Xu Xiaobo's friends like him very much. He doesn't talk much, but he does what he says.
They all have a little money, but they are not that rich. That is to say, buying a BMW Brilliance of 200,000 to 300,000 yuan is no problem, but it is difficult to buy a BMW X5 of more than 1 million yuan, but it is not like Beijing and Shanghai. A city with high consumption, so the enjoyment of eating, drinking, prostitutes and gambling, they do not lose anything.
Xu Xiaobo is a little different from them. He doesn't raise women, he doesn't gamble, he doesn't follow fans, he doesn't collect alcohol... It can't be said that he has no hobbies. And this hobby is weird enough. Now even university professors are busy making money and have no time to read books. He who doesn't have a high school diploma actually likes to read
Often when a bunch of them were drinking and drinking, the women around them began to let go, and Xu Xiaobo got up and said goodbye.
At first, everyone didn't understand him, and some even disliked him, but after spending a long time with him, he gradually got to know Xiaobo's person. Instead, he thought he was very good, and wanted to introduce some of his cousins to him, but Xiaobo always Is smiling and rejecting.
Everyone was wondering, what kind of person is this Xu Xiaobo looking for
Xu Xiaobo is also asking himself this question, what kind of woman is he looking for to spend his life with
It is not difficult to find a virtuous woman to start a family, just like Brother Li, but he has more expectations in his heart.
Under Brother Li's persuasion, he also got along with a few girls, and they were quite happy with each other, but he always felt that something was missing.
Brother Li asked him, "What's missing?"
Xiaobo couldn't answer.
Brother Li shook his head and sighed, "Did you unconsciously compare them to Qiqi? Qiqi and you have known each other since childhood, and when we met, we were not sure of our temperament. When we grew up together, we influenced each other more than others. With a tacit understanding, if you want that feeling, it must be lacking."
Xiaobo was a little unhappy, and he didn't hide it from Brother Li, and showed it directly on his face, "What nonsense? Don't say that Qiqi has already left, even when I was there, I always regarded her as my sister."
Brother Li did not speak.
Was Qiqi ten years old when he met Xiaobo? That was the time when a girl's character gradually took shape. Qiqi was very convinced of Xiaobo and psychologically relied on Xiaobo. Under the influence of Xiaobo, Qiqi's personality gradually grew and became what Xiaobo wanted her to be. Even Xiaobo's last break from friendship only contributed to Qiqi's transformation into growth again. To exaggerate, this girl was simply cultivated by Xiaobo according to his own expectations. It's just that Xiaobo himself didn't realize it.
In the end, Qi Qi completely became what Xiaobo wanted her to be - self-esteem and self-love, hard work, intelligence and self-confidence, sincerity in reason, tenderness in strength, and under all the beauty, Qi Qi still hides stubbornness. Extreme, even self-abasement and cruel, that is also something that Xiaobo hides in his heart.
Brother Li stood up and patted Xiaobo on the shoulder, "Your sister-in-law brought her son back to her parents' house tonight. I'm single again, and I'll call the squid together to play ball."
Xiaobo was about to make a call when the phone rang.
"My eldest brother and I were talking about you, saying that we were playing together at night. Would you like to take a leave of absence with Sister Enchanting?"
"No, she's with me, we're all on the water side, you guys hurry up, I have good news... No, there's a big surprise for you."
Xiaobo laughed, "What kind of surprise?"
"You'll know when you come, hurry up!"
Xiaobo hung up the phone and went downstairs with Brother Li to pick up the car. On the way, he picked up a case of beer.
When I walked into "On the Water Side", the store door was already closed, so I sat and chatted with the squid.
Brother Li put down the beer, smiled and said to enchanting: "You can help us order some barbecue, we will play and eat later."
Enchanting agreed, but did not move, looking at Xiaobo with a smile.
Xiaobo looked at the squid, "Your expression makes my scalp tingle."
The squid asked enchanting, "I'll tell you what you say."
"Go ahead!" But just as the squid was about to speak, Enchanting immediately said, "Let me tell you! Xiaobo, sit down first."
Xiaobo deliberately pretended to be cautious, sat on the edge of the sofa, lowered his eyebrows and said, "sister-in-law, tell me!"
Brother Li was also interested when he saw this, and sat next to him with a smile.
Enchanting holds a piece of paper in her hand, which will be folded and opened for a while, "Today, an old friend came to the store. Guess who it is?"
Xiaobo smiled and began to guess, from Zhang San, Li Si, to Wang Ermazi, enchanting kept shaking his head with a smile.
Seeing the appearance of Squid and Enchanting, Brother Li shuddered violently. If he was an old friend, since Squid, Enchanting and Xiaobo knew each other, they should also be his old friends, but Squid and Enchanting didn't care about his reaction. , Obviously this old friend has a better relationship with Xiaobo, and is the person Xiaobo cares about. Xiaobo is very disciplined, with a cold face and a cold heart. He looks like a buddy with everyone. Not many people are concerned.
Brother Li kicked the squid under the table and asked him with his eyes, and the squid nodded lightly.
Their movements were very slight, but Xiaobo had always been thoughtful. After a while, what Brother Li thought of, he had already thought of it.
He still had a smile on his face, but he couldn't say anything, his name was on the tip of his tongue, but he couldn't spit it out. Perhaps because he cared too much, he began to disbelieve his own judgment, for fear of being wrong.
For a while, the room fell into silence, and no one spoke.
More than ten years ago, when they were young, Li Ge, Squid, Xiaobo, Enchanting, Qiqi were like a small family. After the squid went to prison after an accident, they never got together again. Either this or that was missing. At the most difficult time, only Brother Li and Xiaobo were left.
Later, the squid came out of the prison, and after hard work and overcoming many difficulties, they got the enchanting back, and they were reunited again. Although there was a missing Qiqi, it was nothing. After all, the days were getting better, and everyone rarely mentioned her. It's like they seldom reminisce about the past.
However, this night, Qi Qi's name was like a spell, awakening everything they thought they had forgotten.
There is laughter, wantonness, and so many years of hardship and bitterness.
Between Qiqi's departure and return, more than ten years of time have just passed by in a flash. However, they have all experienced the ups and downs of life, failures and successes, reunions, bitterness and sweetness.
Enchanting silently put the note in her hand in front of Xiaobo, "This is Qiqi's message for you." When her hand was empty, the first thing she did was to hold the squid's hand, she just touched the squid's His hand was tightly grasped by the squid in the palm of his hand.
Time is like a boat on a big river. Sometimes the water is gentle and the waves are flat. You can easily hold hands and laugh at the scenery on both sides of the strait, play and play, but sometimes the wind is rough and you have to fight hard. At times, in order to protect myself and not to drag others down, I had to let go.
After a huge wave, it may be lost forever. When the sea is calm again, the ship is still moving forward, and we can only cry at the bow of the ship after those separations, wipe away the tears, and continue to sail forward to meet the new one. People with new scenery, laughing in new scenery.
There are not many people in this world who have the courage to jump off the rapids and turn back to find the lost person. Who knows where that person was rushed? Who knows if he has greeted new scenery and new people, laughing in new scenery? So, you can only press the past into your heart and move on, there is no right or wrong, this is life.
However, if you can not let go, if you can hold hands forever, how happy it would be!
Enchanting looked at the squid, there were faint tears in her eyes, and there were words in her heart that she would never say, "Thank you, thank you for not letting go, without you foolishly not letting go, there would be no hand in hand today."
Xiaobo took the note, but didn't open it for a long time, only asked with a smile, "What is she like now?"
The squid said: "I don't know, we didn't see it. She left the note to the clerk and asked Enchanting to pass it to you."
Enchanting thought for a while and said, "I think I saw her."
Xiaobo smiled and did not speak. Instead of looking at enchanting, he lowered his gaze and stared at the folded note in his hand.
Enchanting said: "I was talking to my sister on the phone at the time. I was afraid that the customers in the store would think that I was noisy, so I didn't enter the store. I stood outside and said that I accidentally saw a woman staring at me all the time. I was busy talking and didn't care."
The squid said: "You are so stupid! You don't respond when you are stared at!"
"Humph!" Enchanting fluttered her hair and smiled, very charming, "I always have people staring at me when I walk on the street, am I still curious about each one?"
Brother Li smiled implicitly, but the squid laughed out loud.
Enchanting glared at them and said to Xiaobo: "Although I didn't pay much attention to it, I still have a general impression. Judging from her appearance, she should be living a good life, and she is more beautiful than before. She is not that earthy Qiqi. Otherwise, I wouldn't recognize her. Didn't she make an appointment to meet tomorrow? You can go with confidence and boldness!"
Xiaobo was stunned, and enchantingly pointed to the note.
Xiaobo finally opened the note.
Beautiful and warm little bookstore, like a childhood dream. Dreamers have forgotten what they thought in the turbulent red dust, but they did not expect that when they look back, the dream has come true.
Xiaobo, tomorrow I will wait for you by the river, see you soon.
Qi Qi
I said stay away!
Xiaobo's heartbeat suddenly accelerated. He didn't drink at all, but he felt a little dizzy.
Brother Li didn't talk to Xiaobo about the gentleman's demeanor. He leaned beside Xiaobo, read it with relish, and said with a smile, "Come on, Qiqi is very promising! This is a bold statement! Comrade Xiaobo, we will greet Qi. The task of Qi's return is handed over to you!"
Enchanting said excitedly: "Tomorrow you are approved to meet alone, and the day after tomorrow, we will all be together. Let's go to K song first, then go to dance, and check if this girl has forgotten what we taught her back then."
The squid said: "And playing cards! Brother Li and I are still in the same family. Let you and Qiqi's family see who wins and who loses."
All the people at the table laughed happily. Maybe they didn't have any great achievements, maybe they could defeat the cruel years and stay together all the time. This is the greatest miracle of life!
Xiaobo smiled and did not speak. Brother Li gave the squid a wink. The two stood up and went to play billiards. Enchanting also followed, each holding a can of beer and chatting in a low voice.
The squid glanced at Xiaobo, who was sitting alone under the lamp, and whispered: "When Qiqi came back, I thought Xiaobo would be the most excited and happy, but he didn't seem to be too happy, instead he was very worried."
Enchanting glared at him, "Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand!"
Brother Li muttered while playing football, "The old problem of Xiaobo literati has been committed again. Before doing anything, he began to think about the consequences of all kinds of sourness, worrying that it would be better to see each other than to see each other. The memories are beautiful, the reality is Cruel, according to me, it’s better for people to read less books, how many happy thinkers are there? They think too much and do too little!”
The squid said: "What do you mean? No? No what? Will he not go to see Qi Qi? How can this be? It's not easy for people to come back from the United States!"
Enchanting thought for a while, but she understood what Brother Li meant, glanced at the squid, and said to Brother Li, "They are all too smart, they are being troubled by cleverness! You have to think before and after what you do! If my squid This reckless scumbag, I'll take care of you, I'll rush to you and ask, if you don't agree, I'll knock you unconscious and carry it home."