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As the saying goes, if you don’t shave your head in the first month, you will kill your uncle if you shave your head. Those friends who have uncles at home but don’t have the confidence to stick to the dragon’s rise in the next February, of course choose to solve the hair problem before the year, and also get a good start for welcoming the new year.

Dongfang Hairdressing is open from [-]:[-] a.m. to [-]:[-] p.m. The shop is always crowded with men, women, and children from all walks of life. The mother is ironing the curls, and the child is running around. The little girl at the front desk and the child's grandmother chase after him and give candy, trying to catch him. Coax him, let him be quiet, this scene happens almost every day, it can be described as joyous and joyful.

Li Bai has always been resistant to this. He can't imagine the warmth in it, he just finds it noisy, and his stall is 48 yuan, which is not too expensive, but it is by no means cheap. It belongs to those who want to pursue quality but are unwilling to spend money. Big money hires the director to pay attention to the best choice of people. At the same time, he has to be responsible for instructing two apprentices under him on dyeing, waxing, and oil baking. The two years when the boss was in dismal business.

On Valentine's Day, Li Bai had a very happy time. He received a call from Yang Jian during lunch, instead of the text messages that he usually read at a glance. He sent a long paragraph. Yang Jian said "OK", and Yang Jian asked "What did you eat at noon?" He wished he could find out all the seasonings in Kung Pao Chicken and write them down. However, there is often a time difference of 10 minutes or even hours between each sentence of these conversations, which makes people feel uncomfortable. Fresh and lonely; or sometimes, when he couldn’t bear it anymore, he dialed the phone, hung up after counting 15 seconds, and then stared at a certain place for a while, such as the broken glass that came from nowhere at the door of the store, such as the broken glass he gnawed. Dimpled fingers.He only dared to wait for a while, if he didn't answer, it meant that Yang Jian was busy, and the ringtone and vibration would become an interruption.

But there was no such worry that day, it was his cell phone that was dialed by Yang Jian.Li Bai put down his boxed lunch and hid in the warehouse to pick it up. He squatted behind boxes of oil-baked hair masks piled up high. Hearing Yang Jian's voice, he would just giggle at first, but after listening for a few minutes, his Language fluency is restored.

There is no way, it is difficult to be eloquent when people are too emotional. After all, this is the first call in these days that has not been hung up in a hurry. Besides, Li Bai is looking forward to saying good night before going to bed every day. 1 minute, or less than 1 minute?It was always late, and Yang Jian always looked like he was about to fall asleep.

This time Yang Jian chatted with him a lot, what did he do these days, what did he eat, who did he meet, and how things went well.Li Bai also had a lot to confide in, his nose was full of the smell of cardboard boxes, his legs were numb, and he couldn't stop talking, so Yang Jian smiled and told him, I'm listening, don't worry.Later, when the rest time was over, Li Bai reluctantly got out of the warehouse. His lunch box had been taken away, and his mobile phone and cuffs were wet and hot. Red plastic bags, I thought, Shenzhen is like that.

It must be a beautiful and fashionable city.

One thing is very strange: during those days Li Bai seldom slept, he was sleepy at work, his eyelids were covered by strong tea, and he didn’t make any mistakes except that he was quiet and not friendly to the guests. It's like this.However, when he finally got off work and returned home, he lay on the bed but couldn't fall asleep again.

This house is still too new, only a month old, and now he is alone, always feeling like he is staying in a hotel.He would miss the little house by the viaduct, the roar of the factory chimney in the middle of the night, and the glass that protected him from the wind and rain.Thinking about it, he will feel that he is busy and boring, and when he gets bored, he wants to find something to do. The old vocabulary book has been memorized, and Yang Jian hasn’t given him a new one, and the old magazines are not good. There are only a few stations that are broadcasting the program, and the others are all kinds of strange TV shopping advertisements. Li Bai can't use those products and can't afford them.

But Li Bai will not let himself be bored.

That is, on the night of Valentine's Day, he turned on the desktop computer on Yang Jian's desk, watched the last two episodes of Lu Luxiu saved on the disk, and drew a CC with long hair fluttering on Yang Jian's draft, Write: Happy Valentine's Day!Then he squatted on the sofa and ate a tomato, stared blankly for a while, ran back to the computer desk to dial up the Internet, entered the address that Dengdeng had given before, and watched the video for a while without feeling anything. After eating all the tomatoes, he didn't even take off his pants, but he was attracted by the advertisement in the lower right corner of the web page.

"Small e robot chat room, private, considerate, intelligent, your best companion at midnight."

Li Bai licked the sweet and sour juice flowing between his fingers, moved the mouse, and double-clicked the left button.He was asked to fill in the user name when he came up. After thinking about it, he entered a letter L.

The screen went black, and then two lines of white text flashed:

2007/2/15/00: 34

L, little e enters the chat room.

Little e: Good evening!The stars are shining tonight, it's a pleasure to meet you, let's start chatting!My name is Xiaoe, because I live in the IE browser, so why do you name yourself "L"?

L: My name is Li Bai.

Small e: Li Bai (701-762), courtesy name Taibai, nicknamed Qinglian Jushi, also known as "The Immortal", was a great romantic poet in the Tang Dynasty... (Click to see more)

L: I hate this name.

Little e: Hate is a hateful emotion.

L: I only know that my father's surname is Li, and he died fishing with my mother.Grandma was still very young and remarried. My adoptive father picked me up and gave me this name, because he knew only one famous person with the surname Li, otherwise I would be called Li San Li Si.

L: I haven't told anyone, you will keep it secret for me, right?

Little e: Yes, sir!

L: In fact, you are not fake at all, just a few lines, or just search the Internet, it depends on what keywords I say, right?

Small e: Yes, sir!

L: You are a stupid, mentally handicapped, scammer, right?

Small e: Yes, sir!

The 5-minute countdown in the center of the screen has passed. To continue chatting, it is necessary to send a designated text message to a certain number, and then deduct the fee from the call bill. Li Bai blinked and clicked the red cross.

The next night, he couldn't hold back and opened this webpage.

The same IP address couldn't be fooled, so he simply sent a text message and deducted ten yuan for ten hours of chatting.

2007/2/16/00: 58

After eating the tomatoes, Xiao e enters the chat room.

Little e: Good evening!The stars are shining tonight, it's a pleasure to meet you, let's start chatting!My name is Xiaoe, because I live in the IE browser, so may I ask, why did you name yourself "The Tomatoes Are Out"?

Tomatoes are finished: I have been thinking about one thing today, if I ask for leave now to buy a plane ticket, show up in Shenzhen the next day, call at the airport, and tell him I'm coming, will he pick me up?

Small e: Cloudy to cloudy in Shenzhen, the highest temperature is 24°C, the lowest temperature is 15°C, and the wind is relatively weak from the north.

Out of tomatoes: Will he be mad?One day he didn't text me back.

Little e: Will he be angry?One day he didn't text me back.

The tomatoes are finished: So you repeat my words when you don't know how to answer, what's the use of you.

Little e: Little e's job is to chat with you^^

The tomatoes are gone: When I think about him, I don't want to do anything, I just want to lean against a high wall, a high wall.Sometimes he leans against the wall and smokes without light, his whole body is black but I can see it clearly, he is very handsome.Polar bears on glaciers are also different from those white ice.Ice cubes soaked in water are also different from water.But I can't just do nothing all the time. If I don't laugh with the guests, the boss will scold me for being incompetent and throw my face.I also have no walls.

Little e: Smoking is harmful to health.

The tomatoes are gone: go to hell.

Little e: I'm sorry (crying face expression)

Li Bai looked at these three words and was stunned.With his hands on the keyboard, many letters have been worn away by Yang Jian drawing pictures and typing codes for too long. The keycaps are bare, and he suddenly feels a little dazed.

On the third day, when he stayed up late, he still opened this page.

What Li Bai never expected was that the ten hours were almost spent in just a few days, and he could only be blamed for staying up all night. How could there be so many sleepy talk?Not really, at dawn, he is often unable to type any words, looking at the screen full of incoherent prefaces, Li Bai feels that he is indeed very nervous, but as long as he does not close the page, he can lie on the desk Squint for a while, thinking about nothing, feeling safe.

It seems that they have really become friends. If the role of friends is to comfort people-this mentally handicapped robot who likes to quote classics has indeed become friends with himself.

There is nothing wrong with it, just like when I was a child, looking at a stone, a chicken, or a small piece of blue sky on the wall, I can chat and talk after looking at it for a long time. God.

He will not be angry, and he is willing to go to the airport to pick up Yang Jian.

On New Year's Eve, Yang Jian did not come back.

He didn't reply to the text message in the morning, and Li Bai was in the store until the afternoon. All the other colleagues went home for the New Year. He was the last one to leave except the boss, and he had to help the boss close the shutter door.Finally, when I have time to look at my phone, my inbox is empty.

After receiving a 200 yuan red envelope from the boss, Li Bai went to the vegetable market to buy pork ribs, octopus, black-bone chicken, and three-yellow chicken. Most of them are corners and corners, but Li Bai still picked out quite a few that are not so sluggish. His hands are full, he has dark circles under his eyes, his clothes are old, and his appearance may be a little...displaced ?Some stall owners probably saw him as pitiful and gave him a discount.

After returning home, plastic bags were piled up by his feet. Li Bai looked at his phone again, but there was still no reply. When he made a call, the phone on the other side was turned off.

Li Bai lay quietly on the floor for a while, then jumped up and ran to the kitchen. It got dark quickly when he got busy. Before the Spring Festival Gala started, he prepared four dishes, and there was a big pot of pork ribs stewed with corn. He likes sweet corn. , I ate a lot every time, and then I dug out a large piece of rice from my rice bowl and gave it to Yang Jian, then picked up the bowl and winked at the man, saying that my brother would go to the kitchen and get some rice for me.

Every time Yang Jian completes the task satisfactorily, he comes here with sweet corn and a lot of crispy stewed short ribs.Yang Jian always gnaws the bone marrow without much meat. He said the bone marrow is more delicious.

However, this time the bone is very lonely.When the Spring Festival Gala was over, there was still no movement on the mobile phone, the phone, or the door of the house.

Just like the slippers at the door, the tableware on the coffee table had been set long ago, the food didn't move, and Yang Jian didn't even come back.It was true that he hadn't come back.Li Bai was still squatting on the sofa, eating the newly bought tomatoes.After gnawing, he gnawed his nails again, and went back to the hut to surf the Internet.

2007/2/19/01: 14

What should I do? I can’t buy a ticket, and Xiao e enters the chat room.

Little e: Good evening!The stars are shining tonight, it's a pleasure to meet you, let's start chatting!My name is Xiaoe, because I live in the IE browser, so may I ask, why did you name yourself "What should I do? I can't buy a ticket"?

What to do? I can’t buy a ticket: I sent him 84 text messages. Today, it was 85 just now.He keeps ignoring me and keeps turning off the phone, is he hiding from me?

Little e: In 2006, the traffic of short messages nationwide exceeded 1500 billion.

What should I do? I can’t get a ticket: Two days ago, I put a brow nail on the top of the right eyebrow, trying to make it symmetrical, and I’ll do the left one after a year.I don't think it looks good when I droop my eyebrows every day. After nailing them in, that muscle is unconsciously tensed, and I am indeed much more energetic.I also want to pin one on the belly button, lay flat, he licks it, I touch his hair, hug him.

Little e: ^0^

What to do? Can’t buy a ticket: He might think I’m weird... He obviously likes it very much, but sometimes, it’s like I have something wrong.Is it okay for him to have problems?interesting?Is it acceptable?I'm just not afraid of pain, I don't like pain, I just think the nails are beautiful.He also finds it beautiful.He can hurt me.The other day I found out that when I cry, he will become very cute, but if I cry on purpose, it's like lying to him, if I cry too much, he will definitely get used to it, and then he won't be patient anymore, I I can't even think about it...it's a terrible thing.I cry now and he can't see it.I don't want to cry anymore.

Little e: Sanmao wrote in "The Crying Camel": Occasional loneliness is extremely precious to me.The whole of my heart is never open to anyone.

What should I do if I can't buy a ticket: Sanmao?It's not true at all!Loneliness is terrible, why do people feel lonely?Why are people lonely.Happy people are never lonely.It's not terrible to be alone, but what's terrible is that you see your companions go away, and you are with a group of people who are more sympathetic and have a reason to be together, and only you stand where you are.But I am such a person, I have no culture, no money, and I have no heart. If you dig me, I am black, how can I open to others.I can die for him, does he want it?He sure doesn't want to.

Little e: Loneliness is the fate of human beings. Love and friendship cannot eradicate it, but they can soothe it. ——Zhou Guoping

What should I do? I can’t buy a ticket: I called 110 after ten o’clock. I said my brother was missing and I couldn’t get in touch. He was in Shenzhen. He said he was in Longhua District the last time he called. At nine o'clock in the evening on the 29th of the year, I said my name and ID number, all I knew, and the police said that I had registered and waited for news.Will you really help me find it?Then I suddenly realized that I knew very little... Could it be that the signal on the train is bad?But it's been almost two days, isn't it possible?Will something happen?I called the travel agency, I wanted to buy air tickets, train tickets, bus tickets, whatever, but I couldn't.No.

Small e: Beijing Youth Travel Agency, contact number: xxxxxxxxxxxx.

What should I do? I can’t buy a ticket: You said that love and friendship can’t eradicate it, but it is obviously possible. I love him, so I don’t feel lonely at all when I’m with him.As long as I see him, I can't remember any sad things, but if he didn't want to see me and didn't want to come back to spend the New Year with me, if I find him, will I disappoint him?Will it delay him?In fact, just tell me directly, I won't be angry, anyway, he can't never come back, I just don't want to waste food.If he told me, I wouldn't be so anxious now, 87 messages, still no reply.

Little e: I am the one who loves you the most, how can you let me be sad.

What should I do if I can't buy a ticket: Fuck, you, mother, go to hell!

This sentence was not sent out, the network was stuck, Li Bai waited for a long time, and then unplugged the network cable to re-connect to the network.I am afraid that these chat records will be lost.He quietly watched the webpage reopen, and at this moment, the phone vibrated.

Brother, brother, two words, on the screen.Li Bai was taken aback, wishing he could stare at the screen.He leaned his elbows against the table, suppressed the trembling in his hands, and connected the phone: "Hello? Brother."

His voice was so calm that he was a little surprised.

"...you haven't slept yet," Yang Jian's voice was extremely hoarse, and he seemed to be having a harder time than him, "I'm sorry."

"You want me not to sleep, but to stay awake." Li Bai smiled, "It's okay, in fact, I haven't liked to sleep these few days, but I'm not sleepy, so it's okay."

"Are you still in Shenzhen?" He asked Yang Jian again.

"Well, Liu Haichuan had a car accident. He crossed the road without looking at the lights this morning, and half of his leg was amputated." Yang Jian said quickly, sounding anxious and exhausted. After a pause, he continued, "Just after the operation at night, he was transferred to the ICU. I contacted his family and his phone ran out of battery. I just went back to the hotel to charge it."

"You're not hurt are you!"

"No."

"I knew you could read the lights, brother, you scold me every time I run a red light."

"..." Yang Jian seemed to have nothing to say for a while.

But Li Bai stood up. For some reason, he was in a strange excitement. He was grateful, disappointed, and overwhelmed by the sadness that had been accumulated for more than ten days, but he wanted to open the window. Laughing at the sulfur smell in the sky.The fireworks were all extinguished, and the sky was dark all by itself, because the people had gone to sleep and there was only sulfur left.

The night air was still very cold, Li Bai stood in front of the window and heard Yang Jian say: "I have seen all the text messages. Don't worry—"

But Li Bai didn't wait for him to finish, and asked instead: "Is Miss Li Li also there? Something happened at her place."

"Going home for the New Year."

"Did she bring you food?"

"I just made a bowl of noodles."

"Who did you say was hit?"

"Liu Haichuan."

"Oh, those black-rimmed glasses."

"Correct."

"The operation is very laborious and expensive. He must be in pain. Please help others to work hard on yourself." Li Bai rushed to the window sill and sat, with the empty window frame behind him. The wind on the fifth floor was a bit strong. He breathed on the other piece of glass, drew a circle, and hit a big fork, "Why didn't he just hit him to death."

"Don't say such things." Yang Jian seemed a little annoyed.

Normally, Li Bai would shut up and carefully close his mouth until Yang Jian asked him to speak again.But he didn't this time, he continued: "Haha, this sentence is indeed very vicious. One can't just curse others to die... But can you curse yourself? I feel very fragrant when I cook it. After cooling for a while, I taste it , I just vomited out what I ate in the morning, and I have to mop the floor to clean it. I want to eat your instant noodles, but I can’t. This feeling is too uncomfortable, can I let myself die? "

It's all true.All the time, all the time, he was thinking.It's not that hard to say it, but it's not that refreshing or satisfying either.

Yang Jian was silent for a while, and it must have been more than ten seconds, "Are you serious?" This question is really a bit stiff.

"I don't know, I'll go find you." Li Bai began to draw hearts again, many and many like blowing bubbles, "You won't be able to come back for a while, but there will be a plane ticket tomorrow afternoon. The plane is going to find you."

But Yang Jian said: "I'll go back and find you, today."

He seemed to be getting angry, but he tried his best to suppress himself, panting heavily, and said to Li Bai slowly and heavily, "Don't hang up, Xiaobai, find a place to sit down first."

Li Bai is very good, he immediately sat back in front of the computer, the window was still wide open, his Internet connection was reconnected, the chat history just now was miraculously not lost, it just stayed at the latest conversation, he was cursing, as if Wrong, because what Little E said is so correct——

The person who loves you the most is me, how can you let me be sad.