thousand cups

After getting on the Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway, Shen Chaowen turned on the stereo.In fact, I don't really want to listen to music, I just want to make this confined space have a little sound.

The first song that jumped out was "Accidental".Coincidentally, this song was played in that store when he and Jiang Mo met for the first time.

Shen Chaowen actually suspected that Jiang Mo was drunk that day, and probably didn't remember what they said, after all, they met a long time ago.

Shen Chaowen went to school in his hometown.He is a child of a factory, his father used to be an electrician in the factory, and his mother was an accountant. After the two divorced, he was sentenced to his father, and his mother went to a big city to work hard.Originally, he lived with his father, but one year his mother came back to visit him and found that Shen Chaowen was eating instant noodles every day at home, so angry that he had a big fight with his father on the spot, she pulled Shen Chaowen away without saying a word, saying that she would take him there Beijing.

Shen Chaowen matured precociously. At that time, his mind was sensitive. He knew that his mother had already made a boyfriend over there and was sharing the rent with her boyfriend. If she went, would she live with her boyfriend?Shen Chaowen didn't want to attract suspicion.

He rejected his mother's kindness, saying that he was reluctant to part with his grandma and wanted to live with her.

Grandma hated his alcoholic father very much and insisted on changing his surname.His original name was Zhou Chaowen, but he changed his surname to Shen in junior high school.I wasn't used to it at first, but then I got used to it when others yelled and yelled, and forgot about it.

He spent his adolescence in that small town unharmed, without a single day of rebellion.Boys of the same age learn to smoke, he studies hard, boys of the same age fall in love, he studies hard, boys of the same age play game consoles and online games, he studies hard, grow up boring and excellent.

He did well in the college entrance examination, anyway, it is a very exaggerated result in that small place the size of a palm.His grandma was especially happy. A person who doesn't like to be very lively on weekdays actually booked a table at the best restaurant in the town and invited relatives and friends.

At the banquet that day, relatives who had good things joked that Shen Chaowen would toast everyone.He said he didn't know how to drink, and the other party persuaded him a few more words, saying that he was going to college soon, he could drink, he had to be sensible.Just as he was about to talk back, Grandma Yang, his grandmother's good friend at the table, pulled him to her side, smiled and said that if people don't want to drink, they don't drink. I don't think you are sensible.

He sat down and said thank you to Grandma Yang.The other party took his hand and laughed, and said: "You are a good boy, obedient. My grandson is not obedient, just like his grandfather, inter-generational relatives, he likes to drink especially at a young age, and if he has alcohol, he can't wait to ask others to drink. "

After exchanging pleasantries, Grandma Yang asked him again, "Chaowen, what university did you apply for last, and what did you study?"

Shen Chaowen answered the name of the school and talked about studying law.

When Grandma Yang heard this, she squinted her eyes and thought for a few seconds, then turned her head and patted her wife on the back, and asked, "Old Jiang, what is the name of the school our grandson goes to?"

Holding the wine glass, Grandpa turned his head, thought for a while, and named out the school Shen Chaowen applied for, and added, Xiao Mo seems to be graduating this year.

Shen Chaowen finished the meal amidst the sound of "what a coincidence".

A month later, he took the N bottles of handmade salt vegetables and a small suitcase that Grandma Yang entrusted him to bring to his grandson and set off for Shanghai to report.

After getting settled in the school, Shen Chaowen found out the contact named 'Jiang Mo' from his mobile phone in one day's free time, and planned to send the things made by Grandma Yang to others.I originally wanted to call, but after thinking about it, I sent a text message to the other party first.

"Brother Jiang Mo, hello, Grandma Yang asked me to bring you something from my hometown, do you have time today?"

Shen Chaowen waited for almost half an hour before getting back a text message.

"Otherwise I will come to you to get it next week?"

Shen Chaowen thought about it and felt something was wrong.

"I have military training next week, how about I send it to you this week?"

Waited another half minute.

"I don't live in the school. Come and find me at No. 12, XX Road. Is there a store without a blue signboard? Come and play."

Shen Chaowen replied: "Okay, I'll be there at three o'clock."

After lunch, Shen Chaowen went to look for the fellow villager whom he had never met with a bag of pickles on his back.

Grandma Yang told him repeatedly that if anything happened at school, just remember to ask Jiang Mo.

Why are you looking for him if you have nothing to do.The old lady may not understand how their generation gets along.Shen Chaowen knew in his heart that after delivering the jars of pickled cucumbers, pickled vegetables and beef jerky in his schoolbag, he would probably never see Jiang Mo again.

Shen Chaowen arrived at the door of the store at [-]:[-], stood under a sycamore tree at the door for a while, and waited until exactly [-]:[-] to open the door and go in.

The blue shop, the only one on this street, is very conspicuous.

But this is a shop still under renovation.Shen Chaowen avoided several buckets of paint on the ground and walked in carefully.

There is singing inside, the volume is moderate, and the accompaniment at the beginning is the sound of a string of pianos.A man was sitting staggeringly at the bar, with a pile of empty glasses in front of him, talking to a beautiful woman with a ponytail.

The most amazing thing is the lights in the store.A beautiful blue, a very deep blue.

he walked over.Hearing the movement, the two turned their heads at the same time and looked at him together.

The three looked at each other, lost in silence for a long time.

The man asked, "Who are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for Jiang Mo." Shen Chaowen asked, "Is he there?"

The girl smiled, glanced at the man, and asked, "Why are you looking for Jiang Mo?"

The man also laughed, and asked, "Why are you looking for him?"

Haven't come yet.

Shen Chaowen thought for a while and said, "I'll give him something."

The man said oh, propped his head up with his hands and said, "Sit down for a while, he hasn't come yet. Are you his friend?"

The tone is lazy, and the words are a little vague.

Shen Chaowen nodded hesitantly, and sat down next to the man, a space away.

The two looked at each other, and the woman turned her head and asked the man, "When did Jiang Mo meet such a handsome brother?"

The man spread his hands: "I don't know."

She asked curiously again: "What did you give Jiang Mo?"

Is it a bit strange to say that giving pickles is a bit strange.

Shen Chaowen was silent for a while, looked at the cups in front of them, and said, "Bring him some food and drink."

Snacks.The two laughed after hearing this, and Shen Chaowen didn't know what they were laughing at.

Staying with people he didn't know, Shen Chaowen was a little bored, and planned to take out his mobile phone and send a text message to ask Jiang Mo when he would arrive.

The man asked him suddenly: "Can you drink? I'll buy you a drink."

Shen Chaowen could only put down his phone first, and said to this strange man, "I don't drink."

The man smiled and asked him suddenly: "Then do you have any troubles?"

what?

...Shen Chaowen looked at him uncertainly: "What?"

The man pointed to the glass of wine in front of him and said, "This wine is called Alzheimer's. It was named in the store. I've done so many tests for her, and this is the best drink. Would you like a drink? A person who has no memory, forget troubles."

Shen Chaowen couldn't help but said: "Then why not call it Mengpo soup, drink it and forget who you are."

The man also laughed along with him: "There really is Mengpo soup, Sophia can make it, do you want to drink it?"

The girl named Sophia tried her best to recommend: "There is also Wangqing water!"

Wangqingshui, Meng Po Soup, Alzheimer's... all the weird wine names.

Shen Chaowen shook his head, "I really don't know how to drink."

The man didn't continue to persuade, "Okay. Sophia, he doesn't drink, give him a glass of water."

Sophia obliged.After grabbing a cup, he picked up a fresh lemon, cut two slices and threw it in, making a glass of lemonade for Shen Chaowen.

As soon as she handed it over, Shen Chaowen said thank you, turned sideways, took out the wallet, and asked, "How much is it?"

Sophia and the man were taken aback for a moment, and then laughed at the same time.

Sophia waved her hand: "It's just a glass of water, you can drink whatever you want."

Shen Chaowen could only take back his wallet and said thank you again.

They were still talking, and the man had stood up.

When he stood up straight, Shen Chaowen could barely see his figure and appearance.Thin, tall, dressed in ordinary clothes, but good-looking, if you look closely, it's actually quite attractive.

He picked up the oil brush beside the wooden board on the ground, turned to Shen Chaowen and asked, "We lack a name, do you have any suggestions?"

Shen Chaowen: "... What's the name?"

"This store," he said.

How easy is this to say.Shen Chaowen shook his head: "I have no suggestion, as long as you are happy."

He nodded, gestured in the air for a while, as if thinking, then bent down, and wrote two large characters on the board.

Sophia looked at his words at the bar and asked, "What cup... dry or thousand? Thousand cups? Cheers?"

The man said: "It's okay to feel, what you see is what you see."

Shen Chaowen also looked down.The writing is really beautiful, the words seem to fly out of the wooden board and hit people's faces, very agile and elegant.

"Very good, I like it." Sophia jumped out from the bar and just took a picture of the wooden board with her mobile phone. When a call came in, she walked out while answering, "The master who installed the air conditioner is here, I'll go out to pick it up." .”

She went out and turned them alone.

Be quiet for a while.

The song is on to the next one.

The man suddenly said, "by chance."

Shen Chaowen was taken aback: "What?"

"This song is called "Accidental." He said, "The lyrics are Xu Zhimo's poems."

accidental.

By chance indeed.

Neither of them spoke, and sat quietly listening to the song.

This shop really needs to be air-conditioned, it's so hot that people feel dizzy, Shen Chaowen thought.Moreover, the lighting is too exaggerated and psychedelic, and the faint blue will make people uncomfortable after staying for a long time.

The singing was beautiful, melodious, and quiet, but Shen Chaowen couldn't listen to it anyway. He only felt that the more he listened, the hotter he was, and he really wanted to leave quickly.At that time, he had a feeling that if he didn't leave, something uncontrollable would happen.

... Why Jiang Mo hasn't come yet, Shen Chaowen complained in his heart.Being alone with this man, he felt a little hot.

Shen Chaowen picked up his phone distractedly, and sent a text message to the other party during the interlude: "Brother Jiang Mo, are you on your way?"

send.

Then there was a text message alert on the right.

Shen Chaowen turned his head stiffly... just in time to see him take out his phone.

After the other party opened the text message and read it, he turned his head to look at him, smiled, and bowed his head to type.

A few seconds later, Shen Chaowen's phone vibrated, he looked down, and the other party replied to him:

"Brother Jiang Mo is sitting next to you."

Later one night when he went to pick up Jiang Mo who was drunk, Shen Chaowen asked him on the way why he lied to himself that day, was it embarrassing to say that he was Jiang Mo?Jiang Mo answered him, sometimes I am me, sometimes I am not, I think therefore I am, this is a philosophical question, do you understand, Xiao Chaowen.

He's just like that...he likes to talk nonsense, he can talk about everything.At that time, Shen Chaowen was speechless, but he still watched him carefully, fearing that he might not be drunk and hit a tree while walking.

That night Jiang Mo wore a long pinstriped trench coat, which made him very thin.They were not together at that time, Shen Chaowen followed behind him, a little ready to move, wanting to give Jiang Mo a hug from behind while he was drunk.But in the end, he still didn't dare to hug him, and could only watch Jiang Mo walk forward slowly, his footsteps seemed to be drunk, like his unique dance steps.