day and night

4.

On Christmas Eve, Ayu rented a holiday house by the lake. He and Qiao Yang called their friends and made an appointment to meet at the holiday house at three o'clock in the afternoon on Christmas Eve to spend Christmas together.It happened to be Saturday on Christmas Eve. They set off early in the morning and arrived at the resort at ten o'clock. After a short rest, Qiao Yang started to prepare the roast turkey. He is a chef, and the kitchen seems to be his private territory. What did you say? They refused to let Ayu take half a step, so Ayu had to arrange the Christmas tree, tidy up the stove, and study the newly bought card game.

After 02:30, Ayu and Qiao Yang’s friends arrived one after another. Ayu made an appointment with Susan and her husband Lao Lu, and Zhenni and her girlfriend Azhu. The good friend who was together is now his restaurant partner Zhao Zhao. Zhao Zhao brought a girlfriend, Sally, who is ten years younger than him, and a pair of Yorkshire terriers.

The little dog is suspicious, and will call out to everyone when it sees it. For some reason, it is only very friendly and interested in Lao Lu. It will follow Lao Lu to the bathroom. At Lu's feet, when Old Lu moved, he jumped up and circled.Zhao Zhao couldn't laugh or cry, and couldn't shout, so he had to take out the dog biscuit to save his master's dignity. The dog took the biscuit, slipped away and disappeared.

The turkey still needs to be roasted for more than two hours. Ah Yu confiscated everyone's mobile phones and invited everyone to play cards together. Susan brought four bottles of wine, and Ah Yu also prepared two bottles. Everyone drank while playing cards, and they drank in the blink of an eye. A bottle of white wine was emptied, followed by red wine.Qiao Yang was so drunk that his face was flushed red. He went to make a pot of tea, got some pastries and cheese, and leaned on the sofa to read a magazine.The game they played had to choose a "judge" before continuing. This poker game had been drawn for several rounds, but no one had drawn the judge's joker card.

As the sky gradually darkened, Ayu drew a red heart A, got up and went outside to bring in some firewood and threw it into the stove to fuel the fire.The aroma of roasted turkey gradually spread in the room.

It was Zhao Zhao's turn to draw a card, a 3 of spades. At this moment, Yorkshire strolled out of the room. Zhao Zhao looked at the clock and said to Ayu, "Brother Chu, can I have my phone back for one minute? Haven't sent a picture of it to its mother yet."

"It's mother?" Susan glanced at Sally who was sitting next to Zhao Zhao peeling pine nuts. Sally didn't lift her eyelids, and said, "I don't even know who is the first stepmother for him and the dog he raised with his first love. gone."

After finishing speaking, she smiled and scratched Yorkshire's chin: "Yes, Wangcai, yes."

She continued to peel the pine nuts and eat the pine nuts.Yorkshire seemed to have been stimulated by something, jumped up on the spot, chased her tail and ran around twice, breathed out excitedly, Sally smiled and said: "Oh, it's not for you, calm down. "

Susan squeezed her eyes back and forth between Zhao Zhao and Sally, and asked, "So after you broke up with your first love, she asked you to send her pictures of this dog every day?"

Sally snapped back and said, "That's right, ten years are like a day."

Ayu looked at Qiao Yang: "This dog is ten years old?"

Qiao Yang spread his hands, and Susan asked Zhao Zhao curiously: "Is your first love married?"

Zhen Ni interrupted abruptly: "Where are the ghost cards? The cards are almost out."

Zhao Zhao scanned the cards on the table and said, "It's over. It was done five years ago, and the kids will call me uncle. Why hasn't anyone drawn a ghost card yet?"

He looked at Ah Zhu, it was Ah Zhu's turn to draw cards, but it was still not a joke.

Susan asked, "Is her husband okay?"

Old Lu said, "Susan, give me the grapes."

Zhen Ni stretched out her hand: "Let me come, she is allergic to grapes."

Old Lu blinked, looked at Zhenni, then looked at Susan, he didn't dare to accept the fruit plate that Zhenni handed over, seeing this, Zhenni, Susan and Ayu all laughed at the same time.

Old Lu was puzzled: "What's wrong?"

He asked Azhu for help, and Azhu said coldly, "It's probably some kind of joke they made in college."

Susan rubbed her eyes, and asked Zhao Zhao again: "Your first love husband really has no objection?"

Zhao Zhao said: "What's his opinion if his child calls me uncle? He doesn't call me dad."

Now Susan laughed so hard that tears came out, and only the lingering sound of her laughter and old Lu's voice teasing the dog could be heard in the game. Sally said hurriedly: "Dogs can't eat grapes, be careful not to drop them." Go down and let it pick up the leak."

Zhao Zhao blew the whistle, and Yorkshire ran back to him. Sally picked up the dog, and the dog struggled reluctantly, jumped off the sofa, and went to Old Lu's feet.Sally leaned on the sofa without moving, her eyes moved out of the window.

It was dark, and the wind was stronger than during the day, whistling loudly.

Zhen Ni turned her head and said to Ah Zhu, "This dog is wicked."

Azhu was smoking a cigarette, rolled her eyes, glanced at everyone with the corner of her mouth slanted: "Come here, Master Tarot is going to tell the dog's fortune."

Zhen Niben was sitting on the ground, moved closer to Yorkshire, and asked Zhao Zhao: "Bitch?"

Zhao Zhao was stunned for a moment, then nodded, and Azhu hurriedly pushed Zhenni: "Oh, that's fine."

Zhen Ni said again: "Do you know how I calculated it?"

Susan said: "I can see it, ah, it's a Jack, the joker card shouldn't be the last one, right?"

Ayu chimed in and said, "We are all ears, Master, please speak."

Zhen Ni lowered her voice mysteriously: "You dog, just staring at old Lu is too telling." She gestured in a circle, "Look, in this room, gays, gays, women, straights , the master who has a new love, stepmother," she pointed to herself and Ah Zhu, "gay, gay, who else will you pester Lao Lu if you don't?"

Everyone laughed, Azhu rolled her eyes again, and drew a card casually. As soon as she turned over the cards, Zhao Zhao felt relieved: "New judge!"

Ayu handed the stack of cards that had been kept aside to Azhu, and Azhu drew out a card. She shook her head as she looked at the cards. Susan leaned over to look at them and laughed wildly. In the middle of Susan, she also smiled when she saw the cards.

Ayu asked, "What did you write?"

Zhen Ni said: "I declare in advance that this is just a game, please don't take it seriously."

Sally said: "It's true, no one takes it seriously, right?"

Ah Zhu read out the sentence on the card word by word: "After breaking up, I will still sleep with my ex."

Zhao Zhao hurriedly begged for cards to read, and muttered, "Is your translation correct?"

Zhen Ni stopped Zhao Zhao: "She studied in the United States at university, you should sit down."

Sally giggled and said with a smile: "Judge, judge, I vote for Zhao Zhao. I think he is the one who would do such a thing. I don't need to explain the reasons."

Zhao Zhao yelled, "She bought this dog!"

Everyone was stunned, even Lao Lu, who was blindly eating grapes, raised his head to look at Zhao Zhao. Zhao Zhao's nose was sweating a little, and when he spoke again, his voice softened. Yang defended him: "Qiao Yang, you know the best! Tell me, am I this kind of person? If I split up, I will split up. I have to find my ex-girlfriend? This is still an ex-girlfriend. Qianqian, a girlfriend who doesn’t know where Qian is going.”

Sally said: "I didn't say that I would definitely find her, I just said that I would sleep with my ex-girlfriend. Don't get excited."

Zhao Zhao took a sip of wine and fell silent.

A Zhu said in a straightforward manner: "The judge just asked me, since she bought the dog, why did she leave it to you? She misses the dog so much, and looks at the dog's photo every day. It's fine if she can't keep it herself." ?”

Zhao Zhao said: "You don't have the number of your ex-boyfriend's ex-girlfriend in your mobile phone? If you break up, you will be blacklisted? You can't be a lover or a friend? Ayu, aren't your parents just not emotional and not divorced?"

Ayu looked at Qiao Yang, Qiao Yang's eyes were blank, he took a biscuit and took a bite, he handed the biscuit box to Ayu, Ayu also picked a biscuit, pouted noncommittally.

Zhen Ni frowned, and said, "Just talk about your own business, why talk about other people's parents?"

Zhao Zhao argued vigorously: "According to the rules of the game, I have the right to defend myself, right? This is a case cited!" He suddenly became exasperated, his eyes turned sideways, and he raised his hand and said, "I vote for Ayu."

Ayu blinked his eyes, still eating butter cookies in his mouth: "What's wrong with me?"

Zhao Zhao turned his head away, not looking at anyone, and said, "Sixth sense."

Susan said: "Ah Yu won't, I have known him for many years, and he has never done such a thing."

Zhao Zhao said: "Even if you are his mother, he wouldn't report to you if he went to have sex with his ex?"

Zhen Ni said, "It's meaningless if you say that."

Zhao Zhao jumped his feet: "We have only known each other for two hours, and you judge people by their appearance and think I will? You are all Ayu's friends, so of course you will help him speak."

It was Qiao Yang who came out to smooth things over and said, "This is the first time I've seen Zhao Zhao play games so seriously, does anyone want to nominate others?"

Ah Zhu asked Lao Lu: "Old Lu, who do you want to nominate?"

Old Lu said: "I also don't understand, so the dog is left for you because the woman can't afford a dog? Or is the dog not close to him?"

Susan smiled and drank: "Do you think you are fighting for the child's custody?" She raised her hand, looked at Azhu and said, "Judge, I vote for Lao Lu."

Everyone was stunned, Zhao Zhao breathed out his nose, seemed to be smiling, and looked at Susan.

Susan said: "If you follow the logic of contacting your ex after separation, I mean contacting your ex frequently, it is also possible for Lao Lu. He still has the number of his ex-wife in his mobile phone. They meet every week."

Old Lu smiled broadly, rubbed his forehead, and toasted Zhao Zhaojiu: "Okay, I'm digging a hole for myself to jump in. We are both degenerates in the world. If you vote for me, you can vote for me! I have a clear conscience!"

Zhao Zhao ignored him, and Lao Lu drank alone.Ayu said: "Then they have children after all, Lao Lu goes to see the children every week, right?"

Azhu said to Susan: "That's right, didn't you say you didn't care before?"

Susan rolled her eyes, and the smile on her face spread a little: "When did I discuss my marriage with you?"

Zhen Ni took a bite of smoked cheese and recommended it to everyone: "This is good, you should try it, Azhu."

Azhu smiled: "You changed the subject quite abruptly."

Zhen Ni didn't care at all, and said: "It's just a game, don't take it so seriously."

Ah Zhu said: "Yes, studying, working, falling in love, getting married, traveling, and living are all games, so don't take them too seriously."

Zhen Ni looked at Azhu, stared at her for a long time, Azhu spread her hands: "Did I say something wrong? Is it like this for you?"

Qiao Yang picked up Ayu's wine glass and clinked with Azhu: "Closer to Zhu Zhechi, your words seem to be what I heard from Zhenni last time."

He took a sip of the drink, and Ayu persuaded softly: "Don't drink it, you'll get drunk if you drink any more. If you're drunk, no one will serve that turkey."

When mentioning the turkey, Lao Lu asked, "Does the turkey have to be roasted for a long time? Do you need five or six hours?"

On the other side, Sally, who hadn't spoken for a long time, picked up the card game box on the ground, read while reading: "The first to collect all seven cards is lo...ser..." She raised her eyes, Three wrinkles appeared on his forehead, "loser."

She caught a glimpse of the six cards under Zhao Zhao's feet.

Watch more than five hours of natural history.

Really believe in the end of the world and prepare accordingly.

Talk to pets for more than half an hour.

When I wake up, I don't know where I am.

Always gushing, always.

Wouldn't say no to anything free.

Zhao Zhao sat in a place away from the light, he was sweating more, he suddenly looked at Ayu, and said in a low voice: "Did your crazy ex-boyfriend get into your car on the [-]th of last month?" ? Did you tell Qiao Yang that day that you were temporarily arranged for a business trip?"

Qiao Yang asked, "You mean Zhang Qi?"

Old Lu rubbed his nose: "Is the turkey ready..."

Qiao Yang sat up straight and said, "Okay, the oven will remind you."

Susan and Zhenni exchanged glances, the eyes just passed Azhu, Azhu leaned back, Susan and Zhenni were still eyeing each other, finally Zhenni coughed, she wanted to speak, but Ah Yu took the conversation away.He said: "He said he had lived enough and wanted to commit suicide by jumping into the river, and asked me if I would take him there, he didn't have enough money to take a taxi to the river."

Old Lu's eyes widened: "Ah? Then he, is he... dead?"

Ayu said: "I don't know, I sent him to the river and left. I really went on a business trip."

Zhao Zhao smiled, he looked at Qiao Yang, Qiao Yang poured wine into Ayu's wine glass, they finished the fourth bottle of wine.

Qiao Yang asked everyone: "Do you know what Zhang Qi's mantra is?"

Susan snapped her fingers: "I know, I know! Otherwise, is it this sentence? I didn't talk to him more than three sentences, I said this dish is good, this bottle of wine is good, he just said one sentence, otherwise Well, I can't answer the phone at all."

Qiao Yang shook his head with a smile, and said: "The first time I met Ayu, it was raining heavily that day, I called a car online, and he drove over. I got in the car and saw that there was another person sitting in the passenger seat. , Ayu asked me if I would mind, he dropped off a friend on the way, and I said I didn't mind."

Sally asked Ayu: "Are you still in the online car-hailing business? It seems that the economy is not good recently."

Ayu didn't speak, but smiled. Qiao Yang continued: "That person is Zhang Qi. No one spoke at first, but then he started talking loudly for some reason. He looked hysterical. I was a little scared."

"What did he say?" Ayu asked, "I don't quite remember."

Qiao Yang and Ayu looked at each other: "He said that humans are the worst thing that happened on this earth, it's humans! He yelled, it's you, it's me!

"You sent him to the train station."

Susan breathed a sigh of relief: "He is like this, he has enemy cancer."

Old Lu propped his head up, puzzled: "So he committed suicide? He hated his enemies so much that he even hated himself?"

Ah Zhu said, "It's strange."

Zhen Ni raised her glass: "To Ayu, I always thought it was incredible that you and him could be together for more than half a year."

Everyone responded and raised their glasses to drink. Azhu put down the glass first. She lit a cigarette, took a sip, and turned her face away. Her eyes were a little red, and she put her fingers on the corners of her eyes.

Ayu also put down the cup, he said: "You remember wrong."

Susan was puzzled: "What else did he say?"

Ayu looked at Qiao Yang, and their eyes met again. Ayu said: "That was not the first time we met. The first time we met was at our company's annual meeting. The year before last, you were still a waiter at that time."

Susan cheered: "Such a touching love story, should I shed a few tears?"

Qiao Yang was stunned, the oven suddenly beeped sharply, Qiao Yang jumped up from the sofa and ran to the kitchen.

The turkey was roasted. Everyone walked from the living room to the dining room and sat down one by one.They ate western food, used many knives and forks, many plates, lit candles, played jazz, passed wine bottles, unfinished cheese, and Qiao Yang's homemade cranberry jam.

At the dinner table, Susan said, "We should get together more often."

They're drinking their last bottle of wine for the day.

Zhen Ni said: "This way we won't judge people by their appearance."

Zhao Zhao smiled wryly: "Next time I won't bring a dog."

His Yorkie went somewhere, and Sally yelled several times, but it was nowhere to be seen.She also gave up and drank with her hands down.There are still many dishes left on her plate.

Ayu chatted with Old Lu: "Does Boss Lu have any advice on the stock market recently?"

Old Lu cut the meat and said, "I'll send you the four-character mantra." He waited for a long time before continuing, "Don't speculate in stocks."

Susan squeezed Lao Lu's shoulder, her eyes flashed, and she flicked her fingertips: "Don't get married."

Zhenni said, "I don't want children."

Ah Zhu said, "Don't be serious."

Zhao Zhao's tone was the strongest: "Don't keep a dog!"

This remark elicited roars of laughter, and Ayu held Qiao Yang's hand under the table.

While eating dessert, Ayu went outside the house to kill cigarettes. The sky was full of stars, and the moon could not be found. Ayu wrapped her coat tightly and sniffed. There was constant laughter in the room. His guests and his lover were casual Talking sexually, they looked excited and a little lazy.

A dog barked in the distance, and Ayu raised his head and took a puff of smoke into the sky.