thousand cups

After arriving in Paris, Jiang Mo has been busy for nearly half a month with tedious tasks such as renting a house, reporting, buying daily necessities, and getting familiar with the environment.

He didn't get the affordable crous from the school, so he could only choose to rent a house in Paris where the land is very expensive.The roommate he shares with is an Italian studying oil painting at the Paris Academy of Fine Arts.When Jiang Mo met him for the first time, he was taken aback by his unruly iridescent hair color, and then he was taken aback by the half-naked woman who came out of his room smoking a cigarette, and smiled awkwardly at them with luggage , I can predict that my future life may be very exciting and lively.

The first few weeks I came here were very uncomfortable. Whether it was the rented room of a few square meters, the not-so-clean bathroom, and the strange-smelling French food... I was very uncomfortable.Fortunately, Jiang Mo has a strong self-care ability since he was a child. Even if he came to such a far place for the first time, he did not have much psychological burden. He was very optimistic and adapted well to accept new cities, new ideas, new friends, and new things. Very busy.

In Jiang Mo's eyes, Paris is actually very contradictory.This city skillfully communicates the classical and the contemporary, the elegant and the chaotic, the exquisite and the decadent, and various arts grow, collide and coexist harmoniously here.Jiang Mo was attracted by the contradictions of this city, and as he slowly adapted, his thoughts and consciousness became much wider.

When I finally remembered the incident with Shen Chaowen, it was almost a month later.

Why didn't I think of it at first?

Because Shen Chaowen didn't look for him at all during this time, I don't know why.I was too busy to think about these romantic things, so I chose to forget the experience before going abroad.

Then why did you suddenly think of this again?

Because Shen Chaowen suddenly sent him a message that day.

It was early in the morning when the news was received, and Jiang Mo was discussing with his classmates about filming a promotional cultural documentary in an art exhibition hall.At that time, he was holding a pile of materials and books in his left hand, and a cup of coffee in his right hand. When he heard the phone ring, he put the books and materials in his right hand, and took out the phone in an extremely awkward posture to look at it.

What Shen Chaowen sent was a short video.

Jiang Mo thought for a few seconds, then clicked on——

In the picture is a cat.It lay on all fours on the wooden floor, its posture was very lazy, and a slender hand was slowly scratching its stomach.

A sentence attached to the video: The kitten is fine, and the family is fine too.Have you settled down yet?Are you still used to it?

After Jiang Mo enjoyed this high-quality cat movie, he put away his phone and went to find his tutor.

He didn't reply a single word to the other party, intending to maintain the cold war unilaterally, just leaving this obsessed bastard brother alone.

The second time I received the message was two days later.It’s still a video of the little cat Chaplin. This time the video is about taking a bath. The location is by the pool in his yard. Shen Chaowen washed it himself. There is also Mei Qing’s voice in the video. It seems that it was recorded by Ms. Mei. of.

A sentence is attached to the video: The cat has gained weight.In addition, the godmother had a migraine a few days ago, so I went with her to prescribe some medicine. She said that it didn't work, so I will accompany her to see a Chinese medicine doctor next week.

Shen Chaowen's style of posting messages is the same as his personality, simple, direct, no nonsense, no romantic talk, only information, very like a report.

Jiang Mo watched the cat videos he sent over and over again, but just watched them, didn't reply, and didn't know what to reply.

The main reason is that they didn't post any excessive content, not a single ambiguous word, and the content was not annoying to read, and it was all things that Jiang Mo was interested in.

But he just didn't want to reply to Shen Chaowen's news.Jiang Mo's plan was to use actions to make Shen Chaowen feel his evasive attitude, not to give any chance, and completely pretended to be dead and refused to communicate.

This deadlock persisted for some time.

Later, Shen Chaowen would send some pictures and text messages at a fixed time, reporting the current situation of his kittens, flowers and plants, and Mei Qing.

Jiang Mo never replied, but he would definitely watch videos and pictures repeatedly. There was no other way. What Shen Chaowen sent was indeed what he cared about, and no one at home had the leisure to send him cat pictures and report videos. Only Shen Chaowen remembered. he.If you don't go back to people, you can still send them, and it seems that there is no need to reply at all.

The frequency of time sent by the other party is always fixed, three times a week, each time in the early morning of French time, very punctual.This kind of punctuality will virtually create a sense of memory and connection in people's minds.

Finally got used to it.

Jiang Mo will gradually look forward to cat movies and family videos from Shen Chaowen every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.Punctual news will make people get used to it, and habit is a scary thing. Jiang Mo knows that he shouldn't expect it, but he still can't help but want to read the news that only belongs to him.

In the end, Jiang Mo even had the illusion that he was chasing the update... and thought about throwing coins at the up master Shen Chaowen to urge him to post more videos.

I always feel homesick when I go out, and no matter how nice Paris is, it’s just a foreign land. During that period of adapting to the environment, Jiang Mo got a lot of comfort from the small report-style video sent by Shen Chaowen.

It is unavoidable that every international student will be homesick.When Jiang Mo misses home, he will subconsciously open the dialog box with Shen Chaowen to watch the images from home.Video is the most direct. He can enter the state in a second and see what is happening in that home thousands of miles away.

The transition period passed quickly, and he quickly adapted to life in Paris.

The only uncomfortable thing is... the Italian who rented with him would applaud loudly for love with his girlfriend next door from time to time, without any regard for other people's feelings.

At the beginning, it was really disturbing, Jiang Mo would play loud rock music in his room to express his anger, but later found it was useless, the passionate rock music seemed to become a fun song for others, the higher the tune, the more excited they shouted .

In the countless late nights of reading books, playing movies, and writing scripts, Jiang Mo's ears are always accompanied by other people's music for love.

Later, he gradually became numb and immune, and he developed the ability to concentrate on reading and studying amidst the groans of others.

Life is busy and fulfilling.Occasionally he feels lonely because of other people's excitement, but he still chooses to fill that part of the vacancy in his heart with knowledge and enjoys his lonely life abroad.

The unilateral cold war with Shen Chaowen ended three months later.

At nine o'clock in the morning on Monday, French time, the phone next to Jiang Mo's pillow rang punctually.

Last night he stayed up drinking and changed a script. He woke up drunk all night, didn't sleep well, and woke up immediately when his phone vibrated.He dazedly touched his phone to look at it, and only after seeing the little red dot did he realize that today should be the day when the cat movies and small family videos he was chasing were updated.

Click on the video, this time the picture sent by Shen Chaowen has no cats, no flowers and plants at home, no Mei Qing, and some are...the cups in his family's collection.

Additional words from Shen Chaowen: The house is being cleaned up today, and my godmother asked me to wash and disinfect your cups, and it's already done.To avoid dust accumulation, I will buckle it upside down for you.

Jiang Mo watched that short video repeatedly, carefully watched it twice, and gradually frowned.

Several cups were misplaced, the drinking ones were placed on the floor for drinking water, and the ones drinking water were placed on the floor for guests.

Jiang Mo has a very casual attitude towards many things, but when it comes to placing the cups... he has a serious obsessive-compulsive disorder.This is something he cares about very much. Every cup has its own place, how can it be placed indiscriminately? ?Everything can be chaotic, but the cup is not, that is the order that is very important in his heart.

I can't bear it, I really can't bear it.

After thinking about it for more than ten minutes, Jiang Mo replied to Shen Chaowen awkwardly and reluctantly: Don't put my cups indiscriminately, please, there are several wrong ones.

This is the first message Jiang Mo sent to Shen Chaowen since he went abroad.

A few seconds later, Shen Chaowen replied to him: Which ones?You have too many glasses, and I can't remember them all.

After seeing that message, Jiang Mo suspected for a moment that Shen Chaowen actually remembered where the cup should be placed.This person obviously has a very good memory. It is said that he can memorize the law fluently after reading it a few times. Could it be that he can't remember how to put a few cups?Moreover, the placement of the cups at home is very regular, couldn't he, Shen Chaowen, see it!

But it's not easy to question him through the screen, after all, their current relationship is a bit awkward.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Mo swallowed and edited the picture, circled the misplaced cups, and told him: the red one is on the first floor, the rough pottery one is on the third floor, the ice cup with the blue bottom is in the middle of the second floor, Goblets are placed on the lower floor of the second floor.

After a while, Shen Chaowen replied to him with a small video that had been rearranged, and asked: Put it away, right?

Jiang Mo watched the video and expressed satisfaction: Well, this time it was right.

I thought I would have nothing to say after I finished speaking, but there was a quick and timely message: Did you wake up or did you not sleep?It should be morning in France now.

Jiang Mo returned to him after a while: already awake.

Shen Chaowen sent over: I woke up quite early.How is the weather in Paris?It's been raining a lot in Shanghai recently.

Jiang Mo: The sun is shining in Paris.

Shen Chaowen: That's good, remember to get up and have breakfast.

Jiang Mo: I don't like breakfast, don't you know?

Shen Chaowen: Go eat when you wake up, don't be lazy, don't wake up hungry again at noon, and look for food like a hungry ghost.

Jiang Mo: ...I don't want to eat if I don't want to eat.

Shen Chaowen: You should go out for breakfast on a sunny morning.

Jiang Mo: I have the freedom not to eat breakfast, why should I persuade a person who doesn't like breakfast to eat breakfast?

Shen Chaowen: Of course it is for your health.

.........

In this way, the cold war that Jiang Mo unilaterally maintained for three months ended.