river bank, river bank

In the darkness without light, Bai San curled up on the sofa, his legs resting on Jiang An's fingers were tightly clasped together, the sound of steady breathing and the slow body temperature were the only perceptions in the darkness.

The movie has finished, and the ending song has also been heard.

He accidentally opened his mouth tonight to express his melancholy thoughts about his youth that he had missed for a long time.

After that, after a long time, they did not leave the screening room.

Bai San was trapped in the darkness, and his consciousness was gradually blurred in the darkness, and he entered a dream.

The last image he remembered was Jiang An's soft eyes.

In the early morning of the next day, when Bai San woke up, the twilight sunlight coming in through the curtains and the bed sheets exuding a faint scent of aromatherapy were suitable.

He rubbed his eyes, opened the quilt in the next second, dragged the cotton mop to open the door of the guest room, ran downstairs, leaned on the railing, and saw Jiang An fully dressed and sitting in front of the dining table, with a glass of Zhao Pangzi in front of him. Black coffee from Devil's Coffee, with a newspaper in hand.

The house was very quiet, and Bai San's footsteps were particularly loud when he went downstairs, Jiang An's expression was normal, and he didn't express anything, but when Bai San looked over in a daze, he turned over a newspaper and raised his eyes.

"Come down for breakfast after washing up."

Bai San nodded in a daze, turned around, pulled his hair and raised his eyebrows, wondering why he didn't see Jiang An when he opened his eyes, and felt uneasy.

It was already seven o'clock in the morning when he finished washing and came down again with his small schoolbag.

He sat down on the chair sleepily, looking at the exquisite breakfast on the table without any interest.

Poor appetite, and a little gas to get up.

He didn't touch the porridge, and the closest thing in front of him was a plate of durian crisps. He picked up a piece and put it on the plate, eating slowly, biting only a little of the crispy skin in each bite, swallowing it until the softness melted, and biting down again. One bite, like a little turtle.

Jiang An could see that he had a bad appetite in the morning, so he didn't say anything, just sat at the table, waiting for him to quickly finish an egg and drink half a glass of milk before putting down the newspaper and getting up.

"I'm a little stuffed..." Bai San muttered in a low voice, and spontaneously cleaned up the dishes after eating.

Jiang An lowered his head and tied his tie, reminding him not to do anything, "The cleaning lady will take care of it later."

Bai San nodded, and still put the dishes and chopsticks used by the two into the dishwasher.

The rush hour is approaching, and the traffic is more congested than usual.

Bai San was sitting in the passenger seat, the sunlight slanting from the side was dazzling, so he turned his head to look at Jiang An again.

"Remember to check your belongings before going out." Jiang An instructed him while driving.

Bai San nodded guiltily, "Oh."

"Remember to check the weather forecast before going out and wear more clothes."

It's useless to look at it. The wind was so strong yesterday that even holding an umbrella can be easily blown away by the wind, except for Jiang An, a strong old man who is holding an umbrella as stable as Mount Tai.

Thinking of this, Bai San still nodded obediently, "Yeah."

"Eat well in the morning."

As soon as the voice fell, they also arrived at the gate of the community.

Today is not the time for Jiang An to visit the doctor, there is no need to go to the hospital, and there is no need to go in.Looking at the formal attire, there should be other important matters, Bai San puffed up his cheeks and responded in a muffled voice.

Go to the gate of the community and go to the gate of the community.

If Jiang An is not here, he will not know whether to eat or not.

Immediately afterwards, he saw Jiang An driving the car into the community and not putting him down at the door.

Bai San pursed the corners of his mouth, drooped his head, picked and clasped his fingers, and turned his head to the other side. At that time, he decided to eat an extra custard bun for lunch.

The neighborhood he lives in is very quiet on weekdays. Most of the elderly people will take a walk downstairs, and there are also parents with children riding bicycles and blowing bubbles.

Generally speaking, the years are often quiet and good.

Today, I don’t know what happened. A group of people gathered downstairs, including old men and women, young office workers, and children aged seven or eight. They gathered around the entrance of the property, chatting loudly, and occasionally couldn’t hear a few words clearly. , as if to attract the police.

Jiang An stopped the car by the side of the road and didn't rush to leave. Bai San raised his head and looked around, and saw the neighbor's grandmother in the crowd, "I'll go ask, it shouldn't be a big deal, you can go to work first."

As he said, he unfastened his seat belt, and Jiang An got out of the car on the other side, "I'll go take a look with you."

Bai San raised his hand and wiped the tip of his nose, and lingered against Jiang An's side, that would be good, I can't wait.

In the crowd, a few old men spoke vividly, gesticulating with their hands, and the expressions on their faces were vivid.It's a pity that I speak a dialect and can't understand.

At this time, Baisan's short stature showed his advantage, he easily got into the crowd, and pulled the grandmother next door, "Grandma, I was not at home last night, what's the matter?"

"It's just one floor away! Just keep an eye on it and you will arrive at my house. Do you think I, an old woman, can bear it if I come again!"

Grandma was shouting at the top of her voice with them, but he suddenly pulled her from behind. She didn't react, and when she turned around and saw that it was Bai San, she changed her voice, sighed repeatedly, and spoke earnestly.

"Tell me that Chinese New Year is coming soon. What's the matter? If my son and daughter-in-law were not busy, I would not have lived here. Last year, I told everyone when I spent a small [-] security windows. Safe, I am old and my ears are not good, but if someone knocks on the glass of my house and flips over my balcony, can I not know, can I not see it? As a result, no one believes it. Now it’s all right, I have to lose something know something!"

Seeing that the people around were about to start arguing again, Bai San rubbed his ears, and pulled Granny out of the crowd, "You mean you were robbed last night?"

"Isn't that right!" Grandma slapped her thigh, and suddenly saw Jiang'an standing beside Bai San, her eyes turned, and her voice changed, "Huhu, this is your relative? Why haven't I seen it before. "

Bai San was thinking that luckily he returned home last night, and Jiang An reminded him to close the doors and windows, otherwise he would be the victim standing in the middle of the crowd today, and he didn't have anything of value, but it was still quite embarrassing.

Suddenly, his thoughts were interrupted by his grandmother. He said "ah" in a daze, and when he received a reproachful look from his grandmother, he was stunned for a while, and saw his grandmother start a conversation with Jiang An.

"Hey, I live next door to Baihuhu. Where do you work? It looks familiar. Oh yes, how old is this year? Do you have a date?"

Jiang An raised his hand to signal the community hospital behind him, with a slight smile on his lips, "It's almost thirty, we have a partner."

When she heard the first half of the sentence, the grandmother was still thinking happily, but as soon as the second half of the sentence fell, the raised eyebrows drooped immediately, a few seconds later, and she laughed dryly.

"Hey, hello doctor, hello doctor, I went to our community hospital to have my teeth treated a while ago... Oh, yes, yes, you should be the doctor Jiang who only visited for one day, no wonder you look familiar, but unfortunately the one who saw me was Another doctor... If you have a partner, then, that's even better."

Bai San stepped on the narrow stone steps, with his head down, his forehead resting on Jiang An's back, rubbing back and forth embarrassingly, wondering why he had such a silly nickname, and Jiang An heard it.

Suddenly, Jiang An answered Grandma's words and fell directly from the stone steps. His feet were unstable, his upper body leaned forward, and his face was facing the ground.

At the moment when Bai San was about to fall headlong, Jiang An stopped him by the waist, retracted his arm muscles, and pulled him back.

"how?"

With his face on the ground and the question facing Jiang An, Bai San felt that he might prefer the former. He frowned tightly, turned his head away, and answered hurriedly, "It's okay, it's okay, I just didn't pay attention."

"Be careful." Jiang An looked at him and said.

Bai San nodded quickly, his heart was in a mess, he stopped stepping, stopped rubbing, and didn't dare to look at each other.

"Do you know what exactly happened last night?" Jiang An continued to ask.

Grandma sighed, raised her finger and pointed to the man standing in the middle of the crowd, speaking an unintelligible dialect.

"Just that young man, he didn't close the window last night, probably around two or three o'clock in the morning. Last year, I heard someone entered my house at that time, and there was a sound, but I happened to be awake at the time. I was old and couldn't sleep. , as soon as he coughed, the thief knew it. The old man had no money, so he was scared away. This time, the young man is out of luck. He is exhausted from working all day and sleeps soundly. What kind of mobile phone, notebook, wallet, etc. , and the pair of trousers that were taken off on the day of putting the change, they were all stolen, you said it will be the Chinese New Year soon, this kind of thing happened, just think about it..."

In fact, it is not a big deal, Bai San left the orphanage and lived alone for more than half a year, and suffered more than one loss.

I have encountered people who are greedy for petty gains and have dirty hands and feet. Even if a person suddenly appears in the room in the middle of the night, I feel a little scared and shuddering when I think about it.

"Speaking of which, last night, I heard a little movement, but I fell asleep at the time, but it must be lighter than your young people, and it is easy to wake up if there is any movement. It seems that around twelve o'clock at night, there are people in the corridor. The knock on the door didn't belong to my house. I got up and looked at it, but I didn't dare to open the door, so I leaned against the door. Apart from my house and your house, there is only one house on our floor, but that family hasn't come back for a long time , Impossible, I thought it was you going out at night, or just coming home to make the noise."

Originally, a bystander stood and watched, but Grandma's words suddenly pulled Bai San in, and she was also involved, and it was the knock on the door in the middle of the night. If it was someone I knew, I would at least contact him in advance, or if I didn't knock on the door. Renying, I will make a phone call later and talk about it.

In an instant, goose bumps crawled all over his body, and his scalp exploded.

I couldn't believe what would have happened if I hadn't gone to Jiang An's house to stay overnight and stayed at home alone.

"fine."

Jiang An put his palm on his shoulder, exerted a little force, and seeing that he was still a little bit stunned, he repeated in a low voice.

"Then who's to say, anyway, I have to let my son take me in today." Grandma wiped her face, "I can't sleep well at night, I can't stand this fright as an old lady."

As she said that, the grandmother looked at the gate of the community, took out the mobile phone for the elderly, called and asked her son when he would arrive, and why he couldn't pick her up, so she walked aside.

When he left last night, Bai San closed the doors and windows, still a little worried, he squeezed into the crowd and entered the corridor, with Jiang An beside him.

When such an unexpected thing happened, Bai San knew that it was not easy for Jiang An to stand by and watch, so he didn't try to be brave and said no, he was really afraid.

It's just that in the corridor, he inadvertently tugged at Jiang An's cuff, "Sorry, it's all my fault, I wasted your time."

Jiang An patted him on the shoulder.

When he got home, it was exactly the same as when he left. The doors and windows were intact. Bai San let out a long sigh of relief, and collapsed on the sofa with his small schoolbag in his arms. He looked at the sky, and it was still in the morning, not too late.

He calculated the expenses dejectedly, thinking that today he needs to install a security window, and the door is not safe, he needs to add a lock, or see if there is a safer one, he can consider changing to a double door.

It was at this moment that Bai San heard Jiang An open his lips.

He stood in front of the window against the light, wearing a suit and leather shoes, slender and tall, which really didn't match the textbooks, exam papers, and school uniform he hung on the hanger in the room.The tone was a little tough, saying it was a suggestion, but it sounded more like a notice.

"If you don't mind, you can move to my house first."

The air in deep winter is sweet and safe.

That year in Xiaohan, he leaned against the window and saw the snow wrinkled and gradually fading away.

Looking back, there are big crimson bouquets, each of which hides tender thoughts.

作者有话要说：感谢在2020-06-2419:21:54~2020-06-2423:04:46期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: it’s one of your little sweets;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!