Wei Zishan is doing makeup backstage at the theater. Their drama troupe has released a new play "Wind and Sand". He is the male lead. This play has a good response, and there may be additional performances in the follow-up.
Cai Xinpei walked in with the schedule, and Xiao He, who was wearing makeup, called out "Sister Cai". She was Wei Zishan's assistant and had followed Wei Zishan since he entered the theater. The two have been partners for more than ten years.
"Today's popularity is good enough." She just came from the theater, and the performance has not yet started, and the theater is already full of people waiting for the opening.
Xiao He repaired Wei Zishan's eyebrows, and said to Cai Xinpei, "The popularity of "Wind and Sand" is too high, it seems that a tour will be held."
"It doesn't seem like it." Cai Xinpei put the schedule in her hand on the table and said to Wei Zishan, "On April 15th, I will go to perform in Qiucheng, Lin Province."
The troupe will have a show tour every year, but usually the tour will end after one or two shows. They can all see the popularity of "Wind and Sand", and it is estimated that they will travel abroad for a year today.
"Which city is behind Qiucheng?" Wei Zishan asked.
Cai Xinpei laughed and said, "It depends on how Qiu Cheng's response is. If the effect is good, he may go abroad. If it is not good, just wait. I have a phone call."
Wei Zishan looked at the schedule and listened to her call.
"Well, you take the subway back in the evening. Grandma is at home. How is your study today? Okay, it's the third year of high school, so hurry up. Okay, I still have a job, so I'll hang up first."
Cai Xinpei is forty this year, two years older than Wei Zishan. She has a happy family with two children. The eldest son is in the third year of high school this year, and she has to talk to the eldest son on the phone every day.
Usually Wei Zishan doesn't pay much attention to this, but after listening to Cai Xinpei's call today, he asked, "Isn't it winter vacation now?"
Putting away the phone, Cai Xinpei said, "I have to go to a remedial class during the winter vacation. Unless my grades are very good, I don't need tutoring. In fact, if I have good grades, I should go to the remedial class, otherwise I will be followed by others."
Having said this, Cai Xinpei reacted, and after being surprised for a while, she figured it out. She pursed her lips and looked at Wei Zishan, and asked, "How is your daughter's grades?"
Wei Zishan's understanding of Wei Ruxia was a blank slate.
Looking at his reaction, Cai Xinpei sighed and said, "You should care about your studies anyway."
When Wei Zishan returned home after the performance, it was already nine o'clock in the evening. He opened the door and went in, and Wei Ruxia came out of the kitchen. The father and daughter faced each other, and there was another silence in the air.
Her father's eyes were full of exhaustion. Wei Ruxia pursed her lips and made a quiet voice. She asked, "Auntie Li is not here today. I made dinner, do you want to eat it?"
"Yeah." Wei Zishan responded, took off his coat, and followed Wei Ruxia into the restaurant.
There are four dishes on the table in the restaurant, two Ancheng local dishes and two northern dishes. When Wei Zishan sat down, Wei Ruxia packed the rice, handed it to him, and sat opposite him.
Although the two talked about it under the rose flower stand last time, they only started at the beginning. There were many contradictions with each other, and they didn't know each other clearly. If they want to truly get along, they still have to go a long way.
There was only the sound of chopsticks accidentally hitting the porcelain plate in the restaurant, which was silent and empty. The soft light of the overhead chandelier fell on the father and daughter, pulling the shadows of the two back, as if the distance was getting farther and farther.
Wei Ruxia took a pair of chopsticks and saw that Wei Zishan hadn't eaten much. She looked up and asked, "Is it hard to eat?"
She still cooked the one made at her grandmother's house. This dish has been affirmed by Wei Zishan once. She didn't try other dishes, for fear that he would not be used to it.
Raising his eyes to look at Wei Ruxia on the opposite side, Wei Zishan explained, "There will be performances all the time recently, so I need to control my weight."
It's not easy being an actor. I haven't eaten dinner, and after a while, I have to be hungry all the time.
"I'll make it lighter next time." Wei Ruxia said, taking a mouthful of rice.
Wei Zishan felt it. During the process of easing their relationship, Wei Ruxia had been approaching him tentatively. She is a character who deals with problems in a timely manner as soon as they are discovered. She will not be a conservative like him, and will choose to forget about problems.
Seeing that she quickly finished half a bowl of rice, she must have been waiting for him without dinner. Wei Zishan put down his chopsticks, but he didn't leave. He looked at Wei Ruxia and said, "How did you do in the final exam this time?"
Within sight, the child's hand holding the rice paused, and when he raised his head, his light brown eyes were bright and clear.
This is not a good topic. Fathers and daughters in any relationship seem to be cold when they talk about academic performance.
After eating the rice grains at the corners of her lips, Wei Ruxia moved her mouth to swallow the rice, and answered with little confidence, "I'm in the middle and lower reaches of the class, I'll rush forward next time."
After grandma was hospitalized, her mind was somewhat affected, and her final exam was not ideal.
Since it is in the middle and lower reaches, there is room for improvement. After Wei Zishan got the answer, he asked, "Would you like to apply for the winter vacation tutoring class?"
The child's hand holding the rice is another meal.
Wei Zishan had never raised a child, he didn't know how to raise such a big child. Seeing Wei Ruxia looking up at him, Wei Zishan explained: "My assistant, your Aunt Cai, her son is in the third year of high school, and has been in the winter vacation remedial class. She said that there are all high school students now, do you want to go?"
Wei Zishan spoke very slowly, as if he was repeating what others had taught him. He spoke unfamiliarly, and Wei Ruxia was also unfamiliar. It was because of the unfamiliarity that Wei Ruxia's lips curled up. She had never heard such words from Wei Zishan's mouth.
Wei Ruxia rolled her eyes and said to her father, "But school is about to start."
Today is the tenth day of the first lunar month, and there are still five days before the start of school.
"Ah." I've been so busy with work these past few days that I've forgotten the time. The winter vacation is short, and school usually starts after the Lantern Festival.
Wei Zishan was silent again, but Wei Ruxia felt that the atmosphere in the restaurant was like a melted creek, gurgling flowing. She smiled at her father and asked, "Are you caring about me?"
After taking a sip of water, Wei Zishan looked at the smile on her face, his expression softened, and he did not deny it.
"Um."
"I'm very happy." After Wei Ruxia finished talking about her feelings, she lowered her head and continued to eat.
She was easily satisfied, and she could feel the clumsiness of her father's concern for him. But it's okay, it will get better gradually.
Wei Zishan looked at the smile at the corner of her lips, the tiredness in his light brown eyes was diluted a little, he raised the corner of his lips, and the father and daughter laughed the same.
"Go to Yizhen to deliver dumplings to your grandma during the Lantern Festival." Wei Zishan said.
When it comes to grandma, both of them are heartbroken. The Lantern Festival is the first festival after my grandmother's death, and the dumplings are also the last memories of my grandmother and them.
"Yeah." Wei Ruxia replied with a nasal voice.
The Lantern Festival is coming soon. After delivering the dumplings to grandma, the two did not leave immediately. Spring is here, the weather is getting warmer, and the flowers and plants in grandma's yard should also be trimmed.
Compared with Wei Ruxia, Wei Zishan did less of this kind of work. She taught him to loosen the soil and fertilize it at the beginning. After the potted plants were trimmed, Wei Zishan walked to the front of the vine rose, looked at the vines that spit out new shoots, and said to Wei Ruxia, "A few branches have fallen off."
These branches should have been knocked off on the day of grandma's burial. Wei Ruxia looked at the branches and said to Wei Zishan, "I'll go get the tools and tie them up, or they'll all fall apart."
After hearing Wei Zishan's reply, Wei Ruxia walked into the living room wearing sunshine. She found the cupboard with the toolbox and took the toolbox to go out. When I turned around, I saw the calendar standing on the table.
The calendar is still stuck in November of last year, the month Grandma went to the hospital.
The memories of this period of time went through the scene again in my mind. Wei Ruxia opened the drawer and found the new year's calendar inside.
Grandma's life is very meticulous. She remembers where everything is in the house. When something is running out, she will make up for it as soon as possible and put it in a fixed location.
The calendar was also bought by grandma in advance. Before buying it, she did not know that she would be hospitalized or died.
Wei Ruxia put down the toolbox, took out the new calendar, tore off the first and second pages, and stopped at the March position.
On March 29, a small circle was drawn with a red pen. Next to the small circle, several beautiful small letters - Zishan's birthday are written.
Wei Ruxia turned back three months, and sure enough, there was a small circle at the position of June 15, and also wrote a few words - baby's birthday.
Her throat was a little sore, Wei Ruxia turned the calendar back, Wei Zishan called her outside, Wei Ruxia responded and said, "Come on."
After the Lantern Festival, the new semester begins.
On the day of school, Wei Ruxia got up early, Wei Zishan performed late last night and still hasn't gotten up yet. After breakfast, she pushed open the door and walked out.
The weather in March had warmed up, the morning sun was bright and clean, Wei Ruxia squinted slightly, saw Luo Tang standing at the door waiting for her, got up and ran over.
"When did you come back?" Wei Ruxia was very happy to see Luo Tang.
After the fireworks were set off last time, Luo Tang went back to his grandmother's house. He spent the Lantern Festival at his grandmother's house. Wei Ruxia thought he went straight to school today, but he didn't expect to go home first.
Luo Tang was wearing a dark brown trench coat with neat and clean white school uniform shirts. He was very suitable for such a neat dress, gentle and fair, and very youthful.
"Last night, it was very late." Luo Tang stretched out his hand to help Wei Ruxia push the door open, and Wei Ruxia walked out from under his arm.
The two walked side by side on the side of the road in the community, feeling the fresh air in the early morning, Wei Ruxia said as she walked, "No wonder I didn't hear the sound of a car."
Hearing Wei Ruxia's words, Luo Tang looked up at her, the girl was wearing a simple ponytail, and the hair around her ears was still fluffy, like a small animal.
"Are you waiting for me?"
"Well." Wei Ruxia replied, "Wait for a while, I have something to ask you."
On the escalator at the entrance of the subway station, there are people coming and going, Luo Tang stretched out his hand and pulled Wei Ruxia to his side, and asked, "What's the matter?"
Luo Tang stood behind her, Wei Ruxia was a step shorter than him, she turned back and looked up at Luo Tang, even from this angle, he was still good-looking.
"Do you know where the local dishes are delicious? It's near the Ancheng Grand Theater. My dad's birthday is coming, I want to prepare it in advance and surprise him."
She also wanted to cook a meal for Wei Zishan to taste, but her cooking skills could not support Wei Zishan's appetite. And my father has been very busy recently, and there is a performance on his birthday, so he probably doesn't have time to go home to eat.
After she finished speaking, the back collar was picked up by Luo Tang, her feet almost off the ground, and she was taken down from the elevator by Luo Tang. When I turned back to talk just now, I didn't see that the bottom of the escalator was coming soon.
Taking Wei Ruxia, Luo Tang found the line 9 they were going to take, and said to Wei Ruxia, "The Ancheng Hotel is nearby, the taste is good."
Luo Tang's taste is similar to his father's, and the taste recognized by him as an Ancheng person must be very authentic.
While they were talking, the two had already boarded the elevator, and as soon as Wei Ruxia entered, she was crowded into a corner. She leaned back on the subway, and the surging crowd quickly quieted down. Luo Tang put his hands on her side and wrapped her in his arms.
There were a lot of people on the subway today, and Wei Ruxia felt that Luo Tang's body was about to touch her. The familiar mint fragrance on the teenager lost the coolness of the past, and brought back some gorgeousness of fireworks.
When Wei Ruxia was blushing a little from the inexplicable heat, Luo Tang's voice suddenly came from above her head.
"I didn't jump out of a crack in the rock."
Hearing that sentence made Wei Ruxia smile. She looked up at Luo Tang in front of her and asked, "What?"
In the crowded subway, there was no room for Luo Tang to spread his hands. The young man put one elbow on her cheek, lowered his head slightly, and said calmly.
"I also have a birth date. Although I was born more than 20 years later than Uncle Wei, the date is half a month earlier than him."
The young man's face was right in front of her, and Wei Ruxia could see her face reflected in his clear eyes. She hid in the eyes protected by Luo Tang's thick eyelashes, just as she was now protected by his body.
Luo Tang's birthday was half a month earlier than his father's, and he wanted to express this.
As a friend, a trace of guilt flashed in Wei Ruxia's heart. She had known him for half a year, but she knew him far less than he knew her.
And after the guilt, Wei Ruxia's heart seemed to be scratched by a dandelion.
Luo Tang, who told her her birthday like this, was a little cute.
The distance between the two is very close, and their breaths are lingering together. In the crowded subway, Wei Ruxia can't feel others, only Luo Tang.
"I'll call you Tangtang in the future." Wei Ruxia said with a smile.
The topic was turned away by Wei Ruxia, but Luo Tang was not dissatisfied. He tilted his neck slightly, his eyes were lowered, and his upper eyelashes were curled and long.
"why?"
Wei Ruxia counted his eyelashes, feeling the shaking of the subway, and replied, "Because you are sweet."
The girl in her arms smiled with her eyes crooked, heartless. Luo Tang raised his eyes and turned his eyes to the side, a sweet feeling blossomed in his chest.
The young man's ears gradually turned red, and he responded softly.
"Well, let's call."
The author has something to say:
Tangtang: You are only allowed to call, and you are not allowed to tell others.