mountain sleep

Yao Ge hasn't returned to Kawashima City for two years. Before that, he spent the New Year at his grandma's house. This year he finally agreed to go back to his grandfather's house.He and Xu Zihang made an appointment to meet in the afternoon, but when he stood downstairs at his house, he was still in a daze.

Why were fire hydrants so short before?The Shaxian snack at the door seems to have moved away and turned into a flower shop.

"Yao Ge?"

Xu Zihang called out uncertainly to the person who was wearing a peaked cap and leaning against the doorpost of the flower shop with a popsicle in his mouth a few steps away.

"Hey." Yao Ge raised his hand to move his hat, and stood up straight.

Xu Zihang didn't seem to have changed, he was wearing a bright yellow coat, a black turtleneck sweater connected to the border of his jaw, and his facial features were more angular than before.

"In such a cold day, you can still eat." Xu Zihang and Yao Ge stretched their brows when they met each other, put those unfamiliar worries behind them, and grinned unconsciously, "Is it cold, you. "

"It's okay." Yao Ge followed him and smiled, and the familiar dimples surfaced again.

"What's more, did you see that I was angry when I spoke?" Xu Zihang naturally raised his hand to take the stick in his hand, and thrust it into the corner where several bags of garbage were piled up on the ground, "Let's go, let's go eat something hot."

Yao Ge licked the remaining saccharin on his lips, put his fingers that were exposed outside and were reddened by the cold air into his pocket, and said hello.

"What do you want to eat?"

"It's all right."

"Don't do anything, then I don't know..." Xu Zihang took two steps forward, distanced himself from Yao Ge, and felt that Yao Ge was walking slowly, so he paused for a while, waiting for Yao Ge to catch up Then I put my arms around his shoulders like I did when I was a child, "Let me take you to the newly opened pizza shop, do you often eat it in Naicheng? It just opened last year, and it was packed. Fortunately, it is now in the afternoon and evening. There's no place all the time."

Yao Ge really seldom eats. There is a nanny cooking at home, and Yang Yiwen stays with her at home when she can't go out to socialize. Only when his father comes to visit him will he have the opportunity to eat out.

"Okay." Yao Ge was led to take two steps, looked down and saw Xu Zihang's shoes, they were a pair of ordinary canvas shoes, when he turned his head, Xu Zihang, who couldn't help sneaking glances at him, turned his head in a panic.

"Don't you wear shoes?"

"Oh." Xu Zihang rubbed his nose, "You can't wear what you gave me casually, of course, when it's Chinese New Year, it will be my new shoes for this year's Chinese New Year." Speaking of this, he couldn't hold back his excitement, " By the way, have you bought all the new clothes for the New Year?"

"I bought it, how about you?"

"I was dragged out by my mother yesterday and just bought it! Let me tell you, it's handsome." Xu Zihang gestured with his hand in the air, "The baseball uniform is red and black. Here, there is a black line on the back. The embroidered Milky Way, paired with the shoes you gave me." Xu Zihang flicked Yao Ge's hat and raised his eyebrows proudly, "I am the number one punk in Absolute Experimental Middle School."

"Pfft..." Yao Ge didn't expect him to say these two words, and he couldn't help opening his mouth to mock, "You are still punk, do you know what punk means?"

"I don't know." Xu Zihang learned some new rock and roll words in order to search for the songs that Yao Ge liked. He learned the words, but he didn't understand the connotation at all. "What rebellion? Haha, whatever. What the hell."

Yao Ge was amused by his answer: "Your answer is quite punk."

The sense of familiarity scattered in a certain time and space is released in the laughter at this moment, and the hands in the pockets gradually warm up.

The two of them finally sat in the warm and bright room. After ordering the order, Xu Zihang sat down, took the paper and wiped it from Yao Ge's face to his own, then leaned on the table and stared at Yao Ge with his face propped up.Yao Ge's nickname in elementary school, Young Master, suddenly popped into his head.

Yao Ge's clothes are different from what they wear here, and I can't tell what the difference is, but he looks like he is from a big city, and his gestures and gestures reveal a pampered and refined look.Hey, I didn't learn the language well, and I can't describe it even if I think about it.

Holding the water glass, Yao Ge was uncomfortable with his motionless eyes: "Look what I'm doing."

"I said, don't wear a hat indoors." Xu Zihang stretched out his hand to take off his hat, Yao Ge said "Hi", covered his head with both hands and tidied his hair, the hat was warmly covered by him, Xu Zihang stretched his hands in ,"Comfortable."

"Is the cup of noodles on Shangxi Street still open?"

"Open, but I haven't been there for a long time." Xu Zihang was talking, when the cheese and ham pizza came, he distributed two disposable gloves to Yao Ge, "It's very hot, be careful - eat it later After that, if you want to eat a cup of noodles, let's go around, I don't know if there is still winter vacation."

"Okay." Yao Ge said thank you, and carefully held the edge of a piece of pizza to pick it up. It was still very hot when it was just out of the oven, and the cheese pulled out long strands. Xu Zihang instructed him to put it in his mouth quickly.

Yao Ge put the tip of the pizza into his mouth. The milk was rich and the dough was soft. He nodded towards Xu Zihang who was looking at him expectantly, affirming: "Delicious."

Xu Zihang saw the tomato red sauce sticking to the corner of his mouth, and handed it over with a piece of paper: "Of course, when did I recommend something bad to you?"

"Well, you put it there," Yao Ge occupied both hands, "I'll wipe it later. Why don't you eat it?"

"Mine hasn't come yet, here's what you ordered." He knew that Yao Ge liked to eat tomato sauce, and the cheese and ham made by this shop was a bit sweet and sour, which was not his favorite taste.Xu Zihang raised his hand halfway, and stretched forward again: "Come here, I'll wipe it for you."

"Oh." Not feeling anything wrong, Yao Ge took another bite before moving closer.

Xu Zihang's movements were too light, rubbing against him made him itchy and felt that he didn't clean it up, Yao Ge moved forward and said, "Your movements are a bit heavy, you didn't wipe it clean."

"Aren't you afraid of hurting you?" Xu Zihang stretched out his other hand to fix Yao Ge's head, wiped it twice vigorously, and the red sauce was transferred from Yao Ge's lips to the tissue, "If it's Dong Zai ..." As soon as he said these two words, he came to his senses. He raised his eyes to look at Yao Ge, and seeing that he didn't respond, he quickly changed the subject and stretched his neck to look in the direction of the cashier. "What's wrong with my pizza? Still not here?"

"Are Peng Dong and the others still in the same school as you?" Yao Ge lowered his head and took a sip of Coca-Cola, looking at Xu Zihang very frankly, "And Lin Ruiding."

In fact, Yao Ge didn't have any negative emotions towards them, he didn't want Xu Zihang to think he was narrow-minded.

"No." Xu Zihang stared at his straw, and couldn't help laughing. Yao Ge was particular about drinking, and the straw always remained the same, unlike him who gnawed crookedly. "They are all from different schools, but Li Chengjin and I are in the same class. , do you remember him?"

To be honest, I can't remember much.Originally, Yao Ge didn't know them very well, and his memory screened out the things he should remember, but he probably had a vague impression, so he hummed.

"Peng Dong and Lin Feng are going to learn physical education together. Do you remember the sports meeting in the fifth grade?" Xu Zihang gestured with open arms, "Only our school bulletin board posted a picture of Peng Dong's eagle spreading its wings, and the picture of him with a nosebleed. Second-rate."

Remember this.On the same day, Yao Zhencheng told him about the divorce.The corners of Yao Ge's mouth turned up slightly, and he nodded playfully: "Well, you fell down that day, and all the essays in class were written about you, I just remember one that said..."

"Hey, hey, don't mention this kind of thing!" Xu Zihang wailed, just as his plate of bacon and green pepper flavor finally arrived, he pushed it forward, separated a piece with a knife and fork, and handed it to Yao Ge's mouth first , "Come here, take a bite to block your mouth - this green pepper is not spicy."

Yao Ge burst out laughing, he laughed a lot today.He took a bite out of Xu Zihang's hand, and belatedly looked down at the almost empty plate in front of him. He hadn't shared food with others for a long time, so he couldn't help feeling a little annoyed that he was only eating his own food: "Do you want to eat it?" mine?"

"No, I come here often." Xu Zihang withdrew his hand, took a bite along Yao Ge's tooth marks, and continued the previous topic, "A-Ding went to No. [-] Middle School, his grades are not good enough. You give it to me His notes helped a lot, otherwise he might not even be able to get into No. [-] Middle School."

"Oh. That's good." Yao Ge propped his elbows on the table, rolled his eyes uncomfortably, and stuffed the last bit of bread into his mouth, his cheeks bulging.What kind of mentality I was two years ago for leaving those review materials is a little vague now, probably because I feel a little guilty and a little angry.However, "the notes you gave me helped a lot", these words spanned two years, and made him loosen a lot of knots.

The palms of the hands were damp from the disposable gloves, and Yao Ge pointed out ten fingers to Xu Zihang: "I'm going to wash my hands first, they feel a little oily."

When he came back from the bathroom, Xu Zihang propped his chin and looked him up and down: "I just wanted to ask you, have you grown taller?"

"Didn't you grow taller too?" After three years, when the topic of height was brought up, Yao Ge could finally feel a little proud, "I grew ten centimeters in the sixth grade, and about 8 centimeters in the first grade of junior high school. Mom says I'll grow because they're both pretty tall."

"I didn't grow much in the sixth grade. In the past two years, I have grown 13.5 centimeters. I often have leg cramps in the middle of the night. It's so annoying!" I said I was so annoying, but in fact, every half centimeter can't be calculated by cutting corners.Xu Zihang fiddled with his Coke straw, which he only dared to drink in secret, "And my mother doesn't let me drink drinks indiscriminately now, I can only drink milk every day."

"Me too, my bones hurt in the middle of the night, and I couldn't sleep for a while." Yao Ge felt the same way. He often kicked his legs hard when he was half asleep and half awake, and he was startled when he stepped on the air. "My nannies have to strictly follow the recipe. , I really hate boiled eggs, you know? I brought the school to my tablemate to eat, and he would eat anything."

Xu Zihang suddenly heard him mentioning other people, he was not used to it, so he asked him, "Are you at the same table? You guys played well?"

"It's not bad, he's very nice." Yao Ge nodded, and suddenly remembered his former tablemate, "By the way, how is Shu Xin?"

"She entered our school, but she wasn't in the same class as me." Xu Zihang finished his pizza, wiped his mouth and hands with a piece of paper.

Yao Ge sat across from him and looked at him. Seeing that he didn't seem to get up, he couldn't help but said, "It's still oily after wiping, hurry up and wash your hands."

"Oh, I'll go later." Xu Zihang dawdled, first stacked the plates after eating, and then wiped off the oil stains on the table, finally finished his work, and then asked the question he wanted to ask, "You, So what, have you been in touch with Li Zhi in recent years?"

"Li Zhi?" Yao Ge was stunned for a while, the name was already very unfamiliar, he shook his head, "No, where is he?"

"I don't know." Xu Zihang breathed a sigh of relief, a little happy, but also a little emotional, "Many people didn't know where to go after graduation and then lost contact. At that time, not many people added QQ."

"Well, I have no contact with my former classmates."

There is only one you.

Yao Ge picked up the hat placed beside the table: "Let's go, wash your hands and then we'll leave."

When I walked out of the store, it was still sunny and not so cold.

"Do you still want a cup of noodles?"

"I don't want to eat, I can't eat anymore." The roadside is full of stalls selling New Year's goods, which are quite lively, Yao Ge asked Xu Zihang, "Where are you going?"

"Do you want to come to my house to play?"

"Okay." Yao Ge didn't have anything in particular he wanted to go to, he hadn't been to Xu Zihang's house for a long time, "Are your parents at home?"

"No, don't worry." Xu Zihang stretched his waist, and the two chatted as they walked, "I feel like I won't be able to eat at night, do you want to eat at my house?"

"No, I'll go to my grandma's house at 05:30, and finally come back."

"Yes. Are you still here during Chinese New Year?"

"Well, you can stay until the first day of the first lunar month, and then go to my grandma's house."

"How is your grandma... treating you now?"

"Actually, it's okay." Yao Ge's father and Aunt Xiaoqin got married when Yao Ge was in the first year of junior high school, and they went to his grandma's house together during the Spring Festival for the past two years. "I just need to stay there for two days."

"Oh." Xu Zihang didn't know what to say, the understatement in Yao Ge's tone made him a little strange, and the appearance of the other party in his memory was still in that long afternoon, "You can come to play with me these days, my year I just went to my grandma's."

"Well," Yao Ge actually doesn't know if he can come out often, Yang Yiwen has assigned him a lot of winter vacation tasks, and he has to spend the rest of the time with his grandparents, "I'll call you if I can come out."

"Okay." Just as Xu Zihang took out the key, the door at the bottom of the building was opened from the inside. Xu Zihang greeted his familiar uncle, "Hello, uncle."

This building is already very old. Fortunately, all the people living here belong to Chen Siyi's unit, and the neighbors are very careful about hygiene.

"It's a bit dark, can you see it?" Xu Zihang tried to turn on the light in the corridor, "The button doesn't work, it will be fine upstairs."

"It's okay. I can see it." Yao Ge pushed him behind him, "Go your way."

"Let me tell you, my dad got a new computer this year." Xu Zihang turned sideways and went upstairs while turning to talk to him, "Notebook, if you want to play with us later, we can play together, even watch movies."

"Let's see next time, I'll stay for another hour and leave."

Yao Ge followed Xu Zihang into the door, and heard him yelling twice to make sure no one was at home.

"Slippers." Xu Zihang himself didn't like to wear slippers, but he was very active when the guests came, "Would you like something to drink? But I don't have any drinks at home, I guess there is yogurt."

"No, didn't this just finish eating?" As soon as Yao Ge entered the door, the sense of time passing in the past two years became more and more obvious.

In the past, Xu Zihang's certificates were still posted, the TV was replaced with a larger one, and the desktop computer in the living room became a small notebook.The goldfish bowl on the shoe cabinet is empty, and there are a few keys in it.A rocking chair was added next to the sofa.

"If you don't play computer games, go to my room."

"it is good."

Xu Zihang's room has also changed, the bed is still the same bed, the direction of the desk has changed by [-] degrees, there are some unknown things piled up on the desk, and all kinds of posters are plastered on the wall.

"Your table has changed direction."

"That's right, my mother said the light is good, but I'm not short-sighted at all, I'm 5.3." Xu Zihang piled up the exam papers, textbooks and novels on the table to make a space, "Don't dislike the mess, the mess in order."

Yao Ge laughed from the bottom of his heart, haven't you always been like this.

"Who put up the posters?"

"You don't know these guys, they are WWE boxers. But you should know Jordan?" Seeing Yao Ge shaking his head in a daze, Xu Zihang let out an exaggerated "wow", couldn't hold back his hand and plucked his hair, "Blind, you put on your shoes every day, and you can't recognize faces!" There were not many chairs in the room, so he patted the bed, "Stop standing, just sit down."

"I don't like playing basketball." Yao Ge defended himself, took off his coat and hugged it in his arms, then patted his pants, "Do you mind if I sit in these pants?"

"What do you mind, mind, how dirty you can be." He is not so particular, not to mention that Yao Ge is the cleanest person he has ever met.Xu Zihang leaned against the desk, took out the new MP4 his father bought for him on a business trip, and shook it, "Do you want to listen to music? What are you listening to?"

"You can let it go, I can do it."

"I have both of those bands you like, and I downloaded them both."

"No, just let Jay Chou go." Yao Ge put his butt against the edge of the bed, and put his hands on his knees neatly, "You still like Jay Chou?"

"I like it, have you listened to his new song this year?" Xu Zihang picked out a random song, clicked on random play, then sat next to Yao Ge, and pulled him to lie down, "Lie down, don't be so reserved... In our art class, the teacher also played "The Unspeakable Secret", and I watched it three times. By the way, don't you know how to play the piano? Can you play the piano? Isn't it very good?"

This Yao Ge knew that he had played it by himself after watching the movie. It was not difficult for him, and he could play it after practicing a few times: "It's not bad. I passed the tenth grade in the sixth grade. That level is not as good as that." question."

"Amazing..." Xu Zihang doesn't know any musical instruments. He learned to play drums before, but he gave up long ago after three days of fishing and two days of surfing the net. Let me tell you a little bit, I remember you used to play guitar at Lin Ruiding's place, it sounds so good."

"I'll play it for you when you go to my house to play." Yao Ge turned his face sideways, Xu Zihang's eyelashes are really long.

"it is good."

Facing the ceiling, the two lay quietly for a while, and Xu Zihang would hum along when the music reached its climax.

"Yao Ge."

"Ok?"

"sorry."

When Yao Ge heard these words, his breathing became lighter, but he didn't make a sound or move. He looked at the ceiling, and after a while he made a sound: "Well, it's okay."