"Confidence, confidence." Lao Jin didn't argue with him, he knew about small things, he was very persistent, and he insisted on doing whatever he wanted to do.The person sitting next to him was bitten by him relying on this dead skin.But Lin Xun was beyond his expectation. At that time, he was wearing a white shirt and carrying a schoolbag and followed Xiao Wu in, like a good student who was coerced by a hooligan, but turned out to be even crazier than Xiao Wu when he opened the gate.When two people get together, one Wuchuan is not enough for them to make a fuss.

"Okay, it's settled," Lin Xun bumped into Fu Rui with an elbow and smiled, "Let's go together."

They chatted for a while while eating, and Lao Jin went back to the store to prepare for opening later, bought the bill before leaving, and ordered a few more bottles of soda by the way.

Lin Xun knocked on the corner of the table and pried off the bottle cap, and asked, "Are you really going to take the exam? Or you can live at my house in the future, where I have all the books. There are still a few months before the exam, so it should be in time." The third-year students of Yang Middle School would probably vomit blood for half a day when they heard it.

Lao Jin may not have believed Fu Rui's talk about going to university, but Lin Xun did.Listening to "Alias" he sang a cappella during rehearsal, the English pronunciation is more accurate than his, and the few French words interspersed are also pronounced accurately. There are a few obscure and difficult publications mixed in the stacked comic magazines in the room, like now Legs are crossed, but the back is still straight, it shouldn't be as sloppy as it appears on the surface.

"Live at your house, can your father agree? Besides, there is no room, don't ask me to share the bed with you, tsk, I have ulterior motives, Comrade Lin Xun." Fu Rui smiled slyly.

"He's leaving, he's getting married next week, and he's moving to Anchi after that." Lin Xun shook his head and smiled, "He originally wanted to take me there, but I didn't want to. Anyway, I'm in my third year of high school, so I don't have much time to spend. After that, I will go to college, and there is no need to follow."

Fu Rui was silent for a while before saying: "When did it happen?"

Why didn't you tell me, he was stuck on this sentence and couldn't say it.What's the use of telling him, even Lin Xun can't do anything, let alone him, an outsider who can't be beaten.

"That's it. My dad brought her to meet me a while ago. It's good. He is always reckless. He needs someone to take care of him. I can't be tied to him for a lifetime. After so many years, he has someone he likes." , I’m also very happy.” Lin Xun said with a chuckle, “It’s just that the flavor span is a little bit wide, my mother is just a Beta, this time she just turned into a little Omega girl, I don’t know if he can stand it If you can't bear it, don't divorce again."

Fu Rui slapped him on the head: "Hey, hey, what are you thinking about in the blue sky? What's wrong with you, Omega, is it endless?" He changed his mind and asked again: "Then where did you come from?" ?”

"Test tube." Lin Xun shrugged, "It is said that it failed several times, but it still succeeded. So, I am very precious."

Seeing him smiling, Fu Rui couldn't help laughing: "Well, well, you are precious, you are precious."

"But I still don't understand, Fu Rui, I still don't understand." Lin Xun still called him Xiao Wu in front of people, but there was no one around here, so he lowered his voice again, speaking the truth, and didn't want to call him again. a fake name.

"I used to think that my parents were in love with each other, but they didn't. The relationship faded away. I followed my dad to Xinyang. I chose it myself. I think my dad is too slow. If I follow my mother, he may I will never think of turning back in this life, and I don’t know how to turn back. But if I followed him, my mother might come to Xinyang to find us, and the three of us can be together again.”

"But in fact, I still think too much. If they say they broke up, they really broke up. They really don't want to be together anymore." Lin Xun touched the soda bottle cap and counted the sides of the bottle cap, "They used to say they loved each other. Me, I also think they love me. But they also said they love each other before, but now there is nothing, they also say love to other people, and they say they want to be together. I can't figure it out, love this thing, what is it what happened."

In the distance, the setting sun was burning with clouds, and Lin Xun's eyes seemed to be red, but at the same time they seemed to be gone.The small frying stalls on the opposite side have also been set up, and people pass by in twos and threes, and the place will soon become lively, like every evening before the night, the crowd gradually gathers, happiness and joy are surging on the asphalt road, wandering and boiling among the shops, Bubbles gurgled up, burst and rose again.

"Who knows."

Fu Rui rested his chin and looked at the milk tea shop across the street. The little boss ran away after his little daughter again. The two or three-year-old girl staggered as she ran, giggling and threw herself into the proprietress's arms, and was caught by her. He hugged her tightly and nestled in his mother's arms, curling up comfortably into a soft ball.The little boss saw Fu Rui sitting on the stall, smiled and waved to him, and Fu Rui also raised his eyebrows and smiled at him.

"I made a time capsule before and stuffed it in a tree hole, and I plan to wait 20 years to see it again. Why don't you bury one somewhere, put this question in it, and open it up in ten or eight years, maybe There is an answer."

"...Thanks to your patience." Lin Xun was too lazy to deal with this. If he really wanted to do it, he would make a drift bottle, throw it out and don't come back. Whoever picks up this trouble will have a headache. He doesn't want to live for ten or eight years Also specifically to recall the current boredom.

"Anyway, to be honest, no one can figure it out. It's not that you can't figure it out, and I can't figure it out either. As for the people who come and go on this street, no one can figure it out. It's still a long time, so take your time." , this kind of illusory thing, don’t think about it here, you have to feel it here,” Fu Rui pointed to his forehead, then tapped his chest, “I’m different from you, I can use other ways to cheat , like you, you can only rely on this. If you feel right, just pounce on it and don’t let go, don’t be too late, and you won’t miss it.”

"Xiao Wu, I didn't realize that you are quite experienced?" Lin Xun rubbed his soft white hair.

"That is, whoever has the same virtue as you, a three-good student, knows to learn some hard truths, and has no spirit of exploration." Fu Rui shook his head proudly, "Come on, come on, Mr. Jiang's class has started, listen to me gone."

"But seriously, do you want to take the test together?"

"What's the exam, Qingda?" Fu Rui waved his hand, "Farewell, I'm just kidding, I can't even get into the exam room, what's the exam."

Lin Xun took out an envelope from his pocket and patted it on Fu Rui's hand. Fu Rui stared at him blankly: "What is this?"

"Open it and have a look." Lin Xun didn't answer directly, but asked him to read it by himself.

Fu Rui opened the envelope and found a thin card. He shook it out and looked at it. He stared at his palm in disbelief and hesitated: "This, this is quite true..."

"It's real. It's a genuine product that can be taken out and used. The identity information has already been recorded. I asked my dad to do it. I just got it. I originally wanted to wait for the next performance to give it to you, but think about it. Now is the right time. You Don't run away either, just join me in the Qingda University entrance examination, classmate Jiang Wu." Lin Xun pinched Fu Rui's cheek and said with a smile.

Fu Rui looked at the certificate in his hand, and then at Lin Xun.

"You're not kidding, are you?"

"What do you think?"

Fu Rui rushed to hang on to Lin Xun: "Ah Xun, I love you so much! And your father, ah, I'm so touched! Your father is still married, do you want another one to be a concubine?"

"roll roll roll!"