Chapter 5 Before 1990
05Zou Yuxin
Talk about monsters during the day and watch monsters at night.
After knowing that his sister likes to read, Qingsong explored the channels and bought her a copy of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" and "Drinking Horses and Flowing Flower River". Since "Drinking Horses and Flowing Flowers River" was missing pages, it started from page 34, so Qingdou took the lead.
Opened "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio".
For most of the summer, she fell into the ghost story of self-cooling.
On this day, Gu Yi came to see Qingsong and saw that he was not there and Qingdou was idle, so he invited Qingdou to his house to watch TV.
He was bored and wanted to find someone to play with.
Huzi was thrown to grandma's house, Qingdou also took a break with the heat and got into the book pit. Brother Yangyang was preparing for the college entrance examination. He was the only one with nothing to do. He listened to the noisy cicadas on the trees all day long. By the way, he also learned from Gu Xie
Then I learned the boring information that only the public can speak out.
"My parents went to Beijing and there was no one there."
Aomame closed the book, rubbed her eyes, and thought that she hadn't watched TV for a long time. She raised the curtain and thought of a line she had written in her mind: The goblin is coming out of the cave.
There is a TV in Huzi's house. Although there is no signal from time to time, it is the only TV in the tube building.
Because of this TV, some noble neighbors would condescend to chat with Zhang Lanfeng about their daily life, just to have a fresh look.
Aomame and Torako are so good, but they have only been there twice. She did not say the reason, but she guessed that Torako knew——
When Zhang Lanfeng saw her, she always hid some food as if to guard against thieves.
Once Aomame left, I heard her asking Huzi loudly in the corridor, why is there a steamed bun missing? Where are the steamed buns? She counted three, but why are there only two? Where are the steamed buns? Where are the steamed buns? Where are the steamed buns?
Aomame fell into a dream with the word "steamed buns here". When she woke up from the nightmare, she controlled her legs that yearned for TV.
Gu Yi's mother is different. When she sees Qingdou, she will take the initiative to turn on the TV, laugh, call her Dou'er affectionately, get her Malissan, and stuff two White Rabbit toffees before leaving.
Aomame no longer just likes her, but worships her.
Zou Yuxin is a female soldier from the art troupe who was "disarmed and returned to work". It is said that she was a solo dancer in the military art troupe and was very popular for a while. Even after she got married, her fame did not diminish.
She is hospitable, has an exquisite home, and is well-groomed. In the summer, she wears a well-tailored georgette skirt that floats like a fairy. On National Day, Zou Yuxin wears a military uniform made of Verdine material, with shoulder pads that cushion her slightly thin body.
She is particularly majestic. In the depth of winter, she wears a military coat and a velvet collar, supporting her pretty face with a bright smile, and proudly walks through the family courtyard.
She was once the most beautiful woman in Aomame's heart.
Among the compositions that Aomame once "toured", there was a composition titled "The Most Beautiful Woman".
The classmates wrote about their mothers, who endured hardships and stood hard, and supported the whole family. Qingdou wrote about Zou Yuxin, who was calm, generous, and ever-changing in beauty.
In the past few years, tens of thousands of soldiers have changed their jobs and joined the grassroots to build socialism every year. During the rush hour, there are many more young people in military uniforms on the street. Aomame looked through the glass window for a long time, waiting.
The street is empty when people go out, and there is still a touch of green in their eyes.
But she has not seen a woman in military uniform more beautiful than Zou Yuxin.
Today, the adults are not here, so Qingdou begs Gu Yi to show her Zou Yuxin's military uniform.
She stroked the Bayi military buckle, carefully stepped into the three-jointed leather shoes, and quickly took her feet out.
She asked Gu Yi, is your mother a good dancer? Gu Yi nodded and said it was pretty good.
Up to now, Zou Yuxin has to get up early to press her legs, kick her legs and do squats when she has nothing to do.
Qingdou asked again, can you dance? Gu Yi thought for a while, Zou Yuxin taught him ballroom dancing.
Wow! Ballroom dancing!
Aomame's limbs have grown youthful elegance. When throwing sandbags in PE class, she will enjoy the process of raising her arms high and then slowly lowering them. When the acacia flowers bloom, she also actively picks flowers in the dark. She feels that the action of reaching out to pick flowers is beautiful.
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The moment Gu Yi said he could dance ballroom, the cells in her shoulders really jumped.
But damn, hooligans have been severely punished in recent years. Men and women can be convicted of hooliganism just by doing a little dance. The last time Qingdou passed the police station, he saw several people who had gathered to dance. The men cut off their trouser legs and the women cut off their hair.
So she just nodded: "Okay, let's watch TV."
There is a schedule of TV programs in the middle of "Nancheng Daily". There are only two or three channels, and the middle is enough to fill half of the content. Then there are some missing person notices, marriage notices and obituaries.
Today there are "Legend of Swallow Li San", "Smart Ikkyu", etc. The one that starts at this time is "Calabash Baby".
They sat in Gu Xiezhi and Zou Yuxin's room, watching with rapt attention. When they heard the word "monster", the two looked at each other and smiled in a tacit understanding.
After laughing, I felt empty again.
Aomame: "It would be great if Hu Zi is here."
Gu Yi: "Well, it's a pity that he's not here."
Aomame: "Hey"
Gu Yi: "Yeah"
The sensitive Qingdou and the noble Gu Yi are so dry when they are mature.
When Calabash Baby is over, the setting sun has reduced its firepower and has the tendency to sink.
When she left, she left a note on the door. If her second brother came looking for her, he would come to Gu Yi's house.
Seeing that no one called her, Qingdou knew that she would have to make food by herself today. Gu Yi left her alone, and the two of them shared some fried onion noodles.
The room was golden. My eyes, mouth, and stomach were all warm.
It had been a long time since I had eaten sesame oil for green beans. It was so fragrant that I didn't even care about how hot it was. I sucked it down and opened my mouth to let out the heat. Only then did I see Gu Yi eating the noodles.
She thought of Huzi's words to describe Gu Yi: female and male.
Now she finally understood the meaning of the word.
Of course, Gu Yi is just well-educated, not to the extent of that word. He is like a person from the "Disciple Rules" - "The crown must be straight, the buttons must be knotted, the socks and shoes must be tight, and he knows how to be lustful and admiring."
"Shao Ai" is not correct. If you carry too much, just go to "Ju Jie Qie".
Aomame envied his education and everything about him.
Unlike the flattering smile she put on, Gu Yi's smile was natural. This may be related to the fact that he didn't need to bear the inexplicable malice from others.
What's more, he actually embarked on the nine-year education express train. If Aomame graduated from elementary school this year, she would be able to smile better.
After all, Qingdou and Gu Yi were one year apart and entered the first grade of elementary school in the same year. Later, Qingdou suffered from plague and was only delayed for one year.
Starting this year, the country will trial nine-year compulsory education, and Xiaonancheng is one of the pilots.
I chose to go to the second grade instead of the third grade because of a slight difference of thought. I didn’t expect that it would indirectly lead to two more years of primary school.
After Gu Yi finished five years of primary school, the four-year junior high school system in No. 1 Middle School was changed to three years. This guy is really lucky.
When Qingdou graduates from elementary school next year, Gu Yi will be a junior high school student.
She asked Gu Yi, "Is junior high school fun?"
Gu Yi thought for a while: "It's not fun."
Aomame became even more curious: "Why isn't it fun? The questions are difficult?"
Gu Yi was a humble person, and Qingdou had always assumed that his grades were mediocre. Unexpectedly, he got the questions right when he entered higher school. The principal of the No. 1 Middle School in the city personally invited him to study and exempted him from tuition and miscellaneous fees.
This matter was widely circulated among the family members. Aomame couldn't help but feel sour: How could someone be so lucky in the right place at the right time? She is more focused on studying now than before, and is waiting for the principal to come to her next year.
"It's not a bit boring." Gu Yi thought for a long time and came up with such a description.
"Why are you so boring?"
Gu Yi stopped talking, like a silent mother cicada on the tree.
Aomame told him interesting things. She took out "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" and said she wanted to read him a ghost story. She dimpled out her dimples and looked at him: "I'll show you what a monster is."
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Gu Yi pillowed his arms and laughed, but he didn't expect that she still remembered.
She lay on the end of the bed and read to him, and he listened slowly in the sunset. As he listened, the saturation in the room became lowered, and when he woke up again, both of them had traces of straw mats on their cheeks.
Qingdou patted Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio that was lying beneath him, smoothed the corners of his book, and said, "Where did you go?"
"I'm done." Gu Yi wiped the corners of his mouth, still feeling sleepy.
"Ah? Have you finished talking?" Qingdou rubbed his eyes in confusion, "I've already talked about Ning Caichen and Nie Xiaoqian having a baby?"
Gu Yi was startled, and all the sleepyheads ran away: "The two of them had a child?" People and ghosts have different paths, and Pu Songling can make up a happy reunion.
Qingdou patted the book on Gu Yi's shoulder, and with a snap, the boss shouted: "You lied to me! You obviously haven't finished speaking yet!"
After the beating, she was stunned. This kind of action is usually used on tigers who are as thick-skinned as a city wall.
Fortunately, Gu Yi didn't care at all. He stared at her dimples and smiled even more intimately, "You were silent not long after Yan Chixia came on the scene, and you said he was a bad person."
Qingdou didn't expect that Gu Yi had read this story. Well, thanks to Hu Zi, she now adds her own spices when telling stories. It wouldn't be satisfying without adding spices.
Qingdou stared at him, "Have you read this story, but didn't you know that Ning Caichen and Nie Xiaoqian had a child?"
Gu Yi: "I don't remember it. Maybe it was too outrageous, so I just forgot about it."
"How outrageous." Qingdou said seriously, "Pu Songling is very tolerant when writing stories. As long as people are sincere and kind, they will have good results." The framework of his stories is relatively similar. Qingdou has read hundreds of them and already has a set of conclusions in his mind.
Gu Yi lazily hummed, shaking off his sweatshirt back and forth, chatting: "You also said 'tolerance', which means you also think the result is outrageous."
In the room with no lights on, Aomame's shoulders were slumped and she didn't speak for a long time.
After a moment, another slap hit Gu Yi on the shoulder. Qingdou couldn't find any logical loopholes and had no way to refute, so she could only hit him.
Gu Yi's low smile spread in the dimness. After a while, Qingdou also laughed.
After knowing each other for so long, they have never been so close. Aomame enjoyed this subtle pleasure.
So Gu Yi said: "Sleep at my house tonight."
Aomame only hesitated for a second: "Okay."
Chapter completed!