nine year itch

After the two walked in, they waited for a long time and did not see the boss.Both of them were about to leave, and the boss had just returned to the shop belatedly after playing cards.

"Two, please come inside, have some sprinkles?" The boss spoke in a strong Shaanxi dialect.

"Are you all talking about this?" Gu Ze also spoke in Shaanxi dialect.Although he has been away from home for many years, he is still an old Shan after all.He has a high talent for languages. He can speak Shaanxi dialect, Beijing dialect, and Cantonese, not to mention his native dialect.

"Here we have Liangpi, Roujiamo, Xunzi noodles, and rolling dough. Oh, do you have rolling dough? I'm done buying it." The boss said while looking at the glass cabinet at the front desk.

"Then give me some noodles with glutinous rice noodles." Gu Ze said, and then asked Youqing what to eat, and Youqing asked for a Liangpi.

Liangpi and Xaozi noodles came up quickly. Although the shop is small, the taste is quite authentic and authentic.

After Youqing had been working all afternoon, she was also very hungry, and she couldn't care about her image, so she sucked on the cold noodle.

Gu Ze looked at his small red mouth with relish, as if his cold noodle tasted ten times better than his noodles.

"Youqing, I want to eat your Liangpi." Gu Ze shamelessly pulled the bowl in front of Youqing.

Youqing stared at him, pursed her shiny rosy mouth and said, "I'm not full yet."

Gu Ze pushed his face to him, and said perfunctorily, "I'll eat yours, but you can eat mine."

Youqing was hungry, and didn't bother to bother with him, so he ate Gu Ze's leftover noodles.

After I finished eating, I went to the grocery store. The proprietress of the grocery store was about to close, but when she heard that there was a big customer who wanted to buy sheets and bedding, she hurriedly opened the door again and let the two of them go in to choose.

Although Gu Ze picked out the most expensive ones, he frowned when he saw the threads on the quilt, which obviously looked shoddy.The proprietress was very happy, and she generously presented a big bag, and enthusiastically helped them pack all the items.

Gu Ze was carrying a large bag of things, and said to Youqing resentfully: "I, what crime did I do in my previous life, I want to spend the night with you tonight in this place where birds don't lay eggs."

Although it was only ten o'clock, the lights of the houses in the small county had already been extinguished, and there were no street lights on the road. At this time, there was only the crooked moon overhead.

Youqing used the flashlight to help Gu Ze illuminate the dark road ahead, smiling and not saying a word along the way.

After returning home, Youqing quickly made the bed, and the two of them undressed and lay down.Gu Ze was tall and tall, with broad shoulders and a broad body. He occupied more than half of the bed by himself.

Youqing is a bit thinner, but she is still a man after all.The two of them were lying on the small bed, shoulder to shoulder.Although the quilt I bought had a rough skin, the cotton core was okay, and it was soft and comfortable to sleep on.

In the darkness, Youqing said softly, "I slept on this bed with my father when I was young."

Gu Ze didn't speak, just lying beside him quietly listening to Youqing's voice.

"At that time, mosquitoes would always bite me in summer, so my dad would let me sleep in long johns, and he would be shirtless himself."

"He went to Beijing to work when I was five years old, and I have been sleeping on this bed by myself since then."

"The days when I slept alone in this bed, now thinking about it, it feels so long and lonely."

"I'll wait and wait, hope and hope, when he comes back during the Chinese New Year, we can lie together on this bed again."

"My father is very thin, and the two of us are neither big nor small lying on this bed."

Gu Ze hugged him sideways, and said with a slight smile, "So you think I'm too wide and squeeze you, don't you?"

Youqing didn't answer either.

After a while he said again: "I can't remember what he looks like, and I haven't taken a single picture of him."

"I miss him very much, but I can't remember his face."

Gu Ze touched Youqing's face with his hands, and found that it was already wet.

Gu Ze hugged Youqing tightly, and whispered softly: "From now on, you will never sleep alone, I will accompany you."

Youqing buried her head in Gu Ze's chest, and finally began to cry trembling all over.

Gu Ze hugged the thin Youqing in his arms, feeling mixed feelings for a moment.

The thin man in front of him really suffered too much, no wonder he wanted to commit suicide at that time.

If it was me, born in such a family, and with such a tortuous fate, I might not be stronger than him.

Youqing fell asleep dazedly in Gu Ze's arms while weeping and crying. In her dream, she seemed to return to the days of living with her father when she was a child.

In his dream tonight, he finally saw his father's face clearly.The wrinkled, unshaven face was similar to his own.

The father in the dream smiled after a long absence, because he was holding his admission letter to a key high school.

When they woke up the next day, both of them had backaches and neck pains because of the small bed.

Youqing is going to burn some paper money for his father today on the mountain where his ashes were buried.

There was a light rain in the misty sky, and the air on the mountain was extraordinarily sober.

But after five years of not coming, the mountain had already changed its appearance due to the luxuriant foliage, and he couldn't find the exact location.I could only rely on my impressions, probably found a place, and burned all the paper money.

Afterwards, the two of them went down the mountain and went home to pack up their things, and then they were going to drive back to Xi'an. They would go to work tomorrow.

Life is like this, when you are sad and cry, you have to continue to move forward without stopping.

After returning, the days quickly came to May again.

On this day, Gu Ze went to the company to work overtime on Saturday, and had a video conference with the company in Shenzhen in the afternoon, so he didn't have time to go home for dinner.

Youqing didn't have any important matters at home, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to cook for him and send it to the company. Gu Ze also readily agreed and sent a car to pick him up at home.

Youqing put the enthusiastic dishes into a glass lunch box, and put the boxes one by one into a thick and large lunch bag, and went out and took the car of Gu Ze's company.

The car soon arrived at a modern urban business district.The company occupies the 11,12th and [-]th floors in this office building. The ground floor and the first floor are a large commercial space with several commercial fast food and coffee shop retail stores.Although Youqing passed by before, he didn't go in himself.

As soon as you enter the door, the magnificent hall lamps and shiny brick veneer are eye-catching. The elevator has a large space and is covered with a soft red carpet, and the decoration is like a star hotel.

Although Youqing also knew that Gu Ze was a rich and powerful owner before, but he didn't feel his strong assets.The two spend their own daily expenses, except that Gu Ze often buys things for himself, and Qian Youqing usually buys vegetables from his own salary.Gu Ze sometimes remembered that it was tens of thousands of dollars in vegetable cash, but Youqing saved every penny, thinking that if the two of them had any illness or disaster in the future, it would be a rainy day.

Now looking at this high-end office building with a rent of more than one million a year, he finally understood why Gu Ze looked down on his teacher's work.In the eyes of others, the thousands of dead wages I earn every month are really nothing but small money the size of a sesame seed.

While admiring and lamenting Gu Ze's youth, promise and excellence, he couldn't help feeling a little proud in his heart. The owner of this gorgeous kingdom turned out to be his own man.

Although he will never be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with him in this life, he has secretly made up his mind to be more diligent in his career in the future, he can no longer be content with being an ordinary little lecturer, and he still has to work hard for a higher position.

I really hope that one day Gu Ze can feel a little proud of him, even if only a little bit.

It was Saturday, and the front desk lady of the company didn't come to work, and no one opened the door for him. He looked at the gorgeous wall at the door for a long time but couldn't find where the doorbell was, so he had to call Gu Ze.

"Hey, Gu Ze, I'm at the entrance of your company, come out and get some food." Youqing didn't plan to go in, he didn't like to show his face in strange places, he thought about giving the food to Gu Ze and then went back.

After a while, Gu Ze came out to pick him up. He handed the lunch bag to Gu Ze and was about to walk away. Gu Ze stretched his long arms around Youqing's waist.

"You're leaving now, won't you eat with me?" Gu Ze raised his eyebrows and asked.

"I, I haven't seen your colleague, I'm going home." Youqing struggled out of his arms.

"If you haven't seen it, you haven't seen it. This is my territory. Who dares to chase you away. Go, accompany me to eat and then go home."

After finishing speaking, Gu Ze involuntarily pulled him into the company's gate.Fortunately, it's mealtime now, and most of the people in the company have gone out to eat, only a few are eating takeaway at their workstations.

Gu Ze's office is at the far end of the office area. The entire decoration style is industrial style, with gray walls and dark carpets.There is a large black table and boss chair, and there is a leather couch next to it.

There is a large bookshelf full of books on the wall behind the desk, and there is a log-colored antique shelf next to it. There are a variety of collections on it, including antique vases, mahogany sculptures, and some antique-looking cup of tea.

"It's getting warm, do you need to warm up the rice for you? I saw that there are several microwave ovens in the pantry." Youqing took out the lunch boxes one by one and put them on the big black table, and touched the box again. She turned to Gu Ze and asked.

"It doesn't need to be hot, I don't like to eat too hot." Gu Ze sat on the chair and began to eat with relish.

Youqing first took the book on the shelf and read it for a while. It was a financial book. Although there were many mathematical formulas, they were full of proper nouns.Then he began to look carefully at the exquisite gadgets on the antique shelf again, to pass the time of waiting.

After Gu Ze satiated with wine and food, he squinted his eyes and stared at Youqing who was standing in front of the ancient shelf with his back turned to him.He pulled the lotus leaf curtain in front of the glass facing the office area, and the room suddenly darkened.