In time

I didn’t choose to live on campus, but lived for a while during military training. I don’t know if it’s because of the Academy of Fine Arts. The military training was not as harsh as I imagined. I didn’t suffer much. It passed quickly. My roommate in the dormitory It seems to be very friendly, one is local, and two are from the northeast and the other is from the southwest. It can be seen that the family background is very good, and I have not paid much attention to what they look like. I'm used to being alone, so when I saw them asking to hang out together, I declined and went back to my house to water the flowers on the balcony.

I don't have any friends, and I don't want to make any friends. I'm just in my own world, which is fine.

Maybe I like watering too much, but the flowers I had been looking forward to did not bloom, but the leaves began to grow vigorously, reflecting the greenery on the balcony. At this time, my heart was very quiet and free.

For me, time seems to be static and flowing, but the gurgling water has flowed through countless places in a slow and silent manner. You think it is slow, but in fact it passes by without knowing it.

My brother was an exchange student at first, and then he was left behind. He seldom came back, and would occasionally make a phone call. When I entered my senior year, my brother came back and brought a girl with him. It's not particularly beautiful, but it's very attractive and makes people feel very comfortable. I feel happy. My brother and I are in the corner of the sky and the sea. My brother is in such a strange place, and there is such a serious, gentle and meticulous sister-in-law Come to take care of him, I think I am very relieved.

I also get along very well with my sister-in-law. My brother lived in the apartment after he came back. My sister-in-law’s home is in city B where I went to college, but she would come over every day to prepare delicious meals for us, and then go outside with my brother. , or watch me draw quietly, sometimes, I will see her looking at me in the interval of drawing, it seems to be troubled and complicated, and she seems to want to cry, I look at her puzzled, but she He patted my head and didn't say anything, and I couldn't ask any more questions.

My sister-in-law is not around, and when my brother is around, I occasionally paint and accompany him. He rarely talks, and mostly looks at me or my paintings quietly.

Before leaving, my brother asked me, Xiao Li, have you thought about what you will do after graduation?

I was a little dazed, I hadn't thought about this question, so I had no choice but to answer, I haven't thought it through yet, I'll talk about it later.

My brother looked at me with some concern, and told me to tell him whether I wanted to continue reading, come out to find a job, or have other plans.

My sister-in-law opened her arms, and I hugged her a little cautiously. My sister-in-law smiled and said, take care of yourself.

Looking at my brother and sister-in-law, I wanted to cry a little, but I held back. I just said that my brother and sister-in-law should also take care of themselves.

My brother looked at me, the bright light in memory was gone, only the bottomless black was left in his eyes, and he couldn't see clearly.

The sister-in-law nodded and took her brother's hand into the security check.

There are not many people in the hall of the international airport, but there are also many people. Standing here, I just feel that it is empty.

Is life just constructed by separation again and again, we see those people stay away, powerless, so we can only bless them, and then leave sadly.

When I got home, the house was also empty. At the beginning, I didn’t feel much alone, but I was left alone after being accompanied by someone, but I felt a little lonely.

I spread out the drawing paper and started to draw, drawing the blue sky and a bird flying alone in the sky.

When the Second Teaching was in class, there was a poster in the hall of the Second Teaching that I was very interested in. I looked at it carefully. It was a lecture on the restoration of cultural relics. The poster was very antique, and it was made by B It was organized by the city museum. I checked the time and found that it did not conflict with my time, so I went to listen.

There are a lot of people who come to the lecture, most of them are freshmen, freshmen, and sophomores. There is no anxiety about work or postgraduate entrance exams. They always want to listen to interesting things. I sit at the end Looking at the gray-haired old man in front of him talking about the restoration of ancient books, his speech speed is very slow, and what he said is actually not interesting. Many parts are obscure, and many students have already sneaked away. I sat in the back and found it very interesting, until the old man talked about the mounting and restoration of ancient calligraphy and paintings, I ran to the front to find an empty seat and sat down.

I feel like my eyes are twinkling.

At the end of the lecture, I stayed and asked the old man, teacher, that I would like to work there.

The old man's gaze shot at me through the reading glasses, and there was some sharp taste. Our work is tiring, the salary is low, and it takes a lifetime to do it. Young man, can you bear this kind of hardship?

I nod, I can.

Maybe I did not hesitate to please the other party. The corner of the other party's mouth slightly curled up into a smile, and motioned for a middle-aged man in his 30s to come over and let me talk to him. I will tell him about my situation. up.

He thought about it, asked me about my major and grades, and asked me some other questions, and then told me that they had a nationwide recruitment in October this year, and he would go to participate at that time, and gave me the contact information.

I nodded, very happy.

In many cases, the change of expectations or a certain decision may just be caused by an accident, just like I didn’t know about the existence of the cultural relics restoration industry before, but I went to listen to that lecture on a random idea , thus determining the direction of my life.

The location of the interview is in several old houses behind the museum. The red house is covered with vines, and there are several layers of courtyards outside. The courtyard walls are very high, and the courtyard is full of trees. Low, no more than outside the courtyard wall, there are even two birds in the yard, singing very crisply, time here seems quiet and slow, with the taste of the years and years of flowing water, I saw these, I made up my mind no matter what I have to come here to work anyway.

The competition is not fierce, and there are very few people participating in the recruitment, because the restoration of cultural relics pays attention to the inheritance of masters and apprentices, and it is a lifetime when you come in. On the one hand, there may be few people who know this existence, and on the other hand, it requires corresponding professionals.

Unsurprisingly, I received an interview and was accepted the next day, and I even hoped that I could do an internship for a while before graduation.

I agreed, and I really wanted to come. The counselor was very surprised when he heard that I had found a job quietly. The procedures were processed very quickly, and I ran away after three days.Before I went, I called my brother, and my brother was silent for a long time before saying, since you have chosen, then do it well.

I happily agreed.

City B is an ancient and modern city, and the traffic jam is very serious. I got up very early to get there.It's a bit far on foot, and there will be traffic jams on the bus. I think I'd better buy a bicycle.