squirrel

Gao Liyuan was awakened by the movement outside the door.

At first he thought it was the old man downstairs who was listening to the broadcast on the balcony and punching again, so he didn't pay attention, turned over and planned to go back to sleep, but the voice persisted in his ears, and the words were correct at first The news broadcast was cut off in the middle of the sentence, and it became a noisy nursery rhyme, and then jumped to the washing powder advertisement.

Only then did he realize that the TV in the living room was ringing, and he sat up in shock, but at least he woke up completely the moment he rushed out of the bedroom, remembering that there was indeed someone else in his house at this time.

Gao Liyuan originally planned to clean up the unused second bedroom last night, but unfortunately it has been unoccupied for a long time. The pillows and sheets in the closet were taken out and spread out for an entire hour, and there was still a pungent camphor smell, let alone the bed. The ashes fell.He tossed about for a long time, but the guy sucking the noodles still refused to appreciate it, and said behind his back, "Why bother? I think the living room is also very good."

"Of course it's fine if you're willing to sleep in the living room."

Hearing this, Gao Liyuan immediately threw the mop in his hand back to the balcony, and when he came out after washing his hands, there was no one in the living room, only the sound of water flowing from the kitchen, some people really knew each other very well.Gao Liyuan followed the voice, wanted to speak, but suddenly remembered something, and asked first: "What's your name?"

"squirrel."

"What?" Gao Liyuan couldn't help frowning, "What nickname, I'll ask what your real name is."

"My name is Squirrel." Squirrel also raised his eyebrows and stared back. "Do you have any objections?"

Gao Liyuan expressed his opinion bluntly: "What kind of broken name is that?"

Of course Gao Liyuan didn't believe that this was Squirrel's real name, but after all, the two of them had nothing to do with each other. Squirrel didn't say anything, and he didn't bother to ask. He took out the pillow and quilt that had finally dissipated some smell and put it on the sofa. How should he sleep or what? went to sleep.

But now that he realized who was in the living room, Gao Liyuan took his hand back from the doorknob in time, tidied up the bed and walked into the living room, facing the squirrel who was lying on the sofa and kept changing channels Say hello: "Morning."

"Can this be called morning?" The squirrel turned to look at him, as if looking at an old man in his twilight years.

When he said this, the wall clock in the living room just jumped to half o'clock, and it rang with a "boom", full of energy.Before Gao Liyuan could think of a rebuttal, the squirrel on the sofa jumped off the ground and patted his wrinkled pants: "Okay, I'll leave when you come out, see clearly, I didn't follow your order today."

Gao Liyuan was speechless for a while.He really didn't dare to fully believe that Squirrel would change his ways in a short period of time, but yesterday he promised the other party to come and stay with him, obviously it was him...

But the squirrel didn't give Gao Liyuan another chance to speak, as soon as the anti-theft door was opened and closed, he disappeared.He went downstairs lightly and quickly, and ran out of the dark apartment building in a few steps, and ran all the way towards the bun shop on the street outside - he found out last night that Gao Liyuan's house seemed to only have instant noodles and eggs, and he didn't eat any more Order breakfast, and I'm going to starve to death.

He bought a basket of steamed buns stuffed with shiitake mushrooms and meat and ate them while walking, when he suddenly heard someone shouting behind him, turned around and saw a mouse running over with a happy face: "Squirrel! I thought you had gone back to your hometown."

"Where can I go." The squirrel muttered, and swallowed half of the bun again, "Aren't you going to school?" He found that the mouse was not wearing a school uniform.

The mouse shook his head and said that the college entrance examination was coming soon, and the school had three days off for them to go home and review.Squirrel didn't bother to ask him why he ran out again, and handed him a bun, only to hear Mouse ask vaguely, "Where do you live now? How about I talk to Brother Tang..."

"What are you talking about, I've already found other things to do, so I don't want to go back and squeeze with you."

Of course the squirrel refused to go back.Not to mention whether Brother Tang would nod his head, even if the mouse really begged to agree, the people who lived with him before would not run him to death.But the third job has not been found yet, Squirrel said this somewhat lack of confidence, in order to increase credibility, deliberately pointed to the family area not far away: "See that family area? I live now In there. Go to the fifth floor of Unit [-], the third building on the left, and the apartment on the right is just me and the landlord, and it’s spacious.” He saw the mouse’s envious expression for a moment, but he couldn’t help sighing in his heart, thinking, Where do you want to stay tonight?

But the mouse didn't know what was bothering the squirrel, and just followed him along the way.Because of the lie he just told, Squirrel couldn't directly go to the talent market to find a job, so he had to wander around the block, when he suddenly heard a soft "ah" from Mouse, and when he looked up, he saw three faces smiling maliciously .

"Yo~ Isn't this a squirrel?"

On the other side of the city, Gao Liyuan stood on the playground energetically and blew his whistle.He led the students to measure 50 meters and watched them play basketball for a while. Teacher Gao, who thought he had returned to normal life, packed a bowl of rice at the school gate and went home for lunch break, but at first glance he saw the door squatting Personally, I thought I went to the wrong unit door.

"You are..." Gao Liyuan was at a loss for a moment, and finally confirmed from the old door on the door that this is indeed his house.That squatting student Gao Liyuan looked familiar, but he wasn't wearing a school uniform, so he couldn't tell if he was from Fifth Middle School, "Who are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for the landlord of this house."

It was only then that he remembered that the child was a friend of the squirrel he had met outside the detention center that day, but he was still a little puzzled: "I am the landlord. What's wrong?"

As a result, what the other party said next was a bit unexpected.Probably in order to win the trust of himself, the young man hastily reported himself: "My name is Xu Ting, and I am Squirrel's friend... Squirrel broke his hand today and is still in the hospital. Hospitalized, but there are not enough beds, so we can only sleep in the corridor..."

"Wait, wait..." Gao Liyuan grasped the key word of fracture, his heart skipped a beat, but he still asked cautiously, "How do you know that I live here?"

Xu Ting said, "The squirrel told me this morning."

Now Gao Liyuan finally sorted out the cause and effect: Probably the squirrel went out today and met his friends, it's hard to say that he is now homeless, so he simply lied and said that he lived here.But he didn't expect to break a bone by accident. Of course, he couldn't run back by himself, so he had no choice but to rub his face against the hospital bed. As a result, he underestimated how much Xu Ting cared for his friend, and actually followed the address to find him.

He couldn't expose the squirrel's clumsy lies, so he thought for a moment, opened the door and entered the house, threw the donburi on the table, and then called to ask for a half-day leave.

"Let's go."

They boarded an empty bus in the scorching sun and headed all the way to the hospital a few stops away.It was also lunch break time in the hospital. In the outpatient hall, there were only a few patients who probably came from other places to rest in the shadows. Gao Liyuan followed Xu Ting into the inpatient department. He went up to the third floor, and when he turned the corner, he saw the hospital beds lined up along the wall. , couldn't help frowning: "This is too crowded."

This season was already sweltering, and there was no fan in the corridor, so Gao Liyuan felt sweaty after walking a few steps inside.Those patients lying down must be even more impatient, most of them are holding a fan in their hands, fanning the wind in a mess, trying to drive away even a trace of heat.

Then Gao Liyuan saw the squirrel, sitting on a hospital bed, staring at the opposite wall in a daze.He didn't lie down to rest, but just shook his legs once and for all, and his toes occasionally grazed the ground, making a light sound.

It was Xu Ting who spoke first, and after yelling "Squirrel" in a low voice, he walked over and handed them the meat buns they bought at the gate of the family area.But of course the squirrel first noticed Gao Liyuan who was following behind, and his eyes almost popped out: "Mouse—what's going on?!"

"I'm still worried about you living here by yourself, so I went to find your landlord." The mouse—that is, Xu Ting quickly explained, "But Mr. Gao is fine. When I heard that you had a broken bone, you came here together without eating. ..."

Mouse had been worried about squirrels for several days, but now he was finally relieved and said many good things to Gao Liyuan.But the other two obviously couldn't listen to what they said. After Gao Liyuan approached, he saw the bruise on the squirrel's face at a glance-it didn't look like it fell out.

The expression on the squirrel's face was also a little stiff.He urged the mouse away first, and didn't bother to look up at Gao Liyuan. He just poked the hot bun through the plastic bag with his unbroken hand, and said dryly, "Sorry, I didn't expect him to run to find Gao Liyuan. You, but he won't come over this week, so he won't bother you again."

When his arm is healed, he must recover the debt from Qian Lao Er... Squirrel thought viciously in his heart, imagining the bun at his side as the other's bloated face, and poked harder.As a result, the buns were suddenly taken away the next moment, and the squirrel poked in the air, and then heard someone say on top of his head, "Don't waste the food."

"...Why haven't you left yet?"

"Have you paid the hospitalization fee?" Gao Liyuan ignored his impatient complaint, and just asked.Squirrel didn't understand what the other party meant at this time, but he said it truthfully: "Not yet, the nurse who charged the fee has gone to lunch."

"Then don't stay in the hospital."

Gao Liyuan had already thought about this matter several times on the way, and at this moment he said the final decision, full of momentum: "Your friends have found my door, what kind of words are you throwing away. I won't let you live in vain, it's three hundred a month, and the meal fee will be calculated separately, and I will move out after your arm is better. Look, how is it?"

The squirrel was stunned when he was halfway through his words, and just stared at Gao Liyuan stupidly, as if he had seen an alien.It wasn't until Gao Liyuan called out to him for the second time that his soul returned to its place, and then, mysteriously, he nodded.

"it is good."