like a dog

Qingying City is located on the coast, and the summer is not as sultry as Zhangzhou.There have been two thunderstorms this week, heavy cumulus clouds, and cooler than the first half of the month.

After three o'clock in the afternoon, most of the shops along the street still had their shutter doors closed. Lin You parked his car at the corner of the street, walked through the street with few pedestrians, and entered a small restaurant.The restaurant's storefront is not big, and it's at the end of the street, so it's not very conspicuous.Fortunately, the environment is refreshing and the price is good, and there are quite a lot of customers coming in and out during the meal time.

Lin You pushed open the wooden sliding door, and a few old copper bells hung on the door jingling.The business has not yet started, and the tables and chairs in the store are empty.Li Quan behind the bar was chatting text messages with his chin propped up, and greeted Lin You with a smile: "Here comes Uncle Lin, what do you want to eat?"

"Dyeing your hair again?" Lin You smiled and closed the shop door.

"I adjusted the color myself. How about it? Does it look good?" Li Quan turned his neck and tossed his short light purple and blue hair. "The boss said that the color is beautiful, and it looks like wisteria."

Lin You looked at the little girl with crooked smiling eyes, nodded and smiled and said, "It's pretty." He pointed to the outside of the door and said, "When did the bricks at the door be resurfaced?"

"This morning? Uncle, didn't you say that you splashed mud on your leg last time, and several customers stepped on it. It rained a few days ago, but it happened to be sunny today, so the boss re-paved those pieces."

"He changed it himself?"

"I changed it with Xiao Wu, I wasn't there at the time." Li Quan called into the kitchen, "Really Xiao Wu?"

Wu Ming lifted the curtain and came out. He was obviously a round older than Li Quan, but he hadn't been in the store for long, so Li Quan, who was in his early twenties, called him Xiao Wu.He wiped his hands on the towel, nodded and said, "When I came here at five o'clock in the morning, I saw the boss busy at the door, so I followed along to help. Brother Tian, ​​is it still beef noodles?"

"Just beef noodles. Is he upstairs?"

"In the backyard, Lao Liu from the Sichuan Restaurant sent two pots of flowers, and they are probably still growing." Li Quan pointed to the backyard, then turned to look at Wu Mingdao, "What are they called, those two pots of flowers? I heard the boss told you .”

"How can I remember this?" Wu Ming smiled and waved his hand.

While speaking, Lin You had already walked through the aisle to the backyard.He pushed open the partition door, stepped on the stone road and turned into the small flower garden behind the courtyard.The camphor tree was full of shadows, and the rows of wooden frames were full of lush plants. Yu Wen held a pot of flowers in the shade and looked around, carefully placing it in the vacant space.

"Why are you here today?" Yu Wen patted the dirt on his hands.Time did not leave too many marks on his body, and the scar on his cheek extending from the brow bone to the chin has also faded a lot, not as shocking as in the early years.

Lin You was a few steps away from him, decades seemed like yesterday and today.

"The weather is fine today, so I came to see you." Lin You walked to the flower stand, sniffed a pot of Gloxinia beside it and said with a smile, "It's really blooming, and you're the only one in my hand who has raised it well. What time has passed.”

"That's because you didn't pay attention." Yu Wen held the water bottle to avoid the branches and leaves to water, and the water droplets seeped into the soft soil finely.Lin You took the water bottle in his hand and took care of the remaining rows of flowers and plants: "I didn't see Yu Qi just now, did you go on a graduation trip?"

"That's it."

"Have you decided which school to fill in?"

"It's hard to say," Yu Wen smiled wryly, "I don't know what young people think."

Lin You looked at Yu and asked, "What's the matter, isn't this kid Yu Qi always obedient?"

"I've always been obedient. When the rebellious period came, I had nothing to do. I suddenly said that I didn't want to go to college. I beat and scolded, but I just couldn't listen." Yu Wen sighed and remained silent for a while. "What did you do when Xiaoxun rebelled?"

"Lin Xun, I didn't pay attention to whether he was rebellious or not." Lin You smiled and shook his head, "You know him too, just like that, he's not too noisy, and he's not that obedient."

"Maybe you have been too strict with Yu Qi these years. At the time of Xiaoxun, you were the one who was the most used to him out of the two of us. When it comes to Yu Qi, you hardly let him go. You still have to pet him Yes, why did you suddenly learn from me? You beat me up and scolded me. You were the one who stopped me before."

Yu Wen smiled, remembering that Lin You had a bad temper when he was young, and his patience was so little, three points were given to himself, and one point was left to Lin Xun.But Lin Xun always multiplied that point by ten times, and Lin You chased and beat him if he didn't pay attention.Lin Xun was very clever. At this time, he either rushed to the old man's study, or hid behind him for help.

Yu Wen turned on the faucet to wash his hands, and shook the water channel on his hands: "I made a mistake once, I don't want to make a mistake a second time."

Lin You put the kettle down, and then flushed his hand: "Lin Xun is like you, with a good personality and a clear view of things. Don't say you used him like a waste. Xiao Xun is very good, and he has his own. There is a way to go, and so is Yu Qi. Don't think too much."

Yu Wen didn't expect that there would be a day when Lin You persuaded him to take it easy.As they get older, the personalities of the two seem to be reversed.He shook his head and smiled, wiped his hands on the towel set by the pool and said, "When will Han Xuan give him a vacation? It's been a few years, and Lin Xun won't come back."

"Two years ago it was said that he was going to come back, but at that time the old man passed away, Han Xuan had just taken over, and he hadn't started overseas affairs yet, and Lin Xun had to run many things, so we could only let him stay outside for a while .”

"He's not the only one who understands finance. It doesn't take a year or two to go ashore, so he must be the only one?"

"You have to have someone on your own in this matter. Among the younger generation, Xiao Xun is the most suitable."

Yu Wen sneered: "When it's time to employ people, you're your own again." He glanced at the camphor tree whose branches and leaves were rustling in the breeze, looked at Lin You and said, "Lin You, I don't have the right to say anything when you go back to work for the old man. But if you dare to involve Lin Xun, I will definitely..."

"Lin Xun is also my son, why would I let him take risks?" Lin You said in a deep voice, "Now it's not like before, and he's only responsible for matters on the table, so he won't get his hands dirty. I sent someone to watch over him. So, Han Xuan will also protect him. Don't worry."

Yu Wen's eyes turned back and forth on Lin You's face a few times, and finally took a step back.He said coldly: "Let him come back this year, don't delay every year, just this year."

"Okay, I'll go back and tell Han Xuan to ask him to give us Xiaowen a long vacation with pay." Lin You smiled and took Yu Wen's shoulders, "Then you tell him a date, who is already 31 , it’s time to think about getting married.”

"release."

"Yes, yes, Teacher Yu," Lin You let go of his shoulders, but took his hand, "Let Xiao Wu order the beef noodles, it's probably ready by now, let's go eat some together." Yu Wen went to the front room, and the door swung shut behind them.

Wu Ming made a large pot of noodles, filled four bowls, and poured hot stewed beef.Li Quan also held a bowl, and when he saw them coming, he waved with his chopsticks: "I was going to call you just now! It's all ready, this bowl belongs to the boss, and this bowl belongs to you, Uncle Lin."

"Which bowl is mine?" Lin You glanced at the two bowls of noodles on the table.

Li Quan laughed and said, "The ones with more meat belong to the boss, and the ones with less meat belong to you."

Lin You shook his head with a smile, and sat down at the table.Yu Wen didn't eat much, a few customers came halfway, Li Quan went to order, he got up and went to the bar, smiling more than when he was facing Lin You.

The sun had not yet set, but it began to rain again, pattering and shining in the sunlight.Customers sat in the shop in twos and threes, Yu Wen propped his chin and looked outside the shop, the scar was facing Lin You.

Lin You looked at it, and also at the eyes that were not looking at him.The TV in the store was playing movies and TV series. After Li Quan finished ordering, he adjusted the channel with the remote control panel. When he switched to the movie channel, a movie was starting.

"Hey, I seem to have seen this movie in a movie theater when I was a child." Li Quan put the remote control panel on and watched it for a while, but only remembered some vague impressions. She turned to look at Yu and asked, "Boss, have you seen this movie? what?"

Yu Wen glanced at the beginning of "Back to the South", smiled and said, "It's quite dull, you won't like it."

"That's it, then I'll change the channel."

"Change it."

Lin You paid the bill at the bar, and Tong Yu took herbal tea after saying goodbye.Yu Wen didn't keep him any longer, and he didn't say anything more.The sun and rain came and went quickly, and the rain had stopped when he left the shop.

But the concrete road is dotted with spots, all traces of rainwater infiltration.