Before dawn.
It was cloudy yesterday, so the dawn was very late today. It was six o'clock, and the stars were still dotting the gray sky.
There are 30 to 40 years old buildings densely hidden in the shadows before dawn, the white and gray walls are old and gray, and there are a few yellow marks like oil stains dripping down the windows of every household near the kitchen. Vendors rode electric tricycles "rumbling" past downstairs.
The roof of the undecorated concrete flat building is full of household odds and ends, clothes hangers, flower pots, and rags.
Downstairs was listless, the old man who came out early in the morning to saunter was sitting on a chair, accidentally caught a glimpse of a shadow jumping from the top of the building, and jumped directly from this building to that building.
But when I looked closely, I couldn't find anyone again.
Dazzled
The uncle thought to himself: It must be dazzled, how can anyone go to another building by jumping from the top of the building? Is it too long
Jiang Huai skipped a few steps from the escape ladder on the first floor, and jumped down directly.
Before going out for morning exercise, he put the skateboard here and waited. It was a bit cold, Jiang Huai put on the hat of the hoodie, put it in his pocket and jumped on the skateboard.
It's just past six o'clock now, and it will be past seven o'clock when he goes back.
But he has to go back by bus. This is Xipu District, the old city of S City, more than ten kilometers away from where Jianghuai lives, and it takes nearly an hour to take a bus.
If it weren't for the weekend holiday, Jianghuai would not have come so far.
The path twists here and there, narrow or not, wide or wide. Jiang Huai walked into the corner with his skateboard.
A billboard with a red background was placed tatteredly by the door, with a few big characters printed in yellow Song Dynasty on it: "Wuming Shengjian".
This is a pan-fry shop remodeled from an old warehouse, and it also operates barbecue. Whether it has a business license is yet to be considered. In the early morning, the barbecue stand had already been tidied up, and the big iron pot for frying fried buns was set up as a substitute.
As soon as Jiang Huai stepped on the skateboard, the skateboard came up into his hands.
He walked over: "Uncle Sun, pack a portion of fresh meat and a portion of shrimp, and then pack half a portion of fragrant dried meat and a portion of sweet pumpkin porridge."
Uncle Sun is a man in his fifties, not tall, with a dark complexion and a hunchback. As soon as he saw Jiang Huai, he grinned and said, "Oh, rare visitor, how long has it been since you came?"
The stall was out in the open, Jiang Huai casually pulled up a chair and sat down: "I can't help it, I live too far away."
"Didn't you come here often before..." Uncle Sun thought of something and raised his head again, "You guys moved again?"
"Um."
Uncle Sun's expression was a bit complicated, he sighed, but didn't say anything else, he just shoveled the fried buns and said, "The dried ones are for Ah Cai, right?"
Jiang Huai replied "Yes", and Uncle Sun said, "I'll fill you with two more sauerkraut and fish stuffing, the new stuffing...you take it back and give Ah Cai a taste."
Jiang Huai smiled: "Okay, thanks."
The sky is getting brighter, and more people are getting up early to buy breakfast.
"Wuming Shengjian" has been in business for more than ten years, with good quality and low price, and the business is very good.
Uncle Sun handed over a few well-packed plastic bags and said with a smile, "Xiao Jiang, come here often when you are free. I miss you so much if I haven't seen you for a few months."
Jiang Huai took it over: "Well, I'll try my best."
Uncle Sun laughed and scolded: "You kid, don't you know how to say polite words? Be careful on the road..."
Jiang Huai waved his hand.
Jiang Huai arrived home before the pan-fried buns had cooled down to stuffing's heart.
Seven twenty-three.
But there was no one in the living room, which meant that Ah Cai hadn't gotten up yet. Jiang Huai changed his shoes, put the fried rice and porridge on the dining table, and went back to his room to take a shower.
Just after entering the bathroom, the phone rang.
Jiang Huai folded out again. The incoming call shows "Old Qin".
Jianghuai: "Hello?"
"Brother," said the other side, "do you remember who I am?"
"Why don't you remember?" Jiang Huai lazily took off his hoodie with one hand.
"Oh," Qin Yuhe said, "I thought I had fallen to the point where I didn't take the initiative to contact you, and you forgot my name."
Jiang Huai and Qin Yuhe were classmates in junior high school, and Qin Yuhe went abroad in the third year of junior high school.
But this summer vacation has just come back, and I have been away for more than a month. Jianghuai didn't contact him for more than a month.
"I can't forget, it's on the caller ID," Jiang Huai said.
Qin Yuhe: "..."
Jiang Huai took off his trousers with one hand, and took his mobile phone into the bathroom: "I'm going to take a shower, let me know if I have something to say."
"... Is our relationship so vulnerable to the test?"
"Don't say hang up."
Qin Yuhe: "..."
He was silent for a second before getting to the point: "Don't hang up, I just want to ask how many inhibitors you have left?"
Jiang Huai paused: "Thirteen Branches."
This time Qin Yuhe was silent for a long time.
After a long while, he asked: "Jianghuai, after you finish fighting these thirteen branches, do you want to continue fighting?"
Jiang Huai: "Otherwise?"
"When are you going to take the inhibitors?"
Jiang Huai did not speak.
Qin Yuhe asked again: "Do you want to fight forever? Do you think this is possible?"
There are cigarette cases on the cabinet.
Jiang Huai held his phone sideways and lit a cigarette: "You don't need to worry about it."
Qin Yuhe raised his voice all of a sudden: "I'm a fucking kid with you, you give yourself inhibitors every week, can I just ignore it?? The inhibitors have no side effects??"
Jiang Huai took a puff of smoke and asked casually: "You were the one who promised me to change the blood sample during the junior high school physical examination, and you were the one who promised to help me get this inhibitor later... What's the matter, did you go back on your word?"
Qin Yuhe lost his temper all of a sudden.
Jianghuai held the smoke between his fingers and said, "It's okay, it's normal. If you go back on your word, then I won't bother you in the future. I'll buy it through other channels..."
Qin Yuhe cut him off with a roar: "Shut up! How dare you change!"
Jiang Huai was so yelled that he almost fell into his lap.
He said, "Old Qin, keep your voice down."
Qin Yuhe didn't speak again.
Jiang Huai shook the soot: "Actually, you don't have to worry. The medicine you made is good and doesn't have too many side effects... What's the matter with taking inhibitors for a lifetime?"
Qin Yuhe didn't answer, Jiang Huai asked himself and answered: "It means being single for a lifetime. The strong don't need to fall in love."
Qin Yuhe was clearly annoyed, but when he heard the second half of the sentence, he laughed "puchi" again: "Jiang Huai, fuck your mother, the strong don't fall in love."
Jiang Huai asked: "Are you off the list?"
"Not yet, what's the matter?"
"Tsk," Jiang Huai sneered, "I fucking thought you found a girlfriend, and today I came here with such a sense of superiority to persuade me not to take inhibitors. You are single, what the hell are you doing here?"
Qin Yuhe: "..."
"Okay, your father Jiang is going to take a bath now," Jiang Huai pressed the hang up button, "Bye."
Jiang Huai threw the phone aside, pressed the button to put out the cigarette butt, and turned it on for a breath.
But just as I wet my hair, the phone rang again.
Jiang Huai pulled a towel, wiped the water off his face, and pressed the connection with one hand: "Fart, let go."
It's a big deal, make two phone calls, Qin Yuhe doesn't sleep in the middle of the night in England
The phone was silent for a long time.
Jiang Huai frowned deeply, but before he could say anything, the phone rang with a voice clearer than Qin Yuhe's, "The front table, can you put on your clothes?"
Jianghuai: "...?"
He put down the towel and looked down.
Bo Jian lowered his eyelashes and didn't look at the camera, as if to avoid suspicion.
video call.
Bo Jian said softly, "I just want to see how much homework you have done, just put on your clothes."
He lowered his eyes, but it was only limited to lowering his eyes.
A thin outline of the waist and hips flashed across the screen of the mobile phone, as tight as the day when she was doing pull-ups. The phone was quickly picked up, Bo Jian raised his eyelids, and happened to meet Jiang Huai who was subconsciously looking at the camera.
Jiang Huai's hair was wet, and strands of long black hair stuck to his shoulders and neck.
He held the phone and remained motionless for a few seconds.
Bo Jian's expression was relaxed, and the corner of his mouth was pressed: "Is there any question you don't understand? You ask now, and I will speak as appropriate."
JAC: "..."
My day is your mother.
The phone screen suddenly went black.
"'The real strong' ended the video call, and the call lasted a total of 1 minute and 32 seconds."
Bo Jian raised the corners of his lips and thought about it.
BJ: Good morning at the front table ·v·
It went smoothly.
Oh, I haven't deleted my friend yet.
Bo Jian smiled, put down his phone and went downstairs.
There was already a woman sitting at the dining table downstairs. She was wearing a slim silk dress and was well maintained. She looked only in her early thirties, but she was much more expensive than this age. Bo Jian's eyebrows and eyes were three to four points like hers.
Bo Jian came downstairs, Ke Ying looked up: "It's almost eight o'clock, why did you come down?"
"Something has delayed it." Bo Jian said.
Ke Ying took a sip of coffee: "Today is Sunday, have you finished your homework?"
Bo gradually sliced the fried bacon on the breakfast plate in an orderly manner, as if he didn't hear him.
Ke Ying frowned: "If you have finished your homework, today I want you to meet..."
Bo Jian said, "I have a lot of homework this week, and I haven't finished it yet."
Ke Ying put a little emphasis on her tone: "You haven't finished your homework yet?"
"After I finish my homework," Bo Jian raised the corners of his lips, "I have other things to do."
Ke Ying asked, "What's the matter?"
Supervise the homework at the front desk. Bo Jian thought.
But can't say.
Bo Jian put down the knife and smiled at Ke Ying: "Anyway, it's a very important thing... I don't eat or sleep, Mom, can I have a quiet meal?"
Ke Ying: "...Okay, you can eat first."
Jiang Huai wasn't in the mood to take a shower, so he put on his clothes and came out after wiping his hair.
Ah Cai finished the handwritten newspaper last night, so he shouldn't have downloaded the WeChat again.
Ah Cai has already got up, and is lying on the dining table, eating raw fried buns.
With three bags of fried rice, Ah Cai accurately found the fragrant dry bag.
Jiang Huai pulled up a chair and sat down: "Shall I warm up the porridge for you?"
Ah Cai shook his head.
"Is the pickled fish delicious?"
Ah Cai nodded.
"Have you finished your homework?"
Ah Cai shook his hand, and the dried fragrant stuffing fell on the table.
Jiang Huai sighed: "If you recite poems... if you can't memorize them, forget it, your teacher shouldn't make things difficult for you." He said, "But you should have finished your handwritten newspaper, right? I don't think you closed it until after ten o'clock yesterday. Do you sleep with the light on?"
Ah Cai said nothing.
Jiang Huai: "May I see your handwritten newspaper?"
Ah Cai gnawed on half a dried fragrant bag and thought for a while, then picked up the small plastic bag of fried rice, and moved down the chair.
Jiang Huai: "What are you doing?"
Ah Cai turned around: "Sleep!"
JAC: "..."
"All right, all right, if you don't show me the handwritten newspaper, then I won't read it." Jiang Huai grabbed the hood of Ah Cai's hoodie, "Let me tell you about your school's sports meeting next week."
Ah Cai was holding the pancake, and turned to look at him.
Jiang Huai said: "Isn't the sports meeting starting at nine o'clock in the morning? You and Mr. Liu go to the playground first, and I will find you... Do you understand?"
Ah Cai nodded.
Jiang Huai said again: "Ms. Liu wants to take care of the students in your class. You are not allowed to cause trouble for Mr. Liu, and you are not allowed to go to the sports meeting alone. Do you understand?"
Ah Cai nodded again.
Commander Jiang: "When you understand, come back and finish your pumpkin porridge. Don't waste it."