north wind blows south

Eight years ago, it was also snowing like this.

Mu Liang, who was studying at university in the north, was rarely in the mood to come back for the New Year. Although he didn't want to go back to his so-called "home", he still booked a hotel near his home.

It started snowing on New Year's Eve.While leaning on the bedside to drink, I found that white crystals began to fall from the sky.Slowly, they began to fall and fall, as if they were venting their emotions.But it stopped after a while, and it was too late to form layers of snow. It just started to melt after it fell to the ground.

I just took a look at the world, maybe felt dissatisfied, and left without leaving any footprints.

The 19-year-old Mu Liang raised his wine glass and said with all his strength to the passing snowflakes: "Cheers."

At the beginning, I just drank beer, because I didn't have much money with me, so I drank the cheapest beer that was bought as a condiment for cooking.As soon as I mention it, I can finish drinking it in half the night, and spend the other half of the night facing those empty aluminum cans.

Later, after graduating from university, he began to learn to drink alcohol that he didn't like.High-quality liquor, super-expensive whiskey, and champagne and red wine that can be worth a suite are not as good to him as the cheapest beer at the beginning.Occasionally, when I am troubled, I will buy it and bring it home. It is three dollars more expensive than before, but the taste is still the same as before.The only difference is that after drinking half of the night, the other half of the night will no longer hurt the spring and autumn. Instead, I will pack up my mood and go out to buy another drink.

But I don't always have a good memory, and I don't buy two items at once.

After eight years, I finally remembered to buy two, although I asked the deliveryman who was still working during the Chinese New Year to deliver it to the door.It was ten yuan more expensive than it was at the beginning.Cans were taken out one by one and placed on the table like a hill.The outer packaging has changed, but the color of the packaging has not changed, and hopefully the taste has not changed either.

Trying to open the top can of beer with one hand, the wonderful breath sound is the same as before, which makes people sigh.

Maybe it was too wonderful, tossing and turning to make Shen Ye wake up from his dream.It could even combine his dreams and reality, and appear in Mu Liang's bed at the same time.

The whole quilt is filled with his own smell.Even though they used the same shampoo, body wash and washing powder, Mu Liang always had a reassuring smell on his body.For Shen Ye, Mu Liang is a sense of security.

Shen also rubbed his eyes, "Drinking secretly?"

Mu Liang just lifted the aluminum can, but neither put it in nor drink it.It's the feeling of being caught, although I have drank in front of Shen Ye more than once.

"Well, I ordered beer." There's nothing hard to admit, but it's a bit embarrassing for me to be sneaky after a drink because of my age.

Shen Ye was wrapped in Mu Liang's quilt, like a caterpillar, squirming to the other side of the bed bit by bit, in order to get closer to Mu Liang.

Shen also recognized the brand of beer at a glance, "Why don't you buy a better one? This kind of beer is what I used when I made braised pork for you."

This beer is really bad.It doesn't have the mellow aroma of beer, and the taste is below the passing line, but the dishes cooked with it are very fragrant.When making braised pork, put a can, there will be no smell of beer when it comes out of the pan, and some are just mixed with various auxiliary ingredients and added with the fresh aroma of the meat itself.I also used this kind of beer to cook beer duck, but I don’t know whether it was too much beer or the fire was too high. After the pot, the meat was a bit old and the beer smell was very strong.

However, when someone ate it, he still gave face, didn't point out the shortcomings, and ate everything with great effort.

"I used to buy this kind of beer when I had no money. Now let's miss the poor days." Mu Liang's words seemed to be teasing himself, and he took the first sip while talking.

Just as Shen Ye said, and Mu Liang knew very well in his heart that the beer tasted really bad.But occasionally I always miss it. I didn’t drink good wine at that time. It was already the best within the range of my financial ability.

Although it is said to be unpalatable, it has a certain flavor when tasted carefully.What flavor?Poor taste.This feeling is too unforgettable.Forever.

"But you are no longer a poor man. If you drink it by yourself, buy a better one. I invite you." Shen Ye is simply a god, and at the same time he took out a card from under his pillow, Caught between the fingers, pretending to be a boss, like a gibbon stretching out its arms, and then waved, "Here, swipe my card."

"Bah, what are you pretending to do?" Although he said so, Mu Liang accepted the card with a smile, "Take it as a dowry."

"It's not a dowry," Shen also pretended to be serious, "it's a bride price."

It's a bride price.

When Mu Liang heard this, he was slightly taken aback, then bowed his head and accepted the gift with a smile.His wallet was made many years ago, and the quality is very good, but when he opened it, there would be an empty space, which made him feel very sad every time he opened it, and this place was dedicated to putting photos.Now it can finally be filled, with Shen Ye's dowry, or betrothal gift.

He is not short of money, nor does he need to spend Shen Ye's money.But accepting this unexpected gift made him very happy. This may be what everyone said that you can not have too much material, but you must have a necessary attitude.

Mu Liang liked Shen Ye's attitude.

"You drink, then what should I drink? How about I drink with you too?" Shen Ye lay on the bed, although his body was like a caterpillar, but his eyes were blurred, looking at the beer piled up like a hill by Mu Liang.

Mu Liang drank the can of beer, then put it on the table, raised his arm and slapped it hard, and then threw it into the trash can like shooting a basketball.

"That's a beautiful thought. Hurry up and get up and have breakfast, it's getting late." Xu hadn't had beer for a long time, and Mu Liang let out a long hiccup after saying this.

Shen also struggled to get out of the caterpillar's cocoon, and then sat on the edge of the bed, with a silly chicken nest head and swollen eyes, "Wait a minute, how do we get there?"

Mu Liang seemed to have lost his memory, and asked Shen Ye with a confused look: "Where are you going?"

"You promised me yesterday that you would take me to a place. Forgot?" Mu Liang still looked stupid and couldn't remember anything, and he was so angry that he pinched his cheek.

"Do you remember?" Shen Ye asked him.

Mu Liang grabbed Shen Ye's wrist, with a flattering smile in his eyes, "I remembered."

"It's more or less the same." Shen also let him go, rubbing his chicken coop that was no longer messy and going to wash.

Looking at the small mountain of beer in front of him, Mu Liang felt a little stupid.Today is not what it used to be, and Mu Liang has been away from high school for a long time. I don't know if this word should be used in this way, but he can only think of this word in this situation.

Today is not what it used to be.

The only reason to drink these cheap beers in the old days was just to get rid of your sorrows, but now it's not with cheap beers, it's with those expensive gift-giving wines hidden in the back of the cabinet Come and cancel.Besides, his worry is washing up in the bathroom now, making a ping-pong-pong sound.

I was really stupid just now, I can use any method to evade it, I have to pretend that I don't remember.The original techniques used in shopping malls will completely fail when they are sinking.

Maybe it was the kiss last night that fermented overnight.Obviously, he was still very happy last night. Although he still had a lot of scruples in his heart, when he woke up this morning, Mu Liang felt a little regretful.Mu Liang originally wanted to take Shen Ye to see his mother today.

A consciousness appeared in his mind, and he couldn't get rid of it no matter what.He suddenly remembered at this juncture that he agreed to live in Shen Ye because of his selfishness, and he wanted to stay with the children for a while longer.But now, I have kissed and slept, and I will go to see my parents later. The timeline seems to be equipped with an accelerator, compressing a year's events into one month.

But obviously at the beginning, he just wanted to get along with Shen Ye for a few more months, and then send the children on the plane.He is young, he still has infinite possibilities and a bright future.As for me, I am even more widower than a widower, and the widower has at least been married, but Mu Liang, with a solo mother and a wonderful family, has no future.

They were already fused in a sense.They are inseparable.

Or to put it in a simple sentence, Mu Liang has already relied on Shen Ye.

Once upon a time he was all alone.I eat alone, sleep alone, work alone, and see a doctor alone. Now that there is one more person around me, I don’t feel uncomfortable, but I feel very happy and satisfied.Sometimes Shen also cooks, and sometimes they eat out. Although they still sleep in separate rooms, last night they "shared the same bed" in a certain sense. The rustling sound on the paper was his placebo, even if he had a fever, Shen still stayed with him every step of the way, and even cooked porridge for him.

I used to naively think that living alone is the freest life, and that those who are trapped in love and family are stupid enough, but now I realize that it is me who is stupid.He has never recognized himself, maybe some people in this world are solitary animals and can live in isolation, but Mu Liang never knew that he was born to live in groups, he couldn't do without the crowd, he couldn't do without the warmth of the crowd.

It wasn't until he met Shen Ye that he realized that he couldn't leave him at all.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with it.There is never a standard answer to the timeline. Some people decide to get married within an hour of knowing each other, while others decide to run long distances in love.Just like in life, there is never a standard answer.

How to become a tough person?Even if the pain cannot be healed, you should hide it in the deepest part of your heart and face the world with tenderness.

"Shen Ye."

"what happened?"

"I want to take you to meet my mother."