Monsoon

"I stood on the pier, watching the surging tide, taking away the yellow sand, the seagulls in the water preparing to take off, and the sound of the whistle from the ferry coming to me from afar. I don't know if you will come."

—— Ji Chi

Fang Tang bought a bag of "Daqianmen" and walked towards the rental house. The alley was full of swill smell. After walking for a while, it turned out that a worker knocked over the swill bucket, and a large puddle of stinking water lay in it. Two dead mice turned up their bellies, and one mouse's head had been run over by a car, revealing its thick white brain.

Outside the bungalow next door, a woman with a big wave was leaning against the door and smoking a cigarette. She looked at Fang Tang with a smile in the smoke. When Fang Tang passed by, the woman blew a loud whistle towards his back. frivolous means.

The man and the woman walked out the door while fighting, the man was swearing, the woman was beating the man while crying, the man was impatient and threw the woman to the ground and walked away, the woman was crying tremblingly, swearing all the time if.

Fang Tang walked slowly, took apart the cigarette, took one out and held it in his mouth, biting the cigarette holder carefully, but it never lit.

He walked into the dark corridor and was about to take out his mobile phone for lighting, but when he pressed it, it was still dark, which seemed to be out of battery.He put the phone back again, and grabbed the dry wooden handrail and climbed up the stairs.

Arrived, he judged by feel.

As soon as he looked up, a figure squatted at the door of his rental house, with a faint red star point in his mouth, and he was smoking.

When he got closer, he realized who he knew.

"Jiang Xu."

Jiang Xu stood up unsteadily: "Boss."

Fang Tang groped for a long time before he took out the key to open the door. Jiang Xu stepped aside consciously and put out the cigarette.

After entering the door, Fang Tang took a few steps and sat on the sofa, leaning against the back of the sofa in a comfortable position.

"Have you been drinking?" Fang Tang lit a cigarette, took a puff, and closed his eyes.

"Drink some." Jiang Xu buried his head and stood in front of Fang Tang.

"Sit down." Fang Tang pointed to the side.

"No, boss."

"What do you want from me?" Fang Tang bowed, dragged the trash can with new bags over, and shook the ashes in it.

"A few days ago, the account was successful. In addition to paying us as much money as agreed, the employer also paid some extra money."

Fang Tang gave a "hmm" and said, "You told me the day before yesterday."

Jiang Xu didn't speak.

"What do you want to ask me?"

"What is our cooperation with the Eastern District?" Jiang Xu couldn't see Fang Tang's face clearly in the darkness, so he stood forward.

"You don't need to know for now."

"Even I can't say it?" Jiang Xu's voice was a little lost.

"Yes." Fang Tang took another puff of cigarette.

"Then you and Boss Ji—"

"Don't ask if you shouldn't, I told you."

"Boss, you shouldn't be like this!" Jiang Xu's voice became very excited, "We have never had any contact with the East District, and the sudden frequent contact will make Beizhen chaotic."

"You don't know." Fang Tang took a few more puffs of the cigarette, snuffed out the butt, and threw it into the trash can.

"I don't know." Jiang Xu said sullenly, "I don't know about you and Ji Chi, but you are the boss of the West District, and what you do affects our entire district!"

"You drank too much, Jiang Xu."

"Then you can treat me as a drunkard, just as you can ignore what I say. I just remind you, as for whether you need to adopt it or not, isn't it you who always make the decision?"

Jiang Xu pointed at Fang Tang when he was excited.

Seeing Jiang Xu like this, Fang Tang immediately kicked the trash can hard. The plastic trash can was broken into pieces, bounced off the wall, and fell down again, breaking into smaller pieces. came out and landed on the ground.

"Which onion are you? Jiang Xu." Fang Tang raised his voice and scolded angrily.

Jiang Xu was stunned, stunned by the yelling, staggered a few steps, opened the door and left shaking: "Yeah, I'm nothing, boss." His voice was low.

The door was slammed heavily, and the word "Fu" on the door finally fell to the ground.

Fang Tang fell weakly on the sofa, he opened his eyes, his gaze could reach the balcony, the few clothes that Ji Chi washed had already dried, and he hadn't had time to put them away.

When Fang Tang went to the hospital, Aunt Li had just come out of the inpatient department.

"Long Tang." Aunt Li saw Fang Tang from a long distance, and waved to him with a smile on her face.

"Aunt Li, why are you here?" Fang Tang came to Aunt Li.

"Let's see how your grandfather is recovering. Today, my family made chicken soup and sent some over."

"Oh, thank you."

"Your friend is also inside. He was there when I went, peeling apples for your grandpa."

Fang Tang nodded.

"I'm leaving. Your Uncle Li is waiting for me to go back and wash the dishes." Aunt Li looked at her watch.

"Goodbye, Aunt Li."

"Goodbye."

Fang Tang told Tan Tan, Guangzi and Jiang Xu about his grandfather's hospitalization, but when he heard that a friend had come, he hardly thought about it, and immediately thought that Ji Chi was here.

He went up to the sixth floor and walked slowly towards the ward.

Before he got close, he heard the sound of talking.

"The water quality is particularly good this year, and experts are optimistic about this year's seafood harvest."

"Haha, I guess that's the case. You can tell by taking a sip of sea water. This is a skill that we veteran craftsmen have cultivated after accumulating experience."

"Yes, grandpa is amazing!"

"Xiao Ji, your family may also make a lot of money this year."

"I don't care much about the family business."

"You children, you only read sage books, you still have to care about the price."

"Grandpa is right. When I go back, I will copy the newspapers in recent days three times."

Grandpa's hearty laughter came from the ward.

Fang Tang walked to the door of 605 and did not go in. From the window, he saw Ji Chi sitting by the bed, holding a newspaper in his hand, reading to his grandfather one by one, and his grandfather was leaning comfortably against the wall.

After Ji Chi read a sentence, they discussed for a while, mainly grandpa was talking, and Ji Chi listened with a smile, and occasionally said a few words.

Ji Chi read another article. He put down the newspaper and brought the thermos from the cabinet next to him.

He took a spoonful and tasted it with his mouth: "Grandpa, it's not hot anymore, it's ready to drink."

Grandpa smiled and took the thermos.

"There's no more paper. Grandpa, I'll go downstairs and buy some paper." Ji Chi instructed, "You've just eaten, so don't drink too much, or your stomach will swell."

After Ji Chi finished speaking, he got up and walked towards the door. As soon as he went out, he saw Fang Tang at the door.

"Uh——" Ji Chi obviously didn't expect Fang Tang to come over suddenly, he was a little surprised, but soon he smiled, "Fang Tang, let's chat for a while."

There were not many people in the small garden of the hospital, and Ji Chi and Fang Tang walked side by side.

After walking for a while, they didn't speak.

"I'm sorry that day." Ji Chi said.

Fang Tang stretched out his hand and pulled a leaf from the nearby bush, holding it in his hand: "I'm not angry."

"You're angry, I know." Ji Chi turned his head to look at Fang Tang.

Fang Tang didn't answer his words.

"Let's not quarrel and live a good life." Ji Chi said again.

live...

Do you have a good time...

This word was too unfamiliar to Fang Tang, and he chewed it many times in his heart.

"Boss Ji, you are so childish." Fang Tang couldn't help but speak.

Unexpectedly, Ji Chi looked at him with a smile: "Fortunately, he is not mentally handicapped, I know Fang Tang is my partner."

Fang Tang quickened his pace and threw Ji Chi behind.

Grandpa asked Fang Tang to bring Ji Chi home, and asked Ji Chi to bring some bottles of crab sauce for his parents to taste.

Fang Tang had to do it even if he had a million reluctances in his heart. The relationship between Ji Chi and his grandfather was already very good. As long as he didn't have classes, he would run here and spend more time in the hospital than Fang Tang.

"Going back to our house."

"It's my home, not yours."

"All the same, all the same."

Along the way, Ji Chi kept talking about the funny things that happened when he was guarding his grandfather in the hospital, the recent changes in the east and west districts, and even teased Fang Tang with some jokes he heard from school. Fang Tang thought he was too noisy. Chi fell silent amid Fang Tang's scolding.

The hospital is a little far from home, and the trails are difficult to walk. When it rains, the place is muddy, people can't walk steadily, and their feet are slippery.It rained some time ago, and these days are sunny, the sun shines, and the road quickly dries up, only the hay that was carried along the road by the motorcycle falls in the middle of the road, and there are dried cows beside the road. The dung, the smell has been carried away by the rain.

"arrive."

They went down the slope and walked to Fang Tang's house.Ji Chi saw from a distance that the sea was not far behind Fang Tang's yard, and the blue sea was shining with light.

"It's so romantic." Ji Chi sighed silently.

Fang Tang opened the fence of the yard: "Come in."

Ji Chi followed in and looked at the yard. The house on the mound seemed to be old for a certain period of time. The ground in the yard was also loess, which was slowly drying out. The roof was made of blue-black tiles, and there were a few swallows under the eaves. Nest, no swallows.Kelp is drying on the clothesline in the middle of the yard, and the kelp is covered with white mold spots.

Walking into a bedroom, there is a bed in it, and the bed is covered with a transparent plastic sheet, which has accumulated a lot of wall dust.Next to the bed is a carved mahogany cabinet, which has been eaten by moths, and the door cannot be closed, and has been left open.

In this room, there is only one bed and one cupboard.

"It's nothing to see." Fang left the bedroom door after leaving a sentence.

When Ji Chi came out to the yard, Fang Tang had already packed several bottles of crab sauce, and used a red bag that originally contained wine.The pockets are tied tightly.

"I heard from grandpa that the roof is leaking?" Ji Chi asked.

"The heavy rain tore off the tiles, and they haven't been repaired yet. I will also repair the roof when I come back." After Fang Tang finished speaking, he went to the warehouse to move the ladder out.

"I'll do it." Ji Chi and Fang Tang arrived at the leaking point.

"What are you doing here?" Fang Tang glanced at Ji Chi.

"Fix the roof."

As soon as Ji Chi finished speaking, he pulled Fang Tang aside and stood in front of the built ladder.

He pressed down the ladder to make sure it was stable, and climbed up with both hands on the ladder.

"Can you fix it?" Fang Tang expressed doubts.

Ji Chi released it more briskly, and climbed to the top in a short while.

Fang Tang supported the ladder with both hands and looked up.

The corner of Ji Chi's clothes was lifted by a gust of wind. Fang Tang saw that smooth skin wrapped strong muscles on Ji Chi's back. He lowered his head and held onto the ladder tightly.

"Okay." Ji Chi moved down slowly, "Get out of the way, or I'll kick you."

Fang Tang remained motionless: "There is still a long way to go. If you want to go to the hospital like my grandfather, I don't need to help you."

Ji Chi didn't say anything more.

In the last few steps, Ji Chi jumped down, and he stood up: "Am I formidable?"

"It's great to be able to repair a roof. How low are you asking yourself." Fang Tang was not polite.

Ji Chi smiled.

"Ji Chi, do you know how to light a fire?" Fang Tang yelled at Ji Chi.

"Less likely."

"It's never burned."

"Ah."

After Fang Tang finished washing and hanging Grandpa's clothes, it was lunch time.

Food is delivered to Grandpa's ward every day, and he and the uncle who delivered the food have also had a heated conversation recently, so they don't need to rush back at all.Fang Tang asked Ji Chi if he would eat seafood noodles, Ji Chi was very excited and hurriedly said he liked it.

Fang Tang asked Ji Chi to burn firewood, and Ji Chi did so, but the fire that had just started was quickly extinguished. Fang Tang finally couldn't bear it anymore and drove Ji Chi out of the kitchen.

Fang Tang cooked for himself inside, and Ji Chi was very useful. When he got out of the kitchen, he walked slowly around the yard by himself.

As soon as Fang Tang came back, he opened all the rooms for ventilation, but when Ji Chi walked to a door, the lock was still hanging, and it was locked three times.

Ji Chi touched the biggest lock, dust had accumulated on it, it seemed that the door hadn't been opened for a long time.

"The weather forecast says there will be thunderstorms." Ji Chi picked up a piece of chopstick noodles and put them in his mouth.

"Oh." Fang Tang didn't lift his head.

"It will be ready in a while." Ji Chi chewed the noodles carefully, "Boss Fang, the noodles you made are really delicious."

"I can't get down." Fang Tang said.

But the voice just fell.

"Boom--" There was thunder in the distance, and after a while, the thunder became louder and louder, like fireworks exploding in the sky, and in an instant, heavy rain fell, and dark clouds filled the entire sky in an instant, and the sky changed It was gloomy.

Ji Chi smiled and pointed to the puddles that quickly accumulated in the yard, and asked Fang Tang, "What should I do? It's easy to get into trouble when I go back. It seems that I'm going to stay here tonight."

After Fang Tang finished eating the noodles, he turned and sat facing the yard, looking at the sky.

The rain will not stop for a while, and the road will be very dangerous if you bite the bullet and rush back.

"I'll make your bed, you sleep in the room next to me."

After speaking, Fang Tang stood up and took the bowl into the kitchen.

Looking at Fang Tang's reluctantly dawdling back, Ji Chi kept laughing "hehe".

"I'm looking forward to it!" Ji Chi shouted towards the kitchen.

"We'll leave when the rain stops later."

Voices from the kitchen echoed him.