I like scientists.
They can hide in the laboratory and be an old scholar all their lives, ignoring worldly affairs, but they can quietly change the world.
I don't like scientists.
They are rigorous, deep, boring, and have no love for life. I never thought that I would spend so much time reading books and study such obscure subjects in my life.
It's just that I feel that school is a place where I can escape from my social responsibilities, so I have been curled up here.
But I like him.
What is the feeling of liking someone? What is the feeling of loving someone? I don’t know. I just know that I am completely obsessed with him. The way he holds the chalk, the expression on his face when he teaches, the back of him walking, the sound of his voice.
besides…
Also, the way he smiles.
The corners of his mouth were raised, his eyes were curved, and there were a few faint expression lines at the corners of his eyes.
I have imagined this scene countless times in my mind, but I have never experienced it.
There were four girls in our dormitory, and all of them worshiped him. It can be said that all the girls in the department were his fans. Later, I heard from my seniors that he was married.
When I heard this gossip, I was reviewing in the library. I responded to that classmate harshly, "He is already in his thirties, that's normal! You idiots are dreaming, just break up." Then I took out my cell phone, plugged in earphones and started listening to music.
I hear the chirping of cicadas outside the window, but my heart feels a little cold.
In fact, it was not that he had no premonition. He sometimes wore a thin platinum ring on his ring finger, which was smooth and without any decoration.
His subject was unpopular, and since there were more boys than girls in our school, he taught mostly boys. Those senior students were not as gossipy as girls, so there were few revelations about his private life.
In the evening, my mother called me and asked me all kinds of questions, but I was not very interested.
My mother suddenly changed the subject and said, "Second sister, your eldest brother-in-law introduced you to someone. I think he looks good in the photo. Please come back some time to meet him."
"Mom, you think I live next door to you. What do you mean by taking some time to meet? The round trip fare is free? Didn't you always teach me and my sister to be frugal in life?"
"I'm telling you one thing, but you insist on saying another. Don't change the subject in front of me."
"Well, go on then."
Her voice on the phone paused for a moment, and she asked hesitantly, "Where was I just now?"
“…” Look at her memory.
At the same time the next day, my mother called again.
"I remembered what I wanted to tell you yesterday." said Mom.
"What?"
"Li Qiao is getting married at the end of the month. You have to go there on behalf of our family. They are holding a wedding banquet in City A."
"Don't you want to go back to your hometown to do it?"
"The woman paid for it, so of course we have to do what she wants. She even sent a car here to pick up the relatives, but your father and I can't leave."
"Oh." It's true, it's better to marry well than to work well.
Li Qiao's mother used to be an accountant in my father's factory. He and I went to the same school, but he was a few years older than me. In the past, my mother often asked him to bring me food. He was a very honest person, but we stopped seeing each other after he started dating. It is said that his girlfriend is his junior sister, and her family is very wealthy. They were originally planning to get married two years ago, but he got the opportunity to study for a doctorate in the UK, and the rich lady waited for him without saying a word.
I said, "They're actually getting married. I thought this thing was going to fail."
My mother said, "You just can't stand seeing others do better than you."
It's not that I can't stand seeing people doing well, it's that my mom is too naive. A single male doctor who studied abroad after getting engaged, and a single rich girl in China waiting to get married, they can each play the leading role in many bloody TV series.
Finally, my mother read out Li Qiao's phone number, the time and location of the banquet, and forced me to write it down. She also added: "I have already given the gift money to his mother, you can just go directly when the time comes."
Get married! Get married! Who is willing to marry me
Today, Teacher Wu asked me whether I was preparing to find a job or to take the doctoral exam.
well-
She is about to become Master Miejue.
I lowered my head and thought about it. When I was walking back to the dormitory, I ran into him. I didn't notice him at first, but a girl next to me called out sweetly, "Hello, Teacher Mu—"
I saw him nod kindly at the girl as a response, and then walk towards her leisurely.
After several seconds, I turned around blankly, looking at the pine-like back with a bit of reluctance. Then I made a dirty decision - follow him.
He walked in front and I walked behind, about ten meters apart.
We walked leisurely on the camphor avenue next to the three religions. He had nothing in his hands and didn't look like he was going to drive. From time to time, students greeted him.
Walking to the end of Xiangzhang Road, he would have walked straight to the east gate of the school, but he suddenly turned into a small path next to it, and after a few steps he arrived at the kindergarten for the school staff.
I was stunned. Pick up the child? Pick up the child! Pick up the child? !
At this time, it was not yet time to go home from school, and the children were playing freely in the garden. The kindergarten garden was separated from the outside by a one-meter-high colored wooden fence. Mu Chenghe just found a wooden chair outside the fence and sat down.
The situation in the garden was clear at a glance. A group of children gathered together and played with sand with shovels. Another group of children were sliding down the slide. Several girls climbed up clumsily and were sliding down one by one in an orderly manner, but a boy suddenly appeared and didn't want to take the stairs. He insisted on climbing up from the slide. One wanted to go up, and several wanted to go down. They squeezed together and blocked the way. No one gave way and they started shouting at each other. This scene happened to several chubby children, which looked particularly funny and cute. I couldn't help but laugh. From a distance, I saw Mu Chenghe at the other end laughing too.
After a short break, the phone rang, and he picked up the phone and spoke a few words. While speaking, his forehead was relaxed, and a gentle look appeared between his eyebrows.
After hanging up, he stood up, walked out of the school gate, went to the supermarket across the street to buy some side dishes and raw meat, and carried the bags into the professor's compound next door.
This is Mu Chenghe’s simple and ordinary journey home.
That night, I stared blankly for a long time, then posted a Weibo.
"I want to take Mu Chenghe's B.A. exam!"
After a while, several classmates left messages below.
A: "It's a secret crush, kid, but secret crushes should be reserved."
B: "Do you really want to be an old maid?"
C: "They are very strict."
D: "Junior sister, you can't get a tiger cub without risking it!"
Later, my mother called me again to remind me of Li Qiao’s wedding banquet. During the conversation, she also said that my father had a business friend who had built a real estate project in City A, and they wanted to buy a house for me here.
My mother said, "It's a ready-made house, so consider it an investment. But you must return to my hometown and live with me after you graduate."
“How much is one square meter?”
"Don't worry about that. Anyway, your father's friend said he would give us the lowest discount, the acquaintance price."
"An acquaintance... Mom, don't you know that people nowadays run crematoriums?"
"Crematorium? What crematorium?" Mom asked suspiciously.
"It's like a crematorium, burning only acquaintances."
"Bah! Bah! Bah! Shut up your dog mouth."
The wedding was scheduled for Sunday at the end of the month, but Li Qiao's mother called me on Saturday night and asked me to go to the hotel.
"We don't have many relatives and friends here, Huihui, please take some time to come and have a meal first. The wedding company said they would invite a few more young people so that you can get to know each other in advance and have a good time."
I was going shopping in the city on Saturday, and I bought a lot of things so I went to the hotel for dinner. When I arrived, the table hadn't started yet. A group of parents were discussing the wedding car route, and at another table, several young people around my age were laughing and chatting.
One of the women was writing something in a small notebook on the table and laughing so hard that tears came out of her eyes.
"I'm telling you, Xue Tong, don't go too far." The speaker was Li Qiao's bride, Bai Lin, whom I had met several times before.
Li Qiao introduced me to Xiao Huihui, who grew up with me in our hometown. We went to the same school, but she is still studying for a master's degree. Bai Lin, please greet her.
"Hey, everyone at our table is alumni." Xue Tong said happily, "It's really a good thing that the good things are kept within the family."
"Yes, yes, but the best water has all flowed to your house." Bai Lin rolled his eyes at her.
She didn't say anything, just smiled foolishly, her face flushed.
She was really beautiful, with black and bright eyes, and two cute canine teeth when she grinned. Her smile was sweet and sticky. She wore a simple white T-shirt and short jeans. Although she was not tall, she had a good proportion.