Same Bed Different Dreams

Wei Xiao's life these days is chaotic, and sometimes just because of Zhou Jingci's words and expressions, his thoughts fly far, far, far away. I'm really old, I can't accept it.

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When Wei Xiao was a teenager, he always felt that the nights were too long and the days were too short. He stayed in the small shop of a few square meters at home every night, looking at the moon outside the window, and thinking about how to win Zhou Jingci tomorrow. favor.

In fact, at the very beginning, he and Zhou Jingci did not hit it off.At that time, although they lived in the same neighborhood and went to the same elementary school, one had a lively and naughty personality, while the other was honest and steady. Wei Xiao was one year older than Zhou Jingci, one grade above him.From the very beginning, Wei Xiao found this good student who could write every word and deed in the textbook very unpleasant, so he happened to meet him and wanted to play tricks on him.For a while, he put the caterpillars picked up on the ground in front of Zhou Jingci, and for a while, he quietly stepped on Zhou Jingci's shoes from behind the person.

Zhou Jingci was young and mature, with a gentle personality, he just frowned and didn't care about him.Wei Xiao is always boring, and after a long time, he doesn't bother to provoke him anymore. Well water doesn't interfere with river water, and they don't interfere with each other, so they live in peace.Even though they lived in the same alley, they never went home together.Wei Xiao has the same temper as his father, he is loyal, and loves to call out friends. Every time after school, he will play in groups for a long time at school, until the uncle at the security office chases them away, and then they all run away in a hurry.Zhou Jingci was not the case. He was obedient since he was a child, and he would go home after school. Even after finishing his homework, he still had to read, practice calligraphy and play the piano.Totally different from those wild kids out there.

At that time, the teachers in the school were very helpless to Wei Xiao, because firstly, he was really a hit, and secondly, because he studied well.It's not appropriate to be disciplined, and it's not appropriate to be disciplined too harshly.

They really got acquainted from a Friday evening.That day, Zhou Jingci saw a lot of children gathered in the small square in the yard, envious in his heart, couldn't help but also ran downstairs.He seldom comes out to play on weekdays. Naturally, he doesn't have any friends to take him to play, so he can only sit on the steps by himself, watching those big kids chasing after each other.

After a while, the older children spontaneously formed a small circle. Zhou Jingci was curious and joined in, only to find that the leader of the children, Li Hui, who was a grade above him, was pushing a four or five The little girl was yelling at her, "Liar, liar, little liar born of an old liar."

Zhou Jing resigned for a long time, and finally squeezed from the periphery of the crowd to the center. He grabbed Li Hui, "Don't bully her!"

Li Hui looked Zhou Jingci up and down, usually he would only look at Zhou Jingci as a good student, he is not pleasing to the eye, and it was not easy for him not to trouble him, but he sent him to his door.But Li Hui was also afraid of Zhou Jingci's parents. He only felt that the couple were different from ordinary people. They kept their faces straight and serious all day long, which seemed serious and scary.In the end, stubbornness overcame fear, and Li Hui lifted Zhou Jingci up and pushed him to the ground. The next second, the little girl was finally brought down by them, and two people, one big and one small, fell crookedly together .

Zhou Jingci was usually silent, but now he had a temper. He felt that he was a lot older than the little girl, and he was a "manly man". He stood up and protected the little girl, "You are not allowed to bully me!" she!"

Zhou Jingci was a good old man when he was young, and he never had any disputes with anyone, let alone quarrel with others, and his words were soft and soft.The bad boys in the senior grades all laughed one after another with a "puchi", and Li Hui threw himself on Zhou Jingci's body all at once, and punched Zhou Jingci down, making Zhou Jingci look like a star.

Punch, punch, and punch, Zhou Jingci felt as if a mouthful of blood had accumulated in his chest, and he couldn't spit it out. There was a rough sound in his throat, like an old bellows. He wanted to shout, but couldn't. , want to escape, but can't escape.There was a "buzzing" in his ears, taunting and cursing mixed together, and amidst the buzzing, there was also the sharp cry of a little girl beside him.

The little Zhou Jingci was lying on the ground, his eyes were gray, and his consciousness gradually became blurred, until the sound of "get off" cut through the buzzing, he opened his eyes forcefully, and saw Wei Xiao struggling to remove those bad words. The children chased them all away, saw his fist hit Li Hui's face, saw Li Hui fleeing with his "little brother", saw the little girl cry harder with a "wow", and rushed into the Wei Xiao's arms, wiped all the snot and tears on Wei Xiao's school uniform, and blamed, "Brother, why did you come, why did you come, my brother and I were almost beaten to death by your classmates."

From then until now, more than twenty years later, Wei Zhao has always called Zhou Jingci his elder brother.Even though she was young, she had long forgotten the reason.

Wei Xiao frowned, he didn't know how to comfort others, he only checked up and down, and when he saw that there was no external injury on his sister, he suddenly felt relieved.Then he remembered Zhou Jingci lying on the ground.Although Wei Xiao was not a good student, he was extremely intelligent, and he knew what had just happened with a single guess.

Wei Xiao pushed Zhou Jingci's shoulder and asked, "How are you, can you get up?"

Zhou Jingci reluctantly stretched out his hand and wiped his nose, but he saw a large amount of blood on the palm of his hand. He was obedient since he was a child, but he was so frightened that he opened and closed his lips and stammered for a long time. , "Am I dying?"

Although Zhou Jingci felt that he was seriously injured, it was actually just a broken nose and bruises on his face. Hearing this, Wei Xiao found it both funny and touched. His little adult seemed to understand clearly. Throat, said, "No."

Wei Xiao pulled Zhou Jingci up from the ground forcefully, and then dragged his butt with his hands, and the thin Zhou Jingci was carried on his thin back.Afterwards, he said to Zhou Jing, "I'll take you home."

When Wei Xiao sent Zhou Jingci back home, Zhou's father and Zhou's mother were stunned. Everyone who lived in this area knew about Wei Xiao's skin and thought Wei Xiao was the one who caused the injury on his son's body. show him.Wei Xiao was misunderstood, and didn't bother to explain, shrugged, put Zhou Jingci down and left.

Since then, Zhou Jingci hasn't seen Wei Xiao for a long time. He heard people say that he beat Li Hui in class, his nose was broken, and his family paid him a lot of medical expenses.

Later, I heard that Wei Xiao failed to take the entrance examination and was demoted by the school.

I saw Wei Xiao again when Zhou Jingci was in the sixth grade. At that time, Wei Xiao became a repeat student who was "famous in the whole school" and officially became his classmate.

Since then, they have never been separated for most of their lives.

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Wei Xiao likes to recall these old sesame seeds and rotten millet things recently. The past is finally gone, and only those distant pasts carved into the river of time are the only things he can have today.

In the silence of the night, he gently hugged Zhou Jingci in his arms closer to his chest, but he still felt that he was just a monkey fishing for the moon.