My dad stayed for one night and left on Sunday morning. When he left, he called me aside, and he just gave me a red envelope.
"The red envelope for your school start," he said, "I know I'm not a qualified father. You don't care about my emotional compensation, but at least let me make up for you in money."
He said so, and I had no choice but to accept it.
"By the way, the person in charge of the construction team will come over at night and take a look at the site. It will probably start tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
Then it's not easy to go to Yankong Mountain tonight. I haven't been to his house for three consecutive nights. I don't know if he will miss me.
Probably not, he doesn't like me, Qiuqiu thinks I'm about the same.
"Mianmian?"
I came back to my senses, nodded again and again, and said I understood.
My dad was silent for a moment, then opened the car door. Before getting into the car, he seemed to have finally made up his mind and said, "I often dream of the wind on the island, the water on the island, the summer on the island..."
His topic came up really suddenly. I thought he was going to look back on the past with me, admit that I shouldn't have disobeyed my grandma and left Qingmeiyu, and asked me to cherish the beautiful life now. But no, he didn't mean that.
"But I don't regret leaving here. One day you will leave too, and you will miss everything on the island as much as I do, but you won't come back, it's inevitable."
I watched his car gradually move away, until it disappeared at the end of the road, and the red envelopes in my hand suddenly seemed to be no longer fragrant.
I understand what he means, and this is indeed the reality. There are not many commercial things on the island, and it is not suitable for young people to work hard. My major is also destined to go to farther places, so I can't just stay in one place. But I always have a kind of rebellious mentality, and I don't want to do what he wants. Perhaps this was one of the reasons why he broke up with his grandmother back then.
I took the red envelope and went back to the house to find my grandpa. Seeing that he was still packing, I squatted beside him and held the red envelope in front of him.
His eyes lit up, and he said, "What a big red envelope! Your dad gave it to you? He has a little conscience. He knows that he will give you money, and you can keep it for yourself. Now studying is very expensive."
I put the red envelope on the pile of his clothes, and said proudly, "I will give you a trip to spend."
Grandpa hurriedly picked it up and put it back to me: "Grandpa has money, and your father gave it to me too, you don't have to give it."
"He gave it, he gave it, and I gave it."
The poor red envelope was pushed around by us, in front of me in a moment, in front of my grandpa in a moment, and no one wanted it.
This is not the way for you to come and go to the car wheel, and finally I shouted and said, "I'm going to be angry if you do this again!"
Grandpa moved for a while, and had to reluctantly accept the red envelope, and then happily counted it.
In the evening, the person in charge of the construction team came over to see the house, set a time, and said that the construction would start tomorrow.
Grandpa asked distressedly how much, and the other party smiled and said, "General Manager Yu will arrange it."
I haven't seen him for a few years. It seems that my dad has been promoted again, and he can be called "general".
Afraid that there would be dust everywhere, my grandpa and I were busy all night, putting away everything that could be collected, covering all the furniture that could be covered with tablecloths, and even putting the bedding in the cabinet.
The next morning, I dragged my suitcase and sent my grandpa to Uncle Zhang's house next door, and my aunt came with the suitcase not long after. The meeting point of the tour group is at the airport, and Uncle Zhang's son will be responsible for sending the four old people there.
My aunt was worried about me, so she finally took the pet to a pet store and left me with a key.
After the group got into the car, I waved goodbye to them and asked them to remember to call back.
Grandpa did not forget to tell me to pay attention to safety and to be careful with gas when cooking, just like my eight-year-old child.
In the afternoon, the construction team came on time. There were not many people, only four. There was a lot of materials, and the yard was piled up.
I exchanged mobile phone numbers with the person in charge of the construction team, and asked him to contact me if he had anything. After that, we rode the little turtle king and carried some simple luggage to the aunt's hall.
I sent a message to Yankongshan last night and explained the situation to him. In the next ten days, I will live in Auntie's Hall, so that he doesn't have to wait for me to leave in the morning.
"How about tonight?" he asked.
Did you miss me
I looked at that line for a long time, no, delete it.
"I'll come after dinner tonight."
After a while, the phone vibrated, and Yankongshan sent another message.
"understood."
The location of Aunt Tang is actually very good. It is closer to Nanpu Street, and there is a lush hill behind it. It is very quiet during the day, let alone at night.
Aunt Tang is not actually called Aunt Tang, it is just a nickname given to it by outsiders. It has a big name, and it is written on the plaque at the door, called "Bingqing Yujietang".
Most of the surface of the red walls and green tiles is covered with creepers, the building is very deep, the sun is shining outside, and it is cool inside without air conditioning.
The first floor has very large arched windows, and the aunt's room is on the second floor. At the end of the corridor, there is a large balcony outside, looking up at the mountain.
There is nothing to say about this environment. I kept thinking that way until the night came.
There is a problem with old-fashioned windows. There is a gap between the glass and the wooden frame. Whenever the wind blows through the window, according to the strength of the wind, it will make a "bang bang" sound.
The restroom on the second floor is at the other end of the corridor, as is the switch for the corridor light. I had a urgency to urinate at night, so I had to turn on the flashlight and go to the toilet in the dark with the sound of "bang bang" downstairs.
Walking on the old wooden floor, there will be a "squeak" from time to time, which makes the people's heart tingle at night.
It was only now that I understood why my aunt told me to come and live if I wasn't afraid.
This is indeed a test of one's courage.
"Snapped!"
The moment I finally got to the bathroom and pressed the light switch, my spirit relaxed a little.
The wind is a bit strong tonight, and the creeping tiger on the outer wall is showing its teeth and claws, casting a swaying shadow on the window.
After hurriedly going to the toilet and returning to the room, the surroundings were so silent that only the sound of "banging" could be heard, as if something was constantly hitting the window.
I swallowed, locked the door, crawled onto the bed and wrapped myself in the quilt.
In summer, I don't even feel hot when I don't turn on the air conditioner, don't turn on the fan, or even open the window.
Kind of weirdly cool.
The more I thought about it, the more trembling I became, I buried my head a little more under the quilt, and meditated in my heart: "Democracy, prosperity, harmony, civilization..." the eight-character motto.
Early the next morning, I showed up at the bookstore with two dark circles under my eyes. Wen Ying was very surprised when I saw it, and hurriedly asked me where I went to Xia Yao last night and if it was all night.
I was so angry that I told him what happened to me and asked him whether he believed in ghosts or gods.
He pondered for a moment and said, "I believe that after death, 'energy' is left behind, that is, the magnetic field, which may not disappear for several years or decades."
It doesn't need to be so pertinent.
I shivered with a chill down my spine. Wen Ying realized later that he had said something wrong, and hurriedly made amends.
"But magnetic fields, like air and dust, don't have any sense of existence."
I was skeptical: "Yes, is it?"
Wen Ying was just about to answer when Yankongshan interrupted our conversation, "There are guests here."
As soon as he opened his mouth, Wen Ying and I both closed our mouths and walked away, working hard.
The restroom of the bookstore is located in the lounge, which is simply a small single room, and only one person can enter at a time.
I wanted to go to the toilet. When I entered the lounge, I saw Yankong Shan was washing his hands. He should have just used the bathroom.
He glanced at me in the mirror and said, "Your grandpa went on a trip?"
I paused and stopped behind him.
"Well, I left yesterday."
"Then what do you have for dinner?" He seemed to just ask casually.
Although there is a kitchen in the aunt's hall, and there are a lot of ingredients in my aunt's refrigerator, my cooking skills are really not good, and I can only cook noodles.
"Takeaway." I said, "There are also many small restaurants nearby, or I can eat here in the evening and go back."
Of course, "here" is not just a bookstore. Nanpu Street is the most prosperous commercial street on the island, and there are no shortage of places to eat.
Yan Kongshan took out a tissue and wiped his hands, then turned to face me.
"Come to my house for dinner tonight."
I was stunned for a moment, and there was a kind of surprise that I was suddenly hit by five million.
"Anyway, you have to come at night, so why walk around." Seeing that I didn't respond, he added, "It's about adding a pair of chopsticks."
When he was talking to me, it was clear that everything was normal, but the numerical value on the top of his head slowly turned bright yellow.
I:"…"
Huang's suddenness caught me by surprise.
But when did he not turn yellow suddenly? Every time the yellow dots are weird, people can't catch the pattern.
If this were someone else, I would suspect that he had an impure purpose in asking me to eat.
But Yankongshan must just want me to go to dinner, I don't need to expect him to do something to me.
"Then trouble you."
Finally, I happily agreed.
After the bookstore closed, Yankong Mountain went to pick up Yan Wanqiu and asked me to leave first.
The circuit modification of Grandpa's house has already begun, and the movement can be heard from a distance. I parked the little turtle king at the door, went home and took a look around. The person in charge, Lao Zheng, told me that everything was fine and that I didn't need to worry.
I couldn't see anything like a circuit, and I left within a few minutes of visiting.
After waiting outside the door for a few minutes, Yankongshan and the others came back.
Yankongshan moved quickly, all the dishes and soups were ready in less than an hour, still four dishes and one soup, three meat and one vegetarian.
"Mian Mian, can you come to my house for dinner every day in the future?" Yan Wanqiu pouted, staring at the dishes in front of him and drooling.
I bit the tip of my chopsticks and my stomach was rumbling, not much better than her.
"I think so too..." Someone makes it for themselves, who wants to eat takeout
Yankongshan took off his waist and hung it on the wall, and sat down in his place.
"Eat."
When he said these two words, Yan Wanqiu and I raised our chopsticks and quickly swept the dishes in front of us.
A meal was eaten quickly and silently. After a full meal, we both slumped on the chairs, our stomachs protruding.
Yankongshan rolled up his sleeves to clean up the tableware and told us to stay in the living room.
At Grandpa's house, I was in charge of washing dishes when Grandpa cooks. Everyone has a clear division of labor. It doesn't make sense to let him do it all by himself when he arrives at Yankongshan's house.
"I'll come, I'll come, just go and rest." I got up quickly, trying to grab the dishwashing job from him.
Before his fingers touched the bowl and chopsticks, he turned sideways to avoid it, raised his chin slightly, and told me to stay on the side with a more determined attitude, as if he thought I was in the way.
I touched my nose, but I couldn't, so I took Yan Wanqiu and happily went to the living room to play games.
"Mianmian, where do you live now?"
Yan Wanqiu recently got a new game, which requires two people or even more than one person to operate a restaurant. The operation is a test of tacit understanding. Who will cut the match, who will cook the meal, and who will deliver the meal. It is said that couples will break up after playing, couples will divorce after playing, and good friends will break up on the spot.
Although she and I didn't have a great tacit understanding, we didn't have much desire to win or lose. The two of us played in a mess, and we passed several levels in a hurry.
"It's the big red house in front, where my aunt lives, you know?"
"Oh, I know where it is. Oops, the tomatoes are gone, Mianmian, cut some tomatoes."
"I'm steaming rice, don't worry, I'll be right there."
"Don't you think it's scary there?"
The conversation took a turn for the worse, and my hand holding the key paused, and I looked at Yan Wanqiu with some uneasiness in my heart.
"…what?"
The little girl also looked at me, her big eyes full of innocence.
"Every time I pass by there, I feel very cold. Maybe, there is something strange there." Her facial features were clearly so cute, but the words she said made people shudder from the bottom of their hearts.
"I...I don't think so." I was not very authentic.
Even if there were...then what, they were all my aunt's friends, and they wouldn't hurt me, would they
The little girl shrugged and clicked, not going any further.
But what is fatal is this desire to cover up, but not reveal it. I wonder if she did it on purpose.
Why is it so bad... bad, I'm so panicked now, and I'm getting more and more panicky. When I think about riding the little turtle king back to my aunt's hall later, I almost want to knock on the door next door and squeeze with Lao Zheng all night.
"Oh, Mianmian, there's a fire over there, hurry up and put it out!"
I snapped back to my senses, hurriedly ran in the game, and put out the fire with a fire extinguisher.
After Yankongshan washed the dishes, he probably thought he smelled of oily smoke, so he went upstairs to take a bath. After he finished washing, Yan Wanqiu asked him to join us and became a glorious member of the back kitchen.
Poor Yankongshan, I finally fed us in reality, and in the game I was also responsible for being a dishwasher.
"Ashan, why haven't you washed it yet, you are so slow!"
Also, because he is not proficient in the game, he is disliked by Yan, Chef and Wanqiu for being slow.
The scent of shower gel drifted from him, sweet, with a hint of lemon, like lemonade...
I couldn't help but glance at him.
Yankongshan was so devastated by this game that he didn't even notice me peeking at him.
"Mianmian, where's the cucumber? The guests are all angry!" Chef Yan urged again.
"Oh, here we come!" I quickly retracted my mind and focused on the game.
At 9:30, the game was over, Yan Wanqiu yawned and was about to go to bed. Yankongshan took her upstairs, I looked at the time on my phone tangled, tossing between leaving and staying.
When I went downstairs to Yankong Mountain, I was still hesitating, and I didn't even notice when he came to my side.
"What are you thinking about?"
"Where do I want to sleep tonight..."
I was startled, looked up to my side, Yankongshan lowered his eyes and looked down at me, and asked, "Where do you want to sleep?"
I turned and looked at him from the bottom up, trying to look as weak and helpless as possible.
"Well, can I sleep here tonight?" Afraid he wouldn't agree, I immediately added, "I'll just sleep on the sofa!"
He crouched down and looked at me flatly: "Auntie's living in the hall is not comfortable?"
It's not uncomfortable, but the real reason is what can I say? It makes me seem to be promoting feudal superstition... What if he laughs at me
I looked away and said vaguely, "It's a bit cold..."
His eyes traced my face carefully, as if assessing the truth of my words.
I pursed my lips nervously, wanting to say no. He suddenly stood up and left a sentence: "You sleep on the bed, I sleep on the sofa." Then he went upstairs.
I sat there dumbfounded, reacted for a long time, got up and went upstairs with him.
"I'll just sleep on the sofa, you can sleep on the bed." I saw him taking the quilt from the closet and holding his hand, "I'm small, so it won't be hard to sleep on the sofa."
Like the last time I was drunk, he was wronged and lay on the sofa and didn't sleep well all night, which really affected his rest.
He took my hand away and reiterated without any hesitation: "You sleep on the bed, I sleep on the sofa."
Seeing that he brushed me and was about to walk out the door, I turned around and grabbed the hem of his clothes, pinched the small tug, looked down at the floor, and suggested in a low voice, "Then why don't we sleep together? "
A bed of 1.8 meters is no problem for two people. If you can sleep a little more, if you divide the two quilts, you may not be able to meet them at night.
Yankongshan seemed to have suddenly lost his words and remained silent. I waited anxiously for a reply, and my hands were shaking.
"Forget it..." I'd better go back to my aunt's hall to sleep.
Thinking about it, he slowly released his hand.
At this moment, Yankongshan turned around, put the quilt in his hand on the bed, and said, "Okay, let's sleep together."
I looked up, my heart beating so fast it seemed like a small motor had been installed.
He secretly glanced at the top of Yankong Mountain, and unfortunately found that he did not have yellow.
What's the matter? Am I feeling wrong about him? Yellow is also like this, not yellow is also like this. It should be yellow at this time, why not?
But no matter how much I slander, if I am not yellow, I will not be yellow. Yankong Mountain is innocent to me, and my mind is as clean as possible.
Since I didn't bring a change of clothes, Yankongshan lent me his pajamas when I wanted to take a shower.
The clothes are okay, barely able to wear, but the pants are really... long, no matter how big they are, they are big everywhere.
After taking a shower and walking out of the bathroom, I had to hold the waistband with one hand to keep my pants from falling off.
A small lamp was lit in the bedroom, and Yankongshan was leaning on the bedside looking at his mobile phone.
I lifted the quilt and got on the bed, and when I lay down on the pillow, I let out a long, deep breath.
The temperature is suitable, soft and comfortable, and there is a handsome guy by my side, which is a five-star enjoyment.
"You used Qiuqiu's shower gel?" Yan Kongshan moved and turned off the dimly yellow bedside lamp.
"Ah?" I looked down and smelled myself, there was a faint smell of toffee, "I only saw a white shower gel."
There are two shelves in total, and there are many bottles and cans. I saw the lemon-scented shampoo at a glance. When I was looking for the shower gel, I saw it and used it. I didn’t expect it to be Yan Wanqiu.
"It doesn't matter, it's for children anyway." His voice was full of magnetism, and there was a fleeting smile, "It suits you very well."
I buried my face in the quilt and my ears burned a little.
Everything was plunged into darkness, and the surroundings were silent, only the sound of each other's shallow breathing could be heard.
I closed my eyes, but my mind was so messed up that I couldn't sleep.
so excited...
I really should go back to my aunt's house.
Won't be awake till dawn? It would be better to squeeze with Lao Zheng.
I turned to my side and sighed in annoyance.
There was a rustling sound next to me, and Yankongshan might have heard my movement and leaned towards me.
"Can't sleep?"
There was a blurry shadow in front of me, and he was so close to me that I could even feel his body temperature.
"Well..." Fingers twisted the quilt, "I'm not used to it."
He was quiet, and asked me in this very flat tone: "Do you want to kiss?"
It took me three seconds to realize what he meant.
If my brain were full of straws, his words would ignite my little match. To put it mildly, my brain would explode, and my whole body would be on fire, and my blood would boil under my skin.
"Do not want?"
He didn't care, he would back away if he didn't get a response. I was in a hurry and grabbed forward, grabbing the sleeve of his arm in a hurry.
"Want to..." I leaned forward, not letting him leave.
He is like some kind of nocturnal animal, even in the dark, his vision is not affected. I couldn't see his facial features, but he was able to find out exactly where I was and where my lips were in the dark, and kissed him as soon as he got my affirmative answer.