I am very poor

As the end of the new year approaches, it seems that people on the street have pressed the fast-forward button and are in a hurry.And not in small groups, at least in pairs.

Gu Cheng squatted on the side of the road and looked at the various couplets, New Year pictures, and blessing characters spread out on the ground, but he still didn't buy them in the end.

There are still four days before the Chinese New Year, and there is no need to worry now.Moreover, if he is alone, it seems that there is no need to post these?

Think of it as saving money.

Gu Cheng casually found a reason, and let go of his fingers holding the wallet.

He was wearing a white corduroy coat with a fluffy collar turned out, looking very warm.

Just in the afternoon, there was a little snow in the sky, and another layer of white was spread on his furry collar.

Knowing that Huo Yu was going to Australia for the New Year, Gu Cheng left early this morning.

Huo Yufei was in a daze and didn't wake up, but when he heard him say "go home", he immediately sat up and said he wanted to see him off.Seeing him sleepy like this, Gu Cheng said no, then got up and got dressed.

He moves very neatly.Huo Yufei quickly got out of bed, washed his face hastily, and ran out with a few drops of water on his forehead.

"I'll see you off." Huo Yufei said.

Then he drove the other party to the downstairs of Lama Temple.

He was originally worried that Gu Cheng would live outside instead of living at home, so he had to supervise him going upstairs.Gu Cheng saw his small thoughts, and patted Huo Yufei's head on the co-pilot a little funny.

"Then I'll go up?" He said without moving.

Huo Yufei gave a "hmm" and scratched the steering wheel twice with his fingers.It seemed that the two were inseparable all this time, and he was a little worried when he suddenly left the other alone.

Neither of them spoke, Gu Cheng smiled first, stretched out his hand to unbuckle his seat belt, and put his hand on the car door.

"Keep in touch, okay?"

Huo Yufei nodded and said "Okay", but at the same time locked the car door.

Gu Cheng felt that the other party had a childish temper, but he actually felt happy because of it. Gu Cheng felt that this was not good, so he didn't show it: "Aren't you in a hurry to go back?"

Although the time is still very early, it is early enough for him to go upstairs and sleep again, but after hearing Guan Lei's confirmation of the itinerary yesterday, Gu Cheng knew that the other party would be very busy all day long.

But he saw Huo Yufei lying on the steering wheel and turned his head: "I don't know when I will be back."

Gu Cheng let out a "hmm".

His clear eyes stared at each other.

Huo Yufei stretched out a hand in front of him and compared: "Maybe it will take a week, two weeks, or half a month, or a month."

Gu Cheng stretched out his hand to hold the hand dangling in front of his eyes, and nodded again, indicating that he understood.

Huo Yufei twitched his paw, but he didn't pull it out. He still couldn't help emphasizing: "It may be a long time."

Gu Cheng finally laughed out loud.

When he laughed, his eyes became tender and unnatural.

But the tone was full of ridicule: "Little Huo Yufei, are you acting like a baby?"

Huo Yufei didn't blush at all, he was very righteous: "Don't you miss me?"

Gu Cheng was overjoyed, he smiled at him and nodded perfunctorily: "I will. I really miss you."

Huo Yufei expressed disbelief: "You didn't say goodbye to me properly."

Gu Cheng immediately took his hand and kissed it on his lips, then looked at him again, as if to say, is this okay?

May I?

Of course not!

Huo Yufei never expected that Gu Cheng would not be reluctant to part with him at all.

Shouldn't shouldn't.

He was sprawled over the steering wheel, his hair a little messy.

With a serious tone, what he said still sounded like a baby to Gu Cheng's ears: "I will be very busy over there, and I may not be able to contact you often."

As soon as this sentence was finished, he was kissed.

Gu Cheng couldn't help but kissed the other party, but he didn't go deep, just stayed on his lips, felt the tight and soft touch, and then withdrew his body.

Then he opened the car door and said "goodbye" to the other party.

A few hours later, Gu Cheng, who woke up after sleeping, stayed in the empty bedroom for a while, then went downstairs to find something to eat.

Even if he just came back from the big castle-like house to this small one-bedroom apartment, Gu Cheng didn't feel it was too crowded.

Because without Huo Yufei...and Caesar, the house became more than a little empty.

There are more old houses on the side of Lama Temple, which is a completely different feeling. Although there are people coming and going on the street, there is less fireworks.

After all, the New Year is almost here.

The shops on both sides of the street have also closed their shops one after another, except for some New Year's goods stores that have to persist until the last day.So Gu Cheng searched around but couldn't find a decent restaurant, so he had no choice but to buy a la carte and bring it back.

Occasionally, he would be a little lazy, for example, when he was alone, he didn't bother to go out or cook.

Gu Cheng actually didn't really want to eat it, but he still remembered to take good care of his body before going out and downstairs.

The temperature outside was still very low, and after returning home it was cold, Gu Cheng changed his shoes and started washing vegetables and cooking.After a simple meal, it was completely dark outside the window.

A small lamp in a warm color is lit above the table in the dining room, which makes the rest of the room almost blend with the outside of the window.He sat at the table for a while, then moved himself onto the sofa again.

He likes things that are warm and bright, so he turns on the light.

But it still doesn't feel warm enough or bright enough.

The bright light in the room is reflected on the glass, and the dark night outside the window spans most of City B, until on the runway lit up with a series of ground lights, the plane glides slowly, getting faster and faster, and finally takes off into the sky .

Australia is no stranger to Huo Yufei.

Although he lives and studies in Mexico City, he often travels around on weekends or holidays, and because many of his favorite entertainment needs to climb to the top or dive into the bottom of the sea, so he may have a deeper understanding of this land than City B. .

But this time, Huo Yufei was not familiar with the place they were going to.

Except for the New Year's Eve of Huaguo every year, he seldom comes here.

Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, has a long coastline and itself is located in the coastal basin between the Pacific Ocean and the Blue Mountains.It has the world's largest natural harbor, Port Jackson, and more than 70 harbors and beaches.And because Sydney has a subtropical humid climate, it rains all year round and the temperature is neither too hot nor too cold. The climate is very pleasant, much better than Mexico City, and has attracted many immigrants.

The Huo family has been operating here for decades, with luxuriant branches and deep roots.

Huo Zhangzuo's residence is located in a small bay at the foot of Bellevue Mountain. It is a small house, more like a holiday villa. It is adjacent to Sydney Harbor on one side and surrounded by mountains on the other. The building is separated from the outside world by woods and grass. A ten-minute walk is the continuous private beach.Huo Zhangzuo is getting old, and the humid climate on the coast is not very suitable for him, but Huo Zhangzuo likes it very much.Every morning, along the wooden ladder plank road built on the stone, I go down to the coast for a walk and enjoy the sea breeze.

The temperature here in January is not low, Huo Qidong said with a smile that the weather here is still good as soon as he got off the plane.

Huo Yufei smiled and said, "That's why I stayed here all the time."

Huo Qidong hugged his younger son's shoulders and joked: "So what now? Do you still want to come back?"

Huo Yufei just smiled and stopped talking.

They drove directly to the main entrance, and when they got out of the car, they could see the humid and fresh air of Sydney.

It's a... really amazing building.

At least from the outside, you can't tell where its entrance is and where its windows are.Its roof is high and low, with occasional peaks and peaks. It does not belong to any architectural genre, and it does not even have any fixed shape. The rough-looking logs are connected by extremely delicate metal components, just like a living thing that can run and move. On the mechanical node, there is a contradictory aesthetic feeling.

It is impossible for you to remember the specific shape of this kind of building at once.

But Huo Qidong immediately noticed that the facade seemed to have changed a bit, and asked the housekeeper about it while going upstairs.

The housekeeper replied that it was true that the façade decoration was newly done, and the central constant temperature system was also updated.As soon as they entered the door, they felt very warm, and everything they saw was decorated with New Year's decorations, which looked very lively and full of New Year's flavor.

The size of this villa is not small, but compared to the beach, forest and grassland it sits on, it seems a bit too small.The main body of the building has three floors, and many independent small suites built on rocks are connected in series through corridors.

The whole first floor is a connected living room, living area, and entertainment area. These different functional areas are distinguished by high and low floors, and they are connected by steps made of treated logs.

The floor height of the first floor of the building is very high, at least six meters, and the beamless floor is supported by free-stretching wooden beam columns that approximate an inverted cone shape. Countless thin wooden beams gradually open, stretch, and In the end, they are woven together to support the entire seamless ceiling. Some places are transparent, and diamond-shaped light beams will shine in during the day, while dense milky white stars can be seen at night.

Even though it was not the first time he came to this place, Huo Yufei still found it very magical, a bit like a fairy tale.

Yet when he first visited more than a decade ago, the place was nothing like this.

Huo Zhangzuo was studying business at the University of Pennsylvania, but he liked to attend design classes very much. He had a good relationship with the Chinese who were studying at the University of Pennsylvania at that time.At that time, the status of Chinese people abroad was not high, and they were often discriminated against. Huo Zhangzuo often found various reasons to help his peers.In fact, the Huo family was in a delicate situation in China at that time, and was transferring family assets abroad through various channels, but Huo Zhangzuo always regarded himself as a Chinese, and many Chinese who worked hard in Feili at that time received his help.

And he also funded and advocated the establishment of the first Chinese United Self-improvement Association in the United States at that time, and this organization has been developed until now.However, due to many considerations, Huo Zhangzuo's name was removed from the list of founders.

But so far, the Huo family is the biggest patron of the Huaqiang Association.

And Huo Zhangzuo himself has been interested in art and design since his youth, but he cannot let himself go free due to family responsibilities.After Huo Qiming gradually took over and was able to provide for his life, he began to operate on his own house.

This small villa was originally designed by a friend of Huo Zhangzuo when he was studying at Penn University. Huo Zhangzuo has modified it many times and made many problems.In the end, the structural engineer was worried and had to come for a safety inspection every two months.

His friend has long been an internationally renowned Chinese architect, and he has always been worried about this. Once he simply said to him, "It's better to tear it down and rebuild it."

Huo Zhangzuo really knocked down the house and rebuilt it completely according to his own design.In many places, the structure could not be realized at the beginning. He personally communicated with the structural engineer, and even taught himself structural mechanics, imitating Wright's design of the headquarters building of Johnson Wax Company, and proposed the idea of ​​the roof support they see now. , and finally spent a lot of financial and material resources, and finally realized.

It is said that Huo Zhangzuo also sent this support structure to a mechanical laboratory in Europe for a load stability limit test, and then applied for a patent with the test certificate.

But the application seems to be rejected?

Of course, no one has ever used this to ask him for proof.

Huo Zhangzuo was not there when they arrived.

Ms. Song was a little airsick, so she went upstairs to rest as soon as she got home.

The Chinese community in Sydney is very large. Huo Zhangzuo went fishing with a friend yesterday, and he will not be back until tonight.

Huo Qidong nodded after learning about it, and did not ask the housekeeper to contact his father. After resting at home for a while, he changed his clothes and went out.

Song Yulai was very happy, and took Huo Yufei to accompany her around.

I went to the University of Sydney first, and Song Yulai considered studying here.Relatively speaking, the Chinese cultural circle in Sydney is still quite prosperous, and there are many Chinese faces in the University of Sydney.

Huo Yufei and Song Yulai walked around and chatted casually.

Huo Yufei asked her: "Are you really planning to study here?"

"I don't like the United States, and I don't want to go to Europe. The range of choices is very small." As for Japan, it has never been considered.

In fact, in the early years, Huo's cooperation with Japan was very close.But Huo Zhangzuo was considered a "progressive youth" when he was young, and now he is an "angry youth" with some racist "prejudice" against Japan. After taking over Huo's, the cooperation with Japan was almost completely cut off.Of course, this is also due to the historical environment at that time.

But when Huo Qiming arrived, the situation changed.Gradually carried out many important business with Japan.

But the younger generation, such as Huo Yubo, Huo Yushou, and Song Yulai, who grew up with Huo Zhangzuo, were instilled with a lot of "racist" ideas by Huo Zhangzuo.Huo Qidong later found out that his father actually told these things in a serious manner to a child who was only a few years old, and he was a little bit dumbfounded.

Huo Yufei thought of something, and asked Song Yulai: "Aren't you going to graduate next year? Then where is your little boyfriend?"

When he talked about his boyfriend, his tone was a little teasing and a little casual.

Song Yulai corrected: "Yufei, don't say that."

Huo Yufei smiled naturally: "Why, did I say something wrong?"

Song Yulai said: "Yin Zhe is my boyfriend, you should respect him more."

Huo Yufei immediately said: "Then Gu Cheng is also my boyfriend, and I hope you can respect him."

They all knew that Huo Yufei was talking about Song Yulai's attitude towards Gu Cheng.Although it looked very polite and polite, it was actually not taken seriously at all.

Song Yulai defended himself: "I have never objected to you."

She paused for a few seconds, squinted her eyes and smiled, "Of course I have no right to object."

Her words were originally based on retreat, with a bit of coquettishness, but Huo Yufei was silent for a while, nodded with a smile and said, "Indeed."

Students coming and going shuttled past them.

Song Yulai was surprised and speechless at first, but then he became a little sad: "Yufei, have you never forgiven me and elder brother?"

Huo Yufei's eyes drifted to the top of the clock tower of Sydney University, and then to the clear and far-reaching sky.

In his usual cynical tone, he finally became a little serious: "Sister, don't say that, you and elder brother have never been sorry to me, I love you both very much."

Huo Yufei refocused his attention on Song Yulai: "But sister, I also love Gu Cheng very much, just like I love myself. He is very important to me, and sometimes even more important than myself. So, Sister, can you treat him like you treat me?"

Their conversation ends here.

When the two returned to Huo Zhangzuo's house at the foot of Bellevue Hill, the sky was completely dark.

The dark sea surface looks indistinct under the gloomy sky, and occasionally a small wind blows, which can cause slight waves.

Huo Yufei and Song Yulai got out of the car and walked towards the magic house with warm lights on.

No matter how many times I come here, every time I feel like I have opened the door to the magical world.

Thinking of this, he turned around and said to Song Yulai while walking backwards into the house.

Then he heard an old but powerful voice behind him, happily saying: "Then stay a few days longer!"

As soon as Huo Yufei turned his head, he saw his elder brother sitting on the thick red sofa, his clothes were slightly wrinkled and dusty, obviously he had just got off the plane.

And opposite him, sat a white-haired old man.

He was smiling and looking in the direction of the door.

And his smiling appearance is a bit like Huo Yufei's.