Bailangbian

There are still a few days before Christmas. Yu Dong looked at the calendar and found that Christmas Eve happened to be Sunday, so he didn't have to go to school.

He walked around Xing'an Street a few times on a skateboard, trying to pick out a gift for Zhang Jing and Song Fengfeng.

There are also small gift shops. The grid shop has just emerged, and the shiny, fluffy and warm small objects are placed in clearly separated grids. The girl watching the store is holding a pocket book of romance novels, reading Got drowsy.

Yu Dong found that none of these gifts were suitable for Song Fengfeng.

"Do you want to buy a gift for your girlfriend?" The shop owner was very enthusiastic. "This kind of hair tie is very popular now, and this bracelet is the same style as Jolin Tsai."

Yu Dong declined the other party's sales promotion, and continued to wander aimlessly on his skateboard.Passing by a bookstore, he suddenly had an idea, so he hurriedly picked up his skateboard and entered the store.

"Boss, are there any new comics recently?" Yu Dong asked.

The boss is a young man wearing glasses. Hearing this, he raised his head, pushed his glasses, and showed the manga in his hand: "I recommend this, the booklet is only finished this year, and I asked someone to bring two sets from Hong Kong. If you want, you can transfer a copy." Set it up for you."

On the cover is a huge "H2" word.

Yu Dong took a closer look and saw that it was Anda Chong, playing baseball, and being a childhood sweetheart.He immediately thought of certain clips in "Baseball Heroes" that Song Fengfeng loves to appreciate.

After thinking for a while, Yu Dong decided to change to another one, so that Song Fengfeng would not see so many gym suits and cheerleading skirts.

"Help me into a brand new set of "Slam Dunk." Yu Dong said, "Can it arrive before Christmas?"

At exactly nine o'clock on Christmas Eve, Zhang Jing rode his bicycle and stopped on the Yuhe Bridge on time.

"Song Fengfeng!" He first yelled to the west, then turned his head to the east, "Yu Dong!"

People on Xing'an Street are not interested in Christmas or Christmas Eve. After dinner, old men and women sit around under the lamp, touching cards and playing poker.The sea breeze in early winter was wet and cold, Zhang Jing yelled twice and shivered on the bridge.

Zhou Lan was also playing cards, and when she heard someone calling for her grandson, she hurriedly got up and replied, "Yu Dong is at Song Fengfeng's house!"

Zhang Jing recognized Zhou Lan, and Zhou Lan also remembered who Zhang Jing was.The round-faced, somewhat chubby boy came to the house to look for Yu Dong several times, without exception, to discuss issues, or invite Yu Dong to go shopping in the bookstore.But Zhang Jing was dressed very handsomely today. The scarf was wrapped around his neck twice, covering the contours of his chubby face, revealing a pair of bright eyes.He is not at all shorter than Song Fengfeng or even Yu Dong, but because of some fat, he usually looks much stronger.Everyone wears a lot of clothes in winter, so his fatness and strength are not so obvious.

"I'm waiting for you at Song Fengfeng's house." Zhou Lan signaled him to hurry over.

Zhang Jing said hello to Zhou Lan, then stepped on the car and continued to go to Song Fengfeng's house.

Song Fengfeng was unpacking a long cardboard box in the living room. Zhang Jing put the car away, got in curiously, and called out after just a glance: "Damn! Full dunk!"

Yu Dong sat on the sofa, drinking hot tea leisurely.He was a little proud. Obviously, this gift not only surprised Song Fengfeng, but also made Song Fengfeng very proud.

"This is yours, Zhang Jing." He took out a small box from his coat pocket and handed it to Zhang Jing.Zhang Jing didn't expect that he also had a gift. He was surprised and delighted. He opened it and found that it was a new electronic dictionary.

Song Fengfeng glanced at it, and immediately said: "It's still mine. The whole set! 31 copies! Brand new!"

"It's brand new for me." Zhang Jing has wanted an electronic dictionary for a long time, and usually uses Yu Dong's to use it, saying that if he also had a dictionary, his English scores would be better than Yu Dong's.He begged several times, and his parents finally let him buy it during the Spring Festival, but he didn't expect Yu Dong to deliver it just like that.

"Yu Dong..." Zhang Jing looked at the dictionary over and over again, chanting Yu Dong's name, and opened his arms to hug him.

Song Fengfeng stopped him: "What are you hugging? My gift is more expensive than your electronic dictionary, and I didn't hug it."

"Where's my gift?" Yu Dong put down his cup, spread his palms to Zhang Jing and Song Fengfeng who were chatting with each other, his fingers kept moving lively, "Come here."

Zhang Jing and Song Fengfeng looked at each other with embarrassing expressions on their faces.

Yu Dong stopped, a little surprised and aggrieved: "...not prepared?"

"We don't give gifts to each other." Zhang Jing explained to him, "Just go to church to play... We have never been involved in gifts."

"Oh." Yu Dong put away his hands and nodded, "Okay. Let's go quickly. Didn't you say that there are quite a lot of people?"

The cities by the sea are a mix of faiths.There is a Buddhist temple on the top of Wutou Mountain near the sea, and the incense is very prosperous. Whether you believe in Buddhism or not, you like to go to burn a stick of incense during the New Year and festivals, praying for the Buddha's love and universal love, and giving you a little mercy.Not far from the Buddhist temple is the Mazu Temple, where a tall statue of Mazu stands on the mountainside, with sad eyes, gazing silently at the sea.People who go fishing at sea will know that they are not far from home as long as they see the statue of Mazu on the way home.

The church is at the foot of Wutou Mountain. It is a small three-story building with a cross on the roof and a black plaque hanging on the white wall, with "Christian Church" written in dignified characters.

Yu Dong sat behind Song Fengfeng's car and listened to Zhang Jing and Song Fengfeng introduce him what he saw along the way.

He lived here for several years when he was young, and Zhou Lan took him to go fishing, took him to collect fish, took him to step barefoot on the soft beach, and dig seashells and small crabs from the sand.But the city is developing too fast. It only took more than ten years to transform from a fishing village to a small city. Many places have changed their appearance, and Yu Dong feels strange when looking at them.

The three rode two bicycles on the coastal road.

On the side facing the sea was the dike and the dark water, while on the side they advanced there were many phoenix trees.Although it was already early winter, the intense heat of autumn gave the phoenix tree the illusion that spring was coming, and a lot of flowers bloomed unexpectedly.At this time, the flowers have all fallen, and occasionally some particularly stubborn ones are also blown off by the winter wind at this time, slowly falling in circles, and falling into the hood of Yu Dong's coat.

The black water surface reflects the lights on the beach. At the junction of the water and the sky, there are fishing boats lighting up their headlights, and the scattered stars line up and float far away on the sea.

"There is a Taoist temple here, Yu Dong, look back, yes, it is there, a place without lights." Zhang Jing pointed to the back of Yu Dong and said, "I have seen Taoist priests before, but they have not come in recent years. Next The next time I brought you here to play, there was basically no one in there, just a gatekeeper."

Yu Dong remembered this place: "Isn't this... a cultural relic? Can I enter casually?"

"Yes, yes." Zhang Jing laughed loudly, "The gatekeeper is my third uncle, I will take it with you, you can come in as you like."

"I want to come too!" Song Fengfeng interrupted, "There is a carambola tree inside, and the fruit it bears is very delicious."

Zhang Jing turned around and scolded him: "You still talk! You brought you here two years ago, you ate and picked, and you finished the fruit of a tree. I was almost beaten."

Gradually, more and more students can be seen on the road, going to Wutou Mountain in small groups.Song Fengfeng pointed to the front and turned back to Yu Dong and said, "Did you see it? It's that small white building by the sea, the one that is particularly bright."

Yu Dong helped him stand up by his shoulders, and immediately saw the church at the foot of the mountain.

The students all came to the church to play. The road turned a corner near the church and went directly to Mount Wutou.The church is facing the sea, and there is a small square in front of the door. There are steps beside the small square, and you can walk down to the beach.Although it was already 09:30, the beach was very lively. Someone set up a barbecue stall on the beach and started selling supper.

"Don't go there, don't go there." Song Fengfeng grabbed Yu Dong, "Brother Long is selling barbecue over there, don't let him see you."

Zhang Jing bought three cups of herbal tea on the side of the road, and handed them to the two people around him: "Speaking of Brother Long, he brought a little girl to my house to have an abortion the other day, and he came to ask me how Yu Dong did in the exam."

He pointed at Yu Dong: "He really cares about your studies."

Yu Dong: "...Yes, he really cares."

All three of them felt that Brother Long was very baffled, but they couldn't think of a reason, and the topic quickly turned to the little girl that Brother Long had brought.The girl worked in Brother Long's food stall, she just graduated from junior high school, she was about the same age as Zhang Jing, and she already had a four-month fetus in her stomach.Zhang Jing's parents kept scolding Brother Long after they checked it out, but Brother Long's son couldn't stand it anymore, and told them that it had nothing to do with Brother Long, they only realized it when they saw the girl squatting on the side of the road throwing up by chance thing.

"Her boyfriend didn't know where he was, and he didn't have any money with him, so he didn't dare to tell her family, so Brother Long paid for her to have an abortion." Zhang Jing said, "Brother Long is searching for that friend. If he is found, it will definitely be miserable." gone."

After drinking herbal tea, the three walked around the small square twice, ate some fruit samples from the fruit shop, and patted their bellies into the church.

The church was already full of students, only the calm Christians sat in the front rows.The students all came to receive gifts, and they were lining up one by one to receive candies and biscuits from the priest.

There were four or five people delivering gifts, and there were two large cardboard boxes in front of them. Yu Dong looked on tiptoe for a while, and found that the gifts in the two cardboard boxes were different.

"What grade are you in?" the priest asked Song Fengfeng.

Song Fengfeng was at a loss: "The third day of junior high school."

The priest put down the candy and biscuits, took out a pen and a notebook from another carton, and handed them to him: "Study hard, take the exam well, and may the Lord bless you."

His voice was a little hoarse, but his face still had a kind expression.Song Fengfeng was a little embarrassed: "I don't want a notebook, but candy and biscuits?"

Priest: "..."

Still smiling kindly, he quickly exchanged a gift for Song Fengfeng.

Yu Dong found that as long as it was the third year of junior high school or senior year of high school, the priest and the gift giver would say a few more words before giving them a pen and a notebook.He accepted the pen and notebook and thanked him again and again.Zhang Jing also insisted on asking for candy and biscuits, and immediately handed them to Yu Dong when he got them: "Christmas presents!"

Yu Dong: "...so perfunctory!"

Zhang Jing took out his father's seagull camera from his satchel: "I also brought equipment today, and I will take pictures for you for free, and develop them for free—no, I will pay for your rinse, plastic lamination for free, and free door-to-door delivery, are you satisfied? ?”

Yu Dong ate the candy and smiled, "Satisfied."

There were too many people, he and Zhang Jing were squeezed out of the church, and Song Fengfeng ran off to nowhere.Yu Dong stood on the edge of the small square, slowly eating Zhang Jing's candies and biscuits, watching the people on the square and the beach set off fireworks.Zhang Jing ran to the bottom of the beach and shouted at him: "Smile! Smile!"

Yu Dong grinned at him, waving the truth stick in his hand.

Song Fengfeng finally squeezed out of the church, as if he had accomplished a great event, he happily came to Yu Dong's side.

"Christianity is very good!" He said loudly in Yu Dong's ear, "I asked the priest, and he said that even if you don't believe in Jesus, he can hear you if you make a wish with Jesus!"

Yu Dong asked him what he wished for.

There was a smile in Song Fengfeng's eyes: "Are you happy today, Yu Dong?"

"Happy." Yu Dong still had the last lollipop in his hand, and handed it to Song Fengfeng, "What did you wish for?"

"I wish you will be happier every day in the future than today, and that you will find good things and get what you want." Song Fengfeng said loudly amidst the noise of the people around him, "Yu Dong, this is for you." Christmas gift!"

Yu Dong covered his ears and shouted: "Why are your gifts so perfunctory!"

Song Fengfeng put his arms around his neck: "Do you like it? Do you like it? Tell me!"

"I don't like it!" Yu Dong struggled in his arms while laughing.

"You said you wouldn't lie to me." Song Fengfeng creaked his waist through the clothes, "Do you like it or not?"

Yu Dong hid while laughing: "I like it! I like it very much!"

Zhang Jing put down the camera, very sad.Yu Dong is such a good model, he thought, how pretty and youthful.But Song Fengfeng's black skin suddenly came in, seriously destroying the balance and beauty of the picture.

Waste of film.he thought angrily.

For junior high school students who are always preparing for the exam, the final exam is really not worth mentioning.Song Fengfeng, who has no pressure to study, finished Christmas and began to look forward to New Year's Day and the Spring Festival soon.

"Are you going home for the Spring Festival?" He asked Yu Dong.

Yu Dong was having breakfast with him at the chicken noodle shop next to the railway crossing, when he heard this he shook his head: "I won't go back, stay with my grandma."

"Then can I go with you too?" Song Fengfeng said, "My dad won't come back until fifteen years later, and this time he went so far away. It's desolate to watch the Spring Festival Gala alone."

Yu Dong nodded: "Come on."

He couldn't forget the gift that Yu Dong suddenly received at Christmas: "Yu Dong, let's not give each other gifts on New Year's Day and Spring Festival, shall we?"

Yu Dong thought for a while, then whispered, "I won't give it to you on New Year's Day, but you have to give it to me during the Spring Festival."

Song Fengfeng thought to himself, what kind of new rules are these urban residents?He quickly asked: "Why?"

"The first day of the Lunar New Year is my birthday." Yu Dong showed his white teeth and said with a smile, "I can't prevaricate this time by making a wish."

Song Fengfeng nodded: "I remember. I won't go home after the party on New Year's Eve, okay? For your birthday, just sleep at your house. I'll take you out to play on the first day of the new year."

Yu Dong didn't know what Zhou Lan had planned, so he didn't dare to agree casually, and thought of a reason: "The guest room on the second floor is used for storing sundries, and there is no place for you to sleep."

Song Fengfeng was very surprised: "I don't sleep in the guest room, can't you use your room?"

Yu Dong: "My bed is so narrow!"

Song Fengfeng obviously thought carefully: "Let's pay attention, don't turn around casually."