subtle trapping

In the spring of March, the season when the grass grows and the warbler flies, all things are revived and full of spirituality.

A thin figure has been buried in a pile of drawings and thick books, quiet and profound, time slips away every minute, and the window is beautiful, but it does not belong to this small office. It has been a long, long time For a long time, when the night began to fall little by little, the back moved, slowly raised his head, glanced out the window, stood up, poured a glass of water, and looked at the street view outside in front of the window.

Various neon lights flickered on, and the thin back was holding a water glass and looking outside in a daze, falling into endless contemplation.

After a while, someone knocked on the door and came in. It wasn't surprising to see that Li Xia hadn't finished get off work yet, and said, "Hey, I knew you hadn't left yet. Why are you done? Let's go out for a drink together."

Li Xia smiled, "Well, it's almost there."

Chang Le snapped his fingers and said with a smile, "Let's go!"

Beer, barbecue, very suitable for such a breezy evening.

Chang Le took a big sip of beer, "Sweet!" Rolling up his shirt sleeves, he ate the barbecue barbarously. He didn't look like a high-level intellectual or an elite white-collar worker at all. Absolutely!"

Li Xia nodded, "Yes."

Chang Le was very happy and asked the waiter for ten skewers of beef gluten, and a bowl of mutton soup for Li Xia. Chang Le liked it here, so he would come here with Li Xia when he was free. Every time Chang Le came, he ordered a variety of barbecue, Every time Li Xia came here, he ordered fried noodles and mutton soup. Although he ate different dishes, he could often eat them together, which was quite miraculous.

Chang Le said with a grinning grin: "Brother Gu, I heard that there are new projects on it recently. It is said that they are going to the west. I want to follow along. Brother Gu, take me there."

Li Xia took a sip of the mutton soup, it was warm and felt much better in his stomach, and said with a smile: "You have to ask your master about it, I can't make the decision."

"Hey, it doesn't work if I say it, so the master will listen to what you say, and he will ignore it at all when he is told." Chang Le drooped his eyebrows, feeling very wronged, "It's only what you say that works."

Li Xia smiled and said nothing, drinking the mutton soup in his bowl leisurely.

"Brother Gu, please help me say a few good words in front of the master." Chang Le pestered Li Xia and said, "Everyone in the courtyard knows that you are the most satisfied disciple of the master all these years. Among so many people, you are the only one who admires you..."

Chang Le is a newcomer who just came in last year. He is also a very talented child. His thoughts and ideas are very wild. There are a bunch of old guys in the courtyard. The older generation has the style and rules of the older generation, and they often make mistakes He was out of place and at a loss, so Chang Le seemed to see salvation the moment he saw Li Xia.

My God, I was saved, I was so moved that I was about to cry.

With this familiar and carefree character, under his indomitable spirit and thick skin, he finally became friends with Li Xia, and it was only in the process of getting in touch with Li Xia again that Chang Le realized that Li Xia was really great, even though he had just I have been employed for three years, but with my own ability and ability, I am already a very important role here.

Chang Le has great admiration for Li Xia, and asks himself, Li Xia's strict prohibition and hard work at work are beyond his ability. He is obviously about the same age as himself, but Li Xia always feels mature and stable, and Chang Le is very envious.

Li Xia finished his mutton soup and said, "As long as you put your heart into it, you will do better than me."

Chang Le cried, "Brother Gu, I don't think I can even do one tenth of you..." Li Xia smiled.

The night sky is dotted with stars, like naughty children blinking.

When Li Xia returned home, he turned on the lights, and the dark house lit up, becoming a point among thousands of lights, decorating the night of the city.

After taking a shower, Li Xia turned on the computer on the bed and started working for a while. It was very late at night before Li Xia lay down, turned off the lights, and there was only silence in the empty room.

Li Xia touched the ring on his neck, touched it gently with his fingertips, carefully, tenderly, and finally fell into a deep sleep.

Not long after, the courtyard really started to prepare for a construction project in the west, and the higher-ups attached great importance to this project, gave them a lot of power, and of course responded with a lot of responsibility.

Lixia's masters, Zhao Zhengrong, Zhao Gong, a very famous senior in the industry, and Lixia's former teacher, Mr. Yu, are brothers from the same school, that is, he recommended Lixia here. Curious, wanting to test the abilities of this young man whom Lao Yu admired very much.

So, in the few months when Li Xia first joined the job, Mr. Zhao arranged a lot of work for him, some of which were tricky and deliberately made things difficult for him. But Li Xia worked hard without complaining at all. He completed all the tasks assigned to him by Mr. Zhao, no matter how low-level or tricky he was, he didn't make any mistakes.

After a few months, Zhao Gong finally realized the reason why Li Xia was admired by his fellow disciples. He was hardworking, down-to-earth, diligent, and humble. The last thing he wanted was to be talented but he didn't feel it at all. He was quite low-key. , very much like myself when I was young at that time.

Zhao Gong began to give Li Xia intentional or unintentional instructions. Sometimes he could wake up with just a little touch of Li Xia, and sometimes even just give a little thought, and he could fully describe what Zhao Gong wanted to express. In one year, Li Xia became Gong Zhao's right-hand man and a general.

Everyone said that it was a blessing for Li Xia to be appreciated by Mr. Zhao in several lifetimes, but only Mr. Zhao and Mr. Li understood in their hearts how much effort they had spent to get such a result. Mr. Zhao was grateful to Mr. Zhao, Mr. Zhao I also appreciate Li Xia, the two of them can be said to be a perfect pair of master and apprentice.

This time Mr. Zhao is going to the west to carry out the construction of the bridge project. Of course Li Xia will follow him. Li Xia did not forget Chang Le. He mentioned it in front of Mr. Zhao. As soon as Mr. Zhao thought about it, he knew that the brat was pleading again in front of Mr. Li Xia, laughing. He said: "Okay, if you want to go, go with it. You have to go through it to know how big the gap between yourself and others is, and you will know how to be down-to-earth."

Li Xia smiled and said, "Gong Zhao, how long will you go this time?"

"After May, I will probably stay for at least half a year," Mr. Zhao said with a helpless smile. "How many eyes are staring at me? This project is very important. If it is not completed, I don't think I will come back. I will stay for three months." Five years is also very possible."

Li Xia nodded, and after a while Mr. Zhao came over and said, "You can go home and talk to your family, so as not to worry, the signal in the western mountain area is not good, and it may be difficult to contact them. Let them not worry. Say hello to my family for me." Zhao Gong patted Li Xia's shoulder familiarly.

"Well, thank you Mr. Zhao."

Lixia is going to go to the mountains in half a month, the courtyard specially gave holidays to those who traveled this time, and explained the situation to the family, Lixia thought about it, and drove home on the night of the holiday.

Grandpa and grandma knew that Lixia was coming back, so they were very happy to ask Lixia what he wanted to eat, and made it for him when he came back. Lixia thought about it and said dumplings. Grandma hung up the phone and happily went to make dumplings. Grandpa helped grandma by the side. Chopping meat stuffing, Er Bao was lazily lying beside him.

Lixia's car drove into the village. The development of the village has changed a lot in the past few years. The roads have been widened, street lights have been installed, and a very beautiful residential area has been planned. Some people in the village have abandoned their old houses and went to live there. However, in this alley of Lixia's house, almost everyone is still in this area, and they are reluctant to part with this area, and they don't want to move when they get used to it.

Lixia parked the car in front of the door, got out of the car, and just walked into the yard, Erbao slowly walked over, Lixia stroked Erbao's hair, Erbao was also getting old and couldn't jump anymore, just followed Next to Li Xia, he rubbed against him, then lay down at his feet, his energy was not as good as before.

"Eve, you're back," grandma yelled in the kitchen. "It's just right, I'm going to cook it right now. I've made a few things today. Eat more."

"Hey, okay, grandma, let me help you." Li Xia took off his coat, and inside was a simple t-shirt. As soon as Li Xia entered the kitchen door, grandma pushed him out, "Hey, sit down for a while, I don't need you here help."

Grandpa just came in from the outside, Li Xia looked at him and asked, "Grandpa, where have you been?"

"Go and play a few games of chess with Lao Zhangtou." Grandpa said with a smile, knocking the dry pipe in his hand on the shelf next to him, put it away, and asked: "Why do you suddenly want to come back? It's not every year For the holidays."

Li Xia smiled and said, "I miss you, come back and see you."

Li Xia touched Er Bao at his feet, and said in a low voice, "Er Bao is not in a good spirit, is he sick?"

"I'm old," said Grandpa. "After doing the math, it's been sixteen or seventeen years. I'm old."

Li Xia touched Er Bao's hand for a moment, feeling a little uncomfortable, so it had been so long, Er Bao seemed to be psychic, looked up at Li Xia, his eyes were a little cloudy, and his throat gurgled a few times.

Grandma made dumplings with several kinds of fillings. Lixia ate them to the fullest, and even ate an extra bowl. She was rubbing on the sofa while chatting with grandpa and grandma. Grandpa was wearing presbyopic glasses and watching TV. Baowo rubbed against Lixia's side from time to time.

Li Xia told his grandparents that he was going to work in the west. At first, his grandparents thought it was nothing. Later, they heard that they would stay for at least half a year, and they might not be able to contact occasionally because of the poor signal in the mountainous area. When I was a little nervous.

Grandma asked: "Mountain area? Is it dangerous?"

Li Xia smiled and said: "Our entire engineering team is here, there will be no danger, it's just a simple job, the same as usual, it's just over there, don't worry, I will call you often On the phone."

Grandma was still a little worried, but grandpa took it very seriously, and complained to grandma, "That's Eve's job, and that's their job, so don't hold back." Grandma glared at grandpa unhappily , It's a pity that grandpa didn't see his heart on TV at all.

At night, Lixia slept in the small room on the second floor, thinking of Er Bao getting old, and thinking of grandparents and grandma, suddenly felt a little sore, lying on the bed tossing and turning, unable to sleep, touched the ring on his neck, and his thoughts gradually drifted away up.

This is their eighth year apart.