fine water spring river

Chapter 16

After July [-]th, the summer vacation is finally over.

In fact, teachers look forward to the holiday more than students.Lu Chunjiang and Zhong Hui in the office are less than 40 years old and suffer from migraines every day.In her words, these little bastards made her experience the period of job burnout in advance.Lu Chunjiang's spirit is not yet exhausted, but he still feels a little tired after continuous work at the end of the semester.Zhong Hui complained loudly, "Why did you go to the Lijiang River again? Didn't you go there last year?"

Fan Lili and Lu Chunjiang were about the same age, and they spoke softly, "The Lijiang River is also pretty good."

"Xiao Fan, you didn't go there last year, did you?"

"No... There was something wrong at home last year."

"Xiaolu didn't go either." Zhong Hui turned to Lu Chunjiang who was packing the drawers, "Hey, Lu, are you going this year?"

Lu Chunjiang tidied up the confiscated novels and prepared to return them to the students.Hearing this, he raised his head, "Ah, I won't go."

"The school organized it, and they don't charge you, why don't you go?" Zhong Hui suggested, "Go, you and Fan Er go together."

As her name suggests, Fan Lili is a beautiful female teacher.She always exudes a peaceful and sweet fragrance. The teachers in the office have matched up several times overtly and secretly, but Lu Chunjiang just pretended not to understand.He took out a copy of "The Domineering President and the Innocent Secretary" and said with a smile, "It's so hot, I won't go out."

Zhong Hui clicked his tongue, "You, a big boy, why are you like a piece of wood..."

The smoke blows, and the air conditioner hums.Several students were chasing and fighting in the corridor.brightest summer day.

During the summer vacation, Lu Chunjiang continued to substitute for the class.

To be honest, who doesn't want to incubate the air conditioner safely at home?But his reasons for going to class are different from others.He didn't care about money, so he didn't want to be alone at home.Without Lucy, he lived with the three portraits, terribly lonely.Although the students in the class are not smart, and some of them are in the third year of high school, they can't even distinguish between "metaphor" and "personification", but Lu Chunjiang likes to teach students knowledge - at least someone responds to him... Will nod and smile , or make faces.He is very satisfied.

Substitute classes end at four o'clock every afternoon.Lu Chunjiang took half an hour by car, barely missing the evening rush hour.Get out of the car, go forward along the intersection, and cross a section of abandoned railway tracks, which is the vegetable market.When he was wandering in the vegetable market, he would always meet his parents’ colleagues and neighbors. Some of them called him “Xiaolu” and some called him “Lu”. Huh? These tomatoes are good, they’re only [-] cents a catty.” “Do you want tofu? Don’t buy the one over there, they’re not fresh.” Gossip and other gossip brought him back to life.

On this day, July NO.17, Lu Chunjiang got off work and started his trip to the vegetable market according to the established route.Unlike usual, he bought some cooked food and cold dishes, and went to the supermarket to buy a small cake.Finally, I made a bag of draft beer-the beer was packed in a transparent plastic bag, with cold white foam.He doesn't like to drink, but decided to have a few drinks today.

Today is Lucy's birthday.

Is this behavior very boring?Lu Chunjiang lit the candles, as if there was a word called "sense of ritual".Lucy abandoned him and the family, but he still couldn't abandon his fixed rituals as coolly as his younger brother.Lucy loved birthdays, which included cake and meatball dumplings and gifts, usually toys and books.He said that no one had ever given him a birthday before.Lu Chunjiang remembered his younger brother's bright eyes. When he celebrated his birthday at home for the first time, he even trembled with excitement and stayed up all night.

Lucy must have someone to accompany him on his birthday in Shanghai. He stared at the swaying flames and drank his first sip of beer.The liquor was bitter, and Lu Chunjiang shook his head. Anyway, he would never understand how anyone could be addicted to this hard-to-swallow liquid.

"No fun," he muttered, "no fun."

With Lu Xi not at home, Lu Chunjiang no longer even has the energy to cook.He can buy vegetables and cook, that is, he likes the feeling of shopping in the vegetable market.He despises himself for being cowardly and worthless, but unfortunately he is helplessly unable to get out.The food on the table has not been eaten, and the beer has been drunk.Lu Chunjiang touched his stomach, and the wine was churning in his stomach... He walked into Lu Xi's room, lay down, pulled the pillow towel over his face, and fell asleep in a chaotic state.Did not dream, woke up a lot more awake.Downstairs the children on summer vacation were screaming and playing, and the dogs were barking.Lu Chunjiang went to the kitchen to find a small half bottle of white wine, turned on the TV, and drank it all unknowingly while serving cold dishes.

His cheeks were very hot, Lu Chunjiang was lying on the sofa, watching people's arguing faces in the news.It was for the house again, and the family had a great fight.Look, this is the so-called kinship, vulnerable to money.What did mother say?It is good to have a younger brother who can help each other.Help what?A biological brother is still unreliable, let alone an adopted one.Lucy must have thought the same way. He left behind a bank card and wanted to buy out this illusory family relationship with money.Lucy is indeed smarter than him, he has already seen through it.

Speaking of which... Lu Xi, what is Lu Xi doing now?Lu Chunjiang glanced at the wall clock in the living room, the hour hand pointed to ten o'clock.At ten o'clock, the meal was eaten, the wine was drunk, and the candles on the birthday cake were blown out...Maybe, some dirty images appeared in his mind, Lu Xi was with a man with a vague face... Disgusting, Lu Xi Chun Jiang spat at his lowly behavior, he patted his face hard, thought for a long time, and tremblingly dialed the number he had memorized by heart.

Of course it didn't work.Lu Chunjiang covered his face and stopped for an unknown period of time.Then tremblingly, he found the landline and tried to contact his younger brother.Lucy also blocked the number at home, right?Lu Chunjiang didn't hold out hope.He pressed it once and made a mistake.Then he dialed it, hesitated for a few seconds and then dialed again. After two busy beeps, he got connected.

"Hello." Lucy's voice rustled through the current.

"...Panpan." Lu Chunjiang opened his mouth, and just read two words, tears fell down.He hurriedly hung up the phone, fled back to the living room in a panic, curled up stiffly on the sofa, and fell asleep until dawn.