Banshuharu
Chapter 43
It was a cloudless and fine day when we returned to Lin County.Pingqiu was worried all the way and landed on the ground. He calculated in a daze that he hadn't been back for nearly seven or eight years.Time has passed, everything has changed, and now he is standing by the roadside, looking around in a daze, full of panic.
As for Xu Xiangnan's company and Xu Xiuyuan's new home, Yu Pingqiu was even more unfamiliar.
The front desk staff looked back and forth at Xu Xiuyuan and Pingqiu, asked Xu Xiuyuan's name, and when he found out that it was Xu, he called the internal line and told them to wait a moment. Mr. Xu and his assistant are not in the company at the moment, so I'm afraid we won't be able to see anyone.He wanted to leave someone's message, but Xu Xiuyuan pulled Ping Qiu around and left. The receptionist let out a yell, and seeing that he didn't look back, he couldn't help but sneer at his arrogant attitude.
The company couldn't find anyone, and Xu Xiuyuan didn't spend time inquiring about Xu Xiangnan's whereabouts. After all, she was going home at night, and it wasn't too late.
Without taking a taxi, Xu Xiuyuan dragged Ping Qiu along the side of the road, walked past a shopping mall, and at another intersection was the Lin County Grand Theater.
Xu Xiuyuan suddenly remembered that when Pingqiu was in junior high school, he was selected by the school to participate in the recitation competition for elementary and middle school students. He was very competitive and was shortlisted for the county-level award. Half an hour break.That day Xu Xiuyuan was still wearing red lips and pink blush, looking from one rest room to another, and sure enough, he found Ping Qiu who was being told the details of the final by the teacher.
"I remember! You participated in the finals, and you sang that song, 'When the sun goes down, it will still come back up tomorrow morning...', isn't that how you sang?" Ping Qiu felt embarrassed, "I may have sang out of tune, You should remember."
""Dance of Youth"."
"Yes, yes, this is the song. I stayed to watch your competition. Did you win the first prize in the end?"
"Well, there are two first prizes in total, and we won one."
"You can do whatever you want, even singing, and even participating in chorus competitions."
"When you participated in the competition at that age, who didn't smear your face like a monkey's butt, and everyone was red," Xu Xiuyuan said, "Isn't it the same for your recitation, wearing a shirt and tie, and there are two clusters of plateau red on your face."
"Ah! Don't say it!" Ping Qiu became furious, and hurriedly covered Xu Xiuyuan's mouth, "Don't say it, I'm so annoying, don't say it!"
"I still have photos, do you want to see them?" Xu Xiuyuan leaned back, but did not touch Pingqiu's face, "I basically have photos of your primary and junior high schools, I will show them to you when I get home. "
"You are so annoying, you just like to look at my ugly photos, don't you? It's annoying."
"It's okay, it's cute, and it's not particularly ugly."
"It's so annoying!" Ping Qiu scolded him for making trouble, and took two steps forward, when Xu Xiuyuan who was chasing him hugged his shoulders.The two laughed and went to the site quickly.
The community of Xu Xiuyuan's family is located in the east of the center of Lin County.It is said that it is a community, but it is actually a single-family villa, and each door has a small garden of a few square meters.
Aunt Zhao, a part-time worker, opened the door for them to enter.She knew Xu Xiuyuan, and she was surprised to see him come home suddenly: "Boss Xu didn't say hello to me, I haven't finished my work yet, if you think it's dirty, or wait a little bit, I will work now, and I will be fine soon. "
"It's okay, you are busy with your work, don't worry about us." After speaking, Xu Xiuyuan pulled Pingqiu upstairs.
Passing by this Auntie Zhao, Pingqiu obviously felt her gaze fixed on his face, probably thinking that Xu Xiuyuan would not go home all year round, and would come back once in a while, holding hands and bringing back a man.
Going up to the second floor, Xu Xiuyuan signaled Pingqiu to come in, then pointed to the next door, saying that it was Xu Ruiyang's room, but he was away from home all the year round, and these two rooms were always vacant, and Aunt Zhao came to clean it about half a month.
"My dad probably took a job in a paper mill. The factory is in the next county. For convenience, he basically lives there and doesn't come back often. As you know, my mother is a workaholic, but she has been working relatively hard in the past two years Regular, usually come back at night."
"Isn't it good for us to come here without saying hello?" Ping Qiu was pushed to sit on the edge of the bed by Xu Xiuyuan, feeling a little dazed.
"It doesn't matter if it's good or not, we only have two endings when we come back today," Xu Xiuyuan said, "One is that we are kicked out, and the other is that we go out by ourselves. Which one do you want?"
"Stop joking." Ping Qiu's face tightened.
"Are you nervous?"
"A bit."
"There's nothing to be nervous about. We're not here to argue today, but to confess to my mother. To be honest, if it wasn't for the fact that you still have this lump in your heart, I didn't plan to come to her so soon. I haven't come here yet. It's the right time," Xu Xiuyuan changed the subject, "Let's not talk about that, I didn't say that there are photos before, I'll show you."
"I said no, it must be ugly," Ping Qiu was really attracted, and while resisting to face the ugly photos of his childhood, he was also a little curious, "...how could this be me."
Xu Xiuyuan pointed to the exaggeratedly straight little boy in the yellowed photo: "I asked your teacher for the photo, it can't be wrong."
It is obviously too exciting for Ping Qiu to reveal the photos of his school days in front of his lover. There are even some photos that Ping Qiu himself can't remember clearly, but Xu Xiuyuan can recall them all. Among them, he Even the year, month and day of the shooting can be answered fluently.
Pingqiu was so ashamed that his cheeks were smoking. Gradually, he realized Xu Xiuyuan's meaning from this not-so-thick single album——Pingqiu cherished everything about him in the past, and those who cherish this album Xu Xiuyuan is so precious to Pingqiu.
Thinking about it, Ping Qiu didn't ask any more.He took Xu Xiuyuan's arm, leaned his head lightly on his shoulder, focused on looking at the photo album, and occasionally glanced sideways at Xu Xiuyuan.
Not long after, there was a noise downstairs, and Aunt Zhao left.
Now only Xu Xiuyuan and Pingqiu are left in the family.
At that time, he left in a hurry and did not return home for two years. Xu Xiuyuan did not take a lot of luggage with him.He opened the closet, randomly rummaged through the clothes hanging inside, moved a storage box from the bottom of the closet, opened it, and found that there were notebooks and textbooks neatly stacked inside.
Ping Qiu took a closer look and found that the notebook looked familiar. After seeing the name on the front page, he was surprised and said: "This is all my notebook."
"More than that, these books are also yours."
"Is it because you were going to study at that time, so you asked me for my book and said you wanted to read the notes on it?"
"probably."
"I don't even remember," Pingqiu casually flipped through a Chinese book, "It's all here with you. Have you read it carefully? Are my notes written clearly? We used to show them in class , I have been praised by the teacher several times, saying that I write beautifully and take notes carefully."
Xu Xiuyuan agrees with this.
Pingqiu was still thinking about how serious he was in school, when suddenly a hand stretched out in front of his eyes, it was Xu Xiuyuan who was unbuttoning his collar.He frantically blocked: "What are you doing?"
"Show me the school uniform," Xu Xiuyuan pointed to the school uniform with shirt and trousers on the bedside, "We are the first class, and the school issued three sets of school uniforms. You haven't worn this shirt style, but I want to see it, you Wear it now."
"What's so good about wearing it." That's what he said, but when Xu Xiuyuan came to unbutton his coat this time, Ping Qiu just pushed him lightly and let him go.
Xu Xiuyuan grew up very fast in high school, and Ping Qiu couldn't help but feel a little loose in his size.He lowered his head to straighten the hem of the shirt, then raised his head to straighten the collar, buttoned the top button, took half a step back and turned around, and asked Xu Xiuyuan, "Is it strange?"
"No, it's very suitable for you." Xu Xiuyuan narrowed his eyes, stretched out his palm, and Ping Qiu naturally put his hand on his palm.
At this time, Xu Xiuyuan exerted his strength, and Ping Qiu staggered closer, and Xu Xiuyuan hugged his waist: "If I can see you at school earlier, I will definitely chase you, senior."
Ping Qiu laughed when he heard this, and was about to speak when he heard another sound from the bottom of the building.He thought it was an auditory hallucination, but when he listened carefully for a while, he heard footsteps. He immediately realized that Xu Xiangnan had come home, so his face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly pushed Xu Xiuyuan, and hurriedly changed his clothes.
Not long after, there was a knock on the door.Ping Qiu was wearing clothes with his upper body bare, but he heard a calm female voice coming from outside the door.
"Xiuyuan, is that you?"
"My mother's secretary," Xu Xiuyuan explained to Pingqiu, and then replied, "It's me, Sister Chen."
"When did you go home?"
"today."
"What's up?"
"I have something to talk to my mother about."
"Now?"
"Better now."
"She is still in the city now, and she will come back at night."
Seeing that Pingqiu was dressed in similar clothes, Xu Xiuyuan opened the door, and there was a woman in casual clothes standing behind the door, about 35 years old.After all, the other party was the elder who had been Xu Xiangnan's secretary for six or seven years, and Xu Xiuyuan was quite polite to her: "It's okay, I can wait for her."
"If the matter is not too private, you can tell me, and I will pass it on to your mother, and I will reply you when the time comes, so as to save you from spending time waiting at home. You should also be busy with your internship." Chen Feng glanced across the room calmly. The unfamiliar guest was somewhat suspicious in his heart.
"No, we can wait for her."
Having said that, it would be useless to try to persuade them.Chen Feng nodded, and then took the documents and went downstairs. There was a rattling sound of wedge shoes hitting the stairs. Xu Xiuyuan watched her go away until he heard the door close.
Not surprisingly, Xu Xiangnan now knew that there were two uninvited guests waiting for her to go home.
It was nine o'clock at night when Xu Xiangnan arrived home.
Chen Feng sent her to the door of the house, and before getting off the car, he handed her the half piece of bread that he hadn't eaten in the morning, and then helped her put on his coat. Even if you worry too much, you still have to do things with a purpose. No matter how busy you are at work, your body is not as important.What's more, Chen Feng has heard about Xu Ruiyang's two brothers to some extent. She knows Xu Xiangnan's temper, and she is afraid that if she speaks too aggressively for a while, and then the relationship with the child will become tense, the gain will not be worth the loss.
Looking up at the brightly lit home, Xu Xiangnan realized that it had been a long time since he had seen the lights at home when he returned home.The husband is divorced, the child is away, and the family of four spends so little time together that they are not even as good as strangers. Everyone is jealous when they meet each other, rather than enemies.
She hummed lightly, and she didn't know whether to agree to Chen Feng, or just perfunctory.
As soon as he entered the house, the first thing Xu Xiangnan saw was Pingqiu who was looking at the garden outside by the glass door.
The garden is in the east, and the main entrance is in the south. Ping Qiu didn't notice the car that Chen Feng sent Xu Xiangnan back. When he met her face to face, he was almost stunned, and he was slow to say hello for two or three seconds.
Xu Xiangnan didn't answer, just pretended not to hear, and then saw Xu Xiuyuan coming out of the kitchen with two bowls of noodles.Seeing her, he looked normal: "Mom, you're back."
Kicking off the shoes with both feet, an evil fire rushed upwards in his heart. Fortunately, Xu Xiangnan remembered Chen Feng's reminder, held back his anger, and walked upstairs as if he didn't see the two of them at home.
Unexpectedly, Xu Xiuyuan called her to stop: "I cooked three bowls of noodles, I thought you would come back later, but they haven't been served yet. Do you want to eat now?"
There was a slight pause in the pace, but Xu Xiangnan did not stop and continued to walk upstairs.Halfway through, there was the movement of a chair being pulled away from the bottom of the building, and the rustling of voices, it seemed that Xu Xiuyuan's "eat" was very clear.
Having not eaten for nearly a day, Pingqiu was indeed hungry.But remembering that Xu Xiangnan didn't eat either, he flicked his chopsticks twice, unable to swallow.
"Don't worry," Xu Xiuyuan said, "She is showing me a face on purpose. My mother is like me, no one will suffer herself when suffering."
Sure enough, not long after, Xu Xiangnan was still hungry after eating half a piece of bread, so he simply pushed back his work and came downstairs with his slippers on.She went into the kitchen without turning her eyes. There was the meal that Aunt Zhao made in the morning in the refrigerator. She reheated it casually, ate two bites, and flipped through a stack of documents while eating.
Ping Qiu was restless on the side, but Xu Xiuyuan pressed his thigh when he wanted to get up.In contrast, Xu Xiuyuan seemed much calmer.The mother and son competed in secret, Ping Qiu was the most nervous onlooker, he couldn't understand what Xu Xiangnan's attitude was, and he didn't know what Xu Xiuyuan's plan was.
Finally, after Xu Xiangnan had a full mouthful, she cleaned up the dishes and went upstairs.Xu Xiuyuan's eyelids moved, and he heard a voice from upstairs: "Come up."
Xu Xiuyuan stood up, Ping Qiu stood up with him, but was pushed back again: "Sit down, don't move."
"I don't need to go up?" Ping Qiu asked.
"My mother will only talk to me if she has something to say."
"But it's our business."
"In the final analysis, it's still my business. I have something to talk to her. If you are here, it will only make her more angry. When the talk is almost over, if she still wants to see you, it will not be too late for me to come to you again. Xu Xiuyuan said, "Sit here and wait for me, don't go away."
"Then be careful," Ping Qiu grabbed Xu Xiuyuan's hand and emphasized repeatedly, "No matter what, don't quarrel with her, she is your mother after all, don't be too impulsive, don't make her angry, don't speak loudly. "
"I know."
There was no light on the second floor, and the only place where there was light was Xu Xiangnan's study.
Xu Xiuyuan knocked on the door and entered. Xu Xiangnan was standing by the window smoking a cigarette.She shook the ash and signaled Xu Xiuyuan to sit down on the chair opposite the table, but she didn't speak first, she just smoked two cigarettes in silence, squashed the butt of the cigarette in the ashtray, then went back to the table to drink water, sat down her main seat.
Sitting facing each other allowed Xu Xiuyuan to carefully observe his mother's appearance.It is undeniable that Xu Xiangnan is old. Compared with the time when they confronted each other on New Year's Eve two years ago, the years have worn away her facial contours, making her seem much softer, far from the vigorous and vigorous aura he remembered, Xu Xiuyuan For a moment, he couldn't even recognize her, and he didn't know whether Xu Xiangnan had really changed a lot in the past two years, or whether he hadn't really looked at his mother carefully, so he felt very strange.
"Say it, you have something to say when you come back, and I will only listen to it once if you say it now." Xu Xiangnan gave orders.
It can be said that she was listening attentively, but she turned to flipping through a pile of folders on the table.When Xu Xiuyuan opened his mouth, she had already scanned both sides of the paper and said without raising her head, "I don't remember that I was born dumb."
"Mom," Xu Xiuyuan finally said, "Why didn't you divorce Fang Haichang?"
After the tip of the pen paused, Xu Xiangnan raised his head: "What did you say?"
"I asked, why didn't you divorce Fang Haichang, that is, my father?"
"Are you afraid that I will throw you two out like last time, so give me a blow first?"
"Whatever you think, I'm just curious, you have no relationship for a long time, why don't you get a divorce?"
"It's not your turn to intervene in the matter between me and your father."
"Then about me and Pingqiu, I should have the final say with him." Xu Xiuyuan did not back down.
"You think the matter between me and your dad can make you compare yourself with a man, is that what you mean?" Xu Xiangnan flicked his pen, "Who are you insulting, huh? Do you think you Very wronged, very great, I am the villain who is destroying your happy life, right?"
"Since you don't want me to get involved in your and Fang Haichang's affairs, in the same way, I hope that I can decide my own affairs, why not?" Xu Xiuyuan looked directly at her and said, "Mom, it's been more than two years, plus Xu Ruiyang's In those years, haven’t you figured it out?”
"What do I need to understand? Understand that the two children I gave birth to are white-eyed wolves, one more wolf-hearted than the other? Xu Xiuyuan, do you think I'm vicious? You all said it so nicely, walk your own way, choose to carry it yourself, "Xu Xiangnan sneered, "Can you carry it? Your brother Xu Ruiyang, I gave him the capital to start the studio, and I hired him for the first employee. Is this his ability?"
"What about me, in your opinion, Xu Ruiyang and I are the same?"
"How do you think you are better than him?"
"Since I have to say it, I'm much better than him," Xu Xiuyuan said, "It's very simple, because he is like Fang Haichang, and I am like you."
"Who is Fang Haichang? He is your father, and you don't even have the most basic respect for your parents?"
Xu Xiuyuan seemed to be amused: "Mom, don't you think you are conflicted? On the one hand, you hate Fang Haichang, and on the other hand you refuse to divorce him. It's like you always feel that our family is a burden to you, but you seem to always There is a very inexplicable sense of responsibility that makes you unable to let go. Have you ever thought about this issue and why?"
"Stop questioning me!"
"Because you can't answer?"
"What do you know? At your age, you only know how to eat, drink, have fun, and be a man. What do you know?" Xu Xiangnan sarcastically said, "Then what do you think I should be like, stay at home and wash clothes for you father and son Cooking, the biggest wish every day is to receive the pitiful salary of several thousand yuan paid by your dad this month, or the report card of you and your brother? I have to do this to be considered a qualified person. woman, eh?"
"You know I don't mean that."
"Why not, I think your posture is to come to Xingshi to inquire about crimes? You want to ask me down, so that I can agree with you and Pingqiu?" Xu Xiangnan dismissed, "Wishful thinking."
"If it was two years ago, I might have thought so, but now I don't need it anymore," Xu Xiuyuan said calmly, "The reason why I came back here today is because Pingqiu wanted to come, he feels guilty for you, even though he knows You will not agree with him, but he still needs to see you. He has a heart, and I will help him complete it. In addition, there is another reason, that is, I want to chat with you. "
"You came here to pretend to be in front of me just to get your parents to divorce?" Xu Xiangnan said coldly, "You are really filial."
"Mom, have I told you that I have always admired you."
In Xu Xiuyuan's memory, his mother Xu Xiangnan always seemed to be very special.When the mothers of other students are struggling with their children's poor grades and skinned knees every day and night, his mother Xu Xiangnan will teach him to think and resist.And at night when the children were afraid of the dark and hid in their mother's arms, Xu Xiuyuan opened the room and saw the back of Xu Xiangnan crouching at the desk studying his college textbooks.
Xu Xiangnan never went to high school, let alone university. She only has a junior high school diploma.She may have envied the group of girls who could carry their luggage and go to other places to continue their studies, or maybe one night she also thought about leaving her husband and children, including a large group of siblings and relatives, and ran away like this.
But she is a sister, a wife, a mother, her legs and feet are bound forever in this narrow house, all she can do is try to straighten her waist, make the house a little higher and wider so that others can breathe more comfortably under the roof.
Xu Xiuyuan is right. Xu Xiangnan is contradictory. She has ideals that are different from ordinary women, and she is willing to pay the price for them. But at the same time, her education determines her vision and thinking, and this limits her progress. I can run and jump, but I can't run too far or jump too high.
"Thinking about it now, maybe you are not unconscious at all. The uncle I met when I was in elementary school, was he an accident of yours, or a part of your past?" Xu Xiuyuan looked at Xu Xiangnan, "Do you think I forgot?"
"What do you mean?" Xu Xiangnan's face was a little ugly, "Threatening me, embarrassing me?"
"No, I just want you to get a divorce."
"Xu Xiuyuan, I think you are really crazy."
"Mom, I said that I didn't ask for your understanding when I came back this time. I really didn't lie. Because no matter whether you plan to evaluate me and Pingqiu, whether you support or oppose it, it has no effect on me," Xu Xiuyuan laughed, " Mom, you should feel proud, I am very similar to you, maybe I am more selfish than you."
Xu Xiangnan turned his face away, moved his lips, stood up suddenly, walked to the window, and lit a cigarette again.She took two puffs heavily, the smoke gathered in front of her eyes, she seemed unable to see the night outside the window clearly, it seemed like a hazy cloud, and it was about to press down on her face.
Behind him, Xu Xiuyuan was still saying: "I'm still young, and I can have a thousand and ten thousand opportunities to choose. Even if I make a mistake and start all over again, it doesn't matter to me. Mom, you are like me, you can also have a chance. There are thousands of opportunities to choose, our family is the rules you make for yourself, you don’t allow yourself to step out, and you don’t allow me and Xu Ruiyang to go out of line. But Mom, you know in your heart that the concept of ‘family’ itself is fundamental. Not that important."
"Get out." Xu Xiangnan said suddenly.
"I said……"
"Get out!"
Xu Xiuyuan paused for a moment, then stood up.
He looked at Xu Xiangnan's back, saw her sunken cheeks when she smoked too hard, and his heart was inexplicably shaken—he finally realized what he was talking about, and he arrogantly started with the results, and it was Xu Xiangnan who overthrew these decades Always adhere to the guidelines.
Xu Xiangnan is a very smart woman. She may have understood it a long time ago, or she may have understood the reason when she realized that this marriage and this family were in jeopardy.She has resisted with limitations, such as experiencing several extramarital affairs, and she has found a balance in the stimulation of immorality, but in the end she returned to the family, like a bird tied to its feet.She suffered conflictingly, but she never expected that her youngest son Xu Xiuyuan would always see these festering scars behind her back.No wonder Xu Xiuyuan said that he is like his mother, but in fact they are both selfish and self righteous.
Ever since Xu Xiuyuan was called upstairs alone, Ping Qiu had rehearsed thousands of situations in which their mother and son would confront each other, and the result was that Xu Xiuyuan was scolded severely by Xu Xiangnan like it was two years ago, and even if it was more serious, he would do it.In case Xu Xiuyuan's temper came up, and his mouth was unforgiving——Pingqiu didn't dare to think about it any more, he pricked up his ears to listen to the movement upstairs, while pacing the living room, muttering something, only hoped that Xu Xiuyuan would be obedient, Suppress your temper and don't argue with Xu Xiangnan.
Just as he was praying, he saw Xu Xiuyuan going downstairs, Ping Qiu immediately stopped and stayed where he was until Xu Xiuyuan hugged him and buried his head in his neck.
"What's the matter?" Ping Qiu misunderstood that the result was not going well, and stammered, "You guys didn't have a good chat, or did you quarrel again?"
"No noise."
"Have you started?"
"nor."
"What's the matter?" The palm lightly patted Xu Xiuyuan's back, Ping Qiu wanted to push him away, "What did your mother say, is she very angry? So I still don't intend to forgive you?"
Xu Xiuyuan stood up straight, with his head slightly lowered, and after a moment of silence, he continued: "She will understand."
"Understand what?" Pingqiu was very confused.
"You don't need to know this, it's a secret between me and my mother."
"...Well, it's good that you didn't quarrel anyway."
"Let's go."
"where to?"
"go home."
"Let's go now?"
"The task is completed, you can go home."
"Don't you need to say hello?" Ping Qiu pointed to the upstairs, "you should say hello."
"She won't see us now." Xu Xiuyuan took Pingqiu's clothes, and picked up the paper bag beside the table, which contained some luggage that he didn't have time to take away, including the photo album they had flipped through before.
Xu Xiuyuan watched Ping Qiu put on his coat from the porch, and saw him frowning, and leaned over to help him fasten the two buttons on it.Then he opened the door and let Ping Qiu go first.
Before closing the door, Xu Xiuyuan looked back at the always quiet and deserted house.Pressing his fingers against the wall, he slammed the lights off and finally slammed the door behind him.
It was nearly 10:30 at night, Xu Xiuyuan hailed a car, but the address he reported was not at the station, but a place he was very familiar with in Pingqiu, but he hadn't been back for many years.
Before deciding to go back to Lin County, Ping Qiu didn't think about taking this opportunity to go back and take a look at Ping Qinghong.But often when this idea just popped up, he would involuntarily back off—Ping Qinghong would probably not want to see him.
Ping Qiu grabbed Xu Xiuyuan's arm as if seeking comfort, and shook his head at him: "Don't go, it's so late, she must be asleep already."
"Do you want to see her?" Xu Xiuyuan shouldn't ask back.
Throat tightened, Pingqiu couldn't answer.Want to meet?Of course I wanted to.He has too many fantasies and attachments to his "mother", even if she doesn't love him and doesn't want to see him, the mother's nature of loving the child is discounted by her, but the child's instinct to expect the mother is double or even ten times to Pingqiu. times stronger.
Unable to refuse, Pingqiu couldn't help becoming nervous, exerting strength in his hands, Xu Xiuyuan's sleeves were wrinkled by him.Xu Xiuyuan looked down, and put his arms around Pingqiu's waist.
The gravel road in memory was poured with cement a few years ago, Pingqiu can't remember how many times he rode this road back and forth.He poked his head out of the window, the paddy field under the night was glistening with water, Pingqiu suddenly remembered that he ran barefoot in the field and flew a kite when he was a child.He has no skills, and he throws the kite into the sky completely by hand, and then runs against the wind, but his kite is always weird, and he can't fly no matter what, it just floats slowly in the low sky, and finally falls into the field inside.
It was about to turn a corner, Ping Qiu retracted his head, and said to the driver: "Excuse me, please turn around in front, we are not going."
"Why?" Xu Xiuyuan was surprised.
"I don't want to go," Ping Qiu said, "Here is enough."
Looking at him carefully, Pingqiu's expression was not unusual, but he was smiling, so Xu Xiuyuan didn't ask any more, and said, "Then shall we go home?"
"Well," Ping Qiu nodded, "Go home."
Spring is always short, and once the beginning of summer is over, when Pingqiu received Xu Xiuyuan's decision to prepare for the postgraduate entrance examination and continue his studies after long consideration, news from Xu Ruiyang also came - Xu Xiangnan offered to divorce Fang Haichang. The two brothers even experienced a so-called single-parent family.
At that time, Ping Qiu was lying beside Xu Xiuyuan to calm his breath. At first he didn't know that it was Xu Ruiyang who was calling, but when Xu Xiuyuan was messing around, he stepped on his shoulder to stop him from further attacking.
As soon as Xu Xiuyuan turned on the phone and put it outside, Xu Ruiyang's voice suddenly became clear. After Pingqiu was shocked, he immediately covered his mouth and kicked his legs wildly, but Xu Xiuyuan pressed him on the bedside, kissed his buttocks, and slapped him again.
Xu Ruiyang probably also heard that something was wrong on the other side. He was silent for a long time without asking who was speaking, but hung up the phone and sent a message later.Ping Qiu was lying on the head of the bed being beaten with his hands bound, when he happened to see Xu Ruiyang send two words: sick!
He couldn't help agreeing and wanted to laugh, so he turned his butt to avoid Xu Xiuyuan, changed his words, and scolded Xu Xiuyuan: "Pervert!"
Who would have thought that Xu Xiuyuan would actually admit it: "I'm a pervert, so what are you?"
"What about you, don't pull me in."
"Talk about me," Xu Xiuyuan imitated him, "what's your leg?"
Pingqiu whimpered and buried his face in the crook of his arms after being pinched violently on his lower back.His body was trembling, and Xu Xiuyuan broke his legs again.
It was another summer, and Chen Xiaoyi was the first to put on a short t-shirt, with a weeping dog's head printed on his chest.When Pingqiu saw her, he didn't speak at first, then stopped talking a few times, and said to her behind his back: "We run a cat and cat life shop, why did you bring a dog's head?"
After she finished speaking, she saw Chen Xiaoyi's mouth curled up, and she looked like she was about to cry.Pingqiu didn't dare to provoke her, only later did he hear Xu Miaoling complain: Chen Xiaoyi's feelings have been frustrated during this period, and every day is gloomy, she might be hurt by mistake, so it's better not to touch her bad luck.Ask again, the person who made her emotionally frustrated is none other than Chu Tiwei, Pingqiu's close friend.
I have indeed heard that there are girls who like Chu Tiwei before, but Chu Tiwei has never been fond of oil and salt, soft and hard, not to mention not interested in men, even girls she will not take a second look, maybe because she is born without When she is in love, she is so focused on working and making money, it will inevitably hurt people's hearts.
However, this matter involves not only the employees in his store, but also close friends. Pingqiu has to be concerned about either party. Rest your mind first.
Right now, there is only one thing that bothers Pingqiu: Xu Xiuyuan has to go to the airport to pick up Xu Xiuyuan's plane at one o'clock.
In the past six months, Pingqiu intends to promote Xu Miaoling to be the deputy store manager. She is smart and flexible, and she is the most trusted among the store staff. Sometimes when Ping Qiu is not around, she can still take care of herself.With her in the store, Pingqiu felt relieved, and went to the airport on time, just in time for Xu Xiuyuan to land 3 minutes before landing.
Xu Xiuyuan cut his hair a week ago. The reason was that he was playing a video one night. Pingqiu watched him take a shower and blow-dry his hair. The bangs in front almost covered his eyes, so he asked casually if it would affect his eyesight.He remembered that Xu Xiuyuan's degree of myopia had risen a lot this year because he was often on the computer, and he was worried that his eyes would be damaged if he was in his 20s.
Taking care, Xu Xiuyuan went to the barber shop in front of the school to cut his hair short the next day.Although he didn't seem to get used to it at first glance, but his hair was cut short, and he was more energetic. Ping Qiu looked at him more often, and always felt that the more he looked, the better he looked.The two were squeezed into the overcrowded subway car, and Ping Qiu even stroked the back of his head.Xu Xiuyuan looked down at him, and the two smiled at each other.
After eating at home, Ping Qiu sat on the sofa and polished Xu Xiuyuan's nails.The nail file was going back and forth between his fingers, and he kept saying, "You need to sharpen your nails like this after you cut them, otherwise some of them will be cut unevenly, and there may be blood marks on your face."
After speaking, he glanced at the chin on the right side of Xu Xiuyuan's face, there was a red mark there, Xu Xiuyuan said it was scratched by a fingernail.
"Let's go to the beach later."
"...Did you listen to me?"
"Listen," Xu Xiuyuan turned to look at him, "go to the beach later?"
Pingqiu was angry and funny, muttering that he interrupted me.Xu Xiuyuan approached him, without saying a word, Pingqiu let go.
The bicycle chain was rusty and creaked when I rode it.Ping Qiu was sitting in the back seat, as if he had returned to the summer when Xu Xiuyuan's college entrance examination ended, and it was the same. Xu Xiuyuan was riding his car with his hem flying, while Ping Qiu hugged his waist and pressed his face gently on his back.With the cool wind blowing at night, Pingqiu couldn't help but take a deep breath, but what he smelled was the scent of Xu Xiuyuan's body.
It was already dark at this time, and they bought plastic buckets and small tools for planing sand at the stalls on the shore.Probably because they were two men without a child with them, the stall owner looked at them again and again, making Pingqiu feel a little embarrassed.
Xu Xiuyuan didn't take it seriously, he dragged Ping Qiu down the steps, turned on the flashlight in front of the helmet, looked at each other, the light illuminated the other person's face clearly.
Pingqiu carefully climbed up the stone, and next to her was a chubby little girl. She was wearing a pink suspender dress with a string tied around her neck. Her face was dirty from digging for a long time. Xixi, showing her front teeth when she smiles, showing Pingqiu the two alive and kicking crabs in her bucket like showing off.
"It's amazing." Ping Qiu praised her.
He seemed determined to win or lose, he stepped on the mud and walked with difficulty, holding his helmet for light from time to time.Finally caught a crab that was thrown on the stone, Ping Qiu hurriedly exclaimed, turned to look for Xu Xiuyuan, wanting to show off his spoils.
But after looking around, he couldn't find Xu Xiuyuan.Pingqiu gradually panicked and wanted to climb up quickly, but when he loosened his hands, the crab was lost, and he was caught by a hand that suddenly stretched out behind him.
While still in shock, Ping Qiu took a closer look and said anxiously: "Where have you been? It's so dark that I can't see anything. You have to follow me closely, do you know?"
"I know," Xu Xiuyuan said, "I was just thinking about one thing, and I didn't know how to tell you, so I didn't keep up."
"What's the matter?" Ping Qiu was quickly attracted.
"I want to study in Shanghai."
"Ah, don't you want to stay in Beijing?"
"
As for Xu Xiangnan's company and Xu Xiuyuan's new home, Yu Pingqiu was even more unfamiliar.
The front desk staff looked back and forth at Xu Xiuyuan and Pingqiu, asked Xu Xiuyuan's name, and when he found out that it was Xu, he called the internal line and told them to wait a moment. Mr. Xu and his assistant are not in the company at the moment, so I'm afraid we won't be able to see anyone.He wanted to leave someone's message, but Xu Xiuyuan pulled Ping Qiu around and left. The receptionist let out a yell, and seeing that he didn't look back, he couldn't help but sneer at his arrogant attitude.
The company couldn't find anyone, and Xu Xiuyuan didn't spend time inquiring about Xu Xiangnan's whereabouts. After all, she was going home at night, and it wasn't too late.
Without taking a taxi, Xu Xiuyuan dragged Ping Qiu along the side of the road, walked past a shopping mall, and at another intersection was the Lin County Grand Theater.
Xu Xiuyuan suddenly remembered that when Pingqiu was in junior high school, he was selected by the school to participate in the recitation competition for elementary and middle school students. He was very competitive and was shortlisted for the county-level award. Half an hour break.That day Xu Xiuyuan was still wearing red lips and pink blush, looking from one rest room to another, and sure enough, he found Ping Qiu who was being told the details of the final by the teacher.
"I remember! You participated in the finals, and you sang that song, 'When the sun goes down, it will still come back up tomorrow morning...', isn't that how you sang?" Ping Qiu felt embarrassed, "I may have sang out of tune, You should remember."
""Dance of Youth"."
"Yes, yes, this is the song. I stayed to watch your competition. Did you win the first prize in the end?"
"Well, there are two first prizes in total, and we won one."
"You can do whatever you want, even singing, and even participating in chorus competitions."
"When you participated in the competition at that age, who didn't smear your face like a monkey's butt, and everyone was red," Xu Xiuyuan said, "Isn't it the same for your recitation, wearing a shirt and tie, and there are two clusters of plateau red on your face."
"Ah! Don't say it!" Ping Qiu became furious, and hurriedly covered Xu Xiuyuan's mouth, "Don't say it, I'm so annoying, don't say it!"
"I still have photos, do you want to see them?" Xu Xiuyuan leaned back, but did not touch Pingqiu's face, "I basically have photos of your primary and junior high schools, I will show them to you when I get home. "
"You are so annoying, you just like to look at my ugly photos, don't you? It's annoying."
"It's okay, it's cute, and it's not particularly ugly."
"It's so annoying!" Ping Qiu scolded him for making trouble, and took two steps forward, when Xu Xiuyuan who was chasing him hugged his shoulders.The two laughed and went to the site quickly.
The community of Xu Xiuyuan's family is located in the east of the center of Lin County.It is said that it is a community, but it is actually a single-family villa, and each door has a small garden of a few square meters.
Aunt Zhao, a part-time worker, opened the door for them to enter.She knew Xu Xiuyuan, and she was surprised to see him come home suddenly: "Boss Xu didn't say hello to me, I haven't finished my work yet, if you think it's dirty, or wait a little bit, I will work now, and I will be fine soon. "
"It's okay, you are busy with your work, don't worry about us." After speaking, Xu Xiuyuan pulled Pingqiu upstairs.
Passing by this Auntie Zhao, Pingqiu obviously felt her gaze fixed on his face, probably thinking that Xu Xiuyuan would not go home all year round, and would come back once in a while, holding hands and bringing back a man.
Going up to the second floor, Xu Xiuyuan signaled Pingqiu to come in, then pointed to the next door, saying that it was Xu Ruiyang's room, but he was away from home all the year round, and these two rooms were always vacant, and Aunt Zhao came to clean it about half a month.
"My dad probably took a job in a paper mill. The factory is in the next county. For convenience, he basically lives there and doesn't come back often. As you know, my mother is a workaholic, but she has been working relatively hard in the past two years Regular, usually come back at night."
"Isn't it good for us to come here without saying hello?" Ping Qiu was pushed to sit on the edge of the bed by Xu Xiuyuan, feeling a little dazed.
"It doesn't matter if it's good or not, we only have two endings when we come back today," Xu Xiuyuan said, "One is that we are kicked out, and the other is that we go out by ourselves. Which one do you want?"
"Stop joking." Ping Qiu's face tightened.
"Are you nervous?"
"A bit."
"There's nothing to be nervous about. We're not here to argue today, but to confess to my mother. To be honest, if it wasn't for the fact that you still have this lump in your heart, I didn't plan to come to her so soon. I haven't come here yet. It's the right time," Xu Xiuyuan changed the subject, "Let's not talk about that, I didn't say that there are photos before, I'll show you."
"I said no, it must be ugly," Ping Qiu was really attracted, and while resisting to face the ugly photos of his childhood, he was also a little curious, "...how could this be me."
Xu Xiuyuan pointed to the exaggeratedly straight little boy in the yellowed photo: "I asked your teacher for the photo, it can't be wrong."
It is obviously too exciting for Ping Qiu to reveal the photos of his school days in front of his lover. There are even some photos that Ping Qiu himself can't remember clearly, but Xu Xiuyuan can recall them all. Among them, he Even the year, month and day of the shooting can be answered fluently.
Pingqiu was so ashamed that his cheeks were smoking. Gradually, he realized Xu Xiuyuan's meaning from this not-so-thick single album——Pingqiu cherished everything about him in the past, and those who cherish this album Xu Xiuyuan is so precious to Pingqiu.
Thinking about it, Ping Qiu didn't ask any more.He took Xu Xiuyuan's arm, leaned his head lightly on his shoulder, focused on looking at the photo album, and occasionally glanced sideways at Xu Xiuyuan.
Not long after, there was a noise downstairs, and Aunt Zhao left.
Now only Xu Xiuyuan and Pingqiu are left in the family.
At that time, he left in a hurry and did not return home for two years. Xu Xiuyuan did not take a lot of luggage with him.He opened the closet, randomly rummaged through the clothes hanging inside, moved a storage box from the bottom of the closet, opened it, and found that there were notebooks and textbooks neatly stacked inside.
Ping Qiu took a closer look and found that the notebook looked familiar. After seeing the name on the front page, he was surprised and said: "This is all my notebook."
"More than that, these books are also yours."
"Is it because you were going to study at that time, so you asked me for my book and said you wanted to read the notes on it?"
"probably."
"I don't even remember," Pingqiu casually flipped through a Chinese book, "It's all here with you. Have you read it carefully? Are my notes written clearly? We used to show them in class , I have been praised by the teacher several times, saying that I write beautifully and take notes carefully."
Xu Xiuyuan agrees with this.
Pingqiu was still thinking about how serious he was in school, when suddenly a hand stretched out in front of his eyes, it was Xu Xiuyuan who was unbuttoning his collar.He frantically blocked: "What are you doing?"
"Show me the school uniform," Xu Xiuyuan pointed to the school uniform with shirt and trousers on the bedside, "We are the first class, and the school issued three sets of school uniforms. You haven't worn this shirt style, but I want to see it, you Wear it now."
"What's so good about wearing it." That's what he said, but when Xu Xiuyuan came to unbutton his coat this time, Ping Qiu just pushed him lightly and let him go.
Xu Xiuyuan grew up very fast in high school, and Ping Qiu couldn't help but feel a little loose in his size.He lowered his head to straighten the hem of the shirt, then raised his head to straighten the collar, buttoned the top button, took half a step back and turned around, and asked Xu Xiuyuan, "Is it strange?"
"No, it's very suitable for you." Xu Xiuyuan narrowed his eyes, stretched out his palm, and Ping Qiu naturally put his hand on his palm.
At this time, Xu Xiuyuan exerted his strength, and Ping Qiu staggered closer, and Xu Xiuyuan hugged his waist: "If I can see you at school earlier, I will definitely chase you, senior."
Ping Qiu laughed when he heard this, and was about to speak when he heard another sound from the bottom of the building.He thought it was an auditory hallucination, but when he listened carefully for a while, he heard footsteps. He immediately realized that Xu Xiangnan had come home, so his face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly pushed Xu Xiuyuan, and hurriedly changed his clothes.
Not long after, there was a knock on the door.Ping Qiu was wearing clothes with his upper body bare, but he heard a calm female voice coming from outside the door.
"Xiuyuan, is that you?"
"My mother's secretary," Xu Xiuyuan explained to Pingqiu, and then replied, "It's me, Sister Chen."
"When did you go home?"
"today."
"What's up?"
"I have something to talk to my mother about."
"Now?"
"Better now."
"She is still in the city now, and she will come back at night."
Seeing that Pingqiu was dressed in similar clothes, Xu Xiuyuan opened the door, and there was a woman in casual clothes standing behind the door, about 35 years old.After all, the other party was the elder who had been Xu Xiangnan's secretary for six or seven years, and Xu Xiuyuan was quite polite to her: "It's okay, I can wait for her."
"If the matter is not too private, you can tell me, and I will pass it on to your mother, and I will reply you when the time comes, so as to save you from spending time waiting at home. You should also be busy with your internship." Chen Feng glanced across the room calmly. The unfamiliar guest was somewhat suspicious in his heart.
"No, we can wait for her."
Having said that, it would be useless to try to persuade them.Chen Feng nodded, and then took the documents and went downstairs. There was a rattling sound of wedge shoes hitting the stairs. Xu Xiuyuan watched her go away until he heard the door close.
Not surprisingly, Xu Xiangnan now knew that there were two uninvited guests waiting for her to go home.
It was nine o'clock at night when Xu Xiangnan arrived home.
Chen Feng sent her to the door of the house, and before getting off the car, he handed her the half piece of bread that he hadn't eaten in the morning, and then helped her put on his coat. Even if you worry too much, you still have to do things with a purpose. No matter how busy you are at work, your body is not as important.What's more, Chen Feng has heard about Xu Ruiyang's two brothers to some extent. She knows Xu Xiangnan's temper, and she is afraid that if she speaks too aggressively for a while, and then the relationship with the child will become tense, the gain will not be worth the loss.
Looking up at the brightly lit home, Xu Xiangnan realized that it had been a long time since he had seen the lights at home when he returned home.The husband is divorced, the child is away, and the family of four spends so little time together that they are not even as good as strangers. Everyone is jealous when they meet each other, rather than enemies.
She hummed lightly, and she didn't know whether to agree to Chen Feng, or just perfunctory.
As soon as he entered the house, the first thing Xu Xiangnan saw was Pingqiu who was looking at the garden outside by the glass door.
The garden is in the east, and the main entrance is in the south. Ping Qiu didn't notice the car that Chen Feng sent Xu Xiangnan back. When he met her face to face, he was almost stunned, and he was slow to say hello for two or three seconds.
Xu Xiangnan didn't answer, just pretended not to hear, and then saw Xu Xiuyuan coming out of the kitchen with two bowls of noodles.Seeing her, he looked normal: "Mom, you're back."
Kicking off the shoes with both feet, an evil fire rushed upwards in his heart. Fortunately, Xu Xiangnan remembered Chen Feng's reminder, held back his anger, and walked upstairs as if he didn't see the two of them at home.
Unexpectedly, Xu Xiuyuan called her to stop: "I cooked three bowls of noodles, I thought you would come back later, but they haven't been served yet. Do you want to eat now?"
There was a slight pause in the pace, but Xu Xiangnan did not stop and continued to walk upstairs.Halfway through, there was the movement of a chair being pulled away from the bottom of the building, and the rustling of voices, it seemed that Xu Xiuyuan's "eat" was very clear.
Having not eaten for nearly a day, Pingqiu was indeed hungry.But remembering that Xu Xiangnan didn't eat either, he flicked his chopsticks twice, unable to swallow.
"Don't worry," Xu Xiuyuan said, "She is showing me a face on purpose. My mother is like me, no one will suffer herself when suffering."
Sure enough, not long after, Xu Xiangnan was still hungry after eating half a piece of bread, so he simply pushed back his work and came downstairs with his slippers on.She went into the kitchen without turning her eyes. There was the meal that Aunt Zhao made in the morning in the refrigerator. She reheated it casually, ate two bites, and flipped through a stack of documents while eating.
Ping Qiu was restless on the side, but Xu Xiuyuan pressed his thigh when he wanted to get up.In contrast, Xu Xiuyuan seemed much calmer.The mother and son competed in secret, Ping Qiu was the most nervous onlooker, he couldn't understand what Xu Xiangnan's attitude was, and he didn't know what Xu Xiuyuan's plan was.
Finally, after Xu Xiangnan had a full mouthful, she cleaned up the dishes and went upstairs.Xu Xiuyuan's eyelids moved, and he heard a voice from upstairs: "Come up."
Xu Xiuyuan stood up, Ping Qiu stood up with him, but was pushed back again: "Sit down, don't move."
"I don't need to go up?" Ping Qiu asked.
"My mother will only talk to me if she has something to say."
"But it's our business."
"In the final analysis, it's still my business. I have something to talk to her. If you are here, it will only make her more angry. When the talk is almost over, if she still wants to see you, it will not be too late for me to come to you again. Xu Xiuyuan said, "Sit here and wait for me, don't go away."
"Then be careful," Ping Qiu grabbed Xu Xiuyuan's hand and emphasized repeatedly, "No matter what, don't quarrel with her, she is your mother after all, don't be too impulsive, don't make her angry, don't speak loudly. "
"I know."
There was no light on the second floor, and the only place where there was light was Xu Xiangnan's study.
Xu Xiuyuan knocked on the door and entered. Xu Xiangnan was standing by the window smoking a cigarette.She shook the ash and signaled Xu Xiuyuan to sit down on the chair opposite the table, but she didn't speak first, she just smoked two cigarettes in silence, squashed the butt of the cigarette in the ashtray, then went back to the table to drink water, sat down her main seat.
Sitting facing each other allowed Xu Xiuyuan to carefully observe his mother's appearance.It is undeniable that Xu Xiangnan is old. Compared with the time when they confronted each other on New Year's Eve two years ago, the years have worn away her facial contours, making her seem much softer, far from the vigorous and vigorous aura he remembered, Xu Xiuyuan For a moment, he couldn't even recognize her, and he didn't know whether Xu Xiangnan had really changed a lot in the past two years, or whether he hadn't really looked at his mother carefully, so he felt very strange.
"Say it, you have something to say when you come back, and I will only listen to it once if you say it now." Xu Xiangnan gave orders.
It can be said that she was listening attentively, but she turned to flipping through a pile of folders on the table.When Xu Xiuyuan opened his mouth, she had already scanned both sides of the paper and said without raising her head, "I don't remember that I was born dumb."
"Mom," Xu Xiuyuan finally said, "Why didn't you divorce Fang Haichang?"
After the tip of the pen paused, Xu Xiangnan raised his head: "What did you say?"
"I asked, why didn't you divorce Fang Haichang, that is, my father?"
"Are you afraid that I will throw you two out like last time, so give me a blow first?"
"Whatever you think, I'm just curious, you have no relationship for a long time, why don't you get a divorce?"
"It's not your turn to intervene in the matter between me and your father."
"Then about me and Pingqiu, I should have the final say with him." Xu Xiuyuan did not back down.
"You think the matter between me and your dad can make you compare yourself with a man, is that what you mean?" Xu Xiangnan flicked his pen, "Who are you insulting, huh? Do you think you Very wronged, very great, I am the villain who is destroying your happy life, right?"
"Since you don't want me to get involved in your and Fang Haichang's affairs, in the same way, I hope that I can decide my own affairs, why not?" Xu Xiuyuan looked directly at her and said, "Mom, it's been more than two years, plus Xu Ruiyang's In those years, haven’t you figured it out?”
"What do I need to understand? Understand that the two children I gave birth to are white-eyed wolves, one more wolf-hearted than the other? Xu Xiuyuan, do you think I'm vicious? You all said it so nicely, walk your own way, choose to carry it yourself, "Xu Xiangnan sneered, "Can you carry it? Your brother Xu Ruiyang, I gave him the capital to start the studio, and I hired him for the first employee. Is this his ability?"
"What about me, in your opinion, Xu Ruiyang and I are the same?"
"How do you think you are better than him?"
"Since I have to say it, I'm much better than him," Xu Xiuyuan said, "It's very simple, because he is like Fang Haichang, and I am like you."
"Who is Fang Haichang? He is your father, and you don't even have the most basic respect for your parents?"
Xu Xiuyuan seemed to be amused: "Mom, don't you think you are conflicted? On the one hand, you hate Fang Haichang, and on the other hand you refuse to divorce him. It's like you always feel that our family is a burden to you, but you seem to always There is a very inexplicable sense of responsibility that makes you unable to let go. Have you ever thought about this issue and why?"
"Stop questioning me!"
"Because you can't answer?"
"What do you know? At your age, you only know how to eat, drink, have fun, and be a man. What do you know?" Xu Xiangnan sarcastically said, "Then what do you think I should be like, stay at home and wash clothes for you father and son Cooking, the biggest wish every day is to receive the pitiful salary of several thousand yuan paid by your dad this month, or the report card of you and your brother? I have to do this to be considered a qualified person. woman, eh?"
"You know I don't mean that."
"Why not, I think your posture is to come to Xingshi to inquire about crimes? You want to ask me down, so that I can agree with you and Pingqiu?" Xu Xiangnan dismissed, "Wishful thinking."
"If it was two years ago, I might have thought so, but now I don't need it anymore," Xu Xiuyuan said calmly, "The reason why I came back here today is because Pingqiu wanted to come, he feels guilty for you, even though he knows You will not agree with him, but he still needs to see you. He has a heart, and I will help him complete it. In addition, there is another reason, that is, I want to chat with you. "
"You came here to pretend to be in front of me just to get your parents to divorce?" Xu Xiangnan said coldly, "You are really filial."
"Mom, have I told you that I have always admired you."
In Xu Xiuyuan's memory, his mother Xu Xiangnan always seemed to be very special.When the mothers of other students are struggling with their children's poor grades and skinned knees every day and night, his mother Xu Xiangnan will teach him to think and resist.And at night when the children were afraid of the dark and hid in their mother's arms, Xu Xiuyuan opened the room and saw the back of Xu Xiangnan crouching at the desk studying his college textbooks.
Xu Xiangnan never went to high school, let alone university. She only has a junior high school diploma.She may have envied the group of girls who could carry their luggage and go to other places to continue their studies, or maybe one night she also thought about leaving her husband and children, including a large group of siblings and relatives, and ran away like this.
But she is a sister, a wife, a mother, her legs and feet are bound forever in this narrow house, all she can do is try to straighten her waist, make the house a little higher and wider so that others can breathe more comfortably under the roof.
Xu Xiuyuan is right. Xu Xiangnan is contradictory. She has ideals that are different from ordinary women, and she is willing to pay the price for them. But at the same time, her education determines her vision and thinking, and this limits her progress. I can run and jump, but I can't run too far or jump too high.
"Thinking about it now, maybe you are not unconscious at all. The uncle I met when I was in elementary school, was he an accident of yours, or a part of your past?" Xu Xiuyuan looked at Xu Xiangnan, "Do you think I forgot?"
"What do you mean?" Xu Xiangnan's face was a little ugly, "Threatening me, embarrassing me?"
"No, I just want you to get a divorce."
"Xu Xiuyuan, I think you are really crazy."
"Mom, I said that I didn't ask for your understanding when I came back this time. I really didn't lie. Because no matter whether you plan to evaluate me and Pingqiu, whether you support or oppose it, it has no effect on me," Xu Xiuyuan laughed, " Mom, you should feel proud, I am very similar to you, maybe I am more selfish than you."
Xu Xiangnan turned his face away, moved his lips, stood up suddenly, walked to the window, and lit a cigarette again.She took two puffs heavily, the smoke gathered in front of her eyes, she seemed unable to see the night outside the window clearly, it seemed like a hazy cloud, and it was about to press down on her face.
Behind him, Xu Xiuyuan was still saying: "I'm still young, and I can have a thousand and ten thousand opportunities to choose. Even if I make a mistake and start all over again, it doesn't matter to me. Mom, you are like me, you can also have a chance. There are thousands of opportunities to choose, our family is the rules you make for yourself, you don’t allow yourself to step out, and you don’t allow me and Xu Ruiyang to go out of line. But Mom, you know in your heart that the concept of ‘family’ itself is fundamental. Not that important."
"Get out." Xu Xiangnan said suddenly.
"I said……"
"Get out!"
Xu Xiuyuan paused for a moment, then stood up.
He looked at Xu Xiangnan's back, saw her sunken cheeks when she smoked too hard, and his heart was inexplicably shaken—he finally realized what he was talking about, and he arrogantly started with the results, and it was Xu Xiangnan who overthrew these decades Always adhere to the guidelines.
Xu Xiangnan is a very smart woman. She may have understood it a long time ago, or she may have understood the reason when she realized that this marriage and this family were in jeopardy.She has resisted with limitations, such as experiencing several extramarital affairs, and she has found a balance in the stimulation of immorality, but in the end she returned to the family, like a bird tied to its feet.She suffered conflictingly, but she never expected that her youngest son Xu Xiuyuan would always see these festering scars behind her back.No wonder Xu Xiuyuan said that he is like his mother, but in fact they are both selfish and self righteous.
Ever since Xu Xiuyuan was called upstairs alone, Ping Qiu had rehearsed thousands of situations in which their mother and son would confront each other, and the result was that Xu Xiuyuan was scolded severely by Xu Xiangnan like it was two years ago, and even if it was more serious, he would do it.In case Xu Xiuyuan's temper came up, and his mouth was unforgiving——Pingqiu didn't dare to think about it any more, he pricked up his ears to listen to the movement upstairs, while pacing the living room, muttering something, only hoped that Xu Xiuyuan would be obedient, Suppress your temper and don't argue with Xu Xiangnan.
Just as he was praying, he saw Xu Xiuyuan going downstairs, Ping Qiu immediately stopped and stayed where he was until Xu Xiuyuan hugged him and buried his head in his neck.
"What's the matter?" Ping Qiu misunderstood that the result was not going well, and stammered, "You guys didn't have a good chat, or did you quarrel again?"
"No noise."
"Have you started?"
"nor."
"What's the matter?" The palm lightly patted Xu Xiuyuan's back, Ping Qiu wanted to push him away, "What did your mother say, is she very angry? So I still don't intend to forgive you?"
Xu Xiuyuan stood up straight, with his head slightly lowered, and after a moment of silence, he continued: "She will understand."
"Understand what?" Pingqiu was very confused.
"You don't need to know this, it's a secret between me and my mother."
"...Well, it's good that you didn't quarrel anyway."
"Let's go."
"where to?"
"go home."
"Let's go now?"
"The task is completed, you can go home."
"Don't you need to say hello?" Ping Qiu pointed to the upstairs, "you should say hello."
"She won't see us now." Xu Xiuyuan took Pingqiu's clothes, and picked up the paper bag beside the table, which contained some luggage that he didn't have time to take away, including the photo album they had flipped through before.
Xu Xiuyuan watched Ping Qiu put on his coat from the porch, and saw him frowning, and leaned over to help him fasten the two buttons on it.Then he opened the door and let Ping Qiu go first.
Before closing the door, Xu Xiuyuan looked back at the always quiet and deserted house.Pressing his fingers against the wall, he slammed the lights off and finally slammed the door behind him.
It was nearly 10:30 at night, Xu Xiuyuan hailed a car, but the address he reported was not at the station, but a place he was very familiar with in Pingqiu, but he hadn't been back for many years.
Before deciding to go back to Lin County, Ping Qiu didn't think about taking this opportunity to go back and take a look at Ping Qinghong.But often when this idea just popped up, he would involuntarily back off—Ping Qinghong would probably not want to see him.
Ping Qiu grabbed Xu Xiuyuan's arm as if seeking comfort, and shook his head at him: "Don't go, it's so late, she must be asleep already."
"Do you want to see her?" Xu Xiuyuan shouldn't ask back.
Throat tightened, Pingqiu couldn't answer.Want to meet?Of course I wanted to.He has too many fantasies and attachments to his "mother", even if she doesn't love him and doesn't want to see him, the mother's nature of loving the child is discounted by her, but the child's instinct to expect the mother is double or even ten times to Pingqiu. times stronger.
Unable to refuse, Pingqiu couldn't help becoming nervous, exerting strength in his hands, Xu Xiuyuan's sleeves were wrinkled by him.Xu Xiuyuan looked down, and put his arms around Pingqiu's waist.
The gravel road in memory was poured with cement a few years ago, Pingqiu can't remember how many times he rode this road back and forth.He poked his head out of the window, the paddy field under the night was glistening with water, Pingqiu suddenly remembered that he ran barefoot in the field and flew a kite when he was a child.He has no skills, and he throws the kite into the sky completely by hand, and then runs against the wind, but his kite is always weird, and he can't fly no matter what, it just floats slowly in the low sky, and finally falls into the field inside.
It was about to turn a corner, Ping Qiu retracted his head, and said to the driver: "Excuse me, please turn around in front, we are not going."
"Why?" Xu Xiuyuan was surprised.
"I don't want to go," Ping Qiu said, "Here is enough."
Looking at him carefully, Pingqiu's expression was not unusual, but he was smiling, so Xu Xiuyuan didn't ask any more, and said, "Then shall we go home?"
"Well," Ping Qiu nodded, "Go home."
Spring is always short, and once the beginning of summer is over, when Pingqiu received Xu Xiuyuan's decision to prepare for the postgraduate entrance examination and continue his studies after long consideration, news from Xu Ruiyang also came - Xu Xiangnan offered to divorce Fang Haichang. The two brothers even experienced a so-called single-parent family.
At that time, Ping Qiu was lying beside Xu Xiuyuan to calm his breath. At first he didn't know that it was Xu Ruiyang who was calling, but when Xu Xiuyuan was messing around, he stepped on his shoulder to stop him from further attacking.
As soon as Xu Xiuyuan turned on the phone and put it outside, Xu Ruiyang's voice suddenly became clear. After Pingqiu was shocked, he immediately covered his mouth and kicked his legs wildly, but Xu Xiuyuan pressed him on the bedside, kissed his buttocks, and slapped him again.
Xu Ruiyang probably also heard that something was wrong on the other side. He was silent for a long time without asking who was speaking, but hung up the phone and sent a message later.Ping Qiu was lying on the head of the bed being beaten with his hands bound, when he happened to see Xu Ruiyang send two words: sick!
He couldn't help agreeing and wanted to laugh, so he turned his butt to avoid Xu Xiuyuan, changed his words, and scolded Xu Xiuyuan: "Pervert!"
Who would have thought that Xu Xiuyuan would actually admit it: "I'm a pervert, so what are you?"
"What about you, don't pull me in."
"Talk about me," Xu Xiuyuan imitated him, "what's your leg?"
Pingqiu whimpered and buried his face in the crook of his arms after being pinched violently on his lower back.His body was trembling, and Xu Xiuyuan broke his legs again.
It was another summer, and Chen Xiaoyi was the first to put on a short t-shirt, with a weeping dog's head printed on his chest.When Pingqiu saw her, he didn't speak at first, then stopped talking a few times, and said to her behind his back: "We run a cat and cat life shop, why did you bring a dog's head?"
After she finished speaking, she saw Chen Xiaoyi's mouth curled up, and she looked like she was about to cry.Pingqiu didn't dare to provoke her, only later did he hear Xu Miaoling complain: Chen Xiaoyi's feelings have been frustrated during this period, and every day is gloomy, she might be hurt by mistake, so it's better not to touch her bad luck.Ask again, the person who made her emotionally frustrated is none other than Chu Tiwei, Pingqiu's close friend.
I have indeed heard that there are girls who like Chu Tiwei before, but Chu Tiwei has never been fond of oil and salt, soft and hard, not to mention not interested in men, even girls she will not take a second look, maybe because she is born without When she is in love, she is so focused on working and making money, it will inevitably hurt people's hearts.
However, this matter involves not only the employees in his store, but also close friends. Pingqiu has to be concerned about either party. Rest your mind first.
Right now, there is only one thing that bothers Pingqiu: Xu Xiuyuan has to go to the airport to pick up Xu Xiuyuan's plane at one o'clock.
In the past six months, Pingqiu intends to promote Xu Miaoling to be the deputy store manager. She is smart and flexible, and she is the most trusted among the store staff. Sometimes when Ping Qiu is not around, she can still take care of herself.With her in the store, Pingqiu felt relieved, and went to the airport on time, just in time for Xu Xiuyuan to land 3 minutes before landing.
Xu Xiuyuan cut his hair a week ago. The reason was that he was playing a video one night. Pingqiu watched him take a shower and blow-dry his hair. The bangs in front almost covered his eyes, so he asked casually if it would affect his eyesight.He remembered that Xu Xiuyuan's degree of myopia had risen a lot this year because he was often on the computer, and he was worried that his eyes would be damaged if he was in his 20s.
Taking care, Xu Xiuyuan went to the barber shop in front of the school to cut his hair short the next day.Although he didn't seem to get used to it at first glance, but his hair was cut short, and he was more energetic. Ping Qiu looked at him more often, and always felt that the more he looked, the better he looked.The two were squeezed into the overcrowded subway car, and Ping Qiu even stroked the back of his head.Xu Xiuyuan looked down at him, and the two smiled at each other.
After eating at home, Ping Qiu sat on the sofa and polished Xu Xiuyuan's nails.The nail file was going back and forth between his fingers, and he kept saying, "You need to sharpen your nails like this after you cut them, otherwise some of them will be cut unevenly, and there may be blood marks on your face."
After speaking, he glanced at the chin on the right side of Xu Xiuyuan's face, there was a red mark there, Xu Xiuyuan said it was scratched by a fingernail.
"Let's go to the beach later."
"...Did you listen to me?"
"Listen," Xu Xiuyuan turned to look at him, "go to the beach later?"
Pingqiu was angry and funny, muttering that he interrupted me.Xu Xiuyuan approached him, without saying a word, Pingqiu let go.
The bicycle chain was rusty and creaked when I rode it.Ping Qiu was sitting in the back seat, as if he had returned to the summer when Xu Xiuyuan's college entrance examination ended, and it was the same. Xu Xiuyuan was riding his car with his hem flying, while Ping Qiu hugged his waist and pressed his face gently on his back.With the cool wind blowing at night, Pingqiu couldn't help but take a deep breath, but what he smelled was the scent of Xu Xiuyuan's body.
It was already dark at this time, and they bought plastic buckets and small tools for planing sand at the stalls on the shore.Probably because they were two men without a child with them, the stall owner looked at them again and again, making Pingqiu feel a little embarrassed.
Xu Xiuyuan didn't take it seriously, he dragged Ping Qiu down the steps, turned on the flashlight in front of the helmet, looked at each other, the light illuminated the other person's face clearly.
Pingqiu carefully climbed up the stone, and next to her was a chubby little girl. She was wearing a pink suspender dress with a string tied around her neck. Her face was dirty from digging for a long time. Xixi, showing her front teeth when she smiles, showing Pingqiu the two alive and kicking crabs in her bucket like showing off.
"It's amazing." Ping Qiu praised her.
He seemed determined to win or lose, he stepped on the mud and walked with difficulty, holding his helmet for light from time to time.Finally caught a crab that was thrown on the stone, Ping Qiu hurriedly exclaimed, turned to look for Xu Xiuyuan, wanting to show off his spoils.
But after looking around, he couldn't find Xu Xiuyuan.Pingqiu gradually panicked and wanted to climb up quickly, but when he loosened his hands, the crab was lost, and he was caught by a hand that suddenly stretched out behind him.
While still in shock, Ping Qiu took a closer look and said anxiously: "Where have you been? It's so dark that I can't see anything. You have to follow me closely, do you know?"
"I know," Xu Xiuyuan said, "I was just thinking about one thing, and I didn't know how to tell you, so I didn't keep up."
"What's the matter?" Ping Qiu was quickly attracted.
"I want to study in Shanghai."
"Ah, don't you want to stay in Beijing?"
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