At dawn, Wang Jiexiang opened her eyes.
The first thing that catches the eye is Yin Xian's profile.
He was lying next to her last night!
A smile bloomed on Wang Jiexiang's face, she stared at him intently, reluctant to get up.
—Oh, this man is really more pleasing to the eye.
The tall nose, the thin light-colored lips, how come the shape of the eyebrows is so good...
She secretly raised a hand and gently traced his eyebrows with her fingertips.
"itch."
Yin Xian, who had his eyes closed, suddenly spoke.
Wang Jiexiang felt guilty, and immediately put her hands back under the quilt, and closed her eyes nervously.
Stay in the same position for five minutes.
He reminded her: "It's time to get up."
"oh!"
Wang Jiexiang lifted the quilt.
Before getting out of bed, she turned her head to look at him, and Yin Xian was also looking at herself.
She didn't know where the courage came from, she leaned over and kissed his face heavily.
He was originally in a state of half-dream and half-awake, but after being kissed by her, his eyes widened suddenly.
Wang Jiexiang laughed out loud.
Yin Xian pursed the corners of his mouth, but he was also laughing.
In this way, without the mutual confession of love between you and me, omitting the confirmation process of becoming boyfriend and girlfriend, they are together tacitly.
Interacting, simply brought convenience to the lives of the two of them.
Wang Jiexiang's floor bed was put into the cabinet, so she no longer needed to sleep on the cold floor. Free up space at home without having to move furniture around every time you cook and eat. She and Yin Xian can change clothes in front of each other, and there is no need for the other person to go out to avoid suspicion.
The place where he lived was mixed with good and bad, and with the peeking incident in the public bathroom last time, Yin Xian began to wait for Wang Jiexiang to get off work, and went to the bathroom with her to take a bath.
He finishes washing first, and will wait outside with a bucket; if her hot water is not enough, he can go home and boil hot water to bring it.
The two of them snuggled up to sleep, and the room seemed to get warmer.
The ice and snow in winter melted quietly, and then, spring came to the earth.
As the temperature rises, the small animals crawl out of their holes one after another and resume their activities.
Waking up in the morning, Wang Jiexiang and Yin Xian squatted by the faucet and brushed their teeth. With sharp eyes, she caught a small gray figure running quickly along the ditch.
"Oh, there are mice there," she told him at once what she had seen.
"Cough cough."
Yin Xian who was gargling was choked.
Before he could wipe the toothpaste on his mouth, he looked around and backed away slowly.
"Mouse! Where?"
Wang Jiexiang glanced at the hem of her clothes that was being held tightly, and Yin Xian who was standing next to her, as if facing a formidable enemy.
"Brother Xian, are you... afraid of mice?"
She saw it easily.
Yin Xian stared into the distance, unwilling to admit it.
"It's difficult, we have a lot of rats in this area. You don't really fear rats, do you?"
There was interest in her tone.
He ignored her and went back to the room first.
— Terrible.
—Poker face, the coolest in the world, a social person who is not afraid of anything, she Xiange! Are you afraid of little mice
It is impossible for Wang Jiexiang to let go of such an interesting thing.
She stopped brushing her teeth, so she hurriedly chased after him and continued to pester Yin Xian.
"Not only mice, but also mosquitoes, flies, and cockroaches."
He froze again at the mention of cockroaches.
She described it vividly.
"This cockroach! There are so many cockroaches in urban villages. I've seen them many times. Speaking of which, the cockroaches here are nothing compared to ours. The cockroaches there are shiny and muscular. The big one can be as big as a child's palm, if you pat it with a slipper, maybe it will fly up and hit your face... "
Yin Xian shook his back.
He turned his head, squeezed his index finger and thumb precisely, and sealed her chattering mouth.
Wang Jiexiang struggled to make a "huh" sound.
"No more."
Her mouth was controlled by him, so she nodded.
Yin Xian let go of his hand.
"Why."
Wang Jiexiang snapped her fingers.
"Then don't talk about cockroaches, how about talking about mice."
"..."
There was wind under his feet, and he fled as fast as he could.
It was in the summer of that year that Wang Jiexiang really obtained the evidence that "Yin Xian is afraid of mice".
The city ushered in the rainy season.
The sky was cloudy, and the rain was pouring endlessly.
Their cheap rental house exposed flaws big and small.
Large areas of damp yellow spots gradually appeared on the walls and corners of the home, mixed with black mildew spots.
Several places in the ceiling are leaking rain into the house, they have reported it to the landlord. She said that the roof needs to be repaired and it will cost a lot of money. Maybe it was because I was not willing to part with the money, and after talking to the landlord for several weeks, I didn't see the master she hired to repair it.
Wang Jiexiang, who had nothing to do, placed washbasins and buckets where the water leaked.
It's too difficult to keep completely dry, so the only way is to try not to let the rainwater soak the floor and prevent it from growing mold like the walls.
In the middle of the night, Wang Jiexiang climbed up and down, picked up the full bucket, and went out to pour water.
Yin Xian was woken up by her.
After she covered the quilt and lay down, he said, "Otherwise, let's pay for it ourselves and find someone to repair it."
"Where did you get the money?"
The family is struggling financially, and she knows exactly how much savings they have.
In the second half of the night, it rained harder.
The washbasin at the end of the bed was filled with water, and Wang Jiexiang, who could not stretch her arms and legs, was held in Yin Xian's arms.
She was not at ease, for fear that she would accidentally kick into the basin and wet the entire quilt.
On such a rainy day, I have accumulated a lot of clothes that I don’t dry.
The quilt can't be wet... there is no place to dry it, and it won't dry after drying.
When she woke up the next day, Wang Jiexiang, who hadn't slept much, had big dark circles under her eyes, backache and back pain.
Yin Xian opened the curtains and said to her, "The rain has stopped."
Go outside and have a look.
The rain stopped, but the road in front of their door was flooded.
The village in the city is located in a low-lying area, and the drainage system is poorly designed.
The heavy rain overnight blocked the gutter outside the door.
The old neighbor next door woke up and complained endlessly.
His house is low-lying, and the water flooded directly into the house.
"Money, my money."
The waste newspapers and old cardboards he collected were damaged by soaking, and all of them could not be sold for money.
The old man who was over half a century old had tears in his eyes.
Wang Jiexiang sighed.
Neither of them had much appetite. There was half a pot of breakfast left, and no one ate it.
Taking advantage of the lack of rain, they put on their rain gear and went out to work.
Facing the sky, Wang Jiexiang prayed in her heart: "I hope it won't rain today."
Pray not to be heard by God.
The sky was sunny all morning and suddenly turned cloudy in the afternoon.
There was lightning and thunder outside the seafood factory, and heavy rain fell.
The factory manager received a call: The road was closed due to heavy rain, and the truck delivering seafood could not come to the factory today. So he informed the employees that they could leave work after finishing what they were doing.
That being said, the rain is so heavy that those who want to go home wait for the rain to lighten before leaving the factory.
Colleagues slowed down their work, only Wang Jiexiang, who exerted all her energy, planned to finish her work and go home quickly.
In the violent wind and rain, she was holding an umbrella, but she was still drenched in the cold.
After leaving the factory, Wang Jiexiang hurried towards home.
It's over, look at the rain, the floor of the house must be flooded...
The urban village seemed to be immersed in a vast ocean, with bottles, cans, animal carcasses, and some unidentifiable garbage floating in the dirty yellow water.
When she went out, the water did not reach her ankles, but now it has reached her thighs.
The situation was even worse than Wang Jiexiang imagined. She wiped the drops of water from her face, and without hesitation, she slipped into the pool of dirty water and walked back to her home.
The door of the house was wide open, yet Yin Xian came back one step earlier than her.
flooded.
The house is flooded!
The water was knee deep.
Washbasins, buckets, carpets, brooms, pots and pans, condiments, paper towels, electrical panels... almost everything in the house is soaked in water.
A cursory glance revealed that the family suffered heavy losses.
Yin Xian's trousers were rolled up high, he picked up the bedside table and looked around blankly.
Where should the nightstand be? Where can he go
This was his only home, and it had been destroyed like this.
"Brother Xian, throw it on the bed." Wang Jiexiang shouted.
The two looked at each other.
She stepped forward to join him in saving the family's property together.
Only the bed, and the top of the wardrobe are relatively high.
These two places are not flooded, not floating, and you can put things.
Wang Jiexiang was in charge of picking up the light gadgets, Yin Xian was in charge of moving the big and heavy ones, and the bits and pieces were piled up on the bed.
Too poor, nothing in the house is particularly valuable.
However, looking at it this way, I don't want to lose anything. They fished carefully until exhaustion.
It was pouring rain outside.
The two huddled together on the bed panting, guarding the bed full of debris behind them.
If the rain continued, the bed would also be flooded.
Wang Jiexiang was sleepy, with half of her arm hanging outside the bed.
Tapping the legs of the bed with her fingertips, she stared at the rising water.
Yin Xian next to her was just like her, staring at the water in a daze.
Suddenly, his eyes widened.
"mouse!"
Pulling her arm, he led her to hide in the bed.
Yin Xian's shoulder hit the stainless steel coat rack, and he gasped for air.
His large movements frightened Wang Jiexiang, she straightened up and rubbed his shoulders.
"Wow, are you okay?!"
"It's okay." Yin Xian shook his head with a pale face. Compared with physical pain, he was more afraid of other things: "Sit in a bit more, the big rats in the water are swimming."
Even if Wang Jiexiang is not afraid of mice, his words are still quite scary.
She held her breath and looked at the direction he was looking at just now.
"Don't go." Yin Xian stopped her.
He spoke too late, and Wang Jiexiang had already poked his head out.
Yin Xian covered his face with his hands, not daring to look at the scene.
Indeed, there was a black creature moving about in the murky water.
but…
With a long breath of relief, Wang Jiexiang couldn't help laughing.
"It's fish."
Yin Xian covered his face tightly with his hands, unwilling to believe it.
"It has legs."
"leg?"
She tugged at his arm and told him to come over and take a look: "This is clearly the shape of a fish."
"real?"
He moved one finger suspiciously, revealing one eye.
"Well, he's a very good swimmer, so he must have been a fish for more than a day or two."
With her chin resting on her hands, Wang Jiexiang was lying on the edge of the bed watching the fish.
Yin Xian, who saw clearly the true face of the "black creature", completely removed his palm.
—Look at this smooth swimming style and superb diving skills, it is indeed not the mouse he thought.
"How did it appear here?"
Wang Jiexiang stared at the fish in amazement, unable to look away at all.
Yin Xian was no less surprised than her.
The two are next to each other, with the same chin resting posture.
Four eyes stared intently at it in the water.
The black and fat fish came from nowhere, and why they strayed into their home. The tail and torso are swinging flexibly, and its legs are close to the sides of the body, swimming leisurely.
"Really, it has arms and legs. I see it."
Wang Jiexiang turned her head and asked Yin Xian, "Is it a fish?"
"It should be a salamander," he had seen in the textbook: "It is an amphibian, not a fish."
"Ah? It's not a fish, so why is it called a salamander?"
"Because it looks like a fish."
She asked unnutritious questions, and he answered her knowingly.
The world outside is full of wind and rain, and their poor young life will be washed away by the flood at any time.
Fortunately, they have a roof to hide from, a talking partner, and a fish that is not a fish. Together, these make up a home; the terrible world is no longer hopelessly terrible.