A corner of ten years

In the morning, Li Cheng went out with his briefcase, changed his shoes at the entrance, and coughed twice at Tao Xiaodong.

The child put down the spoon in his hand and rushed over, pecked Li Cheng's face, and Li Cheng wrapped his arms around his waist with a smile, and kissed his forehead.

This is their promised work kiss.

Li Cheng has dismissed all the little lovers around him, there is not much natural expression of affection, and it is not that he wants to exchange a happy ending for the probation behavior of sawing wood, breaking water and dripping stones, Li Cheng just feels so comfortable and dedicated Staying with someone, giving yourself positive hints from the bottom of my heart, and giving a heavy blow to the previous corrupt life, it is very comfortable to bask in the sun in such a magnanimous and bright way, like watching the brilliance of the moon when the clouds open, now He even felt the need to show kindness when he saw a stray dog...

On the night of returning from Macau, Tao Xiaodong came out of the bathroom and saw him lying on his big bed decorated with leopard prints. Like the old couples who are used to it, one lacks warmth and the other needs light, like a small flower cloth meets big scissors, a pot of hot Malatang at minus 30 degrees, the whole body and mind fit together, already moved.

During this period of time, they performed all the pure love plots of all the couples.

In the early morning, the two of them brushed their teeth in front of the mirror with their eyes closed, Tao Xiaodong rinsed his mouth, Li Cheng passed the towel with his eyes closed, Tao Xiaodong took the towel and wiped his face tacitly with his eyes closed.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the aroma of coffee filled the room, and the two sat back to back on the wooden floor, sharing the same CD.

I went to Tantuo Temple to ask for a marriage stone and consecrated it to the old abbot to bless love for a long time.

Standing in the center of the fountain square, wait for the water column to rush to the sky and kiss the moment the music sounds.

……

Li Cheng felt like he stole a period of his youth to fall in love, he didn't have to worry about dealing with it, he didn't have to worry about calculations, he just followed his feeling, and ended up in a place he had never been before...

On weekends, Zhang Shijie and Bai Bing invited them to their villa for a barbecue. Bai Bing spread a blanket on the trampoline, put Tuo Tuo and A Bao on it, and Tuo Tuo was teaching A Bao to read, babbling to himself Don't be too cute with frowning serious expressions.

Bai Bing and Tao Xiaodong gathered around the barbecue grill, eating while grilling, without the slightest awareness of dragging the family by themselves, and having other people to support.

"Why did you get on good terms with Li Cheng?" Bai Bing teased Tao Xiaodong.

"It's good, it's good." He raised his eyes and looked at Li Cheng, who was lying on the sun chair not far away, and it happened that Li Cheng was also looking at him, and the two smiled tacitly at each other.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Xiaobai and I have been together for a long time, and we have never been so nasty as you." Zhang Shijie, who was lying next to Li Cheng, was obviously covered in pink bubbles from the two of them, complaining and protesting.

Li Cheng didn't refute him, he just smiled silly, and Zhang Shijie was taken aback.

"On Tao Xiaodong's birthday, Xiaobai and I plan to make red envelopes."

"Not sincere."

"The money here is the greatest sincerity."

"Cut~"

"I know you must have arrangements that day, so Xiaobai and I won't join in the fun."

Li Cheng smiled, "Such a wink."

Tuo Tuo slid off the trampoline, hugged A Bao and walked up to Li Cheng with his butt twisted, and said with his fists clenched, "If you dare to bully me, Ma Ma, believe it or not, I'll beat you!"

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May 5nd is Tao Xiaodong's birthday. Early in the morning, Li Cheng threw an envelope in front of Tao Xiaodong and said, "Happy birthday."

Tao Xiaodong picked up the envelope tremblingly. Ever since Li Cheng used the envelope to give him the house key last time, he was in awe of gifts wrapped in envelopes. He opened it carefully, and inside was a plane ticket, Beijing Fly to Qingdao.

Tao Xiaodong stared at Li Cheng with wide-eyed eyes. Li Cheng picked up some ice cubes in the refrigerator with a glass, and said nonchalantly, "It's crowded on May Day. Don't blame me for not reminding you."

Tao Xiaodong rushed up and wanted to hug Li Cheng in circles, but he didn't hug him. He just shook him and splashed all the water in Li Cheng's hands on their chests. Li Cheng pushed him away in disgust, "Enough is enough." oh."

Tao Xiaodong is still very happy, how long has he not been home?When he was nine years old, he followed his father to escape the debt and went to another city. Due to the threat of the creditor, he never dared to set foot on that island city again, and the best days of his life were spent in that small seaside town, where It is the only place where he can feel his mother. After many years, he misses his hometown more and more day by day. He can't wait to fly to that haunted place with a bamboo dragonfly.

Li Cheng wiped the water stains on Tao Xiaodong's chest with a towel on his back, and unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth.

Everything was prepared by Li Cheng in advance, and he could leave with his bag. Tao Xiaodong nodded silently again to himself that he had chosen a good partner.

As soon as I left Liuting Airport, fresh air rushed in, and the blue sky was translucent glass, as if it had been washed by Tide.

Tao Xiaodong didn't care about Li Cheng who was still waiting to check in his luggage, he ran out of the lobby screaming, and the whole place was frozen...

The staff of the Qingdao branch handed over a silver Maserati convertible to Li Cheng, and Tao Xiaodong jumped into the passenger seat with one hand on the door, "This car is really cool."

Li Cheng put on his seat belt and said, "Isn't this letting you return home in good clothes?"

There is still a little distance between Chengyang and the city. They took National Highway 308 and drove south along the coastline.

The weather is great, the sea wind is wet and salty, and the sea is very comfortable. The sea is illuminated by the sun, and the fishing boats are small black spots in the distance. The seagulls are flying like mosquitoes. The sea water hits the reef, splashing The rising white spray is as dazzling as pearls.

The wind brushed his hair back, Tao Xiaodong lifted his sunglasses to the top of his head, stepped on the seat and sat on the back of the chair with arms stretched out, shouting: "Qingdao! I - back - come - la -"

Li Cheng grabbed the corner of his clothes and said in a hurry: "You are looking for death, sit down quickly."

Tao Xiaodong smirked, and sat down while holding Li Cheng's hand, "Qingdao is beautiful."

"Beautiful—" Li Cheng was still in shock at this moment, deliberately drawling his voice.

Tao Xiaodong pointed to the shops along the way and said, "Look, there are Korean characters written under each shop name."

Li Cheng gave him a white look, "I have eyes, I can see."

"Look at the white windmill on the high hill over there, it's so artistic." Tao Xiaodong pointed into the distance happily.

"Yes, Peach Poet."

"In front is the sea-crossing bridge. It has not been built yet. After it is built, it will directly lead to Huangdao."

"Hey, there is Qingdao and Huangdao, is there Hongdao?"

"Why not? We came from there." Tao Xiaodong disdained him as an Qingdao blind.

Li Cheng made a "cut".

Tao Xiaodong came up to rub Li Cheng's face, the car hit an S on the road...

The place where they stayed was a sea view hotel, and when they opened the curtains, they could see layers of waves rushing towards them, like a dynamic poster on the window.

Li Cheng packed his luggage and went to the bathroom.

Tao Xiaodong walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, and the evening tide beat on the beach. There was a five or six-year-old girl chasing the waves. When the sea receded, he chased her, and when the sea rose, she ran. The mother in the distance held her shoes. Let her be careful, she yelled and laughed, and squatted down into the sea water, Tao Xiaodong was also amused, the weather at the seaside in May was still cold at night, the little girl's mother took off her clothes and held the child tightly. Wrapped up and walking into the car, Tao Xiaodong's smile froze in this frame.

Turning around and entering the bedroom, he took out a pack of Marlboro in Li Cheng's coat pocket.

When Li Cheng came out of the bathroom, he saw Tao Xiaodong smoking a cigarette on the sofa, his back was indescribably lonely, how could a person who was happy just now become depressed now?

He walked over and sat on the sofa, brushed his hair with a towel, didn't look at Tao Xiaodong, and directly turned on the TV with the remote control.

Tao Xiaodong snatched the remote control, turned off the TV, turned over and fell into Li Cheng's arms.

Li Cheng pinched his chin with a half-smile, "You're trying to recruit me, with a beauty in your arms, think I'm Liu Xiahui?"

Tao Xiaodong narrowed his eyes, put the cigarette near his mouth and took a strong puff, then spit the smoke ring on Li Cheng's face wantonly, the mint flavor of iceblast turned into thick rosemary, Li Cheng's eyes darkened Well, Tao Xiaodong is sometimes very provocative, but he never seems to know that this is the first time that he has been teased to the core like this, and he can't wait to push him on the sofa immediately, but when he thinks of Tao Xiaodong leaning against the wall in despair, he falls down. Can't get it.

Of course, Tao Xiaodong could see the meaning in Li Cheng's eyes, but he still hooked Li Cheng's neck and winked at him... Then Li Cheng grabbed his hand, and he was pressed on the sofa...

"I told you not to recruit me." Li Cheng kissed along the bridge of the eyes, the bridge of the nose, and the corners of the lips, buried in his neck and bit his collarbone.

Tao Xiaodong stared blankly at the ceiling, "Li Cheng, I miss my mother."

The person on his body froze suddenly, lying quietly on Tao Xiaodong's body without saying a word, it took him a long time to hug him, pressed Tao Xiaodong's head to his chest, and kissed his temples emotionally, but he didn't know how to comfort him. Say it.

"Let me arrange the itinerary tomorrow, please?"

Li Cheng tightened his arms, pressed his face against Tao Xiaodong's cheek, and said lovingly, "Okay."

"Tao Xiaodong, are you sure we're going the right way? There are at least seven roads at this fork!" Li Cheng looked at the criss-crossing trails in front of him, and asked extremely worried.

"No problem, just drive."

Li Cheng pursed his lips. The road was like driving a roller coaster. Qingdao is a hilly terrain, and the ups and downs of the road make it difficult for Li Cheng, who has always been driven by a driver, but he can't be manly in front of his lover. Annoyed and irritable by this intricate route.

"Stop, stop." Tao Xiaodong patted his shoulder and shouted excitedly.

On Zhongshan Road, Tao Xiaodong excitedly pulled Li Cheng forward, and entered the quaint Firewood Courtyard in a flash. It was the golden May Day holiday, and the crowds were surging. Tao Xiaodong subconsciously clenched Li Cheng's hand.

He has never been to this place before, and he only visited a few well-known places in Qingdao before, such as Badaguan, Zhanqiao, Beer Street...Looking at the snack bars around, it is really not his place, so he can only Taken by Tao Xiaodong, this time Tao Xiaodong is an adult and he has become a child.

In front of the national football stinky tofu, Tao Xiaodong carried two servings of stinky tofu and struggled to squeeze out of the crowd, almost losing a shoe, but with a bulingbuling expression on his face, he reached out and handed one to Li Cheng.

Li Cheng looked at the unattractive stinky tofu, and asked cheaply, "Is this edible?"

Tao Xiaodong's nose was white with anger, "Look at the people queuing up behind, you can eat as soon as I give it to you, what kind of young master is you?"

Li Cheng was so choked that he had nothing to say, so he took a sip, it was really delicious, he stuffed it into his mouth three or two times, and he wanted to grab Tao Xiaodong's, and he even got a chestnut from Tao Xiaodong.

Sister Wang's barbecue, deep-fried ice cream... The two of them ate their bellies round, and finally left reluctantly.

"What else is there for fun?" Li Cheng began to feel that this trip to Qingdao was the right one.

"go home."

"what?"

"Go back to my house."

They stopped in front of a small grocery store. It was an old building with three floors and a separate courtyard. It's like an old pictorial that was lost by time in the last century.

Li Cheng followed Tao Xiaodong into the grocery store. Tao Xiaodong had a strange expression on his face. Abo at the door came out to greet the guests when he heard the noise. Seeing the good taste of the visitor, he was taken aback for a moment, and then enthusiastically asked about the goods he needed.

Tao Xiaodong was a little excited, and took a step forward, "Uncle Ye, it's me, Taotao."

Uncle obviously didn't expect that the other party would have any connection with him. When he took a closer look at the little black-haired boy, he was momentarily surprised and speechless.

Back then, Tao Xiaodong’s family lived on the third floor of this small building. His mother was a music teacher and his father was the section chief of the post office. The originally happy family of three collapsed instantly after Tao’s mother passed away. He said that he got involved in loan sharks, and was finally forced to sell the house to pay off the debt. However, his area was a second-hand house, so even if he sold it, he still couldn’t afford it. The old neighbor at that time was really pitiful. The young child was blocked at the door of the house facing a group of money-losing creditors, and the loan was used to buy the upstairs house with the proceeds of the gambling debt owed by Tao's father. From then on, Tao Xiaodong followed his father to other places and never returned Pass this small building full of all his memories.

Ye Bo took Tao Xiaodong's hand and said in a trembling voice, "Taotao is back."

At this time, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl broke in from the outside, wearing a skirt with big polka dots. As soon as she entered the door, she yelled that she was thirsty and wanted to drink water.

"Man, come here quickly to see your elder brother Taotao is back."

The girl stared at her beautiful almond eyes, only to find two strangers standing at the door, "What brother Taotao?"

"The brother who moved away when you were three years old."

The girl shrugged, saying she had no impression.

"When I left, Yuanyuan was still too young, Uncle Ye, is there anyone living upstairs now?"

Uncle Ye waved his hand, "It's empty. Some time ago, there were a few college students who lived in the house. When they graduated, they gave up the house. Do you want to live here? Yuanyuan, go to the key and take your brother up there."

"Thank you, Uncle Ye."

Ye Bo kindly waved his hand, signaling them to go up.

The girl called Yuanyuan took out the key from the drawer and said to the two handsome guys, "Come with me."

The ascending stairs are old-fashioned and narrow, and the place in my impression seems to be much smaller than it is now. Now the stairs can be climbed in a few steps, but when I was young, I had to look up at a wide angle. Tao Xiaodong looked at it and remembered it. Frame by frame of the screen overlapped with the scene in front of him, he stumbled and almost fell, Li Cheng hurriedly supported him from behind, and asked with concern: "Are you all right?"

Yuanyuan looked back at the two of them, wrinkled her nose, and said irrelevantly, "Be careful."

The room is still the two-bedroom and one-living room in my childhood memory, with a three-leaf electric fan hanging from the roof, the walls have been repainted, and the furniture has also been changed.

Yuanyuan sent them in and went down. Before leaving, she took a meaningful look at the two of them.

Tao Xiaodong pulled Li Cheng excitedly and pointed at the broken corner of the cement window sill, "I had this when I was young."

He ran into the bedroom again, "This bed has not been changed, I have lived in it for seven or eight years."

On the door frame next to him, traces carved one after another are his growing height lines.

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The past is collected bit by bit in this small room of 60 square meters, and every new discovery makes Tao Xiaodong excited for a long time.

The person who finally calmed down pushed open the door of the bedroom. The small terrace outside was still paved with red bricks. A few small grasses sprouted green shoots in the cracks between the bricks. The green moss on the corner of the wall is very eye-catching, and the sycamore tree downstairs is growing quite profusely, covering most of the small terrace, which has a hint of the depth of the courtyard.

Tao Xiaodong dragged a chair and sat down, his forehead covered with fine beads of sweat.

Li Cheng sat down opposite him, and he was also happy for Tao Xiaodong.

"There is a photo studio over there, and there are many toys. When I was a child, the boss would take them out for me to play with. The background was still the kind of purple plastic grapes." Tao Xiaodong sat astride, with his arms crossed on the back of the chair.

Li Cheng dragged his chin, as if listening to him tell a story, it was indeed the story of Tao Xiaodong's past, those days that he could not participate in.

"The newspaper delivery man comes from the path below, and he can throw it on the terrace without getting out of the car."

"Eating shaved ice at the gate of the school after school, [-] cents a piece, was already a luxury for me at that time."

"I went to the beach to take a bath with my adults during the summer vacation. When I came up, there was still kelp in my pants."

"and after?"

Tao Xiaodong's eyes darkened, "Later, I moved to another city with my dad."

Li Cheng stepped forward and held his hand.

"It's no big deal, it's all the same." Tao Xiaodong sniffed, "We have been to Xi'an and lived in a university village. The rent is very cheap, only 60 yuan a month. I sneaked into the ancient city wall by fare evasion. At that time There are also large plastic figures of Guanyin Bodhisattva and Mengmu's three moves."

"Later, I went to Zhengzhou and lived in Sijiazhuang, a place full of fish and dragons, and I was woken up by people in the morning market every day. There was a place called Dashiqiao, but it was very quiet in the city center. There was an abandoned railway on it, bricks The built police box is also deserted, covered with grass, and the place along the river below is for buying dogs and cats, as well as selling purple sand pots and jade. You can also buy books. I like to go there when I am in a bad mood. It reminds me of Qilixiang..."

"I didn't go back until I joined the Tang Club." The topic of memories came to an abrupt end, and the rest was the sentimentality that I didn't want to mention.

"I go with you!"

"Ok?"

"Tao Xiaodong, I will accompany you. I want to participate in any of your memories."

Tao Xiaodong raised his head to meet Li Cheng's eyes, his determination was unquestionable, he smiled slightly, raised his foot and kicked Li Cheng's calf, "Let's go, let's eat."

He was moved, from a long time ago, he knew, and he believed that Li Cheng also knew that it would be uncomfortable to be too sensational in the boy's world, so he had no choice but to accept his kindness in such an awkward way.

If memories are useless, then I am willing to make great strides towards our future with you.