Sad autumn

The day of Xiaoding's death was at the beginning of September, and the weather was abnormal. The high temperature of the hot day did not show any sign of decline, and it intensified on the day when Tuchun and Tian Jing went to Mudu, approaching the 38 degree mark.Tu Chun drove Jasmine's car to pick up Tian Jing, Tian Jing got in the car and called out, "You're too hot!"

She was sitting in the passenger seat, squeezed by a large bouquet of lilies in her arms, a huge shopping bag, and a leather bag on her shoulder. She couldn't even buckle her seat belt, and she was still muttering (talking non-stop) ): "I think the earth is really going to die, and it's still so hot in September! The crabs are going to die of heat! I guess there will be no hairy crabs to eat this year!"

Tuchun helped her put the flowers and shopping bags in the back seat, opened the shopping bags and took a look, turned around and said to Tian Jing, "You brought food, too?" Then he taunted her, "You care about food Can you care about something else? Hairy crabs are fine, it’s so hot, people will be unconscious from the heat first.”

Tian Jing retorted: "How many years have people been on earth? How many years have hairy crabs been?"

"Then why don't you use the cockroach as an argument. It was there before the extinction of the dinosaurs, and it was fine after the extinction of the dinosaurs."

Tian Jing glanced at Tuchun and said, "That bag is for Xiaoding, don't make up your mind."

She lifted her fingers up and swayed in the air, anxiously: "Hurry up and drive, okay, I didn't know there would be traffic jams on the road!"

Tuchun asked her: "What did you bring? You made it? That Xiaoding probably will return to his soul after eating it, and the coffin board can't hold it down."

"Be careful, I'll sue you for defamation! I'll go to lawyer Xiaoshao to sue you! You've been slandering me all day long. I don't know how delicious my cooking is now. You can ask our old Zhu."

Tu Chun snorted and laughed: "You said Lao Zhu is still an old pig? You don't have to change your husband's last name just to show yourself that you cook well?"

"There's something wrong, I won't tell you." Tian Jing was still shouting about the heat, and kept fanning the air with her hands, blowing wildly at the air outlet of the air conditioner. Tuchun turned down the wind power a bit, Tian Jing rolled her eyes and leaned back On the back of the chair, count with your fingers: "What about me, fried shrimp cakes, marinated chicken feet, and put dried tofu in it to marinate together, isn't Xiao Ding the favorite to go to the stadium with you to eat chicken feet, preserved eggs are thin Is there meat porridge?"

Tuchun said: "At that time, there was a women's volleyball team training there. Of course he liked to go, to see the white thighs every day." He looked at Tian Jing: "Don't say it, it seems that you have never been to the men's handball team training."

Tian Jing raised her neck and argued loudly: "You want to see it, okay? That man has scars on his face and eyelids. Don't you like to watch it?"

Tuchun turned the direction, turned a corner, and then spoke, said: "Do you think people can only talk about food when they are old?"

Tian Jing blinked her eyes exaggeratedly, pretending to be naive: "Xiaotu, don't you know? People live and go back. After 25, they start to grow backwards, like a reincarnation, you understand ? Keep walking the way you used to go, go round and round, you will return to the most primitive, the original instinct, to eat and survive."

Tuchun hissed, and before Tian Jing finished speaking, he turned on the radio to listen to the radio station, and turned the volume up to overwhelm Tian Jing's voice a little bit.Not to be outdone, Tian Jing raised her voice, Yuan Gui recalling the past: "When Di Qiu comes, you won't run to the gymnasium anymore."

Tuchun said: "My mother made spring rolls with shredded mustard greens, bamboo shoots and pork."

Tian Jing smiled and clapped her palms: "Look, don't you! Apart from nostalgia, it's about food!" She smacked her mouth: "Xiao Ding really has a good taste."

After saying that, she suddenly fell silent, Tuchun coughed, and glanced at the mobile phone placed in the teacup holder. The screen of the mobile phone was on for a long time, and then went dark after a while.Tian Jing said, "Someone is looking for you? Do you want to call back?"

Tuchun said, "WeChat."

Tian Jing looked at him with a smile: "Ah, it's Lawyer Xiao Shao?"

Tuchun said: "Lawyer Shao is Lawyer Shao, why add a younger one, he is half a year older than you."

"It's terrible, you remember my birthday." Tian Jing flipped on her seat belt, moved closer to Tuchun, and said with a smile, "Make it a little smaller, so it looks cute."

Tu Chun pouted, Tian Jing still looked at him, and asked, "Didn't you say you planned to change jobs before, how is it?"

Tu Chun said: "There are two new young people here, and Lao Gu asked me to help take them around."

"Now your police station is indispensable."

Tuchun's ears moved, and the radio station was also nostalgic. The anchor played "Worth It", and Tuchun said: "I remembered, the tape of Zheng Xiuwen that I lent you, you haven't returned it to me yet?"

Tian Jing complained: "When did you buy Zheng Xiuwen's tape? I asked you to borrow Zhang Huimei, okay! Hey, you said that you go to work so far away, it's okay in hot weather, what about cold weather? Can you get up?"

"There's nothing wrong with it, just get used to it."

Tian Jing smiled: "That's right, I can't get up so much, people are animals of inertia anyway."

Tuchun looked at her, frowned and said, "What high heels are you wearing to visit the grave?"

Tian Jing replied confidently: "Have you ever been to see Xiao Ding? That cemetery, the road should not be too easy to walk."

Tuchun had nothing to say, his eyebrows were still tangled together, as if he was reluctant to separate, he drove the car with a long face.

Tian Jing also came to talk to him: "How are you and Xiao Shao doing?"

"Do you know why Lu Xinya broke up with me at that time?"

Tian Jing didn't understand, so Tu Chun said: "It's because you text me every day to ask me, she sees it and suspects that our relationship is not pure."

Tian Jing shook her head like a rattle: "Forget it, you! I assure you, Lu Xinya has seen that you like Di Qiu. Do you think there is someone like you? You don't go with your girlfriend after school, but with Di Qiu Go, I don’t play with my girlfriend on weekends, I ask Di Qiu to go to your house every time to read comics, do homework, go swimming in summer, and stay in Internet cafes, game halls, and roller skating halls in winter. Let me tell you, woman First……"

"Sixth Sense." Tu Chun took it, and Tian Jing hit him with a smile: "You are so annoying!"

She also said: "Xiao Ding is clear, seeing you and Lu Xinya being friends, after class and after school, walk away by yourself, Di Qiu..."

Tuchun said, "What is he?"

Tian Jing shrugged her shoulders and looked out the window: "Sometimes I don't know what he's thinking, and sometimes, I think he's not thinking about anything at all."

"He often goes short," Tuchun said.

"He's a bit silly." Tian Jing said.

Tu Chun said: "He has good grades."

Tian Jing raised her hands in surrender: "Why are you arguing with me! I'm talking about being stupid, not that he's stupid and can't stand you anymore. Let's talk about Zhang Huimei's tape."

The two chatted all the way and drove into Mudu, and Tuchun followed the navigation to the cemetery where Xiaoding died.The surroundings are getting quieter, the hustle and bustle is getting farther away, the greenery is dense, and there are green tree shadows everywhere. Tuchun turned off the radio, and he heard the singing of birds, but he couldn't tell what it was, the singing was strange and clear , The voice is strangely wide and bright.

Di Qiu must know what this bird is. He knows animals, plants, and mountains and rivers very well. He is very good at biology and geography, and he can outline a map of China with one stroke.

He can tell the difference between winter jasmine and forsythia, and can tell the difference between apple blossom and pear blossom. In the school sports meeting, his class seat is close to the flower bed, so he invites Tuchun and Xiao Ding to eat a bunch of red nectar around the flower bed, But he also said that the nectar of Sophora japonica is delicious.Sophora japonica blooms, pick it up, soak it in salt water, rinse it, the pancakes are the most fragrant, and you can also steam Sophora japonica rice.

Tuchun parked the car in the parking lot, took flowers and spring rolls from the trunk, helped Tian Jing carry the shopping bags, and the two went to find Xiaoding's grave.Tian Jing hugged the handful of pure white lilies and asked Tuchun, "Do you remember the number?"

"336, follow me." Tuchun said, looking at the steps, "Be careful of the steps, and give me the flowers too."

Tian Jing didn't give it to him, and praised him with a smile: "Old Tu, you have a good memory, you come every year?"

Tuchun climbed up the steps, and said softly: "Qingming will also come and have a look."

The cemetery became even quieter. The faces were frozen on the gray tombstones, as if even the rampant time had been frozen. Here, nothing will change, everything is eternal, and life is forever. Eternity, death is also eternal.

Tuchun and Tian Jing walked through the tombstones silently, and occasionally met a few men and women who were sweeping the grave. Everyone looked at each other, exchanged glances, and politely gave way to each other.

No one is weeping here, and howling seems to be only suitable for funeral parlors and crematoria, where there are many people, and the sadness is stronger.What is densely packed in the cemetery is the hollowness in the heart, which cannot be shouted out or cried happily.

Arriving at No. 336 Ding Xiaoyao's grave, Tian Jing tucked the corners of her eyes, put down the lilies, looked at the handful of white daisies and neatly packed packets of hawthorn candies in front of Xiaoding's tombstone, and said, "It must be Xiaoding's family has been here."

Those who came to visit Xiao Ding before them brought not only flowers and sugar, but also an incense burner and lit three sticks of thin sticks of incense.Most of the incense was burned, and the ashes were blown by the wind and sprinkled on the petals of the lilies.Tian Jing squatted halfway to brush off the dust, touched the stack of hawthorn candies, and was filled with emotion: "I wanted to buy this candy, but I couldn't find it on Taobao. I thought it was discontinued."

Tuchun also brought incense, poured out six sticks, and distributed three sticks to Tian Jing. The two lit incense sticks, fanned out the fire, and worshiped in turn.

Xiao Ding's photo is a color photo. He looks thick and thick. In the photo, he is grinning and has white teeth.After Tian Jing finished her worship, she stared at the photo. After looking at it for a long time, she laughed: "You're so stupid."

Tuchun laid out the food one by one.Tian Jing said: "Hey, tell me, will these offerings be eaten by wild cats and dogs at night?"

Tuchun said: "Just eat it. He usually likes to feed wild cats and dogs, but their family doesn't allow them. His mother is allergic to hair, or his family opened a zoo earlier."

Tian Jing asked him, "Has Di Qiu ever raised a cat?"

"I wanted to raise it, but I didn't develop it."

Tian Jing was still squatting, looking at Xiao Ding with her chin resting on her cheeks, and suddenly she folded her palms together and bowed, muttering: "Xiao Ding, Xiao Ding, if you have a spirit in the sky, you can entrust Di Qiu with a dream, and tell him that we and I are together." Tuchun misses him very much, I don't know what he is doing, is he a friend? Married? Has he put on weight in middle age?"

Tu Chun patted her, Tian Jing stuck out her tongue, stood up, and saw a middle-aged woman coming towards them with big bags in her hands.Tian Jing hurriedly called Tuchun: "Tuchun! Xiaoding's mother!"

As soon as Tuchun raised her head, Xiaoding's mother also saw them, and hurried over to greet them with a smile on her face: "Xiaotu, Xiaotian, you are here!"

Tu Chun shivered, grabbed Tian Jing's hand and got up, Tian Jing pulled him, and stammered: "Xiao... Xiao Ding's mother, I thought you had already been here, isn't this chrysanthemum and sugar Did you bring it here?"

Xiao Ding's mother was taken aback, and said, "Didn't Di Qiu bring it here? Don't you know? He comes every year and gives these two things every year. I thought you came together. At that time, Xiao Ding was buried , he called me the next day and said he would bring some flowers and Xiao Ding's favorite candies."

Tian Jing grabbed Tu Chun's sleeves tightly, and Tu Chun said slowly, "We haven't seen Di Qiu for a long time."

Xiaoding's mother smiled, put down the bag, lit the incense, and put the incense on. She looked at the side dishes brought by Tuchun and Tian Jing, and said to them: "You guys are interested, you and Di Qiu are both, thank you. "

Tuchun nodded, took half a step back, pointed to the steps and said, "I... I'll go and see... I'll look for Di Qiu..."

After he finished speaking, he turned his head and ran away. When he reached the fork in the road, he ran up two steps first, then got anxious, turned his head, and went down the mountain at top speed.Tian Jing chased after her and called him. Suddenly her voice trembled. Tu Chun turned her head and saw that Tian Jing was sitting on the steps while holding the railing in one hand and her purse in the other. A high-heeled shoe fell on the steps. In front of a nearby tombstone.

Tian Jing waved her hand and said, "Go find it, slow down, I'm fine, but my foot is missing."

Tuchun's heart is in a mess, his head is also a mess, he can't figure it out, he can't figure out where Di Qiu has gone, is Di Qiu still in Suzhou, Suzhou is so small, he can meet Lu Xinya, Wherever you go, you can bump into so many memories, why can't you meet Di Qiu?

Tu Chun stood on the stairs blankly, he looked up and saw Tian Jing, she was trying to stand up, looking a bit struggling.Tuchun walked up, picked up her high heels, handed them to her, and said angrily, "I told you not to wear high heels!"

Tian Jing sat on the steps again. She stuffed her feet into her high heels and asked Tu Chun, "Do you think it's Di Qiu?"

Tuchun also sat down and looked at her right foot: "Is your foot important?"

Tian Jing rubbed her ankle: "It hurts a bit, it shouldn't matter, Tuchun, do you want to see Di Qiu?"

"Don't you want to see him? Didn't you just pray to God and Buddha to ask him if he has gained weight in middle age?"

Tian Jing smiled: "I worship Xiaoding!"

"Xiao Ding might really become a Buddha."

Tian Jing pursed her lips and froze with Tuchun for a while. She breathed a sigh of relief, looked down the mountain, and said, "Hey, Tuchun, what will happen when you see him? You can ask Xiaoding's mother for his phone number." Well, there is always a caller ID for incoming calls, right? You asked him to come out to meet, how would you feel? Di Qiu, hello, I’m Tuchun, do you remember me? We used to be in the same class in high school. Still, Di Qiu Where have you been dead for so many years? No, no, how about this, you just tell him, Di Qiu, I really like you."

She imagined and described it vividly, which attracted Tuchun's helpless eyes without comment.Tian Jing blinked, and then said: "But don't you have Lawyer Shao? If you meet Di Qiu again, will you dump Lawyer Shao? But if you and Di Qiu have different personalities, We can't be together, will you go back to Lawyer Xiao Shao?"

Tuchun stopped ringing, took out a cigarette, and lit a cigarette.Tian Jing fanned the cigarette and said, "Smok less, and you won't let it out every time I talk to you about the key points. This is what I hate the most about you."

Tuchun said, "Are you pregnant?"

Tian Jing stared at her eyes: "We have been friends for so many years. I have devoted my heart and soul to help you analyze the problem. You suspect that my hormones are not stable, so I told you this?" She shook her head angrily, looked at Tuchun and said, "I ask you , you became a policeman because you wanted to find Di Qiu?"

Tuchun didn't speak, Tian Jing said: "Then it's your acquiescence, but you see, if you want to be a policeman, you have to take the exam, and you can be a civilian, but you, just be an auxiliary policeman. If you can't go up, or if you can't go down, it's half-baked."

Tuchun took a cigarette and said, "What else do you want to ask?"

Tian Jing looked at him closely, and asked: "Is it because you don't want to change jobs because you want to continue to look for Di Qiu? Or are you used to it, and there is nothing wrong with you now. Anyway, you don't have to worry about food and clothing. There's nothing wrong with going on like this, when you think about Di Qiu, you can't find him, and when you can't think of him, you can fall in love and make friends."

Tuchun puffed out half a cigarette in one breath, but the ash wouldn't fall off. He flicked them away, watched them fall, and was blown away by the wind, looked at them, and couldn't find them again.

Tian Jing stood up, patted her clothes and trousers, tried to take a few steps on the spot, stabilized her heels, and said: "Forget it, maybe Di Qiu should not be found, so he shouldn't show up. Xiao Ding is gone. I got married, Di Qiu lost contact, you..."

Tian Jing sighed, she walked down, and asked Tuchun: "Let's go to Shijia Restaurant for dinner tonight."

In the evening, when the sky was still bright, Tuchun and Tian Jing went to Shijia Restaurant for dinner, and after eating, he sent Tian Jing home.The radio station at night still takes the nostalgic route, broadcasting Eason Chan's "Ten Years".

Before he knew it, it had been ten years since Xiao Ding passed away.

The bonus that Gu Xiaohao applied for for Tuchun was approved, and as soon as the money was received, Tuchun invited everyone in the institute to go to a copper pot to cook hot pot together.The shabu-shabu shop is not big, and the owner is from Inner Mongolia. Tuchun and his group entered the shop in a mighty manner. The boss arranged for them to sit in the only private room in the shop, and immediately served drinks, peanuts, melon seeds, and distributed them graciously. business card.In addition to this shabu-shabu restaurant, the boss also held a Mongolian life experience tour at the foot of the suburban mountain. You can ride horses, live in yurts, eat roasted whole lamb, and watch dog racing and wrestling on festivals.

Eating hot pot with more people is the most convenient and the most lively. The air-conditioning in the private room is [-] degrees. A group of big men are all red and sweaty, and the sauerkraut, mutton, jelly and tofu are gurgling in the copper pot. When the sheep and scorpions in the copper basin bottomed out, Tuchun said hello and got up to go outside to add vegetables.He ordered another mutton scorpion, two more plates of mutton, and two bowls of special sesame sauce.After adding the order, Tuchun went outside the store to eat cigarettes. After a while, Dongdong came out. He grabbed the car keys and bowed to Tuchun, and said, "I'm going to go first, and go to spend time with my mother-in-law." , um, come to the house and hate Sagar." (I have to leave first, go back to spend time with my wife, she is very boring at home alone.)

Tu Chunben is also called Piaozituan, but after entering the late pregnancy, Piaozituan seldom goes out except for a walk in the community every day, and the weather is still very hot, and ordinary people complain when they walk outside. Yes, Dongdong also refused for the sake of help.

Tu Chunchong nodded Dongdong: "See you again, be careful on the road, and say hello to me."

After he finished the cigarette, Xiao Hu also came out and said he wanted to leave. He was anxious to go home to watch the football game.Tuchun returned to the private room, and the additional dishes were brought to the table, but everyone had already eaten a lot, put down their chopsticks, but they didn't stop talking, swallowing wine, talking about accounts, and spitting everywhere.Tuchun put on plastic gloves to catch sheep and scorpions to eat, Maotou over there patted him, waved his hands with Gu Xiaohao, moved his chin towards everyone on the table, and said politely: "I'll turn around first, little Maotou Ge Ask me to help you with your homework." (I went back first, and Xiao Maotou asked me to help him with his homework.)

Tuchun hurriedly put down the mutton in his hand, took off his gloves, grabbed the backpack hanging on the back of the chair, and said to Maotou, "I'll give it away."

"Eat it, give me something! Eat it while it's hot." (Eat it, what are you giving me! Eat it while it's hot.)

Xiao Wang was making paste by the side, and said with a smile: "Send it to my elder brother? It's wrong, I still have to carry my schoolbag, let me explain first, I will send it back, and I will send it by myself." , Let the bonus go wild first, hey, Gang Ni will keep it.” (You can give it away to Big Brother Maotou, why do you have to carry your schoolbag on your back? Let me declare first, you send it back, don’t send yourself back, the bonus comes first Put it here, we will keep it for you.)

Everyone responded one after another: "Hold on, check, the bonus will be released first."

Tuchun laughed along, and took out all the bonuses in his pocket.Gu Xiaohao patted him and told him to quickly put away the money: "I'm worried, listen to the nonsense and kick it, put it away, put it away, hurry up and deliver it!" (You worry, listen to their nonsense Ba Dao, put it away and put it away, if you want to give it away, then hurry up and give it away!)

Tuchun still put the money on the table, and walked out with Maotou.

When he got outside the restaurant, Tuchun looked back, but no one came out, he dragged Maotou to a dark corner to talk, he said: "I'm really embarrassed to take the bonuses one by one." It's embarrassing to take.)

As he said that, he took out a cardboard box from his school bag and stuffed it to Maotou: "Give them one by one, um, what a little boy, I think Yizai's English learning software is very good, buy it and call it Lige in the store." I’d rather install a few.” (This is for you guys, I think the software for learning English is pretty good now, and I asked someone in the store to install a few when I bought it.)

Maotou took the paper box to a bright place and had a look: "What, what? An iPad?" He shook his head repeatedly, wanting to return it to Tuchun, "Fleitia Fleetia, what are the bonuses, copper cash, what are the rewards?" He Tongtian! Come on, Xiaotu wants to use it for himself!" (No, no, no, how much is the bonus, how much is this thing! No, you can use Xiaotu yourself!)

Tuchun refused to take it, the two of you pushed me to give way, Maotou said in a rough voice, "I'll take the bonus, please eat more!" (I took the bonus and I also invited you to eat!)

Tuchun hid in the shop and said, "Take it! My mutton is ready, I'll go in first!"

After saying that, he dragged his schoolbag and ran towards the private room, and Mao Tou shouted behind him: "Well, I'll go buy it tomorrow! The copper tin is still worth it!" (Then I will sell it tomorrow, and the money will be returned.) you!)

Tuchun didn't answer a word, and ran into the private room.His schoolbag was much lighter, and he walked more lightly. He returned to his seat, put on a pair of gloves again, and continued to eat his braised mutton.

Later, Mao sent him a WeChat message, a string of Mandarin: You are really a guy!Why is our little Maotou's name engraved on the back!I can't even sell it!

Tuchun watched it with a smile, but didn't reply. Later, Shao Zhen wrote to him and asked him: "If you don't watch the movie, it will be canceled. Are you free this week?"I can do it all.

Tuchun croaked and gnawed at the bones, but didn't reply. Soon, the screen of the phone turned on again, and it was still Shao Zhen. He said, "It's grilled fish or barbecue, or seafood, hot pot, let me make a reservation first."

Tuchun took off the glove on his right hand, wiped his hand, picked up the phone, and typed with one hand.He replied: I'm too busy this week, otherwise you can find someone else to read it, I'm sorry.

Shao Zhen didn't write any more letters.On Tuchun's way home, Shao Zhen called, but Tuchun didn't answer, so he took a bath, and when he was charging his phone, he saw the missed call, but he didn't answer.This night, he seemed to be very popular. He was already lying down and ready to sleep, his phone was still vibrating. In the dark room, the ceiling was flickering, and it was extremely lively.

Tuchun couldn't sleep, so he gritted his teeth and reached out to grab the phone.Looking at it, I saw three messages from three people.

Tian Jing hurriedly looked for him: Tuchun!You asked Xiaoding's mother for Di Qiu's phone number, right? ?She said it was an anonymous call, and there was no caller ID!Can you find it there?Check it out! !

Shao Zhen only sent three words: Are you busy?

There is another person, a piece of information, an invitation.Shi Yu asked him if he was free to go to Xucheng to eat Aozao noodles at noon on Saturday. She came back from a trip in Yunnan.

Tuchun sat up, looked around, and replied to Shiyu: I'm free, see you on Saturday.

It was the morning shift in Tuchun on Saturday, so I took the time to ride (bike) to Xucheng Building to find Shiyu at noon.Shi Yu arrived earlier than him, and when they met, Shi Yu first gave Tu Chun a big bag of souvenirs, scented candles, silk scarves, flower cakes, miscellaneous things, everything for food.Carrying the bag, Tuchun weighed it and said, "You gave me so many things, so let me treat you to this meal."

Shi Yu sat down, took out two discount coupons, and said, "Then I won't be polite to you, these two discount coupons will be considered as my sponsorship."

Tuchun smiled, and they each ordered a bowl of Aozao noodles, Tuchun ordered eel paste and shrimp toppings, and Shiyu ate smoked fish noodles.The waiter walked away, Tuchun poured tea for Shiyu, and asked her, "Why do you think of traveling to Yunnan? Are you in a group?"

Shi Yu said: "I went by myself, isn't it popular to go on a trip now?"

"It's quite popular among people who want to quit their jobs and people who don't have to work and have money to spend."

Shi Yu smiled and said, "I originally wanted to look for Yan Yu, but when I arrived in Lijiang, I met some Yu Yu, but they were not hot at all. Lijiang's tourism promotion was quite successful."

She was tanned, her hair was shortened and dyed sorrel, and there were two silver bracelets on her wrists. As soon as her arms were raised, the bracelets slid down and got stuck in the middle of her arms. The two bracelets collided.

Shi Yu said: "I went to line up on the Erhai Lake to purify my soul. I queued for an hour and a half. After taking photos in 30 seconds, it will be the turn of the people behind to face the Erhai Lake. The seasons are like spring."

Tuchun asked her: "Is Yunnan fun?"

"It's pretty good. The bag of flower cakes is really delicious. I also ate chicken, a kind of fungus. Now that I think about it, I'm drooling. It's so fresh that my eyebrows are going to fall off. There are also mutton and yak meat. I'm not used to it, but mutton is delicious." When talking about food, Shi Yu was eloquent.

After hearing this, Tuchun said: "I remembered that a friend of mine told me before that when people pass 25, they are either nostalgic or talking about food."

Shi Yu drank tea, thought for a while, and said: "There is nothing else to say, it's quite right, before 25, everything starts with 'I', what am I, how, how, what I want , After 25, let's forget about 'I', that's all, I have to talk about the past." She looked at Tuchun seriously, and asked him: "How are you recently?"

Tuchun said, "Pretty good."

The noodles and toppings for the two were brought to the table, and Shi Yu asked, "Are you still on a blind date?"

With tea in his mouth, Tuchun waved his hands and shook his head, the corners of his mouth curled up, but he didn't speak.Shi Yu smiled, covered the noodles with smoked fish, picked up a chopstick and blew on the noodles, held down her long hair with one hand, lowered her eyes, and said, "I'm going to get married at the end of the year."

Tuchun glanced at her, put some shrimps into the noodle bowl, covered it with noodles, and nodded.

Shiyu said again: "It's my high school classmate who pursued me in high school. He never gave up for so many years. I think he might be so persistent just because he didn't catch up. After we talked for a while, he was still very interested. Gao, when I came back from a trip in Yunnan, he proposed to me and gave me a ring, as soon as I wore it, when I grew up, I cried."

Tuchun said, "It's because he wasn't careful enough."

Shi Yu looked up at Tuchun, and said, "No, it has nothing to do with the size of the ring, but when I saw the ring, I wanted to cry, and I didn't know what to do. I asked myself, is this the ending I want? This is Is the person I want to find? But I can’t answer this question for myself. The authorities are obsessed with the onlookers, and I am already confused about love. I can’t figure it out, but I can give myself a little bit about life. I really like being with him." Shiyu's eyes wandered to Tuchun's back, she was still talking, and said: "Maybe everyone is like this, there are two people living in my heart, one is One of the answers about love is about yourself." She suddenly asked Tuchun: "Tuchun, do you know this person?"

When Tuchun turned around, he was someone he knew, Shao Zhen with black hair, white shirt, handsome appearance, tall stature and small frame.

Shao Zhen greeted Tu Chun with a pleasant smile: "Are you coming to eat noodles too? Are you resting today? Lawyer Gao and I just came to meet a client and have a meal together."

He pointed to the direction of the door. Tuchun looked over and saw that lawyer Gao was talking to a man and a woman.Tu Chun said: "It's not a break, I'm on the morning shift, so I'm here for lunch."

"Oh, came here specially to eat noodles?" Shao Zhen smiled, looked at Tuchun and Shi Yu calmly, and reached out to shake hands with Shi Yu, "Hello, Shao Zhen."

Shi Yu also introduced himself: "Shi Yu, hello, hello."

Shao Zhen was still smiling, poked her neckline, and said, "You got some soup on your collar."

Shi Yu hurriedly lowered her head to look, and Shao Zhen came to Tu Chun again and said, "I will contact you when you are free."

He turned and walked away, Tuchun said goodbye to him, and he didn't look back.Tuchun said again, Shao Zhen had gone out of his sight, Tuchun turned back, Shiyu said in a low voice: "Suzhou is too small, you can meet people you know every time you eat noodles."

Tuchun smiled, and settled the noodles in the bowl in two or three bites. When Shiyu finished eating, he paid the bill, and the two separated at the gate of Xucheng.Shiyu drove away, Tuchun put the paper bag in the car basket, leaned on the bicycle to call Shao Zhen.No one answered the first call, and the second call was busy with the stereo for a long time before Tu Chun heard Shao Zhen's voice.

"Are you at the office? I'm here to find you." Tu Chun said quickly.

"I'm busy." Shao Zhen said, "I'll hang up if I have nothing to do."

Tuchun was anxious, bit his tongue, took a breath, endured the pain, and spoke faster: "Wait, wait! Let's meet, at the Starbucks opposite you, Shao Zhen, let's meet See you."

Shao Zhen was silent.Tuchun ate some blood, which was unbearable. He lowered his head, touched the cigarette, touched the lighter, and said in a deep voice, "I have something to tell you."

Shao Zhen agreed.

Half an hour later, the two met at Starbucks. After Shao Zhen came in, she didn't buy anything. She found Tu Chun, went to sit opposite him, threw her phone on the table, and asked him, "What do you want?"

Tuchun said: "The one just now was someone I met on a blind date, an ordinary friend. She came back from a trip in Yunnan and brought me some souvenirs."

Shao Zhen said, "Oh, you don't need to report to me." He picked up his phone to look through it, and said, "You handle your interpersonal relationship very well. People you know on a blind date can still think of buying you souvenirs when they go on a trip."

With a bang, he threw the phone on the table again. Tuchun looked at his phone, took a sip of iced coffee, and said, "Something happened before, I did her a favor, she probably wanted to thank me .”

"You look good, you're pretty." Shao Zhen sank into the sofa seat, raised her legs, and asked Tuchun, "So you want to marry a girl, don't you?"

Tuchun looked at him and hurriedly explained: "No, no, I want to say..."

Shao Zhen interrupted him: "Isn't it already finished? The ones eating noodles with you are people you know on a blind date."

"No, listen to me, it's not about this." As soon as Tuchun's voice was high, Shao Zhen stopped ringing, turned on the phone, and looked at the watch, looking at the girl and boy sitting not far away.The air conditioner in Starbucks was turned on very cold, so he rubbed his arms together.

Tu Chun said: "When I was in high school, I liked a high school classmate, a male classmate."

Speaking of this, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, his voice became lighter, he was still watching Shao Zhen, and Shao Zhen finally looked at him, and he looked very carefully and deeply.Shao Zhen's eyes were pitch black, like a deep sea, with undercurrents surging.

Tuchun continued: "Later he disappeared, and I never saw him again. I still think of him sometimes, not often, but sometimes I think of him and dream of him."

"Why are you telling me this?" Shao Zhen asked him.

"You are angry when you see me eating noodles with a woman. I often dream about that male classmate. I'm afraid you will also be angry if you find out."

"I'm not angry. Besides, you dream your dream. If you don't tell me, how would I know? And in the final analysis, who do you eat with, who do you dream about, and what does it have to do with me?"

Tuchun blinked: "Aren't you angry?"

"Why am I angry?" Shao Zhen picked up the phone, swiped it casually, and put it down with a snap.

Tuchun said, "Then don't drop your phone around."

Shao Zhen raised her arms and covered her mouth halfway. The end of his eyes raised up, as if he was smiling, but he kept silent, looking around with fake poses and eyes.

Tuchun said: "I won't marry a woman, don't worry, my mother already knows about me, I don't know how to tell you, I am also confused, what love, what love, what I do I don't understand these things, I want to find you after I understand, I didn't avoid you on purpose."

Shao Zhen didn't make a sound, Tuchun rubbed the bridge of his nose, glanced at him, and sipped his coffee, when the coffee was bottomed out, Tuchun raised his head, and said, "I don't want to miss you, would you like to try it with me?"

Shao Zhen sat crookedly, looked at Tuchun obliquely, after a while, he got up to buy two cups of coffee, he drank one for himself, and gave Tuchun the other, he said: "Buy one, get one free. "

Tuchun looked at him, Shao Zhen bent down and sat down, and said, "A client gave me two tickets to a platter concert, in the sports center, NO.13 next month, do you want to go together?"

Tuchun said: "I want to go, but every time there is a concert in the sports center, we have to be dragged to work, but tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, anyway, I have time to watch movies and eat."

Shao Zhen bit the straw, shook her legs, picked up the phone and glanced at it, this time, he put the phone down gently