1
When Fruit and Ah Jiu stood in front of me, I was startled. Because the two of them seemed so incompatible. Fruity has a plump figure and almost no neck. I don’t know whether her eyes are big or small, sunk deep in the middle of her fleshy face.
. Only the pair of black pupils shine clearly, proving the characteristics that she should have at her age. . As for Ah Jiu, his appearance can be described as "handsome".
"Excuse me, do you have any houses for rent here?" I asked.
"Yes." Ah Jiu smiled, her white teeth flashing rapidly in the dim light of the evening. The house
wants to rent is one of the two bedrooms and one living room they live in. The room is not big, but it is very comfortable, with white wooden walls, a large desk, and blue curtains with yellow cartoon cats printed on them. But when it came to rent, I was a little hesitant. The monthly payment of 400 yuan seemed not something I, an unemployed vagrant who had just moved to this city, could afford.
"Can it be less?" I asked humbly. I can't help it, because I really like this house, but I'm really poor.
My eyes are mainly on the fruit when I talk. According to my experience, in a family, women have the final say on trivial matters like renting a house.
Sure enough, Guoguo pondered for a moment and then nodded: "Then 350."
What made me unhappy was that Ah Jiu didn't seem to be happy. He opened his mouth but hesitated to speak. How can a grown man be stingier than a woman? This makes my impression of him a bit lower... However, the way he smiles is so charming.
2
Fruit is the happiest woman in the world. This is the conclusion I came to after living here for a month. For a month, Ah Jiu cooked fruits three times a day, and of course, he also cooked my share. Thin and transparent cod fillet with chili sweet sauce, perfectly cooked millet porridge, cloud fungus in oyster sauce like snowflakes, beautiful cendol ice coded with Indonesian brown sugar green curry and white coconut milk...
"Fruit Do you think it is too sweet? "
" Fruit I saw fresh yellow croaker in the market yesterday. Do you want to buy it? "
"You are deficient in calcium, you should eat more of this dish."
"Fruit..."
When Ah Jiu was talking, I would often look at his sculptural and angular face in a daze, wondering why the fruit was so lucky. Well, I, Lu Shuangshuang, who has an altitude of 1.67 meters and invincible eyes, have fallen into the tragic situation of being alone.
There was once a man who, although he couldn’t cook, would buy roses and wait for me downstairs every night. For Valentine's Day, he swiped his card without batting an eye at the Blue Enchantress that cost 1,200 yuan a piece. At that time, I was so happy that I thought I was as lucky as Cinderella in the fairy tale and turned into a princess in the blink of an eye. But then...
Or maybe, of course, what you need most in life is rice, not roses.
3
I don’t know when my love for Ah Jiu started. Anyway, I like him, I like him wearing a floral apron with his hands full of oil and giggling; I like him sitting on the sofa quietly reading the newspaper; I like him cheering loudly when he sees Beckham scoring; I like him standing in the big Behind the floor-to-ceiling glass, he looked out the window and meditated, seeing his gentle profile in the warm yellow sunlight at dusk.
When he got home after get off work every day, he would say in a cheering tone: "I'm back." Even though he didn't say it to me, he still felt that the world was bright for an instant.
The weird thing is fruit. I have never guessed what kind of woman Fruit is. I consider myself a lively person, a person who can mingle with anyone, but when it comes to fruits, I have nothing to do. There was always a distant indifference on her face. She doesn’t go to work, go shopping, dance or sing, or even put on makeup. Most days she sits on the sofa in the living room knitting in her white cotton pajamas. It’s so hot in Changsha in August. I don’t know what the use of her knitting is. I think the sweater is probably for Ah Jiu. An outdated woman uses outdated methods to express love.
How could a sunny man like Ah Jiu like a gray woman like Guo. I'm puzzled. Moreover, Guo Guo seems to have been used to Ah Jiu's various good deeds, and she never shows any emotion, let alone being flattered. On the contrary, she often loses her temper with Ah Jiu, whether the food is salty or bland, the rice is soft or hard, it doesn't matter. Become the reason for her anger.
4
On the 2nd month and 7th day of living in Ahjiu’s house, I finally found a job that was not too tiring and not too profitable. I worked as an editor in a magazine. I worked the afternoon shift five days a week, and the basic salary was 1,200 yuan. . To celebrate, I took two bottles of Dynasty red when I went home that day.
Fruit was not involved and said she would not drink. As usual, she sat on the sofa in the living room and knitted a sweater while watching CCTV1's news broadcast. After the broadcast, she went into her room and went to sleep.
It seems that I haven’t had that much fun in a long time. Ah Jiu and I drank a little too much that night. I spread my arms and rested my chin on the table, listening to Ah Jiu humming an old song in a low and thick voice: Dear person, dear lover, thank you for staying with me for such a long time.
Later, Ah Jiu vomited, so I dragged him to the bathroom and peeled off the white shirt that was splattered with vomit. At this time, a plasticized photo fell out of the inner pocket of my clothes. I picked it up. It was a photo of Ah Jiu and another girl. The girl was as beautiful as me (let’s put it this way, I can’t think of a more accurate description at the moment). Ah Jiu put his arms around her shoulders, his face full of spring breeze. There was a date of shooting printed on the bottom of the photo. I looked carefully and it was 4 years ago.
This photo gives me hope. Because as far as I know, Ah Jiu and Guo Guo have only been married for three years. In other words: 1. Ah Jiu once had a beloved sweetheart before Fruit. 2. Ah Jiu’s feelings for fruits are not as deep as they appear on the surface.
Of course, I will not destroy their marriage. In fact, since that injury, I have no interest in getting married. I just want to find a man to rest for a while, like a butterfly resting on a flower temporarily.
5
I deliberately stopped Ah Jiu on the road after get off work.
"I want to talk to you alone." I put my hands in my trouser pockets, stared at him, and said with a determination that would break the boat.
"Okay then." Ah Jiu was a little surprised, hesitated for a while, and agreed. Afterwards, he called Guo Guo and said that the company would be working overtime tonight.
He lied, he lied for my wife and me. I got excited, which is how a successful affair usually begins.
10 minutes later we were under the dark blue triangular roof of a bar. I asked for cappuccino and he asked for bourbon coffee without cheese. A skinny waitress in a bright red miniskirt swayed back and forth from her seat.
Ah Jiu spoke first. He said that he was as thin as this girl when he was 3 years old, so when he was flying a kite in the field, his feet were pulled off the ground by a sudden strong wind; he said that he had a bad habit of wanting to go to the toilet when he was nervous, and as a result, in the English test of the college entrance examination Went to the toilet 7 times; said he slept with him in college The boy on the upper bunk always suffered from insomnia. He couldn't fall asleep even if he counted goats to 1,000. Later, he bought a long-legged Barbie beauty and placed it next to his pillow, and he never had insomnia again... I noticed that he wanted to change the subject. I was a little annoyed and a little at a loss.
The air conditioning temperature in the cafe is not low enough. The blood is gradually jumping up and down in every blood vessel, and something is about to come out. I finally said it, I said: "Ahjiu, you know, I like you very much."
Ahjiu didn't seem to hear clearly, and widened his eyes and said, "What?"
I decided to make a desperate move. But at this time Ah Jiu's cell phone rang, it was fruit. After answering the phone, Ah Jiu said let's go, I'm hungry for fruit. Then he asked: "What did you say just now?"
I suddenly lost my courage in Ah Jiu's clear eyes. I said it's okay, let's go home.
6
Ah Jiu asked me to borrow money. When he spoke, his face turned red from embarrassment.
I didn’t ask any more questions.I happened to have a newly paid salary of 2,525 yuan and a bonus in my wallet. Except for the transportation expenses of 300 yuan, I gave him every penny. When
took the money, his fingers briefly touched mine. I was in a particularly good mood all day long.
until you get back "home". As soon as I entered the door, I saw Guo Guo standing in the middle of the living room with high spirits, and Ah Jiu was pulling her clothes from behind and in front of her - new clothes, a sundress from MAX CO. I've seen it at Pinghetang, it's at least 1,500 yuan or more.
felt a "bang" in his heart, and something suddenly fell to pieces. My expression must have been very wrong at that time, so much so that even Fruit, who had never said much, said, "Shuangshuang, are you sick?" I shook my head and said, "Your new clothes are very nice." Then I went into my room. .
Ajiu knocked on the door during dinner, but I ignored it. At midnight, the stomach and intestines rebelled, and Gu Gu Lu Lu screamed earth-shatteringly. I had to get up quietly and open the refrigerator. There were stir-fried shredded green pepper chicken and vegetarian vegetables in the refrigerator, and there was a note under the plate: Put both of them in the microwave and heat them for 3 to 5 minutes.
looked at it and felt a thousand kinds of feelings in his heart.
told Ah Jiu and Guo Guo that I was going to move.
Why? Have a great stay. Fruit said.
I'm leaving, leaving Changsha. I said.
is the way I'm used to. I have been like this since I was a child. Whenever I encounter trouble, I will run away from it.
Ajiu said: "Give us a call when you have time."
I didn't look at him, afraid that I would cry, so I said: "Okay."
6
Settling down in another city, looking for a house and a job, spending time It took a full month and a half.
I am the only one in my new home. I had no choice but to eat at nearby restaurants every day, where the dishes were all the same, smelling of chicken essence and bean paste. As time went by, I began to miss the time at Ah Jiu's house.
called and heard an unfamiliar voice saying they had moved.
"Moved?" I was surprised.
"His wife became more and more ill and was short of money, so she sold the house." The other party said.
She is very familiar with them. From her mouth, I learned some things that I didn't know. For example, 4 years ago, Fruit was such a beautiful and gentle woman, and how the abominable chronic kidney disease was consuming her appearance and temper day by day.
"But she is lucky after all, to have Ah Jiu who always loves her."
I hung up the phone, and all night long, I kept recalling the fruit's swollen face in my mind, Ah Jiu's careful accommodation, and the photos in my shirt pocket. , and the valuable sundress bought with borrowed money...everything is clear.
suddenly wanted to see them, but couldn't wait even a moment.
7
searched many places and asked many people. Finally I saw them in a bungalow at the edge of the city. It was a three-room house with green bricks and red tiles. There was a small vegetable garden in front of the house, where green leeks and red tomatoes were grown. Ah Jiu squatted there to water them, occasionally looking up at his lover. On a small wooden chair not far away, Guo Guo was sitting there quietly knitting a sweater.
watched until she cried.
This is how you love someone. No matter you are rich or poor, whether you are sick or healthy, you will always be with them faithfully. No regrets, only heartache, no complaints, only warmth.
Before leaving, Ah Jiu and Guo Guo took me to the waiting point half a mile away. Ah Jiu said: "Shuangshuang, find a man as soon as possible and get married."
"Get married." Guo Guo repeated with a smile. This is the first time I see her smiling face.
I also laughed, and I said: "I will."
Yes, I will, and I will watch the clouds rolling and relaxing, and the flowers blooming and falling with someone; we will walk through the clouds, rain and fog together, and the vicissitudes of life; we will be like Ah Jiu and the fruit are like each other and love each other.
There will be such a man, I believe.
