Zhuoying

Midsummer ferociously ran over the shoulder bones of the students, and almost knocked down more than half of the pen holders after the June class exam was over.The academy will be closed for one month, and those who live in other villages are packing their bags and will return home.This summer was so hot that people couldn't move, Pu Cheng and the others stayed under the newly erected canopy to enjoy the cool air.

Su Zhou's house is the closest, and he is the least anxious. He sat on the chair instead, the back of the chair was soaked in sweat, and said, "When are you going back?"

Shaozhen folded the paper in boredom, and said: "I will leave tomorrow. I will be with Rong Yang, how about you?"

"I'm not in a hurry." Su Zhou turned over, touched Pu Cheng's stool leg with his foot on the back of the chair, and asked, "When are you leaving?"

"Wait for a few days." Pu Cheng was so hot and the wind didn't see for a long time, he rolled up his sleeves annoyedly, and said, "I should go to Xu Hang for a while, and come back before school."

His uncle was going to Jiangtang to do business, but now he was afraid of Zhong's family and turned back to Xuhang honestly.

"You stay with him in summer?" Pu Cheng suddenly bumped Rong Yang with his shoulder.

"Huh? Huh." Rong Yang was still looking at the topic of the class test, and nodded when he heard the words, "Of course we stay together, Shaozhen runs to the front hall, and I have to take care of the kitchen in the back hall. When you come back, you can go to the store See you."

"No." Pu Cheng blocked his long legs and asked him, "Still living together?"

Rong Yang raised his head and said, "Shaozhen lives in the shop, I have to go home." Then he turned to Shaozhen and asked, "Are you still going to the wharf business I mentioned last time?"

Shaozhen folded a frog, pressed his fingertips and put his palms together to play with it. He said: "Go, run to unload after dinner, and you can go back before midnight."

Rong Yang thought about it: "I want to go too." He raised his arm, "I have to practice..."

"Don't." Su Zhou raised his head, closed one eye and counted the gaps between the vines, he said: "Isn't there still senior brother to contribute, if not, the two of them can stand up. The few of us are the ones who read the most Alright, what are you trying to do with your strength?"

Shaozhen also said: "Don't people have to watch the cash register in the store?"

"He can go whenever he wants." Pu Cheng lowered his eyes, "There are people coming and going on the pier, all kinds of people, there is a certain kind of person who just picks out fair and tender people like you, and takes them to Xu Hang on the boat and sells them to—"

Su Zhou and Shaozhen punched him at the same time, and shouted: "What nonsense are you talking to him!"

Pu Cheng covered his abdomen, scolded his mother, and lay down on Rong Yang's back, pretending to be dead.Rong Yang supported the person, and hurriedly said: "I won't go, I'll still look at the store."

In the evening, the four of them cleaned up, and Shaozhen and Rongyang went back to town early the next morning.Pu Cheng and Su Zhou were going to stay in the academy for a few more days, but when Meng Chen found Pu Cheng, Pu Cheng simply refused to go home and sent a message to his father, and he was in the Meng hall, following Meng Chen .Su Zhou was supposed to go to the museum too, but Su Shuo left the courtyard first, so he had to stay at home and take care of Su Dao.

For some reason, Sixth Brother went back to the fence yard with his husband, and there were not many people around.

Su Zhou waited for the rain and went to Dongshan alone to pick mushrooms.When he came back with the baskets on his back, it was still raining, and he headed home in a coir raincoat. When he passed by the stone-walled courtyard of the Yu family, he saw a figure huddled under the eaves of the door.

The corners of the skirt were soaked in water, and the dirty mud was blurred.Xu Lansheng leaned against the door, his side face was a little red and swollen.Su Zhou used to see her often, although he didn't say much, but he also knew that Sixth Brother treated Aunt Xu well.

He stopped, raised his bamboo hat, and asked Xu Lansheng, "Sister Lansheng, why are you sitting here?"

Shi Yu now lives in the fenced yard, which has long been deserted.The Xu family is next door, she is sitting here...Su Zhou saw her startled, and wiped his face in panic.After reading the book, Su Zhou also understood some etiquette.He averted his eyes, did not step under the eaves in the rain, and left the girl with respect through the rain curtain.

Xu Lansheng half-covered her face with her hands, and she said: "It's nothing, nothing. My mother forgot to hang up the key, I can't get in this door, and it's raining again, so I... just sit here for a while."

Su Zhou groaned, he scratched the tip of his nose lightly, "It's okay to wait so long. If you don't mind, let me try?"

Xu Lansheng was about to get up, but Su Zhou was already at the side.He took off the bamboo hat, put his hand on Xu Lansheng's head, turned his head to the gate of Xu Yuan without looking at anyone, and said, "Sit here and wait, it's raining heavily, wear a hat to keep out the water."

Xu Lansheng supported the bamboo hat, got up slowly, and looked at the place where the rain was falling from the edge of the eaves.Su Zhou has grown fast this year, apart from Shi Yu and Zhong You, he is the tallest in the academy, even Pu Cheng is half a head behind.Now he looks down at the lock, and when viewed from the side, he is already a very handsome young man.

"Brother Yu..." Xu Lansheng asked in a low voice, "Are you also studying in the academy?"

"Yes." Su Zhou said: "But the sixth brother will not attend class with us, the master will teach him alone." He was very quick with his hands, and picked the lock in a few strokes.He said: "This lock is very rusty, and it will be opened after a few pulls. My sister will turn around and pay attention to my aunt, and remember to change it."

"Okay." Xu Lansheng responded in a low voice.

Su Zhou pushed the door, made sure it was open, and took a few steps back, saying: "Then sister, go in." Xu Lansheng thanked him, and went to get the bamboo hat, Su Zhou said: "Keep it." He followed his sixth brother's example , grabbed a handful of wet hair, and said with a smile: "My house is just ahead, just run back." The man turned around, turned back hesitantly, and said, "You..."

He saw the marks on Xu Lansheng's face, but he had nothing to say about this family matter.So he swallowed it back, and said: "Sister, remember to change the lock, I will return."

Xu Lansheng watched him run into the rain, caressed his face, then turned his head to look at the empty stone-walled courtyard, standing until his hands and feet were cold.

The Donggu Su Zhou picked up from Dongshan Mountain was brought to the town to sell. He went to the Meng Pavilion to watch Pu Cheng boxing with Meng Chen. They laughed for a long time, and the two still did a few tricks in Meng Chen's small courtyard.With support from his hands, the young man turned over the small table in the yard, and exchanged hands with Pu Cheng across the table.Pu Chengcai hadn't learned much, so how could he be against him? Su Zhou got the advantage, so he was embarrassed, so he just asked him: "You are in the noodle shop, so close to the noodle shop, have you visited Shaozhen and Rongyang?"

Pu Cheng has been beaten by Meng Chen every day for the past few days, and he has to squat with a bucket if he can't do a good horse stance.Now rubbing his shoulders, he hurriedly said: "Go, you go tell Master, let's go and have a look. I haven't stepped out of the hall since I was in the hall!"

Su Zhou talked to Meng Chen, but Meng Chen just wiped his knife and glanced at Pu Cheng, and said, "See when the time comes."

Pu Cheng was speechless inwardly, and when he came out, he said to Su Zhou: "You have been with Master for so long, do you also suffer from the board every day?"

"When the sixth brother was here, he was still under the board every day." Su Zhou patted him on the back, and said oldly: "Brothers come here like this."

Pu Cheng patted his hand, and the two chased to Rongcheng Noodle Restaurant.Both Shaozhen and Rongyang were in the store, and it was just in the morning, and there were many people in the store, Su Zhou helped the waiter serve the dishes, so Pu Cheng had to go to the counter and stand to collect the money.In the past, Young Master Park would throw money at others, but now he was given a taste of being thrown money at random.He wanted to turn his face and swear a few times, but when he heard Rong Yang going back and forth in the kitchen remembering the table and noodles, he could only swallow it back, and endured it with a cold face.

After finally passing the busy hour, the four of them got together at a table and ate noodles.It didn't take long for Pu Cheng to go back.He has to go back, and Shaozhen should go to the pier later.The four of them dispersed, and when Su Zhou came out of the Mongolian Pavilion again, it was time for dinner.He didn't use it in the Mongolian Pavilion, and he was thinking about the two old people at home and wanted to go back.

Unexpectedly, when I was crossing the street, I just remembered that I should buy some ink to take home, so I turned to Long Street.He squeezed people to the side, next to an alley, and he didn't look in, but was bumped into the shoulder by someone who ran out of it.

"orchid--"

The girl's hair brushed the back of her hand, and hurriedly squeezed into the crowd.Su Zhou stared blankly at his hand, knocking off a silver inlaid grate on the ground.Only then did he catch a glimpse, and saw Xu Lansheng running over with blood on the corner of his lips, clutching his tears.He followed to look into the alley, but he didn't see anyone, so he could only turn his head to look at Xu Lansheng.The person had already entered the crowd, he bent over to pick up the grate, and chased after him in a few steps.

The shoulders of the people overlapped, Su Zhou pushed and blocked the people, leaned forward and shouted: "Sister Lan Sheng!"

Xu Lansheng didn't look back, there were too many people, Su Zhou swayed with the tide and almost stumbled and tripped.When he came back to his senses, Xu Lansheng was nowhere to be found.

"The grate..." Su Zhou held the grate in the crowd, and felt the fineness of the girl's home decorations while being pushed.

However, what he remembered was the touch of the back of Wufa's hand.

Half a month after that day, Su Zhou didn't see Xu Lansheng again.He originally hid the grate under the pillow, but when Mrs. Su was tidying up the house, he suddenly felt guilty and hid it next to his bosom.This strange thing seemed to bring him strange feelings.

He doesn't even remember Xu Lansheng's appearance, he just can't forget the softness on the back of his hand and the tearful corners of the girl's eyes.The young man gradually deepened a certain obsession in his tossing and turning. He held the grate, as if he had really gotten close to and understood this girl who was five years older than him and grew up next to his sixth brother.

It's a very different feeling when touching friends and older brothers.

Until one day when he woke up, Su Zhou felt a piece of wetness in astonishment. The teenager with wet dreams was embarrassed and ashamed.He wanted to find someone to explain it clearly, but after thinking about it, no one could say it.This grate has been kept on his body all the time, and as the school time approached, he finally saw Xu Lansheng again.

Xu Lansheng in the morning mist seemed to be thinner than last time, she looked worried and a little dull.Su Zhou was about to go to the fenced yard to borrow books, when he saw people walking a little faster for some reason, then slowed down when he was approaching, and even stagnated not far away, not daring to approach.

Xu Lansheng turned his head to see him, covered his face in a daze, and remembered that there was no injury on his face today, so he was slightly relieved, and smiled faintly: "Su Zhou."

"Lan Sheng... um, good morning." Su Zhou swallowed the word sister vaguely, and said, "Are you here to change the lock?"

"No." Xu Lansheng turned his head and raised his eyes, looked at the yard, and said quietly: "This yard has been sold to someone else."

"Auntie is leaving?" Su Zhou stepped forward, "You...or are you going to get married?"

He asked the last question very lightly, if it wasn't for the silence around, Xu Lansheng might not have heard it.She laughed and said to Su Zhou: "I can't get married." She sighed helplessly, although she smiled, her eyes were even more melancholy, she said: "My mother and I need money."

Su Zhou was dumbfounded, and said again: "Then where do you want to live?"

"In the town." Xu Lansheng rolled his eyes at him, "I would also like to thank Mrs. Su for allowing me to quarrel with my mother for many days." Then she closed the courtyard door and said, "I won't come back here in the future."

"Ah." Su Zhou's shoulders were slightly loose, and he didn't know what to pick up.He watched Xu Lansheng say goodbye to him, and watched Xu Lansheng turn around and go to the entrance of the village.The road is so short, and the hem of the skirt disappeared before it slipped a few times in my eyes.

He touched his chest before whispering: "...your grate."

The sun shines, and no one responds.

Shi Yu also built a scaffolding for the reading platform in the fence yard, so that he could enjoy the coolness under it in summer and autumn nights.He did carpentry finely, and Zhong You served him mung bean soup.The two were discussing in the courtyard whether they should plant something more.

"Plant persimmons." Zhong You looked around the fenced yard, "Half the peach trees are caged, and then plant two more persimmon trees. Later, there will be persimmons to eat at home."

Shi Yu answered with soup in his mouth.This month he spent most of his time in the yard, so it was rare that no one disturbed him, so he took advantage of his free time to make a lot of trouble in the fenced yard.But the persimmon tree will be planted in autumn. After thinking about it, he planted evening primroses on the edge of the yard to surround the fence.At night, the garden is full of comfort.

Zhong You secretly painted a lot of things in Xianyue, most of them were Shi Yu and Li Wai Yard.Shi Yu bundled up each one and put them on the bookshelf.The days passed by inadvertently, and when it was time to go to the academy to start school, Shi Yu felt that these days were more and more precious.Zhong You also noticed that he was clingy at night, and there were no traces on his body in the next few days.

When Su Shuo came to visit, the two were standing in the courtyard and talking in low voice, he saw Shi Yu's side face was gentle, with downcast eyes and a smile.Su Shuo wanted to call someone, but when he saw this picture, his heart suddenly felt inappropriate.

He thought to himself: It is a good thing for Xiao Liu to be close to Mr., but looking at it like this, he always feels that he has crossed the line.Besides, the courtyard is so big, no matter how much the two discuss knowledge, they can't live together every day.

"Brother." Zhong You called someone first, and came to open the door.Shi Yu put a bowl behind and followed him.

Su Shuo entered, and said: "It's hot today, the academy welcomes students in two days, and there is a batch of mung beans in the library. You are welcome, sir, just ask someone to accept it." He originally came to tell Shi Yu that Xu Qingsheng was still in town. The news on the Internet, swallowing the words now, turned into: "Has Xiao Liu always lived here with Mr.?"