mountain sleep

The day of the TOEFL test was cloudy, and Xu Xingqiang came from Kawashima to accompany the test.Xu Zihang refused twice on the phone, but his father insisted on coming over.

"Come on, eat an egg to replenish energy." Xu Xingqiang took out two boiled eggs from the kettle, and with an unconscious blowing sound, he quickly peeled the eggs into a small bowl and dipped them in soy sauce.

"It's really yours, bring all the eggs." Xu Zihang thought it was funny when his father carefully took out two eggs from the backpack in the morning, "I'll test duck eggs after eating them."

"It's not a duck egg, it's an egg." Xu Xingqiang teased with a smile, "If you score zero in the test, you don't have to go abroad, and your mother doesn't have to cry."

Xu Zihang curled his lips, took the bowl, and ate the egg in two or three strokes.

The two arrived at the examination room early, and Xu Zihang remained silent all the way.

"nervous?"

"Ah."

Xu Xingqiang saw him checking his phone for a few seconds, gave a fake cough, looked around, and said, "I'm going to the bathroom."

As soon as he left, Yao Ge hung up the phone, and Xu Zihang quickly picked it up: "Beibei."

"Go in now?" Yao Ge's window was completely dark, and he had been checking the time all afternoon, "Have you eaten enough in the morning?"

"I'm full, my dad's boiled eggs made me panic, and I didn't dare to drink too much water."

Xu Zihang stood beside the flower bed in the corner, surrounded by people who were racing against time to read the questions and worried parents, the clouds were hanging down, weighing heavily on his heart.The two chatted for a while, and it was time for Xu Zihang to enter.

"Then I'll go in."

"Okay." Yao Ge smoothed out the pillow cover that he had grabbed so badly with his hands, and said to him and himself, "Come on."

After hanging up the phone, he got up and sat down at his desk, and took out the box in the drawer.The banknotes that had been counted countless times were taken out and counted again, and the corners of Yao Ge's lips curled up unconsciously, and Xu Zihang would be surprised when he bought the air ticket.

"Why are you counting money again?" Lin Jisen took a Coke from downstairs, glanced at Yao Ge's room, leaned on the door, and commented in correct Chinese, "Money fan."

Xu Zihang sat in front of the computer and was handed a piece of pink draft paper.He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, discarding all unnecessary distractions, put on the earphones and concentrated on it.

As time passed by, Xu Xingqiang wandered around outside the examination room several times, nodding and smiling when he met parents who were waiting together.He has gone through countless exams in his life, taking the exams by himself and watching students take the exams, but accompanying Xu Zihang to the exams is an experience he will never tire of.

More than four hours passed in a flash to Xu Zihang, and the countdown on the upper right corner was only 5 minutes away. He hit the last full stop and finally heaved a sigh of relief.

When Xu Zihang came out of the examination room, he saw his father immediately.Xu Xingqiang greeted him happily: "Let's go, are you hungry? Let's go have a big meal."

Xu Zihang nodded, not feeling relaxed.He encountered an additional reading test, and the number of questions increased a lot. He didn't know many words in the reading of historical facts, so he could only use skills to extract the answers, and he didn't feel good at speaking.

"Don't think about it after the exam, you have to be relaxed in your studies." Xu Xingqiang patted Xu Zihang's back hard, not seeing his frowning expression.

Sitting in the small Zhejiang cuisine restaurant, Xu Zihang didn't want to continue to cry and put his face down, so he took the initiative to pour tea for his father: "I have eaten at this restaurant once, it's super delicious." Yang Yiwen brought him and Yao Ge to eat, even he People who don't like spicy food have to give a thumbs up.

"Then I have to steal more." Xu Xingqiang took a sip of tea slowly, thought of something, raised his eyes with a smile and glanced at him, "But you don't have much chance to eat."

When Xu Zihang heard this, he scratched his forehead, and responded calmly, "Who said that?"

The dishes were all served, but Xu Zihang, who had finished the exam, didn't eat his food to his heart's content.

Xu Xingqiang added a bowl of white rice for him, thought for a while, and asked tentatively: "After the exam this time, will you seriously prepare for the college entrance exam?"

"I still have to take the SAT test." Xu Zihang lowered his head, and used his chopsticks to flick the pepper fish head back and forth.

A piece of meat around the gills of the fish was put into Xu Zihang's bowl. It was the most tender part. When eating fish at home, it must be in Xu Zihang's bowl.

"Some time ago your head teacher called and said that you have made great progress recently and worked hard." Xu Xingqiang was silent for a moment, and said, "During this time, my parents have thought a lot and have been looking for an opportunity to talk to you again."

……

The summer rain is a gray painting exhibition. In the painting, there are thousands of crows passing by, and their hoarse calls are endless.Xu Zihang took a long nap, and it was almost evening when he woke up.The dream was bizarre, but I couldn't remember it when I woke up.He hid in the thick quilt of the hotel, looking towards the window sill without a trace.

Xu Xingqiang sat on the single sofa by the French window drinking tea, Xu Zihang couldn't see his face clearly, he could only see his silhouette against the light.

He looked at Xu Xingqiang and felt like crying.In the dark room, the early summer rain is pattering on the window sill, and the inexplicable emotion is like a thin soda cracker, which will shatter with a bang when you touch it lightly, and the debris will fall on the skirt of your clothes, no matter how you pat it, it will shatter don't go.

I love daddy so much.Xu Zihang didn't know why he suddenly thought so.

"dad."

"woke up?"

"Yeah." Xu Zihang nestled under the quilt, his voice was a little hoarse after waking up, he looked at the leisurely Xu Xingqiang by the window, and quietly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, "If I go abroad, will I let my family Is it a heavy burden?"

Xu Xingqiang was stunned for a moment, probably because he didn't expect Xu Zihang to ask this suddenly.

"The big deal is to sell the pot and sell the iron and sell the house?"

Hearing that Xu Xingqiang was teasing him, Xu Zihang shrank back under the blanket in embarrassment.

Freshly boiled water was rolling in the kettle, gurgling.Xu Xingqiang lifted the pot to cool down, swirled the water into the white porcelain covered bowl, and gently scraped the tea cover along the edge, his tone was always calm and reassuring: "Don't worry. It's still affordable to send you abroad. Don't worry this."

Xu Zihang's question made Xu Xingqiang think a lot.

His son's personality has been out of character since he was a child, but he almost never clamored to get something. The toy that he said was not allowed to buy would only make him feel disappointed for a while, and soon he could laugh about other things.This was the first time he had strongly expressed what he wanted to do with them, and it was also the first time he had carefully asked if the request would be too much.

Xu Xingqiang put the tea cap close to his nose and sniffed lightly, it was good tea.

"But what Dad said at noon today, you have to think carefully. Some things need to be taken every step of the way, and the slow cooking will be delicious. If you are too anxious, it will be easy to empty the bamboo basket."

After a long time, Xu Zihang gave a soft "hmm".

The rain in Kawashima was worse than that in Nai City, but the downpour was a little more hearty.

Li Chengjin held an umbrella to send Dongmeng downstairs to his house. He twirled the handle of the umbrella in his hand and raised his chin to signal him to go in.

Today is their awkward and formal first date, with Dongmeng, not "Xiachu".

Even though she insisted that Li Chengjin treat herself as a girl at the beginning, since that day, Dongmeng has never worn women's clothing once, as if she must clearly show Li Chengjin: I am Dongmeng.

Li Chengjin stood downstairs in his house, watching him go in.I've been here many times before, and the two of them would be stuck downstairs for a while, reluctant to say goodbye without having anything to say.

"Hey." After the door was closed and then opened again, Dongmeng poked her head out, her pretty eyes bent into crescent buds, "Would you like to have dinner at my house?"

Li Chengjin opened his eyes slightly, pretended to think for a while, and then reluctantly said: "Okay." He walked very fast, and just as he finished speaking, his umbrella was already put away.

Dongmeng held back a smile, seeing this man jumping faster than him as if afraid of his repentance, stood at the bottom of the stairs and looked up at him: "Do you know which floor it is? You run so fast."

"The third floor."

Realizing that he had blurted out his words, Li Chengjin pouted his lips with a little displeasure, and frowned: "Oh, I don't know, hurry up."

Li Chengjin's footsteps dragged until Dongmeng followed.He changed the wet umbrella to the side away from Dongmeng, and the backs of their empty hands touched each other lightly.

"Dabao, I said why you haven't come back yet!"

As soon as the door opened, an old lady with silver hair stood up from the sofa, her face was full of worry, and when she saw Li Chengjin behind Dongmeng, she immediately squinted her eyes and smiled: "You have classmates coming to play, hurry up, it's raining outside." Didn't it get wet?"

Li Chengjin hurriedly put his legs together and stood at attention, then bent slightly: "Hi, grandma."

Dongmeng took the dripping umbrella from Li Chengjin's hand and put it into the bucket at the door, and asked in a dialect tone: "Grandmother, do you remember to collect the clothes?"

"It's taken away, you two dolls come over to eat quickly! I'll go heat it up again."

The decoration of Dongmeng's house is very ordinary, but the corners of the furniture are carefully wrapped with thick wool.Next to the TV cabinet is a small altar with a wooden table, on which fresh fruits are placed. Li Chengjin glanced at it, not daring to look further.

"My grandma eats lightly. Would you like me to serve you some chili sauce?"

"No, it's fine." Li Chengjin sat down at the dining table in an orderly manner, even holding his chopsticks more cautiously than usual.

"Come here, Dabao, tell your classmates to eat more meat. I have stewed this elbow meat for a long time. It is really delicious." Grandma moved all the dishes to a place close to the two of them, smiling kindly and kindly. He said, "Eat meat and grow taller."

Dongmeng glanced at Li Chengjin when she heard the words, quickly picked up a large piece of meat and put it in her bowl, and said with a smile: "He is tall enough, he doesn't need to eat it, I will eat it."

Li Chengjin was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect him to say that, so he snatched his meat and moved it into his own bowl, not to be outdone: "Grandma told me to eat, not you."

After a meal, Li Chengjin's restraint became much less, the meal was swept away, and the dishes on the table were clean. Grandma was very happy and praised him.

"Dong Dabao." After eating and drinking, Li Chengjin sat in front of his desk and yelled, "Dabao, see you every day."

Dongmeng came in with chopped mangoes, pretending to beat him up: "Are you annoying?"

"How nice, I didn't even know your name was Dabao, Dabao, Dabao, Da...uh!!" Li Chengjin was instantly honest when Dongmeng covered his mouth.

Seeing that Li Chengjin stopped talking, Dongmeng raised her eyebrows proudly at him. Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly realized that she was all on top of Li Chengjin at this moment, she pursed her lips uncomfortably, and her voice became softer , with a hint of coquettishness: "...don't bark anymore." After speaking, he took his hands away and was about to get up from Li Chengjin's body.

Li Chengjin held his hand one step faster than him, and Dongmeng struggled a few times before not moving. Li Chengjin glanced at the closed door: "... Will your grandma come in?"

Dongmeng lowered her eyelashes and said softly, "No."

The dense and ambiguous temperature in the air rose, Li Chengjin slowly approached Dongmeng, and touched him lightly on the lips, Dongmeng didn't dare to breathe, just wanted to stop her heartbeat so fast, for fear of being shocked this moment.

There are some candies that you have tasted and know how sweet and delicious it is, which will naturally breed a gluttonous desire.Dongmeng is that candy, Li Chengjin tasted it, thought about it day and night, thought he could forget it, but still couldn't resist the temptation.He pried open Dongmeng's well-behaved lips, took the tip of his tongue and sipped lightly, locked his eyes firmly with his eyes, and invaded directly.

Dongmeng snorted subconsciously, and her breathing became rapid. He had no desire to hide at all, instead he opened up and sent himself forward, allowing the other party to suppress and plunder the air in his mouth.

When Li Chengjin left, a trace of saliva was drawn out, he licked his lower lip, and whispered against the tip of Dongmeng's nose: "I've been looking at you for a long time, you look good like this."

Dongmeng knew what he was talking about, and didn't respond. He raised his hand and touched his itchy nose, stood up from Li Chengjin, put a piece of mango in his mouth, and pretended to see if the rain outside had eased.

Li Chengjin looked at the other party's red earlobe, and couldn't help feeling happy.The awkwardness between them quietly dissipated, and the strange boredom in my heart dissipated, and I came up with the idea that "forever" with him is not bad.