red dust under the lamp

During the Chinese New Year period, Ning Jue met Ms. Xie's husband, Mr. Li.

He came back with a huge suitcase, wearing a suit and leather shoes, like a burly version of Secretary Zhang.He turned to the porch and looked at the whole family with his hips on his hips, as if he was reading the beautiful rivers and mountains.

He was a soldier before, and it seems that he served as an orderly for some important person. Although in just a few years, he wanted to imitate that person in every move, but his acting skills were so poor that no one could recognize who he was—maybe It is the great people who are gradually being forgotten.Mr. Li didn't stay at his home for long, because Ms. Xie was not there often. In this sparsely populated family, only the love between him and Ms. Xie is worthy of praise.

Mr. Li didn't have any children of his own, and when others talked about it, they didn't know whether it was him or Ms. Xie's problem.Xie Yichen didn't look like anyone, he was already sensible when he was adopted, so he still called uncle and aunt. He sat here like the head of the family, but when Xie Yichen appeared, he didn't look like anyone else, as if the husband and wife were far away from Xie Yichen. Like a heavy door, he tried his best to talk loudly at home and laughed to fill up these invisible gaps, and the home was full of happy air.

Ning Jue took care of Xie Yichen, and was regarded by Mr. Li as a bridge. He kept telling her some interesting stories, interesting stories about foreign countries, interesting stories about the three eastern provinces, and rumored scandals. No, I found an excuse and pushed Xie Yichen out. As soon as they went out, both of them sighed in relief.

The small advertisements on the wall are still from the batch at the end of last year. They are old and scumbag. It seems that those who read the advertisements have all gone home, and Haijing has become deserted.Xie Yichen mentioned his uncle, saying that he seemed to watch too much TV, and he must create a model family, and wanted her Xie Yichen to become their child like salt dissolved in water... But she didn't feel any barrier, it was uncle who was worried Too much, but draws the gap between each other very deeply.

Ning Jue didn't comment on Mr. Li. She had a vague idea of ​​what Mr. Li was doing. He seemed to be holding a lot of money, and he was going back and forth across China. , like sowing seeds, when harvesting, cut with a sickle, and get back several times the money... She doesn't quite understand this kind of life, and she doesn't know why Mr. Li invested his own money and how to make money , opened the suitcase, and it was full of mountain delicacies that have become more and more expensive in recent years. She looked at the price and the package from the side, and guessed how much RMB they would cost, so she was in awe of Mr. Li.

It was because he was too enthusiastic and forced the two of them out together. They looked at each other and smiled, and there was an inexplicable tacit understanding.

Mr. Li has arranged everything, which days will be in Haijing, which days will be back to Pingdu, and which days will be back to Lianhua County.

When mentioning Lianhua County, Ning Jue's heart skipped a beat. The place she escaped from was the place where she was wronged.

The place where she met Ms. Xie, she couldn't wait to escape there, now that Mr. Li had arranged the route back, Ning Jue couldn't avoid it, and arranged in advance that she would get sick the next day and hide in the rented house.

She found a crowded basement in a remote place in Haijing. It only costs 250 yuan a month. It is close to the bus station and there is a public bathhouse. There is no harm except that it is not ventilated and smelly. She is Shared rent with a girl who came to Haijing to work - when Ms. Xie came back, she ran to the basement. Ms. Xie was not there, she was at Xie's house with audacity, and Xie Yichen didn't mind.

Mr. Li was very puzzled by Ning Jue's arrangement. He also thought to himself that with Ning Jue here, this family outing together would show his concern for Xie Yichen. His concern is not affected by her physical condition. Even if Xie Yichen had a broken leg, he accepted her tolerantly... But if Ning Jue doesn't come, Aunt Shu will go back to her hometown to rest in a few days... Who will take care of Xie Yichen then?If they have no experience, Xie Yichen thought too much, what should we do?

He was worried in his heart, with a kind of enthusiasm in the style of young Americans on his face. Although he is not young, he always does things without thinking. Ning Jue, who was worth a dime, persuaded her to be alone anyway, how could it be in the basement during the Chinese New Year? It's kissing and kissing.

He began to talk nonsense, such as kissing and kissing, and rounding up and down, but when he became enthusiastic, all these nonsense words were erased, and only sincere requests remained.He also considered that Ning Jue might still have extra money during the Chinese New Year, so he took out his wallet and wanted to pay her seven times the salary—Ning Jue was about to faint, and after a moment of embarrassment, he finally agreed, and he didn't dare to ask for seven times the salary .

Ning Jue didn't want to go to Lianhua County, she looked at the itinerary, Pingdu went to Lianhua County, she made an appointment, let herself "catch a cold" at the specified time, so that she could hide in the house and not see anyone.

Mr. Li and Ms. Xie packed up their things and set out on the road. They were western style. They kissed and hugged every time they said goodbye. They all seemed to be living on TV, with a layer of light on their bodies. Ning Jue was afraid of the background music. Suddenly there was a sound, and the cast and crew list popped up, with the words Ms. Xie, played by XX.

The arrangement in Pingdu was to soak in the hot springs. It was the first time Ning Jue knew that there were hot springs in Pingdu. Later, she found out that in some people’s world, Pingdu had them, so she made a special reservation to ensure that they would be served well when they went. Ning Jue has no idea about this. The image in her mind is a high-end big bathhouse. The old aunt who takes the bath is replaced by a beautiful girl, maybe wearing a cheongsam or a three-point style swimsuit...

She thought wildly, and found out that it was a very serious place. She said she came to take a bath, and she came to take a bath. A screen separated Ms. Xie and Mr. Li at the other end, leaving Xie Yichen and Ning Jue at the other end. Ning Jue took the Taking a closer look at the bathrobe sent by the waitress, he looked at Xie Yichen and bowed down to change it for her.

But usually she would do these things by herself, or Aunt Shu would help, Xie Yichen suddenly twitched: "I will do it myself."

"Be careful of falling." Ning Jue let go, but didn't say the nonsense of "everyone is a woman". She herself felt that it was weird to be here to be naked. Chatting with Xie Yichen at the door for half an hour.

Even if it is a woman, she also has boundaries in her heart, as if she can't be honest with the women in the Harvest Building, it doesn't matter in the bathhouse, and among the crowd, everyone is a piece of white meat, but here, Only she and Xie Yichen got off for no reason, and the atmosphere was very weird, because the eyes couldn't turn away, so they had to look at each other, there was no way to be objective, there must be tall and short, beautiful and ugly, they are not nearsighted, and you can see moles everywhere on your body— — It's too close to be limited to sisters.

Xie Yichen is very skilled, changed when his back was facing her, sat on the wheelchair, folded the clothes he had taken off on his knees, and waited for the service lady to take them away for cleaning, Xie Yichen turned to look at Ning Jue, Ning Jue leaned against the wall and smiled, Just as she was about to blurt out that she was not going, she suddenly heard a conversation from the other side of the screen.

Ms. Xie and Mr. Li chatted and started discussing, talking about the route back, from Lianhua County to Haijing directly, if you don’t go back to Pingdu, don’t the people from the Cultural Bureau still rush to do that?

The voice was a little lower, and Ning Jue listened for a while, and suddenly realized that he had no way to hide in Lianhua County, and he no longer had the mood to examine or not to examine.

In front of Xie Yichen, she unbuttoned her coat and touched the belt of her underwear with her backhand. Xie Yichen's eyes were calm, but he didn't turn his eyes away.

Ning Jue paused for a moment, suddenly bursting into the air: "What are you looking at?"

She lowered her head and unbuttoned her trousers, Xie Yichen replied: "You have something on your mind."

"Watching me take off my clothes, can you tell that there is something on my mind hidden in my clothes?" Ning Jue said calmly, and pulled her legs out from the piled trousers. Seeing the feet, it was like reading an instruction manual to understand Ning Jue.

"You don't want to go back to Lianhua County." Xie Yichen said her guess firmly... From the conversation just passed through, and Ning Jue's reaction, she quickly guessed the correct answer.

"It was not easy for me to come out." Ning Jue had already taken off herself and put on someone else, smiling without showing her teeth, and pushed Xie Yichen to the bathtub.

In the midst of the steam, Xie Yichen stopped talking about Lianhua County. Because of her weakness in her lower limbs, she needed to lean against a soft pillow, making her look as lazy as a cat. In her seemingly indifferent expression, she suddenly praised Ning Jue: "You very beautiful."

Ning Jue was silent for a while: "You know, when I used to work in the bathhouse, I passed by the men's bathhouse. There were no people there from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-] in the evening. Some men specially take a bath at this time and meet the man they like. , just say, 'You look really good' or 'What a handsome boy', anyway, when you are complimenting someone's appearance, to see if they are the kind of hooligans like him, and then hug each other to do that kind of thing... …The pool is dirty, the changing room is also dirty, and sometimes it’s also done in the toilet, I have to wash the toilet for a long time..."

There was an obvious silence on the other side of the screen. The chat between Ms. Xie and Mr. Li was interrupted by this remark, and they didn't speak any more.

Xie Yichen thought for a while: "Shouldn't you praise the appearance of the same sex?"

"The opposite sex is not good either. If I were a boy, I would suddenly praise you for being really beautiful today, which means that I am interested in you." Ning Jue taught her the common sense of life. There is a naive and stunned elder like Mr. Li, She understood Xie Yichen's sudden compliment - it meant that he had nothing to say.Xie Yichen digested these contents slowly, nodded and said that he was negligent.

She became curious again: "So men want to do that kind of thing with men? Aren't they afraid of being beaten out?"

"They seem to have a special way to distinguish the same kind, and they don't know what marks there are, so they can be sure when they look at them. I have seen them a few times. When they wink at each other, as long as they have the heart, they can tell. There is a park on average. , and on Thursday—”

Coughing violently on the other side of the screen, the elders hinted that she should stop talking about such things curiously, so they fell silent.

Xie Yichen lowered his voice: "What about women? Are there women like this?"

"I don't know, I haven't seen it before, but most of the women don't dare to flirt with men. If a woman messes around, she will be beaten to death and no one will sympathize with her. If a man comes out to mess around, the woman will forgive him in the end... It's just messing around with men... I haven't seen the scene of catching rape, so I don't know what it looks like." Ning Jue shared her experience, and also gave an example that a certain gangster she had seen once served as a pawn for the big brother she followed. Been a bed partner for more than a year, and later when the eldest brother got married, he had a conflict with his sister-in-law, and he was dying. In the end, the eldest brother kicked him out, called him a perverted hooligan, and hanged himself crying.

"Is there such a thing?" Xie Yichen had never heard of it.

Even though they had lowered their voices, they could hear very clearly from the other side of the screen. The elders coughed a few more times, Ning Jue stopped talking, Xie Yichen tensed his back, and became dignified, as if she hadn't been curious about this kind of thing just now.

But she was really curious, so she wrote on Ning Jue's arm, indicating that she would go to the sauna early and talk quietly for a while.

"I also heard that, why are you curious about this?" Ning Jue rubbed her arms, as if Xie Yichen had written something extraordinary on her body, Xie Yichen blinked, his eyes suddenly dropped, and sat upright lonely.

The water vapor blurred his vision, and Ning Jue suddenly said in the smallest voice of his life: "You like to listen to such low-level stories? Thankfully, you are still a white lady, and your fairy spirit is gone."

Ning Jue didn't notice that Xie Yichen gave her a blank look under the cover of water vapor. Xie Yichen lowered his head and thought for a while before uttering a word: "Sharp teeth and sharp mouth."

"That's right. If we want to show our closeness, we can only scold each other. Cursing and cursing are compliments. If you just praise me for being beautiful, if I haven't read a few books, I will turn my face and ask you what you mean. "

"The shrews on the street scold each other because they are in good relationship?"

"No, in fact, the above are all nonsense. It's right to praise people anywhere. It's just that you praised so suddenly just now. I forgot that I was beautiful for a moment. I was a little embarrassed," Ning Jue stretched his arms, and finally Finding a sense of calm, he explained, "I'm not used to chatting with people naked, so I was nervous and said a lot of inexplicable things."

"can not tell."

"You look at me and I'm nervous, please don't watch me take off my clothes next time, and respect each other."

Xie Yichen: "I'm really sorry."

"fine."