Warm Water Spirits

After nine o'clock in the evening, the rain did stop for a while.

When they arrived at the Song family's old house, two decorators sat on the threshold, smoking and chatting.Wisps of chaotic white smoke persisted for a long time in the humid rain.

Song Qigui's car lights were far away, and the master recognized the license plate at a glance, and immediately stood up.One of them turned around and walked in, as if to inform.

After dinner in the town, we drove all the way back, the traffic was not too dense.The stagnant water rose and fell, and the street lamps meandered in the shadows of the water all over the ground, outlining a quiet and empty night.

Jiang Yunqi ate too much and felt sleepy. He tilted his head and leaned against Pei Zhe's shoulder within a few seconds of getting in the car. After a few minutes of staring, the sleepiness became more intense.

Pei Zhe reached out and covered Jiang Yunqi's exposed ears.

Song Qigui saw it in the rearview mirror and smiled: "Yun Qi is still so sticky?"

Jiang Yunqi heard it dimly, and raised his head subconsciously. Pei Zhe pressed down slightly, clamping the tip of Jiang Yunqi's ear between his fingers, so as not to let him join in the fun.

Song Qigui lowered the speed of the car and drove back to the old house smoothly all the way.

The masters came out in twos and threes to say hello and called "Boss Song".Song Qigui picked up a few sticks of cigarettes that he had prepared earlier, and sent them out one by one, saying "Thanks for your hard work" repeatedly.

Pei Zhe didn't wake Jiang Yunqi up, he opened the car door and took out Jiang Yunqi who was stretching forward with his eyes closed, and then gently closed the door.Song Qigui turned his head and saw it, and lowered his voice to tell the masters to go back to rest early, saying that during this period of time there is no need to rush to work at night, and relatives are coming home.

A tall, lean and dark master at the front wondered: "Boss Song, it's not that we have to rush, the construction period is really tight. The brothers have to go to the old barracks to renovate next week. It's raining too much during this period, and the barracks warehouse Collapsed again..."

Song Qigui's expression was clear, and he turned his head to look at Jiang Yunqi, who was sleeping soundly with his arms around Pei Zhe's shoulders: "I'll go to settle down my little brother first, and I'm exhausted from driving all the way here. We'll talk about it later."

The tall master smiled: "Okay." Looking away from Song Qigui, he saw Pei Zhe froze for a moment, which seemed familiar.

Song Qigui didn't pay attention, and raised his foot to lead Pei Zhe in.

The first floor has the largest renovation area. The four walls and load-bearing bricks and wood have been repainted and reinforced. In the humid air, the smell of rosewood is particularly strong.

"There are no people on the first floor, it's too humid. It was alright in December, but it was cold, and the fireplace had to be open from morning to night... The second floor was installed for dinner and reception a while ago..."

Song Qigui led Pei Zhe to the innermost section of the wide wooden staircase, and lightly patted the delicate handrail: "The black walnut and teak wood specially ordered from outside, and the whole wall of rosewood on the third floor, it feels really good .”

Song Qigui's original idea was not to mobilize the crowd like this. For partial decoration, just add, delete, and delete, and the raw materials can be obtained on the spot in Suihu.But after several times of urging by Aunt Song, she figured out that her mother might plan to come back to take care of herself. Song Qigui thought about it, and hired the most capable decoration team in the area to renovate the old house.

The two stepped up the stairs one after the other, except for the initial creak, there was no other sound after that.

"You don't know, this staircase used to be unable to be stepped on by two people at the same time, and the sound of just one person's stepping on it can be transmitted to the third floor! I don't know when it will collapse. It's fine now."

Along the way, Jiang Yunqi opened his eyes and looked around. After a while, he got off Pei Zhe, touched the handrail of the stairs with Song Qigui, looked up at Song Qigui talking, yawned three times in a row, closed his mouth and was caught by Pei Zhe the next second. Lead to the second floor.

The second floor is quite clean and tidy, and the humidity is not so high. The wall hangings and carpets for dehumidification are common woven fabrics in Suihu. It is said that the effect is similar to that of activated carbon.The kitchen and the living room accounted for most of it. Aunt Song liked the kitchen very much in Pei's house. The kitchen utensils on the second floor are more complete, and there is a storage room and a wine cabinet with constant temperature and humidity on one side.It can be seen at a glance that the wine cabinet is newly installed, and it must be Song Qigui's idea.

To go from the second floor to the third floor, you need to bypass the atrium patio and go up a step.This not only isolates the noise of people, but also removes a layer of moisture due to the daily ventilation of the patio.

A moment ago, I could still hear the fuzzy sounds of the decoration master on the first floor moving back and forth, preparing to stop work, but on the third floor, all of these were gone, only the rustling wind from the atrium, and the occasional fluttering noises under the eaves. The sound of raindrops.

A master bedroom and three guest bedrooms are not much different except for the size and furnishings. They are all huanghuali beds, teak floors, and walnut cabinets.

Of course, Song Qigui took Jiang Yunqi to the guest bedroom first, pointed to the top shelf of the closet and said concisely to Jiang Yunqi: "Yunqi changes the sheets by himself. Everything is inside."

Jiang Yunqi nodded, thinking that this was not a problem, after all, there was Pei Zhe, so he turned to look at Pei Zhe.

Unexpectedly, Song Qigui pushed him into the door directly, like pushing a chick out of the nest, and opened his mouth like the last order, pointing to the bathroom inside and saying: "It's newly installed, and there's hot water, go to bed early, or you won't grow tall—— Look, you just arrived at Officer Pei's place."

The half-awake Jiang Yunqi couldn't keep up with his thoughts: "..." Just as he was about to say that Pei Zhe was too tall, Song Qigui closed his door naturally and led Pei Zhe to the master bedroom.

The last time the door closed, Jiang Yunqi looked up to see Pei Zhe, who was looking at him, with smiles in his eyes.

In Song Qigui's view, Jiang Yunqi must do a good job in organizing the housework by himself, which is simply a matter of course.

The sound insulation effect of the door is very good. Jiang Yunqi sat on the edge of the bed in a daze. His nose smelled faintly of wood, which was dry and clear. After smelling it for a long time, a faint and elegant orange peel fragrance brewed.

Jiang Yunqi got up slowly and went to the bathroom to take a shower.It didn't matter that the suitcase was still in Pei Zhe's place.

When they got to the master bedroom, Song Qigui didn't talk about pediatric issues such as bed sheets and bathrooms. Pei Zhe and he both came from the army, and these trivial things were nothing serious.

Song Qigui said that he would live in the guest bedroom next door and we would have a drink together later.

Pei Zhe agreed, and squatted down to open the suitcase to take out Jiang Yunqi's clothes and toiletries.

Song Qigui didn't stay long, and went directly to the second floor to pick up red wine. At the dinner table in the evening, he didn't drink because he had to drive back. There is no reason not to drink now.

When he picked out the red wine and knocked on the door of the master bedroom, he found that Pei Zhe was not in the master bedroom.After looking around, Song Qigui turned around and knocked on Jiang Yunqi's room.

Pei Zhe came to open the door, and there was the sound of water dripping from the bathroom behind him.

Song Qigui stood by the door, stared at the half-made bed, touched his nose, didn't quite understand, hesitated for a while and said: "Brother, I don't want to be so spoiled. He is already twenty, and he can still understand at the age of seventeen or eighteen... …When I was twenty, the army was engaged in internal affairs, and the floor joints had to be polished..."

Pei Zhe bent his lips, turned around and continued to help Jiang Yunqi make the bed: "Yunqi is not you."

Song Qigui couldn't figure it out: "I just wanted to say it in the car, no matter where you go, you need to be hugged. It's really not good to be so used to it. From now on, you will be Ma Bao—no, Brother Bao, how will you experience society when you go out—"

The sound of water in the bathroom stopped at some point. Jiang Yunqi pushed open the door and came out with wet hair hanging down. He looked listlessly at Song Qigui and then at Pei Zhe, his blue eyes were inexplicably gloomy.

Short-sleeved shorts, the exposed skin is as white as porcelain embryos, straight to the edge of the bathroom, and the mist is lingering behind him.

Song Qigui was panicked by Jiang Yunqi's stare, but he was used to it to a certain extent. Jiang Yunqi had been staring at him like this for a few years, and when he saw this, he made a "tsk" and went to see Pei Zhe: "Look, Still staring at me. Am I wrong? Manly man—”

Unexpectedly, Pei Zhe walked over with a bath towel and wrapped the person from head to toe, and then carried him to the bed.

Song Qigui was speechless.

Jiang Yunqi was a little angry for no reason. Pei Zhe wanted to brush his hair, but he snatched it up and rubbed it himself. Pei Zhe stood by the bed, didn't say anything, and the smile never came down from the corner of his mouth.

Song Qigui couldn't stand it anymore, and stepped forward to pull Pei Zhe: "Brother, let's go out? It's not like he can't do it."

Jiang Yunqi originally faced Pei Zhe and sat cross-legged on the bed, but now he turned his back to the two of them, lowered his head and did not wipe his hair for a while.

Pei Zhe said to Song Qigui, "Go down first."

Now Song Qigui couldn't say anything, glanced at Jiang Yunqi's stubborn back, sighed quickly in his nose, turned around, took the red wine and left.

Pei Zhe went to Jiang Yunqi's side, squatted down on one knee in front of Jiang Yunqi, held the small chin under the towel, and lifted it up without much effort: "Yunqi?"

Jiang Yunqi paused, Shui Lan met his black eyes with a gentle smile, and opened his mouth: "He is so annoying! He has to take care of me every time! I used to take care of my final exams and let me do my homework so I don't bother you! Now I take care of you!" I lay the sheets! Then I will find you to sleep at night!"

"I want to tell Aunt Song!"

Song Qigui, who was standing outside the door and couldn't hear clearly, still heard the last two words clearly. He suddenly felt that he was in trouble, and quickly made a draft in his mind for meeting his mother tomorrow.

Perhaps it was because Pei Zhe had always been by his side meticulously during this time, and Jiang Yunqi's dependence had reached an unprecedented level.The appearance of Song Qigui is more like a reminder that Jiang Yunqi's current state is not "normal"-he should be more independent.

Jiang Yunqi doesn't want to be independent at all.Whether he was sick or not, he couldn't do without Pei Zhe.

Pei Zhe smiled: "Then sleep together at night."

Jiang Yunqi raised his eyes, his eyelashes curled up, and his cheeks were flushed with anger: "Brother Naqigui, what should we do?"

Pei Zhe said, "He won't talk anymore."

Jiang Yunqi nodded, and leaned over to put his arms around Pei Zhe's neck: "Then remember to hug me after you drink. I can't sleep well by myself."

Pei Zhe bowed his head and kissed Jiang Yunqi's soft shoulder: "Okay."

"Don't drink too much, you will get drunk." Jiang Yunqi shrugged his shoulders, remembering that he hadn't taken the medicine yet, so he pushed Pei Che away to take the medicine.

Pei Zhe smiled lowly, and his breathing suddenly slowed down a lot: "No." Before he finished speaking, he raised his head and kissed the back of Jiang Yunqi's neck deeply.

Jiang Yunqi couldn't move at all after tossing and turning, so he could only kiss him obediently.

His face turned red when he took the medicine, but fortunately, the effect of the medicine took effect immediately after taking the medicine, and Jiang Yunqi fell asleep on the pillow soon.Pei Zhe waited for a while before going out.

During this period of time, the rain was too heavy, but the outer residential areas were much better than those deep in the rainforest.Take a break at the end of July, and come back for the last wave in August, and you will be able to usher in a bright autumn in early September.

The balcony extending from the second floor faced the way they had come.A glass curtain wall faces the opposite direction, reflecting the atrium patio.

When Pei Zhe passed by, Song Qigui happened to come up from the first floor, and he probably just had a talk with the master of the decoration team.

"The old barracks collapsed again. I heard that it is still raining there. The ordinary steel structure inside is too easy to corrode. Later, a set of bricks and wood can not resist insects and ants. It will collapse within a few days when it is windy and rainy." Department, what is this called..."

Song Qigui walked to the rattan recliner and sat down, uncorked the red wine casually, regardless of the procedure of sobering up, first poured half a glass into Pei Zhe's glass, and then poured it for himself.

In the past three years, the periphery of Suihu has gradually entered the normal track. However, a series of ordnance barracks deployed in those years have been placed in the center of the Suihu explosion. At the same time, the entry and exit of personnel are strictly controlled, and the protection level is still very high. It is expected that in the next five or six years They will not relax border patrol management, after all, what happened in the past is too tragic.

Seeing that Pei Zhe was silent, Song Qigui continued: "The team leader said he met you and knew your name. Do you know him? His name is Gao Zhenyong."

Pei Zhe shook his head, drank the red wine, and after a while suddenly asked Song Qigui, "How did you contact them?"

Obviously, Pei Zhe has seen that the decoration team led by Gao Zhenyong is not an ordinary decoration team, but should belong to the ordinary staff of professional skills in the army.In other words, there is a high probability that those who have an establishment will not take this kind of residential area renovation work at will.

Song Qigui's tone was very light: "Actually, I contacted the decoration team myself at the time, but they were not allowed to enter Suihu. Don't look at the looseness in the past few years. In fact, the outside is loose and the inside is tight. Large-scale foreign personnel need to check their identity and issue approval After looking around, I heard that there are people who specialize in the renovation of residential areas, and they are them."

Pei Zhe didn't say anything more.

Song Qigui raised his head and sighed: "At least ten years... I still remember it fresh..."

The night in the courtyard was as dark as ink, the clouds moved slowly after the rain, the moon went to nowhere, and the stars were extraordinarily bright.In the night after the rainstorm, there are only a few points, like the debris of the moon left by the washing.

Pei Zhe didn't drink much, Song Qigui drank a lot, he was the one who talked most of the time, and then fell silent, it seemed that the weight of words could not match the power of time after all, no matter how much he said, it would be useless, and he could only wait for the day to come The day passed by.But he also knew in his heart that no matter how long it takes, what should be remembered will never be forgotten.

"Is Yun Qi okay? I think he has lost a lot of weight. Is he too tired from school? My mother said he still plays games?" Song Qigui turned to look at Pei Zhe.

Pei Zhe sat on the chair and closed his eyes to rest his mind. He said for a moment, "I'm a little tired. Go home and rest for a while."

Song Qigui nodded, thinking of something, and said to Pei Zhe, "I still don't think I can get used to it. This kid needs to exercise. It was the same before, and people have to watch memorize words, and you have to teach math problems..."

Pei Zhe smiled, but said nothing.

Song Qigui: "My mother is too—I'm not saying you can't love Yunqi, but you have to have a degree of pain, right? I remember one time when it was snowing in Jiangzhou, I called my mother, and Yunqi answered the phone. I asked him Why don’t you go to school? He said he didn’t want to go because it was snowing. I just wanted to say a few words, but my mother took the phone away—and my mother said a few words to me afterwards.”

Pei Zhe still laughed silently.

Song Qigui Baba: "I don't want to go to school. Listen? When I was a child, I didn't dare to tell my mother that - what kid dares to say that he doesn't want to go to school? Hey, Jiang Yunqi dared to. He really can't go to school. I later found out that Yunqi didn't go to school that week——Officer Pei, do you know about this? It was just over three years ago, and it will be almost a year since he was discharged from the hospital..."

However, the late complaint did not have any effect.

Pei Zhe turned to Song Qigui and said, "I know. I let him play in the snow for a week at home."

Song Qigui: "..."

Since then, Song Qigui has never expressed any objection on the issue of Jiang Yunqi's education.

After all, Jiang Yunqi was really left alone.