Sesame Green Bean Garlic

It was completely dark, and even darker were the ancient buildings standing on both sides.This night, the lights of the two buildings were not turned on to set off the bright moon in the sky.The weather is fine, the moon is big and round, but not very bright and clean, looking up at the moon, you can see a few spots on the silver plate.

Everyone took a few glances at the moon in response to the situation, and then returned to the food and drink and socializing in front of them.The neighborhood committee invited a folk band to perform live, the sound was a bit disturbing, and it was a bit of a joy to pair it with pizza and steak.

Huo Zian took the mooncakes, returned to his father's table, and saw that everyone was tasting the local dishes that had just been brought out.

The great painter Lu Xia praised repeatedly, saying that the chef of western food can make such local dishes, and the local chef is so mad.However, Huo Zian realized that this was a scene. Chinese food pays attention to firepower and temperature. His cooking is at most a pass, and he is still far behind the old chef. He said immediately: "I learned French cuisine. I usually eat at home, or cook more local dishes. .”

Professor Gao continued: "Old Qin is blessed! Those two ancestors of my family can wash the dishes by themselves. It would be nice."

The implication of Professor Gao's words is that Qin Youde can eat meals cooked by his son every day.Huo Zian smiled and said nothing. Not only did he not live in the same house as his father, he even didn't even know where his father lived!But on this occasion, as a junior, it is not suitable for him to talk too much, it is enough to accompany him to drink and laugh.

What surprised him the most was that after such a short time, they had already forgotten his father's name was "A Xie", "A Kuan", or any name he used, as if he had always been "Old Qin".And they don't talk about the past, but only talk about their current life: the places they have traveled, health problems, where the restaurants are delicious, the quality of Longjing this year, etc.

Only once, Lu Xia talked about an event from that year - "Do you still remember that one year, a few of us climbed the Drum Tower together in the middle of the night?"

"Remember! It was 1995." A drama director said, "It's awesome. At that time, no one was in charge of this area at night. During the dog days, eight of us came here together, and seven of us climbed up."

"Seven people? Who didn't climb?" one person who didn't participate asked.

"Old Qin!" Professor Gao pointed at Qin Youde.At an old friend's gathering, he reacted strangely faster.

Qin Youde smiled: "I didn't climb up. You all have to go up. If I'm an old bone, I won't be crazy with young people." He was older than this group of people, and he was only in his thirties at the time, so he couldn't say It is "old bones".The drama director joked: "Shanghai people have status, so they don't do stupid things with us. In the end, something really happened!"

Huo Zian was very surprised when he heard this, it turned out that his father retreated before the battle.What happened?

Lu Xia: "At that time, the top of the building was still under renovation. During the day, someone guarded the door. At night, the security guards were not there, and the door was not closed, so we sneaked in. It was dark inside, and we didn't bring flashlights." , the one who plays the violin—Xuzi, wears a Japanese watch, which can emit a little light. He leads the way, followed by a string of people. It’s too dark inside, and the watch’s light steel is so big, I’m afraid of getting lost. So Xu Zi whistled, we listened to the sound of the whistle to identify the direction, and climbed the stairs in the dark!"

Another: "Do you remember what you played? March of the Volunteers!"

Everyone laughed.Lu Xia: "That's right, the March of the Volunteers. Then everyone started playing it, and they were no longer afraid of the dark. When the Volunteers traveled through thousands of mountains and rivers, and finally reached the top, Xu Zi suddenly stopped playing and didn't move! I Behind him, ask him, what the fuck is wrong with you? He said: Fuck, there's no way!"

The director of the drama continued: "The top is being renovated, so it's sealed. At that time, everyone fell silent, damn it, I was really scared, there was no sound around, and I don't know where people are. The stairs are very steep, Climbing up is easy, but climbing down in the dark makes my feet weak. This is not over! When we were thinking about how to retreat, there was a sudden bang, and the door closed! I almost peed in fear."

"Damn it," said Professor Gao, "it's nothing to pee your pants. Old Yu hugged my neck and almost strangled me to death!"

Lao Yu sat next to him, chuckled and said, "Didn't he die? At that time, I thought everyone would die inside."

Lu Xia: "We were trapped in the Drum Tower, unable to go up or down, and the door was closed again. Xu Zi said he would go down to have a look. After a long time, he came back and said that the door was closed. He yelled a few times, but no one paid attention to it." We had no choice but shouted together for a long time, but we couldn't hear it at all outside."

"Yo, isn't Lao Qin outside?"

Qin Youde said indifferently: "It didn't take long for them to go up, and I left."

"That's right, Lao Qin left by himself! Hey, where did you go? I asked you back then, but you were still playing tricks," Professor Gao asked immediately.

"I'm ashamed to say it. It doesn't matter if I say it now. I went to the train station."

"Ah?! Why did you go to the train station?" The parties asked one after another.

Qin Youde smiled and said, "I've had enough of staying in Beijing. That night, seeing you go up to the dark Drum Tower, I felt that I couldn't stay any longer. I want to take the train home!"

Huo Zian was shocked that his father even wanted to go home. In 1995, my father had only been away from home for four or five years.

Lu Xia patted the table: "Then why didn't you leave?"

"I got to the train station, opened my wallet - not enough money to buy a ticket. If you were there, give me some money, and I'll go."

There was a sudden silence at the table.The poverty of the North Drift came to my mind, the days of precarity and spiritual prosperity, I felt that I would encounter the apocalypse every day, and I might die every day...

Professor Gao: "It's fine if you don't leave! I thought you were the most determined to stay in Beijing."

"Well, that night, I was sitting in the train station with nothing I could do. I was chased away several times until dawn. After that, I decided to beat myself to death and never leave. When I got back to Shanghai, my trouser pocket It's still that money... No, I don't even have that money, I'm poor and white, so I've been tossing around all these years!"

The atmosphere became a little heavy.Lu Xia suddenly laughed: "Old Qin spent the whole night at the train station, and the brothers were even worse, shut up in that gloomy ancient building for the whole night, screaming and not hearing. The second Only in the morning did the security guard think of opening the door, seeing us, it was like hell."

"He didn't turn us over to the police station, we are lucky."

"The grandson didn't dare. He was supposed to guard the door. When we sneaked in, he went to pee, came back and closed the door, and went to play cards in the alley. Fortunately, nothing happened to us. We were about to die. What kind of cultural relics, his crime is serious."

"Isn't it! I said that we were the luckiest ones. We were trapped in that ghost cave all night, and the oily skin was not scratched. It's not for fun to fall from the top. It's really God's blessing."

"Well, God bless you," Lu Xia sighed, "I suffered a lot that night."

At this time, the waiter brought the freshly steamed buns to the table in a large drawer.The steamed buns are all round and steamy.

As soon as Lu Xia saw the steamed bun, his eyes lit up, "This steamed bun is well steamed." Regardless of the heat, he took one instead.Break open the steamed bun, and the fine air holes release steam.

Huo Zian thought, this painting of "Mantou" has become a great painter with a fortune of hundreds of millions, so he really likes Mantou.

He had eaten steamed buns from Uncle Ma's shop, but he had never tasted this kind of old noodle steamed buns, so he took one right away and tasted it carefully.

Old-faced steamed buns have the sweetness of grain. This sweetness is not made by adding sugar, but the amylase in the grain is converted into glucose, which is naturally light.Survival of the fittest with wild strains, diverse varieties, fermented to produce a complex flavor, sweet and chewy in the mouth, and rich in the aftertaste.

Although Huo Zian is well-informed, he seldom eats such excellent pasta. That indefinable flavor is probably the taste of time. Dough born more than 20 years ago—maybe in 1995, when several young people were trapped in an ancient building that could not be seen, and his father almost returned home; if his father had more money in his wallet After returning to Shanghai, his fate will be completely different...

The people at the table have changed the subject and started talking about the emerging art park.However, Huo Zian was still immersed in the story just now, looking at the dark building, as if he saw the way it was back then.Things are different, and now the Bell and Drum Tower has been surrounded by a thick wall, and no one can climb over it.His father was very successful, and Lu Xia’s steamed buns were sold for hundreds of millions of dollars in Chinese. Only this old-fashioned steamed buns are still the taste passed down more than 20 years ago——

No, even this steamed bun is the last batch, and it will disappear after eating it.

Huo Zian ate up more than 20 years of time, but his heart was still empty.He especially understood his father's sense of horror when he saw the dark ancient building, because he also felt this fear when looking at the magnificent Beijing.At this moment, he especially hoped that the dinner party would end early.He was tired of listening and laughing, and he just wanted to go back to sleep and get up tomorrow to start all over again.

The crowd dispersed drunkenly, the breeze blew in, dark clouds half covered the bright moon, and the lanterns swayed, casting swaying shadows on the deserted square.

You Liangchen smokes under the big locust tree.Huo Zian walked over and sat beside him.

"Are you hungry?" Huo Zian asked.

"Not hungry."

"One night, you didn't eat anything."

"No food and no hunger."

"I'm hungry."

You Liangchen turned to look at him.Although You Liangchen was busy, his eyes would look for Huo Zian from time to time.That night, Huo Zian was almost sitting next to his father, eating steamed buns non-stop.Non-stop, I ate steamed buns all night!

"You are so hungry, you ate a tray of steamed buns by yourself."

Huo Zian decided to follow You Liangchen no matter what he said, "Well, you are right, I eat too much. Shall we exercise?"

With that he stood up.

You Liangchen raised his eyes to see what the hell Huo Zian was going to do.Huo Zian clenched his fists, raised his head and said, "Let's climb trees together!"

climb a tree? !You Liangchen was puzzled: "Aren't you afraid of heights?"

Huo Zian was nervous, gritted his teeth and said, "You pull me, I'm not afraid."

You Liangchen looked at him for a while, then stood up, "Okay!" He stepped on the pedal first, climbed to the two meters in twos, and stretched out his hand to Huo Zian.

Huo Zian felt that he was trying to die, but he had no way out, so he took a deep breath and climbed up.

There were still some people in the square clearing the tables. Seeing the scene, they smiled and said, "Chef! Hey, what are you two doing?"

Huo Zian was so nervous that he couldn't speak, and only heard You Liangchen reply: "I'm full, let's digest."

Everyone laughed: "You must have drunk too much! Be careful not to fall off."

When Huo Zian heard "falling down", his legs felt weak and his scalp was numb.Seeing this, You Liangchen asked, "Is that okay? You can't pull it down."

Huo Zian mustered up his courage: "Of course." He was determined not to divert his imagination, and focused on the movements of his hands and feet.His physical fitness was good, but once he concentrated, he could keep up with You Liangchen's speed.You Liangchen stepped onto the platform and pulled Huo Zi'an up.

Huo Zian's back was soaked, and he couldn't help shivering when he was blown by the wind.

Climbing trees was scary, but once there, he faced the real challenge.He looked around slowly, and the dark ancient building seemed to be much closer. It was surrounded by circles of lights, like a dark candle wick.His eyes moved to his feet, and he suddenly felt that the blood in his head was drained, making him dizzy.

You Liangchen asked concerned: "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

He quickly closed his eyes, his lips were pale.He was terribly uncomfortable, but after all he remembered that he overcame his psychological barrier and climbed up in order to coax You Liangchen to heal.So he lowered his eyes, bit his lips and said, "Fortunately..."

Sure enough, Yu Liangchen was instantly killed by this pitiful look, and his heart softened into a puddle of water.He put his arm around Huo Zian's shoulder, and comforted him softly: "Are you still afraid, it will feel better if you sit down."

The two sat on a thick wooden plank, and Yu Liangchen hugged Huo Zi'an in front of him.Huo Zian leaned on You Liangchen's body, and the panic eased a lot.After a while, his heartbeat stopped so fast, and he finally had enough time to look around.

The dense canopy is like a natural pavilion, covering the platform loomingly. Sitting on it, there is a kind of tranquility that is left alone in the world. "No wonder you like to climb up, it's so quiet here."

You Liangchen's voice came softly from behind: "There wasn't a single store here before, it's much quieter than now."

Huo Zian didn't want the conversation to develop in this direction, so he changed the subject without a trace: "Of course it was different before. I just found out today that my father came here one night more than 20 years ago, and he almost took the train back to Shanghai afterwards."

You Liangchen was surprised: "He almost went back?"

"Well, I gave up my idea because I didn't have money to buy a ticket. If he goes back, I'm sure he won't go abroad, and we won't know each other."

"Where are you going?" You Liangchen said with a smile, "What spurred your father to leave?"

"It's hard to put it into words. I get that feeling sometimes too, feeling like I don't belong here. It's not like being ostracized or anything like that, can you believe that this land has a soul of its own and it looks at it It will also screen people who are active above. Sometimes I can feel it, and it is scary."

"Terror?..." You Liangchen couldn't understand this feeling, he didn't even go outside the Fifth Ring Road, let alone lived in other cities.

"Yeah," Huo Zian grasped You Liangchen's hand, "Sometimes I still suffer from insomnia. Fortunately, now that you sleep with me every day, I feel at ease. If you weren't by my side, I might not be able to endure it. Don't you Are you mad at me?"

You Liangchen listened deeply to the previous words, and wanted to comfort Zian a few words.But Zi'an changed the subject, somehow turning to "Don't be angry with me".

You Liangchen looked down at Huo Zi'an's trembling eyelashes, and suddenly realized - Damn, Huo Zi'an got tricked again!

He wasn't angry at first, but when he thought about it, the purchase of Uncle Ma's shop should have happened a few days ago. Huo Zian chose to tell him during the mid-autumn festival during the turbulent Mid-Autumn Festival. He just wanted to take advantage of the chaos and get away with it. .This scheming is too fucking deep!

Feeling Huo Zian's hatefulness, You Liangchen didn't want to let him go.He smiled, and suddenly said: "My father made this wooden platform for me. I was about eight years old when I climbed the tree for the first time. The tree grew up, and I grew up too. My father watched me grow up." It is tall and heavy, and it will be strengthened from time to time. But in recent years, his legs and feet are not good enough to climb up, and it has not been repaired for several years."

Huo Zian felt faintly uneasy, "I think...it's pretty solid."

"Well, it's fine for one person, but for two adults, I don't know... I'll try!" He bowed as he spoke, and suddenly sat on the wooden board vigorously, which made a creaking sound.

Huo Zian's face turned pale with fright, he hugged You Liangchen and said, "Don't try it! This place is at least six meters high..." After saying this, his heart beat wildly, six meters high...

Yu Liangchen nodded, "Well, falling is not for fun, let's go down."

He was agile, moved with his body, and immediately climbed the branches and climbed down with the pedals.

"Hey, wait for me..." Huo Zian wanted to follow You Liangchen, but when he looked down, he felt flustered.He even forgot an important question: if you climb up, you have to climb down!

You Liangchen had already arrived under the tree and shouted: "Zian, come down quickly, we are going home."

Huo Zian: "I dare not..."

"Don't dare? That's okay, you can sleep on it. Didn't you say that it's peaceful up there, didn't you say that you have insomnia, and you'll be guaranteed to sleep until dawn when you're up there."

Huo Zian said angrily: "You Liangchen did it on purpose!"

"How could it be, baby, it was you who said you wanted to go up to exercise. How about it, if you are afraid, I will accompany you here."

After finishing speaking, You Liangchen sat under the tree, leisurely took out a cigarette, and smoked slowly.

Huo Zian couldn't help it, he stood up with great effort, grabbed the branch and looked down——

no!Just looking at it makes my legs go weak, how can I climb?He immediately understood the feeling of being trapped by Lu Xia's group. Although it was very hard to go up, he could still do it with a bang.The question is how to get down after going up?

He looked around, surrounded by trees, behind the trees were ancient buildings, and behind the ancient buildings were endless lights and buildings.During the holidays, there are still many people wandering on the road at this time, going to the bar to renew their stalls, or preparing to go home, but he is on a tree, a tree in this big city...

Huo Zian shed tears: Beijingers are too bullying, mom, come and save me, I want to go home!

The author has something to say:

Haha, this part is finally over.

I wrote almost a hundred chapters in a long and stinky way, and now I only have the last part left.The last 20 or so chapters are mainly about how Huo Zian "come down", as well as gossip scenes like coming out of the closet, it won't be too cruel, don't worry.Again, the ending is HE, but!There is a price for everything, and it is not possible for one person to take all the benefits...

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Speaking of the part I just finished writing, I actually stepped on a lot of lines, but I am very timid, and I dare not and have the ability to write in depth.Let me explain the time background here: the Yuanmingyuan Artist Village was banned in 1995, and the Howling Club in Wudaokou was closed in 1999. During these ten years, the two historic cultural venues produced many contemporary artists and musicians. hand. Capital began to intervene in life in the 90s. The spiritual level of people was actually affected by an earthquake of magnitude [-], the fission of values, the separation of families, and the expansion of cities... Why do we live like this now, where we can find things like inflection points.

I didn't want to write about that period, but just used it as the thread of the story.It should also be explained that although this story has reality mixed in, it is not realistic at all, with all kinds of random coincidences and cheats, lust and dreams, and the characters are not typical.Not a serious thing haha.

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I have almost no time to write articles during the summer vacation, and the saved manuscripts have bottomed out, crying.The summer vacation is coming to an end, I'll be fine for another two weeks (leave me alone, self-hypnosis...)