Enduring the Winter

Chapter 7

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What kind of wonton would she like to eat

A girl like Jiang Ru, slender, sensitive, innocent... What kind of wonton did she eat the day she met him

Before they went to the cafeteria to eat together every day, Jiang Ru's appetite was very small. Even with such a high-load study and life in No. 6 Middle School, she could only eat at most two or two meals per meal.

She likes to eat green vegetables, and she can't touch spicy food, her face will turn red when she eats a little spicy food.

"Have you chosen?"

Bai Lu looked up. Xu Hui sat across from him, resting his chin on the table with one hand, and tapping the table boredly with the other.

"You've been watching it for a long time," he said.

The waiter standing beside her also looked at her, Bai Lu returned the menu and said, "I'm sorry... just, just three delicacies."

Fuyi does not need to have classes on Saturdays. The school is basically empty on weekends. Students hang out in twos and threes, which is far less lively than weekdays.

There were five or six people sporadically in the wonton shop. Xu Hui and Bai Lu were sitting on the outer seats. Xu Hui was a little tired. As soon as he sat down, he just looked outside in this posture and yawned several times while waiting for the food to be served.

"Why don't you rest?" Bai Lu said.

Xu Hui said flatly: "...not really."

Bai Lu said softly, "Is there something on your mind?"

Xu Hui glanced over, and saw that Bai Lu was a little hunched when she was sitting, making her look even smaller. He shook his head, changed the subject and said, "Your home is also near here?"

Bai Lu: "Well, I live near here."

When the wontons were served, Xu Hui took out a pair of convenient chopsticks from the chopstick holder next to him, brought vinegar, drew two circles around the wontons, and finally stirred them evenly with the chopsticks.

It was very quiet during the meal. Bai Lu was ill and had no appetite.

Xu Hui's cell phone rang when he was halfway through eating.

He kept talking, and took out the phone with one hand to connect.

"Hey?"

"..."

"I'm eating out."

"..."

"when?"

"..."

"Not today...not tomorrow, I'm going to sleep at home, let's talk about it the night after tomorrow."

At the end, the tone became more and more impatient.

"I said no, don't you understand? I love so and so, and I don't want to wait for you so I can play by myself."

Turn off the phone and drop the phone on the table.

Bai Lu shrank her neck and whispered, "Did your friend look for you?"

"Ok."

Xu Hui had almost finished eating, and Bai Lu said again, "Are you studying in the high school next door?"

"right."

"What grade?"

"Senior year."

"Wow." Bai Lu said softly, "He's an examinee."

Xu Hui seemed to be hungry, so he took out the last bit of broken wonton wrapper and ate it.

"Study is very tiring." Bai Lu said.

"Not tired." He responded casually, and took the vinegar next to him, and added a little to the soup.

vinegar.

Bai Lu stared at his movements, and said, "Is the pressure of going to school heavy?"

Xu Hui heard it funny, snorted softly, picked up the bowl, drank a few mouthfuls of soup, took out two napkins from the paper drawer on the table, and wiped his mouth.

"Ask me so much, what about you?" Xu Hui looked at her with dark eyes, "You are also a student, right?"

Bai Lu nodded.

"Which school?"

Bai Lu blushed a little, and waved her hands in embarrassment.

"If you don't study well... don't ask."

Xu Hui called the waiter and took out money from his back pocket.

"Don't, don't!" Bai Lu hurriedly grabbed him, "I don't need you, I'll do it."

Xu Hui: "No need."

"Last time you helped..."

Xu Hui frowned, "Say no."

His tone was not good, as if he didn't want to accompany him anymore, Bai Lu shut her mouth and stopped talking.

After paying the bill, Xu Hui stood up, stretched his hands high, and yawned.

The shirt rises to reveal a narrow waistline.

"That's how it is." Xu Hui carried the fruit bag and walked out without waiting for Bai Lu to say anything.

Bai Lu sat back on her seat, tilted her head, looked at the young man's back outside the window, thoughtfully.

That afternoon, Bai Lu went to the Tesco supermarket opposite No. 6 Middle School.

Bought a bag of limes, two jars of honey, and a glass jar.

It was almost evening when I returned to the dormitory. The self-study on Saturday ended at 5 o'clock, and the rest was voluntary from 6:30 to 9:20. Some students who were tired from studying were already preparing to go home at this time.

After a day of tossing around outside, Bai Lu was exhausted and dragged her sick body to the dormitory.

At the door of the dormitory, Bai Lu met an unexpected person.

"Wu Hanwen?"

Wu Hanwen was standing on the steps of the dormitory building with his schoolbag on his back, as if he was waiting for someone.

"You're back?" Wu Hanwen came down the steps when he saw Bai Lu. "What serious illness do you have? You've been checked for a whole day." His eyes caught the plastic bag in Bai Lu's hand, and Wu Hanwen raised his eyebrows, "Yo, you still went shopping? You can't go wrong with a minor injury."

Bai Lu struggled weakly, and waved her hands, "I'm tired, so I won't tell you anymore."

"Huh?" Wu Hanwen stopped Bai Lu, "Don't, I'll wait for you for a long time."

Bai Lu turned her head and said weakly, "Huh?"

Wu Hanwen frowned, "Can you take off the mask, it's like a female ghost."

Bai Lu took off her mask, and Wu Hanwen took out a stack of test papers from his schoolbag.

"Here, the last test paper has been handed out. The top is yours, and the bottom is mine. This afternoon, Teacher Bao explained the math test paper. There are notes on mine. Teacher Bao asked me to bring it to you."

Bai Lu took it and saw her score.

127... Not bad, Bai Lu was quite satisfied, and then flipped to the next test paper, 148.

Bai Lu looked up and saw Wu Hanwen's calm face.

Bai Lu put the test paper in the shopping bag, "The school committee really worked hard."

Wu Hanwen: "It's easy to say."

Bai Lu: "I'll go back first."

"How are you sick?"

"It's okay, I have a common cold, just take some medicine and sleep and you'll be fine."

"Let's rest on Sunday too, take care of yourself, and come back on Monday."

Bai Lu hummed lightly.

Wu Hanwen looked at her, "Why are you so tired, why did you go?"

Bai Lu turned her head slowly, "Am I tired?"

"Tired."

"I'm not tired." She stared at him, but seemed to be talking to herself, "... I went out to play all day today."

Wu Hanwen looked at her strangely, "Are you burnt out?"

Bai Lu entered the building with her head shaken.

Back in the dormitory, Bai Lu fell headfirst on the bed, lay there for more than 20 minutes and got up again.

She went to the bathroom to wash her face, and when she was about to get a lemon, Bai Lu suddenly remembered that two things were missing in the house, a knife and salt.

Jiang Ru used to go to the nearby fruit shop to buy fruit every day after school. After cutting, she assembled them into beautiful patterns on a plate, and then the two of them ate them with a small fork.

Jiang Ru has a lot of small things, and Bai Lu didn't pay attention to them before, but now that Jiang Ru is gone, Bai Lu realizes that life is occasionally unaccustomed.

Bai Lu looked at herself in the mirror, and she was even more haggard when she was ill.

ears trance-

[It's terrible, do you know that Jiang Ru stole money from the family to have plastic surgery.]

"Why..." Bai Lu didn't have a good rest recently, her eyes were darkened, and she felt a faint cold feeling under the dim light in the bathroom.

She gently turned on the tap and went downstairs with the meal card.

The school store mainly deals in food, stationery and simple daily necessities. Bai Lu took the knife and salt from the shelf.

When queuing up to check out, I met a group of boys in the class coming out of the cafeteria to eat, and the leader was the school committee again.

"Yo." Wu Hanwen also saw Bai Lu, and the other boys went to pick something to eat, and he walked over, "Fate, come down for dinner?"

Bai Lu shook her head.

Wu Hanwen saw the knife in Bai Lu's hand from the corner of his eye, and opened his mouth slightly.

"What rhythm?" Wu Hanwen looked at Bai Lu suspiciously, "Didn't you get possessed by something?"

Bai Lu had a sore throat and didn't want to talk, so she pointed to the side, meaning to stay on the sidelines.

After the boys chose their food, Wu Hanwen followed behind and queued up.

Bai Lu went back to the dormitory. First boil the water to scald the knife, then take out the lemon, rub it with salt and wash it again, put a clean paper on the table, remove the end and tail of the green lemon, and cut it into thin slices.

Wash the empty glass jar again, and pour a layer of honey under it.

Spread the lemons one by one, then pour a layer of honey, then spread the lemons, and then pour the honey.

Once the jar is full, seal it with plastic wrap and screw on the lid. Keeping the bottle incomprehensible, Bai Lu wiped the surroundings clean with a tissue, and finally went out with the bottle in her hands to find the dormitory auntie.

"Auntie, can I borrow the refrigerator?"

For the convenience of students, each floor of the dormitory has a public freezer, but in order to avoid taking it by mistake, you must register with the dormitory aunt before using it.

"Hey, honey-soaked lemons." The auntie nodded frequently while registering, "It's very enjoyable in summer."

Bai Lu smiled, "I have a cold, and I want to eat something cool." The food was left at the aunt's place, "Please put it on the fresh-keeping layer for me."

"Okay, got it."

When I returned to the dormitory and finished washing, it was already past nine o'clock.

Only then did Bai Lu take the medicine, set the alarm clock, and go to bed.

I didn't sleep well, my nose was stuffy, I breathed through my mouth, and I woke up once in the middle of the night with dry mouth and tongue.

The next day, Bai Lu went to her aunt's to get a lemon jar, wrapped a new towel around the jar, put it in her bag and went out.

Bai Lu stood on that path for a long time.

For the first time she noticed the honeysuckle in the sun.

The white part fades away and the golden flowers start to catch the eye.

Came to the door of Xu Hui's house.

Today is quieter than before, not even the sound of rain.

Bai Lu gently knocked on the door.

Waited, waited, there was no movement, knocked again, and finally someone answered.

Xu Hui's voice was low and hoarse, lazy and vague.

"Who… "

Along with the words, the slippers rattled on the floor, and the door opened.

Xu Hui was wearing black clothes and shorts, his lips were pale, his eyelids were half drooping from sleep, and his hair was out of shape. But in the morning light, his slovenly appearance gave off a sense of freshness.

Bai Lu said, "It's me."

Xu Hui stared at Bai Lu, half asleep and half awake, his eyes were more direct than before, but also more confused.

He said in a low voice, "...what are you doing here?"

Bai Lu raised her hand and whispered, "Give it back to you."

Xu Hui lowered his head slowly, it was an umbrella.

Soak the wrinkled umbrella completely, and then dry it in the sun, and the umbrella surface will return to flat. The umbrella in Bai Lu's hand was folded cleanly and neatly, and the button was turned around, and it looked like a new one.

Xu Hui's eyes moved from the umbrella to Bai Lu's face, his eyes were a little darker than before, and he looked at it lightly, without speaking.

Bai Lu said softly: "There are two broken inside, I glued them together, they may not be strong..."

Xu Hui still didn't speak.

Bai Lu waited for a while, but Xu Hui didn't speak. She lowered her head and said softly:

"The last few times... thank you."

After a moment of silence, there was a sudden laugh above his head, Xu Hui leaned against the door and hummed lazily.