far and near

Because Bai Maosheng's class and the adjustment of friends' tutors were delayed again and again, it was almost summer when the daughter brought children to visit her home for the first time.Zhao Lan had already heard that she was a girl with very good grades.She can't avoid the customs of Chinese parents, thinking that friends with piercings, dyed hair and tattered clothes are not worth contacting. A single sentence "good grades" can summarize all the advantages of a child, and then magnify her other advantages.

Knowing that children like to eat foreign fast food outside, Zhao Lan bought KFC fried chicken wings and Coke on purpose.Go to the vegetable market and buy plump mandarin fish ribs and several kinds of vegetables and fruits.The fresh watermelon vines in the morning market were still green and glistening. Zhao Lan patted the watermelon with one hand to hear the sound, and then saw that the lines were neat, and said to the boss, "That's it."

"Can you move it?" After paying the bill, Zhao Lan's eyes blurred when she heard the sound. She raised her head with surprise in her eyes. , The two only contacted each other on the phone twice.Once Zhao Lan took the initiative, Wang Li was busy at the time, and it was already the next day when he came back.The other time it was Wang Li who called, but Zhao Lan didn't pick up at work.When they got home and dialed, Wang Li said that there was a meeting, and the two had to hang up hastily.

Wang Li in front of her was carrying a nondescript leather bag with two old loofahs and a few tomatoes hanging in it. She carried the watermelon for Zhao Lan, "Come on, I'll take you back on the way."

"Isn't it not on the way?" Zhao Lan's family lived in the west, and Wang Li lived in the dormitory of the city theater troupe in the south. The distance between the two was almost seven kilometers.

The senior sister held the watermelon firmly with her ten fingers open, "I'm moving out." The two walked slowly in the bustling vegetable market, and Zhao Lan, who was near the middle of the road, was bumped by impatient pedestrians from time to time.Wang Li pulled Zhao Lan to the side of the road, "Slow down."

On the way, she said that she raised some money and bought a two-bedroom apartment in the west of the city. "It cost 12 yuan, and I accounted for all the savings over the years. I gave it to a friend to do the decoration for two months. I did it years ago." Okay, I’m busy this month so I’m free to move.” It’s about moving, which means three big boxes, except for certificates and trophies, it’s mainly costumes.Pots and pans haven't been set yet.

Zhao Lan knew that although she was the deputy head of the theater troupe, she would have to save money for several years to buy a house at that level of salary.There were also some rumors in the bureau that Wang Li saw that Qian's eyes were wide open, and there was no opera singing in the local area, so she took on private jobs outside, even the birthday banquets of small bosses in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.She didn't believe it, but when she heard that Wang Li bought the house with all the money, she was a little skeptical.But, what happened to going out to pick up private work?What happened to the birthday party?Wang Li makes money based on her skills, unlike some people in a theater company who fall in love with the boss one day and the upstart the next.

While thinking about it, Zhao Lan showed an angry expression on his face.Wang Li's dimples sank, she looked sideways at her junior sister, "What are you thinking about?"

"I think some people are talking nonsense, why don't you tell me when you move?" Zhao Lan suddenly remembered why Wang Li appeared in that vegetable market, "Which neighborhood is your house in?"

"Jinhu Community." Wang Li stared straight ahead, but Zhao Lan was stunned—Jinhu Community and the welfare housing community where she lived were only separated by a wall. "Oh, it's convenient for Uosheng to go to learn opera on weekends."

"Convenience is convenience, but I wasted too much time." Wang Li smiled slightly, "I know that I didn't tell lies in those three glasses of wine. But some parents just send a child to the teacher, teach I don’t ask if I’m doing well, and I don’t communicate with the teacher about how the child is learning. Am I not the only one who has two concerns?”

Satisfied to see her junior sister blushing, Wang Li tilted her head to look at her vegetable basket, "Hey, is it fried chicken wings? And mandarin fish...Is there anyone who peels the edamame? It doesn't seem like Maosheng knows how to do housework."

Zhao Lan didn't speak, seemed to be holding her breath, and also seemed to be thinking. When she walked to the gates of the two communities, Wang Li saw Zhao Lan stop, "Huh? I'll deliver the watermelon to your home."

"No need." Zhao Lan put two plastic bags on each of her left and right arms, and carried the watermelon back from her senior sister, "I can do it myself." She also quickened her pace and left Wang Li far away.After walking for more than 100 meters, she was about to turn a corner. She stopped to catch her breath, then turned her head quietly, and suddenly saw Wang Li quietly following behind her.

Zhao Lan stuffed the watermelon back to the senior sister, "Come on, you can take it if you like."

When they went upstairs together, Zhao Lancai said, "A good friend of Maosheng came to play at home today. I think it is rare for her to make a friend with good grades. I invite her to have dinner at home. You can also add more chopsticks."

"Oh, add the kid's chopsticks." Wang Li's pace was still steady, and the lying silkworms under her eyes bulged slightly.

"Don't eat and let go." Zhao Lan turned her head to look at her senior sister, "You think I don't want to understand..." The truth at this time is her shady selfishness: sending her daughter to her senior sister to learn opera, all the regrets, regrets and guilt in her heart all these years Can eliminate a little.But if the senior sister doesn't talk about the child, she becomes entangled in a habit, and the habit becomes numb.In addition, the rumors about Wang Li in the past few years are not limited to accepting private events and singing birthday banquets. Today, the widowed and widowed leader of a bureau is interested in her, and tomorrow the boss of a private enterprise is pursuing her... The rumors are true and false, Zhao Lan can't tell, and I dare not step forward to clear it up.

Wang Li is known as "Meng Xiaodong of Baizhou". There is no man in the audience. Her eyes are not flattering or frivolous. She leans on the stairs and looks at her junior sister. "I see." She said it better than she sang .Go up two more stairs and signal to my younger sister the purple eggplant in the plastic bag, "Let's make some cold salad."

Zhao Lan almost sunk into those eyes, and the anger has already subsided, "I will cook it in soy sauce."

"The braised ones are delicious too." Wang Li turned around, and the back of the blue T-shirt was stained with white ash.After entering the house, Zhao Lan put down her things, "Wait a minute." She took a towel and dusted Wang Li lightly, "Why is it the same as Usheng?" Then she called her daughter, "Usheng, your master is here."

The door opened, and Bai Maosheng took Yu Ren's hand and introduced to the adults, "This is my classmate Yu Ren, last time we were No.2 in the whole grade." Yu Ren frowned, looked at Bai Maosheng embarrassedly, and then Dafang glanced at the two beautiful women, each with his own merits, "Hello, Auntie, I am Yu Ren, Bai Maosheng's deskmate."

Zhao Lan looked Yu Ren up and down enthusiastically and said, "Good sign child. Don't be polite, treat yourself to having fun at home, and I will call you after dinner." She happily sent fast food to the children. Eat later."

Wang Li asked softly, "Where's mine?"

"I didn't know that you moved, and I didn't know that you actually bought in the neighborhood next door, and I didn't know that you and I went to the same vegetable market..." Zhao Lan smiled, "Did you make up your mind to come when you saw me?" Have a meal?"

"Yes." The senior sister smirked and turned to the kitchen to find a basket, "I'll peel the beans."

"No, your old man only peels beans once every few years? After you peel them, the dishes will be on the table." Zhao Lan washed her hands, made tea for her, and then turned on the TV, "Go and play by yourself, don't get in the way." While chopping vegetables, Wang Li leaned under the range hood and focused on peeling edamame.

Zhao Lan was quick, and after all the preparations were done, seeing that the water in the pot was still boiling, she also picked up the edamame and peeled them together.Wang Li tore open the shell of the bean pods like eating a crab, and then used two fingertips to lift off the bean grains one by one.But Zhao Lan is as smooth as an ordinary housewife, and the appearance of digging beans all the way with her fingertips is rough.The fingers of the two met on the last pod, and they withdrew simultaneously.

"I'll do it." Wang Li lowered her head, tearing the beans slowly with her white and tender knuckles, not knowing that her actions were completely out of focus.She was spoiled by her family since she was a child, and she mainly eats in the cafeteria since she entered the theater school and even worked. After living alone these years, the only dishes she can cook are tomato scrambled eggs and loofah egg soup.

"Old Jia from your unit..." Wang Li casually talked about the gossip she heard. This old Jia is from the management department and often deals with the theater troupe.In the six years following his divorce, he was rumored to have had affairs with various single and divorced women.The one who left the most comments was Zhao Lan, who was in the same unit as him, and it was rumored that he had a nose and eyes, "I have met the elders in my family."

Wang Li almost believed it too, and carefully "dropped in" to choose a gift for her junior sister in the year of birth, but the rumors stopped abruptly in the past few months-Lao Jia and the divorced chief of a certain finance department of the Education Bureau reorganized their families.

"Isn't he married to Section Chief Qin of the Education Bureau?" Lao Jia was newly married for less than half a year, and the scratched scars on his nose, face, chin, and neck appeared every week, which showed that his life was prosperous.Zhao Lan knew what Wang Li wanted to say, "You guys, listening to the wind is rain. If you don't investigate, you don't have the right to speak, understand?" Then she gently pushed the senior sister away, "It's time to cook, the oily smoke is heavy, you go out."

"Yeah." The senior sister leaned in the kitchen and remained motionless, "It's okay, I'll watch." It's rare to see Cui Yingying cooking, and she also took pleasure in helping, "Oh, it's not vinegar... put more Candy."

When the seniors and sisters were busy in the kitchen, Bai Maosheng sat cross-legged on the bed and showed Yu Ren old photos of himself, "This is my first stage appearance at the age of eight, and I won the first prize in a competition in the district... I participated in the provincial children's drama competition and won the special prize... This is the national children's Yue opera competition, and I only won the second prize." It turned out that Bai Maosheng had participated in many professional competitions long before Yucai came on stage.

Yu Ren hugged the Coke and looked at a photo, "Your master is so pretty." It's strange to say that the female students in Shaoxing opera are so heroic and not feminine, they all look as if they were drawn from a painting.

"Really. Does it look like someone who came out of the play? I think the master is so beautiful, he can actually sing Huadan. There is an aunt in the troupe who sings Huadan. Eating melon seeds." Although Bai Maosheng is delicious, he is also very taboo about eating unscrupulously in the background.

"You are not like your mother. Although your facial features are close, your temperament is more like your master." Although Yu Ren was told by his mother not to watch people and think about others, he put his mind away and studied.But she still couldn't help taking a look at him and then savoring it repeatedly in her heart: From that side just now, it can be seen that Bai Maosheng's mother is a bit straight-tempered and short-tempered.Her master is as gentle as water, and he is not easy to get angry.

Looking at Bai Maosheng, who was biting a chicken wing and staring at the photo stupidly, Yu Renzhen felt curious, why didn't he feel that there was such a good-looking person in Shili Elementary School before?Bai Maosheng's eyebrows are thicker than hers, and the brows are still scattered with small fine hairs.The eyelashes are like exaggerated characters in cartoons, carved out one by one.No wonder she cried ugly, but Bai Maosheng cried beautifully.

Yu Ren drank Coke and looked at the little beauty, "I heard that you and people from No. 23 still go to play games?" ruffian.All middle school students in the city know the famous saying of No. 23 No. 23 No. 23 No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No. [-] No.Although it is extremely exaggerated, the reputation of this school can also be heard.

"Oh," Bai Maosheng pinched the chicken bone with his little finger, "I've been beaten a few times. Didn't I get caught by my master? My mother now allows me to give it once a week."

"How did you know them?" Yu Ren was curious, since she was in the same class, why she had only made three ABB friends besides Bai Maosheng so far.

"Oh, my sister from the third year of junior high school recognized her when she was skating with her." Bai Maosheng counted her sisters, including a flower on the skating rink, an ex-girlfriend from a senior high school student in No. 23 Middle School, and even a vocational high school student who had aborted a baby. A student from an opera school said, "I often go to the theater to take classes, and I know these people." The so-called use dots to promote lines, and lines to form planes.Yu Ren is still a quadrilateral, while Bai Maosheng's social life is multifaceted and three-dimensional.

"I also met on QQ." Bai Maosheng also broke through Yu Ren's three-dimensional space and entered Two-dimensional.

Yu Ren opened his mouth wide. What he saw and heard in Yu Zhuang had already told her the cruelty of the world. In the first year of Yucai's junior high school, her world shrunk dramatically, and now it expanded rapidly in Bai Maosheng's narration: Abortion... Abortion?fight?offline party?Blind date?How old are they?

Bai Maosheng jumped off the bed and wiped his hands, "Sixteen or seventeen, a little older than us."

"Then... are you happy with them?" Yu Ren asked Bai Maosheng.

Rabbit Monster let go of the doorknob, with a precocious melancholy on his face, and said in a low voice, "I don't know...I...I might like someone, that's why I keep playing with them."

Bang——Something is wrong in Yu Ren's heart. It turns out that Bai Maosheng, who only accepts gifts from love letters, will also fall in love with others.It's really "like", she intuitively feels that this is not the popular "befriending" kind in Yucai junior high school.

"My master said that opera singers are not good at all," Rabbit looked strangely at the master and tugged at the hem of his clothes, his tone imitating the vicissitudes of life, "Human feelings have been transparent for five years, and wisdom has been open for five years." She I didn't notice that Yu Ren's eyes were dull, "But why haven't I had my period yet?"

"Maosheng, Xiao Yuren, come out to eat." Zhao Lan's voice sounded outside, the stunned Yu Ren and Bai Maosheng, who had experienced vicissitudes and early wisdom, came back to their senses at the same time, and they both answered in sync, "Okay."

Zhao Lan patted the senior sister's hand stealing the cold eggplant, "Senior sister...you just took out the trash, go wash your hands."