plunderer

At the end of August, a small town in the south of Shenzhen was shrouded in drizzle. Perhaps the rain washed away the hot and dry weather in the south in late summer. There were more pedestrians on the not-so-broad streets, and they walked in twos and threes holding umbrellas in the alleyways full of sewage walk up.A tall girl with short hair came out of the Night Nest bar and walked into a supermarket. About half an hour later, the tall girl came out again with an extra bag of items in her hand.

She walked towards the end of the street in the drizzle, attracting the attention of passers-by: a girl, 180 tall, with short hair cut like a boy, wearing a black sportswear looks refreshing, tall and straight, the rain falls down her docile Hair slid down her cheeks and she didn't know it.These factors are certainly not the reason why everyone pays attention to her.The short-haired girl lived with her mother in the dilapidated little house at the end of the street, and opened a bun shop at the end of the street.At that time, on the streets of the busy city, when she was young, besides attending classes, she would often go to the bun shop to help out, so she became very familiar with the people on the street.She was hard-working and sensible since she was a child, and she has a maturity beyond her own age. People in her hometown like her very much, but what worries the villagers is that this child has no relatives since she was a child. If a child approaches her actively, she will scare her away after two or three days.She has a withdrawn personality, is too precocious and intelligent, and is taller than her peers, so she will naturally be regarded as an alternative by those children. Occasionally, adults feel sorry for her and show kindness to her, but she is too indifferent and alienated, and consumes the enthusiasm of those adults. After it was all over, she was the only one left in her world.

This girl is called Luo Mu.

Luo Mu lived in this small southern town for 18 years, and was also alone for 18 years.But now, she can finally leave, and the admission notice from a key university in Beijing is heavy in her hand, and the delicate paper has a scorching temperature.

When she was about to arrive at the store, she saw her mother in her 40s bargaining with others, so she walked into the store with a blank expression, put down the items in her hand, and silently cleaned up her booth.

"Xiao Mu, have you bought the daily necessities yet?" Mother Luo turned around and said to Luo Mu after bargaining.

"bought it."

"Come on, show me your admission letter." Mother Luo wiped her hands clean, picked up the paper on the table, and looked at it carefully.

From the corner of her eyes, she glanced at her mother's rough hands, and a strange feeling came to her heart. After so many years, she still has no way to change the lives of their mother and daughter, and she still makes her mother suffer in the busy city. Now, she is admitted to the After entering a key university, you can leave this hot and humid town in the south, but where is your mother?She still wants to stay here, and after she leaves, she will live alone on the street corner in the downtown area for a long time.Luo Mu suppressed the bitterness in his heart and said to his mother who was staring at the notice: "Let's go home!"

"Okay, let's go home." Mother replied with a smile, and then the mother and daughter packed up, closed the shop, and followed each other on the way home. Along the way, Mother Luo smiled and greeted the neighbors enthusiastically. greet.

The day before leaving, Luo Mu rode a bicycle around the town alone. She felt the cold wind coming towards her and looked at the rows of shops along the street. Things, the day before parting, makes people feel very cordial, and I can't help but feel guilty.She hasn't looked at this small county where she was born and raised for more than ten years, and now she is about to leave. Although she is reluctant to give up, she still has to have a firm heart, because only in this way can she come back strong and let those who once lived Those who look down on her are stunned.Standing on the only bridge in the town, Luo Mu looked into the distance, her short black hair was blown by the wind, and she and the bicycle at her feet formed a decisive landscape...

Under the yellow light, Mother Luo was carefully operating the sewing machine with an old dress in her hand.Luo Mu, who came back, happened to see this scene when he entered the door.

"Mom, what are you sewing for?" She walked over and asked, looking at the fine stitches.

"Your clothes are a bit old. I'll rework them so you can take them with you."

"No need." Perhaps because of her young and sensitive self-esteem, she frowned displeased even though she knew her mother was kind.

Mother Luo didn't notice her resistance at all. After carefully tailoring the dress, she stuffed it into her luggage.

The next day, Luo's mother went to the steamed stuffed bun shop early in the morning. The hut was quiet, and the small room on one side was dimly lit. There was a small box and a backpack on the bedside. They were going to accompany Luo Mu there. Everything in Beijing.Not much luggage, a little shabby.At this moment, she was sitting hunched over in her own small room, a boxy room with only a bed and a wardrobe, simple and neat.

On the wrist, when the hands of the old watch pointed to a number, there was a crisp sound, which was particularly abrupt and harsh in the small space.Luo Mu looked at the time on his watch, then stood up, took his luggage and walked out of the house.

In the dilapidated alley, she slung her backpack on her shoulders, pulled the luggage, and walked on the road farther and farther away from home, without turning her head. The dim light pulled her shadow long, and the solitary shadow slanted Printed on the ground, it looks desolate and lonely.

······

That was Luo Mu's first visit to Beijing.

In September, the weather in the north is dry and cool, without the humidity and heat of that southern town, it makes people feel more comfortable.

He walked out of the southern county with his luggage alone, took a train, changed stations, squeezed the train, changed trains, squeezed the subway, squeezed the bus, and came to Beijing alone. Walking on the streets of the bustling city, Luo Mu raised his head and looked at the tall buildings on both sides. Building, at that moment, she deeply felt her own insignificance, in addition to smallness and humbleness.People yearn for big cities, including her. In order to earn enough money, she has been working in bars after the college entrance examination. In addition to her own work, she also helps her mother run the bun shop in her spare time. After all, the bun shop It is the guarantee of their family's life. During that time, they were busy and lonely but very fulfilling. Although it was very tiring, Luo Mu knew that she had to do this, because she wanted to make herself stronger. Let the person who abandoned her regret that only by becoming stronger can he be as responsible as a man and shoulder the burden of supporting his family.This was her warning to herself since she was a child. That man abandoned his wife and daughter because of patriarchy, so she had to protect her mother like a boy. Because of this, Luo Mu had short hair since she was a child.

"Hello, I would like to ask you, how to get to this place?"

Hearing someone talking to him, Luo Mu came back to his senses, and saw a girl who looked like a minority pointed to a place on the map and asked her. The girl was a little green and stared at her with bright eyes.

Luo Mu looked at the location on the map, and then at the specific address, Beichuan College, which happened to be where she was going.

"I need a bus. Go straight along this road and there will be a bus stop. Get on the bus and it will take about five stops, and you will be there when you get off." Luo Mu said expressionlessly. In fact, she just checked the route and map.

"Oh, thank you." The girl thanked her politely, said goodbye to her, and walked forward alone.

Luo Mu turned his head to look at the girl's back with a blank expression on his face. She was dragging large and small bags alone, and walked bumpily on the bustling street. She looked very embarrassed and made people want to feel sorry for her.After a long time, Luo Mu looked back indifferently. After all, other people's affairs had nothing to do with her.

After wandering around the city for a while, she finally arrived at the gate of Beichuan University. After staring at the gate for a while, she slung her backpack across one shoulder and walked into the school with her luggage.Now is the beginning of the school year, and there are already many people in the school. Those young and fashionable students are walking on the boulevards of the campus in groups, talking and laughing with each other, happily Walking and chatting, they all look like they don't know anything about the world.However, when they saw Luo Mu, they all seemed to have discovered a new world, their eyes lit up, and they stared at her with weird smiles.

Luo Mu kept her head raised and walked forward. The breeze blew her hair on her forehead, revealing her handsome face. She sensed the discussions of her classmates, and even felt the kind eyes when she entered the campus. , Yes, at the beginning of the school year, everyone was in a fresh and curious mood, and a girl with a height of 180 and short hair was walking alone on the campus with her luggage, which really attracted attention.She is a sensitive person, she can feel anyone's eyes, but what she didn't realize is that the students are paying attention to her 180 tall and straight, and the handsome face under the short hair, such a white girl A girl with short hair who is as healthy and tall as a poplar tree is a representative of her personality when she walks on campus.

Looking at the campus while walking, the wide boulevards, the sycamore trees covering the sky, the foreign style and calmness, really make people from this small place feel yearning.But what makes her feel uncomfortable is that there is always a moment when she feels that she is out of place with these classmates who are dressed in bright clothes and look immature, even though she kept a certain distance from them in middle school because of her indifference and withdrawn , and now, she actually felt a sense of inferiority in her heart.However, people, the more inferior they are, the more they feel aloof.

"Hi handsome."

Suddenly feeling a hand on her shoulder, she turned her head and looked at the little girls behind her. Although she didn't like to be disturbed, she still responded politely: "Hello."

Those petite girls looked up at Luo Mu's face, and when they heard Luo Mu's deep voice, they lowered their heads, blushed and apologized to her, and walked away in a crowd.

"I said it was a girl, you still have to go up and strike up a conversation."

"Why do girls grow so tall? I thought he was a handsome guy."

"anthomaniac."

Listening to their discussion, and watching their backs going away, Luo Mu pulled a self-deprecating smile from the corner of his mouth.At the same time, a black car drove slowly past her. She noticed it, so she subconsciously turned her eyes and turned her face to look at the car indifferently.Through the half-closed car window, she saw a pretty girl sitting on the co-pilot and looking at the road ahead. The girl had white skin, a clear face, and an air of indifference.The car drove by, and the girl's face flashed past, but Luo Mu didn't look back. For a moment, she felt that the moment she saw the girl, time seemed to stand still for two seconds.

That day, she stood on the long and narrow boulevard of the campus, looking indifferently at the rear of the car going away, a trace of imperceptible softness rose from her indifferent eyes.At this time, the sun was warm, and the breeze was blowing the leaves, and also blowing the short hair on Luo Mu's forehead...