far and near

Recently, Bai Maosheng has not been very interested in learning opera, and her accent is not stable. She has not changed after being pointed out by Wang Li several times. She is still complacent, "Teacher, I am embellishing my accent."

Wang Li laughed angrily, "Three-legged cat kung fu, you know how to find reasons for yourself." After finishing speaking, he threw the ruler in his hand, "Let's practice here today. You can figure out this part yourself, when to sing correctly and when to learn new ones. of."

But Bai Maosheng's class only started for 10 minutes.Her black eyeballs rolled around, "Then... Shall I go home and practice?"

Wang Li had already noticed that she was distracted, so she waved her hand to see off the guests.Bai Maosheng stopped talking this time, and put his schoolbag on his back beaming, "See you tomorrow, teacher."

She didn't run to the bus stop, but there were two boldly dressed little girls waiting for her in front of the theater.When Bai Maosheng was born, he jumped happily, "I thought I would have to wait for an hour or two, so early? Let's go, let's fight now."

Bai Maosheng went straight to the Internet cafe, chatting and laughing with the little sister in ripped pants and dyed blond hair.After the three of them sat down, they put on their earphones. Bai Maosheng's gesture of holding the mouse and clicking the keyboard was still a little unfamiliar, but he was also playing the stand-alone game of Swordsman like a fan, not realizing that Wang Li didn't know when he was standing behind her. Appreciate with folded arms.

Seeing this situation, the owner of the Internet cafe knew that it was the parents or teachers who were coming to pick him up. He looked at Wang Li worriedly, and then looked sympathetically at the unaware child.Wang Li stood for more than half an hour. Seeing Bai Maosheng's focus on wandering in the rivers and lakes, she turned and left with a smile in her eyes. Before leaving the Internet cafe, she asked the boss, "How much do you pay for an hour?"

"Three yuan." The owner of the Internet cafe smiled obsequiously, "I don't have any bad things here."

Wang Li took out 20 yuan, "This is the Internet fee for the three children. If they ask, you can say that the teacher of the short-haired girl in the middle paid it." use.

Wang Li walked on the street for half an hour, but still took out her mobile phone and dialed Bai Maosheng's home number, and Zhao Lan, who had just got off work, answered it right away.Hearing the silence on the phone for a few seconds, she couldn't help asking, "Hello? Who is it?"

"It's me." Wang Li didn't speak as if she was singing, her voice was hoarse, and this sound "cracked" slipped into Zhao Lan's ears along with the electric sound, she was startled, "Senior sister?"

"I have something to do, can we have an interview?" Wang Li clenched her other hand involuntarily, and the hand holding the phone trembled slightly.

Zhao Lan never went to the theater to pick up Bai Maosheng, it must be because she didn't want to meet her more often.The number of phone calls between the two teachers and sisters in the past few years is also very small. If Bai Maosheng wants to ask for leave, she will tell the teacher herself.

Zhao Lan on the other end straightened her hair in a panic, "Is it about Usheng? She doesn't teach at your place?" Listening to Wang Li, she was still as calm as ever, "It's her business. Now she is in an Internet cafe on Jinxi Street. , don't startle her."

After buying a bunch of bananas and a few oranges at the fruit stand outside the community, Wang Li stood in front of Zhao Lan's house with the bag.This is a welfare housing for veteran employees. It has been five years since Zhao Lan moved in, and Wang Li visited for the first time.

Following Zhao Lan's response to the knock on the door, Wang Li's heartbeat was even more nervous than when she was peeking off the stage when she was young. When Zhao Lan's familiar yet unfamiliar beautiful face appeared in front of her eyes, Wang Li stuffed the fruit to her. , "Didn't bother you?"

Zhao Lan was in a hurry, asking Wang Li to come in and sit down while saying "how come?", but she stood there holding the fruit, then turned her eyes to the kitchen, "I'll make tea."

Although the house with two bedrooms and one living room is ordinary, it is well decorated.Zhao Lan loves cleanliness. The curtains and floor tiles in her home are all white, and even the sofa is creamy white.On the side wall of the living room, Zhao Lan's husband, Lao Bai, who died young, was staring at something vigorously.

Wang Li turned her head to look at Zhao Lan. She held the thermos bottle in one hand and lifted the lid of the teacup with the other.After brewing, Wang Li went into the kitchen and took away the teacup, put it to her nose and sniffed, "It's still Mingqian white tea, the same as the one you asked Uosheng to bring to me last time."

"It was also given by my elder brother to Hangzhou on a business trip. I...I don't know how to drink it, but I think it smells delicious." Zhao Lan stood at the door and stared blankly at Wang Li again. Did you go to the Internet cafe in class?"

"Singing every day, if I don't bother her, she should be. The child is old, and life should not only be drama. Let me discuss with you. From now on, she will go to my house to study for half a day on weekends, and I will assign practice tasks for her to go home. What do you think?" Wang Li raised her chin and pointed to the sofa in front of her, "Why are you standing there stupidly?"

The junior sister clasped her hands and sat down, "This child... did she skip your class?"

"That's not true, she was absent-minded during this time. I was worried that she had something to do, so I let her go early, and I followed behind and found that she went to an Internet cafe with a few children. Three yuan an hour, how long can her pocket of 20 yuan a week be enough to play?" ?” After talking for a while, Wang Li let go of her discomfort and embarrassment, and she joked, “Give me some pocket money, don’t let the child be too restrained.”

Zhao Lan frowned, "Give too much money to fear that she will spend it indiscriminately, you don't know—" She couldn't see Wang Li's calm face when she had nothing to do, "You don't know how to pay for her, do you?"

"Just this once." Wang Li smiled and said, "You and I both came here at this age, and we had to plan carefully when we went to eat a bowl of pot cover noodles."

"How can this be? Are you afraid of spoiling this child? How much do you earn in a month..." Zhao Lan paused, and suddenly changed the subject, "The gift last time was very good, but it was too expensive." She still kept her words "Thank you, Senior Sister."

"It's fine if you like it. Besides, it doesn't cost much, and it's not like buying it all day long." Wang Li picked up the teacup and took another sip, "Then it's settled? At the age of Maosheng, what kind of friends do you want to make, what interests do you have? Be careful. But don't be afraid that I will spoil her, where will you send me if you are afraid of spoiling her?" Wang Li teased her junior sister, and Zhao Lanhong really hit her ears.

It was her own request that Bai Maosheng wanted to learn opera. Zhao Lan could teach it by herself, but she was afraid that her mother would make it difficult for her to teach the child, so she thought about it and found her senior sister.The people I met in the old troupe have been alienated for so many years, only the senior sister will not refuse.And what she owed, she hoped that Bai Uosheng would return it to the stage one day.

At this time, Wang Li was already getting up and ready to leave. Zhao Lan saw her sideways and lightly dusted the bottom of the woolen coat, as casually as if she was arranging a costume in the background.Wang Li is a person who is deeply involved in drama, and Zhao Lan was speechless when seeing her ordinary and elegant behavior after many years.

"Then I'll take my leave, Alan." Wang Li walked towards the door with a smile, and Zhao Lan's eyes darkened, "That tea... that tea." She has been directly transferred from the theater to the Cultural Bureau to do publicity these years. dealing with different cultures, so the capriciousness accumulated when I was a girl still remains, "Aren't you a waste? You only drink two sips of such a good tea."

Wang Li stopped and said repeatedly, "Yes, I'm sorry." She walked back to the tea table and drank dry tea, "I'm going to Hangzhou for a business trip next week, and it will take 20 days. Just moisten your throat."

"I...I still bought vegetables." Zhao Lan muttered, "Our mother and I can't eat, isn't it a waste?"

"Eh? Can't you eat Maosheng?" Wang Li and Zhao Lan looked at each other, and finally they both laughed.She took off her coat and rolled up the sleeves of her sweater, "I'll help you."

Bai Maosheng played alone for an hour and a half, and when he went to get the deposit, the boss returned all of it, not to mention, he even made up several dollars for the refund.The boss described, "Your teacher paid for it."

Bai Maosheng couldn't believe it, "What teacher?"

"It's just this long hair..." The boss gestured at the length, "The one that reaches the shoulders, the eyes are big, and the woman with dimples on the left, what kind of teacher does your teacher teach? You really have a temperament?" And what kind of teacher is this? Parents who want to get back all the deposits will not grab their children by the ears and drag them out.

The frightened Bai Maosheng pulled his legs, "It's too bad." If the master knew that she was serious about singing and playing games, I don't know how angry he would be.She didn't have time to say goodbye to her friends, so she squeezed into the bus after sweating, and knocked on the door of the house during the ending song of the news broadcast.

It was indeed Wang Li who opened the door. The master put a finger between his lips, closed the door after going out, and whispered to Bai Maosheng, "Let's eat first. After eating, answer your mother's questions honestly. Going to an Internet cafe is not a big deal." about it, but we, Uno, cannot lie."

Bai Maosheng's hair was dripping with sweat, and he entered the house with a flushed face. Zhao Lan scolded, "Where did you go crazy again? Go to the bathroom, put a dry towel on your back, wash your hands and eat."

When Bai Maosheng with a towel stuck behind his back was sitting at the table, Zhao Lan was filling Wang Li with white fungus soup, "It's only boiled for an hour, it will be better if it takes longer."

Wang Li tasted it with a spoon, raised her eyes and smiled, "It's hot enough, it's delicious."

When Bai Maosheng finished cooking two bowls of rice, the mother who usually brought her vegetables didn't pay much attention to her, but the master's bowl was still piled with various vegetables.Wang Li frowned, and Zhao Lan picked another piece of fish for her, "It's agreed, don't waste it."

The master whispered helplessly, "You are always like this."

Zhao Lan's chopsticks fell off the strings and fell to the ground.Bai Maosheng bent down to see where it fell, Wang Li had already picked it up, went to the kitchen to wash it, dried the chopsticks and put them on the mouth of Zhao Lan's bowl, "Let me tell you."

Bai Maosheng felt that he was lucky today: he was not scolded when surfing the Internet and was reimbursed by the teacher; instead of being scolded when he went home, his mother kindly taught him, "You can play games once on the weekend, but don't overdo it." She didn't do homework on the TV series and was nagged, because both the master and mother enjoyed watching the TV series happily and had no time to take care of her.

At 10:30 in the evening, the master left, and the mother went out to see her off. It seemed a long time before she returned.After arriving home, Zhao Lan took the towel from Bai Maosheng's back, and stretched out her hand to rub her short hair, "Bai Maosheng, your master said that if you are too old, I will beat you." Zhao Lan's brows were stretched when she said this, There was a smile in his eyes, "But you can't lie, tell me what school your two yellow-haired friends are from?"

Just as she was talking, Zhao Lan took out a thick stack of colorful envelopes from the coffee table drawer, "Also, are you in a relationship?"