The noisy and annoying old dog Doudou died in the spring and died at the age of fourteen.
At first, Auntie Du said worriedly that she would not tell Xu Xilin, but after thinking about it, he was not blind, would he be unaware if such a big living thing was gone? It was then that Dou Xun, who was just returning home, informed him.
Xu Xilin dug a hole in the backyard and buried Doudou, but his emotions didn't seem to be affected much.
"Dogs," he said to himself, "there's no way to live so long."
As for people, although their lifespans are long enough to accompany each other, there are also differences between young and old, as well as natural and man-made disasters. Xu Xilin was very calm. He found that a lot of people's pain came from too much nostalgia. If you have no obsession with the "past" and understand the truth that "the past is the past", you will not be afraid that life will change beyond recognition.
It's the same as the age of seventeen this year, and there will be no second seventeen in this life. Although it's a pity, it's normal. No one will seek death because of their birthday.
It's just that my grandmother is not used to it. There is less dog at home and more than half of the excitement. Xu Xilin stopped listening to her play a few times when she saw her, and her throat was no longer hanging. Sitting in a daze at the gate of the courtyard, she knew she was lonely.
While Auntie Du went out to buy vegetables, Xu Xilin quietly said to her grandmother, "If Auntie Du is gone, let's go to the housekeeping center and invite someone to come back and talk to you, okay?"
Grandma Xu thought for a while and shook her head.
Xu Xilin thought that she was worried that the strangers invited outside would not be easy to get along with, so she said: "It's alright, we don't have much family matters, and then the big deal is to pay more money, please have someone with a good personality and talkativeness, and if you can't ask Aunt Du to introduce the fellow to come. , know the root and the bottom, they are all relatives.”
As a result, my grandmother whispered to him: "Please someone, you need to spend money."
Xu Xilin was stunned on the spot.
His grandmother is a bit unpleasant to say, a little bit unreliable. When she was young, she relied on her husband. Later, when her husband was gone, her daughter could carry the family again. The two generations tacitly joined forces to maintain her forever The beauty of her life is still decent, and the old men who play chess and walk birds on the roadside are all vying to say hello to her.
She has never bothered about firewood, rice, oil, and salt in her life. She still can't even light a fire. She is stinky and poor all day long. She never asks the price when she goes out to buy things. Quote.
Since Xu Xilin had memory, she had never heard the various names of Ah Duwu from her mouth, as if it would dirty her mouth.
His expression was unbelievable, and grandma sighed a little worriedly: "You want to study now, grow up in the future, get married, and support your family, all of which require money. You didn't know about these things before. It will be good to know later.”
Xu Xilin said incoherently, "Grandma, we... we have enough money."
Grandma: "How much is enough? Save a little more now, and you will be less embarrassed when it comes to using banknotes in the future..."
She was getting old, and she couldn't stop nagging, so she held him close and told him for a long time.
Xu Xilin responded indiscriminately a few times and left in a hurry. Of course he didn't ask her to teach her how to live, he was just shocked. Because when Xu Jin was there, grandma probably didn't know how to write the three words "live a day", but when it came to Gu Xi, she actually learned this skill silently!
Xu Xilin took a few steps, stood on the stairs and turned around: "Grandma, what exactly is Aunt Du..."
He wanted to ask "Auntie Du really doesn't want to do it, or do you want to quit her", but he felt boring when he said it.
He thought, does she know how much pork and eggs cost per pound? Do you know how much Xu Jin left behind? Give her 1,800 yuan in cash, and she can't even count it. She knows the life of a fart. In the final analysis, the main pillar of the family collapsed. She didn't think Xu Xilin could provoke this pillar, so she felt uneasy and wanted to leave him something more.
She has no confidence in this pampered grandson.
Grandma Xu asked with a smile, "How can Auntie Du?"
Xu Xilin shook his head in silence, and while swallowing the inappropriate question, he also swallowed the confession "You can rely on me, I can make a lot of money, and I can take care of you comfortably", he said something similar. It happened once, and I basically didn't do it. If you talk about it again, you will lose face. It's better to keep it in your heart.
Since then, Xu Xilin's mind has become more and more the same, and the impetuousness around him has almost disappeared. He no longer looked like a young man who was proud of his friends and companions, and he could still sit still. He saved a few tons of nonsense every day, piled it up, and kept it at home to accompany his grandmother.
Although Dou Xun avoided Xu Xilin, he heard everything he should have heard. One week after Doudou was buried, he suddenly brought a living thing home one day.
It was a gray parrot, and I don't know where Dou Xun got it. It looks like a ghost, it may be a young bird, and its body is disproportionate and ugly. It is in an unfamiliar place. A little frightened, the feathers explode from time to time, or walk around the shelf restlessly.
This bird is probably a bit different from Dou Xun, and screamed at his ears all the way, and the screaming made his brain hurt. When he got home to see his grandmother, he closed his mouth and pretended to be quiet and well-behaved.
"It can talk, but you have to teach it slowly. You can chat with you when you teach it. I heard people say that your intelligence is okay, but I don't know what your personality is like." Dou Xun explained to his grandmother cautiously, and then added, "Life Very long, fifty or sixty years to live."
Grandma Xu didn't like it very much, so she pulled Dou Xun to ask questions long and short. Just as she was talking, Xu Xilin came back. Dou Xun gave him a complicated look, took the opportunity to get rid of his grandmother's "torture of love", and quickly went upstairs.
Xu Xilin absent-mindedly accompanied his grandmother to watch the birds for a while. This flat hair may not like men. Not only did he have a bad attitude towards Dou Xun, but he also pecked Xu Xilin while his grandmother was not paying attention. Life may be unrelated to pets.
Then he dawdled upstairs and just put his hand on the handle of Dou Xun's door when the door opened with a creak, and it was actually closed. Xu Xilin was startled, and it was too late to go back.
The two of them had been in a cold war for more than a month, during which Dou Xun didn't say a word to him except for sending him a text message at Aunt Du's request. The look of Dou Xun downstairs just now made Xu Xilin think that he might want to talk to him, but he couldn't hold back, so he hesitated to go upstairs.
The door rang alarmed Dou Xun, and he quietly turned around.
Xu Xilin's throat moved slightly, and he asked nervously, "Is that bird's chirping loud?"
Dou Xun paused and took the steps with a calm attitude. He said, "I don't like to cry when I grow up."
Xu Xilin breathed a sigh of relief—this seemed to be a ceremony, and after this pass, the two were reconciled.
Xu Xilin: "Is it okay to ask you a question?"
Dou Xun let out an "oh", stood up and went to the living room with him.
Anger can come and go quickly. Since Dou Xun has calmed down, he is actually regretting every second, but it is impossible for him to take the initiative to apologize—he won't either, how can I say it? Shouldn't I kiss you that day
Had to spend each other.
He had saved his feelings and tenderness for a month, and finally found an outlet, and he was not like him for a while. After finishing the topic, Dou Xun sat silently on the side, opened Xu Xilin's devastated English reading special training, and lowered his voice. The head used a highlighter to draw the original text corresponding to each wrong question, which is very cute.
The grey parrot downstairs couldn't see the annoying boys, and naturally quieted down, with only occasional whispers, and no noise at all.
Dou Xun lowered his head and held the plastic ruler and highlighter without distractions. His white cuffs were spotless, his wrist bones were crooked, his palms looked a little thin, his eyebrows were quiet, his facial features were beautiful, and he was a kind-hearted and beautiful young man.
The beautiful boy usually has a bad temper, so angry that others only think that his face is disgusting, and he does not show beauty. With such a change of sex, his hidden goodness will "get to the bottom of it". Dou Xun doesn't beat around the bush, he doesn't talk sweetly, and he doesn't pretend to be pretentious. Twenty ten points of gentleness and thoughtfulness are accompanied by one hundred and twenty points of sincerity and sincerity. Whoever is in his eyes is always on his mind, which makes people feel particularly moving when they think about it. .
Xu Xilin glanced at him, and walked away for a while, thinking of the differences between the two that were briefly suppressed and the problem of Dou Xun's pursuit. Some of the scenes I saw here, imagine that I walked over, hugged Dou Xun, and pulled over the pair of hands he had looked at for a long time... The part of holding hands and looking at the tears is not necessary for the time being - and then touched him crookedly, Touch him again, kiss him...
He didn't dare to think about it any further, because dating was seen on TV and with young couples on the road, and it was a "famous and decent" trick. The further thing was to follow Wu Tao and the others from the Internet cafe. Although there is a natural attraction, but from the current point of view, it still belongs to the "magic sect" sorcery. It's fine to think about it secretly in the house. god.
Xu Xilin thought about it for a while, and after a while, he thought a little: "Actually, give it a try..."
While thinking so, Dou Xun accidentally noticed his distraction and asked, "Are you tired?"
Xu Xilin: "Uh... Cough, a little."
Before he could react, Dou Xun went downstairs to get a drink without saying a word.
Xu Xilin took a look and saw two bottles of iced black tea.
Xu Xilin: "..."
Dou Xun wanted to explain clearly: "This is the only thing left in the refrigerator."
Xu Xilin was about to take it, and Dou Xun just reached out his hand, and the two fingertips touched awkwardly, causing Xu Xilin to stop.
Dou Xun came back to his senses and cursed himself in disbelief: "Are you sick? Can't he unscrew the bottle cap by himself?"
But the hand has been stretched out, and it is even more embarrassing to retract it. Dou Xun gritted his teeth and slammed his heart. He quickly picked up the beverage bottle, unscrewed the bottle cap, and put it back like a thief. , and then he looked at Xu Xilin nervously, holding his breath involuntarily, as if stunned by his own stupid behavior.
Xu Xilin wanted to laugh, but considering that the two had just reconciled, he was afraid that Dou Xun would become angry and hold back.
Then Xu Xilin drank a belly of beverages. In the calming effect of the ice water, he noticed his hidden weakness and compromise, and quickly repeated to himself the words he persuaded Dou Xun that day, word for word, suppressing the ups and downs.
The weather is getting hotter and the college entrance examination is approaching day by day, and everyone in the family is starting to get nervous, because Xu Xilin is easy to get sick when it is hot. This happens every year, and when he catches a cold, he will have a fever, like a child's physique, but I don't know who is here this year. Bless him, he has always been healthy and alive.
After reconciling with Dou Xun, both of them carefully avoided the previous incident. Dou Xun slowly accepted the fact that Xu Xilin had signed up for another more secure school. He began to understand that everything could not be as he wanted, and others It's impossible to follow his plan.
Dou Xun stumbled and learned to back down—
Wu Tao has excellent grades in sports. It is said that when the time comes to take the cultural class exam, it is basically no problem. He has studied in the key science class for three years. Than, still very capable, the future has settled more than half of the dust, the heart flower that has been suppressed for a year is finally in full bloom, and he wants to treat himself when he returns to work.
Please come to Xu Xilin, he specially said: "Is Dou Xun free on Sunday? Ask him to come with us. We had a little holiday before, so I'll accompany him."
As soon as a person graduates, all the grievances and grievances fade away, and he knows that he has left a network for himself.
Dou Xun didn't want to go, but Xu Xilin said to him, "There are people in the world, and everyone has their own uses. Is it better to have multiple annoying classmates or multiple hated enemies?"
Dou Xun pondered for a while and listened.
So on the weekend, a group of people who used to play together and then drifted away reunited at the school. Wu Tao, who received the school, and Cai Jing, who also came to self-study on Sunday, revisited the old places lively and went to Yueyue. Half bend.
In the dormitory building, Li Bozhi was wearing a big vest and watched Wu Tao leave with gloomy eyes. His professional grades were not satisfactory, and he was basically unattended at home. He didn't know where to go after graduation. , like Wu Tao, who knew how to work hard and made progress, he used to be good with him, but when he was about to go ahead in the third year of high school, he would naturally not be with him.
Li Bozhi, with a puppy's legs lying on the window, pointed at Dou Xun's back and said to Li Bozhi, "Brother Tao, what does he mean, he told us to beat that kid, and now he's playing with people again?"
Li Bozhi clenched the paper cup in his hand beyond recognition, and suddenly walked away.