After two months, when the new year is approaching, I finally returned to the job I love.
During the time I was not in the pawn shop, Wei Shi was always in charge of me. He and Shen Xiaoshi cooperated seamlessly, and their performance rose instead of falling. They even counterattacked in the last month and surpassed the annual turnover of another shop.
"Brother Feng, if you don't come back, this country will be lost!" Liu Yue rushed to my side exaggeratedly, raised the orchid and pointed at Shen Xiaoshi, "I have completely forgotten your past respect and honor by eating all kinds of things. Teaching, defected to the new master!"
Wei Shi was also in a good mood, fooling around with her, and when he heard this, he wrapped his arms around Shen Xiaoshi by his side.
"It's too late, Xiaoshi is already mine, you accept your fate, surrender and don't kill him."
Shen Xiaoshi's face flushed a little bit, and he struggled: "What... what are you talking about? I, I am innocent, I will go wherever Brother Feng is going!"
Liu Yue clapped her hands, as if watching the excitement was no big deal.
"Fight and fight!"
I poked her on the forehead with my finger, and she tilted her head completely backwards, and commented: "Before you let it go, you were a disaster for the country..."
Liu Yue's eyes lit up: "The enchantress?"
"... dog eunuch."
Liu Yue rolled her eyes, and went back to her station angrily.
"A bunch of stinky men don't know how to appreciate my beauty."
The end of the year is approaching, and it's time for a year-end inventory. Liu Yue and Shen Xiaoshi sat in front, and Wei Shi and I went into the warehouse to clear the goods.
Fortunately, it has been cleared once before, and everything that should be thrown away and sold has been dealt with. This time the inventory work is not too heavy.
Wei Shi and I tallied goods in different regions, separated a little distance from each other, and didn't always pay attention to each other's dynamics. When I got to the lower shelf, I simply sat down on the floor and spread the ledger on my lap for easy counting.
Just then, I heard rustling conversations from another shelf not far away.
"Why did you come in?" Wei Shi asked suspiciously.
"Where's Brother Feng?" Shen Xiaoshi's voice was a little heavy, as if he was not very happy.
I stopped working at hand and listened carefully.
"I was still here just now, maybe I went to the toilet."
"That's just right..." Shen Xiaoshi said, suddenly there was a "bang" sound, followed by Wei Shi's muffled groan, I was startled, and looked over secretly, it seemed that Shen Xiaoshi had pushed Wei Shi to the shelf.
Shen Xiaoshi is not tall enough, but he has a lot of momentum, put his hands on both sides of Wei Shi, gritted his teeth and said: "Are you still in contact with that scum?"
what's the situation
I was afraid that they would do something in the warehouse, and I was hesitating whether to show up, but Wei Shi smiled, as if nothing happened.
"You're not mine, why do you care so much about me? You won't let me touch, and you won't let me touch others?"
Shen Xiaoshi was so angry that he slapped the shelf behind Wei Shi with his palm, shaking the iron shelf three times, and let out a series of trembling sounds.
"Wei Shi, you are courting death!"
Except for the last time when he got drunk and had sex, I have never seen Shen Xiaoshi become so angry. In addition to being angry, there was also a little grievance.
"Huh?" Wei Shi said in surprise, "Hey! Shen Xiaoshi, aren't you crying?"
He was completely panicked now, and wanted to break Shen Xiaoshi's face.
"Who is crying? Can't you get ashes in your eyes? Let go!" Shen Xiaoshi swung him away with an elbow, turned around and was about to leave, but Wei Shi grabbed him from behind and pulled him back into his arms.
Wei Shi hugged him tightly, calming his emotions.
"It's my fault. I lied. Ancestor, don't be angry. I haven't contacted that person anymore. He kept changing numbers to harass me..." His voice was gentle and low, "I didn't touch anyone."
Shen Xiaoshi twisted twice at first, wanting to break free from his embrace, but after hearing what he said, he slowly stopped moving.
He was still angry, but he had already shifted his target: "He still has the face to harass you? You ask him out and see if I don't beat him to the knees and beg for mercy..."
"Don't get your hands dirty for that kind of person, I'll just go and change my number."
"Well..." Shen Xiaoshi seemed to suddenly realize how ambiguous the posture between himself and Wei Shi was, and his words suddenly became uneasy, "You, let me go, brother Feng will be back later..."
"You let me kiss you, and I'll let you go."
I:"… "
I am here, I have been here, please consider my feelings!
Shen Xiaoshi was silent for a moment, wondering if he was seriously considering Wei Shi's proposal. This silly boy will be eaten up by Wei Shi sooner or later.
If I stayed any longer, I was afraid that I would have to listen to the scene, and it would be even more embarrassing, so while I could save it, I deliberately knocked down a wallet on the shelf, and yawned again, as if I had just woken up from a nap.
Wei Shi was in a hurry at the other end, and I waited for them to deal with it before walking over.
Shen Xiaoshi was still surprised when he saw me: "Feng, brother Feng, have you been there?"
I covered my mouth and yawned again: "I accidentally fell asleep just now, what are you doing?"
Shen Xiaoshi's entire face turned red, and he couldn't speak.
Wei Shi looked at me, exchanged glances, and said with a smile, "Xiao Shi said he would help me tally things together."
I nodded: "Oh, then I'll leave it to you, I'm going outside." After finishing speaking, I handed the brochure to Shen Xiaoshi, and walked quickly outside the warehouse.
The moment I walked out of the warehouse door and breathed the fresh air outside, I took a deep breath, feeling a sense of exhaustion in my heart.
After closing the door for them, I sat back in my seat. Liu Yue ignorantly wore earphones and was watching a new dog blood series, laughing wildly, unaware of everything that happened in the warehouse.
I seemed to hear another muffled noise coming from the warehouse. I was afraid of hearing something I shouldn't hear again, so I hurried out like a spike in my buttocks, intending to smoke a cigarette to calm down.
On Saturday, early in the morning, I felt that there was nothing around me. I opened my eyes and found that Sheng Mingou was no longer on the bed.
I was still a little sleepy, turned over and continued to sleep, and was not fully awake until near noon.
Walking out of the bedroom with a lazy waist, one can see at a glance that the dense doorway on the opposite side is wide open, and there is plenty of light. I took a breath, walked in lightly, and found that the inside had changed a lot.
The curtains were opened, and the outdoor sunlight shone into every corner. The letters on the wall and those bloody words disappeared, replaced by mottled walls and two cardboard boxes neatly placed on the ground.
I squatted down next to the boxes, opened one, and picked up the top letter to read.
After reading a few lines, Sheng Minou's voice came from behind him.
"I've tidied up the room, use it as you like."
He was leaning against the door, his shirt sleeves rolled up to his elbows, exposing his muscular forearms.
I waved the letter in my hand and asked him: "Brother, I have been sending letters to your school. How did you receive the letter after graduation? I have never received a return letter."
Sheng Minou glanced at the letter in my hand and said, "Buy the guard and let him deliver it to me regularly."
I was taken aback, then laughed out loud.
"So it's like this..." I threw the letter back into the box, clapped my hands and stood up, walked over to wrap my arms around his neck, and hung my whole body on him, "Have you read every letter?"
Sheng Minou stretched out his hand to press on my lower back, and said "hmm" with no expression on his face.
"Do you have any impressions after reading it?"
I just asked casually, but I didn't expect Sheng Minou to look at me and think seriously, as if he was recalling the contents of the letter.
"I thought you would hate me, would merge with the sunless land, and become the kind of person Qi Yang wanted you to be..." He slowly tightened my waist, and pulled me into his arms, My lips were next to my ear, "But you don't. You are still full of hope, as if you will never be defeated, and the sun prefers you. You have things that I don't have. Sometimes when I look at you, I feel that you seem to be It's the missing part of me..."
I closed my eyes, rested my chin on his shoulder, and enjoyed the tranquility of this moment: "So we are... made for each other."
Hearing this, he smiled lightly, and didn't speak any more, as if he had acquiesced.
The sun shines into the house, dispelling all the haze.
After washing up, Sheng Minou and I went out to have lunch, and then went to the building materials market to buy some materials. After returning home in the afternoon, I rolled up my sleeves and started the house renovation plan for the secret room.
I sealed the two boxes of letters and stuffed them under the bed. They are the testimony of me and Sheng Mingou for the past ten years, the maintenance of each other in the past, and the bittersweet memories.
They have occupied too much of the past to occupy our future.
You haven't replied to my letter. How are you? I'm fine, I just miss you so much.
I remember I told you last spring that there was a grass growing in the corner of the fence of our prison, which was different from other weeds and would bloom small purple flowers. I thought it was very beautiful, so I didn't pull it out, but kept it secretly, but it withered in winter, I thought it was dead, and it was lost for a long time.
But you must have never imagined that this spring, it will grow again in the same position.
Lao Huang said that it was Zihua Di Ding, a kind of wild vegetable, and asked me to dig it for salad. I refused.
It grew up hard and endured two cold and hot summers. I don't lack that cold dish.
I really want to show you this little wild flower, it is small but beautiful. I don't know how long I can protect it, and whether it will still bloom purple flowers next spring.
In fact, I am not sure whether you will open this letter or have the patience to read this paragraph, but I still hope you know that such a little flower once existed.
The weather has been a bit cold recently, and you have already graduated to work after calculating the time, you should pay attention to rest and keep warm.
I don't know if you are still angry with me, anyway, I apologize, I admit my mistake, don't ignore me, don't hate me, okay
When I quarreled when I was young, I was always the one who admitted my mistake first, and this time I also admitted my mistake first, so forgive me, I will definitely not do it again.
Brother, come and see me. Mom refused to tell me about you. I haven't heard from you for a long, long time. Don't make me suffer any more, let me know where you are, let me know you're fine, that's enough.
Even if you don't tell me where you are, it's fine, even if you just reply me a word, just don't make me act like a fool, waiting for a reply that I don't know if I will.
Hope to hear from you before spring is over.
May you always have a lovely brother.
March 20, 20xx