The first ray of sunlight slanted into the mulberry forest behind the small slope, and the sleeping village gradually woke up. Men and women who got up early began to work on meals, and young people who went to work rode electric donkeys hula-la-la on the country roads. The early morning frost had whitened the chicken coop in the yard.
When Zhou Hao came out of the main room, he saw Jiang Yuqian squatting beside the chicken coop. He frowned and asked suspiciously, "Jiang Yuqian, what are you doing?"
Jiang Yuqian turned his face, his face was full of novelty, "I'm looking to see if the chicken inside has laid eggs."
Zhou Hao's face softened, he walked over and squatted aside. He glanced at Jiang Yuqian, a little mysteriously, "Let me take a look, did you lay any eggs today?"
As he said that, Zhou Hao stretched his arms into the chicken coop, and after a while of groping, he really managed to find an egg.
"I'll see you off." Zhou Hao handed the egg to Jiang Yuqian.
The sun shone into the yard, and Jiang Yuqian's side face shone brightly. He held the egg in his hand and smiled.
With his smile, Zhou Hao's face turned cold in an instant, "Jiang Yuqian, you go to the house to pack your things, and I will take you to the city in a while."
Jiang Yuqian thought that the little lunatic was going to take him around the city, so he asked casually, "Where are you going?"
"Where are you going? I'll send you to the city, and you can find a way to get to the airport by yourself. You can go back today."
Jiang Yuqian lowered his head, ignored Zhou Hao, and held back three words after a long time, "I won't leave."
"Why are you staying at my house! You can't do any work, and you still eat my rice."
Zhou Hao obviously spoke in a serious manner, but Jiang Yuqian secretly laughed when his words reached Jiang Yuqian's ears.
"What are you laughing at?" Zhou Hao was puzzled.
There was tenderness in Jiang Yuqian's eyebrows, "I don't eat for nothing, I pay for the food."
"Did I send you this money?"
Jiang Yuqian was speechless.
Both of them stood up from the ground, Jiang Yuqian still held the egg in his hand.
At this time, grandma also got up, without a cane at the moment, her movements were extremely slow, and she hunched over and walked to the kitchen.
"Let's eat pimple soup today." Grandma said cheerfully.
Zhou Hao supported his grandma, "I'll make breakfast, you can go inside."
Grandma refused and insisted on her doing it, Zhou Hao had no choice but to let her.
Jiang Yuqian also entered the kitchen. He had never seen a stove in the countryside, nor had he seen a hill of straw. He was curious about everything the little lunatic had come into contact with.
Zhou Hao wanted to repeat the old story, but Jiang Yuqian became smarter—
Wherever grandma goes, he will follow. The little lunatic can't drive him away in front of his grandma.
After breakfast, Zhou Hao was bored reading in the room. The window of that room was facing the tree outside, half of the light was blocked, and the light in the room was very dark.
The little lunatic was still wearing his newly bought army green down jacket. He was sitting on a small wooden stool reading a book, while two fat cats were scurrying around the room.
Jiang Yuqian moved a small wooden stool and sat next to the little lunatic, without disturbing him. Time passed quietly, Jiang Yuqian would occasionally glance sideways at the people around him, but he never made any noise, and the two spent the morning quietly like this.
After lunch, Jiang Yuqian was washing the dishes, and Zhou Hao went to the mulberry forest alone.
This is the most comfortable place for him, there is no noise, no noisy crowd, he still sat on the original small slope.
Jiang Yuqian searched the village several times before he found the little lunatic. Seen from a distance, the usual big and tall man became a poor and small shadow at this moment.
Jiang Yuqian walked over and sat beside him.
"Haohao, what are you looking at?"
Zhou Hao remained silent, his eyes still looking forward.
After a long time, about half an hour passed, Zhou Hao asked Jiang Yuqian calmly, "Jiang Yuqian, how is Sun Yiwen doing now?"
The cloud in the tone is calm and breezy, as if he has broken through the vicissitudes of life and has no strength anymore. Jiang Yuqian was most afraid of the little lunatic in this state. He would rather have this person yelling and cursing at him than being so old now.
"I really don't know." Jiang Yuqian was indeed telling the truth.
Zhou Hao turned to look at him, "Don't be afraid, I don't want to be with him."
"Hao Hao, I really don't know."
Zhou Hao shook his head and smiled helplessly. In just a few seconds, he changed his face, stood up and pushed Jiang Yuqian to the ground.
Everything happened so suddenly, Jiang Yuqian looked at the little lunatic in astonishment.
Zhou Hao squinted his eyes and breathed out his nose, "It's really boring."
Jiang Yuqian tried to get up from the ground. When he supported the ground with his hands, he was poked by an iron nail in the woods, and his palm was poked a small hole.
I don't know how many years this nail has been lying here, and it has been rusted by the wind and rain.
Jiang Yuqian had a sullen face, but didn't say anything. Zhou Hao felt it was weird. He grabbed Jiang Yuqian's hand and asked him, "What's wrong with your hand?"
"Scratched by an iron nail." Jiang Yuqian withdrew his hand and said coldly.
Zhou Hao stopped talking. He glanced at Jiang Yuqian's face, and it took him a long time before he said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."
Jiang Yuqian sighed in his heart, forget it, what kind of anger he has with the little lunatic, this is his retribution, just accept it.
"It's okay, it doesn't hurt."
"I'll take you to the hospital, you have to break the anti-acupuncture."
The two of them got on the bus at the intersection of the village and went to the nearest city hospital of traditional Chinese medicine. Along the way, Jiang Yuqian kept watching the little lunatic, seeing him taciturn, wondering what he was thinking.
He stretched out his hand to grab the little lunatic's hand, and the little lunatic turned his head to look at him, with a kind of self-pity that no one could understand in his eyes.
"I'm really fine, it doesn't hurt at all." Jiang Yuqian said.
Zhou Hao blinked, "That hospital is very close to where I used to live."
Jiang Yuqian's heart throbbed uncomfortably, he grasped that hand tightly, "Do you want to go back and have a look?"
Zhou Hao didn't respond, but looked out of the window, and scenes of familiar streets appeared in his eyes like a revolving lantern. The damp, dirty and messy small southern county will look like this for many years.
"Don't look." Jiang Yuqian's hand suddenly fell in front of Zhou Hao's eyes, blocking his sight.
Zhou Hao leaned on Jiang Yuqian's shoulder because he wanted to close his eyes and rest for a while.
In the quiet afternoon, the two sat in the back seat, the road was unobstructed, and the bus drove smoothly to its destination.
Zhou Hao's eyes were still closed, he muttered and asked, "Jiang Yuqian, what kind of perfume are you wearing? It smells so good."
While speaking, the hot air from the little lunatic's mouth spewed on Jiang Yuqian's neck, and he felt a little numb in his heart. He was enjoying the skin-to-skin contact at this moment, and even his voice was a little hoarse after emotion , "It's cologne."
Zhou Hao opened his eyes, as if deliberately teasing, blew a soft breath into Jiang Yuqian's ear, then laughed, and asked, "Is it itchy?"
Jiang Yuqian's throat rolled, and he turned his head to look at the little lunatic in a daze, "itch."
Zhou Hao didn't show any expression. He sat upright again and looked out the window.
A moody person, Jiang Yuqian had never really understood him.
When he arrived at the hospital and went to the emergency room, Zhou Hao sat down on the bench in the corridor, took out his mobile phone and played Xiaoxiao, while Jiang Yuqian was queuing up to register. While queuing up, Jiang Yuqian looked back at the little lunatic, that person had nothing to do with him, he was playing with himself, he was really a heartless guy.
"Zhou Hao." Jiang Yuqian called him deliberately.
Zhou Hao raised his head, "Huh?"
Jiang Yuqian made up an impromptu excuse, "I want to drink water, so you can help me buy a bottle of water."
Zhou Hao agreed, but he came back soon. Instead of going out to find a small supermarket selling water, he went directly to the nurse's station and asked for a glass of water.
"Here's the water." Zhou Hao handed the water over without lifting his eyelids, and his attention was still on the game he was playing.
Jiang Yuqian took the disposable paper cup with the words "Qingshui County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine" printed on it, feeling suffocated. I just want the little lunatic to care about him, who knows that this person's concern is so perfunctory.
"I won't drink anymore." Jiang Yuqian said sullenly.
Zhou Hao glanced at him and muttered, "Isn't that what you want to drink?"
Jiang Yuqian turned around and continued to line up.
Zhou Hao still walked back to the bench, sat down, and played with his phone intently with his head down. Jiang Yuqian also finished registering, he walked up to the little lunatic, "You accompany me in."
"Go in by yourself," Zhou Hao raised his chin and pointed forward, "It's right in front."
It's all like this, what else can Jiang Yuqian say, he looked helplessly at the little lunatic, and finally went into the consulting room by himself.
It was very cold in winter, and there were not many people in the emergency department at the moment. A few nurses in the nurse's station were chatting in whispers, and looked at Zhou Hao from time to time. Of course Zhou Hao, who is so focused on playing games, would not know that in the eyes of the little girl, he and Jiang Yuqian have become the subject of heated discussions—
Two handsome guys, one accompanies the other to see a doctor, no matter how you look at it, they are a couple. Even they have begun to figure out who will attack and who will suffer, but their opinions are very different. A said that it was Gong who played with the mobile phone, because she was very arrogant and didn't like to talk to her little lover; Hiding merit and fame deeply, maybe they are attacking each other...
Soon, Jiang Yuqian came out of the consultation room, and began to pay the fee and take the medicine, all of which he did in silence. His body stood a few meters away from the little madman, watching the little madman silently.
The similar scene reminded Jiang Yuqian of that night many years ago, when the little lunatic leaned on the armrest of the hospital chair, exhausted and helpless.
At this time, Jiang Yuqian squatted down as he did back then, and he said softly to his lover in front of him, "Haohao, I paid the bill."
Zhou Hao put down his phone and stood up, "Let's go to the infusion room for an injection."
Jiang Yuqian was a little secretly happy, and he asked again, "Are you going with me?"
Zhou Hao reached out and lifted Jiang Yuqian who was squatting, "Well, let's go."
After the injection, the doctor explained the dietary precautions and repeatedly told me not to drink alcohol.
After coming out of the hospital, the two of them walked towards the bus platform one after the other. People in the county live a very slow way of life, even walking, they are in a slow state.
At this time, there were three elderly people on the platform, also waiting for the bus. They didn't know each other, and after standing for a while, they started talking to each other. What they talked about was whether the grandson's grades were good or bad, whether the grandson could take the county key exam, and what kind of lessons did your family make up? What interest class.
Zhou Hao was listening with his ears. In fact, he didn't want to listen, but those people's voices were too loud. A tongue-rolling dialect in the south, snoring and floating on the bus platform in winter.
He suddenly asked Jiang Yuqian, "Jiang Yuqian, have you ever attended cram school before?"
Jiang Yuqian was stunned. He couldn't understand the dialect here, and naturally he couldn't understand the conversations of those old people. His mind was jumping so fast that he couldn't react. All right, the little lunatic asked him what he was doing with it.
"No." He told the truth, his family hired tutors for him, one-on-one tutoring.
Zhou Hao smiled, "Me neither, but my grades are better than theirs." Then he lowered his head again and became quiet.
Hearing this, Jiang Yuqian finally understood, this person has fallen into a dead end again.
"Haohao, it's still early, let's go to a movie together." Jiang Yuqian tried to change the little lunatic's thoughts at the moment.
"What kind of movies are there?" Zhou Ha asked.
Jiang Yuqian felt that half of the success was achieved. He quickly flipped through the phone, "One is about secret agents, and the other is about ocean exploration. The others don't seem to be interesting."
"Do you have deep-sea phobia?" Zhou Hao asked very seriously.
Jiang Yuqian said softly, "No, do you have any?"
"Me neither, let's watch that ocean adventure." Zhou Hao raised his body and pointed, "Go along this road and turn another corner. There is Hengdian Movie City over there."
It was the weekend, and there were a lot of young couples watching the movie. They chose the seats in the back row and bought a big bucket of popcorn and two glasses of Coke. It was all paid by Zhou Hao.
The shocking opening sound effect sounded, and then a blue sea appeared on the screen. Above the sea level was bright sunshine, but below the sea level there was hidden turbulence. Several dolphins are having fun and jumping on the water, and the heroine Karen appears with a surfboard...
Jiang Yuqian secretly turned his face to look at the little lunatic. Seeing his nervous expression, he couldn't help being a little funny. He held the little lunatic's hand, leaned over and whispered, "Didn't you say you don't have phobias? Are you still so afraid?"
The subwoofer's voice was deliberately suppressed at this moment, exuding a sexyness unique to mature men.
Zhou Hao ignored him and ate popcorn one by one.
The few rows in front of them were probably a couple of students, and the two of them had a quiet discussion from time to time. When the movie scene switched to the dark deep sea world, Jiang Yuqian saw that the boy kissed the girl secretly, and the girl turned around and touched her cheek, then punched the boy feigning anger.
It's so good, young boys and girls, restless with shyness and joy in their hearts, and the hormones in their bodies are exuding majesticly.
Jiang Yuqian remembered that he was eighteen or nineteen years old, and beside him, there was a pestering little lunatic who pestered him every day, wanting to cook for him, dry his hair, and iron his clothes...
The next deep sea scene struck, and Jiang Yuqian touched the little lunatic's left cheek with his mouth like a chicken pecking rice. Zhou Hao really did exactly the same as that girl, first he reached out and touched the left side of the kissed cheek, and then glared at the troublemaker beside him.
"Can you please stop! If you don't watch it, I will." Zhou Hao was really displeased.
Jiang Yuqian secretly pursed his lips into a smile, how could this scolding sound so pleasant to the ears.
Before they knew it, their youth seemed to have just begun.
After the movie ended, the two went to the nearby pedestrian street for a walk. There are not many decent shopping malls in the pedestrian street in the county town, and there are not many chain restaurants, but there are quite a lot of street food.
Leaving aside the Malatang that he invited Jiang Yuqian to eat a few years ago, this is the second time Zhou Hao invited Jiang Yuqian to dinner, but the consumption level is not too high. The two went to a beef vermicelli restaurant and ordered two bowls of beef vermicelli. Zhou Hao specifically explained that one bowl was not spicy and the other was medium spicy.
When the waiter brought it up, the two bowls of beef vermicelli were put upside down, Zhou Hao pushed the non-spicy one to Jiang Yuqian, and picked up the other bowl to suck it up.
Jiang Yuqian looked at the little lunatic blankly.
Zhou Hao raised his head and glanced at him, "What are you doing stupidly? Eat."
Only then did Jiang Yuqian look away, wiped his chopsticks with a paper towel, and followed Zhou Hao's example, sucking up.
It turned out that the little madman remembered everything. The more he remembered so clearly, the more considerate he was, the more Jiang Yuqian felt that he was an asshole. His heart was filled with anguish.
When we went back, it was almost eight o'clock, and the two were still standing in the cold wind waiting for the bus.
"Let's take a taxi back." Jiang Yuqian said.
Zhou Hao didn't speak, and continued to stand still.
Jiang Yuqian sighed helplessly in his heart, knowing that the little madman's temper was coming up, so forget it, just wait with him.
"Is it cold?" Jiang Yuqian breathed white air as soon as he spoke.
Zhou Hao shook his head, but in fact, he was already too cold. Under his jeans, he only wore long johns, not fleece trousers.
Jiang Yuqian walked up to him, pulled the down jacket to the top for him, put the clothes and hat on him, then grabbed the little lunatic's hands and put them in his mouth to breathe.
"Do you feel better?"
Zhou Hao was stunned. He blinked and pulled out his hand. He doesn't like too much intimacy.
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It was only when the two of them were lying in bed at night that Jiang Yuqian realized that everything that happened during the day had the same beginning—it was all paid for by the little lunatic. Even the money to go to the hospital, the little madman wanted to return him later.
Jiang Yuqian stared at the little lunatic's back in a daze, unable to figure out the truth, he leaned over and hugged the man.
"Haohao, are you asleep?"
"No."
Suddenly, Jiang Yuqian seemed to realize that something was missing. He desperately hugged the little lunatic, and then rolled his lips between the little lunatic's neck, flirting closely.
He hoped that he could start a fire that would never be extinguished, that their desire and love would burn forever.
Adult men all have desires, and Zhou Hao is no exception. His body has been dry for many years, and it has long been cracked and mottled.
He let Jiang Yuqian move and caress between his body, the temperature of his palm pressed against his body, softly lit a fire, and gradually, his palm moved to another place, and lit another fire... The fire got stronger and stronger Getting bigger and bigger, Zhou Hao's breathing became rapid and heavy. He turned over and looked at the man who set fire in front of him, his eyes couldn't help getting moist.
He was touched, touched by the fact that his masculine desire has not been exhausted because of old age.
"Is it okay?" Jiang Yuqian was not much better, his voice became extremely hoarse, and his impulsive love was vented in every word.
Zhou Hao was still panting heavily, and it became difficult for him to even speak, "Well... come in..."
The bodies of the two had been separated for many years, and in this dilapidated earthen house, they were finally intertwined again, desperately rushing, fighting, and shouting, desperately trying to kill each other in this inexplicable desire.
Afterwards, Zhou Hao turned over and turned his back to Jiang Yuqian. Jiang Yuqian stubbornly hugged the little lunatic and locked him in his arms.
"After the injection, you can't drink, can you have sex?"
Zhou Hao felt drowsy, and he dismissed it vaguely, "I've done everything, I'm only asking now, it's too late..."
In the middle of the night, he could hear the cold wind blowing outside the house, and he could also hear the even breathing of the person in his arms. Jiang Yuqian secretly kissed the little madman a few more times in the dark, and then fell asleep peacefully.